The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-13 00:00:00

ASCOT RACES.

This meeting commences on Tuesday next. The fol-
lowing races have just closed
TUESDAY, JUNE 19.—The Oatland Stakes of 30 sovs.
each, 20 ft., for horses of all ages (2-yr old excepted).
Two miles and a half.
Mr. Chifney's Rowton, 6 yrs., 9st. 31b.
Sir M. Wood's Lucetta, 6 yrs., 9st. 21b.
Lord Tavistock's Gondolier, 5 yrs., Sst. 91b.
Lord Exeter's Varna, 6 yrs., Sst. Sib.
Mr. Wagstaff's Sadler, 4 yrs. Bst. Slb.
Mr. Rush's Guildford, 6 yrs., 7st. Sib.
Mr. Payne's Paddy, 4 yrs., 7st. 41b.
Lord Orford's Naiad, 4 yrs., 7st. 31b.
Sir G. Heathcote's Shrine, 4 yrs., 7st.
Mr. Gardnor's Leander, 4 yrs , 6st. 12th.
The following having declared forfeit by the time pre-
are to pay 10 soya. each:..._
Lord Chesterfield's Priam, 5 yrs., 9st. 101 b.
Lord Jersey's Alea, 4 yrs., Ist. 101 b.
Lord Lowther's Spaniel, 4 yrs., 7st. 711).
WEDNESDA V, JUNE 20.—Sweepstakes of 50 soya, each.
New T. T. C.
Lord Worcester's Copper Captain, Sst. Sib.
Lord Lichfield's Terry Alt, Bst.
Mr. M. Stanley's Cecilia, Sister to Carvell, 101 b.
- - -

Mr. OsbAldeston's b. g. Bilberry, I lst. 91b., agst. Mr.
Herring's Matilda, 105 t. 41b. Two miles. Gentlemen
riders. 100 sovs., h. ft.

The Cheshire Tories have called a snug hole-
and-corner Conservative meeting, to be held at Hoo-green,
near Koutsford, of gentlemen friendly to the formation of
a Conservative Association.

Yesterday afternoon, &Nit THERS, against
whom a verdict of Wilful Murder bas been returned, was
removed from Middlesex Hospital, and conveyed to New-
gate in a hackney-coach. lie appeared nearly recovered
from the effects of the burns received at the fire, and
walked with a light step, and appeared in good spirits,

ECCLESIASTICAT, REFORM-TENTHS

AND FIRST FRUITS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE, TIMES.

Slit,—During the all-absorbing question of Par-
liamentary Reform, which has almost entirely super-
seded the consideration of all others, I have re-
frained from my communications on what will (and
as " you have pledged yourself" shall) follow—
Ecclesiastical Reform ; but, as public attention will,
if not again put off, be called to this important mea-
sure to-morrow evening, when the Archbishop's
" Plurality Bill" is to be brought to a second read.
ng by no less a personage than Dr. Lushington, I
'lave deemed it expedient to resume my correspond-
ence, on what it will now be the imperative duty of
all well-wishers to the established church to press
upon their representatives,—namely, such a measure
of Ecclesiastical Reform, as, while it secures to the
Church at large all its rights and privileges, shall
effect, as Lord Suffield most properly observed, "a
more just and efficient distribution of its funds."
Neither of the Bills yet brought forward, nor the
one now proposed by his Grace of Canterbury, have
touched, or attempted to touch, the real abuses
which exist in the Church,—viz. an alteration of Liter
Regis; the doing away pluralities, or at any rate
makiug value, and not distance, as in the Archbishop's
Bill the criterion ; or, 3dly, appropriating some of
the rich and useless sinecures in the eight cathe-
drals, and the tithes of some obscure parishes where
no duty is done. The churches being returned
" destruct," and which, while they only benefit the
few,—who are, for the most part, the sons or
cousins, or nephews, or sons-in-law, of bishops or
boroughmongers, or tutors in bishops' or noble-
men's families,—bring odium on the clergy at large,
and rob the poorer and industrious labourer in the
vineyard of his just remuneration, I shall confine the
observations in this letter to the abuse of first
fruits and tenths, as they are at present by " law
established." I have proved that three of the
highest dignitaries—the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Bishops of Llandaff and Carlisle—receive
35,570/. per annum, and pay only 3,1131. Os. 10d.,
and only 3211. 10s. 10d. annual tenths, instead of
3,727/. ; and that the fair seven years' average of
the Bishops', 167,000/. first fruits, while they pay
only 23,9681. to the bounty fund, for the augmenta-
tion of the benefices of the poorer clergy. I now
read you the preferments of a few Church conserva-
tives, and I think you will say that it is not by a
Bill regulating the holding of preferments within a
three mile instead of a forty-five, that Reform in
the Church is to be effected, but that it must begin
here.

