Star. — London, England, 1831-06-09 00:00:00

I A TEL LIGENCE. Ilia' SETS AND DEitPJAN PAPERS. (itECiIvED Tills DAV.) BRUSSELS, Jrzu 6. Ais 'lute 101 gun, and the ringing of all the • ;, neancEd ysettirday, at half put one o'clock, the chriiiiri of 11. e Prince of Saxe-Coburg,as King of the Bell:ions. Immediately after the prods 'nation of this e!ection, Mr. Ch. White, secretary to Lord Ponsenby, set out for London in a car nage and four, preceded by two couriers, to an. nuance to the Prince his election to the throne of Belgium. It is said that a steam-boat bad been (THIS DAY.) ♦ RfICLIII. kitan. NEIGHS ♦ND MEASU RE. COTTON (U•.)` Bowed Per pound: ;Pernams I IN. Orleans ;Simony pr. lAubtria pr. 'Segovia ; ;8 Down ,Blanket Pied. wl.itel Modena ; Bengal woos ( - 126 vngaged before hand to convey him over. A Co lonel attached to the French Legation, set nut at the same time with dispatches for Paris. A Bri tish messenger set out at the same time to the Hague, probably to announce to the King of Holland the choice which our Congress has just made. SILL (thrown) : (raw) ',Chin . ' FLAX By a decree of the 4th June, the Regent, on the report of the Minister for Foreign Affai-s, has ap pointed Messrs. Devaux, Van de Weyer, Counts d'Aerschot and Nothemb, Commissioners to the Congress at London, to carry on the ne,rociations authorized by the decree of Congress of June 2. It was reported yesterday evening, that the works for the defence of Antwerp had had resumed, in consequence of a threat of General Chasse. After the election of the Prince of Saxe Coburg, in the sitting of the Congress yesterday on the choice of a deputation of 10 members, including the Presi dent, to wait on his Royal Highness with the news of his election, and to offer him the Crown, the Minister of the Interior presented his budget. 1 he Congress resolved, that it would not sepa rate; that on Monday the section should meet; and that there should be a public sitting on Tues., (lay at neon. Riga Antwerp Pig Per ton IRON liars Coma - !Swt dish • Brit 611 •S. A meet: Bars ' Blocks I.ss • - TIN t3uas as . Lump Powder Bengal Tosacco - - Jamaica Maryland Virginia Cnba Florence Linseed Pale rape Bordeaux !Jamaica Denierara 011 • PRANDY - Rum - ( 14) (10 a 20) Wilistar icotdsh Per cw t. (fin .) IPtr pound !Half chest; 'Per cwt. Per gallok BRUS4ELS, JUNE 6.—M. to Hon, oar Ambas sador to the Court of France, set out last night for Paris. The deputation of the Congress, which is to announce to Prince Leopold his elcctien to the Throne, tvill not set out before Tuesday morning. Messrs. Devanx and Nothomb, Special Commis sioners to the Congress, set out yesterday evening. Messrs. n'Aerschot and Van de Weyer. not wish- , ing to take in London any character besides that of, members of the deputation to Prince Leopold, have not accepted the mission of Commissioners el the (lovernment to the London Congress. We find the followin. , article in a journal —" A memorandum, dated 29th D May, has been addressed bv the Congress at London to Lord Pcnsonby.— 'l : his memorandum is in 9 articles. The following are the principal :- 1. The Congress (the conference) declares that it has exhausted by the protocols all the conces sions that it can and will make to Belgium : the latter has only to submit to them. 2. Neither Prince Leopold, nor any other Prince, u ill accept the Crown of Belgium, till Belgium has first accepted and executed the protocols. 3. If the protocols are not accepted, the powers u ill take such measures as their engagements, their dignity, and the security of the adjacent states shall require. It is certain that the King of Holland has re fused to agree to an arrangement concerning Lux emburg, and that he has declared this to Sir C. Bagot, the English Ambassador, who in the end acknowledged that his refusal was well founded. The Regent has appointed M. T. Tielmans, now Governor of Antwerp, to be Governor of Liege, and M. C. Rogier to be Governor of Antwerp. Bit uss ELS, Jc a c 7.