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without them. A better prooreannot be afforded of the want of connection between property and representation, for the Aristocracy possess a very small share of property compared with that of the body favourable to the object of yesterday's meeting. If the country were really and not virtually represented, such a marked insult to the people durst not be shown. Lord Teynham stated some striking particulars respecting the condition of the labouring poor throughout the country. In 26 parishes in Kent, with which he was acquainted, not one in fifteen marriages tool; place till the female was ready for the straw. Mr. Sinclair Cullen took the opportunity of de menstrating how intimately connected the Leensing system was with the evils of which the meeting complained ; and, indeed, every man who Las at all reflected on the subject, must be aware that the monopoly engendered by the licensing system is directly opposed to the object of supplying cheap and good beer. The mono poly, in the first place, gives au additional value to the house, which is necessarily charged to the consumer. In the next place, where a man !me the power of supplying without rivalry what he pleases, it would be- a miracle indeed if he cared much about the quality of the commodity. Dr. Bright, in his " Travels in Hungary," observes, that the public-hodses of that country are ob ligsd to sell the wine of the respective estates on which they are ; and that though the country wealuces the most delightful wine, what is to be obtained in inns is absolutely nauseous. The same effect always flow from the same causes ; and an English brewer can nauseate the public with his beverage as well as a Hungarian Arch bishop. And yet, it was decided at the meet ing yesterday that the licensing system was not within the scope of the meeting— that is, that the condition on which alone good beer can be obtained was not within the scope of the meet ing. They had better have said at once, our professions are a false pretence—we care nothing for the public, or the supply of the public,— Morning Chronicle. The Dublin Evening Post of Saturday last contains a long article, commenting on some very injudicious remarks on the cause of the wretchedness of Ireland in the last number of the Quarterly Review. The Reviewer had observed, that au English or a Scotch popula tion would have made Ireland another Flanders, .Grenada, or Lombardy. Our Dublin contem porary very properly observes, that the object of Government long was to prevent the improve ment of Ireland, and he quotes from the Dublin Morning Register a long list of Acts of Par liament passed for the express destruction of almost every conceivable branch of industry in Ireland, in compliance with the grasp ing but stupid jealousy of England. Scotland, on the other hand, he observes, has been a highly favoured country. " At the time of the Union," he observes, " Scotland was over-run with beggars and vagabonds ; While the High lands were no more than dens of robbers, under the orders of sanguinary and ferocious chieftains. A little wholesome severity in hanging the thieves, and abolishing the villainous hereditary jurisdiction of the thick-blooded robbers, has made Scotland, if not one of the most moral, at least one of the best behaved and most com fortable people in Europe. This was followed by the British Government undertaking a radical reform, and taking Scotland to her bosom. . . What was the state of Scotland only little more than a hundred years Iwo ? What was the state of England at the Reformation, when coleworts and lettuces were imported from Holland for the table of Queen Catharine Parr? Onehad a Scotch population, the other an English population, as well as now. But in what state were the people ? They were worse—or historians are fabulists— than the Hahlans of Ireland are at this moment ; they were worse, although the population was not, perhaps, a third of its present amount, in point of cleanliness and comfort, than the re motest villages in Connaught. What produced the gradual change ? Better government, bet ter Jaws—Justice. In the reign of James I. the Commons had become impotent ; the union of the Crowns manifestly tended to ameliorate the condition of Scotland, by rendering the titled ruffians, who were called the nobles of the an cient kingdom, place-hunters at the Court of England, instead of robbers of their neighbour's goods and murderers of their own serfs. In Ire land, instead of stabilitating property, and bring ing the Irish ruffian,who happened to have a title to his tail, to justice, and protecting the people, they began to rob master and slave with the same impartiality, and a whole province ewes forfeited to the Crown. But this was not deemed sufficient. Instead of making the com mon people comfortable, and imparting to them the advantages of equal and impartial justice, which we have the authority of a contemporary placcman they were willing to receive with eager ness and gratitude, they attempted to oust the entire population, and to plant an English and Scotch colony in their stead." There can be no question thar the treatment of Ireland and Scotland has been very different. Indeed, when