(a) SPARER, J. H. Liber Regis.
Chancellor and Prebendary of Ely £0 0 0
Leverington, R 25 0 71
With Parson Drove, C. (not in charge)
Littlebury, sinecure
Church " destruct."
(b) FARDELL, 11.
Prebendary of Ely 0 0 0
Feltwel St. Mary, R l4 17 0
Feltwel St. Nicholas, R l9 0 0
Water beach, V 5 15 7i
SPRY, Dr.
Prebendary of Canterbury 0 0 0
Hanbury, V. (not in charge)
St. Marvlebone, R. (not in charge)
(c) HoncsoN, R., D.D.
Dean of Cat lisle 0 0 0
Burgh on Sands, V. .
Hillingdon, R.
St. George's, R 0 0 0
(d) LUIMOORE, CHARLES
Dean and Chancellor of St. Asaph 45 11 5
Prebendary of Hereford l5 0 2
Bromyard 2d Port., R. and V 6 0 0
West Crad'ey, R.
Daroven, sinecure lO 17 11
Church " destruct."
(e) LuxmoitE, JOHN
Joint Registrar of Hereford Cathedral
Prebendary of St. Asaph
Berriew, V.
) BAYLEY, H. V.
Archdeacon of Stow 25 17
Prebendary of Westminster
Great Carlton, V. (not in charge)
Wegtineon, V.
Privett, C. (not in charge)
(g) PRETYNLAN, G. T.
Chancellor and Canon Res. of Lincoln
Chalfont St. Giles, R.
Prebendary of Winchester 0 0 02
Wheathampstead, R 42 1 101
W. Harpenden, V. (not in charge)

(h) PRETYMAN, R.
Precentor of Lincoln 27 6 10
Canon Rebidentiary of ditto
Middleton Stoney, R.
Walgrave, R 22 4 7
With Hannington, V. (not in charge)
Wroughtoo, 11 3l 4 4

Total 475 5 6
So that you have here 9 clergymen, holding 2 dea-
neries, 3 chancellorships, 1 archdeaconry, 8 canon-
ries, and above 22 rectories, paying 4751. ss. 6d.
first fruits, and 47/. 10s. sd. annual tenths : what
the real estimate is, a Parliamentary return, under
a Parliamentary commission, can only determine.
But I do not exaggerate in estimating their joint
incomes at 32,0001. per annum. Instead, then, of
coming upon Parliament for grants from the conso-
lidated fund, for the augmenting the stipends of the
poorer clergy, and upon parish rates and the public
purse, for funds for building new churches,—here it
is that the great work must begin. W.
(a) Bishop of Ely's eldest son.
(b) Bishop of Ely's son-in-law.
(c) Nephew of Bishop Porteus.
(d) Son of the Bishop of St. Asaph.
(e) Son of the Bishop of St. Asaph.
(f) Tutor of Bishop Pretyman's children.
(g) Son of the late Bishop of Winchester.
(h) Son of the late Bishop of 'Winchester.
(a) (b) (g) Bishops of Ely, late Winchester and Asaph, trustees
for the benefit of their Clergy.

