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London, England, 1836-01-23 00:00:00

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1836.

The speech of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, at the dinner given by the New Corporation
of Cambridge, in honour of the election of Mr.
HOVELL to the office of Mayor, will be read with
interest by politicians of all classes, though. it may not
be equally satisfactory to all. Thinking men, who
know that the blessings we enjoy as a nation can be
preserved and handed down to our posterity, only by a
timely and effectual eradication of the numerous and
great abuses which have crept into our institutions, will
rejoice to see that Ministers are determined to proceed
fearlessly, but calmly and deliberately, in the career of
reform. Those, on the other hand, who are har-
nessed to the chariot-wheels of faction—those unprin-
cipled creatures, who view all measures through the
medium of selfishness—will find in this development
of the Ministerial policy little to cheer their droop-
ing spirits—nothing to re-animate their withered
hopes. The prospect which is opened to their eyes
is one in which they can see no beauty. They can-
not enter into the feelings of those whose hearts
warm at the tranquillization of Ireland— at the re-
moval of the brand which still stigmatizes those
who dissent from a Parliamentary religion—at the
impartial and economical dispensation of justice
to the people through Courts of Law cleansed from
abuse—all these things affejj them anything but plea-
They cannot thigh of them without the greatest
pain, because they f'.;e.l them to be incompatible with
their own political existence.
The speech of the Right Honourable Gentleman,
though it does not lay claim to first-rate ability, is en-
fled to the praise of smartness, point, and /feet. We
think the difference in the principles of the Tories
and the Liberal -Whigs well described in the following

sure.

passage :

'‘ In the divisions which have taken place in this country,
the principle, of one party seems to have been, concede no-
thing to t'as people but that which cannot be refused without
danger'---while the principle of the other party has been,
deny nothing to the people which the people have a just
elr:lm to possess.'—(Checrs.) But it may be said--not here,
}gut elsewhere—' What ! concede all to the people ?" No,
Sir, that is not my doctrine. Concede all to the people that
is just—concede all that is rightful—concede all power to the
-people of which they are the safest and worthiest depositaries.
The people of England themselves ask nothing further.
They seek not to overturn—not to despoil. They look to
their own rights, but looking as they arc bound to do to their
own rights, they value and respect all the rights
of
(Loud cheers.)
The ()Toss misrepresentation of the views of the Re-
held up to laughter and ridicule—
formers are happily
the only treatment they deserve—the old Corpora-
against the new, and found
tions justly weighed

'Wanting:—

" But if the argument of those who think we have gone too
far be good for anything, I probably at this moment am ad-
dressing a set of unprincipled Radicals—(Laughter)—blood-
thirsty Revolutionist men who one day would dine upon the
Church, and the next sup upon the steeple—(Laughter)—
men seeking to destroy King Lords, and Commons, and all
for the sake of some fantastic' scheme of their own. I pre-
sume, Sir, that you, as the great administrator of the affairs
of this town, possess the emblem of justice, the ancient cor-
poration scales. Let us rut the new Municipality of Cam-
bridge in one scale, and the old Municipality in the other—let
us consider them by the standard of education, intelligence,
property, and independence, and I venture to say, that in
every case the result would be the same, my friends would
sink, which would bp the first time they ever did sink ; and

our enemies would rise—the first time' they ever did rise.--
( Laughter and cheers.)"
4‘1,,
•

The Fourth Number of the London Review, con-
tains an able article, entitled " Tax on Newspapers—
Reduction or Abolition ? "---in which that important
question is handled with much candour, research, and
ability. As we have always advocated the abolition of
this tax—as we have Uniformly endeavoured to show
that its ftholition would equally benefit the Govern-'
meat and the country—as we have, upon all occasions,
and without regard to personal interests, maintained
that the abolition of the Newspaper-duty was a para-
mount duty on the part of a wise Adminstratio.:, ; we
cannot be charged with inconsistency in.
''
the wholesome truths contp acci in this article
to the attenfiou Of the CHANCELLOR of the
ExcuP:4uEtt. We are not the advocates of
a reduction of the duty, unless nothing more
can be obtained : what we seek—what in the
name of social order and intelligence we demand of
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER-1S the total
abolition of this vile tax. We have always spoken
out on this subject ; we shall continue so to do while
any portion of this tax remains. 'We care not what
may be the immediate consequences of the abolition of
the Stamp Duty: in a very short time the unduly poised
scale will recover its natural equilibrium. 'We believe
with the Reviewer, that it is an advantage to induce a
desperate man to put down the brickbat (the armour.
of the Times) and take up the pen. We are persuaded
that writers are not mob-leaders, and that readers are
not rioters. We would not deny the oppressed, real
or imaginary, the Vindication of their wrongs by hard
words ; neither would we give to any class of me'• a
monopoly of hard words. The pet-iple have a:, good a
right to abuse the higher clnses, as the privileged
cir-
cles have to indulge in abuse of them. Crime can
never become sacred !, nor ought its precincts to he
held inviolable.

