The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-15 00:00:00

PROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—As an elector of Finsbury, and reader of your
Journal, may I request, as a favour, to know why you are
silent in reference to the meeting at White Conduit House
on Wednesday last, to adopt a petition to both Houses of
Parliament for a free pardon to the above-named patriot 3 ?
I take the opportunity of stating that it was one of the
greatest meetings ever held in the borough of Finsbury.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JUSTICE.

Feb. 14, 1840.

[We never received any notice of the meeting, and
never heard of it till this letter reached us.—ED. Stils.]

THE BISHOP OF EXETER. AND
!MR. PARE.

London, Adelphi, 6, Robert-stteet, Feb. 12 1840.
My Lord Bishop—l have taken the liberty to address
this letter to your Lordship in consequence of a speech
which I rind in The Sett newspaper of this day, reported
to have been delivered by your Lordship in the House of
Lords last night, in which you thought proper to reflect
upon my veracity.
Notwithstanding what your Lordship, or your Lordship's
correspondent, may say, I beg to state most unequivocally
that the whole of the allegations set forth in my petition,
presented to the House of Commons, and by it ordered to
be printed on the 4th inst., are true ;and that I am ready,
by myself and others, to prove the same before any com-
petent tribunal.
Your Lordship is reported to have said in the course of
your observations, alluding to me, and after the announce-
ment of my resignation by the Marquis of Normanby, that
you had "no wish to press upon a fallen wan." Now, my
Lord, it would appear from this that your Lordship meant
to convey to the House and to the country the idea that your
Lordship was in possession of other statements, which,
whether true or false—like those by which your Lordship
has already allowed yourself to be misled—might possibly
damags, me in the eyes of the public, but which, out of con-
sideration fur " a fallen man," your Lordship chose to
withhold.

Now, my Lord, I beg to say that, after what has oc-
curred, I can set no value whatever upon your
Lordship's affected consideration for me, and I beg
respectfully to challenge your Lordship to state
openly, in your place in Parliament, anything and
everything which your Lordship may deem disparaging to
my character. Spare me not, my Lord ; I have done and
said nothing of which I need be afraid or ashamed, but, on
the contrary, have, in addition to a strictly hossest dis-
charge of my duties in private life, devoted my hum-
ble abilities and means to ameliorate the condition
of my suff,ring fellow•-men, and to promote the
practice of the divine religion of love and charity.
Since the publication of the charges which your Lordship
brought against me, and to which I have replied in my
petition, I have had the honour of receiving a memorial,
of which the following is a copy, signed by a number of
Magistrates, and other public functionaries, professional
men, merchants, &c , of Birmingham, and the signatures
to which would have been far more numerous, but for the
news of my resignation.
" To the Right Honourable the Marquis of Normanby,
her Majesty's principal Secretary of State.
" The Memorial of the undersigned Inhabitants of the
Borough of Birmingham,

" Sheweth,—That your memorialists are acquainted with
Mr. William Pare, the Superintendent Registrar of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the district of Wr-
minglaarn, and that they believe him to be a person of ex-
cellent moral character, of strict and unimpeachable in-
tegrity, exemplary in the discharge of every duty which
renders a man estimable in domestic and in social life.
And they further declare that they believe Mr. Pare to be
eminently fitted for the office which he holds. And your
memorialists humbly trust that he may be permitted to
continue in the said office of Superintendent Registrar, the
duties of which he has never failed to perform in the
most satisfactory manner.
" Birmingham. Fab. ith, 1840 "
Now, my Lord, coming as this does from gentlemen
of the highest respectability, and of various religious de-
nominations, who reside in the same town in which I
was born, and have lived all my life, and who have had
the best opportunities of gaining an accurate knowledge
of my character, public and private, I need not, nor do
I heed the false slanders and misrepresentations of the
interested individuals who have been your Lordship's in.
formants.

I have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your Lordship's obedient Servant,
WILLIAM PARE.
To the Right Rev. the Bishop of Exeter.

PARIS ANTI-SLAVERY DINNER.

PARIS, FEE. 11.

