The Sun. — London, England, 1829-01-14 00:00:00

UP O /~lj e.. i w ~'+' ~. ' - 'luao Jac- ~1 , a certain illustrious presence, without producing a clean. bill of 'health from the Officers of the Irish Bran'swick Committee.—Tinzes. We perceive from the Irish Papers, that the circulars from the Hour and War Offices to the Colonels of Militia, announcing the inten tion of his Majesty's Government to reduce a portion of the Permanent Staff of that body, have also been issued to Ireland, where, it must he owned, there is no sort of honest excuse for keeping up a single man on full pay. There the Militia is not hallotted for and enrolled, as in England, but enlisted when wanted, on a bounty, like the regular army : and there has not been a soldier, even on paper, since the conclu sion of the war. The Militia Staff there, as here, are for the most, part composed of mu sicians, kept as a band for the amusement or state of the Colonels, or for electioneering pur poses. The whole should be redeced as a use less, expensive establishment, for not one of the present men, if we have peace for the next five years, even if before efficient, will be fit to under take the duty of drilling and forming new levies. Whenever a war breaks out, and it is necessary to call out the Militia, let a sufficient number of men, fit to be non-commissioned officers, volunteer from the line into the Militia ; such men, with a certain portion of commissioned officers from the enormously expensive half pay list, would, in a very few months, make our Militia equal to any regiment in the line, and would instil into the country gentlemen and re cruits a military spirit, which could not fail to be highly advantageous to their corps. It is well known, that during the late war it was found very tlifficult to procure a sufficient num ber of proper persons to fill, not only the rank of Subalterns, but of Captains in the Militia ; and that, as an inducement to procure them, half-pay was granted to all Subalterns of Militia for life, and that Officers on half-pay of. the Line were permitted to hold companies, and to receive with it the full pay of their Militia rank. The whole of this will be saved by our plan. The constitution of the Militia has been al ready so completely broken in upon, that what we now propose cannot be considered as a vio lation of it. The Colonels may have the selec tion from the half - pay liet , and, the filling up of the vacancies (should that list be exhausted) from their electioneering friends. We need hardly add, that there are many of what are called improvements in military tactics, as changes in the cut or fashion of the soldiers' coats; and that the non-commissioned officers of Militia, who now cost the country so much money, will have as much to learn when em bodied as the recruits they are required to in struct.—Morning Chronicle. We extract from the Essex Herald a para graph descriptive of the alarm into w h ich a p art of Essex has been thrown by several conflagra tions. In one of the instances, at Hole Farm, Finchingfield, the loss sustained is upwards of 1,5001., and no part of it is covered by insur ance. Such is the consternation, that no one retires to rest without expectine that his - pre mises will be set on fire duringbthe night, and many of the inhabitants employ a watch during the night. We learn from this paragraph that the agricultural labourers are generally sus pected to be the authors of these fires. 6 ' There are some agricultural labourers unemployed in the parish of Finchingfield, perhaps as many as thirty ; - but they are not refused relief; and many of these cases, when inquire-1 into, tell/ prove to have originated in early and impro vident marriages. In the adjoining parishes of Great Bardfield and Saling, there does pot ap pear to be a redundancy of . labourers ; when such is the case, the plan upon which they are insured work is worthy of being adopted more generally. The occupiers of land there have agreed upon a rate of obligation to employ by ballot those who are out of work. For instance, a farmer rated forty pounds to the poor, employs the redundant labourer, until he earns the sum of Os.; being equal to 3d. in the pound ; the labourer is then sent to another, who, if rated 50/., must provide him with work to the amount of 205., and so on. In the two last * parishes labourers are in constant employ." The Editor of the Essex Herald says he is " unwilling to go with the stream in stigmatising the agri cultural labourers as the authors of these acts, a nd thinks they are caused by .those persons who travel the country without any visible means of obtaining their living." The reason why he thinks the agricultural labourers are not the au thors is, thatthe destruction of property diminishes the funds for the payment of labour. We should he glad to think that time labourers of Essex, when smarting under privations, are able to reconcile themselves to their lot, from its having originated in early and improvident marriages. and refrain from violence, not through fear of penal consequences, but an enlightened calcula tion as to the interest they have in the prosperity of the country. We fear, however, this is giving them credit for a degree of refinement they do not possess. And how should they alone have arrived at the knowledge of these truths ? Mr. Henry Drummond, when examined before the Committee on Labourers'. Wages, and almost every Magistrate examined since that time, have told us that Magistrates compel nearly all the labourers to marry, by means of the Bastardy Laws. The females of the class of life to which labourers belong know right well. that the sooner they violate their chastity the sooner will they obtain a husband ; and it would be odd indeed, if, with