—The 10 deputies from the Congress set out for Ostend at half-past five this morning, to embark for London. Two English cou riers arrived, in the course of yesterday, at the re sidence of Lord Ponsonby. This diplomatist, who is said to be ill, and very much cast down, expects Lis secretary, Mr. White, on Thursday, at the lstest. His Lordship gave him express orders to bring back instructions from the London Congress. We are assured that there is a great coolness be tween M. Lebeau and the Envoy of the Congress. —Courricr. GENEVA • POST - &nut - - MADEIRA • CAPE • - Hangs • 1 Per pipe Per pound) 1 I Per cwt. COFFZi . T. - - Per porend Burns - Per cwt. al ZZSI - '4 £3 £2 £2 £2 TALLOW ( Rue.) Rica Divas (Lund.; Coax (London, Elam' (London)' HAT (Landon), , ‘, COALS - .1 GAZITIZ A vsR.! IPe; — none —.. 1 i Pr quarteri IPer ewt. --. Per load Perchald.l Pr quarter ! I 4 %~ '~ LONDON. THURSDAY. JUNE 9. The Independent says, that M. Rogier has not a , :cepted his appointment.—Brussels papers, June 8. VIENNA, MAY 28.—A French courier, who arrived to-iiay from Constantinople, who left that city on the 14th instant, brings a bulletin pub lished on the 13th by the Porte, relative to the total defeat ar.d dispersion of the troops of the Pacha of Scutari by the Grand Vizir. After the defeat of 20th April, Mustapha Pacha was unable to maintain his ground, either in Koprili or Askal: all the Paellas, who before supportedhim, have not only deserted him, but have become his most inve terate enemies, in order to obtain their pardon from the Sultan. Mustapha, attended by a few follow ers, is said to have fled precipitately to Scutari : but all the passes are said to be occupied, so that lie has little chance of escape. Accounts from Leml:erg, of 23d say, that above 30 persons had already been carried off by the cho lera. The Government has taken the most ener getic measure's to check the progress of the disorder. Four per Cent. Metalliques, 71 ; Bank Stock, 1036.-411.9erneine Zeituny, June 2. - THE HAGuE, June s.—General de Steins, havieg been appointed by his Majesty Commander of the army in the East ladies, has had his final audience of his Majesty, t.nd will shortly sail for . Lis new destination, on board the King of the • Netherlands frigate. 11(yrrEttris st, June 6.—lt is affirmed that M., de Kock has declined the post of Minister of Finance, which was offered him. Major Gen. Goedeke, on the departure of the Duke of Saxe Weimar, is eh aged with the interests of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. Tim HAGUE, JUNE 6. —ln the sittings of the Second Chamber of the States-General, on the sod 3,1 inst. the Project of Law for modifying the Tariff wits discussed The law was agreed to by a majoiity of 38 to 8. AMSTERDAM, JUNE 6.—. Actual debt, 2i per cent. 393 40; Amort Syad. 4i 64* 65{ ; ditto 53f.-Dutch Papers, June 7. pent contain* no news from Poland later •oirn of General Skrzynecki to Praga.) , MAY s l o..—‘Letteps front Constanti drat die report of the nail of General ‘l,,itt lest night. It is uow 8 o'clock. I have been on an , Guilleminot was spread there, and was generally' , tilii.ence to inspect the :totem at a distance: they are ••..stertd in considerable numbers on the Brecon-road, be- I believed, though not made known officially, at leas ; end Coedycymer. Pennydarren.house is filled with in- 1 the French legation did not contradict it. The Reis t.wry, and surrounded by cavalry. All the iron-works 1 E ff endi, and even the Sultan, are said much to re .topped at Nantyglos and every where else in the neigh. I gret this Circumstance, as Guilleminot under the • ::0100.1, All the men are crowding to Coedycymer : I most difficult circumstances, especially when the t , v are supposed to he about 8,1100 men ; they are oar- I ambassador ~. wa.ehLtl di along the road, and the least movement of the meditating powers left Con • . :. . •• tic acquainted with," i stantinople, behaved with so much prudence and mo . t!eration towards the Porte, that his departure cannot be looked upon with indifference.—Allge meine Zeiting, June 3. STAPLES OF BRITISH COMMERCE. "ICES. l'6l to 71 Td to 84 614 to 7d 3s to 5. 6d to 4. to 6. 11 to Is 3d 6d to 10d 30s to 44s 13s to 150 lOs to 145.. 12s to 16s £5l 555 to £6O £4 to £5 £6 to £6 101 £l2 10 to £l3 10 £B7 to £BB £72 to £73 £l3 to £l5 £3 to £4 48. to 50, )701 to 74s 22s to 25s 50. to 53. lid to 5d sd to Sid Is Id to Is 4d t 215 140 s ,50$ l3s to 41 1s 3d to 24 5d 2s to 2s 641 9. to 10. 