The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-06 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin—Finding some of the public Journals have insert-
ed my expulsion from the Stork Exchange, and being a
member of many other Societies, I fuel it a duty I owe to
myself to explain the reasons of such expulsion,
Without entering into useless detail of a question, al-
ready before the public (namely, the Canada Company)
the statement of facts are these; The parties concerned
are the public, on one side, us having sold shares to Stock
Exchange members, through their brokers; and the pub-
lic on the other side, as having bought shares in like man-
ner. I think, therefore, it must require no great degree
of mind to show'that a Stock Exchange Committee can-
not be a proper or efficient tribunal for such decision; thaf
however, as my friends-in the house well know, is not the
point which 1 have ever considered, being in my own
mind convinced, that if they were to study it for seven
years, their time would have been as well employed in
blowing bladders.
It being, however,'very notorious, that several members
have been sitting on this Stock Exchange Committee for
mere than five or six weeks, who have bargains pending,
either for themselves, their partners, or principals, I was
strongly Ragged by brokers, with whom I have transactions
pending; to iprotest againt such an injustice, and in so
c;,ping, the words which have incurred then:displeasure
are those--" that a committee so formed of men sitting in
judgment on their own ease was A ti-41 dishonourable
committee, and that the public would say, if they decided
it in our favour, that we were a set of swindlers and
rogues." Now I contended that in using those words I
was conscientiously endeavouring to uphold the respecta-
bility of the Stock Exchange, as Ittiodredethere, I hope,
will testify I have ever endeavoured to no man, how-
ever, with a well constituted mind, can calmly reflect on
his conduct without feeling pain at having, used ungentle-
manly language (though he may have been betrayed into
that warmth by his earnest desire to perform i positive
duty) ; all that regret I feel, but: when I reflect that these
very men can iietecta member of their body, but a. fort-
niglu before, quoting false price, a thing, than which no-
thing can be more dishonourable, and merely reprimand
that member, whilst on me, wbo have been rn that house
from a boi, and will confidently defy any our of its mem-
bers, or any human being, to charge me with an act of dui,
honour, or with an act at all equivocal in its honounible
Character, they have sought to wreak all the vengeance.
I frankly declare that no powo on earth shall make me re-
cal the language I have used to such men, being convinced
that, though their conduct may add to my eliaracter, :it is
nett bend their power to detract from its sincerity Of
respectability,
Nuvqaber 4, 1826.

,). WILLIAMS.

Lee, the o reer, went to the lock-up on
Saturday, for the
When
p
with the Murdu,CPAZ iof moving Ambrose, the man charged
romied him, Leer " of
procewea eery, be found him asleep. Hiving
newito put on the handcuffs ; the prisoner
then said, " Oh, you
walk quiet, for, thank
nOlocsilley,l
the neative, out'ut,i
afraid of. my running away, 11l
t,aali:ei quite innocent." Lee then in-
man answered in:
quired if lie had any
1-I(im, to which the wretched
711 Lee would give him
a glass of gin as he went along,
~,,,,,,
s.
declared he was almost
dead. The parish of St, Andrew rwiutullt have undertaken to
prosecute,

übt Sun.

. LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1826.

We have received since our last the Paris Papers
of Thursday and Friday, anti the Etode of Saturday
morning. The acceptance of the Russian Ultimatum
by Turkey is placed beond a doubt, but the ratifica-
tion of the treaty, whiclNinilly depends on the Murrt,
will probably be procrastinated. The Emperor NI-
IJOLAS arrived in St. PetersbUrgh on the 18th tilt.,
and the Ambassadors from the different Courts who
were present at the Coronation are on their return.
The Duke of thIVONS MIRE, with his suite, reached
Francforrt on the 18th ult.
The accounts from Lisbon in the Etode of Satur-
day, come down to the 18th ult., but furnish few ad-
ditional particulars. The number of marines landed
from the British squadron is lIONV stated at 250, but
though the number was. so small, the influence of this
measure is said to have been immense. It is added,
that it was believed that 2000 men could be landed
in case of necessity. These accounts afford but little
further intelligence from Algarves, where the insur-
rection seems to haVe completely failed. The French
Funds have risen without any assignable cause. Ex-
tracts of these Papers will be found in another column.

Fsxxcx FUNDS.—PARIS, Nov. 2.—Five per Cents. closed at
99f. 40c. P • Three per Cents. 691. 55c. ; Bank Stock, 20501. ;
Rentes de Naples, 75f. 65c.
Fuvrou PUNDS.—PAurs, Nov. 3.—Five per Cents. 991.
60c. ; Three per Cents. 701. loc. ; Bank Actions, 2050 f. ;
Naples Rentes, 76f. 70c. ; Spanish Loan, 49k.

