The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-17 00:00:00

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EVENING SUN.

done only at the expense of the already cruel y
uu-
pre dated Actives. The disgraceful treatment by Spain f ,i:e
indemnity bondholders, whose securities were is,sued i virtue
of a .convention entered into between the British and Sr:v.6,h
Governments, and to which the nnmes of two liriti,h Conimis-
sioners were attached, comprises our own Ministry. The eon-
rention., referred to was, we believe, concluded du: ing a former
Adminharation, when Lord Aberdeen he'd the office of la.
reign lth'uister ; and it has now naturally become a question
among tho sufferers whether, upon the return to power f Sir
Robert Peet and his friends, Government will do an% thing for
them. Fro to the recollection we hare of the manner in w hide:
the Duke of \Wellington and the Noble Earl 'poke of three
claims a few y.e. ars ago, we think there need be no questitm
upon the subjeeats Both of them rose in their places in the
House of Lords and at once bore testimony to the legi•imate
character of the claims, and acknowledged the extent to which
the British Government was committed in relation to them.
There will be no toleration of perjury on the part of such states-
confidently assert, that from
men these, and wee trust we may
the moment of ihe accession of the ConFerlatives, the career
of Spanish financial demptioa in this country may be consi-
dered as at an end.

HERALD.—The Foreign Exchanges were flat to-day, with
a declining tendency, mire particularly on Hamburg. This
heavy aspect of the exehanges at a season of the year when
there should be considerable shipments going forward to the
Continent, and values drawn against them, is calculated to ex-
cite some uneasiness, for the quantity of bills offering to day
was quite inconsiderable. Counted with this fart, and one of
the chief accessory causes of it, it may be observed that the ac-
counts from the cotton manufacturing districts of Lancashire
are far from being so encouraging as there was reason to tiej.e
from the increasing roil of the consumption of raw cotton
lately noticed from Livepool by the spinning factories.
the present depressed slate ot the cotton industry various
causes may he alleged, one or two alone quite sun ierit iu
themselves singly to account conclusively for much if not
the existing depression. In the first place it should be retnei
beret' that at the present moment, and for a year past, tlle
tensive markets of China have been closed against the CI:IIFUITLZ--
tion of British fabrics; that trade must have been materially
interfered with in the Mediterranean by the warlike oi--)e -
rations and long previously agitated state of political
affairs on the c •asta of Syria and Egypt; that civil war
not long concluded in Spain, with unfriendly and high
tted tariffs in Portugal, have substantially contributed to sle-
pt yss the consumption of British goods in the Peninsula ; that
imports into Mexico have nearly ceased, excepting so far as a
contntband traffic can be carried on, through the operation of a
heavy Sand oppressive internal duty in excess of the all but pro-
hibitory tariff exactions at the port ot entry ; that trade in the
Cahadairis but just recovering from the disastrous effects of
civil war r that overtrading anti overspeculating in the Austra-
lian colonic, induced there to a great extent, as (Ist,
where, by over banking accommodation, hare ended,
as might naturally be expected, in commercial panic,
failures, depression of prices, diminution of imports
and consumption,; that even in the East Indies the demand
for British fabrics /nay have been materially interfered with by
Affghan wars and the disturbed state of the country generally ;
that finally, and the fact needs no amplification of detail, tie
imports of the United States, which in 18.39 arcende4 to

10,092,000 dollars, had decreased in 1840 to 107,141,.500
only, or ore full third less in amount. This extra.rdinari*
junction of untoward circumstances in all parts of the
would scent to require no addition of misfortune or miscottd4t
elsewhere to show why the proper balance sheet sec:hi:Mug
should chance to be on the wrong side of the ledger.
SUN—No failures arose out of the Consul settlement Cl-
day, and the English Market was rather firmer, the t
provement in prices being h per cent. Consols closed at 83;4
for Money, and 891 for Account; Bank Stock was at 170 to
1701 ; the NewThrce-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 966 to
ti ; and Exchequer Bills, 14s. to 16s. premium.
The Foreign Bonds were flat again. Spanish Actives- at
194- to 191, closing at 196 ; Portuguese New at 29i to 29i ;
Mexican at 25i ; and Colombian at 19 to I9A.
Shares were a shade better in the middle of the day, et
did not close very well.
In the Foreign Exchanges there was some heaviness this
afternoon. Bills on Paris were not higher than 25f. 62.1 c. to
67-Ic.; on Hamburgh at 13 10 to 101; on Amsterdam et
12 4i to and on Trieste at 9 57 to 58.
As the total number of passengers arrived in Canada ddes
not necessarily comprise emigrants alone, it may be as well to
subjoin the official return received yesterday by the packet,
which is as follows

