The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-26 00:00:00

DOTTER ON FORALIGN CORN.

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Wheat— Is. Odl:lais-- —Ths: 3d. . Beans— 9s. 6d.
Barley --. 3s. 4d. Rye ................ ss. 6d. I Pease ....—..., 6s. 6d.

SMITHFIELD MARKET.

At this day's market, which exhibited an exceedingly
short supply, eack kind of meat met with a ready sale, at
fully Monday's prices.

PRICES PER STONE OF BLES. TO SINK THY OFFAL&

s. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beata 2 4 '2 6 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0
Second quality ditto 210 3 2 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0
Prime largo Oxen... 4 2 410 Large coarse Calves 4 4 410
Prime Scots, kc..... 4 6 5 0 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 4
Inferior 2 8 3 0 Large .Hogs 4 8 5 4
Second quality ditto 3 2 3 6 Small Porkers 5 4 5 8
Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 8 , Suckling Calves 124. to 36s.each.
Sou did° wn Wethers 4 5 5 0; Quarter old Pigs I 6s. to 20s. eac b.
surrLy, AS FER ClAtItK'S STA 'ICU ENT.

Beats. shfct, Calves. rigs.
128 I 1,090 I 6t
With Mitch Cows which were few in number, the trade
was very dull, at barely the prices of this day se'nnight.

NEWG ATE AND LEA DEN ALL MARKETS.
- At per stone, by thc Carcass.
s. d. tog. d. s. to d.
Beet '2 4 4 0 I Veal 'I 8 5 0
Mutton 2 (1 4 0 Pork

Yesterday, his Excellency the Lord Lieute-
nant, and the Ladies Paget, paid a visit to. Lord William
Paget, who has remained at the Castle since his late acci-
dent. His Lordship is recovering as quickly as his medi-
cal attendants could anticipate.---Driblin Evening Post.
The son of Baron Bernadotte, brother of the
King of Sweden, haring arrived of age on the 13th inst.,
took the usual oaths on coming to his title, in the Royal
Court of Pau. The young Baron Isas been brought up to
the legal profession.

M. Vadier, who at the French Revolution
was a Member of the National Convention, died a few days
since at Brussels, at the age of 93 ye.are.

On Saturday, a party of smugglers passed by
the farm of Middleton, near Powrie Brae, on the Forfar
road. The farmer being in company with them,
they all drank very freely of the contraband commo-
dity. Soon afterwards, the farmer was taken ill ; and one
of his farm-servants was despatched to Dundee for medical
aid. By the time he got to the Fair Muir, however, he
found hioaself unable to proceed—it is said from the in-
ebriating ehrts of the liquor—and had to be driven home
in a cart. By the time he arrived at his destination, his
master had ceased to live.—Editiburgh Weekly Chnntiele.
Last week a dexterous thief succeeded in ex-
tracting' no less than IR silk handkerchiefs through the
pin-hale of the shutters of a shop window in Salisbury.

AFFAIRS OF HONOUR.--TWO gentlemen,
whom we know and esteem, were induced, from a very
frivolous misunderstanding, to meet in hostility, at the
Phoenix Park, yesterday morning, where they exchanged
shots, without, we are happy to say, either party being
hurt. The police having received intimation of the hostile
meeting, repaired to the ground, but did not arrive in
time to effect the arrest of any of the parties. We are much
pleased to hear that the affair has been since amicably
arranged. One of those malicious beings, who are
only inflnenced by an anxiety to spoil sport, hav-
ing lodged information at the Head Office yester-
day, that a duel was likely to take place between Mr. Wil-
liam W. £•••••••••743, and Mr. 141 n, 'peace officers Manly
and Cunningham repaired towards the Crescent, at An -
nealey-bridge, and having got a view of the parties, all of
whom, principals and seconds, took flight at their appear-
ance, chased them to a field in the vicinity of Drumcondra,
where they succeeded, with some difficulty, in arresting
Mr. E---9. and his second, Mr. O'K-. The for-
mer gentleman made a desperate effort to escape, but with-
out success. Both were brought into town to the Head
Office, where Mr. E was bound in a recognizance of
5001. to be of the peace for three years to Mr:
Mr. uttered into a recognizance of 2001. to keep
the peace towards all his Majesty's subjects for the space
of one year.... Saunders' News Letter.