Knowledge, in the acquirement, refines and purifier
itself. No matter under what guise it comes, or what
bitter, ingredients be mixed up with it, allow it time,
and with a power as steady in its operation as aqua
fortis poured upon iron, it will imperceptibly, but
surely, eat up and eradicate its basyer concomitants.

As this question is one of paramount importance,
we shall return to it on Monday, accompanying our
observations with extracts from an article in the Lon-
don Review, which we have just mentioned. The
public is already aware of the conclusion to which we
shall arrive ; iteTN'iftheless, we have too much respect
for the opi6ons of those who differ with us, to leave
their arguments, however weak, and their objections,
however futile, unanswered. The cause of truth is
always advanced by free discussion. We are for the
total abolition of the newspaper duty.

In order to awaken just sympathy, and to call forth,
on behalf of the destitute, that vigilance and those
charities, to be wanting in which is to fail in the per-
formance of our duty towards God as well as towards
man, we refer our readers to the report which we
published yesterday, of an inquisition on the body of
JAMES WICKS, an aged man, who died from utter
want of the common necessaries of life. One of the
witnesses before the Coroner stated, that " the poor
creature was scarcely able to walk, and when he took
hold of his arm to assist him, he was astonished, for
he could feel scarcely anything but bone. In reply
to a question whether he was hungry, he answered
that he had.not tasted food for three days. He said
he had applied to several work-houses for relief, but
had been repulsed."
The Magistrate (Mr. DYER), ordered the almost
lifeless creature to be taken to St. Martin's Work-
house, and he was accordingly convoyed thither on
the stretcher. While the people there were undressing
him, preparatory to placing him in bed, the unfor-
tunate man expired !

The Jury, after generally expressing their deep re-
gret at so shocking an occurrence, returned a verdic
" that the deceased died from want of the common ne-
cessaries of life."

Our first impression on reading these shocking de.
tails—details so disgraceful to 'human nature—is, that
they eannot possibly have any foundation. We then
re-peruse the case, .Ind, from internal evidence of its
truth, we are unable longer to doubt the fidelity of the
report. The painful conviction, then, irresistibly forces
itself upon us, that a fellow-creature has died from
want, amidst plenty—that in the richest capital in
the world, an aged man has starved to death in its po-
pulous streets. "Oh London !—thou art," certainly,
" the rich man's Paradise"—but " thou art also the
Poor man's Hell ! ! Can this dreadful death have oc-
curred in a Christian community, living under the
Gospel dispensation ? Can such sin-stained selfishness
be suffered by the followers of the great REFORMER,
who taught the most disinterested and generous phi-
lanthropy—whose whole life was spent in succouring
the necoy, in doing good, and inculcating the para-
mount importance of CHARITY. A fellow creature has
died from starvation !

-----.----. can such things he,
And oTercome U 3 like a summer cloud,
Without our special" horror.

In the few words we have felt it our duty, as public
journalists and accountable beings, to say on this sub-
ject, we must not be supposed as imputing wrong of
any kind to the parochial authorities of St. Martin's ;
but there is one frightful feature in the case—the dying
man, in his latter. moments, declared that he had been
driven away from the doors of several workhouses, -to
which he went for relief. Those who so refused food and
shelter to the famished old man, are morally responsi-
ble for his death, and we hesitate not to pronounce
them (morally) guilty of murder.

