The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-24 00:00:00

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN

Bd.l Oats 19s. 9d.1 Beans....-21s. 3d.
Barley --.19s led. Rye 21s. 3d. 11s. Od.

HAY M A RKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.)
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 5
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0
Llover Hay 4 0 5 0
Oat Straw CI Bto£l 10 1 Wheat Straw.., 110 113
Supply rather limited, trade dull, and prices stationary.
SMITHFIELD.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old I )itto 3 0 3 10
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0
Clover Hay (extra tine)....£s 5 —Generally
)at Straw ... £1 4to £1 6 1 Wheat straw 1 8 1 10
Supply moderate, trade dull, and prices stationary.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JAN. 23.—Wind E.N.E.—The combined squa-
dron remain.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Arrived the Ocean, Folkes
from Rio Janeiro.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 22.—Arrived the Maria, Thomas,
from Lisbon. Off port the Garland, Petrie, from Macaio.
Arrived the John Souchey, Hunter, from Palermo.
BELFAST, JAN. 21.—Arrived the Rosetta, Milburn,
from Sr. Petersburgh ; and Zephyr, Fitzsimmons, from
London.

DUBLIN, JAN. 22.—Arrived the Emerald, Fletcher,
rrom Bordeaux.

WATERFORD, JAN. 21.-Arrived the Flora, Percy,
from London ; and Cherub, Blake. from St. Übes.
CROOKHAVEN, JAN. 21.—Arrived the Pilot, Moore,
from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; and Ayr, from the
Bay of Fundy.

The James, Laughton from Quebec to Liverpool, has
been driv,n by the ice on Barnatiy

The Martha, M‘Kinlay, bound to Limerick, sprung a
leak off Ai eanmore the 9th instant, was abandoned by the
crew, and it is supposed she sunk.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK
Montreal papers, to the 16th of December, and Quebec
to the same date, have been received at the North and
South American Coffee-house.
(From the Montreal Papers.)

FRIGHTFUL: PREVALENCE OF THE SLAVE

TRADE.

At the moment when England is called upon to sacri-
fice her colonies, and to sanction the massacre of her sub.
jecta, both white and bl ick, the slave trade is raging more
fiercely than ever in Sierra Leone, in Siberia, and all along
the coast of Western Africa, especially from Cape St.
Pont to Cape Lopez; and the traffic in human beings is
frightfully prevalent.

(From the Quebec P *pers.)

MONTREAL, DEC. B.—We learn that the ice ha 4
Formed between CuscAes and the hie of Perrot, which

ill now crossed by winter carriages.

QrmaEc.—The season continues mild along the coal
of the United States. 250 vessels of all descriptions en
tered Boston on the 30,11 of November. The arrivals al
New Y.rk were 539.
The G .vernor in Chief transmitted to the litiu•e o
A.--.einbly the annual account of the revenue and expendi-
ture of the Province for the year 1832. The amount of
the expenses of the civil Government is 1,5041. 6s.
_ _

The following ha been received by the French mail this
morning :—Accounts from Odessa of the 31st of Dec.
state that an order was received there for the equipment
of a fle,t of 36 sail, under the order of Admiral Greigh,
and co receive on board 12,000 troops ; it is presumed
that its destina,ion is to oppose Mehemet Ali, and which
has received the consent of the other Powers.
Accounts from Munich state that Colocotrina, with his
army, has submitted to the King of Greece, and he waits
his arrival to take the oath of allegiance.
We have no arrivals as yet of importance.
THE FUNDS.

This is the pay day fur the settlement of the Account in
Consols at the Stock Exchange. Two defaulters have been
declared this morning who could not come forth with the
needful. One of them is a very old standard, who offers
fifteen shillings in the pound, which at the present time
we deem an excellent dividend, and which thousands would
be glad to accept of.
The Russian Government has given an excellent exam-
ple, and which we should recommend to the Stock Ex-
change Gentlemt n. At St. Petersb irgh an order has been
issued on the 'Change there, that persons who circulate
false news, on the first charge ate to pay 500 rot!hies, on
the second, 1,000 roubles, and on the third, t, be expelled
the:Change.

