The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-10 00:00:00

Sir EDWARD tODRINCTON seconded the resolution.

Mr. EAsmorg suggested, for the consideration of Mr.
Fre. z-, bef.re his resolution was put, that it woul i be
better to preface the proceedings by a resolution thrlara-
t.ry of the object proposed in calling the meeting, after
which Mr. Fretze's resolution could be put.
Mr. FREEZE assented to the proposal of the last gentle-
man, who was about to put a resolution to the effect he
bad mentioned, when

A gentleman suggested whether the meeting would not,
by raising a subscription,violate that neutrality which Go-
vernment was bound to adhere to ?
Colonel Honors, having but recently left Oporto, could
speak to the wretched state of its inhabitants, for it was
necessary to see them before the full extent of their misery
could be appreciated.—(Hear, hear.) It must not be
forgotten that the Portuguese had been for years in a state
of warfare on our account from the French war to the
present time. It was almost impossible to conceive the
distress which the inhabitants of Oporto were now suffer-
ing. There were upwards of 100,000 of th-m, and all
that the exhausted treasury of Don Pedro coill,i afford
them was 5,000 rations of miserable soup per 'lay. Ttiou-
sands of persons were killed in the streets by the Lombs
of Don Miguel, but the public did not hear of the thou-
sands of mothers who perished in the streets from starea•
tion in the stre.ts. Succours had been sent to 0 Juno
from Lisbon, and it was an honour to the inhaid,ants of
the latter city that they had done so.—( Fleur, hear.) The
qi.:"lion of neutra!ity had been raised, but he (C;olunel
Hodge') would urge that now they had nothing to du
but with the people of Oporto, and whether they would
shut their e.:rs to the tale of their appalling suff.. ings ;
and he would only say that, taking into constileration
their present state, and the immediate necessity thene was
for relief, it became a questi,n whether thousands 0. per-
sons should be allowed to perish, r.ther than whe her or
not such such relief would be prejudicial to the neutrality.
—(Hear.)
Afer seine conversation as to whether the objects of the
meeting could he supposed to interfere with the neutrality
resolved on by the Government,
Sir E. Coonstaxote said, from his experience, that it
was in certain cases quite consistent with the duty of a
naval man to relieve the inhabitants of a besieged city,
without infringing neutrality.
111 r. EAsltiore then moved the declaratory re,lution,
which having beers seconded, was put from the chair, and
unanimously carried,

Mr. FREEZE then triaged his original resolution for the
appointment of a Committee, wi;igh was &lac carried una-
nimously.
The third resolution was, " That the severs; htokers in
dila metropolis be requested to rkeeive subseriptiob.,” and
it was also carried.
Subseiiptions were then commenced, and the meeting
separated.

Sir JOHN MALCOLM'S last appearance in
public was at a meeting of Noblemen and Gentlemen at
the Thatched House Tavern, to promote
.the
for the purchase of Abbotsford, and perpetuate the posses-
sion in the family of Sir WALTER Scorr, Upon that oC-
casion Sir JOHN moved one of the resolutions, which he
prefaced in a warm eulogy on the great claims of the
Weird of the North," to the gratitude t f hia c aentry.
The worthy 13a,umt seemed exhausted by tbis t c •riion,
and retire i Crow the tOoin at the conclusion of his speech,

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

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE on coming into Court this
morning delivered the judgment of the Court in the case of
an appeal by the CI elsea Water Works Company against
a rate levied by the parish of St. George, Hanover•square,
upon their reservoir in the Green Park, and the land oc-
cupied by the pipes laid down in thst park. The case
came before the Court upon the construction of the law as
applicable to such cases, the pariah contending that as it
had been decided that the laud occupied by water pipes
laid down in the streets, &c., of the parish, was liable to
he rated to the poor, the reservoir and land occupied by
the pipes in the Green Park were also liable to be rated ;
the Company contending that that reservoir and land were
exempted. The Court had postponed their decision in
order to take into consideration the effect of the Charter
of 1825, by which the Company were clothed, with per-
mission to use the basin or reservoir in the Green Park,
and to break up the land in that park (subject to the
discretion and direction of the Surveyor-General), in order
to lay down pipes from the reservoir ; and the opinion
of the Court was that there was nothing in the construc-
tion of that Charter to take the reservoir and land out of
the rule which had already been laid down in respect
of the Company's liriiierty;•-
The rate was therefore ordered to be confirmed.

COURT OF REVIEW.-(THIS DAY.)

EX PARTE MF.RY IN RE FRITH.

Mr. TAMLYN stated that this was the petition of the
assignees to stay the bankrupt's certificate, for concealing
his goods. He had applied to their Honours the day on
which the certificate was to be granted, that service of the
petition, at the bankrupt's last place of abode, might be
deemed good service, he having taken himself out of Om
way, and the Court told him that the assignees might take
the order and do their best, but that it feared it was too
late. The assignees had served the petition at the bank-
rupt's ►ast residence, but he did not appear in Court to-day.
Tile COURT said that, as the bankrupt did nut
now appear, the service could not be considered good.
Application ought to have been made to them two days
before the certificate was to be granted.
Sir JOHN CROSS-The petition also does not allege
that the property concealed is of the value of 101., as di-
rected by the 130th section of the Act.
Mr. TOMLYN—Tnree or four vans and hackney-
coaches were employed in taking away the property.
He hoped, however, the Court would allow the costs of
the pre-ent application to come out of the estate.
Their HONOURS could not grant his request.
Petition dismissed.
The Court rose at a quarter after 12 o'clock.

