The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-12 00:00:00

BOROUGH OF ALNWICK.

TO THE .t:7llTOil'. OF THE SUN. •
Sin,—ln the report of the cruueecLie-s of the House o
Lords which appeared in The Sint or Au:7day last, on
motion of Lord Wharneliffe for again strikiqs Alnwick out of
the Schedule of the Corporation Bill, the Duke of Northu
berland is stated to have said, " That `)66 members'
porate body of Alnwick had declared themselves acrai
inert that
town being included within the operation of the Bill, a•
not
not
six were in favour of it. Out of a population of 6,000
0f the car-
more than 300 attended the meeting from whence the 'applies,
tion to be included 'in the Bill emanated. There were no
means in the town of raising funds to meet the expenses in-
curred under this Bill ; and as he was owner of 15-16ths 0.1
the
the parish, they would probably fall on himself.—( A laue.h.r
In the f;_''',.)ort it is added—" The motion was then agreed' to,
and Alnwick was struck out of the Schedule."
it is very cruel, Sir, in the Parliamentary reportersto is
M:1 Orace, crery occasion he displays his eloquence
especially al it nut often he attempts it. At a former
the reporters attribtuted to him an assertion that there
were
cue hundred thousand radicals on the banks of the Tyne and
Wear, ae,, which was no doubt never uttered by his Grace._
As I have no doubt that the remarks which I have extractea
above were not spoken by his Grace, I shall consider them aSe
the statements of your Reporter, and shall take the liberty 0'
giving him an explanatory reply. cried
In the first place then, Sir, there are only-247 freemen res-
dent in Alnwick, and as more than six did not sign the peti
thin against including the borough in the Bill, the probability
is that 200 is rather an exaggeration. Whether 300, or more
or less than 300, attended the meeting in favour of an opposite
petition, are questions not very easily determined ; but there
are individuals who did not regard that meeting throng a
reversed telescope, and who believe that a much jrcater Lum-
ber attended it. But, Sir, even that number was cut of a po-
pulation of 6,000 souls, considering females, children, and
those who dared not attend, not quite so contemptible a o'lol-
- as your Reporter may imagine.
I now come to the tail of the speech, which is the best 13,3 q
of it. His Grace has, it appears, 15-16ths of the property
ho'
the parish I Let us see how he bears the burdens of the paris.
You may rely on the substantial accuracy of the following
statement :
A rate of one shilling in the pound raises in thel,o2l 14 10
parish of Alnwick
His Grace the Duke of 'Northumberland pays
for his castle, farms, &c., in his own posses-
sion CIOB 9 0 £
Farms, cottages, &c., let to tenants ... 319 4 3
427 13 3
£594 1 7

This drabtace; the whole parish; but taking the o
town of Alnwick alone, the total rate is
His Grace's share you will see bears a still smaller proper
tion in the town, as the sum paid by him embraces farms nor
considered part of the town. As to the town having no mean°
of raising a rate, it may be answered that, under a local get,
10
upwards of 4001. annually have been raised, and therefore
Grace never can have said so. Besides what soct of knowledge
or fitness must an individual possess for the business of a legis-
lator who places forward his own interests as a ground for
ciding, in his own favour, a piece of practical legislation' 'per
feudal barons of old may have been tyrants, but the spill!
a lofty chivalry raised them above the sordid and caleulati.ng
meanness of modern times. This is another reason for In;
&acing me to conclude that his Grcc,?. never spoke what you,
Reporter has attributed to him, and it is "fight his report shoillu
be corrected.
Alnwick, September, 1835. A YREMAN'

SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY,)
FROM LLOYD'S. • Pa

DIAL, SEPT. 11. —Wind W. N. W., fresh brcezes.—ti. I°-
the Bristol, Riches, from Sydney ; Woodmastcr, Wilkitis°,llo;
and Dorothy Foster, Lilly, from Jamaica ; Hope, Swan Marc
Nevis ; Nautilus, Greyburn, from the Havannah ; Adah,'lll,9',
tin, from St. Domingo ; Gulnare, Hughson, from Bermn°B:l
Sampson, Chadwick, from New York; Amity, Gray, gra
Falloder, Mould, from Qt:flbec ; Amy, Green, from St. J01',11':
New Brunswick - Brothers, Davis, from Madeira ; Vll'4
Chirtell, from Leghorn ; Agenoria, Rudkerof, from Cadi°
Merchant, Harrison, from Oporto ; Governor, Caney, fr°„/lir
Cork.—Arrived from the River, the Hazard, Munro, '
NaPORTSM ntes ; Dee, Morgan, for Chester. an
OUTII, SEPT. 11.—Wind N.W., hard gale, 11
squally.
PLYMOLTTII, SEPT. 10.--Wind W. N. W. e§
FAIMOVTIT, SEPT. 10.—Wind S. W. to N. W., fresh
and squalls, with heavy showers.— Vixen the Vixe Wr'' .
ham, from Jacmcl, and Harmony, Brown, from Gallipoi. g
Off port, the Sceptre, M'Donald, from Cape Hayti ;
Craig, from the Coast of Troy. Waif
STANOATE CREEK, SEPT. il.—Arrivpd the Emma, -

from Odessa. fro°
MARGATE, SEPT. I.—Arrived off, the Emma, Young,
Quebec.
DOVER, SEPT. 11.—Arrived off port the Rosalind,
from Cape of Good Hope—sailed June 27.
ISLE OF WIGHT, SEPT. 11.—Arrived off port the pa
Ormston, from Madeira. -`gym
ST. IVE'S, SEPT. 10.—Arrived the Pendarves, Cogan, -

