Star. — London, England, 1831-02-24 00:00:00

WHY AND BECAUSE. IMITATED THOM THE SET. DI. BLAIR. Wtt I; are the public dissatisfied with the criminal laws ? BECAUSE they make no distinction between first, second, and third offences ; and generally visit a first offence as se -votelYlA a repetition. Wily is there a sympathy felt for prisoners under trial? BED AUBE in felonies, so little is conceded to the accused ; they are not furnished with any copy of the indictment; they have a restricted intercourse with their friends ; and Counsel ate not permitted to plead in their defence. WII T are punishments so varied for the same offence? BECAUSE a large discretion is left to the Judges, and different Judges have different tempers, feelings, and policy ; while even the same Judge has different humours at differ ent times, and even in regard to the persons of different convicts. Wit v is the discretion so large ? BECAUSE in enacting laws discriminations would have given more trouble to Legislators ; and power is conceded to the Sovereign to ameliorate and pardon. Wu v does the Secretary of State before pardon refer all rstitions to the Judge who inflicted the punishment ! BECAUSE such is the custom, and being the custom, the judges expect this deference to them. WHY are the laws usually so severe ? BECAUSE they are made for extreme cases of turpitude ! fur as the judge has no power to increase punishments, and only to lessen in certain cases, so the law fixes the highest punishment to meet aggravated cases, and leaves ameliora tion to the Sovereign. Wit v are not the punishments for breaches of law taught to children in a catechism of social knowledge. BECAUSE the criminal code is so extensive and compli cated ; known only to experienced lawyers, and detailed only in large books. The briefest analysis of criminal law is a quarto volume, of high price. Y have crimes so much increased of late years, as to become double their number ten years ago, and quadruple their number twenty-five years ago ? BECAUSE the inadequacy of the wages of labour, and the fluctuations of trade and property, have increased the dis tress and want, which stimulate to dishonesty, as is proved by the fact, that the number of criminals is as the price of necessaries, and the state of the country. Y are there fewer improvements characteristic of an enlightened age ! BECAUSE our most efficient legislators are practising la a yers, who, by habits of thinking, and by the desire of professional ascendancy, are opposed to all improvement. 4 A MAN OP MANY DWELLINGS.—Adams, the proprietor of the equestrian performers, so successful in the arena of this city, is about to take the benefit of the insolvent act in Nottingham. He is thus advertised in the Gazette : Henry Adams, formerly of Ware, in Hertfordsbire ; af terwards of Htmtingdou ; since of Lichfield, in Stafford shire ; afterwards of Shrewsbury, in Salop ; then of Birmingham, Warwickshire ; since of Chester ; afterwards of Manchester, Hull, and Liverpool, then of Dublin,Cork, Waterford, Clonmel, and Fermoy, all in Ireland ; since of Sheffield and Leeds, in Yorkshire; then of Boston, in Lin colnshire : and late of the Riding School, within the extra parochial limits of the Castle, in the county of Notting ham, equestrian Manager and proprietor of a travelling com pany of theatrical performers.—Nottingham Journal. A case arising out of the transactions of the British Iron Company, came before the Court of Exchequer last week, the briefs to Counsel in which consisted of about seventeen reams, of paper. The statement of the bill, the answers, and pleadings, occupied about 13,000 folios; and eighty eight large skins of parchment were filled with the plaintiff's interrogatories. The examination of witnesses cost 1,5001. a side, and 2,0001. was expended in procuring office copies of the evidence. The suit which has caused this enormous expense, was instituted by three gentlemen named Small, Shears, and Taylor, to set aside a contract which they en tered into in 1825, to purchase some mines in Staffordshire, of Mr. Attwood, for 550,0001. The cause came before the Court with the view of procuring further evidence. It appears, from parliamentary returns, that five thousand three hundred and seventy-nine " beer-houses" have been opened under the new act, in England and Wales; while the number of public houses licensed is 45,624. The num ber of beer-houses opened in Wales is 1773, nearly half the number opened in all England—the number for England is 3606. Wilkie has lately dipt his brush in Caledonian colours, and is dashing out John Knox preaching one of his fierce sermons to the backsliders at St. Andrews. INFORMATIONS AGAINST PUBLICANS.