The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-29 00:00:00

fluence of dangerous councils.

The excellent speeches delivered by the tried Re•
'ormers of Birmingham will be read with deep interest
)y every real friend to the country. It is enough to re•

fer to them ; they are everything that they ought to be on
such an occasion. It is not an easy matter to rouse the
English nation ; but once up, there is no diverting it
from the object for which it rose. The people will not be
trampled upon—they will not suffer their liberties to be

nade the playthings with which a pouting courtier is
,o be put in good humour. Most heartily are we

rejoiced to perceive the determination with which the
" Great Captain" is resisted at the very onset. The
Church will and must be reformed—the people have
spoken it.

The Paris papers of Thursday hare been received
The extracts will be found in another column.

REFUSAL TO HOLD A COMMON HALL.

The requisitionists assembled yesterday, when Messrs.
Ashurst, Stevens, Wire, and Pritchard, communicated to
the meeting, what had taken place in the Court of Com-
mon Council the preceding day, on which occasion the
Lord Mayor had stated his willingness now to call a
Common Hall, if such a requisition as he should approve
of were presented to him.

The requisition actually delivered was then read, it
being in these words :—That the Lord Mayor should be
requested forthwith to call a Common Hall " to deliberate
on the measures which ought to be adopted in the present
alarming aspect of the affairs of our country."
After a conversation in which Messrs. Travers, Dillon,
W. H. Hall, Fearon, Lawrence, Effingham Wilson, &c.
took a part, it was unanimously resolved :—" That the re-
quisition already presented by the deputation is one which
the Lord Mayor ought to have complied with, and it is the
opinion of this meeting that it would be a compnomise of
the rights and privileges of their fellow-citizens to present
any other requisition on this occasion."

The requisitionists then adjourned to meet again early
next week, in order to make arrangements for a public
meeting of the Livery.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, T WEL VE O'CLOCK.
The only arrivals we have this morning are one French mail, with
the express from Paris.
A further sale of teas, imported direct from Canton, took place
yesterday, being the remainder of the cargo of the Charlotte. The
prices realized, considering the quality, were good. The sale wag
adjourned until Monday next, when the East India Company's
querly sale will commence.

- Shonal. the report prove correct of the expected arrival of Sir
R. Peel at Paris yesterday, we may expect him in London to-mor-
row or ➢Monday.

THE FUNDS.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 91% for Money, and 91%
for the Account, opened at the same price this morning.
Spanish, which left off at 54%, opened at the same price, done
at 5411 55; Portuguese, which left off at 85% 3%, opened at 86.

HALF-PAST ONE.
An express has arrived from Madrid of the date of the 22d inst.,
upon which a general report prevailed that the Spanish Loan had
been taken in the above capital at 65, with an improve-
ment of 6 per cent. in the Spanish Securities there. Although
we cannot as yet confirm the above report great purchases have been
made in the Spanish Stock by the party who received the express,
a member of the house, and connected with Mr. Ardowin. Im-
mediately Spanish Stock improved to 553%, at present may be
quoted 551 :34 ; Portuguese, 8614.
Consols have been during the whole of the morning at 9134 %
for the Account.

Conscle for the Account, 913/4 1,•
THREE 0' CL 0 CK.
4.

Sir Henry Hardinge had an interview yesterday with the
Duke of Wellington.
It is not expected that Mr. Hodgson, M. P. for
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, will make his appearance in the field
in the event of a general election. If he should, the friends
of Liberty and Reform are prepared for him. Sir M. W.
Ridley, the other Member, will also require all his energies to
secure his seat, from the known opposition of the worthy Ba,
ronet to the declaration of the Earl of Durham at Glasgow.
It is rumoured that the Hon. H. T. Liddell will oppose Lord
Howick for the northern division of Northumberland.

We regret to state horse and sheep stealing is get-
ting to an alarming extent in this county.—Cambridge
Chronicle.

A beautiful white sparrow and a speckled one have
lately been seen in hedge rows, on the north road, at Little
Paxton.—Cambridge Chronicle.

APSLEY HOUSE.—The following curious particu-
lars relating to Apsley House, the residence of the Duke of
Wellington, at Hyde Park-corner, are not, we believe, gene-
rally known ; they may, however, be relied on as facts. As
George 11. was riding on horseback one day in Hyde Park,
he met an old soldier, whom he recognized as having fought
under him at Dettingen, and with great condescension fell
into discourse with him. In the course of conversation the
King asked what he could do for him? " Why, please your
Majesty," returned the soldier, " my wife keeps an apple-stall
on the bit of waste ground as you enter the park, and if your
Majesty would be pleased to make us a grant of it, we might
build a little shed and improve our trade." The King com-
plied with his request, and the grant was accordingly given
him. The shed was erected, the situation was excellent, and
the business of the old woman became brisk and prosperous.
After some years the old soldier died, and the grant of the late
King was forgotten. The then Lord Chancellor, attracted
by the eligibility of the situation, removed the old woman's
shed, and laid out the ground as the site of a mansion.
Alarmed, but not venturing to contend with such a high autho-
rity, she consulted with her son, who was articled to an attor-
ney, how she should act in such an extremity. The son
calmed her fears by promising to find her a remedy as soon as
the structure should be completed. When this was done, he
waited on his Lordship to request some remuneration for what
he alleged to be a trespass on his mother's rights. The Chan-
cellor, when he perceived the claim to be reasonably founded,
tendered a few hundreds of pounds as a compensation, which,
however, under the advice of her son, the old woman rejected,
and on the next interview the son demanded 4001. a year as a
ground rent, when his Lordship acceded to the proposal, and
Apsley House yields to this day the above ground rent to the
descendants of an old applewoman.