Star. — London, England, 1831-08-16 00:00:00

THE EAST INDIA NI A °AMR Tl.e ninth number of this usef , ll and ;0111-ost -41.1eteil periodical, for the present month, contains a variety of excellent papers. This first article— " On the alarming State of the Empire, and Free t!atle with the COlonies," we consider of great im portance, and therefore extract it, without any mu tilation. Before procZeding to do so, we have to point out, that the motion to be made this evening by Mr. Hume, regarding the necessity of having representatives from our Colonies in Parliament, was suggested by a valuable notice in the sixth number of the East India Magazine, which gives a schedule of the numbers to be returned : 4Carasinf i Male elf the Empire and Free Trade with the Colonies. " While we, in common with every inhabitant of these realms, feel our hearts warmed with gra titude towards his Majesty's Ministers, for the great and effective steps they are taking to reform tie Commons House of Parlisment, and by thus restoring to the country its natural rights, render popular freedom, and the blessings inseparable from it, more secure ; yet we cannot, seeing the difficulties by which the nation is every where threatened and surrounded, suffer the present occasion to pass without urgently calling upon the government to take into consideration, earnestly and without delay, the alarming ctisis to which the empire is rapidly approaching. Whether the at tention be directed to the foreign, colonial, or do mestic affairs of the country--whether we consider the nation in reference to its agricultural, manu facturing, commerci .1, or monied interests, we find the sante observation applicable to each and all, that unless immediate measures be taken to restore to them some portion of their lost vigour, by afford ing scope for enterprise, and emolument for in dustry, they will soon be plunged into those extre mities whence the worst may be anticipated, whe ther to the nation or to the government itself.— Pauperism is every where spreading over the land, crime on the increase to a frightful extent, while wretchedness, suffering, and degradation, meet the eye in every direction. Recitals of the most hor rible nature ; tales of blood wantonly shed, the laws constantly violated, or massacres incessantly committed, prove too well, the unhappy state to which Great Britain is at length reduced. Yet have eight months elapsed without the slightest remedies having been proposed by the government for the alleviation of these miseries. The occur rences of the past winter cannot sorely hare been effaced from the recollection so soon, as to leave no dread upon the mind as to the possible results of the ensuing months. What other than riotous commotion, incendiarism, and every other species of revolutionary proceeding can be ex pected from a people rendered bondsmen by their poverty, and exposed, at the same time, to all the inclemencies of season, the cravings of inanition, and to ignominious death, or to despair. But, through the combined efforts of ignorant legisla tion, and a grinding system of taxation, not only are the poor of this country goaded to madness and desperation, but the same is the fact as to the Colonies and every other dependency of the British crown. In the East are no less than sixty millions of British subjects, loudly agitating their com plaints, and firm in their resolves to obtain restitu tion of their civil rights and immunities. At the Cape of Good Hope are large bodies of our countrymen, warm in their indignation at the breach of faith in the wine duties to which they are so shamefully subjected ; who, beggared as they already are by the innovations in the cur rency, have naturally acquired a deep rooted anti pathy to British rule, which moreover has loaded the products of their industry, in defiance of the high rate of labour and the great natural disadvan tage of sterility of soil, with enormous exactions too onerous to be longer endured ; and this, also, without affording them compensation in any shape ; and even more by the now monstrous proceeding of abolishing the Cape as a naval station ; withdraw ing the oniy remaining protection to their trade ! 11 we look as far as New Holland, even there we find a growing spirit of discontent, and a repug nance to, almost horror of, the system which has operated with regard to her, that may well stipulate the government to be prompt in their enquiries as to the grievances by which she is affected. But, above all, what is the state of feeling among the cclonlsta of the West Indies, and the Cana- . des ? Here, indeed, is a subject calculated to open the eyes of ministers to the actual state of the na tion ; here indeed is a source of anxiety to that Scatty in the country, whose fatuitous fanaticism, with respect to the former, it is not too much to add, has Leen itself instrumental in leading to this fearful result. Wearied of submitting longer to the yoke of a country, which, by an unprecedented and erroneous line of policy, has brought them to the brink of ruin, they are resolving to cast off their allegiance to Great Britain, and throw them selves at once