Star. — London, England, 1830-04-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE. SUNDAY PRESS. —" Collectett, combined, arranged, compared, dissected, amended, and circulated."—A NASTAIHOIS. THE REVENUE AND THE COUNTRY.—.What CAM out on Monday was no comedy—THE QUARTER'S REVENUE !—a word of fear ! In brief, then—for all our reasoning on the subject would not add anything whatever to the force of the naked facts themselves —in brief, then, the Revenue has fallen the FOURTH or A MIL. time upon the quarter; EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS upon the year. The year 1829 was itself a MOM unfavourable year—so that we are in a progressive state of re gular and rapid defalcation. Rut worse remains to be told. The Excise has fallen THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS upon :he quarter--ONE MILLION AND FIFTY-EIGHT THOUSAND PouNns upon the year ! Here is a dreadful proof of the utter mi. fiery of the consuming classes—of the gradual sinking of the middle fullers into pauperism. In the year 1831, if the system con. tinues, we shall find that the Excise will have sunk Two MILLIONS more. We speak advisedly. Even the branches if the revenue which are prosperous, contain the marks of libtress. The customs have increased—but increased by the ma importation duties. Of what is that a proof ?—ot pros. ? Alas ! no ! it is a proof of the ruin of the British farmer. Had he flourished, the customs would have fallen. Every pound of the increase in the customs costs the country five pounds. Another prosperous branch is the taxes ; but here too " deficiency" is at work. On the year the increase is 330001.—0 n the quarter, but 6.5001. If this branch of revenue had really been increasing, (and that it is not so, is no fault of the collectors) tile quarter should have exhibited an increase of 13,5001.—m0re than double the actual in. crease. It is useless to discuss here what wcrethe causes of the increase —it is obviously, and on the face of the documents, on the decline. Even the Times, the only Ministerial paper worth speaking of, ad mits that—in looking over the several items of increase and dimi. nution, it is impossible not to be struck by the fact that the princi pal scat of reduced revenue is that which indicates a diminished consumption of almost 10 per cent. in commodities taxable to the excise. THIS, UPON THE FACE OF IT, Is A DECIDED ritooP OF AN INCREASE OF POVERTY AMONG THE PEOPLE. And what has occasioned that poverty ? Nothing but the departure from the principles of commerce and finance, which made this country what it was. No foreign power could have inflicted the injury upon us that the free trade quacks have done. In this case, indeed, England Rath made a shameful conquest of herself. And unless we retrace our steps, every succeeding return of revci:oc will be more deplorable than the last.—The Age. —4 I t does, indeed, seem" useless to discuss the causes" of an appa rent, and at best a very inconsiderable, increase, which is so alarm ingly counterbalanced 'dy the ruinous certainty of such a falling off. And yet, in the face of incontrovertible facts, such as would war. rant even more startling anticipations than " the AOE" has put forth, we see the "March of Mixisterial INTELLIGENCE" indi. rated by the sagacity of political economists, who can ascribe all our calamities to " the state of the weather"—and censure those who are horest enough to proclaim to the world that " MINISTERS and not THE SEASONS" are to blame."—En. STAR.] THE REVENUE AND THE SEASONS I—We stated in The In. relligenee of last week that the returns of the Quarter's Revenue would show an increase in the Customs, and that, as symptoms of national improvement had been manifested, it was probable that the deficiency of the Excise Returns, as compared with the correspond. ing quarter of the last year, would not be very great. Some additional returns, between the publication of our statement and the making up of theaccounts, caused the deficiencies of the Excise to be of rather greatercxtent than we had anticipated ; but that decrease, although large, was not so large by a great deal as had been expected a few weeks ago, and it certainly does not result from the distressed state of the country. It may be explained from other causes. The past season has been very unfavourable to malting, and in addition to that reason for the stagnation of that branch of trade, there has been an unwillingness amongst maltsters to employ their capital In their business, on account of the supposed uncertainty of the continu ance of the malt duty. IVith respect to the Customs, we may state that the actual increase on the permanent duties is greater than it appears. In the corresponding quarter of