STOCKHOLM.

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The following will probably be new to you; it is
contained in a Stockholm Paper of the 28th of No-
yember

In the Assembly of Nobles, the question whe-
ther strangers should 'be admitted into the House
during the debates was renewed.
Count Frohlich proposed that accommodations
should be prepared for 100 persons,—but on con-
dition that, whenever the Landmarsl►al should re-
quire it, the strangers so admitted should immedi-
ately retire; the Landnnarsl►al not, however, having
the right to demand their absence, without the con-
sent of the Assembly.
Baron Boye, in moving that the proposal be
laid upon► the table for the present, suggested that
the Noble Count was attempting to go even further
than was done in England, where the demand of a
single member was considered sufficient to order the
immediate clearing of the gallery.
To this Count Frohlich replied, that in England
the admission of strangers was not legally recog-
nized ; and that, according to the letter of the law,
the publicity of debates was positively prohibited,
although respect for Me rights qf the people had
occasioned these laws and prohibitions to pass
into oblivion ; but that if, upon the present occasion,
a law were passed for the admission of strangers,
with the legal limitations alluded to by Baron Boye,
it would at all times
:depend upon the caprice or
the servility of a single individual, to prevent a
publicity which might be wished for by the majority
of the assembly.
Baron Boye resumed, saying that the language of
the last speaker raised a feeling of indignation in his
breast. Allusion had been made to the rights of the
people! Yes! It was the ii►lse notion about the
rights of the people, that had plunged Europe during
thirty years in blood! A hundred ragamuffins did
not-constitute a fair representation of the Swedish
people ! (Here the noble Baron received such une-
quivocal proofs of the dissatisfaction of the assembly',
that he was obliged to cease, his further expressions
haying become inaudible in consquenee of the con
tinned stamping of his noble co-nobles.)

Here you have a rich specimen of Swedish To-
ryism ! One thing, however, to which I would call
Mr. Shiel's attention is, that a people, among whose
legislators such discussions take place, are not slaves!
I am surprised that Mr. Shiel could have made so un-
founded a charge against the Swedish nation, noto-
riously one of the freest in Europe, as to call them
slaves ! And lam still more surprised that such a
calumny should have remained so long uncontra-
dieted. Surely the classical name of Gustavus Vasa,
and his heroic efforts in the cause of Swedish liberty,
must have been completely expunged from Mr.
Shiers book on history, before he could have blun-
dered on such an assertion. I respect Mr. Shiel and
admire his talents; and from my soul I wish him
success in the glorious struggle in which he is en-
gaged; it is therefore without the least spark of
will to him, that I venture to correct his mistake.

We hear that a grand drawing-room, to be
followed by a juvenile ball, will take place at Windsor
Castle in February.—Brigifton Gazette.
A black and white hare was offered for sale
to a respectable tradesman in this town on Thursday last,
for which a sovereign was asked !—Sheffield Iris.

The Emperor Nicholas lately conferred the
Order of the Black Eagle on General Dicbitsch, for his con-.
duct during the late campaign. On this occasion the order
was accompanied by a letter, in which his Majesty ex-
presses his conviction that the General will profit by the
experience acquired in the last campaign, both in regard to
the nature of the war, and the invincible obstinacy of the
Ottomans !

The. subscription opened in Paris, for the
establishment of an asyl►m for beggars, amounts already
to 200,000 francs.

PARIS, DEC. 23.—A loan of cighty millions
to the highest bidder by sealed proposals, is again talked
of, and lists are even said to be already formed for that
purpose amoagst the leading capitalists.

SLOOP LOST.—On Friday last, a revenue
cutter observed a sloop in distress at the mouth of the
Firth, and immediately put off to ber assistance. Before
its arrival at the spot, however, a brig had reached the
sinking vessel, and was in tithe to save the persons on
board. The cutter kept by the Sloop till she went down,
about ten miles east from the Island of May. She is
supposed to be a Newcastle coal trader bound to Dundee.
—Scotsman.