— We lately stated that Government were in possession of a chemical teat liquor, to try the genuineness of malt-liquors, as re tailed by publicans and others, and the following list of con victions and penalties will prove that they have not been backward in turning the discovery to account :—Several were summoned to the Board of Excise on Saturday week. Mr. Bailey, proprietor of the Hercules public-house, was charged with having one pound of copperas in his posses sion, and adulterating his beer. Two officers proved that, on putting the test to the beer, it turned quite green. The courts fined him 1501. P. Tempest, proprietor of the Crown, was convicted in the penalty of 401. for adulter ating his beer. He admitted that he put three pails of water, two pounds of sugar, a quarter of a pound of salt, and some flour into a butt of beer to fine it.—Mr. Francis, who plead ed guilty, was fined 301.—William Culff, proprietor of the Lord Farnham, was fined 1001. for having adulterated beer ... in his possession. When the test was applied to the de-1 fendant's beer, it became as green as copperas.—W. For- 1 ster, proprietor of the Peacock, wee fined 1001. for having adulterated beer in his cellars.—W. Waseley, proprietor of the George and Dragon, was fined 751. for having adulterated his beer. The late Earl of Bridgewater bequeathed several thousand pounds sterling to the writers of the best essays on the structure of the earth, and on the human hand. Hia Lord ship, at the same time, nominated the President and Coun cil of the Royal Society, Somerset-house, for the time being, to judge of the respective merits of the various essays which might be submitted by competitors, not only in this country, but also on the Continent—a circumstance which, at the time, not a little alarmed the Council of the Royal Society, who imagined that a considerable run would be made upon their funds for posta g e , so numerous and distant were the applications anticipat ed. Because Berlin, Gottingen, Paris, Vienna, Copenhagen, and many other learned abodes, were severally looked to. It is believed the fears alluded to have not been realised, for the competitors for the golden prize, whose essays will shortly be submitted, are only those of Professor Buckland, of Oxford, who writes the geological " Structure of the Earth ;" and for the essay on " the Hand," Mr. Charles Bell and Dr. Roget. Mr Bevan has found that 7151b5. was required to over come the adhesion of two surfaces, each one inch square, which had been glued together; but when the glue had been frequently boiled, the power required varied from 350 to 360 pounds. The cohesion of solid glue, the same observer finds equal to about 4,000 pounds per square inch. SOUND ATTENDING THE AURORA BOREALIS.—M. Rainm states that he has repeatedly heard a " whispering sound" simultaneously with the rays overhead. Others , have made similar statements, but they have not received general belief. PANORAMA OF THE BRITISH EMPI It E. WORCESTER HERALD, FIB. ir9'. The following circular has been issued throughout the coantry by the Committee of die Country Banker's Association s— " Gentlemen,—By direction of the Committee of the Country Bank. ing Association, I forward you, annexed, the copy of a letter which ap. pears to have been extensively circulated among the country bankers. The object of the writer is evidently to extort money I and this coin. munieation is made foriour government, in the wrest of your receiving a rimiksfappliestion. Those letters that have been received are da ted from Worcester, Kidderminsta, and Stourport, and measures have been taken to expose the authors thereof. Kidderminster, Feb. 9,1851. "To li!eisrs.-7=— of the .—. Bank. _ _ " Gentlemen—You will no doubt be surprised to bear that there are parties near Birmingham committing a forgery on your bank. It is in the power of a person who is known to the writer of this letter, to give you every information on the subject, so as to enable you to detect them. He will do so, provided you will give hjm 601 the one-half to be paid in advance , a n d the remainder afterwar ds ; and you are also to engage that one of the party shall not be prosecuted. You may find him use ful as a witness. It remains for your consideration to advance the money or not; if you do so, you may place the greatest reliance on having every particular sent to you. His family is respectable, and be will not have his name brought into question. am Gentlemen,our obedient servant, H. H. ' Please to add r ess , post p aid, Post-office, Kidderminster. P.B. Tf you wish an interview with the perms, and you will remit 161. he will wait on you. At Stourport, the police were on the watch to eedeavour to apprehend any one who might apply at the Post-office for letters directed to H. H. Friday (we believe) two men applied at the office for such letters, and were 'tmediately seised ; they were taken before a magistrate, and after wards conveyed to London. One of them is said to be a man respectably connected in this place, but upon whom the police had an eye. a other is a Birminghom man. Letters for H.II. are now lying in our Post-office. The Committee of the Mendicity Society have had to refer the cases of several vagrants to the Magistrates during the week, and two arrant impostors are now in the city