last year, about 97,0001. was derived from corn duties, and we believe not a farthing in this quar ter; so that, deducting the 97,0001. from the April quarter of 1819, there will remain an actual increase on this quarter of 178,000 L This result, we think, bears us out fully in taking a cheering view of the Revenue Returns as compared with some former accounts; and authentic information from different sources enables us to assert that the symptoms of national improvement are deci dedly of such a character as to raise favourable anticipations for the future. In making this statement, however, we desire particu. tally to disclaim the idea of establishing, upon an improvement in the revenue and in the general trade of the country, any argu tnent in support of the measures of the Ministry, unless it can be shown that inch improvement necessarily results from those measures. On the same ground we protest against the conduct of those writers who found, upon a real or supposed deficiency, an attack upon Ministers, as if the persons who compose the go. vrnuncut of the country could be fairly held responsible for the variations of seasons, the fluctuations of trade, and the caprice of taltion. Persons who pretend to have the welfare of the country at heart ought to be ashamed of making a subject of such general im portance a mete party struggle ; and political economists would do well if, instead of lauding or decrying ministers for that over which that lave 11U centroul, they would apply themselves to an impartial consideration of the causes which really affect the returns of the re. venue, giving to ministers the applause due to them for those mea sures which I:are an influence in promoting favourable returns, without at the same time increasing the burthens of taxation, and G!.llr.ing them only when it can be shown that ministers and not the asons are to blame, and that the acts of the government have a direct influence in causing a falling off In any branch of the revenue.—lntef. What a pity it is that our contemporary should keep the " authentic information" he has received " front different sources," so uncharit. ably to himself I Why not, by divulging some of the Slate secrets which he hints at with such an air of mystified authority, afford mate little consolation to the country—some rational ground for cherishing even a hope of witnessing " any symptoms of na. tional improvement" —some plausible pretext for entertaining any " favourable anticipations for the future?" If the " INTELLI. 6r.tecE," even on the faith of such " ofEcial communications," as he loves to boast of, will point out to us any owe " measure of mi. nisters" which has had "an influence in promoting favourable re turns, without at the same time encreasing the burthens of taxa. tton,"—we pledge ourselves not only to forego all opposition to them, hut " To applaud them to the very echo— That should applaud again." But till then—we must declare, it appears to us little leas than bias. phony to arraign the goodness and the justice of PROVIDENCE for ..datnities which are the consequences of human folly, ignorance, • imprudence.—ED. STAR Cot outzaTtoss or ALGIERS.—In France the cry is " War, t'. o ! against Algiers;" and from the complacency with which the !neat body of the people look on the preparations, it is clear that they feel not a little elated at having the excitement of a contest bestowed upon them, after a peace of 15 years duration. Specu. L 4lO O " on the alert among the Parisians, and so confident is the Lelief that the place is not merely to be Ennowtheel, but to be taken pmsession cf by the French, " to have and to hold," that reams. ✓ah urs and proprietors of Cafes are already preparing to follow the itmsment. This is a little like giving away the bearskin be. tore the bear is killed. We do not remember that even in London we had any thing so bold as this. When, during the late war, expeditions were fitted out against the Cape, the Mauritius, Ind other Colonies, we cannot recollect that preparations, corresponding with these of the Parisians, were made, to. render victory so immediately the source of commercial benefit. The force destined to act against the Der is certainly formidable, but he, no doubt, is welt informed of what his enemy intends. Our Government he perhaps expects will eventually declare in his fa vour, when it shall be attempted to render Algiers a French Co lony. As yet we have been unable to learn that they in any way countenance the plan. Austria, we know, is decidedly opposed to it. England admits the tight of France to claim reparation from the Dzr, and to punish the infraction of treaties ; but a new view of the case al-1 together may be opened to our Cabinet, the moment France at tempts to make that country her own for ever.