The Sun. — London, England, 1829-04-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. We see with satisfaction that Bristol is following 1 the footsteps of other great commercial towns, in its decided resistance to any attempt that may be made for a renewal of the East India monopoly. A meeting was held there on Tuesday, the 14th instant, for the adoption of resolutions against that pernicious and odious measure, should it ever again be pro , posed; and from some of the speeches we conjec ture, that the subject is as well understood by the Bristol merchants, and the right spirit as prevalent amongst them, as in any other part of this intelli g ent and commercial country. One gentleman, Mr, Acraman, recurred with much force and success to the declarations of the late Director, Mr. Grant, and to the evidence of Sir Thomas Munroe before the Parliamentary Committee, to prove how monstrous was the contrast between the predictions of these interested or prejudiced parties and the facts as they have since been exhibited, in relation to the rapa city of India and its inhabitants for establishing and extending, almost indefinitely, a trade the most profitable with Great Britain. The value of any self-interested assertion by a monopolist upon subjects connected with the exclusive privileges of his monopoly may be judged from a single statement, drawn from official records. Mr. (Di rector) Grant assured the world, on the strength of a 40 " years' experience and observation," that it was impossible for India to increase either her ex ports or imports beyond the level at which they already stood; ergo, that she was quite incapable of bestowipg benefit upon England by an enlarged consumption of her manufactures, or of deriving it from an enlarged production and exportation of her own raw materials ;—ergo, that it was idle to think of releasing her from the gripe of Leadenhall-street, or in any wise touching the sacred monopoly of the " Honourable Court." Sir Thomas Munroe,.—in all respects a superior man to Mr. Grant, and per haps the very ablest statesman as well as soldier that grew out of the Company's service,—gave evidence as decided as the declarations of Mr. Grant, and altogether as conspicuous for its fallacy. He stated, that " owing to the prejudices of the na tives, no importation of British goods, beyond that of a few hundred pounds' worth of scissors and needles for the use of British residents, could ever make its way into:lndia." The best commentary upon all which wisdom is, that in the year 1818, woollen goods were exported from this country to India of the official value of 500,0001.; in 1827, 940,0001. In 1814, the plain calicoes that were exported from Great Britain, to India measured 200,000 yards; in 1827, 20,000,000 yards. In 1813, the printed ca licoes exported hence to India measured 300,000 yards ; in 1827, 14,000,000 yards. To prove even the recent and enormous growth of the export trade to our Indian empire, it is also stated, that so short a time ago as in the year 1824, there was exported of cotton yarn to India 105,0001bs.; and in 1827, 4,600,0001b5. But cotton yarn must be put in the loom before it can be made available for consump tion ; so here is a proof, not only of the extent to which India, under a relaxation of the monopoly, has overcome " her prejudices" so far as to prefer the staple manufacture of this country to her own, but of her power to extend her native cotton manu facture, though the use of cotton twist supplied by England, simultaneously with her consumption of British calicoes, the product of her own, or of American, raw cotton. her " prejudices," in deed ! We doubt if there are half so many or a tenth part so inveterate or mischievous, on the banks of the Ganges, as among certain docks and warehouses on the banks of the Thames.— Bishop Heber arirms that the British manufactures have already penetrated to the least accessible spots in the Peninsula, even to Pelee, on the confines of the Desert, where, until recently, no European was ever seen. Among other fruits of the monopoly of this leaden despotism, it appears that according to Mr. Acraman, we have bad cotton, bad rice, and many bad things from India, which would all be im proved in quality, were Englishmen enabled to pro ceed thither to cultivate the soil, and to settle.— The change which has taken place in the article of indigo is adduced as a striking instance of what would happen, was the culture of Indian produce generally free. That article is now grown by private English traders, who have permission to visit the interior districts, and in consequence its reputation and value are so raised as to beat every other out of the market. But we said on a former day, that there is yet a more important production of the climate and soil of India, on which Leadenhall-street leans with a cruel pressure, to the infinite depreciation of a highly valuable interest, and to the benefit of our foreign rivals. In the silk trade, if we are unable to contend on all occasions with the French and Italian fabrics, it is greatly owing to the want of an equally excellent raw material, purchased on equal terms. In all re spects but this, our manufacture stands on a foot ing not inferior to theirs ; the price of labour in Lancashire and Nottinghamshire differs little, if at all, from that at Lyons; the ingenuity of our work men dreads no comparison with that of any other country—our machinery is far better—our capital more powerful—our home-market more extensive, and our access to foreign markets as easy and se cure. France has not raw material sufficient for her own purposes, and cannot afford it for ours. The finer silks of Italy are required on the spot, and we have the wisdom to exclude them by a duty.