into the arms of America. America, tco, let it be added, is prepared to receive them, ready to risk a war, on their behalf, with a country hich has shown so little regard to their interests. How then, now we ask, is the Government pre pared to act under all these pressing emergencies? la the same false system, which, during the last 40 3 ears, has brought upon the country such an intermi nable ticks of calumity, still to be continued ? Are the san.e st•lfials and ruinous principles still to be resorted to in regard to the colonies ? The cry is, that we hare immense possessions, that the Colonial power of Great Britain is the terror and dismay of all the nations of the Continent; the assertion is false, and made without knowledge of the system which has been allowed to operate upon the Colonies. Instead of uniting them to us by a tie of mutual interest, our policy towards them has ever been marked by the grossest fallacy and the grossest selfishness. Our power, instead of being strengthened by them, is, on the contrary, weaken ed, for we first impoverish ourselves to support useless posts of honour, for useless local function aries of government, and then drain the Colonies of their wealth by affixing grievous and iniquitous imposts on their exports. The fact is, English men have yet to lest n the true use and importance of Colonies ; they have not, as yet, bestowed :sufficient thouLlit on the subject. Colonies, hetber in a political or commercial point of view, should be considered as integral portions of the empire ; they should be linked to the mother country by the closest cl all possi- Lle bonds; and until this be effected with regard to the scattered possessions of Great Britain, we may in vain speak of the extent of her dominions, for , it the best, they are nothing but a loose and floating mass. This is the period, however', amid which not a moment should be lost, for ministate to act upon a system composed of new principles. While capital in this country is without vent, while commercial enterprise, as all other, is without scope, while peopl e are b ur d ene d b y taxes which they can no longer contribute to, or endure, now let the trade of the Colonies be thrown open ; now let the colonists, with equal advantage to themselves, as profit to the starving and des titute population of this country—now let them enjoy that great boon, and the prosperity attendant upon it, commercial freedom! This, we admit, wont occasion a new era in the history of our commerce,' and soon to the commerce of the world. It involves, we are aware, a new principle, one never acted upon before, and, as far as our knowledge extends, never previously proposed. Its very novelty, therefore, entitles it to consideration. We hare the utmost faith in its beneficial tendency. it would strike directly at the root of the innumer able errors belonging to the present system, and, realise the flattering visions of free trade which every merchant of Great Britain has so much at heart. It is evident, at all events, that some efficient plan must be resorted to, as well towards the colonists as toward the tumid and hungry mul titude at home ; the aristocracy must era long give up some portion of their ill-gotten gain, and monopolists may no longer calculate upon enjoying the spoils of the poor, as hitherto, undivided. Changes in all these particulars are surely, how ever, latently operating ; and it would chew merely a timely wisdom on the part of the nation and its rulers, were they to coalesce in bringing them about; which would be the only means to pre vent violence being experienced by one party or the other. We say the Government must quickly avail itself of some measure to allay the feverish excitement at home, as well as among the colonies, or the most fearful appre hensions may be entertained. The plan we have indicated has justice for its basis; it is supported by the soundest policy ; and, in every sense, adapted to secure those results, which, at this mo ment more than any other, are necessary to the consolidation, and even existence, of the Empire. Let, we repeat, every commodity exported from the colonies, be admitted into the ports of this country free ; let them be trammelled with no du ties whatever,—affected by no other exaction than what attaches to the manufactures, or produce of Great Britain, in its transfer from one maritime district of the country to another. The conse quences of this policy, however simple in itself, would be the most important that can be con ceived ; its effect on foreign nations would be remarkable and instantaneous. Even America would be obliged to succumb to it. Correct and generalising views would then come in vogue, and the states of the continent would And themselves constrained to open their ports to us, on the same terms that we consent to receive them, or suffer the loss of our trade altogether; for it must be forcibly obvious, that, if the cotton and rice of India, the wines of the Cape of Good Hope, the tobacco and wool of Australasia, the sugar and rum of the West Indies, the coffee and spices of Ceylon, the fruits of the Mediterranean, and the timber and corn of