Hamburgh Papers to the 2d inst. were received last
night. Their contents are unimportant.
HAMBUROIr, OCT. 31.—This afternoon the English
packet, with the mail of Friday the 27th, arrived. the
steam-boat which left London on Saturday, and should ar-1
rive to-day, is not yet come as we are going to press.
On the 28th we had a violent storm here. A milk
barge, from this city, was upset in crossing the Elbe, and
as far as, we could learn, ten perished. -Among them were
a 1111111 and his wife, , who have left three children. The
number of persons lost cannot be exactly ascertained, as
there were several passengers in the barge.

YLCHAIi IL Alit; LONDON'.

Ilnunuttou, Ocr. 30.-36 14i; two,montbs, 56 83.
Procsasuitou, OCT. 20.-1015-16.
Bimini, OCT. 28.—Three months, 7.
LElrstci, Ocr. 27.—Threo months, 6 17k.

Brussels' Papers of the 3d instant, were received
yesterday, but have tio political intelligence. The
Tribunal of .Chent; cut►ticiiiiied on the 29th ult. a
female swindler who had successfully duped the in-
habitants of Brussels, under the title of the Countess
of Jersey, to one year's imprisonment, a fine of 25
florins, And costs.

The Austrian Observer of they. 23(1 ult. also
reached us last night. The Chief Turkish Commis-
sioner at Akennann arrived at Jassy on the 11th ult.,
on his way to Constantinople, bearing the convention
agreed on at Akennann, by the Turkish and Russian
Plenipotentiaries, for the Sultan's ratification. All
apprehensions of war had ceased, at Jassy ; the other
Turkish Commissioners were expected to return to
Constantinople at the end of October.

We received this morning the Journal de St
Petersburgh of the 22d nit, which announces ofliciall,
the arrival of the Emperor NICHOLAS and the Mein,
hers of the Imperial Family in the capital :
ST. PETERSBURGII, OCT. 18.

Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, and the
young Grand Duke Alexander, arrived in this city to-day
at half-past eleven. They alighted at the Cathedral of
our lady of Kasen, where Te Deum was sung, after which
the Metropolitan, in a few words, offered his congratula-
tions to their Majesties, and gave his pastoral benediction.
As they left the Church, en immense multitude drawn to-
gether by the desire to see our beloved Sovereign and his
august consort, welcomed them with the most joyful ac-
clamations
of the illuminations of this evening, which were more splen-
did than those that took place on the receipt of the news
of their Majesties' Coronation, of which we have '"rea`l
given an account.
The Grand Duchess Helena returned from Moscow on
Sunday last (the Lia),
[This journal contains numerous promotions, and also an
official translation of the second bulletin of the operation of
thearmy
word inw for word the same as that previously Georgia
,'whicb however (as the editor observes)
is almost
published.]

trheespeCt
ST. PETESSIWROII, OCT. 21.
ingTthhecirllulrnnißinlaQtfiotil:si, adtattdetcto fantttsr
bril-
liant tire-works at Moscow on the 22d Sept: (Oct. 4.)
His Majesty has promoted Major-General Prince MBA.
odlellsycriapfeavonlinoefs
toff to the rank of lieutenant-General, on account of his
distinguished services,

have also been re-
Dutch Papers of the 4th inst.
ceived this morning, but they only contain accounts
from America with which we had been previously ac-
quainted, and some further details of the ravages of
the, disease in Holland.

The Nuremburg Correspondent of the 29th ult.
says that the Duke of SAXE COBURG has refused his
ratification to the convention for the partition of thy

erritory of Saxe Gotha and Altenburg, of which such
7requent mention has been made. It is probable that
;his affair has been brought before the German Diet.

The following is .an extract of a letter, which we re-
ceived by the'packet yesterday, from our Correspondent

in Jamaica :

We are unusually dull: Paez will meet serious opposition from.
General Bermudez, and fewer friends in Venezuela than he at first
anticipated. In Chili, too, it seems that O'Higgins has succeeded
in turning out Freyre, and replacing himself in the Dictatorship.
These events show how little stability there is in the new coun-
tries, and how much yet remains to be done, before they can be
ranked amongst civilised nations. By the return of the Tweed,
we lea'rn that the inhabitants of Hayti have not altogether ap-
proved of the late French treaty of Boyer's, especially those of
the city of St. Domingo, who not only refused to pay their por-
tion, but offered to make a good vacancy in the Presidency; for
the General, next in command to Boyer, and in which they would
not have wanted aid. The latter saw his danger ; and, accord-
ing to Captain Hunn, it is now settled that lie is to plead inability
to perform the terms of the agreement with France, and, in De-
cember next to place all nations on the same footing as regards
commerce. Aurora, Harlequin, and Tweed, have captufed a
Spanish slaver ; this makes the eighth in twelve months; but,
unfortunately for the cruisers, as well as for the poor wretches
themselves, their whole number falls a little short of a thousand.

