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any quantity he plea es, either at his own table or that of his servants, without having to pay one far thiteg o f duty! That a tax so scandaloply partial should ever have been imposed, or that it should still be continued, and so little outcry be raised against it, is indeed extraordinary. It is, without any question, the most objectionable tax in our whole fiscal sistem. The country has r ung wit ahf well-founded co m p laints of the unjust preference forded by discriminating dut ies to \Vest Indian over East Indian s ugars ; but :what is this preference when compared with that we have now pointed out'? Here we have the rich and the great enacting a law by which a heavy duty is laid on the beer con slimed by the poor, from which that used by them elves is entirely free. It is ludicrous, while such a taw is suffered to disgrace the Statute Book, to stalk drent the fairness ;01d equality of our system of taxa tion. We do not believe that the Legislature of Al giers cite furnish a more`aring example of partial it) or preference than the in question. " The net produce of the di s criminating tax l ei, exclusively on th e beverage of the labouring t i t 1 classes, or of the beer duty, atnounted, i 1827, to 3,201,389/. I\Thre than three-fourths o ;he malt consumed in Eegland is used by te des public Lirew ers , and is therefore subjected om tating; duty. " The regulations under which the beer maim factory is conducted are quite of a piece with those laid on the making, of malt. The regulations con tained in the Acts of the Ist and 2a Geo. w. cap. 22, (for the regulating mania is not yet extinct) were so contradictory and absurd, that it was found tab d be a bsolutely impracticable torn omply with of ththem nubile ; tic Board of Excise, assuing a little at ofticizon, which is the feature par excellence of the Court of Session, issued instructions that have beep substituted in the place f this notable Act,a wmonu hich, however, still remains on the Statute-book, ment of the wisdom of its framers. " At present, no brewer of s trong beer is allo con- wed to send it from his premises, except in casks taining not le ss than five gallons or not less than , two dozen reputed qart bottles, at a time. But a poor man cannot buy this quantity of beer, even if a wholesale dealer were to think it worth his while to sell it to him dim; so that the result of this regulation is, that beer cannot be sold in retail, except by a per son who keeps a public-house. " Brewers of what is termed intermediate beer are virtually restrained from making any other sort of beer. Under the Intermediate Beer Act (4 Geo. IV. cap. 51.) it ie provided, that beer may be sold by retail upon the premises w allhowedere br to ewed reta — iltithafrom t is, a manufacturer or brewer is his room or ho use in g allons or quarts, to the sur rounding neighbourhood, at the same time that lie is interdicted from selling it w holesale to a shopkeeper, whose business is that of a retailer ! The ion con has se quence of this perverse and absurd regulat been, that the brewers only have been found to take op the trade of making and selling this inter - me di a te beer, four of w hom are within the limits of the chief Excise-ollice in London (Par. paper ar , No. 15 9 , Sept. 1828); and out of 8,300,000 rels of all sorts of beer brewed in England and Wales in 1827, the intermediate brewers brewed only 17,153 barrels, of which aar.bout 16,000160, barreSept.ls wer e brewed in London, (P paper 1828.)" The monstrous a buses of the licensing sys tem, as it is now conductetl, want of space obliges us to p ost p one to another opportunity. ani brevity has been stkal listicated jargon whanicd that h has al in dipl omac y , ed w ith obliging enressions, spectful throughout, it does mperor right as to some mis state of public opinion in he had fallen ; nor to re tion the spirit in which he into the existing war with 3 we learn, proceeds to ex reat 'Britain and her Allies s of a general pacification firmly announces their ~: by the principles adopted sented to by the high con ous to the commencement his is truly stated (and we :ceive it), we cannot admit nputation, which would Cabinet either apathy or y, no species of grievance immediate n otice. from igorous and decisive re re, than one which unites senseless embarrassment ommerce with a wanton on the comforts of our le law under which the luties are collected, and And porter houses are :ono a national grievance s characteristics above such details of absur uity, as are much too ► be set forth seriatinz a by stating briefly the produce of the raw 'option of malt liquor, .om official r eturns the opulation of England year 1750, or there ioo,ooo of people (it 'ling less); and that fallen short (admit 7c returns from 1800 ). 