Baron Anckarwaerd has laid upon the tables
of the States General of Sweden an act of impeachment
against the Ministers.

We have the following marvellous statement
from Caistor, in this county :—" A great sensation has
been excited in the neighbourhood during the last week,
owing to the appearance of a huge animal, of unknown
name and species ; it is in shape something similar to a
dog, though much larger, its colour is black and white,
and the prints of its feet left on the fallowed fields are as
large, (according to the common report) as the band of a
child of the age of six years. .This animal every night
kills a number of sheep, by biting boles in their bodies,
sucking the blood, and then leaving them in that state. To
such an extent has this been carried, that as many as fifty
sheep have been killed in one night ! Every labourer
about Caistor has made an attempt to kill the aninial, but
without effect. Some of the wise ones opine it to be no
other than a supernatural being, under the assumed shape.
Many others in going out to kill the animal make that
pretext !Or carrying a gun, which they otherwise are not
entitled to do, and not unfrequently make mistakes, and
kill animals more harmless, such as hares and partridges."
—Lincoln Mercury.

When the notorious They Solomons run away
from England some time ago, after effecting his escape
from the Keeper of Newgate, be proceeded to New York,
where he engaged with two Englishmen, who shall be for
the present nameless, in passing forged cheques upon seve-
ral banks in that, city. Being discovered, and one of his
accomplices taken into custody, he fled to South America
by embarking with his booty on board of a vessel sent in
pursuit of her chasing and overhauling a wrong one.
Whilst in New York he passed under a fictitious name,
and dealt in watches, jewellery, and the like articles, for
the purpose of circulating his forged cheques. One of his
accomplices is at present imprisoned for life in the State
of New Jersey.

A more daring gang of robbers has seldom
polluted the country than that which has lately been dis-
covered in a cottage on Mortimer-common, a situation ad-
mirably adapted for their nefarious practices, commanding
an uninterrupted view over a great extent of country, par-
ticularly of the border lands of Hampshire and Berkshire.
Possessing a sort of light higler's cart, drawn by a com-
pact pony, one or two of the scouts traversed the district,
in order to mark lone and secluded objects of attak for the
midnight marauder ; and it is thus that the sacrilege at
Purley-church, and the robbery at Purley hall, the pirm-
derings at Shipbridge-niill, Aldermaston, and Swallow-
field, may be readily accounted for. Some of the gang
were alWays armed, and they possessed one of the best
collections of house-breaking instruments that ever fell into
the hands of the police. Jemmies, of various sizes, to prizo
off locks or break open doors ; augers, centre-bits, and
chisels; pick-lock keys of all sizes, and files for the adap•
tation of them to locks of almost every description; the
lantern small, and suited for the pocket. Although six or
eight distinct cases are already proved against mem, there
are at least as many more robberies which are yet to be
accounted for. It it conjectured, however, that the depre-
dations have.not been strictly confined to burglaries, and
the despoilment of hen-roosta, and the violated graves at
Tilehurst and Sonning 'are supposed to be instances of
their activity as resurrection peen. In the pocket-book of
Davies was found a receipt Asia body.—Devizes Gazette.

On Friday last au inquest was held at Crop-
well-Butler, near Bingham, on the body of Miss Sarah
Saxton, aged 25, daughter of Mr. Saxton, farmer, who
resides in a house in the field at a short distance from Crop-
well. It appeared that the young lady was on it visit at
Mr. Widowson's, blacksmith, of that village, to whose son
she was to have been married on Christmas-day. On
Thursday morning she purposed returning to her father's,
and at breakfast exclaimed, " Oh, my .grief ! oh, my
trouble !" This was not particularly noticed, as she had
been in a low and desponding way for some time. She
then went up stairs to make preparations for her departure, •
but not coming down so speedily as was expected, a per-
son went into her room, and found her suspended in a silk
kerchief, fastened to the bed-tester. A verdict of "
insa-
nity" was returned.--Lincoln Mercury.

