The Sun. — London, England, 1829-07-25 00:00:00

SPMIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Whatever dissatisfaction and resistance may have been excited by the measures introduced by this Government for improving the condition of the slave population in the West Indies, seem really to have been but trifling, all things consi dered, to the towering indignation which has been roused in our semi-East-Indian possession of the Mauritius by measures of a similar cha racter. And from this we should infer (it is matter of inference and conjecture only) that sin cere and bona fide exertions had not previously been made for alleviating the sufferings and li miting the extent of slavery. We do not know who is hit by this remark, but we suppose some one will think himself aggrieved. A Protector of the slaves, an official person, has been ap pointed at the Mauritius, and there is nothing at present which informs us whether his conduct has been prudent or otherwise ; but we observe that the proclamation of Sir Charles Colville, issued with a view to appease the commotion created by the Protector, is as prudent and tem perate a production as could well have been put forth ; and yet it is characterised by the enraged colonists► as if it were something like King Herod's decree to put all the innocents to death ; therefore we cannot take the account given by the same people of the conduct of the Slave protector for gospel. Sir Charles assures the colonists that the fact is undoubted, that "it neither is, nor ever has been, the disposition of the local Government to act of its own accord, or to authorise any steps (in the management of the slaves) which are not sanctioned by the order in council." In another part, he says, " he will transmit to his Majesty's Secretary for the Colo nies the remonstrances which have been made ; but at the same time he feels it his duty to ad vise the inhabitants of the colony not to rely upon any material change being made in a sys tem, which the voice of Parliament has declared must be universal in the government of all the British colonies where slaves exist." Is there any thing unreasonable in this, that one universal rule is to prevail ? Yet does a declaration so just, joined to a warning so humane, seem to the French commentator of the Mauritius like an order to ravage this individual colony with fire and sword. Neither can he suppose that " the Duke of Wellington, if he be a great statesman, will hold himself irrevocably bound by the letter of resolutions passed in the House .of Commons." This person has an happy idea of " a great statesman" in England ! That he is to set at nought the resolutions of the House of Commons, and in truth the law of the land, for the notable purpose of enabling a few French planters, on a nutshell of an island in the South Sea, to tyrannize over their poor slaves ! Rise, Jupiter, and put out the sun and moon to make way for the lustre of the farthing candle! Upon the whole, we as yet see nothing either to incul pate or exculpate in the conduct of the Pro tector; but undoubtedly the Government will force the Mauritius planters into the system laid down for the other colonists, without the slightest regard to their noise and nonsense.— A considerable sensation has been produced in the legal world by the sudden, and, at this period of the forensic season of the year, extra ordinary measure of creating the four new King's Counsel, whose appointment was notified on Thursday morning. When the project of esta blishing an additional Court of Equity was, some time ago, in immediate contemplation, it was regarded as a necessary consequence of the arrangement, that a certain number of silk gowns should be bestowed on the gentlemen who pro posed attaching themselves to the New Court. But Lord Lyndhurst's Bill having been with drawn by Mr. Peel in the manner which at tracted so much notice, all expectation of a dis tribution of honours was at an end. There can, however, be little difficulty in conjecturing the means through which the measure had been brought about ; and those who look with suspi cion on the influence which Government exer cises over the profession by conferring at pleasure rank and precedence on favoured individuals, will rind important matter for reflection in the near relationship which one of the new King's Counsel bears to 3 certain Noble Cabinet Minister of high legal name. Three of the persons promoted are practitioners in the Court of Chancery ; and there is, undoubtedly, no ground for animadversion on the selection of them ; but the fourth, the individual so power fully connected, belongs to the King's Bench Bar ; and upon his pretensions. to distinction a very different opinion may be formed. Too much it certainly is not to say, that the astonish ment his brethren feel at his present promotion is only exceeded by the sentiment some time ago occasioned by the run - our of his preposterous elevation to the then vacant office of Solicitor- General. It must also be remarked, that a gen tleman standing in the same happy degree of re lationship to another member of the Duke of Wellington's Cabinet was, not long since, selected to fill the comfortable place of a Welch Judge. These proceedings are conceived in a very gal lant and magnanimous disdain of political jea lousy ; but they had better not be carried much further, we think, unless Ministers are prepared to avow a principle of action, which, though commonly enough influencing in secret the pos sessors of power, has never been openly pro fessed by any Government in this country that we have heard of.