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template—of getting rid of the trial by jury, in order to secure the prisoner against the bias which character produce% in the minds of la., persons. We believe, that tbough un.:1112 im portance has been given to the matter by the followers of Mr. Bentham, to examine prisoners would be on the whole an improvement. In cases of clear and spotless innocence (where a man is acc►►:ied of stealing a horse, who has never even looked over ;,he hedge) to be subjected to an examination is cer tainly' a protecion. It would also, in some eases, increase the chances of convicting pri sonersju;tly, though we think also it would in crease the chances of convicting, for crimes of which they were not guilty, men who might be deserving of punishment for some other crimes. The good is not altogether unmixed. But in introducing this improvement', if it he thought of, there is one thing which, - according to the testimony of those who have observed its opera tion in the French Courts, should be guarded apinst, the en'rusting the duty of cross-examin ing the prisoner to the Judge who has afterwards to decide on his guilt, or to direct the Jury. In the " fox-chase" of criminal justice, the Judge then becomes the hunstncan, or earth-stopper : he necessarily he - :omes passionate in the pur suit of his object, and angry wish a prisoner who evades or baffles his inquiries. Meritorious as Sir J. Allan Parke may be as a Judge, we should be afraid to trust even him as a fudge, if the task was delegated to him of cross-examining and hunting out the guilt of a prisoner." — The above observations would require a more extended notice than our space will at present allow us to bestow on them.— We may, however, shortly state, that the pri mary consideration in criminal procedure ought unquestionably to be,—in what manner can guilt be most effectually discovered and inno cence most effectually protected ; for society has the deepest interest in the discovery of guilt and the protection of innocence. The extension or non-extension of our existing tribunals is quite an after consideration. The improvement of the means of attaining the great end of Criminal Law ought to be deemed paraluount to every other circumstance. If it could be shown that the criminal business of the country could be gone through by a process which would require only half the present Courts, but which would be attended with the disadvantage of convicting only a few more innocent men, and letting a few more rogues escape, the economy would be uni versally scouted. Why, then, should we hesi tate to adopt any improvement that added to the safety of innocence and the danger of guilt, merely because it added to the Courts ? The Courts are the means ; the end is the discovery of guilt and security of innocence ; and to neglect the latter for the former is to sacrifice the end to the means. The certainty of punish ment, too, diminishes the incentive to crime, while uncertainty has an inevitable tendency to increase crime. If by•dispatch we only provoke ,an accumulation of business, the . gain will not be great. But we entertain very different notions with respect to the power of examinatims from those ent:ertained by cur contemporary. He admits that L. would he of the greatest advantage to innocence ; and we may add, that at present an acquittal leaves often an innocent man under a stigma, for the public are at a loss to know whether he is acquitted merely because proof could not be obtained, or because he is really innocent. But with respect to guilt, it is not so easy to deceive a practised investigator as might at first be supposed. A prisoner 14 re quired, for instance, to tell his own story with out any interference with him. This always fur nishes some indicit?. Advantage is taken of the information to make inquiry in the sources Opened up. By means of the new information obtained, the prisoner is required to explain a variety of particulars, and Ice soon finds, if he has been fabricating a story, that he has entang led himself in a labyrinth of contradictions. The process may be tedious, but we believe it is in the end a sure one. Innocence is always seen in a moment ; the disguises of guilt give more trouble, but it is almost impossible that it should succeed. The acts for which men are put on trial uocier bad Governments, are often swch as merit praise rather than punishment, and hence the more improved tfie means of detection the greater the violence to the feelings of the good. The English mode of trial may thus be productive of rood by its defectivenese. But this is a separate consideration. We are sup posing that the laws are just, and that society has an interest in their being carried rigorously into execution.—Morning Chronicle. The political agitation in Ireland, and the confidence of the Popish faction that they will eventually be successful in overthrowing the Constitution, are kept alive principally by the persuasion that the Legislature of the Empire wiit in no circumstances overcome its reluctance to interfere by positive enactments for the pro tection of the existing Institutions of the State ; nor can it be denied that the past conduct of the Legislature has contributed, in some degree, to the propagation and maintenance of this dan gerous delusion. The emancipationists in Par liament, those of the Press, the speakers on their side of the question at our Public Meet ings, and the demagogues of the Catholic Asso ciation, all assume, as things not to be disputed, the impossibility of the question remaining , in its present state, and the further impossibility of re tracing any of the steps by winch the political power now enjoyed by the Roman Catholics has been conceded to them. They go even further thao this ; for they constantly =eine the impossibility of Parliament legislating with a view to prevent the mischiefs that are threaten ed, or to mitigate those that have already been produced by a precipitate and indiscreet course of concession. This bold and insolent tone of the enemies of the Constitution has not, we lament to say, been repressed as it ought by the friends of the Constitution. 