The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-02 00:00:00

NGE YESTERDAY.
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Cieitoa
Venice 46

man,
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0 seg
per os. HS
Lisbon 41
Oporto as
Rio Janeiro 49
BAbia 44
Buenos Ayres 49
Dublin, 21 days' sight
Cork 1

SULLION, PIM OZ.
s.
Portugal Gold, in coin .... Q 0 t'
Foreign Gold, in bar 5...... 3 17 0
New Doubloons ............ 3 13 S
New Dollars .................. 4 1
0 .1
Silver, in bars, standart

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW!.
Morning 45 minutes after 4. I Evening 7 minute/ =S'

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SATURDAY EVENIN ON DON
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L oi c of Thursday morning, the
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The It 7
tents of which we gave in our paper of yesterday,
copied the following article from the Nuremburg Cor-
respondent. We have not yet beard what the plan is,
by what country it is to be undertaken, nor where the
congress of bankers is to be held :--
" There is much talk at present of a vast financial operation
undertakep by one of the greatest Powers of ELITOpe, and for the
confection of which a convocation of the principal bankers on the
Continent has taken place in the capital. And certainly a Pert°
of profound peace, which the happy result of the last diplomatic
negotiations has confirmed for a length of years, seen' tob' far
principal con-
The
suited to operations which tend to place public credit on
the most solid foundations."

Accounts are said to have been received 01 a .larg°
body of the deserters from Portugal to Spain) having
actually re-entered die Portuguese territory in militant
array, for the purpose of declaring DON MIGFEti.
If this be so, there can be 110 doubt that the C ourt
of Madrid have sanctioned the proceeding; and Ice,
think it more than probable that 'the Ministers
FERDINAND have been instigated to the enourage-
ment of such a step by the secret influence of Frail
although, according to some accounts, the Frei)!
Ambassador at Madrid was recalled as soon es the
telligenee reached Paris, to mark the disapprobation 0
vve look for the
his Court at the treachery of Spain.
next arrivals from Portugal with considerable alodetY.

The following following is an extract from the
vernment Gazette of the 3d July : Calcutta (4°-
agiin the
The native papers leave no doubt that the Piinitth i' --' I
scene of military operations,and that Runjeet Singh has
resmot . 0
his purpose of attempting to extend his dominions 0 the ex,r6bly
of the Afghans. The distracted state of that country i' „"h'g ig
favourable to his views. The rival Kings, Mahn:mod ,1 f,..:'it's
are equally fugitives ; the former with his eon Kstureni ''''''Ttbin
considerable force at Herat ; and the latter living re
1, wi'ded
the British territory, or at least till lately. The country. isdivi
.t.
between the sons of Fatch Khan; who aiv always at variance pith
to I.
each other, and who have no hereditary ner personal claim
allegiance of the Afghan tribes. At the came time, religious dhlf•
ferences, and a spirit of independence, are likely to liniglsta t.e.
Afghans against the Sikhs, and may supply the place of a leg'!"
work of Runjeeta
King wtiihnogmh,tshvehyosheap:eliochey iytea,obvsintlistlay
mate and consolidated Government. possibly, Shilja'e recent '!-
mate
parture from Ludhiana, if correctly reported, maY l'avi bee° the
as much attached as their capricious and lawless character pont!
ted them to be to any ruler. For reinstating hilt' in part of .11
possessions, the eastern portion, or Prehawsr, and its dePend_Arne'r''
may he the price ; and they will be .more - easily pure
thewe
should think, in this manner, than • by hostile collision wit"
whole body of the Afghans." ,ivabtoont:fftieireytoute.r_oo.

The proceedings id, the HOUSe of Commons o'oo
not important last night.
Mr. WAITIIMAN, in deference to the feelings 4
Mr. BROGDE24II Or perhaps fearful that the
h!
honour of
bringing forward the inquiry into that gentleman's
diujoctitoimi gr;ehst signifiedpe
beet ing taken out o f hie Bands
thielisAtiligtennathioonnocf
oboriiinmgliiyngoif:Truebl
Anenhne
day next. AMA On
Lord FOLKESTONE made rather a warm
Ministers for not bringing forward at once the two
in,,
portent questions of Corn and Currency.
Mr. liusKissoN having stated that ha was not pre'
to give a reply to a question from the Noble
Lord whether Ministers iiitentiO to .revive the Com-
mittee of last Session, on the subject of thc,ritOrawal

from circulation of the Small Notes, his Lordship '
at great length 'proceeded to complain of Ministers for
assembling Parliament for the mere purpose of passing
a bill of indemnity for their own acts, and not proceed-
ing at once to dismiss and settle two questions which
to greatly agitated the feelings and affected the inte-
rests of different classes, as the Small Note .Currency
and the Corn Laws, and argued that there could be
but one cause of such conduct, namely, that they had
no plans to propose.
Mr. HUSK issos clearly showed that Lord YOLKE.
sTosiE had no ground for such an assumption. The
Parliament was assembled at an inconvenient season
for a specific object, not for the satisfaction of Minis-
ters, but in deference to the Constitution, which had
been violated by an act which they had found themselves
obliged to have recourse V); that being a new Perna:.
ment much preliminary business was to be got through,
and that with the present attendance of Members it
Would be impossible to proceed to the discussion of
such momentous questions, for the settlement of which
before Christmas there actually wasinot adequate time
he 'contradicted, in plain terms, the assertions that
Ministers were not agreed in opinion on the course to
be' pursued, declaring that they had fully made up
their minds with respect to the plan for the final settle-
ment of the Corn Question, which it would be proper
to recommend for the adoption of Parliament. The
Rouse is to meet again this day.