—Sursday At length the Press—the English Press—takes the alarm, and the project of France, which the STAR, exclusively, proclaimed to this country, long even before the French journals hinted at such an enterprise as the object of the expedition, begins to excite appre hension and alarm. Amongst other corroborative evidences of the fact, we find this statement:—" It has been resolved to send out with the expedition to Algiers a scientific commission, on a si milar plan to that which was adopted with the expedition to Egypt under Bonaparte—two botanists are to be on this commission. It would appear from this fact, that an idea is really entertained of colonizing Algiers, when it shall have been brought under subjec tion by the French army.—Correspondent of the Dublin Literary GasteUe."—" A new view" may perhaps " be opened to our Cabi net," the moment France attempts to make that country her own for ever ;" but if we are only to be aware of the danger, when it is too late to prevent it, we might as well be blind for ever.—Whatever the Sunday Tines may think of " giving away the skin, before the bear is killed," it will be too late to save the bear, when the skin is cut from his back.—En. STAR.] DOCTRINE or MALICE.—The law says that malice is a neces sary ingredient in the nature of certain crimes and offences. In the ordinary acceptation of the term, and as laid down in the jargon of the indictment, this is sheer nonsense; but the ordinary exposition of the law steps in, and with a doctrine of implied malice, remedies part of theevil. Yet the law, or rather the law-makers (the Judges) have two expositions, one general and one particular—one as applying to the ordinary transactions between man and man In the mass ot society, and another for political matters, or offences personal to great men. We need not enumerate all the instances—libel will serve our purpose, and bring us to our point. " I entertained no malice," says the defendant, " Gentlemen of the Jury," says the Judge," I am bound to tell you that malice is to be inferred from the words used ; the defendant has reflected on the conduct of a most respectable Magistrate, and for no other reason than that his wife's father is an opulent brewer, and the owner of several public houses, has imputed to this excellent man a corrupt motive in refusing a wine licence to the new hotel." On this charge, therefore, the defendant is convicted. In the next case called on, the parties have changed places; the Magistrate, in deciding on an information for selling wine without a licence, added, " This man is a notorious receiver of stolen goods, I shall therefore convict him in the full penalty." Here the imputation itself carries immediately with it the consequential damage which is requisite to support this species of action. " Gentlemen of the Jury," says the Judge, " Magistrates must be protected in the exercise of their duty ; if they are to be rendered liable to actions for every word which may in the warmth of argument fall from them in giving judgment, no gentleman of rank and property could be found who would under. take this dangerous office; there is no malice In this case, and I am bound to tell you, that you must find a verdict for the defendant." —Thus there is one law for the public and another for the Justice ! And It seems now to be decided by Lord Wynford, that Justices of the Peace may say what they please of persons brought before them with perfect impunity, unless the party injured an' prove express malice: malice is not to be implied by the magic. trate's going out of the record to abuse the party. If he is summoned to Bow.street for not paying a hackney-coach fare, the temperate and cautious Justice may call him a receiver of stolen goods, a thief, a murderer, a miscreant ! He may send him away under a fine of five shillings, and a character which will render him an outcast from society : there is no malice, according to Lord Wynford (and Lord Wynford, as we shall see, is the House of Lords)—there is no redress. His Lordship, no doubt, from his ex perience of the conduct of the superior Judges (which we admit to be generally most decorous) concludes, that it is impossible for any man executing the functions of justice to depart from the cool and equal bearing which becomes his office ; he cannot imagine that passion or prejudice can ever lead a Judge to violence and in. temperance. But though Lord Winford (who was once Mr. Justice Best) cannot draw such a picture, there are persons still living who have seen its original on the Bench ; and even if there were not, a very slight reading of the State Trials would prove that the choicest terms of vituperation and abuse are