gaol. One of them is a fellow named Curry, who had the audacity to present himself for relief greatly in toxicated. He stated that he was suffering from an accident, by which three of his ribs had been broken, and his skull fractured ; and, in corroboration of the latter, he pointed to a large plaister, which nearly covered one side of his head. However, on the plaster being removed, and the place washed, there were not the slightest signs of injury, and the Magistrates presaibed a very proper dressing for his real ceilings, in a month's recreation at the tr.wheel. The floods of the last week have entirely disappeared. The water continued to abate from Friday, and the Severn and Tone are once more flowing within their proper channels. Although higher inundations have been experienced, the rapidity and suddenness of the rise of the Severn on Monday Wen, have scarcely been parallel in the mem ory of the oldest inhabitant. Within fourteen hours the stream i nn eased in height no less than twelve feet I DIED.—At New Court, Newent, George Reed, Esq. of Dochfour, Demerara, 71.—1 n this city, 79, Mrs. S. G. Norwood, daugter of the late William Norwood. 116 q. of Seckhampton Court.—At Leamington, in her 80th year, Haniet, relict of Gen. Scott, of Wolaton. CORNUBIAN, FEB. 18. Our County Petition for Parliamentary Reform was presented by Mr. Pendarves, on Monday last. It was signed by nearly 20,000 per sons, and measured 17 yards. Mr. P. presented at the same time several other petitions from places in Cornwall. On Tuesday the Btb instant. Mr. Pendarves presented petitions from Bothnia, Launceston, Truro, and several parishes in this county, pray ing for Parliamentary Reform. The chief cause of our present em barrassments was a most shamefully-lavish and improvident expendi ture during a long and ruinous war. Little, if any, complaint was beard against Tithes so long as landlords could get high rents—farmers, high prices —labourers, high wages—and the Government, high taxes, for that hydra-headed person Mr. Public Creditor," for the honour of whose acquaintance we are now paying at a pretty dear rate! Then, the cry was," Church and King !" Now 'tis chang'd to, Self and Swing!" The Clergy, in many instances, have been bullied into reductions of their lawful claims ; and, where they have shown an unwillingness to be plundered, or to submit to imposition and spoliation, they have been branded and held op to the insults of an ignorant and unprincipled rabble. iST. MAWEIL—Mr. Hobbouse presented on Monday a petition fkom this borough to the House of Commons, praying for reform. The pe titioned complained that they knew nothing of those gentlemen who were called their representatives. Among the statements of the pea. Lion, was one which panisularly deserved attention • it was, that the town of Grampound had increased one hundred fold attention; it had been disfranchised, and the petitioners prayed that St. Hawes might also be disfranchised, if not reformed. _ _ _ REDILUTII.O[I Monday Mr. Pendarves presented to the House of Commons, s petition from Rediutb, in favour of the Local Jurisdic tion Bill Pxxsaxce.—On Tuesday last, about 300 miners of St. Just en. tered this town in a body, and proceeded to the quay there, foe the purpose of preventing the exportation of a quantity of barley, then in come of shipment by Messrs. Branwell snd Sons. The two resident magistrates of the town, R. Richards and E. C. Giddy, Esqs. with se veral of the inhabitants, repaired to the quay, when they found that the shippers had promised the miners that they would Dot export the corn, which wu afterwards taken back to the warehouses. This memo* satisfied the miners, and they returned at ones to their houses. Quantity of Copper Ore sold, 1986 tons—Average Produce, 9 Amount of Sale, 19,907 L sw—Average Standard 981. Cu.uxovoa, Fess 16.—Wheat (18 gallons) 18s. 6d. Barley Bs. 6d. Oats (14 gallons) 8s 6d. Mutton and Beef dd. per lb. Butter (16 oz.) 14d. per lb. Casexiiroaa, Fll3.l6.—Wheat, 87s. to 295. Barley, 121. to 14s. Oats, Bs. sd. Beef, 4d. to sd. Mutton, 4d. to Sd. MARRIED.—At Falmouth, Mr. Joseph Morcom. of Charlestown,' to Julia, youngest daughter of John Hawke, Esq. Scouter. DUBLIN MORNING REGISTER , Fan. 18-19. We yesterday received a letter from a most excellent and amiable clergyman, the Rev. Mr, Ward, P.P. of Aughagour, representing the inhabitants of that parish in a more appalling state of misery and des titution than any to which we hitherto had the painful duty to direct attention, and solicit the iutetference of government. Unless reUef be immediately granted by Parliament, we shudder at the probable con sequences of the awful distress sow existing in the west of Ireland. The Rev. Mr. Ward commences his letter by a statement of the num ber of individuals in his parish in want of provisions, which we tran scribe : Number of persons ottt of provisions at present.... 2,009 Number who will be out In March, April, and May 1,623 Number who will be out in June and July. *** ...