The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-07 00:00:00

72. '
EVENING SUN.

LORD AND LADY JOHN Ex tiar,

AT SELKIRK.

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ELKIRK, JULY 31.—As we...had
.this aftern
scene of considerable interest in our usually (pie Id:
Osetire burgh, I think you may probably like to !kwau
Lnef account of it. You are already an that Lord
John Russell came to Bowhill to spend the honey-•
moon with his young wife. Soon after his ar-
rival the Magistrates and Council resolved to present him
with the freedom of the old burgh, an hot. our Prince
Leopold accepted a short time before lie becanie King-of
of the Belgians. A correspondence ensued, 4trid threiv
o'clock in the afternoon was appointed for the
ceremony; when his Lordship was to pass throagh the
town on his way to Minto-house. Accordingly, at half_
past two the inhabitants of the burgh, 'a vast number
from Galashiels, and a few patriots from Hawiek, assem-
bled in the Market-place, and with flags, music, &e.,
marched out to meet his Lordship at the conftnes of the
town's jurisdictiun.
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After waiting a short time, Lord and Lady RusseTh
drove up in a splendid carriage and four, when the•
whole marched into town in procession. Her Lady_
ship being left at the inn, Lord John, taking the arm
of the Chief Magistrate, walked to a hustings erected
in front of the Town-house, when the ceremony of
in-
vesting with the burgliship was gone-through. In this:
ceremony, licking the birsc, that is, dipping a bunch off
shoemaker's bristles in a glass of wine, and drawing
them across the mouth, is the initiatory rite. After
which, in presenting him with the burgess ticket, the
Bailie made a short complimentary speech, describing
him as a statesman whom we were delighted to
honour, having had a large share in the pa-ssing
of the Reform Bill, the Abolition of Slavery, &1..:
&c. ; to which Lord John made a most spirited reply.
After praising Scotland for the intelligence of its peo-
ple, his Lordship plunged headlong into politics. - He.
said he had no claim to our 'regards, no title to our
good wishes, except in so far as. his public conduct met
our approbation. In the measures tie had advocated
and supported, he had been:solely actuated by a convic-
tion that they were ;for the public good, and not for the
of popular applause. On the contrary, had -ho
thought. ether-wise,- he . would have given them his
• most. decided epposi,tion. groin the safety with whiett
the great measures of late years 'tare been carried info
operation, he argued that he must go on, and that -there
were no fears that, in carrying tbrward measures of
public liberty, they would be abused. Look at the
Reform Bill, when first introduced ; it was assailed
by its enemies , as the precursor of revolution,
anarchy, and bloodshed ; and yet those very ene-
mies now- .hailed• it as • the • :very means by which
they wished and. hoped to gain that authority of
which they had been deprived. Again, take up
the subject of Negro Emancipation. Had not the abo-
lition of this immoral and unchristian system been de-
nounced as the sure harbinger of ruin to our West
India islands—as sounding the death-knell of the white
inhabitants !" Yet what has been, the result ? Peace,
,happiness, and prosperity. His Lordship then adverted
stteng-ly to the subject of national. education. Let the
peop,,e be educated, said he=at least let the people of
England and Ireland be educated up to the standard so
general in. Scotland, and he had no fear that any future
measure of:, political freedom woultt be abused. No ;
once give the people education, and he would be per-
feetly willing to Su:Y:IIU the government of the country to
their enlightened jaigment. His Lordship concluded
amidst hearty cheers, . which, indeed, had accompanied
him at intervals throughout his speech.
An address fronithe inhabitants of Galashiels was then
read and presented.
The health of Lady Russell having been drunk, and
three cheers for the Queen, his Lordship returned to the
inn, and shortly afterwards the happy pair drove off amid
the loud huzzas and good wishes of the multitude.—
Glasgow Chronicle.

