The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-16 00:00:00

MR. WAKLEY.

A Correspondent remarks, that Mr. Wakley, M. P., in
his weekly pamphlet, is endeavouring, to raise a violent out-
cry against the severe law in which the Chancellor of the
Exchequer proposes to enact for the suppression of the
unstamped newspaper fraud ; and the Hon. Member is, of
course, cordially seconded by all those persons whose illegal
and most unfair trade is endangered by the law in question.
Now, we have no desire to see any offenders punished
with undue severity ; but, if the Government cannot pro-
tect those who pay the Stamp and Advertisement Duties,
from the abominable system of robbery to which they
have for years been subjected, without obtaining addi-
tional powers against that system, surely no lux-rest man
will say that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is wrong in
calling upon the Legislature to arm him with the necessary
authority. Mr. Wakley talks of the Algerine tyranny of
the new Stamp Act, as if it were directed against the whole
press of England ; when the fact is that it can affect only
that part of the press which ought never to have been al-
lowed to exist. Moreover, the moment the publication of
the " unstamped " ceases, the law becomes a dead letter.
Mr. Wakley, some time ago, started a weekly stamped
paper, called The Ballot. It failed. Will he permit a
brother Radical to ask him a question connected with the
`the present subject. Suppose he had succeeded in ren-
dering The Ballot a valuable property ; and suppose he
was paying to literary gentlemen, reporters, &c., upwards
of 301. per week for original contributions and articles of
intelligence, while for stamps and advertisements he paid
the Government about .500/. a week. Then suppose a set
of people, under the insidious pretence of supplying the
humbler classes with cheap information and availing
themselves of the unpopularity of the " Taxes on
Knowledge " as an excuse for setting the law at de-
fiance, thought proper to steal that title, The Ballot,
which Mr. Wakley's talent, industry, and spirit had
rendered valuable in the market to get up, in
fact, a close imitation of his journal in every res-
pect —to steal from it his compositions on the very
day of publication, and, paying nothing for original compo-
sitions or intelligence, and nothing in the shape of stamp or
advertisement duties, suppose suc persons sold this fraudu-
lent Ballot for twopence, while he could not afford to sell
the original Ballot for less than sevenpence ?—Suppose, we
say, Mr. Wakley had been subjected for years to this system
of plunder, would he then have protested against a law of only
sufficient force to put a stop to that system which, if al-
lowed to go on, must utterly destroy his property? If so,
then does Mr. Wakley's patriotism equal that of " the self-
devoted Decis." The truth is, that the proprietors of
the stamped weekly papers ought long ago to have in-
sisted that the duties on newspapers should either be
wholly abolished, or enforced on all alike. This is pre-
cisely the course which we have all along pointed out. We
have advocated the abolition ; but the Government will
not part with the whole of the stamp duty. It is really
too bad" to abuse men for asking the protection of their
property, which the law regulates in the manner they do
not approve of, but which law they are still bound to obey.
Dispatch.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Arrivals this morning—two French, two Ostend, one Dutch
and a Lisbon mail by the Espoir, May 1, old date ; we have had
May s—a mail from Vera Cruz by the Lyra, sailed March
26 ; a number of ship-letters from the eastward, Calcutta,.
Van Diemen's Land, Ceylon, and Bombay, Jan. 23 ; Mau-
ritius, and Cape of Good Hope, Feb. 26 ; also from Jamaica,
Barbadocs, Bahia, and Buenos Ayres.
Jamaica Papers to April 1, have been received this day.
They do not contain any news of importance.
By Sydney Papers to Dec. 8, just received, we find that
the tobacco crops at present bear the most luxuriant appear-
ance. In Van Diemen's Land the price of wheat, in pros.
pect of an abundant harvest, continued low, in comparison
to the late prices. It is now 7s. to 7s. 6d. per bushel ; bar-
ley ss. 6d. to 6s. ; English 6s. to 7s. ; oats ss. to ss. 6d. The
sales of colonial wools continue to go off with animation, and
at good prices.
Cape of Good Hope Papers to March 6, state that every-
thing remains quiet on the frontier, and in the new Province.
The season had been very favourable, and the appearance of
the whole country, as to grass and hops, is most pleasing.
New York Papers to the 20th April have been received at
the North and South American Coffee-House.
( From the New Orleans paper of April 4.)
TEXAS.— For the last three days there has been a variety of
reports from Texas, but on none of which much reliance can
be placed.
Santa Anna's official account of the taking of San Antonio
is in town, and boasts of having killed 100 Texeans out of the
180 in the fort.

Accounts from Rio Grande of Feb. 12 have been received
at Boston. The new President bad been rejected at Port
Alegre, and there was every appearance of a revolution
throughout the Province.
THE SENATE, APRIL 15. —Mr. Kent offered the following,
which lies one day for consideration,—Resolved that the Pre-
sident of the United States be requested to open negociations
with the Government of France, as soon as the diplomatic
intercourse between the two, countries shall be renewed, for
the purpose of placing our trade in tobacco with that country
upon a more liberal footing than the existing system of ad-
ministration.