the union between Scotland and England was in agitation, one of the arguments on which most stress vets laid by Fletcher, of Salton, the opponent of the measure, as may be seen in his writings, was—See with what injustice you treat Ireland, a colony of your own ; and what are we to expect, if we connect ourselves with a people so lost to every sentiment of justice as you are, when you treat your own children in Ireland with such cruelty and inhumanity ? Boswell, in his Life of Johnson, mentions that his hero having be haved in a very rude manner to Dr. Adam Smith, in Mr. Cadell's shop, having observed Robertson, the historian, about to enter, he said —I dare say you will treat Robertson as roughly as vou have treated Smith ? Johnson behaved, on the contrary, with the utmost polite:we to Robertson. It might be said, that the difference of treatment of Scotland, originated in a sort of humoursomo spirit, as if to show that the nation could be both kind and cruel. The real cause, however, was the fear with which two 6UCCCS sive rebellions inspired the Government. It was only after the extinction of the rebellion of 1745, when Government was obliged to apply itself in good earnest to Scotland, that the improvemeot commenced.—lbid. We refer our readers to a Report which will be found in another part of our columns, of a Meeting held at the London Coffee-house yes,. terday, for the purpose of receiving the Report of a Committee appointed at a previous Meet ing to procure the repeal of the Malt and floor Duties. There is no doubt that these duties are unequal in their operation and impolitic in principle. The high price of beer drives the workin g classes to the consumption of cheap gin, which enriches the revenue at the expense of the comfort aad morality of the people. Hence the increase of crime, an d a d rea df u l aggravat i on o f existing misery. It cannot be denied; however, ttnit the Malt and Beer Duties arc not the sole liquid ca use of the spreading of the plague of fire," which is more destructive than any of those with which Egypt was afflicted. The Brewers' monopoly, by operating to the deterio ration of a wholesome and nutritious beverage, has greatly tended to lessen the demand for malt drink. This monopoly ought to be broken down, and the licensing system abolished. How does it happen that the advocates of " free trade" take no steps to procure a 44 free trade" in beer ?—Morning Herald. There are mow, we believe, lying in the con demned cells of New gate the capital convicts of two Old Bailey Sessions, and part of those of a third. God forbid that we should appear to wish to hurry on the fate of wretched beings . whose lives are forfeited to the law, on their own . accounts! On the contrary, most happy should we be to see the severity of the law ameliorated, and the punishment of death inflicted much sel domes than it is ; but if, unhappily, the law is to remain the same, and death is still to be the penalty, then we think that a delay which con verts what ought to act as a terror and an ex • ample into an oblivion of his offence, and pity towards the criminal, is highly mischievous. Every one who has witnessed the different ef fect of executions on the circuits to those which take place in the metropolis, must be aware of the troth of this. There the punishment fol lows while the public mind continues alive to the enormity of the crime. Here the criminal, the offence, and his trial, are forgotten, and he is at length led forth to suffer amid the mistaken sympathy of the crowd, aided, as it too often is, by a morbid and perverted use even of the sacred truths which should influence his last moments. We can readily imagine (and who is there that will not honour the feeling ?) that the Royal mind must naturally shrink from the sad duty of presiding at Councils when these fatal necessities are decided upon, and that an excuse is readily caught at for postponing what is in every sense an " evil day." But if it be true, as is generally reported, that the ill-health and physical incapacity of the chief City Law Officer is the cause of the delay, and of thus swelling the ultimate more melancholy and painful duty, we cannot help thinking that there ought to be a power somewhere to obviate so serious an in convenience, and that that power ought to be exerted. Indeed we cannot help going the length of saying, that it would be almost as well that there should he an amnesty given to offences, as that their punishments should be delayed till all hatred for their crimes are absorbed in sympathy towards the criminals. We do not wish to en•• large on a subject so painful in iteelf. Nothing but public duty would urge us to notice it at all ; but when it is considered how much of heinous crime is produced and nurtured by the delay and uncertainty of punishment, we are confident that, in what we say, we arc urging mercy to wards numbers who may otherwise be in the place of those whose fate has been so long mi- The rumour that it is the intention of Go vernment to pay off the Four per Cents. by the creation and substitution of stock bearing a lower rate of interest appears to gather strength, and the expostulations and reproaches of those whose interests