2d, 'l'het the in England was, in tors, and, in 1828, he consumption 6 near 10 per cent., ers has more than himself, therefore, 7holesome state of n infallible indica. in the condition la higher stage of some extraneous the enjoyment of has cut off the asses in the pro is a misfortune, crime, that the sted for mami e of agricultural it so enormous, led interest has tt o y er powerin( , o uphold th e c' ry principle of sense, in fore duce the Malt nd-owner and laint, (and we üblication for h it has dis nt oppression s in two cir uti disgusting Isive pressure the lower or -1 affluent are it we cannot ttions under e meddling nen autho-, o to present ,f the beer tamer, the od, may, to be said to et of untie naltster, of he price of power of .)(3 honest, s activity, ans of ob.- eh a state sons, and ide ; that rtments; with all business inciples, vho are e regu ducted ?t, even me time re and x di ill of in• ye we pres 'fiscal hat it the ;e rd to the e of luty I on n it ties to he - u he - s -1. —l'illlC3. Though the Bank proprietors may, as men a, the world, be acting very wisely in " letting well alone," and " taking the good their gods pro vide them," yet there does seem to be a manifest absurdity in their meeting twice a year for the purpose of considering of a dividend, and allow ing themselves in the mean the time to b or date kepa t wholly in the dark as to upon which si:eli dividend is proposed. The most illiterate and confiding of all sleeping part ners is shown a balance-sheet ; and, if he cannot understand it , is allowed to ask s uch questions as may elucidate it ; while the partners in the first money establishment in the world ne a t all ither know, nor are allowed to know, any . thing of their affairs, but are compelled quietly to take for granted whatever their stewards and servants (or rather, perh a p s, mana g ing partners), the Di rectors, may think proper to afford them. That there may be good policy in this we do not deny. There is a third party, we suspect, if not a fourth, from whom it may be deemed advisable to keep, as far as possible, a knowledge of the Bank secrets. That third party is the public— \ and the fourth the Government. No doubt great part of the Bank profits are obtained at the public expence—and that in more ways than one ; as \the c harge for managing the National Debt — profits on unclaimed dividends— composition for stamps on notes—lost and unpaid notes, &c. If the profits of the Brosk an of solel Engfromland, di k s licounts,e those of private bankers, a e y and the other common a pplications of capital, then, of course , the accounts wo uld be as readily open to the inspection of the h proprietors in the one case, as to the pa rtners in te other. We a re inclined to th ink, therefore, that, however c onfiding, and justly so, the proprietors of Bank Stock may be, their very acquiescence is an ad ditional reason why those at whose cxpence, and by whose ;ra nt of a monopo l y , so large a pro ortion of the Bank profits are obtained, should know a little more of the matter than they do. Where there are mystery and c oncealmentsome- most people will imagine that there must be thing to mystify and to conceal ; and lookinwe g, above all, to the state o f the Bank apprehend the time is not far distant when Par liament must insist upon p o ssessi ng that know ledge which is now withhe ld Hera l dthe proprie tors themselves.-IViorning Her The Court Martial on Captain Dickenso nhere has oc cupied so much of p ublic attention, and t would appear, from the suffrages of our contem poraries, to exist such an universal satisfaction at the result, that we trust we shall stand excused in a dding our comment upon it to that of the many which have been already published. And in the first place we must remark that the honour able acciuittal which Captain Dickenson has re ceived from the Court, has our decided approba tion ; first, on the ground of his previous con donation by Sir Edward Codrington, his Com manding Officer, and next, on that of the time at which the inquiry into his conducthav w ing as i been nsti tuted. His alleged misconduct the former , ou g ht to have once overlooked by satisfied the Admiralty that it was riot of that gross and heinous character which required public investigation or public censure ; while it must have been clear that the ch an arge disgraceful s against him mu st have been palpable d m ost ' *-c evidence could be found at this dis- airily true. i would wish to observe , however, that I although the words`sstane of the conversation is cor- 1 sect, the exact wlitch were spoken have not, But to what part of the re perhaps been used. port do y o u call my :mention ? Mr. B.