•. 699 Total 4,330 Yesterday morning the persons living in the neighbourhood of Church-street, were frightfully alarmed by the report that a watchman named Lynch had murdered his two children, one aged two years, and the other nine months old, and that afterwa rds he had cut his owu throat, A scene of horror and poverty presented itself, each only as crime could have perpetrated, or as the misery, such as is to be found in Ireland, could have equalled. In a room, which was stripped of all furniture, and destitute of every kind of comfort, was to be seen stretched in the middle of the floor, the wretched man Lynch, his throat dreadfully gashed from the wound be bad recently inflicted upon himself. A short distance from him was a bundle of straw, arranged in the form of a bed, on which were two infants, both apparently asleep, but upon a nearer inspection of them, were to be seen the throats of the innocent babes deeply slashed by the razor of their maniac and diaboli cal parent. Immediately surgical assistants was sent for, and as soon as the threat of the wretched man had been sewed up, he was ordered to be removed to King-street Hospital.— The coroner, Alderman Archer attended, and having sworn a jury, the following witnesses were examined :—Bridget Lynch—My hue. band's name is Michael Lynch; be was a watchman, and had been so for two months ; before that be was a labouring man; he was dismissed last Monday ; we are three years married; the eldest of our children was two years, and the other shout eight months old; this morning my husband got up for a short time, and went into bed again; I went out for a little brad; when I came back he was stretched on the floor, and my two children were dead. l did not think any thing was done to them till I saw them in their blood ; I covered them up with a blanket, for I could not bar to look on them ; he asked me to get a glass to knock the grief off him; I told him I would, but he did not take it; he was sighing for the last two nights ; he never was a passionate man; he was, I think, about forty years of age; be was very fond of his chll dren ; last night, every time he'd waken, her arms were about his neck, and that was the way he did her job for ha now ; it was with a odor it was done; I was about a quarter of an hour out; when I came back he was just breathing, but the children were quite dead; I and my husband lived quietly together ; we always lived on good terms ; my youngest child I was just after giviag the brew to when I went out, and I found her lying in the same way I left her. Peace-officer Edward Cherry.—l live in the watchbouse near this ; I heard about this circumstance near nine o'clock; the first thing I saw was the man breathing, and the children with their facto to me, and dead. Surgeon Todd told me be thought Lynch could speak. On holding up his head he said to surgeon Todd, ‘, what do you want t o say tome, I was dismissed the ;ether day." Dlr. Todd said, 44 I sup. you are sorry for what you have done;" and be said 46 yea,* I pace found the rasa lying oo the box, it was covered with blood, and ap peared to have been laid down quite deliberately. The Jury consulted =, and returned a verdict to the effect, that the deaths of the two were caused by their father. Lynch is still in the bospliaL His wretched wife, the mother of the murdered children, is in a state of distraction. fibs is reduced to the moat mlasrable po. vaty. It is to be hoped dm *likable ad humane will Nave her at least from all the mania of esenagen. On , Mr. William beler, of beireabow, a asident Roman Catholic wee, in the Wells of she day sapped by an —, who Insist him a Mese, and whin be was bi is set of °pen is:lg it, be was aush with a edit; men being dna ameiled, be put spas to his bone to escape, but was Qwd at by another, and received shy In the leg and knee. Mr. Mead of Carols, whs, as a Atha mad= his heads so m j a manner, was pawky se impossisly by a peaty of aseassins, that no lapse are eneatelned of his nanny. At as o in the day, while his labourers bed boss is dims, be beard of at aged woman who was ill—who was beaten the belbre foe sending ha children to his school. Mr. Synge, aaeomp by his servant, went to visit her, but this proved only a decoy; for, as they approachetnear the house, they were attacked by four aimed men, who each dischaged his gas. The servant boy was shot mid, and Mr. Synge received four balls. The last accounts received in Limerick state that he is modally wounded. A most respectable meeting was held In New Rose, on Tuesday last, when several spirited resolutions wen passed and ilve different petitions Vuset is o, n which are to be presented wit hout delay to the Imperial t.--Walerford Chronicle. Dually Coax Rzcscsar, Fss. 18.