The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-07 00:00:00

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF STOCKS THI:
Bank Stock ............... 205 4V,
3 'per Cent. Red. 84 3
3 per Cent-Cons. 84% 5
314 per Cent. —
Ditto Red. 91%3:i
New 3%per Cent. 92% 3
3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 —
4 per Cent. 1826
Bank Long Ann. to expire -
Jan. 5, 1860
Oct. 10, 1859
Jan. 5, 1860
Jan. 5, 1880
April 5, 1880
Jan. 5, 1870

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds 91
Belgian Bonds 7414
Ditto Account

Ditto Scrip....2lA 32% pin:
Ditto Account 21A 3 2% pm.
Brazilian Bonds 4Syi V 2

Ditto Account —o!£

' Buenos Ayres Bonds ......
Chilian Bonds l6
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds 10,/,
Ditto Bonds, 182412 M
Di' 124

'itto Account

Danish Bonds 67

Ditto Account

-.
Greek Bonds 23
Ditto Bonds, 1825. —28%
Ditto Account
Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent —
Ditto Account _ . _

Dittq, 6 per cent
Ditto Account
Neapolitan

New 5 per Cent.
India Stock
Ditto Bonds 5 4 pm
South Sea Stock ............ P:
Old Annuities
New Ditto.... ........ -

3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... --
Ex. Bills, £l,OOO l5 161,,r .
Ditto 500.-- 13 10 Ism.
Ditto Small
Ditto Commercial
Ditto Advertised -...
Bank for Account ....... 12055:;
India for Account 2o6k
Cons. ri4 May 23...

THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Peruvian Bonds 1214

...........__ _
Ditto Account —
Portuguese Bonds 5214
' Ditto Account. 52%
Regency Scrip 1 pm,
1 Ditto Account ...:1 074 Ti PM.
I Prussian Bonds Pt)
1 Ditto Account —
Ditto Bonds, 192:2
Russian Bonds, 1822
Ditto Account 99
New Loan (1414
Spanish Bonds, IS2I 144%,
Ditto Account —

Ditto Bonds, In 3 1314

Ditto Accou-nt
French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c.
Exchange —f —c.
S per cent...— .—f —c.
Exchange —f —c.
Dutch Scrip 44% sA
Ditto Account 14%
French Scrip

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share
Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £lOO 714
Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 145
Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 44 45
Ditto St. John Del Rey
Ditto Cocacs 5 14%
British Iron Mining Company .. ..
..:,,
Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 47!4
English Mining Company 1256
General Mining Association .Z12%
Real dcl Monte Mining C 0....,
United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 .
Ditto New Shares 2
Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO
Protector Insurance Comp. ... .......
Canada Company . l7
General Steam Navigation Co. l3
Provincial Bank of Ireland 25
Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Co l2

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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1832.

We have heard it rumoured in well-informed
quarters, that the House of Lords intend to
begin business so early as ten o'clock in the
morning with the Reform Bill. This would be
a great advantage to those Noble Lords whose
health is so delicate, or whose age is so advanced,

that late hours would be attended with danger,

especially if the sittings were long continued.
For the sake of their Lordships, and for the
benefit of the country, we could wish that the
House would come to a resolution to suspend

the standing orders, and pass the Bill at once
with all its imperfections "on its head. Such a
resolution would be as magnanimous as it would
be glorious—endearing the patriotism of their
Lordships, and consecrating their heroic virtue,
to all posterity.
' While we are on this subject we are glad to
_perceive that ample accommodation has been
mare for the reporters close to the bar of
the House. A very large space for their
exclusive accommodation has been railed in, in-
cluding the small place which was allotted to the
. press before the new gallery was built, the access
to which will, on important occasions, be much
more free, from the gallery being appropriated to
Peeresses and strangers. Of the former there
will, doubtless be a strong muster this evening, if
we may judge from the fact that several ladies,
one of whom was the Countess of HARROWBY,
entered the House so early as twelve o'clock
to-day, and occupied the front seats. Her
Ladyship, however, had not sat an hour when
the heat of the House became so great that
she called to the officers of the House to have
the windows and doors opened. If the heat be
s') intolerable before the House sits, what will
it be during the warmth of debate ? We hope
that her Ladyship, profiting by this experience,
will advise her Noble spouse, and other Noble
Lords on that side of the question, to consult
their valuable health by abstaining from a too
close attendance during the progress of the
Bill" through Committee. The month of
May may be said to have only commenced to-
day, the weather having suddenly become twenty
degrees warmer.

