The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-26 00:00:00

THE FUNDS

Consols, which closed on Saturday at 921/2 % opened
this morning rather heavy at 92% 1,4, both for Money and
Account.

In the Foreign Market Spanish opened rather better,
being quoted at 371 X ; Mexican, 441% %; Portuguese,
791,4 %, with little doing.
HALF-PAST ONE.

A subject of considerable discussion among the moneyed
interest, &c., has arisen in the City this morning, namely,
a report that there is about to be an alteration in the Ca-
binet, and which has had some influence on the value of
the public funds. It is believed that, should such be the
case, Sir R. Peel will be in office. It is reported that the
Duke of Richmond and Mr. Stanley oppose the other por-
tion of the Ministry, with respect to the subject of the
Irish Church revenue appropriation.
The Consol Market has been heavy all the morning, at
a decline on Saturday's prices of about 14 per cent. It is
now, however, believed that the Cabinet will not be
broken up.
Consols, after having fallen to 9214, have only rallied
to 92% for the Account, and to 923/4 buyers for July.
The non-arrival of the ratified intervention treaty has
tended to diminish the demand for Portuguese Bonds,
which have fallen about 314 per cent., being now quoted
at 7914.1,12 ; Spanish Bonds are also lower—viz. at 371/ %.
All the other Foreign Bonds remain steady.
No account of the arrival of the County of Pembroke
from Lisbon up to the present time.

Consols, 92%.

THREE O'CLOCK.

The young Duke of Rutland, when Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, in a drunken frolic, knighted the
landlord of an inn in a mean country town. Being
told the next morning what he had done, the Duke
sent for mine host, and begged him to consider the
ceremonial as merely a joke, and to think no more of
it. " For my own part, my Lord Duke," said the wag,
" I should readily comply with your Excellency's
wish ; but Lady O' Shaunnessy !--my Lord Duke."
REVOLTING CRUELTY.—On Wednesday
night last, some cruel and unfeeling wretch or
wretches, in the vicinity of Newcastle, perpetrated an
act which may be truly termed a refinement on modern
cruelty and barbarity ; and more particularly when
practised on a mute animal, alike passive and useful
to the poorer classes of society :—A donkey was taken
etvoi
-ams
ne
ds
dw
uh
ee
ing
bdbi socuorv. e r e
ei t presentedwou ld b e pal
ema
soesdt
and fire applied to it, until its bowels were literally
revolting spectacle; it is supposed to be the work of
burnt
if the reckless perpetrators were taught by the law to
appreciate the full force of animal feeling.— Tipperary
Free Press.

We think it right to caution the public
against a swindler of the name of Lebowitsky, who, as
a distressed Pole, has imposed on the credulity of the
charitable. On Tuesday week he got up a raffle for
a musical box at the Hanover-square Rooms, by which
he pocketed, it is supposed, between 401. and 501.,
with which, together with the box (which he refused
to deliver to the winner), he has since decamped.
STRIKE AMONG THE PAUPERS.-011
Saturday morning, at the usual hour, the paupers be-
longing to St. Marylebone parish, who are employed
in watering the streets, which they do by dragging
watering-carts about, assembled at the Stone Yard,
St. John's Wood, Regent's Park. On Barker, the
superintendent, arriving, not one of them would pro-
ceed to work unless they received an increase of wages
(the present being ten shillings for six days, and ten-
pence extra for Sunday morning, but not any pay is
allowed if the morning proves wet.) Not one would
proceed to work unless they received twelve shillings
per week, independent of wet days. In a short time
Inspector Jones, of the S division, accompanied by
policemen Hawkins and Woods, arrived at the spot,
and, on the inspector expostulating with the refractory
paupers, and pointing out to them the absurdity of
their proceedings, as also the punishment to which
they would be liable in the event of their committing
any further breach of the peace, they quietly dis-
persed, without having committed any violent outraigei;
Between thirty and forty of the men resumed tl e
labour shortly afterwards.

