The Sun. — London, England, 1829-09-25 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of all kinds of Grain this week are mo derate. The continued fine weather here causes this mar ket to be dull. Wheat maintains Monday's prices only for the best, other kinds may be quoted 2s. per quarter lower, with a miserable sale for damp parcels. Barley is rather dearer, having little at market. Beans and Pease remain as last quoted. The Oat trade is dull at Monday's prices, and no sale for stale light parcels. Flour unaltered. Wheat. 2,850 qrs. English ....•••• Irish ............. - Fo reign ......... I 6,650 ARRIVALS. Barley. Oats. Flour. 750 qrs. 2,150 qrs. 4,loosacks. 990 1,850 8,300 - brig. SMITHFIELD MARKET. In this day's market, which was, for that of a Friday, Well supplied throughout, each kind of meat experienced a very dull sale, Beef at a depression of 2d. per stone ; Mutton, Lamb, Veal, and Pork, at barely Monday's quo tations. The supply was of a fair average quality, but no part of it remarkably prime. A good many of the Sheep and Beasts were expected to leave the market unsold. PRICES PER STONE OF SIRS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to d. Inferior Beasts llO 2 0 Large Lambs 3 0 0 0 Second qualditto 9 4 2 8 Prime small ditto 0 0 4 8 Prime large Ox en ... 3 0 3 4 Large coarse Calves 2 6 210 Prime Scots, &c..... 3 4 3' 8 Prime small ditto 4 0 4 4 I nferior Sheep 2 4 2 8 Large Hogs ...... 310 4 6 Second quality ditto 210 3 4 Small Porkers 4 8 5 0 Coarse-vroolled ditto 310 4 0 , Suckling Calves 12s to 425. each Sout hdownWethers 4 0 4 4 Quarter oldrigs 12s to ltis. each. SUPPLY, AS FIR CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. 'Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. Pigs. 655 7,840 I 250 140 Mitch Cows, which were not so numerous as on several past Fridays, were in somewhat increased demand, at a little improved prices. An useful short horns, with her small calf, producin g from 181. to 201. each. NEWGATE AND LEADENLIALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. 8. d. tog. d, s. d. to s. d. Beef ..................... 2 0 3 4 v ea l Mutton 2 4 3 ark Lamb . 6d. to 48. tid CITY MARKETS—(TWO O'CLOCK. ) PLANTATION SUGARS.-There has been very little business done this week, and the market upon the whole has a very languid appearance, good and fine qualities however being less plentiful, notwithstanding the late arri 'Ns, than any other sorts, continue in demand, and are taken off at very firm prices; of the lower descriptions the merchants appear rather more disposed to make sales, but at present the demand does not appear to run upon those qualities; of Barbadoes 130 hhds. have Leen offered by public sale, but the prices of last week were with diffi culty supported ; two public sales of Mauritius Sugar have also been brought forward, consisting of 5,124 bags, but the good and fine yellow, and strong grey qualities, were the only sorts that brought previous prices, the other de scriptions being sold 6d. a Is. per cwt. lower. FOREIGN SUGARS.--There has been nothing done this week. REFINED SUGARS.—There is a little appearance of flatness in this market, but it is chiefly caused by the ex treme scarcity of shipping qualities, say goods worth from 745. to 775., which have been bought up with great spirit, and are still taken off as soon as shown, at the same prices a , last week ; fine Hamburgh loaves are still in demand for shipping, but there are very few on hand, and the re finers demand rather higher prices than were given last Week : in the grocery goods there is still very little doing. COFFEE.—The public sales of Plantation brought for ward this week Dave been rather extensive, and have con sisted of Jamaica, Demerara, and Berbice; but the mid dling and goad middling qualities of the Jamaica were the O nly descriptions that were taken off with any briskness, and for these full prices were paid ; other descriptions went off very heavily, and in many instances at rather lower prices. Paurr.—The remainder of a cargo of very fine Patras Currants, that has been held some time for 865., has been so ld at 78s. (butts and caroteels), but otherwise very little has been done. Sercrm.—Pepper is in demand at a slight advance, es pecially Black, which is taken readily at 3d. per lb. In other spices there is no alteration. Ha'ur CONTRACT. —So me curiosity is felt in this trade to learn the result of the contracts taken by Government on Wednesday for 600 tons of Hungarian Hemp per year for four years, and 200 tons of Italian for the same period. The price has not yet transpired. PaovisioNs.—The low terms on which the Govern ment contracts for 13,000 tierces of Beef, and the same quantity of Pork were taken, viz., Si. I ls. lad. for the far mer, and Si. 13s. 6d. per tierce for the latter, has not had n th* least effect on th e mar k e t f or prov i s i ons . •-o'rTorr.—The information of the destruction of the cro p of Sea Island Cottons has had scarcely any effect on the prices. There is a steady demand for Cotton at former pri ces. Trre Sxr.x TRADE appears to wear a more firm appear ance. The stocks of Italian being small, au increased de- In and has raised the prices a shade. The East India Corn- P a nra Silks declared for the next sale,are now on shew, and the trade are busily engaged in inspection of them. Tottacco.—The market is heavy sine the late arrivals. The delivery, however, is pretty large; H.P..--About SO pockets of new Hops have ken brought to town, which are very handsome for early Pickin g . ; they do not, however, sell readily, the price asked being too high, in comparison with yearlings, which Innst advance, or less money taken for the new. Duty .34,000/. New Kent pockets 101. 10s. to 111. 11 s. ; Pockets of 1828 to 71. to 71. 15s. ; Sussex pockets, 1828, 6/. ss. to 71. 10s. per cwt. BALTIC PRODUCE.