The declaration of the assembled inhabitant
householders of the City of Gloucester on the
subject of the Reform Bill, may be fairly weighed
in the balance against the late meeting of the
Anti-Reformers, got up, by some strange
means or other, in the same city. The latter
represented only the cause of a small numerical
faction; the former that of the almost entire po-
pulation of the country. The former was a sort
of hole and corner affair, concocted in haste and
secrecy ; the latter was duly announced, as all po-
pular assemblies if they expect to work any in-
fluence, should be ; conducted in the most
open, manly, and unequivocal spirit, sup-
ported by the most active and intelligent Re-
formers in the county, and presided over by the
chief magistrate of the city. We fear his Grace
of BEAUFORT—albeit he is a great Duke, and
owns quite a regal domain in South Wales—
and Lord ELLENBOROUGH, that slavish imi-
tator of beau BRUMMELL, in every thing but
his acuteness, cannot say as much for their so
much, vaunted meeting. They cannot say i
was got up for the purpose of advancing the
public interests, though they may, with perfect
justice, assert that it was intended to act as a
drag-chain on the great, paramount principle of
Iteform. But the unwieldy machine of Ul-
traism is rolling with such an irresistible impetus
down hill, that no drag-chain, though, for the
moment, it may serve to retard its pace, can stop
the old-fashioned vehicle till it has fairly reached
the bottom.

Did we need further corroboration of this
fact, we should have it in the reports of the Re-
form meetings that are now of daily, hourly, oc-
currence throughout the country. Three king-
doms are once again to a man on the alert. Three
kingdoms have once again spoken out in a tone,
louder, bolder, and more unequivocal than ever.
If at one or two of the more influential towns of
the North, such as Manchester and Liverpool,
the inhabitants have not publicly met during the
recess; this has arisen from no negligence, from
no inattention to the great interests of the com-
munity, but simply because the people are full
of confidence in the integrity of Earl GREY,
and prefer delaying a stern declaration of
feeling and opinion, until a pressing necessity

for doing so arrives. A character of vigilance
of extreme jealous vigilance, pervades the whc-e
British community. No man slumbers at. hi.

post,—no man suffers his attention to be diverted
for an instant from Reform. It is in the presence
of this watchful universal spirit, that the Reform
Bill goes into Committee ; and he must indecC
be a man of more than ordinary assurance who
will venture to sct it at defiance.

