The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-30 00:00:00

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0 Brazil 0 1 Guern. & Jersey 0 0 Malta
8 Buenos Ayres... 0 1 Hamburg 0 0 Mezico 1
0 Carthagena. 0 1 Holland
2 Dublin 0 1 0 Jamaica 0 1 Sweden 0
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HIGH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning .77 minutes 'after 3. 1 Evening......... 41 minutes after ft

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING will be perfororei the Tragedy of

(nut time); Dent.tus, Mr. Cooper;
leiliva, Mr. King; Appius Claudius, Mr. Mathews.
Virginia, Miss E. Tree; Servia, Mrs. Faucit.
After which, MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE.
Mr. Somerton, Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Somerton, Miss Taylor.
To conclude with M ASA NIELLO.
Masaniello, Mr. Templeton ; Elvira, Miss Betts.
To-morrow, Patrician and Parvenu, with The Brigand, and Mr.
and Mrs. Pringle.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
THIS EVENING will be performed Auber's Opera of
LESTOCQ.
Lostocq, Mr. H. Phillips; Demitri, Mr. Wilson ; The Princess
Elisabeth, Miss Shirreff:

After which—DON JUAN.
Don Juan, Mr. W. H. Payne; Donna Anna, Miss Lee.
Tomorrow. Lestocq, and Black Ey'd Susan.

In a fews days, in small Bvo.
TRAVELS IN THE EAST,
By M. De La MARTINE.
Translated from the French

By FREDERIC SHOBERL.

NOTICE.

A FULL REPORT OF LORD JOHN RUS-
SELL'S SPEECH WILL BE GIVEN IN A
SECOND EDITION THIS EVENING.

Th. publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day
at 15 minutes past 3 o'clock.

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LONDON.
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1835.

The dinner given on Saturday by the Opposition in
honour of their Leader, went off with great spirit. On
this interesting occasion were assembled two hundred
and sixty Members of the House of Commons—a ,
phalanx of Reformers, which, without reckoning the
numbers absent from unavoidable causes, may well
strike terror into the hearts of those who are fated this
night to be exposed to the shock of its attack. Lord
MORPETH presided, and discharged the duties of the
office assigned him admirably. In proposing the
health of their distinguished guest, the Noble Lord
very justly remarked, that although Lord JOHN R us-
SELL possessed a hereditary claim to the affection
and respect of all Englishmen, and indeed of all men
who are capable of appreciating the unhesitating
sacrifice of every thing dear in this world to the cause
of liberty ; yet he had claims of his own sufficient to
command general respect and gratitude. The whole
course of his political life had been marked by devo-
tion to liberal principles—he had carried the repeal of
the Test and Corporation Acts in opposition to all the
power of the men now in office—the great benefactors
of the Dissenters l—and he had had the deserved
honour conferred upon him of introducing into the
House of Commons that great measure on which the
rights and liberties of the people are now securely
founded. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S reply was charac-
terised by a strain of manly and patriotic senti-
ment, and by the avowal of his determination to
persevere in that course of thorough reform, without
which there can be no security for the maintenance of
our national Institutions, and expressed a hope that if
he had been instrumental in forwarding Reform, or in
redressing grievances, another
,opportunity would be
afforded him and them of redressing that master
grievance under which the people of Ireland had so
long groaned. This happy allusion to the subject of
this night's debate was received with loud and long-
continued cheers.

The only other speech which we have time to no-
tice is that of Mr. O'Connell, which was, as might
have been expected, an eloquent effusion. In giving
as a toast, " The Reformers of Scotland," the Hon.
and Learned Member alluded with great feeling to the
miserable state of Ireland, and appealed to the Scot-
tish Members for their assistance in securing for
Ireland those advantages which the Irish Members had
zealously assisted in procuring for Scotland. Mr. Fox
M. returned thanks in name of the Reformers of
Scotland, in a speech which does great credit both to
his talents and his principles. The Hon. Gentleman
acknowledged in the fullest manner the obligation
which Scotland owed to Ireland, and trusted that the