-The mercantile letters from St. Petersburgh to the 9th instant state, that 9,000 casks of Tallow had been bought since last post, and 107,500 casks shipped off. The price of Tallow was 100 rubles, and the exchange 10i. Money bore a good interest. —British ships arrived, 604 ; sailed, 478.—Tallow in London is at 395. 9d. Hemp at 45/. ; and Flax at 351. per ton, lIRRP CONTRACT.--It is understood that the contract Was taken at 401. per ton, by the same house which had the last contract. BIRMINGHAM MARKETS.—SErr. 24. CORN MARKET.—We have had a pretty good supply of all descriptions of Grain at to-day's market, but the de mand being slack, there was but little business done. s. d. to s. (I. 11 . eat, per 621 b. Malt arieY, per Imperial quarter 37 0 46 0 56 0 64 0 Pease 4O 0 46 0 pates, per bag of 10 score gross 391 b recinoebt I s our; per sack of 2801 b. r 0 58 0 52 0 51 0 SMITHFIELD.--This being the commencement of our Michaelmas fair, an unusual quantity of prime Beasts and Sh eep were e x hibi te d . Th e sa l e f or B easts was generally (IUIII at a reduction. Sheep were in moderate demand, but 880caldreei ly. pu pported l a t e p r i ces . F a t Irish Pigs bein g scarce , them )nskl y, but St ores were p l en t y , an d th e d eman d f or was very trifling Beef (per lb.) ... Mutton ....... :: .... 41 - ,I d. to . IVeal (per . PorlZ s ................ ..... 9 1 :l am to Bs. Od. per score. 31. Years Rates of Total Amount of ended Malt Quartos. Duty. Duty. July 5. Qrs. Bs. s. d. t. s. (1. 1787 3,409,104 7 I 10 6 1,789,780 1 2 1788 3,358,580 1 1,764,264 11 3 1789 3,031,314 2 1,591,489 19 7 1790 2,833,697 3 ... 1,487,691 2 5 1791 3,489,876 2 12 6 2,138,908 14 1 12 6 1792 3,582,671 6 .]0 6 } 2,142,950 12 10 1793 3,056,604 5 1 ... 1,604,717 8 6 179 1. 3,134.768 7 ... 1,677,253 13 • 2 1795 3,086,695 7 ... 1,620,515 6 1796 3,517,758 4 1,846,823 4 3 1797 3,865,427 3 2,029,349 7 1798 3,370,431 6 1,769,476 13 4 1799 3,968,955 5 2,083,701 14 0 1800 1,810,089 3 ... 950,296 18 5 1801 2,320,868 2 1,218,455 16 7 1802 3,792,297 6 18 8 2,642,040 611 1803 3,809,900 2 ... ... 3,555,906 18 0 1804 2,602,724 '7 34 8 5,772,412 9 0 1805 2,792,923 1 4,841,066 15 0 1806 3,435,990 0 5,955,716 0 0 1807 3,114,020 3 5,397,635 6 1808 2,800,787 3 4,854,698 2 4 1809 2,851,598 7 ... 4 ,942,771 7 8 1810 3,035,401 4 ... 5,261,362 12 0 1811 3,349,760 5 ... 5 ,806,251 15 0 1812 2,332,336 5 4 ,042,716 16 4 1813 2,797,741 7 ... 4,849,419 5 0 1814 3,263,785 5 ... 5 ,657,228 8 4 1815 3,354,004 0 ... 5,865,606 18 1816 3,281,929 3 ... 5,685,677 11 8 1817 2,142,002 4 18 8 1,999,202 6 8 1818 3,307,866 5 ... 3,087,342 3 8 1819 2,793,282 2 ,607,063 11 0 1820 3,066,891 3 28 0 4 ,675,506 810 1821 3,587,132 1 5 ,021,984 19 6 1822 3,143,873 2 20 0 3 ,714,691 12 0 1823 3,359,241 6 ... ••• 3 ,359,241 15 0 1824 3,492,384 0 ••. 3 ,492,384 4 0 1825 3,569,174 7 ... ••. 3,569,174 17 6 1826 3,689,783 7 { 2 21 0 4 ? 3 820" 518 10 5 1827 3,418,974 0 3,532,939 8 0 1828 3,137,042 0 3,241,610 0 0 In point of fact, the consumption of malt has been sta tionary fur about 120 years. It is estimated by the very well informed 111 r. Charles Smith, in his Tracts on the Corn Laws, (second ed. p. produce of the malt tax, th for home consumption dui 1753, were as follows, viz. From Years. 1703 to 1713. 1713 1723. 1723 1733. 1733 1743. 1743 1753. 199,) from the accounts of the tat the quantitities of malt used ring the fifty years ending with Average. Quarters. Bushels. 2,959,063 7 3,542,157 2 3,358,071 2 3,215,094 2 3,404,026 1 During the first ten years of the last century, the., popu tion of England and Wales is supposed to have declined a little, or to have decreased from 5,475,000 to 5,240,000, (Preliminary Remarks to last Census); and it is supposed, that during the remaining forty years of the first half of the century, the population gained about 1,200,000, or in creased from 5,240,000 in 1710 to 6,467,000 in 1750. It was customary, during the latter part of this period, to allow private families to compound for the malt duty ; and many availed themselves of the alternative; a circumstance which shews sufficiently that the quantity of malt then actu ally made use of must have been greater than the quantity as estimated by the duty. It may, therefore, be safely affirmed, that the consumption of malt in England and Wales in 1750, when the population amounted to only 6,467,000, exceeded its consumption in 1828, when the population amounted to 13,500,000 ! The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE left town yesterday morning, for their residence in Bushy Park. Despatches from Lord COWLEY, our Am bassador at Vienna, were brought to the Foreign Office yesterday afternoon by a King's messenger, who arrived in town about five o'clock. Monsieur MANUEL GOROSTIZO has arrived in town from Mexico, from which State be has been ap pointed Minister Plenipotentiary to this Court; his Ex cellency, accompanied by Viscount ROCAFUERTE, the late Mexican Minister, attended at the Foreign Office on Wed nesday morning, for the purpose of being introduced to the Earl of ABERDEEN. His Excellency and the Viscount visited several of the Cabinet Ministers yesterday. _The Spanish Minister had a long conferen ce Aron in y tt e JA MES DE ROTIISCIIILD has arrived with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign radon thi s morning from Paris. Office. By the arrival of the Shannon frigate, at Port I Despatches were sent off for Lord COWLEY, 2 11 :Yal , from Curt4a, from wh en ce s h e had sailed on the our Ambassador at Vienna, on Wednesday night, by a b l ubdces had been received that the Barham, Admiral messenger from the Foreign Office. 