The Sun. — London, England, 1829-10-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Our readers will find in another part of our 1 impression an ample report of the proceedings on Monday at Newark. In a letter from a gen tleman in Jamaica to his brother, a Clergyman, in this country, which will appear -in the Chronicle of to-morrow, he mentions that in the house in which he lives an interesting little girl, of about ten years old, had lost her eye by a blow of a whip from her mistress, and that when he first came lie had been regularly dis turbed every morning at day-light by the sound of the whip, applied by this humane landlady. Not having acquired a relish for these Jamaica usages, he happened to mention at a tea party what he had witnessed, with a view to learn whether he could take the woman before a Ma gistrate, when a lady present, shocked at this meditated outrage on vested rights, exclaimed, " What, Mr. --, would you prevent the woman doing what she pleased with her own ?" In like manner the Duke of Newcastle is quite shocked that any one should object to his ruin ing all those inhabitants of Newark, who, in the conscientious exercise of their franchise, refused to vote for Mr. Sadler. " As I - respect (says his Grace in his naive epistle) the liberty of others, so must I demand that others shall not attempt to interfere with that freedom and inde pendence, which is my right as well as theirs. According to my interpretation of the advertise ment, you meant to deliberate upon an inter ference between my tenants and me. Is it pre sumed, then, that I am not to do what I will with my own ?" My own ! What, exclaimed a New Zealander, ani I not to eat my enemy ; when I had the trouble of catching and killing him ? Circumstances give to his Grace the power of ruining, if he pleases, the electors of that Borough ; and it is quit selon les regles, his Grace thinks, that he should ruin them if he choose. Am I not to do what I will with m y own ? The Duke, it seems, holds by lease certain Crown lands round the borough. " To such—(said the framers of the report read to the meeting)—to such as are unacquainted with the situation and circumstances of Newark, the extraordinary power acquired by the Duke, from the possession of these Crown lands, would appear incredible ; but their immediate conti guity to the densely inhabited part of the town renders a portion almost indispensible to every merchant, tradesman, and shopkeeper ; particu larly so, were the staple products, as in Newark, are meal and malt. In regard, therefore, to the possession of property so useful and so valuable, the power created by the fear of losing it on the one hand, and the desire of acquiring it on the other, affords a powerful and almost irresistible temptation to the prostitution of the elective franchise, so long as the power of the disposal is allowed to remain in the hands of a Nobleman, who, viewing the property of the Crown as if it were his own paternal estate, says, 4 Have I not a right to do what I will with mine own ?' and w h o considers the privilege of controuling elec tions one of the inherent rights' which belong to it. Within the circle or belt of Crown land surrounding the town as before mentioned, the Duke of Newcastle possesses property to some extent, consisting of both land and houses. This property is held from year to year, without leases, the tenants of which, upon an under standing which has grown up from communica tions with the Duke's agents, that they would not be disturbed in their occupations, have considerably improved the properly. The Duke, by this means has acquired the power of fining the tenants fur their integrity in voting, far greater than the usual and wholesome influence e ehich property can confer." There is no ques tion to the cause of the notices to the Duke's tenants. A T : is not pretended that they have not paid their ;7ntB punctually, it is not pre tended that they have the property, or that it is required for corh!emplated improve ments. His Grace stands upon ni: right to re move, as Shylock did upon his right to Lave his pound of flesh from his debtor ; and the only conceivable cause for exercising this right is the refusal to vote for Mr. Sadler. According to the theory of the Constitution, the people elect their Representatives in Parliament, and by way of encouraging the delusion, that the people really elect their representatives, laws are passed against bribery, prescribing oaths to be taken by the electors that they are not bribed. As was well stated at the Meeting by Mr. Serjeant Wilde, " The law has sought to guard against any encroachment upon this privilege, not by a penalty Alone ; it has put it in the power of any body to tender you on the day of election a solemn oath ; you may at the poll be required to swear that you have not received any rewarel or promise thereof, and could any man of sound honest feelings come to the poll and swear that oath if he held a house on such terms ? I say that such a man would be guilty of perjury both within the letter and the spirit of the Act. Is it not then an extraordinary thing to hear the Duke's friends say that he permits you to oc cupy the houses only on condition of giving . him your votes? What must be the feelings of a man in such a condition, when the Gospels are put into his hand, and he j 2 required to swear that he has taken neither fee nor mvard ? Surely he could not take such an oath lief thus there is a dkeet attempt to tamper with your consciences, as well as with your duties and your rights." Here then we have a man allow ing his property to be occupied in eeeli a man ner