'The latter have appeared to shrink from the avowal of a deter mination, which, if .they be really the friends of the Constitution, they roust necessarily have formed to retrograde rather than to advance fur titer in a course which circumstances have shown to be erroneous, and to deprive the Catholics of some part of that political power of which they have made so mischieOus a use, rather than increase it, if ever they should be driven to the alternative of doing either. That this is the fixed determination of an immense majority of the British people we are as confident a s we are of our own existence; and the time has unquestionably arrived when those British Statesmen who sympathise_jvitlx the feelings of the nation—who the true and genuine representatives - oC,the nation— to whom the natitn: loai with confidence for the defence and-protection of the Constitu tion, should manfully and resolutely proclaim it, When the last concession, including the elective franchise, was made to the Roman Catboas., the understanding among a large proportion of intellectual endowments to him as of external those who concurred in the measure—the under- and adsentitious advantages. Be this, however, standing without which the measure could not as it may, his Grace has determined to put his have been rerriel—unquestiorably was, that it shoulder to the wheel, and for the sake of the would be a final concession, and be purnanentiy peol;le of Ireland, and the peace and prosperity satisfactory to the party for whose benefit it was -ape-empire generally, we wish him all the made. The measure was adopted Upon errone- . - euecesslie desires in his new office. He may at ous and delusive ground; We do not say that all events rest assured that no one covets his this is a sufficient cause to demand its repeal, if office, and least of ail the Nobleman who has upon the wllnle it has proved an advantageous now demitted the Government of Ireland, and measure ; but we do say that this fact, which is left the country, followed by the regret of all but undeniable, renders the question of its repeal or the very few who are enemies alike to its pea.:c continuance an open one, and one peculiarly and prosperity.—Morning Advertiser. within the discretion of the Legislature. If the Papists will so employ the privileges then granted them as to reduce the Legislature to the aLrnative of retracting that grant, or of grant ing in addition to it so much more as would effect a complete change in the Constitution of the country, there can, we should imagine, re main no doubt as to what ought to he the choice of the British Government and people—a choice to be assisted besides by the memorale and impressive lesson they cannot fail to derive from the lamentable mistake under which that concession took place, and the deep and griev ous disappointment which it has occasioned.— Morniag Post. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 20. ;NFRINGENLENT OF A PATENT-CROS3LEY V.BEVERLE In this case, which was not concluded yesterday when we went to press, the Jun• found a verdict for toe ARCHES' COURT, J. 20._ This belly; the first day of Hilary Term in the Ecclesiastical Courts Sir John Nichol', the judge of the Arches' Court, with the advocates, proctors, and other officers, assembled in the dining room, where prayers were read by the chaplain. The Court was afterwards opened with the usual formalities. A practice has too (alien been resorted to in our Courts of trying men for one offence, and, if found guilty, punishing them for another. No body believes that the notorious Probert would have been executed fbr the solitary and some what doubtful case of horse-stealing on which he was convict, d, had it not been for his previous connection with Weare's murder, from the legal guilt of which he had purged himself by giving evidence for the Crown ; and other instances are too frequently occurring where previous cha racter seems to have much more to do with pu nishment than actual recorded guilt. This ap pears to have been in some degree the case with a man who was tried on Monday at the Old Bailey, for robbing the porter to the French Am bassador of some trifling articles of linen. No sooner was the verdict pronounced than the Counsel for the prosecution stated to the Court that " the prisoner was an old thief, that he had been tried 'in that Court before, and that there was very little doubt but he was the person who had committed the late extensive rob bery at the French Ambassador's ;" and he was thereupon immediately sentenced to twice seven years' transportation. That an old thief, and one who had been tried and con victed before, was a fit object for transportation, cannot be doubted ; but the last reason which is here given for treating him with the greater se verity is one which ought not to be offered, and which, at any rate, we humbly conceive, no Court or Judge ought to entertain. By the humane theory of our law every man is presum ed to be innocent till he has been proved to be guilty ; but here we have that principle in prac tice openly violated ; and a Court is urged to consider that there is little doubt of a man s guilt, after the police have been unable so much as to bring proof on which to sanction his com mitment, or to prefer an indictment. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof, and sufficient for a Court of Justice should be the crime of which a man stands convicted. To load him with other crimes, of which there is only the surmise of an Advocate partially instructed, is not just, and rather tends to realise a proverb almost too trite to be applied to the grave proceedings of a Cou rt of Justice—viz. the consequence which an ill name too often brings upon the canine species. —Morning Herald. The Duke of Northumberland, it is now po sitively affirmed, is to he the successor of the Marquis of Anglesea in the Vice-regal Govern ment of Ireland ; and, if the aristocracy of wealth and the aristocracy of rank went hand in hand with the aristocracy of talent and liberality, the people of Ireland would perhaps find but little cause to complain of the change. His Grace of IsTorthumberland is not only the wealthiest . of England's Dukes, but also, it is said, not the least liberal of his purse ; and with these advantages he might not unfairly hope to excite some prepossession in his favour among the people of Dublin. But his Grace is also unfortunately what the opponents of Emanci pation in this country, and its advocates in the sister Leland, term a downright Protestant—he is favourable to the maintenance of the Consti tution at present established in Church and State, and one of those who see no possibility of altering that Constitution, by the admission of Roman Catholics to political power, without destroying its very bulwarks. Now, in any other country,--nay, in any of the colonies of Great Britain—such a pre-fession of religious and po litical faith would never once be noticed ; and for the simple reason, that the people are happily not disunited by religious and political animosities— that• them.-are no parties who would consider such adjunct's as either militating for or against them—nor any individuals whose hopes would be elevated, or their `expectations dashed to the earth by the mere circumstance of the Ki ng ' s Representative ranging himself on the side of liberalism or throwing the weight of his influence into the scales of Toryism. But Ireland is like no other country on eardi ; and, what would neither be remarked as a griev ance, or noticed as a calamity, or hailed as a Wessing, in any lather, will give rise there to the most intense feelings of jel or disappointment, of gratitude or hatred. lhere is no common bond of union in the country—there is no love of it for itself ; but between six and seven millions of its people aapiring to the possession of rights and privileges from which they have been de barred by the laws of the country, and some where about another million who see no thing but ruin to themselves and the Conati tution from granting thecae privileges, and who strain with all their might to p&e;'ent the former from obtaining them. It must be evident, therefore, that in such a country the religious and political faith of a Viceroy will be narrowly watched, not Geis . as indicative of the sort of justice which the •./ contending factions may expect to receive at his hands, but as ehewing the temper of the Cabi net, and the piobability or improbability of its granting or not granting further concessions ; and woe to him who, like the Duke of Northnenber land, sides, in his political creed, with the mi nority, and rouses into ;Action the hostile and disappointed feelings of more than six millions of people ! A Nobleman of mild manners, of a firm but conciliatory disposition, and of sufficient talent to unravel the intrigues, and bid defiance to the exaggerations cf portico, might do much undoubtedly to counteract the unfavourable im pressions arising from his political creed, and - tea maintain the peace of the country without the aid of military fote ; but the mere factrc ),y in a of his Grace's haviiiglecepted the office of N ier country so distracted by faction, and ruined by ina ternal dissension, says but little in favour of his Grace's judgment, while, if public opinion may be relied on, nature has not been so profuse of BRRE AND PYLE V. JACOB. This was a case of appeal from the Court of the Sub-Dean Of Sarum, The question was, whether the appeal was-properly made to the Arches' Court of Canterbury. Dr. LUSHINGTON, on behalf of the appellant, con tended that the Court of the Sub-Dean of Sarum was a court of exempt and peculiar jurisdiction, and that the appeal necessarily lay to the superior court. He admitted that in ordinary cases the appeal was to the Chancellor of the Diocese; but in this case the judge of the Court of the Sub-Dean of Sarum and the Chancellor of the Diocese happened to be the same person. The Rev. Matthew Marsh was the judge of the Court of the Sub-Dean of Sarum, and was also the Chancelle , of the Diocese. Under those circumstances an appeal to him would be pre posterous—it would be an appeal from one judge to the same. Dr. J. ADDAMS followed on the same side, and quoted a variety of cases, which he contended sup ported the appeal. Dr. Donsos, on the other side, contended that the personal objection to the Judge was not made in sufficient time, and that it did not follow because the Judge of the Court of the Sub-Dean and the Chan cellor of the diocese were the same person, the ap peal should be heard before the same Judge. The Bishop himself might preside, or appoint a surro gate; and, therefore, he contended that the objec tion to the Judge was unavailing, and that the ap peal was to the Chancellor of the diocese of Sarum, and not to the Arches' Court. Sir J. NICHOLL said that the Court of the Sub- Dean of Sarum was clearly a subordinate jurisdic tion, and that in ordinary cases the appeal would be to the Court of the diocese. It appeared, how ever, that in this case the Judge of the Court of the Sub-Dean and the Chancellor