4-1411 IN ' an , G s flag-ship, was in a state of great forwardness, . The ATLAS of Sunday next will contain an o would soon be ready for sea. excellent Engraving of the New Post Office, occupying hThe i m p rovement which we lately noticed as nearly half a page (being No. IV. of a series of Pictorial av ing tak en p l ace in the trade of Paisley still continues, Ill ustrat i ons o f t h e P u bli c Buildings of London, with a , ut it is still confined to the Thibet shawls and fine trim- minute description of the various departments of the ints- Z n gs. All the weavers who had mountings, or were nor, and a full statement of all the new regulations and Axle to purchase them for the latter kind of work, are arrangements)—presenting a valuable historical document 14,),' employed; but there is still a number idle who do for reference and record. L com e L ., ii""t;ossudden and unexpected, but the best informed per- General the Marquis of ANGLESEA, K.G., K.S.P., G.C.8., and G.C.H., it is reported, should his w _ l e. tu the trade do not expect it to continue long, Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND be appointed wemitivtleremakee the manufacturers backward in giving the Colonel of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, will succeed irt purch‘ave . bs of any considerable length, or money to assist his Royal Highness as Colonel of the Royal Regiment of retipectabls'ng mountings : consequently it is only the most Horse Guards.—Dublin Morning Register. eln i e and comfortable class of weavers that are yet ' zu r a l qed- Of all the kinds of work that have been ma- 1 The state of Ireland is considered, by those are tetured in Paisley for many years past, the trimmings who have the best opportunities for forming a correct uiit. berpe most beneficial to the inhabitants of the town ge- judgment, as having a decided tendency to inaproven • la _ e ll ys as they have not been reduced in price to the A private letter from the Chief Secretary for that kingdom ea extent to , 111 extent as most other kinds, and they give employ- has the following expression :—" We are at last getting a great many branches of trade besides the Tipperary quiet ;" and a letter we have this day received - 1 4 ,„„ers: therefore a continuation of th e p resen t st i r w ill f ro m a correspondent, entitled t o every cons id erat i on , re • 4ticrgreat benefit to the languishing traders of that town, peaty the assurance in rather stronger terms. May we ... Qi e shall be happy if enabled to notice its continuance. venture to hope` hat this is the dawning of a brighter day ( "Vote Chronicle. 1 for that unhapp country.—Morning Chronicle. Heer GLASGOW RETAIL MARKETS.—Sept. 21. _ _ .. •Alutt i ; '' per lb. Os. 4d. to Os. 9d. Oatmeal, per st 2s. Od. tor. t(i)d V ..n ............ 0 4 0 7 Peasemeal ......, 2 0 liai ts ......... .... 0 6 0 8 Pot Barley, eva 13 0 17 0 La mb. ........ . 0 5 0 CI Pearl ditto.... IB 0 24 0 Wart .. . tPerqr. 1 6 4 0 G rey P ease 12 0 14 0 R; "ll Loaf... 0 9 011 Whi te di tto 12 0 14 0 eur* .Per stone 2 0 3 4 Blue ditto 12 0 20 0 ... .......... . 1 6 1 8 13 MARGATE, SEPT. 24. Sailed yesterday, at 10 A.M., for Ostend, his Majesty's steam-packet Spitfire, Captain Watson, with the mail and despatches, one carriage, and several passengers. Arrived last evening, at six o'clock, from Ostend, his Majesty's steam-packet Fury, Captain Sherlock, with the Flanders mail and despatches, one carriage, and about twenty passengers. The Fury made her passage from here to Ostend on Saturday last in seven hours and a half, notwithstanding the boisterous state of the weather, The Lord Liverpool London steamer did not arrive at Ostend until Sunday afternoon, having been upwards of thirty hours upon her passage. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. LITERATURE. LADY FANSHAWE'S MEMOIRS. LONDON, 1829. Whoever wishes to glean a just and spirited idea of the troublous nature of the times of Charles the First, when even the sanctity of do mestic life were disregarded, as also of the power and influence of women when exerted in a cause which she has most at heart ; moreover, whoever wishes to become acquainted with the virtues of a wife—such a one as few ages, we suspect, can parallel, should peruse the " Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe." He will there see of what an affectionate woman is capable, what perils she can undergo, what tortures both of mind and body she can cheerfully submit to, what lofty and ennobling courage she can evince when the ob ject for whom she thus hazards poverty, igno miny, and insult, is her own husband. Lady Fanshawe was a woman whose whole life, at least twenty years of it, was spent in the midst of every kind of danger. Her father and her husband had linked themselves early in life to the cause of Charles the First, and were abun dantly rewarded for such devotion by famine, exile, and imprisonment. At the age of twenty Lady Fanshawe, then Miss Ann Harrison, eldest daughter of Sir John Harrison, of Balls, in the county of Hertford, married Sir Richard Fanshawe, by whom she had a numerous family, and whom, notwithstanding the troubles and privations of her life, she survived many years. Late in life, and when the Restoration, by which the infamous, ungrateful profligate, Charles 11. was restored to a Crown which he never should have been allowed to retain, had taken place, Lady Fanshawe, then stricken in years, and re stored in some degree to competence, filled up her vacant hours, by composing an account, of the circumstances that so materially chequered her early life, for the benefit of one of her grand children. This is the production before us, which as the Editor observes, and the fact, considering the striking interest of the me moirs is unaccountable, has never till now been published. It is penned in a lively unassum ing manner, is full of incident, one or two spe cimens of which are quite of the heroic cast, and is imbued throughout with a quaint kind of earnestness, deepening occasionally into a strain of singular energy and pathos, that gives it a very marked character. The leading features of the work however, are, first its vanity ; secondly, its simplicity ; we might add a third peculiarity, namely, the high-toned generous quality of its sentiments. It is the possession of these qua lities that will doubtless render it a text-book among memoir writers and readers. We give as a specimen