the disposition .to obtain. a husband, through the interference of the Parish Officers and Justice, they should be unsuccessful in finding customers. If a poor devil is dragged before an Evangelical Parson- Magistrate, he will have the satisfaction of hear ing from him, in addition • to the exposition of • the law which consigns him to gaol, except on condition of marriage, that the placing himself in a situation in which he ma y give being to those whom he cannot hope* to bring up pro perly is a meritorious work, by which alone he Call properly atone for the, wickedness of the act of giving life to one such being. We have more than once alluded to the gross ignorance of the people of this country of morals. They are left to find out what is right and what is wrong as they can, And it too often happens, that while they are groping their way they come in contact with justice. The moral instruction they receive from the Clergy is vague' and general, and generally /eaves them precisely where they were. The Bible is put into their hinds, as containing all that is necessary to. be known. But the very circumstance of the Christian religion being so" general in its principles as to be suited to men in all ages and countries, is of itself a sufficient proof that its rules require a constant commentary, varying according to the varying situations in which men are placed. There is no such thing as an absolute morality 'applicable to all nations and times. Hence the Roman Catholics have endeavoured, in what they call "Moral Theology," to point out the coure which individuals ought to pursue in the various situation ~ 3 in which their lot may he cast. The English Divines for a long , time. followed the example of the Catholics, and Taylor, Sander son, Baxter, and many others, wrote voluminous treaties to enlighten men with respect to their duties. Baxter, in his Christian Directory, went even so far as to lay down rules for a husband, to guide him how far he might venture to leave his wife on business for a few weeks, according to the warmth of her constitution. "It is law- fill (he says) to be absent in the case of the needful affairs of their estates, only so long as there may be no danger to either of them as to mental or corporeal incontinency, nor to any other hurt, which will be greater than the be nefit of their absence. Therefore the cases of several persor.s do much differ, according to the different tempers of their minds, and bodies, and affairs. He that bath a wife of a chaste, con- tented, prudent temper, may stay many months, or years in those cases, when, all things consi dered, it tendeth to more good than hurt But if you ask whether the getting of money be a sufficient causer I answer that it is sufficient to those whose families must he so maintained, and their wives are easily continent, and so the good of their gain is .greater than any loss or '1 danger that cornett) by it. But when covetous ness puts them upon it needlessly, and their wives cannot bear it, or in any case where the hurt that is likely to follow is greater than the good, it is unlawful." In like manner Reyber ger, a Professor of Christian Ethics, or Moral - Theology, in Vienna, lays it down a the duty of every man to endeavour to avoid poverty.— ", We know," he observes, " that opulence msy furnish men with many means by which they may both improve their minds and benefit their bodies, and bene: . • _hers both privately and publicly, and human would wear a very miserable aspect, if there were not men who accumulated wealth. All men, too, agree that poverty is the most general cause of great vices and most heinous crimes. If we look abroad on the various productions of na ture; what other conclusion can we draw than that ail these are destined for the. use of man ? (Genesis I. .28 sqq., &c.) Therefore, the en deavour to acquire wealth or the goods of for tune is reconcileable with the supreme end of man ; and it is not only lawful, but an essential part of duty to apply ourselves to the acquisi tion of riches according to the means 'which are suitable to our respective situations." The same Teacher, speaking of marriage, observes, " Those who wish to contract marriage ought to have at tained an age in which the body is mature, and the mind has athined that degree of intelligence and experience suitable to the due estimate of the duties attached to that state. Care ought to be taken that the means of decent subsistence be not awanting, in order that poverty may not interfere with the due discharge of ,the con jugal office." If poverty be the cause of crime, the clergyman who does not instruct those who wish to marry without being able to support a family that they are about to place themselves in a situation in which crime will be inevitable, is, in fact, accessary to their crime. The country gentleman who forces a poor devil to marry who cannot bring up a family, when he hears that that man expiates his crimes on the gallows . ought to consider himself as the abettor of them. What would by suitable in America would he unsuitable in Europe. The course of conduct in individuals which most conduces to the bend • at of society can alone be correct. The clergy man who is ignorant of the science which ex plains how a notion may be • roost prosperous is ignorant of religion ; for religion,, without ap plication to the circumstances of men, is a non entity,—/bid. That Jolla Bull is the Most gullible animal in existence needs no additional proof; but, i any such proof were wanting, it would be fowl(' in the success which attends those empirics who prey upon the diseases, real and imaginary, of mankind. We say imaginary as well as real, because we believe that regular medical men, as well as quacks, derive