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London, England, 1836-08-05 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1836.

In moving the second reading of the Stafford Bri-
bery Prevention Bill last night in the House of Lords,
the Marquis of CLANRICARDE observed that it had
been his wish not to have introduced a measure so par-
tial in its character, but one far more efficient as a re-
medy ; but that he knew such a measure would have
been disagreed to, and therefore he brought forward
the present, out of pure respect to their Lordships.
The Noble Marquis added, that " if their Lordships
took no steps in this case, a just ground would be
afforded to those who were inclined to say so, to de-
clare that that House was not inclined to put a stop
to the practice of bribery and corruption." This is a
perfectly correct hypothesis, as the conduct of their
Lordships last night fully corroborates. Notwith-
standing the singularly tame and inefficient nature of
the Stafford Bribery Bill, which was purposely made
so, in order to render it palatable to the House, and
prevent the possibility of its rejection, their Lordships
threw it out by a majority of 38 to 22, thus proving
that they are deaf as the adder to all warnings—to all
remonstrances—and resolved to persevere to the last,
at all hazards, in their advocacy of corruption. But
what else could be expected from an obstinate, pur-
blind host of Conservatives, such as constitutes the
majority in the House of Lords ? Toryism is the
shield—the xgis—the guardian genius—of corruption.
It is intolerance impersonated. In the present instance
it has unhesitatingly thrown its protecting buckler be-
fore as rank an abuse as ever yet came under the notice
of a Legislature—and this it has done under the pre-
tence of doing justice to Stafford ! No wonder, if
such be their Lordships' notion of justice, that Ire-
land has been so contumeliously treated by them du-
ring
the Session ! But, thank Heaven ! the hour of
condign retribution is close at hand. The limits of
forbearance are passed, and everywhere the cry is ga-
thering strength of " Reform the Lords." During the
recess, this will be the favourite theme among the
people ; for it is now placed beyond the possibility of
a doubt, that until their Lordships' House be tho-
roughly cleansed and purified by the healthful waters of
Reform, all national improvement must be at a stand-
still—if it does not actually retrogade—and there can
be no hope of the country's emancipation from the
tyranny of a grinding faction.

The Lords are sawing away at the branch on which
they arc themselves suspended, either unconscious or
regardless of their dangerous position. First went the
Irish Corporation Bill ; then followed the Irish Tithe
Bill ; and last night away went the Charitable Trus-
tees' Bill. The work of obstruction would have been
imperfect had the course of improvement been im-
peded only in Ireland. It was necessary that Eng-
land too should be made sensible of the inestimable
blessing she enjoys, in being under the dominion of
hereditary and irresponsible Legislators—of men who
are absolved, in virtue of their birth, from the drudgery
of acquiring those qualifications for their office which
in the rest of the human race are the fruit of long
time and laborious study. Happy country ! Well
may she be proud of the glorious pre-eminence which
she possesses over all other nations, in being governed
by men who suck in learning, wisdom, and virtue
with their mothers' milk.

The state of the Charities in the corporate towns of
England is this. The Corporation Reform Act con-
tinued the old Trustees until the Ist of this month,
unless some legislative provision should be made be-
fore that time for their management. A Bill was ac-
cordingly passed by the Commons this session, vesting
the election of the Trustees in the burgesses :at large,
and containing such provisions as guarded against the
predominance of any one political party in the election.
It secured these three grand points—popular election,
responsibility for the administration of the funds,
and the publicity of the accounts. This Bill was
last night thrown out by the Lords on the second read-
ing, and the consequence of this sagacious proceeding
is, that there at this moment no Trustees to any one of
those Charities. Their tenure of office expired on the
Ist of August, 1836, and not a penny of the chari-
table funds can be distributed until new Trustees are
appointed by the LORD C
those who have been disqualifiedNCA
bEyL
the
, clausein
hoef
Corporation Act of last year, to which we have
alluded. This is the happy predicament in which
Sergeant LYNDHURST and the lordly Incapables, who
attend drill in a certain place not fit to be named, have
left the Corporation charities of England

