The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-09 00:00:00

VENEZUELA.

We are informed hy7Captain Waite, of the brig Emma,
arrived yesterday from Maracaibo, that previous to his
departure considerable excitement existed, in conse-
quence of some English forces having crossed the line
which separated British Guiana from Venezuela, and
erected a fort or block-house on the Venezuelan terri-
tory.
passed between
w e angry
rcorrespondencetwohas,Governments.
in consequence,
We give this information as it reached us. We in-
cline, however, to think that the line between Guiana
and the Venezuelan territory has never been traced with
ett yh
e officials
any accuracy, and on the whole, it strikes us as some-
what singular that a portion of country which at least a
short time since was a mere desert, should have already
become a subject of dispute.
..
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET,' OCT. 18.

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and without important change in prices, with the excep-
tion of United States and Harlem Railroad, The former
sold at 4 per cent. cash, being 1-2 per cent. below any
former sales. and one sale of 25 shares for 1 1-2 sellers
12 months. Harlem declined 1 3-'4 from last sales,—so
much for the late report of the Investigating Committee.

Exchange on Philadelphia, 2 7-8 a 3; do. 13altimere,
2 1-8 a 2 1-4. In Foreign Exchange there ha've been
no transactions of importance.
The Cotton market is very dull. There have been no
sales worthy of notice.

In the Flour market there seems to be more firmness;
and prices have an upward tendency, though the sales
have been small. We quote Genesee and OhiO at
$5,871- a 6,00 ; Michigan $5,87i ; Troy, Aff 5, 6 2 a 87i;
Southern Flour "is held firmly at $6,25 a 6,50 ; a cargo
of Northern Corn sold for 68 measure, for an eastern
market ; 1,000 bushels Rye, 66 cents. delivered, 65 cents.
offered at the boat. _ _

The market for Ashes is very dull, and prices of Pots
now range a little lower than previous quotations.
Neither is there nruch doing in Coffee or Sugar, and
the Provision market is very inactive On the whole, this
has been a remarkably dull day for all kinds of business.
It will be seen by an advertisement from the State
Comptroller that on and after -Monday next, the bills of
the Commercial Bank (being a Safety Fund Bank) will
be redeemed in Albany at their par value. They may
now be sold in the street at a trifling discount.
The Newark Daily Advertiser of Saturday last, says
—We are authorised to say, that Messrs. E. R. Biddle
and Edwin Lord, President and Vice-President of the
Morris Canal and Banking Company, were removed from
office yesterday by a vote of the Board of Directors.
W also understand that their successors have nut yet
been appointed.
PIIILADLLPHIA, OCT. 18. P. M.—The transactions at

the Stock Exchange were quite limited, with in most
descriptions a downward tendency, a few shares United
States Bank sold at 4 and finally closed at 3 a 4 ; 94
shares Mechanics Bank sold at 2,4; Drafts on New York
at 102 15-16, and after the board, $l,OOO U. S. Bank
notes at 661 ; Cambden and Amboy closed at 80 a 85 ;
Vickburg, 3 a 31.
A carpenter's shop and stable on Vine between
Schuylkill 6th and 7th streets was destroyed by fire on
Sunday night about ten o'clock.
I see that, one or two of the morning papers of this
day contain a report of the appraisers of the property
assigned by the United States Bank in trust to James
Dunlap and others ; whether this has caused a decline
iii the price of the stock of not, I
,cannot say; you will
see above that the price fell full one dollar a share. - •
RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
$6,000 State; 5i BB
22,000 Illinois, 6's, 1870 ... 441
2,000 Ditto do s 60 ds 44i
4,000 Ditto do
4,000 Ditto do. s 6ods 44i
3,000 Indiana Bonds..
1,000 Ditto do s 60 ds 46i
5,000 Cincinnati Bonds
50 Shares United States' Bank s. lOds 41
85 Ditto Delaware and Hudson
235 Ditto North Americangrust p& c 3
50 Ditto Canton Co
120 Ditto Mohawk
50 Ditto Harlem
10 Ditto Auburn and Rochester
125 Ditto Mechanics' Banking Association
100 Ditto Long Island b9o ds
25 Ditto Stonington Railroad
25 Ditto New Jersey
SECOND BOARD.
75 Shares Harlem

