Star. — London, England, 1831-02-23 00:00:00

been by the member for Newark (Mr. Sadler). It was not an universal I measure ; it was an 'fun to effect a transition from a bad to a good administration of the poor laws. Sir E. SUDDEN said, he had by no means opposed the opinion, that it would be advisable to afford facilities to emigration; but he thought this bill was giving a premium on emigration, and, in that sense, was torell it. He thought it would lead to a charge on every freeholder, *Pete the farmer should find that he had rather a troublesome holding. a hey mast either have a 4eneral measure, relieving all parties—or • partial measure to aid particular places, to afford facilities foe emigra tion, bat not to advance any thing by way of premium. As to the pro. vhiam that by accepting the emigration, the right of further parochial relief should be cut off—it was a mere declaration on paper, a fallacy. He viewed the arguments of return of the money—and that this plan would lead to a better administration of the poor laws, also as fallacies and delusions. Friendly as he was to emigration, he could not approve of the plan now proposed for promoting it. Mr. BENET dented that there was any superabundance of labour ; if there were more capital embarked in agriculture, it would not be found that there were too many labourers. If numbers were induced to emi grate, their place would soon be supplied, then there would be the ad. vantage resulting to parishes for the money expended ? Measures of rmentiment had been proposed, such as a general Enclosure Act, &c. but he thought the most beneficial measure would be a commutation of tithes. The tithes equalled one•fourth of the charges of the land, and if the commutation were effected it would so relieve the land that capital would flow to its cultivation and give full occupation to the labourers. He had no objection to emigration, but it must however, be quite free; however he was persuaded that, until there was a commutation of tithes and a taking off of such taxes as impeded industry and burdened the land, the labourers would have no efficient relief. Taxation must be removed flom industry and the cultivation of the land ; and if it were wanted, let it be imposed on property. Mr. W. WHITAIORE said that the provision which limited the power of raising money to ten years removed objections to the measure that he should otherwise have to it—it would prevent too serious bur dens being fixed on parishes. As to the detail of the measure, they were remediable in the committee ; and he saw no chance of rem edying the defects of the poor laws until some removal of the surplus labour ers should have taken place. Mr. HUNT said he had particularly attended to Lie Member for Wiltshire ( Mr. Benet) because he knew that hon. Member to be a practical man. He agreed with him that there was no redundancy of labourers ; if capital were applied to agriculture more freely, so that . there could be more adequate remuneration, it would soon be manifest that there was no redundancy of labourers. He had told the hon. Member fifteen years ago, he was glad to hear him repeat the send 'rents now, let there be reduction of the taxes on land and a commutation of tithes,that there might be remunerating prices, there would be no cause to complain about the number of paupers. But he was afraid the hon. member:was too late in requiring commutation of tithes ; he thought nothing would now do but the abolition of tithes. As to the home co lonization of Hounslow and Dartmoor, they might as well colonise the top of St. Paul's. He was not such a Got h or Vandal uto approve of the destruction of machinery ; but be knew of instances where the ma chinery did not exist, that the farmers could not get hands enough to enable them to take their corn to market. So that even now there were places where there was not a redundancy of labourers. As to the scheme of mortgaging the poor rates,he never heard of any thing so preposterous. Mortgage the poor rates for ten years ! Did hon. members know that hardly any could be collected in many places, and that in others they were not worth 3 years' purchase. With respect to the state of the labourers, they had no occasion to hear of their condition in the southern pro. vinces. In Shoreditch, Birmingharn,:and other places. labourers were used as beasts of burthen, wheeling barrow loads for miles for the most trifling remuneration. In Essex, one of its Members had just told hint that not half its lands were cultivated ; and what was the reason of that, but the want of remunerating prices ? If they were to mortgage the rates, the result must eventually fall on the landlords. He was, however, glad to perceive one change in that House. The people wen no longer spoken of as a low degraded crew," as the" swinish multi. titude ;^ but still they were not disposed to attend to the people's peti. tions.