that the occupants are at his reeler, and making use of the power he has in confiscating the investments, which, on the faith of understandings with Lie agents, they have made in the improvement of thee property, because they refused to perjure them selves by voting against the dictates of their con science. The law says, a man shall not bribe an elector ; but here is a Duke placing the whole of the inhabitants of a town in such a position that they may risk great sacrifices of property if they do not vote as he requires. Why does the law prohibit bribery ? Because electors ought not to be influenced by corrupt motives in giving their vote. What then is the placing hg inha bitants of Newark in the predicament of eithet ceting at the dictation of his Grace, or subject ing themselves to a penalty ? Yet this man, wilco challenged for availing hirer:elf of the di lemma in which he has placed the inhabitants of Newark, holds up his head, and exclaims with es surance, have I not a right to do with my own what I like? The West Indian exclaims, have I not a right to mangle the body of this black, when and how I please ? This Ducal Borough monger exclaims, hare I not a rielit to inflict mental torture on my white slave Zen I cizoose ? And if he will not perjure biiaself for me, have I not a right to starve him ? It is fortunate for a country labouring like England, tinder a most degrading political servitude, when a man like the Duke of Newcastle appears on the stage. fle is realty a much greater benefactor to his country than any of those Noblemen who exer else their power with more delicacy and tact. - He does not attempt in any manner, by even the common courtesies of life, to reconcile the people of Newark to their political degradation. " He neither contributes to their charities, nor does he promote their trade—he lives in their recollections only from the periodical visitations of the rent collectors, and in the rare case of defalcation of rent, it is exacted with the strictest severity." His nominees " have ever been iEtsensible to the promotion of the interests of the Town, holding their seats but to swell the number of his Grace's claims upon the Minister of the day for the ad vancement of his own personal and family inte rests ; and so completely have such Members been the puppets of the Duke, that at his plea sure he has displaced and displaced them with out notice to, or the knowledge of those to whom they nominally were indebted for their elevation." For the sake of human nature, we are inclined to think that there is not another boroughmon ger in England who would have acted as he has done towards Thomas Bell, who, according to the report, " has received a notice to quit, not withstanding that he resided in the same house six years before it was purchased by the present Duke's grandfather, and notwithstanding that he is now seventy-seven years of age, fifty-two of which he has lived in the same house, never having been during that time a day behind with his rent." In the event in English History, celebrated by the genius of Dr. Southey, the insurrection of \Vat Tyler, it was the indelicacy in the mode of ascertaining whether one maid was liable to the poll tax that stirred up the people to revolt. In the Duke of Newcastle we see boroughmongery in its worst shape. Ail slave-owners do not mutilate their slaves ; all t orough proprietors do not turn old men of eighty to the streets. But these instances enter the minds of those who can feel rather than rea son. The power to inflict these injuries with impunity is what grieves the reflecting. Bo roughmongery is a sad degradation, whether it is exercised with the courtesy to be expected from a humane and enlightened Nobleman, or with all the stupid rudeness and insensibility to all the charities of our nature, which we witness in a Duke of Newcastle. The influence of pro perty is unfortunately the only influence which is not allowed under our system ; for a property in human beings is not a property which can be tolerated.—Morning Chronicle. The benevolent portion of our readers will be pleased to see that a committee of distinguished Spaniards has, at the solicitation of the unfor tunate refugees from Portugal, been formed, on the principle and for the purpose recommended in the Times of Monday last. The names of the eight individuals who compose the new com mittee are such as will doubtless be held unex ceptionable by all the Constitutional Spaniards in this country. A letter, signed by the several members of the committee, who amount to eight, and at the head of whom stands General forrijos, is subjoined. It announces the willingness of the parties to act on behalf of the poor unprovided soldiers, by distributing whatever sums may be charitably subscribed for their use ; and, whether much or little, it is right that the offerings of beneficence should be turned to the best advantage. An atrocious effort, an abortive one we hope it will prove, has been made by an evil-minded Sunday print, to deter humane Englishmen from contributing to the preservation of those wretched sufferers in the cause of liberty, on the ground that so many working manufacturers in England are poverty stricken by the consequences of the free-trade system, and have prior claims upon our cha rity. It is not the first time by thousands that hypocrisy has been made the stalking-horse of faction. The poor of England are in Eng 7 land, and are by law entitled to parochial pro vision. The labouring manufacturers may not have high wages, but they have some wages, if they choose to accept them ; and, as a body, they have meat, drink, clothes, and