13i

THE MINISTRY.
If our readers derive no instruction from the
following account of the late change of the Bri-
tish Cabinet, addressed by a Turkish Effendi in
LoudOn, to a friend at Constantinople, they will
at least be amused by it. The writer is said to
be a poet and'a man of letters; and, judging from
the following specimen of his style, an autobio-
graphical diary of his residence in England,
would make the fortune ofa London bookseller:—
" London, sth Regieb.
" On the second of the present moon, the pillars of
state (Ministers) and the illustrious by birth of the Eng-
lish nation were convoked by superior order to delibe-
rate upon certain State matters, and to lend the ear of
attention to a speech from the Queen of these realms,
uttered through the mouth of a high functionary, deputed
to act as the trumpet of Majesty. This speech contained
excellent matter, and evinced exceeding solicitude for
the honour and welfare of the people. But many of the
illustrious by envying the holders of power, covet-
ing the good things resulting therefrom, and having
many needy tribesmen claimants for Pachalics and other
well retributed offices, turned aside the cheek of content,
and displayed great impatience during the read-
ing. Out of deference, however, to Majesty, they
withheld the hand of opposition, and placed
the lock of discretion upon 'their lips, until the
echo of authority was silent. But when the principal
Vizir (141elboorn Mushir) proposed that he should be
empowered to return a dutiful and submissive acknow-
ledgment, up rose Ripoon Bey, an ex-Vizir (whose name
signifies luire' with us), and 70 or more souls, crying
out discourteous, yok, yok' (no, no). We have eaten
your filth long enough. You would fain give all our corn
to weavers and mechanics, that we may be reduced to
live on alms. That is a bad speech ! we can make a
better. You are subverters, faithless men. Go out,
go out 1'
" Thereupon the aforesaid Vizir displayed unbounded
astonishment. Finding, however, that numbers were
against him, and that the wand f authority was fast
gliding from his fingers, he exclaimed in doleful tones,
Oh illustrious by birth.: This is a conduct not to be
found on record. Is the imperial will mere dirt in your
eyes ? But the sword of strength is in your hands.
Smite l Alas ! reason. in the brain of the hungry is as
a light skiff tossed amid troubled waters. Listen. I and
the other Vizirs, my colleagues, will only hold the rud-
der until it shall please our Sovereign Mistress, upon
whom be the blessings of increase, to appoint new steers-
men. We are your sacrifice,'
" Upon this arose an incredible confusion of tongues.
Some friends cried out, aferin, aferin, (bravo) dinky'
(hear), and door' (stay); but their voices were drowned
by the outcries of opponents, who seditiously vociferated,
Away, away, you bray like donkeys mumbling tough
thistles. We will not listen to your rigmarole. We
place no snore confidence in your words than in rotten
planks. Begone! the sooner the better. You are spit
upon.' Thereat the illustrious by birth separated tts
multuously.
" Intelligence of these unlooked-for occurrences having
been conveyed to the ear of Majesty, the royal brow was
clouded. But the Queen having pondered briefly, de-
spatched Tatars for Peel Bey, a man practised in state
matters, cunning in council, expert in speech, and chief
of a numerous sect called Toorees, or Preservers. To this
sect belong the whole of the English Ullemah and ex-
pounders of sacred books, most of the illustrious by
birth, and a preponderance of people holding land by
descent, or places where nothing is done, much gained,
and more wanted (query ? sinecures)—not to mention
the Seraskier (commander-in-chief), and many generals
and officers famous in battle by land and sea—a for-
midable array.
" This sect is therefore very powerful, and has acquired
its second name from its adherence to ancient preju-