— Turkish silk is coarse, and will not answer. Our supply from India might be made abundant for our most extensive demands, and suitable to our very finest fabrics, if English enterprise, intelligence, and capital were tolerated by the Company for its cultivation. The silk of India, like the tea of China, is a monopoly by the factors for the India- 1 House—not, perhaps, a formal monopoly, but a virtual one of the strictest nature ; and the de-I terioration or non-improvement of the silk of India is the inevitable consequence. The pri vate adventurer has been driven out of the market, through the unfair means resorted to by the Company for carrying on this branch of commerce. At each station there is a Company's agent, who makes advances to the peasantry en gaged in the care of the worms, by which he se cures a mortgage on their whole crop of silk. The silk pods are brought into the Fillatures, or Com pany's factories, and there reeled after the Italian method. This is the whole share which the Com pany's servants have in the production of the silk for export; and for this they recei‘e a commission upon their advances, which yields each of them an income of 5,000/. or 6,0001. a year. _ With a full command of the revenues of the State for this pur pose, the agent multiplies his advances to the ut most, that he may proportionally augment his com mission. Private adventurers have tried a competi tion with these leviathan capitalists, but have been invariably ruined. The peasantry are all in debt to the Company; but they are not honest enough to withstand the temptation of advances offered them by private speculators, who know not that their crops are already mortgaged, and whose liens upon the peasant are always.superseded by the Exche quer writs of the Company. Thus do the merchant rulers, by laws of their own making, or practices of their own authorizing, make a joke of the pretended equality stipulated for the private merchant under the Charter of 1813; and tricks, of one kind or another, directed to the same end of crushing private trade, are visible throughout their whole commercial system. That system, moreover, is a fatal one to themselves. If they dis courage the individual speculator, the trade by which they overpower him is carried on at a calamitous loss—that on silk alone being estimated annually at half a million sterling. It follows from this vicious and rotten course, that the best Bengal silk finds its way to no market but that of England : yet, that with every disadvantage of climate, the silk of Piedmont is, in the same mar ket, 40 per cent. above the price of that of India. The best China silk, also, is 10 per cent. better than the finest Bengal. It was only since 1804, when private traders began to deal in India silk, that any large quantity of this article was introduced into England ; and since the first application of the Ita lian mode of winding, although there has been a vast increase of quantity, in the quality there has been little improvement. The truth is, that the producers and cultivators of Indian silk are semi= barbarians. The species (or at least variety) of the mulberry, and of the worm itself, is the subject of hut slender attent'on. Throw open the culture to Englishmen—relieve them from the unfair burdens and embarrassments laid upon all private residents in the interior of the country : the raw material, from the worst but one in the market, will then have fair play, and prove the more skilful hands into which it will hare fallen. In every natural ad vantage India far excels Italy or China for the pro duction of the finest silk ; and it is a mortifying and miserable fact, that of these advantages a misma naged monopoly should deprive our industrious countrymen.--2iimcs. The Quarterly Review for April, which was pub lished yesterday, contains an article of nearly three sheets, on the "state and prospects of the country," executed in a rapid and brilliant manner, and dis playing considerable knowledge; but as it is impos sible in a long article to be always striking and always solid, there are not a few of the writer's po sitions which will not bear the test of a severe ana lysis. At the head of the article is placed the first volume of Mr. Murray's Family Library (The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte), a work says the Re viewer, " which no one can take into his hands without perceiving that the supply of the reading market is undergoing, or about to undergo, a com plete revolution ; which in the names of some of its writers, furnishes evidence that the very highest talent no longer disdains to labour for those who can buy cheap books only." This leads the Re viewer, in his sketch of the great changes which are in progress throughout Europe, to notice the late extraordinary spread of education. " Another cha racteristic of the present time (he says) is the ex traordinary increase of education which has taken place within the last forty years. That a much larger proportion of the people of Europe non• read and write than formerly, is indisputable. Those parts of it which are Protestant, were early distinguished from those which continued Roman Catholics, in respect of education; and they have ever since retained their supe riority. But, with the exception of Spain and Portugal, it is impossible not to perceive, that the means and habit of reading have of late increased every where. The multiplication of newspapers and periodical publications ; the number of book sellers' shops ; and the profusion of literary institu tions and circulating libraries, are infallible indica tions of the extraordinary spread of education and reading. What effect this change may eventually produce on society, it is too soon to decide; but we cannot help expressing an apprehension, that both education and reading have been pushed too far among the lower classes, and that among the higher they are not taking a very desirable direc tion. With regard to labourers and mechanics, ex perience has already proved to demonstration, that the instruction which consists merely in being taught to read and write, will by no means insure that proper regulation of the mind and conduct which some enthusiastic friends of education ex pected from it. To render reading and writing really useful, that moral and religious discipline which parents, pastors, masters, and relatives, can alone bestow, must be superadded ; and yet, strangely enough, this is a branch of education which those who are most solicitous about mere reading and writing, have almost totally neglected. It will also, in all likelihood, become manifest ere long, that the labouring' classes will not per manently devote a large portion of their leisure time to the acquisition of knowledge, either by means of reading, or any ether sort of appli cation. Novelty and variety may give a tempo rary impulse, and the curiosity which is natural to man, may prolong the exertion; but in no age or country can a large proportion of those whose lot it is to earn► their bread by the sweat of their brow, be prevailed on regularly to begin intellectual ex ertion when their daily task is ended. The body then requires repose; domestic concerns demand attention ; and if the few hours which remain are applied