—(Cries of oh ! oh l) He admitted that there was no time to attend to them, there were more to present than could be presented. He had attended for the last six weeks to present petitions, and had not yet had the opportunity. But he would repeat they did not listen to them when they were presented. He believed that most of the Mem bers were wholly ignorant of the real state of the country, or they would never use the language and arguments that they did, or propose such measures as were named in that House. He was quite sure that every scheme of this kind would ultimately fail. Mr. BROWNLOW supported the motion. He trusted that the house would not forget the very afflicting and painful statements made by the member for Mayo (Mr. D. Browne) of the starving condition of thousands in Ireland. He, therefore, was surprised that there should be any opposition to such a measure as this. It was calculated to afford a good deal of that relief which was so much wanted. Though the member for Preston opposed the motion, he could not but think that there would be labourers enough, if the measure were carried into effect, to cultivate the land, however much it might be relieved. Mr. BRISCOE could not be heard for some time, and he at last said, " those who have coughs ought to stay away." He afterwards observed, that in spite of the rudeness and coughing, he wished to observe, that employment for the superabundant population ought to be obtained ; if it could not be obtained, then there ought to be a judicious plan of emigration (much coughing). He said it would save the time of the house to extend a patient and respectful hearing to him, for no consideration should induce him to sit down. (Much laughter, confu sion, coughing, and calls of " Question.") He concluded with ex pressing his approbation of the measure. Lord HOW ICK having replied briefly, The motion was agreed to, and leave given to bring in the bill. TITHE ON POTATOES IN IRELAND. Mr. RUTHVEN moved for leave to bring In • bill to exempt the occupiers of land in Ireland, not exceeding two acres, from the payment of tithes on potatoes. Mr. STANLEY opposed the motion. The tithes proposed to be taken away were, by law, the right of the Clergy of the Church of Ireland. He was anxious to see a tithe composition carried into effect ; but this measure took away the tithe without any compensa tion ; besides which, it was contrary to t►e policy en which the Legis lature bad for some time acted, which was to discourage small hold ings. (Hear, from Mr. O'Connell). He undentood that cheer—he would not argue the goodness of the policy, but it was certainly the object of the Legislature to discourage small holdings, and that, be thought, was a good argument against the measure. 31r. O'CONNELL said, he felt no great interest in the question, as he thought it would not afford the relief expected by the hon. mover'. He was sorry, however, to hear the manner in which it was op posed, as it was calculated to excite desperation in Ireland, by the offi cial praises of that system of expelling the peasant from the land, which was acted on in that country. The 24:h out of every 25th part of the tithes of Ireland was paid by Catholics and Protestant Dissenters. This was an oppressive state of things that could not continue. (Hear.) Mr. HUNT said, all over the West of England tithe was exacted from the poor cottager for his potatoes. He thought it a great oppres sion in both countries. 11r. GOULBURN opposed the motion. Of all the acts of his pub. lie life, none gave him more satisfaction than the tithe composition Act. Mr. RUTH VEN said, as the house did not appear to support the motion, be would, with their leave, withdraw it. O'GORMAN MAHON said he could not consent to the withdrawal of the motion. It was calculated to benefit the poor of Ireland, and he wished to let the people of Ireland see how many Members of that House were willing to support such a proposition. He could not look upon the present possessors of Church property in Ireland as having any claim to the whole of the property they possessed. The Church property was given by the State, in former times, for the support of the poor, the erection and maintenance of churches, and the support of the clergy. The present clergy had usurped the whole, and to devote a portion of it to the poor was only to rescue it from the robbers who had seized it. He would insist on dividing the House. Aye for the motion Noes Majority against it 132 Mr. SUGDEN moved for leave to bring in a bill to extend the sta. tute of mortniain to Ireland. At present every man in England may give his estate to charitable uses, provided he did it one year betore his death; his object was to extend that law to Ireland, to prevent any dkposition of land to charitable purposes by death-bed dispositions. 11Ir. NORTH opposed the motion, and thought it would be an ad. vantage to Ireland to have more of the land left to charitable purposes. .Mr. O'CONNELL said, he should oppose the bill in every stage, and was rather sure: iced that the learned gent. could not confine himself to the improvement of the law of England instead of making a crusade against charity in Ireland. Lord ALTHORP said, he felt great regret and reluctance in op. posing the hon. and learned gentleman's motion, but certainly he had not shown any cause for bringing in the bill to make an alteration in the existing law, and he hoped the hon. and learned gentleman would withdraw his motion. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL thought there was no case made out for the change in the law of Ireland, which, as it stood at present, was not complained of. The gallery was cleared for a division, bat none took place, Mr. Sugden having withdrawn his motion. Mr. GUEST moved for a return of all persons holding offices, for which no services were performed, and the emoluments of such offices, and how long enjoyed by the present holders. hlr. S. RICE said it was impossible to comply with the motion in its present form ; if it were put in a practicable form it would not be uP t i rd ALTHORP said, the only possible objection to the motion was, that it was impossible to comply with it. If the hon. gentleman would withdraw it, and put it in another form which would make corn. plianthpossible, it would not be opposed. Mr. GUEST withdrew his motion. Sir A. GRANT