—Morning Chronicle. The Quarterly Review for July contains some curious specimens of reasoning run mad, In an article on Gooch on Insanity, there is the following passage : " On the effects of non-indulgence, this author has a very remarkable passage : " ' It is a ridiculous and fatal tenderness (says he) which causes the reason of mature years to succumb to the caprices of infancy. Every body gives to his son an education above his station and fortune ;- so that children, despising the knowledge of their pa rents, disdain the influence of their experience. Accustomed to follow his inclinations, and unused to be thwarted, the child becomes a man, and cannot resist the vicissitudes, the reverses, and the commo tions of life. At the slightest stroke of adversity, madness bursts out, the reason being deprived of support, while the passions wo unrestrained and re sistless,' " We would particularly direct th e n attention of the reader to the assertion—made, be it :emem bered, by a most competent judge—that one of the causes of insanity is an education unsuited to the individual's station in society; and we would ask if it be not among the most obvious propensities of the present day to over educate ? It is not to use ful, but to useless knowledge, that we object. Knowledge, it is true, is power; but it furnishes the power to do evil as well as good; and at there is a greater proneness in human nature to the one than to the other, so unassisted knowledge is mischievous in proportion to its extent. While learning is put forth in every shape, wisdom is almost wholly ne glected. Dues any man believe that to furnish the future weaver, or• carpenter, with the education of a scholar, or n man of science, will make him more contented in the sphere in which he is thrown ? it not rather palpable that the more fitted lie is for a higher station in society—the mare talents he has acquired, the greater the effort of mind must be to keep him happy and contented in that to which for tune has fixed him. A few minds of heroic strength and elevation will stand such trials as these triumphantly. Granted; but what comes of the great, the immense, the miserable majority ? Is it right to tamper with the happiness of mankind in this fashion ? Ask any physician what classes of persons are most largely represented in the mad house : he will answer, unless we be sadly mis taken, private tutors, and (still more wretched) governesses." - In the above two things are dearly demon strated—first, that all education is bad ; and, secondly, that it is the cause of madness. There is a greater proneness in human nature, quoth the writer, to evil than to good ; and as know ledge is power, every addition to knowledge is mischievous in proportion to its extent, as the power to do evil rather than good is increased. This depravity of human nature settles the ques tion at once. Messrs. Rawlinson and Dyer and other Magistrates narrowed the question un necessarily, when they supposed education only an evil in the case of persons, .in destitute cir cumstances, who are under an inevitable neces sity of thieving, as it made them more dextrous. But the Quarterly Reviewer holds, that in all cases knowledge is an evil, and consequently that the savage of New Holland is in a more desirable condition than the Savant of Europe. This is, to be sure, not a new doctrine—it is but a new edition of the famous discovery of the phi losopher of Geneva, that the nearer a man is to the ourang-outang, the nearer he is to perfec tion. To be sure he qualifies the position by the word unassisted. It is unassisted know ledge that is mischievous in proportion to its ex tent. But how are we to know who is assisted, and who unassisted? Knowledge is an evil— that is certain ; and the greater the knowledge the greater the evil. But, with assistance in certain cases, the proneness to evil may be coun teracted. But we can never be certain who is assisted, whereas we know that knowledge gene rally speaking is an evil. To make sure then let us proscribe all knowledge, and return to the condition when— " Wild in the woods the noble savage ran." The argument against education, from its ten dency to produce madness, is, we believe, origi nal. If the writer of the article were our friend, we should endeavour to withdraw his mind as much as possible from a subject which seems to have engrossed too much of his attention. A man ought to possess a mind of a peculiarly strong texture to be able to bear up long against the gloomy consideration, that in civilized com munities, whichever way we turn, we behold madness at work. The great cause of the ad , vancement of societies is the desire almost uni versal of bettering one's situation. As the Poet sings, " Man never is, but always to be, blessed." From the moment we enter on the stage of the world we are dissatisfied with the part we happen to be acting, arid desirous of trying another. Connected with this restlessness is the wish to scrape together all we can for our children, and to give them the best education within our reach, under the impression that a higher station than our own will confer greater happiness on them. But this, it seems, is a dreadful mistake. The parent when he has begot his child, and filled his belly till he has completed his growth, has done his duty. He who looks forward through the delusive medium placed before the mind's eye by Hope to the ad ' vancement of his son—who when his own career is nearly run, feels a prolongation, as it were, of existence in a child, and believes he can never do too much for that child—is a wicked father. Fool that he is—his kindness will only open to his child the gates of Bedlam. The only happy persons are those who, instead of being educated for stations above those of their parents, are educated for lower stations.