The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-01 00:00:00

TO THE EDI'T'OR OF THE TIMES.

SIR,-Perhaps my Lord Wynford will think the fol-
lowing facts quite in accordance with a perfect state of
things :
A bill has been filed in Chancery against me and eight
other persons, each of whom must take an " office copy,"
as it is called. Each of these office copies costs 17/. ; that
is to say, that sum is paid to the Clerk in Court. Six out
of the eight persons are mere trustees, having no bene-
ficial interest whatever in the subject of the suit, and they
will have to bear the whole loss, as there neither are or can
be funds capable of paying them, unless the plaintiff
should lose the suit.

To avoid the leas of this 171. I wished to borrow one
of the office copies from a solicitor who had obtained one,
and so prepare my answer from it, but I find the answer
cannot be filed until I have taken an office c'•py also.

Thus, to say nothing of the tees paid on filing the bill,
and of the office copies of the eight answers (which must
be had), this suit alone, at this early stage, and for one step
only, will put into the pocket of somebody the small sum
of 1361. for " office copies."
I should add, that the bill is by no means an extraor-
dinary length, being 400 folios. It might happen that
the bill might be, without being very extraordinary, three
times that length; the charge for " office copies" would
be in proportion. Yours obediently,
March 23. E. S.

We understand that immediately after the
Easter holidays, MASSINGER'S Maid of Honour is to be
revived at Covent Garden Theatre, the part of the heroine
having been especially selected by Miss F. KxatraLE for her
next new character. _

His Royal Highness Prince CoBGRG, and his
Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, have eaell made a dona-
tion of 1001. in aid of the fund raising for the famishing
population of Ireland.
A letter from Mr. BURGE to Lord GODE-
'mil, upon the subject of slave manumission in Jamaica,
has just been laid before Parliament; by which it appears
that from the year 1817 to 1826, the total number of
manumissims granted was 4,782, of which, 1,951 were
paid for, and 2,831 were gratuitous.
It is impossible to describe, in adequate terms,
the ferment which prevailed at the French Stock Market
on Tuesday. All were seller,' and no buyers ; even the
former most strenuous supporters of public credit bad
turned round, and were getting rid of stock at almost any
sacrifice as to price. One extensive speculator, who had
held stock since the last revolution, had realized a loss of
upwards of 30 per cent. on an enormous amount.
The dealers in the foreign exchanges assembled
on 'Change yesterday afternoon, and transacted the busi-
ness usually done on the Friday, as this being Good Friday,
and the Royal Exchange shut, they could not otherw•i•e
have transacted the usual exchange business. Bills were
more in demand, but the rate!' did not undergo any mate-
rial alteration.

GIBRALTAR, MARCII 21.—The communi-
cation here has been closed for the last two months, in con-
sequence of a band of Constitutionalists having organized
and equipped themselves here, and landed on the coast of
Spain. Their attempt, as you will have seen by the
papers, has totally failed. MANZ NARES, an intimate
friend of mine, was basely betrayed by his party ; and
with the spirit of an ancient Roman, having first shot
his betrayer, put an end to his existence. He was a man
of wonderful talent. Those who would embark in so
foolish an enterprise as that of revolutionizing spin, and
giving it a free Constitution, must be ignorant of the
country, and of the gross and besotted ignorance in which
it is plunged. The true patriot would do more service
ideas,
than Spain by disseminating knowledge and liberal
than in attempting to decapitate FERDINAND, and pro-
claiming the Constitution of the United States. A revo-
lution in their minds must first take place. The Go-
vernor here is about to charter a vessel to take all the
Liberals to England ; after which the communication
will be opened,

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