The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-28 00:00:00

THE CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY.

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impose no obstacles in th way of a liberal Government ;
it is probable that out of ffice he may render it essential
assistance. The powerf classes of the dissenters may be
reasonably'and quickly opitiated. Indeechaccident has
again invested the King nd Lord Grey with the means of
forming a strong and po ular Government. The late Ca-
binet has cast its skin, d the causes of popular disap-
pointment are fortunate • removed. If advantage is not
taken of the occasion, t e Whigs in twelve months will be
extinct as a political p y. The country will await with
intense anxiety the Ca net arrangement of the next few
l i
days. But it would be blindness to shut our eyes to the
adverse composition of e House of Peers ; that difficulty,
sooner or later must b grappled with, or the country will
c-' r' lin towards the eers the contempt which the Peers
c.ow abundantly affect o show towards the people. Mr.
Canning latterly discered the luminary of Reform in the
is
horizon, and always redicted that it would ultimately
shine on both Houses f Parliament. That statesman was
too clear-sighted to b ieve for a moment that after the
House of Commons N reformed the House of Lords

could long remained u eformed.—Morning Chronicle.
The communicatio which Lord Althorp made to the
House of Commons ast night, and which led to the
adjournment of the h se to Monday next, shows that the
Whig administration received a blow which has shaken
it to its very foundati s. Whether the cabinet will go to
pieces, or patch itself p for a short time, by a compromise
*of principle which m enable its constituent parts to come
together once more, e cannot pretend to say. To us
this appears to be a tter of very little consequence; the
Whigs have so falsifi the expectations which the public
at a former period h of them, and have excited so much
disappointment and d gust with regard to both their fo-
reign and domestic cy, that all reflecting people must
be convinced that en if they should weather the
present storm they ust soon go to wreck, and share
the disgraceful fate of every ministry that forfeits the
public confidence. or our own part we have expressed
pretty freely, from ti to time, our opinion of the instability
of the present admini tration, if indeed an administration
now exists. We _ not for their majorities in the

reformed House of Cotmons, which constituted no proof
of public strength, bed use there is nothing which a con-
siderable number of t* reform members dread as facing
their constituents again. They are conscious of haiing
done enough to forfeit their good opinion, by. conduct
worthy the Globe to celebrate on the base string of its
unutterable servility, and therefore deserving of the puhlic
scorn. We see that the " Central Bashaw Bill," the
latest great effort of the reform ministry, in imitation of
the Bourbon notions of civil government, has been put off
no farther than the day on which parliament is to re-as-
semble. This atrocious measure, for we can give it no
milder name—this embodied essence of Maithusian
tyranny and Turkish despotism, cannot bear to be
delayed any longer than the re-assembling of parlia-
ment. Whatever becomes of other measures for which
the country calls, and to which the government stands
pledged, the Central Bashaw Bill must be pushed on.
The commissioners and assistant-commissioners are eager
for their salaries. The livelihood of some of those Egyp-
tian task-masters is at stake. Besides, the ministers want
to strengthen themselves, if possible, by new accessions of
patronage ; therefore Lord Althorp pushes on the bill, as
if pauperism was his only terror, with the pension list
staring him in the face. There has been some talk of the
probability of a coalition ministry, formed of the rump
of the present cabinet, and some of the leading Tories, in-
cluding Sir Robert Peel. We do not think such a govern-
ment could hold together long. Sir Robert Peel has as-
sisted the ministers to accumulate public odium upon them-
selves, by supporting all such measures of theirs as were
calculated to prove them regardless of principle, and to
strip them of popularity. Again, it has been assested that
Lord Durham is to come into the cabinet, with an acces-
sion of ultra-Whig principles ; but he is not the man who
has the wisdom or capacity to extricate the country from
its present difficulties. He did nothing worth while when
he was in the Cabinet before, if we except his expensively
abortive mission to the Court of Russia ; and since he has
been out of office he has only distinguished himself by his
prosecutions of the Press. No one can be surprised at the
sudden dislocation of a Cabinet which, for a long time past,
has only been kept in office by Tories or Radicals. We
think that if Lord Palmerston be in danger of losing his
place, the Russian Autocrat, whom his Journal duly lauds,
should interfere to order him to be kept in office. At his
command, the appointment of Sir Stratford Canning was
cancelled. Why should not his command be as powerful
to retain a Minister in the councils of the King of Great
Britain as so dismiss an Ambassador, the representative of
our King ? To that degree of humiliation have the Whig
Ministers brought the country. Poland is destroyed—
Turkey is subjugated—our trade in the Levant is in jeo-
pardy ; and to finish what has been so well begun, it much
concerns the Autocrat that our
_present Foreign Minister
should be continued in power.—Morning Herald.