It is gratifying to find that at a meeting held
at Glasgow last week, on the subject of educa-
tion in Ireland, good sense prevailed over poll.
tical rancour and religious zeal. The meeting
was called by some of the clergy, with principal
M'FARLANE at their head; and the Rev. Doctor
led the way in opposing the benevolent and truly
religious system of education introduced by
Government. To the credit of the meeting,
however, his motion was negatived by a great
majority—a majority of at least five to one. We
have little doubt that such would be the result
of every impartial and well-informed assembly
throughout the country, and that only time
and correct information are wanting to convince
many who have expressed disapprobation of the
measure, not only of its sound policy, but of its
accordance with the example left by the Founder
of Christianity, and his chief Apostles. If
there is one feature more remarkable than another
in the conversion of the Gentiles, it is the scru-
pulous wish of HIM who has been called their
great Apostle to yield to their prejudices, and
more especially to those prejudices which were
founded on habit and religious feelings ; yet
such examples, whether from party spirit or selfish
-motives, are utterly disregarded by men who boast
of belonging to the moderate party of the
Church of Scotland. The very circum-
stance of the chief opposition being made
by this class, ought to put every dis-
interested person on his guard against their
arguments. They boast of being the followers
of the enlightened judicious and liberal Histo-
rian of Scotland, yet take the lead in raising a
furious and bigoted outcry against the Govern-
ment, whose only objects in the measure are to
encourage the education of the lower classes, to
reconcile contending factions, and Put an end to
those religious feuds which have been no less
injurious to Christianity, than to the repose and
happiness of mankind. Principal MTARLANE,
we believe, is regarded as the head of that
party in the West, and" Dr. LEE, who mooted
the subject in the Edinburgh Presbytery, would
be the leader in the East. How scanty must be
the intellect, and bow fallen the greatness of that
party, once adorned by a ROBERTSON and a
HILL, when two men of such ordinary abilities
are allowed to put themselves forward as their
leaders ! We will not say that Dr. LEE brought
forward the motion because Lord MELBOURNE
had the good sense to refuse him the Professor-
ship of Church History ; but we cannot help
expressing great curiosity to know how he would
have acted had the Home Secretary been so re-
gardless of his duty as to add another to the
pluralities which the Rev. Doctor already en-
joys. We trust that Government will persevere
in their measure, alike heedless of the attacks of

their political enemies, and the sincere, though
mistaken zeal of some of their best friends.

For the news from Paris we refer to the ample
particulars in another part of our paper, extracted
from the Times and Herald, of this morning.
M. CASIMIR PERIER was still alive at eight
o'clock on Saturday evening, although it is
stated in the Morning Post that he died in the
afternoon : though no hope is entertained of
his recovery, the Post probably stated its wishes
by anticipating a result which may have taken
place at the time we now write. Paris was quiet
and so were the Provinces.

Dutch and Hamburg Papers have been re-
ceived, but their contents are not important,
with the exception of some indication of dis-
turbances at Brunswick, In fact, public feeling
throughout Germany is at present in a state of
great susceptibility, which the slightest spark
may cause to explode :

AMSTERDAM, MAY 3.

..
%
Actual Debt, 234 per cent 42 to 43
Amort Syndic, 4% per cent
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent.
Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 9314 to 94%
Ditto, 1832, 5 per cent 79 to 80
Dutch Papers, May 5.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.

St. SchuldSch. 4 per cent, ... ...... ........

BERLIN, APRIL 30.
94

Pritssian English Loan, 1815, 5 percent. lOl%
Ditto Ditto 182, 5 per cent ...- lols'

Ditto Bonds 1830, 4 percent . 87%
-Prussian Stale Gazette. May 1.

- - -
HAMBURG, Mar 1 —BORSEN HALLE, HALF-PAST Two
o'cLocK.—Funds have declined here, and the market has been
heavy to-day at the prices quoted. Discount 334 to 3 per cent.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent End of May. 65%
Anglo-Russian Loan
Hamburg ditto
87 14
Russian Inscription, 5 per cent
Ditto, ditto, 1831
86
Polish Bonds
1%08
Austrian Bank Shares 1154
Ditto Metalliques
New Austrian 4 per Cents 7734 %
—Hamburg Reporter.

The cause of freedom in Portugal seems to
go on rejoicingly. Count FUNCHAL, DONNA
MARIA'S Ambassador to this country, whose
arrival has been expected some time, arrived at
the Brunswick Hotel late last night. It is still
a matter of speculation whether he will be re-
cognised by the Government ; but we under-
stand the friends of the cause entertain a strong
hope that his agency will not be repudiated. M.
FUNCHAL was well received at Dover, and his
baggage allowed to pass without being searched
—a privilege which belongs only to Ambassadors.
This circumstance affords a favourable presump-
tion as to the result.