DIPLOMATIC PENSIONS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In your paper of Thursday last, I observed in
the list of retired diplomatists, enjoying pensions, the
name of Sir Robert Liston, with a mark of admiration
affixed to it. Had you been aware that that truly upright
and able mare had spent a long life in the service of his
country—that almost every court in Europe, together
with that of the United States of America, have been
successively the scenes of his !about s—that he only re-
tired from active service when on the verge of 80 years of
age, and that be is now upwards of 90—methinks you
will have the candour to allow that his pension is not
unmerited ; indeed I may venture to affirm, that not one
of ae existing race of diplomatists has so faithfully earned
a title to one. Trusting you will have the fairness to
insert these few lines in you next number,
I remain, Sir, your constant reader,
Hastings, June 6, 1833. VERITAS.

N.B.—Ohserve, I don't pretend to justify the scale of
these pensions—they may be too large. All I mean to
insist on i , that Sir R. Liston is entitled to stand in the
highest class.

[lt is impossible not to agree with our correspondent,
that Sir Robert Liston's long services entitle him to a
pension, supposing that the pension system, with our
present scale of salaries, ought to be continued at all ;
but our strictures were, as our correspondent appears to
conjecture, directed against the general amounts received,
and we must say that we think the fact of Sir Robert
Liston's having received upwards of 25,0001. as pension,
sufficiently justifies our notes of admiration. Sir Robert's
advanced age and long services no doubt entitle him to
be placed on the highest scale of pensions. but hew
many shameless jobs does not one such case cover 21—ED.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWTON RACES, JuArs 7.

THURSDAL—The St. Leger S akes of 25 sovs. each, and

25 added.

Ten Subscribers.

Mr. Thompson's Fitzdicter
Mr. Fox's Larkspur 2

Three others started.
The Go!borne Stakes of 20 soya. each, for two-yr. olds.

Eighteen Subscribers:

Mr. Mostyn's Vittoria
Mr. E. Peel's Noodle 2
Sir J. Gerrard's Billinge 3

11 others started.
The Borough Cap, value 100 sous., added to a Sweepstakes
of 10 soy,. each. Nine Subscribers.
Sir IL Bulkeley's Birdcatcher
Lord Chesterfield's Colerich 2
Sir J, Gerard's Windcliffe 3
A Plate of '7Ol. was won in four heats by Mr Dyson's
Lockington, beating three others.
FRIDAY.-The Shrigley Cup, value 100 sovs., added to a
Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft. Thirty-one Sub-
&crihers—twe ve of whom declared forfeit.
Mr. Bowen's Lady Stafford, 4 yrs
Mr. Gittord's Perseverance, aged
Six others started.

The St. Helen's Purse of 501., added to aSweep,takes of

10 Bova. each. Seven Subscribers.
Mr. Beardsworth's Independence
Mr. Houldsworth's Daird 2
The Warrington Purse of 501., added to a Handicap of

5 sovs. each.
Sir T. Stanley's Caractacus 5 yrs.
Mr. Palin's Pluralist, aged
Mr. Beardsworth's Wolverhampton 3
Four others started.

Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, and 25 added. Ten Subs.
Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian 1
Mr, Skipsey's c. The Physician

Three others started.
A Rate of 701. was won in iwo heats by Ballet, beating
Wolverhampton, Flighty, and Levolo.
The m etiog was the most brilliant, and best conducted,
eve: known in that part of the country.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Halifax Express.)

HALIFAX. —This market, last Saturdry, was much as
usual. Lastings, however, were in rather more demand.
HUDDERSFIELD.—At this market, last Tuesday, there
was a good deal of business done in woollen cloths, and in
every description of fancy goods. Foreign orders for heavy
winter goods have already in several instances been ob-
tained in this town and neighbourhood, hut the manufac-
turers complain greatly of the lowness of the prices.
YORK.—The supply of wool at the market was very
good, and the whole was sold fully supporting last week's
prices. Hogs, from ISs. 6d. to I9s. ; Hogs and Ewes;
16s. 6,1. to 18s. Locks, 11s. to 12s. 6J. per stone of
sixteen pounds.

(From the Leeds Mercury.)
LEEDS.—Ttie market for cloths in the unfinished state
has been during this week about as u-ual for several sale-
days past, and the demand continues for woollens in the
finished state. Prices are firm, and are expected to hold
so, although the new clip of foreign wool has begun to
come freely into the hands of the woolstapleis.
BRADFORD, THURSDAY EVENING.—In our stuff mar-
ket we have been brisk to day ; the demand for goods has
been greater than could 1a met, particularly for six-quar-
ter merinoes, of which sort all that came into the market
was readily bought. We have not heard of a general ad-
vance in prices, hut we think it was partially obtained.
The wool market continues steady and firm, but the sta-
plers are not expecting any further advance.
ROCHDALE, ,JUNE 3.—ln consequence of the holydays
of the past week, but few goods were today brought to
the Flannel market; the low and middle qualities which
were offered cold readily, and fully supported the advance
of last week. Several sales were effected in finer sorts,
hut generally the manufacturers seemed careless about sell-
ing, except at advanced prices.

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R. LASCELLES, G. COODE, J. IVIELLort, and H. C. PART-
Esqrs., were called to the Bar by the Honourable
4oaiety of the loner Temple.
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