We are glad to perceive that Mr. O'CONNELL no
longer advocates the Repeal of the Union. At the
great Galway Dinner on Monday last, we find him le-
peating his disclaimer, and expressing his adhesion to,
and confidence in, the MELBOURNE Administration.
All he demands—less he could not, ought not to dc-
rnand—is equal justice .for his long-oppressed and most
misgoverned country ; and that such justice will be
done to Ireland by the present Administration, the
Honourable and Learned Member for Dublin declares
his full conviction. The following extract from his
last, speech (the conclusion of which has not yet
reached England,) will, we think, bear us out in the
remark we set out with. After deprecating neutrality
as a crime, Mr. O'CoNNELL said— •

" EvCry man who does not assist us encourages the cry
for conquest, and adds to the shout for the shedding of
blood. We all then should rally round the King's Go-
vernment. Recollect while they remain in power, we are
safe ; remember while they continue in office our wives
and children are safe ; but let them go out, and what ter-
rible consequences will follow, what heartburnings must
ensue, how the Tories will rejoice, and the little ones who
may be found in Tuam will strut along your streets with
their bitter squint of malice. So it will be all over Ire-
land—in Cork, in Dublin. If the Administration be
changed, the. Orange flag
will be once more hoisted over
our heads. Oh, let us all, then, rally, one and all, round
the King's present Ministcrs.—(Loud cheering.) You know I
that the present Ministers are disposed to do justice to
Ireland, and to carry their wishes into effect. All we
want is equal justice ; from repeal, I make the experiment
to see if we can have justice without it. If we can,7.
don't wan't the repeal.".

with the exception col, pronouncing sentence upon the
last category, a form which will be gone through in the
course of the ensuing week. And now that this judi-
cial farce is about to terminate—now that the KING
has triumphed in his attempt to make the Charter sub-
servient to his will—now that, opposition has been
crushed by the overwhelming influence of Regal des-
potism ; what compensation is to be made to those
who, after enduring incarceration for seventeen months,
are now declared by this mock tribunal inn,-
Lent of all
attempts against th^ riree -dont the State IP Will
these
—o, after enduring the Voiseries—the privations
.
f a dungeonlre- thrust forth to perish, merely be-1
cause tyrants chose to suspect the passiveness or their
fret-born spirits ? What plea can the parasites who
encircle the throne of LOUIS PUILLIPPE offer for
subjecting innocent Frenchmen to the foul contami-
nating atmosphere of a felon's dungeon---for' depriving
them of the first and most sacred right of man, per-
sonal freedom—for forcing them into all association
with guilt—for depriving their families of their guar-
dianship, and so rendering them inevitably miserable
for the remainder of their lives ? Is it just that the
fears of a tyrant should be allayed, by such a dreadful
sacrifice of all that is sacred in society ? Was it con-
templated by the brave deliverers of France, in 1830—
by LAFAYETTE and his associates—that future kings
of France should claim a constitutional right of quiet-
ing their terrors of revolution, by entornbin& men alive
for a period of seventeen months, and then, after a ju-
dicial mockery, send them forth to wander through the
world with the brand of infamy on their brow, and the
demon of hatred and revenge in their heart ? But
such a perversion of justice will assuredly be fol-
lowed by a condign punishment. The individuals
thus released will hardly fail to revenge their sufferings
upon the Government and the country. It is bad
policy to elevate men to the presumed importance of
endangering the Government of a country, and after-
wards to- suffer them to go at large. Treason is a
crime of which a wise Government would accuse no
man, whom it was not furnished with the means of
depriving of life.

The accounts from Vittoria are to the sth instant.
The armies were then inactive ; but a report prevailed
of a battle having been fought in Arragon on the Ist,
in which 1,500 Carli:its were killed, and 3,000 sur-
rendered, with their arms and baggage. The loss of
the Christinos was not known, though it was pre-
sumed to be very considerable. We do not vouch for
the authenticity of this rumour—the agents of the
QUEEN are almost as much addicted to the circulation
of exaggerated reports of battles, as the followers of
Don CARLOS.
PARIS, JAN. 21,—there is nothing official in the Moniteur
to-day.
M. Dome has not been appointed Governor of the Bank,
but he is a candidate, as well as M. Lemereier de Norville,
another Receiver General. The election will be on the 28th
of this month.