quite as much profit from health as from disease. But no credulity can be more egregious than that which prompts per sons, in a metropolis like this, where men of the highest rank in science are to be consulted, even without fee, if it Le necessary, to stihmit their health and constitution, their money and tmderstandings, to be the niercenary sport of a set of wretches, whose ignorance can be only equalled by their barefaced -lying audacity. What is more egregious still in this kind of folly is, that men who cannot scrape together a guinea to fee a regular physician or surgeon, and who have. too . much pride to enter the doors of an hospital, will almost beg, borrow, Of steal, to get together the means of answering the inordinate demands of fellows who actually haVe not the skill of the commonest horse-leech. This is one of those branches of free trade which, with all our attachment to that doctrine, we think ought not to be allowed to continue. To tamper with men's lives, and rob them at the same time of their property, is a double kind of fraud—to call the • first no worse-4114i we hesitate not to say should be put down_by law, That the perpetrators of these offences are no better than the commonest cheats - - and . swindlers cannot be doubted ; and when the Police can lay hold of them, we are happy to see that it does. Brit what is the march Qf intellect, of which we hear so much, if - it does not, on the one hand, rescue a learned profession from these unlearned intruders, and, en the other, teach those, whom it is supposed to render wise, a little less of folly than the success of these impostors bespeaks ? We think it would be a good S:;3; ;.egula tion if no man were permitted tk: I. , rjertake the cure of. diseases for profit who proved his sufficiency before one or other of the three establishments which exist in the Metropolis for that purpoe - a; nor do we think that it redounds much to the credit Of one of those bodies, that they should endeavour to curtail as much as they cas h by due course of law, the very .e;sistenee and the pract,4 of really scientific men, while they can witness, with silent indifference, the havoc made upon the lives and pockets of his Majesty's subjects by vagabonds, whose very trade is a l nuisances—Morning Herald. It affords us much pleasure to have an oppors tunity of referring our readers to the opinions expressed yesterday at the 5;0 . 9 7 Sessions, by the County Magistrates , as an evideng9 of the growing =use and intelligence of the country, The evils of the Game Laws were never more truly or forcibly pointed nut as then ; nor their cause traced so surely to its source,. It was well observed, not only that the Game taws were the great cause of the numerous crimes with ! which the country now teemed, but that for the '- existence, both of poaching and of the crimes originating in it, the country gentlemen them• selves were mainly to be blamed—first, by en- couracincr a system of Poor Laws, which tended to lower the wages of agricultural labourers, and next by supporting a code of Game Laws which fiunish them, in their poverty, with - an al most irresistible temptation to commit offences which invariably terminated in the perpe tration of greater crimes. We have no space left for dilating on this important subject; rout we would fain hope that the homt truths which were spoken yesterday respecting it, will not fail in making a due impression upon the country, and that another Session of Parliament would not be allowed to pass away without something effectual being done to destroy the prilLary roots of so much crime and misery. It grieves us, after this sincere testimony to the sound sense of the Surrey Magistrates on this matter, to he obliged' to differ from them in the . observations which were made respecting Mr. Estcourt's Act ; but after the most mature con sideration of.its clauses, we can perceive no solid reason for the very harsh remarks which were: made upon it. The Licensed Victuallers are satisfied with it, and the public is satisfied with it ; and why, then, should it be deemed " infa, mous," let us enquire, by the Surrey Magi strates? It takes from them, undoubtedly, some portion of the authority which they formerly possessed over Licensed Victuallers; but surely enough still remains to them in the power which they enjoy of refusing to renew Licenses; while if the comfort and satis-, fliction of the public be worth any thing in their estimation, .we can confidently assure them, that. they are more effectually consulted under Mr. Estcourt's Act than they formerly were. The leave granted by it, in fact, to keep public -houses open at all hours except those of divine service, has been of more service to the public than pro Fit to the Licensed Victualler ; and we believe that there - is not a single instance on re cord in which it has been. abused by the latter. Had the contrary been the case, there would have been some plea for the observations of the Surrey Magistrates ; but nothing could have been more orderly or correct than the conduct of the Licensed Victuallers, or more judicious than the Act its-..it ; and we trust, therefore, that the latter will " think once and again," before they at tempt to procure an alteration of it.