Scottish Members would now do their best to repay it.
The Meeting, of whose proceedings we have now
given a brief outline, has been long anticipated as an
indication of the fate of the Ministry. We hope it
has proved satisfactory to them and their adherents.
To us it is perfectly so, for it appears to have
sealed their doom. The question to be brought
forward to-night is the farthest removed from
anything which can be called factious, that can
be imagined. It is strictly one of principle ;
and as to its importance, that cannot easily be over-
rated, when we consider that it involves the future
tranquillity of Ireland, and, of course, the future
safety of the empire. That any man, having the
least pretensions to the character of a Reformer,
should acquiesce in the monstrous proposition, that
none of the surplus revenues of the Irish Church
shall be devoted, in any way, to the benefit of the
Catholic population, is what we cannot believe until
the division has convinced us of it. But we doubt
much whether, after all, it will come to a division--we
doubt whether Sir R. PEEL will oppose Lord JOHN
RUSSELL'S motion. It will be the better course to give
way to the almost universal feeling of the country.
Let the PREMIER give up his present perilous position
while he can do it with something of a good grace.
It is evident that his own party—at best a forlorn
hope--have deserted him. They now find that it
would be better for their views were their enemies in
power, whose measures they could resist suc-

cessfully, whereas they are now 'compelled to
sanction things which they regard with abhorrence,
and which they expected they would have had suffi-
cient power either to have prevented, or to have com-
pletely neutralised. May we not now ask, " What
have they gained ?"

The periodical election of Aldermen in the City of

London, is a question of such great importance, that
we feel ourselves called upon to congratulate the whole
body of the freemen on the truly liberal way in which
the Court of Common Council disposed of it, in its
sitting on Saturday. As the debate was not closed when
we went to press, the close of it will be found in T/u
Sun of this day, and no doubt will be read with lively
interest. The abuses arising from the impunity of a
life-election on the one hand, and the subserviency of a
continual canvass on the other, have been carefulh
avoided by the Court in its wise and equitable decision.
We are persuaded that most of the abuses which crept
in to the city of London, would never have had an ex
istence were it not for th• system of appointing the
Aldermen for life, and then opening to them a doo)
for every evil, by permitting them to exercise legis-
lative and judicial functions. We were sorry to ob-
serve the distorted view which Sir PETER LAURIE,
himself an excellent and upright magistrate, took of
this plain question. He insisted that the Aldermen
were Judges, and that the fact of a Judge
being subject to re-election, was contrary to the spirit
of the British Constitution. Now this is not quite
correct. The Aldermen are only known to the law
as Justices of the Peace, the statute declaring

the two offices co-existent. We shall return to this
subject the first favourable opportunity. The vote of
the Court of Common Council of the City of London,
offers a salutary lesson to the Trou'g.e of Peers.

In The Sun of Monday last, we directed the attention of
our readers to one of the greatest improvements of modern
times—Rail-roads. We then stated that we were not
aware that any Legislative provision had been made for the
erection of a standard by which every rail-road should be
constructed as to specific and well defined width. We have,
however, since learned, that although no Legislative enact-
ment exists on the subject, yet, for some years past, the
Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Chairman of the Committees
in the House of Lords, has taken care that a clause is in-
serted, requiring that the width between the rails should
not be less than four feet eight inches in the clear of the
rails, and not more than five feet one inch from the outer
side of one rail to the outer side of the other. The rails
being usually two inches and a quarter wide at top, no
greater variation than half an inch can now possibly occur
in any two rail-roads ; and such variation, should it exist, is
of no consequence in practice. From this it appears, that
an uniform standard width is obtained ; but as it depends
on the mere discretion of a single individual, we still think
that a Legislative provision should be made on the subject.

We have received the whole of the Paris Papers of
Friday and Saturday. On Friday evening the prisoners
from Lyons arrived at the capital in eight diligences,
escorted by strong detachments of Lancers, Chasseurs,
and Municipal Guards, both horse and foot. " They
were lodged," says the National, " in the Conciergerie
till the prisons of Luxemburg shall be ready for
their reception. At the moment of their alighting the
passage over the Quai de 1' Horloge was interrupted."
The Messager adds, " Extraordinary measures were
taken by the police against the arrival of the prisoners
from Lyons. Orders were sent to all the Chief Officers
of the Police and Commanders of the armed forces.
The troops of the garrison were assembled in their
barracks, and several companies are to remain there
constantly., with their knapsacks on their backs, and
cartridge boxes ready to march. Part of these
measures -will be continued to the end of the trial."
It is not asy to discover the grounds of this extraor-
dinary precaution in the case of men who are eager to
be brought- to trial, unless we admit that the KING
dreaded an. insurrection in the capital ; and if such ap-
prehensionla were entertained by his MAJESTY, does
he imagine: that he is now secure ?

The bar 'of Paris has come to a determination not
to force its ;services on any prisoner who protests against
its interfere r ice during the ensuing trials. The non-
compliance 'of this body with a command to the con-
trary, issued by the Court of Peers, will cast additional
odium an Ihe public prosecutors. The bar, after
taking the o bjections made by the prisoners into con-
sideration, 11 as resolved that a compliance with the
order of the Court of Peers would be an act of mean-
ness which w ould imprint an indelible stain on the re-
putation of that learned body. This declaration on
the part of the bar will place the Court of Peers
in an unpleaa.,ant position. Neutrality is defection in
a case of this kind ; and so without the countenance of
KING, or Go, vernment, or Bar, the Peers are com-
pelled, as it wt re, to destroy themselves for ever as a
constitutional b (:.(1y in France.