the Canada., were re ceived into this country duty-free, not only would the articles themselves undergo amazing improve ment, from the encouragement extended to their culture or preparation, but we might be enabled to extend our trade with foreign countries to an amount now scarcely to be calculated upon, thus making Great Britain, in reality, the entrepot for the whole world ! What principles, then, ministers can be guided by., in levying increased duties on colonial produce while abating even those on foreign commodities, would be difficult indeed to divine. Do they allow themselves a moment's reflection on the sub ject, and yet imagine that the Cape, for in stance—a sterile, unprotected territory, remote from the mother country, and surrounded by an intri cate and perilous navigation—can longer hold out against the unjust and oppressive restriction they are now making on her commerce ? The as sumption is most monstrous ; and more especially when neglecting to render her (as the only repa ration that could be made for the wrongs she al ready labours under) a free pert. We loudly call i upon the ministers to consider this point,;' the co lonists are our countrymen—are Englishmen, and it is fi grant indeed to rob them of privileges which, as such, imprescriptably belong to them. Again—is America still t o b e ca ll e d upon to sup ply us with cotton and Lbw*, while our pos sessions in the East, furnish the materials so profusely ? Are the Canadas to be told to cultivate the earth, to grow grain, without a mart to carry the product of their labour to Are they to be constrained to turn large sums of capital out of their long invested chan nel, into pursuits whence no degree of profit could be realized ? These are not times when the public interests may be thus dallied with. It was incumbent can ministers to know, that until that curse which has so long weighed upon the energies of this country, the Corn Laws, be re moved, it was madness to seek to impose upon the Canadas an undue exaction, which would at once drive their timber from the market, and destroy the trade of the Colonists in toto. But let us hope, that a reformed parliament may do sway with such errors, and possess intrepidity sufficient to accord to the Colonists, and to India, by expunging that direful and gigantic monopoly which has so long maintained itself upon her life blood, those privi leges which justice, and sound policy, alike dictate. Let us hope that the plan, which we propose, of relieving them from the unnatural burdens now imposed on them, may be carried into immediate effect; a plan, it may be added, which would administer more to the want and penury now rife throughout this country, than any other which could singly be devised, and would be one means of annihilating the radical defects of a system" under which, we, in common with all Europe, have so long suffered, and which, while it has administered to the extravagant desires, and pro fl igate interests of the few, have chained own the multitude in igno rance, poverty, and crime ! is=e . m= 2 o 2 . ne Mark Milbank, Esq. son-In-law of the Marquis of Cleveland, has offered himself as a candidate upon Constitutional principles, to represent the North Riding of Yorkshire in Parliament, in the event of a dissolution after the prising tif the reform bill. .1 ° PANORAMA OF THE HAMM EMPIRB.- ZWICIIESTATAIreariIIit; Aosta,: )lark Philips having Medved a ietbia dyed by 1,160 Inhablunts Plarankl% °ft" hif ass reps. santativir. Mi Comas-ea ikarrionriliala fifths bow In gaited at oor oft; where they titsoliZr chole r }lsigw M,' foe Mt Cotten, or, in ' he 654 cslis- trfr Wo think It propsr,,dnet. to s h e thlB froth of what has been done to rams this die ahem to Palliation at the sisstelstdloi ob • - ematode... town_ Mot . . " Ials " 101 hoolidi . niplas which drit moimetsilwith his as w reaming insthil derby _ wYhase otolioe,,_ __Re eseemy Lea we Nei meal s = at cases, to and )hie, "that It is_positf to plie Mr. Gobbed in nomilation. To ht would 11l become our cause. Fee us it is matoghr am-' ornate, that the determination to nominate- 1114 Qabbatt IS tam, hod will be 'dismal to. We simply appal to the le to j ustify that deteemlnation at. the —The committee of Mr. Cobbett's Mends, whb day evening every week, at the White Lion, are amid in feinting nob4omminces in the different districts out toollthips. They hive this week called twit abed** for this ritree owe in No. 14 district, sad one in Hamm I and in bout they have made the necessary arrangemonts. Thoy will d proceed in the same manner thtonghout the db. trios sa township:Thre e sub-committees will take the ne cessary steps he maintaining the opinions of their neighbours. Let the dieleaso, oneanwhile, move their votes. Vert considerable interest was excited in town onToteday and Wedisseday last, in consequence of a report that there would be a grand revlow or shant j aght on Raul Moor, on Thursday, by th e mops from ThMlallti and the neigh bouring ts w ss. to puma of Lord Hill, the Commanderdn. Chief, who was known to be at that time in this neighbour. hoed. The bespiatire twice morchsd - peet kb Ler&bip in Tetley or&m, hi *6 cabanas of complain, in slow and in "MA time. The Isllosriog, wet believe, is a petty correct statement of the stramithep limb corps present, via.