dices, its hoarding much corn in granaries, and itsoppo

sition to all innovations. One of its principal dogmas
consists in asserting that all benefits conferred by others
are grievous evils, and that all men are the sons and
grandsons of asses who are not of their kin. This is not
accordant with reason, but it is advantageous to persons.
The Persian Suffites believe that all things are good,
since they proceed from the Almighty—the English
Preservers, when not in office, declare that all things are
bad, because they do not emanate from themselves. In
my small wisdom, this is intensely selfish and profane.
" Well, this Peel Bey having arrayed himself in the
garb of humility, and placed beneath his breast cover a
list of Vizirs and other functionaries, all eager for the
cup of enjoyment, hastily proceeded to the foot of the
throne, where, upon being commanded to assume power,
he dropped the eyelid of feigned reluctance, and replied
coyly, that he only consented to abandon the violet bed
of privacy, and to tread the thorny path of grandeur, in
order to prove his devotion to the Imperial person, his
disinterested attachment to religion and corn, and his
ardent desire to save the vessel of State from being ship-
wrecked by unskilful mariners. Whereupon the Queen
said, ' Peki (good), thy face is whitened,' and with sor-
rowful heart directed the nishans (insignia) of office to
be taken from the bosoms of ancient and well-loved ser-
vants, and to be suspended round the necks of the Pre-
servers.
" Thereat Peel Vizir, the illustrious by birth, and the
lineman, gave loose to the mirth of satisfaction, and the
dismissed Vivirs packed up their chattels and withdrew
into privacy, there to chew the cud of retrospection—a
sour repast.
In the meanwhile, Peel Vizir exemplified one of the
tenets of the Preservers, by an act utterly disc b', dant
with our notions of decency and submission to the - pe-
ill
rial will. Fearing lest the female intimates and a i su-
perior attendants of Majesty might breed intrigues to
Ins disparagement, and pour the bitter oil of aversion
into the Queen's ears, he (Peel Vizir) declared the royal
harem to be harf (an enemy's country), and insisted that
the principal Odaliks, attached to the Maubain (auto-
chaMber) and inward apartments, should be turned out
‘li`eck and crop, and replaced by others belonging to the
tribes of the illustrious by birth and other Preservers.
" At this the beautiful Queen waxed inwardly wrath,
but having sworn to conform to certain usages, on which
this bold demand was founded, and being a Princess ve-
nerating oaths, her Imperial Majesty smothered the
flame of just resentment beneath the mantle of endur-
ance, and again said, ' Peki'—a bitter potion. There-
upon the weeping Odaliks—some old—some young—
some cypress-formed—some melon-waisted, were driven
forth from the mansion of delight, and compelled to seek
shelter beneath other wings, and the harem, being sup-
plied with fresh inmates, was declared no longer harf.
Thus matters stand at present in this land.
" Now, two or three conclusions forcibly strike,
upon the drum of my intelligence. Firstly, it. is
evident that Melboorn Pacha must have omitted to
consult the court astrologer, or that this latter
functionary must be the grandfather of all filth-
mongers, and merits condign punishment, for having
selected an unpropitious day for the utterance of
the imperial words. Secondly, it is clear that the illus-
trious by birth and other Preservers, must woefully neg.
lect the arts of cultivation, or that they must be most
egregious consumers of provender, if they dread lest the
giving of sufficient corn to fill the stomachs of the poor
should cause starvation to themselves. Thirdly, how
much more enviable is the majesty of the Padishah, our
omnipotent master, with whom jle perpetual glory, than
that of the Queen of this coal breeding people. Instant
death would be the just lot of him who should venture to
raise the eye of observation upon any person inhabiting
the privileged portion of the imperial abode. And as to
those who would attempt to smother the royal words
-with contemptuous ashes, or to treat the. Vizirs, as un-
clean colliers treat catskins, by turning them inside' out,
'
Allah
! allah ! my heart exchanges place
at the bare idea of their destiny, _ my in . cmo ,
Remember me in your
prayers."

