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THE STJN, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1834.

LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1834.

There were some stern home-truths told yesterday
at the Court of Common Council, which will not be
without their due effect on the country. The almost
unanimous feeling of the meeting was that of a decided
hostility to a Tory Administration, springing from a
very natural conviction that a Tory, to be serviceable,
must be an apostate—to be consistent, a bigot ; and
that, in either case, he was not a man to whom
the reins of Government could be safely com-
mitted. Mr. AsnußsT spoke at length, and with
considerable energy on this point. As for Alderman
BROWN—poor Alderman BROWN !—he cut just the
sort of figure that one expects to see a Tory cut, in the
present forlorn condition to which the tribe is reduced.
He inferred that the Duke of WELLINGTON
possessed all the qualifications of a splendid statesman,
from the fact of his having patronized the splendid ap-
proaches to London Bridge. Matchless logician I
As well might this Solomon of an Alderman have ar-
gued that Sir CLAUDIUS HUNTER could not fail tobe-
come a consummate General, from the circumstance of his
having ridden a milk-white charger up and down Cheap-
side a few years since, when the Reform Bill first came
under discussion I The resolution to which the Common
Council unanimously came yesterday, namely, that of
an Address to his MAJESTY, deploring the dismissal
of the late Cabinet, will convince the provinces—did
they still need such conviction—that the Metropolis is
not behind them in the task of wholesome, constitu-
tional agitation. A remark of one of the speakers at
this important meeting, that it is worse than absurd
for the country to wait to see what are the Duke of
WELLINGTON'S intentions before they condemn him,
is admirable, and deserves to be borne constantly in
remembrance during the present critical posture of
affairs.

The Bath Chronicle of Thursday contains upwards
of four columns of conservative speeches, delivered at a
dinner of the " Bath Church of England Lay Asso-
ciation," which was eaten by nearly an hundred guests
at the White Hart Inn, in that city, on Tuesday last.
The principal speakers were all Officers, holding com-
missions in the army, who, cursed with ennui, and now
and then being subject to severe twitches of conscience
for receiving-pay for,lyhich they return no equivalent
to the country, have Mostlaudably betaken themselves
to the study of theology, and now hold forth over a

can of grog, or a dish of turtle, in defence of the
divine right of Parsons to Tithes and First Fruits.
Thcre is something so excessively ludicrous in these
profane and scandalous exhibitions, that we are rather
inclined to pity than to despise those who take a pro-
minent part in them. Only think of the gross absur-
dity of a public dinner to make speeches in defence of
an ecclesiastical establishment, in a large and populous
city, where the only person judged most qualified to
fill the chair is an officer in the army, and all the leading
orators are his subordinates in the same profession, or
in the navy. Really the Church is at a low ebb in-
deed, when it requires support from such a quarter.
But we would respectfully remind such officers as have
graduated in a course of divinity, that the coun-
try pays them for a very different kind of
service from that of delivering maudlin lectures
on Church politics. It would be also as well
for those Churchmen who encourage this sort of mess-
room ranting to take notice that the Church is dis-
graced by such defenders.

The recent change in the British Cabinet has re-
animated the King of HOLLAND with hopes of yet
being able to recover possession of Belgium. Having
always refused to recognise the independence of that
Kingdom, and knowing well the opinions entertained
by the Duke of WELLINGTON on the conduct of the
late Ministry, in taking part with LEOPOLD and the
people of Belgium, his MAJESTY already begins to
make preparations for recovering possession of his lost
territories. The King of HOLLAND places implicit
reliance on the concurrence of the Duke and the Eng-
lish Tories in the scheme which he_ is preparing to
execute, so that the change which has just taken place
in the English Cabinet may lead, among other events,
to the renewal of the war between Holland and Bel-
gium. We have not yet heard whether the States-
General concur in the warlike disposition of their
Sovereign. .