It is reported that Fieschi, Morey, Pepin, and Boireau, will
be transfered on the 25th of this month to the prison of the
Luxemburg.
A letter from Saragossa of the lath, says that Captain-
General Serrano had left that city with 3,000 infantry and
400 cavalry for Upper Aragon, to prevent the insurgents from
realizing their projects of invadinn. Catalonia. On the 12th a
battalion of the Foreign Legion had arrived at Saragossa, and
it was announced that the legion was to go to Logrono.
General Palaria had again beaten the rebels, and taken 400
prisoners, and 130 horses. The active operations of this
General have greatly improved the state of affairs in Lower
Aragon, and it was hoped that the insurgents would be wholly
destroyed in less than a month.

On the 7th seven pieces of heavy artillery arrived at Vit-
toria, and on the same day Gen. Cordova, accompanied by the
Minister of War and Gen. Evans, pushed a reconnoisance to
the town and fort of Guevara. They retired to Vittoria after
leaving a strong garrison at Mataneo, on the road to
Salvatierra.

By the desire of Gen. Cordo a, Gen. Van Haien is destined
for the army of the North. The Queen has conferred on that
brave officer the rank of Commander of the Order of Isabella
the Catholic, and the diploma granting him the favour is drawn
up in a manner highly flattering to this officer, whose courage,
patriotism, and mi►itary talents, it highly extols.
CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 23.—Nothing important has oc-
curred here. The agents of the Princes of Wallachia and
Moldavia are in frequent communication with the Porte.
Lord Ponsonby has twice given audience to the Greek Ambas-
sador. It has been reported at Para that the King of Greece,
has expressed to the King of Bavaria a wish to return home,
and that he earnestly solicits this favour. This report is
merely an invention of the malice of the Greeks ; however, we
may believe that the Crown of Greece is not the one that has
the fewest thorns.

The Persian ambassador has received news from Teheran
up to the 24th of November. The Shah had to contend with
only two pretenders in the south-western provinces of his em-
pire. The other rebels were not considered to be dangerous.
Our ambassador has been received with the highest honours at
Tauris.

SMYRNA, DEC. 17. The latest accounts we have from
Athens are of the 13th. The King of Bavaria had caused
the chiefs who took part in the war of independence to be pre-
sented to him. lie received them in the most gracious
manner, and distributed a number of orders of knighthood.
Private letters say that the King of Bavaria is greatly afflicted
at the state of Greece.—Messager, Jan. 21.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARts, JANUARY 21.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 80e. 110 f. 1091 95c.
Four per Cents., 102 f.
Three per Cents. 80f. 50c. 6ne. 75c.'80c.
flank Actions, :2,155f. 2,160 f. 2,157 f. 50c. 2,160 f.
Rent° de Naples, 981: 50e. 55c. 50c.
Roman Five per Cents., 103 W,
Spanish Actives, 49% %.
Spanish Differes, 254.
Passives, .6% .
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 103.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 54.
Hastian Loan, 4 i Of.
EXCHANGE ON LONRON.
One month, paper, 25f. 50c.; money, —1 —r.
Three months, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25E 35;
—('our., Authentique.

BOURSE, THREE o'CLocfc.—The French Three per Cents.
opened at 80f. 50c. both for money and for the end of the
month ; they have, however, recovered to 80f. 70e. buyers.
No reason is assigned for this change in the market. The
Spanish securities have been without any business or fluctua-
tion.

QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 1 laf. sc. ; Three
per Cents., 80f. 75e. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, 2.5? - ; Gueb-
hardy, —; Differes, MI; New Loan, —; Actives, 491 ;
Passives, 161 ; Ducats, 98 75 ; Romans, 1031; Pcdros, ;
Belgians, 103 ; Dutch, _c. ; Haytians, 410 f. —c. ;
Miguels, ; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 121; Con-
tinuation, —o. ; New Differes, 254 ; Five per Cent. Pet pe-
tuelles,

Madrid Papers to the 13th inst. have been received.
They contain nothing besides reports of the debates in
the Chambers on the Electoral Law, and the project
of the bill demanding confidence in the present Go-
vernment. These debates are uninteresting, particu-
larly as we gave the substance of them—we might
almost say the identical words—in our last extracts
from the Madiid papers.