Consols opened at the same price they left off, 87k for
Money, and the same for next Account.

The Estafette from Pali, is important in one respect,
the reported defeat of the Turks.

No nerve as yet either from Portuga' or Holland.

HALF-PAST ONE.
Up to the present hour we have no political informa-
kon or arrivals to communicate.

We have not heard of any more fail' es on the Stock
Exchange since the two which were .leclared in the early
part of the morning ; therefore we may conclude that
the paying and receiving is goi,ig off well.
Consols, which have been done at 87i to 4 for money,
are at present 87 to with little speculation doing.
The Dutch Funds have come higher from Holland,
about per cent.--42 15-16.

In the Foreign Market little or nothing transacting
except in Dutch Stock, which continues firm.

THREE 0' CLOCK
Consols for the Account, 87 to

We have learned, with delight, that the letter
of Mr. O'CoNNELL has already pr 'duced a restoration of
tranquility in some parts of the country. In the very
neighbourhood of Glenmere, county of Kilkenny, where
the dreadful system of " Whitefootism" had prevailed to a
alarming extent, the deluded peasantry have delivered up
their am e to the Catholic elirgy....Dub!:2l Itiornirt)
Register.

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, ISM,

At the meeting of the National Council held
on Tuesday last in Dublin, Mr. O'CONNELL,
alluding to the Irish Reform Bill, declared his
intention of bringing before Parliament, early in
the Session, several Bills to amend it, in its
separate parts, viz., " the anomaly by which the
sons of honorary freemen were allowed to vote
whilst the fathers were not ; to establish the vote
by ballot, triennial Parliaments, and, under the
head of registration, to reduce the term of chattel
interest from 20 years to 14 years, as the more
general term of lease prevalent throughout Ire-
land. In cities and boroughs he would give
every 5/. householder a vote, and in counties at
large every man who could show himself in pos-
session of Si. interest clear out of 301. rent and
under. He would introduce penalties on bribery
by unsuccessful candidates as well as successful
ones. He would further extend the Irish fran-
chise in every case as far as he could, until it

reached the proportion that it bore in England to
the population. He thought the oath of quali-
fication for Roman Catholics was not necessary,
and, in the Bill to regulate the registration, he
would take care to settle that point."
After some remarks on this subject by one or
two Hon. Members, a resolution, proposed by
Mr. O'CONNELL, passed, to the effect, that
" it is the opinion of the Irish Members here
assembled, that the Reform Bill requires amend-
ment, both as regards the franchise and the re-
gistration." Would Mr. O'CONNELL but con-
fine himself to duties of this useful, practical
character, he would, indeed, be a sterling bene-
factor to his country ; but when he apes the en-
thusiast, affects the visionary, and hankers after
the impossible, he but sows the wind to reap the
whirlwind. The Irish Reform Bill, to a certain
extent, requires very considerable amendment.
But the way to attain this desirable end, is not
by clamouring for repeal, and so distracting
public attention, but by keeping it constantly in
the front ground.

A Reverend Prelate, whose influence at Court
is quite as great as his piety, is said to have
been endeavouring to rouse the KING'S preju-
dices on the score of Church Reform, and to
have succeeded in obtaining the powerful aid
of an Illustrious Lady. It does not appear,
however, that he has yet made the KING a par-
tisan of the Bench of Bishops. The arrange-
ments for a Church Reform Bill are in progress,
although Ministers themselves are anxious to
protract the question.

It is said that a person high in office called
a few days since on a wealthy tradesman o
Westminster, who has great infiuence with the
inhabitants of that extensive and thickly popu-
lated portion of 'the metropolis, and requested
him not to agitate the Westminster people on
the subject of further Reform, as " Ministers
were desirous of quiet, for at least one Session."

It does not appear, however, that the request
made by the Right Hon. Secretary, who put
himself forward on this occasion on behalf of
the Cabinet, will be complied with, as we hear
that arrangements are already making for a ge-
neral meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster
on a similar footing to that which has just taken
place in the city. That Ministers have excellent
intentions, there can be no doubt ; but they
must not be led to believe that there is an in-
difference among the people on the subject of
the great Reforms and improvements which are
necessary.

