The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-10 00:00:00

Trig FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TwicLry o'CLocx.
being settling day in the English Funds it
,ahacthed the entire attention of the dealers, and the
"airless hitherto doing has been extremely limited;
the latter part of yesterday some alarm was felt at
the decline in Consols, which was attributed to
various causes, among others to the probable break-
ing Up of the triple alliance for the pacification of
heece, whilst another report was given of bad news
ileac Portugal, both of which are considered to be
unfounded in the City. Consols closed at 83/ 1,
and Opened this morning at the same price; after
which they were 831 f, but have now returned to
their former rate for money and account ; for a short
period there was a continuation of 1-16th per cent.
between the money and time price, but it has now
gone Off; the Commissioners gave 83g. India
Ads continue at 96 8 pm.; and Exchequer Bills,
2 pin.
The settlement in the English Funds prevented
ally attention being 'paid to the Foreign Securities,
and Prieea are nearly nominal, for which we refer to
the undermentioned quotations.
111 Shared every thing is totally neglected.
Ac-
-61 Three per Cent. Consols, 881 ; Ditto, for the Ac-
-6111
2%1183.1 1 ; India Bonds, 96 8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills,
chPiirtatcw.—Brazilian, 571 8 ; Buenos Ayres, 32 3 ;
pr sn, 26; Colombian, 23 -4-; Danish, 581 9 ;
ch,le,}l, 5 per Cent., 102 1; Ditto, 3 per Cent., 68+ 91;
irtelut, 16/ 171; Mexican, Five per Cent., 24 5 ; Ditto,
60 .Wr cent., 82 ; Peruvian, 23 ; Portuguese, 59.
Russian, 861 7 ; Spanish, 11 _
NIL Illts•--Anglo Mexican, 671 85 tbs. ; Brazilian, 51 3
uh;,; Colombian, 7 6 dis. ; Real Del Monte, 60 40 dis. ;
Alexican, 2n 21 die.
TWO O'CLOCK.
day Illeonly price of Consols the greater proportion of the
a,41144 been SSI Scarce a bargain doing. Some
1110,...recilyieslcas been excited by the arrival of the Hon. Capt.
Yacht Scorpion, Parnel, from Lisbon, at
pi "14°Uth
7 yesterday, in 10 days. No news has trans-
cla),'‘s,w The time of her sailing being the regular packet
ing Itt pelnay probably have the latter in to-niorrow m?7l-.
" a
this ton,:l2°uth. The Rotterdam steam-vessel is arm ed
will lug With news of the Sth inst ; her letter-hag
oideq. delivered from the post-office at half-past two

Con THREE 0' CL 0 CH.
Th 4°18) 831 buyers.
brinke letters from Holland by the steam packet
one -betrhe Plaids somewhat lower, and Metalliques
' cent. on the 3d inst.

Sub
Elect' Sudbury
sty-if:tit:EreLeEeciTlON.-- The result of the
coni,li" gas been communicated in the following la-
ved-by a Northern, Baronet.3f _:--Biu
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4na gallant battle.

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Penejo:99ins and his Poney, in the new Novel of
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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, APRIL 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for
the River, the Ada, Friend, from Demerara, left the 24th
of February; Sir Charles M'Carthy, from St. Kitt's.
COWES, APRIL 9.—Arrived the Quincey, Baxter, from
Havannah, sailed the 81st of January ; Anglesea, Jones,
from St. Michael's, sailed the 26th Ult.
PORTSMOUTH, Arm!. 9.—Wind W.--Arrived -the
Scorpion yacht, from Lisbon, sailed the 30th ult. ; his Ma-
jesty's ship Semarang, from the Cape of Good Hope, sailed
the 4th of February ; Charles Grant, Hay, from China,
sailed the sth of December, from the Cape the sth of
February, and St. Llelena the 18th. Off, the Marshal
Blucher, from St. Michael's.
DARTMOUTH, APRIL 8.--Arrived the Enterprise,
Varney, from Buenos Ayres to Antwerp. Off Dart-
mouth the Bth, the Hehe, Wright, from Lisbon.
,G OE RNSEY, APRIL B.—Arrived the Alfred, Lidstone,
from Madeira.

BRISTOL, APRIL 9. —Arrived the Fancy, —, from
St. Michael's.