The MASTER OF THE ROLLS has already given
much promise of future improvement in the practice of
the Court of Chancery. His Honour appears very
wisely to have deter Mined to exercise his own good
•
ludgtrient in all cases, and not to. be trammelled and
't'ied 'down by senseless rules, merely because there is
00 precedent of a different course being pursued. It
has ever appeared to us, with all our admiration of the
wisdom of our ancestors, and the veneration of the
learned personages who' have tilled the judgment seat
is this country, that one of the greatest evils in judicial
Proceedings at present is•that blind adherence to former
(usions and the practice of the Court, without refer-
"ce to the sense of the case, which is too frequently
considered as necessary. This adherence to precedent
is carried too far, not only in the Courts of Law, but
various other departments of the State. A man
who has committed forgery is hanged because Dr.
h
L'"D was executed ; while another who has lost
"?th his eyes in the service of his country cannot be
en a larger pension for total loss of sight than
Ouble the amount of pension usually granted for the
loss,bf one eye, because there is no precedent.
Every case in a Court of Justice, or brought before
: e Government of the country should, in our opinion,
and, On its own merits ; the Judge in one case, Or
the Executive in the other, should be allowed to exe-
j"te justice, whether no precedent existed, or prece-
‘ients were against it ; and we are happy to find that
tie
MASTER OF THE ROLLS, in his Court, is de-
termined to do so. If every Judge were to act
un the same principle, the practice of the law would
revert to what it formerly was, namely, to decide ac-
"ding to the actual meaning and intent of the Coin-
-ft or Statute Law upon the subject, not according
t 1) the number of decisions which can be cited in sup-
Port of either side of the question..
Our readers may have observed the case we allude
t
in which the MASTER of the ROLLS chose to do
ghat was reasonable and just, though precedent was
fag al"t ; but we. may here briefly recapitulate the
ieitS• An old man attended some time since in Court
bef(hiric, to prove the execution of a mortgage deed ;
°re, however, he could be examined, he became, by
the
viiiitation of God, totally blind. Application was
in
itmeorisequence made, to allow of witnesses being ex-
" ined upon interrogatories. This was objected to as
of4tlacy to the practice. of the Court. The MASTER
sh the RoLL,s, nevertheless, said he would not be so
ai,Ved, and made an order for the examination.
1,1'4, we say, it the mode in which every case in
to e" the practice of the Courts of Law are contrary
that commont sense, should be treated ; and we repeat
of his HONOUR has by this decision, given promise
chatuture improvement of the practice of the Court of
bios,'lc,icerY, which we trust may hereafter produce the
'Un
t beneficial effects in that anomaly of English

of
4; e received this morning the Allgenteitte Zeitung
k.e 25th Noverriber. The Emperor of RUSSIA is
he
some arrangements in his Ministry, connected
he ; ,the Censorship of the Press. Of course it would
t. 4115 t 0 expect any liberal feeling from that quarter
that
the liberty of the Press ; and we now learn
pa: the Imperial Critic is to select what foreign
14eits. he pleases, and to prohibit the rest from enter-
be; 11841 a. This regulation is to take place with the
and leer, we suppose, when certain English, French,
Whaterman journals, and periodicals, will be stopped.
ttlitwa Pity tha
erta his MAJESTY cannot banish their
to Sibi.

We h ST. PETERSBURGtf, Nov. 4.
1 have before mentioned an Imperial Decree of the 17th.
oaftit which abolishes that branch of the department of the Minis
the
ei • Interio ich had the care of the secret affairs, and t
,s_beorship of tie
books ported into Russia. This office, and the
7rsous belonging wit, -
.lust now annexed to the Emperor's own
,k,liancery, and to fiirm the third section of it.
',ended has the direction of it, The Emperor's own Chancery
Sill be still further enlarged, and h General Von Ben-
have in all five sections. The
department of the General Post-offiee for the censorship of all fo-
re!gn newspapers and other periodicals brought into the empire,
will likewise proceed, next year, in a muck more rigorous system
•iceolorship than hitherto. Thus it is Pow
positively afffieued,
it for the year 1827 many English, French, and German sews-
Prilh will he totally prohibited it Rues's.
e kra, and other periodicals,
list of them, which will he communicated by the Post-office tO tke public at the close of the year, must very soon act:paint us
'4414 extent of the prohibition.
Two Ukases, of 28th Sept. and 17th Oct., issued by his Ma-
LitY en the representations of the Governors of East and West Si-
c', grant to several persons, who have been in exile there for
iistv`•ne periods, mitigation of their punishment, in consequence of
4'4 blauielesa conduct. Some are allowed to leave Siberia, and
41•61* where they please, but do not recover their nobility ; some
411 be admitted into the public service in Siberia, but are not to
E-its that country. A Madame Waldser may reside in any part of
Celia thet she pleases, but must never leave that country. AM.
skil"le.bewsky, exiled in 1792 to the Government of Tumsk,
.
'lll,l Stroschinsky, sent in 1786 to settle in the district of
ralY return to their homes--the first recovering his no-
tne second his official rank. Tacherikow, banished in 1803
Cl 4 adistrict of Thumen, for grossly insulting his mother, is per-
Vs) en her intercession, to return to her and his own house,
et not recover hie nobility or his former rank.
VIENNA, NOV. 17.
sethiTle the arrivals in the Court Gazette" is his Royal High-
ie&C "nee Gustavus of Sweden, Lieut.-Colonel in hey a
trinent called the Emperor's "Mane. •
'