— Royal Artillery, reansobled by Col. Sfr H. D. Ross, 1 company foot, with !light fiehl piece% 8 pounders 60 And four troops horse, with four do. do. 120 3d Dragoon Guards or Bays, commanded by Colonel Hm, six troops • • ••• Bth Human, four troops, commanded by Major Britt 260 Bth Foot, a detachment under command of Major Ball 140 18th Foot, commanded by Captain Huddiestou 930 33d Foot, commanded by Major Omit ... ... 100 43.1 Foot, command e d by C o l one l B ooth .- 400 81st Foot, commanded by Major Ross ... .. 260 60th Rif les, commanded by Colonel Rills • 700 And the 110th Foot. commanded by Colonel Pitt .. 480 31 We regret to say that a fire brok e out on Saturday n i g ht last, in the extensive millwright establishment of Melees. Fairbairn and Lillie, in Canal-street, Ancosts, which ended In the destruction of nearly the whole of the premises con meted with that branch of their concern. The form of the ,is nearly that of a s quare . Th e b readth of the ru s i a l:1 1 1; an the regular sides Is eight yards and the height three stories. The oblique end is only one story, used as a foundry, and is eleven yards in breadth. The whole range of the third story Is aged as a store for patterns of various pans of machinery thistly of wood, which may account for the rapid progress of the Ike. The fire was discovered about half-past eight et ides o'clock, and Is supposed to have Woken out in the top story of the premises. From this point it raged with funk' rapidity, laterally and downwards to the middle story ; Its progress to the foundry, h owever effectually checked by a wrong wall upwards of 10 inche s thick. Immediately on the discovery an alarm was given, but it was full three quinces of an hour b e f ore any o f the engines from the police yard was on the spot. At the expiration of this time two of the engines arrived, and were shortly afterwards followed by three more. In the meantime, the the had extended along the whole side In which it originated, both in the top and snood story; but th e second floor, for the reason b efore mentioned, presen te d an effectual barrier to Its farther peegreas downwards. In addition to the delay la regard to the engines, it was fo u nd i mposs ibl e en their arrival to obtain the necesreerpply of water front the p plugs,wing to some gross in the cocks being unturn ed. la consequence, three the engines, which were sta tioned in th e menet be premises, were about an hour amen inactive, and a portion of the water which was obtained, 'was conveyed in buckets from a boiler on the premises. The remaining two, however, which were stationed outside the premises, were mere plentifully supplied. In the mean time, as may readily be imagined, the firs extended very rapidly, so that by ten &cloth the two upper stories of the whole range of buildiog, on tire three sides, was one vast sheet of flame . In the a b sence of means to stop the pro. ss of the tire, the workmen of Messrs. Fairbairn and Lillie, and the other persons assembled, directed their at. tendon towards saving some portion of the property. Their effons, however , were crowned with b ut small success, owing to the rapidity of the flames. At length a plentiful supply of water was obtained from the turning manufactory of Messrs. Fairbairn and Lillie, on the opposite side of Canal-street from which place t h ere is a communkation with the canal by means of pipes. Ons engine was sta tioned here to pump out the water, sad thus afford a supply to those stationed in the yard. N otwithstanding the fury shit which the fire raged, the root of the ground fluor, on the two remaining sides, resisted its effects for a consider. able time, being composed of three.inch plank,. and sup ported by numerous massive beams. The efforts of the firemen were therefore directed towards Use preserved= of the lower story, and particularly to that ponies of it con taining the steanhengine before alluded to. In this in. steam success attended their efforts, but the other parts of the roof to the lower story finally yielded to the !lames, and thus, with the exceptions mentioned, the budding, were red u ced to a heap of ruins, no t hi n g but the walls being left standing. The lames were not completely got under until five o'clock on Sunday morning.