The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-28 00:00:00

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THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES

BRITISH FUNDS.
Bask Stock — Indian Stock 361%
3 per Cent. Red ...... ........ 99% Ditto Bonds ......... pm.
3 per Cent. Cons
3%6 per Cent. Red ,Ditto New Annuities...
New 355 per Cent 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d ... 75 pm.
New 5 per Cent. Ditto 500/. ..... .......... 7d pin.
Long Annuities to expire Pitto Small 76 pm.
Jan IStio Bank Stock for Acct.... 2085!
Oct. 1859 Consols for Act.......... 100%
Jan. 1550.........

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent — !Portuguese, 5 per Cent
Belgian, 5 per Cent ..... 'Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds 90 !Prussian,s per Cent .....
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 'Russian, 5 per Cent —
Chllian, 6 per Cent ............ :Ditto, Metallic ..«.«.....« —
Colombian, 6 per Cent 14. Spanish, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1824..............«.«..... Ditto, 3 per Cent ..«,« 35
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — 'Ditto, Deferred..................
Danish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent. — Exchange ..... —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., ....
Dutch, 2% per Cent.-- 62.74
Peruvian, 192.5, 6 per Cent... ' Ditto, 5 per Cent lOO%

SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid).. ...... 107%
Bristol and Gloucester, 30 paid
Chester and Holyhead (5 paid)
Eastern Counties (23 paid) ..., .. ~.
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 50 paid
Great Western (75 paid)
Ditto Half Shares, 50 paid 861%
London and Birmingham (Stock)
London and Blackwall (161, 13s. 4d.) 6%
London and Brighton (50 paid)
London and South Western (41!. 6s. 10d. paid)
Ditto Eighths (15s. paid)
London and Croydon (Trunk) 16%
London and York, 2% paid 4
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid)
Ditto, Half Shares, 30 paid
Ditto, Quarter Shares ( 2 paid)
Midland Counties (100 paid) .... -..... .. - .. ..-.
Midland, Birmingham and Deiby, Xliipaid 7B
South Eastern and Dover (33 2s 4d paid)
York and North Midland (50 paid) —
Ditto Half Shares (25 paid)
York and Selby Scrip. paid :'sla(
Paris and Rouen. 20 paid