In another part of The Sun we have given
copious extracts from American papers to the
25th December. Their contents relate princi-
pally to the unfortunate dispute which exists
between the South Carolina and the Fede-
ral Government ; but nothing decisive had
taken place up to the above period. The State
has published a report and a string of resolu-
tions on the subject, which will be read with
interest. The Committee who drew up the
report say, " that they cannot, without alarm,
witness an attempt by an individual State to
assume unwarranted rights. That they deplore

the oppressive system of the tariff; but cannot
approve of the mode resorted to by South Caro-
lina, nor can they participate in the precipitate
measures she has recourse to to enforce it.
That they, however, dissent and enter
their protest against the principles con-
tained in the President's Proclamation, and
which are in direct hostility to the doctrines re-
peatedly asserted by Virginia, that the present
Constitution was adopted by independent States
and that any State has the right to withdratv
peaceablyfront the Union whenever she shall
think it necessary.

The news of the manner in which the Pre-
sident's proclamation had been received by
South Carolina was not known at Washington
when the last accounts came away, but was
daily expected. The general opinion is, that
a middle course will be adoptedt, he tariff re-
duced, and the necessity of having recourse to
arms avoided. We sincerely hope so.

The French papers affirm with some degree
of positiveness, that the Government has re-
ceived information of the complete route of the
army of the GRAND VIZIER ; that the Egyp-
tians, under the command of IBRAHIM PACHA,
met the army of MAHNIOUD at the issue of the
defiles of Mount Taurus on the east side ; that
the VIZIEIt himself was captured ; that part of
the defeated army had joined the Egyptian
standard ; and, as if this were not sufficiently
startling, that the victors were on their march to
Constantinople, and only eighty leagues distant
from that capital. If this be true, of which we
cannot but entertain doubts, it goes far to prove
that Russian intrigue has been actively at work
with the Egyptian Satrap. The very nature of the
contest indicates the Janus-faced policy of the
Cabinet of St. Petersburgh. Otherwise, how
comes it to pass that MA-mom), confessedly
weak, because he is a Reformer, and, as such,
at variance with the prejudices of his subjects,
is vanquished by a rebellious subject equally as no-
torious a Reformer as himself? Whence, too, come
the funds necessary to support such a tremen-
dous expedition (in point of expense) as that in
which the PACHA of Egypt is now engaged ? Our
belief (amounting almost to a conviction) is, that
Russia, who knows from late experience, that
she herself can do nothing in the way of fur-
ther conquest over Turkey, is busy endeavour.
ing to aggrandize herself indirectly through
the convenient medium of a scape-goat like
the PACHA of Egypt, and that she partially as-
sists IBRAHIM with the funds necessary for
shaking the power of Turkey to a degree that
may compel the SULTAN to call on her for
assistance, and thereby give her a decent pretext
for further interference.

Nothing appears to have reached our Go.
vernment, or the Embassies, respecting the ru-
moured protest of the Germanic Diet against
the annexation of Luxemburg to Belgium.
The statement of a contemporary on this sub-
ject is utterly discredited.

Dutch Papers of the 23d inst. have been re-
ceived. They contain nothing relative to the
negociations, or any political article of import-
ance. Additions continue to be madc to the
fortifications of Lillo and Liefkenshoek.
DUTCH FUNDS.—AusTERraw, JAN, rz2.---

, _
Actual Debt, 2% per cent 42N to 43%
Amort Syndic 4% per cent ......
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent.
Voluntary an, 1831, 5 per cent 48% to 99%
Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent.
Exchange on London, one month ll 95
Ditto, two months
... 11 90

COURT OF CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.

