The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-22 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE, JUNI. 22.

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There are tolerable good arrivals of most sort of Grain this
week. The weather continues fine, which tends to keep the
Wheat trade in a state of dullness; Barley remains as on Mon
day ; Beans and Peas support the terms last quoted ; Oats find
buyers so slowly that the terms of last market day are hardly
maintained for this article.

A nnivm.s.—English Wheat, 2,300—Barley, 430—Mt!,
6,900 ; Flour, 4,400 sacks.

DR EA DFUL ACCT DENT.— ( Seven Persons newly
Killed.)—This morning, about ten o'clock, the followin,' fright-
ful catastrophe took place at Knightsbridge, near the Barracks.
A new house is erecting at the corner of the turning, leading up
by the side of the above depot, and consequently a large scaf-
folding is built in the front of it. About the hour above
stated, the workmen, consisting of about twenty men,
were at work on the scallbld, when a large coping-stone,
which had just before been placed on the parapet, fat
with a tremendous crash, breaking down the seafildd-polus,
and boards. Some of the men dexterously threw themselves
into the parapet gutter, by which means they escaped unhurt;
but, shocking to relate, seven unfortunate fellows were car-
ried to the ground with the falling materials, consistingcif
bricks, snorter, &c., under which they were buried for some
moments. The rest of the men instantly rendered every
• assistance to the sufferers, and as speedily as possible.
rescued them from the ruins in a state of insensibili-
ty; shutters and litters were promptly procured and the
poor fellows were carried to St. George's Hospital, where every
surgical aid was rendered them, but remain without hopes of
recovery. The names of the injured persons are as follow :
John Smith, n bricklayer, dreadfully injured in the spine and
chest ; Edward lltdl, a carpenter, both arms dislocated, and his
scull fractured ; James Carroll, a ground digger, head fractured
and shoulder dislocated ; Samuel Sullivan, a carpenter, both
! arms much injured ; Edward Wilson, collar bone broken ;
George Inglis, a labourer, spine dreadfully injured ; and
George Harris, another labourer, had his cheek dreadfully
lascerated. All the men have wives and families in the greatest
distress.

On Wednesday morning, Mr. James -M‘K irtly,
late master of the St. James West Indianian, while Failing
down the Clyde, in passing a sloop that was aground, the flow
of water driven before the steam-boat mused her to wheel sud-
denly, and her boom happening to be loose, it swept a part of
the deck of the Inverary Castle with great violence. Captain
M'liirdy observing that it was coming direct en his wife, at-
tempted to ward it off; but it struck him on the head, and
knocked him down on the deck. He neither opened his e} es
nor spoke after he received the fatal stroke. He was taken to
the house of Mrs. Bruce, in Greenock, where he lingered till
yesterday morning, when he died. He has left a widow and
five children to bewail his death. Captain M`liirdv has sailed
out of Greenock for the last twenty-eight years. He had just
given up the St. James in order to pass the summer with .his
family in the Island of Arran.—(Glasgow Chronicle.)
PERI-ft.—The foundation stone of the Church
of Kinnoull was laid, on Tuesday, by Mr.
Moncrieff of Barnhill,. with Masonic honours.—
The proceSsion was attractitie; for it was attend-
ed by about ten thousand soectators. Nearly
300 of the brethren afterwards dined together in
the Freemasons' Hall, Parliament Close, and
although they did not break up till a late hour,
nothing occurred- to mar the harmony of thy,
party.

TILE LONDON. JOURNALS.

DAILY- •
it.ziratilfroiu the Moriung Papers,Juoe 22,1825.