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
GLOBE.—lnsignificant little islands are, of late
years, decidedly at a premium. The Anti-Jacobin
once ventured to express an opinion that "it was
unlikely England should ever become a small island
in the Pacific Ocean." What appeared recently not
quite so unlikely was, that England and France
might have gone to loggerheads about "a small island
in the Pacific Ocean." There is a story told about
two imperceptible islets somewhere in the Firth of
Clyde, which, it seems, rejoice in the designation of
" the Greater and Lesser Cumrays." The minister of the
little flock therein—putting up special prayers fo7
their welfare, according to the manner of ith
Scottish Church—delivered himself as follows :-
" 0 Lord! bless and prosper the Greater ':1!
Lesser Cumrays ; and do not, 0 Lord ! in thy Priete
dente forget the adjacent islands of Great Britain'an
Ireland." We cannot guess why all men are disptset
to jibe so at little islands, from the Cannibal Islands to
the Channel Islands. It is certain that these (latter)
have the best of it. They have thriven in the tool
shade of contempt. Nobody has thought them worth
evil handling. We except, of course, such " eccentric"
personages as M. Dupetit Thouars and Sir James
Graham ; the former of whom celebrated so inglorious
a triumph over fat Queen Pomare, and the latter would
doubtless have triumphed over rebellion in Gueresey
—had his warlike expedition to that powerful' de-
pendency found there the rebellion they were sent to
crush. These are amongst the evidences of the growing
importance of little islands to great statesmen. Another
is afforded by the gracious attention bestowed recently
on the Isle of Man. That slighted dependency 'was
regarded no more than, like Moab, till lately—Ss a
wash-pot. "Talk of a rebellion in the Isle of Man—
tell me of a storm in a slop-basin." We now, how-
ever, perceive the rationale of no-rebellion in the 'lle
of Man. There has been no fist to rebel against—no Cus-
tom-house myrmidons to do battle with "fair traders."
There have been the same good reasons for no rebellion
in the Isle of Man as there have been in Guernsjy—
as the Home Secretary might have known before-
hand, if he had known what rebellions are made of.
Who ever heard of rebellion where there are no ho-
port duties, and where loyalty can get drunk almost
gratis ? Happy Monads! least but most felicitous
of philosophic atoms
Felices nimium, bona si suet norint,
Monicolm
Human felicity, however, is hardly ever complete.
One craving void still ached within the breast of the
Manx free-traders. It seems there were certain har-
bour dues and licenses to carry on business, &c.,
imposed by the general or local government. The
new Customs Act, passed last session by the Legisla-
ture, has put an end to those grievances, and the
consequence is that we find the grocers of Douglas,
Castietown, &c , advertising " good Muscovado
sugar at 265. to 365. per cwt. wholesale, and by
retail 3d., 4d., to sd. per lb. ; refined sugar from
sd. to per lb. ; congou teas, from '2s. 3d. to 2s.
9d. per lb. ' • port and sherry wines, from 12s. to 21s.
per dozen, &c. &c. It seems Dr. Bowring is the be-
neficent genius to whom the Manx people are in-
debted for this consummation of bliss, utterly un-
known elsewhere in Europe or America—of ab-
solutely having now no fiscal impositions at all.
Men of Man, you are too happy ! The wis-
dom of antiquity would suggest to you the po-
licy of voluntarily sacrificing some part of your
insolent good fortune ; as such unalloyed prospe-
rity cannot fail to excite the malice of the fates.
But the men of Man think, it seems, of nothing
except voting some testimonial to Dr. Bowring. Could
not they establish a small sliding-scale, or trifling
sugar duties, or something or other, just detrimental
enough to their general prosperity, to proeitiate the
vindictive Powers which must be regarding them
with jealous leer malign 1 Not they. They do not
seem to think their condition better than is
good for Man. There is something in the
following that reads almost ironically to the
wise men of Europe and America. Gentle-
men, you like dear clothes, and dear corn ! We
prefer both cheap, and you kindly indulge our idiosyn-
crasy. Either hemisphere bars out the other ; but
our rulers kindly give us free leave to prove to the
millions of both hemispheres how much wiser we are
than:any of you! " There has also been acceded to
the inhabitants of this island the privilege
of exporting from bonded warehouses in the
United Kingdom all foreign goods to this island,
free of duty, thus enabling us to consume such
goods on nearly equal terms with our continental
neighbours, as well as the advantage of manufacturing
from foreign produce goods in the island for exporta-
tion to the markets of the surrounding countries.
Take also the abolition of the import duties on Bri-
tish manufactures, which, when added to the conse-
quent charges is England on export, and the har-
bour dues here, make fully five per cent. on these
goods, and it is clear that to this extent there is a
gain to the consumer on wearing apparel, &c. &c."
:the Manx Committee conclude with the following
appeal to their labouring population :—" Fellow.
countrymen I your weekly earnings will now pro-
cure for your families a larger supply of the neces-
saries and comforts of life than they formerly did, ,and
consequently your wages are increased in value.
Let all calculate what they save by the change, and
give accordingly. Let the tribute of gratitude be
commensurate with the boon."
STANDARD.—A letter from Mr. Tyrrell, the
solicitor of Mr. Alderman Gibbs, has been published
by his committee, which, we are glad to find, con-
firms the opinion we expressed in yesterday's
Standard, f)f the groundlessness of the insinuations
of which he has been the victim, in regard to his
accounts as churchwarden of St. Stephen's, Walbrook.
As we anticipated, the inquiry now before the
Master has substantially established the accuracy
of these accounts, and the honesty (equally im-
peached) of the four gentlemen by whom they
were originally audited; and but for the obstacles
which have been interposed to the progress of the
inquiry by the plaintiffs themselves, there is no
manner of doubt teat the report might have
been completed in time for production at the
meeting of the Livery, fixed for this day. The
prospect, however, amounting to certainty, that this
investigation would completely exculpate the
Alderman from the imputations of his accusers
has driven them half frantic with mortification.
From Mr. Tyrrell's letter it appears that the credit
side of the account has been dilkosed of, and that for
the debit side, " all the vouchers have been pro-
duced and allowed, excepting for a few items
which do not effect the general balance of the
printed accounts," and which have also been pro-
duced by the plaintiff's solicitor. But for the
unaccountable delay which has arisen, and which by
Mr. Rock's guarded admiasion in a letter which he
has published in this day's Times, appears to have
been occasioned by his "directions to his solicitor to
do nothing out of court, but let the cause take its
natural ours."e (we all know what this means),
the report of the Master might by this time have
been in the hands of every member of the livery
As it is, Mr. Tyrrell informs us, that if the plaintiff
puts him to the formal "service of the accounts,"
which he promises to do, the inquiry may not be
completed until Tuesday week. Meanwhile, it is
hoped that the calumnies, of which Mr. Alder•
man Gibbs has been the object, will have served
their turn. After heaping upon him the meet
virulent abuse, and insinuating that he bad
fraudulently misapplied the funds of his fellow-
ef.tizens committed to his keeping, the Times and its
e,orresiZedents, having learned that the vaunted
Chancery su:.!.. was not progressing as they hed anti-
cipated, they are .4in to moderate their rancour,
and admit that the dispu:4d accounts may possibly
turn out to be ct . that f.. ‘to say, that the
brutal clamour by which
they have em..2.7voured to
•
bear down :Mr. Gibbs may prove wholly unfounme...
"We have no wish (says the Times of to-day)
to assume any, the slightest matter against the
Aldermanj without
proof." But although our
Contemporar must have been aware that the
blaster in Chancery had already virtually es-