to that which with all men ought to be the chief concern—the improvement of the heart—it would probably be the means of advancing the im provement of the head also. If the mechanics and labourers could be persuaded to make a study of the Bible, it would be found to convey more useful knowledge, for this world as well as the next, than all the volumes and lectures which are likely to be prepared for their education. Let it not be under stood that we are hostile to the introduction of any order of society. There can be no doubt that the facilities afforded to those among the lower orders, who really have a love of learning, and the zeal which has been shown to improve them, are among the most signal peculiarities of the present day, and deserving of all commendation ; but we confess we are not satisfied that the rage for education and reading—the cheapness of Looks—the multitude of teachers—and the spare time created by the exten sion of machinery, will produce ultimately that practical good which some philanthropists anti cipate. That the present course produces re finement is indisputable; but whether it is to render those classes between the high and the low, which now form so large a part of the community, more able and willing to discharge the relative du ties of life (which after all is the chief business of education to teach), is a great deal more doubtful." Now, really, with all submission to the Quarterly Reviewer, this is little better than twaddle. With respect to the substitution of the improvement of the heart for reading, which improvement of the heart would be the surest means of advancing the improvement of the head, this, if it means any thing, means that the improvement of the heart is impeded by reading; and as the improvement of the head is improved by the improvement of the heart, which reading impedes, the improvement of the head is most rapidly conducted by abstaining from reading. Reading and writing are always useful—the degree in which they are useful depends, .of course, on the use which is made of these qualifications. They are not impediments surely to moral and re ligious discipline; arid though it is always advis able that the moral and religious discipline should be as perfect as possible, yet a person without moral and religions discipline, and without the ability to read and write, cannot surely be considered in a better state than a person without moral and religious discipline who can read and write. He who can read may, if his life has been bad, be led by what he reads to amend it. Reading multiplies the chances if he is put in the right road. Reading also multiplies the chances of escaping vicious courses, by affording an excitement which supplies the place of the gross sensuality to which all igno rant men are prone as a means of escaping ennui, and the indulgence in which is the parent of the crimes to which they are usuully driven. The qualification of reading arid writing in servants is found every day of great advantage to persons of moderate incomes, •.vho formerly used to be exposed to constant annoy ance in the delivery of letters to wrong persons, and found their verbal instructions, when they related to a number of particulars, often misunderstood or par tially forgotten, and who now, on leaving home for a time, can leave written instructions. Any one who has parted with a servant who can write, and receives another who cannot, will feel the inconve nience from the change ten times a day. Men who labour hard cannot be supposed to have much relish for severe studies after their work is over ; but they can gratify their curiosity by read ing the occurrences of the day in the newspapers, or amusing publications ; and it would be very odd if they did not also derive instruction from these sources. However little they may read, that little may be of some benefit to them. Who is to benefit the lower orders by moral discipline, when it is no torious that the more favoured classes, the higher and middle ranks of this country, are left almost altogether without it ? Education in England means the being tan& to read, write, and ecrtain other ac complishments at public schools or boarding schools. Principles are supposed to be a superfluity which can be acquired at any time; and in the mean time mamma takes care, by stipplying young master with pocket-money in abundance before he can ' , lse it pro perly, to give him betimes a relish for vicious prac tices. But there is no reason why we should not call ourselves, notwithstanding, the most moral and religious people in the world ; for it is as easy to give ourselves a good name as a bad one. We have not space to advert to a hundreth part of the topics entered on by the Reviewer—his criticism of the fa shionable literature of the day, and his hopes of a re medy for the growing evil of an ephemeral and superfi cial literature, from a time arriving when all classes of the community " shall be able to read less and obliged to think more,"—his strictures on the in feriority in point of acquirement of the higher classes to their inferiors in circumstances (as" those who must live by their exertions, or whose means debar them from expensive pleasures, are induced and compelled to improve themselves with unre mitting assiduity"),—his complaint of the want of correspondina; energy and judgment on the part of rulers to command the marked and growing resist-. ance on the part of the people, &c. &c. We do not draw the same inferences which he does from the improvements in manufactures on the Conti nent, and are astonished that he could speak of" the moderate limits of Great Britain as compared with Russia, Prussia, France, or Austria," and thence infer that " the preservation of the ascendancy we have acquired in the commonwealth of nations is a subject well intitled to inspire deep and constant anxiety," it being certain that with re spect to one of these powers, - the European ter ritories of Great Britain are one-tenth larger than the dominions of Prussia, to say nothing of the comparative barrenness of the latter. The concluding observations of the Reviewer, however, deserve particular notice, from their appearance in a publication connected .with the Administration. " Both reason and history (observes the Reviewer) indicate that there is a point at which improvement mint cease; and though this point is in every particular instance uncertain, yet that improvement becomes slower as it advances, and every practi cable amelioration must be adopted