— The stock destroyed consists principally of castings end patterns of mill machinery. It is also worthy of remark, that the firm commenced tU manufacture of steam engines about twelve months ago, most of the patterns connected with which department Lave been consumed. the wheel patterns, however, which are extremely valuable, and, as before stated, were contaiued in the comparuuent were all saved, in consequence of that part being fire proof. At Lauceaton Assizes, Richard Hargreaves, overseer of Wardlewonh. Rochdale, and Elisabeth Borrows, governess of the workhouse in that place, were charged with the man slaughter of Richard Puling, by putting him Into a damp cell, which caused his death. Our readers may remember the circumstances, from the report we gave at the time. The deceased who was of weak intellect, was an inmate of the workbags*, and for some slight offence was placed in a den gem, where be died frau the cruel treatment he received. After the cams had been gene through, the jary retired foe half an hoUr, and afteeleriberating, returned into coon at two o'clock, with a verdict of Ciuilty. The sentence was nut pseud. It will be beard with pleasure throughout the country, and with peculiar pleasure in Manebeitter, that Mr. Portman has been dtiven into an abandonment of his new Highways Bill, which, under the pretence of consolidation of the laws, confirmed the arbitrary power of magistrates over the public rights ; and, on the more hypocritical pretence of making appeals effective, additionally guarded the wron g doers, by making the appellant liable to costs before a partial tribunal. On Wednesday last, a meeting was held at the Town Hall, King-street. to receive the accounts of the =astable, for the last three months. On the examination of the =- counts, It appeared that Lavender had paid a sum of about 431. being a per centage of 181. to the proceeds of goods seised on suspicion of being stolen property, and never claimed by any other panics than those from whom it had been taken by the officers. Slr. Benjamin Braidky, in at. tempting to deltad this misappropriation, said that the pro perty belonged to no particular person, and was as mach 31r. Launder's property as the town's. ATZ or TOADS —The papers enttownoi salon tenure' in Galway, in the grain trade. And itt is added, that the branches of the national and provincial beaks in that town, have cased entirely to mash private bills. LIVESPOOL COTTON AIatIOST, FRIDAY, Ana 12. --We have had ea extensive import of eaten this week, with a very limited demand, and consequently slat market, yet we do n et o b serve any desire to press sales at lower pries, although it is with great difficulty that our last quotatiOns ate obtained. 110 See Mends, Hied to led ; 40 =thud ditto, did to ' 8d ; Bowes's, 4jd to sid ; 1140 Orleans. 64 to 1820 Alabamas, 4&d to S 4 ; RIO Perianth, Id to 7&d ; 170 Babies, 61 to gid ; 600 to 7tl'; 80 Dime rams, Ad ;Ha Rinitin, 70 wed INO Sims, Id 4ids 110 bomb! sm.Stained Sea blend, 13474 ; Abbesses, :110111'; aid Matas, SIM I ft- miimboth, 2151 2407; Deesembs, 74; Common West India, 31114 ; Siaret, 17411.—Total, 47,713 begs tea Cosy MAINIZI‘ I.—During the tbe trensectises la the sales of Corn, Malt. soll'amieMeett been Ilbfitedob awe but needy consumers would pemilmen Notwithsteallug that the replant from the Com enealties bees bestir vainsurshlle Ittglialle the wet. then, the miners hiss be- day mould not be Wand to in mess *dr elseklieltibe leer Rowdily et Shovel Flour permed *hide VIM wonted ; the Idlllng else made were atthe o Ennef day wadi. Time le net mods dein in Ilart4y. Old Oats are the tam shrew; souse small of New Irish have heenasead mime bet Saturday, the priors to the consumers : bon 3s. N se ds per bushel of 461bs. Boiling Peso purdesdar lido" Par sound and dry Beans lest week's mies are . It is only the !Inset samples of pale Malt that is sold d i at the present. such qualities folly support the tlinstidiens sethjsbed. The near approach of new Wheat Miss Ilms*Fleet wide to be exceedingly dell; parchoses of Bomb might have been nude on lower terns; fresh Sack its last nets. Old Oatmeal is from ed. to Is. per load cheaper; sew sold to-day at Ms. to Ws. which is 2s. to 4s. under last Saturday's rates. MARRIRDO.—TIie Rev. Richard Parkinson, to Cattle rine. second daughter of the late Thomas Hartley, Req. of dilfoot. —At York, the Rev. Cecil D. Wmy, to Marianne, youngest daughter of the late G. Lloyd, Req.—At Eccles, Mr. Samuel Wood, of Bedford -street, to Mrs. Tenon, of Pendleton. Mr. Thomas Wheeler, of this teem, solicitor, to Truces, fourth daughter of John WhittenWay. Req.— At Stockport, Isaac Scott Hodgson, Req. to Elisabeth, Lm Clark, daughter of the late G. 11. Clarke, Rag. of Hyde Hall. Jenamett. Esq. hemerly of Little !Wilton, Oxford. !URA/INGHAM' JOURNAL. Ike. 13. At the Warwick Anises, the following sentences were paned Death, k 6 fee lestecution.—Mary Ann Higgins (nineteen years of age). for the wilful murder of her uncle, William Higgins, of Coventry; and Thomas Alibutt, for ravishing Mita Dean, of Birmingham. Death recorded —William Stanley, )Wert blineell,, Francis Clay, and Benjamin Giles, for braking tato the , house of John Penny, of Birmingham, and glean ;: ia z glass and five handkerchiefs ; William Steward, Ow a cow from William Browning, of Birmin LRAM Doley and Milan Wright, for robbing Maw. of Embolism t John Webb, foe stealing apparel ntin from Hannah Evans, of Warwick ; Edward Jet stealing a horse from John AMIN of Fokshill ; Daniel Ds. via, for stealing a horse from George Jones, of Old Strat ford; Daniel Birch for stealing a watch and other articles from William Jackson, of Birmingham; John Wood ward, fbr stailag sheep at F.dgbaston ; John Copson, , fee stadire money from Henry Lester, of Att. :te:Maas Crane, for stealing woollen cloth and other tram John Jones, of Birmingham; names Morris. At a horse from Thomas Cashion, of Nuneaton; Thema Baskin, returning from transportation before the espleillett at his time ; William Cherry alias William Oil" Ber .Mealing a fishhook and other articlee. from hawk and Javan Masters; William Dee, for stealing mimic Jan Maclaughlin, of Birmingham; Jam e s fir inteling a hat and Other articles from Thomas Wbeelley, of Illedworth ; Robt. Brown, far stealing money = as illenses Hastelow, of Atherstone t John James, for massy from Th omas Lowe, of Birmingham. :ftaamortatian for Life.