And how do they hope to get out of this scrape ?
The mean-spirited, sneaking cowards have foisted a

clause into the Corporation Amendment Bill, sent
up from the Commons, by which the continuance
of the old Trustees is provided for until the Ist
of August, 1837. This clause they hope the Com-
mons will allow to pass, rather than that the Charities
should be without Administrators ! Now, this is a
paltry trick, which will fail of its object. We do hop
and trust that the Commons will eject this clause from
the Bill without ceremony. Rather would we see the
Bill, into which it has been so improperly thrust, lost,
than that those Trustees who stand convicted, not only
by the Report of the Corporation Commissioners, but
by the confession of the Tories themselves, of the
grossest malversation in office—of the most scandalous
misappropriation of the Charitable funds entrusted to
their charge—should have another year's lease of these
funds.

Let Lord LYNDHURST see that the deepest
craft may sometimes overshoot its mark. The appoint-
ment of new Trustees now rests with the LORD
CHANCELLOR ; and as the Lords, by their de-
cision of last night, have decided against the principle
of popular election, it is infinitely better that the
Noble and Learned Lord should appoint them, than
that the funds should be left at the mercy of unprin-
cipled jobbers.

The French Journals of Wednesday received this
morning, state that rumours prevail of several changes
in the Cabinet. Only one cause is assigned for this,
but to us it appears inadequate to the production of
such a result. The alleged cause is the personal dis-
pleasure of the KING, who is reported to be dissatisfied
with his present Ministers for advising him to shut
himself up in the Tuilleries during the celebra-
tion of the fetes. His MAJESTY is represented
as admitting the existence of danger ; but he contends
that owing either to the excessive timidity, or the syco-
phancy of his servants, it was shamefully, and for
him, injuriously exaggerated. The principal cause of
the KING'S displeasure is to be found in the coldness
with which the National Guards have since treated him.
His declining to review them cooled the enthusiasm
of the most ardent. Disguise it as they might, there
was no shutting out the conviction that the KING did
not deem even them a sufficient protection for his per-
son; and this to the heroes of July was gall and worm-
wood, The KING, who is fully sensible that the
National Guard of France is all-powerful, now regrets
exceedingly that he consented to remain in his Palace
during the anniversary of the glorious days. The
consequence i 3, according to the journals, that M.
TRIERS is about to retire from the Presidency of the
Council, to make way for SOULT or SEBASTIANI,
one or other of whom is spoken of as his successor.
Of course the retirement of THIERS will be the signal
for the retreat of his colleagues.

Such was the prevailing rumour on Wednesday last
in the political circles of Paris. Nevertheless, our
opinion is, that the event will falsify the conclusions
drawn from it by the French Journalists. We arc
almost confident that IT. TruEns will not resign—
indeed, we know that nothing short of the positive
command of the KING will deter the Premier from
tilling his present office for life. THIERS never was
over-encumbered with principle, and his stock has not
increased since his elevation to the rank of a Cabinet
Minister. He has no thought of allowing the fruits of
industry during the three glorious days to be gathered
by any hand but his own. A high sense of political
honour is something of which he has not even a con-
ception. There are but two ways by which the KING
can rid himself of M. TIIIERS. The first is, to
command him to go about his business; the next is,
to kick down some of his hobbies : and then he
will resign voluntarily out of pique, and on the
strength of the mistaken notion that his services are
indispensable, and therefore that his recal will wear
the appearance of a triumph over the SOVEREIGN.
The tribunal of Correctional Police opened on Tues-
day, with the trial of thirty-nine individuals accused of
participating in various conspiracies. Twenty-four
were charged with the illegal manufacture and conceal-
ment of large quantities of gunpowder. The Journal
du Commerce states that the Police have discovered
the existence of a secret society whose ramifications
extend throughout the greater part of Europe. This
society, branches of which exist in Spain, Belgium,
Austria, most of the German States, and throughout
the Swiss Cantons, is reported to have a Committee
constantly sitting in Paris, by which all its movements
are directed. Inferior regicide societies have also been
discovered, if we may credit the organs of the police,
the members of one of which style themselves the
"Avengers of AL IBEAup." Now the fact of the matter
is, that we very much doubt if all this fuss about
" secret societies" and " regicide plots," just now dis-
covered i❑ Paris, has the slightest foundation in truth.
The great object of the Ministers is to justify their
conduct, in persuading the KING not to be present
during the celebration of the fetes; and this object
can only be achieved by persuading the KING and
people, by proofs irrefragable, that his MAJESTY'S
life was then in the most imminent danger. Annexed
are extracts :