. . .
[Tit E TIMES.]
The certificates-. prepared for facilitating the
cricnleting of the new French 3 per cent. stock
`ii4;:sktostden• 'have. arrived.:frorn Paris. They aye
IG:forrifitroost exactly as we at first described
Iftiicri, being made transferable to bearer, with
sAtvOirarliwarrante payable either by a house in
LOniinn oria the usual manner at Paris, accord-
inf, to the option of the holder. An English
trisitsiatims of the terms of the
.certificate is also
•The. act is in all its parts that of the
Preach Government, whose guarantee is alike
OrtenAlOct, both for the amount of stock -re-
presented by the certificate, and for the regular
payment of the dividends. The proceeding is
considered by respectable merchants as deroga-
tory to the character of the French Government,
and a further proof, if any were wanted, of
their inability to carry the great measure for
atte,-, reduction 'of the interest of the -deht..--,
_Pm objection, therefore, naturally arises to the
..eircolation of the new certificates here, which
.can:ecarcely acquire the character of a safe in-
vestment when, they are obviously rejected by
the country whose debt they represent, than
which, perhaps, a better test of real value
could' not be obtained. It is the rate of interest in
France, of which the inhabitants must be• per-
fectly competent to judge, which determines their
value; but they reject the certificates at their
present rate, and they are now to try their for.
tune in a country where capital is more abundant,
and the rate of interest lower, in the hope, appa-
rently, that these circumstances will blind En-
glish capitalists to the danger of an investment in
them. This is a danger of which we think- it
right to warn them. NVe are prepared to expect
every species Of mancevvring for the purpose of
gaining circulation here for the certificates, and
the first operation is clearly developed' by the
letters received yesterday from Paris, which
show that the French Minister is at this moment
endeavouring to enhance the price of the new
stock in Paris, by creating an artificial abun:.
dance of capital in that city, and to enable hiin
by this false appearance of prosperity, to force
upon England that which France rejects.—
All pulilic bodies, in any Manner subject to
the influence of the French Government,
are invited to place their "disposable. capital
in the new stock ; it is studiOusly announced
that the Receivers-General of the Revetiu-e
will lend a-large juin - on that security ;-:apd
lastly, notice is given by the Bank ofigrance,
in substance, that every facility will be given to
loans of money in that stock, and that the period
of repayment may be almost indefinitely.extend-
ed as-the -pleasure of the holder. - These Opera-
lions, the amount of new stock in circulation be-
ing extremely small, must raise its vain() •by
Greeting a demand for it greater thin the supplyi;
and this may give an impulse to the spirit:of spe-
culation in the English market, which may esta-
blish a much larger amount of certificates amongst
rif than prudence wnuld justify... Mhe'.li the 'aim
of the- French Minister however, is;, aoswered,
like a certain black potentate Wbo'lS' said :always
to: desert' .Mends . when they stand most in
need of hini, his:aapport will be withdrawn, and
capitalists—What'hasftequentty hthp-
pened before—will not only lose. their money,
Lunt get. heartily ridiculed fo'r,their credulity-. •
."

[MEW TIS1E1:1
The Bill brought in by. Lord Li'le'rpool, fOr
the :melioration of the Law relating to Factors
and Agents, having passed the -House of Lords,
it may be expected that we should give-some ac-
.kount of its enaetmeifts, -A t. •is,described as an
Act to alter and amend the Act of 189.3 (Stat.
4'. Geo. IV. c. , 834,- by Which* as. our •readers
,know," parties who -adtrancekl money on goods
shipped in the name of any individull were: fll-
titled- to consider that iudividual_as, owner,, and
were protected accordinglyi-, The present •Bill
ekes further. It proVides gene.l,•ally that ' Fac-
tors or Agents, haying lii"!'d-s'.,-rn their - posses-
Sinn, shall he.. deemeir the trite owners, _ 'so._ as
to give validity to contracts ;with persons- deal-
ing bona fide upon the 'faith of such • pro.
perty. Norrdoes 'it stop at the
_actual posses-
sion of the goods,- tut considers . tbe holding of
the symbol of property as equivalent to rho-hold-
ing of the 'property itself;: §o ' that if per Sons
'in possession of a 11111. of Lading, India Warrant,
Dock Warrant, or 411 - like, pledge the goods so
.represented, the pledger shall be considered_ to
be the owner. Of course in all these cases actual
notice that the possea.ser of the good., or holder
of the representative symbol, has .not authority. to
contract, must takeaway his power 'of contracting
.respecting them. BY the present
,Sct, no person
can acquire a security upon goods - in the Itandi
.of an agent, for an_ antecedent-debt beyond the
-amount of the agent's interest in the goodS; 13ut
'persons• may contract with -known- agents*, in the
ordinary course, of butinesN,-;,. Air ;-thlt.'. Cinttlit
course, if within theogetit!soutbority.. -Again,
persons may accept •ond take goods in.pled-gd
from those avowedly acting as agents; hot in
such ease they can..acqUite no-further interest
than was possessed I#7.the, attit.'`nt.'oe• time
of:.-the pledge. These . prthriiions" for pro;
tecting the pledgee are not 'meant to• lessen
' in any degree the •liability''jnf " the. agent' to
his principal ; but :tile owner. may follow, the
goods in his Agent's hands, orin the.hands of his
. Agent's assignee, or in those of a third person
in:'these cases, however% he must pay .the ad-
vances secured on them.. In case of the hank-'
ruistrcy of a-fat:ter, the owners t4goods sopOdg';
.34.-find redeemed is held to have•-4iSchargrkpro
talio, the debt.due-freni'him to,thktranlq,Or. At
pfd4rision• WhiCh harlong-tieti,iiiintillgiiiGgard to
tlie'criininality of a frit'adtilebtliti'dge: IV 'ifaittorl, t
pretending to be the-Ovrneoiiin a p 'ti 'witlet
adthority than he. htstif.a'6l;i4here sq ' ietr:,7l.le
°Wender is liable tb' IA year?' tririikrtnltort tnt
tudtfpunishmentis'nOt tii'exte-iid'iocales *Here
Wei agent has kit Made' tile triodsqt Oeiettiify lip.
yotid thelOcient'of his' oitn lieV.4: 'TlCO`titeelii-
once of bills',:bOweier, 'by the agent,' does 'not
. :

create a lien, unless the bills are paid when due
—Such are the-principal provisions of the Bill,
as it now stands ; and -we trust that it will be
found in-practice to meet all the evils complain-
ed of in the previous system. At all events,
great praise is due to the Gentlemen who carried
through the Bill, in spite of a decided opposition
from persons of much weight and influence.