One thousan d francs have been granted by the Go-
vernment for the relief of the sufferers from cholera at
Marseilles. Ti to number of deaths is decreasing, and
it is hoped that this scourge will shortly disappear al-
together. The report on the indemnification of the
American claim ►t ; has not yet been presented to the
the Chamber of Deputies.

FR! ',INCH FUNDS.-PARIR, MARCH 27.
Five per U 107 f. 55c. 60c. 55c.
Four per C a its., 9-f. 15c.
Throe per t :wilts.. 80f 60r. 70e,
Bank Act. its, 1,905 f. 10,10 f.
Rente den Laples, Inf. 45c.
Roman Fix e per Cents., 50a.4%.
Rente d'E, :pagne, Five per Cents., 48%4%.
Rent, d'E: :pagne, Three per Cents., 30 1,911 30.
Royal Span ash Loan, 48's,
Iterate Pert set. d'Espagne Five per Cents., 48 4%54,
Belgian I.c tan, Five per Cents, 10.1S”li.
Portuguese Loan, Five per. Cent., 94%.
Haytiau Le un, 385 E
FAcsiANGE ON LONDON.
One most Is, paper, tlsf. 45e. ; money, 951 45c.
Three ma 11;1 ,s, paper, 251, 30c. ; money, 25f. 30e.
-fours A athentigne.
FR NCH FUN DS -Ps ma, Malec* •.:13.
Five per I IKE 45e. lioe.
Four per I:en 1181. 40c.
Three pe, ' Cents., 80f. 55e, 35e.
National roan, 107 f. 3.5 c.
Bank Ac flans, 1,910 f. 1.900 f.
Rente de Maples. 97f 35c 2.',e.
Roman F list per Cents., 9974%.
Rente Es p ague, Five per Cents., 4814 48.
Rente d' igne, Three per Cents., 29%.
Rona, 50.4 Its h Ikan, 48'/ 48
Bente Pert et .d'E'spagne, Five per Cent., 49 48% 48.
Por: 'Lytle& , Loan, Five per Cents , 94 143%.
Portuguese, Loan, Six per Cents 1004.
Haytian s3ai n, 3SOL -c.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
0 e month, .. paper, 25f. 4714 e. ; money. 25f. 45e.
Three mon: as,, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 251 30e..
-C ri At Oen, Nut.

. ,
BOURSE, QuAK- rva TO Fouß.—Fiv per Cents, 107 f. 45c. ;
3 per Cents., 80f. 0 Ac. ; 5 per Cent. Spanish, 48i ; 3 per Cent.
ditto, 294 ; Corte, s, 48 ; Coupons, 273 ; Guebhard, 48% Dif-
feres, 19i; New L oan, '6Bi ; Ducats, 97 52 ; Romns, 994 ;
Pa-
dros, 934 ; Eutch, 51 i9O ; Haytians, 380 f. ; Brabant Bank, 201.

. . -
D(.11C1 !I FUNDS—Amsrgituam, MARCH 27.
Money. Belts.
Actual Debt, ,2 % per Cent. 5554 5534
Amon Svndi C, 44 per cent 94!.4 954
Ditto, ditto, 131,4 per cent 7934 SO
Loan (1`30) 5 per cent.
Ditto (1-32 ar,vi :8.13) 5 per cent.
Commercial Ca mpany, 4:, per c nt. lO5 li 5%
Exchange on F. .ontion, One month l2 1234.
Two months
Dutch Pap ers, March 8.
BELGI A 2 \T FUNDS.—Battsms, MARCH 27.
Actual DR' it, 23, per Cent ,
Rothschild 's Los n, Five per Cent lO2
Loan of C. ity, ISt t 2, Four per Cent - 993
Bank. of I.lelgiurn, Five per Cen• 119,4
Societlt qComme, Pee, Four and a Half per Cent 1204
AUSTRIAN 7 FUNDS.—VIENNA, MARCH IL
Five der Cents. Met
'alliques
101%
Four r Cents. .....
P. mk Shares .....«.~..
—Allgemeinc7Zeitt ing, March 24.
HAMBUI tO I tORSEN HALLE, MARCH 24.
FO REIGN FUNDS. Bills. Money.
Austrian NI !tunic ues, 5 per cent.
Utto Bank 'Share s ......- 1332 1310
Anglo-Russ ian 1... lan . 1- 5 n 105%
Ditto, 5 pei r cent ................ lOO 99n
Prussian In script ion, 6 per tent 79% '79%
Rusaian In scrip .on, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series , ....... • OS' 98
Portuguese ;'liege' •iy Bondst, 5 per cent 90% 904
Ditto, 6 p 3y eeut.... 964 :IN
Dutch 23, , pcy Cents.
er
Ditto 5 p Cent5......... 99%
Polish H acids, 3 per cents.
A uglo-P tallish Loan, 3 per t cuts 7434 74%
Norwegi can `Loan of 1334, 4 Icr cents.
Spanish m •• astres, 3 per Cents 26 27ii
Ditto 4 perl 1•-
Ce • a-•
—:52% 52