of the diocese was the same person. The Registrar of the two Courts was also the same persoe ; and, therefore, the Court was disposed to think that both Courts, were consoli dated, and that one merged in the other. The Judge of the Sub-Dean's Court had already decided this case, arid the Chancellor of the Diocese might, therefore, have been said to have decided it. To con tend that the appeal ought not to be mad; to the Arches' Court, therefore, was, in effect, to de prive the suitors of the right of appeal. So far, therefore, he considered that the appeal had been properly made. It appeared, however, that the true grounds of the appeal were not stated in the inhibition which had issued. That document con tained a misnomer. It stated that the Court of the Sub-dean of Sarum was a court of exempt and pe culiar jurisdiction as a ground for passing over the intermediate court. As this document was a pub lic record, and might hereafter affect the jurisdic tion of the intermediate court, this Court could not pronounce for the appeal ; but, being unwilling to dismiss the cause upon this objection, ordered the case to stand os er until the next conrt day, to give the Counsel for the appellant an opportunity of con sidering whether any mode could be adopted by which the appeal could be admitted, and the juris diction of the Consistorial Court of Salisbniy pro tected. lIAMPAITON V. ITAMERTON. L► this cause, which was a suit for a divorce, pro tooted by Major Hamerton against his wife, on the ground of adultery alleged to have beam committed by her with Mr. John Ensile, Dr. LUSIIINGTON moved the Court to rescind the conclusion come to on the hearing of the case, as au additional allegation was prepared and ready to be brought in. The KING'S ADVOCAT2, on behalf of the wife, opposed the motion on the ground that no notice had been given. The COURT considered the motion premature. The allegation must be first given in, for it would depend very much on the contents of the allegation whether the Court would consent to rescind the conclusion or not. There should also he an affidavit stating that new facts had come to the knowledge of the husband which he believed he should be able to prove. Dr. LUSIILNGTON said the affidavit should be pre pared by the next Court day. The JuDGE said that, if there were sufficient grounds shown,he would then rescind the :allegation ; and if not he should feel it his duty to dismiss the wife from the suit. INSOLVENT NEBTOR'S COURT,• JAN. 20. Thomas Poynter was opposed by Mr. D. Poi, Loci:, on behalf of Mr. Worn'li, of Chester. The opposing creditor, it appeared from the evidence, was formerly in partnership with the insolvent, who, on dissolving partnership, was indebted to Mr. Wor rail 100/., for which he gave him a promissory note, payable by instalments; but not having paid any, Mr. Worrall commenced proceedings against him,- and he pleaded the general issue, and put the cre ditor to 501. unnecessary expenses. The insolvent, after his render to prison, wrote a letter to Mr. \Vora', inviting him to the prison, which he styled as the best in the Empire (meaning the King's Bench Prison); where there were Knights, Colonels, Lieutenants, and Gentlemen of all sorts. There was an election being carried on, the Borough of Tentf_.rden having lost its Member, and he (Mr. Worrali) woc;!4 hear able speeches from the hustings. They (the prisoners) led an easy life of it, and had tape shops, and in short every thing they wanted. The epistle concluded thus :—" I am very happy, 1 shall never pay you, and I pr►y for your pro sperity." Mr. Commissioner HARIIIS sentenced the insol vent to six calendar• months imprisonment. A few days since, as some labourers were digging nigh to a windmill, in the parish of Beedine, in this county, they discovered a human skeleton with a sort of dagga, or pointed knife, sticking between the fourth and fifth ribs oldie i,rt The skeleton was quite per fect, and thought, by professional razn who saw it, to be that of some unfortunate female who many years ago bra' been murdered by some villain, who had escaped justice. The bone?, and instrument were carefully taken up, and are now in the posses.iion of a respectable farmer.— Susses Advertiser. On Monday last, at the f a ir o f H„b er t s town, 1 'without variation. - The frost having set in severely lit is expected will advance the prices of Butter. there wa: dreadful fightig n ; one man, nam e d William Sa The arrivals last week are 4,070 firkins Irish, and vage, was killed on the spot , and another w a s so danger- only wounded that his life is despaired of. An inquest 4,306 casks Foreign. Arrivals of Bacon 191 hales. was held on Wednesday, by Charles Bennett, Esq. coroner, ' kl llom—There is no alteration in the Flop Market; before whom several witnesses were examined, and was in ad order . the fine qualities continue to be inquired after, but to satisfy the ends of offended justice , the inquestno transactions of any extent are reported. j punted until Thursday, to enable the Magistrates to sum- , mon witnesses, and to identify the actors in this bloody ' ~ ~ , . ToßAcco At a late meeting of the trade it was affray,..,Uwerich Chronick. 9 per i ,I propo,-ed to advance the prices of Tobacco -.d. i IMI'ORTRD. Ex rott riiti. t ------A-..—, r .----1-..---,-_, Same pc- Previous- This riod last ly this year. year. ye.tr. __.-- .--- ---_ flags, &c. Bags, &e.lßags, &e. Bags, &e. Liverpool (4.133 14,494 I izirii3 138 Londtai . Olasuow __ . . 831 87 . . &c. Bag's, &c. Bags, &c. Bags, &c. 16,133 14,491 I 2 3 133 137 30 631 87 ....... 5'26. - 4110. Olasuow Total exported in lEk Same period 1918 , 11 1 11111111111 POLICE INTULIGIZNCE. GUI LUBA LL. PLAYING THE PAIZON.