[TIIE PUBLIC LEDGER.I
We stated yesterday that the Meeting at Milan
had no political character, properly speaking ;
and we find in a German Paper, which has since
reached us, a confirmation of this opinion. Speak-
ing of the affairs of Greece, it has the following
remarks, which concur with what we have said
ourselves :—" It becomes daily more and more
doubtful, whether the affairs of Greece will be
discussed at Milan. It is probable enough that
they are often mentioned incidentally ; but it is
still affirmed by many persons that they will not
be the subject of formal conferences till after the
return of the Emperor Alexander to St. Peters-
burgh, and the arrival of Lord Strangford in that
city. With respect to the last of these assertions,
we can only say, that Lord Strangford is appa-
rently in no hurry to- set out on his Embassy ;
and that there does not seem to be any great de-
sire on either side to accelerate the period of
formal discussions. It is probable that in the
affairs of Greece no diplomatic arrangement
will be attempted until the fate of the pre-
sent campaign be ascertained, as neither of the
Belligerents would, in its present stage, be found
_very tractable. It is from the Porte that the
greatest opposition is apprehended ; and it would
be wholly useless to attempt to subdue her ob-
stinacy, as long as her fleets keep the sea, and
her armies remain unbroken. But if that Power
were to sustain on both elements reverses similar
to those which she suffered on former occasions,
it is possible, and even probable, that her pride
would not urge any further resistance to the me -
diatory offices of the two Powers. Moreover, the
issue of this campaign will decide whether the
Greeks are really capable of asserting their in-
dependence, on not ; and, in the former case,
neither England nor Russia would try to per-
suade them to resume a yoke, which, by dint of
courage and perseverance, they had thrown off. It
therefore strikes us as highly probable that the
formal discussion of this subject, as regards time,
has not been settled -as yet. If it be true, as has
been stated in the Petersburgh Papers, that the
Emperor, on his return to that capital, will set
out almost immediately for Moscow, where the
Court, it is said, is to remain a considerable time,
it is pretty clear that no arrangement will be at-
tempted in the interval. From these circum-
stances it may be reasonably inferred that the
leading Powers have come to an agreement that
they will not interfere between the Belligerents
till these have fully tried their strength again.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.
Our readers will see, from our Parliamentary
Report, that a copy. of Mr. Cantor's Petition,
and an order of the House that it be taken into
consideration on Friday, is to. be communicated
to. Mr. Kendrick, and that Mr. Kendrick has
Liberty to attend the House on Friday next,
either personally or by Counsel. . The proceed-
ings against this individual are considerably faci-
litated by his plurality of situations. It seemed
to be generally allowed, that a Petition con-
taining charges against a Justice of the Peace,
was a sufficient foundation for an inquiry into
the conduct of such Justice.' The -promulga-
tion of this position will be attended, we
should think, with very beneficial effects on
the Magistracy, as• it is hardly possible that
they should DOI hereafter look to the pos.,.
sibility of a criminating.• petition finding its
way into the' House of' Commons. •If this
point had been generally understood, we have
not the smallest doubt that the two Dissenting,
Clergymen lately committed by •one• Clerical',
Magistrate, on the oath of another, for collecting
money to. build a chapel, construed raising money
on-false pretences, would never have been•touched.'
The investigation having then taken place with
respect to the conduct of the Justice, " then
.(said Mr. Tierney) would • arise the question,
whether the House would come to some resolu-
tion as to Mr. Kendrick, as a Magistrate, and
that being decided in the affirmative,, a question
would -arise whether a man, unfit to be a Justice
,Of the Peace, could avoid an address for his re-
moval from his office as a Judge.