PARIS, AUGUST 3.—The Moniteur of this morning con-
tains in its official part a report to the King from the Minister
of War, recommending him to promote Major-General Bu-
geaud to the rank of Lieutenant-General, as a reward for the
signal advantage he has obtained over Abdel Kader. The
Minister adds, that General Bugeaud has been in active ser-
vice for thirty years, that he has made thirteen campaigns,
and has had the rank of Major-General ever since April 2, 1830.
A Royal Ordinance is annexed, promoting General Bugeaud
according to the Minister's recommendation.
A letter from Oran, of 20th July, says, " General Bu•
geaud has announced to-day, to the officers of the several
corps of the army, that he would very shortly return to
France, and would give up the command of all the troops to
General Letang, who is instructed to continue the military
operations, as soon as the troops shall have recovered from
their fatigues. It is already known that Abdel Kader, who
is said to be wounded, is gone to the tribe of Ouled Ben
Brahim, to punish it for not having obeyed his orders.
It is a remarkable circumstance, that the Emir has ap-
plied directly to General Letang, to propose an exchange of
prisoners. The General has made himself feared by the hos-
tile Arabs, and beloved by our allies.
The prisoners sent to France by General Bugeaud have ar-
rived at Toulon, but were immediately sent to Marseilles.
Messager, August 3.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Psus, AUGUST 3.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 109£ sc.
Four per Cents., 101 f. 90c.
Three per Cents. 80f. 35c. 40c.
Bank Actions, 2,285 f.
Rent., de Naples, 100 f. 50c.
Roman Five per Cents., 103!,6M.
Spanish Actives, 351 36%.
Spanish Differes, 14%34.
Spanish Passives, 10% 11 10%.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 47 4714%1M;
Haytian Loan, 390£
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 32%c. ; money, —f. —c.
Three months. paper, 25f. 15c.; money, —L —c.
—Four., Authentiaue.

BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.--The steady prices of Consols
has encouraged the speculators. The Three per Cents. have
risen to 80f. 60c. The Spanish Active Stock has been as
low as 35, sellers ; but it has since recovered to 353-.
LAST Paicas.—Five per Cents., 109 f. 35c. ; Three
per Cents., 80f. 55c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, Gueb-
hards, —; Differes, 13 ; New Loan, —; Actives, 36i ; Pas-
sives, 10i ; Ducats, 100 80 ; Romans, 1031 ; Pedros, —;
Belgians, —' • Dutch, —f. —c. ; Haytians, 3901. —c. ;
Aliguels, 16 ; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 22 ; Con-
tinuation, ; New Differes, 14i; Five per Cent. Perpe-
tuelles, —; Royal Loan, —,

Private letters from Madrid were received in Paris
on Wednesday, confirming the intelligence of COR-
DOVA's resignation, and its acceptance by the Go-
vernment. TheUEEN was at first very unwilling to
deprive
eher
hero Q
of
Arlaban of the glory of capturing
DON CARLOS, and driving his followers with fire and
sword out of the Peninsula ; but finding that she
had to choose between a superannuated military Dandy
and her Cabinet, she very wisely left the Commander-
in-Chief to be dealt with according to the good plea-
isure of the President of the Council. We trust

that this report is correct, as we regard the presence of
CORDOVA at.•the head of the army as fatal to the
cause of liberty and the QUEEN. What leads us to
'give credence to it is the retirement of M. DE
RAYNEVAL, the French Ambassador at Madrid,
whose creature CORDOVA was from the first. SARS-
BIEL]) is spoken of as the General about to be
entrusted with the command of the army in the room
of CORDOVA. Had General EVANS been fortunate
in attacking the Carlists at Fontarabia, it is said that
ISTURIZ had designed the chief command of the
army for him. This would have put an end to the
constant jealousies among the Spanish Generals who
all aspire to the office of Commander-in-chief. But
the affair of Fontarabia has set aside the appointment
to the chief command of the Hon. and Gallant Mem-
ber for Westminster, if in reality it ever existed.
GOMEZ was in full retreat towards the Basques on
the 24th ult. His expedition into Gallicia has there-
fore terminated in a complete failure. Throughout
his long march, the people were generally passive ;
neither attempting to oppose, nor offering to facilitate
his progress.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS _DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK

MR. NATHAN ROTHSCHILD AND HIS FAMILY.