—To that passage in whic h y ou are ,made to say that " it was a most dishonourable action on the part of Mr. 8., but that a Magistrate could not afford Mr. Thomp• son relief." icen clone--a simple and honourableit rel acqui ittal, Ind an acquit tal which, while eved him from the stigma of misconduct,th re torted a still g rosser charge on ose who called in question his m erits as an officer. The former mode would have satisfied e very body, even , we imagine, ►Captain Dicken son himself, but the Court in its wisdom also would no t stop short at t his must the Officer who stated his dissatisfaction with Captain Dickenson 's conduct, with the disgrace of having brought forward not fidse, but frivo lous and vexatious charges. Now we attribute no improper motive to the Court, or any of its m embers, which f ound this verdict. It had a right to find it if it considered it to be a just, a conscientious, and a called-for verdict; but we trust we may, nevertheless, be permitted to in quire why su ch sidelong conde deemed neces sary towards him who vas reluctantly dragged into the c harges on who whaichalong i Captan i Dickenson was tried, and ll n veighed against a public prosecution of him as both improper and utterly uncalled for ? No reas on appears for such conduct on the face of the record. It is said, indeed, by some whose reaso ns for such gross misrepr esen t a tion it difficult to fathom, that Sir Edward Codrington having made charges was bound to pro made n charge at first, but simply s t a ted, in justice t o o thers, and in the r e g ular discharge of a duty which it would have been ot ll unma nly to have neglecte d, that "he was n 80 we " satisfied with Captain Dickenson 's con charges which were afterwards brought before the Court martial were mere explanations of that simple expression, and ex p lanations, too, which he would have willingly withheld, had he been per mitted. This we say is the case, as appears from the proceedings of the Court-martial, the result of which will probably have to be tried over again in another shape ; and we are frank to o in wn our regret —nay, also our indignation, that acquitting Captain Dickensoui an opportunity should have been seized to th endeavour tO tarnish the laurels of the hero of Navarin. But e tin favourable impression on the public mind, if any such has been made, a gainst him, by the verdict which has been delivered, must be tem porary and fleeting, and his character as a man emerge from under the cloud of reproach. which it has been attempted to fasten on him, as bright and spotless as his character as an officer, who has added to the list of our naval victories. Political enmity Edward day of triumph but an officer like Sir has no need to fear that 't will leave a permanent blot on his 'scutcheon. -Morning Advertiser. re•••••••=011.01.• Mr. Ido not recollect having 'used the expression, and 1 ra ther thin if k I did not. i on s im r. 13. asked Mt. Halls the observat M puted to Sir R . Birnie by the re ni ter bad really p fallen from that Magistrate. Mr. HAW,' Wtisl not that M r esponsible for the words used by another Magis trate. Thus fa r, however, he would say, r. Thompson stated there in his presence, that he had intrusted in the hands of Mr. B. two pieces for the stage, for which Mr. B. hd been paid and he bad not. Mr. B. said, that such a s tatement tlas unfound ed in fact, as a letter which he had received the even. ing before from Mr. Dunn, the treasurer of Drurr lane Theatre, would prove. Mr. B. then handed `le letter in question to the Magistrate for his pe lt certified that Mr. B. had received no re muneration ftorn that theatre for the Dum so fa r, b Savoyard. Mi. HALLS observed, that certainly , there did not appear to be any ground for Mr. Thompson's complaint. Mr. 13. merely came to in wire of q Mr. halls if th e ascer tained that fact, he report were true. Having hoped that his application would be considered as private, he having ulterior mea,ures in view. Mr. B. then withdrew. Four desperate looking fellows were brought be fore Mr. HALLS in the evening, charged with having grossly intuited a young woman named Susan Slade, and afterwards committed a violent assaultth upon ree a publican named Shepherd:ion, who h-r'eps e Th u n s i in Belton;street, It appeared that the fel lows `runs; of when are brothers, n amed Pickering , and the fourth named Meadows) commenced their at• tack upon the young wonOli in the Constitution where Mr. public-house , D rur y -lane, Shcpherdson happened to be : upon his remonstrating itith them, they grew noisy and violent, upon which a young man employed in the bar attempted to put them o ut, when two of them drew their knives, and a general scuttle ensued, in which Mr. Shepherdson was so badly injured as to disable him from attend ing to give evidence against the prioners, who were remanded for furth er examlitation, WORSHIP -STREET. On Saturday a p erson named Gurney, land ld-streetlord of t he Oenfge the F our th public-house, O, appeared fii,_dte the Magistrates upon information, charged with keep-Tfig, 4 di,.s'orderly house. The defendant could net tieny t he charge, but said le was out of to wn at the tittle 401 in the elev in- He had bee n in the house 'en months, and it cost him 2,000/. to go into t. Mr. BROUGHTON very much doubted he lattd part of the statement, and the defendant then ad mitted that his brewers had advanced half the money. The defog on fined 5/. and costs. A :le eand informat ion against the same house was withdrawn at the sugges tion of Mr.Broughton, upon