According to accounts from Terceira to the
25th of April, DON PEDRO had, on that
morning, despatched the Superbe steamer
with final instructions for the guidance of Ad-
miral SARTORIUS in his operations against Ma-
deira ; and there was reason to believe, from
the Admiral's report, and the full powers with
which he would be thus furnished, that the im-
mediate reduction of the place was a matter of
reasonable calculation. The Ex-EMPEROR him-
self was to leave Terceira finally for St. Michael's
upon the evening of the 25th, and that the
latest day for his starting for Lisbon was
the 18th or 20th of May. His force, composed
of volunteers from all parts of the World, who

still came flocking in, was now estimated at
15,000 men, fully effective in appointments and
discipline, and in the best spirits.

The Brussels Correspondent of the Herald

says :

" I am told, and, indeed, I can almost say soy you may rely
on the information, that protocol 58 is already published, or
would be published before the end of this week. A sketch of
this memorable document has been privately sent to Leopold,
and has frightened our poor Ministers out of their little remain_
ing senses. It is the declaration of Nicholas on ratifying the
the treaty of London. You may suppose the Autocrat embedies
„Il the restrictions of his able coadjutors—the Courts of Prussic
and Austria ; but he has very adroitly added the following
pretty little codicil :

" That the present ratification shall be considered null and
void, unless such modifications as may be demanded by the
King of Holand shall have been incorporated and annexed to
the present treaty, and signed by the King of the Belgians
within six months from the date of the exchange,'"

Now, if this be correct, the Russian ratifica-
tion is a mere humbug,•except indeed so far as
the recognition of LEOPOLD'S sovereignty is
concernetl. But perhaps, after all, it is only a
mock concession to Dutch obstinacy to save ap-
pearances.

In a clever pamphlet, published under the title
of " Reform with or Without the Consent of
the Lords," we have just met with some ad-
mirable remarks on the subject of that myserious
phrase,—the Constitution. The writer shrewdly
observes, " in searching after the date of ex-
istence generally allotted to that undefinable form,
that immaterial substance, the Constitution, we
are left without any one guide as to the real
limits of the time which it required to arrive at
maturity—the acts which are supposed to esta-
blish it—or the principles by which it is to be
expounded. It is. like the fatidical Testament of
the Athenians. Noboby had read it, but every
body was bound to believe in it. With a proper
clue it seems capable of being interpreted into
any meaning desired by the commentator. Lord
ELDON, for example, repeatedly proved from it
the right and propriety of suspending the
Habeas Corpus Act to silence the old Re-
formers. In its mysterious verse, he also learned
how fit it was that Queen CAROLINE should be
tried by a power abhorrent to the general law
of the country, which made an effectual defence
impossible. From that exhaustless source of
wisdom, he drew the reasons which forbid him
ever to consider the Roman Catholics subjects
of the Crown in any other light than as fit ob-
jects for imposts and coercions, and as totally
unfit for the reception of civil rights 'or the com-
monest immunities of freedom".

For the last fifty years and upwards the Con•
stitution has been read solely With'the interpre-
tation of High Toryism. It has.been the Bible
of a bigoted oligarchy, whence they drew war-
rant and precedent for every species of public
impost and robbery. But fortunately an im-
proved version is now about to be. made
,of
and thenceforth it will be the text-book not of
a party, but of the people. On the origi►i, pro-
gress, &c., of the borough mongering system the
writer is ample and well-informed in his com-
ments. He takes up the subject- froth its very
outset, and traces it in a keen analytical spirit
down to the present anomalous period. The
pamphlet throughout, even as a matter of style,
has strong claims on attention, but this is far from
being its sole qualification, for it abounds with
sound practical intelligence, and evinces in every
page a consummate acquaintance with the spirit
and tendency of the real, not the mock, British
Constitution.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S

DEAL,. ➢IAN- 6.—Wind W.S. W., moderate.—Arrived and
sailed for the River the Lady Raffles, Tucker, from Bombay;
Inglis, ---, and Duke of Buccleuch, Henning, from Bengal;
Alexander Robertson, Gray, from Mauritius; Harmony, Tay-
lor, Charles Bouchard, Venessa, and Favourite, Ford, from the
South Seas; Chieftain, Moor, from St. Vincent; and Isabella,
Shepherd, from St. Domingo.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 5 AND 6.—Wind W.S.W.-Arrived
the St. Kilda, Barnes, from London for Bengal. Sailed the
Maitland transport, for Woolwich.
PLYMOUTH, MAY s.—Wind S. W.—Sailed the Brothers,
Towers, for New South Wales.