are opposed to this measure become proportionally more vehement. The prevalence of such a rumour, and the lively apprehensions and premature complaints of the holders of this particular description of security, having, as we before observed, no other foundation than pro bability and conjecture, may be considered as testimony, powerful, although indirect and unin• tentional, not to the practicability only but to the justice of the anticipated measure. If it were really perceived to be either unjust in prin ciple or difficult of execution, we are quite con vinced that the attempt would not be so confi dently foretold, and that the parties who will suffer by its accomplishment would be compara tively free from anxiety or alarm. A threat, we perceive, is held out of a combination on the part of the class of fundholders in question, to defeat the design so confidently ascribed to Government. Of this threat the fundholders themselves, if, as is most probable, they com prehend their own position and their own in terests, cannot be the authors. If the state of the Money Market be such as to enable' Govern ment to borrow money by funding at a lower rate of interest than four per cent.—and in no other circumstances will the attempt be made— no combihation can defeat or impede its success, or produce indeed any other effect than that of aggravating the loss to those who shall so com bine. Government is not liable to be baffled or obstructed by a combination whose sole means of resistance is the magnitude of its aggregate demand, inasmuch as Government has the right and in the case of such a combination would be bound to exercise it, of dealing with the annui tant separately and in detail. That it would be impossible to pay off annuitants to the amount of a hundred and fifty millions in one day, is true and obvious enough ; but to pay this sum, as Government may, if it please, in ten or twenty rapid instalments, would be neither impossible nor difficult. The only consequence of driving Government to such a course would be, that the bonus which always accompanies such opera tions, and is necessary to make them proceed smoothly, would be lost to those holders of Four per Conte. who embarked in the proposed combination, and gained by other capitalists. That the anticipated operation is strictly within the terms of the contract subsisting between Go vernment and the class of annuitants it would af fect, is not denied ; and there certainly never was a period in which Government could have stood ' more clear of the imputation of advancing the price of stock, or lowering the interest ofmoney artificially, with a view to facilitate such a transac Lion, than at the present. All the measures of Government have indeed been of an opposite tendency. The introduction of a metallic in lieu of a paper currency, and the reduction of the Sinking Fund to an amount limited by the ex cess.of income over expenditure, both of which meesures have been accomplished within the year, may be triumphantly adduced in refutation of the preposterous charge, that Government has acted upon the dishononrable policy of enhancing artificially the price of the publiefunds with a view ya Any financial operation. Nor is the loud appeal ;which has inconsiderately been made to the geneiosity of Government upon this subject less irrational than the imputations which have been levelled against its integrity. Would it be generous on the part of a trustee to neglect to disencumber an estate, left in his charge, of a burdensome mortgage, when he had a fair and honest opportnnity of t edceming it by an easier one ? Would generosity either require or permit bins to prefer the convenience and advantage of the original mortgagees to the just interests of the proprietors of the estate for whose benefit his trust had been specially and exclusively created ? And if the facts were, that the parties interested in the estate, or any considerable pro portion of them, endured great privations and severe sufferings in consequence of the mortgage, and that the mortgagees were in a situation of comparative ease, comfort, and affluence, would these circumstances furnish any additional reason why he should generously sacrifice the fair and equitable interests of the former to the spurious pretensions or unfounded complaints of the lat ter ?. - -Morning Post. We are glad to perceive, from the provincial papers, that the country has been at length fairly roused to a sense of the enormous, oppressive, partial, and most impolitic, taxes which are levied on malt and beer, and that public meet ings are on the eve of being held in different counties, for the purpose of petitioning Parlia ment for their repeal, or at least partial modi fication of them. The Worcester Journal says—" Petitions to the House of Commons are at this time preparing in several towns and villages in this and the neighbouring counties, praying the repeal of the Malt and Beer Duties, the imposition of a well-regulated Tax upon Property, and also a Tax upon Absentees." A meeting is also to be held in the county of Lin coln, notwithstanding the refusal of the High Sheriff to call it, and we see by advertisements and. requisitions, that the counties adjoining the metro