payment of the costs by the defendant. Several gentletnen connected with the parish ef St. Leonard, Shorediteh, applied to Mr. Broiteitolt sir his assistance and advice under the following rusal POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. On Saturday Anne Williams, a woman about Mock thirty years of a r e, shabbily dressed ik bonnet, and a dareotton gown, was brought up by Potter, beadle of St. Anne's, Blackfriars, and charged before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY with playing off an hysterical fit in order to excite the pity of the benevolent. Potter was informed about four o'lock on • Friday afternoon that a female was lying in a fit at the door of a public-house in Water-lane, Blackfriars. He hastened to the spot, and found the prisoner sur rounded by a large crowd. She appeared in a state of complete insensibility exhibiting no other symptom of vitality than a copious stream of froth which issued from her mouth. The spectators pressed around her; their features harrowed or up intoex- a mingled expression of pity and horr ; some claiming she had taken poison, and all anxious to afford relief. Potter instantly set off to a receivedsue a and, describi n g the woman's situation, draught, which , with considerable difficulty, was poured down her throat. This was attended with n o beneficial resu lt ; and Potter brought the parish surgeon to examine her, who pronounced her to be l a bouring in a violent hysteric, and recommended the application of vinegar to her temples. Potter's open palm went to work, and after enduring for some time a severe rubbing from the rough han,nd reof rand the beadle she at len g th opened her eyes ; wh e cognising the official functionary bent over her knowing thereby that it was all up with her, she started up, and clawed his face like a very virago. — These exertions only sent forth the froth more abun dantly than ever, when the wily beadle, thrusting his finger into her mouth, at the imminent risk soap of having it bitten o ff, hooked out a large piece of worked up into a state of lather not to he sur passed by the best patent shavims brush. The prisoner said she lived with her sister in Ben. s mondsey : she averr ed she had been subject to fit for some years, but in what manner the soap found its way into her mouth, except that she might have put it there for safety when she felt the fit coming on, she could not imagine. The Alderman inquired if the surgeon was in attendance to give his opinion that the fit` was the an imposture? Potte r said he was not; but hen woman recovered he considered it a mere trick. The ALDERMAN told her if the s urgeon had been present to state what he thought of the hysteric she would most indubitably have worked off her next fit at the tread-wheel; but he cautioned her against getting into an hysteric in the street henceforward. Om Saturday the porter of the Cross Keys Inn, Wood -street, was summoned for not delivering a parcel, add ressed to Mr. Minton, of Cheapside, within the time limited by law. The complainant said the porter brought the par cel on Thursday last to his warehouse, but refused to let it go out of his hands until he had first received payment for the carriage. A half-crown was thrown not upon the cou nter before him, but that do, it must be put into his hand. It was in vain to tell him that there had been no refusal to pay, and that the charge was deemed a proper one (for com plainant bad possession of `hell ticket, which was s 15d.) ; he wo uld not part witthe parcel unles Mr. Minton would say he would pay for it. Mr. Minton would not repeat the prescribed form of words, but again said he did not object to the charge. This did not satisfy the porter, and com plainant ordered him out of the premises tor his in , solence, and went to the booking-office to complain of his misbehaviour. Here, however, he wit.; in sulted ; and he had therefore appealed to the Ma gistrate. The parcel had not been delivered yet, and•complainant was not awa re from whence it had been forwarded . Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said this was such a gross case of misbehaviour, that he should fine the porter 2Us., and 3s. costs; and if the parcel should not be delivered in a proper manner, he hoped the com plainant would bring an action against the coach office.