THE COUNTY NEW POLICE.
' (FJ{O3l A CORRESPONDENT..)
LONGTON; POTTERIES; Nov. 3.—1 send you enclosed
a e-opy, of an information exhibited to Thomas Baily
RoSe and John Harvey, the former being our Pottery
Stipendiary Magistrate, the latter being a Magistrate for,
the county, and private gentleman.
Stonier was summoned to answer the charge before the
Bench of Magistrates at Stoke-upon-Trent, on Friday
last, and also to answer an assault on Levi Wantling,which
he committed at the time he illegally searched the house
of John Mackay without a warrant, during the time he
had Mackay in custody. The cases came on before
Thomas B. Rose, Philip Barnes Broadie, and John Har-
vey, Esqrs., Magistrates, on Friday last, and the investi-
gation occupied upwards of four hours, when the Magis-
trates intimated that they would give their judgment at
Longton this day. The parties attended at Longton this
day, wheal all the above Magistrates being present, Mr.
Rose gave the judgment against Richard Stonier, the
Superintendent, which was, that for the assault on Levi
Mauling he be fined 41. and costs, and in default of pay-
ment one month's imprisonment ; and for his conduct to
John Mackay, that he be suspended for one month.
'TIE DEPOSITION OF 'JOHN MACKAY,
Of Stoke •upon-Trent, in the county of Stafford, Beer-
seller by Retail, . who on his oath saith as follows :
I have been a resident householder of Stoke-upon-
Trent, for fifteen. years and. upwards. lam the owner
of a canal boat which I let on the line, and which is -of
the value of one hundred pjittids, or thereabouts. I
have carried on the business of a Retail Beer-seller iri
Stoke-upon-Trent aforesaid for about five years. On
Monday the 27th of September laSt, at ten o'clock, I
had occasion to -tarry. .from 13-1 y boat to my dwelling-
house (the said boat being on the Trent and Mersey,,
Canal, 'about . 60 yards from my house), three deal
planlis, or, boards, .of about 16 feet in length each.
As "I was carrying two of the boards, I met
James - Hope, policeman, of Stoke-upon-Trent,
who saw me carry the said boards or planks to:
my house, as I verily believe. On my returning a few
minutes .afterwards with the third plank or board 'the
said James Hope spoke to me and asked me what I was .
going to.do-with the boards, and where I had got them
from., I, immediately %told the said James Hope that '1
had got them from my boat, that I had purchased them
from James Taylor,- of Langport dock-yard; which is
about four miles from Stoke-upon-Trent aforesaid, and
that I was going to use them in some- alterations I was
about to make at. the stable of the dwelling-house I was
then living in. The said James Hope then requested
me to go up to the Police-office with him, which I rea-
dily consented to do, and immediately aceompanied him
to the Police-offic-e, where; . after waiting some
time, I was questioned by Richard Stonier,
the Superintendent, who took down my answers to his
inquiries in writing ; after being so questioned the said
Richard Stonier ordered me into the kitchen, when he
put an iron chain on my leg, which weighed about six
pounds, and put me into a cell where there were two
men, each being chained by the leg and fastened to the
ring in the floor. I was also fastened to the ring, and
could not move from it more than three or four feet. I
requested the said Superintendent Richard Stonier to let
me sit up by the kitchen fire;'Which he refused to allow
me to do. I had nothing to lie dowii tipbtrbut-a small
couch, upon which was a Mattress, but no clothes to cover
me. Only two of us could recline upon the couch at one
time. I was so chained and confined the whole of the
night of Monday, all day on Tuesday, and the whole of
Wednesday. On Wednesday night 1 was removed from
the cell, and put into a smaller one, chained to a ring in
the floor as before, but there was nothing to lie down
upon -except a board and nothites -to cover me. On
Thursday morning I was taken before Thomas Bailey
Rose, Esq., the stipendiary Magistrate for 'Stoke-upon-
-1 Trent, who was sitting-at Tnnstall, six miles from
Stoke, and immediately discharged ; the said Richard
Stonier, not offering any evidence against me. During
the whole of the said time, from Monday night to Thurs.'
day morning, I was not allowed to see my wife or any
of my friends, or to communicate with any one, except
through the police-officers. I never offered the least
resistance to the officers, or' attempted to get away, yet
the iron put on me on Wednesday night, was much
heavier than the one I had previously worn. I
asked the said Richard Stonier on Thursday
morning, the reason of my 'being removed
into a smaller cell, and a heavier iron put on my leg,
when he sneeringly replied, " It was not well to stay too
long in one place." During the whole time of my con-
finement, as before mentioned, I saw no Magistrate, or
any person whatever, except the police people. I re-
quested the said Richard Stonier several times to take me
before a Magistrate that I might clear myself from any
charge lie had against me. The said Thomas Bailey
Rose, Esq., was on Tuesday at Burslem, about four
miles from Stoke-upon-Trent, and within a mile of the
residence of Mr. James Taylor, from whom I had pur-
' chased the beards, and whose name and residence I had
given to the said Richard Stonier on Monday night,
when I was first confined. On Wednesday the said Thomas
Bailey Rose sat at Longton, which is within three miles
of Stoke-upon-Trent, and I am informed, and verily
believe it to be true, that the said Thomas Bailey Rose,
Esq., and his clerk were at the-Police-office, at Stoke-
upon-Trent aforesaid, on Wednesday morning, whilst
I was in custody, and that the said Thomas Bailey Rose,
' Esq., discharged a man from the - custody of the said
Richard Stonier, who had been chained and confined by
the said Richard Stonier, in the cell of the police-office,
from the: previous Saturday, and that the said
Richard Stonier had no evidence of any charge
to make against the said man, notwithstanding he
had confined him four days and four nights. I
verily believe I should have been.longer kept
in custody, had not Mr. Williams, attorney-at-Taw,
of Stoke-upon-Trent aforesaid,whoni myfriends employed
on Thursday morning, insisted Upon the said Richard
Stonier immediately taking me before a Magistrate.
Daring the period I was so confined I had no opportunity
of taking off my clothes to refresh myself ; a most offen-
sive stench arose from a vessel in the cell, as the vessel
was not emptied or removed from the cell during the
time I was confined. In the small cell where I was con-
fined on Wednesday night there was no convenience of
any kind. After I left the police-office on Thursday
morning I found upon my person and clothes,
which 1 had picked up there. The boards or planks
which I was carrying from my boat as before-mentioned,
were returned to me on Tuesday, the sth of October in-
stant, the same having been kept at the police-office from
the 27th of September, when I was first confined.
Sworn before me, one of her Ma-
jesty's Justices of the Peace for the
The mark of
county of Stafford, the same being
first carefully read over to the said X
John Mackay, in my presence this) John Mackay.
18th day of October, 1841.