Among no class of the community has the present
treacherous attempt to undermine the liberties of the
people, and to re-establish the reign of corruption,
darkness, and despotism, excited so deep a feeling of
distrust, so determined a spirit of resistance, as among
the Dissenters. Nor is this wonderful, the Dissenters
have ever been the staunch friends, the strenuous sup-
porters, both of civil and religious liberty. They have
struggled hard and suffered much in its defence, and
these struggles and sufferings have rendered it doubly
dear to them. They now see it endangered both by
the open assaults of its avowed enemies, and the in-
sidious machinations of its pretended friends. They
are therefore buckling on their armour every where—
every where preparing to " 'quit themselves like men"
in the approaching conflict. In the metropolis, in
Birmingham, and Norwich, they are adopting the most
active and energetic measures. An address issued in this
latter city is now before us. It is too long to be inserted
entire in our columns, but we cz.tro.ot the two following
passages, which we recommend to the attention of
those who are speculating on the result of a general
election :
" That horrible faction, which ever since the accession of
the Stuatts to the throne of England, has trampled upon the
sacred rights of conscience,---substituting forms and cere-
monies for personal religion,—the acquisition of rich benefices
by the clergy, for diligence and usefulness in their stations,—
acts of parliaments, for evidences of the truth,—and ignorance
and superstition for the exercise of the faculties of the mind !
—that faction which to effect its iniquitous purposes, and
establish its demoralising power over the souls and bodies of
Englishmen, has again grasped the reins of Government in
this country, from whence it had been driven by the unanimous
voice of the peaple !—That faction, which to force the con-
sciences and enslave the minds of the people, created the Star
Chamber, the High Commission Court, and passed the con-
venticle act, the five mile act, the corporation act, &c., that
hypocrites, sycophants, and tyrants might enjoy the spoils and
become rich at the expence of your forefathers I—that faction,
which rather than relinquish one jot or tittle of its present im-
mense and ill gotten revenues, is again about to try its strength
with the people. • `"' •
" The Dissenters are sufficiently numerous in every town in
England, to turn the elections in favour of men of liberal
principles. Be but united and firm in support of your own
just rights and the rights, of your fellow men, and victory is
certain. For the love then that you bear to your country, for
the honour of your religion, and for the sake of your princi-
ples as Dissenters, come forward manfully, contend earnestly
against bribery and corruption, make any sacrifice for truth
and liberty, and your country will honour you, mankind will
bless you, and posterity will remember you with gratitude."

The Paris Papers of Wednesday have been received
this morning. They contain no local intelligence of
any importance. The Chamber of Peers are pursuing
their inquiries into the origin of several secret Societies
and dangerous Associations, the proceedings of which
have lately attracted more than the usual notice of the
Government. They are at present engaged with the
Association of the Rights of Man, which was re-orga-
nized in Paris in 1833, and connected with others of the
same kind at Lyons, St. Etienne, Montbrison, Gre-
noble, Auxerre, Bourg, and many other cities and
large commercial towns throughout France. The
number of persons under prosecution exceeds 2,000.

Prince TALLEYRA ND is in no haste to return to
Paris, and is doing all he can to delay his arrival in
England till affairs here become settled. He is a cun-
ning old fox, and sees well from the present state of
public feeling in this country, that the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON. occupies no very safe position. His
Excellency, therefore, instead of proceeding direct to
Paris, has gone to sojourn for some days on an estate
belonging to his niece, the Duchess de DINO.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Pasts, Nov. 26.
Five per Cents., 105 E 51c. 35c. 30c.
Four per Cents., 92f. —e.
Three per Cents., 77E 25c. 18c. 77f.
National Loan, 105 f. 30c.
Bank Actions, 1,7e0f. —c.
Rente de Naples, 95f. 40c. 94f. 85c. 95E
Roman Five per Cents., 94 937434.
Itente d'Espagne. Five per Cents., 39% 40 39.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 27% 27.
Royal Spanish Loan, 453. 44N.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 4.134%%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 97N %.
EXCIIANGB ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25E 35c. ; money, 25E 30c,
Three months, paper, 25E 20c.; money, 25f. 20e.
—Cour, Authentique.

We have received Lisbon Gazettes to the 16th of
November. They are filled with despatches of the
Cortes, and local decrees. The daily bulletins state
that Queen DONNA MARIA and the Duchess of
BRAGANZA are in good health.

Bayonne papers of the 22d inst. have been received,
which bring intelligence of several recent advantages
gained by MINA and the troops under his command.
The rumour of an immediate change in the Madrid
Cabinet still prevails, coupled with a positive assurance
that ToRENo will be at the head of the new Ministry.

German papers of the 26th inst. have been received,
which state that the Diet of the German Confedera-
tion have decreed that all those who took part in se-
parating Belgium from Holland shall be banished out
of the Confederate States, and that this decree shall
be first executed in the Grand Duchy of Leuchten-
berg. The execution of this decree is to be com-
mitted to the King of PRUSSIA. A formal intimation
of this decree, with the form in which it is intended

to be executed, will, as a matter of course, be for-
warded to St. James's.

VIENNA, Nov. 17.—Five per Cent. Meta Piques, 991 ; Four per
Cent., 91k; Bank Shares, 1,233. —AI/genuine Zeitung, Nov. 22.