brought up the Report of the Commltee of Supply. The resolutions on the Army Estimates were agreed to. The House adjourned at Two o'aoek. c t { t PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. HAMPSHIRE ADVERTIZER, Fait. 19. The Bt. Vincent, 110, is ordered to proceed to the Mediterranean, to relieve the Britannia on that station; and the Asia, 84, is to take the place of the St. Vincent es Rig-ship at this port, in consequence of which, the whole of thecrillons of the St. Vincent will remove into the Asia, and those of the Asia join the St. Vincent. The Ganges, 84, went out of the harbour, Thursday, in beautiful style, the band on board playing the National Air. She is now an awed at Spithead, fitted and stored for foreign service. Many absurd norm are in circulation respecting the destination of this ship and the Kent at Plymouth, but, as respects such destination, no onion have yet been received. A public meeting is convened in the Town-Hall, Southampton, on Saturday next, for the establishment of a Company to form alloilway from hence to London, and erect Docks for the accommodado• rift Cow merce in this Port. The subject is so fully explained in the piloted Report now in circulation, that we are relieved from the neesesky of entering further into it than we have already done; and feel eseldent that an object of so much utility to this part of the kingdom, sod di rect benefit, both to London, Southampton, and the towns anti ewe. try in the vicinity of the line, will meet the support to which It is se eminently entitled. [ We congratulate the metropolis itself on this spirited and promising measure, persuaded that it will in all respects be proprietors public Issas& We hope no weakness or affectation of land or others will interfere; and as a collateral line will easily extend it to Portsmouth, it will be a concern which Government ought zealously to patronize.— In the year 1931, a Macadamized road itself will be received as a mark of the barbarity of the year 1831.1 A meeting of the inhabitants of old fashioned Winchester took p ace at the Guildhall on Thursday, pursuant to a requisition to the Mayor, for the purpose of petitioning the legislature for a reform in the repre sentation. The Mayor stated that be had convened this meeting at the request of upwards of 100 respectable inhabitants. The requisition ' having been read, Dr. Cutworm spoke most ably en the subject, also Messrs. WONTED, Yonne, HEWITT, TITTNAY, WHEELER, than. he. the resolutions were not remarkable for spirit, and indicated the influence of adverse interests to which the reformers were obliged to succumb. The Ligrary and Philosophical Society, which has recently been eelebildsai ' ithester is carried on with great spirit. The Society has bete }sweated with a valuable cabinet of curiosities from Mr. John Newland, and specimens of Natural History and Mineralogy, have been kindly offered to the Society by Mr. John Barton, Mr. E. Thompson, and Mr. Sandie. Ils eager are persons to obtain shares in the intended cemetery at Pansmouth that they already bear a high premium. Csoviets continue to arrive in great numbers, from those places where the Special Assizes have been held, and are immediately sent on board the York, convict ship, preparatory to being transported to New South Wales. The Churchwardens have taken about 19 acres of land, and allotted it out to labouring men and mechanics of Lymington, in proportion to their families. ASTRONOMICAL OCCUERENCES, Moon, 26th, at 50 min. past 4, afternoon. 26th—An eclipse of the moon, partly visible at Greenwich. Beginning of the eclipse, 3h. 14m. 265. p.m. Middle, 4h. 42m. 395. when 8 dig. 16j min. will be eclipsed. 21st—Jupiter rises 6 1 morn. 22d.—Mara sets 017 morn. 26th.— Venus sets 646 aft. Duringthis month the days increase 51 minutes in the morning, and 51 minutes in the afternoon. BASINGSTOKE, FEB. 19.—Our market was plentifully supplied with every description of grain on Wednesday; What met with a dull sale at last week's pricesr—Wheat, from 161 10. to 201 10a per load. Barley, 36s to 425; Oats, 23s to 28e ; Beans, new, 40s to 48s; old, 48s ; Pease, 38s to 42s per quieter, Imperial measure ; Tares, 9s 6d to 10, fid per bushel. Bread is fled per gallon. Seussonx, Fax. 16.—Our market this day is better supplied than it was last week, both with beef and mutton. but the vide is by no means brisk : ox beef, from 10. to 10e 6d per score; cows and heifers, from 71 to 9s 6d per score ; mutton, from 5d to 64 per pound. MARRIND.—At St. Thomas's church, H. Grant, Esq. merchant, to Miss Casher, daughter of R. Casper, Esq. wine merchant.—At Hasler, Capt. Morrell, R.N. D/RD.--51ajor Moue, of the Royal Artillery, timber receiver.-- At Shirley, Mr. Alfred S. Powell, aged 33 sears, a man of very supe rior intellectual attainments. His work on the Battle of the Nile was written while a shepheed's boy. FELIX FARLEY'S BRISTOL JOURNAL, FEB. 19. The loyal address to his Majesty and petition to Parliament, voted at the late meeting held at the White Lion, at which Mr. Alderman Daniel presided, have each received between 4000 and 6000 signatures, with the place of residence attached to each name. BRISTOL Isrlastaar.