shelter from the storm. The English manufacturers have riot been entrapped by the uncertain policy of their ovwit or any other Government into a state of rigorous bondage, under the show and pro mise of enlisting them in defence of liberty. Where, then, is the parallel between the case of weavers, who are only not rich, and captives, who are only not famished ? Without going into very minute particulars, or seeking to throw blame anywhere, we must affirm that English policy has not been altogether clear of imputa tion for the distress with which our miserable Spanish clients are afflicted. They betook them selves across the Estremadura frontier, rather than join in those aggressions upon Portugal which Mr. Canning, backed by the Duke of Wellington raid the British Parliament, declared to give substantial cause for war on the part of Great Britain against Ferdinand. Some among these refugees, with the proud and independent with to relieve the funds of English charity from all I,n-,necessary pressure, withdrew their names from the list •of pensioners in this metropolis, and betook themselves to Portugal, then occupied by British troops, and held on behalf of Pedro and his daughter, con, sidering that it was more honourable to receive pay from the Princess Regent than alms from the public here. But Miguel came : the sworn Lietitcn4iit of Pedro made himself Sovereign of that kingdom which we had, for Pedro's sake, by a British force defended. These honest and credulous champions of true loyalty were first pl4nged by Miguel into the holds of prison,. ships, aiid •t.hen cast starving beggars on our shores. This, wit.:; submission to the :ultra monopoly Sunday-writers, is a case deserving s4rfte little sympathy from men who arc alive to the spirit of justice, and whose hearts, though not Anti-Catholic, :pay perchance be Christian. We observe that there is sonic talk about a pro mised auinesty from Ferdinand VII. Who will —who can trust his amnesty ? Who can speak. with a (nave face of an amngety issuing from that faithless despot and his Camarillo, s of :a se curity which they would advise the meanest fel low-creature not weary of life to act upon. The leiter from the Committee of, Epanish officers appoii4d by the refugees will be read with in, terest by ail wi,o have feelings to be touched. The checks upon a misapplivtion of any little fund that may be raised are worthy tp bp imi tated by other charities, and among them that which requires every order for money, however small, to lie signed by at least three of the Com mittee, " TO TILE EDITOR (8' T,IIE TIMES. " reasons you stated in your article of yesterday have induced the Spaniards recently ar rived in London from the dungeons of Portugal to assemLla and appoint a committee for the purpose you pointed oat, 4nd their choice has fallen upon us, " Too devotedly attached to our companions in Knisfortune to decline any service we might be ca pable of performing fur them,lwe have not hesitated `to accept the t rus t confided to us, and to commen.c.e the discharge of it the moment circumstances shall enable us. At .the same time we beg leave to ex press our gratitude for the interest which on this as well as on so many other occasions you have taken in the Spanish refugees, and our hope that, consistent in your generous course, you will continue your ef forts in favour of unfortunate men, who are suffering a fate they have not merited, and which it was not in their power to avoid. " Having thus fulfilled our first duty, we avail ourselves of this opportunity to return our thanks to the illustrious Sir Francis Burdett for his gene rous donation, and we venture to hope that his noble example will be followed by other persons in circumstances to admit of their contributing to the relief of the unfortunate Spaniards whom we repre sent, and who are the only refugees that, as a body, receive no allowance of any kind, though they do not need assistance less than the others, nor are less deserving of the sympathy of the English nation. In announcing ourselves to you, and through the medium of your Journal to the public, as a Committee representing the suffering victims who have just been dismissed from the prison-hulks in which Don Miguel had buried them, we consider it our duty to declare, that without your aid—with out the cooperation of the other organs of the pub lic opinion —without the protection and generosity of the English people, who have dispensed, and still dispense, so many benefits to the other Spanish emigrants—our task will be undertaken in vain, and our unfortunate constituents will perish of hunger and nakedness on the very soil where they hoped to find charity and enjoy freedom. But if, we are bound to believe, you and the public will assist us— if in, the way you have proposed, or by other means which may be suggested, some building might be obtained for them to live in altogether and make a common stock, the expense of maintaining would not be considerable, and the hard lot of these un fortunate men would be greatly alleviated. " At all events we are determined that publicity and frankness shall govern our transactions if we are enabled to act at all. In proportion as money may be received, it shall be deposited in the hands of a banker, whose name will be advertised. The distri bution will be made methodically, and under an order signed by at least three of the committee. Every three months the accounts will be regularly made up, and we shall request the gentlemen who form the English Committee for the Relief cf the Spanish and Italian Refugees to examine them. We shall then transmit them to you