The debate upon Mr. Ward's resolutions passed off
without any such positive disclosure as we expected to be
produced by it. But the discussion was nevertheless an
.nteresting and instructive one. While Mr. Ward was
moving, and while Mr. Grote was seconding, the resolu-
tions, frequent communications passed between Lord Al-
thorp, who was on the Treasury Bench, and Mr. Stanley
and Sir James Graham, who were in the lobby. We
presume that these communications influenced the course
which Lord Althorp ultimately took. He announced to
the house that circumstances had come to his knowledge
"during the debate" which rendered it highly ex-
pedient that .the debate should be adjourned till
Monday. This announcement was received with
loud and general cheers. There might be the
triumph of political animosity in some—there might be
the hope of political ambition in others. A few might re-
ioice in the brief respite from a conflict the decision of
.vhich is so awfully doubtful. But we think the prepon-
derating sentiment was gratification at the final abandon-
ment of the temporizing policy by which ministers have
hitherto guided their course—gratification at the convic-
tion that at last the choice must be made of the right or of
the left, of good or of evil. It would be idle to enumerate
all the reports to which the course taken by Lord Althorp
has given birth. The story most commonly believed was
that Sir James Graham and Mr. Stanley were, when Lord
Althorp spoke, out of office. If this be so, throughout the
progress of the Irish Tithe Bill every conceivable praise
will be due to the Conservatives of the Cabinet—every
imaginable disgrace will be heaped upon the heads of the
Destructives. Mr. Stanley and Sir James Graham intro-
duce and support a bill perfectly in accordance with their
own sentiments ; Lord Althorp and Lord John Russell
introduce and support a bill diametrically opposed to their
own sentiments. Mr. Stanley and Sir James Graham
being thwarted by a majority of their colleagues, see so
clearly what their honour requires, that they instantly re-
Agn. Lord Althorp and Lord John Russell, being sup-
ported by a majority of their colleagues, see so doubtfully
what their interest suggests, that they immediately pro-
crastinate. We shall wait with deep and solemn
attention for the events which the next few days
may bring forth. For the present, we have only
to profess the absolute delight with which we acknow-
ledge that in some of our interpretations of Mr. Stanley's
views we seem to have reasoned erroneously—that in some
of our anticipations of Mr. Stanley's progress we appear to
have prophesied falsely. We pray that our mistakes may
be made yet more evident than they are ; and we believe
that they will be made yet more evident. Mr. Stanley is,
we believe, a man of upright intention—he is, we know,
a man of sterling talent. He wants only confidence in his
own virtue, and consciousness of his own power. If
Mr. Stanley can learn to see in Lord John Russell a fool-
ish coxcomb, and in Mr. Ellice a person "discreditably
known in the city," Mr. Stanley, thinking, judging, acting
for himself, may win a great name. He may do more—he
may save his country.—Morning Post.