By Canton Papers to the 13th of January it appears that
the Chinese will not suffer the Jardine steamer to enter the
Bogue. The Acting. Governor says. "If the said foreign ship
arrives at the Bogue, immediately open and attack her hull
with a thundering fire, and those who succeed in knocking her
to pieces shall be promo ted."
(From the Canton Price Current.)
COTTON.—Our market continues without any improvement.
Cotton piece goods in moderate demand.
OPlUM.—There have been but few transactions during the
week. The market is very dull.
WOOLLENS.—SaIes are being made at our quotations, but
with little improvement in price.
We have numerous arrivals this morning, both from the
East and West Indies, but to our surprise they are greatly de-
ficient of intelligence. We are also disappointed in the intel-
ligence by the express from Paris, as it was generally expected
it would have brought some account of the movements in the
north of Spain by the British Legion.
Consols are at the leaving off prices of Saturday 921 for the
Account ; Spanish Bonds rather lower 451.
HALF-PAST ONE.
This being settling day in the Foreign Market, the British
Market is entirely neglected.
Consols have been during the morning at 921 for the Ac-
count, and 921 for Money.
Exchequer Bills, 14 16 ; India Bonds, 3 1 ; Bank Stock,
212 213; India Stock 25941.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Securities are heavy,
owing to there being no news from the armies in the North of
Spain. Spanish Active Bonds 454 ; Passive, 131; Deferred,
22 ; Portuguese, 864 ; Mexican, 351 / ; Three per Cents.,
54. / ; Columbian, 321; Mexican, 34 36 ; Dutch Two and
1
a alf, 57/.
The private letters from America state that money is worth
there from 9 to 12 per cent. per annum for speculative purposes.
We arc anxiously waiting for further information from Ge-
neral Evans.
In the Share Market very little doing. Great Western
improved to 30 prem., but most of the Railway Shares are
lower. Stephenson's Brighton fallen to 13, and Rennie's to
4- discount. The Eastern Counties are heavy at 4 premium.
Colonial Bank Shares are steady at 6 premium.
THREE 0' CL 0 C.K.
Consols for the Account, 92i.

E' ..4 ir? 1 g' c"g
From Whence. g- -i. ;-,.- F • 1 '' % E,
r.. , . • .
........----. __ __-_. ___. __-.. ...6.... ::: --••••-.......... ...........
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Q, rs: Qrs. sacks.
Arundel --.-... - 173 - --- ...- 212
Bridport - - It - - - --.. =-
Clay - 120 - .... - - - .....
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~„ 'Colchester l.'o - 362 - 81 17 -
p? flgrwich - 460 - - ... - 11
ri Leigh 425 - - - - lid -,-- -
Maldon - 310 A , R_'o
Hastings 215 - 1 i ..., - -
-•ism
Hull. - - - - -.- - 10
Ipswich - - - - 640
Kent - 36 - 453 72 50
Liverpool - - :30 - - -
Lowestoft 3O -3, 0 - - - - 10
Newcastle lO - 50 - - - - 538
Newhaven
Pools - 57 36 - - - - 559
Shoreham - :60 -- - - - - 435
Southampton - - 50 - - - - 15
Southwold - - - 7 - 19
Stock ton - - - - - 21 - 310
Teignmouth - - 120 - - - - 643
Wells - - 450 - - - - 1850
Wo9ilbridge 135 76 216 - - - - -
Yarmouth 3O 510 2089 - - - - -
Aberdeen - - - 2 - - - k 0
Band - - - 2716 - - 12 -
nem ick . - - - - ...... 20
Inverness.... 59 50 - 20,1 - - ....,
Leith
.- - -- - -- - - -
4665 1436 5147 2212 - 182 1'.9 7313
IRISH.
Cork - - 592 - - - _ 25
Dublin - - - 550 - - - -
Galway _. - 1695 - - - -
Limerick ... . - - - 8255 - - - -
Newry - - 14.0 - - ...• -
Waterford - - - 3471 - - - -
Westport -
Youghai 1 .... ...... - .... - 1130 - - - -
FOREIGN.
Dant= .
flamburg - - - -- •- - - 1310
Ceastways - - 173 - - - -
Total - L9S2 Ll4O 8646

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SMITHFIEL
The supply to this day's market
dull, at the following
PRICES PER STOKE OF BLS
S. d. to s. d. a d. to s 4
Interior Beasts 2lO 3 0 Inferior Sheep 3 6 310
Second. quality ditto 3 6 310 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 8
Prime large Oxen 4 2 4 4 Coarse-waolled ditto .... 410 5 0
Prime Scots, tic.
Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0 Large Hogs 'I 6 4 2
Prime small ditto
Slckling Calves each ...12 i., 3:2 01 Quarter old Pigs each, 10 0 14 0
Lamb 6s 2d. to 6s. 8d
SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT.
Beasts. I Sheep. 1 Calves. I Pigs
2,250 15,000 290 380
About 100 of the Beasts came up the St. Alban's road; about 1C oup
the other northern roads; about 220 (including Irish) from the western
and midland districts : about 1150 from Not folk, Stitlbla, Essex, and Cam-
bridgeshire; about 140 from KEn t and Sussex ; and most of the remainder
from the marshes, &c. in the neighbourhood of London.

1. TO SINK THE OFFALS.