The Gazette of Napoli di Romania, of September 12, an-
nounces tl►e arrival of a steam boat on the 14th, eight hours after
sun set, in the Gulf of Argos. "As soon as it was descried,"
says the account, " the news spread through the city, and the
'inhabitants, roused from the arms of Morpheus, hastened to the
ramparts, &c. to enjoy this novel sight. The moon shining bright,
the vessel was easily distinguished, and, ou its anchoring in the
port, became the object of general and eager curiosity ; boats,
filled with people, surrounded it on all sides. Mr. Francis
Abney Hastings, captain and owner of the vessel, offered to sell
it to the Government, which did not hesitate a moment to buy
it for 15,0001. sterling. Thus it became Greek, instead of En-
glish property, and received the name of Karteria (the Pe►seve-
rance). It is 233 tons burthen, English measure. Thus Greece
has also a steam-boat."

In the following numbar of the Gazette de Napoli it is stated,
" that On the 16th, at ten o'clock, the Greek flag was hoisted on
board the steam-boat, amidst a salute of artillery. The members
of the Committee of Government, and several members of the Na-
tional Assembly, who had come to view the vessel, were on board
during the ceremony. The Government, considering the services,
the virtues, the natural and acquired talents of Mr. Hastings, has
given him the rank of Captain of a frigate, and the command of
the Perseverance. Captain A. F. Hastings has been before this
in Greece, and fought for its rights, and thereby acquired the
esteem of all the Greeks. He now receives a high rank in the
Greek navy, and the command of our first steamboat. The Greek
navy may justly be proud of him, and Greece expects splendid
deeds from him, conv►nced that he is in all respects capable of
them."

We insert in another column a letter which we
have received from a Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, a Gen-
tleman who has been expelled from the Stock Ex-
change by the Committee for managing that House,
in consequence of having hastily used some strong and
coarse expressions on the expected decision of the
Committee upon the question of the Canada Company
Shares. We are not fond of bringing any such dis-
putes before the public—but the notoriety which has
been given to this circumstance obliges us to notice it.
From the plain and frank statement made by Mr.
WILLIAMS, we are bound to,say that it appears to us
that he has been hardly dealt with by the Committee,
and that that body has subjected themselves to the im-
putation which lie has thrown upon them of Moon-
isistency, in having passed a vote of expulsion upon
'him for having spoken uncourteously of them—while,
a few days before, they only censured another mem-
ber for conduct of a very different character, in which
the public generally were concerned. The honour of
the House was not tarnished by Mr. WILLIAMS—and
the Committee-men, in the plenitude of their authority,
ought to 'have passed unheeded, expressions which
though disrespectful to themselves, were perfectly con-
sistent with those nice feelings of honour which dis-
tinguish the Members of the Stock Exchange. But
little minds delight in the exercise of power, and are
most eager to indulge this passion for the support of
their own petty consequence.

Having devoted so much of our Paper of Saturday
to the letters from Mr. BOWRING and Mr. HUME,
and having inserted in our columns of this day the
letter of the latter to the Editor of theMornin g Herald,
which we were obliged to omit on Saturday, and an-
other long letter from the former, we shall be brief
in our remarks on the subject. In fact, we think
little more is necessary to be said with' regard to Mr.
HUME at all events. It is impossible that any lan-
guage which we can use can put his conduct in
more mean and paltry light than that in which he has.
pictured it him Self; and as no colouring of ours could
improve it, we are quite willing to leave it in the
black and white in which the Hon. Member has
lineated it. We shall, therefore, only say, that it ap-
pears to us impossible, after the exposure which has
been made, that Mr. HUME can take his seat in the
new Parliament ; and we would earnestly recom-
mend; that he should finish his career by accepting
Office—namely, the Stewardship of the
Chiltern
Hundreds.