—A new era in the professional history of our infirmary has commenced, delivery of a regular course of lec tures on the principles and of surgery, by Mr. Hetling, one of the surgeons of this excellent Institution. The eighth annual meeting of the Bristol Institution for the advance. mot of Klemm, literature, and the arts, was held in the Lecture-room on Thursday last, J. S. Hanford, Esq. In the chair. The report stated, that the various collections awl belonging to the imitation had within the past year, been enriched by the accession of numerous objects cal culated to aid scientific investigation, or to open to the numerous vial. tee. to the institution new sources of elegant rational amumement. The specimens added to the Museum were noticed seriatim. Amongst the contributions in the geological department, the handsome donation from Mr. Joseph Cottle, of the whole of his large collection of antediluvian animal remains, from the °lesion caves. near Plymouth, was particu larly noticed. Mr. Herapath is delivering lectures on Chemical Analysis, at the Atheneum Society, Freemasons' Hall, Broad-street, Bristol. He stated that the object was not to attempt to make his audience perfect analysts but merely to give them a general ides of the process by which the chemist arrived at a knowledge of the component parts of such mixed bodies as gases, salts, mineral waters, ores, minerals, &c. The anniversary meeting of the National Benevolent Institution was held In St. George's chapel, in the Guildhall. Henry Davis, Esq. in the chair. The chairman, in opening the business of the meeting, ad verted to the numerous charitable institutions by which Bristol was distinguished, and which rendered it an honour to be a Bristolian.— He was grieved to see so small an attendance upon the present occasion. The Rev. W. Day read the report by wb ch we regret to bear that the expenditure had greatly exceeded amount of the subscriptions and donations. The shipowners and timber merchants in this city have determined on presenting a memorial to government, against the proposed addl. clonal duties on Canada timber. Information was yesterday received in this city, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, upon the representa tions of the deputation which had waited upon him from the merchants and others interested in the timber trade, had consented to postpone the commencement of levying the new duty till October next. We may also add, that the persons interested are not without hope that be will abandon the duty altogether. MAR HIED.—At the Friends' Meeting-house, Bath, G. Thome, Esq. Prior-park, Ba th , to Elizabeth Greer, daughter of Thomas Gems Esq. Rhone-bill, Tyrone. DIED.—At Cheddar, 33, Such, wife of Mr. J. Lawrence, surgeon— at Gloucester, D. 'Walker, Eaq. for upwards of 30 years proprietor of the " Gloucester Journal," and during the greatest portion of that pe. rind member of the corporation. Few men have passed through life more generally respected, or died more regretted. LAIOURING Pooa.—We understand that the visitor and guardians of the parish of Westbury-upon-Trym have succeeded in procuring, in its immediate neighbourhood, four or five acres of land, admirably si tuated for the purpose of garden cultivation, which they intend to allot in very moderate portions, as a privilege to the deserving labourers of the parish, who are htmluned with large families, or are otherwise subject. ed to personal disability or infirmity. The charge at which it will be granted to them will be precisely similar to the amount of rent and taxes payable upon it and which eVi correspond exactly through the liberality of the proprietor, Rich. Uewellin, Esq. with what has been previously paid, with the additional advantage of permission to convert from estate of pasture one portion of the same. Thirty acres would provide amply, as far as garden is concerned, for one hundred and twenty families, and it would be still very advantageous if divided amongst two hundred and forty--and would difiltse comfon and happiness amongst either number upon precisely the same terms as their richer neighbours ? BATH AND WEST Or ENGLAND SOCIETY.—His Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the office of Patron to the Bat and West of England Society, and to continue the munificent annual subscription of 50 guineas, which was so many years bestowed by his royal brother to wards furthering the truly national objects or this institution. A Society is about to be formed in the city of Worcester, under most distinguished patronage for the promotion of the Fine Arts. Charles March Phillips, Esq. of Garendon Park, has ordered 50 acres of land, at a moderate rent, to be portioned out on his estate fot the be nefit of the poor of Sheepshead, Leicestenhire, to cultivate as gardens. On the night of Monday. the 7th, a son of Mr. Jos. Wilcox, of Stanley, and a son of Mr. H. Green, of Netherton, were drowned in the Severn, by the upsetting of a boat, near Upper Areley. The bodies have not yet been found. The construction of a floating harbour at Swansea is in contempla tion. and the projectors calculate, among other benefits to be derived from it, on obtaining a share of the West India trade. Earl Grosvenor Is ejecting all his tenants at Shaftesbury, who did not vote in his interest at the last election—so that the Whig Reel Grosvenor is doing that for which the Tory Duke of Newcastle was so (severely handled. BRISTOL LEATHER MAlllZTe—Heavy Crops, per pound, 174 to 18d. Light and Middling, 13d to 15d. Buffaloes, 13d to Isd. Mid. dlings, 16d to 18d. Butts, 174 to 194. Close Butts, strong, 204 to 21d. Best Smilers' Hides, 17d to 18d. Common ditto, 14d - to 16d. Shoe ditto, lad to 161 Welch Hides, lid to 15d. Bull ditto, 13d to 14d. Shaved Hides, lad to 19d. English and Welch lime Hides, lad to 174. Os Sunday week, at Shennow poor -house, Nottinghamshin, Ann Snide was delivered of far daughters ! Two of the children lived 24 bean, the other two 48 boon, and they were all burled in one coein. The smother h in a very precarious stem GLASGOW