An evening paper of last night ( The Sun) gives
a detailed report of the proceedings of a meeting of master
tailors of London, held at Willis's rooms yesterday, for the
purpose of receiving an account of the measures taken by
their committee in furtherance of their resolutions against
the trades' union since the last general meeting. It is evi-
dent from this statement, and from the feeling displayed by
the persons who attended the meeting (consisting of nearly
600), that the masters are still firm and united, and that
the journeymen, seeing the folly of their mad combination,
are anxious to return to their employment upon the old
terms. The chief subject of discussion among the masters
was, whether, in case of the men returning to solicit em-
ployment, and announcing that they had abandoned the
union, their employers should require them to subscribe a
solemn declaration to the latter effect. Most of the masters
present adhered to the necessity of such a written decla-
ration in order to obtain some security against future
strikes, while a small minority thought it sufficient that
the journeymen returned to their work, without demanding
from them any written pledge as to their future conduct.
On a division of the meeting, the number for the former
proposition was 532, and the minority for the latter only
8. It is therefore decided that none of the journeymen
tailors who have engaged in the strike shall be received
back by their masters till they declare that they have aban-
doned that dishonest combination by which they foolishly
expected to intimidate the public, and deserted those worthless
and selfish leaders who have made them their dupes andtheir
victims. We highly applaud this resolute firmness, as the only
means of bringing these misguided creatures to their
senses, and of preventing the recurrence of similar inter-
ruptions to trade and industry in future. It proclaims to
the ignorant brethren of the lodges, that, supported by the
general sympathy of their customers, and conscious of the
reasonableness of the remuneration which they give to la-
bour, the employers of the journeymen may despise the
machinations of the few designing knaves who are at the
head of these unions, and, by ordinary means, detach the
working classes from their hateful domination. It has suc-
ceeded at Derby—it will succeed in London—it milk suc-
ceed in every place, and on all occasions, where the mas-
ters can display a spirit, a concert, and a perseverance
worthy of their own cause, and calculated to secure the in-;
terests of the public. We only regret that, in adopting
this very proper resolution to dissolve the trades' union so
fa :s their men composed it, the master tailors should
have taken any notice of the ignorant bravadoes of the se-
ditious and mischievous persons who conduct the-organ of
the unions, and sho'sd have entered into a controversy

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1834.

The communication made last night by Lord
ALTHORP was received with the most joyous
acclamations by the House of Commons. It
conveyed, or was understood to convey, an as-
surance that the resignations of the two dissen-
tient members of the Cabinet had been ten-
dered to his MAJESTY and accepted. It was
also understood to convey an intimation that
Earl GREY and Lord ALTHORP had under-
taken to carry on the Government with the re-
mainder of their colleagues, and such additions
to their number as the secession of Mr. STAN-
LEY and Sir JAMES GRAHAM has rendered
necessary. More cannot be said till more
is settled. It is not true that two other
members of the cabinet tendered their, re-
signations to his MAJESTY. • There may
be persons out of doors, who are desirous, from
private as well as public motives, to have
further changes in the ministry ; and if such
changes become necessary, we are confident
that Lord GREY and Lord ALTHORP will not.
shrink from them. But we do not think it pro-
bable that they will be called upon to make
such manifestations of their firmness. We
cannot believe that men of honour, sense, and
spirit, who do not participate in Mr. STAN-
LEY'S opinions, will quit the service of
their Sovereign, abandon Earl GREY in a mo-
ment of difficulty, and expose their country to
the hazard of confusion from no better motives
than regard to personal ease, .or to personal
predilections. Be that as it may, we repeat
our assertion, that last evening none- of the Ca-
binet had resigned except Sir J. GRAHAM and
Mr. STANLEY.

Mr. WARD'S motion last night on the sub-
ject of the Irish Church establishment, which
was to the effect that " the Protestant episcopal
establishment in Ireland exceeds the spiritual
wants of the Protestant population ; and that it
being the right of the State to regulate the dis-
tribution of church property in such a manner
as Parliament may determine, it is the opinion
of this House that the temporal possessions of
the church of Ireland, as now established by
aw ought to be reduced," was argued with re-

markable ability, and produced a strong im-
pression on the majority of those who heard the
hon. member's speech. Mr. WARD shrewdly
arid pertinently remarked that the existence of
the bloated Irish hierarchy was the only argu-
ment he had ever heard in favour of a repeal of
the union. Mr. GROTE, who seconded the
motion, urged the same point. The House
adjourned at an early hour until Monday.

In the House of Lords last night, Earl
GREY, in presenting a petition against the
London and Westminster Bank Bill, observed
that he had heard with considerable surprise
that the bill had passed the other House, and
that he should decidedly oppose it, as it inter-
fered with the privileges of the Bank of Eng-
land. At his lordship's request, the second
reading was postponed until Monday se'nnight.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY. gave notice
of a motion for Monday next, respecting the
absence of an ambassador from this country to
the Court of St. Petersburgh. After some un-
important discussion, the House adjourned at
nine o'clock till Friday.