Mr: BOWRING may be briefly dismissed.—The
difference in the charge against, and the admis-
sion of, this gentleman, is this :—lt is assert-
ed that he held 25,0001. Greek Scrip, and being
inconvenienced by the payments already made on it,
and Unable to make another, was relieved by the De-
puties withdrawing the said sum of 25,0001. at 10 per
cent. discount, on account of their Government. His
letter of the 21st Sept., 1824, thanks the Deputies for
so doing ; and his letter of the 19th October follow-
ing, requests, that as the crisis of the loan is over, the
advance only, and with the under-
Scrip may be delivered back to hit. It u
—r. ~OWRt-Nd,
repayment the Scrip was to he re-
on the other hand, asserts. that the sum of 50001. was
As Mr. BOWRING cannot deny his letter of
the 21st Sept., which proves the nature of the transac-
tions, he very coolly states now on his honour, 6 that
he has no recollection of having written such a letter,'
that it is dated at a time when a heavy family sorrow
lent to
dion.; it'
that
a :49annits

occupied: all his thoughts, a time when the mind is
hardly answerable for its own acts." Our readers will
judge for themselves what credit is to be given to any
of the statements of a person who can pretend that. he
could accept such a boon as being released from dig
responsibility of 25,0001. Greek Scrip at its then dis-
count, without knowing what he was about at the

time, or recollecting it afterwards !
One more remark and we have done with this sub
ject. Both Mr. HUME and Mr. BOWRING complain.
of the' great sacrifices which they were willing to make_
for the Greek Government. But what were they ?
Mr. Huard has lost nothing, and Mr. BOWRING,
by his own statement, sustained a loss on this
25,000/. of 13971. 103. only. But we would ark
what they would have lost if they, who, by their
own shewing, were the persons who accomplished
raising the loan, and induced. others by their re-
presentations to embark their property in it, had not
sold their scrip ? What has not Mr. Hume been saved
by the conduct of the Greek Deputies, (as he pretends)
having obliged him to let them take his scrip off his
hands ? The immediate result, it is true, was only a
loss to the Greek Government of 1300/., and 1111.
interest, and a payment to Mr. HuME of that amount
but if he had kept the Scrip, as he declares he should
have done but for the conduct of these Gentlemen, lie
would have been called upon to make all the subse-
quent payments, and consequently for his 10,0001.
scrip would now have been out of pocket 5,900/., and
interest thereon ; and its present value Would be
11001. or 1200/. ; consequently he has been saved
present loss of nearly 5,000/. Mr. BOWRING'S Wing
is still larger,- and therefore he and Mr. HVME
under greater obligations to the Deputies of Greeeci
than that country or any other owes to these film:lodated.
compatriots. •

We art sorry to observe that the Morning Herald of
Thursday thought it necessary to conclude a paragraph,
called forth by a recent gambling transaction, with
some very absurd and abusive reflections on the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, as affording, by its proximity to
Newmarket, a school for gambling and vice, in which '
many of the young nobility and gentry are initiated
into those scenes, and learn to' acquire a taste fo'r those
pursuits, which ultimately plunge them and their con-
nexions in ruin. " Strange to say," the writer ob-
serves, "it is before a young man's entry into the
world that he too often becomes an adept at the weans
of his own future ruin : it is at those places where lie'
ought to learn better things, that he is allowed, we
might almost say encouraged, to dedicate to horse-
racing, to gambling, and to drinking, those hours
which ought to be appropriated to far dilfereut pu
suits, and would be so dedicated,,werp th'se on
szwiet.hajeu.sticNe,ouwp,brwaied
Lithueleynotutash willairei
what they profess to be, places fore cultivation of
' sound learning and religious education.' Cal,l„,w,e'
as
ahus olis'e"'"
our otenl-
porary can do, that Newmarket is so near Cambridge;
a circumstance which, we fear, all the doctors, 01
both the proctors, will never be able to alter ; though'
we know, they would be heartily glad if they could•
We lament, as every other person of the least discern-
' i ment must do, that it is in a great measure owing
nth
they
this unfortunate circumstance that many of our yousß
are, at the early period when they begin to assume tb.
are
eßnuetoutrhagatedthetyo are allowed, reins of self-government, led into these scenes of ro"
fligacy.
any regulations 01
the University, is what we never heard, and 144 11°
one who knows any thing of the matter can for s
moment admit; on the contrary, we know that every
obstacle is put in the way of the students frequent'
ing the race-course, which it is possible for
a' el
college rules to put. If young.men are to be trec
exactly like school-boys, it certainly might be prac",
ble to lock them up ; but even then, we fear, they
asilociwbeyd, or still less, that,
would sometimes get out of bounds, as naughtY sehuo-
boys are accustomed to do. Under existing eire sa„
stances, however, such treatment would hardly bel 0
missible, and an attempt must be made ,to suei) Yiee.
place by enforcing attendance as well upon dslo the,
tures as at other particular times ; but what A Ail the
lectures, all the advice, all the roll-calls, 'n.,.,,,,s of
exercise of authority, set against the teolPta4- •og
for eller -
sport, backed with the supply of mesas its,„,, ow,
in it ? If the Morning Herald would, mesas,
iseut to
devise a plan by which young men might be d the
their studies more effectually than they are
a"un under
existing system, we have no doubt the gFes
soli"
would be thankfully received. We are it or ig,
vincad that there cannot be a more unfounde" sof
norant accusation brought against the ruling ever,COl,..
Cambridge, than that of " indolence, or crunillai iii,
nivanee,' in this matter ; nor can there be an in
to the
stance of more illiberal abuse, than the termisvice
which the sage writer conveys his concluding mi,„a
p wake for
" slee drones who rule over such 1
permit such practices that they should " od
one moment from their dreams of future initres!,.l
ai
when " theism
ask themselves how far the sufferance of sitch t!',:lt
hast:ai bpeledaoseindg their duty dtuotyeaitlil ththaetnslt,a,!e of fife to win.c2oce
might, perhaps, with its still small voice, valispe ',so
a lesson more useful to themselves and ,others ,
.a college
Now, we repeat our conviction, that so far --, , of
any which has been yet taught within their 10115.
authority can go, in consistency with a knowleugenory
human nature in those they have t• govern' ro.
thing which can be done in the way of preventing tea
fligacy is done by the heids of the university.
_,..n.
fear the time is very far distant when it will be 170 i
ble, by any stretch of authority, or any euenleing
discipline, to prevent entirely young men frotn__,. of
the dupes, and, too often, ultimately,
youthful propensities. But let it only be eollsiyour
the fietTrred
ho", much IS EFFECTED'by the present sYsteni _ the
universities, and we feel assured
to be not wbouY
superintendence of them will al' ant f the
guardians o
deficient in their duty, as the vt.644nt aro
lUt.there is another V
youth entrusted to them. re vi-
help thinking a little mo
ter, in which we 0-"“ot .
the
c_,„
giliiiitX 5i);534 De exercised than is sometimes h, P.. 1
those who have Lii..