THE LATE DUES OF YORE'S AFFAIRS...MR. FARQUHAR

SON'S DISCHARGE.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that Mr. Far,
gob arson, who had been committed to the Fleet Prison
for contempt of Court, in publishing in the Times news-
paper certain paragraphs respecting the conduct of parties
concerned in the late Duke of York's affairs, might be
discharged without costs incurred at the prison. The
learned Counsel conceived this now to be a case entirely
between Mr. Farquharson and the Court ; and the ques-
tion to he, whether the Court would thick its dignity had
hiwn sufficientlyasserted, so that it might release the prisoner.
.Ir. Farquharson stated in his affidavit, that he had not
been pri►y to any statement which had appeared in the
Times newspaper previous to November last, and which
had formed part of floe pamphlet, composed of statements
from the Times; that he had furnished no reports with
any view to injure any one ; that he was not aware that.
in supplying what he did, he wis committing a contempt
#f Court, otherwise he would not have done it; that hr
had a wife and three very young children, an aged mo-
ther, and a widowed sister, and three children of hers, all
depending upon him for support ; that he had no mean•
of supporting himself as others except by his profession of
reporting; that the prison was exceedingly crowded, and
►hat b•si,aes his family being reduced to great distress, his
iiealth would he much impaired by a continued impri-
somnent. The affidavit of a medical gentleman stated.
that he had known Mr. Farquharson for the last twelve
years, and had been his professional attendant : that Mr.
Farquharson laboured under a pulmonary complaint ; ths•
tie had frequently been in great peril from the disease,
ind that his healil► was likely to be much injured Iron,
being kept longer in prison. The Learned Counsel w.o.
sure that no reasoning of his, upon these affidavit.
could increase his Lordship's desire to discharge the pri-
.oner—an innocent party—one who was suffering for the
misconduct of others—provided the Court do so without
a compromise.

Mr. BETHELL said this application was exclusive!)
iddressed to the mer.iful consideration of the Court; and
tie regarded the application as one upon which the other
side could not claim to be heard. Mr. Farquharson wa.
the prisoner of the Court, and it was for his Lordship
alone to determine what measure of punishment ought to
he meted out to him. Toe offence had not been attended
with a single act of enormity, nor called for the Court to
,10 more than simply to vindicate its own authority.
The LORD CHANCELLOR could not agree that the other
side were not entitled to be heard, fur it was the other side
who had put the jurisdiction of the Court in motion;
they were therefore to be considered in some degree as ex-
ercising the power, and standing in the situation, of public
prosecutors. No doubt the Learned Counsel would exer-
cise those powers according to their own discretion, and ,
not act upon the instructions of their clients.

Sir EDWARD Sucnrar said it was impossible, according
to the practice of the Court, that the prisoner could he
discharged without the cost attending his commitment be-
ing paid. Undoubtedly it was for the Court to measure out
the degree of punishment it thought just to be infl cted.
The state of Mr. Farquharson's health, and the state of
his family were undoubtedly objects well deserving the
consideration of the Court. He (Sir Edsrard) could ha, e
wished Mr. Farquharson had felt himself at liberty to
give up the name of the real deliniu.nt ; the object
throughout had never been to punish Mr. Farquharson,
out to get hold of and punish the real offender.
(Here we may observe that Sir Edward very kindly
acted upon his own discretion, because we saw a notice
served by his client last night, upon Mr. Farquharson's
solicitor, that all and every affidavit used upon the
tormer discussion would be used in opposing the present
application to discharge. )
The LORD CHANCELLOR wished to know how it was
chat Mr. Farquharson bad not been committed to pris,m
until last Saurday, when the order of committal had been
made in the tirat day of Term ?
His Lordship was informed that Mr. Farquharson had

Deco 1,
T not kriit I.iro c,or fL.y. ▪ re ! tl:e 1119;7-41AI
client the officer was c1,..ire,1 •size • custotly.-4
The LORD CHANCELLOR then said thaiithe condikre •-•
the parties who had brought this case Were the Court "
had been in every r-spect entitled to groat praise', and fity
especially the very great moderation of feeling
the very few observations had been address...A-UAW. Nan&
by Sir Edward Sugden. The Court had been pla •in a
very painful situation, in being compelled .o make the
order for the committal in the first instance. The
grounds on which he was now about to make the
order to discharge the priaonerwere, that he had exprei.sed
deep contrition for the offence he had committed; that he
bad sworn he had no intention to libel or to offend any
person; that he had not knowingly made himself the in-
strument of mischief, and of offending the Court ; that he
had never been a party, directly or indirectly to the offen-
sive paragraphs which had appeared in print before No-
vember; and then the circumstances of his family—his
situation as regarded them, which reflected very great cre•
dit indeed noon him, and the ci:cumetanees of his unfortunate
state of health, which was likely to he injured by a protracted
confinement—this being verified by the medical gentleman
who had been his attendant for twelve years. The order
then was, that he should be discharged upon the piymen t
of the costs at the prison.