ERRATUM.-In a paragraph where Lord Sandon
is mentioned a misprint occurs. It should have been, "he
retailed the stale deceits, &c." and not—" detailed the state
secrets." [lt is almost superfluous to notice this typogra-
phical error, since no one who knows his Lordship could
ever imagine that Lord Sandon would ever be chosen as
the depositary of state secrets or state affairs of any kind.]
Mr. Wakley, M.P. for Finsbury, has been invited
by a great body of the Reformers of that Metropolitan dis-
trict to meet them at a public dinner, to be held at the
White Conduit-house on an early day after the re-assembling
of Parliament in February. Joseph Htime, Esq. has con-
sented to preside on this occasion ; and the Committee
anticipate the attendance of many Members of Parlia-
ment, who are eminent for their invariable support of
measures of national reform.
TRANSFER MEETING.—TOWER HAMLETS Di-
vision.—Yesterday afternoon, a special session was holden
at the Tower Hamlets Court of Requests, Osborn-street,
Whitechapel-road, before John Stock, Esq., Chairman, J.
Hv.rdwick, Esq., the. Hon. Mr. Norton, and J. Jay, Esq.,
M.,D., for the purpose of transferring licences of hotels
arid victualling houses, situate within the Tower division of
f fie HUndred of Ossulston, when sixty-three licences of
public-houses were transferred. The Chairman, addressing
the incoming tenants, said he was happy to state, that with
one exception only, no complaints had been exhibited
:against any of them.
AN AWKWARD MISTAKE.—An affair of rather
a ludicrous description took place a few days since, in the
town of Ardee—one that might have occasioned a vacancy
in the county of Louth. It is thus communicated to us by
a Correspondent As Mr. it 'Montesquieu Bellew was
rwmbi:srtea,i6ebse„ing
towards this town, he was mistaken for a tithe
and pursued by a number of the finest
the
The Paris Papers
we have just received, contain no news of the slightes': refused admittance, he was obliged to run for it, like a dog
political importance. The Peers have concluded their
whole of which pppirricceetresysdinnegrallerihe world to a farmeurn'sdshoofutshee,i
official functions as Judges of the prisoners of ApTib with. a kettle to his tail, until he met a person who recog-
I. rn,suebdlihni him,
aaild assured the blootlhp

,t per Load of 36 Trusses.)
ItLAND.

HAY MARKETS.—(A
CUMBEI .
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 15 to £3 8
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 4
Useful Old Ditto 3 10 3 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 4 4 0
Clover Hay 4 0 • 5 5
Oat Straw £1 Sto £1 10 I Wheat Straw 1 12 1 15
SMI Hi FIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay 13 0 to 13 5
Now Meadow Hay
Maid Old Ditto 3 10 3 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay
Clover Hay (extra line A 5 5 Generally ~
Oat Straw t 1 S 19 £1 10 i Wheat Straw 1 10 1 13
11 UN GERFO RD.

-.£3 0 to XP 5
Coarse Meadow Hay —
New Meadow Hay
Useful Old Ditto ,
Fine Upland Meadow and llye.grass Hay
Clover Ilay 4 0 5
CM Straw £1 ti to X 1 8 I Wheat Straw

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Madras Papers to the 4th October have been received at the
North and South American Coffee-house. The following are
extracts :

" The weather during the greater part of the week has been
by no means so favourable as it was the week before. Light
southerly and westerly winds have blown almost without in-
termission, with occasional calms. _ _

" By the Sir John Rae Reid, which arrived yesterday from
Covelong and Swan River, we learn that that Colony is im-
proving, although not so rapidly as might be wished. During
the last two years the crops have been very favourable, and
they were looking forward to the next to be abundant. We
learn that sonic wool has been already exported. Salt provi-
sions were in abundance; fresh meat was at a high price;
money, which was very abundant at the Swan River during
the first two or three years, is now very scarce.