What are all the temptations which the proximity of a
race course affords, if the " sinews" of sport are want-
ing ? and who supplies these but the parent ? It is
to his injudicious over-fondness in affording unlimited
supplies, that the ruin of the son is much oftener to
be traced than to any relaxation of college discipline.
How often does the richer parent send his son to col-
lege without the. smallest intimation that--the source
from which his supplies are granted can ever be ex-
hausted ? the son, of course, will never discover it
unless he is told. How often does the poorer father,
the small country gentleman or clergyman, dismiss his
son, who has hitherto lived at home, without running
into extravegance; simply because he has never had
my opportunity or incitement, to do so, with a general
caution, that he cannot afford him much, but with an
admonition to appear respectably : when, to the son,
" much "or little, are terms of whose meaning has
no conception whatever ; and " respectably,' means
" similarly to other young men ;" in consequence, if he
fall into a dashing set, " respectable " style be-
comes the very desperation of gambling, and his de-
mands for " not much " upon his father, are demands
large enough to ruin him and all his family. Here,
we conceive, is the root of the evil ; let but the parent
be explicit and positive in fixing his allowance, and
immoveably firm in adhering to it, and the son will
soon learn the value of that allowance, and be far more
effectually preserved from falling a prey to the tempta-
tions of extravagance, than by any possible enactments
of the university statutes, or the most rigorous enforce-
ment of College regulations.

Gibraltar Chronicles to the 16th Oct. inclusive, have been
received, but their contents are unimportant. The Algerine
squadron continues cruising against Spanish shipping, so that no
vessel ventured to sea. T. show the deplorable state to which
the trade of Spain is reduced, the shipping lists front the Spanish
Porte, do not contain a single vessel of any description, under
their national flag, either arriving or sailing from any of the ports.
Our City Correspondent says, that accounts from Madrid, of
the 1231 of October, state that the last news received there from
L►sbon, caused an explanation of. a nature not very agreeable, be-
tween the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Lamb,
Minister of his Britannic Majesty. This circumstance has mused
►ill the Ministers to depart immediately for the Escurial, where
th'Y remained in Council in the presence of the King.

The letters from Paris this morning state they had received ac-
counts from Lisbon that the revolt in Algiers was at an end, and
the junta of the rebels had fled. Most of the troops who had
puled iu the revolt have again returned to their duty, and the
remainder have taken the road to Spain, and sonic of the Chiefs
'inboard ; amongst whom was the Marquis Abrantes.