of the more descriptive parts of its style, the account of Sir Richard's first ap pearance as Ambassador at Lisbon : " So soon as my husband landed, he entered the King's coach, and the nobleman that fetched him, whose name I have forgot. Before him went the English Consul, with all the merchants ; on his right band went four pages ; on the left side of the coach, by the horses' heads, eight footmen all clothed in rich livery ; in the coach that fol lowed went my husband's own gentlemen, after the coach of state empty, and those that did him the favour to ac company him ; thus they went to the house were my husband lodged ; three suppers and three dinners the King entertained him with great plenty of provisions in all kinds, and all manner of utensils belonging thereunto, as the custom of that country is. " Their Majesties did for some time furnish the house till my husband could otherwise provide himself in town. The Abadessa of the Alcantara, niece to the Queen mother, natural daughter to the Duke de Medina Sidonia, sent to welcome me into the country, a very noble present of perfumes, waters, and sweetmeats : and during my abode at Lisbon we often made visits and interchanged messages, to my great content, for she was a very fine lady. On the 19th (29th) one Mr. r3ridgewood, a merchant, sent me a silver basin and ewers for a present. On the 10th of October, stile novo, my husband had his audience of his Majesty in his palace, at Lisbon ; going in the King's coach with the same nobleman and in the same form as he made his entry. The King received him with great kindness and respect, much to his satisfaction. On the 11th, Don Juan de Sosa, the Queen's Viador, came from her Majesty to us both to welcome us into the country. On the 13th, her Majesty sent her chief coach, accompanied by other coaches, to fetch my husband to the audience of her Majesty, where she received him very graciously; and the same day he had audience of Don Pedro, the King's brother, at his own palace. Saturday, the 14th, her Majesty sent her best coach for me and my children. When we came there, the Captain of the Guard received me at the foot of the stairs ; all my people going before me, as the custom is. On each side were the guards placed, with halberds in their hands, as far as the presence-chamber door. There I was received by the Queen's Lord Chamberlain, who carried me to the door of the next room, where the Queen was. Then the Queen's principal lady, as our groom of the stole, re ceived me, telling me she hail command from the Queen to bid me welcome to that Court, and to accompany me to her Majesty's presence. She sat in the next room, which was very large, in a black velvet chair, with arms, upon a black velvet carpet, with a state of the same. She had caused a low chair, without arms, to be set at some distance from her, about two yards on her left hand, on which side stood all the noblemen; on her right, all the ladies of the Court." TRAVELS IN ARABIA. LONDON, 1829. As these travels—published by order of the Society for Promoting the Discovery of the In terior of Africa, by the late Lewis Burckhardt— are well known and in general circulation, more especially the account of his pilgrimage to the Prophet's shrine at Mecca, we shall say nothing further than that they keep up the high character of the writer, and fully prove his possession of two of the most important qualifications of a tra veller, more especially of a modern one, where there is so much competition in that line of busi ness, viz. a strict adherence to truth, and an un bounded love of adventure and enterprise. We will just add that the illustrations to the present work are of the very first order of excellence, as regards correctness and clearness of design. THE EDIPUS COLONEUS. LoNnoN, 1829. Edited by the Rev. J. BRASSE. The rising generation is much indebted to the Rev. Doctor for his edition of this fine drama, the most magnificent, with the exception per haps of the " Tyrannus," of any that even So phocles ever composed. With the notes we have been particularly pleased ; they are simple, concise, and explanatory to a degree seldom in dulged in by learned commentators—a prolific, though at present, fortunately, a somewhat ex ploded sp e ci es , w h o can rec k on more " B ceot i ans among their fraternity than any other literary squad. Dr. Brasse, we perceive, has chiefly followed the text of Bruneke in his edition ; this is judicious, for few names rank higher in the classical and editori a l wor ld t h an Bruncke's, whose patience, assiduity, acuteness, and general perspicuity have been long known and appre ciated among scholars. We need scarcely add, that it is to the " cEdes ValpiantE" that we are indebted for the typography of this edition, which will at once serve to explain the secret of its neatness and general correctness. We shall hope to see the remaining plays of the Greek dramatists produced under the same auspices. The speculation can scarcely fail to be both popular and profitable. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. CATHOLIC MARRIAGES.