Some stockholders, resident in the city, have
taken up the consideration of the question, how far the
arrangementsmen
tothepaut the Bankbik of
debt,
aresusEcenpgtlin
susceptible of
ofofr the
nnaimprovement,
iage
with a view to their own convenience of accommodation,
and they propose to memorialize the Lords of the Trea-
sury for the adoption of some suggestions to that effect, in
any renewal which may take place of the Bank charter.
This is a step the propriety of which can hardly he dis-
puted, since the stockholders form at least as important a
class as the town or country bankers, or any other now
combining to bring about a change of system in their own
favour ; and it is rather surprising than otherwise, that
nothing with that view has yet been undertaken. The
circumstance which seems to be most complainei of in the
present mode of management, is the practice of shutting
the books and preventing any transfers of stock, during six
or seven weeks previous to the payment of the dividends.
An immense capital is thus locked up, to which the
owner cannot have access without the trouble and diffi-
culty of a special application, and the consequences have
often been most serious, but more particularly in the
panic of 1825, which was at its height at the period of
the shutting in December, and was without doubt ma-
tetially aggravated by it. There is not, we believe,
any other capital in Europe in which so inconvenient a
practice exists. In Paris, transfers are suspended for one
day only, in consequence of the payment of the interest on
the debt, which amounts to nearly 300 millions; and this
is accomplished by a very simple process—in reserving the
dividend after a period fixed on to the seller, and the stock
sold is placed to the account of the buyer, for the succeed-
ing dividend. This practice, it is conceived, might be
adopted here with advantage. It has also been suggested,
as another expedient, that the stockholder might have the
privilege of transferring his stock, before the shutting, to
the Directors of the Bank, and receive a certificate enti-
tling the bearer to the stock and the dividend after the
opening ; also, that lie might be allowed to sign a declara-
tion of his being the holder of certain stock, which would
pass for the time as an actual sale, and be an authority for
the Accountant General to transfer the stock into the
name of the buyer as soon as the books were again
opened. The Paris mode, however, seems to be the best
and the simplest. It is said that some of the Bank Direc-
tors have been consulted about the practicability of such
an alteration, but that they are strongly opposed to it, on
the ground that it would involve an immense in-
crease of expense, and oblige them to retain between 200
and 300 additional clerks. This will not, however, be
allowed as a valid objection, if the Ministers are satisfied
that the interests of the public require it. It is for the
stockholders, therefore, to establish their case.... Tinie.

PROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

ADMIRALTY, JUNE 9, 1532.

His Majesty having been pleased to revoke his
Letters Patent, constituting Commissioners for con-
ducting the Affairs of the Navy, Victualling, and Sick
and Hurt Boards, all Letters on Public Service, and
all Documents of whatsoever description from Public
Officers relating to the Naval Service, heretofore addressed
to. the Commissioners of the Navy and Victualling, or to
their Secretaries, whether from Officers of the Navy in
or out of Commission, or in any of the Civil or Marine
Departments of the Navy, or from Individuals upon
Naval Business, are to he addressed henceforward to the
Secretary of the Admiralty.
(Signed) JOHN BARROW.

WHITEHALL, MAY 31, 183-2.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Arthur Ikin, of
Leeds, in the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi
nary in the High Court of Chancery.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of the
County of York.
F. Chomeley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 3.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop.
North Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry,
C. Clay, Gent., to be Cornet; T. D. Brown, Gent., to be ditto,
April 6.
South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.
W. A. Eyton, Gent., to be Cornet; E. Hickman, Gent., to be
Veterinary Surgeon, May 31.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
WILLIAM WRIGHT, New Windsor, Berkshire, grocer.
BANKRUPTS.
JACOB HUBBA RD, Carpenters' Arms, Bridport-place, New
North-road, Hoxton, victualler, to surrender June 26, and July
H, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Makinson and San-
ders,Temple ; Graham, Copthall-buildings, Throgmorton-street,
London.

JOHN WORSELDINE and WILLIAM THOMAS, Castle-
yard, Castle-street, Holborn, carpenters, June 22, at ten, and
July 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turner, New
City Chambers, Bishopsgate-street, London; Wilkinson, Vicar-
age-house, Coleman-street.
JOHN PIKE, Hope-terrace, Shepherd's-bush, Middlesex,
baker,June 20, at one, and July 24, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bousfield, Chatham-place, Blackfriars ; Ilichings,
Staines.

GEORGE GINGELL, Stroud, Gloucester, victualler, June
26, at the George Inn, Stroud, and July 24, at four, at the Hans
Inn, Gloucester. Read, King, and Son, Sergeant's-inn, Fleet-
street ; Clutterbuck, Painsworth.
JOHN RICHMOND, Great Grimsby, Lincoln, surgeon, July
3, at six, 4, at ten, and 24, at twelve, at the Granby Inn, Great
Grimsby. Daubney, Great Grimsby; Constable and Kirk,
Symond's-inn, Chancery-lane.
JAMES BETHUNE BOSTOCK, Wenlock-basin, Middle-
sex, screw-manufacturer, June 21, at twelve, and July 24, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Williams and Bethel!, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields.
WILLIAM WHITE, Regent-street, ironmonger, June 20,
at two, and July 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Dods,
Northumberland-street, Strand.
THOMAS THOMAS, Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-park,
builder, June 26, at halt:past twelve, and July 24, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Haynes, Clement's-inn.
SAM UEL ROBERTS, Redditch, Worcestershire, draper,
June 25, 26, and July 24, at eleven, at the Crown Hotel, Wor-
cester. Lowndes and Gatty, Red Lion-square, London ; Cress-
well, Redditeis.