---Ye3terday Mr. ,Tohn Bryant, an elderly gentleman, with a rich Kerry accent, was placed at the b.,r, charged with being " drunk and very tipsy" in Chick-lane, Smithliold, between one and two yesterday morning. Rice, a watchman of St. Sepulchre's, stated that a little before two o'clock he met the gentleman in Chick-lane, walking along in a T..ery di ;,lied man ner, waving his pocket-handkerchief, and beating his ifierpresiblex in a very disor4ered state. The watchman, deeming it a very extraordinary manner for a person of his years and appearance, took the liberty of remonstrating with him, and advised him to go home. He asked him his name, and the pri soner instantly replied that he was a " reverend," and resided at No. 6, Fitzroy-place, Fitzroy-square. The watchman, who entertains a becoming respect for the cassock, redoubled his exertions to induce the reverend gentleman to go home, when Mr. Bryant became outrageous, struck his sober friend, and at length was, with much difficulty, carried to the watch-house. Alderman KEY asked the prisoner if he really was a clergyman ? The prisoner replied, that he had received orders, not holy orders, to go about pro curing subscribers for new publications. In respect to the charge of being drunk he should not traverse that ; but, with regard to being disorderly, he could hardly credit his being so. He had no recollection of what occurred during his interview with the watchman, nor hie subsequent visit to the Compter, but if he were violent or disorderly his friends were great rogues, and deceived him very much, for they, at all times, congratulated him on the milky mildness of his temper when he took a drop. The night constable—Your Worship, I had this man before on a similar charge, and a more violent character I never met with. The ALDERMAN observed, that the clerical cha racter was the very last he ought to attempt:assum ing an such occasions, as he was destitute of any of the attributes which should distinguish it—so briety, temperance, or chastity. He was fined ss. for being drunk. The next charge on the gaoler's list was then put up, when Mr. George illeek, a respectable-looking man, of gigantic dimensions, stood forward. He was charged by Iveson, a watchman of the same parish, who stated that about a quarter before two yesterday morning, be heard a cry of " Watch 1" in iieniLidield, and, htiving made his way to the place, found the prisoner and another, who was unable to stand front intoxication. The prisoner ordered the watchman to see him home, and Iveson offered to assist him as far as his heat extended, and then pass him on to the next night guardian. Accordingly, when he learned that the man lived at Bethnal green, he conducted him down Long-lane, where he left him in charge of another watchman. But Mr. Meek was at Charley's heels all time time, deter mined, if he did not do what this gentleman con sidered his duty, to punish him in a summai-y way. Therefore, as soon as Iveson was returning, Mr. Meek seized him by the collar, and, with a violence by no means to be expected from his name, nearly shook the watchman out of his great coat. Alderman KEY —Vas the prisoner drunk ? Watchman—Only about half drunk, your Worship. Alderman KEI —What do you understand by a man bring half drunk ? Watchman—Why, your Worship, he could walk and talk; therefore I con sider he was only half drunk. The same question being put to the night con stable, it happened, unfortunately for Mr. Meek's silver, that so many simple ideas did not enter into the constable's comprehension of the term " drunk" as did into the watchman's ; so the constable being of opinion that Mr. Meek was drunk to all intents and purposes, The ALDERMAN, after recommending him in future to adept a differeut course from personal chastisement, in case he met with a watchman who, in his opinion, is guilty of any dereliction of his duty, fined him five shillings. c.src 11.—Wh eat, per 751 b. I s. 3d. to I Is. 9d. ; Bat ley, S 8 grti. 6s. 3d. to 66. 6d. ; Oats, 491 b. Ss. 6d. to 41. (M. Nvcrwicti.—Wheat, per 751 b. Its. 6d. to 13(3. Od. ; Barley, 38 qrts. 6a. to. to 6s. Sd. ; Oats, 501 b. .4a. 3d. to 4.3. 9d. MARKET INTELL EGENCR. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Tuesday.) SUGAR.—The demand for Mnseovades has con tinued general and extensive ; the estimated sales of the last week were 3,800 hhds. ; the good and fine sold at rather higher rates; the low browns were more inquired after on account of the scarcity of good Sugars, but no improvement 1:1 the prices could be stated, as the holders met the demand freely on account of their being so long neglected, and the great proportion of the stock being of soft low brown descriptions. The Refined Market con tinued to attract attention last week ; the request both for home consumption and for export still general and extensive, and the prices fully ls. per cwt. higher ; the sales of fine goods were on an C.X tensive scale, and the low goods for export were nearly cleared off the Market. Several sales of crushed were reported. Bastards were in great demand, and were 2s. higher. Molasses dull. The stock of Sugar is to-day 3,561 hhds. and trs. more than at the same period of last year ; the deliveries from the warehouses last week 2,748 hhds. and trs., being 398 less than in the corresponding week of 1828. This morning the scarcity of good Sugar was more observa!)le than at any former period ; at several houses 300 and 400 hhds. were out sale, and no boards above 565. in value ; where good qualities appeared they were immediately taken off by eager buyers at former prices ; but, in many instances, the holders again were asking higher prices, which pre vented the sales, as the buyers would clear away all good Sugars at former prices, but they would not give an advance. At the close of the Market the estimated sales this day were 980 }duds. There was no alteration in the Refilled Market this afternoon. FOREIGN SUGARS.