Sian
flow positively stated in naval circles, that
r Geo tile Earl of Northesk is to succeed Admiral
r,aouth tge Martin, as Commander-in-Chief at Ports-
istttr 1'212 the expiration of the time of service of the
' 54* Wring•

THE FUNDS.

CITY, Twelve o'Cloek.

This morning Consols opened at 834 for money, and 83/ 4 for
account ; they were afterwards 84, buyers, for account, and are
now 84i ; the transactions do not seem extensive, and the market is
rather flat ; India Bonds are lower, being 36 pin, In the Foreign
Funds, Colombian Bonds have occupied the chief attention of the
speculators ;_ the intelligence received yesterday of the disturbed
and unsettled state of that country, and the great uncertainty
which seems to attend the movements of Bolivar had a very great
effect upon these Securities, from 42i, the price yesterday morning,
they have fallen_to 39/, and closed at $94 40 ; this morning they
opened at 37 8, and are now quoted at 371 8 ; Mexican Bonds
keep up at 69+ 4 ; Peruvian are 33 5 ; Greek 19 i ; and
Spanish, 131 i. - There seems to be only one feeling relative, to
this stock, and that is, that whatever takes place it must operate
to improve them, for the affair,' of this country cannot be in a
worse state than they arc at present. In Shares, Brazilian Mines
are the only Schemes in which any business has been done, and
prices seem rather heavy at 13 15 pm.
Three per Cent. Console, 89i ; Ditto for Account, 84 i ;
India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 36 pm, ; Exchequer Bills, 18 19 pm.
FOIMIGN Fuwns.—Brasilian, 66 7; Buenos Ayres, 63 5;
(Milian, 38 9 ; Peruvian, $3 5 ; Colombian, 1824, 37 8 ; Mexi-
can 5 per Cent., 574 8i; Ditto 6 per Cent, 691 ; Danish,
614 2 ; Greek, 19 i; Russian, 86.7; Spanish, 13 i.
Alms.—Anglo Mexican, 35 2i die. ; United Mexican, 8 7
dis. ; Real del Monte, 100 10 pm. ; Bolanos, 10010 pm. ; Tlal-
puxahlu4 55 65 pm. ; Brazilian, 13 15 pm. ; Bolivar, 1 2 pm. ;
Colombian, 10 11 per Share; Pasco Peruvian, 1 2 per Share. ;
British Iron Company, 264 si. dis; Australian, 11 13 dis.

Two o' Clock.

Consols continue steady at 8411-j. ; 4 per Cents., 1826, 9'7i,
with very little business doing ; India Bonds and Exchequer Bills,
no alteration ; Mexican Bonds are 691 j, with a strong market ;
Colombian, 38 being a small rise on the morning's price ; and
Brazil Mines are quoted at 12 14 pm.

THREE O'CLOCK
Three per Cent. Consols for account, 84k 1.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LLOYD'S..--(Tms DAY.)

Gitavasn4n, Dac. I.—Arris;ed the Peace, Thompson, from
Lisbon ; Tobago, Laidler, fromNiramichi ; Planet, Young, from
Valencia ; Drake, Grills, from Oporto ; Trident, Armstrong,
from Quebec; Africa, Hooper, from Jamaica ; Salamanca, Hicks,
from Newfoundland; Triton, Marshal, from Nova Scotio; Mar-
quis of Hastings, Martin, from Canton ; and Sir Thomas Munroe,
Coates, from Calcutta. Sailed, the Centaur, Rasson, for An-
tigua ; Eleanor, Aitken, for Africa ; and Conception, for Bilboa.
DEAL, Dec. I.—Wind W.S.W.—The sloop Thomas, for Ja-
maica, has completed her repairs, and is ready to proceed. Ar-
rived the Olinda, Brigs, from London.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Wind W.—Arrived the Mary, Wat-
son, from Fayal.
FALMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Wind N.W. to N.—Arrived the Ex-
periment, Chapman, and Hebe, from Trieste for London.
The Flat. de Para, from Para to Oporto, was taken 7th ult. off
Fayal by a piratical schooner, with one gun and (io men.