The ATTORNEY•GENERAL said that Mr. Farquharson
was totally unable to pay those costs, but he would be
willing to give his own undertaking to pay them.
Sir EDWARD SUGDEN objected to that. He was wil-
ling to take the undertaking of Mr. Farquharson's solicitor
or any other respectable gentlemen for their payment.
Mr. WurrELocx said he could not give such an under-
taking. He had conducted the prisoner's case throughout,
hi,herto at his own expense, without having received a
earthing from Mr. Farquharson or any person else on his
account.

Tue LORD CHANCELLOR (emphatically)—.I do ■ot envy
the feeling of that man or of those men, be he who l.e
may, or be they who they may, on whose account Alf's.
FirqtP arson has been suffering, who will not convey to
him instanter the Means of pas ing the costs.
Mr. BirrnaLt assured the Court there was no person
on whom they had the •lightest claim.
The LOAD CHANCELLOR.—Where are those who were
the means of his publishing those paragraph• ! There is
the newspaper ! The newspaper was let off on giving
him up ! !

The
ATTORNEY-GENERAL WAR informed that the pro-
prietors of the newspaper had not given him a farthing,
and that they had never been to call upon him once.
Mr. Fa•quharson had no nae.ns, directly or indirectly, of
paying the costs, and both he and his Learned Fnend,
Mr. Bethel!, had felt it their duty throughout to render
their professional assistance entirely gratuitously.
Sir EDWARD SUGDEN then proposed that the prisoner
should be dihcharged upon either his paying the costs or
giving security, to be approved of by the master, fur their
payment.

- The Arronwirr GENERAL WA@ afraid that that was the
only order he eouid ohtain.

The LORD CPIANCELTOR could make no other order.
He had enqu red, and found there were only two instances
in which prisoners had been discharged from contempt
without paying the costs, and on those occasions it was
by consent. Thus the matter was disposed of.

KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.)

LIBELS ON THE DUCHESS OF RICHHOND-THE COURT

JOURNAL.
The SOLICITOR. G ENERAL prayed the judgment of the
Court on Henry Colburn, the proprietor, WiLiatn Thomas,
the publisher, and James Harjette and Thomas Srvi
the printers of the Court Journal, for a libel on the
Duchess of Richmond. The libel in question was a para-
graph originally inserted in that publication, intimating
that rumours of a painful nature were afloat, which it we:
to he feared were but two werl founded, relative to a. al-
leged elopement of a lady of high rank, distinguished fur
her beauty, and the wife of a Cabinet Minister, with a
captain in the army. It appeared from the affidavits for
the prosecution that the paragraph in question could only
apply to the Duchess of Richmond, and it was sworn that
between her Grace and her Noble husband, that so far
from there being the slightest grounds for such an imputa-
tion as was there conveyed, they had lived together in the
most uninterrupted harmony. The Duke of Richmond
had, therefore, no alternative but that of preferring a cri-
minal information against the propagators of the libel, and
the defendants were now in Court to receive the judgment
f their Lordships.
On the part of the defendants, SirJamEs SCA nuirr put
in an affidavit of Mr. Colburn, stating that the libel was
inserted without his knowledge; that if it had been sub-
mitted to him before it was inserted be would not have
allowed it to be published ; that immediately afterwards a
contradiction of it was inserted, with regret at the publi-
; cation of the offensive paragraph, and that the editor,
who had permitted its insertion had been dismissed
and a new: one appointed in his place. Sir James
Scarlett was heard in mitigation, and submitted
that there was a total absence of all malicious motive to-
wards the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, and that the
offensive paragraph was so extremely vague that very few
persons would be found to apply it to their Graces.
Mr. Justice LirrtEnaLx then passed judgment upon
the defendants, and sentenced Mr. Colburn to pay a fine
of 1001., and the other defendants a fine of 51. each.