We I
„axe rem ived from Lisbon, via Falmouth, let-
ters a.
nd papers to the 18th inst. His Majesty's

schooner Pike, by whom our arrivals were conveyed,
reached Falmouth on Friday evening—two days later
than she would have done, had she not been delayed
to learn the termination of the debate in the Palace of
the Cortes on the amendment proposed on the Address
in answer to the QUEEN'S Speech from the Throne.
T

e Address was moved and the Amendment thereon '
proposed, in the sitting of the 13th, but no division
took place till the 17th. The Amendment stated that
the Cortes had no confidence in the present Ministry,
and recommended the Chamber to address her MA-
JESTY, praying its immediate dismissal. The Minis-
ters defended themselves with much warmth against
:he several charges that were brought against them by
;he leaders of the opposition. After a debate, more
unmated than any which took place in the Chambers
;ince the accession of her MAJESTY, a division took
place, the members voting by ballot, when the num-
bers were :

gt
For the Amendment, 25
Majority in favour of Address —so

For the ori,

in al Address,

The Ministry may, therefore, consider itself secure
for the present, notwithstanding the extreme violence
of the Opposition. On the 10th, a motion made

in the Chamber for an address to her MAJESTY,
praying the dismissal of all MIGUELITES from the
public service, which was carried by a small majority.
The Opposition have accused the Duke of PAL-
NIELLA of having permitted Great Britain to violate
the commercial treaty of 1810 ; and of granting to
British merchants privileges injurious to the interests
of Portuguese subjects. They insist that by equalizing
the duty on French and Portuguese wines, the Govern-
ment of this country violated the treaty of Methuen,
which guaranteed certain advantages to the wine-
growers of Portugal. Ministers took no notice in
the Chambers of this attack upon them, but con-
sented to the appointment of a Committee to
examine all the treaties, commercial and otherwise,
entered into with Foreign States. The Duke of PAL-
NIELL A has likewise proposed a number of queries on
the subject of Portuguese trade and commerce, to a
Board consisting of nine of the principal merchants in
Lisbon. These queries are to be discussed separately,
and the answers thereupon to be reported to the Go-
♦ernment. If any Member of the Board differs in
opinion from his colleagues, he is to draw up his own
report, and present it in his own name to the Foreign
Secretary.
The QUEEN and Prince AUGUSTUS are in excel-
lent health, and frequently appear in public. Great
improvements are being made in every part of Lisbon
and the adjacent country. The Government is prin-
cipally engaged in advancing the progress of public
works, and the improvement of the roads throughout
Portugal.

General MINA has addressed two dispatches to the
Spanish Ambassador at London ; the first bearing
date the 13th, and the second the 17th instant, giving
an account of his recent operations against the Car-
lists. The contents of these documents are not im-
portant, as they have already appeared in detail in most
of the public journals. In the engagement of the 11th,
before Elisondo, MINA was slightly wounded by a
musket shot in the shoulder, but the injury he received
has not prevented him from keeping the field at the
head of his troops. He defends the harsh measures
which he has latterly adopted, particularly his recent
Proclamation addressed to the inhabitants of Navarre.
On these documents we will offer no observation. We
know enough of MINA'S despatches, to receive the
assertions contained in them with caution ; and we
just place as much reliance upon his statements as we
have respect for the mercifulness of his disposition.

Advices from Constantinople to the 4th inst. have
been received. The Paella of EGYPT has at last
given a proof of his desire to propitiate the favour of
the SULTAN, by transmitting the whole of the tribute
in arrear to the Porte. The sum thus forwarded
amounts to 140,000/. sterling, and will be of the
greatest service to the Sultan in the prosecution of his
present plan for the equipment of the Turkish fleet. Va-
rious causes are assigned for this sudden submission on
the part of the PACHA, of which the most probable is,
that he became alarmed at seeing the preparations for
war now going forward at Constantinople. The con-
dition of trade in the East is very favourable, owing to
the recent termination of the Civil War in Persia.