— , Thus the son of a barber is sure to become mad if educated for a Barrister, but the son of a Bar rister will be supremely happy if educated for a barber. From the commencement of life the latter is always descending ; and therefore having been thwarted betimes, he cannot be taken by surprise by the vicissitudes of life. What a pity that these great discoveries were not made a little sooner ! The system of our education has, it is to be feared, taken already deep root. We have now no alternative but to build additional Bedlams. We have heard other evils ascribed to education. The Town Magistrates maintain that it multiplies thieves ; the Country Magis trates, that the number of bastard children has regularly increased with the number taught to read and write. And to think that the very pub lisher, from whose shop such valuable truths emanate, is at this very moment engaged in an extensive speculation for diffusing knowledge at a cheap rate among the people—in one hand . he holds the picture of a Madhouse, with an in scription over it, " Behold the end of learning— Receptacle for Private Tutors and Governesses;" and in the other a cheap Life of Bonaparte, with beautiful embellishments, to lure the people to their doom.—lbid. The verdict in the case of Rogers v. Tyler will have the effect of overthrowing the self-ap pointed junta called the " Select Vestry" of St. Giles', Bloomsbury. Mr. Rogers deserves great credit for bringing this matter to a legal issue. He had attended a meeting of the " Select Vestry" on a particular occasion, under the ex pectation that they would expel him from the room. They did order him out ; and, as he in sisted on his right to be present, as a rated parishioner, they forcibly ejected him, whereupon he brought his action of trespass and assault, which involved the question of the exclusive powers of the Select Vestry. Now, it so hap pens that this Select Vestry was not one which claimed to derive its existence from any Act of Parliament, but founded its pretensions upon the more uncertain tenure of immemorial usage.— Such usage as evidence of a custom existing since beyond the time of legal memory, is, in deed, as high an authority as an Act of Parlia ment, when, once satisfactorily proved. No custom can be said to be beyond the time of legal memory which cannot be traced back as far as the reign of Richard the First, either by posi tive proof, or by reasonable inference when there is no proof to the contrary. It appears to us from the evidence, as it did to the Jury, that there was no ground for presuming that this Sel:4 - - Vestry existed by any other " right" than that of modern usurpation, which is the case with a great many others, which we hope will be also nut to the proof of their legality. In fact, it was clear that the parish had been always ma, naged by an open Vestry until, as the Counsel for the plaintiff contended, the Vestry appointed a Committee, when the parish had become more populous, for the purpose of arranging the busi ness of the Vestry, but not for monopolizing its powers. That Committee continued to act as such down to the end of the seventeenth cen tury, having never done any parochial acts but with the consent and approbation of the pa rishioners at large. It was even shown that down so late as the year 1723 they were appointed by the parish ; but this Committee, in process of time, by the supineness of the inhabitants, and their own artful management, got the affairs of the parish into their own sole control and direc tion, the parish at large retaining nothing of its ancient rights but that of electing Churchwardens, and even to that the Select Vestry laid claim. — Thus these persons, who were only appointed by I the open Vestry of the parish to look after their business, subverted the power which appointed them, and slapped the doors in the faces of their masters. Such, upon inquiry, would be found to be the origin of many corporate and other ex• ' , elusive powers of local government in this king dom. The crafty few, by unity of action and vigilance of purpose, are generally able to over come the disunited and inactive many. Where ever the inhabitants of a parish have been so neglectful of their own interests, or so addicted to their ease as to allow a busy, meddling, grasping, little knot of individuals to take the trouble off their hands of governing their own affairs, they have paid clearly for their laziness and neglect by the taxes they have had to pay, and the insolence they have had to endure.—Morning Herald. Whoever perused the letter from our Man chester correspondent in our yesterday's paper, can scarcely have failed to be impressed with the truth of what we have all along been endeavour ing to inculcate on the minds of our readers— namely, that the cotton trade, notwithstanding all our advantages, is taking its departure from this country, and that the great evil under which the country is groaning is neither excessive trad ing, or over-production, or the substitution of machinery for manual labour—but one which has for years been approaching us in every shape, and which has now come upon us like an " armed man," in all its terrors—we mean exces sive poverty; this painful and melancholy truth is now clear to every one. There is no possi bility of avoiding seeing it in every branch ; for it is visible in all, and becomes daily worse, without any feasable prospect of its being either amended or remedied. If we go to the manu facturing districts, we find the capitalist not only obliged to content himself with some thing less than a fair remuneration for his outlay, and even for that remuneration, trifling as it is, to trust his property for months in the hands of those who have little other se curity to give than their industry and enterprise. If we take a survey of the agricultural districts, we find the stock of the farmer exhausted, and, maugre the aid of the Corn Laws, pauperism the main characteristic of his labourers. If we return to the metropolis, there is no quarter from which time cry of distress is not heard. Credit is almost unknown—the capitalists will not lend their money to traders, but lay it out instead on Government Funds, mortgages, and reversionary