The Sun. — London, England, 1829-11-13 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DicAr.,; Nov. 12.—Wind W.—Arrived the Eolus, Falcon; from Belfast. Arrived from London, the New Phoenix, Serjeant, for Jamaica. Poimmourit, Nov. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Raleigh, from the Mediterranean. FALMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Arrived the Lavinia, Lang ley, from Seville. I.rvespoor., Nov. 11. —Arrived the Mersey, Sharp, from Maranham, was plundered by a piratical schooner of ,provisions, from, &c. Lunt, Nov. 10.—Arrived the Barossa, Sinclair, and Charles Forbes, from St. Peteraburgh ; and Varro, Nairn, from Bordeaux. .BRISTOL, Nov. 11.—Arrived the West Indian, Smith, froth Jamaica ; and Exchange, Clink, from Hamburg. • MAacarz, Nov. 11.—Off Port, the Emerald, Leslie, fr°ro Quebec ; and Floid, Farrant, from Smyrna. COWICS, Nov. 12.--Arrived the Barbara, Pearson, from Boston. BAIDGRWATER, Nov. 12.—Arrived the Medusa, Simp "l' from Quebec. Mirsoan, Nov. 11.—Arrived the Laurel, --, from Odessa. CLYDE, NOV. 11.—Arrive) the Gleaner , Bel l, and Dispatch, Riches, from Oporto. C oax, Nov. IL—Arrived the Volunteer, Thompson, and Thefs, Gorman, from Quebec. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 11.—Arrived the Calista, from St. John's, N. B. YARMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Arrived the Sylvia, Gilliam, from Quebec. The Lislie, from Tenning to Hull, was totally wrecked the 2d inst, on the bland of Just. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. There is not much English Wheat in this week, but plenty of Batley and Oats, also a good supply of Flour. The prices of Monday are well maintained for the few parcels of fine Wheat that appeared to-day, but all other qualities are excessively dull in sale. Barley continues to sell very heavily, and does not maintain tl.e rates a Mot.- day ! Beans and 'Pe tle are unaltered. Good Oats sup port their last (potations, other kinds are dull, and rather lower. The Flour trade remains very heavy. ARRIVALS. Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. F 1 cur. l,e 50 qrs. 7,700 qrs. 5,800 qrs. 7,200 meks. --- 5,750 -- -- brls. Elish Irish F oreign . ":"' I - ........ 1,050 SMITHFIELD MARKET. '- - liiPtis d a y' s mar k e t, which exhibited a tolerably good bu PPIY of fat Calves, but only moderate of other grdzier's stock,... each kind of meat met with a very dull sale at Monday' s quotations. The carcass butchers complain loudly of the badness of their trade, declaring that it was i ° Very few instances they could make more than 2s. Bd. Per stone (4d. per lb.) of the very pritnest sides of Beef. men PER STONE OF SLIM TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. I a. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 0 2 2 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 *mud quality ditto 2 2 2 4 Prime small ditto 0 2 0 0 0 te riMe large Oxen .3 0 3 4 Large coarse Calves 4 210 . Prim e Scots, &c....... 3 4 3 8 Prime small ditto 3 8 4 0 Inferior 5heep....... 2 0 2 4 Large Hogs 3 8 4 2 econ► d quality ditto 2 6 3 2 Small Porkers 4 6 5 0 I .o arse-woolledditto 3 2 3 8 Suckling Calves 12s. to3os. cacti. o outbdownWethers 3 8 4 2 Quarter old Pigs 125. to 16a. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs. ' 5;0 2,3 I 90 150 llO . Alilch Cows were numerous, and dull of sale, at about their last week's pi ices ; a n useful short horns, with her small c a lf, b e i ng worth from 191. to 211. NEWG ATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s..i. s. d.tos. d. 8eet ..................... 2 0 3 '2 Veal Mutton.... .......... 2 2 3 6 Pork CITY MARKETS-(TWO O'CLOCK.) - --------- - PLANTATION SUCARS.--This market continues in the san e languid state as last week , and t h e im p orters still sales of all the soft and grocery qualities under 559., tzt on ly about 2 000 Mids. have been disposed of altoge ther this week, although in many instances lower prices have again been accepted ; the good strong refining and Has grocery descriptions appear to be the only sorts for Which the merchants are firm in their demands, and these being less plentiful than the lower qualities, command a Inore ready sale at the quotations, but appear to be taken off only as they are wanted. _ FOREIGN I;GAILS.-About 200 chests Brazils have been taken off this week; low soft white at - al,out 25s , enisome brown qualities, the prices of which have not as yet transpired. A parcel of about 410 hhds. Porto Rico was - offered by public sale on Tuesday, but there were very few offers, and the whole were bought in. , 11 !Yrstrn Suoans.—Low Lumps continue to be neg . e us - and the quantity in the market is rather accumu lating,. but good small lumps and single loaves are very and are still taken off for crashing for the Medit „„7auesn before they are re ad y , at the same p rices as last ; there have been several inquiries for these descrip tions fur p ac ki ng a lso, but at present not much has been d o"; in the fine descriptions there is very little doing, tad scarcely any alteration can be noticed. ..Comte does not appear to be in much demand this Werek, for although only about 100 casks Plantation have u een brought forward, there have been scarcely any en. (lu ities by private contract; the small parcels offered con "'it principally of ordinary Jamaica, and sold without any A*terial variation in prices. For Foreign there appears tu be a little more enquiry to-day. Paurr.—Another cargo of New Currants, consisting of 120 butts and 160 caroteels, was brought to p ublic sale on T oday, the owner of which appeared more disposed to sell and meet the views of the buyers, and consequently submitted to a reduction of 3s. from the pri ces realized for ~, lue small quantity disposed of at the public sale of last meek ; only part, however, were taken off, the butts a • 111 . and caroteels a 78s. Yesterday the importers of t h e 51 st, cargoes, to effect a sale, submitted to a further re duction 2 5., and they are now on tap with the cargo offered on T uesday, at 755. To-day a very large sale of Old Currants tack place, consisting of 358 buits and 82 caroteels, Cepha lonia and Zante, in the prices of which also a very con- Il illerable fall was submitted to, Good Zante Currants being 101,1 a 655., at which price a fair quantity was taken off. ~, ,#6 4 : 10 0 boxes and 1,100 half-boxes New Valen tin Raisins, l ' u u. 1,795 baskets New Denia Raisins, were also offered i ttaYabut not a lot appeared to be disposed of, the Va -u"ss bein g taken in a 48s. to 495. and Denies a 37 5. A Another er sale i s auverhaed for to-morrow. Figs continue to be taken off at low prices by private contract in small Parcels, but the demand for Fruit at present does not ap- Pear to be very general. DUTY ox Hors.