tablished the correctness of the accounts, and
would, but for the vexatious opposition of the
plaintiff, have completed his report—it has the shab-
biness, the pettifogging meanness, to call upon the
Livery to regard the issue of the question as doubtful,
and protect themselves against the possible contin-
gency of the Alderman's failure ; as well as to return
to the oft-repeated and explained facts that he had re-
fused to submit his accounts to Messrs. Rock, Flight,
Howett, and Co. ; and that although churchwarden for
20 years (that is to say, elected to that office nineteen
times in succession by his fellow-parishioners !) of the
" conjoined parishes of St. Stephen's and St. Benet's
Sherehog," he had suffered the church to fall
into a state of serious dilapidation. The Times was
of course aware that Mr. Alderman Gibbs never
was churchwarden of the last-mentioned parish, and
equally cognisant of the fact that the church had
been more than once repaired at his instiga-
tion (once at a cost of 2,0000 ; and that after having
obtained and procured the approval of the sur-
veyors' reports of the necessary repairs, by the
parish of St. Stephen's, they had been rejected by
the churchwardens and vestry of St. Benet's; for
although the two parishes were united by the Fire
Act, they have had distinct churchwardens and dis-
tinct vestries. He might, we are told, have made a
rate ; but although he was largely in advance to the
parish, he does not appear to have done so—
reason sufficient, according to the Times, for
his rejection by :the Livery 1 Driven from charge
to charge ; convicted of having falsely asserted
that the Alderman had already been 'rejected by
that body; and suppressing its knowledge of th,-
favourable progress of the suit (namely, that all
the payments made by the churchwarden personally
had been declared to be correct, and that those
which remained to be examined were such only as
were disbursed by his subordinate officers), our Con- i
temporary does not scruple to suggest to the Livery
" that as he is now in Chancery," " they should
at any rate wait until he is cleared !" Nay it even
allows the man, whose disgrace and discomfiture are
inseparable from the justification of his victim, to
publish a long and scurrilous letter in its columns
in which, among other misrepresentations, he is
disingenuous enough to assert that the " accounts
are now before the Master, and, as yet, unexamined !"
The conduct of the Times in this matter, and its disre-
gard of that decent courtesy, from the practice of which
the conductors of the public press have not hitherto
considered themselves exempted, can surprisL
none of its later readers, and, us last
all. We give it joy, therefore, of so congenial a fel-
low-labourer as Mr. Rock, assured as we are that
te when its ordinary store of Billingsgate shall become
, exhausted (a very remote contingency) there is ont
u inhabitant, at least, of the parish of Walbrook with
whom it may advantageously contract fur a fresh
d supply.