We published a few days ago a very able and
temperate article from the Journal du Commerce,
a well-informed French paper; on the " Commercial
relations between England and France." The mono-
polists in both countries amuse us by their objections
to a principle which neither of them understand ; and
the attempts to reconcile them to the sight of each
other, is almost as humorous as the combat between
Pallet and the Physician in Peregrine Pickle. "Fo-
reign competition would ruin our manufactures," cry
the English monopolists, " for in France the people
pay no tithes—few taxes—they have no national debt
suspended round their necks, and as for rents or rates,
—why, they could hardly tell you the meaning of such
terms. In short, they are able to undersell us in every
article, and to admit their goods would be equal to the
passing of a law for starving every mechanic in the
United Kingdom." Now turn to the French mono-
polists, and what do you hear ? " The English,"
cries some M. TIIIERS on the other side of the Chan-
nel, " are plentifully supplied with cheap and excel-
lent coals, and in this they have more than a counter-
balance for all the advantages which we possess. Add
to this, their workmen are more steady and laborious
than ours, and their machinery is infinitely superior to
what is constructed in this country. The trade with
England has already all but ruined us, so that if you
would preserve the interests of France, away with all
commercial intercourse with England." This is really
the style of argument adopted by both parties. They
are mutually ruined by each other, and with them al,
classes in their respective countries. 'We of the liberal
press who advocate a system of free trade, based on the
broad and well-defined principle of mutual reciprocity,
say to each, " show us your books, and if you
will permit us to balance them fairly for you, we
will convince you that you have gained instead of
lost by the past intercourse of the two nations." But
no. Their brain cannot find space for more than one
idea, which is with them an universal axiom—namely,
that if they gain, the other party must lose, and vice
versa. The monopolists can never perceive how two
nations trading with each other are mutually gainers
by the same transaction. You cannot make them un-
derstand the plain and simple fact, that if we do not
accept French wines at a cheap rate, we must purchase
other wines instead, at a much higher price. The
great blunder of which they are perpetually guilty, is
presuming that France exports no articles but such as
are manufactured in this country, and that, conse-
quently, the question of free trade is one which merely
involves a power of competition between the manu-
facturers of two commercial countries. Before the duty
on French wines was lowered, we purchased the
very same wine at Lisbon which we might have been
supplied with at Bordeaux, paying the merchants who
supplied us a handsome profit for carrying it from
France, over and above the price at which we could
have bought it directly ourselves. The same piece of
exquisite policy was acted in the case of French fruits,
cambrics, laces, and several other commodities which
we could not produce in this country. The monopo-
lists never look beyond the Custom-house books or the
course of the Exchange between the two countries. If
the exchange is against France, or our exports greatly
exceed our imports, well and good ; France is losing ;
but if the course of Exchange is against us, then are
we ruined. This is the whole basis on which the
monopolists rest. Now both these guides are most
fallacious. As an example look to our present
trade with Ireland, and see ill what condition
the Custom-house books place the trade of both
countries. Tried by this rule Ireland is ruining
us, for her exports to England are much greater
than her imports. But why does Ireland ex-
port more than she imports ? Because the great bulk
of her landed Aristocracy reside here. Her exports
are made in payment of debts which may be said to be
owing to this country. The course of exchange may
therefore be in favour of a country when she is abso-
lutely ruining herself by her trade. There is no such
thing as determining whether a trade between two na-
tions is beneficial or otherwise, by a balancing of Cus-
tom-house books or exchanges. If France, by send-
ing us cheap wines, was to enable us to ship off all
our own liquors to the Colonies, where there would be
a great demand for them, then would we gain, al-
though France did not purchase a single article
in exchange, and so leave the balance of trade
entirely against us. But it would he a waste of time
to enter into the merits of this very important question,
before the public mind is prepared to receive the argu-
ments on either side. The present excitement must
pass away before we can do justice to the liberal policy
which, we trust, will guide every future commercial re-
lation between England and France.