not solely to be sought at Billingsgate, but may be found in the language of British Judges towards the prisoners tried before them—We are led to these remarks by the case of Barclay and Robinson, in which the House of Lords (embodied in the person of Lord Wynford) has reversed the judgments of two Scotch Count' : these had thought that for Justices of the Peace to travel out of the matter before them, which constitutes their jurisdiction, and to call a man a thief because he had been proved to be a poacher, was actionable ; and had therefore given damages against the parties so offending, for the injury they had inflicted by their aspersion of the complainant's cha ractet. Lord Wynford thinks otherwise : whether his Lordship is or is not profoundly or otherwise learned in Scotch law, forms no part of the question; the crimson seats convey the necessary quali fication to the hereditary Judges by mere act of Session; our ques tion turns on the more universal law of reason, public decency and propriety : we appeal to these, not without hope that the Scottish Jury, to whom the case is sent back, will yet be guided by them.—Rsairs. —[That "there is one law for the poor and another for the rich," is , a melancholy and degrading truth, which the poor slavish Courier has not only the impudence to admit—but the still greater effrontery to seek to justify. “ The apothegm is one which we are not in. dined to dispute in the abstract, yet we ought not implicitly to act upon it."—The illustration furnished by the Examiner is full of moment—En. STAR.) Dow MIGUEL's Coral. !—lt is generally believed that Lord MOUNT CHARLES will be appointed Minister to the Court of Lisbon, on the recognition of the KING of Portugal by this Go vernment—an event which may now be looked for every day Joh* Bull.— [This is " a weak invention of the enemy ;" a •• take told tale," borrowed, or rather stolen, from " Ilse -lye" of a week ago—Old News, even if true ; but with just as much veracity as novelty. The recognition of Dos Mrotim. as " King of Portu. gal," will take place at or about the Greek Ifoknds—but not be. fore. — En. STAR.] The late Gen. Sir Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple, Bart. of High Mrsrk, county Wigton, whose dissolution we announced on Saturday, at the advanced age of 80, was one of the oldest officers in his Majesty's service, having been in the army upwards of 60 heears In the course of the Gallant General's military career obtained his full share of the emoluments, as well as of the honours of his profession.—the Colonelcy of the 67th regiment of Foot, and the lucrative sinecure of Governor of Blackness Castle, both of which, of course, have become vacant by his demise. He was also a member of the Consolidated Board of General 0111cers for the Institution and Regulation of the Clothing of the Army, &c. and in 1814, he was created a Baronet of the United Kingdom, the honour of knighthood having previously been conferred on him in 1774. Sit Hew was appointed to the command of the 57th Foot in April, 1411, and on the Ist ofJa nuary in the ensuing year be was promoted to the rank of Ge neral. Sir Hew was collaterally related to the Earl of Stair, and, in 1783, married Frances, youngest daughter and co-heir of Gen. Francis Leighton, and by her ladyship, who died is 18:3, he , has left issue the surviving son, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, born 1784; married 1812, Ann, only daughter of the late Sir James Graham, Bart. of Netherby, and sister of the Honourable and Patriotic Member for Cumberland. Sir Adolphus represents the burghs of Haddington, Jedburgh, &c. in Parliament, and was formerly Member for the borough of Ap. pithy. The Gallant General's eldest daughter Alias Charlotte Eli. zabeth Dalrymple, was married In 1816, to Capt. John Chambers White of the Royal Navy, and his other surviving daughter, Fran. me Mary, was married in 1811, to Lieut.-Col. Silveri FaLhavre, of the 'loyal Engineers. BEER TRADE. The following are the principal regulations of the Act authorising a free trade in beer After the 10th of October, all persons may scll beer to be drank on the premises, by taking out a licence from the Excise Office in London, or Collectors of Excise in the country, for which they are to pay two guineas annually. Every licence to contain the name of the person to whom granted, and specify the place where the beer is to be sold. Permitting drunkenness, or disorderly conduct, or adul terating beer, to be punished, in the first instance, by fine, to be in. erased on the repetition of the offence, and after another repetition, the person to be disqualified for two years, and the house to be pro. bibbed for the same time. It shall be lawful for officers