— Henry Dawn, fur stealing matey from Joseph Butler, of Birmingham ; Min Ashton, for steeling money from Marla Coster, of Birmingham t John Bsylias and Edward Price. for ;telling a box sod other property from Edward Hall, of Birmingham; and Ebenexer Collins, he stealing wearing apparel from John Denley, of Blrmiftam. On 'Thursday, the awful sentence of the law was emend into effect on Mary Ann Higgins. In pursuance of her pen. tap, she was removed on Tuesday night from Warwick lo the Gaol of Coventry, where she had been confined from albs dos at her amellment is Mane last. =Lb: harp item she Imil boa kipeeend with a do obeediumai be egginet her was such as to Mese no Roped and she mioshatingly, when qtpeedined, hetadit. Het cemlinet up to the time Mbar trial, aid.* ea iematly attended by the Rev. S. I cub, jun. Oallawy et the Gaol, net/ mewl Dissenting Ministers, was ash as anesunted to an *dose levity. She talked at times at ha dash with mss and often ex. pressed her eathilkiden at the hap Ala she entertained that Clerke nail Weir ding OM Iles. Bite frequently as. a zitzeribi ss z e rre bt detail be w s n i e w the tak c i a t t MI tine or iri enentleas, that Clarke went with ler Ms papas paillsking the potion on the day of the maithe. but thee e ft s Ite got near Menlo. Stott and 4 11 s W e ille i k abo dis s tugs via laia: tsp be *Mad Ao s i e n!in ; he ti altordierthhe„ . I I: was in the house befo re Y she g av e ' the poison , b u t demise lett fee a garter or half an hae while she admi. Nara it to the old men, and that on his return, on seeing dm old mart, he said to her,' D...—n you, yen have n o t ghat him enough.' She said be was not with her, after ten o'clock at night. nor any other person except Mrs. Green, whom she called after her uncles death. Mr. Budawanalt.—This gentleman Ina, within the pin wort, been lecturing at Nottingham, but not with much taws as regards pecuniary profit. The 6 Nottingham lbetiew' says—" It Is little creditable, either to the taste of liberality et this populous and mercantile town to state, Gat Mai the gratuitous lecture on the advantages of =lt;delivered by Dr. J. P. Smith, to aid Buckingham voluntarily gave up the Ex. Rooms, and suspended his baton toe that even ng—and to enforce which he came to give Ms volunt ar y and gratuitous ambiance; while this gratuitous address was etteedsd an animal of sewn or eight hundred arsons, Ms. Asia ignores on the enormous Millet the India moaspallp+oles enceinte 00 trade—its bounties to idols. try--and be himeleseable honors of all kinds—had only an audience et twenty.three persons, in the same room--tbe price of shillala being only is fid for one claw. and Is Gd for another..—and that even when the expense of the theatre was incurred, and lower prices charged, being only 21. to the bats, Is. to the pit, and 6d. to the gallery, acutely two 1 hundred persona were assembled on any one of the evenings; so that Mr. Buckingham, besides the loss of his time, hoe left Nottingham out of pottier. Pommes Guam...We understand that very heavy speculations In foreign grain have been entered into at Hull, and several other places; and as these speculations are now certain to prove most injurious to alleoncomed, and Daimons to many, the former town is likely to experience much in cenvenhaa. Coanainciat. Dentession.—We regret to state that some heavy commercial failures have lat e ly taken place in the north of England. At Manchester, in particular, things wear a gloomy aspect, and it must be admitt e d =ia all that atts.thepeesenthet gaussrse monaadia there is a aat eay maamina gasert a t i l ag e. POUTIOAL Ihrion.--At a =eft of the anion' of the Birmingham Political Union. ea Tuesday evening a as was brought forward by Mr. B. Hadley, the Se enemy. and parsed unanimously, inviting all the Po. Weal Unions at present misting in the kingdom, to make known their places of essablishment, Mambo •of indi. victuals enrolled, and the residences of their Chairmen Member of the Council. It was also contemplated, that an address should be presented to the house of lords, en the subject of the reform bill. Fowox CONTRACT TOR aeses.