A dinner was given here yesterday by the principal
members of the French Anti-Slavery Society, to Messrs.
Scobell, Alexander, and Whitehorn, the delegates of the
British and Foreign Asti-Slavery Society. Amongst the
distinguished persons present, were M. Odilon Barrot,
Count d' Harcourt, Peer of France ; Messrs. Do Lamartine,
Count Charles de Remusat, de Sade, George Lafayette,
Baron Roger, de Corcelles, de Beaumont, the Marquis de
Tracy, de Tocqueville, Isambert, and Saint Anthoine.
More than two-thirds of the company were members of
the Chamber of Deputies.
Over the head of 'L Odilon Barrot, who presided, was
a flag bearing the names of Wilberforce, Clarkson, and
Macaulay.
M. Odilon Barrot made a very eloquent speech. Ad-
dressing the EngliTh Delegates, he said—" Gentleman, I
am most happy to see you here as the representatives of a
country which first advocated the great Cause of emancipa-
tion. France, Gentlemen, will follow your' example in a
cause which combines justice and interest wit:.h humanity.
May the alliance between France and England impe-
rishable."

M. De Lamartine said—" The benedictions of the
three worlds are due to the alliance between
France and England. Let us draw closer and closer
the bonds of this alliance, for they are those of the
European fraternity which you represent. But this
pitiful policy, gentlemen, will try is vain to snap
or loosen the bonds which unite England and France.
They will remain united. We form together the pedes-
tal of the rights of human nature.—( Loud cries of
" Bravo.") The liberty of the world has one foot on the
soil of England and the other on that of France. Liberty
and civilization would be lost in torrents of blood if
England and France were to be separated. Gentlemen,
we will not separate. We will remain united. The true
plenipotentiaries of nations are their great men—the true
bond of alliance is a sympathy of ideas."—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. SCOBELL made a very neat speech in English, in
which he re-echoed the sentiments of M. Odilon Barrot
and M. De Lamartine.—GLbe.

Mr. Hope, an English gentleman, living at
No. 255, Rue Saint Honore, advertised a pair of pistols for
sale. On Sunday a purchaser presented himself, and after
some bargaining agreed to take them at 170 f., promising to
come with the money, and take the pistols in the evening. At
the hour appointed he arrived, but Mr. Hope was absent, hav-
int, left the pistols with a maid, who was instructed to deliver
them only on payment of the money. The purchaser required
a written receipt ; the servant had none, but consented to carry
the case to the residence of the buyer, and there deliver it and
sign a receipt to be written by him on payment of the 170 f.
This person led her as far as the Porte Saint Denis,
where, on arriving at an entrance; he took the case, pre-
tending to go up to his apartment to get the money and
write the receipt, leaving the girl down stairs. She soon
learnt that she was at one end of the Passage A übert, and that
her companion had made his way out with his cheap bargain at
the other, and was never likely to return. She went home in a
state of great trouble. The same evening Mr. Hope received
the following note with the empty case 7-°` Mr. Hope—Your
pistols have been taken by a man who wanted them to
blow his brains out. As soon as they have done him this ser-
vice, they shall be returned, to be placed in the box I now send
you. Necessity has driven a miserable man to commit this
theft, he not having whereaithal to purchase the means of kill-
ing himself. Adieu, God bless you. rW. P.' "—Galignani.
The Liberals of Exeter have presented to Mr.
Latimer, Editor of the Western Times, a very handsome Tea
and Coffee service of plate, including a silver waiter, twelve tea-
spoons, butter cooler, sugar tongs, cream jug, &c., in token of
respect for his services in advocating their cause, &c. The
value of the plate is 100 guineas.
MR. HENRY BETTY.—This gentleman made
his debut at Halifax on Monday last in the part of Hamlet.