THE JOHN BULL.
William Shackell and Thomas Arrowsmitb, the pro-
prietors, and Edward Shackell the publisher of the John
Bull, were next brought up for judgment for publishing
the same libel in that joarnal.
An affidavit was put in by the defendants, stating that
they had merely copied the paragraph from the Court
Journal, and that their succeeding publication contained
a contradiction of it.

The SOLICITOR GENERAL, for the prosecution, and
Mr. PLATT, for the defendants, having addressed the Court,
Mr. JUSTICE LITTLEDALIC ,entenced Mr. William
Shackell, and Mr. Arrowsmith, to pay a fine of 501. each,
mod Mr. Elward Shackell, the publisher, to pat• u
fine of hL
The K h -

_ING .las presented the Rev. GEORGE
WiciirmAN, M.A., to the vicarage of Care, in the county
if Suffolk, void by the resignation of the Rev. HENRY
BLUNT. This living is in the gift of the Crown, as Duke
4.if LANCASTER, and in the patronage of Lord HOLLAND,
u Chancellor of the Duchy.
Miss EDEN, who so gallantly risked her life
in aid of a fellow-creature, is not sistor to Lord Aucir-
LAND, but a daughter of General EDEN, who resides at
Him, Surrey. Her mister is married to Sir GRAHAM
StoonE, the brother of Sir Joi Mooitz, the lamented
hero of Corunna.

DINNER TO THE CITY AND COUNTY
%lEstaitas.—The snout magnificent public ent-rtainment
vr.ich we have ever witnessed took place yesterday evening.
,tt MomusoN's, to celebrate the result of the recent elec-
ion4 in the city and county of Dublin. Udwards of 250
gentlemen, including no less than 13 Memhers of Pa, 14
nem, were prement. IGNATIUS CALLAO/lAN, E4q. pre-
In consequence of the extent of our re.
putt of the National Council, we are compiled to delay
au acc .unt of the highly interesting prose.-dingo of the
firmer until to-morrow (Tuesday).—Dublin Morning
Register.

INIRETING OF PARLIAMENT.--It is now
generally known that Parliament will meet on the 29th
of this month. The first business will be that of admi-
nistering the oaths to the Members of the tw Houses,
which must necessarily occupy at least several days, and,
consequently, public business will not br entered upon till
probably the sth of February. The naths of supremacy
and allegiance are to be taken by the Members before the
LORD STEWARD previously to their entering the douse.
For the purpose of administering such oaths the LORD
STEWARD Will attend either in the lobby of the House of
Commons, or in the long galleys, which adjoins the lobby.
Each Member, on entering the Hoose, tak-., at the table
if the House, the same oaths of supremacy and allegiance.
He delivers in at the same time his qualification at the
table of the House, and takes the oath of his being qui.
lified. If any Member should, though by inadvertence,
take his seat within the House during the sitting of the.
House, without having first taken the necessary oaths., I;ei
would be thereby disabled from sitting in that Parliament,
and would be subject to a fin. of 500/. Mettabtre elected
at a general election do not require to has introduced, at
whatsoever time they may take their seat ; 'lit it is
stated in Hatselts Precedent*. that, by a resolution
of
the House of Conatuons, the 231 of February, 1698,
" when a Member is elected on a writ isiaued after the
general election, such Member must be introduced by two
orbcr members, and is brought up from the bat-, making
three obeisances to the Clair. in order, as expressed in
tie resolution, that the Member may be knawu to the
[loose.'
In a book published in 1641, entitled " The
Use, Privileges, Proceedings, and Punishments of the Com-
mons' House of Parliament in England," it is satl, ire
chap. 5, p. 8--" If any speak too long, and speak within.
the matter, he may not bi- cut off; bum if he n” bmg, dud
oat of the matter,
~t the shortness of the time or the business of th H
then the Speaker n.a, gently admonish
users
and pray him to make as short as he ji,d„u•s
Precedents of Parliamext