The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1835.

attempt upon their elective independence. Nor
are they singular in this determination—the example
had been set and followed by other counties and
boroughs in Ireland, and the result is, that so far as
the " Green Isle" is concerned in returning Reformers,
Sir ROBERT PEEL now finds that he had reckoned
without his host.

By the result of the elections there is not, in all
Britain, a man in the possession of his common rea-
son, who does not see that the Tories are dead beaten,
and none than themselves are more certainly aware of
the defeat. The battle has been fought between con-
science and bribery ; but, prevailing as crime is in the
human heart, public virtue has for once again signally
triumphed over private shame. Had there been no
temptations in the way of personal interest ; no money
arguments luringly displayed in the distance ; had
force met force on equal and equitable terms ; had the
Tories come to the field as came the Reformers, with-
out Joint-stock funds to defray certain " current ex-
penses" of the electors—a very legal term em-
ployed to designate a very flagitious intent ;
had no threats, intimidation, or coercion, been
held in terrorem over the heads of impoverished
dependents ; no shadow of doubt could linger in the
mind, that in point of numbers the Tories had not told
one where now they count ten. But even as it is, with
all their gold, and other appliances to boot, they have
been beaten ; and yet they have not the manly honour
to deliver up the sword I
It was one of the apophthegms of King SOLOMON
that though you bray a fool in a mortar, yet will
not his foolishness-depart from him. Had there been
Tories in his days, how would have run the phrase ?
Though beaten in the fight of forces, they still be-
lieve that they may recover their losses by strategy.
At this, the last moment, they have bethought
them of a means to allay the. rancour of
their enemies' hostility. Announcements have just
been put forth in the newspapers of certain measures
which it is the intention of Sir ROBERT PEEL to
propound on the behalf of the Dissenters, and of the
Bench of Bishops for the purification of the Church.
0 I for a note of admiration to close the sentence
becomingly. Now that "no mistake" can any longer
dim the Tory vision, these shadowy sugar-plumbs are
held forth temptingly as a decoy to the Reformers ;
they are tickled in the arm-pits that the last blow about
to fall may be struck with less severity. How cunning
would these Tory tricksters be, but how dolt-headed
are they in reality. Is it possible to suppose that the
Reformers can be gulled by so hollow an artifice ?
Had there been a Tory victory, where then had been
the good intentions of Sir ROBERT and his Right
Reverend Coadjutors ! " What a sweet voice is
thine" said the Fox to the Raven, and he gained the
prize she dropped by opening her bill. Will the
electors allow themselves to be cajoled into a similar
act of blockheadism to the fabled folly of the Raven ?

The supposed right of Peers to vote for Members
of Parliament has created a good deal of discussion in
several quarters, naturally jealous respecting the free-
dom and purity of election. On this subject we have
received the following :

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duke of Cumberland dined with the Nobleman's Catch
Club, last evening, at the Thatched-house Tavern.
M. Tricoupi, the Greek Minister, and the Marquis of Bute,
had interviews yesterday with the Duke of Wellington at the
Foreign-office.
Count Ludolf, the Neapolitan Minister, transacted business
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Marryat had an interview yesterday with the Earl cf
Aberdeen at the Colonial-office.

The Earl of Wilton (Lord Steward of the Household)
Tansacted business yesterday at the Treasury.
The Earl of Aberdeen visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
Viscount Lowther returned to town on Monday night from
he North.

Mr. W. Ewart Gladstone transacted business yesterday at
the Colonial-office, as one of the Under Secretaries of State
for that department.
Sir George Murray has returned to town from Scotland.
Sir Robert Peel had a dinner party last-evening, at his resi-
dence in Privy-gardens : amongst the company were Count
Jenison, the Bavarian Minister; Count Medem, the Russian
Charge d'Affaires ; the Duke of Wellington, Earl of Wilton,
Sir George Murray, and Sir Henry Halfor.

Earl Spencer has announced his intention to give a
prize of ten sovereigns to the person who shall exhibit the
best cart stallion, at Althorp-park, on the 6th of March next.
—Northampton Mercury.

Yesterday, being the birth-day of his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Sussex, the usual rejoicings took place at
Kensington. The bells rung merry peals during the day, and
in the evening a large company, consisting principally of his
Royal Highness's tradesmen, dined together at the Assembly-
rooms ; the number assembled exceedinc, that of former years.
The health of his Royal Highness was drunk with enthusiastic
applause, and the greatest hilarity prevailed at the meeting,
which continued until a late hour. The houses of the various
tradesmen were brilliantly illuminated.

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Grant and his lady
and suite, arrived at the Cape, all well, on the 26th of Nov.,
on board the Buckinghamshire East Indiaman, on his way to
Bombay.

It is reported that Lord Paninure is dead.