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STEPREN COPPINGER, Esq. in the Chair. .. "i,OIIIY. 1
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Ie:MANCIPATION—DUKE OF WELLINGTON. ' kned
Mr. O'CONNELL—The first Minister of the Cat ' 'ight 1
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has at length avowed his sentiments, and they os - ,Inside
not but be regarded favourable to Catholic Email 'lier 1
ration. (Loud -and continued cheers.) He A ' 41311 e i
has known the glories of Waterloo, and whoSe te ',lt in
tary career of fame may be considered as complel Phial'
is now about to enter upon a career of substarit '}'; re
glory, before which his firmer fame must dwiPa tight
into forgetfulness, and in which neither Russian st *hick I
Prussian can claim a share, and of which neith ' kn.
captain nor soldier can claim a part ; but which mot i'll of
belong entirely to himself. (Cheers.) He is pled} : ,i'll uni
to this course by a letter which I shall now read' ' C(
you. It is a letter addressed by his Grace to Doctor ~
ozli
Curtis, and I call upon you to mark the first sentence' •resedi
see how the Prime Minister writes to the CatholiC direr
Primate of Ireland. Mr. O'Connell then read tbd le ski
first passage—" London, Dec. 11, 1828. My dear Sire„ Were at
I have received your letter of the 4th instant, and' "Iv, to
assure you that you do me justice in believing thdi 1t ors
I am sincerely anxious to witness the settlement 4 Sin an
the Roman Catholic Question."--(Cheers.) Whf
a pill that is for the Brunswick kennels !—(Laugli
ter.) What a complete dose for the Bloodhoundg
--(Loud laughter.) Oh I how I should like to se/S
Romney Robinson grinning over his fat goose etr.
dinner, after reading that sentence.—(Laughtets
" I am sincerely anxious to witness the settlemeOt
of the Catholic Question, which, by benefiting figi''',S
state, would confer a benefit on 'every individual V
longing to it. (Cheers.) •Am 1 really readings '
document that comes from the Prime Minister Pl',.
England ?--(llear and cheers.) He now declare!"
solemnly and deliberately, that emancipation would,
not only benefit the state, but also confer benektai.
upon every individual belonging to it; it would beo''
advantage not only to the Catholics, but it would tl°, .
still more—it would be useful to the Protestant, argil
thank God! the Presbyterian could not be excluded .
from it.—( Hear, and 'cheers.)--It is a measUlll:!.
which would give greater security to the throne,so
permanency and stability to the Constitution. Vir'
would receive our rights with gratitude and with'
thankfulness, and although we shall insist on there'
as long as they are withheld, still we would recell
them with as much thankfulness as the beg,
would his dole, and as much kindness as the child :
,
his gift at Christmas.—(Cheers.)—There is the W.'',
corded opinion and the conviction of the Dukeof Welt
lington; and in deliving this opinion it should not b!
forgotten, how very like it is to that which 0:1-",
given expression to by Mr. Dawson on a former oceA''
sion. Such was not the sentiment of Mr. Peel, but of thr
Duke of Wellington, and it may happen that the Peel
should be thrown overboard, and their places fille°'l:
by men anxious to do justice to Ireland. (Heir;
and cheers.) " But I confess that I see no pie;
spect of such a settlement. Party has been inise°
up with the consideration of the question to such °e., 1
degree, and such violence pervades every discuseif, ,
of it, that it is impossible to expect to prevail up°ll
men to consider it dispassionately." We shall 0/'
that presently. But the Duke of Wellington the.
observes—" If we could bury it in oblivion for. ;
short time, and employ that time diligently in tb°.,
consideration of its difficulties, (for they are verf
great), I should not despair of finding a satisfactoli
remedy." Now (continued Mr. O'Connell) I call'
not possibly conceive how we can, by burying ''''
question in oblivion, discuss it, so as to ascertain i!il
difficulties. (Hear and laughter.) lam afraid 60
the proposition must involve such an absurdity 0
would be attributed to the Duke's own country''
(Laughter.) But here is the Premier Minister first
conceding the essential necessity of the success of the
measure, and then deploring party spirit.as the ob..
stacle to that success. Never were there men
would more joyfully and willingly fling from then ,
every species of party than the Catholics, if • 00',
could but be assured that justice would be done OS:
them. Any one speaking upon this subject has ve'''-',
thing more to do than refer to the conduct of afro:-.
entire body, nobles, democracy, agitators and a11,.'
during the King's visit; The moment we are asole''
red of justice, that moment we shall mix with tb‘.;
great body of society, and bury in oblivion evert;
thing but our feelings of gratitude to those who l'sj. '
struggled with us in our difficulties. (Hear toLS
cheers.) We should forget our injuries; we shot,r
forgive the insults and offences offered us, and 1,.:1
member nothing, but what gratitude prompted ,lii,'
to recollect. (Cheers.) We would combine hearth
with every class of the King's subjects, and on .:
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gr4titude.shall, indeed be thankfully recorded toil',
British Minister, who accomplishes our emancie
Lien. ~ If the Duke of Wellington will perform,tlo -
service," as a public journalist said some time sine*
" he will become as groat a favourite with theCf,
tholic Association as any member of it." When 11;„,
does this, he certainly will, but not a mottle!,
sooner. I break no confidence in reading this lettP
—in the affairs of the Catholics I have no .se'crO
(Hear and cheers.) • The contents have been knost! '
to many for several days. The autograph of tbl'
letter is in Dublin. (Hear and cheers.) ;.
Mr. O'CONNELL again rose and said, that the rest,business of the meeting ought to commence. go,
had already given nine notices of motions which 11
meant to submit to the Association, and be shoos"
begin with the first. It was a motion calling Lel
a certain number of kentiemen to accompany hint to,
London, whenever he should proceed to that metro;polis to take his seat in the Imperial Parliament";
He would distinctly pledge himself to his countrYL
be there on time 3d Feb.; on the 4th ho should rA,
engaged in making the necessary preparations, 9':f
on the sth he should take his place in the House
Commons. (Long-continued cheering.) This 4.‘,.
termination was the deliberate result of his own jut
merit. He would yield to no advice which might
offered to induce him to alter that determinatit
where his own judgment was not convinced that r'
was wrong. He hoped to be in the House of Co
mons before the address in 'answer to the Kin •
speech would be read from the Speaker's chair. PA
(Mr. O'Connell) had never pledged himself to F;i,
to the House of Commons immediately on his el 0„,
Lion for the county of Clare. He•did not bele,
that even a reporter for the newspapers had ever 1e...‘
puted such a declaration to him, nor did lie ever
much as insinuate that such was his intention. Pi
learned that there was a public declaration Wild
person in power, that the Catholic Question was rio
to be made a Ministerial one; but he would OP'
that nothing but force, or an illegal-vote, should dr :
prive him of a seat to which he had been elected bi!'
the unbought suffrages of the finest and bravest pt''
ple in the universe. It is against his individual iittr,
rest to have been returned to Parliament, or to ei
forward in pursuance of the trust reposed in him „e°
the House of Commons—but it was the welfare, t°l
happiness, and the independence of his belot,
country alone, which had ever induced him to aspi..,7
to the situation of their representative. (Hear, lien 1
and cheers.) The qualification oath, as to land'
property, he would take, but no other. He pkdgl,
himself that he would demonstrate his legal eT7'
constitutional right to sit in the House of Comm
without being legally obliged to take any other
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whatever. llis attempt to sit in the Imperial Y 5 '
liament might 'make him liable to prosecution for ,
misdemeanour; but, perhaps, before they could t,.
termine on the place in which they,should lay 4',1
venue, he might bring the question before the Hour
of Lords, and try whether they had any right to i:; '
diet him for a misdemeanour. If it was insis
that he was bound to take an oath, and that 1
might be liable to a penalty for refusing, that oe,of
tied that penalty should be found in the act
Union. Previous to the act of Union, there 465.,
a penalty of 5001. annexed to a misderneaw
of this sort, but he asserted there was no Le
nalty imposed in such a case by the Act of Uni!4
;
The old law (lid enact the penalty, the new 111%0110
not. He was legally and constitutionally entitled h's
go before the House of Commons, and ' assert g,,Pa.
rights of the people, and though he were only tP

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