and to the other Journals of this Metropolis to be published, in order that the donors may know not only the amount of the money expended,—and in what form and to what persons, but what funds, if any, remain behind. " It remains for us to beg of you, Sir, that you will take the trouble to receive any donations which may be made at your office, and announce them to the public. By this means the notices in your Journal, and the entries in the book of the com mittee, will be proofs at once of the generosity of the English people, and of the fidelity with which their charity has been distributed. We are, &c. " JOSE MARIA DE TORRIJOS, General. " FRANCISCO VALDES, Colonel. " JUAN LASANA, Colonel. " PEDRO CASASOLA, Colonel. " YGNACIO LOPEZ PINTO, Commandant. " BENITO LOSADA, Commandant. " RAMON BARRERA, Captain. " ANTONIO RUBIO, Captain." There is no " Catholic Question" now to stand in the way of the suppression of disgrace ful outrages in Ireland. Why, then, are they not suppressed ? The public are at the expense of an immense military force to preserve the peace of that country, and yet its peace is not preserved. The system of " Agrarian warfare" is extending instead of diminishing its ravages. We gave, a few days ago, an account from one of our correspondents, of the new and midnight agitator, Terry Alt, who, he states, has got nearly three baronies of the county of Clare under his dynasty of intimidation, to which, we presume, many landlords find it expedient to give in their adhesion. On the authority of another of our correspondents, we publish to-day an ac count of a fatal encounter between a body of Rockites and a party of police. The time of action was, of course the night—for Captain Rock's men are only brave in the dark. It is then they scour the country to plunder arms, to burn houses, and execute the laws of their chieftain upon the marked victims of their system with • the most ingenious varieties of torture and death. The encounter to which we have adverted took place in the neighbourhood of Maryborough. A body of Itockites, supposed to be about fifty in number, had surrounded the house of a Protes taut farmer, and compelled him to purchase his life by the surrender of his fire-arms. He was in the act of handing them out at the window, when a small party of policemen surprised the banditti, and fired a volley upon them, which was returned. An engagement followed, preparatory to which the Rockites gallantly entrenched themselves behind the farmer's cattle, having that tender regard for their own lives which generally distinguishes all ruffians who are profuse of the blood of others. Neither their courage nor their " fbrtifications" availed the nocturnal assassins long. The 50 Agrarian " warriors" were routed by five police men, which shows that their taste for murder is not accompanied by a relish for much fighting. The serjcant who commanded the police was severely wounded ; one of the Itockites re mained a prisoner, and the flight of several of them was tracked by their blood. This affair is important, as showing how small a force of de termined men it requires to protect the lives and properties of peaceable people from the outrages of those organised bands of ruthless savages who have now been for years exercising their " reign of terror" in the most populous parts of Ire land, and committing crimes from which huma nity recoils. Sudden and summary justice upon such ruffians, when they are detected jiagranti delicto, is a much more effective way of' making a salutary and terrible impression than the more formal process of the criminal law. It would not take an energetic Government a long time, we should think, by a judicious use of the po lice and detachments of soldiery, to make Capt. Rock's men heartily sick of their nocturnal ex cursions. It is in vain to talk of the civilization of Ireland until such systems of barbarous vio lence be utterly crushed and exterminated. But the great functionaries of State seem to be so much engaged in the very important question, whether a certain toast be drunk at a Lord Mayor's dinner, or a certain tune be played by a Civic band, that they can spare but little time to attend to the ferocious frolics of the Rockite barbarians.—Morning Herald. tract of a letter from Naples :—We have had, in the rconian ,Stitps, a most extraordinary discovery of the Necropolis of Vtilci, or Vulcia, in which already no fewer than 2,000 vases, of the best workmanship and pre pervo.tioo, have been found. One-third of these vasei are inscribed—all, however, with Greek characters, Greek Personages, and by Greek artists, who are often named, FIX!: as ANDOCIDES, SOSTI:ENES, 11EGAC)i.r.rI, GLAucoN, and Purnit.os— a ll of whom either 9 epoicsot 60:11C of the painti ngs . Th ese disco veries in i nthe shape, hot in red t e rracotta, winter. About 400 plate 9, not ra unlike il,i with black figure,,, have also been found, w hi c h I i mag ine eB. orl modern b e continues plates served for the funeral feast, probably may corn and raisins. The price of Greek vases is consequently expected to fall. The collection here, the best in the world, is of course di minished in value." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. It would perhaps be premature to hazard any de cided opinion at present with respect to the ultimate success of the measures adopted by the authorities at the Home-office for the prevention of crime and the better security of the public. As far, however,' as can be judged from the brief experience of a week the new system appears to work well, and is likely to accomplish a great portion of the benefits which its framers were anxious to effect. The manner in which the night charges are brought forward and disposed of at this office is a decided improvement upon the old system ; and, making due allowances for the inexperience and want of tact of some of the new patrol, the great majority of whom have yet to learn their duties as polies-officers, they appear to conduct themselves with good sense and temper—a course which is well qualified to give them the con fidence of the public. An instance of good conduct in one of the serjeants of the division under the su perintendence of Mr. Thomas occurred on Sunday night, and ought to be recorded:— The serjeant, in going along Holborn, at eleven o'clock, found a decent-looking man lying in the kennel, near the pavement, in a state of intoxication. He raised him up, but found all attempts useless either to make him stand upon his legs or mention who he was, or whence he came, so far was he overpowered by the effects of drink. One of the patrol happening to pass at the time, the serjeant, with his assistance, placed the man against a shop door, and discovered that he had something grasped firmly in his hand, upon opening which it was found to contain a roll of Bank-notes. One of the inspec tors came by at the time, to whom the serjeant re ported the circumstance, and received the directions of his (Slicer to remove the man to the watch-house, and take charge of the money which was found in his possession. The man was removed to the watch house accordingly, where his name and address was ascertained. Upon sending an officer to his lodg ings, however, it was found that his wife was nearly as drunk as himself, and that the landlord of the house was in the same condition. Under these cir cumstances the serjeant determined to keep the man all night in the watch-house, as the surest means of securing the Bank-notes which were found upon him, and which amounted to the sum of 3504 He accordingly took a memorandum of the numbers and amount of the notes, and made a return of them to his inspector. In the morning, when the man re vived, his alarm was extreme upon finding where he was and that his money was gone. lie was soon undeceived, however, and received back his roll of notes, expressing his gratitude to the ser jeant, and insisting upon his acceptance of a sove regn as a small remuneration for the trouble he had taken. The serjeant, obedient to his orders, de clined to accept the proffered reward without the sanction of his superiors, observing that he had only done his duty. The circumstance having been re ported to the police commissioners, the conduct of the serjeant was highly commended, and it was sig nified to him that there was no objection to his tak ing the sovereign. The commissioners added, that while they should always set their faces against any thing which wore the appearance of a bribe or re ward for the performance of their duty, the patrol were to understand that where they had performed essential service to individuals, and had acted in a like praiseworthy manner, there would be no objec tion to their receiving a moderate recompence, pro vided it was the free and spontaneous gift of the party to whom the benefit was rendered. Sir R. Birnie, to whom the above circumstance was re parted, by Mr. Thomas, the supervisor, in whose division it occurred, commended the conduct of the serjeant, observed, that by a steady pursuance of such a course the new police would soon obtain the estimation of the public. Yesterday a young man of respectable appearance named Thomas Preston, was brought in custody from the King's Bench prison, by order of the Mar shal, charged before Mr. Mammas. with having fraudulently obtained the sum of 14/. 6s. from a per son named Stumbkie, a tailor, residing in Oxendon street, by means of a false cheque. The daughter of Mr. Stumbkie appeared to pre fer the charge, but in answer to a question by the Ma g istrate, she said that the prisoner had satisfied her father, who did riot mean to proceed. Mr. MINSHULL appeared surprised, and said he did not exactly know what was meant by being " satisfied." The prisoner was krought before him on a charge of fraud, and, sitting there as a Magis trate, lie could not listen to any thing in the shape of satisfaction or arrangement. The Magistrate then asked why Mr. Stumbkie himself was not present. _ _ Miss Stumbkie replied, that her father was unable to attend owing to•illness. He had told her, how ever, that he had no desire to press the charge. Mr. Leadley, the clerk, said that the prisoner had been at Marlborough-street dice some time ago, charged with a like offence. At.. MINSHULL observed that the circumstance was an additional reason for his detaining the prisoner. A friend of the accused represented to the Ma gistrate, that as the transaction between Mr. Stumb kie and the prisoner had taken place two years ago, it was one in which a Magistrate ought not to in terfere. Mr. MtNsituu, said, however, that he certainly should have no hand in compounding the matter, and should certainly not discharge the prisoner, but as the warrant had been granted by Sir B. BIRNIE, he would leave the disposal of the case to that magistrate. The prisoner was then taken back to the King's Bench prison, to be brought up on a future day. MARLBORO U Gil-STREET. Several applications have been made to the ma gistrates of this office for warrants against a Mr. or Captain Prescott, at present a prisoner for debt in the King's Bench prison, on alleged charges of ob taining money and other property from various per sons under false representations; and after a good deal of doubt and hesitation