ItrIADEIRA, MARCH 15.—The Cumberland, of Balti-
more, Mathews, from New Orleans to Gibraltar, which
put in here the 28th of January in distress, has been con-
demned as unseaworthy, and her cargo sold ; she is now
named the Unias, and under the Portuguese Flag is to
load here for St. Petersburgh, and to sail the 15th of next
month under command of A. C. Morris.

The Britannia, Thomas, W3B wrecked in Praya Bay,
Madeira, and very little of her cargo saved.

MEETING of SHIP-OWNERS--(THIS DAY).

A very numerous and respectable Meeting of persons,
connected with the Shipping Interest, was held, this day,
pursuant to advertisement, at the City of London Tavern.

- LYALL, Esq. in the Chair.

The business of the day commenced by the Secretary,
SimoN Coca, Esq. reading a report, which stated that the
representations of the Committee, appointed by a General
Meeting had procured several important alterations to be
made in the law, which pressed injuriously on the Ship.
ping Interest, during the year 1826. Subsequently, a
petition was presented to Parliament, setting forth
the depressed state of the Shipping Interest, and several
communications were made to the Board of Trade with
respect to various regulations, which were found inconve-
nient and injurious to the Shipowners. The discussions
between his Majesty's Government and the Board of Trade
were still pending, and the Committee expressed their
confidence that his Majesty's Ministers were anxi-
ous and willing to afford every relief to the Shipping
Interest, which was consistent with the welfare of other
classes and of the community at large. several recom-
mendations of the Committee, on the subject of quaran-
tine and of the exportation of coals, bad been adopted and
carried into effect.

The Report having been read,
The CHAIRMAN shortly addressed the meeting. He
said the Committee had not been unmindful of the inte-
rests of the Shipowners during the last year.' Twelve
months ago, the Society was in debt to the amount of 7001.
but nearly 6001. had been since paid off, and a sum of
only 110/. or 150/. was now to be accounted for.
A SHIPOWNER said he did not know what was meant
by the society. He knew of the existence of no society,
and attended here merely as a Shipowner.
The CHAIRMAN said the society of Shipowners of the
City of London had been formed thirteen years ago under
various regulations, which, if necessary, he would read to
the meeting.
Mr. GRAY complained that the Committee which had
produced so much benefit to the Shipping Interest, had not
been properly supported. They wanted funds, and it was well
known by experience that representations to Government did
not come with such weight from any individual as from a
society. He thought a debt of gratitude was due to the
ommittee,,and would propose the thanks of the meeting
to them for their. exertions.

The CHAIRMAN thought it better in the first instance,
to dispose of the report, as it was stated, several important
alterations had been made in the quarantine laws, but they
were not specifically mentioned in the report, at the desire
of Government, lest we should alarm the Govern-
meats of other countries for the health of their
subjects. As to the maritime laws, a bill for the amend-
ment of those laws was prepared, and as soon as it was
printed, would be circulated amongst the Shipping Interest.
The Chairman concluded by reading the regulations under
which the Society was formed.
Mr. URQUHART did not think tke Society bad gone to
work on a proper principle.
Mr. YOUNG said, that, according to the requisition, the
real object of the meeting was to consider whether the
Society of Shipowners should be dissolved, or whether it
should be re-organized. It had been found impossible to
collect the funds necessary for carrying on the ex-
penses of such a Society ; and he therefore con-
sidered the Society to be virtually extinct. The
course which he meant to propose was a declaratory
resolution stating that the society was extinct. He then
proposed that a Provisional Committee should be ap-
pointed to consult with the Shipowners of the different
outports, and to consider whether a society of British
Shipowners should not be organised on a permanent
basis. He thought that the advantages to be derived
from a several association of Shipowners, were too evi-
dent to need any arguments in favour of the adop-
tion of a resolution to that effect. There were cogent
reasons why the Shipowners of the outports should be united
with the Shipowners of London, as a society formed by
the great body of British Shipowners would be the only
society which would carry weight and permanence with it.
Mr. Young concluded by moving several resolutions, the
first of which stated that the subscriptions of the society
having been withdrawn and reduced, the society was vir-
tually extinct.
_ _

11fr. traQunitur seconded the resolution.
After a ' few words from Mr. MARSHAL and Mr.
Ntcnou.s, in testimony of the services of Mr. Lyall and
Mr. Cock (the Secretary of the Committee), the motion
was carried.