HAMBURGII MAIL.
BERLIN, AUGUST Majesty has conferred the
(vier of the Red Eagle of the second class, with the
Star, on the Hanoverian Privy Cabinet Counsellor Baron
Von Schele ; the order of the Red Eagle, second class,
on the Hanoverian Counsellor Wine ; and the same
order .of the third class on the Hanoverian Counsellor
Happenstedt.
The prohibition to export horses is revoked.
COPENHAGEN, JULY 30.—The Russian squadron, com-
manded by Admiral Latke, with his Imperial Ilig-hness
the Grand Duke Constantine on board, passed byyester-
day afternoon, on its return to tronstadt.
A fine frigate of 54 guns has arrived here from Cher-
bourg. We hear that it has on board M. Casimer Perier,
the new French Ambassador to Russia.

HANovga, JULY 31.--Hig Majesty the Ring. 101 go
to• morrow to Ems for the benefit of the waters.
BERLIN, JULY 28.—General Von Canitz, otir,'Arn-
bassador in Hanover, is now appointed, Anihassiidor at
London.

RHENISH PRUSSIA, JULY 27.—Letters from Munster
say that Archbishop V. I)iate is 'extremely pleased that
,our Government has at length overcome its long-che-
rished objection to allow Dr. Iven, the Vicar-General ap-.
pointed by the Pope, to enter on his office. Dr.-Iven is
known to be one of the most zealous partisans of the
Archbishop, and as such refuced_to sign, the. rzTA:rt of-fne.--- -=-'Bl-.'
chaplahriir thd'affairS of the Archbishop, and protested
against the choice made by the Chaplain of Dr. Muller
to be Apostolical Vicar. People hare no doubt that the
step taken by Government will r.444,che Archbishop in-
I dined on his part to contribute to the final settlement of
the question concerning him, so far as he thinks compa-
tible with his situation in the Church, and with his real
or supposed duties.—Frankfort Journal.
' ELSINORE, JULY 31.—0 n the 27th 300 ships from the
Baltic and the North Sea were in our roads. Towards
evening a south wind springing up, about a third part of
them which came from the Baltic set sail. At the de-
parture of the post at five in the afternoon, only about
20 ships are lying in our roatLs.—llamburghPcpers, Aug. 3.
HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Ave. M.
.Rills. 1%1,...,4
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Rank Share. lstiO 15:5
A nglo-Ittissiati Loan
JO- li 10778
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist ser:es, C,rtificate
Inscription, Ist Serivs looi 1014
Russian 5 per Cent. Hop.: and Co. :id and 4th
:.•;eries 97N pith
Ditto in Certificates
Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) 861,2 Siiis
Dutch ,%ctual Debt, 2% per Cent 5l
Ditto 5 per Cent _
Polish Bonds 4' 145 ....
New ticket
. _.

Danish Loan, 3 per Ceps 7h ti 75ti,
N..iwegian Loan, 1831, 4 per Ci,nt
Spanish, New 5 per
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
FiAMIltlll6, Auo. 3.-13 sN.—Two months, 13 4
RIGA. JULY 21 —Three Months, 39%.
SyocanoLsi, JuLY 27..—Seventy-tive days, IL qt.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Banns, Jun' 31. •
Money.
St. Schuld. Sch.. 4!,,, per cent. ..... Vul% In
Prussian English Loan, 1810, 4 per eent....102 101
IkAchAnge on London, three months 6 17%
—Prussian Slate Gazelle, Aug. 1