101 to 11$ 2s 6d to 24 94 £35 to £39 £26 to £39 £3O to £4O £8 to £l5 .20d to 23d 9d to lld £2 131 to £2 1.5 s £3 4s to £4 A 2 to £2 28 £5 to £6 Is 10d to Ss ISs Id to 2s 6d 4s 2d to 4s 5d £4 10. to £4 15s to £4 12s tis to £3 16. Si to 42 12s to f 2 2s 2s to £2 5s I to 16s Ito 16s 6sl 10d to 41 4d Od to 4s 6d to 61 to 5s to 74s to 46s to 31s to 351 to .6 . 12 15s to 6618 15s to 44 41 THE EVENING STAR. Despatches were this day received at the Fo reign-otiice, in Downing-street, from Lords GR Av- S'ILLE and PONSON BY, our Ambassadors at Paris and Brussels; and from Sir CHARLES BAGOT, at the Hague. Important intelligence has been received this morning from the Brazils. A private letter from Rio states that the Emperor, Don PEDRO, has ab dicated in favour of his son—his troops having re fused to obey his orders. Immediately afterwards, the EMPEROR embarked on board the Volage, French frigate ; and on the 7th April, the young QUEEN, and the rest of the Royal Family, em barked on board another frigate, destined to pro ceed to England. Just ns our Paper was going to press, we hive received our supply of the Paris journals and pri vate letters, by the Estafette of this day. We se lect the following melancholy particulars from Italy : Extract of a Letter from Parma, May 27 : " Yesterday, at six o'clock in the morning, at Modena, Ciro Alenotti and the advocate Bandit were hanged ; several other persons have been condemned to irons. The death of Morelli excited muck regret ; he was a distinguished and excellent man. The execution took place without the public being aware of it a the domestic of Borelli carried, as usual, the breakfast to his master, when be saw his body suspended from the gibbet." What grief, what indignation, does such a simple recital awaken. What ! Fiance has not even sufficient credit to save from the gibbet her allies and her friends !—Le Conetihttiotusel. Letters from Rome, of May 26, state the com plete evacuation of Italy by the Russian troops, and contain a proclamation from Cardinal BER tiRTTI. on the subject. A passage in Le Temp mentions, that letters from Warsaw, of a very late date, state that Dw Lax ECKI has received permission to return into Poland. Nothing is said of his troops. Lisbon Gazettes from the 23d to the 28th ultimo, inclusive, are received this day. They carefully abstain from all mention of the recent decisive measures, of the English and French Go vernments, with respect to the conduct of Dox MIG V LL. We have, however, the subjoined humouroue article : LISBON, MAY 23.—Last Saturday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, His MAJESTY returned in good health, from Leimora Cones, to this city. His MAJESTY was every where received with proofs of the love and attachment, which the Portuguese nation so justly feels for its august 1 1 and legitimate Ring! A private letter from Warsaw, has been handed to us, by which we are assured that the Lithuani ans pursue their holy cause with ardour : all the inhabitants—not even excepting the aged—take up arms, to deliver their country from the despotic sway of their oppressors. At the same time we 6nd, that in the hope of checking the personal cru elties of the Russians, they arc obliged to have re course to the severe measures of the common enemy. Since the Russians hanged the brave Sciiox and shot LABANOUSK I, a superior Rus sian officer, made prisoner in a skirmish, has been banged by orders of a Court Martial, over which a Lithuanian citizen, of four score years, presided. The inuTination of a contemporary outstripped us on Tuesday evening. It afforded another spe cimen of his official accuracy, stating what had transpired in no office in London except his own. Our Readers are aware, that the Belgians, en couraged by Lord PONSONBY, and by the declara tions of Prince LEOPOLD, have elected his Royal Highness for their Sovereign. No circumstances could he more straight forward, or more honourable to all parties ; but the Journals in Paris have been exciting jealousies, and those in London have been imagining all kinds of difficulties—though those difficulties existed, and were notorious before the overture and its ratification by the public choice of the Belgians. The French Journals