—The market was liberally applied with grain to-day, especially of wheat, which met arealy sale, at a reduction of one shilling per barrel, being full Ps. since this day sennight, and more on inferior samples. Oats, however, were, on th e canary, in demand, at an improvement of 3d. to 6d. per b arrel , having regained what they lost on Tuesday, and Bere and Barley supported that day's currency. Wheat, red, 33a. to figs. Gd; white, 371. to 40a; Oats, 14e. to IGa. 8d; Barley, 17s. Gd. to 20s. Coax MAILIZIT, FEB. 14.—Wheat 31s. to 38s. per barrel; Oats 9s. to 16e. pa do; Barley 13s. to His 9d. per ditto ; Flour 235. to 245. pa cwt. for 2nds t .21s. to 225. for 3rds • 18s. to 110 s. foe House. hold. Butter—To Merchants, 92.. 90s. de. 82s. 781. Ms. To the Country, 78s. 763.725. Ws. 68s. MARRIED. -P. Clinton, Esq. M.D. to Margaret, only daughter of P. Cogan, Esq. Mus. Linton Cathedral, William Win. lion Barron, Esq. Barrister at Law, to Frances St. John Newell, eldest daughter and co-heiress of the late John Newell, of Kinghill. DIED.—The Rev. Robert Evans, ;late of Dungannon.—Choler O'Connor, of Knoclualoo, Esq. commonly called O'Connor Sligo, chief of his name, and representative of the ancient family of O'Connor Sligo. Be was nephew and heir of Charles O'Connor of Rocildield, Mtg. who died in 1767; and grand nephew and heir of General Da niel-O'Connor Sligo, chief of his name, who maintained his rank, as General in the armies of the Emperor Leopold, to the advanced age of 90 years.—Sfigo Observer. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD ADVERTISER, FEB. 13. The annnal general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held lon Monday. James Burt, Beg, being called to the chair, and the re port of the directors of the past year being read, it was stated, among other things, that in February, 1830, the board received an application, signed by several members. requesting it to apply to Parliament for a law to prevent workpeople being employed in cotton mills for more than twelve hours out of twenty.four, including the hours of daylight. The board returned an answer. stating that it was generally expected that the labour of attending to the details of any particular measure to be brought before Parliament, would be undertaken by the parties antici pating benefit from such measures. In April the Board petitioned the House of Commons, that the usury laws may either be wholly re pealed, or so modified as to deprive them of their injurious tendency." The board having been informed that a bill was about to be brought into Paliament, iu April last, for consolidating the stamp laws," presented a memorial to the Treasury, soliciting u that such a teduc. Lion might be made in the duties in question (on bills of small amount) as would allow bills of exchange for small sums to be again made use of, and they urged this change with greater con fi dence from the convict I don which they felt, that iu this district, and probably throughout the country at large. the reduction prayed for would be productive of ad. vantage tether than loss to the revenue." In slay, the board addressed a memorial to the Treasury, pointing out the injurious effect of the list duties on fire and marine insurances, and praying .bat they might be materially reduced. In the same month, the board petitioned both houses of parliament, for a commutation of the punishment of death for forgery. The meeting had bees made special, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning parliament on the subject of the trade to China and the East. Mr. Greg had prepared a petition on the subject, which, after some conversation, was put from the chair, and unanimously agreed to. After discussing the actual operation of the Poor Laws, the Editor puts these questions t—Are the inhabitants of Manchester aware that, the poor receiving relief in Manchester, though many of them are at work, are subject to the inconvenience of appearing twice every week at the office, wasting a considerable time on each occasion ; and are obliged to have their claims examined, though they may already have been ex amined a hundred dines, before any relict is extended to then'? Are they aware that, their claim is, after all, decided on their own showing of their cue ? Ate they aware that, in this inclement season, the poor Ireceiving relief, including the old, the sick, the lame, and all suffering st least from the want of sufficient food, clothing, and fixing, are cont. paled to make their first appearance at the office, at six o'clock in the morning ? Are they aware that, while the overseers are never punctual in their attendance at this hour, that punctuality on the part of the poor, which is discouraged by their example, is at the same time enforced by fine of sixpence, for not answering to the roll-call; that this fine often equals the fifth of the whole relict allowed for the week ? Are I they aware that, in Salford one attendance in a month is found au& dent instead of eight P—These are questions, which we beg to submit to our readers. We have long heard occasional murmurs as to the manner in which the poor of this town ate treated by the overseers. Our correspondent at Ashton writes—" The turnout of the spinners in this town and adgabourbood may