—There have been several ar rivals of Havannah and Brazil Sugars lately, but no sales are reported. LAST INDIA Sl7GAR.—There are inquiries after good Mauritius Sugars, but few are offering in the Market ; the crop is reported to be late, and nearly ' one-third less than last year. In Bengal Sugars no sales are reported. This day by public sale 691 bags Bengal Sugars were brought forward, they were all white descriptions ; very f►ne sold at 38s. 6d. a 395. mid. a 355. 6d. a 365. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—There are no sales of any extent to report. There is no alteration in the currency. COFFEE.--There was a slight improvement in the demand and in the prices of Coffee last week ; a large parcel of Brazil descriptions, ord. to fine ord. sold 315. Gd. a 375. Gd., and afterwards a large pro portion was resold at the advance of Is. per cwt. The inquiries after Coffee by private contract consi derably revived last week, and if the holders had met the demand at the market prices, the transac tions would have been extensive ; they, however, are firm, and refuse to sell large parcels at the pre sent currency ; a small purchase of good ord. St. Domingo was made at 365. 6d, a 375. The only public sale to-day 34 casks Dutch descriptions, good ord, gray, which sold at 465. a 475. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLow.—The demand for Tallow was brisk and extensive last week, but the request yesterday and this forenoon is not so gene ral ; the prices are a shade lower. In Hemp or Flax there is little alteration. tSALTPETßE.—Coniiderable sales continue to be reported in Saltpetre. IFutsu PROVISIONS.---The accounts from Ireland state an advance in the prices of Pork, butt it has produced no change in this market. Beef is also DUBLIN MARKET NI From 3 . 1 0 17 17 0 13 0 0 0 14 0 DAY, Jail. To 43 0 19 0 25 0 13 0 :11 0 17 0 X. P. I,7S2heat, per barrel 20 stone :AS Sere 11; stone I,CSI Barley lO stone 4,539 Oats 11, stone 7,314 Cwt. Flour—.—.. 9 stone! 831 Oatmeal. .. 11 stone Sold to I.lhkers only. 4,9.57 Cwt. Flour ---.—..... 20 9 I 31 0 I 23 7, 1 <, Average price of Vilicat and Hour 534. 4d. pee sack. flee its of Flour, 10,906 Firsts, from 1 , 23 a. 00. to 31a. Od. ril Seconds, from 10‘. 03. to Sal " 1-)Q • Itora. 'ls. 01. to Itia. od. 3; 8.1; r 5. :40 9 1 . 4 12 - IX, - ty 113 11N PRICE OF BKEAD. Quartevn L0af,411).50z.-11 2 ,it1. Half-quartern.2lb.3oz.,....s!‘d. GLASGOW 3IARKETS. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) Our transactions in raw SUGARS have not been extensive this week ; the sales amount to 4;00 Mids. and tees.; and an advance of Gd. was realised ge nerally on Brown and low middling qualities, and Gd. a ls. on middling mid good middling descrip tioNs; good brought full prices. Nothing whatever done in COFFEE, PIMENTO, or GINGER. No sales made in Rum, prices are without varia tion, Jamaica 16 O.Y. 3s. 6d., and Leewards 2s. a 2s. id. for proofs. Grain WifisKEY dull; the partial soles effected were at 3s. 9d., and the holders free sellers at that rate. Malt Whiakey very fiat, at 3s. 10d. a 4s. 3d. imperial gallon, 25 per cent. O.P. There has been a steady demand for COTTON this week, the sales amount to 849 packages, and prices are without variation. The particulars are, 7 Sea Island 16;:d.; 400 13owed Georgia 6d. a 6id.; 9? Orleans 61d. a 7id.; 55 Alabama &id.; 59 Egyp tian 8,1. a Sid.; 40 Demerara Bd. a 8-0.; 2 infe rior do. 6d.; 95 Surat 4Lrd. a 4id. In DYEWOOD3 there has been nothing done. For ASHEN there have been several inquiries ; and buyers in the market for New Pots at 338. 6d., but the holders will not sell under 345., and some small parcels have been sold at that price; New Pearls have been sold in retail at 345. 6d. a 355. Nothing worthy of remark done in TOBACCO, prices are without alteration. V. C. TALLOW has been in good demand, and considerable parcels sold at 435. Fists OILs in steady demand. Whale 221. 155. a 23/.; and Pale Seal 24/. per tun, old measure. The arrivals of GRAIN from Ireland this week have been very limited, but an ample supply of Barley and Oats has been received from the East Coast aml South of Scotland. For all descriptions of Wheat has been a fair demand, without any al teration in value. Malting Barley dull of sale, and prices barely supported ; grinding qualities 6d. per boll lower, and the sales limited. Oats have been in limited request, at a reduction of 6d. per boll on the middling and inferior descriptions, while prime qua lities without any alteration. lb.; it wa; ultimately agreed that a rise of Id. per lb. shout i immediately take place. The purchases of Tobacco last week for export were about 200 Wills. Virginia and Kentucky at 3: l yd. a 4d. per lb., and inconsiderable parcels to the . .ra.cle at full price.~; the Market continues very firm. FnurT.—The demand for Fruit progressively im proved last week ; the chief purchases were parcels taken in at the late public sales; Sultanas at 755. Good new Turkey pulled Figs at 508. Sergi as.—Spices have been neglected. This day by public sale 299 bags Pimento sold, the good at 80., the mid. at 7fd. INDIGO.—The East India House Sale of Indigo commenced this morning, it consisted of 5,780 chests; 602 chests of the Company's, chiefly mid. and good qualities, have been sold from last sale's prices to 4d per lb. advance, chiefly at the former; there were few Foreigners in the sale-room, and generally there was little spirit in the biddings; but the first day is seldom a fair criterion of the Market prices. COTTON.