--The duty is out, having reached town this morning. It amounts to 39,566/. 10s. 6kd. 9 -20. The amount of duty is very small. In the market for Hops there is no alteration. Ittnico.—A public sale of Indigo on Wednesday went ofrat th e Company's sale prices, and the Market is steady. The deliveries of Spices arc considerable, but prices re- Main without improvement. CorroNs are steady at full prices. DauGs.—The East India Company's sale of Drugs t l terday went off heavily, but the quantity offered was 4 Sufficient to alter the prices. BALTIC PRODUCE accounts fi-om St. Peters 291kbre to the end of last month; when the exchange was at 10 21-32 ; and Tallow at 96 rubles. There bad been shipped off 163,300 casks. British ships arri v e d 820 , ditto sailed 694. Freight was at 26 5. per cwt. Tal low here is at sss. 9d. per cwt.; Hemp 435. to 4413.; 144F laz 355. to 365. per cwt. THE SILK TKADE.-The demand for the finer sizes of 'leagal Silks continues good. In Italian and British (Turkey) comparatively little is doing. Pub TKADE.—A large sale of Furs has gone off well. About 9,500 salted Fur Seal from 14s. 10.1. to 38s. Sd. Per skin; 8,000 Newfoundland HAI- Seals ls. 9d to 34. ' 9d- ; 4,000 Labrador Seal Is. Bd. to 2 s. S d. each ; a,OOO German Hare 9e. 3d. to 12s. per dozen ; and about 409 0 Smyrna Hare ss. to Ss. 9d. per dozen. PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 12.—This day arrived " Majesty's ship Raleigh from the Mediterranean. By letters received we learn that the British squadron is coming down to Malta from Tenedos, where they will ren dtzvous, an d ta k e t h e i r d e p ar t ur e for England. Letters f i. om the oe,a n say, that they will be in England early m December. The Russian squadron, it is said, will win ter either at Portsmouth or Plymouth. As it is our painful hebdomadal duty to re cord many distressing accidents from fire, so it affords us 'Metre pleasure to be enabled to announce, on the autho my of Dr. HA RE, of Great Baddow, a new plan of treat ment, calculated to alleviate the sufferings arising there from, viz., that in cases of burns and scalds one of the brat applications is flour. It ought to be applied from a our- box, and dredged upon the parts affected until the pair ceases, and renewed in the same manner as often as it return s . Th e Doctor a dd s, t h at t h e crust formed by the flour ought not to be disturbed or unnecessarily removed. . -- Chelndsford Chronicle. SIR ELIAB HARVEY. (From the Chelmsfbrd • Chronicle of thi s ►-day.) The various reports which had been circulated in the early part of this week, relative to the health of Sir Eliab Harvey, one of the Representatives of this county, and the circumstance of some of the London Journals asserting in positive terms, that the death of the Gallant Admiral took place on Saturday last, induced us, regardless of expence, to despatch a messenger to the seat of Sir Eliab, at Rolls, Chig well, in order to relieve the doubts and fears which prevailed, and put our readers in possession of the truth. By our express we sent the following letter, without superscription, not knowing into whose hands it might fall, but at the same time earnestly hoped that the Honourable Member might be able to peruse and reply to it. It will be seen by the sub joined letter, written by the Admiral himself, that our anticipations have been realized, and in a manner which we doubt not will be hailed with satisfaction by the county at large. " Si n,—The contradictory rumours which have been afloat here for several days past, have induced us to despatch the bearer to Chigwell, in order to ascertain the real state of Sir Eliab Harvey's health, that we may in our Friday's pub lication relieve the anxiety of the worthy Member's friends and constituents, if living, and put the public in posses sion of the fact, should it prove that the report of his death is correct. " If this letter should fall into the hands of Sir Eliab's medical attendants, which we are desirous it should, the favour of a line or two from them will greatly oblige, as such an authority will be most satisfactory, unless it should prove that the worthy Member is able to write a bulletin of his own health, which n ill offord us sincere gratification. " We are, Sir, your obedient servants, " MEGGY AND CEIALK. " Chelmsford, Nov. 11, 1829." " GENTLEMEN,-•4 have been unwell all the summer, but at this hour am in better health than I have been for these two years past " E. HARVEY, " Rolls Park, Nov. 12, 1829. " To Messrs. Meggy and Chalk, Chelmsford." To the EDITOR of the CHELMSFORD CHRONICLE. Chigwell, Essex, Nov. 12, 1829. " SIR,-In reply to your enquiries respecting the state of Sir Eliab Harvey's health, I have to inform you that be has been suffering for several months with oppression of the chest, attended with general derangement of the diges tive organs, but which I am happy to announce have b, en removed by the remedies I have adopted, and I now con sider the Admiral to be in the enjoyment of much better health than for several years past. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient servant, " GEORGE ROBERT ROWE, " Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, London." TRAGEDY OF MACBETH. It is generally understood that of the forty five tragedies, comedies, &c., which our immor tal poet has written, none of them cost him the one-half of the labour and expense in their com position, which did the celebrated tragedy of Macbeth. There is a general tradition in this part of the country—althcugh we have no recol lection of having seen the circumstance stated in print—that our illustrious bard made a journey to the north of Scotland for the purpose of wit nessing with his own eyes the scenes of the more eventful deeds of his hero, and in order to learn as many incidents as possible for the construction of his tragedy. Be this as it may we are in clined to think that Shakspeare has somewhat overcoloured the dark shades in the history of his hero,—not intentionally, but from misinfor mation. . ...