in order to prolong its continuance. This is now the case with England. Symptoms now and then appear, which look as if all were wearing out, and the pre sent order of things were verging to one of those great changes to which all sublunary affairs are subject. But the power of renovation, which our Constitution possesses, forbids us to entertain so dark an apprehension. If we are to keep our place, however, it is indispensibly necessary that every incumbratice should be removed, which clogs the activity and energy of individuals or the Government. Every part of the machine of society must be ad a pt e d t o th e i ncrease d exer tion it is called upon to make. If this be so, every branch of our public and private economy; the ad ministration of the affairs of parishes and counties; the state of charities, corporations, public schools, colleges, the law, the church, and the whole ma nagement of our foreign - dependencies, must suc cessively submit to examination and amendment. Wealthy as the country is, and attached to ancient institutions as it has always wisely been, it can no longer support the burden of places or proceedings, which can be simplified or dispensed with. It is utterly impossible that every thing established by our ancestors should remain for ever untouched, either in form or substance." Allowing, with the Reviewer, that " the main strength of the church has ever lain in the purity of her doctrines," we had imagined, that every thing in the country ought to give way to the preservation of what some people think detracts from the effect of the doctrines. But it seems we were in the wrong; and to think that we should be set right by a Government Review —Morning chronicle. The valuable time of the worthy Magistrates at Marylebone Office, was wasted during the two last days, in hearing frivolous and unfounded charges, by common informers, against Licensed Victuallers. These fellows are become so audacious, that though defeated and disgraced they again return to the charge, and often beard those Magistrates who con descend to submit to their impertinence. On both the alluded days, as indeed on all occasions, Mr. Rawlinson and Mr. Hoskins sifted the informations, heard both sides of the question, and, on both days, all the informations were dismissed, with the exception of one which was so very trifling that the party was only fined five shillings. Yesterday, Johnson was defeated on every information which he laid, and was told by Mr. Hoskins that in future the evidence of his witness would not be received on similar occasions at the office.—Morning Advertiser. CANTERBURI, April IS. We have a good sumly of Wheat and other kinds of Grain. Wheat was from Is. to 2s. per quarter cheaper. l'ease and Oats remain the same, but Barley and Old Beans were 2s. per quarter lower than our last quotation. Wheat, white ties. to 755. red 'Bs. to 70s. Barloy, Malting 36s. to 389 Grinding. 265. to 303. Oats Beans 26, to 345. l'ease... 3.25. to 355. ROWLAND STEPHENSON. In the correspondence received yesterday morning from New York, there is an awful account of the condition of this wretched man. It is stated that it would move the heart of his most injured victim to see the change which a few months have made in his visage and person—that he has become, as if by magic, an aged man, and with spirits sunk to the lowest possible state of despondence;—that a con stant watch is kept over him, lest he should raise his own hand against his life. The British Consul at New York transmitted a letter to London, which was received in the course of the day, and which represented the miserable state of Stephenson more accurately, and with ap parently more impartiality, than any which have reached London amongst the numberless speculative accounts given in the American papers. The Consul says, " Two men came to my house when I was sitting down to dinner, and told me they had Mr. Stephenson in their custody, and were desirous of handing him over to me to obtain the re ward. They told me they came in four days from Savannah—that they seized him at a retired coun try house, and brought him to me without any warrant, save that they heard of a reward of 1,0001. for his apprehension. 1 immediately pro ceeded to the vessel, which had been anchored in the bay, and found the wretched man in a cold cabin, his arms and hands pinioned, as he had attempted suicide with a pistol which he had concealed. — Upon stating who I was, and expressing my regret that my public duty enjoined upon me to interfere, and expostulating with him that for the sake of his children he should brave his misfortunes by affording all the reparation in his power to those whose interests he had injured, the wretched man burst into tears, and cried aloud, " Oh my children, my children ! I cast myself on you—do as you please—l shall act as you point out—l surrender myself to you as Consul of his Majesty." Having sent for an officer, I had him removed to my office, and sent to Messrs. Goodhue aud Perit, the gentle men to whom the assignees had sent their authority, upon which, as the wretched man was cold and hungry, and Mr. Goodhue's house was near, we removed him, where refreshment was kindly and liberally afforded. No language can describe the agony of mind Mr. Stephenson suffered, as such kindness was quite unexpected, and deeply did he deplore the fatal step of leis leaving England. I probed him closely as to the cheque drawn on the Bank of England, and the funds sworn to as taken from the Bank a few days previous to his abscond ing. He stated that the deficiency had existed long, although not discovered before; and, in a most solemn manner, he declared that he had but a few sovereigns, and was dependent upon Lloyd for buy ing him three shirts and some warm clothing since his arrival. Lloyd, he said, was so involved in his transactions, he determined to accompany him ; but they were no sooner on board than they found out their error, but they could not then return." It is confidently expected that Stephenson will, if his mind sustains no desperate shock, return to this country. CHESTER.—Wheat, per 7511). I Is. W. to I 15.9,1., Batley, 38 qrts. Cs. Od. to 6s. 3d. ; Oats, .1.91 b. 3s. 3d. to 3s. 9d. • NANTWICII.—Wheat, per 751 b. 12s. 6(1. to 13s. Od. ; Barley, 38 qrts. 6s. Od. to Cs. 6d.; Oats, 5Q19. 4s. Od. to 4s. 6d. GLASGOW MARKETS. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) - _ SUGARS.