The struggle that has been made by the
Bank of England and the London bankers to
prevent the Westminster Bank from obtaining
a bill to enable it to sue and be sued in the
name of one of its officers, even if it should
succeed, which we trust it will not, will tend
to open the eyes of the public to the conse-
quences of the Bank monopoly of issue in the
metropolis, which operates as a monopoly of
deposit to the Bank of England and the Lon-
don bankers, with which last this Westminster
Bank interferes. Why do the Bank of Eng-
land and the London bankers attempt to pre-
vent the Westminster Bank from obtaining a
facility of carrying on its business, which has
been granted to other joint-stock companies as
well as banking companies in Scotland
as well as England, but because this bank
allows interest upon deposits which the
Bank of England and London bankers
do not in general do ? The Bank of Eng-
land, indeed, has of late made an exception
in favour Of the East India Company. But
does any one imagine that the Bank of Eng-
land would have allowed interest to the East
India Company, if the Westminster Bank had
not come into existence, which bank would
have allowed interest to the East India Com-
pany upon deposits made with it, if, in order
to induce the East India Company to continue
its deposits with the Bank of England, the
latter had not agreed to do so ? Can the in-
habitants of the metropolis remain much longer
blind to the fact, that if the Bank of England
did not possess the exclusive privilege of
issuing notes in London and sixty-five miles
beyond it, every bank of issue in the
metropolis or sixty-five miles from it, would al-
low interest upon deposits, as banks of issue in
the country of England and in Scotland allow
upon deposits? Much as this would be to the
advantage of the inhabitants of the metropolis,
it is as nothing compared to the loss and dis-
tress brought upon the country by the raising
and depressing of prices occasioned by the ex-
pansion and contraction of the currency, afford-
ing the power of over-issue as it is abused by
the Bank of England, making every branch of
industry a gambling trade, and thereby de-
terring- capital from embarking in works of
industry, to which we have repeatedly called
the attention of our readers. •

The French Papers of Monday, and the
Gazette de France, and the Messager des
Chambres, dated yesterday, are for the most
part filled with electioneering gossip ; the
subdued tone of some of them would seem to
imply that the new Chamber of Deputies will
be quite as much the creature of Louis
PHILIP as its predecessor—perhaps more so.
Domiciliary visits and arrests were still con-
tinuing in the departments. The German
Congress were, it seems, quite unanimous on
the expediency of suppressing the liberty of the
press throughout Germany, though they could
not come to an agreeMent on commer-
cial matters. General O'DONNELL (Count
D'ABISPAL) died of apoplexy, at Montpelier
on the 17th inst.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Paais, MAYM
Five per Cents., 106 f. 106 f. 10c. sc.
Four per Cents., 94E 40c.
Three per Cents., 79f. 80c. 75c. 70c.
Bank Actions, 1,89.2 f. 50c.
Rente de Naples, 97f. 7Cc. 60c.
Roman Five per Cents., 9635 97 9641.
Rente d'l4.lspagne, Five per Cents., 3O 31 V/.
Bente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 443,4%.
Boys! Spanish Loan, 84.
Rente l'crpet. d' Espagne, Five per Cents., 735
Haytian Loan, 265 f.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 35z. ; money, —f. —c.
Three months, paper, 251125 c.; money, —f. —c.
—(bursitutheatilite.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK.