treat Prince LEOPOLD as a British Prince, and his election as a triumph of British influence ; but this is a mistake, or a per verse misrepresentation : for no Prince in Europe can have less nationality than Prince LEOPOLD. his residence in England is to be referred to many circumstances; and nothing but mere residence renders him in any degree British. We are per suaded that the entire measure had no origin in the British Cabinet, and certainly it has created little interest in England, except so far as it is a means of arranging the affairs of Belgium. When a French Prince, the son of the King, de facto, was elected, the circumstance created no jealousy in England, and no other feeling than one of satisfaction, in assuring the peace and liberty of Belgium, and the probable protection of France. The reasoning of the London Papers are equally perverse. They pretend, that if the Congress cannot now anticipate futurity, and settle before hand questions which time, negociation, and circumstances alone can adjust, that therefore Prince LEoroLD ought not to accept the Crown. But if such reasoning prevailed in all the affairs of life—if a man acted only when all contingen cies were determined, and took none of the chances of events—he, and all the world, would stand still. If Prince LEOPOLD accept the Belgic So vereignty, it must be to serve the country, and entitle himself to its gratitude ; but if he ac cept it, to do nothing for the Belgians, but dis play Royal Parade, and enjoy the Royal Re venues, ho cannot be a Prince to their purpose. He cannot reasonably or magnanimously reply—" make every thing smooth, leave me no aing to do, and then I accept the sovereignty." Yet such is the language which our newspapers fa bricate for him. In fact, the questions at issue can not be well adjusted, till a Prince, recognised by Europe, is on the throne. The Belgian Deputies are hourly expected in , London ; and in a day or two, this question will be settled. We expect that Prince LEOPOLD will not coquet with the respectable dignity offered him, and that a marriage will take place ; which, like all marriages, must be for better or worse. But if the Beigians are again repulsed, and made the dupes of such endless intrigues, we then exhort them to continue the same course of order and patience, and forthwith adopt the American Constitution, elect a President, arouse public spirit, and take their chance as a free people, resting for the remelt on the principles of liberty. This, in fact, is their only alternative, ifagain baffled. We hope, however, that the anticipations are false, and that Prince LEOPOLD will be governed by his own sense of magnanimity, and not by the sinister arguments of a few journalists. For our own parts, we lamented at the time, and still lament, that the leading men in the Belgic Congress, did not listen to the manly advice of M. POTTER, proclaim a Republic, choose a President, and maintain their territory and independence, with that energy of courage, by which alone respect is extorted from the world. upon the people, and " scour," as this narrative expresses, it the street of MERTHYR. TIDvIL, crowded by men, women, and children. If it be true, as stated, we boldly declare it to be wrong —and that it is an affair which should be minutely investigated. We have that respect for the Nobleman who presides at the Home Office, to feel convinced that it will become an affair of strict scrutiny. If the riotous proceedings of the people are to be visited with severe punishment, let us, at the same time, be zealous to prevent the committing of illegal outrages, by those who subordinately wield the thunder of Government. It appears by returns from Gloucester, that only 455 houses, in that great city of 2,000 good houses, are rated at £lO to the poor ; that is, the houses are rated at only one-third of their true rentals.— We believe the same is the case nearly every where, and a difficulty will hence arise, in assigning the electoral fianchise. There must be a new ra ting and valuation, taking actual rent, lease, pre mium, &c. into consideration; and in all fairness, assessments to the poor should be real—not fictitious and arbitrary. Some towns are rated at rents fixed 50 years ago, and people are in that way allowed to practise the grossest frauds on one another.