—The fine was paid. BoW.sTitEE'L Mr. 8., of Drury-lane Theatre, appeared at this hpfore Mr. HALLS, respecting the circumstances :---, They had, durinv the past week, been endeavour ing to " burn out” tht.; tetattts of tome houses which they described as tiroarels',. in Barl.street, Finsbury. Men were placed before the itonte Of w i t h with l a nterns and boards inscribed " Beware z 1 houses," but the men had been beset and assaulted by people from the houses, and a disturbance created. . Mr. BROUGHTON said it was not to be wondered at if a disturbance had been occasioned, for the course which they had adopted was illegal, was calculated to increase the evil instead of abating it, and to lead to breaches of the peace. The law gave them no authority to make any per son's house out as a brothel qithout taking the proper steps to prove it so. They should procee d by indictment, instead of acting as they had done. One of the gentlemen spoke of tho difficuch lty and .expense of prosecuting the owners of su places to conviction. Mr. BROUGHTON said the law directed that such houses should be proceeded against by indictment. The mole which had been adopted was illegal, and tended directly to a breach of the peace.n which the After some further conversation, i iNlagistrate gave the gentlemen credit for their good intentions, they retired with the design, we believe, of acting by his advice. ,X TEN SIVE FORGERIES. LAMBETH -STREET. On Saturday Mary Frith, an elderly woman, and Ii liz.abeth Frith, her (laughter, were brought before Messrs. WALKER and on a charge WY of harbour ng UTFIE an LD d , a county Magistrate , concealing a girl named Eliza Willis, the.anghcir ter of a respectable tradesm an, under the follow d ing cu mstances:— the fatter of the g irl, stated, Mr. Daniel Will is, that his daughter, who is only 15 years of age, ab sconded from her home about a fortnight ago, and a f te r searching in every direction, and being put great a nxiety a nd trouble , he at len g th found In the abode of the prisoners, who kept a house of fame in Old Gravel-lime, St. George's in the Bas. On leaving home his daughter was decently attired, but the prisoners had stripped her of her clothes, which they had pledged, and substituted the clothes she now had on, which were not worth a shilling. Mr. Thomas Burford, a headborough of St. George's, said the house belonging to the elder pri soner was an infamous brothel, and she sent out her own daughters at night, and received the produce of their ill-gotten gains. The daughter of the la tweed uced wit ness had b e en decoyed from her home, and in by the prisoners to come and live at their sink of iniqu ity ; and since she had been with them they encouraged her to walk the streets and lead a life of i n f a my and prostitution, that they might reap benefit t herefrom. The e lder prisoner denied the charge o f harbour ing the girl for had purposes, and said she took her in out of charity : her husband held a situation in t h e Excise department, and she kept no improper ler al house. Mr.l3urford repeated that the house was a cbm tnou brothel, and well known as such. The parents of the girl said every means had been used to reclaim her, but without effect. On one occasion she raised a report that she was starved and barbarously treated, and by this means caused a mob of between 400 and 500 persons to assemble in front of the house, who threatened to pull it their and they had some difficulty in escaping with their lives. The AlagistrateE, after expressing their indigna- 1 tion at the conduct of the elder prisoner, ordered 1 her to find sureties for her future good behaviour, and a dvised the parochial authorities of St. George's, w h o were p resent , to indict her for keeping a dis orderly house. 'rhe other p risoner was discharged, and the girl \ was allowed to depart with her father and mother. H ATTON.G ARDEN. J ame s Southwe ll and Fra ncis Rice, both young men, were brought to this office on Saturday night in custody of Lloyd, the officer, to answer a com plaint preferred against them, under the following vexatious circumstances, by Mr. Hornby, an elderly gentleman, residing at No. 19, Upper North-place. - Grav's-inn-lane. tl- - ' • defendants appeared in general the most promi- l i tailors and shoemakers goods in th!lir trade to tient, would then rim after the carriage, creating \ the a mount of several hundred pounds upon the same disorders as above described, which always i cre di t , besides from Wile/ persons g oods in his placed them, particularly the females, under the ne- \ own trade, such as maps„ optical instruments, cessity of leaning backwards from the wlndows, or Sze to the amount of nearly - 11000/. it cannot squeezing themselves into the corners of the carriage, l .'" • to avoid being seen and recognised by the public as \ b ascertamed what ready cash he has taken with they drove along Gray's-inn -lane and the other hun, but it is know n that the niObt before be left b passages adjoining their residence. he got several of his forged bills discounted. Mr. LAING asked the complainant what r eason I, bardner's plan seems to have been to concoct did he s uppose the defendants could have for such \ bills purporting to be drawn upon respectable 1 houses in London by persons at Niftveastle-on conduct, and in so m arked a manner, towards hint and his family ?