The remains of the late Earl Portmore were re-
moved for interment on Tuesday, 27th, from his Lordship's
residence, Hyde Park-place West, to the family vault at
Weybridge. During his Lordship's illness he was attended
by the most eminent medical men, and to the last was soothed
and comforted by the attentions of his afflicted Countess.
THE NSW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA.
-The Court of Directors of the East India Company will give
a sumptuous dinner this evening at the Albion Tavern, to
Lord Heytesbury, the new Governor-General of India. Lord
Heytesbury and his brother, Captain A'Court, R.N., have
arrived at the Burlington Hotel, from Heytesbury-house, to
make arrangements for his departure for Calcutta, whither his
Lordship will be accompanied by Lady Heytesbury and his
daughter, the Hon Miss A'Court. The noble baron's eldest
son, the Hon. W. H. A. A' Court, has taken the name of
Holmes, on the occasion of his marriage with the heiress of the
late Sir Leonard Worseley Holmes. As Lord Heytesbury is
not a military man, there will be a new Commander-in-chief,
who is announced to be Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fanc,
brother of the late Mrs. Arbuthnot. Lord Heytesbury, for-
merly Sir William A'Court, was created a peer in 1828.

Mr. Sergeant Coleridge, who has been elevated to
the vacant Judgeship in the room of the late Mr. Justice
Taunton, is the son of Colonel Coleridge, of Ottery, Devon,
and brother of Mr. Coleridge, one of the tutors of Eton
School.

The friends of the Solicitor-General are getting up
a great dinner at Exeter for the sth of February, in celebra-
tion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's return for that city.

The friends of Sir Thomas Cochrane, the late can-
didate for Westminster, intend giving a grand dinner within
ten days or a fortnight, when a numerous party are expected
to assiamble.

Lord Hill has given an ensigncy in the 77th Regi-
ment to Mr. R. Travers, the son of the late lamented General
Sir R. Travers, whose accidental and melancholy death on
Christmas-day last we lately noticed.—Hampshire Telegraph.

An address both numerously and respectably signed
has been presented to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, from
the inhabitants of the parish of St. Bride, Fleet-street, thank-
ing him for the regard he has shown for the spiritual interests
of the parishioners, in the appointment of the Rev. Thomas
Dale, M.A., to that vicarage.

The contractors for the new Spanish loan have re-
ceived directions to pay into the French Treasury two millions,
forming the quarterly payment of the debt from Spain to
France; which has become due.—Messager des Chambres.
FUNERAL OF ALDERMAN CHRISTOPHER
SMITH.-Yesterday the remains of Alderman Christopher
Smith were deposited in the family vault in St. Antholin's
Church, Watling-street. The Alderman was eighty-five
years of age, but nobody would have supposed that such was
the case : an air of juvenility having been always cast over his
countenance by means of a curly wig, to which he was for
many years attached.
THE OPERA HOUSE.—This theatre will open
towards the end of next month. In addition to the talent
which M. Laporte has already secured, including Grisi,
Taglioni, Rubini, Ivanhoff and Lablach, other engagements
are pending with various eminent artists, which he expects to
conclude shortly, so as to produce an unrivalled opera and
ballet. He has just left town for Munich and other cities of
Germany to add to his corps, both vocal and instrumental.
On Tuesday, the 27th instant, the following gentle-
men were called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law, by the
Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn :—John Alexander Johnston,
Esq., Alfred Baldwin, Esq., James Kennedy Blair, Esq., R.
W. Bacon, Esq., Henry Richard Bellingham, Esq., John
Jefferys, jun., Esq., Augustus Langdon, Esq.
On the 19th of this month, at 11 o'clock in the
evening, M. Minezinski, a Polish Captain, who usually lived
at Versailles, threw himself out of the window of his room on
the second floor in the Hotel de Versailles at Douai. He was
picked up by some of the men on duty in the square. He had
arrived at Douai only on the 14th, and said that he was
taking but little food. He was a captain in the 19th regiment
of the line under the Empire.
The Board of Controul in Cannon-row has been
recently enlarged. It is, we believe, a fact that the Right
Hon. ex-President of the Board, Mr. C. Grant, shortly be-
fore his retirement from office, required from the Directors an
increased room for the Board of Controul.

CITY OF LONDON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC
INSTITUTION.-The second annual Ball of the members of
this excellent Institution, took place at the City of London
Tavern on Thursday evening last ; dancing commenced at
nine o'clock, and was kept up with great spirit until a late
hour the following morning. Nothing could exceed the good
feeling and conviviality which appeared to animate the mem-
bers generally, or the vivacity and cheerfulness imparted by
the smiles of the fair visitants, who deigned to join the votaries
of science and literature in threading the windings of the mazy
dance, and bounding to dulcet measures on " the light fantastic
toe," in all the witching charms of graceful negligence. The
arrangements and exertions of the stewards elicited (and de-
servedly) the encomiums of all. The surplus arising from
this social and rational entertainment, after paying the inci-
dental expences, will be appropriated to the general fund of
the Institution.