FALMOUTH, MAY 4 AND s.—Wind S.W., strong breezes
and squally.—Arrived the Skylark packet, from Buenos Ayres,
sailed the 15th February, Monte Video the 20th, and Rio Ja.
neiro the 18th March ; and Magnet packet, from Lisbon. Off
port the Columbia, Booth, from Manilla, sailed the Ilth De-
cember, Singapore the .:Zd, and St. Helena the 28th February;
New Hope, Winter, from Terceira, with despatches, in nine
days; Eclipse, Johns, from Naples; and Britannia, Legrand,
from Messina. Sailed the Cygnet packet, for the Brazils;
Firebrand steam packet, for the Mediterranean; and Duke of
Marlborough packet, for Lisbon.

TORBAY: MAY s.—Arrived the Alexander, Goodridge,
from Liston.

TOPSHAM, MAY 5.—:--Arrived the Perseverance, Matthews;
from Faro.

LIVERPOOL, MAY s.—Arrived off port the Collingwood,
Snipe, from Bengal.
BRISTOL, Mxv 6.—Arrived the Ebenezer, Radford, from
Macaio.

DUBLIN, MA y 6.—Arrived the Nova Francisa, Anthony,
from Figuera ; and Irvine, Rennie, and William the Fourth,
Brown, from Memel.

Arrived off the Wight the Jean They, Buneds, from Ha
vannah.

COURT OF CHANCERY.-( HIS DAY.)

COLEMAN v. SMITHERS AND OTHERS.

These causes and appeals, four in number, stood by ap-
pointment at the head of the Lord Chancellor's paper of to-
day. A long discussion took place, upon whether the ap-
peals or the cross-orginal bills should be first heard; and at last

The LORD CHANCELLOR stated, that as the case alto-
gether was new to him, and as every fact that was stated by the
one side, was immediately denied by the other, he had no alter-
native but that of proceeding to hear them in the order in which
they stood in the paper.
Mr. RUSSELL then proceeded to open an appeal, and Sir
Edward Sugden, who was on the other side, left the Court to
attend to something which he was in before the Vice Chan-
cellor.

Soon afterwards the SOLICITOR-GENERAL entered the
Court and objected to this course of proceeding. He consi-
dered that it would not only be nugatory, but be productive of
great mischief.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—What can I do ? If you
will only agree among yourselves upon any one particular
course I shall most readily consent to that course being adopted,
but before you came into Court Mr. Solicitor-General, we had
no less than half an hour's discussion upon the line that we
ought to take in hearing these causes, and not a single fact
was stated on either side which was agreed to by the
opposing Counsel. I had therefore no alternative, knowing
nothing of the facts myself, but to say that we should proceed
with the cases as they stand in the paper. I now see plainly
that whatever course we take, if we go on at present, that this
case will occupy at least three or four days. It is possible that
a course might be hit upon, by which a great part of
that time might be saved, I shall, therefore, now stop
the hearing of this case altogether, take the papers
home with me, read them all through, direct that
it shall be in the paper again on the first day after term, ap-
pointed for hearing' matters of this sort, and by then I shall,
in all probability, be enable to say what course ought to be
taken, by which complete justice shall be done, and most likely
two or three days saved.