—Mr. Hornby replied, that he could 1 Tyne, Leeds, Liverpool, Sze., payable at a Lon , - not conceive any reasons whatever for it, "less the I o bankers, and providing for them before: following :- - - , - , 14e some time ago had a servant-maid, ; to avoid' detection. In this'. to whetn the defendant Rice was m aking love, or tlteV bec".e due, 1 m,:mner it is known he nas for several years ()b -rother was making to his pantry and wine-cellar 1 large discounts. The whole of his defal through the medium of the servant. She frequently I tame(, admitted him, together with a train of his acquaint- cations . have not .yet been discovered ; butt among ;owes, into he house, whenever an opportunity the sufferers by forged bills, besides Mr. Joslett, presented itself of doing so without the eogni7nuce I are Messrs. Rivington, of St. Paul's Church of the family. These secret introductions, how- 1 yar d ; Mrs. Lowrie, an engraver ; Messrs. liar presented having at length come non he knowledge of the 1 vey and 'Dattons, of Gracecitureb-street ; Mr.Nl/41". family, the servant was caued a gainst seeing arty Dayton, of Holborn -hill ; and Mr. Smith, a map more her male acquaintances in the house; but no 1 &tiler in the Strand. I» consequence of Gardner's absence, from sooner was this restraint laid upon her, than she 1 home, a . r.d the number of bills becoming, cltae in contrived as mode of roseenting her amours, t p•remilLes such quick succession, it was deemed necessraT and that was by going herself wilt nt night after the family bad retired to bed, through the back of the :hotue, and thence through one of Ore ad- to make him a bankrupt, Mr. Joslen beino thez, Tottenham -court-road, the soli- joining houses, to meet her lover according to ao , - petitioning creditor ; and Mr. Reynolds, o(Car-- pintment, The moment, however, she was dee 1 ma , r th t n_street, citoe, to' work the commission. The above facts: teeted it: doing so she was discharged, and these i were the sole eirearnstanees to which he could at \ I came out trpon the first meeting of cremtors. • lute the conduct no , :r complained J. Saturda" :Mi-otlicr meeting was held before .) • - Mr. LAING then called upon' the defendants to O tt . state what a nswer they had to make to the complaint. i the Commi:isionerg of Bankrupts, at Guildhall ; They replied, that they were sorry ' it is • led to -tro th,. ge„ttemli and at the third mectl.riec should seem to feel an annoyance where: 1 . )M)1 . WO ceed to outlawry. it is not expected that the intended. a ssets will produce a is. in the pound ! Mr. LAING reproved them, and said, that if tel: any future time they re p eated their ndnet towards the complainant or his family, the co Y s hould he a pin , t aken up, and either held to bail, or comtnitted--- prison for the offence; and they having promised not --------------- to repeat it, he discharged them. Ver Qllafter. Cfa11,1C...,••••••••...,..... UNION -HALL. j Cininr,then.,-- The Sla gc Orates were occupied a considerable ! Wjr• e 'A • t n,— .... time in investigafing the circumstances of a robbery, neneah ........---- in which a Miss Ni7ood''s box, containing clothes aud \ s ‘ `,;', t ,',,', l e a st ... g7, -- ' jewellery to the a mount of 10014 was etolen. Per lnxshel. • • Coventry --- The young lady above named had Veen or a vont i 1 , 1 ,„,,,u, (stmt:) at the residence of a gentleman named Lloyd, irt \ Vortnallerton -- Great Surrey-street, and on Friday afternoon, abont 1 ',4,.,,. 1.1 ,°,,,Z7. --- a t oc ea l r d l o o n na -- five o'clock, she left the house of her friend, and re- 1 ‘..'ceetelk. ........--- turned hew, leaving a box behind her, containing: ; narnarF=l. jewellery and clothea to the above amount, which I i?tahant..--. ,,,,, .. was to re main until sell for, Shortly after Miss 1 Wood left the hous e, a female, vitt() repre sen ted lter \ called, and ----- self as in the service of that y oung lady, said she was sent )icon her ha i young mistenre ed thlt ssterta 's box. Not the slightest susi on in she wan net the person she described herself to be, the box, NVitil ;tg contents, was delivered to her,and w i t hin a short space of time a f ter wards it was disco vered that the perso n to "Ave.; the box had been given was an impostor, when the serVart in reality' c alled for the young lady's property. MAGISTRATE told the p arties that tinless The they could make oath they suspected some indiv i= chic! bad the st olen property in his or her possessio n, he could rift grant a search warrant. The parties, being u nable ft mike the necessary affidavit, then withdrew, intimating their determination to strictly vestigate the matter. COUNTRY CORN iVIAIIKE; PUItING LAST WEEK. Vhet. Bartcy. F. to F. I ss to s. S. to A. 16 18 95 7) 26 34 , to a. .)3 64 I() 27 3J 50 68 ;32 37 :38 73 60 10 •32 38 *..41. F. d. s. d, s. d. fs 104 4 0 S 0 5 0 II 0 11 :1 0 S 0 100 40 4 3 10'9 11 0 0 1) 00 1 1310 84.52 5.41 90 10040 00 19 23 \ 30 4 3 ` 3 g 401 Y 3 26 39 43 3 2 34 I, 3 3 40 - 12 4 e; 401, e.,...• C'6'; 6 . 