THE TORIES AND THE POOR-LAW.—(Frotn
a dot: espondent.)—" The Globe asks us ' Would we have
it beliert:l for ourselves, that, in supporting the Conser-
vatives we ,npOrt those who would not, were they in
power, ,:
permit't;,:ese laws to continue ?' We unhesitat-
ingly answer, Yes. do most positively believe that
a Conservative AdminiSW.ation would .either wholly re-
peal the New Poor-law Bill, or at lest so modify it, as no
longer to,leave the liberty of the humbler classes of Eng-
lishmen the enjoyment of their families, or their secu-
rity from the death of starvation (Query, by the Coni-
laws ?) at the mercy of any Prime Minister."—So wrote
the Standard on the ~29th October, .1836, and it will
surely gratify that print to. learn that. it is currently re-
ported the Ilon. Member foir Finsbury, Mr. Wakley, will
take the first opportunity of bringing forward a motion
on the New Poor-law Bill in the
.iew*.Paxliament. As
so many Tories have, from. the hastitil,"B,
denounced time
" infamous Whig Poor-law Bill,"foriA.'l9 that it hurl
of
the decided support of Sir Robert peel ansa .the -Dui"'
Wellington, they will, of course, on Mr. Wak.'''Ys 'ra-
tion, confirm by their.votes in the House of Co..1"7"I!s
their condemnation of the roor-laws as• at present a'. "II
nistered.
THE MURDER AT EXETER.---The
tion into this dreadful and mysterious affair
is
lish in the
ports, which we do not think it
ro-
right till that is certainly
ill
"'ding. There are,. as -usual, many contradictory
present stage of the proceedings- . ttoryp re-
the particulars
circumstances connected with `1
the
murder,feel to remark,
known is, that Brinsmean has madeAaconfession of the
of which have been given.
lie
f an honest statement of
that it has not the app man who
a scrape. It is coksidered
the truth, but seems moerale:flni
wishes to get himself m eke the story of a
Att.ts, who is- by no means a ;10w-
next to impossible thaatecom
tills
the horrid
erful man, could hayeeast
of all in the way deathded by
out assistance, and
On Wednesday last, after a con-
his fellow•prisonehr .
cit - and county Magistrates, the per-
ference between t
e e Yremoved to the Castle, where an
sons in custody were
1 • hwas continued the fol-
• tion took place, w
examination
one of the men in custody' was dis-
jowhi, dny, when
har4d. The others, Brinsmead and Pitts, with two
c
men named Fletcher and Sanders, and the women. Eli-
zabeth Stoneman and Jane Avent, were remanded until
Monday, when they underwent a further examination at
the county gaol, and have been again remanded until
Saturday next. A woman named Meringo, who keeps a
lodging-house in the Butcher-row, has produced the
watch of the deceased, which, with half a sovereign and
six shillings in silver, she received from Pitts the morn-
ing after the murder. A reward of 1001 d has been offer-
ed by the Government for the discovery of the murderers,
with free pardon to any accomplice, not being the actual
murderer, who will give such evidence as may lead to
conviction. To this reward a further sum of 501 will
be added by the family of the deceased.—Westcrn
Luminary.
STEAM-BOAT FARES.—The trivial amount of
expense at which persons can travel by Steam is now al-
most incredible, and must be felt •as a great boon. A
traveller from hence may reach London, via Hull, so far
as fare is concerned (if content with 'the steerage), for
ten shillings and sixpence. Glasgow, by steam to Stir-
ling, and thence by coach, for three shillings. To Stir-7.
ling one shilling. The opposition on this passage-has
had the effect of reducing the faros to a very low rate,
and as a matter of course it has caused a corresponding
activity on the part of those competing—for example,
I during last week the BenlCdi sailed upwards of twelve
Ihundred miles to and from Newhaven, Stirling, and
Largo. The Bridge of Allan, via Anon, can be reached
for two shillings ; and we have reason to believe that this
is the preferable route—the distance from Alloa to the,
bridge being similar to that from Stirling, and the coach
fare from both places is exactly the same. The fare to
Dundee-is two shillings and sixpence ; thence to Perth,
one shilling and sixpence more. Largo and. Leven, one
shilling and sixpence ; and Dysart, ninepence. Kirk-
, :My, one shilling. We have only noticed the steerage
or second Cabin fares.—Edinburgh Observer.
USE Or THE BIRCH.— A writer on school.
discipline says :—" Without a liberal use cif the rod, • ls
% impossible to make boys smart."