—The £lO clause ought therefore to have a rider, requiring a three years' valuation of houses, by assessors chosen by the inhabitants ut large ; and this valu e tion should govern the Poor Rates and other local rates, the amount of which being fixed, the respec tive assessments would average the same sum.— This must be done; or another plan must be adoptee, and all houses paying rates must be entitled to a vote. This is a question, not merely for the Le gislature, but for the people. It is a choice —not a difficulty ; and it demands a prompt expression of public opinion. If old Rentals are to be the test, less will be gained by the Bill in corporate towns, than the public expect; but a triennial valuation would correct this, and sonic other inconveniences and abuses. Lord ALIIIORP gives notice that ministerial measures will not be agitated in Parliament till the 21st inst. Perhaps this delay is unavoidable, Lu' in the state of the country, there is much urgency. The LORD LIEUTENANT expresses a doubt whe ther Parliament will sanction a grant to the starved people of Mayo and the west of Ireland, and this is a doubt which ought at once to be remo.ed. We are, on the contraay, persuaded that Parliament will liberally do its duty ; and then, to prevent similar demands in future, will strictly enquire into, and remove the causes by some effi cient regulations. The country will not begrudge whatever is necessary to meet the circumstances ; but the country expect such regulations to be made in the disposition of landed property, as shall make land, in the fiat instance, subservient to the wants and necessities of the population ; and only, in the second, beneficial to its trustee, the land proprietor. This is a question which Par liament must fairly grapple with, for the evil has been increasing ever since the alienation laws of Henry the Seventh made land an object of speculation and commerce. We hear of £B, £lO, £l5, and even £2O an acre being extorted from the Irish peasantry, in the wildest parts of Ireland, while from 25a. to 50s. is the highest price in the most fertile and advantageous parts of England. The following are some of the facts published by the Western London Committee, whose Treasurer is Mr. DRUMMON D, the Banker, of Charing- Cross. We extract in a previous column an account of the late unfortunate affair at Merthyr Tidvil, which, we are rather astonished to perceive, has attracted so little of the attention of our cotemporaries. They appear to pass it over obscurely, as a matter of every day occurrence, and unworthy of any notice, except as a piece of common provincial in telligence. We hope, for the sake of humanity, that the narrative, which we have this day given, may not be true. Is it possible that the respectable employers of the population of MEW' TIIYR TIDVIL and the Magistrates of the district, could, after admitting popular delegate* to a conference with them, and hearing their com plaints, authorize the military, without reading the Riot Act, to fire out of the windows of an inn, Extract from the Letter of J. Dombrain, Esq., Inspector- General of the Coast Omni for Ireland, a gentleman, whose discrimination and accuracy of judgment are only surpassed by his high character for honour ar.d benevolence. " I have just returntd from a visit to the coast of Done. gal, under tire sanction of the Lord Lieutenant, to ascertain the Mate of the poor in those remote parts, and it is with feelings of 'deep pain and regret I communicate to you a catalogue of miseries, almost unexampled even in this country. ~ The first in order, and primary cause of all the rest, was an almost complete failure of the potatce crop; this was owing to incessant heavy rains, and a succession of violent gales of wind, which commenced about the first cf August, and continued till November. Oats, from the same cause, were not more than half a crop. Hay, the season for cut ting which in the mountains does not commence till Octo. her, not half a crop ; and the turf almost entirely destroyed: the consequences are, that at this moment there are hundreds of human beings nearly dying from starvation; meaty are living on sea-weed, and such shell-fish as they can procure and should warm weather set in, I have little doubt but that fever will follow, and carry off thousands. 