—Morning Advertiser. The Public will naturally look with some de gree of anxiety to the steps that may be taken in the ensuing Session to prevent a repetition of the atrocious crimes which have lately so much outraged the feelings of the community. Some plan must be devised, in contradistinction to that dreadful system of exhumation which pre pares men for the commission of crimes so dar ing and dreadful. It was the opinion of the 1 , witnesses examined before the Committee of the House of Commons, that a plentiful supply of bodies for dissection would be obtained, if those who during life have been maintained at the public expellee in workhouses, in hospitals, and other charitable institutions, and are not claimed within a certain time by the relations, should be given up under proper regulations to the anato mist. It was proposed also that religious rites should be performed after dissection at the . expellee and under adequate security of those who dissected the body. To this plan some ob-, jections might be started, and many would with some reason , not include the Hospitals, but in their stead have recourse to the . pri sons, tne penitentiaries, and other places of confinement. In either case this would sup ply as many bodies as are required for the education of students in this metropolis ; for their number seldom exceeds 500, for whose use about 450 subjects would be ample. For this fact we are indebted to the inquiries of . the Committee. It appears also from the re turns that were made to them from 127 parishes, situated in London or its vicinity, that out of 3,744 persons who died in the different work houses in the year 1827, 3,103 were buried at the parish expense, and of these about 1,108 were not attended to the grave by their relations. By giving up the bodies of those whose rela tions show this indifference, exhumation would become unnecessary, the feelings of the living would not be outraged, and society would be ° deeply benefitted. Such a plan as is thus pro posed has been long adopted -in France with the greatest success, and it has been an. inducement to most of our Surgical Students •to resort to Paris, where the practice of exhumation is com pletely unknown, and where the general feeling is not so much excited against dissection. But the general system of education pursued there is not adapted for the practitioners of our country,. and many serious advantages arise from the ne cessity of seeking on a foreign . soil the instrue tion•that should be obtained here. Interesting must the question be to the community in gene ral, and we shall take another opportunity of pointing out the legal - enactments that it will be necessary for the Legislature to carry into effeet,—Mo rn ing Post. A correspondent informs us, with respect to the approaching Brunswick county meeting-at Exeter, on the 156, that neither Lord Rolle, Sir Stafford North cote, or any of the leading Tories of Devonshire, could be prevailed on to sign the requisition to the Sheriff, and it principally consists of about twenty of the inferior clergy, which must produce the effect of disturbing the peace and tranquillity, in a large, Opulent, and united c9unty, on a market-day. SURREY SESSIONS, JAN. 13. These Sessions commenced before Mr. Sergeant Scriven, and upwards of thirty County Magistrates, among whom were W. J. Denison, Esq., and C. N. Pailmer, Esq., M.P. The Grand Jury having been sworn, The CHAIRMAN addressed them to the following effect :—He perceived, by the Calendar, that there were between sixty and seventy prisoners for trial. He exceedingly regretted that, notwithstanding the repeated assertions to the contrary in the public prints, crime continued to increase. The' state of the Police was a subject that required great and se rious deliberation. It was far more important to prevent crime than to punish it. Surrounded as the metropolis was by charitable and benevolent in stitutions, it was a matter of sftrprise that crime should exist to such an alarming extent. There was one institution which he never lost sight of on occa sions like the present. Next to the prevention of crime, the grand object was to afford the means' of employment to those who, having been convicted of offences, evinced a disposition to reform their con duct, and who, but for such institutions as the Sur rey Refuge for the Destitute, when they were dis charged from prison, had no alternative but to return to their - former evil course. The Chairman con chided by calling the attention of the Grand Jury to some aggravated cases of assault contained in the Calendar. The Grand Jury having retired, several reports of the state of the different prisons were read. It appeared that in the gaol of Kingston-upon-Thames, the number of persons committed was 24; out of which number 14 were for offences against the Game Laws. OLD BAILEY. THE ENSUIN • AUMMARY FITATF:MENT DESCRIFI 'G SESSIONS. 'IVE OF THE VARIOI49 OFFENCES FOR TRIAI. SEVERALLY STAND Bigamy NORWICH. Jan. 10. We had a fair supply of Wheat again to-day ; good dry samples (being scarce) sell readily at last week's prices; damp and inferior move off heavily at a trifling reduction. Barley is dull, yet fine Malting samples are not cheaper. Beans, Pease, and Oats, remaiu steady in price. Flour heavy sale. Wheat (per qr.) ... 565. 755. 84s. I Beans (per qr.) Barley Oats 2os. 28s. 30s. flour, fine (per sack) BBs. 61s WITH Wi! Il`ll THE PRISONERS CHARGED, 'OZ. :.••••• Murder Coining Burglary 1 Stealing from the person ... 17 Housebreaking ll Larcenies Forgery Highway robbery ...... ....... 31 Attempting to commit fe- Rape Cutting and maiming II Inducing another to do the Horse-stealing Sheep-stealing Stealing in dwelling-houses 3 - Total Of the above number, :33 are charged with crimes committed in the City, and 207 iu the County. STATE OF HIS MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEWGATE. Prisoners under sentence of death .... ........ ... ............ ... 24 Prisoners under sentence of transportation for life ll 14 years 7 years Imprisoned for felony and misdemeanours for curtain periods 9 Committe t under the Bankrupt Laws 3 Whose judgments are respited , 3 For trial at the Admiralty Sessions 4 Acquitted on the ground of insanity 3 For.trial at the ensuing Sessions 240 Males 254 1 Females ll4 'Total 368. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (Prom the London New Price Current of Tuesday.) SUGAR.—The request for Muscovades revived con siderably during the last week ; the trade appeared to be out of stock on account of the late holydays, and purchased freely ; the good and strong Musco vades in particular were in request, and are getting scarce ; the prices were fully supported; the low soft Muscovades were neglected, and might be pnr chased on lower terms. The \stock of Sugar is 2,982 hhds. - and trs more than at the same period last year. The deliveries of Muscovades last week were 2,760 Mids. and trs, being• 273 less than dur ing the corresponding week of 1828. At an early hour this morning there were many of the buyers at Market to purchase good Sugars, but few were on sale. At the close of this day the estimated sales were 1,100 hhds and trs, including the Barbadoes sale of 150 hhds, which consisted chiefly of good and middling white. The prices of good Sugars are rather higher, and the Barbadoes sold with brisk ness, being much wanted, at the advance of Is. per cwt. The advance of is. per cwt. in Refined goods has been fully maintained to-day, and the market is well cleared of goods ; there is an increasing inclina tion to secure Refined goods at the present currency. FOREIGN SUGAR.—The stocks of Brazil and Ha vannah Sugars increase, but there have been no sales, • except small parcels, too inconsiderable to establish market prices. . EAST INDIA SUGARS.—Last week abbot 4,000 bags Mauritius Sugars .were offered at public sale ; there appeared to be no buyers for export, as the low yellow and grey usually taken for shipment were nearly all taken in ; the low soft were also neglected —the good and fine yellow sold freely at the former prices ; yellow fine, - 60 s. a 655. ;• low to good, 545. a 595.; brown, 525. a 535. There were also 2,544 bags Siam Sugar, they sold at a reduction of about Is. per cwt. ; white fine, 34's. a 375. 6d ; low to middling, 295. a 335. ; yellow, ordinary to fine, 235. a 28s. 6d. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—The sales are inconsi derable, but small parcels of Demerara are reported to be disposed of, and some fine Dominica at 255. At a late hour to-day further contracts for West India Molasses transpired; they are ordinary. De merara and Sr. Lucia at 225.. a 225. 6cl. COFFEE.—The Coffee Market last week continued in a languid and uninteresting state, only a few sales for home -consumption being reported; prices were , without variation. The inquiries after • Foreign Coffee by private contract have considerably revived, and large sales would be effected if the holders would 'submit to a reduction of Is. a 2s. per cwt. ; they, however, hold firmly, and will :net accept the offers made. The demand appears to be increased by the favourable reports of the Flanders mail. There was only one public sale of Coffee this forenoon-47 casks Berbice, 480 bags Malabar, and 37 bags Cey lon ; the latter was so . bad as to form.no criterion of the prices; the Berbice was of a favourite mark, good mid., and sold 25.,a 3s. higher; 82s. and 835.; the Malabar sold at full price, Ms. a 625. The Coffee Market has assumed a firmer appearance. Rimt,. BRANDY, AND IioLLANDs.—The Rum Mar ket continues in a very dull state; there were no purchases lust week worth • reporting. There. are trivial sales for Brandy for - shipping.; the prices are no varied. Geneva continues neglected. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.--The Tallow Mar- Tile public at Brussels appear determined to ket has been firm, and an advance of 6d. a Is. must embrace'every opportunity of expressing their disapproba- be stated ; the purchases made are rather on an Lion of the nondzet of the Minister of Justice in the re- extensive scale. Hemp is a shade lower. Flax an cent prosecution of persons connected with the press. At 'varied. .. . . . a meeting of the high aristocracy, it was resolved that no FRUIT.—The demand for fruit has rather im visits should he made to him upon the occasion of-the New proved ; new Turkey Figs of fine quality are scarce, Year, and one gentleman who was of a centrary opinion and much inquired after. . A large parcel of red was excluded from a dinner to which he had been invited. The parochial guards in giving serenades purposely omitted Smyrna Raisins has been sold. Large parcels of the Minister of Justice.— Gulignani's Messenger. new Jordan Almonds have been sold at 91.; and there are still buyess at that price. A cargo of new Extract of a letter from Armagh, Elated Ja- Cephalonia and Zante Currants has been divided nuary 8 :—A labouring man, named Patrick Woods, in among the trade at 87s. This day, at public sale, the employment of Messrs. Harrington, lived, with a family 660 brls. red Smyrna Raisins, no part sold, 425. a of six young children, in a house in Chapel-lane, the roof . 435. ; 2,100 drums Pulled Figs, good 50s. a 515., of which fell in, with a tremendous crash, between five and flats 40s. ; 1,000 drums Sultana Raisins 755. a 80s. six o'clock on the aforementioned morning. The man, At another sale 49 butts 12 carroteels Currants, who is of religions habits, and bears a go o d character , s tat t s ti ;ht for three or four nights previous to the accident p artl y damaged, 85s. a 88s. ; Prunes 555. a 58s, he got little sleep, and when he did fall asleep be soon INPIQCO.—It is now ascertained •that the India awoke from turbulent dreams. That on the night of Tues.