FREE PRESS, Fes. 19. Oa lawny the limb torrent, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Aisle= and the ad asst villages, was held in Mr. fileane's large room, Jelowdens, fide do purpose of taking into consideradoia the pro priety of minelog erimitives of Glasgow in getting up a liberal news yd tl mine imedliate object would be the extensisa of those of maid ea political anowledp, so essentially nemesszy foe ado working claws of the West of Scotland. The se/dm was nspseidily attended, sod, although only deputies attended frees soma of the works and villages in the neighbourhood, there were upwasis of SOO person peasant, Use limits of the hall not being able to eantak 0 greater number. William James, cotton spinner, was cal -1 led so tie disk. CM Wedo, a number of the spirited proprietors of Stearn-Boats, met in the onian Inn, Greenock, and missed resolutions against the maimed unjust measure of taxing these vessels. A deputation from Dumbarton attended the meeting. The meeting adjourned for the purpose of =Wig together the Committee of Management of the Samara plying die Clyde, and will again meet to-day for the pur ples of sending a deputation to London to remonstrate with the Chan delles of the Exchequer. A number of the most influential and Intel- Rpm merchants of Greenock have offered their services, which we have ns doubt will be acce pted of. In the event of the tax being insisted on, we understand that all tire steamers navigating the Clyde will instantly emu plying. Already a number of these vessels, which were about to be repaired for the ensuing summer, have suspended all preparation till the decision of the question. At a meeting of the proprietors of Steam Vessels plying on the river and Firth of Clyde, called for the purpose of taking into consideration the tax proposed to be levied on Steam Boat passengers.—Andrew Kooken, Req. in the chair. The following resolutions were unani mously adopted : That a direct tax on steam navigation is highly im politic in a national point of view. as tending to cramp the spirit of en terprise in a branch of trade which is only in its infancy, and which pro mises eventually to give additional energy and power to our maritime greatness. That steam vessels on the Clyde have, forseveral years pmt, but particularly during the last year, been unable to defray their own es pouse, and in most instances have been attended with considerable loss to the proprietors. That the rate of duty proposed to be levied on each passenger is In some instances 400 per cent. and in others only 2 and half per cent, on the amount of fares, showing a want of due pro portion in the application of the principle, even if it had been other. wise just. That the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and many of the remote inland districts of the Mainland, have been most essenti ally beneficed by the introduction of Steam Navigation, enabling the poorer classes of inhabitants to bring—under their own personal care —the produce or the manufacture of their distant and sequestered spots, to a market, at a comparatively trifling expense, returning in the same manner with the manufactures of this city and neighbour. hood ; but if the proposed tax be passed into a law, such a traffic must inevitably be stopped, because steam vessels to many parts of the Highlands have barely paid their expenses hitherto, and in almost every instance Proprietors have been submitting to a loss, in hopes of establishing, in the course of time and by perseverance, a station for themselves, which may eventually remunerate them for the large ca pital expended. That the coasts of the river and Firth of Clyde for fifty or sixty miles in extent, are studded with villages and cottage reared and furnished solely in consequence of the great facilities of in tercourse so cheaply afforded by steam, the greater part of which would be left unoccupied, and the small propr ietor s consequently in volved in ruin. That the proposed tax would press in an especial manner on me operative classes of the community, to whom such a healthful recreation, as a short voyage by Steam, at so small an ex pense, is of paramount importance ; for it is known to every steam tra veller on the river Clyde, that the great bulk of passengers consists of laborious artisans, who crowd by turns to the coast, with their fami lies, in search of relaxation and health. That a very large amount of capital invested in Steam Vessels on the River Clyde, must be utterly and completely destroyed, if the proposed measure is perse vered in. The late storm appears to have been 'general In Ragland, Scotland, and Ireland. Beyond the , highland line it was no doubt tremendous, but as yet we are without advice* from the frozen north. Here the ave. rage depth was a foot, or 13 inches—a prodigious general covering of snow ; but around Edinburgh the onfall appears to have been greater. The oldest men in Moffatt aver that there has been no storm like the late, or present one, during the lost 3 years, and that even then the elements were less unkind. In addition to the immense destruction of property among the shipping in the harbour, we regret to state that da. mage to a still greater extent, it is feared, has been incurred by the house proprietors and their tenants, in the lower part of the town, in consequence of the unusual rise of the river, on We dnes day. The whole of Bridgegate was under water ; and the across the bridges, either by Stockwell or Jamaica Street, not be accomplished but by cans, or other conveyances. Along the Brootnielaw there was no passing on the pavement except for a short