Ryan, commonly called " The Rebellion Ruf-
fian," is no more. On this morning (Tuesday) the "vital
spark" quitted his mortal frame. The bloated ministers of the
Church by " law and bayonets established," have to bewail
their most zealous minion and active officer, while every honest
farmer, whom he aided in plundering, in order to pander to the
luxurious habits of these disciples of a poor and humble Re-
deemer, now with Christian charity exclaim with Zanga—
" He is dead, and so is my enmity."—Dublin Pilot.
The Commercial Travellers' annual ball took
place at Willis's Assembly-rooms, King-street, St. James's,
on Wednesday evening, the 12th instant, which was very nu-
merously attended. file arrangements were upon a similar
scale as last year. Adams's band attended, and the dancing was
kept op with unceasing spirit until a late hour in the morning.
MADAME MALIBRAN'S MEMOIRS.—The
life of a public actor must have been an extraordinary ene in-
deed which will not yield materials for an entertaining bio-
graphy. What then are we to look for from the memoirs of
perhaps the most extraordinary actress and singer united and
one of the most singular and eccentric women that ever lived.
These memoirs, furnished by Malibran's earliest and dearest
friend and intimate, the Countess de Merlin, are full of inte-
resting details, much of which is entirely new to the public,
and of a nature to give new ideas and impressions of the ,
ex-
traordinary woman to whom they relate. We could fill several
columns very pleasantly with those singular personal anecdotes
and traits with which these volumes are filled; but extracts
are unnecessary, as the bo.)k will be universally read. In addi-
tion to the chief memoir, there is a large body of miscellaneous
anecdote, and a seleetio of Malibran's letters—all singularly
characteristic and amusing.—Naval and Military Gazette.
HER MAJESTYS MARRIAGE.—BeII's Life in
London, of Sunday, February the 16th, will contain full and
authentic particulars of the Nuptials of Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert, illustrated with Engravings of the Interior of
St. James's Chapel, the Altar, the Procession from the Palace,
and Grand Wedding Banquet, together with Portraits of the
Life, sd. A Saturday
Illustrious Couple. Price of Bell's
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PRICES OF CAN AL,DOCK,ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c.

' LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 14.
Number Dividend Prirc
of per CANALS. per
Shares. Annum

1,766 7 percent. Ashton and Oldham..Average97l.lBs.sh. 120
;,082 41. Ashbrae-1e.Z0..h ......Ararage 1151.5 h . 72
1,280 Basingstoke lool.sh. 5
1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. a.. -
8,0001.16 th. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1.16 th share B.fl. & 711. 219
J. 000 ..... ... Ditto and Liverpool JunctlT;/ sh. 100 pd 26
600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton .100/.0., all pd -
400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh . 101
500 481. Caventry 100/.Bh. 680
4.545 Croydon . -
2,060 f 4!.105. Dudley ... 1001. sh. 99
600 141. Derby 100/.sh . 1401
10,000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d .pd 08
3,575 f 41. Ellerris:re and Chester... Average 1381.51 a. 81
231 621. Erewasu
1,297 30/. Forth ,nd Clyde ....Average anol.l6s. lb . 615
,600 10 Graha ~ unction lOll. sh 175
1,8491 11. Grand Union 1001. sh 23i
11,500 ...
0,0001 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan 100!. 631
3 1;96 Grand Western WO/. sh. all pd 12
600 131.121.8 d. Glamorganshire, Aver, cost 1721. 135.40. 2::.0
749 101. Grantham 1501.8h. 203
6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. 65.6 d. sh. 35
100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 101
5.'129 11. ss. Kennet and Avon, Aver. 39/.lBs. 10d. sh ',6
2,807; 301. Leeds and Liverpool 1021.. h. 750
515 f 1511. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 230
1,897 51. 10.. Leicester an! NortkamptonAver.63l.los. 1.8
2.400 10/. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 2014
150 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. th. 200
500 251. Mersey and Irwell 100/ sh 565
3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd 51
247 171. Neath 1001..),. 325
2,400 31. Peak Forest Average about 751. sh. 91
1,418 12. i. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/. Ms. Bd. sh. !If
5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/.sh. 109
500 81. Shropshire ll5l. sh. 138
800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 150
3,6001. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 114
700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh . 675
500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280
300 9/. Stourbridge ..... ._ _ 1451. sh. 30
3,647 21. Os. Stratford.on.Avon Average 791. 9s. od. sh. 45
533 161. Swansea 1001. sh. 265
5.762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway Av. 351. sh. :'O4
2,600 f sh. 32/. 10s. Trent and Mersey, f share 1001. sh. EN'
8.149 •........ Thames and Mtdway Aver.l9l. 58. Bd. sh. 2
1,0005 h./ 16/. Warwick and B.rmingham ... 1001.sh• 970
11,00011 h.
9tso 154. Warwick and Ilairton lOO/. sh. 195
6,000 41.05, Worcester atd Birmingham Av. 78/.Bs. sh. 68
5:(100 255, Wilts and Berks Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 261
3s. IN yriev and Essington 1251. sh 75
.26
005 11. Wey and Arun llOl. h. 221
DOCKS.
21.:43)6050ith.} 3p. c. Commerc al OOOl. sh. 63
East and West India .....Stock 107
3,239,310:/. 60s.p.ct. London Stock 68
Ditto Bonds lOl