on the part of the magistrates as to the sufficiency of the grounds stated by the applicants, warrants were in the end granted, and yesterday Mr. Prescott was brought under their authority before the magistrates; but this gentleman might just as well have been left undisturbed in his prison, for he was only brought here to be discharged from the very warrants under which he was removed, the parties who obtained them stating to the magistrates that Mr. Prescott and themselves had the best possible understanding with each other, and there was no occasion for further proceedings. Mr. Prescott was of course discharged. Thomas Clifton, driver of the Paddington stage coach, No. 3,832, was charged with having assaulted Mr. Toplis, of St. Paul's church-yard. Mr. Toplis stated, that on Friday evening last, about nine o'clock, he got into the defendant's coach, about 150 yards west of Tottenham-court road. The defendant drew up at the public-house at the corner of the Hampstead-road, and remained there a considerable time. Finding he did not go on, Mr. Toplis told him that unless he moved di rectly he should get out, which he attempted to do, but was for some time prevented by the door - being held against him, when he got out at the off-door, intending to go by another coach. The defendant followed him and demanded his fare. Mr. Toplis refused paying it, on which the defendant forcibly prevented him leaving, and gave him in charge. At the watch-house, however, Mr. Toplis immediately gave charge of the driver for the assault. The defendant being called on for his defence, and fang to give a satisfactory explanation of his conduct, Mr. CoNANT observed that it was clear he was guilty of an assault. The magistrate also re marked that the gentleman was perfectly justified in getting nut of the coach; passengers were not to be kept at the pleasure of coachmen: Mr. Toplis subsequently agreed not to press the charge, provided the coachman would make an apology, and pay ss, to the poor-box, which the de fendant acceded to, and was discharged. NOTES ON THE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. Among other pamphlets put into our hands a few days ago by a friend returned from America, is an account of the imports and exports of the United States, which, though some years old, derives a value from the fullness of its details. We have extracted a few statements from it, with the view of elucidating the habits of the people, and the effects of their light taxation. The re sult is not exactly what the accounts of travellers led us to expect. We did not imagine, for in stance, that the Americans, who have, generally speaking, much more to spend than the people of Britain, and get their tea at half the price which it costs here, would consume less of it than we do. Yet such is the case. Wine, too, is lightly taxed in the United States, and very cheap, and as its use at the table is a mark of aentlemanship, we thought that a people like the Americans, who love style, would have con sumed it largely. The " accursed wine," how ever, as Cobbett calls it, the index in his opinion of domestic extravagance, seems to be in disre pute among our Transatlantic brethren. If they follow our customs, we should think that the whole quantity reserved for domestic use would do little more than suffice for the funerals of a sickly year. They have, however, the good taste to prefer the weak and cooling wines of France, to the fiery, liver-corroding port, which shortens the days of so many honest fellows in this country. Again, the preference of coffee to tea by the Americans, is a feature in (heir do mestic life, which places them in strong contrast with the people of Britain. The details subjoined are for the year ending 30th September, 1824 ; and it may be necessary to observe, that the results they present can only be considered as approximations to the truth. The quantity of each foreign article consumed in the country, is found by deducting what is re exportal from what is imported. This method, though sufficiently correct when a series of years is included, may lead us into error when a single year is only taken, as in the present case, be cause it does not make allowance for those fluc tuations and inequalities of importation and ex portation which must occasionally take place. The presumption is, however, that the results presented are not very remote from the truth. The population is assumed to be 10,500,000, including 1,700,000 slaves. WINES.—The quantity of wine of all kinds imported into the United States in the year was 2,101,000 gallons, the Custom-house value of which was 1,050 dollars, or 2s. 2d. per gallon. The quantity exported was 790,000, leaving only 1,310,000 for home consumption, or 1-7th of a gallon for each inhabitant. In Britain and Ireland the wine consumed amounts to rather more than 1-3 d of a gallon for each inhabitant. The very small consumption of wine in Ame rica, notwithstanding its cheapness, and the easy circumstances of the people, is a remarkable fact. It may be ascribed partly to the great consump tion of cyder, sherbet, lemonade, and other cool ing drinks, made from acid fruits, but partly also to a preference for spiritous liquors. Of the wine imported into the United States, 102,000 gallons were from Madeira, about 900,000 gallons from France, with 32,000 more from the French West Indies, 338,000 from Gibraltar, 140,000 from Italy, Sicily, and Malta, 240,000 from Spain. From Portugal very little. It will be observed that the Americans, who are not re stricted in their choice by distinctive duties, shew a decided preference for the French wines, which constitute about one-half of all they consume. There is little doubt that a similar preference exists in Britain, but our absurd scale of duties, which subjects French wine, costing 4d. per bottle, to a duty of Is. 3d., while the strong and high priced wines of Portugal pay only 10d., has almost excluded the former from the market. Of 7,600,000 gallons consumed in Britain in 1828, the French wine constituted only 450,000, or 1-17th. TEA.