—Our attention has been specially d irected to a l e t ter i n t h e 6 Menthes (penal . de,' of Tbutsday last, in which it is stated that the Russian government ha contracted with the manufatturers of this town far 49,000 stand of arms. Our Metropolitan contemporary will give us credit, we hope, for paying sane little anemia to the subject which its correspondent has so properly introduced tato its columns. The fact is, for the last few months we have made' tee usary inquiries as to the truth of the statement set forth in the above extract, and have been usable, from•the awns maintained by the Birmingham manufacturers. to come at the real truth of the matter. The reason given feetble' Wilms is. the inconvenience °maimed to the trade by. % al a We have ve not, how foreign ever. the lea for lwahaltationeina nestract) Is now in sane et exesutlest. Sofa the . elWillemillia Morning Chrsieide is correct. a thus much, we anat. on the 'Mho, had, blame our guantanstattiuma fee supply* the Rue. dans with arms at the paean • aisle, any more than we cr cal** Mir Yokel, chidden fee applying 'Meal •vr cloth. Both the mss and the inhume. co use •thei tra of de ihe lawyers, "goods sold and deliv e r e d" I n t h e . If Poland bas not been able to Tail itself of supplies drawn from this country, Is not because manufastemes maddest iiillbatty sepplytihem, Mafioso sack is •hs Wake situatice, that inns cannot b e snit, wand fi t safety. The Ruseiart mo rz are open to rectit, our manufactures with out on ; t h is Mehl has no ports, and all arms seat hem this coutni; must pea through territories pledged to observe a emi t nemailty. We cannot see how our Governm ent, ae seated by the Chremiele's correspondent could po ss ia under such circumstances. interfere. We only wish the geographical situation of unfortunate Poland were dif. Welt. 1 1 / 1 111'01110 MUSIC 31BETING.The principal singes engaged for Hereford Bluaical Festival, which takes pi," next week, are Madame Stockhausen, Bliss Cr,ame, Mks Appetley. and Miss Masson, Mr. Brabant , Mr , Pa ug h in, Mr. Tamil, and Mr. Phillips. Ey a recent decision of the Court of Hines B oo k clergymen of ondenominations are tolerated in preachin g j 4 the open air. where they please, provided they do not mi tre rupt a public 'thoroughfare. Coax BURKE; AIIGUST 11.—We have had a sw eat supply of grain at to.day's market; with a fair delliard for good fresh wheat. Wheat, per alba old and new, 1 4 to sa Maley, per imperial quarter, f malting, 38 e , to dds ; for gloats', per A be. 3s. 6d. to Is; Malt, per jou penal quarter. old End Dew. Ms. to 6fle ; Oats, p m 3,,d 4L old and new, 3e. 3d. to de ; Beans, per bag, 10 score atom o ld , Ig o , gd, t o 17s. 6d ; new 16s. 6d. to 17a ; ne m r per sack of 2801ba. ow, floe, ' 601. to 521; seem* , 46 ,: to 48e. MARRlED—Captain White, to Mary Anne, youngest daughter of the late John Ism, Esq. of Bourn.brooke Houle —At Clungunford, M r . T. Hitchcock, to Elisabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Pate—Mr. Bright, to Alethes, fou rt h daughter of the late Rev. John Pyefinch, rector of Westbury, Shropshire. DIED—The Rev. Thomas Ti Jayne, rector of Read. cube—S7 , Charles Watson Robinson, second son of th e late C. B. Robinson, Esq. of 11111 Rldware—ln New.mtet Worcester, 57, John C ar d en , Esq. surgeon -17,, on-17, &l aw Septimus Hudson , son of H. Hudson, Esq. of Wick, age Pershore—ln So. Mary's-place, Shrewsbury, Robert has 84-70, Mr. Joseph Woollatt, suleon, of MEANIE Or • GREAT MAW IN THE FAN CY , POCor add. win, commonly known as " Whiteheaded Bob," from th e colour of his nob, fought his last fight, at his house, th e Coach and Horses, in St. Martin's.lane, on Tuesday . it antagonist was an "out and outer ," who was neva Het vanquished. On closing for the last round, Bob find he had not a chance ; and his eyes for ever, " bad.: adieu to all his greatness." 's last public applau d ," was at the presentation of the Champion's belt to Wud, after his defeat of Byrne. He was only 211 years of age, and was buried in St. James's buri.d.ground, Hampstead. road, near to Norse, the Game Chicken. ammawnsoma POLICE REPORTS. M. ,assiox•Housz.—S o ng e of the offices stated to the LORD MAYOR that the inhabitants of New.sout were subject to very great annoyance in consequence of the le. hours of some gentlemen, at the bead of whom e a , the nephew of Lord Gambier, to convert the Jews about the Minories and Houndeditch to the Christian religion. A house which had been a carpenters shop was she plea in which the children eft heel congtepted together to hew the effusions of those who wished to convert them to the true faith a but the arena became a place very often of gibing and mockery, and at such times presented a scene not at all favourable to the interests of religion. Under at the rheum. stances, it was hoped that the magistrates would interfere. The L oan MAYOR attired whether ens breaches of the peace had been committed there ? The caws mid they had not aeon any violence, but that they bard threats and cries of • pull him down,' from time to dins; and they were antrehensive, that if great care was not taken, manyese would be the name. The Lord Mayor mid be sapped the licences. The officers aid they certainly and were persona of unezeeptioosble obeisant ; but the idea of attar.ltla the jews in the wry bean of dear habitation, was quite absurd. It did net watt to them that a single convert was likely to be mode, although the teacners appeared to be very sincere. One utak pried*. declared that they would persevere in ths pod work, and they despaired not of accomplishing a edam mange the jews. The Lord Mayor said, the oases Rialst eke care that no breach of the peace should be osinutitted, be declined so interfere with the convertors. GuansiaLe.