The following resolution was then proposed by Mr.
MARSHAL, and seconded by Mr. DAWSON
That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that a General
Association of the Shipewners of Great Britain, for the
protection of their common interests, is at all times highly
essential, and that in the present depressed and almost
ruined state of the British Shipping Interest, such an asso•
ciation, founded on a basis calculated to ensure a constant
and efficient attention to all questions in which British
maritime interests are involved, and to secure the cordial
support and assistance of the great body of Shipowners, is
indispensible for the preservation of that interest from the
destruction with which it is threatened."
After a few words from Mr. Urquhart, in condemna-
tion of the proceedings of the Committee, which he said
had merely acted as the tool of Government, the Resolu-
tion was put and carried.

The following resolution was then proposed by Mr.
Gray

" That for the purpose of forming a code of regulations,
for the formation of an extended Shipowners' Society, em-
bracing a provision for an adequate representation of the
principle outports in the central Committee in London, a
Provisional Committee be now appointed, and that the
said committee be requested to endeavour to ascertain how
far reliance may be placed on such general concurrence,
and pecuniary support, as could alone render any society
efficient to the attainment of the objects contemplated in
its establishment, and afford a reasonable expectation of
securing its permanency."
After some further observations from the CHAIRMAN,
Mr. YOUNG, and different gentlemen present, the resolu-
tion was also carried, and a Provisional Committee named.
A Resolution was passed condemnatory of the late alte-
rations in the Navigation Laws, which was carried by
acclamation.

Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and Secre-
tary, and the meeting adjourned.

BACHELORS' BALL.—On Wednesday night
a Grand Ball, to which upwards of 400 persons
Rweroeomins..
v
was given by the Bachelors at the Assembly Chief Justice BEST Was, we understand, of the
Bath.
and much gratified the company by the finished
party, e d,
elegance of his waltzing.
On the Bth instant, the Lord Bishop of
ROCHESTER instituted the Rev. HENRY JOHN SHACKLE-
TON, 8.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage
of Plumstead, with East Wickham annexed, in the county
of Kent. Patron, JOHN KIPLTNO, Esq., Overstone,
Northamptonshire.
Thanks to the holidays, we have now a little
more company in the town, which had become wretchedly
dull. Many families have arrived during the week.—
Brighton Gazette.
His MAJESTY has commanded that no more
foxes shall be killed on the royal domain at Windsor.—
Brighton Gazette.

WARD OF BISHOPSGATE.-(THIS DAY.)

A meeting of the Inhabitants of the above Ward was
this day held in the School-room, in Peter's-street, to con-
sider of the best means of obtaining relief from the mono-
poly of the supply of Gas in the Ward, whereby they are
subject to much higher prices for their lights than in the
adjoining districts without the city.
Sir R. C. GLYNN, the Alderman of the Ward, took
the Chair.
Mr. CORDELL then addressed the meeting and said,
he had a series of resolutions to propose relative to the
supply of gas to the Ward of Bishopsgate, and in doing so
he would detain them but a very short time. He was
himself not at all interested in the matter, for he was not
a consumer of gas, and in bringing the matter forward for
their consideration, he wished to be understood, that he
imputed no blame to the Commissioners of Sewers, al-
though by the contract into which they had entered with
the chartered Gas Company, the Ward was now paying from
25 to 50 per cent. more than was paid for gas by the
neighbouring districts, and upon the whole 1,5001. per
annum above what they could be supplied for by the Inde-
pendent Gas Company, if the Commissioners of the
Sewers would give them leave to lay down their pipes in
the Ward. Whatever reasons the Commissioners of Sewers
might have for continuing the sole supply to the Chartered
Company, the inhabitants had certainly a right to com-
plain when they found themselves paying largely for that
which they might have at a reduced rate. Mr. C. then
read the resolutions, which were to the following effect :
First, That it was the opinion of the meeting, that the
Monopoly in Gas was unjust and impolitic, fixing as it did
an unnecessary tax of 1,5001. per annum upon the Inha-
bitants of the Ward of Bishopsgate.
Secondly, That it ought to be abolished, and that the
Inhabitants of the Ward ought to be allowed to have their
lights upon the same terms as their neighbours, and
Thirdly, That a Petition shall be presented to the
Court of Common Council, praying that the Inde-
pendent Gas Company might have leave to carry their
pipes through the Ward.
Mr. ARITHORPE seconded the Resolutions. He com-
plained that the Chartered Company, in their proceedings,
wereboth oppressive and unjust, for, in those cases where
_a
tradesman was unfortunate in business, they refused to come
in with the rest of the creditors, but insisted upon the full
amount, the same as a landlord. When the City formerly
petitioned the Commissioners of Sewers upon the subject,
a surveyor was appointed to examine the matter, 'and the
petition was rejected; but that surveyor was himself one
of the Chartered Gas Company.—( Hear, hear.)—When
people were called upon to fulfil public duties which were
not consistent with their private interests, it was not much
to be wondered at if the former were neglected.
Mr. DIXON suggested that it should be thrown open to any
Company, and not confined to the Independentpas Company,
or that and the Chartered Company might subsequently
unite, and then the inhabitants would be worse off than
before. Thai company had offered to supply the Ward
25 per cent. under the Chartered Company ; but it was
of vast consequence that some assurance should be given
that they had capital sufficient, or the ward might be left
in darkness on some future occasion. . _