—In the early part of the week a cargo of 490 hhds. and tierces Demerara Sugars was brought to market ; the prin cipal part being middling and the better descriptions, were taken off freely, at rather higher prices than those sold the previous week ; since, there has been a farther supply brought forward of Demeraras, St. Lucia, and Antiguas, and the demand has be. come limited, but prices arc maintained ; the sales of the week amount to 620 hhds. and tierces. _ _ COFFEE —The sales made in Coffee are, 125 bags Demerara, part by auction ; triage, 345. 6d. a 355. 6d. ; ordinary, 475. 6d.. a 495. ; and good ordinary, 555. a 565. PIMENTO or GlNGER.—Nothing done. RUM. —Nothing done ; nominal prices of Jamaicas, 3s. 4d. for 16 0. P. ; Leeward*, 2s. a 2s. ld. for proofs. COrfON.—The sales this week are 780 packages, which were taken at former prices, The particulars are, 24 Sea Island 11d. a 1314 d. ; 10 Stained do. at 7 1 4(1. a 734 d. ; 339 Boweds at 5Nd. a 6 . 4 d. ; 125 Orleans at 5 7 / B d. a 6%d.; 40 Mobile at 5%d. ; 28 Per nambuco at 7 , !4d. a Bd.; 52 Maranham at 7 3 ,4 . a ; 41 Egyptian at 770. a 81.0. ; 2 Demerara at 734 / d. ; 116 Surat at 3%c1. a DYEWOODS.—The sales made in Dycwoods are 10 tons of Jamaica Logwood, recently imported, at 61. ; and 30 tons of Cuba Fustic at 9/. 10s. ASHES.—The sales in Ashes have been rather limited; several small parcels of Montreal Pots have been taken by the dealers for the Irish market, at 31s. a 31s. fid., and Pearls at 345. 6d.; from the stock being very much reduced, some of the holders arc now demanding 15s. TOBACCO.—There has been nothing done, prices are without alteration. . _ Y. C. TALLOW is retailing at 41s. a Us. 6d. FISH OILS are dull ; Whale 21/. 10s. a 221. Cod 21/. ; and Pale Seal 23/. per tun old measure. GRAIN.—The supplies of Grain still continue on a moderate scale ; tiring the week the Wheat Trade has been very dull, and to ethct sales lower prices must have been submitted to. Oats are 6d. per boll cheaper, and the sales confined entirely to the prime qualities. For :,cotch and Irisn Barley there has been a fair de mand at former prices, and but little done in Foreign. Beans and Pease have barely maintained former rates, and not much doing. DUBLIN MARKET NO: E.—FornAY ?; Apri 16. From J 1 'o M. T. 1,540 Wheat,per barrel 20 stone 26 0 42 6 32 5 157 Bete .16 stone 12 0 11 0 14 10 822 Barley l6 stone 14 0 20 0 16 814 3,115 Oats l4 stone 7 0 16 0 10 8 5,794 Cwt. Flour.— 9 stone 7 0 28 0 0 C5l Oatmeal ll stone 11 0 17 0 12 0 3 ,.i Sold to Bakers only. 3,920 Cwt. Flour .. 18 0 28 0 20 1134 Average price of Wheat and Flour 535. 4d. per sack. Firsts, --. from 265. Od. to 285. Od. Rec es e of Do. 5,794 ipts of Flour, B,7lllSeconds, from 17s. Od. to 244. Od. S4l . 1 ,hird5,......—.— from 78. Od. to 16s. 6d. PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf, Vb. soz. 9 3 ,4 d. 1 Half-quartern, 21b. 20z.......... sd. BRITISH EXPORTS. STATEMENT OF THE QUANTITIES OF THE UNDERMENTIONED ARTI CLES OF BRITISH MANUFACTURE EXPORTED FROM LIVBRPOOL, FROM APRIL 10 TO 17 INCLUSIVE.• Pieces. Yards, Cotton 114,972 1,475,162 Linen 3,496 283,565 Blanketing 6,468 Carpeting 6,365, Calicoes l6l Kerscymeres - Flannel Ells. Sail Cloth 2,710 1)oz. ICotton Hose 2 - XS) Worsted Hose - Cotton Handkerchiefs .270 Cotton Braces 6OO (Hats 1H ardware . £11,3'20 Ends. Woollen Stuffs-1,092. 60 Worsted St u ffs 3,253 Baize 433 Inf. Woollens 2,696 1 Cotton Threadl2,Bl6lb. Cotton Yarn ...'25,050 Earthenware £1,621 Salt, White Bushels 1-49,030 salt ............. 60,000 Tons, Cwt. Chal. Coal l,OlO 7 0 Iron 1,239 OX - 1 .4:-] CATTLE. AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL FROM APRIL 10 TO 17, BOTH DAYS INCLUDHP. Cows. I Calves. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. I I 893 53 674, V 579 I 20 I 0 COTTON WOOL. LIST OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. y. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ST. GEORGE'S, I3LOOMSBURY. • LONDON MARKETS. I Yesterday being the day appointed for the elcc (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) tion of Churchwardens of the above parish, for the SUGAR .-There was a brisk demand for good West India Mu •covades last week, and at full prices; the sales were estimated year ensuing, a Meeting was held in the Vestry to exceed 3,000 blids. and tcs. Towards the close of business the room for that purpose. reduction in the Mauritius Sugar occasioned rather a heavy market. This stock is now 4;290 hhds. and trs. more than last Mr. TIIISTLETON was voted to the Chair, when year; the deliveries last week were 2,045 hhds. and trs., being the following gentlemen were nominated as being 5441 ss than the corresponding period of 1828. This forenoon all the rooms have been closed on account of the holydays; there qualified to fill the office of Churchwardens-viz., has been no Sugar Market since Thursday last. In Refined Goods there was little variation last week ,• but rather a greater Mr. Algar, Mr. Harris, Mr. Mills, and Mr. Brown. disposition for forcing sales was apparent ; the consequence was a The above gentlemen severally addressed the Might reduction in low goods; the fine was without alteration. Meeting. Molasses steady. There are no transactions ye.terday or this forenoon on account of the holydays. i After a most boisterous discussion of some two EAST INDIA SUGAIt.-There were three public sales of hours or thereabouts, a poll was demanded, which Mauritius Sugar last week, 17,211 bags ; the whole sold heavily, and at a further reduction of Is. a 2s. : -Brown 48s. a 515., Yellow commenced at two o'clock. At half-past ten o'clock 525. a 585., fine 595. a 645. t h e num b er of votes were as follows :- FOREGN SUG A R.-There• were no sales of Foreign Sugar • last week to any extent; a small parcel of good white Havannah Mr. Mills 455. Mr. Brawn WEST INDIA MOLASSES.-The prices arc without al- Mr. Algar teration. COFFEE-The public sales of Coffee last week were more ex- Mr. Harris BB tensive than usual; 550 casks new Jamaica sold heavily, but At this period the two latter gentlemen gave in without any farther reduction in the prices ; about 3eo packs Demerara and Berbice sold, at full prices for the mid, and good I their resignation, and the two former were, by the mid. qualities ; the inferior descriptions went off heavily. 200 bags good ord. Brazil sold at 365., which is Is. lower. This day there Chairman, declared duly elect ed. were no public or private sales of Coffee; the market has a The Meeting separated at a late hour. languid appearance. RUM, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.