2,209 31. 83. sd. Bristol
68,324/. 5L per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3
1,752,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 1041
500,000 4k per cent. Ditto Bonds
200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lOO
2.500 ..... Deptford Pier
BRIDGES.
1,600 10s. Hammersmitl. 5Ol. sh. 22
7,231 Southwark, Old
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, ail ff cent. 5Ol. sh. 131
5,000 .... ..... Waterloo 100!. sh. 3
5,000 2.25. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si. BO/. pd 21
5,000 19s. 3el. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 18
50,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds l9#
5,818 17s Vauxhall ...... ..., „Average 701. 10s. 3d. &h 25

ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3110 s Albion 5001. sh. 501. pd 73
50,000 rrieiri 15nct'l Alliance Britian &Foreign 1001. sh. 111. pd 14;
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 51. pd 6
24,000 11. per sh. Atlas
1,200 job. 5/. Birmingham V ire ...........:2501. sh. 55/. pd 1071
40,000 41 percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 39
12,000 61 per cent. British Commercial 59/. sh. 51. pd 5;
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Med i..,r 1 Life, 1601.5 h. 2/10s pd 44
4,000 21 153 County 100!. sh. 10/. pd 40;
20,000 ss. Eagle
200 er centa
sand 30/ bs.S Economic Lii"' lOOOl. sh. 250!. pd 406
2,271 22s. percent. European Li ic 00/. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O!. sh. 2/. pd I;
1,000,000/. 6/. per ct Globe Stock 130 j
20,000 5/i Guardian lOO/. sh. 27;1 pd 36;
'O,OOO s. 63. Hope
2,400 51. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/. sh. 501. pd 1371
7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 10j
13,459 4/. percent. Indemnity Marine 100/. oh. 8/. pd 25
2,020 3/ lOs Kent Fire 50/. sh, all pd 92
3/. Ditto Life 50/. pd 79
10,000 16s, Law Life 100/. sh. 10/, pd 29;
5,000 10s. London, Fire 25/. sh. 12/. 10s, pd 19;
3,900 10s, London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 191
1,000,000/. ... ..... Miiirrva Lite 100/. :h.
590,0011/,
30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lite 501. sh. 2/. pd 2183
50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fite 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 19s Od
1.500 11, Provident Lice lOO/. oh. 10/. pd 18
00,000 ss. Rock Life .0/. sh. 11. pd ff
89,220/ 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 210
6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 5!. pd 5}
50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 7
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,000 8 per cent. Agric and Com. of Ireland '251. sh. 10/. pd
5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 40/. pd 57
10,.100 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 131
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank.... 50/. sh. 10!. pd 231
31,000 5 per cent. London and Westminsterlool :h. 20/. pd 24;
60,000 5/. London Joint Stock
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster.... .............. ....JON. sh. 20/. pd b 0
25,000 Liverpool
50,000 7j per sent Manchester and Liver-2 15°05:11,..:shhhi.
111050111.'
pdpPdd 2:223
pool District
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. eh. 25/. pd 27
20,000 Provincial 13ank of I relandloo/. sh. 25/. psi 441
50,000 National Bank of Ireland 50/. oh. 17j/. pd 16
10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. 100!. sh. 35/. pd I'3;
10,000 ...... ,„ Ditto New 10:. sh. 10/. pd ICI
10,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 30
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 51. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.