WILLIAM M'CAPIN, Belfast, provision-broker, June 21
and July 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, King's
Arms-yard, Coleman-street; Dunn and Wordsworth, Thread.
needle-street.

JOHN CLARKE, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, corn-
dealer, June 20 and July 24, at eleven, at the Cross Keys Inn,
St. Neots, Huntingdonshire. Bays, Potton, Bedfordshire ; Price
and Wakeling, St. John-square, Clerkenwell.
GEORGE BA REHEAD, New Malton, Yorkshire, corn-mer.
chant, June 23 and July 24, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn,
Goodramgate, Yorkshire. Hicks and Marris, Gray's Inn-square;
Walker, New Mallon.
JOSEPH JACKSON, Bingham, Nottinghamshire, nailer,
June 26 and July 24, at one, at Radenhurst's Royal Hotel, Bir.
mingham. Norton and Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square ; Stubbs,
Birmingham.
THOMAS LOCK ETT and CHARLES PENSWICK, Man-
chester, engravers, June 22, 23, and July 24, at ten, at the Star
Inn, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Temple, London ;
Hadfield, Manchester.
JAMES ASPINALL, Liverpool, Banker, July 4,6, and 24,
at one, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool. Hinde, Liver-
pool:

SA MUEL COLLIER, sen. and SAMUEL COLLIER, jun.
Witney, Oxfordshire, blanket manufacturers, June 22, at one,
and July 20, at eleven, at the Staple Hall Inn, Witney.
Wastell, Witney ; Helder, Clement's Inn, London.
WILLIAM SEDGWICK, Manchester, linen-merchant,
June, 28, 30, at nine, and July 24, at one, at the Palace Inn,
Manchester. Johnson and Weatherall, Temple, London ; Hitch-
cock, Manchester.

JOHN GOULDEN, Methley, Yorkshire, cornfactor, June 26,
27, and July 24, at eleven, at the office of Messrs. Blanchard and
Richardson, solicitors, York. Williamson, Gray's Inn-square,
London ; Blanchard and Richardson, York.
HENRY WOOD, Bristol, innkeeper, June 22, and July 24,
at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Adlington, Gre-
gory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London ; Cary and Cross,
Bristol.

DIVIDENDS.
J. Barry, Mincing-lane, wine-merchant, July 3, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. Rattan., Hardingstone,
Northamptonshire, grocer, July 3, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy—A. A. Fry, Great Ormond-street, dealer, July 9,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—lt. Eveleigh, Marlborough,
Wiltshire, victualler, July 3, at twelve, at the Castle Inn, Bath
—J. Potter and W. Maude, Manchester, calico-printers, July 6,
at nine, at the Palace Inn, Manchester—J. Armstrong, Raskelf,
Yorkshire, miller, July 4, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn,
Goodramgate, Yorkshire— W. Lees, Newton Moor, Cheshire,
cotton-spinner, July 5, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester—
%V. Penkett and L. Mackinnon, Liverpool, merchants, July 5, at
one, at the office of Messrs. Radcliffe and Duncan, Liverpool—J.
Thompson, New York, America, merchant, July 4, at one, at
the office of Messrs. Radcliffe and Duncan, Liverpool—J. Hart-
up, Regent-street, dealer in British lace, July 3, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy—J. Gale, New London.street, Crutched.
friars, merchant, July 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.