—The quantity of tea imported into the United States, was 8,930,000 pounds ; the quantity re-exported amounted to 1,150,000, leaving 7,780,000 for home consumption, or nearly one pound for each free inhabitant. The Custom-house value of the whole tea imported was 2,786,000 dollars, or about ls. 4d. per pound. The tea consumed in the British Isles, in 1828, was 26,790,000 pounds, which gives about 1. lb. 2 oz. for each inhabitant, or a rate of consumption a little greater than in the United States. As tea is one-half cheaper in the United States than with us, we should expect the difference to lie the other way; but the fact is perhaps to be explained by the greater con sumption of coffee in America. COFFEE.—The coffee imported into the United States was 39,200,000 pounds, of which 19,400,000 pounds were re-exported, leaving for home consumption about 20,000,000 pounds, or almost two pounds for each inhabitant. The coffee consumed in the British Isles was only 8,000,000 in 1824, but is now 16,509,000, which is fully two-thirds of a pound for each inhabitant, or about one-third of the American rate of consumption. In what regards the use of this article and tea, we see that the Americans, in their taste, resemble the Continental nations more than the British. FOREIGN SPIRITS.—The quantity of foreign spirits imported was 5,400,000 gallons, the quantity exported 450,000, leaving for home consumption 4,850,000 gallons. Of the im ported spirits 720,000 gallons appear to have been gin, and nearly all from Holland ; 24,000 gallons spirits of some kind from Bri tain, 1,615,000 brandy from France, 220,000 brandy from Holland, the remaining 2,580,000 gallons seem to have been chiefly rum from the West Indies. Deducting what is again ex ported, the Americans appear to consume about 2,400,000 gallons of gin and brandy, and 2,250,000 gallons of rum, which amounts to about one-fourth of a gallon of rum, and rather a larger quantity of gin and brandy, for each free inhabitant. In the British Isles the rum con sumed is at the rate of ona ! sixtli of a gallon (old measure) for each inhabitant ; the gin and brandy only one-fifteenth, a new proof of the great influence of our heavy duties in restricting consumption. Suumt.—Of this article the Americans im ported 93,300,000 pounds, and exported 14,000,000. But no inference can be drawn from this fact respecting the consumption, as a great deal of f s d ug u a ty r is on now raised as follows i n 1823, b ut h ave b een r a o i f s e t d h eprecedingwithin e articles alteredtnilic heeeds sincerSvva t t e a e rtsee Per Old 'Wine Gallon. Cents. WlNE.—Madeira and Burgundy 100 4s. 40. Sherry - 6O 2s. 74. Lisbon, Oporto, B.:e 5O 2s. 20. TeneritTe and Fayal 4O 1 s. 84. Claret in bottles All other wine l5 70. The duties in Britain are, on Claret and other French wines 6s. per old gallon, on all other kinds, 4s. SPIRITS.—If from grain, pay 42 to 60 cents (Is. 9d. to 2s. 7d.) per gallon. If from sugar or grapes, 38 to 70 cents pergallon (Is. 7d. to 35.) In Britain rum is subject to a duty of 9s. 3d. and brandy to one of 18s. 9d. per old wine gallon. TEA.—The American duty w.is 12 cents (6d.) per pound on Bohea, 25 cents (Is. ld.) on Souchong, 40 cents. (Is. Bd.) on Hyson, and 50 cents (2s. 2d.) on imperial. SUGAR.—The duty on brown sugar was i k d. (3 cents) per pound, and on white 2d. The duty in Britain is 275. per cwt., or nearly 3d. per pound.—Scotsman. FATAL AFFRAY BETWEEN THE ROCK- ITES AND THE POLICE. MARTBOROUGH, OCT. S. Last night a patrolling party of policemen passing near Rathleague, about a mile from this town, heard a shot, and immediately proceeded in the directioe of the sound, until they came upon a large body of Rockites. They had surrounded the house of a. Protestant farmer, named Claxton, who was in the act of delivering his fire-arms out through the dow, when a volley from the patrol created a diver' sion in his favour. The banditti, who were well armed, returned the fire; and, having intrenched themselves behind the farmer's cattle, kept up the 'contest for some time. But the superior practice and determination of the policemen, who were call five in number, at length prevailed ; arid their law' less opponents retired, leaving one of their gang i 0 the hands of the victors. Serjeant Whiteside, who , commanded the patrol, received two slugs in his neck ; but the wound, though severe, is not cool' dered dangerous. On the other side it is supprXeJ that many were hurt. Blood has been tracked 1 0 various directions; and one fellow, who was shot 1 1* as he climbed over a wall, was seen to tumble heel over heels into the field behind the house. A ON:, and a pool of blood found on the sp o t w h ere h e fell wjll tell the rest. From the hands of the prisoner * blunderbuss was taken, which has been recognised.. one of the weapons "borrowed" some time of from Mr. Bournes' establishment at Kilminchy. The bravery of the police, who maintained a se!' cessful combat against at least ten times their numbers, is the theme of universal praise ; and th e vigilance and attention of their Chief, Mr. Watt entitle him to the gratitude, not only of the i f -distil' tants, but of the rulers of the country. A