We copy the following from a French paper, received by
express this morning :
" France has emancipated the Jews, and our revolution has
repaired the great evil of the edict of Nantes ; and the French
Jews at present mix with all ranks of society ; but the example
which France has shown has not been imitated by the other
states of Europe.—(The editor is wrong here, for in Holland
they are also free.) The Rothschilds have made great efforts
for the emancipation of their co-religionists ; but they owe
nothing to the states and governments that have granted, or
rather sold, them favours or honours. The Jews of all coun-
tries owe everything to the riches and the credit of this family.
Nathan, the youngest son of him who has just died at Frank-
fort, has been received, on landing at Constantinople, by the
Commander of the Faithful in person, with the greatest mag-
nificence—Charles has been admitted, at Rome, to kiss the
hand of his Holiness the Pope—and Lionel, the eldest-born
of Nathan, has been promoted, at Madrid, to the dignity
of Knight of the Order of Isabella, the Catholic !
The founder of the house of Rothschild, Mayer Anselm, was
born in Jewry-street, a mean and still sequestered quarter
of the town. He was destined to the Church ; but his father
placed him, in opposition to his own inclination, in a counting-
house in Hanover, where Mayer Anselm, without neglecting
his taste for science, attended so well to business, that he be-
came banker to the Court in 1801 ; and during the sway of
Napoleon in Germany, the Landgrave's fortune was saved by
the devoted attachment of his banker. Napoleon who desired
to emancipate the Jews, placed Mr. Rothschild in the Elec-
toral College of Frankfort ; but on the retreat of the French,
the Jews were again proscribed—banished to their miserable
quarter of the city, and only lately a Rothschild has been ad-
mitted to the Cassino. Mayer Anselm died in 1812, leaving
his fortune to his five sons, recommending them to remain
united. It is known how faithfully they fulfilled this wish.
Their combined power over the finances of the European
powers was at one moment such, as to have enabled them to
dictate peace or war. This is not the place to inquire into a
state of politics which makes the fate of Europe depend on a
few bankers, is what it ought to be. The mother of the
Rothschilds is still alive. She is, it may be said, the good
genius that watches over them ; but an invisible genius—for
she still inhabits at Frankfort the humble street of the Jews.
If she leave her habitation at any time, it is to take the air
in the gardens of her son Anselm. The mother of the Roth-
childs has been compared to the mother of Bonaparte, and
the comparison has hardly appeared exaggerated. The
Rothschilds may obtain in fact an honourable place in his-
tory, if they know how to employ the influence their riches
gives them, to ameliorate the social condition of their co-reli-
gionists, and to second the efforts which philosophy is making
for the emancipation of the Jews, particularly in Germany."
The body of Mr. Rothschild (accompanied by the whole of
the family, with the exception of his son Nathan, who left
London last week for Frankfurt) arrived last night about eight
o'clock in the river. It is not yet known when the funeral
takes place.
We are authorised to state that the article which appeared
in a Morning Journal, respecting the demise of the late Mr.
Rothschild, in which there is attributed neglect on the part of
the medical attendants, is entirely without foundation— he
having had the first medical and surgical assistance ; and the
treatment the patient experienced had met the concurrence of
Mr. Travers, on his arrival at Frankfort.

Our arrivals this morning are the French, Ostend, and
Dutch mails. A Lisbon mail has also arrived—sailed on the
24th ultimo.