CERTIFICATES, JULY 3.
T. Ryder, Mount-row, Lambeth, bat-manusacturer-11. Pyall,
London-road, stationer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
C. Derby and K. Dixon, Mitre-court-buildings, Temple, at-
torneys—R. Dewhirst and J. Dewhirst, Keighley, Yorkshire,
grocers—D. Stodart and S. Stodart. Strand, surgeons' instru-
ment makers—J. Parkyn and W. Hero, Devonport, tailors—J.
Cresland and S. R. Goddart, Halifax, Yorkshire, woolstaplers—
R. Addinell and J. Burkitt, Selby, Yorkshire, surgeons—W. T.
Power and J. H. Hardy, Birmingham, wine-dealers—W. Finch
and W. Shillcock, Old Compton-street, St. Ann's, Westminster,
grocers—T. Storey and Co. Liverpool, irontbunders—D. Ditch,
and Co. Hawkhurst, Kent, carpenters—W. H. Bell, and J. Pet-
elicit, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchants—M. 'l'. Prickett, and J.
Robinson, Kingston-upon-Hull, attorneys—S. W. Moore and
R. Scott, Nottingham, lace-manufacturers—B. Palmer, sen. and
B. Palmer, jun. Piccadilly, upholsterers—J. Laycock and W.
Bennett, Leeds, Yorkshire, cloth dressers—J. Walker and J.
Pike, gen. Aldine Chambers, Paternoster-row, clerical agents—
'''. .I%fiddlehurst and Co. Liverpool, millers—J. Bagnall and Co.
West Bromwich, Staffordshire, ironmasters—W. Richardson
and T. Dickons, Ness Gate, Yorkshire, tailors—J. Wright and
B. Wright, Greenwich, stationers—J. Dickinson and G. Camp-
bell, Manchester, merchants.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
JAMES REID, Glasgow, upholsterer, June 16, 30, at the
Eagle Inn, Glasgow.
JOHN MUIR, Edinburgh, banker, June 15, 49, at the Old
Signet-hall, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh.
JAMES and GEORGE GUILD, Carnoustie, Forfarshire,
wood-merchants, June 15, i 9, at Seaton's Hotel, Arbroath.
JOHN AGNEW, Glasgow, commission-agent, June 16,
July 2, at the Black Bull Inn, lasgow.

DON PEDRO AND DON MIGUEL.—The
approaching struggle between these fraternal opponents
furnishes a motive of peculiar interest to the perusal of
an article in the present number of the United Service
Journal, entitled " A Narrative of the Warfare of the
Western Islands, up to the assembling of the present Ex-
pedition." It details the operations planned and executed
by those faithful adherents of Don PEDRO, the inhabitants
of Terceira, from the summer of 1829, when MiGuEL's
expedition against that island was repulsed by Count
VILLA FLOE, to the successful enterprise of the Consti-
tutionalist against Fayal, and their subsequent capture of
St. Michael's and the AzoreA, together with some conclud-
ing remarks by the writer (an eye-witness of the operations
in that quarter) as to the prospects of success for the
armament now collected by Don PEDRO.
The patriotic and venerable Sir JOHN NEW-
rowr has published an instructive record of the working
of the borough system in Ireland at the period of the
Union, and of the virtuous administration of the finances
under Lord CASTLEREAGH, when every trader in the
borough line, civil and ecclesiastical, had a net sum of
15,0004 awarded to him as compensation for the loss of
his perennial plunder. We have " marched," thank
Heaven', to some good purpose since.— Times.
On Saturday afternoon a distressing accident
occurred to Mrs. RICKWORD, the lady of Mr. RICK/VORD,
surgeon of this town, which, we are sorry to add, has
placed her life in imminent danger. She was proceeding
from Lewes in a gig, driver, by her servant, and on the
road near the Bear Inn, at Brighton-barracks, a dog
rushed upon and bit the horse in the nose, which caused
him to plunge and start off at full speed, by which the un-
fortunate holy and the servant were precipitated front the
vehicle into the road. Mrs. RICIWORD was taken up in
a lifeless state, and conveyed in a gentleman's carriage to
the house of Mr. DAVIS, surgeon, Waterloo-place, Brighton,
where she remains in the most precarious state, labouring,
we understand, under a concussion of the brain. The servant
escaped with a few slight bruises.—Lewes Journal.

The late rains have had an extraordinary
effect upon the hops, which after having been unusually
backward are climbing the poles with a healthful vigour
almost unexampled.

On Saturday last a most tremendous storm of
thunder and lightning passed over Mountnessing, Butts-
bury, and other places in that part of the county. The
lightning was truly vivid, and, we understand, has done
considerable damage in different parts. Near Thessaler
Hall several large trees were shivered to atoms, and it was
stated that one or two buildings in the line in which the
storm passed were fired and partly consumed by the elec-
tric fluid. Some cattle were also struck dead in the fields.
The storm was accompanied by a sharp shower of hail,
which has done considerable damage to the fruit trees.—
Essex Mercury.

On Saturday last, at Kinnaird, a man of the
name of KIDD, a labourer at Hill and Maryton, was
amusing himself, shooting with a double-barrelled gun.
He had fired one of the barrels, and, as is supposed, was
reloading it, when the other, which was heavily charged,
went od, and killed him on the spot.