IMPERIAL PARL/AmrNT,

THIS DAY, MONDAY, MAY 26.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the char at twenty minutes pest
twelve o'clock.
There was an unusually large attendance of members lit
the sitting of the house.
The St. George's Hospital Bill ; the Monmouth Mar'
ket Bill ; the Grubbs' Estate Bill ; the Gloucester Watch'
ing and Lighting Bill ; the Gloucester Gas
Bill ; tbei
Langley (Derby) Inclosure Bill ; the Merthyr TYdil
Small Debts Bill ; and some other private bills were seire^
rally read a third time and passed.
Reports of Committees on the Alstonefield Inclosure
Bill ; the Longrrey ( Gloucestershire) Inclosure Bill; the
Dalkeith Railway Bill ; the Chard Canal Bill ; the 11°'ti
beach Inclosure Bill ; the Wishshaw Railway Bill, 411
others, were also brought up and laid on the tables
LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. .0
Mr. CLAY rose to move the third reading of the hi
for enabling the London and Westminstei Bank Comp
ail
to sue and be stied in the mute of one of the directors;
The hon. member here briefly recapitulated the argimege
used by him on a former occasion, and referred to the the
claratory clause passed last session on the renewal 04 the
Bank Charter Bill, and read the clause empowering did
present company to establish a bank, " provided they ry
not borrow or take up money upon their own pronnite
notes of a shorter date than six months." Upon that
which was declaratory of the privileges of the bens',"
respectable company now before the house had bee•l, ad
Wished, and they came forward merely to ask that "e",411'0
to pass a bill enabling the company to sue and be su
was
the name of one of their directors. Their name wel
" legion," for they were many. They only asked P°.
to sue and be sued, as in the case of other partnerlb,
Some other parties were exceedingly anxious on the
arties ,
ject ; he did not deny the respectability of those P
but, like the Ephcsians of old, finding their craft in cl,ri;
ger, they cried out, " Great is Diana." (A laugh./Aii, t
kind of opposition, however, would in itself have ifl
little effect on the house ; but when the noble lord t.'-"_ e
bankingit
nhteohis meaning
bubills
nowfehswsi
which
and
nhgdav was
ey
with his influence, it became a serious matter, an" d Ito
little notes of invitation which had been flyinf burs'roun
different hon. members within the last twenty- our of
appearance. The noble lord introduced that,2lerYon- the
ewttheaeltl
puthnedeweerarsatemo:de
earryi.,titiiada ean of:einadu:
there
the
afford the facility. He would ask the noble lorrdeif d
was any secret understanding between the board If
ooh
government of which the public were not aware ? the
he could not understand what was meant by keeling„ef
terms of a bargain between them 1 There was one onto"
point to which he would shortly refer. Did the ~,
lord mean to say that the various corporation! l';
London might carry on the business of banking.'t
If so, then the words of the act were, 03
any body corporate might carry on the business of bankinV
and, on the other hand, if he did not mean this, it Was 2
surd that they should have passed a law declaring that all
body of persons might carry on the business of bandga
and at the same time declaring that this provision Sll°`"
not be carried into effect. He was willing to staria..,el"
tirely upon the common sense meaning of the Act of re:"
liament.
Mr. HARDY rose to second the motion. It was Ino6t
extraordinary that after the division on the second readieli
the Bank of England should offer any further opposition 6/
this bill, which sought for nothing more than had bees
granted to not less than forty-six other coMpaides in tn"
course of twenty-five years.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, on the question beingi.
put, rose and said that on looking at the 39th and 40th. °
George 111., it would not be difficult to discover that ill.,
asmuch as it was unaffected by subsequent acts, it cortsbLe
tuted the contract between the people of England anaco,,
Bank. By that act there were two provisions ;0
tracted for by the Bank, which were perfectly distinvve;,,
their nature. (Hear.) These were, first, to Pr.car.
any doubt as to the existing power of the Bank of
r'_„°.
land ; and secondly, to prevent the erection of other ltriy,
How were these points provided for ? He understeted
the latter provision, that no other bank should be ere is
or allowed by the Parliament as long as that act wa'ely
force. The question, then, was whether 1/Y sof
subsequent provisions of other acts, the proyis4loo,
the 39th and 40th of George 111. were repealedr: !Ilea 11
tended that the provisions of this act were not 137.-f, Coe
any subsequent act. What, then, did these t
dispute that
to Parliament for ? It was not a matter o k for
they were a banking company ; and they came to,4rwas not
peculiar privileges, for the purposes of bankinf. 'No, no.)
this asking the house to erect other banks • k. for the
Not in wors, but, in reality, they certainly wer_e,.: a Deal-
bill asks them to give to a certain body of perso!' ? Tow
liar privilege to facilitate their business of banklug
could the house sanction such a demand ? before'Mr.
Mr. CLAY—The bank never refused this eer „es in
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Those instalrh
which the power was granted, did not interfere w t
interests of the bank. The only question, in his g'.,ept
for the house to consider, was whether, by any subseq.o,
acts, the Bank of England had been deprived of
privileges to which, under the 39th and 40th of GeerFd
the Third, they were entitled. The honourable el'
learned member proceeded to argue that the estS
blishment of the present company would be a bretabe
of the contract entered into by the government with A/c.
bank. Under these circumstances he must decide'