The Rev. Mr. Kensit has been presented to the
living of Betchworth, Surrey, by the Dean and Chapter of
Windsor.

A stall in Ely Cathedral is vacant by the death of
the Rev. Mr. Benjamin Parke, vicar of Tilney, Norfolk ; the
former in the gift of the Bishop, the latter in Pembroke Col-
lege, Cambridge.
A writ of certiorari has been granted by the Court
of King's Bench, Dublin, to remove the proceedings in the
Rathcormac tithe homicide case from the coroner's juris-
diction into that court, with the view, as stated, of quashing
them.
The sudden and unexpected departure of the Duke
of Devonshire for the North gave rise to many conjectures
yesterday, and, among others, it was supposed that he had
gone to Howick to impart a confidential communication from
a high quarter to Earl Grey.—Morning Advertiser.
JUNIUS AND THE PRESENT MINISTRY.—The_
subjoined quotation, from Junius's celebrated letter to George
111., is so applicable to the present times, that it may not be
uninteresting to those who regard that eloquent writer as an
authority on great political questions:—" Is it possible for
you to place any confidence in men who, before they are faith-
ful to you, must renounce every opinion, and betray every
principle both in Church and State, which they inherit from
their ancestors, and are confirmed in by their education ?
Whose numbers are so inconsiderable that they have been
obliged to give up the principles and language which distin-
guish them as a party, and to fight under the banners of their
enemies? Their zeal begins with hypocrisy, and must con-
clude in treachery. At first they deceive—at last they be-
tray."
The Prebendaryship of Westminster Abbey, vacant
by the death of the Rev. Evelyn Sutton, is worth about 1,4001.
per annum. The income of each prebendary at the abbey was,
a few years since, only 1,200/. per annum ; but from the
leases of certain lands at Pimlico and Tothil-fields in ground-
rents, they now share, on a fair yearly average, the above
sum. The value of the incomes of the minor body of the
abbey was ascertained from one of its members; and it ap-
pears that from the collegiate estates, whilst a prebendary re-
ceives 23/. for each attendance-62 in the year (minus 13s.
4d. when he does not attend)—.a minor is paid from the same
fund Is. Id. for each duty-240 in the year.
PROJECTED ALTERATION IN THE LICENSING
SYSTEM.—In consequence of a recent order from the Tfea-
sury, the Commissioners of Excise have employed several of
their officers in the work of ascertaining the amount of rate of
each Licensed Victualler's premises in the Metropolis, and
directions have also been issued requiring that an account
should be given of the various permits made out, specifying
the quantity of spirits sent to each individual during the last
twelve months, from which proceeding it is inferred that the
intention of the Government is to regulate the sum to be
charged for licenses in future by the annual consumption of the
house ; the Marylebone district was visited yesterday, and the
probability of the above alteration taking place is spoken of by
the trade in terms of the greatest satisfaction. This is the
result of the Excise Commission Inquiry instituted by the lAte
Government, and with which the present has nothing whatever
to d0...-Morniny Advertiser.

EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXXII.

Longman and Co.

The present Number is, on the whole, a heavy one ;
though it has many articles exceedingly well treated,
and whose matter is valuable. On the " Appropria-
tion of Church Property" is one of these ; but as we
alluded to the subject yesterday, there is less occa-
sion to revert to it at length here. Suffice therefore
to say, that it puts the question on its proper foot-
ing, and may be read by our present Reformiug
Ministers with great advantage. Lord Stanley, too,
will do well to give it an attentive perusal. He will
not be the worse, though his self-conceit may receive
a checa-, for the sound doctrine it broaches, and the
ability with which it enforces it. " Crabbe's Life and
Poems" is one of those notices which would have
found more wiling readers, had it appeared a year
ago. But the question of Crabbe's merits as a poet
and a man, is nowpassing away from men's minds.
They have made their decision on the subject, and
will. scarcely allow that decision to be reversed, even
by the ex cathedra opinion of an Edinburgh Re-
viewer. Nevertheless, the article is a clever one :

the critic is one who has manliness enough to think
for himself ; and we cordially agree with him in
his estimate of Crabbe's poetical peculiarities. A
feeling of disappointment tinges the majority of
them. There is too much shade, and too little sun-
shine in them. In the elaborate essay entitled
" Ancient and Modern Nubians," the Reviewer
shows a perfect mastery over his subject. It is full of