—The Cotton Market is rather heavy, and the public sales of Friday went off id. under the previous prices ; they consisted of 2,030 bags Sprats, chiefly ord. to mid., which sold 31. d. a -lid. The purchases by private contract for the week ending last night, consist of 300 Smuts at 3-4-d. a 4FI. 200 ditto at 3P. a 4d. ; GO Pernams at 70. ; 120 Bowed at Gd. RlCE.—There is no alteration in the prices of Rice, The Market is rather heavy. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DUPING THE WEEti Wheat. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. Boston 69 36 15 Gainsborough 75 37 22 Grantham 60 71 31 36 20 30 Grimsby '7o 74 SO 38 Id 20 72 26 36 18 24 Lincoln .-- 60 P. 2 36 43 22 26 66 72 V. 58 IS 22 Stamford.—....—.. es 87 34 :r..) 3O SS •72 99 32 40 24 28 BarlQy. I Oats. Beans. S. tO S. 45 - 3F, 40 40 41 44 48 38 40 40 44 54 NORWICH. Jan. 17. Our market continues to be well supplied with Wheat ; the few sales made were at a reduction of about i 53. per quarter, but most of the farmers, and importers of fo reign Wheat, held firmly; hence we have but little busi ness doing. The Barley trade is very dull ; even fine samples are 28. per quarter lower. Oats, Beans, and Pease, remain ste in price, with but little doing. Flour remains a heavy sale. Wheat (per qr.) 5‘38. VF. 82s. Beans (per qr.) Barley Oats •2os. 28s. 30a. Flour, fine (per sack) 586. 618. CANTERBU R"x , Jan. 17. We had but little business doing on cur Exchange this thy in any kind of Grain. Wheat was in very short an pply, consequently our farmers pretty generally de manded the terms of this day week. Oats maintain their value, but Barley and Beans are 2.. per quarter cheaper. Wheat, white Tic to 804 -- red ••• ...... ... 655. to 12s. Earley, 3faltinl 3E6. to 425. Oats Bearil. 4Ol. to :.3:V Peas,•!, ....... - ....... .... 4os. to 43s EXETER MM Beef (score) 83, (hi. 9,. Od. Z-Autton (lb) 0 5 —0 51 Vest and Lamb 0 s—o ei rk 0 6 —0 7 Geese (each) 4 0 —5 (; Ducks (coup's) 4 o—4 9 Fettle 3 6—3 0 K ETS.—Jan 16. Wheat Ibushe ) 100.9 d. 12s. 6,1. Barley Oats ' l 6 —t tl Beans .9 6 —1!) 6 Batter (11,) 1 I—l 2 114 gs (12) 0 o—l 0 Potatoes (pe•k) _0 10 —1 BRITISH EXPORTS. Statement of the Quantities of the under-mentioned Arti cles of British - Manufacture Exported front Liverpool, from the oth to the 16th inst. inclusive. Cotton 121,088 Pieces. 1,530,173 Yards. Linen Blanketing Carpeting •.. 6,130 ... Calicoes Kerseymere , - ... - Flannel 32 Woollen Stuffs 9Bl Worsted Stuffs 6,317 Baize Inferior Woollens 3,236 ... 2,795 13,806i1nt. £- 53,577 . C sca ( t ) oi t ti t t , o ) C l i l lio ' l l t; l a :r t e n ad 4,288 Ells. Cotton Hose Cotton Handkerchiefs Cotton Braces ... 3,392 Worsted Caps - Hats Hardware £13,139 Earthenware £1,566 Salt, Wl.ite 1 2 4,179 Bush Salt, hock •.. Coals 641 Tons, 0 Cwt. 0 Chal. Iron 491 ... 17 I,ISO 14 Emil, 156 ... COTTON WOOL. LIST OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. ST. PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN. A Vestry Meeting of the Inhabitants of this pa• rich was held at ten o'clock Yesterday morning, for the despatch 6f general business, Mr. Churchwarden Dow in the Chair. Mr. CORDER. reported that he had applied to Mr. Roche, the late Vestry Clerk, for the title-deeds of the estates called Much-Totham and Burle's Farm, in Essex, belonging to the parish, and Mr. Roche told him they ►•ere in the possession of the surviving trustees, Messrs. Stone, Sant, and Curlewis, all of whom were now residing ont of the parish. He had applied to those gentlemen, but they declared they had not the deeds, and that they believed they were in Mr. Roche's office. He next applied to Messrs. Wrights, the bankers, who informed him that the deeds had never been committed to their care. A resolution was then passed, authorising lega proceedings to be commenced against the parties, for the recovery of the deeds. Some other business having been disposed of, Mr. CORDER begged to make a few observations with reference to a transaction which had brought his name before the public in a police report. Ho did not address them as an assembled vestry, be cause he did not consider himself amenable to them in that capacity for his private conduct, but as neighbours and friends, amongst whom he knew the value of private character too well not to defend it. He complained of the report in the newspapers, of his appearance at Union-hall, charged with disor; derly conduct, and he had great reason to complain. That report entirely suppressed the fact, that a country gentleman of great respectability, Mr. Oak; ley, of Hampshire, who was wholly unknown to him, was passing at the time, and was so struck with the improper conduct of the watchman, that he insisted on accompanying him to the watch; house; but when he arrived there he was refused admission. Upon remonstrating, however, he was admitted, but not allowed to say one word aga inst the watchman. He offered his card to him (Mr. Corder), but the Dogberry of the night refused to let him see it, and tore it in pieces. Mr. Oakley was to have left town for Portsmouth at eight o'clock on the following morning, but he remained here on purpose to give his evidence at Union-hall. There, however, it was refused; and the moment Mr. Chambers, the Magistrate, heard that the per son charged was Mr. Corder, the vestry-clerk of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, not one word would h e al low him (Mr. Corder) to sz;y, but insisted on com mitting him for the assault, although no assault was committed or complained of; and bound over rho watchman and night constable to prosecute, and even sent his own clerk to prefer the indictments the Grand Jury being sitting at the time. Mr. Oaklef was in attendance at the Surrey Sessions to give, evidence if required; but the Grand Jury i g nored the bill in less than two minutes, after hearing