and sol diers, under the provisions of the Mutiny Act, to be bilitted in houses licensed to sell beer by retaiL On the order of two Juctices, any house licensed under the Act to be closed during the existence, or probable expectation of tumult or riot ; refusal to obey the 31a. &rates' order to be subject to the same penalties as disorderly conduct. PROVINCIAL NEWS. It it understood that St. George's Church, Limerick, will soon be converted into a receptacle for transacting the business of the Irish Provincial Bank in that city. By a recent rogu!ation, the situation of Inspecting Commander of the Revenue Coast Guard service in Ireland, can only be held, as in England, by an officer of the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy. The largest holly-tree now known in Europe, grows at present in the garden of Richard Armstrong, Fag. of Ballygawly it is upwards of 60 feet in height.—Newry Examiner. A general meeting of the Manchester Pitt Club was held at the Star inn on Thursday week, when, we understand, a re. solution was passed, " that there shall nut be any anniversary dinner of the club this year."--ifanchesicr Journal. WooL.—The opening of the Elbe has liberated a con siderable quantity of German wool, and the arrivals within the lot ten or twelve days amount to 5,000 bags into Hull, and :1,000 into London. Before these arrivals the stock of foreign wool under 2 11 .1 per lb. was reduced very low, and even now there is a tendene7 u p. ward in the markets of Leeds and Huddersfield. The stock of Spa. nish wool l in the British market is said to be unusually small. Leeds Mercury. 1 TRADE AT OLDIIAM.—The hat business is much brisker here than it was some time ago. The late desponding I weaver looks a little livelier, though strong fustian advance slowly, say ls. lid. at most per cut of 50 yards. Spinning Is regular, and prices stationary. There are not so many groups of idle and in. active gazers in the streets as there'were some weeks ago ; all arc generally on the move —Manchester Herald. POWER-LOOM NV EATING.—An advance in the wages of powcr.loom weavers, to the amount of Id. per cut, was made last week by one of the principal manufacturers in this town, warranted by the improvement in the prices of goods and the increasing de mand for the manufactured articles.—Stockport Advertiser. Emigration to America seems to be on the increase in the neighbourhood of Lincoln. Besides several families which are moving front that city in a body, consisting of the most industrious artisans, such as basket makers, coopers, cabinet makers, and smiths, there is scarcely a village which has not many instances of persons that either have recently departed, or are now setting off for the free country of America.—Doncaster Gazelle. Last week we stated that 73 persons casually met on Tuesday, in the small village of Wetwang, near Driffield, all on their way to emigrate to America. We have since been informed that we understated the number : that, in fact,: there were above cis,* ! From that village alone, twenty-two persons set off on the route for America on Tuesday week, and were to be followed last Tuesday by 32 more.—Hull Adv. We are very sorry to have to state that an extensive embezzlement has this week been discovered at the Churchwardens' office. Of the extent to which the embezzlements have proceeded, or the time during which they have been in progress, nothing cer tain is known, beyond the fact that they are already ascertained to have been on such a scale that a very considerable number of years must have elapsed since their commencement.—Manchester Guar. dian. One of the witnesses examined before the Committee on Scotch Banking stated that " there is a prejudice against gold in Scotland ; this prejudice is simply on account of the trouble attend ing it—it is weighed ; when it is found light people refuse it—the country people are afraid to touch it. There is not a district in ..h..., iCr u.vearvwlu6 w pass a sovereign, they would say, if you had a note of any bank in Scotland, they would prefer it." CHURCH Wonx IN TIPPERARY.—A printed docu ment was produced to us on Tuesday, and which was authenticated by having affixed to it the " hand and seal" of a magistrate of this county. Its purport is to cite some poor wretch to appear (at his peril) before four magistrates whom it names, at the Courthouse of Fethard on the 12th inst. (Easter Monday 0 for neglecting to:pay the Churchwardens the sum of Two Pence ! ! ! of such summonses we are credibly informed no less than Six Hundred have been served within the last few days upon the unfortunate and destitute peasantry in the neighbourhood of Fethard. Summonses have also been issued there, for the sum of (inc Penny, and in some instances, when the half.starved creatures (having begged it) °fend it to the Church wardens, it was refused, unless One Shilling, the cost of the sum. mons, was thereto added ! ! !