Owing to the prevailing north easterly winds, we are
without any foreign arrivals this morning ; and indeed
they are at present not much sought after, as our local si-
tuation is of more importance.
A great deal of excitement prevails in the city this morn-
ing, in consequence of the state of affairs in the Cabinet,
all parties being anxious to ascertain who will replace Mr.
Stanley and Sir J. Graham.
Lords Grey and Brougham, it is said, will not give way
one inch, and will have their own way. The King is sup-
posed also to be firm.
Yesterday was settling day in Consols ; to-day is the
paying and receiving the differences of their accounts, in
which the brokers and jobbers are busily engaged, and, up
to the present time, all is going off well. break up in
the Cabinet has had, as yet, but little effect on the funds.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 92 54 for the Ac-
count, opened this morning, at 92% %; at present they are
92% buyers. Spanish, 30-Y8 % ; Portuguese, 781 A
Private accounts from Madrid say that for some dip
past disturbances have been the order of the day in the
above capital, and the anarchists seem to prevail.
Martinez de la Rosa wishes to replace M. Zanco del
Valle for General Balanzort as Minister of War, and M.
Imaz for Banqueri, as Minister of Finances. It is reported
that Morillo is to replace General Quesada in Biscay. He
will be the fourth General sent to pacify that province.
Accounts from Antwerp state that the news at Brussels
was that the Queen of Belgium was again enriente.
Up to the present hour we have no arrivals from Por-
tu n'.
Holyday at the Bank. King's birthday.
HALF-PAST ONE.
. . _ .

The private information from Madrid is favourable to
the meeting of the Cortes. The adjustment of the
Cortes Bonds will be brought forward, as well as the
different dividends unpaid, and a fair arrangement is
expected to take place.
Consols may be quoted at present 92% ih for July
account, and for money 917 92. Money is more plentiful
than yesterday, a great deal of stock having been carried
over to the next account.
Spanish, 36% 3/4 Portuguese, 78%
No arrivals from Portugal as yet.
THREE O'CLOCL
C.usols, 92% lA.

The manner in which Lord ALTHORP'S
short and pithy appeal was received last night,
by the House of Commons, is indicative of
the just and honourable feeling which prevails
in the reformed Parliament. The people of
England, or rather the people of the United
Kingdom, will rejoice, as we most assuredly
do, at the manifestation of such a spirit. It
is known that the difficulties, such as they ire,
in which the government is now placed, arise
from their honest determination to get justice
done to the people, and to establish a principle
which, if carried out as it will be by a truly re-
forming cabinet and an honest Parliament, cannot
fail to unite in its support all the enlightened and
upright people of England, and to lead to a similar
effect to destroy the corruption of the Church,
to that which puts an end for ever to the abo-
minations of the boroughmongering system in
Parliament.

Mr. STANLEY and Sir JAMES GRAHAM
have resigned, and his MAJESTY has been
pleased to accept their resignation. Their
places will, we trust, be immediately filled up by
men, if not as able, equally honest and en-
lightened ; and with the country on their side,
the Government will be strengthened, and not
weakened, by the change.
His MAJESTY is acting a truly English and
noble part. He will stand by the reformers in
the church as well as in the state ; in short, he
will maintain the position from which all the
talents and influence of the Hero of 'Waterloo
could not drive him, when the waverers at-
tempted to destroy the government, and prevent
the people of England from obtaining Parlia-
mentary reform. The KING is still at the
head of the Reformers of England, and he will
support through all their struggles in a righteous
cause the men who will adhere to the good cause
of constitutional reform.

SHIPPING I NTELLI-G-EN-CE-TIIIM DAY

(FROM LLOYD'S.)
DEAL, MAY 27.—Wind N.E.—Arrived from the
river, and sailed, the Broxbournebury, Chapman, for Cal-
cutta ; Brightman, Moreton, and William and Alfred,
Drysdale, for Antigua ; Mint, for Quebec ; Esther,
Nicholson, for —.
PORTSMOUTH, MAy 27.—Wind N. N.E.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 26.—Wind E. strong.
FALMOUTH, MAY 26. —Wind E., fresh gales and squally.
—Arrived off port the Indus, Burnell, from Havannah.
Sailed the Eclipse packet for St. Domingo, Jamaica,
Mexico, and Havannah ; Sheldrake packet, for Leeward
Islands ; his Majesty's ship Savage, for Oporto and Lisbon.
DOVER, MAY 27.—Arrived off port the Experiment,
Scott, from Oporto.
MILYoun, MAY 26.—Arrived the Zillah, Oliver, from
Memel. •
CORK, MAY 25.—Arrived the Concercao, Fare, from
St. Übes ; Struggler, Kay, from Greenland ; Superb,
Beek, from Memel. Off port the Colossus, Wyle, from
Savannah.