—Norah Sullivan, an Irish woman, connected with a benefit society, appeared before the LORD MAYOR and Alderman ATKINS, for the purpose of complaning against the officiating females of the society, for having refused to pay her the money usually granted to members to defray the expenses of child-birth. Mr. Hobler,jun. attended on the part of the society. The complainant stated, that by the rules of the society, which decreed to every member a certain sum of money upon the birth of a child, she claimed the accustomed amount. She had been married to her husband since 1810, and had several children, but the stewardess of the society thought proper to impute to her that her child was a bastard. Mr. Hobler, jun. attended for the purpose of showing that whatever claims Mrs. Sullivan had in equity to the lying-in money, she had none in law. In fact, she was merely a Roman Catholic wife, married by a Roman Catholic priest i►► this country,—a ceremony not worth a straw. The Loan MAYOR expressed the regret which every man of humanity must feel upon occasion of a refusal of this nature. The moral obligation was as strong as if the ceremony had been performed by a clergyman of the Church of England. Mr. Hobler, jun., said, it was absolutely expedient to construe the regulations literally. Mrs. Sullivan was not, according to that established practice, le gally married, and all her children were illegiti mate. He stated that the priests who belonged to the Roman Catholic chapel in Moorfieids had been spoken to on the subject of these marriages, and they said they never married couples without advising them to get married as soon as possible by clergymen of the other church. _ . Alderman ATKINS—I shall never authorize such rigorous dealings towards this woman. She is as much entitled as any other member. The LORD MAYOR—I certainly think that the claim is good. The stewardess of the society said, that if Mrs. Sullivan would get regularly and legally married, the money should be handed over to her without hesitation or delay. Mrs. Sullivan had not the means to pay for the performance of the ceremony. The stewardess believed the society would have no objection to give Mrs. Sullivan as much money as would enable her to get legally united to her husband. Upon the understanding that the marriage would be solemnized with the proper forms in accordance with the regulations of the Reformed Church, the Lord Mayor and Alderman Atkins forbore to make the order. Mr. Hobler, the chief clerk, seemed to be of opinion, that if the order were granted, it would ❑ot stand before the bench. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Leeds, at his seat, Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, from a tour; Captain and Mrs. Inglis, in Wimpole-street, from Worthing; Major Wellesley, in Pall-mall, from the Continent; Captain and Mrs. Munden, at Brighton, from Ramsgate; Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson, in Bruton-street, from their seat in Cam bridgeshire ; James Sowerby, Esq. at the British Hotel, Jennyn. street, from Brighton; W. Cox, Esq. at ditto, from a tour; Robert Blackrnore, Esq. at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Calais ; George Hammond, Esq. at ditto, from a tour. DEPARTURES. The Countess of Rothes and Lady Mary and Elizabeth Leslie, from the Pulteney Hotel; Albemarle-street, for their seat, Shrub Hill, Dorking; the Hon. Mr. James, from ditto, for his seat, near Stratford ; the Bishop of Salisbury, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for the Palace, Salisbury ; his Excellency General Count and Countess Nugent, from the London Hotel, Albe marle-street ; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, from the British Hotel, Jer. myn-street, for their seat in Oxfordshire; Captain Hamilton, from ditto, for Brighton; Lady Jones, from South Audley street, for her seat, Warton House, near Basingstoke, Hants ; Countess de Grey, from her house in St. James's-square, for her seat, Putney Heath, Surrey; George Byng, Esq. M.P. and Mrs. Byng, from St. James's-square, from Twickenham; the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert, from Grosvenor-street, for his seat in Yorkshire ; Captain and Mrs. Lengley, from the Bath Hotel, Arlington.street, for Brighton; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Blandford, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Brighton. ARRIVALS AT HOWE'S ROYAL HOTEL, MARGATE. The Baron and Baroness Lutzbuck, on their way to the Ne therlands ; Colonel and Mrs. Jones, J. Butler, Esq., B. L. Lester, Esq., M.P., - Latham, Esq., Joseph Latham, Esq. and daughter, Doctor and Mrs. Adams, and - Bishop, Esq. from the Netherlands ; Chaloner Ogle, Esq., Mrs. Brown Prideau and Miss Courtenay, Mrs. Webb Weston, Wm. Brodrick, Esq. lady and family, Colonel M'Dougal, Lieutenant French, Ensign Ridge, Mr. and Mrs. Meyers and Miss Head, from Nova Scotia, Messrs. Hume, Deberkem, Chapman, King, Barnard, Greenhill, Fullerton, Plummer, Bulkeley, Eyre, and Higgins; Captains Wardle, Robuck, Stewart, Bolton, Martin, &c. MALT AND BEER DUTIES. An Account of the Total Quantity of Malt made in Eng land and Wales in each Year, from 1787 to 1828, both inclusive, the Rates of Duty, and the Total Amount of Duty. GUILDHALL. Philip Whitehead, a baker, in Aldermanbury, at tended before Alderman ANSLEY and Sir PETER LAURIE, upon a summons granted on the com plainant of Mr. Palmer, the foreman of the Inquest of Cripplegate-within, for having defective weights and a false balance (the same not being according to the standard in the Exchequer), found in his shop, upon search made by the foreman and the rest of the Inquest, on the 22d inst. The Magistrates concurred in fining the de fendant 205., and ordered the weights and machine to be destroyed. The defendant remarking that the machine had cost him two guineas, Sir PETER LAURIE had AO doubt that he had ob tained that sum many times over by using them.— All kinds of scales except those which were sus pended equally from a beam were likely to be per verted in this way ; and horse jockies uniformly objected to being weighed by any other than the old-fashioned scales; at least he knew that consi derable delay had occurred at Warwick races last year, from the refusal of the jockies to be tried by the machine. The machine was immediately smashed to pieces, but defendant refused to pay the fine, and was al lowed to walk away. The fine will be recovered by distress. A lad, named Daniel Holloway, an errand•boy at the Times newspaper-office, was brought up on sus picion of having stolen 25 sovereigns and two half sovereigns. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, in order to give the pro secutor an opportunity of tracing the money, re manded the lad till Saturday. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Mr. Adolphus, the 'barrister, accom panied by another professional gentleman, waited upon Sir R. BIRNIE, the Sitting Magistrate, and stated that his friend and himself appeared before him relative to the late melancholy transaction which had taken place at Finchley, which had given rise to the most painful interest. He alluded to the death, from poison, of a lady named Phillips. Sir IL BIRNIE was aware of the case, as some of the parish officers of Finchley had been with him on the subject. Mr. Adolphus said that the transaction had ex cited a great deal of feeling among the parties inte rested, and the greatest anxiety prevailed that a full investigation should take place before a competent authority relative to the circumstances that led to the decease of the unfortunate lady. "My friend and I" (added Mr. Adolphus), "appear before you, understanding that an application is about to be made, requesting you to fix a time for investigating the business. I appear on behalf of the medical gentlemen whose names have been mixed up in the unfortunate transaction." Sir R. BIRNIE said, that in a case which involved so much mystery, it was quite proper that the fullest investigation should take place. Mr. Adolphus observed, that a good deal had been said respecting Mr. Snow and his assistant, but there did not appear to be the slightest grounds for imputing blame to either, and to prove that fact it was only requisite to state, that of the eight ounces of laudanum which Mr. Snow had upon his pre mises for some dine previous to the decease of Mrs. Phillips, not a particle was found to have been touched when the bottle was examined after her death. The fair inference to be. drawn from that circumstance was, that no mistake could possibly have occurred in preparing Dr. Tweedie's prescrip tion by the gentleman who acted for Mr. Snow. Sir R. BIRNIE expressed some surprise that the affair had not been sooner taken up by the church wardens and overseers of the parish of Finehley. Mr. Adolphus said, that the parish officers, as well as the medical gentlemen, were most anxious to have the matter investigated, but what was to be done in the absence of any evidence ? It was their intention, however, and he believed they would be backed by the executors appointed to carry into effect the last will and testament of the deceased, to make an application to him (Sir R. Birnie) in order to appoint a day when the case might be investigated. Sir R. BIRNIE said he was quite ready to meet the wishes of Mr. Adolphus and those for whom he appeared. The Magis:rate then added, that from what he could learn, the inquest had been managed in a very slovenly manner. In about half an hour after the above converia tion took place, live or six gentlemen, amongst whom we understood were the churchwardens and overseers of Finehley parish, arrived at the office, and after conferring for a short time with Mr. Adolphus, that gentleman introduced them - to Sir R. Birnie, and the Magistrate immediately requested them to repair to the private office, where be would Join them in a few minutes. The gentlemen ac cordingly- retired, but almost immediately returned, and— Mr. Adolphus addressing Sir R. Birnie, said he was obliged to return to the Middlesex Sessions. and therefore he hoped that Sir Richard would ex cuse him for a few moments, as time was precious. The application which he was instructed to make respected an affair of deep and melancholy interest. He alluded to the mysterious death of Mrs. Phillips, of Finchley. A great deal had been reported with regard to that subject; and in order tkat the whole transaction should undergo inquiry, it became the wish of the churchwardens and overseers of Finch ley, as well as of Mr. Snow, with the perfect con sent of Mr. Phillips, the husband of the unfortunate lady, that a full inquiry should take place, with as little delay as possible, into the circumstances which led to her death. Sir R. BIRNIE said it was extremely proper that a transaction of so strange and unaccountable a nature should be placed in a train of inquiry, and he was quite willing to lend his assistance whenever Mr. Adolphus should think fit to appoint a time for the investigation to take place. " I have the pleasure," added the Magistrate, "of being personally ac quainted with Mr. Snow, of Hampstead, and I be lieve his reputation as a medical man stands very high. He was with me on Sunday week, and he then evinced the greatest anxiety that the affair should undergo an inquiry. His assistant, Mr. Hill, who prepared the prescription, is, I under stand, a very clever young man, and his connec tions, I know, are of the greatest respectability. It 's certainly most desirable that both these gentle men should stand clear before the public, and I, for my part, have not the smallest objection to attend at any time which you, Mr. Adolphus, may think proper to appoint. So fix your own day." It was then arranged that on Thursday next the inquiry should take place at this office. As the gentlemen were about to retire, one of them, who, we believe, is one of the executors named by the deceased lady to carry her will, into effect, said that a meeting of the executors had taken place, which was attended by Mr. Phillips, and it was then determined that nothing should be done with respect to the will of the deceased until the investigation, which had just been prayed for, should first take place. It was the almost unani mous desire that the matter should be sifted to the bottom. Mr. Adolphus said that he had not the pleasure of knowing any of the executors personally, but he felt bound to say it appeared to him that they evinced the greatest anxiety, by every possible means to promote inquiry. Sir R. BIRNIE said that it might be necessary to summon some of the witnesses whose testimony might be most material. The Magistrate then de sired the clerk to take instructions from the parties as to the names, &c., of those parties whom it would be requisite to summon. The parties then retired. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—His Majesty's ship Druid, 4G, Captain W. Sandom, arrived on Thurs day from Portsmouth, having put into Portland Roads on her way to this port. She was towed into Harbour by the Meteor steam-vessel the same afternoon, to prepare to be paid off, and to be surveyed. Hl3 Majesty's sloop Lightning, 18, Commander Thos. Dickinson (b) sailed on Monday for the South American station. The Britomart, (10) Commander Johnson, came in on Saturday afternoon from cruising. His Majesty's ship Britannia, 120, Captain G. Burdett, sailed yesterday for her destination, about four in the afternoon. The sight was extremely grand, and attracted a multitude of spectators to the Hoe. The Marines, who were exercising on the Hoe at the time, drew up in line as she ap proached in one of her tacks, and the band played Rule Britannia as she passed. The wind hanging to the Westward of North, it is highly probable she will be obliged to return to the Sound. In Hamoaze—St. Vincent, Kent, Druid, Orestes, Leveret, Royalist, Eclipse, Calypso, and Meteor steam-vessel. In Barnpool—Undaunted. At the Island—Bramble. In the Sound—Trinculo and Biitomart. APPOINTMENTS.— Captains Sir J. Brenton, Bart. K.C.B. and Lieut. H. T. Harris, to the Donegal ; Commander Drake, Lieut. Wm. Dawson, and Capt. Halloran, and Lieut. Serle, Royal Marines, to the Ganges ; Lord Francis Russell to be Lieut. of the Undaunted. Mr. Alexander Wisemouth, of the Royal Hos pital, Plymouth, is appointed Assistant-Surgeon of the Donegal. Commander William Hutchinson (1827) is ap pointed Inspecting Commander Coast Guard Service at Poole. Lieut. Herbert Schoenberg, of the Orestes, is ap pointed Acting Lieutenant of the Britannia, vice Seccombe, at the Hospital. Lieut. Charles Thomson, of the Kent, and Fred. A. Smith, of the Britannia, have exchanged ap pointments ; and Mr. J. London, 1799, is appointed Purser of the Talavera, at Sheerness ; Mr. W. C. Swinfen, of the Druid is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant Alexander, of this Division of Royal Marines, is promoted to be First Lieutenant, and is appointed to the Portsmouth Division. His Majesty's ship Espiegle arrived at Barbadoes from Trinidad 23d July. The Zephyr arrived at Barbadoes previous to the 6th August. The Shel drake sailed from Gibraltar for Malta and Corfu 21st Aug. The Sphynx arrived at Madeira from Falmouth Aug. 23, and sailed the 24th for Rio Ja neiro. The Espoir sailed from St. Helena for As cension 25th July. The Athol arrived at Tangier from Portsmouth Aug. 24th. The Champion ar rived at Halifax from Fernando Po Aug. 11. The Ranger arrived at Havannah from Jamaica July 3. The Victor arrived at Vera Cruz from Honduras July 6. The Eliza, Ball, arrived at Malaga from this port August 21. The Anne, Rowe, of and from this port, arrived at Gibraltar August 21. The Gilmore, Geary, from this port, with emigrants, arrived at Madeira August 24, and sailed 28th for Swan River. The Falcon, Littleworth, from this port, arrived at St. Michael's 9th August, and sailed 21st for Cadiz. The Pearl, Fox, of this port, arrived at Sunderland from Amsterdam 13th inst. The Margaret, Boneo, of this port, arrived at Waterford from Newfoundland 13th September. The Catharina Dorothea, Tisman, arrived at Per nambuco from this port July 7. The Hayden, Smith, has arrived at Quebec. The Matilda, Coming, sailed from Cardiff for Naples and Mes sina on the 19th inst. The brig Agenoria,Evans, from Memel for Glou cester (last from this port), sprung a leak and upset about 28 miles S.W. of Milford. The Captain, his wife, and part of the crew landed at Penzance on Saturday ; the remainder of the crew were taken off by a brig bound to Southampton. The vessel, during the same voyage, sprung a leak, and was obliged to put into Yarmouth and discharge her cargo to repair; and on entering this port got on shore on the Breakwater, and received some damage. At Lewes fair, on Monday, there were about 26,000 sheep and lambs penned. The sale was unusually dull, and we believe many farmers were never even asked the price of their sheep ; yet the best stock nude good prices. Some ewes (Mr. GOIIRINGE'S), 36,e. ; some lambs (the Duke of ItultmoNn's), .245. ; and wethcrs, as high as 40g. The Duke's was an excellent pen of lambs ; and, considering the distance they travelled to the fair, and the weather, we have seldom seen a better parcel. A great many were driven home unsold. 'There was an unusual number of beasts there, but we thin i hardly ene was sold, nor can it be symulerod 4t, when the state of the land is considered, for iu this county there are some thousand acres of the hest razing land under W;ter,, -lirigistun Paper. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The new police force is on the eve of being brought into action, and of putting to an imme diate test the justice of those complaints which have been made by all classes of individuals for more than two centuries, against the total inef ficiency of our " ancient and most reverend watchmen." The principle on which English police (as it is called) has hitherto invariably proceeded, is congenial to our national preju dices, leaving men's free agency in a great mea sure uninterrupted, until it ripens into the ac tual perpetration of crime. This respect and de ference for the freedom of the subject has never theless overshot one purpose, while it served a worse : it has forgotten to protect the innocent, and has transferred all its real benefits to the wrong doer. This instructions to the new po lice, which we have this day copied, set out with a formal abandonment of the rule that it should be the sole aim of justice to punish guilt, —a policy the inevitable effect of which was to permit every species of outrage upon the unof fending, that the criminal might be hanged upon " satisfactory evidence," instead of restrained by the interposition of public authority, upon rea sonable suspicion of his