The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-08 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrivals of all description of grain this week are moderate,
and the return of flour fair. In consequence of the rain the wheat
trade is rather dearer for fine samples. Barley, beans, and peas
remain firm. Oats are ready in sale, and may be noted 6d. per
qr. dearer than on Monday. I
ARRIVALS.
Barley. Oats.
110 qrs 3,2-0 qrs 5,170 sacks.
149 o,rBo
100 1:1,450

Whet
English
Irish
Foreign 1,70

SMITHFIELD MARKET.

This day's supply of Beasts and Pigs was indifferent, both as to
numbers and quality ; that of Sheep, Lambs, and Calves, tolerably
good. Trade with prime small Lamb and Veal was somewhat
brisk, but otherwise dull, at Monday's quotations. Milch Cows,
though not very numerous, experienced a slow sale, at from 151.
to 171. ; good ones, 171. 10s. to 191.

PRICES PER STONE OF BLII., TO SINK THE OFFALS.
S. d. to s.d
_ _ s d to s d

Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 6
Second quality ditto 2 8 3 2
Prime large Oxen 510 4 0
Prime Scots, &c
Large coar e Calves 3 6 310
Prime small ditto
Suckling Calves each' ,12 a t 8

Inferior Sheep......
Second quality ditto
Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 310
Southdown Wethers
Large Hogs 2 8 3 2
Small Porkers 3 6 3 $
Quarter old Pigs eacW 12 u 18 0

Lambs 4s 4d. to ss. 8d per stone
SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT.
Beasts. Sheep and Lambs I Calves. Pigs,
517 10,480 400 270

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN by the EAST
INDIA COMPANY, to the NEWLY-APPOINTED
GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY.

A splendid entertainment was given by the Court of Directors of
the East India Company, on Wednesday evening, at the Albion
Tavern, Aldersgate-street, to the Right Hon. Robert Grant, pre-
viously to that gentleman taking his departure from England to as-
sume the important office of Governor of Bombay, to which he had
been sworn in at the East India-house the day before last. Invita-
tions were sent to the Cabinet Ministers, and other persons of note
and commercial importance. _ _