11 4 5 1; 547; 80" ftei 0 o o ' 6* I 1 3 1" - . \l3 . a 2qo 00 11 0 \ Xi 0' 20 0 83 0C 010 2.20 00 106 , l'S 0' IS W S (1 90 _2------: 30 46 1 50 90 70 86 6 0 76 We have to> record another instance of exten sive forgeries hating been committed by a trades man, in a manner similar to that practised by the unfortunate Hunton, who wrai 301tc time ago executed at the Old Bailey. In this ithistance the delinquent has eluded justice, and th ed ere for i§ e very reason to believe that he has depart the United States. The name of the person is Willmeiam Robert G ar dner, who for a considerable ti past has carried on the b u si n ess- o f a map and chart- Lioselln er a nd engra ver, in Harpor.strect, Red square. He had been in business about eigh seller, but about eighteen t e en years as a map months ago he op ened a large warehouse, which he fitted up w ith expensive apparatus , to carr y 0.1 the trade of an engraver also, in which line he is said to have been clever,. having obtained the engraving department of several banking houses. His house and establishrneut were upon an elegant scale, and every thing denoted him to be an opulent tradesman. Ile was about lofty years of age, of a very prepossessing exterior, and agreeable manners, so as to deceive those who at the time had no reason to suppose he was carrying on business with a fi c titious capital , or that he was otherwise than a man of consi derable substance. He kept a number of work men and several apprentices. There is reason to believe that he has been carrying on his for geries for m an y years, by putting respectable names to bills, and taking them up a day or two before they became due, so as to prevent any s uspicion of th eir being genuine. Of in one or two instances, a strong suspicion was en tertained that the bills were forged ; but the great severity of the law made the parties unwilling to prosecute, and upon the tnoney being paid the sub e ject was dropped. These instances seem induced Mr. Gardner to adopt the plan of oun get- ting a good su m of money, and leave the c try before a final explosion of the extent of his defalcation was made, which he foresaw would sooner or later take place. It is supposed that he quitted London on the 29th July, having on that day left home with his son, a lad of eight years old, under - the pretence of benefit ourninof his g for a fortnight in the c ountry far the health : since that time he has nor not been heard' of, and eit her on that day, or shortly after, was seen in the London Docks looking after a gentlem a n vessel about to sail for New York. His wife lodged in r dr. and three other children remain behind, and his w if e declares she does not know where her t husband is. The first suspicion of his havin ' purposely.abgented himself arose from the fc 1- o'---ardAed aynodung lnoatieigd jeonsekuninwst,:oncie3 Gardner's house, had some private propert• i to the amount of several thousands of pout o h ; this coming to the knowledge of Gardner, I to so won the good opinion of Mr. Joslen as t , ,, i duce him to discount a number of bi' Ast and about nine m onths ago 'Mr. Joslen w: • as tetually prevailed upon to sell out the rem. • of • funded property (5001.) which had ' AM his but just been bequeathed to him, to cash Gardner's bills ; a ll the bill% I acme, more of - iurport ed to be drawn on persons wh- ' -‘tilic y WAS un doubted, and t, had dealings - • e . iv- - 00 13 10 6 12 0 110 120 100 00 'WAKEFIELD CORN DIARICEr.--Sept. 18. Wheat is Is. to, There is a very large suppV of Wheat up the river for . this day's market, and a lair epantity from the fanners , line 01 , 1 Wheat is in demand, and 'hag been sold upon as OW terms as last week. Tie best :i.i4ve 2s. per qftarter lower, an , ' inferior and 'oft samples of New are not a .leable at any tolerable price. Oats support their value, and Shelling is wanted, but prjces of both are: Good Beans are in request, a:0 are is. pe unaltered. r qtrarter dearer, but no improvem ent can be nlxtit io , the intetiof wtg. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Sufiblk...s2s. 50s. to Ns. fine 640 .-------- New ...,,,,,,,............525. 516. to sis. fine 63s ----- White Old . ......... ..........,....sis. r,9s. to 60. fine 6SL ----''"----7- New ............... .....,,..54.5.. 'Xs. to 606. fi ne 646. ---- Foleign, Red ................... 505, 506: to 00. fine 696. -------....- White ... ............... 046. to 686. fine 126. Barley, Norfolk atttk Suffolk ................sa. to Da. tine Mi. ---- incolushi,.. ................... 206. to 31 - ts. tine TM,. ---- Yorkshire Weld ~,,,... .............. 2 4 . 1 5. to 336. f ine -0- ------ Foreign ................. ~,.- .......... '2O. to 296. fine 316- Beans, Old ............................ m........ 325. to 'Xs. tine 424 ------ tac0 ...................................... 3 . 76. to 396. fine 4th Bean::, Oats,Potato ..................................... I 1... t. i . to ‘ 2l i • fine 296.. - Poland .................. ... ............ 205. 'Vs, to 265. fine 215.. - Friezland and Small ............. 183. 104. to 236. fine 24.6., ---- Mealing .............................. 11,id. to 1111: per Stone shelling • .............................. . ..... '29s. to 316. oti per Load_ Ma l ................................. . _.... 366..416. fine 436. or Load.. Rapeseed ............... .26i. N. 291. Os. 301. 