the evidence of the watchman and constable. Mr. Cor der proceeded to complain that the circumstance, trivial as it was, had been used for party purpose/Sr and that his opponents and their agents were eYen now actively engaged •ix slandering his character. He trusted, however, t7r , i• his observations would obtain the same publicity as had been given to the charge against him. It was a curious fact that the report did not appear until Thursday, although the occurrence took place on the Monday. Several of the parishioners expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with Mr. Corder's statement, and some of them said the malignity of his enemies could not at most make more of it than the " Christmas frolic" of a young unmarried man. The Meeting then separated. SIIIPPINO INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. MONDAY, J.AsuAttir 19.--Wind water la minutes past eleven.---Arrived the &sob and Caroline, Prince, from Charleston; Wm. Peen, --"' Savannah ; Jonge Rente, Guesinan, from Antwerp ; Georges, Robinson, from New Orleans; Mania, Salem , from Nantes ; Salaeia, Miller, from Buenos Ayrile; The' tie, from Dublin. The Monongatehala, Dicey, from Philadelphia ; Cou' &kir, , from Halifax ; and British Tar, from Waterford, off. Sailed—The Pyramus, Young, for Jamaica. DARING BMIGLARY.—A burgiary of the most daring desetiption was committed last week on the premises of the Rev. John Lockwood, in the village O f Coo Yon, Surtey, five mike beyond Croydon. About four o'clock in the morning, a stable lad, in the employ'°' Mr. Lockwood, who slept in a room detaebed from th e mouse, over the stables, was alarmed by the entrance of g number of ruffians (according to some accounts not lee s than nine),' who immediately proceeded to bind him Lao's and foot. They then questioned him respecting the otter her of male persons in his master's house. The lad told them that there were six :—Lie master, the man-wrvant , 'ad four gentlemen, visiters. Undaunted by the boy's itf" formation, they asked him in what part of the house his master kept his plate, &c. ; and, by their threats, dreg from him the truth—namely, that it was always placed il l his toaster's bed •roous. They then left him, bound closeli to the bed-post, and proceeded in their desperate purpose' Mr. Lockwood was first alarmed by strange voices in bi', / room ; fur, before he was aroused, the men had effected an entrance at the window by means of a ladder, which they had taken from a gentleman's residence called Het' ley, distant about three-quarters of a mile from the scene of attack. Mr. Lockwood was this night unre t vided with any weapons of defence,--a thing very tit:maw' for him, he seldom sleeping without his gun in his roolP' He arose, however, and made an alarm, and was joined hi his man-servant, and, together, they prepared to d er what resistance they could. It should be mentioned, that notwithstanding the boy (who stated only wltt'he though t to be true) bad said that there were four gentlemen in the house besides Lis master and servant, that in reality th is was not the case. The gentlemen had left that night afte C the boy had retired to rest. The statement, however, i t shuuld seem, had a good effect, for on hearing the stir 0 the house, and possibly fearing the number they mig b : meet with, they retreat e d f rom th e d we lli ng -h ouse wisho'l" effecting the object of their search. They took with thet a from the house only a shooting- coa t, an d a f ew ar ticles ° little value. After this they proceeded a second time tp the stables, and led oat a pony and pony-ch a i s e, 10 , i / paid another visit to the imprisoned lad, to ask him the pony had been trained to draw. They were answer ( ' in the negative : nevertheless, they harnessed, him to t h !, chaise, but finding that he was too restive.for their PIP:, pose, they took only the pony. No suspicion as yet re 6l " on any particular party all that Las been heard s ince , which seems at all connected with the robbers, le, nine men, about live o'clock in the morning of the at tack, were seen to pass threugh the turnpike at Smithid• Bottom, on the Brighton road, with the pony heloogieg to Mr. Lockwood in their possession, which was afte: wards found by the road side. The village of Coulsdou a very retired spot, about two miles from the high roil but, till the present season, it has been, less than n o s places, molested by depredations of this nature. The as° e night on which the ale:we burglary took place the inrnat' of Garston Hall, in Coublen, were aroused by the 10 : usually loud barking of the dogs, which doubtless was i n consequence of some part of the gang lurking about t 4, premises. Nothing, however, was attempted there. ----- At her father's, the Earl Cornwallis's Louse, Hill-stree t) the Lady Jemima Wykeham Martin, of a son and heir. On the 17th inst., in Brook-street, the lady of D P Chambers, of a son. MARRIED. On the 20th inst., ut St. James's Church, by the Be * J. G. Ward, the rector, Mr. Francis Squibb, of Saville' row, to Helen, youngest daughter of the late Joseph DV vie, Esq., of Lower Tooting. On the 18th inst. at Prestwich church, near Manaheeteri by the Rev. 1). Rathbone, Mr. Peter Rathbone, of liftW Chester, to Miss Pollitt, of Hesette-o'tle-Burn. On the 20th inst., at the New Church, Maryleboll by the Rev. A. D. Morrive, William Peters, Esq., Betehworth Castle, in the county of Surrey, to Mariano' Jane, second daughter of Henry Bonham, Esq., M.P. DIED. On the 18th inst., Air. Ware, solicitor, Southwark, to the 65th year of his age. On the '7th inst , at his house, West-street, Ryde, Tai t of Wight, after a short illness, Captain William Peril' aged 55. PRINTED and PUBLISHED by MURDO YOUNG, at the N OrrlcE, 112, SIZAND, LiMU$.