There were present at the entertainment the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Lord Palmerston, Lord Hill, the Lord Advocate of Scot-
land, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Charles
Grant, the President of the Board of Control; Mr. Robert Grant,
the new Governor ; the Earl of Gosford, Mr. Collar Ferguson,
Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Sir Robert
Campbell, Sir J. M‘Donald, Sir William Young, Mr. Crawford,
M.P. ; Mr. Lyall, M. P. ; the Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, and
the majority of the other members of the Court of Directors.
At about half-past seven o'clock the dinner was served up,—
Henry St. George Tucker, Esq., the Chairman of the East India
Company presiding, having on his right hand the Right Hon.
Robert Grant, and on his left the Marquis of Lansdowne.—The
cloth having been removed,
The CHAIRMAN first gave the health of "the King," which was
warmly received, as well as the following toast, " the Queen, and
the rest of the Royal Family."
The CHAIRMAN next called the attention of the Company to
the Hon. Gentleman whose appointment to a high and important
office in India they had met on that occasion to celebrate.—( Hear,
hear.) The Chairman paid a very high eulogium on the talents
of Mr. Robert Grant, and felt confident that in that gentleman,
would be found a true knowledge of the principles of legislation
which peculiarly fitted him for the duties of the high station he was
about to perform, and that, under the change that had taken place
in the character of the East India Company, he would be found
able 'and zealous in his government.—(Cheers.) The toast was
drank with full honours.
Mr. ROBERT GRANT scarcely knew how to express his thanks
for the kindness that had been shown towards him. There were
many considerations connected with the enterprise he had under-
taken which pressed heavily upon him. It must not be thought
here or elsewhere that he was insensible to the high compliment
that had been paid to him by his appointment, but he must beg to
repudiate the general eulogium that the chairman had passed neon
his previous conduct.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He was fully sensible
of the arduous nature of the duties he had been called upon to per-
form ; but he undertook them without considering private circum-
stances, or other almost overpowering considerations ; and he might
say, it was with trembling that he proceeded with his high duties.—
( Hear.) Whatever qualifications he might be supposed to possess
for the high office—whatever signs of information he might have ob-
tained of the Company's affairs, and of the great principles upon
which the Indian Government ought to be conducted—still he felt
the great and arduous duties he should have to perform would re-
quire the utmost solicitude. He had gained his information from
the head of intelligence, and he begged to state that, if he wanted
every other qualification for the high office, he had at least to de-
clare that he had an ardent attachment to the body he was about
to serve, and to the people of India. It was on public grounds,
and not from personal feelings, that he was anxious that his pre-
vious connexion with the East India Company should be thrown
out of consideration in viewing the subject of his appointment to
office.—(Hear.) He possessed a firm attachment of loyalty to
the Government and the Company, and he knew the obligation
that was imposed upon him, and which pressed upon him so
heavily, that he really felt himself unable to state his sentiments ;
but in a distant quarter of the world he trusted to he enabled to
show that he was not unmindful of these obligations.—( Cheers. )
He thanked them for the kind manner in which his name had been
received.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Lord Hill, and his
gallant companions in arms.
The toast was drank with many cheers.
Lord HILL, on behalf of himself and the other members of the
army, expressed his acknowledgment for the honour done to that
branch of the service.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Sir P. Malcolm,
which was drunk with applause.
Sir P. MaLcoLat said it was now 33 years ago since he was
first associated with the East India Company. He had been with
the Duke of Wellington in India, ands
ad seen various services in
eply for the honour of the
that country. He, therefore, felt fl
Company, and took an interest in everytti2T that concerned India.
The CHAIRMAN, after eulogizing the contitu:: of the Ministry,
proposed as a toast, " The Marquis of Lansdowne, an, the rest of
the Ministers.—( Loud cheers. )
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE hoped to be permitted, on behalf
of himself and his colleagues, to express his deep sense of gra-
titude for the honour done to them, but he felt he was indebted to
the situation he held in his Majesty's service for those marks of
respect that had been shown to him by the Hon. Chairman. His
Hon. Friend, Mr. Robert Grant, had taken office under circum-
stances, not of diminished responsibility, but at a period when there
was a greater hope of improving India than during the government
of any of his predecessors.--( Hear, hear.) In the desire to promote
the interests and advance the prosperity of that country, the
Court of Directors, to whom the Government of India was now
left, would meet with every assistance from his Majesty's present,
and he had no doubt from all future, advisers—( Cheers)—how-
ever composed—they would receive the most cordial co-operation
and if necessary, efficient protection in all measures considered
fitting for the interests of the millions for whose improvement
and safety this country was responsible. That such a spirit will
continue to animate the Court of Directors no one will doubt,
and the best return he could make to the Chairman for the manner
in which his Majesty's Ministers had been proposed to the com-
pany, would be for him to propose the healths of the Chair-
man, Deputy Chairman, and Court of Directors of the East
India Company. The toast having been drunk with great
applause,
The CHAI RMA N said, the Noble Marquis had been pleased to
compliment him and his colleagues. He considered the Court of
Directors were entitled to the confidence of the British public.
They had endeavoured to promote British interests as well as those
of the natives of India under the government of the Company.
The Court of Directors had been anxious to advance knowledge
and the arts and sciences in India—they were making progress, and
he hoped they would tend to the advantage of that country as he
thought they would. He hoped the Court of Directors would be
found to do justice to the charge they had undertaken. The Chair-
man remarked, that the wisdom of the Legislature has established
two co-ordinate powers for the management of the affairs of India.
Upon a perfect cordiality subsisting between these two bodies de-
pended, in a considerable degree, the safety of India.—(Hear,
hear.) He concluded by proposing the health of the Right Hon.
Charles Grant, President of the Board of Controul.—( Cheers. )
The toast having been honoured,
31r. C. GRANT said the kind disposition evinced towards him by
the Chairman was gratifying to him, and would excite him to fu-
ture exertions for the benefit of India. He was conscious that the
principles that had guided him were founded on a desire to increase
the security of the East India dominions—(Hear, hear)—and he
thanked his Noble Friend for the expressions of a cordial co-
operation on the part of Government to obtain that object—
( Hear.) He was deeply conscious of the importance of the duties
he had to perform, and all who looked at the enormous concerns of
India, the difficulties which existed in maintaining good govern-
ment, and increasing the prosperity of that country, must know
this to be the case. If he persevered in the course he had adopted,
it was no small relief to be assured that he was associated with
men like the Court of Directors, to whom he could in every case
of difficulty resort. Nor had he been slow to resort to them, and
he said it with delight, that he had never failed to obtain co-
operation ; there was nothing like a jealous feeling, nothing like
exclusiveness, or an unworthy feeling amongst them.—(Hear,
hear.) He had received the most pat) iotic assistance from
them. An enlightened Legislature had entrusted a great
responsibility on the Court of Directors, he meant the Govern-
ment of the East Indian Empire.—( Hear, hear.) That Empire
was formed of anomolous and extraordinary materials ; it has been
raised to extreme importance by a mercantile body ; while they
prosecuted commerce they maintained the Government of that vast
empire, and they now had the honour of governing it. It had been
the object of the Court of Directors to make the connexion honour-
able to this country, and advantageous to the people of India, and
he hoped they would continue so to act, and he trusted the result
would correspond with what the Chairman had stated.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Lord William Ben-
tinck, the Governor-General of India.
Lord GOSFORD had received a letter of five pages from his Lord-
ship, written in his usual style, but his Lordship's anxiety to do his
duty had caused him to expose himself too much, and he had suf-
fered severely in consequence.
The next toast was " Sir Thomas Adams, the Governor of Fort
St. George, and the Governor of Agra."
In proposing the health of the head of the army in India (Lord
W. Bentmck) the Chairman took occasion to advert to the splendid
successes of the troops in India, and to pay a tribute to Lord Clive
for his victories.
The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the last toast of the evening.
He gave the health of Mr. Crawford, M.P., (anti " Mr. Lyall,"
cried several of the company), and success to the trade and com-
merce of London.—( Cheers. )
Mr. CRAWFORD returned thanks, and said, that 37 years ago he
entered the service of the Company as a writer on the Bengal esta-
blishment, and he could bear testimony to the high character of the
government in India.
The Chairman at half-past eleven o'clock vacated his seat, and
the company retired.
The entertainment gave the greatest satisfaction. It was corn-
posed of the choicest viands.