atrocious purpose : the result of which delicate system has been, that the honest or helpless has been sacrificed to the vil lain, and the villain himself to the vengeance of the law. The theory taught by the new regu lations is, that the power about to act under them ought to have for its main object the pre vention of crime,—not the execution of the criminal. It is true that the forthcoming sys tem may be productive of considerable, though partial evil, if the abuse of such a right and practice as that of interference before the fact be not guarded against with great vigilance and discretion. But if the right be in general exer cised on fair grounds of apprehended crime, and • from a bona ,fide zeal on behalf of the public safety, we do not see that, as a whole, any ra tional objection can be made to it. Undoubtedly officers of a much more enlarged degree of at tainment and intelligence than those to whom the humbler functions of the police have been hitherto entrusted must be sought out for the performance of this more complicated service ; and, indeed, the instructions which have been pre pared, and the chilies imposed upon the new guar dians of the public peace, would have been quite ludicrous under the ancient regime. The in structions are voluminous, but carefully digested. They announce to the police constables the pos session of extensive powers ; but they prescribe extreme temper, mildness, and forbearance in their exercise. The substitutes for the old watchtnen and Bow-street myrmidons are not, like their predecessors, forced to make up by the manifold expedients of cunning and rapacity, for the want of more judicious and legitimate sti mulants to an active discharge of their duty. They are not to be hopeless of even high re ward, or fearless of disgrace or destitution when they merit them. A hierarchy is established, of which the most lucrative and confidential offices are held forth to the ambition of its humblest members. A superintendence is pro vided for, which must bring the qualifications of every individual police-man to the intimate know ledge of his superiors'at the head of the corps, which creates a solid responsibility every where, and affixes the strongest sanctions by which hu man nature can be influenced to the obligations entailed upon each person appertaining to the service. The strength of the metropolitan po lice, as at present constituted, is as follows :- 5 divisions, or companies, each consisting of 1 superintendent, 4 inspectors, 1! serjeants, 144 police constables—forming a body in each division of 165 effectives, and a total force for that portion of the metropolis which is at first to be comprised within Mr. Peel's project, of 825 officers and men. How far their numbers, when distributed on duty, may compare with those of their lethargic and undisciplined prede cessors, we cannot now conjecture ; but if as is probable, they fall short in that respect, the public, we trust, will not fail to be indemnified by their superior fitness and their skilful organi zation as a corps. The pay of th e lowest rank is very moderate, being only 3s. per day ; and that small salary liable to specific deductions. The inspectors, however, are said to have 1001. per annum, and the superintendents 2001. ; and to these offices, through the intermediate rank of serjeant, every zealous police constable is, by the formal conditions of the service, told that he may reasonably aspire. If the system be not jobbed, it is one which promises advantageously for the public safety.—Tintes. The Meeting at Cork for the purpose of tak ing into consideration the present state of the Established Church in these kingdoms, of which we gave yesterday a copious report, has taken place at a time when the minds of men are pe culiarly open to the reception of the views en tertained by the_speakers. At another time a call for Church Reform would have been a voice in the desert. This is not a season, it would have been said, for the members of the Church to occupy themselves with internal reforms, when their combined efforts are demanded against a common enemy. But the relations between the rwna who not a a or t e the te. Church and the Dissidents being now perma nently fixed, and the former deprived of the power, real or imaginary, derived from penal laws, the Establishment is driven to look for se curitytraecfoiremd swithinshould u tldh i e t itself. It eti ac:brat l elt t ipiesst i h i wi ich t. advantage, tag all e, and ground abuses w o l f ' attachment esta blishments there will be found membras whose to whom all establishments are good or bad, in proportion as they profit by them. They, how ever, who are attached to the establishment, and not to the abuses, are naturally anxious that the ground of their attachment should not be mis- I taken, and that the circumstances which seem to authorise suspicion as to their motives should tease to exist, Hence we may be sure that those who call out for reformation of the abuses of the Church are zealous adherents of that Church, while those who are opposed to such reformation have no attachment to any particular Church, but love the Church merely for temporal inducements. The Stan dard of last night, in commenting on the pro ceedings of the Meeting, observes, " That a re form might be advantageously prosecuted in the order and discipline of the Church eye by no means deny ; that it might even be profitably made to extend to a toty2liv new distribution of the Church property WQ admit • ,but tee deny the rightould we w resist the attempt, to make reform or ch:, , ,lge which shall not Benin from the Churc: ierse . l.l l " B b ut Lord Mounteashel has inticipated this ob . jectton, for his reform bes,ins teith the Chzire4 herself, They could not find f with the pure doc trines of the Established Church bur; a great deal gf fault was, he 5, regretted to say, to be found with her management and teßwssolitiet. Who tlere to ,inoingterthtEodi Establishment, uas n atural