way, and the intercourse with the quay was kept up only by small boats. On the south side of the river, the effects of the spate were equally disastrous—the Main street of Gorbab, for a considerable way up,—Buchan.street, and Malta-street, being flooded to the depth of three and four feet. At three o'clock the water became stationary, and remained so for an hour and a half, when It subsided I of an inch. when at its highest it was 23t inches lower than the great flood on the 12th of March, 1782. About 8 o'clock, when nearly low water the river had subsided only about 2 inches. By are o'clock yesterday the flood had left the ground floors in the Bridgegate, and other lower parts of the town, although all the sunk cell as of course continued full of water, in which situations, as well as in the shops of Bridgegate, Broomielaw, tce. tee. very consi derable damage has been sustained by individual s. The flood in the centre of the Bridgegate, rose just one inch higher than it did in one of our memorable spates. We now subjoin a correct list of the vessels that were caned of from the Bromidic or sunk, on Tuesday afternoon :—The Vig il ant, of Grangemouth—Union, of Alfas— Amity of Glasgow.—Mary, of Allot—Jean, of Liverpool—Union, of Kincardine—Mary Graham, of Allot — Mercury, of Leith Airth Castle, of Allot—Samoa, of Greenock—Trusty, of Allot— Lord AbercrOmby, of Albs—Hugh Crawford, of Greenock—Mary, of Rodney— Neptune, of Live rpoo l—Caledonia, of Ramsay—Ex pert, of Kirkwall—James, of Belfast —Pacific, of Islay—Friends. of Glasgow—Margaret, of Greenock—Leven, of Glasgow—Royal Oak, of Dumbarton—Margaret and Grizzle, of Greenock—Helen, of Tobermorry—Janet, of Greenock—Christian, of Greenock—lardy Ann Mary, of (late House—Lady Margaret, of Greenock—Clyde, of Gar. leston—lsabella, of Renfrew—George, of Greenock—James, of Glw gow—Sarah, of Cardigan—Henrietta, of Greenock—Mary, of Glas. gow—and the James, of Greenock, sunk at the harbour. Stress. Boats—Highland Chieftain, Ben-Neyls, Larp, Argyle, Countess of Glasgow, Sultan, Maid of Islay. Total, forty.four. The following wrecks have been reported at Leith:—The Helens, of Dundee, totally wrecked near Incheolut on Thursday morning; crew drowned. The brig Juno, Moss, master, of Yarmouth, from Hull to Newcastle, in ballast, totally lost on the morning of the 2d instant, a little to the westward of St. Monance—only one man saved., The sloop Brothers, of Aberdeen, Halcyon, master, • total wreck at Lumsden shore. near St. Abb's Head. It is feared all on board have perished. A barque. coal laden, from Shields to London, driven into the Firth of Forth by the storm, is on shore on the Drum Sand, near Criunond. The Courier, of Dundee, has put into Bruntisland, with loss of mast. The Barbadoes Packet, from Cadiz to Hull and Leith, Is on shore at Wainfieet, Lincolnshire—cargo expected to be saved. (Me hundred and twenty vessels are reported to be on shore within a range of nine miles from Shields—the damage is estimated at 510,0001. At a Meeting of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures, for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro. priety of again petitioning Parliament on the subject of the Eaat India Company's Monopoly. R. D. Alston, Eq. in the Chair.—The Draft of a Petition was submitted to the Meeting, containing the following passages.—" That it has been shown that the Chinese are a people unit venally addicted to Commerce, who have for a long time carried on an uninterrupted and advantageous trade with the Citizens of the United States and other Powers ; and that, although Commerce with Foreigners is nominally prohibited by their laws, no obstacle has ever occurred to the open purchase and sale of commodities, in any of the ports along the coast. That had the Trade been open to the skill and enterprise of individual British Merchants, in place of being locked up under a Monopoly, in the hands of a Joint Stock Company, it cannot be doubted, that a market for the products of our industry, to a great amount, would have been found, and valuable returns obtained in ex change. That besides the loss of this great market, the China Alo nopoly costs the nation annually one million eight hundred thousand pounds, in the extra price paid it for tea,— the inhabitants of the United Kingdom being compelled to pur chase their Tea fifty-three per cent. higher than the inhabit. tans of the United States, or indeed of any other country.— " That although the export of our manufactures to India has greatly increased since the opening of the trade in 1814, being now five times what it was under the monopoly, your petitioners are satisfied that the increase would have been incalculably greater, bad British subjects been allowed to settle in the Peninsula ; and had h ad they not been subjected to the disadvantage of competing with the Company, whose servants, clothed with the influence of sovereign power, often come into the mar ket to buy and sell, not with mercantile views, but to supply the means for remitting the territorial revenue • and in such case the pro fi t or loss on the transaction becomes a second ary consideration. your petitioners therefore trust, that in renewing the company's charter, a free trade to China, and the liberty of settling in the Penin sula will be secured to British subjects ; and that, if the company be allowed to retain the sovereignty of India, they will be prohibited from carrying on commerce of any description ; it being impossible t h at pro. per mercantile competition can take place in a market open to a cont. pedtor, bearing the two-foM character of dealer and sovere gl ." COTTON WOOL.