" We learn with much satisfaction that a considerable quan-
tity of rock is already blasted, and in readiness to be brought
to the site of the proposed breakwater; and that as early as
Tuesday next some of the stones will be on the beach opposite
the Custom-honse. It is also stated that the Venerable Arch-
deacon will be solicited to do the honour of laying the first stone."
Our arrivals this morning are a French mail ; and ship let-
ters from Madras of the 9th October, and from the Cape of
Good Hope the 27th of November.
The Philadelphia packet of the 29th ult. has arrived ; also
the New York packet of the Ist inst. is off Liverpool ; but no
papers or letters have as yet been received.
The Singapore Chronicle of the 14th September states,
that the prospectus of a bank, intended to be formed in the
settlement, has occupied much attention.
_ _

Hureen Khan was executed at Delhi on the morning of the
26th of August, on the spot where he shot Mr. Fraser.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 91A- to 911 for Money,
and 911 a for the Account, opened this morning at 91 to 911
for Money, and 91i I for the Account. Exchequer Bills,
17 19; India Bonds, 3 5 ; Bank Stock, 214 215 ; India
Stock, 253 A,

In the Foreign Market—Spanish Active' closed at 49k,
and are now 493- ; Portuguese, 83A- 84; Three per Cents.,
53i- 54 ; Columbian, 3341 ; Mexican, 38-A-; Dutch Two and a
Half per Cents., 541 55 ; Five per Cents., 1021 103 ;
Chilian, 50.

HALF-PAST ONE.

During the whole of the morning both the British and Fo-
reign Funds have been languid, and no operations of the least
consequence have been done. This dullness may be attributed
to the approaching meeting of Parliament, likewise to the
continuation of the armaments in the various French ports,
where they are getting ready a considerable naval force destined
for the Mediterranean, to watch the movement, of Russia.
Consols have continued to the present time at the opening
prices of 91 to k for Money, and 91k for the Account. Ex-
chequer Bills, 17 19 ; India Bonds, 5 3 ; Bank Stock, 215 ;
India Stock, 253.
In the Foreign Market scarce a bargain doing, the specula-
tors are waiting the developement of M. Mendizabal's new
system of finance. Spanish Active, 494 ; Portuguese, 824
83 ; Three per Cents., 53,E 54; Colombian, 334; Dutch,
541 ; Five per Cents., 1021.

THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

Consols for the Account, 91
THE FUNDS.—c.
BRITISI
Bank Stock_ 215

USING PRICES.

FUNDS.

pm.
Omnidm

3 per Cent. Red 01%
3 per Cent. Cons 9l
3;,„ per Cent.
3% per Cent. Red 100%
New 3% per Cent 99%
4 per Cent. Assented
Dissented
Long Annuities to expire
Jai 1880 RI%
Oct 1850 l6
Jan. 1860 l6 •
FOREIGN

India Stock —
Ditto Bonds 5 3 on
____

South Sea Ock
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities
1.... x. Bills, 1000/ l7 pm.
Ditto 500/ l7 p:.n.
Ditto 5001 l7 pm,
Bank Stock for Opg. —
India Stock for Act. —
Consols for Act.

Austrian, 5 per cent —
Belgian, 5 per cent —
Brazilian Bonds ., 81
Buenos Ayres. 6 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent 50%
Colombian, 6 Fer cent.
1
Ditto IS3I
Danish, 3 per cent

FUNDS.
rartugucse Bonds, 5 per cent , 833
Ditto, Now Ditto —
Prussian. 5 per cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per cent _
Ditto, Metallic —
Spanish. 5 per cent _ .
Ditto. Consolidated 49%
French, 5 per cent

. .
Greek Bonds, 1825.5 per tent.
111ex!can, 5 per cent.
Dit:o, (i per cent., 1825
1825, 6 per cent

Exchange
French, 3 per cent —t. —r•.
Dutch, per cent.
Oitto. 5 D
er cent.•..•.... •••••• ••• 10`2%

_
THE IRISH CLERGY.—On Friday last, a numerous
meeting, pursuant to public notice, was held at the Town
Hall, East Retford, to take into consideration the condition
of the present suffering state of the Irish Protestant
Clergy, with a view to afford them some relief.
ADDRESS TO THE KING.—At a meeting of the
Town-Council, held pursuant to notice, on Tuesday, the
19th inst., in the Council Chamber at the Town Hall,
Doncaster, a thankful address to his Majesty for Municipal
Reform was adopted.