-..-... We have been favoured by a gentleman with the perusal of a rare and curious work, written in the reign of James the First, most probably in the year 1420-21, intitled "De Orygynale Cronikil of Scotland, be Androw of Wyntown, Priowr of Sanct Serfis Ynche, in Loch Levyn." Of this work only one edition, we be lieve, has_ever been printed ; and this one was under the editorship of Mr. David M'Pherson. Mr. M'Pherson is of opinion that his author is invariably accurate and faithful in the infor mation he communicates. 11 so, Macbeth can not have been that monster in the human form, which Shakspeare and others before and after him have represented him to have been. The story regarding Macbeth's miraculous birth, which is still credited, was currently re ported in Wynton's time ; but this ancient Scot tish historian flatly contradicts it, and affirms, to use his own characteristic language, , that Mac beth's " Get was kvndly as other men s." To the report respecting Macbeth's supernatural birth, which those who believe it attributed to the agency of the devil, Wynton ascribes the other stories which were circulated derogatory to his character. The only atrocious crime which, according to our historian, Macbeth ever committed, was the murder of his predecessor ; while in order to counterbalance it, he made a journey to Rome for religious purposes, and actually distributed so much money among the poor in the " eternal city," that his charitable actions were scarcely inferior to those of the wealthy pilgrims who flocked to it from all quarters of the world—a circumstance which, while it constitutes one re deeming trait- at least, in the character of Mac beth, constitutes at the same time a proof of the opulence of Scotland even at so distant an era • of its history.—Elgin Courier. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A PRIEST.. On the night of the sth instant, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, the Rev. Mr. BRENNAN, of Fin tons, on his way to Augher, and within two miles of that place, was surprised by an Orange party on their return from the rendezvous held on that day at Five-mile-town. By the aid of the moonshine, while he moved a little ih advance, lie was recognized and fired at by one of the party. In this perilous situation be dismounted from l 0 horse, upon which the gang sent forth a terrific yell, Hthinking they bad succeeded in their purpose. He fled for shelter to a cabin' by the way-side, which he had scarcely entered when two of the mob rushed within a few paces of the door and repeated the fire, happily, how ever, without effect. The beating of drums and firing of muskets continued to a late hour, and spread extreme dread and alarm throughout the neighbourhood. This barbarous proceeding took place on the way between the residences of two Magistrates. and not a quarter of a mile from either. The party principally consisted of yeomanry, and their military.belts and arms were all in use on the occasion.—Dublia Morning Register. PROFITS OF COFFEE-ROUSES.--At the hearing of what compensation should be allowed to Mr. CLARKE, the keeper of the Leopard Coffee-house, in High-street, in the Borough, the premises of which are about to be pulled down, in consequence of the improve ments to be made in the vicinity of London Bridge, the following statement, showing the profits on the articles consumed, was put forth on behalf of the proprietor : s. d. s. d. A quartern loaf, at 0 0 Cut?' up into 13 rounds Butter 0 6 of toast, at each ...... 3 3 -- Leaving a profit of 2s. on Is. 3d. I :3 of coffee, at Is. Sd. lb 0 5 Out of this quantity, 26 of sugar, at CAI o4i cups of coffee are ob- I pint of milk 0 lI tamed, at lid 3 3 -- I Leaving a profit of es. 4d. on I Id. 0 11 J IS muffins cost Butter 1 t; The sum of 2/. is. 2d. being laid out in the above ar ticles on Monday, Nov. 9, produced 41. 17s. 6d. The pro prietor showed his gross receipts during the last year were upwards of 9001. ; deducting from this sum '250/. for continent expenses, rent, &c. &c., there remains a clear profit of 0501. The case was heard at the Town . hall, before Mr. Serjeant AICABIN : 2,0001. was the sum claimed by Mr. CLARKE, and 1,1001. the compensation awarded by the Jury. PRIVY COUNCIL. A.Privy Council was held at two o'clock yesterday after noon in the Court of Exareqirei., at W e stminster Hall, for the purpose of nominating persons to fill the office of Sheriff for the several Counties in England during the en suing year. . At the time appointed the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER entered the Court, in his splendid robes of office, followed by the Privy Councillors in their order of prece dence, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the LORD PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL, the LORD PRIVY SEAL, the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE Of ENGLAND, the MASTER of the MINT, the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the COURT of COMMON PLEAS, and the LORD CHIEF BARON of the EXCHEQUER. Their Lordships took their seats on the same bench as the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who, in virtue of his office, presided in the Court. The Judges appeared in their state robes; the LORD PRESIDENT and the LORD PRIVY SEAL were in full dress, the former wearing the insignia of the Order of the Garter, the latter those of Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. The puisne Judges of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, and the Barons of the Exchequer, in their state robes, followed the Privy Coun cillors into Court, and took their stations round the table, !knead' their Lordships. The