OFFICE OF HER MAJESTY'S CHIEF AGENT MR
EMIGRANTS IN CANADA.
QUEBEC, Jux 26, 1841.
Number of Emigrants arrived during the week ending 20th
of June:—

From England 437
From Ireland
From Scotland
From Lower I- oda

1,372
Previously reportei

15,982
A. C. BUCHANAN, Chief Agent:

ChURCH-RATES, SOUTH HACK

NEY.

A meeting of the paribhioners was held yesterday (Thurs-
day), to pass the churchwardens' accounts and make a rate for
the ensuing year.

The meeting w.is held in the vestry.
Mr. OFFOR then requested a sight of the church, that tiro
vestry might see the reparation, it having been repaired after
the fire at Christmas.

This was denied by the Rector, the Rev. H. H. Noania,
who said—" I have ordered the church to b.: locked up, and rso
one shall be admitted."

The meeting then adjourned to the schoolrooms, when title
notice was read by which the vestry was called to make a rate
for the repairs of the church, salary of vestry-clerk, ofganist,
&c. The accounts c,f theviate churchwardens having been
read, it appeared that nearly 4001. had been received, and only
1701. expended in repairs, including those recently occasioned
by the fire, and 2001. upon sdaries, wine, &e.
A motion having been made that the churchwardens' ac-
-1 counts be passed,
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an Act of Parliament, which enacts that the church-rate shill
only be made to defray the expenses of repairing the church.
That although the expenditure had been sanctioned by the
vestry, yet the ayt of a vestry could not legalise payments coa-
t ary to Act of Parliament.
The RECTOR attempted to stop these observations, and one
of the church party politely asserted that all the observations
were " iiumbug."—( Great clamour.)
Mr. OFFOK acknowledged his sense of the gentleman's pa-
liteness. Air. Offor moved, as an amendment, "That every
itein be struck out of the accounts which was not for the re-
pairs of the church." which was duly seconded; when
The RECTOR. declared that he would not put the amendment.
—( Great confusion.) He then put the original motion, and
although there was a decided majority against it, he declared
the motion carried. A division was then claimed, which, after
ntany retusal, he granted; but when it took place, he refusoa
io I.,,.‘rmit either party to be counted, and in the face of a large
majority against the motion, he declared that it was carried ;
and the vestry clerk then declared that the Chairman's dictum •
was law ; and ill,' only thing that the majority could do was t,...
demand a poll, cvLich was done.
At three o'clock, the church party had brought up mesh'
ladies, and much of th,:;r strength. At the close of the poll
at fire o'clock, the numbt,Ts were—For the rate, 53 persons
giving SO votes ; against the rate, 55 persons giving 68 votes.
The poll will close at five o'clock to-dsy (Friday).