interests— profit is a term in the mercantile vocabulary which has lost its usual meaning, and in a word, " come foul, come fair," there are few living at the present day who remember to have ever witnessed such a general depression among all classes. coupled with so small a prospect of its being removed. The primary cause of all these evils, we have already observed, is the excessive poverty of those whose industry and enterprise were formerly wont to promote the prosperity of the country ;—but the proximate and immediate cause is the substraction of the small notes, and the consequent limitation of credit by bankers. This was a step which the country could not afford to take. Gold may lie the best tender for luxurious living ; but where there is no gold, a cheaper medium and less comfort must suffice ; and co►►fident we are that, sooner or later, the Government must make a return to paper money, The increased amount of taxes and charges of all kinds, in consequence of the in creased value of money, is now felt to be a burthen which no one has the ability to bear.— Morning Advertiser. NEW INNER TEMPLE REGULATIONS. A statement has been circulated amongst the profession, that in the King's Bench, a day or two ago, a barrister inquired of Mr. Gurney, the King's Counsel, and one of the Benchers of the Inner Temple, what was intended by the new regulations ? The reply is said to be in substance, that the effect of the new regulations would in fitct be negative, and that the object was merely to keep out low people. It is also said that Mr. Richards, one of the proposed examiners, intimated, in answer to similar in quiries, that in general the examinations would be light, for the fact was, that they were insti tuted for the purpose of keeping out certain in dividuals who could be kept out by no other means. In reference to a public matter of this nature, there can be no breach of confidence in making knowß statements of this kind which are in circulation amongst the profession. These avowals at once confirm the apprehension of those below the bar—special pleaders, attorneys, and students—as to the sinister purpose of the regulations, and stamp their conclusions from the mass of other evidence, that the pretence of anxiety that the future members of the bar should be highly qualified was utterly unfounded. For low persons must be read persons not of recog nized aristocratic rank, for the Benchers have already the power of refusing to call persons against whom any disreputable transaction can be proved. In one or two instances, to which it is necessary to advert, they have exercised the power in a manner which would perhaps obtain the sanction of the public, but in the majority of instances they have interfered in a manner en tirely reprehensible. In general, their existing rules, as respects attorneys, are framed in a narrow and most invidious spirit. Horne Tooke was a student of the Inner Temple, and he was rejected, not because he had not property, for he had at the time an independence —n or be cause he did not know Latin and Greek, and General Literature—nor because he had been an attorney; but because he had the stain of having been ordained a clergyman, a blot which the Benchers decided never could be washed from his character, though his morals and qualifica tions in other respects were indisputable.— Morning Chronicle. STEUART, and his female associate, who re ceived sentence of death on Tuesday, for the murder of ROBERT LAMONT, on board the Toward Castle steam boat, on the River Clyde, in the month of December last. being classed appear with t e o i b n e , a m r noantsetedresmoofnism oy the N l v ir o e r s t t h y p t o ) r f t. ...yen be fore his trial, STEUART admitted to some p ersons who had access to him that he had dyne . (murdered) seven persons besides L A moNT, by administering to them what he called, by poisoning in his them t a i n te d, d s o ii c i t e t e tr, i, s ha c t on is v icti on he has, we understand, confessed to three more murders, making el even i n a ll,_ Caledonian Mercury. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 24. THE RING V. SUSANNAH SCOTT. In this case, which was unfinished yesterday when we went to press, and which was brought by Mr. Wellesley against Susannah Scott, for perju►y, the Jury found the defendant "Not Guilty." COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 24. HERON V. MILLER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, as Secretary of the Society for the protection of Trade against Swindling, to recover damages for an injury inflicted on his credit by the publication of a circular, warning persons from deal ing with the plaintiff, because he carried OA business with a firm in Broad-street-buildings, which was a disreputable house. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up the evidence, The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages, 40s. ADMIRALTY COURT, JULY 24. The Court was engaged during the whole day in a question arising out of the captures in the year 1813 by the joint British and Sicilian forces. The question came before the Court on the report of the Registrar and merchants upon the cases of the Cara Achnzet and Paolina. The matters in dispute were of little public interest, which absolves us from the necessity of attempting to enucleate what seemed a mass of perplexity and confusioN. The object of the advocates of the report appeared to be, to pre vent certain moneys from being paid into the hands of Count Ludolf, the Sicilian Minister. PALACE COURT, JULY 24. INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT.-MONCRIEFF, ESQ. V. WILLIAMS. This was an action brought by Mr. Moncrieff, the celebrated dramatic writer, against Mr. Williams, who formerly was an actor at Sadlers' Wells, for an Infringement of Copyright. The Court was crowded with actors and authors. There were Elliston, Grimaldi, sen., Keeley, &c. &c. A Special Jury having been sworn, Mr. CAPEL stated that the action was brought for injury done by the pirating a book, of which the plaintiff was author. Mr. EARLE appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Mon crieff, who wrote the present work to be represented by Mr. Williams, at Sadl er ' s W e ll s . It was ca ll e d "Williams's Visits." He not only played it, but he sold it to Mr. Duncombe for 201. This was what was complained of. It was understood perfectly, by actors, that the right to play did not comprehend the right to publish. The damages were laid at 191. 19s. John Duncombe, a publisher—Knows the work called " Williams' Visit, or, Three Hours before Supper." Purchased it with other things on spe culation, of Mr. Williams. Had a receipt from him. (Receipt produced for 201. for two dramatic works and a song.) Stag deposed, that he witnessed the caution given by the plaintiff to the defendant, not to publish. Cross-examined.—Mr. Moncrieff was an author by profession. He was also within the last three months a printer. Understood from Mr. Moncrieff that he was employed to write a piece for the de fendant, and was to get 301. for it; did not see the piece represented. _ _ - Mr. ADOLPHUS—No ; I believe nobody saw it after the first night.—(Laughter.) Mr. Elliston—Well knew the practice as to copy right ; the copyright did not accompany the per formance. Cross-examined—If a manager employed an au thor to write for him, he did not become possessed of the right of publishing by any means. In cases in which managers published pieces, they must have first purchased them. Mr. Peake—Had written many things for the stage. The copyright of a dramatic piece belonged to the author only. A specific agreement was made with the manager. Mr. ADOLPHUS—Pray is their any thing dramatic in this piece of trumpery P—Mr. Peake—There is a great dual of fun it. It is not a drama. It is a performance by one person—a new species of writing. He had, he said, paid Mr. Moncrieff 3001. for a piece, called the " Home Circuit."—(Laugh ter.) Mr. AnoLplius—Aye, he might have written some good things, but " Our Homer sometimes sleeps as well as the Homer of old."—(Laughter.) Mr. ADOLPHUS then addressed the Jury and read extracts from the piece, illustrative of the rank it held in literature. If we may judge from the effect produced in the Court, the audience must have been very ill-natured, for there was not a sentence that had not fun in it, and that did not set the Court in a roar. The Judge having summed up, the Jury, after five minutes' consideration, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 191. 19s. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) Susan._The Sugar Market continues to have a lan guid appearance, and several holders, who are determined sellers, have submitted to lower prices where parcels could be cleared off; this particularly applies to good Musco vades ; for the ord. brown descriptions there has been more demand, arising probably from the near approach of the fruit season : the prices of the latter are fully maintained. The estimated sales in this week are 2,600 hhds. and trs. This day at public sale 168 hhds. '75 trs. 66 barrels St. Lucia Sugars, the whole sold, the low dry brown 465. 6d. up to 5Ss. 6d. for the best ; they went off at full prices and with firmness, and we should not be surprised to see the Market improve from this very depressed state of trade. In the Refined Market there is little variation this week ; the few purchases made are at prices a shade lower, on ac count of a small accumulation in the stock. Molasses steady. EAST INDIA Seca ns.—ln Mauritius or East India Sugars the only alteration is that the former of good quality, yellow is Is. lower. FOREIGN SUGA RS.—There continues to be a good demand for white Havannahi Sugars, but there are no sales, as the holders refuse the offers made, which are at rather lower rates ; 100 boxes low middling yellow sold at 29s.—At public sale 224 boxes Havannah slightly damaged white sold 421. 6d. a 445. ; yellow 265. a 30s. 6d. ; 89 chests low white Pernams all taken in, 18 barrels good white sold at 31s. COFFEE.—The extensive public sales of Coffee brought forward this week occasioned a heavy Market, and the prices of Coffee generally were a shade lower. St. Domingo fell Is. a 2s. per cwt., good fine ord. selling 325. a 335. 6d. There were 7,200 bags East India of various kinds, which sold at a resluction of 6d. to Is. ; Batavia ord. to good ord. 325. a 355. 6d ; Ceylon ord. to good ord. 31s. a 335. ; Sa marang and Sumatra ord. 30s. a 315., a small parcel good ord. Brazil sold at 34s.—This day at public sale 154 casks Jamaica Coffee, nearly the whole sold, and at prices rather higher. The Market is very firm for British Plantation Coffee. RUM, BaAmor, AND Hor.LANDs.—Th e only sales of Ruin lately are small parcels Leewards, 41 little over, at Is. 9-id. In Brandy or Geneva there is no alteration. OlLS.—Sperm at the public sale 63/.}os. a 641. ; the price of British is quoted at 2/. lower. The business in Seed Oils has been to some extent. COTTON.—The sales of Cotton have been inconsiderable, on account of the buyers waiting the events of this day's sales at the India House and Mincing -lane. About 11,200 bales of Cotton were offered by public Sale to-day, of which only a small part was disposed of; for the Com pany's Bengal there was good competition, the prices were per lb. below the previous currency, which ow limited supply on the Market had ruled much a ain b bg o o v ut e to' t l: i i e .e ir relative value ; for the Surats there was scarcely any bidding, a great part were brought in at low rates, and some at id. a ad. above the general valuations, but what were sold, realized prices equal to the public sales in May, for middling qualities, and rather lower for the inferior kinds. Offered Sold 2550 Sid. t o 3d . goo d or d . to or d . f a i r , 1400 3d. f or very or d ., aid . a 31d. or d. to 72t mid. 6°gSurat,13 fair, e ga 4Y. good fair.L 300 Madras, none. 200 Bourbon, GO W. a qd. for mid. to good fair. WooL,—By public sale yesterday, 168 bales New South WH ITECHAPEI, HAY MARKET'.