- House Sale cannot exceed 5,900 chests, and the day he felt his fears increased on going to bed, and in the probable estimate is 5,400 chests. The market is course of it he !r.came so touch agitated that he got up, without change ; several sales are reported at 4d. dressed himself, raised his wife and children, and helping per lb. premium on the late sale. on the clothes of the younger, and luirrying the older. ones, HOPS.—In Hops there are very few purchases Orced them out of the house; on turning back a iew paces lately reported ; no alteration in the prices can be to 4os the door, which he had neglected to do on leaving it, and while lie held the latch in his hand, lie heard the Mated. it, PRovistoNs.--The e is no variation in ta!ed. timber giving way; and in a moment the whole roof fell in .. . , . . T . with a frightful crash !On examining the give at day? 4ish i rollmops worth reporting,---The arrivals of li g ht, the walls only remained standing—the roof had f a llen lintter last week, 15,767 firkins from Ireland, r 2 ,122 130 com pl e tely in, that, had it not pleased the All-Bountiful casks Foreign, Arrivals of Bacon, 4,568 bales. to wain the man of the calamity, every soul in the cabin ; CoTToN.---The Cotton Market continues steady. would have been tilled by the collision, and buried in the The sales for the week ending last night are incen ruins. To strengthen ttie ce4ainty of this marvellous siderable--750 Swats at 3-1,-d. a 4,1 d. ; 150 Per affair, and to rendr the account of it mere ay/Ply impos- pains at 71(1. a 7-0.; 30 Carriacou . at 71d. ing, it is proper to mention that the house underwent a R4cE.- 7 -In Rice there is no alteration; the sales thor;;Ligh repair a very short time before; and judging are quite inconsiderable. from appearanc.;, either inside or out, no one could have TEA.--The declaration of the Tea Sale was made haul the most distant apprehension of the occurrence ; the u y a e n a t r i s ty pas o t f ; Cito:vigi will uhatvleecalafraevdt its than veek for several ears man himself says he had no cause whatever to expect the like, and attributes their deliverance to God alone.--Netory Telepraph. able effect on the prices. The other descriptions last less I EXETER MA Beef (score) 9s. 0(1.104. fxl. Mutton (lb) 0 5 —.O 61 Veal and t.amb 0 s—o 6 P. rk 0 6—o 7 Gee4e (each) 4 0 —6 0 Ducks (coup e) 3 6—5 0 Fowis 3 o—l 0 KE I'S —Jan. 9. Wheat (bustle.) 114.6 d. 12s 6d. Barley • 5 0 —.5 6 Cats .3 6 —4 Beans Butter (Ib) 1 I—l 3 Eggs (12) 0 o—l 0 Potatoes (pe..k) 0 o—o 10 GLASGOW MARKETS. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) Our Raw SUGAR market opened with a consi derable degree of briskness on the 2d, and since there has been a steady demand; the sales amount to 1,215 hhds. and tees; latterly the prices of Browns, which are in abundant supply, were rather loWer ; Good Middling, which are very scarce, have sold at a trifling advance, and Good have brought full prices. The greater part of the quantity was taken for the Sale. The transactions in COFFEE are eo limited that they are not worthy of remark. Nothing whatever done in PIMENTO or GINGER. The sales made in RUM are limited to a small lot of Jamaicas at 3s. 6d, for 16 0. P. ; nothing done in. Leewards. GRAIN WHISKEY iS - dull; the sales, !about 80 puncheons, were made at 3s. 10d., and the buyers are now offering 3s. 9d., which is likely to be ac cepted ; MALT WHISKEY very flat, at 4s. a 4s. 6d. for 25 per cent. O.P. in bond. Since our last there has been,a geod demand for COTTON ; the sales amount to 2003 packages ; prices, however, are barely-supported. The parti culars are, 37 Sea Island, 12id. a 14d.; 23 Stained do., Bd. a 1 lid.; 735 Boweds, 6d. a 6-8-d. ; 308 Orleans, 6id. a Bd.; 75 Pernambuco, Bid. a Sid.; 366 Egyptian, 74d.a 81d.; 43 Demerara, 74d. a 81d.; 54 41 7 est Italia, 6d.; Surat, 41d. a 40.; 325 Damaged Upland, (by Auction), id. a 2/d. The sales made in DYEWOODS are confined to 10 tons of Carthagena Fustic, at 6/. For Ashes there have been several inquiries; the sales however have been rather limited, owing , to the holders demand ing•higher prices. Email lots of New Pots have been sold at 345.; Brand, 1827, at 335.; and 1826, at 30s. ; New Pearls at 345. and Old at 335. Nothing done in TOBACCO, and prices are without alteration. Y. C. TALLOW is selling in small parcels at 425. 6d. a 435. _ _ _ --- FISH OILS are held firmly; Whale at 22/. lOs. a 23/.; at the latter price retail sales have been made;' Pale Seal, 231. a 23/. 10s. ; and Cod, 22/. 109. a 231. per ttin,,old -measure. Since our last the arrivals of GRAIN have been moderate,. and chiefly Oats. A steady business has been done in Wheat at better prices, and gene 'ally within Is. per boll of the late highest rates. The dealers purchased different qualities of Foreign and Old Irish ; but their purchases were principally confined to samples of New from the Farmers. For prime Oats there has been a speculative demand at fOrmee prices, while other descriptions . were forced on the market, and a reduction of 3d. a 6d. sub mitted to in order to effect sales. In Malting Bar ley few sales are reported, but considerable parcels of Foreign and other grinding qualities hare been sold at a reduction of 6d. a ls. per boll. Beans and Pease are very flat. are unvaried, tl►e quantity declared being about the usual extent. SPICES.-Yesterday's sale (on account of the Ceylon Governmeno-166 bales Cinnamon, firsts 7s. a Bs. 2d.; iOO bales ditto, seconds ss. 7d..a 6s. 7d.; 102 ditto, thirds 4s. 3d. a ss. 3d.; 30 ditto, fourths 3s. 3d. a 3s. 6d.; 53 chests ditto, short pieces of firsts 6s. 10d., small 4s. Bd., short pieces of seconds 15s. 10d., small 4s. Bd. a 4s. 11d., short pieces of thirds 3s. 6d., small 3s. 7d. u 4s. Eighty bales 222 chests Cinnamon, damaged firsts, in bales, ss. 7d. a .ss. Bd., seconds in bales 4s. 2d. a 4.5. 