A SEASONABLE HINT.—The season having ar-
rived when, among other pre-disposing causes to intestine
complaints, we may rank the free and almost irresistible in-
dulgence in fruit, the necessary consequence of which is an
increased demand for pure Brandy ; it may not be amiss to
renew in the recollection of the public the knowledge of the
fact that, during the prevalence of the Cholera in 1832 and
1833, one of the greatest safeguards was found in the use of
BETTS' PATENT FRENCH DISTILLED BRANDY ; which, upon
the acknowledgment of many of the most eminent medical
men in London and elsewhere, was declared to exceed French
Brandy in its medicinal properties. One reason which alone
sufficed to justify this preference was the entire absence, in
the Patent Brandy (as certified by several of the most distin-
guished chemists), of those acids which arc known to exist in
the foreign spirit; and which extensively counteract its other-
wise beneficial qualities. J. T. BETTS and Co.'s sole esta-
blishment is at the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield Bars, where
the Patent Brandy may be obtained, either Pale or Coloured,
in quantities not less than Two Gallons, at 18s. per Imperial
Gallon.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE WELLINGTON
BARRACKS, ST. JAMES'S PARK.—Last week the following un-
heard-of arbitrary power was exercised en the property of a
poor private soldier, of the name of Cross, belonging to the
3d battalion of Grenadier Guards, stationed in the Wellington
New Barracks, in St. James's Park. The following are the
particulars : —the soldier, Cross, had a parcel sent him containing
three pair of hose, three silk handkerchiefs, a waistcoat, pair of
gloves, pair of braces, and two small packages of tobacco,
when the Adjutant of the battalion, Captain Clinton, sent
Drill-serjeant Pinder to see the contents of the parcel
but the private soldier, Cross, would not allow it. The
parcel was then immediately removed to the Orderly-room,
where it remained for the space of three or four days. It was
afterwards removed, and the eight company, the one which
Cross belonged to, were marched from out of the barracks
to the rear of them, where a large fire being prepared, the
company formed into a circle, and the parcel, with its con-
tents, thrown into the fire, where it was consumed in the pre-
sence of the men. Surely such`arbitrary power ougbt. not .to
exist in the British army 11

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, August 1.

11;c: House met at five o'clock.
The DuLe of WELLINGTON presented a petition from
slaves in Barbadoes, complaining of the une.-
on money. They
also prayed
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c,pmpensati
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their Lordships to exercise their influence in order to give
them protection in the British markets for colonial produce
in competition with the new colonies. The Noble Duke con..
curred in the prayer of the petition.
UNIVERSITIES.
The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition, pray..
ing for protection to the Universities.
ESTABLISHED CHURCH.
The Bishop of MEATH presented petitions from St.
Mary's, Drogheda, Dungarvon, and other places in Ireland in
support of the Established Church.
POOR LAWS' AMENDMENT BILL.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from art
individual against the Poor Law Amendment Bill, and pray-
ing that no pauper might be sent from a workhouse to a luna-
tic asylum, without the certificate of a medical man.