—JuIy 23. Hay 455. Od. to 955. Od. 4 I (lover 0.1. to 115 s. Ott Straw os. Od. to 445. Od. Wales Wool 4d. a la. 2d. per lb. ; 41 bales Van Diemen's Land sd. a 9d. ; 29 bales unwashed Spanish Wool 4id. a sd. ; three bales German Wool Sid. a Is. sd. TOBACCO.-In Tobacco no sales to any extent are re ported. - HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.-The Tallow Market is firm, and the prices a shade higher.—ln Hemp or Flax there is no alteration. ASIIES.-The holder of 2 , l.hes are more firm and not sell at the late reduced prices. SALTPETRE.-Saltpetre is a shade lower. Yesterday at public sale 598 bags 245. 6d. a 255. I'ICES.-Spices generally are offering on lower terms without facilitating sales; Pimento is -3d. per lb. lower, fair quality sold in parcels at FRUIT.-The purchases of Fruit are quite inconsider able; the prices are without variation. - . IRISH Pe.ovistosis.-In Beef or Pork there is no altera tion ; Butters have met a more ready sale, on account of the short supplies, but there is little alteration in the cur rency; Bacon maintains the late prices. INntoo.-The East India Company's Sale of Indigo, which commenced on the 14th inst., finished on the 22d ; it consisted originally of 5,916 chests, being 3,761 chests of Bengal, 1,456 Madras, 653 Oude, and 46 Java, Pon dicherry, and Figs; during the sale there were withdrawn 89 chests Bengal, 54 Madras, and 10 Oude, and three chests of Madras were refused, being taxed too high ; the quantity therefore that passed the sale was 5,760 chests, which went at the following prices, viz., Blue and Violet, Bs. 6d. a 9s. per lb. ; Purple and Violet, Bs. 3d. a Bs. 6d. : Violet, 6s. 6d. a Bs. ; Violet and Copper, ss. 6d. a 7s. ; Copper, ss. 6d. a his. 3d. ; Consuming sorts, 4s. 6d. a 6s. ; Oude, good to fine, 4s. a fie. 2d. ; ditto, middling and low, 2s. 9d. a 39. ; Trash is Is. 2d. a2s. 6d. ; Madras, good and fine, 4s. a ss. 3d. ; ditto, ordinary to good mid., 2s. 6d. a 3s. 9d. ; ditto, low and bad, Is. 11d. a 2s. 4d. The sale went very unevenly, as follows, viz., Good to fine Bengal from 3d. a is. per lb. lower than last sale; middling to good middling ditto, 3d. a 9d. ; defective and consuming sorts, 6d. a Is. ; Madras, 3d. a 9d. ; good'and fine Oude, 3d. a 4d. ; middling and ordinary ditto, near the same as last sale. The proprietors have bought in about 400 chests Bengal, 400 Oude, and 400 Madras.- At the commencement of the sale there was a great want of animation ; but as it proceeded there was wore spirit, and towards the conclusion the Bengal sorts went higher, and obtained nearly the April sale prices. By public sale yesterday, 50 serons Caraccas and 323 serons Guatema►a Indigo were offered : nearly all sold at about the same prices as the late sales. The Caraccas sold from 2s. 10d. a 6s. 3d., and the Guatemala from 2s. a 6s. 9d. for ordi nary sorts to good sobre, and one Flora at Bs. The sales were well attended, and went off with spirit. PRICES OF HOPS.—July 24. Kent Pockets 61. 6s. 61. 153. to 71 12s. Sutsexllitto _ 51. 16s. 61. 6s. to 6/. 15s. Essex Ditto 6/. Os. 71. 10s. to 7/. O. Farnham Ditto, Fine seconds , 01. Os. 71. lOs. to 91. Os. 51. Os. 6/. 6s. to 71. Os. 41. 10s. 51. Bs. to 5/. 12s. 5/. Os. 61. 12s. to 61. Os. Old Duty laid at £38,000. Kent Bags... Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto. New Ware PRICE OF POTATOES.—JuIy 24. 4/. Os. to 4/. 4s. per ton. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 77401. Os. v Refined ..,x..£42 0 Linseed Oil 29 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 10 10 Rape Cake, per ton 5 5 PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. _ tt. tod. Per th. d. to d. 8utt5..........50 to 561 b... 19 20 Tanned Horse Hides..,, 17 21 Ditto-60 to 6611,.... 21 22 Spanish Ditto 2:3 28 Dressing hides 14 17 Per dozen. Fine Coach Hides 19 21 Call - Skins...36 to 411th. 18 24 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 141 16 Ditto 50 to 70Ib. 23 29 Ditto 45 to 501 b. 16 181 Ditto i 0 to 801 b. 21 23 Ditto RAW HIDES. Per Stone. a. tr. to s. d. Per Stone. a. d. to a. d. Rest Ileiturs& Stgers2 63 0 I Ordinary 110 2 0 Middlings— 2 2 2 4 Mai ket Calf-- 6 0 each. SHEEP SKINS. 2s. Al. to 3s. At. I Shear Os. At. to Os. 6d Lambs Is. Od. to Is. 6d. PRICE OF TALLOW, SO Town Tallow 41s. 61. Yellow Russia Od. White. 40i. Od. Soap Ditto Od. Melted Stuff . 325. Od. Ditto Rough. 225. Od. Al', Sic. per 1121b.—July 24. Yellow 725. Od. Mottled 78s. Od. White 82s. Od. Graves 16s. Od. Good ss. Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone et 81b.—July 21. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) _ 9 s. 2d. Plt ICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows : Candles, per doz. Bs. Pd. to Os. Ocl., I Moulds, per dozen 6d. COAL MAW Adair's Beatimontw.......-25 II Boundary Moor.„--, 24 6 Burden Heblsurn Main 27 6 Holywell 26 6 Killingworth , 27 9 Liddell's 21 3 Pontop Windsor 25 0 Shipcote 2l 6 "fantield _ Tan field Lea- 2B 6 Townley 26 9 Willington %Vylain Walls End Bew ick eSz Co. 30 0 Walls End Brown's 27 3 Ditto Burraton 27 9 Ditto Clarke and C 0.... 26 0 Walls End Carr and Co. 26 0 Ditto Crainlington.—....., 26 0 Ditto Hilda 27 0 Ships at market, 974 —Slii ET.-July 24. ips sold, 52-Unsol COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE - - Walls End Newmarch,.. 295. 6d. Ditto 27 0 Ditto Heaton „30 3 Ditto Northumberland 27 6 Ditto Perkins and C 0...., 27 3 Ditto Itiddcll's . 29 6 Ditto Russell's 30 9 Ditto Walker 30 6 Fawcett Main 21 6 Lambton's Primrose 28 6 Neshani Main 28 0 Walls End 32 0 Walls End Lyons 30 0 Walls End Stewart's 31 3 Russell's Hetton's W. E. 31 0 Blackboy Main 30 0 Fordel Main 33 0 Hartley 28 6 Tanfield Trader--...... 