—A young man, named George Pilgrim, was committed for time maths to the House of Coruna for selling unstamped penny papers. His define no, tat he was lending the papers, and did not know that be al acting contrary to the law. Bow-swaszw.—AJuvitelis HIRRIVAY Roassa.—A assioned young delinquent, 11 years of age, named Patrice LOW, was charged with bang concerned with two other eye Masi fourteen years of age, an assaulting Thomas Octavio Bea t a boy emcee seven years daze, who (*faster child) re. with a respectable tangly in Noefolk-atreet. &rand, sad with robbing him of a silk purse, and a athpsnee of Witham she You: th. It appears that blaster Howe was sitting on the lege a boon in Norfolk-street, Strand, on Saturday, td• miring his purse and a new alapeace, which had been given to him by his friends The prisoner observed him, and be waited, with his two com p an i ons , a f ew yards distant, till he saw the little boy place the purse and siapence inside his cap, and as be was walking towards home, the prison/to two cowman set upon him, struck him, and knocked of blow. Ths prisoner picked it up, and the lithe hey co. asseured no prevent his taking the purse and its contests; Mak* pilaw nothinsod, aim his eyes, but be would do cent it its did net let it go ;" and being terrified, he And as further resicaoce. 'Cho printer ran away, but lha She et the bey indeed a fetaion, who was panong, to pow the psiamaer, and tan learn Imo custody, with the pane and money upon him. The primal was fully mind for triaL Lansins.ariatal.--Caanwtow.—.Beversi youths wen bunight heron tM inagishatas by the Pelee &spied with breaking down the banks of lift Hangs Uackeu's canal. and othandasdassaging site - propart of sus gentians& It appeared from the sawenionts of Sir tionsaadhis fotesse, that his property bad nand lacaleakblo in by boys and grown prams going to baths in the • canal; aildt Wt . withstanding he kid put up largo boards, cauticeiag nes n Pallitn ien contuatandeellagy emplo all yeet e in imlllidai repairing h. the irail diunagni .baligd ebey w ligtP lu d done. no boysivare convicted in MIMS of bs and it). cad; or a fortnight's imprisonment. W O / 4 111P.111TILICgT.—Dextel Adel, formerly a watch. man, and May Jdealeised. a prostitute, were ninamied on the following Gauge t 51r. David WA:bib, a gentleman connected with the Scotch Bar, was mains tot 6atutday night, neat ltarmlale, tiphallields, when in a state of it.- wait:anon, and was bustled by a gang of thieves, men and OVOISItIh who sobbed kin of his porket.book, containing 3 61 - in noun and sovereigns, and 17s. its silver. lie gave in formation to a police inspector, w h o , h om t h e description given, appseh.u&g - die prisoners on r volley morning, and found upon them 1111. It ma proved the female was in such di: Isms on dentroday night, dun she hod raised the small sum of tivepsnce at a pawnbroker's. Union-Hsu.—S. L'iteep, a wretche44ooking was comaitued for trial la the following assault upon a me chanic Was. Tribes The prosecutor was posies along eke Wake road on Bata day wresting with a Eked, who i. a wall.digga, when the prisoner, who was on the opposite tai. e of the toot-path, jumped into the road with a sickle in his hand, and approaching them, began to flourish his wet. Ton and .neunsmatens eaproosions of anger. Be then Napa upon the tompath where die untplainam was walking, sot going up to him, with the sickle in his pup, claimed, `• `• The Bret man that calls after me cut his head The prisoner, without say rovocatioo or telly Ming monde to die threat, thin 'mak at 114 conipimuast with die sickle; the blow tell upon the collar of his coat, and cut the cloth, but did not bi B t 4l bany injury. The Collll4llthlillt then retreated a few peas owed by the•prisoner •who uttered curses, and sgii attacked the former • who tell back, atilb fi dtawad by his tb salmi with the sickle is hie band. The Odour glossies t& -a lunge at hint with the sharp point of the weapon, NA 'u defending his body the fickle entered the complitinde elbow and Intended him. During the stuck the well digger was afraid to ustand against Owner, ado lonrialsod the. sickle about,. sad seemed dataratinal to um , nth murder if opposed. At kagth a policeman came ul •amittn - the plsoucr In talk till use • well.digor wee' b bial.aad secured him. The prisoner abed teats, si..l at. 2;lthat the couipishesm and his compasion 11:015 go' , winch they pushively denied. • Town Heat..—,l young man named Wm. Thompson. •wu committed tot e 'Ho se of wan, for fourteen day (being his first ofehee)'for smiling unstainped penny paP n „ . .., in the street. Hie swum was, t h at distress bad compene" ••••• w, auu WILMS 11•11 in wit can hint to sell Meas. keen 'with b e dit' w Pil sy iale d The 14th instant, Aks. Ann Anderson, of Lard° awl ' eigial 6V. . . kaxPost t !Matt/land row by our AlisTig, sr* . vuore our STAR Orricv, No.' 4 t i gage ' /gral l ig 11°. elms:atm x i. *1 19 V a 0 ii I 0 str BR all GI; it the do Z, • I* • 1;iI A Po say aip MI