—Tipperary Free Press. A TEnnon TO EVIL DOERS.—The Mayor of Mac clesfield must be a gentleman of gigantic strength, and a terror to evil.doas, if what our contemporary of the Macclesfield paper says be true, that he is in the habit of shaking the treadmill in the face of his customers like a birch broom at a naughty child. "On Mon day last," says the Editor, "an Irishman applied to the Magistrates for relief, and insisted upon being conveyed to Ireland by an order of removal." It was stated that he, in company with another man and a woman, and her family, had bean relieved a few days pre. viously, and that his companions had gone of with the money, leaving him to seek to obtain relief a second time. " The Mayor shook the treadmill in his face, and told him to be (Mahout his bu. siness."—.Slockport Ache e rl ire r. _ SING ULA R CASE.—A correspondent informs us that there is • boy living at Denny who about three months ago was seized with a dropsy, for which he underwent the operation of tap. ping ; after which, the water again gathering, the boy was so much swelled that the two doctors who atterded him said he must be tapped a second time in a day or two. It appeared, however, that a boy went to see the one affected with dropsy, who mentioned to the other that he had a strong desire to cat some onions; the boy went home to his father's house and procured some for him, and, what is remarkable, in a short time after eating them the swelling abated, the boy discharged a great quantity of water, and continues to do so. He eats onions every day, and is nowt walking about. Haw onions in this case appear to have produced an astonishing re sult, which, for the benefit of persons similarly afflicted, ought to be known.—Glasgow Chronicle. A STRONG ORJ ECTION TO TITIIES.—At the Fethard meeting, which was held on Sunday week, Mr. Bacon, a Protestant gentleman, attended and stated, that in a parish where it is now sought to establish church rates, there were no churches, nothing but ruir.rel walls, where the ivy and the moss were growing, and birds making their nests!—and concluded by these strong °hems, dons - " I do contend for it that there is no law in being to make a man give his money, or rob him of his substance, and to get no va luelfor it. 1 pay neither tithes nor church taxes ; I hope I will never be asked for any ; if I should 1 am determined never to pay any, let the consequence be what it may. I resemble so far a Quaker, al. though I am a libetal Protestant—because tithes and church taxes arc repugnant to the Gospel of Cite IST, and forbidden in that di vine volume."—Morning Register. FISHERY 13ouNTIEs.—On the occasion of the pre sentation of petitions fur and against the continuance of the bounties on fish, Mr. Herries said, that the subject was undo the consideta lion of government, and he hoped that the plan which would be adopted would be satisfactory. To st.t the bounties aside at once was out of the question, as it was a great doubt whether they ought to he discontinued on account of the disadvantages occasioned to some other branches of trade, when, by so doing, another branch, which was a nursery for good and hardy memo), would beof neces sity then given up. EXTRAORDINARY DISAPPEARANCE OP A YOUNG MAX.-At was stated in our paper a short time since, that a young man, named °teen, who was a journeyman printer, in the employ. ment of Mr. Cave, a muter-printer, at Islington, had suddenly dis appeared, after leaving the Red Lion public-house, Ilford, at mid night, in company with several persons of doubtful reputation.—. Although great exertions have subsequently been used to discover the young man, he has not since been heard of. Taunton, the Bow-street officer, went down to Ilford, and took some par. tics into custody, but after undergoing as examination before a local Magistrate, they were discharged for want of evidence. —Subsequently, one of the men absconded, and previous to his going of he had asserted " that he mould say sk great deal about the affair if be would, bet be would not do es without being well paid for it." Two officers were sent from London to Ilford oat Saturday. to make farther inquiries. So satisfied are the inhabi tants of Ilford that the young man hes some to an untimely end, that they have entered Into a subeeripdon w defray the expense et Inquiry Iwo the esepieless seentrenee. GIPSIES. Conjecture bee been exhausted in assuming a plausible origin for this esleacedinary race, and the greatest number of opi nuns seem to be in favour of eh:Gipsies having been driven from India by