—The proposed addition of Id. per lb. to the duty Ev e e an impulse to the market in the early part of the week, and ed. to . per lb. was generally obtained upon the prices of last wash. For last two days. however, the shuffling of ate Moodier in regard to the duties on Tobacco, Glass, its. has thrown a shade of uncertainty around his measum regarding Cotton Wool. Prices have , in co tta . quence, again dedined, and enquiry is totally suspended. GLASGOW °GAIN MARXIST, FED. 16.—The arrivals of Glair, from, Ireland are large. The sales in Wheat have been limited, at a bout previous rates. Oats have hardly supported prices. No alteration : making Barley. Grinding qualities tether lower. Beans and Pe steady :—Wheat, British old, per 240 lbs. 36s to 38s. Do. n ew , d a .4 11 to 355. Canada free, do. 34 to 365. Irish, do. 315 to 38s,— p ate per 264 lhs 23s 6ito 26a. British, do. 24s to Vs.—Barley. & dui per 3201 be 31e to 325. Irish, do. 27s to 31s. Foreign, do. 261 to 29 % l Oatmeal, a boll of 140 lbs. 20e to 23s.—Flour, a sack of 210: iM 600 to Us. °Lasso,' Baste., Fay. 16.—Best cheese, old at 10e to in. g d ; inferior do. 7s 9s ; salt butter, a tron stone, 198 20e ; fresh do. a lb. Is 11 ; fresh pork, per tron stone, bs be 3d ; eggs, per dozen, 7d 9d . best country eggs, 1 Id Is ; hens, per pair, 3s 4s ; chickens, do is Gd 3, pigeons. do le ; turkey'', do 516 s ; ducks, do Sts 44 ; hares, 356 d. DEATH OF LORD COAFTERS — OSBORNE. The following have been communicated to us by a correspo n d ent as the particulars of the death of this young Nobleman, of which ; very meagre account appears in one of the Oxford papers of & gin , day :—His Lordship was the second son of the Duke of Levi,, sad was in his 20th year. He had been a member of Christ Church, Oxford, some years, and was, we believe, to have taken hi s d egh% and left the University in the course of the present year. He wss remarkable for the suavity of his disposition, and the general b og , homed* of his conduct. His Lordship was also the favorite sow o f his noble father—his elder brother, the Marquis of Carmarthen, wh o is at present on the continent, having married in a manner which I s said to have been disagreeable to the Duke. On the night of the accident which terminated in his death, he had been dining out and spending the evening with some students of the University, at owe of the neighbouring colleges, and returned to Christ Church at a ra. they late hour, near eleven, but not, as has been erroneously stated, in a state of intoxication. His Lordship went into the rooms done or two of his intimates, and practised some " larking" as it is termed. In the quadrangle of the Court he had a slight rencontre with Lord H. the eldest son of an Irish Marquis, who sits in the House of Lords as an Earl of the United Kingdom, the consequences of which led to the death of the unfortunate young Nobleman in a few moments after. Lord H. is about the same age as the deceased; and it will be perhaps remembered, that not many months since he had a pugilistic affray with two of the Oxford boatmen, whom, from his superior " science," he easily disposed of. An inquest was held before the City Coroner, and a verdict of " Chance-medley" returned. Some complaints had been made of the limited nature of this inquiry ; but we under. stand the noble father of the deceased is perfectly satisfied with the rer. diet, and does not mean to disturb it by the adoption of any ulterior proceedings. The unfortunate young Nobleman who has in this In. stance been the cause of the death of his fellow-student and friend, i s described as having remained since this unlucky event in a state of mint/ approaching to distraction. It is not a little singular, that on the same day on which this accident occurred, two others--not attended, forgo. nately, with the same melancholy results—took place. A party of stu. dents were upset in a beat on the Thames, who were with difficulty saved by the exertions of the watermen and some spectators. In the other case, a gentleman of Oriel College was thrown out of a gig at Blenheim, and had his head completely scalped. A medical gentleman from that town was in immediate attendance, and applied such one. dies as the necessity of the case required. The death of Lord Conyers Osborne has cut a gloom throughout the University and city not to be described. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Feb. 21. OLD COURT. Mary Dominus, the younger, mother and daughter, and Ends Sioifi, were capitally indicted for having in their possession certain moulds for the purpose of counterfeiting the current coin of the realm. The base coin, moulds, and the materials used in the manufacture, were produced, and the necessary evidence having been given, the Jury, after Mr. Baron Bayley had summed up, returned a verdict of•GuUty against Devereux and her daughter, and Swift not guilty. {Fiala= Clarke, aged 27, was indicted for maliciously firing a loaded pistol at Elizabeth Gulliver, with intent to kill her. The proexutriz stated that she scalded at No. 4, New Tothill-street, Westminster. She had known the prisoner by sight about three weeks, he lived next door to her. The prisoner came to her house, and she went to the door—the instant she opened it the ptisoner fired a pistol at her. He had time to see who it was that opened the door before he fired the pistol. He took aim at witness when he fired ' • he did not speak a word; be ran away, immediately after he had fired the pistol, the contrary way from his own house ; the bullet went through the street door. Daniel Reardon, police officer, stated