4d., firsts in chests 2s. a 3s. 4d., seconds in cl'ests ls. 4d. a 3s. 3d., thirds in chests Is. 9d. a 25..5d. 350 bales Pepper, heavy 3f i d. a 31d.; mid. heavy, 30.; light and stalky, 31d. The Cinnamon sold at full prices; Pepper id. to id. lower. ToßAcco.-The purchases of Tobacco are incon siderable parcels for the trade ; the buyers for ex port to Spain are still in the market. SALTPETRE.-The purchases of Saltpetre have been considerable. MINING INTELLIGENCE.-Sales at Redruth last week.-Quantity of Copper Ore sold 2,439 tons : average produce 7f. Quantity of fine Copper 176 tons 5 cwt. Amount of sale 13,276/. 13s. 6d. Average standard, 113/. 7s. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK Wheat. • 8. tO S. - 69 - - 76 60 '72 73 76 68 74 65 F 2 66 72 67 88 72 84 Barloy. i Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. Boston Gainsborough Grantham ......-- Grina,by Lincoln Spllsby Stamford York. 8. to a. 8. to C. 27 - 16 - 38 - 32 38 20 S 6 30 35 19 23 24 36 20 24, 36 43 22 26 29 '3B 19 22 25 39 20 28 32 40 24 30 S.td s. 39 36 40 40 42 44 46 SO 40 36 46 -14 54 CANTERBURI, Jan. 10. Although we had hut a short supply of Wheat, yet sales were extremely dull, and best samples of White were from 2s. to 3s. per quarter cheaper. We had a good supply of Spring Corn, which sold slowly at our quotations. Wheat, white 74s. to 80s. -- red 655. to 735. Barley, Making 4os. to 445. Oats Beans 3os. to 345. Pease 4os. to 465. CHESTER.—Whcat, per 751 b. I Is. 3d. to 1 s. 9d. ; Barley,3B qrts 6s. 3d. to 6s. 6d. ; Oats, 491 b. 3s. M. to I.s. Od. NANTWICFL—Wheat, per 1511). 12s. 6d. to Od.; Barley, 38 qrts. (is. 4d. to 6s. Cd. ; Oats, 501 b. 4s. 3d. to 9d. BRITISH EXPORTS. Statement of the Quantities of the under-mentioned Arti cles of British Manufacture Exported from Liverpool from the 2d to the 9th inst. inclusive. Cotton 163,056 Pieces. 1,588,213 Yardt Linen Blanketing 22,620 Carpeting •• • '7,187 Calicoes Kerseyineres...... Flannel --•-• Woollen Stuffs 2,113 ... Worsted Stuff• - 9,819 ... Baize Inferior Woollens 2,068 ... Cotton Thread 10,2521b5. •£- Cotton Yarn . 46,140 Sail Cloth .. . 56,563 Ells. Cotton Hose Cotton Handkerchiefs Cotton Braces ... 1,050 ... Worsted Caps JO ... 206 "tnds. 876 ... Hats - •.. Hardware Earthenware • £6,744 Salt, White 133,598 Bush. Salt, Rock 1,323,810 ... Coals Iron 316 ... A strong sensation has been excited in a parish eastward of the city, by a discovery that one of the church wardens, upon recently ordering a quantity of shoes in Smithfield for the use of paupers, fitted himself with a handsome pair of boots at the same time, directing the cost to be charged as a certain additional number of pauper's shoes. A colleague in office who accompanied him being connected with the leather business, observed that such another pair of boots would not be equally desirable to him, but be thought he ought not to lose any perquisites appertaining to 'his situation, and it was arranged that he should put the cost of a pair of boots in his pocket. The thing somehow got abroad, and a person who takes great interest in the affairs of the parish, dropped in at the com mittee-room at the work-house, while the official gentle: men• were receiving the goods, and settling with the shoe maker. There is also some difficulty respecting an entry of about 505. 2 paid for the removal of a pauper to Chichester. POLICY OF PRUSSIA. The Constitutionnel of tile 6th instant contains, in the, form of a letter from a correspondent at Ber lin, the following view of the policy of Prussia : " A new movement has begun in European pOlicy e but will European Statesmen elevate themselves' to the height of the noble task novv . waiting for them. The object to which we are carried on by the force of thiags, is placed too high to be perceived :by men ' engaged in the .petty intrigues of preserving their places. The force of things will speedily or lately bring more energetic men on the scene, but the hope of their appearance is at present weak. We mast learn to comprehend the times ; therefore, indepen dently of Ministers, we make those comprehend` it who, tormented by fear, dare not lift up their eyes. The present state demands Other alliances than those of the old system. The East has . become the lever which moves Europe, formerly oppressed by the system of pretended stability : whatever may he the issue of the contest between the Greeks 'and . the Russians and the Turks, the new relations of these States will compel other important changes. ' The East is a volcano which will change "the appearance of Europe. It -is necessary to be prepared for this, and ' to take up in advance a su7table'position. We must net wait in indolence and inactivity the coarse of events. This state of things is acknoviledged by our (Prussian) statesmen. They see else, that circumstances are favourAle to our country, enabling us to play an important part at the present stage, and to proiide . for - the'fature, if we do not; . irt blind confidence, abandon ourselves to the generoSity and discretion of the . Great . PiAvers. Russia kniiiPs-our importance, and sets a high value on out - friendship. England and Austria are not indifferent:tnit . , as, is proved by the money -offered at London,-'and - the politeness displayed at Vienna; but we shall not be duped either by bribery or flattery, The honour and safety of our country require that •we should trace a route for ourselves, 'independently of these two Powers. We are satised that our interest is closely connected with the interest of Europe. We know that the character, of the present period does not allow states' to proceed in opposition to the people, and therefore an alliance with England and Austria would not suit us. The • Cabinet of Saint James's, on several occasions lately, but par ticularly in the affairs of Portugal, has lost all its moral influence. It is now displaying, in the case of the Greeks, so narrow and selfish a line of proceeding, that it is evident it comprehends neither the force of circumstances nor•the importance of the present moment. It ,would be an ally of little con fidence. France must acknowledge this; for the Ministry must allow that the results of the expedi tion to Greece would have been more • prompt and important, but for the interference of Englind. As for Austria, the moral oppression -she exercises in Germany and Italy is too detestable to expect a re conciliation between that Power and the people.