-There have been no extensive sales of Rum; a few orders for shipping, but limited as to extent, have been executed; there is no alteration in the cur rency : Jamaica Rums are neglected. In Brandy or Geneva there is no alteration. HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW-The Tallow Market con tinues languid, but without any reduction in the prices. In Hemp or Flax there is no alteration worth reporting. HOPS.-There is rather more demand for fine Hops; the prices are little varied. SALTPETRE.-There is no alteration in Saltpetre worth re porting. RICE-A large parcel of good Madagascar Rice sold last week at 85. ; mid. Bengal Rice otters at Ils. a I ls. 6d. ; Carolina 31.5. TEA.-Boheas have advanced 2d. per lb. ; nothing doing in other kinds. TOBACCO.-There are considerable orders in town for To bacco, but they appear to be limited to prices below the present currency, and cannot at present be executed. COTTON.-The: Cotton Market continues dull, and as 'the holders appear inclined to effect sales, a small reduction in prices has been submitted to, which appears to facilitate sales to some extent for export. The purchases for the week ending last night inclusive, consist of 810 Bengal nid. a 4 1 gtL, and 1,000 Surats d. a sd. OILS.-There is no alteration in Oils; the market is rather heavy, IRISH PROVISIONS.-The Provision Market continues dull. The arrivals of Butter last week 1,382 arks. Irish, 4,151 casks Foreign ; of Bacon 6,282 bales. INDIGO.-The East India Company's sale of Indigo, which commenced on the 14th inst., terminated this day; it contained originally 4,040 chests, of which 455 chests Bengal and 97 chests Madras, together 552 chests, were withdrawn. The quantity ac tually exposed to sale was 3,488 chests, which sold as follow Blue and Violet Us. fid. a Us. Scl., Purple and Violet Ss. 6d. a 98. 3d., Violet 7s. a Bs. 3d., Violet and Copper Os. a 7s. 3d., Copper ss. 9d. a 6s. 9d., Consuming sorts ss. a tis. 6d., Oude (good and fine midd ling) Is. fid. a Is. 6d., Ditto (ordinary and bad) 3s. 6d. a 4s. 3d., Trash Is. 3d. a 35., Madras (good and fine) 4s. 9d. a Os., Ditto (ordinary to good mid.) 2s. 10d. a 4s. 6d. The sale commenced with 1,689 chests belonging to the Company, which having been, as usual, taxed considerably under their value, were all sold. There was not much animation at the beginning of the sale, but towards the conclusion there was more spirit, and better prices were obtained. The proprietors have bought in a very trifling quantity, and of this a great proportion consists of Madras. As compared with the former sale, good and fine Bengal Indigo went about 3d. per lb. lower, good mid. and mid. 6d. a Is. per lb., and Consuming sorts about 3d. per lb. lower; good Oudes sold at a reduction of about fid. per lb., and ordinary and low Oudes at nearly the same prices as the last sale. Fine and good Madras obtained about the former sale's prices ; and mid, and ord. Madras went about fid. per lb. lower. ST. LUKE, MIDDLESEX. Yesterday the Annual Meeting of the Vestrymen of this parish, for the appointment of Parish Officers for the ensuing year, took place in the Church. A paper which had been circulated about this parish by Mr. Hulme, of Chiswell-street, was the principal subject of discussion. In that paper Mr. Huline stated that a delusion had been practised upon the parish by the Overseers and Guardians of the Poor, and the trustees for lighting:and watching the parish, who had levied a rate of 3s, 4d. in the pound upon the householders, and had also levied two other rates of Is. 4d. each, for paving, watching, and lighting, and subjected the inhabitants to great op pression by the manner in which that rate had been collected. Mr. HULME, who attended the Vestry, asserted that those statements were true, and said that one Board for watching, lighting, and paving, expended 10,000/. a-year, and another Board spent 30,0001. a-year, for the maintenance of the poor. The ac count was never furnished to the parishioners. Mr. RICHMOND said, that the assertions of Mr. Hulme were totally without foundation. Every explanation had been offered to Mr. Hulme, but he had refused to accept it, and he had not been long enough in the parish to entitle him to a printed copy of the annual expenditure. A considerable discossion then took place, after which the Vestry proceeded to the election of seven teen members:to fill the vacancies which were on the Guardian l3oard; and, after the Vestry Clerk and other Officers were re-appointed, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting separated. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. s. to s. 63 I - 11 I - 65 76 66 '72 60 70 60 '7B 64 70 68 80 70 80 33 - 26 28 20 30 30 34 26 32 32 37 32 33 s. to s. s. to 8. s. to 8. 36 15 31 30 20 38 16 26 40 18 23 35 38 16 22 33 35 20 26 36 40 18 24 33 40 15 .25 34 as 20 28 38 50 Per Quarter. Boston Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby... Horneastle Lincoln Spilsby Stamford... York.- . PARISH OF CHRISTCHURCH. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, a meeting of the inhabitant householders of the parish of Christ church, Surrey, was held at the Church in Black friars-road, for the annual election of parochial offi cers, passing the accounts ler the last year, and the despatch of other routine business. The meeting was the most numerous ever known in this parish. Mr. HENRY HUNT moved that Mr. Joseph Selby be appointed to the chair. Mr. CARTER rose to object to Mr. Selby. Mr. Hunt's motion was carried by a large majo rity, and Mr. SELBY took the Chair. The meeting then proceeded to the election of Commissioners of the Court of Requests, and the requisite number were elected. The election of Commissioners of Roads and Pave ments, under the Local Act, then commenced, and Mr. HUNT cautioned the parishioners not to re elect those who had involved the parish in litigation by levying distresses upon the goods of Messrs. White and Greenwell, and other inhabitants, for alleged offences against the Act. Mr. Hurt entered into a statement, showing that the distresses were altogether oppressive and illegal, and would be pro ductive of vast expellee and inconvenience to the parish eventually. In the course of the election several of the old Commissioners were rejected, while others resigned, one of them (Mr. Harris) declaring that he was glad to be relieved serving such a rabble.