learned and recondite allusions, but there is a freshness
and spirit about it, that redeems what would otherwise
be heavy and unreadable. Of " Carrington's Poems,"
which form the subject of the fourth article, the writer
speaks respectfully, but by no means in the extravagant
terms of eulogy in which we have beard the Devon-
shire Schoolmaster's productions commented on. Car-
Jington was an accomplished versifver, with a true ear
for the music of blank verse ; but of the nzens divinior
of the true poet, such as we see it in the works of
Burns and Byron, he had little or nothing. The
" British Scientific Association" is one of those papers
which will be read with interest by those only who are
versed in the matters of which it treats. The uninitiated
will be apt to turn froin it with indifference. We suppose
it is from the pen of the learned editor, Professor Na-
pier. " Burnes's Travels into Bokhara," though the
subject is somewhat passe, are discussed in a lively en-
tertaining manner. We cannot, however, agree with
the Reviewer, in giving Jacquemont the superiority to
Lieut. Burnes. The former was always occupied with
thinking and writing about hiMself and his peculiarities,
which is a serious defect in one who professes to be a
traveller, in the enlarged sense of the word. Thecha-

racter of the celebrated native chief, Maharajah Run-
jeet Sing, is well drawn by the Reviewer, who seems to
to be of opinion that the mental powers of this
Sovereign have been much overrated by Mr. Burnes.
If quantity, however, of intellectual performance may
be allowed -to atone for quality, his Highness must be
a prodigious genius, for he wrote, with his own royal

hand, a letter to Lord Ellenborough, which was not less
than five feet long ! We wonder whether his Lord-

ship has had the courage to wade through this inter-
minable epistle. We should think not, for the task
must be as wearisome a one as reading through a
Turnpike Act, or one of Aberdeen's best speeches.
The article on the " Universities and the Dissenters "

will attract attention ; and deservedly so; for it is
penned in a quiet, logical, convincing spirit, and
proves the right of the Dissenters to enjoy the privi-
leges, from which they are at present excluded, of the Uni-
versities, in common with their more orthodox brethren.
The arguments of Dr. Phillpotts and Sir R. Inglis on
this subject, are anatomised with a searching and skil-
ful hand. We would make an extract from this Essay,
but being pressed, just now, both for time and space,
must defer it to some more fitting opportunity.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Reformers here are quite elated at the manner in which
the Irish elections are proceeding, as in addition to the pre-
vious accounts of the unprecedented success of the anti-Tory
candidates there, the contested elections for the counties of
Cork, Kerry, and Louth, have terminated in the return of six
Reformers ; and our Wexford correspondent announces that
though, at the time the post left, the contest had not finally
closed there, yet there existed no doubt that on that evening
the two Reform candidates, Maher and Power, would be re-
turned by a considerable majority. It seems that the poorer
classes of the Irish are not so priest-ridden as many persons
in England suppose. We know from undoubted authority
that the Knight of Kerry, one of the Lords of the Admiralty,
and backed by all the influence of the Government, who Ins
just lost his election for that county, was also supported by the
Roman Catholic Bishop; notwithstanding which, being a
Tory, the constituency of that county rejected him by a great
majority.

THE FUNDS.

A great buoyancy prevailed yesterday in most descriptions
of the funds, which left off with an improvement in their
prices, owing to the abundance of money. We may also
add, that commercial affairs are looking better than for some
days past.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 91i for the Account,
opened at 91- with little doing at present.
Exchequer Bills, 41} 42. India Bonds, 19 20. India
Stock, 258 259.
In the Foreign Market all Securities, with the exception of
Spanish Bonds and New Spanish Scrip, remain at yesterday's
prices. Spanish Stock, 54i ; Scrip, a, premium; Por-
tuguese, firm at 91i.
HALF-PAST ONE.

Since the early part of the morning Consols have improved
to 921- for the account, since which they are not so good,
and may be quoted at present 91t- owing to the Chancery
having purchased to a considerable amount.
In the Foreign Market most of the securities continue
steady at the morning prices. Spanish, 541 -8-; Scrip, 1 ;
Portuguese, 91+ 13-; Dutch, 54i -; Exchequer Bills, 41 42;
India Bonds, 21 '22.

THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols for th• Account, in!. -..-1.

THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stook 2241 India Stock 23914
3 per Cent Red 924 Ditto 80nd..... 21 Irn
3 per Cent. Cons 91% South Sea Stock
:“, per Cent.
fN per Cent Red 100 Ditto New Annuities —
New 31,,i per Cent 9914 Ex. Bills, 10,0/....
4 per Cent. Assented
Dissented — Ditto WI 42 pm.
Long Annuities to expire Bank Stock for Act.
Jail, J-ItiO . 17 5-16 India Stock for Opg.
Oct. 18:0 — Consols for Opg.
Jan, IS6O 17 3-1(i