be considered at an end ; Staly. bridge and Dukielleid are already In full operation. I was in Mo.ley on Thursday, and bond the whole of the hands there about to return to work at the recess' plea. Several additional factories are going on at Ashton, and thee 1s Mt the least doubt that the remainder will. be filled in the emus et men week." Within the present week, the secretary of the National Association fot the Protection of Labour, Mr. John Hynes, has disappeared, under circumstances of considerable mystery and suspicion. It appears that he went home to his house in Gun-street, Ancoats, about seven o'clock on Thursday evening, and commenced writing. In the course of a few minutes, however, be started up, changed his coat. and went out. Soon after his departure, Mrs. Hynes's curiosity being excited by her husband's demeanour, she examined the table where he had been writing, and an the back of a printed slip of ma she found the fol. lowing, addressed to herself, in her husband's handwriting : I leave you never to mum—my fate is decided—life to me is now become irksome, and lam determined to free myself from the burden, now become insupportable. Distrust may be excited—my character may be injured—but by the time you read this, I shall be cold and indifferent to mortal censure. Some time, ere long, the discovery of my person will explain this mystery. Jour HYNES. Mr. Hynes had been for some days apparently depressed in spirits, in consequence, it is supposed, of the dissatisfaction expressed at the very defective manner in which his duties had latterly been performed. On Friday evening, Mr. George Grundy, of Cinder Hall, in ?liking. too, on his way home from Great Bolton, in attempting to cross the ford over the Irwell, not far distant from his own house, unfortunately got out of his depth, and was drowned. The hone on which be was riding at the time made its way out of the water and went home which led to the discovery. BOLTON REFORM PETITIOIL—The petitions from Great and Lit. tle Bolton, in favour of parliamentary reform, have, in the s h ort space of three days, received upwards of 10,000 signatures. blawcumea Sentexas.—We understand that a meeting of the operative spinners was held in the Spinners' Room, David-areet, on Wednesday evening, when a price-list was submitted and received the entire sanction of those present, and it was resolved that the same be forthwith laid before the masters for their approval. Monday evening last a meeting was held at Stockport, in the Politi cal Union Room, for the purpose of adopting petitions in favour of parliamentary reform. Mr. J. Harmer, was called to the chair. Mr. G. B. Cheetbam moved the first resolution : That distress prevails throughout every part of the country, to an unexampled extent In consequence of the overwhelming burthen of tax ation that has been imposed upon the shoulders of the productive clas ses; and that this distress is universal, by the government imposing the taxes in such a manner, as to cripple Commerce and Manu factures. The Resolution was seconded by Mr. Thomas Johnson, and passed, as all wan, ensahnoesly. The mood Resolution was-- That this swede' have no expectation of the House of Commons, as at mama meeiteled, taking the taxes of so as to materially i m p rove the ets gag en or ih e magnedve classes, and are convinced that an im. mediate and elbsteel esteem in the House of Commons will alone re. medy the evils the mentry now labours under ; and that no reform will be a.msal that Iless not embrace short parliaments, universal suffrage, aid above all, Tele by balist. That it is the epthisn of this meeting that a House of Comma 'dim the Me same et the ple would neva nave forced upon the men h a s, such as now exist, and for no other avowed pur t , per es imam the vales of land, and thereby enlarge the rem pell* she Wei wiracracy. , TIN* midi et the church is public property, and ought to he smile, le Odle poem% and that so applicadoe of it to the sup. met at theidthee tithe' ethesdty of the people qp be satiefectocy to. le nois ef III Ore the opseirns ma It Working spirals, sad be stated that be knew the thesAlith Atmore earned led hr the yarn far not a r ibie d loll . lll . l MOM% and in that .date, th ere wae eta eras sal dimes. Or sattsis, daps, few OM. tat lye name those two * . As, a m r th he sham la aU that enemy raping ; het he il irpsno id mg ai be thaws, sad he thought the misteth might to ti I psi au, as the teen to a good master. lb oaptiudsl W big all men who were anxious for reform to join the union. H e was himself a radical reformer. He wanted to go to the root of evil, and grub it fairly up. His reform was .o give every man, willing to work , a decent lodging, good clothing, and a bellyful, foe live days work. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET % Frs. 17.-The 'ales of the wed are 21,000 bags, inclusive of 1400 bags Sea Island, 500 Bowed and Orleans, and 300 West India and Demerara., sold by public auetko. Prices are now 411. per lb. higher than at the close of last week. Th e arrivals are 19 vessels from the United States, and 8 from BrasiL Livanroor. Coast Excnsitem, FEE. 17.