—(Laughter.) Mr. M'CREERY, the printer, complained that the late Commissioners had been guilty of gross dere liction of duty, inasmuch as a nuisance had existed in the street in which he lived for nine months, and they refused to remove it. This was denied by one of the late Commis sioners. Mr. HuNT proposed Mr. Thomas Jonathan Wooler as an Auditor of Accounts for the ensuing year. The motion was carried by a show of hands, but a poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Carter, an other candidate. The poll will take place this day. Mr. HUNT then gave a humorous description of his reception at the audit board, when he first be came an Auditor, and said that after he had seen the books of accounts and discovered sundry errors, the meeting was by a well-managed trick adjourned for a week, and in the mean time Mr. Carter and Mr. Smith, the late overseers, had access to the books ; and when he (Mr. Hunt) next saw them, there had been sundry erasures and other alterations. He charged Mr. Carter boldly with having been in strumental in procuring those alterations. Mr. CARTER repelled the insinuation, and said Mr. Hunt was treated respectfully by the Auditors. Mr. HUNT—Respectfully ! why 1 have been in all sorts of company, but I never experienced such unmannerly, such rude and brutal treatment in my life. _ _ Mr. CARTER—Why, whet' Mr. Hunt first en tered the room, he asked" what that fellow (mean ing me) did there ?" and I, in return, asked him why he did not turn off the woman he was living with, and take his own lawful wife to his bosom ? (Loud hisses and cries of " shame.") Mr. HUNT here rose in a tremendous rage, and was rushing towards the speaker, but was stopped by several gentlemen, or a personal conflict must have followed. Mr. CARTER was not again heard. Mr. HUNT denied having called Mr. Carter a " fellow," and declared that he merely called him " that man," and by calling him " a man," said Mr. Hunt, I am libelling human nature, as a proof of which, instead of answering the question ►n a manly way, he turned round and attacked an absent and an unoffending woman.—(Cheering, and cries of " Carter, hide your head after this.") Mr. CARTER here apologized for any warmth of expression into which he might have been betrayed. The vacancies for several parochial offices were then filled up in rotation, amidst a good deal of in teresting discussion. Mr. HAwEs moved the re-election of Mr. Niey mott, the vestry-clerk. Mr. MEYMOTT was unanimously e'ected, and re turned thanks. On the motion of Mr. HAWES, that a grant of 300 guineas be voted to the Rev. James Henry Ma pleton, the rector of the parish, as a remuneration for his services, in addition to his salary of 601. per annum and the surplice fees, Mr. HUNT moved, that the sum of 2001. be sub stituted ; but the amendment was lost, and the original grant carried. Mr. HAWES then moved that the further sum of 1001. be presented to the rector, to enable him to pay a curate to assist him in his duties. Mr. HUNT strongly objected to this grant. Other motions were then arranged, after which the meeting separated. The proceed►ngs lasted from nine in the morning until six o'clock in the afternoon. The new Rectory House of St. Martin in the Fields is proceeding with unexampled rapidity ; though it is but a few weeks since the foundations were excava ting, the workmen ate now actually employed upon the third story. NORWICH, April IS. The show of Wheat from our farmers was rather scanty, but having many parcels of Foreign offered for sale, the supply is fully equal to the demand, and prices have generally given way Is. to 2s. per quarter. Barley continues to sell heavily, and is ra ther cheaper. There is little alteration in the prices of other Grain. Flour is Is. per sack lower. Wheat (per qr.) tbs. 70s. 735. Beans (per qr.)......... 355. 38s. Barley Oats 2os. 2Ss. 30s. Flour, fine (per sack) 535. 555. EXETER m AR: Beef (score) ...... 9s. Od. 9,. tut. Mutton (to.) 0 5 —U 6 Veal and t an] 4 —0 7 P, rk 0 41-0 6i Turkeys (each) 6 o—B 0 tucks (couple) ~ 3 6 6 Fowls 3 o—4 0 ICE I 3.—April IS. Wheat (bushel) 9s. 6d. 10s 6d Barley 4 0 —.5 6 Oats 3 6—3 9 Beans 6 o—7 0 B ,tter (114) I o—l 2 E‘gs (20) 0 0 —I 0 Potatoes (peek) 1 o—l 2 IMPORTED. Same pe- This riod last year. year. Bags, &e. 179,301 17,2'15 9,928. 1829 Previous. ly this year. Bags, &c. Liverpool 255,40t London 22,036 Glasgow 10,501 Total exported in lf Same period 1928 Bags, &c. 2,870 Bags, Sze. 9,056 12,141 237 25,557. 20,52 S. Many of our fair countrywomen, whose at tachment to smuggled goods is notorious, are continually taken in by purchasing silks and other articles for foreign, which are, in fact, the workmanship of our own manu facturers. inrowrvn• EXECUTION. a s s O e m n b S I e a d t u i r n daL nt a o i f m t h in e e n n e s l e y e zn ea c T o lc u e rs t e o t o h f epeeorti: o rl n t } s r gaol, to see the awful sentence of the law c arried into effect upon Matthew and Henry Pinnell, were, at the last Assizes, convicted of highway rob' bery, accompanied by circumstances of such sggr a ; vation, that the Learned Judge (Sir James parka) though deeply aff«cted in passing sentence lir° them, admonished them not to entertain the slightest hope of mercy being extended to them in this work This humane injunction was not applied in v ain ' for, from the fatal hour their dreadful doom was Pr flounced, until the moment in which they exp iate their offences by an ignominious death, they were deeply and earnestly engaged in making their peace with Heaven. They ascended the platform, Win ch was erected over the new lodge in front of tile d prison, at a quarter' before twelve o'clock, an appeared entirely occupied in prayer and pre paration for the awful change which they "' I : - about to undergo, and in a few moments theit mortal career terminated. They were remar k : ably powerful men. Matthew was nearly six fee t in height, and well-proportioeled. Henry was sho!t ec in stature but of much more muscular format ion The latter had apparently turned round. to address his brother at the instant when the drop fell, and in t consequence of this change of his position the knod of the rope got rather to the back of his neck, b 613 t he suffered somewhat more in the last agony r , 1 .; a few convulsive struggles and all was over. crowd assembled on this occasion was more nu° l s rous than has been witnessed for some time; o f ; strange to say, the majority of the persons tol drawn together to behold two of their fellow-cr ea i tures suffer the death of ignominy, was compose d to females—maNy of whom requested permissi° ll touch the bodies, almost as soon as life was extinct; in the hope doubtless of obtaining " a c hortle' cure" for some disease. About half an hour after Oa drop fell several heavy peals of distant thunder Were heard.