ABERDEEN, MAY 25.—Arrived the Schevan, Krett;
from Dantzic.

LYNN, MAY 26.—Arrived the Friends, Truefitt, from
Memel.
YARMOUTH ROADS, MAY 27.—Arrived the Rashel,
Irvine, from Memel.
MARGATE, MAY 27.—Two masts, a bowsprit, with
some rigging and sails, were picked up in the roads yes-
terday, supposed from the Charlotte Sophia, lost on the
Kentish Knock.

The report of the parish meeting of St. George, Hano
ver-square, we are obliged to omit for want of room.
MUSICAL FESTIVAL AT HULL.—At a
public meeting of the inhabitants of Hull, held at the
Guildhall, on Saturday se'nnight, the Mayor in the
chair, it was unanimously resolved, that a musical
festival, on a grand scale, should be given in that town
in the month of September or October next ; the profits
of the festival to be applied in the first instance to
finish the magnificent East window of the Holy Tri-
nity Church, and the surplus to the Hull General
Infirmary.
BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FEST I VAL.—
The committee have announced that the meeting will
take place in the course of the second week in October
next. The Earl of Aylesford has, at the request of
the committee, kindly accepted the office of President
of the meeting.
RESIGNATION OF AN ALDERMANIC
Gowil.—At a Court of Aldermen, holden yesterday,
the resignation of the Alderman of Cornhill Ward,
Sir Charles Flower, was formally accepted. In the
course of the day a deputation of the inhabitants
waited upon John Pirie, Esq. (who lately filled the
office of Sheriff with so much humanity and credit),
and he consented to be put in nomination. His
election is already deemed secure.
On Wednesday the 14th instant, John
Tidd, Esq., and Richard Furley, Esq., as a deputa-
tion from Gainsborough, headed by the Hon. C. A.
Pelham, Sir W. Ingilby, Bart., the Right Hon.
Charles Tennyson, Josiah Wedgwood, John Daven-
port, Henry Handley, W. F. Handley, and John
Humphery, Esqs., waited by appointment on the
Vice-President of the Board of Trade, respecting that
town being. made a bonding port and port of entry,
when the right hon. gentleman intimated that the for-
mer request would, no doubt, be complied with, and
the latter should have due consideration.

FALKLAND.—A few days ago, a farm ser-
vant in this neighbourhood, on going to bed, hung his
watch, as usual ; and, on awaking in the morning, was
a good deal alarmed to find it had been removed. The
door was found locked, and search was made in every
corner, but no trace of the watch could be found. On
accidentally looking in a corner for something else,
the lost watch was discovered in a rat's hole, and the
ribbon, to which a seal and key were attached, was
preafterwards
aredfound,for
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LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET,MAY26,—
To-day's Cotton Market has been quiet, and prices
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dpinarbut rgo hf the
are merely steady. The sales do not exceed 2,000
bales, say 100 Pernams, 121 d. ; 200 Pernams,
to 12d. ; 100 Bahias, 10d. to 100. ; 100 Sea Islands,
16d. to 17id. ; 500 Boweds, lid. to 81d. ; 500 Or-
leans, Bd. to old. ; 300 Mobiles, 7i,d. to 84d. ; 200
Surats, 60. to 60.
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but the excessive restlessness of his patron sometimes'
defied his utmost exertions. One night it fell out
that the marchese was particularly wakeful, and the
conteur's invention more than usually slow. He had
exhausted his whole stock in hand of adventures, and
contrived three (such as they were) new tales; but
still the patient slept not, and kept calling upon him
to continue. At length, wearied out, the conteur
struck at a fresh fable. " There was a poor peasant,"
said he," who dwelt upon the Pomeranian mountains,
who went forth one day to a neighbouring market to
purchase a flock of sheep ; he made his bargain, though
prices were high, and set out on his return home driv-
ing 200 ewes"—(" It was a large flock," muttered the
marchese)—" 200 ewes, besides lambs, before him ;
but a storm arose towards night, and the rivulets were ,
swelled with the rain ; at length the peasant came to
the bank of a wide river, which was no longer fordable
from the floods, though it had been so when he passed
in the morning. There was no bridge nearer than three
leagues, and the roads were getting very heavy for the
cattle. Could a boat be procured ? There was one,
but so small that it would only carry one sheep
.at a
time. In this dilemma the traveller had no choice ;
he put a sheep into the boat, rowed it over with some
difficulty (for the stream was now strong and rapid),
landed it on the far shore, and returned for another."
When the conteur had arrived at this point of his
story, he stopped, and composed himself to sleep ; but
the nobleman, who was still awake, cried out, as usual,
"Go on, Beneditto go on. Why do you not proceed
with the farmer on his journey ?" " Ah 1 let me sleep,
my lord, I entreat you," returned the conteu fors e;
spair ; I shall be awake again, lam sure, bn
has got his sheep over."