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE A 7

INVERARY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived at Inverary Castle, on Monday afternoon, ac-
companied by the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meek
lenburgh Strelitz, and Baron Knesebeck, preceded by
two of the Duke of Argyle's outriders, and escorted
by one hundred of his Grace's Highlanders, dressed
in the Highland chief's uniform. On the arrival of
his Royal Highness at the Castle, a royal salute was
fired from Donaquaieh, which was answered b 3
her Majesty's cutter Shearwater, lying in
Lochfine bay, and also from a 40-pounder on the
Castle grounds. Immediately after, the Dun troon
Castle steamer arrived with a great number of pas-
sengers from Glasgow and the intermediate stations ;
and the town of Inverary, which is but small, was sn
much crowded that it was with great difficulty and
much inconvenience lodgings could be procured. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge intends t(,
spend some days with the Duke and Duchess o.
Argyle; and after the rejoicings and festivities 01
the occasion of the arrival of the Marquis of Lorn am
his lovely bride at the Castle, he will proceed to tilt
neighbouring hills to enjoy shooting and deer-stalk-
ing—game being very plentiful at present on hi:
Grace's estate.
Early on Tuesday morning the Duke of Corms all
steamer arrived with 150 of the Duke of Argyle's
yeomanry, from Kintyre, dressed in black coats
white trousers and vests, and shortly after her the.
Cardiff Castle arrived with 220 of W. F. Campbell,
Esq., of Islay's men, commanded by John F. Campbell.
Esq., younger of Islay, and Duncan Campbell, Esq..
of Kilchonnan, all good-looking men, and splendidly
dressed in the Clan Campbell's tartan. The effect
which this body had upon the spectators—between the
glittering of their Lochaber axes and the continual
firing which the steamer kept up since she came in
sight of Inverary Castle, till she came into the harbour,
was most thrilling. After landing they were marched
up to the Castle, where they were met by Islay him-
self, who seemed to be well pleased with their appear-
' ante. This fine body of men had taken their place
opposite the grand entrance—the Duchess and the la•
dies in the Castle came out to the lawn, accompanied
by the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Argyle, and
the Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. The Duke of
Cambridge iPalked along the line, bowing gracefully
to the chieftains, and the whole corps, as the Islay-
men doffed their bonnets to his Royal Highness.
Shortly after ten o'clock, the Islaymen were marched
back to Inverary, where they were regaled by bread
and beef, and a glass or two of their own moun•
tain dew.