more te' lented or efficient officer does not belong to ell branch of the public service. A party of police, aided by the detachment of the 92d Highlanders, quartered here, are this day en' gaged in scouring the country in quest o f the wounded who escaped. LOVE AND SUICIDE. On Saturday last a young woman named Eli/t beth Leach, aged 20 years, who was in the fatellf of Mr. Brown, of 13arnird's-inn, Holborn, took S quantity of arsenic which terminated her existenc e i The deceased was a sister of Mr. Brookes, one t' fi the surgeons of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, al,' she had been courted for some time by a young to named James 'Willis, to whom she was engaged tl be married at the expiration of twelve months. D ig banns had been asked in church, and the solernnie tion of the marriage was put oil' for the above-n 4; tioned period by the advice of her r e l a ti ons . f t] attachment to Willis was of the most ardent k' ll ' and until lately she appeared to anticipate the an t :; l with her lover with the utmost delight. With', the last few weeks her manners sudd en ly c hang ii .; instead of being cheerful and sprightly, she was d is pirited, and weeping f rom morn to n i g ht. She eon cealed the cause of her wretchedness for some tinl e j but finally communicated to a friend that she bt reason to believe her betrothed husb an d was fait" ; less. On Saturday last she was told that he W e , actually married, and she app eare d t o b e hes t i t ie broken at the intelligence. She declar e d that !, would hear the fital news from the party's own DIV, and if she found him false, she would live no longe d She ascertained that the intelligence was true, s s to that he was living with his wife i n F u l wo od's-ref„,', Holborn. She immediately proceeded to the Pip of Mr. Dale, a chymist, in Holborn, and purchs s three-pennyworth of arsenic, which she swallo.wed, and walked from thence to the house of her fr ieri be a Mrs. Pric e , i n Bl ew i tt ' s -b u ildi ngs , to w hom 5 communicated the fact of her having swallowed son. She w as t a k en to S t . Bartholomew's Il ls tal, and th e s to mac h-p ump was use d to extrac-and poison. She lingered tilt yesterday afterneo ll • then expired. Information was sent to the Coroner, iv.° ve fixed the inquest f or t hi s eve ning. It is impost ,' in to describe the dist ress the event has produced the family of the hapless girl. THE ARMY. r t Lord Fitzroy Somerset, as Military S ecre t a ry to m ese ief, Lord Hill, G.C.B. and G.C.H. Commanding- 41 10e went through his list yesterday 'at his Office in the Guards. A few Generals, and about 30 other Officers, trails° military business with his Lordship. (Front the Limerick Chronicle, Oct. 3.) Ad An officer and 21 m e n of th e 23d F ns ileers emby t he at Devonport, on Monday, for Gibraltar, to P in service companies. o f - barrack. - Monday, a Court Martial was held in the 10 1 - 0 4 Wexford, on a soldier of the 11th Regiment, w h° 10 1 about to be discharged with a pension for long S r', of owing to his wif e h av i ng di s p ose d o f ce itain a ry stores, contrary to the regulations, it was found 1 .0 9/tb to institute an inquiry. Major Pattisou, of the Regiment, presided. ea at The Stentor transport, Lieut. 13trtics, has arr i t l iper Portsmouth, from Jamaica, with military and na /3 ` in ber' lids. Captain Mason, 77th Regiment, has returnedth MtU The Hope transport has sailed from detachments for the 7th and 80th Regimen" , '',„d Captain Mends, from the half-pay, is aPP" I— Brigade on the western coast of Africa. 1' MO' Major Thum is appointed Barrack-master at -$ fu r in place of Mr. Freer; and Captain R. Maciotob, rack-master at Trinidad, in place of Lieut. Jones. n t It is said to be in the contemplation of G o vert oo . - nt isr remodify the whole of the Preventive Service, by ; - F er" lacing a form of duty more in unison with the tit vice, and abolishing the distinction of uniform sv. ,: ei s heavy arms and accoutrements, the audacity and "c" lord the smugglers rendering it necessary to adopt eon' effectual plan for suppressing illicit traffic. BIRTH. J. P e' On the 4th inst. in Cadogan-place, the lady of Esq. R.N. of a son. o f por":3:71:110. 1 17 0 I n E ly D d:augh.ter of the . 0 On N th e e wi 6 n t g h to i n n , st t . o a r t i li A a llacianey Mr. G. S' Ta g647l‘ Stoke Sanford, Esq. A.°' daughtero of O o n ve t r h t e oon 2 f 9 5 t %. 1 iGc u a l ir. t ea . :s a eo t ,n C , a FE t r o sol n d. , sh t o h af e inz ß a n e ce v a . h,e, J t . ehr .iTrell: II t e r o , o l e o r 01 yeao o Or n nnoftt t hi l ee e ,e3sr 4th inst. at Horeliam, plEp. Miss Grace, i ll tbe $6 relict Rev. Vim.of G d di a i g rai i nc e n : . : s ,it t ee. . dy,i a , ntEi in his t : is l ot le fh7 r A f bti a lpil l n e tyoge H E a sn, ll : , set t erte c c: E n i e s f_ o the:l ltrt l iiii° /lec tor °- of Seale 44 years. a 10 R. Roger, aged 22. 11 411 r On the 3d inst. at Tunbridge-wells , 31 ` 1. troi n ' eft rreroP l6 aged 92. of h , At Timabury, Ireland, J. Dudden, g'q", l f C. -- „ w o '. Cloud, to Mrs. Edgell, mother of Dr. Edge' of l ' - ;, There were present at the welding two father'l9o, op d, one mother-in-law, one father-in-law, 0 " eg ' ran d : daughter, one daughter-in-law, one son-in-Io.WI r evo , of father, one grand-daughter, two nieces, two ne l .ss i o ._l / b r ide t u blir n ei c dr l ee e g s w , :oe t or l me w e o e nnol fi yk r first cousins, xb c e o pf u oe s rr i se n o s mn , sa a r n pr d iraegs o ee n nl e t, s a e n c d o n d t i : obi; ...,,, tns iG,/ PRINTED AND P UNLISHED NY MOW Ito x ,-, laz Onion : 112, STAMM, L•2l7olgra