COURT OF CHANCERY.--{1 us

M. DUPIN, SPEAKER OF THE FRENCH HOUSE or
COMMONS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR on entering the Court at te?
o'clock was accompanied by. a gentleman who, before M.
Lordship took his seat, he introduced to the Bar as
Dupin, a French lawyer, and Speaker of the French Howe
of Commons. M. Dupin, and the gentlemen at the Biri
respectively bowed to each other, and the stranger ss
down on his Lordship's right hand.
His LORDSHIP soon afterwards inquired if any per°
in court could state if there were any Nisi Prius
to-day, as M. Dupin wished to see a trial by jury;
after sending to ascertain, and holding a short conversa,v-
with the visiter, M. Dupin took his leave, and withal':
in the company of M. Le Marchant, his lordships
vate secretary.
KING'S BIRTHDAY DRESSES.
The wing's Counsel present at the sitting of the cool
were Mr. Solicitor-General, Sir Wm. Horne, Sir E41"1;
Sugden, Mr. Quiney, and Mr. Rolfe ; the two fort_nt
appeared in their usual robes, and the three latter in t""

long wigs and court dresses.
Sir EDWARD SUGDEN thought it right to call his I°4.
ship's attention to the above circumstance. •
The LORD CHANCELLOR-1 have been observing its st
Sir E. SUGDEN—I don't know whether it is right tb
there should be this difference between us.
The Loan CHANCELLOR—I know it used to be verY
strictly attended to in the Court of King's Bench.
Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL—My Lord, I can only ef,
for myself, that the reason of it, as far as I am concern
is, that until late last night I had no idea your Lords hip
would have sat to-day. • • a to.
Sir E. SUGDEN—You were in the same oituatlto
that respect as we all ; and I only mention it now to $
you an opportunity of making an apology.
Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL—No, I was not in the die
itr
situation as you, and I certainly do not want your P°..„'itf
ness to be taxed to afford me any unnecessary opPort`;lge
of apologising, although I am quite willing to acknow'
I am
The LORD
en tlo
CHANCELLOR—I ~„
remember very v•
Lord Tenterden, on one occasion, refused to permit a geo.
tlehmis Courtan to move
dress.move o
' alike, it
such a day as this, as he did not oPP
in

Sir EDWARD SUDDEN—.When we are not all
makes some of us to appear as if we wished to be "nee
Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL—No, no ; I beg tooureWe
ou from that annoying feeling by stating, that y a 0
my full concession that you are quite right, and th t
quite wrong. th'°
Sir E. SUGDIEN—Then I must solace myself vn__,
acknowledgment from his Majesty's Solicitor-Gerler'"
this his Majesty's birthday.
Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Pray do.
The COURT then proceeded to hear appeals.
ROBERTSON V. LORD LONDONDERRY* lordship
Sir E. SUDDEN was instructed to remind his
of this case, with a view to having judgment. The P
tiff could not get the Marquis to come to any terms'
The Lout) CHANCELLOR said lie would give juus.--13
in the course of a week.
His Lordship rose at half-past one.

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KING'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY.)

The Middlesex Grand Jury were sworn in this mornil
before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, after which the Col
proceeded with causes on the new trial paper, none °
which possessed any thing of public interest.