A public meeting of the electors of the borough of
Birmingham, and of the Northern Division of the county of
Warwick, is called, by placard, very numerously and respec-
tably signed (by many of the first men in Birmingham, Whig
and low party) to be holden in the Town Hall to-morrow
morning at 11 o'clock, which no doubt will be attended by
multitudes of all ranks. The object is to form a committee
who are to take measures, so as to be prepared to ensure the
return of men of liberal principles, in case of the anticipated
dissolution of Parliament.
Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., is at present confined to
his room, at his seat in Derbyshire, from which circumstance
he was ignorant of the letter sent to him, requesting him to
affix his signature to the circular of the Metropolitan Members.
The lovers of fiction will be much gratified by the
new Romance, from the admired pen of Miss Landon. Her
present story (" Francesca Carrara") is one of the deepest
interest, and involves scenes of mystery as profound as those
which raised to so lofty a height the fame of Mrs. Radcliffe.
But to this quality of the " Enchantress of Udolpho," Miss
Landon adds another, which her great predecessor was quite
unable to command, inasmuch as the pathos and grandeur of
the latter authoress are set off by the wit and animated bril-
liance of the dialogue in many of the incidental scenes of her
plot.
It is reported that, at the ensuing anticipated election,
no less than six gentlemen intend to solicit the suffrages of the
electors of Southampton.—Sherbourne Journal.
SWALLOWING A DECREE.-Last week, two bai-
liffs executing a decree against a County Roscommon Magis-
trate, at the suit of Mr. Richard O'Keefe, of Galway, were
violently assailed and obliged to swallow the decree and some
other papers of great importance.—Connaught Journal.
The following occurrence took place on the 9th of
the present month at Formet, near Aix :—The Sieur Damo-
yet had been for two years attached to a young lady, the
daughter of an advocate in the town, and arrangements had
be,Gin made by the mutual consent of all parties interested, by
which the nuptials of the young people were fixed for the 3d
of next month. Damoret had spent the whole of the Bth
inst. in the family of his betrothed, and had appeared more
than usually kind to his young mistress. In the evening he
took a most affectionate farewell of her, and promised to return
early the following morning to accompany her in a rural ex-
cursion to a neighbouring village. Punctual to his appoint-
ment, he came at ten o'clock, and the two went out together.
Not having returned towards evening, the parents of the young
lady resolved to despatch some work-people to find them. No
traces of the young people could be discovered, till the fol-
lowing morning, when in a little wood by the side of the road
they found two bodies, which were soon recognised to be those
of the unfortunate lovers. They were both quite dead, and a
medical commission which met the same day gave it as their
opinion that their death was occasioned by poison. The mo-
tives of the young people for committing so dreadful an act
are difficult to be surmised, as neither of them were poor, or
had experienced any misfortunes which could prompt them to
self-destruction. This is another instance of the dreadful
aberrations to which the human mind is sometimes so unac-
countably subject. —.Gazette des Tribunaux.

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

CASWELL V. DUNCAN

This was an action for the recovery of a sum of 511. 12s. 6d.,
brought by the plaintiff, a surgeon, residing in Nelson-square,
81ackfriar s-road, against a widow lady for medicine and medical
Attendance. The plaintiff went out to India in the Bentinch, in
the year 1832, in the capacity of surgeon, and the defendant was a
passenger in the same vessel in the voyage home. Mrs. Duncan
was in delicate health during the voyage, and her complaint re-
quired frequent medical attendance. The plaintiff attended her
professionally during that period, and for several months after her
arrival in London. This was the ground of action. The defence
was, that the plaintiff had borrowed large sums of money at va-
rious times from the defendant. _ _ .

Sir JAmv.s SCARLETT and Mr. CoalYN appeared for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. MauLE for the defendant.
Several witnesses were examined to prove the attendance of the
plaintiff upon the defendant, and two or three professional gentle-
men deposed that the charges in the plaintiff's bill were on the
whole fair and reasonable. • . • • .

Mr. MAuLE, for the defendant, contended that the plaintiff
should have either proved that he was in practice prior to the year
1815, or produced a certificate from the Apothecaries' Company to
entitle him to recover.

Sir
JAMES SCARLETT maintained that the plaintiff had not
acted as an apothecary. He kept no shop, and it was in evidence
that the medicine prescribed by him had been prepared at a neigh-
bouring druggist's shop.
For the defence Mrs. Gordon, a servant in Mrs. Duncan's em-
ployment, proved the payment of sums of 101., 51., and 3/. by the
defendant to the plaintiff. A letter requesting a sum of Si. from
the plaintiff to the defendant was also put in and read.
Sir JAMES SCARLETT replied.
Lord DENMAN addressed the Jury. The principal question for
them to consider was, whether the plaintiff was entitled to recover
at all—whether the visits paid by him were professional or merely
as a friend ; and secondly, whether if they were professional the
plaintiff had not been already sufficiently remunerated.
The Jury, after deliberating for about ten minutes, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff, damages 51/. 12s. 6d.