Tinny Beg, of when that successful warrior overran liln. dostan. In support this hypothesis lists have been made out of words resembling each other in Hindostannee and Gipsy languages. and coincidences traced, or perhaps fancied, between the habits and manners of the people. These proofs, however, are far from sa tisfactory ; and, - if the Gipsies really did come from India, it seems certain they were only pariahs or outcasts. Gulhaan, a learned German. who has very laboriously investigated the subject, thinks the Gi ps ies were those wandering tribes which are described by the early writers on India as strangers and shepherds in that country, whose origin was unknown. and who strayed from place to place, carrying their flocks and herds with them, and pitching their tents here% er they felt in clined, without having is any settled habitation ; while others have adopted the same opinion, and, carrying it so much further as to suppose these wanderers to be the lost tribe of Israel, they have endeavoured to find points of resemblance between the Gip sies and the Jews, totally overlooking, [warm. ere essential point of difference, via. that the Jews eat no animals but those which have been killed in such a manner as to have their flesh thoroughly drained from the blood—their law expressly Rebidding them to eat it—whilst the Gipsies prefer eating the flesh of cattle which have died a natural death, because, as they say, the blood is in them. The supporters of this hypothesis say that the Israelites were sojourning in Egypt after their expulsinn from their native land, and thence came to Europe. Whatever the Gipsies may have been, however, or wher.cesoever they may have come to Europe, there is no doubt but that all the tribes now existing sprung Item a conarrosi origin, since they all nearly correspond in habits arid lan guage, and never working but when compelled by necessity ; art, all deal in fortune-telling and other occult sciences. This last quali. fieation accords well with the suppositious of Clapperton, Denham, &c. that they come from the ancient Isybia. or the regions berdetirg on the modern Tripoli, since the north of Africa was celebrated in ' the middle ages as the chosen abode of the studies of unlawful arts; and the famous seminary (if so it may be called) of Dom Daniel being supposed near Tunis, the words African and sorcerer seem to have been long considered almost synonymous by most of the era. tions of the Esse.—Brifish Magazine. PARISH OF LAMBETH. A %cry numerous meeting of the parishioners and iste.paysrs u! this parish WAS held on Saturday last in the Vestry Hall, to take into consideration the expediency of " fanning out" the poor; that is, agreeing with a contractor to maintain the paupers a; a certain awn. Doctor D'Ov Lev, the Rector, took the Chair, win:n n lr.g report of a Provisional Committee, appointed to investigate the most economical manner of maintaining the poor was read. It appeared that under the present system, the in-door paupers in L a mbeth workhouse were supported at an expense of four shillings and ten pence each per week; and, in the Norwood House of Industry, at four shillings and eleven pence each per week. The Committee had received tendes from contractors, who offered to main tain the poor,wholly, at something less than 4%. each pauper weekly, and give ample security. From calculations made, it appeared that the gross expenditure for the houses at Lambeth anti Norwood, during the years 1827, 1828, and 1829, amounted to 26,7701. for the former, and to 13,9891. 16s. 7d. for the latter ; and by the con. tract system, 8,3191. 14s. would have been saved on that account, or 2,7821. Is. 4d. per annum. Dr. DOYLEY begged that the meeting would give the most attentive consideration, and that, in looking to the end they had in view—economy, they would not lose sight of humanity, or the interests of the many hundred paupers committed to their charge— (hear hear.) The Report being received— Mr. HARwooD moved that the proposed system should not be extended to the Norwood House of Industry. He pointed out in what manner many reductions might be made by vigilant parochial officers, which would reduce the expenditure to as low an amount as that the contractor offered to farm the poor at. That terrible ma lady, the ophthalmia, had been nearly eradicated, and at a great expense—any change in the arrangements of the house might be most calamitous, for it was clear no contractor, or man of business seeking for profit, would go to the great expense necessary to clas sify and provide for the inmates--(hear); and the result would be, that the parish would be put to a great expense and be compelled to return to the old system. Mr. BAYLIT seconded the motion, ob , crving, that having often visited the house at Norwood, and from what he had heard upon the Committee, he was convinced it could not be conducted upon more economical or beneficial principles. Mr. Toner, after some interruption, proceeded to read a printed statement of the expenditure few the two houses at Lambeth and Norwood during the yeses 1827, 1828, and 1829, for the purpose of proving, that so far from there having been a difference of 20 p.r cent. in the last year as compared with the others, there had beta comparatively nose. From this it appeared that the gross expen diture of the Lambeth house, for this ptriod. amounted to 26,7701. 