2,500 16s Od Bath
5,000 British MN. sh. 16/. pd 21
3,000 151• Id 'ercen9 Ditto Provincial 2O!. sh. 19 pd 25
anßs. 6s.
928 51 TOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 03
1,250 2/ Os Bristol 2o'. sh. 34t;
2,250 3/ lOs Brighton 201. sh. 11
750 3/ 103 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 9
2,471 4; per cent. Brighton General 206 sh. all pd 9
4,000 6/.los, Continental Consolidated 751. 621/. pd 110
1,000 10/. City of London 100!. sh. all pd 195
1,000 61. Ditto, New
4,000 3/.03. Equitable 5O/. pd f 5
10,000 21 per cent. Imperial
800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 911. sh 2Ol. pi 18
2,350 61. per cent. 1 ndependent V/. sh. all pd 50
9,0110 4!. per cent. Phoenix 50/. sh. 39/. pd 31
1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff 100/. sh. AO/. pd CO
4,0110 South Metropolitan 5Ol. sh. 19/. pd 17
8,200 4!. per cent. United General 5O!. sh. 46/. pd 37
240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50
400 U. per cent Wakefield
2,000 3!. Westminster Chartered
6,000 121. Ditto New . 5(1. eh. 10/. pd 11
780 5!, per cent. Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/. pd
WATER WORKS.
4,800 10s, Birmingham 05/. sh. 251. pd 20
1,434 U. East London lOOl. sh. 164
5,500 / Grand Junction Average 41/. 13s. 4d. sh. 67
2,000 2/. Kent 100 sh. 44
372 .101. Lirerpool Bootle 2201. sh. 327
1,5,,c1. 2/ lOs Nt a River Loudon Bridge Water Ann ..... 59
6 186 21 les Manchester and Salford
1:000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 104
8,294 41. West Middlesex Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 104
1,360 It lis York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 Birmingham and Derby
9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester
15,000 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. .10 pd 17
MO
7,500 che:eenham and G.Western ' 00/. sh. 371/. P 1
3,00 A Clarene:' lOOl. sh. 100/ pd 351
12,000
8,000 ...... ... Dublin and IZilkenny 100/. sh. 5!. pd
60,1100 .... ..... Eastern Countieg. 951. sh. 2 l/. pd 10
Grand Junction lOOl. sh. 100/. pd 227
Great North of England 551 pd (05
5.070 ...... ... Great Western lOO/ sh. 65/. NI 64
2,000 .... ..... Hartlepool 1601. sh. 1001 pd 21
8,000 Hull and Selby 50!. sh. 2.54 pd 25
10,009 Leeds and Manchester 100/ sh. 51. pd 194
2,1410 3/. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 65
1,5011 11.55. Leicester and Swannington .SP/. sh. all pd 75;
5,109 10 per cent. Livervool and Manchesterlo( Lsh. 100/. psi 195
10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "51. pd 61
36,000 ... ...... London and Brightor.
12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh.l7;/. pd .6
20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich f2ol. s!s. :101. pd II;
25,000 London and Birmingham 100!. sh. 90/. pd 157
Ditto Quarter Shares 51. pd 244
31,090 London and Southampton Av. 381, 17s. 9d. 44
14,000 London and Croydon Trunk 181. pd 10
6,(100 Ditto New Scrip 4/. pd 6$
12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. W. pd 2;
13,000 Manchester and Leeds -100/. sh. 601. pd 70;
10,000 slanehester and Birmingham 70/. sh 25/. 134
I )itto Extension '7l. pd 2;
North Midland 1001. sh. 95! pd 86
Northern and Eastern lON. sh. 25/. pd 11
2,600 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 30/. pd 36
28,000 South Eastern and Dover l5!. pd 34
1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 240;
9,01.1 .... ..... 'Thames Haven 5O/. sh 2/. 10s. pd
1,400 Westminster and Greenwlch'sol. sh. 2/. pd 0
6,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 40!, pd 52