JOHN HARVEY.

MEETING TO CONGRATULATE
MR. BRONTERRE O'BRIEN ON HIS RE-
LEASE FROM PRISON.
The friends and admirers of Mr. Bronterre O'Brien
held a public meeting, yesterday evening, at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, for the purpose of congratulating
him on his release from Lancaster gaol, where he had
been imprisoned for eighteen months. The large room
in the Crown and Anchor was filled on the occasion. in
every part, by a crowd of very respectably dressed la-
bourers and mechanics.
Mr. O'Brien, on entering the room, was received with
vehement and repeated cheer&
The CHAIRMAN stated the objects for which the work-
ing men of London had met that evening.
Mr. SPUR then=-clime forward to propose the first re-
seintion. Ile wished to propose to them that honour
Should be paid where honour was due. He would not
detain the meeting by any lengthened observation of
his, upon an occasion when their principal object was to
listen to the distinguished advocate of their cause, Mr.
O'Brien.—(Cheers.) The resolution placed in his hands
was to this effect, " That the imprisonment of John
James Bronterre O'Brien, Esq., for his benevolent exer-
tions in behalf of the poor, was unjust and inhuman."
Mr. SCOTT seconded the resolution, which was put and
carried unanimously, amidst loud cheers.
Mr. O'BRIEN then came forward to address the meet-
ing amidst loud cheers. He would begin with them as
he had begun with his old friends in Manchester, by
telling them he was glad to see them.—(Cheers and
laughter.) He felt glad, first because they seemed glad
to see him ; next, because by seeing them proved to him
that he was not in a worse place •, and, finally, bocausu
after having for eighteen months seen nothing but
thieves and smashers, it was gratifying to him
to look upon the faces of honest men.--(Cheers.)
He was happy to tell them that he had everywhere ob-
served an improved feeling among the 'friends of the
cause. There was less of rashness—less of exaggerated
confidence than before ; but there was to be found every-
where among the advocates of popular freedom a fixed,
unalterable determination to obtain their rights.
(Cheers.) The Chartism now abroad was as superior to
the Chartism ,of 1839 and 1840, as the light of the sun
was to that of the moon. It repudiated alike moral-
force delusion, and physical-force madness. Mr. O'Brien
after a lengthened speech, for which Nye cannot' find
room, then proceeded to advert to the distress
Bow
pre-
valent in the Manufacturing towns;.: andconcluded
amidst loud and prolonged cheers, stating that a change
in our legislative system was the Mil means by which
those evils could be remedied or removed.
The meeting separated at a late hour.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday fore-
noon in the garden of Buckingham Palace.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has re-
turned to his residence at Kew, from the Royal Military
College at Sandhurst.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel,
the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Wharncliffe, the -Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of
Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, Lord Stanley, the Chan-
cellor -of the Exchequer, the Earl of Haddington, t
Earl of Ripon, and Lord Fitzgerald.
The Council sat two hours.'
The Earl of Ripon arrived in towlnadoann Saturday.,
The Right Hon. Sir Robert Gordon leo
of
the Board
With his Lordship yesterday at the- office
of Trade.
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night
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the state

Avast quantity of wild fowl have made their ap.
peardnce in Portsmouth, Langston, and Chichester har.
flours, within these few days.—Hants Advertiser,