[IIII.ITISU PRESS.
The Annual Report of the Select Committee
on the Poor Rate Returns has been publish-
ed. It appears that the sum levied on ac
:count of Poor Rates for the year ending on
the 25th of March, 1824, was 64,5231. less
than the previous year, and 2,486,810/. less
than the previous year 1817-18, when the rates
were at their highest amount. This decrease has
taken place too, it should be observed, while the
price of food "has been advancing. The average
price of, wheat in 1822-3 -was 41s. 11d, a guar-
ter ; in: ;4823-4 it was 565. Sc!. The diminu-
tion of the pressure is therefore greater than
it appeq.r.i ; -and it holds forth' a consolatory
prospect,. (hat the evil is in a gradual course
of abatement. In some agricultural counties,
hOWeverir, 'rates have conSiderahly in-
creased, '.Frhese -,are the districts in which the
abuses of the,Ptior Rates are carried to the greatest
extent. the :.Manufacturing counties the del.
crease is general, and even in some of- the others
it has begun to take•lilace. In Sussex, where
the 'charge is,heaviest, it being 20s. ahead, there
was daring the last-year a di-ruination of two per
Cent. '-The three counties next in point of ex-
penditure 'to Sussex, in reference to theirpopultt-
tion, are Suffolk, EsSexe, and 'Kent, in which the
rents are 18, 17, and -16 shillings a-head, while
in Lancashire they are only four shillings a-head.
TheVecreate that has 'beetiefietted'in some of the
-eotinties,vrarrantiius iti.etkpressibg our opinion, that
by judicious reforms'in the'system of relief, aided
bYthe: improved circumstances of the country, "the
btirddn'of-Poor RateS may be peogressivelyreiluC7
, 7 ed-to (he' lowest possible 'degree Within which We
:Cab 'reasonably•hope to: confineTl)e attention
of-the public; --as We'll as of 'Parliamtntj, is now

directed to the subject, and the general spread
of information on topics, of this nature will tend
greatly to facilitate the desirable object of rais-
ing- the labouring classes'above the degradatiop
of depending on the Poor Rates as part of the
ordinary means of subhistente. The mischief
has not long been thoroughly understood, and
the proper remedies have been but recently sug-
gested. They are now in a course of application ;
and considering the favourable opportunity that
presents itself for that purpose, we have no he-
sitation in looking forward to results much more
satisfactory next year.

[MORNING POST.]
In moving the Second Reading of the Quaran-
tine Laws Bill last night, in the House of Lords,
the Earl of Liverpool stated the real objects of
the measure, which till that moment had not
been generally understood. No alterations what-
ever are to be made in what may be called the
sanatory or protecting regulations, though a
power to extend or to curtail them is to be vest-
ed in the King in Council. The only changes
regard two, objects : one the expences of Qua-
rantine, which had hitherto been borne by the
ships subjected to its operation, and which are
in future to be defrayed by the Public, as
Quarantine is not imposed for the benefit of
trade but for the safety of the country. The
other object is the mitigation of penalties, which
were so severe as in some cases to render it im-
possible to exact them, but which now will be
so far reduced as to be easily enforced. The
County Courts Bill met with such opposition,
that by a kind of general understanding it was
ordered to be recommitted that day three months,
which of course puts an end to the measure for
the present Session. In the Commons the Uni-
versity Police Bill was read a third time passed
without any observations. The petition of Mr.
Camfor against Mr. Kenrick, the Welsh Judge,
was then ordered to be communicated to that
Gentleman, and both the accused and the ac-
cuser to attend at the Bar of the House on Fri-
day next. Mr. Martin's Bill against the cruel
treatment of Cattle was thrown out on a second
reading by a majority of 27 to 18 ; whilst the
• Spring Guns Abolition Bill was read a second
time by a majority 39 to 27.

7 MORNING TIERALD.I
The practice which has grown up of late
years, of postponing so much of the business
brought before Parliament till towards the end
of the Session, and then either forcing it un-
matured through the. House of Lords, or else
compelling that House to throw out the Bills,
is become a very serious evil, and one which
we are surprised some means have not been
taken to remedy. One cause of it is the lateness
of the period at which Parliament now meets,
leaving them not sufficient time to get through
the business which comes before them. To
this is to be added, the time occupied in Bills
which fail, as well as the still greater portion en-
gaged in motions and other matters, which have
no reference to Acts at all. But, besides actual
I want of time, we apprehend that much of that
which is occupied might be much better arranged
and economised than it is. If Bills, emanating
from Public Offices, were prepared during the
recess, ready to lay before the House at its meet-
ing, touch of the evil would be remedied both as
to- time, as well as the crude and undigested
state in which they sometimes appear. The
highly useful and important Bills, for instance,
which 111-. Peel has brought in this Session, some of
which are still before the House, might have been
all disposed of some months ago, and time there-
by be given to the Lords for their full considera-
tion. In the multifarious concerns of the coun-
try, however, embracing its domestic, foreign,
colonial, and mercantile relations, nothing will
effectually remedy the evil, but reverting to the
old practice of Parliament assembling before
Christmas, which will possess, also, the advantage
of enabling those who are suitors before the ap-
pellant jurisdiction of the Peers to have their
causes decided with less delay.