The next case in the paper was then called, and in which Sir
Edward Sugden was. Having been sent for into Court, and
taking his place at the Bar, that Learned Counsel observed
that he had occupied two whole days in reading over the paper in
Coleman and Smithers, that he was then perfectly prepared to
go into the case, and that if it stood over, as he understood had
been directed, he would not only be laid under the necessity of
having to read the whole of his heavy papers over again, but
would be unable to go on with any other thing to day which
stood in his Lordship's paper, from not having read Isis briefs,
persuaded, as he had been, that Coleman and Smithers -would
have been gone on with, which would have occupied at least all

the day. Under-these circumstances he considered himsci
put under considerable hardship.

Mr. RUSSELL (who was also in7Coleman and Smithers'
laughed when Sir Edward Sugden spoke of the hardship
posed upon him in having to read his heavy briefs over again, ii
Coleman and Smithers stood Over for the present.
Sir EDWARD SITGDEN—I don't know whether Counsel
presume to take the liberty of laughing at me ?
Mr. RUSSELL—I certainly

Sir E. SUGDEN (emphatically, and turning round to Mr.
Russell)—I desire, Sir, you will take no such liberty with me.
Mr. Russell—Will you allow me—

Sir E. SilcrDEN—No, Sir, I Won't—you are not justified
doing it, and I desire you will take no such liberty with me. •
Air. Russell then sat down.

The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that he had taker
the only course which appeared to him, under the circum.
stances, to be the most useful way of proceeding.
Sir E. SUGDEN then left the Court.

Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting anything
called on in which Counsel were prepared, but his Lordship
declared that he should certainly not rise so early in the morn-
ing, and other Counsel having been sent for, a motion in
"Hallett and Hague" was in course of hearing when we left
the Court.

KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

THE KING v. HALLS, AND BIRNIE, KNIGHT.

Mr. ADOLPHUS, at the sitting of the Court,. stated that
Mr. Halls was in waiting to receive judgment ; and, as• .4is
attendance was required elsewhere, perhaps their Lordships
would permit him to depart, and allow the case to be called on
in its turn in his absence.

Lord TENTERDEN, after consulting with the other Judges,
acceded to the application.

Mr. Halls then left the Court.

,About an hour afterwards, Mr. Carmichael Smith, the pro-
secutor in that case, entered the Court, and, addressing, their
Lordships, said he understood that Mr. Adolphus had made an
application that the case should be called on in Mr. Halls's
absence.

Lord TENTERDEN—Yes ; we will hear you by and by;
but it is not absolutely necessary that tilt 'defendant should be
present when judgment was pronounced.
Mr. Smith submitted that the defendant should be present.
. - •

Lord TENTERDEN—It is necessary. that the business of
the public should not meet with interruption, and therefore
Mr. Halls need not attend here, It is nothing uncominpn to'
dispense with the attendance of persons who are to r ceive
judgment,
Mr. Smith—fi always understood, my Lord, that th law
made no distinction of persons. rP
Lord TENTERDEN—Nor does it; but Mr. Halls's duty
requires him to be at Bow street, and it is a very common thing
to do as we have done in this case.

Mr. Smith-7 Then, my Lord, as he is not to be present when
judgment is given, I shall decline moving for judgment.
Lord TENTERDEN—You can do as you please about that.
Mr. Smith left the Court, indignant at what he called the
injustice of the proceedings.

The Court ivas occupied the rest of the morning in hearing
arguments on cases in the special paper.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY,

EX-PARTE FREEMAN IN RE ALDERSON, A

BANKRUPT.
Mr. ROMILLY stated that the bankrupt had committed a
breach of trust by not investing a sum of 2,000/. although he
paid the dividends upon it for ten years. The cestui qui trust
now petitioned the Court to be admitted to prove against the
estate of the bankrupt, and on that proof be permitted to vote
in the choice of assignees. An appeal was now pending before
the Lord Chancellor,, having for object the•overturning of a
decision which was in favour of the present application, but as
the law was in his favour at present, and as what he prayed
was clearly just, he hoped the Court would grant it.
Mr. SWANSTON, on the parf of the petitioning creditor,
made no objection to the application.—Prayer granted.