Alicant.
LIVERPOOL, SEPr. 10.—Arrived the Margaret, ThompVti'l:
from Valparaiso ; Regulus, Bond, from Porto Cabello ;
retta, Skinner, from Richebucto; lanthe, Brown, and r',
zabeth, Hunt, from New York ; and Charlotte, Brunen, fru"

Dantzic.
The Lady Melville, --, from Newcastle to LondonderOvi'
was totally lost on the 9th inst. near the Gull Stream ; cre
saved.
,f Blythe \ut Lost-

The Ann, Hindmarsh, o. ,ythe, was p'l )n ..Aor-„To-
Beach on the 10th inst. very leaky, having struck on

come Sand.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOL,
The Liverpool Standard of the Ilth of September coas`81:0
the following :—" We have been favoured with Carrara PPylo,
of the middle of July, and a private letter from Puerto Cabe
dated the Ist of August.
an
The Republic of Venezuela is restored, and the lawa,tbari
constitution, which had been suspended by a band of Tai,ho
usurpers, are nosy placed on their former footing. Th!so,out
been accomplished by the bravery of General Paez,
blood being shed." ceo.
PUERTO CABELLO, Ave. I.—" As was anticipated, oesi,
Paez took up the cause of the constitution and lion,
dent Vargas. He immediately got together eiOtt. gave
dred cavalry on the plains, marched on Valencia, will,e"..pars,
in immediately, as well as all the towns to 1-111.cei ity
before which he arrived on the evening of the 27th, ailltorf
stantly summoned it to surrender at discretion; the reir3-tbat
gathered their straggling forces, and left the itY, wit/1
night. Next morning Paez entered it, and was hailed
great joy." t the
Montreal Papers, one day later, have been received a „
North and South American Coffee-house. The abolitiarPaae
the East India Company's monopoly has opened a new thee°
to the enterprize of the British merchants, which hars„ this
entered into with activity. Teas have been shipped f 0 geed
market, and, it is believed, that the supply will much ex
that of the previous year.
The Provincial Parliament is further prorogued to the
proximo. t P,'
Accounts from the frontiers of Catalonia, of the 315'0.1,:'
gust, state that the revolution is proceeding with greats 00'
dity in that province. Carlists and Constitutionaliatt re.
raising en masse, and the Regent's authority
jected. I TO*
Arrivals this morning one French mail and one F'a
Few ship letters. its
The Charleston paper of the 14th August gives aeico°lo
from Matanzas that an insurrection of the negroes lout city"
place on a small plantation about forty miles from
•04'06
who murdered all the whites, and proceeded to a neigh"°d
is comp
village, where, after committing further depredatioils, as made
ing some of the inhabitants, they were overcome all
prisoners. tbe
The New York papers of the 20th August state ti 2 At
Marquis of Waterford and Lord Beresford, who arrivol4,.6o
Boston in their pleasure yacht, proceeded by land t°
York.
THE FUNDS.
off PriceSt'
o ye,

Consols opened this morning at the lenvine. - r-
yesterday, 90H for the Account, with little'doing
at presnt ey arc 90a and for Money 900; ,`',l c,.
3h premium; Exchequer Bills 17 19 ; India 13011(15 heal
Both the British and Foreign Markets have still atioul
appearance, owing to the state of affairs in Spain.
these revolutions in the Provinces last much longer,' 10
general opinion that France will be obliged to marci'
Cut tb
into that country, even for her own safety, to pry
fire kindling on her own territory, which would prove
(.d
0
ous to Louis Phillippe.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Bonds continue, to 9c.
and heavy ; Spanish, which left off 374 38, e r
Spanish Scrip, 22 discount; Portuguese, 80
scerf
Cents., ,5
5, `)
4;
The Express from Paris brings the French pric-
107f. 20c. ; 'Three per Cents., 79f. 75c.; corte
fr
Coupons, 16.
he "lc
The packet ship, Samson, is in the Downs, with th,
of the 21st August.
HALF PAST he° 0 024. '1
-
Consols and the Foreign Markets have been velYrt j
during the morning ; the former owing to thei_reltaClino key
Russian fleet passing the Sound of 8 sail of We
meaSti- t (10
several frigates ; the latter to the hostile
by the Spanish Government in a proclamation to r 7,0910.
t
the Constitutional juntas in the various provinces 0f jcifor Io;
Consols may be quoted 901 for money, 9,°,F 17
Account; Omnium, 3-?,- p.m.; Exchequer B"'s' ,to
India Bonds, 46; Bank and India Stocks shut. 375.5,
In the Foreign Market Spanish Bonds receded fr3ol, 23 ► (l 4
36, at present they arc 36A- 7 ; Spanish Scrip, 215'utell'
count ; Portuguese, ; Three per Cents., 54;
per Cents., 534 54 ; Five per Cents., 1024. rjOef.
THREE 0'
Consols for the Account, 90a 1.

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1•11•••••••••••••MV••••• AO..
On Monday ' 1 last -7----, s fi: oil
mg it a most uisastrou rand i
out in the city of Lisle, in France. There was arga riclilil
in the public square; and one of the grooms 47..0051Y ' oa`'
master who had horses in one of the booths, ineauti.orpron_
asleep, leaving a lighted candle burning, which•ata bl3.cirf
catcd to some straw, and set the whole booth , co ' J
ente •,c;
Eight houses wore burnt to the ground, and scv nterPl
seriously damaged. Great fears were at one ti'lle c
for the theatre.