41 The snow remained an unusually long time on the ground, the fodder was soon exhausted, and the cattle are now dying by hundreds ; one person I know lost the week before last twenty-five head of black cattle. From the Rev. Mr. RUis : " I write to lay before you the dreadful distreu at present existing at Cunnamara. I beg your advice and assistance in endeavouring to relieve it. Famine and Fever are stalking hand in band through this miserable region, and if some means of relief are not immediately found, thousands upon thousands must perish. " As a last resource, some are now bleeding their storing cows, boiling their blood, and eating it. " I see nothing before us all the summer but famine and pestilence. Any thing that an be done for us ought to be dose quickly. Another month's distress may insure the death of thousands." Mr. Dombrain writes from Guidore, on the 26th May, 1831 : " The instances of individual suffeting would scarcely be believed ; my feelings have been so harrowed up, I scarcely know which way to turn, and amidst my firm belief, and, indeed, decided conviction, that but for the re lief sent here through the medium of the Reco►d, the whole of this country would have been depopulated. I have this moment heard of one woman having been found dead with the child at the breast, who was actually drawing blood !" These are facts which call foi large grants from the public purse, and from the stores of Allelic, Charity has contributed nearly Twelve Thousand Pounds to the MANSION HOUSE LONDON Ci) ! _ MITTEE ; Five or Six Thousand Pounds to tl„• DUBLIN COMMITTEE; and we hope as much woi.• to the WESTERN COMMITTEE ; but Twenty Thou sand Families can be effectually relieved only by the sympathy of the National Gorernn.ent, while the sacrifice which it is called on to make, Avoidd be followed, as it ought to be, by measures fur pre venting the recurrence of similar calamities. ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK . Our funds are very heavy this morning. COll • sole, which left off yesterday at 83 for the Ac- count, opened at 8384 ; but owing to a report of the French Funds coming lower, they have declined to 82 g, at which price they are at present. In the Foreign Market, Brazil Stock has ftlle:i since yesterday morning 7 per cent. owing to to rious unfavourable accounts from Rio. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols are at present 82 83 for the Account. In the Foreign Market there has been alea:tioa in the Brazil Stock ; it was as low as 534, at pre sent it is 55. THREE O'CLOCK. STOCK Excliasrow.—Bank Stock, —. Three per C.!. Rd. 112; 13 2. Three rer Cr. Con oh, shut. Three and a Half pet Cr. 1818, 001 891. Three and a Half I . e . Cent. lied. 90 893 i I I. Three and a Half per Ceti'. New, abut. Four per Cent. 1826, 981 I. Long Al. nuities, Jan. 1860, 16 15-16 1:1-16. India Stock, shut; ditto Bonds, 3 2 prem. £lOOO Exchequar Bills, 10 11; £5OO ditto, 10 11; £lOO and ,0200 ditto, Cunkols for Account, C3l 23 3 21. A mail has arrived from Lisbon : it appears that on the 26th ult. a French frigate and brig made their appearance again off the Tagus, and it is said have captured some more Portuguese vessels. Extract of a letter from Captain Pearson, of the Animus, from Antigua, dated off Penzance, 4th instant :—" The island w•as all quiet on our leav ing, the 20th of April. The martial law• flag w•as down." The news from the Brazils, of the Emperor having abdicated the throne in favour of his son, only three years old, and his embarking with his family on board two frigates for England, has caused a great sensation in the City, and is the general topic of conversation on 'Change. It is said that only four of his soldiers remained firm to him. The French Journals insinuate that our Squadron of Observatien is destined for the Baltic, and, per haps, they say this because they wish it, and be cause it ought to be so. A British Fleet in the Baltic, and 100,000 French in Saxony, would speedily adjust the relations of Poland, and would save rivers of human blood. A session