29 6 Russell's small Walls End small 18 6 d, 45X. Wheat. 70 '76 54 '75 56 8) 78 80 61 '72 68 '72 67 70 56 78 60 70 58 76 62 '73 55 82 44 78 55 78 72 b 8 68 76 72 84 72 76 5.5. a. R. tl. 10 6 11 9 Per Quarter. Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater —........ Bristol Chesterfield .-.„— Derby Deviies Doncaster ..,-- Dorchester--..... Exeter----- Gloucester-,.. Hungertbrd Newbury Romsey Shaftesbury ..-- Shepton Mallet .., Slierbonie......--. Taunton —...--..,..-. Yeovil Per Bushel. Shrewsbury 29 34 30 36 32 40 36 40 33 38 27 30 31 39 30 38 29 37 30 38 32 38 33 38 43 33 40 36 40 38 40 s. d. s. (I. 56 62 42 45 40 44 40 50 40 42 36 44 40 46 44 45 40 46 41 54 42 49 46 52 36 40 38 45 42 48 46 30 40 40 48 40 44 42 46 s.d. s.d. 00 00 Barley. Oats. 26 32 19 25 22 32 20 28 16 30 26 s'o 32 34 20 30 18 33 24 30 26 30 20 3') 21 3 25 30 28 28 38 22 30 24 34 28 30 s. d. s. d. 63 76 BIRMINGHAM MARKETS.-JuLY 23. Cor.N MARI:RT.—We have had a moderate supply of all descriptions of Grain at to-day's market, and the trade has been very dull. s. d. to s. d. Wheat, per 621 b. Barley, per Imperial quarter 36 0 40 0 Mslt 4B (I 60 0 Pease Beans, per bag of 10 score gross Oats, per 2sllb. Fine Flour, per sack of 2801 b. 56 0 58 0 Seconds 52 0 5t 0 SMITHFIELD.-We had again a very moderate supply of prime Cattle or Sheep, but quite equal to the demand, the meat trade being still very dull. Beef (per lb.) 4ld. to %di Veal (per lb.) M. to 6d. Mutton Irish Porkers 7s. lid, to 9s. Od. per score. SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.-July 42. We had a small supply of Grain to-day. Wheat sold readily at 2s. advance on the top ; best 80s., current from 70s. to 78s. Oats, best 305., current 265. to 28s. Bar ley, one sample, 365. Pease and Beans, as last day, 345. to 375. . _ Wheat. Barley. Oats. First Bils Od 36s Od 30s Od !iecond 7Bs Od —s Od 28s Od Third 70s Od —s Od 26s Od Pease. Beaus. 37. Od 378 Od 34s (k 1 34s Od 30s Od 30s Od PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, per lb. « Os. Od. to Os. 7d. Fresh Butter,lb.os.B(l. to s. Mutton oft 0 7 Salt Ditto—..-- 0 8 0 9 Veal 0 4 0 9 Ditto, per c% t. 68 6 70 0 0 6 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 0 0 0 8 Lamb, per qr. 1 6 3 0 OatStraw(kp•.) 7 0 0 0 Tallow, cwt.... 0 0 32 6 Wheat Ditto.. 8 8 0 0 Quartern Loaf 010 011 Barley Ditto 7 0 7 6 Potatoes, 1711 b. 1 0 0 0 Hay, per 0 6 0 8 EDINBURGH MEA We had a large supply of which sold fully readier than Is. per sack for the best Oati Per Sack of 280113. Imp. First Oatmeal £2 1 0 Second ditto 1 18 0 Barleymeal 1 14 0 Peasemeal Pot Earley—No. l, per cwt. 14: L MARKET. —July 21. Oatmeal at to-day's market, L last week, at an advance of ;meal. Per Stone of 14tb. Imp. First Oatmeal ..... £0 2 2 Second ditto Barleymcal (I 1 10 I'easemcal .-2d, 165.-3 d, ISs.—Poail .225. GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—JuIy 22. Wheat is in fair demand, at fully the rates of last week. Barley is in request, and 6d. to Is. per boll dearee. Oats are more inquired after, and a shade higher. No altera tion on Beans and Pease. Wheat, per 2101 b, British, old -- new Canada, free Irish Barley, per 8201 b. English — 0 0 Scottish 2!) ti 80 0 Irish s. d. s. d. Oats, per i6tlb. s. d.. s. d. 34 0t035 0 Irish 330 310 British 2OO 230 37 0 38 0 Beans, per 2601 b. 290 330; English ........ —0 —0 Scottish Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 1101 b l9ll 22 Flour, per 2804.., 50 0 53 0 WEEK. Beans. EYTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF MURDER On Wednesday morning last Sir Richard Birnie received a communication from the office of the Se' cretary of State for the Home Department, inform' ing him that a man had been landed at Portsmout h, from the Thetis transport, arrived from Trinidad, and lodged in gaol, on the charge of having cos' mitted a murder in the town of Ayr, in Scotland' to the year 1825. In consequence of this cormirunicir tion Sir Richard issued his warrant, and entrusted tt to Ellis, one of the principal officers, who went oP at once to Portsmouth, and returned yesterdni morning with the person accused in custody Hf - is a good-looking man of colour, about 30 years ° age, and was dressed in very light apparel, suited t° the climate from which he had so recently cone' and a straw or chip hat. He was then taken before Sir Richard Birnie for examination in the course 0 f the morning. The circumstances which gave rise t° the accusation against, and apprehension of, the pr'' soner, were as follow :—At the latter end of th e year 1825, a man of colour, supposed to be about 25 years of age, resided in Ay r with his w ife, an d passed under the name of John Johnson. In cons° quence of some jealousy on the part of this Joitn Johnson as to the conduct of his wife with a farmer' residing near Ayr, named John Dow, who had been in the habit of visiting the family, repeated q uarrel s took place, and on one of these occasions the On John Johnson armed himself with a knife, and vac laying Dow on hi s roa d h ome , r ipp e d hi s bowels open, and he was found dead on the following man' ing. Johnson absconded immediately after the Wi r t der, and eluded all pursuit, although a reward 0 , 2001. was offered for his apprehension. lie then generally understood to be a seafaring ma n ; and it was ascertained that he had made his we l over to Leith, and had embarked on board a trading vessel bound to the West Indies. In September, 1820, the p r i s o ner w as at til e island of Trinidad, and one morning he was viewil the soldiers of the garrison drawn out for the usn i parade, when a priv a t e o f th e 54 t h R eg i me nt °' Foot stepped from the ranks, an d p o i nte d ou t th e prisoner as the person who had committed the O r der already described. This