We regret to learn that Dr. Maton died this morn-
ing, after an illness of three weeks.
We are sorry to say that the greatest apprehensions
are entertained for the safety of the Bristol Packet, Captain
Pill, which left Bideford for Bristol on Friday se'nnight, laden
with grain. It is feared she has sunk in the Channel, and the
crew, with three pavengers, perished, no intelligenco having
lately been received of her. It aepears that Captain Harvey,
the master of another trader, saw her in great distress at a time
when he himself was in great peril. Captain P. has a wife
and seven children in the utmost distress.—North Devon Ad
vertzser.

A great number of French mackarel-boats have
made their appearance, but have taken no fish—nor were the
Mount's-bay boats at all successful until Wednesday night,
when they took from 1,000 to 4,500 fish each.—Boats with a
supply of maekarel came up to Truro quay one or two days
dining the present week.
Loughborough cheese-fair was well attended ; the
prices averaged from 40s. to 50s. per cwt.—Leicester Chro-
nicle.

MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK.
WEDNEsp. Society
Socieof Art5.....
ty ....
/ Royal i p. S, P. M,
THURSDAY Society of Antiquaries
Zoological Society, Scientific Business te. P. 8, P.m'
FRIDAY Royal Institution...
SATURDAY Royal Asiatic Society 'lwo, P.M.
wibAthenaum.

At a meeting of subscribers to Lloyd's on Wednes-
day, the following addition to the 20th by-law, was carried by
100 votes against 3 :—" And no subscriber shall underwrite
risks for the account, benefit, or advantage, either direct or in-
direct, of any public company."
THE POLES.—FRESII CONFISCATIONS.—The
Prussian State Gazette of the 12th March, publishes, on the
requitision of the Russian Ambassador, three new lists of pro-
scribed Poles. whose property is confiscated in the provinces
of Podolia, Bialystock, Graz°, &c. These arc classed as,
first, nobles; secondly, men of unknown descent; and, thirdly,
peasants. _ _ _

Large quantities of Mackerel have been caught and
brought into this port during the past week, and have been
retailed at a shilling per dozen. On Thursday, one boat be-
longing to Mountsbay cleared 60/. having caught upwards
of 15,000 fine fish during the preceding night.—Devonport
Independent.

BARBAROUS CRUELTY..—Last week, some mis-
screants cut off the ears of a pig and then with a sharp instru-
ment, cut the shoulder from the body. The animal was the
property of the landlord of the Black Lion Inn, Stockton.
CORONER'S INQUEST. DEATH CAUSED BY
TWO STEAM-VESSELS COMING IN' CONTACT.—On Wednesday
night, about 10 o'clock, the Queen of the Isle steamer, out-
wardbound for the Isle of Man, came in contact with the Irish-
man steamer, inwardbound from Drogheda. The accident
took place about two miles from the Rock-porch Lighthouse,
at the entrance of the Viers ey. Both vessels had lights up
at the time, and the people on board of both state that they
took the usual precautions to prevent them from coming in
contact. The precautions f:ailed however. A dreadful con-
cussion ensued. The Qtteen of the Isle struck the Irish•
man just before the paddle-box, carried away the houses on
the deck, the paddle beam and engine, and caused a deal of
damage on board the vessel. The cook-house, which is im-
mediately before the paddle-box, was smashed to pieces, and
the cook, James Bourne, a boy about 15 or 16 years of age,
killed on the spot, and the leg and the thigh of a passenger
were broken. The Irishman, though seriously damaged in
her upper works, did not make any water. The Queen of the
Isle took her in tow, and brought her into port in safety. On
Friday 'an inquest was held on the body of the deceased, James
Bourne, before Mr. Bailiff Pownall, one of the Coroners for
this borough. Captain Heaney, of the Irishman, and several
of his crew, were examined touching the deceased's death,
and the unfortunate cause which produced it.—The Jury,
after consultinr, about ten minutes, returned a verdict of " Ac-
cidental Death,"' and laying a deodand of 101. on the Queen
of the Isle.
THE FEMALE SAILOR.--The " female sailor,"
who lately excited so much • interest in the metropolis, is now
in Liverpool, on her return to the residence of her friends in
Ireland. She arrived by one of the London coaches on
Wednesday, and sails to-day by one of the Irish packets.
In the meantime, she has been stopping in Temple-court,
at the house of Mr. Evans, irormerly of the Rock Ferry
Hotel.—Liverpool Chronicle.