of parliament in the dog days will be warm work, and render all the debates very hot. Lord Althorpe in the last session treated the cur rency question as one disposed of. But they think otherwise at Myrther Tydvil, in Northumber land, Cornwall, and Staffordshire—that is, in every part of the kingdom ! Mr. Hobhouse has undergone a trial of patience about the Select Vestry Bill and the Hours' Regu lation Bill, but we hope he wi:l persevere. It is serious that a Gentleman, of great practi cal experience, has again and again offered to Ministers a safe and certain plan for regulating wages in all manufactories ; but he has never been able to extort attention. Why should the policy of Government require bloody mementos ? The pressing questions before t'arliament will be the Reform Bill—Debtor and Creditor Lbw— Chancery Reforms—Poor Laws in Ireland—Pro perty Tax Large Farms The Currency— Poland, Belgium, and Italy, the Bank, East and West India Interests, &c. Will there be a country party strong enough to direct the topics, or will they lie by for the first reform parliament, and leave the initiative to Nlinisters ? The increase in the population of towns, during the four censuses, explains the misery of the peo ple. Instead of depending on the fruits of the earth, and on personal labour, in producing them, they are driven into towns to prey on one another. Several towns exhibit increases of 50 per cent. since 1821 ! Gloucestershire has been thrown into a second ferment, by an eight days' county election for a coroner; at an expense to the parties equal to the fee-simple of the office. Why is not the poll token in hundreds— why do our legislators neglect such evils so easy of remedy ? Our hint about the obnoxious Loid Lieutmat ts has, we observe, not been lost. We observe it Is spoken of at some public meetings, and it . in some of the provincial papers. A genet of the tory faction is essential at once to the nour, peace, and interest of the country. corforations are other nuisances which ought once to be abated. Mr. Littleton's Bill, to destroy the hated cruel truck-system, ought to have been passed the last Sessions. How much wrong and have been caused by the system since, and to who were already on the verge of despair farmers bad been paying landlords in kind, nants house-rent in their manufactures, would have been less tardy. Let us hope that the late decision of the ccllor in favour of useful education, the Ashby School, will be the means of . and rendering useful all the Monkish ments which now insult the country. the dead languages being the pedantic sole wise trustees ought rather to exclude them Cher ; and where they are tolerated, at least them secondary to useful and desirable on subjects of living knowledge. New must, in general, be appointed, or the pul be baled by pugnacious prejudices. It is impossible not to feel acute pain on . over police and sessions' reports, to observe three-fourths of the cases arise from soave fogging question about the revenue laws, most paltry branches of which create the - annoyance. Lately, for example, many ushers were half or wholly ruined by gross sions about the paltry pamphlet duty: . same time hundreds of druggists were mulcted some pettifogging questions raised under the tine Act. Fifty of these paltry imports might once be swept away by a property tax, over ' above the assessed taxes on small houses and malt tax. Why do not the people assemble in parishes, and petition with one voice ou subject. • , ; . . ~ A 1 •• i 1 ':: . 1 li - 1 1 1 'Cil . , , :, • I 1: ) c t 1 1. A .1 Ir. tl , 'i: ozyl 46 ditto, 3% 53 (The piper than the rani nople say, -- . . and it echoed A general rout ace to the hc- ntry. The close vhich ought at the hated an , seen passed i ag and roam :e t and to thu: f despair ? I in kind, or tc res, the ratio]. of the Chan in the case c throwing ore ,ish Establish y. Instead c tic sole objeo a them altoge , at least mat 'hie instrucnc New nristc: the public s. ° ain on lookin observe 63 nn some pen iuo laws, th B the grates 'any little pti r gros s Oppre: , ty : about th re mulcted ti nder the meth posts might 3 tax, over a. mines and t to £3 15s XI es to il les 9s to 34. 4s to 27s • es lid 41s 3d 27. 5d j39s 9d