Mr. STEVENS replied that they had the most satisfac-
tory assurances upon that head, for the Company now
divided five per cent. profit upon their capital.
Mr. CLARK said, that the British Gas Company also
offered to supply them 25 per cent. cheaper than they
were at present charged, and, therefore, it would be better
to leave out the name of the Independent Company.
Mr. CORDELL offered to alter his resolution, and intro-
duce the words "or any other competent Gas Light
Company."
This alteration seemed to meet the views of the Meeting,
and the resolution was immediately agreed to.
Mr. STEVENS then rose, for the purpose of submitting
a Petition to their notice ; sod in doing se, stated several
facts which our tittle will not permit us to give. Amongst
the more prominent ones, however, were these :—ln Nor-
ton Falgate and Spitalfields the Chartered Company were
supplying Gas at charges varying from three pounds ten
shillings, to as low as two pounds two shillings,
for the very same sized burners as the inhabitants of that
ward were paying 41. for. The Commissioners of sewers
did not wish to encourage monopoly, but they did so ef-
fectually by not granting permission to break up the pave-
ment. The present, however, was a good opportunity,
for the ward was about to be repaved, so that
that objection could not apply, and the Commissioners
themselves were anxious to do something, as far as he
could learn, to afford relief to the inhabitants.
Mr. PEACOCK said he believed the Commissioners could
do nothing, however willing they might be, for their hands
were tied by their contract with the Chartered Company,
which would not expire for at least twelve months.
Mr. Deputy thus:l:Away said that he was mistaken, for
the Charter would expire at Midsummer. He was him-
seq. a Commissioner of Sewers, and would do his utmost to
enable the inhabitants to succeed.

Three other Commissioners expressed themselves to the
same effect.

The petition, which was quite in accordance with the
Resolutions, was then agreed to, and thanks being voted to
Sir R. C. Glynn, for his conduct in the Chair, the Meet-
ing adjourned.

NEW BRUNSWICK THEATRE.

ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST.

This morning, at half-past nine o'clock, the ConoNEu
proceeded to address the Jury, and recapitulate the evi-
dence. The Learned Gentleman occupied a considerable
portion of time in giving a detailed history of the law from
the earliest times down to the present day affecting the d uties
of Coroners, and Juries under their direction. The re-
capitulation of the important parts of the evidence given
by the different witnesses was proceeding when we went to
press.

Mr. Huttmann, on behalf of Mr. Carruthers, and in
the absence of all professional men, attended at the
sitting of the Court to complain of a short paragraph
that appeared in the Times newspaper of to-day respecting
what passed at the Inquest yesterday, He said, that
the observation in the Times that nothing of importance
transpired yesterday was most prejudicial to the character
of Mr. Carruthers, as well as that of others, inasmuch as
the evidence that was given by the architect tended to im-
plicate certain persons engaged in the erection of the theatre.
The CORONER was sure that the Jury would not be
misled by any. thing except what they heard by their own
ears within the walls of the Court. Probably the Times
has something more important to fill its columns to-day.