By the latter, from Lisbon, we learn that alarm prevailed
there at the approach of the Carlists in Gallicia. They were
said to have occupied Bctanzas, Santiago, and Lugo, and
fears were entertained that if Espartero were not able to
subdue them, a Miguelite revolt would take place in the
northern provinces of Portugal. A Council of State was
held on the 221 ult , at which the Spanish Minister attended.
The elections in Lisbon and the provinces were going on
favourably to Ministers. Prince Ferdinand returned to Lisbon
the day previous to the packet sailing from Oporto. A report
was prevalent that the Portuguese Government contemplated
calling on England for an auxiliary force of 6,000 men, ac-
cording to the Treaty ; but it was disbelieved.
Consols opened this morning at 911 for the Account, and
911 for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 ; India Bonds,
1 diset., par ; Bank Stock, 212 2131 ; India Stock, 260.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active continues at the
leaving-off price of yesterday, 361 ; Passive, 11 ; De-
ferred, 15i i3,-; Portuguese, 771 78 ; Three per Cents, 481 ;
Colombian, 27/- 281 ; Mexican, 31 32 ; Dutch Two-and-a-
half per Cents, 55i 55k.
lIALF-PAST ONE.
Consols may be quoted at 91i for the Account; Money,
911 11. Exchequer Bills, 10 12 ; India Bonds, 1 prem. ; Bank
Stock, 213 ; India Stock, 259 260.

In the Foreign Market, Spanish, in the morning, was heavy
at 351, owing to the report that Vittoria was taken by the
Carlists ; but this, up to the present hour, not being confirmed,
Spanish has improved to 36g. Active, 111 ; Deferred, 15 ;
Portuguese, 771 78 ; Three per Cents., 48- ; Colombian,
274 28+ ; Mexican, 30 32 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half pQr
Cents., 551:.
The corpse of Mr. Rothschild now lies at his house in
New-court, City.

THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols for the Account, 91
THE FUNDS.—C

USING PRICES.

BRII.INI-1

FUNDS.

Pank Stock 213 °umlaut
3 per Cent ittd. 917f', India Stocl-
3 per Cent Cons 911,4 Oitto Bonds ..... ..... . . 1 inn.
I per Cent. lOOl South Sea Stock
34 per Cent Red — Ditto Old Annuities
New :.1 per Cent lOU% Ditto New Annuitic:;
I per Cent. Assented — Ex. Bills, 1000/....... .......... 12 pm
Dissented
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 50t1/ l2 ;m.
Jail. 1860 l5 13-16 Bank Stock for Opg.
Oct. 150 — Lidia Stock for Act ..... 200%
Jan. 1860 1534 Consols for Act.
FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. 80%
k;elgian, 5 per cent - Ditto, Now Ditto 77%
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent, — Russian Bonds, 5 per cent. ...
Chillan 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per cent. Spanish, 5 per cent
Ditto, 1834
Danish, 3 percent French, 5 per cent ...... ... —f. —e.
Greek Bonds, 1625, 5 per cent — Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent. — French,. 3 per cent BOl. 75c.
Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825
Peruvian, 1823, 6 per cent.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

METROPOLITAN ROADS.

It is stated in the 10th Report of the Commissioners of the
Metropolis Turnpike Roads, north of the Thames, that " The
business of permanently improving the roads already in exist-
ence has been carefully to, and a large additional quantity of
the best materials has been provided. The Annual Amount
given in the Appendix, No. 1, exhibits a payment of 7,1341.
for granite and hard stone, beyond the amount expended in
the preceding year for the same object. In addition to this
most important point of giving a harder and more durable sur-
face to the roads, various minor improvements have been car-
ried into effect, both as regards appearance and utility." With
respect to the Tolls it is reported that " The receipt in the
last year has exceeded that of the year preceding by
748/. Bs. 6d., the amount received being 79,6421. 12s. 4d. ;
and the whole receipt, from ordinary and extraordinary sources,
was 83,3141. Gs. 9d. The total expenditure of the last year
was 84,6421. 25.10 d. ; this sum includes the third instalment of
5,000/. in liquidation of the Consolidated Debt, and which is
thereby reduced from its original amount in the sum of
15,0001., together with a proportionate diminution of the an.
nual interest, the whole debt being now 85,0001." It appears
that the expense of the establishment was 4,6311., of which
3,4651. was paid in salaries to the Secretaay, Clerks, &c.