formula of the customary oath, in Norman French, having been read by an officer of the Court, and adminis tered respectively to the Privy Councillors and Judges, the business of the Council commenced, by nominating per sons for the county of Bedford. Mr. Secretary PEEL en tered the Court soon after the proceedings hid commenced : the usual oath having been administered, the Right Hon. Secretary took his seat on the Bench with the other Privy Councillors. ' The proceedings were then resumed. An officer of the Court read the names of the three per sons nominated on their Lordships' list last year for each of the counties of England, one of the three being that of the High Sheriff for the present year. The Judges in whose district the different counties while on the circuit were situate, rose as the counties were named in alpha betical order, and stated to their Lordships the result of their inquiries while on the circuit as to the eligibility of the persons nominated to serve the office; also the various excuses which had been offered by numbers of the parties as grounds of exemption in several instances, supporting the alleged excuses' by the testimony of good authority as valid. A great variety of causes were pleaded as grounds of exemption : several that their circumstances were not such as to enable them to support the expense,—ill state of health in one instance incapacitating the individual from attending to business for several days ; nervousness, from bereavement in a family ; having no freehold property in the county, merely leasehold. Most of the excuses were ordered to be taken into further consideration at another meeting. One cause of exemption, that of holding a com mission in the Militia, was allowed ; as was that of hold ing a commission on full pay in the First Life Guards ; but that of being a Colonel in the army was over-ruled. The plea of smallness of income was rejected on the sug gestion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, as being too indefinite. Where no alteration was made in the list of last year, the Judges added but one name to supply the deficiency of the Sheriff of the present year, but whe❑ any or both of the excuses were allowed, they nominated individuals, making three for each county. When the alterations had been completed, an officer of the Court read the entire list, and the Court then adjourned at half-past three o'clock. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE came to town yesterday morning from their residenCe in Bushy- park. The Princess SOPHIA visited their Royal Highnesses at their residence at the King's Palace, St. J imes's ; the Duchess and the Princess proceeded in the afternoon to he King's Pala:e at Kensington, to pay a visit to the Du chess of KENT. The Duke of CLARENCE subsequently joined the party after leaving town, on his return to Bushy. The Russian Ambassador, accompanied by Count MaTucEwiTz, had a conference with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Saxon Charge d'Affaires had an interview with his Lordship yes terday. Earl BATHURST arrived in town on Wednes day night from his seat at Cirencester, Gloucestershire. The Earl of ABERDEEN returned to town yesterday morning from the seat of the Marquis of SA LIS.. BURY, at Hatfield, Herts. The Marchioness de LOULE (her Royal Highness Donna ANNA DE JESUS MARIA, Infanta of Por tugal), sister to his Majesty the Emperor of Br. Am., ar rived on the 241 instant, at Ostend, accompanied by the Marquis de LOULE, her husband, and the Countess de VILELA FL -011., who is going to - Terceira to htr inrsband: The PortUgue , :e .-emigrants of Ostend had the honour of being presented to her Royal Highness on the 3d inst., and were received by her with great attention and kindness. The elevation of Mr. BOLLAND to the Bench will, it is supposed, leave the COMMON SERJEANT with out any competitor for the Recordship of London. A letter recently received in Bristol states that the Rev. Mr. WOOLFE, the converted Jew, who married Lady GEORGINA WALPOLE, on his arrival in Palestine having commenced preaching the Gospel, some of the Jews represented to the Paella that they had received letters from their brethren at Amsterdam that the pious missionary was come amongst them for the purpose of con verting the Jews and Mussulmans to Christianity. Upon which it is added his Highness caused him to be arrested, and the bastinado to be inflicted after the eastern fashion. On the 28th ult. the Senatus Academicus of the University and King's College, Aberdeen, unani mously re-elected the Right Hon. Viscount ARBUTHNOT Lord Rector for the ensuing year ; and ROBERT W. DUFF, Esq., of Feteresso, JAMES URQUHART, Esq., of Meldrum, CHARLES RANNERMANN, Esq., of Crimonnoo gate, and JOHN GARROCIC, Esq., of Heathcot, Assessois for the same period. DOWTON, it is said, receives from Mr. DA.. VIDGE at the rate of SO/. per month, his present engage ment at the Coburg being limited to that period. Ame rican KEANE, alias the black Roscius, has obtained an en gagement at Covent Garden ; previously to playing there, however, he 'makes his appearance for one nig t. at the Haymarket, which is to be open a night for tire benefit of HENDERSON, and some pantomimic performers of celebrity ; KEANE plays Othello on the occasion. - - - - Miss COVENEY, since the termination of her engagements in the North, has been performing also with the most flattering applause at Birmingham. She com mences her engagement at Bath on the 15th of this month, and opens as Mandane in Artaxerxes. Mr. WILD, the late lessee of the West Lon don Theatre, has taken the Olympic Theatre, and opens it, with RIME for his stage-manager, and the principal part of his old corps drarnatique, on Monday week. Mr. VINING, of the Haymarket ; Mrs. WATnErr, A. LEE, &c., are to try the West London as a speculation, and it will open early in December, but not under their auspices—not as a joint stock concern, as formerly stated in some of the Papers. • A new piece, from the pen of Mrs. GRIM-. sirowg, has beelfread• at the Surrey, of which green-room gossip speaks highly ; that old favourite of the public, Mr. RAYNER, is the hero. Another