-The market continues very dull for Wheat, indeed. almost at a stand still as regards saki. some holders are becoming desirous of selling, and a decline of 2d. 0 even 3d. per 701bs. on the middling qualities of Irish, would have be en submitted to. Oats, though slow of sale, are not cheaper than on Tues. day. Bonded Flour is Is. per barrel cheaper. The arrivals are larg e , and are expected to continue so for two or three weeks. WAREFIZAD Coax MARKET, TISTERDAT.-We bad a go o d supply of all gtain to this day's market. The decline in the Lond on and Liverpool markets caused the wheat trade to rule extremely dull here to-day, the few sales effected were confined to the finest samples, at a reduction of 3a. per quarter on our last quotations; for other de scriptions no buyers could be found. The best samples of malting bar. ley bardl4 support former pricey but the secondary sortsare Is. to h. lower. Oats and shelling have both declined in value, the former a halfpenny per stone, and the latter Is. to 2s. pa load. Beans met a heavy sale, but we note no alteration in peke. MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD MAaIZT, PEP. 16.-2855 sheep, at &L to 7d. per lb. sinking the offal ; 562 cattle, 4d. to 54d. ; 624 pigs, 3d. to 44d. ; 20 calves, 4d. to 7d. ; total, 4061.-Meal and:Flour Market, Feb. 12.-Meal, 375. to 395. per load ; flour, 475. to aos,_ Potatoes, Bs. as. 6d. and Bs. 9d. per load ; carrots, 84. 6d.9.. 9s. CI. per load; turnips,l Ts. 3d. 7..6d. 7s. 9d. per load; onions, 28.. 30s. and 361. per load. MARRIED.-A t the Collegiate church, Mr. F. Waller, attorney. to Mint Anne Maria Cooke, of Loughbororgh. DIED.-The Rev. T. Bawneu, Minister of Horton, near Leek.- Miriam, eldest daughter of the late Peter Brook, Req. of Mr. James Lowe, oil merchant-At Birkenhead, James HIM- Mr. John Bethel!, timber merchant and builder. Thofroprietors ql Tux STan, with a vim to oestetbste thew site in aid of the various great questions ism pending, owes a testier rit their cohoolse to infer: Rebolotiorse of Public Mating, al UMW *TIJIIIII VOUAL MODERATE RATE Or 01.111014 and ma TIM STAR '6 in aslabnaked eironiation Ihroughwel She United Kisgalls, AI ad. ZlCigqf au* insiproni ansinnniantione Warms iput.'ir &dim abnions. lhe Vaunt rea•Jutiou asay either In tent For AMA or Weigh the el kcal Nempapero.--lit , the Peso. Via. skin W amononseenivil an January 1, aryl be found Ow Moto 0774icrthe U ; aleiCileiial4dli;;lll/014V7redii:ATZCZOZ170071 1i N o nog s fi n , llecappeared imp LOWS. PI"Ir. I ts li rarl a s` %kw WATER AT L0N,170.410 RR '"PP to MMus' SRL pleb !be pep tNalWal , ta • , wai:nes hinted and rabUsb by cout um at. ilia liTha 7 P. 1011110- A Orrics, No. 1, Pleketuplam, Temple Bat. THE FANCY. mar NNTWEIN DIA! BURNS AND lIIININGNAM ALIAS wstsa DAVIS, TON 501. A•SIDIL•-IRI7II3IAGEN AT A DISCOUNT. Tuesday the Gentlemen of the Fancy had another day's sport, al. though not without alloy, for the beaks of the county of Berks thought proper to interfere with their amusements, and to force them to tod. die from Raole Hill, about three miles beyond Maidenhead, by a hasty march, to Sbepperton Range, on the banks of the Thames, between Mathes and Chertsey. a distance ova a heavy country of about sixteen miles. The competitors on this occasion were Deaf Burke, a rising star in the London Ring, who has 'candy floored all his antagonists, and a man named Davis, well known in the Birmingham fistic school, as the conqueror of Manning and other provincial heroes, and a Welchmau by birth. The stakes were 501. a-side, Davis being backed by the Brume, and Bnrke by the Metropolitans. In point of size the men were pretty much upon a par, about twelve stone, eight pounds each, and, on com ing to the scratch, both men were in excellent condition, although Burke was considered by the cognoscenti as rather too fleshy. It was admitted on all hands that Davis was the best man to whom Burke bad ever been opposed, and upon this " hint" the Bruins were uncom monly sweet upon bim, and accompanied him from their emporium of hardware to the scene of action, with a determination to sport their flimsies to a " pretty considerable extent." Ned Baldwin, who acted as locum tenens for Davis iu town had the choice of ground, and it was at his suggestion Knole Hill was named. Baldwin, however, " rect. oned wit ho ut his host," or rather without his late patron, Sir Gilbert East, who had formerly made "all right" on this spot, but who having resigned his influence and his breath at the same time, left his surviving brethren of the Quorum to the undisturbed exercise of their prejudices; a privilege which they politely supported by intimating to the pugnacious multitude, that it should be "no go" within their twill. wick, and that they took the peace of the counties of Berke and Wilts under their especial keeping. The Fancy were too polite to