About one o'clock the Kintyre yeomanry, com-
manded by Mr. Stewart, of Glenbuckie, proceeded to
Glen Shira, where they were to meet the Marquis
and Marchioness of Lorn, and about an hour after
them the Islaymen were marched by a different route
to a remote part of the road, between Cairndow and
the Castle, where they were to welcome the young chief
and his lovely bride; after which they were to escort
them to the ducal residence. About five o'clock p.m.
the report of a gun from the Shearwater cutter, informed
those in waiting at the Castle, that the cavalcade were
approaching, and, in a few minutes thereafter, they were
observed rounding the point opposite Inverary at a
rapid pace; a few minutes longer, and the welcome
huzzas and cheering of the Islaymen, although 11
considerable distance from the Castle, were heard as
the party came in view. They then moved slowly
along, the pipers playing the "Campbells are coming."
Incase of any accident occurring, the spectators were
strictly charged not to cheer the party until the Mar-
quis and Marchioness alighted from the carriage,
which was strictly observed. After they alighted
they were vehemently cheered; after which they
walked round the ranks bowing gracefully to the
chieftains and their followers, and giving all an op-
portunity of seeing them. The Dukes of Cambridge and
Mecklenburgh Strelitz, Duke and Duchess of Argyle,
and Lady Emma Campbell were in waiting to receive
the happy couple. The forty children belonging to
the charity school supported by the Duchess of
Argyle, and which is entirely under her Grace's
charge, were in the lobby to receive the Marquis and
Marchioness of Lorn. They were dressed in white
muslin frocks, velvet bonnets trimmed with tia.
Campbell tartan, tartan scarfs of the same clan, and
had white satin rosettes on the left shoulder. When
the Marchioness entered the lobby of the Castle, the
children sung the 64th paraphrase. Immediately
thereafter, they proceeded with Lady Lorn to her
room, strewing the stairs and pathways with bouquets
of flowers.

A grand triumphal arch was erected over the north
gate entrance to the Castle, which was beautifully
illuminated in the evening with variegated lamps
hung among the branches, and over the centre of the
arch the device, " Failte mo, Cridhe," shone most
conspicuously. Over the staircase entrance to the
Castle was erected a beautiful and chaste avenue of
evergreens, and round about it were also hung varie-
gated lamps in great profusion, and among the trees
and shrubbery around the Castle, and along the
walks, there were lamps blazing in all directions. The
Castle windows were all illuminated, and the front of
the Castle wall, over the evergreen avenue, was
splendidly lighted up with elegant devices of lamps
in every variety. Bonfires were lighted on all the
mountains in the vicinity, which illumined the hill,
for miles around, and gave to the festive scene a
splendour and effect that can hardly be described.
The rejoicings are likely to be continued for several
days during the week. A grand ball is to take place
in the Castle on the 27th inst., to which a large num-
ber of the county gentlemen are invited to attend.—
Glasgow Chronicle.

HORRIBLE CRUELTY.—THE KNACKERS' YARDS.—
In the months of November and December, 1843, the
public mind was awakened by the various exposures
made by " the National Animals' Friend Society," of the
horrible cruelties in the above dens of infamy ; and we
should have thought it would have awakened the owners
of these charnel-houses to a just sense of the torture in-
flicted by them on that noble animal, " the horse," but
such is not the case. Mr. May, with the officers of the
Society, have continually kept a sharp eye on them, and
have, during the week, succeeded in entering several of
the yards ; and the reports are truly horrible, as th.
following declaration will show :—I went into Parmen-
ter's horse-slaughtering yards, Belle Isle, Battle-bridge,
in company with Childs. The yard was in a horrid condi-
tion—there were nineteen living horses pent up in the
shed, and twenty-one dead horses lying about the yards,
just as they had died ; the man told us they had not
killed a horse for the last fortnight, as more died daily
arid nightly than could be skinned. Those horses were
iu all positions, just as they had struggled in
thelast agonies
eslof death. A bricklayer, who had been
some days building a wall which formed one end of the
im
agonies
yard, said it was enough to melt a heart of stone to
see what the poor horses suffered.—HENRY MAY, secre-
tary ; W. CHILDS, officer.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKF, SEPT. 27.—We have
very little alteration to notice in our sugar market this
eck, either as regards demand or prices ; the former is
oonfined to the wants of the trade, and the
entire') - • .."nnorted. The sales since our last do
latter are about '-ay Nevis and Barbadoes, and
not exceed 400 hhds., Irauritius. Refined
a few stock parcels of Ben gals ant-
goods are unaltered in value.—Briatcpu•