—Chellenhain Journal. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. MONDAY, APRIL 20.—High water 57 min. past 1 1 o'clock.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Bengal, ---"" from Bombay; Mars, Clapperton, from New Orleans; Parsons, , from Mobile ; Fingal!, ----, foto Charleston ; David Cannon, Cain, from New Orlesn" Montezuma, West, from Philadelphia ; Roscoe, Ko'll b11 : from Demerara; Jean Stewart, Semite, from Jarraw a ' Jane, Smith, from Loeluedall; John and Mary, from Stranraer. tbr CLEARED OUTWARDS.—The Amethyst, Boston; Shannon, Matchet, for Newfoundland; Sola; Evans, for New Brunswick ; Jacoba, De Jonge, fo Antwerp ; Gezion, Tay, for Elsineur ; Tally-ho , for New Orleans ; Cornett, Revett, for Alezanciri,°,: Bohemian, Pearce, for Calcutta; Ceres, Alder, for Petersburgh. cicsilg er At Ekaterinenburg in Russia, the quici.- in the barometer was frozen on the 18th of January lee t Hamburg/a Reporter. At the moment we are writing, the glor io l measure which marks the present year as one of the bf k ; liant epochs in the history of England, which will ' t i rl oo e, more terror into her enemies than. twenty Water . o p which will invigorate the energies of the nation more could hare done the acquisition of another India, 01 el. baby received the sanction of the crown, and stan d' te a ready, we trust for ever, an integral portion of the sla t " of the land !—Hantherpl, Reporter, April 14. EXTRAORDINARY LEAP OF A HOBO' On Monday evening a gentleman and lady were do ° out of a gig in the neighbourhood of Low-hill, but fir what cause we have hot been abl e to learn. The g e " e t : man, who, we understand, was Mr. Guy, of Duke-stre et' received, we regret to state, considerable bodily initr7r; but not such as to endanger his life. The horse, ' l k , ~14 freed from the controul of the bridle, dashed off, himself loose of every portion of the' g ig, except t"" splinter-bar and shafts, and with these trailing aftee: t hil f; galloped down London-road, but on reaching neel l i the corner of Greek-street, he, by some mean s had h.' career directed towards the wall, and, incredib le as the eir; cumetance may appear, sprung over the iron railing in fe,:d of the house, ten doors from the a b o ve street; and de soenn, e into the area, which was about five f e et.belew the leve l of n't footwalk. The horse Leatly cleared the palisades, bat so the splinter-bar, it caught in the railing, and irnP7 i ,t the descent of the hind part of the animal until ite,we i 4 s j i brought down a portion of the iron work, together the masonry to which it was attached, and all fell into be hole, thus the horse was entrapped, and its bearil°7 o course terminated, though standing upon its legs a+ 3 i 0 an enclosed stall. To extricate the unexpected visite r d became necessary to pull down the rest of the railing s i o stone work, and by the application of ropes be winvi ll eet up from his singular situation, apparently very btujest worse for the dangerous and surprising feats he performed.—Liverpool Courier. BIRTHS. d ' Of On the 19th instant, Mrs. Cameron, of the St r iM a son. tift' On the 20th inst. Mrs. Atkins , of Fox Ordioarr c° Nicholas-lane, of a daughter. . . dol', On the 19th inst. the lady of Matthew Cleteeiat w Esq. of Skinner-street, Snowhill, of a son. ~.A . , of On the 18th inst. in Meeklenburgh-square s . tht Arthur Loveday, Esq. of a son. MARIED. . ~,oer On the 21st inst. by the Rev. Henry Burnaby 61`-sby vicar of Long parish, Hants, Captain William Bidet Greene, R.N., of Wickham, Hants, to Catherine, e . i . ' daughter of Samuel Powell, Esq. of tippe r Harley-ems e' and On Brandlesome-hall, Lancashire. Chichixote" the 20th inst. at the Cathedral Church, 0 by the Very Rev. the Dean, the Rey. Henry Hance Dodd, A.M. of Worcester-college, Oxford, to Frit. n ce o „, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Hollsod, F a n d centor of Chichester, and grand - daughter of the late l'' Chancellor Erskine. ____ DIED. sboP' On the 19th inst. in Great Portland-street, Mrs. 1 31 7,_ Aer , age 1 76, relict of the late Rev. W. Bishop, o f Heroin" Somersetshire. On the 19th inst. in Charlotte-street, Portland-Pfe' the infant son of M. B. Honan, Esq. b ild' On the 18th inst. Mrs. Bowen, of Soutbampton--zi ings, Holborn. On the 21st inst. Frederick Thomas, youngest 1 0 ° P ° Mr. Themes Willats, of Chertsey, Surrey. the On the 16th inst. Henry, the infant sen, and 0 1 '4, 20th, Charlotte Channiag, wife of the Rer. Henry d , lance, M.A. of Sir Robert Geffery's Hospital, Kingslsll road. On the 20th inst. at his betise in Lower Berkeley-stet' Simon Halliday, Esq. of Whinnyriggs, Dumfries-abll and of St. James's-stree banker. 7.1 On the 6th inst. at t, Smylluto-park, Lanark, •-° „- Britain, Mary, the eldest daughter of Sir William. 110°1 man, Bart. At Marlborough, aged 72, John Ward, Esq. , L t. On the 19th inst. at Kensington, aged 3 1 , Sauna' „, hill, Esq of the Hen. East India Company's on the Bombay Establishment. 0 -1 On the 19th inst. at his house in Moore-place'dia betb, Thomas Aldridge, Esq. formerly of the East A,P _ house. On the 20th inst. at the house of his son-in-101P 1 Hopgood, Eishopsgate-street, John Metcalf, Esq. late ° Stoke Newington, aged 90. On the 19th inst. at Hastings, Charles Churcbiard6: z oo Esq. aged 57, upwards of 40 years an active a n " - ",,ia, cicutial clerk in the house of Currie and Co. of. Coril'icest On the 18th inst. at Kettering, the Rev. John '- Hall, A. 51. EAST INDIA. MARRIAGES. C. At Calcutta, Nev. 10, Jame 4 M'Rae, Esq. to M i. Holmes. rise At Calcutta, Nov. 3, Mr. G. H. Gonsalves to Harriet Gomez. Adr At Masulipatam, Oct. 12, Lieut. N. Burrij . .! _ .. ra taut, to Miss E. Cooper, daughter of Major .1, , :' Cooper. At Calcutta, Nov. 29, Mr. Clement D'Silva to - Anna Il Cal polite. Civ il At Calcutta, Dec. 2, Thomas Bruce, Esq. of t he Service, to Miss Dorin. - S , to At Midnapore, Nov. 23, F. Millett, Esq. 1 3 .--' or Maria, sixth daughter of J. Wintle, Esq. late o f the gal Civil Service. .• 58th ,r u e l v t ; At Muttra, Nov. 15, Lieut., J. Lumsdaine, Native Infantry, to Miss Eliza Richards, eldest 414 - 4 of Brigadier Richards, C. B. ...,,,__,---- --* ~,,i , 4 6 1- 4 i 04 PAINTIED and PUBLI6HILD by KURD() - 70)..0,1704 1 .' Ornes, 112, Srii tin; 'LoVititt. ''