dispute such a mandate, and were therefore off at a tan q t, retrograding to Maidenhead, and fr om thence through Windsor, Nun, and Staines, to the new Champ de Mars. in the course of this journey peer Davis had nearly saved the " Deaf un" the trouble of putting his merits to the test, for the chaise in which he was travelling was overturned, and two of his friends were severely injured; fortunately, however, be escaped without mischief, and appeared in the Ring with undiminished ardour. The necessary arrangements were soon completed, and the meo, to speak technically. at the " scratch"— Davis under the superin tendence of Harry Jones and Perkins, the Oxford Pet; while "the Deaf 'un" claimed the " polite attention" of Reuben Martin and Ned Stockman. In London, from the making of the match, Burke was the favourite at five and six to four, and this state of mnfidence was maintained till within a new minutes of setting.to, when the Birmingham men came out with such an overwhelming display of "e irculating medium" that they stopped the Burkites, and actually made their man a favourite, at very slight odds, laying heavy sums at even. This natural effect of too much money in the market, did not alter the state of the chances, and Burke proved throughout that his friends were not mistaken la their judgment, although they might be a little deficient in their Bache ' guff. In bet, from first to last, the " Deaf un" had it all his own way; and, although the Welshman did, in reality, prove himself the best man who had yet encountered this out.and.outer, be was Kill far his inferior in strengh, science, and generalship.—Every round was fought with nushrinking bravery by Davis, but they all ended to his disadvantage—Burke drawing the first blood, giving first knock-down blow, and almost in each round throwing his man heavy cross-buttocks. Twelve rounds were thus disposed of, the Welshman showing first. rate-game; but at the end of the last round, his friends, seeing he had not a chance, took him away; reluctantly, it is true, on his part, but obviously to all the spectators, with great propriety and humanity ; for, to have suffered him to prolong the contest, would have been only to expose him to unnecessary and unavailing punishment. His backers were satisfied he had done his beet, and candidly confessed the powers of Burke were fat beyond their calculations. The light bated twenty. seven minutes. Burke, although "peppered" in good style, was still fresh and lively, and partook of a hearty dinner at Staines, while Davis sought the less enviable enjoyment of the doctor and water-gruel. The "Brume" were completely discomfitted, but not disheartened, and they promised to bring up another man, capable of redeeming the faded laurels of their milling forces. Tuesday, a party of 30 fellows assembled near the police station at New Quay, Barren, to attack a house, and carry off a young woman. The ruffians encountered the police in their route, shots were exchanged, and two fellows were killed on the spot, another so badly wounded that he died in the police guard-house, and a fourth had his 'leg amputated. The police party, though much weaker than their opponents, behaved with great gallantry.—lrish paper. _ _ _ BIRTH. The 28th November last, at Ithaca, the Lady of Major Parma, of a daughter. MARRIED. Thursday, at St. Andrew's church, Plymouth, Lord Harley, to Miss Nugent, of Mauston, daughter of Lady Westmeath. DIED. At bis house in Broad-street-buildings, on Friday the 18th, Richard Clement Headington, Esq. President of ate Royal College of Surgeons, and Surgeon of the London Hospital.—.At Dumfries, on the flth inst. Mr. John Ramsay, writer..—Friday at his residence, Soudternhay, altar a short illness, egad 72, Shirley Woolmer, Esq.—Monday, at his house in Lower Seymour-street, Joseph Darin, Esq. aged 80 years.—The 17th inst. at the house of her brother, in Parliament-street, Eleanor, the last surviving daughter of the late Thomas Clapton, Esq. surgeon, formerly of Great Queen -street, Westminster. 1.11.111 CU BERTLAND HAY-MARKET—THIS DAY. a Coirse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, 42 51. to 42 10s. theAd ditto, 12 10s. to £3 15s. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grow Hay, .14 oi. to £4 10s. Clover Hay, 42 15s. to AS lie. Oat Saw, LI 14s. to 41 161. Wheat Straw, 41 18s. Ca £2 Os. per load. SMITHFIELD HAY.MARKW CoarseTiel;;EWlLif Useful ditto, Al is.. to 4E3 15.. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Flay, 14 Ss to 44 10s. Clover Hay, 45 Os. to 45 10s. Oat Straw. dl 12 8 mg' les, Wheat Straw, 41 16s. to 42 Os. per load. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALLTHIS DAT. By the Carease.—Per stone of Sib& Beef 25 4d 9a gd 3s 6d I Mutton 2s 6d Ss 6d to 9d Veal 41 ed 55 Od frs 1041 i Pork 5. Od 4. 44 45 FARRINGDON DI ARILET—THIS DAY. Beer—Float Roasting, 7d to 7id per lb. Boling. qd and td. WITHIII burros—Leg, 7d and 7bd. Shoulder, id end 61-- VIAL—Leg, 71d to lid. Fillet, 9d to 10d. Pont, 741 to 94