— , In avoiding England and Austria, to devote our- . selves to the interest of nations, we have other dif ficulties to encounter. Cabinets differ in their views of the general-good. France, who for some years has been at the head of civilization on the Conti nent, has not yet assumed that attitude which be comes her. The indecision of the French Ministers hampers both Russia and Prussia, and prevents them from acting openly. Is this mistrust or ti midity ? All the overtures made on our part to the' French Ministry have met evasive answers. That Government, remembering the past,• is always ter rified whenever it is a question of - assuming -the lead in the face of Europe. Prussia is not the only Power which complains of the indecision of _ _ . the Cabinet of the Tuilleries. The Netherlands have the same grievances to complain of. At least the Belgian and French Journals have for some, time carried _on a war, which can only be ex. plained by supposing that ,th e B e l g i ans wish to makethe French see that their Government can not-inspire confidence as long as people, believe it to be under the influence of the Congregation. To see our way in the business we must . notice to which side the Ultra-Montanists tend. If they favour the policy of England we -.may be sure , that the ge neral interest will - be sacrificed, as long as their In fluence prevails. However this may he, we are de cided not to remain idle spectators of the interesting discussions which are to take place this winter. If we declare for the great interests of Europe, we may hope for friends. France may then, perhaps, retura to her ancient alliance with Prtissia, Sweden, Den mark, the Netherlands, .and Germany. It was founded on a principle of healthy policy,ladapted to present circumstances, and ought to be renewed. You must not be surprised .that all these points, are should be denied by Count Bernstorff and his German correspondents, but the isolated state of this Minister is known, and in avoiding to speak of him, I also abstain, from mentioning the name s of our Statesmen who follow a line of policy that is quite unknown to our Minister for Foreign Affairs." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. MONDAY, JAN trA RY 12. —Wind E. S. E. —..High water 52 minutes put three.—Arrived the Man cheater, Durnphy, from Charleston ; Portentia, Lowden, froin Wbitehaven ; Culsou, Cringie, from Glasgow ; J. --, from Glasgow. Sailed—The Hunter, Cotternaan, for 'Ramsay ; Alfred, for Havre de Grace. BIRTIIS. On the Bth inst. at Bruges, the lady of Sir David Cunynghame, Bart. of a son: On the 13th inst. at Woolwich, the lady of Captain Saunders, of the Royal Horse Artillery, of a daughter. On the 11th inst. Mrs. Dennison, Guilford-street, of a son. MARRIED. On the 13th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-square, George Wbittam, Esq. jun, to Lucretia, eldest daughter of F'. R. Parslow, Esq. Robert, son of R. N. Algeo, Esq. and heir presumptive to the title of Lord Viscount Newcomen, to Margaret, daughter of the late A. Kersteman, A.M. of Brenchley, Kent, and grand-daughter of the late Dr. Waller, Arch deacon of Essex. On the 13th inst. at Christ Church, Marylebone, by the Rev. John Butt, M.A. the Rev. William Rolled Hughes, of Horley, Surrey, to Agnes Clara, youngest daughter of John Williams, Esq.. of the North' Bank, Re kent's-park. DIED. On the 6th inst. at Provost Grant's, Bught, near Inver ness, William Fraser, Eq. younger of culbokie, W.S. On the 7th inst. at Peckham, aged 12 years, Frederick, fifth son of Mr. Lund, of Col nhill. On the Sth inst. at Wiekham-Market, Suffolk, Charles Harsant, Esq. aged 28. On the 11th inst. at her residence, Russell-place, Fitzroy square, Mrs. Goring. On the 12th inst. at his house at Surbiton, near King ston, Sarah, the wife of Alderman Garratt. On the 6th inst. of apoplexy, the Rev. Thomas Awbery Howard, Rector of Yattendon, Berks... Miss Mary Godfrey, the youngest daughter of Mr. Jos. Godfrey, of Highgate, aged 16. On the 11th inst. in her 21st year, Maria Theresa, second surviving daughter of F. P: Trapaud, Esq. Potter's bar, Middlesex. On the 9th inst. at the house of bis father, Edward Ma lone, Esq. Fort Cliff, Margate, Captain Malone, of the 9th Bengal Native Cavalry, of an illness contracted during an active service of 18 years with his regiment. On the 7th inst. at the house of her son-in-law, Mrs. King, mother of Mrs. Jasper Taylor, of Holborn. On the 12th inst. at St. John's-wood, in the 68th year of his age, James Jacks, Esq. On the 12th inst. at her house in Albion-place, Black iars, Frances Woodmeston, aged 53. On the 12th inst. at his house in the Hackney-road, Mr. John Stuart, late of Gainsborough. On the 3d inst. at Hieres, in the department of Var, in France, Frances Catherine, the eldest daughter of the late John Sivewright, Esq. On the 3d inst. at Camden-town, Henry Harrison, Esq. late Treasurer of the Opera-house. On the 7th inst. at Guernsey, aged 57, Elizabeth, wife of John Radford, Esq., one of the principal officers of his Majesty's Customs in that Island. PaDrup and PUBLISHED by MURDO YOUNG, at the SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. f