piece has also been turned off the stocks for the Surrey ; it is written by the author of that popular piece, Black-eyed Susan, and is expected to have a run. The following curious and ingenious calcula tion is given in a late German publication of the hundred most populous cities in the world. These are Jeddo, in Japan, 1,680,000 inhabitants ; Pekin, 1,500,000 ; Lon , don, 1,300,000 ; Hans Isehen, 1,100,000 ; Calcutta, 900,000 ; Madras, 817,000; Nankin, 800,000 ; Congo "schen, 800,000 ; Paris, 717,000 ; Walt Chaos, 600,0001 Constantinople, 597,000 ; Benares, 530,000 ; Kio, 520,000 ; Su Ishen, 500,000 ; Houng lichen, 500,000, &e. The fortieth in the list is Berlin, containing 193,000 ; and the last Bristol, 87,000 ; Among the hundred cities, two contains a million and a half, two upwards of a mil lion, nine from half a million to a million, twenty-• three from 200,000 to 500,000, fifty-six from 100,000 to 200,000, and six from 87,000 to 100,000. Of these one hundred cities fifty-eight are in Asia, and thirty-two in Europe , of which four are in Germany, four in France, five in Italy, eight in England, and three in Spain ; the remaining ten are divided between Africa and America. PUN.—A punster, during dinner, How a T m O os K t i l n Le(LmvA,nient animal. The art of dis comfiting a punster is this :—Pretend to be deaf, and after he has committed his pun, and just before he expects people to begin to laugh at it, beg his pardon and request him to repeat it again. After you have made him do this three times, say, " 0 ! t hi s is a pun—l believe." I never knew a punster venture a third exhibition after such treat ment. It requires a little nicety so as to make him repeat it in proper time. If well done, the company will laugh at the punster, and then he is ruined for ever. NWIINATION OF SHERIFFS. Yesterday being the Motrow of St. Martin, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Bat.l.orst, Lord Rosslyn, the Chancellor of the Excl. iptor, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Herries, and the common law Judges, assembled in the Court of Exche quer, when the folowittz gentlemen w.!re nominated to serve the office of S;ieriff tor the ensu'rig year : Bedfordshire—W. Smart, Tempstord-11 tll, Esq. John Barber, Broom, Es. i . John Thomas Dawson, Clapham, Esq. Berkshire—John Lqder Symonds, Hinton, Esq. John Walter, Bear-wood, Esq. Sir John Benn Walsh, Warfiehl-park, Bart. Buckinghamshire—Rich. W. H. 11. Wyse, Stoke, Esq. 1•. D. Coventry, Greenlands, Esq. H. A. Uthward, Great Lindford, Esq. Cambridgeshire Walter Peck, Hilton, Esq. and John G. Roper, Abbotts Ripon, Esq. Huntingdonshire George Thornhill, Deddington, Esq. Cheshire—George Walmsley, Bolesworth Castle, Esq. John H. Harper, Davenharn-hall, Esq. Sir Thomas S. M. Stanley, Hexton, Bart. Cumberland—Christopher Parker, Peterell green, Esq. John Taylor, Dockeray, Esq. Henry Howard, Corby Castle, Esq. Cornwall—John Hearle Trentayne, Helygan, Esq. Edward Collins, Truthatn, Esq. William Peke, Cheverton, Esq. Derbyshire—Robert Leaper Newton, Bawbridge, Esq. Sir William Boothby, Ashton-hall, Bart. Sir Charles Henry Colville, Duffield, Knight. Devonshire—John Beaumont Swete, Oxton-house, Esq. Sir Bauchin Palk Wrey, Tavistock, Bart. Sir George W. Bampfylde, Poltimore, Bart. Dorsetshire—George Thompson Jacob, Weymouth, Esq. John Bond, Grange, Esq. Hon. William Henry D. Darner, Milton. Essex—Capel Cure, Blake-hall, Bobbinswortb, Esq. William Davis, Leyton, Esq. Thomas Sylwyn, Down-hall, Esq. Gloucestershire—David Ricardo, Gutcombe, Esq. Robert Canning, Hartpury, Esq. Sir T. C. Boevey, Flaxley Abbey, Esq. Herefordshire—Richard Blackmere, the Leys, Esq. Joseph Blisset, Letton Court, Esq. Kedwin Hoskins, Strickkenny, Esq. Hertfordshire—William Hale, King's Walden, Esq. R. Plummer Ward, Gilston Park, Esq. John Ryley, High Elms, Esq. Edward Rice, Dane-court, Esq. George Douglas, Chilston park, Esq. John Anderstein, Blackheath, Esq. Leicestershire—Sir Geo. Howland Willoughby Beaumont. G. J. D. B. Danvers, Swithland, Esq. Charles Neville, Holt, Esq. Lincolnshire—W. A. Johnston, Witham-on-the-hill, Esq William Hutton, Gatebarton, Esq. Henry B. Hickman, Thormock-house, Esq. Monmouthshire—C. J. K. Tynte, Hepmately, Esq. William Jones, C'ytha, Esq. Iltid Nicholl, Usk, Esq. Norfolk—The Hon. G. J. W. Milles, North Elmham. John Weyland, Woodrising, Esq. John Julius Angerstein, Weiting, Esq. Northamptonshire—Richard Pack, Floore, Esq. Beriah Botfield, Norton, Esq. The Hon. P. S. Pierrepoint, Everly. Northumberland—Sir J. Trevelyan, Watlington, Bart. John Hodgson, Clowick, Esq. George Silvertop, Minsteracres, Esq. Nottinghamshire—J. Coke, Mansfield-Woodhouse, Esq. George Fillingham, Syerston, Esq. Thomas Moore, Ruddington, Esq. Oxfordshire--Richard Weyland, Woodeaton, Esq. Edward Simeon, Whitchurch, E•q. Sir Henry Lambert, Aston, Bart. Rutland—William Ward, Belton, Esq. John Eagle, South Seffenham, Esq. William Gilford, North SetTenham, Esq. Shropshire—Rowland Hurst, Brereton-pack, Esq. William Owen, Woodhouse, Esq. Sir E. J. Smyth, Acton Burnell-park, Bart. Somersetshire—James Adam Gordon, Portbury, Esq. T. S. Bailward, Horsingten, Esq. Sir Henry Strachey, Sutton-court, Bart. Staffordshire—Thomas Twemlow, Peatswood, Esq.• Thomas Sneyd Kiunersley, Loxley, Esq. Sir T. A. C. Constable, Tixall, Bart. Southampton—G. P. Jervoise, Herreard-house, Esq. Sir H. J. Titchborne, Titchborne-park, Bt. Wm. Greenwood, Brockwood-park, Esq. _ Keni Suffolk—John Wilson Shepherd, Campsey Ash, Esq. R. B. de Beauvoir, Culford, Esq. John Gordon, Assington, Esq. Surrey—Sir G. W. Hylton Jolliffe, Mersham, Bart. Harvey Christian Coombe, Cobham-park, Esq. Miles Stringer, Effingham, Esq. Susserf....W. G. K....Gratwicke, Auguering, Esq. Thomas Sanctuary, Rusper, Esq. Fasham Nairn, Westrathby, Esq. Warwickshire—Francis Canning, Foxcote, Esq. Theodore Price, Birmingham, Esq. Edward Bolton King, Umberslade, Esq. Wiltshire—Charles Wyndham, Dunhead, Esq, E. W. L. Riphans, Littlecot-park, Esq. Paul Methuen, Conham-house, Esq. Worcestershire—John Scott, Stourbridge, Esq. J. H. Galton, Hudson-house, Esq. Robert Berkley, Spiteley, Esq. Yorkshire—The Hon. Edward Robert Petre, Stapleton. Wm. St. Quentin, Scampston-house, Esq. Sir Henry Goodrieke, Ribston-ball, Bart. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 12.—The subject of the Nor risian Prize Essay for the ensuing year is—The Christian Religion Me last Revelation to b expected of the Will Qf God. The following gentlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Ely, in the chapel of the palace at Ely, on Sunday last : DEACONS. Richard Faley, M.A. Emman. Coll. Wm. Heard Shelford, M.A. Emman. Coll. Win. Boyd Colbeck, B.A. Emman. Cull. T. B. Stuart, M.A. Queen's Coll. 11. Barrick, M.A. Queen's Coll. E. A. Smedley, M.A. Trin. Coll. A. Chapman, B.A. Queen's Coll. T. Riddell, M.A. Trin. Coll. C. J. Myers, M.A. Trin. Coll. J. Hodgson, B.A. Trio. Coll. E. Peacock, B.A. St. John's Coll. W. Potter, B.A. St. Peter's Coll. W. B. A. Raven, 8.A., from the Bishop of Norwich, PRIESTS. H. Arlett, M.A. Pemb. Coll. W. F. Wilkinson, M.A. Corpus Christi Coll. E. Bates, B.A. Clare Hall. R. Taylor, B.A. Queen's Coll. W. Keeling, M.A. St. John's Coll. The following gentlemen of this University were ordained by the Bishop of Exeter on the 25th ult.— DEACONS. J. S. Cookesley, B.A. St. John's Coll. F. Parker, B.A. Trio. Coll. PRIESTS. 3. J. Frobisber, B.A. Trin. Coll. W. Morshead, B.A. Sidney Coll. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has ap pointed the Rev. S. Braham, M.A., one of his Royal Highness's domestic Chaplains. His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has beets pleased to nomiate*, and his Majesty's Government to appoint, the Rev. J. H. Simpson, M.A., F.R.L.S., of Pembroke College, to the place and office of Chaplain to his Majesty's Government established in St. Michael's and the Azore Islands. The death of the Marquis of HEADFORT occasions a vacancy in both branches of the Legislature, as the county of Meath loses the services of his son, the pre sent Marquis, who represented it in several successive Parliaments, and now succeeds to the barren honour of an Irish Peerage, by which he is incapacitated from being the Representative for any county or town in his own country, without being entitled to take his seat in the House of Peers of the United Kingdom. The deceased Nobleman had long enjoyed a confidential intimacy with his SOVEREIGN, and was conspicuous in the annals of play and gallantry, having been for one or two seasons the most successful frequenter of the West End Clubs, • but ultimately experiencing (as is almost invariably the case) losses ruinously heavy :—his Lordship was defendant in the celebrated crina. con. cause of INIASSEY V. HEAD FORT, in which the damages were 10,0001. The present Marquis is also not unknown m a similar way to the members of a learned profession. llis Lordship, some years since, married the very beautiful daughter of Sir JOHN STEvENsuN, the widow of a Mr. DALTON. It is asses ted that the HEADFOKT interest in Meath will belivin to Lord KlLLEEg.—Morning Paper. ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE. Yesterday afternoon information was given to the Chief Magistrate of Bo :v-street ,of an elopement which took place under very curious and almost ro mantic cireurnstlnees about two hours previously. The rarties were John Clayton Cowell, Esq., a Lieutenant in the Army, residing pro tem, at the Bedford Hotel, Covent-garden, and Miss Frances Anne Iberton Brickenden, daughter to Lady Anne Brickenden, of Park-place, Hyde-park. It appears that the gentleman was on terms of intimacy with the family for some years, and that within the last two years he had avowed himself as the professed admirer of Miss Brickenden, who received his at tentions favourably; but the proposals of marriage which he made met with the decided opposition of the mother and other relatives of the young lady.— The gallant officer, however, with that determined spirit of perseverance which characterizes the lover and the soldier, continued his attentions whenever an opportunity presented itself, and it was deemed expedient by her friends to take her to France for a time, in the hope that absence would weaken the impression which had been made upon her mind in favour of the young and handsome suitor. Thither the Lieutenant followed, and stole occasional inter views; and a abort time ago, when the family re turned to London, he contrived to inform the lady of his readiness, " with all means and appliances to boot s " to carry her off to that part of the British dominions where the nuptial knot can be tied without those tedious forms and ceremonies so annoying to persons thus situated. The young lady, it is now presumed, did not withhold her consent to engage in so interesting an adventure, and yesterday, at the hour already mentioned, the elopement took place. The house adjoining that of Lady Brickenden is at present uninhabited, and thus a facility was afforded for the accomplishment of the object that the youthful lovers had in view, which was not at all thought of, or guarded against by the parents of the lady. At eleven o'clock yesterday morning Miss Brickenden quitted the chamber of her mother, with whom she had been previously for some time in conversation, for the avowed purpose of retiring to her own dress. ing-room. Two hours had elapsed, when her pro tracted absence was rather extraordinary, and a ser vant was sent to request her attendance in the drawing-room. The servant, on her arrival at the young lady's dressing-room, found that the was ab sent, and a window which looks on a balcony was open. An alarm was immediately given, but the yourig lady was no where to be found, and the truth flashed upon the mind of her mother, who de spatched her domestics in all directions in pursuit of the fugitives, but the plan had been, as it would ap pear, well contrived, for no trace whatever could be obtained of them. It is conjectured that the young lady got upon the balcony, and from thence was assisted by her lover through a window of the house adjoining, and so into a chaise, which, it was ascertained, was waiting at a short distance, and which was seen to drive off with flying speed in the direction of the northern road. Information was forthwith sent to Colonel Rowan, the Chief Commissioner of Police, requesting assistance in pursuing the fugitives, and the Colonel despatched a note to Sir Richard Birnie, expressing a wish that one of the most experienced principal officers of the old police should be sent on the required service. This step, we understand, was taken, but the youthful pair must have had at least three hours' start of their pursuers, and the probability is, that they will be " made one" ere they can be overtaken. Lady Brickenden is the daughter of an Irish earl, and the wife of a clergy man of the Established Church. The young lady left her home without her bonnet, and had not even a change of dress. Miss Brickenden has a large fortune in her own right, as well as great expecta tions. The elopement will doubtless create a great sensation in the circles in which the parties are ac customed to move. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The betting yesterday was so'dull that we can only subjoin the present state of the-finds against all the horses now in the betting for Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger. DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's The Mummer 14 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 14 to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's Cetus 17 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud 18 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Wat Tyler 18 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Sall colt 18 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Cressida colt 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Major 20 to 1 agst Lord Cavendish's Mouse colt 25 to I agst Lord Sefton's Mouche 25 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur 25 to I agst Lord Exeter's Red Rover 25 to I agst Mr. Roberts's Sister to Sailor $0 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Darioletta colt OAKS. 15 to 2 agst Lord Sefton's Mouche 10 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Leeway filly 12 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Shumla. 20 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Filagree f. 20 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Sister to Emma 25 to 1 agst Mr. Maberley's Nina filly ST. LEGER. - 9 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Bud 15 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 16 to 1 agst Duke of Leeds's Lady Mowbray 16 to 1 apt Mr. Richardson's St. Nicholas 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Major 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Reginald 25 to 8 agst Mr. Petre's Laura. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOIL THE ENSUING. WEEP. The Duke of Rutland's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Her ring's Lodge; Wednesday, at Croxton Park; Friday, at Weaver's Lodge; and Saturday, at Belvoir—at Half-past Ten. The Cottesmore Hounds, on Monday, at Corby bar ; Tuesday, at Owston Wood ; and Thursday, at Carlby Windmill—at a Quarter before Eleven. Earl Fitzwilliam's Hounds, on Monday, at Sawtty Garse; Wednesday, at Hunt's Closes; and Thursday, at Helby Wood—at Ten. Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Gautby House ; Tuesday, at Branston Wood ; Wednesday, Wince by Village; Thursday, at Kettlethorpe ; Friday, at Clay Bridge ; and Saturday, at Brant Broughton—at Eleven. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Scawby House ; Tuesday, at Roxton Wood ; Friday, at Elkington Cow Pasture; and Saturday, at Kettlrby Thorpe—at Eleven. The East Sussex Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Newtim ber ; Thursday, at Plumpton Plain; and Saturday, at Jevington—at a Qualter to Woven. The Brighton Harriers on nday, at Pateham ; Wed nesday, at the Race Course ; aifd.Friday, at the Dyke—at Half-past Ten. The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at Newmarket- Hill ; Wednesday, at Ashcombe, the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel ; and Friday, at .Telscombe Tye—at Half past Ten. Mr. Jolliffe's Hounds, on Monday, at Box Hill ; Wed nesday, at Horse Hills; and Saturday, at Windmill Wal ton—at Eleven. The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Hamsey Green ; Thursday, at the Rose and Crown ; and Saturday, at Liinpsfield—at Half-past Ten. The Cambridgeshire Hounds, on Monday, at Hardwkke Arms ; and Friday, at Tadlow—at Half-past Ten. The Puckeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Furneaux Pelham ; Wednesday, at Blakes Ware; and Saturday, at Capons—at Half-past Ten. The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Melbourn Hyde ; and Thursday, at the Red Lion, Reed Hill—at Half past Ten. The.Doddington Harriers, on Tuesday, at Green's Mill; and Friday, at Mill Field. Sir Richard Pulleston's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Clo verley ; and Friday, at Crewe-green—at Eleven. The Cheshire Hounds, Monday, at Sandiway . Head ; Wednesday, at Henbury Lodge ; Thursday, at Withing ton ; and Saturday, at Weaver-hall--at Half-past Ten. The remainder of the French troops have re turned from the Morea. The insalubrity of the climate has caused enormous losses. The officers complain of their food, which consisted only of salt meat, and urea limed dysentery. L; ,S. The reluctance of the parish officers of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields to prosecute a wretch of more than ordinary criminality, even in her line, is very reprehensible. Should they fail of a conviction, which is hardly passible, they must disturb the miscreant in her horrid calling, com pared to which body-snatching is a life of inno cence. Have the parish-officers of St. Martin's no time for any thing but defending their rights and those of the- select vestry against the unbend- lug and indefatigable Mr. Fenn ? The princi pal street of London, the Strand, becomes a nui sance, from the assaults of abandoned women and girls, as soon as it enters their parish : whereas the nuisance ought rather to diminish as the distance from the theatres ir.creases. Our opinion is, that the New Police have already effected much good ; but they ought to be sup ported by the parochial authorities, or else