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The contest in this parish was carried on with considerable
activity by both parties yesterday. The supporters of the rate
had the advantage of a good supply of catrussers, who were
incessant in their calls, entreaties, and sometiwes with some-
thing more. Where individuals, disposed to vote for the rate,
were short of cash, they found no difficulty in borrowing it.
Both sides polled an unusually large number of ladies, who took
a lively interest in the struggle. At the close of the poll, at
five o'clock, the Chairman, the Rev. H. H. Norris, declared
the numbers to he—For passing the last year's accounts, 216 i
against it, 168. For a rate of 4d., 208; against it, 206. The
above figures give the votes ; of individuals, the upposer3 of
the rate have a considerable majority. As soon as the Chair-
man had declared the numbers, Mr. Offer said as they were so
equal, and did not agree with the check kept by has friends. be
shou'd demand a scrutiny. The Rev- Chairman—l shall deny
anything of the sort.-Uproar.) The Rev. Mr. Carlisle (a
Dissenting Minister) wished to be informed by their legal ad-
viser whether or no any ratepayer was not entitled to make such
demand? Mr. Pulley—Certainly, I conceive that he has.
The Chairman then gave way, and scrutineers on both sides
were appointed ; the result to be declared on Monday morning,
at ten o'clock. The result of the contest must have surprised
both parties. From the disgraceful trick resorted to of de-
minding, some weeks before the usual time, the Poor's-rate .to
Michaelmas (a proceeding for which the parties responsible
have yet to settle their account), the opponents of theievrati:t
never calculated on the triumph which they bare ach
_ed._
And it is a fact which deserves to be proclaimed from
the country to that the rate has been carried, not by
.e other,
the exertions and liberality to the other
a Dissenter (a Methodist) who, after
_P:oTo'sese
votes in as lives in Hackney.
party that he would be net:tritl. towards th
of Churchmen, bout.by
otlisomveotperoo:
ceedings registered his six r‘oi the rate. His
DAY'S work will stick by bins as long as e

ker, and his wife and family, were
Henry Nott, shocroa
' is house in Back-lne, leading
sitting in the kitchen tannic
t floor suddenly
I
NOVEL ACCIDENT.—On Monday, aa Mr.
from Salt-lane to Brsqua c,
3and the whole party were precipitated into the
cgtalvler,"W-iiiach was (as it happened) fortunately not very
sell o, or the consequenees might have been very
serious. A female,
being
ft in very awkward position, one foot outside
the rho was standing near the door, MIS
le a
door-sill, and the other on the quarries, just within.
Mrs. Nott 11-as slightly bruised, and the others escaped
without injury. The flooring was laid on an arch, which,
it is presumed, gave way in consequence of the sinking
of a well in the neighbourhood, and thus occasioned the
accident.—Worcester Chronicle.
t. Every day during a period of nearly three
months," days the Mesager, "a y( nig female, bearing
on her back a basket of flowers, has entered Paris by
the Barriere de Fontainebleau. At first the employes of
the oetroi carefully examined the basket, but finding no-
thing.; liable to duty in it, they ceased to entertain any
suspicion. and allowed the flower-woman to miss with-
toilliatte:har
walked with cwoaltsy,noasticeifd,
carrying a fe
w days sih heavy
load. This led to a close inspection, and it was found
that the basket had a false bottom, made of zinc, aid
berintw,ainoirndgeredtwetloveexlamitriense
the► spPeirrstn
of
ofof
the fair
Asmofxoleic
discovere 1 that she had under her clothes two large bl.
ders filled with the same liquid. "She was immediately
arrested and sent to the Prefecture of Police."

A BEAUTIFUL STATE OF SOCIETY.—A let-
ter from Tallahassee, dated June 10th, to a person in !I)
tr
city, gives the following picture of the state of scciety
there :—" About four weeks since, as I was passing from
Santa Petre, a village where I reside, I saw an old acs-
quaintance of mine from Alabama, by the name of
Livingston, most horribly mutilated by the Indians. His
.eyes were plucked out, his ears, nose, and both hands
cut off. He was really the most awful-fooking object I
ever beheld. Those who live in your country may talk
of the war ending, but if they were here their. opinions
would change. There are no signs of such athing—it
may last, from present appearances, for -twenty Years.
The bilious and congestive fevers. have raged' to a consi-
derable extent in this place. Many persons have died.
Our streets, as you may be aware, hive been the thea-
tres of some deep, dark, and bloody tragedies ; morals
areindeed out of tune. One thing, however, we need
not starve, as we have plenty of tish, game of every
description, and vegetables in abundance. Those ever-
lasting fevers, I fear, will long continue to ca st a mildew
over human happiness in this
region.---New York Paper.