6e. 6d. and that of Norwood 13,98 W. 16s. 9d. being an average of 4s. 10d. per head, per week, in the former, and 41. 111. in the latter. If (continued Mr. T.) these paupers had been farmed during this period, the parish would have saved the immense sum of 143491. 14. its to the contractor's observation on the impolicy of altering the system adopted at Norwood, he should rather suppose that the contract wu not advantageous enough for him. He should therefore oppose the motion of Mr. Harwood. The CHAIRMAN observed that the rates had increased, during the last two or three years, from 2s. 9d. to 45. Tenants were daily quitting their houses, from their inability to pay rates; and if mit ten proceeded in this manner, they would be all paupers together. A Parishioner said that he was an advocate for farming the poor entirely ; and he moved, as an amendment to Mr. Harwood's mo. don, that it was expedient that the poor, both of Norwood and Lam. beth houses, should be farmed out by contract. It would be imposible to convey an idea of the scene of uproar that now ensued. The amendment having been put by a show of hands, the majority appeared for the original motion. This gave great umbrage to the advocates for universal farming, and they loudly declared that there were many in the room who had no right to vote. It was then proposed that the several friends of either measure should go to the different sides of the room, and all thou who were not parishioners should withdraw. Again the majority appeared for Mr. Harwood's plan, and again the other party mur mured, clamorously demanding a poll. This, it was dulaa* Gould not be called for; and, after a full half-hour of uproarious disputes, the friends to the general farming system gave way, and it was re. solved that the experiment of providing for the poor by contract should be tried at the old house, but that the establishment at Nor. wood should remain in stabs vox CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Aram 12. The arrivals this day are tolerably plentiful; but being holiday week, trade is very dull. The best fine Wheats have obtained last week's prices ; the inferior sorts are somewhat lower. The other kinds of Grain may be considered at a small reduction ; but the few sales do not warrant any alteration from last week's prices. Flour is still nominally the same, with wry little doing. Wheat. Kent & Essex . 761 801. Peas, Grey . 35s Zers Suffolk, . 74s 785! Beans, Small . 311 s 445 Norfolk . 67s 701 Tick 26. 32s Rye . . 50. 341 Oats, Potatoe 28s 29. Barley ,24s 26s— Malting 33s 36s Poland . 26s 27s Malt ---S —s Feed . 234 254 Peas, White . 56s 40s Flour, per sack, 60s 65s Boilers . 44s —5 i Rapeseed 261. 2131. per last. IMPORTATIONS LAST WEIS. Wheat, English, quarters 4 911 Irish Oata De. Foreign . . 8,501 Rye, English . Irish Ditto . . . -- Beans,Etiglish Barley, British . 6,213 Ditto, Foreign Do. Foreign . . -- Do. Irish Irish . • Peas, English Malt, English . English ()ate Foreign Ditto . . 4,171 . 5,255 . 20 3 5.50 990 10 314 Ditto Foreign . Flour, each . •,PG American ditto, brl•. . SMITHFIELD, Aram I. The market this day Las been vuppliul nearly the same a% on Monday last, and the prices vary very little from Ism Thurseay, Mutton being the only article which has received a reduction ot id. per stone.—May, Clover, and Straw, remain the woe. CATTLE AT NARKS! : Beasts..... .. ... ........... 2,419 Calve. 92 Bbeep wad Lambs 17420 Pigs .. ..... ..... ... ........ 210 Beef 3l 6.1 to 4. 0.1 Veal . ...... .. S. 041 to is Oil Mutton 3s 10d 4s 2 1 1 Port 36 10d 5s 061 Lamb Hay (per load), £2 10s. to X Straw, £2 S.. to £2 12a. 0.. Clover, 101. to £5 ss. COAL-EXCHANGL, APRIL 12 There was an abundant liapply of Colds at marl Pet to-day, IN new ships being entered for aide. The Coal lAtchange was tell at. tended by merchants. Snips aerived &nisi the present month, 191. Best WoUsend Coals 3Ga Od 37a id 'they torts Od 36s Ships at Maybes, 1171. PRICE OF SERB& Arril 19. .." Our market cu steady ohm our lan gustaties. Tam is some domed for Omer, ism gifts demo,. i~ .i . ; 1 1. s ; .. ! iJ 1,1