private soldier, e P being questioned as to the ground u p on w hich , charged the prisoner with so serious an o ff enc e, se l he eras a native of Ayr, and was in that town wh en the murder of John Dow was committed, and he knew the prisoner to be the man Johnson who per' petrated the deed, and immediately afterwards tor sconded. His statement was so positive that the prisoner was taken into custody and lodged in The examination of the private soldier was take upon oath before the Council, in the presence of the prisoner, and he swore positively to him as John Johnson, the murderer of John Dow. Upon th is evidence the prisoner was recommitted to prist and detained until the arrival of the The!' Government transport, on board of which P il e was put in custody, and the vessel having to teo u e at other ports out of the direct passage home,_ 9 ,P e only arrived at Portsmouth in the latter part of th e last week. The prisoner, when apprehended ! I Trinidad, strongly declared his innocence, a nd sa n d that his name was not Johnson, but Stevens, an that he never was in S c otl a nd i n hi s lif e . The g 0 1" dier, however, was extremely positive as to his idea' tity, and mentioned so many circumstances corrohcr rative of the truth of his statement, that the Color cil had no altern a ti ve b u t to sen d hi m to G rea t lift ' tain for trial. When before Sir R. Birnie yesterday, the pr t ' soner still denied being the man, and made the fol' lowing statement :—" I never was in Ayrshire !n my life. lam thirty years of age, and was born in the Isle of Man, where I have now, as I believe , e wife and children living. My name is John Stevens I and not John Johnson. My father and mother' whose names w ere a l so St evens , were p l an tersl the Island of Trinid a d, an d i n 1826 my f at h er die / and I went out to that island at the earnest requ e l of my mother, to assist her in the m anagemen t ° her estates. I left my wife in the care of my bodg e and business, which was that of a hatter, and during my residence at Trinidad I made regular rem it ; tances of money to my wife, for the support of P e and the children. I have th e affid av it s o f two re; spectable inhabitants of the Isle of Man in my hay d ' declaring that I am the person I have describe°l that I never was known as a . seafaring man; 011 . 1 0 that my wife and children are now residing there the way I have stated. I again declare that I kon., vi nothing of this suppo se d m ur d er; t h at I neve r sc . " in Scotland in my life; and that I have been COW fined eleven months, and dragged from Trinidad t ° this country most unjustly. Sir R. BIRNIE said he was very so rr y if suc h iv e , 9 , the case; but the information before hi m was n; positive, that lie must Send him into Scotlal where the principal witness 'resided, in order that the charge might be thoroughly investigated befof e the proper authorities. The prisoner was then gi ven b ac k i n t o the en s :, tody of Ellis, who had or d ers to convey him t" Ayrshire, there to be subjected to that inquiry b e , fore the Sheriff D e p u t e f or th e county , usua lly or nominated "precognition." • Ellis left town with the prisoner last eveniofj and on his departure he was very cheerful, and so' it would soon be found that he was an iunocent man' BIRTHS. On the 24th inst. in Queen-street, May-fair, the 1 34 of J. Christie, Esq. of a daughter. On the 22d inst. at Thorp-hall, Yorkshire, Lady A. Milbank, of a daughter. On the 12th inst. at Amsterdam, the lady of W al ' Haigh, Esq. of Graineby-hall, Lincolnshire, of a son. On the 20th inst. the. lady of Lieut. G. Stockenstro P of a daughter. On the 24th inst. at Sevenoaks, Mrs. Burchett, of Burton-crescent, of a son. On the 23d inst. at Han s -pl ace , th e L a d y o f Sir C' Shuckburgh, Bart. of a son and heir. MARRIED. On the 21st inst. at Felbrigg, the Rev. J. Billine' e of Remington, Kent, to Maria, third daughter of the Ig t G. Wyndham, Esq. of Cromer-hall, Norfolk. On the 22d inst. at Felbrigg, the Rev. Cremer CretOe r ; rector of Felbrigg, and Melton, to Marianne, the Od e : daughter of the late George Wyndh a m, Esq. o f Crom er ' hall, Norfolk. On the 21st inst. at Castlehaven, diocess of Cork, ,by the Rev. Charles Bushe, the Rev. Thos. Bell, of Dubl' l4 to Julia, youngest daughter of the late James Bury, F-A l. of St. Leonard's, Essex. e On the 21st inst. at Dereham, Capt. W. S. H. FitzroJ' eldest son of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. W. Fitzroy, of Ke oll ' stone, to Miss Bagge, youngest daughter of Thos. Bagg e ' Esq. of Steadset Hall, Norfolk. At Guernsey, H. G. Teesdale, Esq. Royal Artillerlaf eldest son of H. Teesdale, Esq. of Bognor, Sussex , t Rose-Budd, only daughter of 11. Dubree, Esq. of IRO Sejour, in that island. DIED. At St. Lucia, on the 12th of June, Capt. J. H . Hedt late of the Pusey Hall, aged 44. On the 20th inst. at Ghent, in Flanders, of a declioe' William Squibb, Esq. barrister-at-law, late of Esse l4... court, Temple. On Stamford-hill, on the 23d inst. Wm. Skene, t he youngest son of A. Seton, Esq. On the 23d inst. at her house at Islington, Mrs. aged 63. On the 23d inst. Elizabeth, the beloved wife of 0 11. Brockedon, Esq. Devonshire-street, Queen-square. lot On the 24th inst. at Albion-place, Blackfriars, Aff. "". Hills,jun. aged 21. Al Hampstead, where he had gone for change of a ir ' Rear-Admiral Sir James Athol Wood, C.B. i n the 0 1 year of his age. On the 23d imt. at Hackney, Sarah Ann, wife of if f. G. Deane, aged 34. On the 23d inst. at Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-P 31 1? Wm. Forman, Esq. of Penydarran-place, Merthyr Ti aged 62. At Madeira, on the 17th of June, aged 21, T. Nfl ir ' M.D., F.L.S., eldest son of 'l'. Muir, Esq. of Muir-Paric'", near Glasgow. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by MUJtDO YOUNG, $t 111 Oritcr, 112, STRAND, LONDON