03. pef liaet. SCOTCH MARKETS. EL ._.,se respect., -.4 it was well known that ... ....... .. with them, no suspicion waq 0. - 0 il 7, 0t0r of Fingring.._ "1 •• ..t( m —.La Aortly after Gardner had lert.'tovvn, ~;, f w h en I of M. Dodd, Esq. of lionuo.-- one of them became due, and it was disco VP rad 1 DIEI 3$ 40 '- 36 40 - - -- - \ \ A-:—'------iJt'Heen -------52 77 —2B 31 126 29\ --- Berwick,...-- 49 52 23 25 15, 18 ;28 30 Coldstrearn ..., 41e 5t 23 28 11 18 25 27 Cupar —.......... i'A' 70 :,0 30 '24 27 27 32 Dundee ........... 10 7:1. at 3+ 27 31 32 3t Elgin ......--.. 70 Slt 1* 27 -24 27 19 '2l Inverness...—. 60 12 211 28 122 '24 19 20 Kelso .—.....-^ 42 57 23 88. 110 18 27 28 liirkahly..-- 62 11 33 37. i b 26 Perth ..—......... 12 SO 26 29 (VI 23 26 32 .-- --- it.._ The size of the measure Yariek; Ottoughout the country. 40 - r. .... 11 AOD [NOW'S CORN Al it KICET.--Sept. 18. The 33 trky and Ott markets contained a full supply tip of Barley Is. up, average down 4d..-346 quarters. were sold, only 3 itnsold, and 5 foreign ; some parcels of the New Barley were of very superior quality. (h t o have rather given way in price, 225 quarters were .49141, and • 42, unsaol—top and average are both down Is. Wheat was father dull of sale, and prices lower--general asiewga down ss. el. Pease and Beans are also flown. Wheat parl \ Oat'. \ Pease. \ Beans; . First ...... H. Od .10 O c t Oct 36s Oct 38+ Oct ' Second... 76s Octss Oct . 2(1,4 Oft 30s oa 36s OA . 11,Yrd .... .1s O 29s Oct . t?ts Oct —s Oct 3ts Oct Tifele were 431 qrs. of 5 \V boat in marlimket:379 wticreo f were sold. litasold.-oy. .._.... 3/. 3s. ld. 5-12t1_21___, friciagc .................. _—_...---_,, ---...............---- DALIa33O4 COltN MARKET. —Sept. 17.. The supply of all h~• of Grain at this day's market% Wag Inoderat,, lint equal to the d emand. Wheat soltl. s~• \ rather lower prices. Wheat. Barley. ' (IV,. 1 T•caac. Deans: First.... Ms Otl 35A 91 3i): , 0,1 4,2 $ Ckt 42,' "a :i.Fcoixl.... hiss 0. 0, 1 1 3 3 5 3 n o i t t i 2 2 ? . ) : n o ci d . t •,.,:, Ti 4 3 0 6 : 0 0, (% _---___-_--,..-1-----"- COMM A LI, MARKETS. TRl,go.—Wheat (average) 22.4.6.1.-13arley, 135.---0050 s. (tet;. 11 tt-xroN—W It eat , 2F. 6d.-13arley, t Is. Od. FT. AusTv.i.t.—Whcat, 21s. to 25s.—Ilarley, 13s. to I V.—A:tots 9s. Od. to 10s. BonmlN—Wheat iaverage)22s.od.--Ilarlay, 15s. 6d.--Oats, th. LkilticESTON—NV 'cat (average) 30s. a —Barley, 138.0.1.—0at4., 10 o,l.—Beef, 6d.--Mutton, 5111. lASKEARD—Whcat,--.3.0 2let. Gd--Barley,lss. Od Oats, —s•'• to S. 6d. Sr. CoLunn—Wheat, 22'. to 23s.Itarley, --s. to 155.--Ileef, - and Mutton, 6d. to C.O.—Veal and Laub, Od to 6d. rels.F,Neg—Nltat, 225. to teSs.--llarley, --s. to 136,—.0at5. Os. to 16s. 0,1.--lleef ;aid Mutton, sd. to 61—Fork, 41d. Butter, Sid. per lb. ---------=__--:_ Amount of Sate, IN Quantity of tine Co i.2 p , p sl er si. . ..... .............. A ... , ........... g L e ..- 5 7 . t. .. n ..: . ; . a c .. a ... . TELLIGENCR Tons. Cwt.-- Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Itedruth last Thursday 2,0.;3 oi t Averaite Produce . ........................... •• 8 /4 1 2 - • '''--=--""'""'------- BASKERVI LLE.---•The remains of this sin gular man and celebrated printer, after an exhumation of seven years, have been buried once mote in Crarllei 10-n. od'; Chapel, near Birmingham, the property of the Basicsn• MLLE family. We are in that, although tufty /cart' ~ have e lapsed since the death of Mr. B. all his teeth, W 1... the exception of a double-one in the lower je.W, Were in, excellent preservation. A surgical gentleman took a cal t ', of the head for the purpose of phrenological (crazyological,P investigation. DUKE OF GRAFTON.—The late Duke, wile:. hunting, was thrown into a ditch, at the sante time a Yotr, ir curate called out, " Lie still, my lord," leaped over 1 . , ;" 6 . and continued the chase. Such apparent want of fee_i_)..o might he presumed, was properly resented. But on vc_: o helped out by his attendants, his Grace said, " that ,70,1, shall have the first gone! living that falls to my dig:, or had he stopped to have taken care ol me I woula.._ebtea have given him any thing .." his Grace hiing .et.t t bs% with an ardour similar to his own, or with a 1 0 ' would not stoop to llatter..-4/irror. BIRTHS. f lkire On the 18 th inst. in Ely-place, th e W ife °- Bull, of a eon. On the 13t inst. M. R. L. Cbanc , e , of 11igbgatt' a daughter. • r' . I, e 15th inst. algtßAoßmafoirEa,Dthe iter.:o°obaetritdoirej I , ne, to S t rah An .1 1111: 7ormatiom Oats. ifCONTRACp VlCrt i dit THE t'Sj ikia l e t? l ,s on Tursnafvr i i h e rea dy to g l o p treat for tbeo IRISH SAti REEF, and RATE TEr. eon, ts he ac, and the re nt , Ilia Majeatl i i Plymouth, :id after he rig pi Fehr liar f f ° till May, 1 63/3 10° terest, Pal s o ,oo The C ° g V Office, f' t i t' Vie tnallir4; 1, enatanta °. and to the., re speetir e v No T r l l a t SOO Tier, admitted; at leag tl* ; ' aPP° l " ° O 4 by tW° „ P with l'oe third of o f forraa °l le o that the 11) rate fl, 1 TV h, on b ig pc j 01, I I 1