oppose the third reading of the bill.
Mr. O'CONNELL denied that the rejection of the PI;
sent bill would be upholding the contract with the buy
it would be making a contract ( Hear), and makings, tn,ji;
different one from that which had been previously rarr,
What did the Westminster Bank claim ? Merely the la!,
lity of suit, and the facility of being sued—thst:rd
if the bank got in debt the public should be ag t.ave
a reasonable means of suing it, and that •it shodM "
dtheatyt legal right,
that house
steitltee,
fanerdeeeexpiseteenecveerwyheicehmpitanwy•owulhdebeeligthbeft
tbheeunpewbillilein. g (Hear,totakheai tr,. f)o r
Athse
tbheeneefietinapnandypraotte cpresent
stood, if they went into debt, the public were deprived of,
the advantage of suing them for the recovery
01
their money. He did not, think that the Bank c!
Englandthhaedy
paid already; h2ad
pieerpa
deposits
s cent.
two
thee well
tlhy
eiwnamotuhloidsuncatoffnoaffierr.9,p(grH,eerart .I).e,neaFioeartilf
the public, though at an expense of 180,00 W• a_ cor,
to themselves. it appeared that this bank, how
required props to keep it up ; it had borrovvn :ITch
a million from the East India Company, and it need!' 'or,
support. Unless it could be provecl•that banking ,ecurgouse
tions alone came within the meaning of the act, tee
could not refuse to pass the third reading.
read a third
MR. BERRIES moved that the bill be
time this day six months.
Asltrran.
FFgo.errPsthOweLLOCK seconded the amendinent. pollay,
After a few words from Mr. P. Stuart, Mr' moor
Sir James Scarlett, Lord Althorp, Mr. Alderman
_..4
stn, and Mr. Cobbett,
ethreirdorredadieredng
.....
.. w..i.t.h.dr..a.w...,
........ :113.ie boua-
divided, when there appeared—
Against it ..................................... dual
Majority -u
The SPEAKER left the chair at three o'clock.
raE
vacancyP
os
tfotnAhee,NspNerloAesvpNaetDci
elevation,
,oL 41°i
E rather Etßh PEERAGE.-In
willcertaintyGE .
.occur i n
cliCnfontlShri;
...sditpjobres; ,
sentation of Dumfries-shire, and a candidate ig;;liiet
in the field. This candidate is Mr. Irving, 01. '4,114
a native of Dumfries-shire, a great capitalist, and Reid,
a partner of the highly respectable house of hood
Irving, and Co. Newbie lies in the neighbour
_vo
of Annan, and the proprietor of course is better licir.to
diet
in Annandale than Nithsdale. No other calleaser
has yet come forward, and we greatly doubt e,
any other will appear. —Dumfries Courier. •
denAcebbaontdsfodredathileodussec,enneeaorf
, r let furnished
Scott, is, we perceive, advertised to
this occurrence,
regret
for two or three years.
We bscription to retain this
because we had hoped the
round by which it is stir
mansion and the hallowestg
of the family had beisse
fear, however, we h&j.
The fine library of books, the OP
been mistaken. .....,a,
t armour, the unique furrow-1
collection of ancient .of _
al
picturesque
character the country iii -0
and the pict.uresq
t\licveoeLrt et
to
II
extensive
ha this
hi s wee k ,
e imagine, excite a wish to resi
raomupnldeeda,ndincotinheoposes
iy:
directions, will, w IVltheelro7,stihr Valts::
and the transactions are agl:sn sr
competitors.--NMlAoßrnicinEgT,CrxthrAonv_..icle-24a....,f0r
Een;thaPani°a continuance of the brisk cle7:;veri
qualitiesd holders of them are firm, whilstf ole ana
extensive - fair quality and upwards of Muue,. lower.
qua are offered freely, but are hearY:advance of
cheaper. Brazils are of ready sale, 8.
id. per lb. The market for Sea Islanet Is
sntity offering.
ly sensitive, and influenced by the,4,61,1. 300 Perneff.4
Speculators have taken 4,300 Alne'''',+-eig 930 Amer!'
and 700 Bowed Maranham, and exP(7", 350 Sures a.°
10
can, 500 Surat, and 50 Maranham. 19 import
this
can, iwr
declared for auction on Friday next. e
__„,390 baics;i
week is 31,124 bags, and the..satloeso4d.zi.o
120 Stsll4l.;
namely, 620 Sea Island, d
„i
5154 A Boweds, At.. to toy
ditto, 10d. to 14d. ; ,
9a 100 580 Ali3ado ;
10,770 New Orleans, 74d. to .; ,4
Id • 1,980 Pernams, 101 d. to ''a, 0
&c., 7ad. to 9 i • , 9
ad to 11d. • 2,450 Maranhao), l 0
43013ahia, 10,, • Id
11 • '
111 d.; Para, 9d. to 9. .50 Demerara, yid
230
A ro West India, 10. d. ; and 1,230 Sura hd, 0
134.. ; J lig hi
to 61d- per lb. By auction, 440 Demerara, ,_jog
14a • per lb. There has been less business ev.. past,
eXceeding-
our Cotton Market to-day than for some tlle'ri`ces ;
the sales not exceeding 2,500 bales, at stesaY P j lid'
consisting of 60 Bahias, 101 d. ; 60 Pernarlis'

VICE-CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY).

MITCHEL V. DE EASTEL.
`et E. SUCHEN on this case being called on (which was
,
`..‘ gown to be argued on demurrer), stated that as it was
c,..,ease that involved character as well as property, he
17" thought it better to advise his client to put in an
''''wer than argue the demurrer. As, however, evidence
itrld. have to" be obtained from Spain, France, and
ezico, he must request of the Court to give him an era
ceded time to put in his answer.
34. KNIGHT, who appeared for the plaintiff, was quite
/tilling to
urt agree to any order that might be pronounced by
the Co.
,1118 HONOUR gave the defendant to the 10th of October
put in his answer.