their utility will inevitably decline. They are also decent, respectable, and quiet•looking men ; and are calculated, by their appearance, to inspire among ourselves, and to give foreigners, an high opinion of our domestic policy. It is not alien to this subject to note an error, at least as we conceive it to be, in our proceedings in crimi nal cases, from which much mischief proceeds. Why, in all capital offences, except that of mur der, is so long a time suffered to elapse between the conviction of the offender and his execution Be it observed that we are not now defending the propriety of capital punishments : they make a part of the law of the land, and while they con tinue to do so, they ought, we say, to be in flicted speedily. How is the time of the convict usually spent after his conviction, and almost up to the day of his execution ? In a corre spondence, which it is impossible to prevent, with his old partners in crime. They support his courage by messages and communications ; and he takes an interest in their enterprises : he no doubt goes to chapel, prays, weeps, and talks piously at intervals ; but it is notorious that he knows full well what is going on out of doors. The convicted burglar in Newgate sees, in his nightly visions, the burglary which is committing by his late comrades, and in which he would have participated had he been free : he trembles for their dan ger, and rejoices in their escape, nor in truth does he seriously prepare for death till it is com municated to him that the fatal warrant is signed. We feel convinced, therefore, that where it is determined to subject the offender to the law's severest award, not more than a week, perhaps not more than three days, should be suffered to in tervene between his conviction and the execution of the sentence ; and that such despatch would both be a powerful method of preventing crime by the terror which it would inspire, and the truest compassion to the sufferer. We have also an additional reason for recommending this course ; and that is, that it. will intercept the pro ceedings of humanity-mongers, which we are convinced are becoming very injurious to the laws, and to the respect due to them : for, under existing circumstances, no sooner is a thief con demned, than this class of persons, having all the evidence of the conviction before them, im mediately set themselves to work to hunt out other evidence to subvert it. and, having plenty of time before them for the execution of their task, and no one being employed on the other side to search for evidence to rebut theirs, it has happened that few men have been convicted even on grounds the most sure, but some futile and specious pretext has been subsequently ai s ., covered to shake the verdict. :• So that t 4 d ut y of a petty-juryman, difficult at all times, is ren dered doubly difficult : he can hardly ever come well out of a trial followed by conviction. Either let the laws be altered, or let them be executed with promptitude and vigour.—Times. In the number of' the Quarterly Review pub • lished yesterday, there is an article on our Fi nances, which contains various statements de serving of attention at this time. The Finance Committee, in their Report, had shown that tot. duties on several of the principal articles or, ge neral consumption, which had been s'abject to no change, experienced a considerable rise be tween 1823 and 1827. The Reviewer has en tered into a more extensive investigation of this most interesting and instructive subject. " The very favourable conclusion," he says, " at which the Committee arrived, induced us to extend the inquiry over the former years of the peace. The result is shown by the following table, in the formation of which we have selected twelve ar ticles :—Six of daily enjoyment—tea, coffee, sugar, wine, foreign spirits, and tobacco ; and five of household necessity—soap, starch, candle of wax and tallow, and bricks. To these silk has been added. Beer we have not inserted, because its late increase (Justices' Juice ;t P . ) has outgrown, we understand, the progress in the consumption of malt. Leather is alsoet has xcl l i e id, in ed by an imperfection inuethheieprlri hasecatutiol i ri gil of sNel figures a ab returns. The quan tities given below are those of domestic con sumption."wiiicli " The reviewer anuseless n been avoided, by adopting one million as the unit, so that the decimal places are hundreds of i thousands, &c:' Even with this 'limitation, the table presents so formidable an array of figures, that we are unable at present to insert it. In includes the consumption for the.years 1816- 17-18-19-20-21-22.23-24-25-26-27 and 1829, excepting that wax, soap, tallow, starch, and bricks, are not given for 1828. The fol lowing is the result roundly stated by the ReL viewer :—" We here see that the people of this country have, in the Jag yeaf,. coughed one .half more of candles, soap, starch, bricks, su gar, brandy, and one-third more of tea, than they did only twelve years ago- . ---a date which seems to most of us recent. Yet on none of these articles has there been any . considerable reduction of duty. The consumption of the re maining commodities, the imposts on which have been abated, has increased in various pro portions. Within the last six years, coffee has doubled, rum and wine have grown by one half, tobacco at a slower rate. Of raw silk six times as much, and of thrown silk there have been introduced three times as much, as at the close of the war. In tracing on the table the steps of this general progress, we find that %;:ailri,llganedhbh;asa been higher the year 1825 shows in every column. sudden advance, which is not surprisin, for that was the year of excess, but we alsO ° find that this d even under our spring tide of consumption has had no counter t a t a s reached tiicl elisot bi generally con tended t o h n a present discouragement. The sudden but last -1 the mg advance extends to almost every official re tended that - ou t r ls p ; op al u u l i ati: , n e has i ncre ased ld wish t 0 in the w crLauo i t i rli a inos t uo b mof e fe t l t tli c 'hei r ibseyv increasei period."e ic can be afforded of the ab