that he apprehended the pri- soner. Prisoner said the people had troubled him very much next door. and he did not know what he was doing. Witness had made inquiry, and ascertained that the prisoner belonged to a very respectable family. The proareutrix recalled, stated that when before the magistrates he said he had for four years been troubled by witches, noises, and sorcery. The prisoner, in - defence, said, I have had a noise in my head for the last four years, which made my brain go round like streams of fire, and as 1 passed by the houses in the street, flashes used to come into my head ; and. moreover, I think I am allied to the Royal Family. I received great hoover when young from people in carriages ; they thought me the illegitimate son of the Duke of Yea. My mother was not the celebrated Mrs. Clarke. I went to Paris, and there received similar homage, so I changed my name, but they would have it I was the son of the Atke of York, and the soldiers always presented arms to me, and understood I was a descendant of George Rex, who kept a brewing establishment at Knightsbridge, and consequently lam entitled to the dukedom of Lancaster. A lady came to me and offered me a hone, and I saw her go up stairs, and then I had a flame in my head, and heard the noise. The prisoner went on in this strain a considerable time, and concluded by saying, " AU I have stated is true, so help me God." Mr. C. Primes then called Miss Elizabeth Clarke, a sister of the prisoner, who stated that she received the letter produced from bee brother, dated Paris, Sept. 1829. It was read by the Clerk of the Arraigns and afforded abundant proof of the prisoner's Insanity. Among (rarer things he asked his sistet's opinion as to the propriety of his mar rying one of the weird sisters who met Macbeth on the heath, and con• eluded by saying he could write no more, as the devil had just whisked his tail into his pen, and made him sneeze sulphur. Mr. bi'Murdo, a surgeon, stated that he had attended the prisoner since he had been In confinement. and from repeated conversations with him had no doubt of his insanity. Prisoner. Von know nothing about it. Mr. Baron BAYLZY summed up the evidence, and the Jury at quitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity, and he was ordered to , be detained during his Majesty's pleasure. - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. TILE SEIZURE Or GOODS Ix PREEMIE. ALLEY.— Yesterday MM. Pearce, the landlady of the house in Phenix-alley, Loopere, where such a quantity of stolen goods was found, together with Anne and Witlians Streirdand and John Haddock, who were found in the house, were again brought up, and the Office was crowded to excess by per who had been robbed. It will be recollected that amongst the property found in the house there wu a considerable quantity of settings of jewellery partly broken up, from which the stones had been extracted, and some of those set ting were now identified. Mrs. Anne Lotman stated that she was a lady's maid to Mrs. Milli gan, a lady who resided at the house of her grandfather,George Trench. man Goodenough, Esq. a Magistrate of Middlesex, at No. 9, Hen ford -street, Flay-fair. On the 4th of November last she dressed her mistress, and, when she had finished, she accompanied the lady down stairs, leaving her gold watch and almost all her most valuable jewel lery on the table in her dressing-room. About nine o'clock the same evening witness went up stairs, and then found that the whole of the property (value 6001.) had been stolen. No doubt was entertained, upon inquiry, that the thieves had entered the garret-window, which bad been left open, from the roof of an empty house adjoining Mr. Goodenough's. Mr. Isaac Le Plastrier, of Cheapside, watch and clock maker, stated that on Sunday afternoon, the 21st of February, 1890, his shop was broken into from an adjoining empty house, a great number of valuable clocks and watches stolen, and removed in broad day-light in a hackney coach, unobserved by the neighbours. The principal thieves escaped with the booty, but the coachman was afterw.Lrds apprehended, and transported. One of the ornamented clock cases now produced was part of the property so stolen, and belonged to a clock of a very expensive description. Gardiner produced a large cornelian square, which had been eni. dendy taken from a seal, with a coat of arms engraved on it, which he had ascertained. by inquiring at the Herald's Office, to be that of Sir Wm. Keith Ball, of Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. No further evidence was now offered, and the prisoners, who still declined saying any thing, were again remanded for a week. BIRTHS. The 19th inst. at No. 8. Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, the lady of W. Ryves, Esq. of Ryves Castle, of a son.—At the house of her fa.. Cher, in Brunswick-square, the Lady of Lieut. Huffam, R.N. of s. daughter- MARRIED. At Walcott Church, J. Dawn, P..q. Bth Hussars to Prances Phillip!, youngest daughter of the late Col. Taylor, C.B —At Charlton, H. Thompson, Esq. Commander of the East India ship Nlountstuart LI. phinstone, to Alt.. Jane Wagstaff. DIED. The 16th inst. at his residence, Stockwell, Surrey, J. Bull, EN. aged 70.—The 16th inst. in Edward's -street, Portman square, aged 68. N. E. Hinderaley, Esq. formerly in the civil service of the East India. Company, at Madras. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.IIIOI 12s. ISK. Afternoon 37a oil DOW : Printed and rubliehed by Joliet 111•vwe, at tl►a Or►ios, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar. ~T~A 41 1 1 1 1 0 : ii e • • • • • r. r.