polis are determined not to be behind in thegood work. This is as it should be; and if the countg wil only lift up its voice unanimously, the result cannot be doubted—a result to be so greatly desired by every class in the community, that it is a matter of utter astonishment to us that any one should have ever thought either of propos ing, or of procuring the consent of the Legisla ture to the taxes of which we complain. They are, of all taxes, the most injurious and oppres sive—injurious to the land-owner and farmer, and hop-grower, by diminishing the consump tion of barley and hops, and lowering, in con sequence, the value of land—injurious to the brewer and the victualler, by lessening the con sumption of malt liquor, and diminishing the amount of profit which each might fairly make in their business—and, finally, not only most injurious to the public, by depriving it of the most healthful and invigorating beverage, but most oppressive also to the middling and lower classes, who are obliged, as we shelved on a former occasion, to pay a high price for whatever malt liquor they may consume, in order that the rich may drink it at a lower rate ! Such are the undeniable evils of the tax, and we trust that that part of the public which has not hitherto bestirred itself in the cause, will not be slow in making a proper application of them.— With regard to the imposition of other taxes in lieu of the malt and beer duties, the public, we think, need not be afraid that the Government will not readily discover some new source to supply the deficiency,—at least, we never yet knew a Chancellor of the Exchequer who was at a loss on that head ; and the public may, in consequence, we think, very safely entrust him with the reimbursement of the Exchequer. In the mean time, however, we may observe, that it appears a most gross anomaly in fiscal legislation, that a great number of persons should draw their incomes from the country, and yet contrive, by living out of it, to evade that remuneration for the protection of their property which is exacted from all others. To be sure there is a certain knot—a very stnall one, however—of political economists, who tell us that it is a matter of no consequence whether a man resides at Brussels, or Paris, or St. Petersburgh, in so far as the consumption of our national produce is concern ed ; for that the money which lie gives to the French farmer for his flour, and the Brussels lace-maker for his lace, will be returned to the London exporter in lieu of other commodities ; but while we admit the general truth of the doc trine from which this inference is drawn, we must protest against its application in this way, and. express our preference in this instance of the common proverb, " that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Only a second-rate be nefit, at most, flows in this way to the country from the expenditure of its subjects abroad—the first, and by far the largest, portion, goes into the pocket of the foreigner; and the Govern. ment would therefore do well, we think, to try what effect a tax might have in recalling the ab sentees, instead of permitting the country to be defrauded by them, and only benefitted in,_the second-hand way alluded to. If the British Government security be still the best, there is no great fear of their withdrawing their property from its care.—Morning Advertiser. COMMISSIOA OF LUNACY. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) Mr. Henry Hulbert, examined by Mr. WRIGHT— I am a tea-broker; I have known Mr. Davies for six or seven years. I was at a tea-sale on the sth of June; he was there. I called on him next day respecting a contract I had made:for him. He seemed much excited. He said he had been grossly insulted the day before, by a tea-broker, nearly connected with our house. On another day of the sale he stated to me, that he was grossly insulted by an other tea-dealer. He named Mr. Delufosse. From what I observed on the days I speak of, I thought he was not of his mind, and not fit to conduct his business. Cross-examined by Mr. BROUGHAM—I generally saw Mr. Davies some days previous to the tea-side, for about 20 minutes. I had not that intimacy with him that he should consult me in his private affairs. The tea-sale is n crowded room. Sometimes about 100 persons present. There is a great deal of noise, confusion, and many jibes are going on. I cannot say Mr. Davies was not insulted on that day ; but I did not see or hear of it. But I should think it unlikely. R. Gibbs, examined by Sir C. WETIIERELL—I am a tea-broker. I have known Mr. Davies about six years. I hare done business for him during that time. First a little, and then a great deal. 1 have the largest share of his business. I considered him to be a man of much skill in his business. This extends to the whole of the time, up to the 18th of April last. He came to me on that day, but his manner was much changed. frequently repeated oaths. Said he had a call. Said "By God," " God Almighty," and words to that effect. Ile said he was beset by villains, who would take away his life, if the laws of the i country did not prevent them. He spoke of puppies of stock-brokers and vil lains who were conspiring against him, who passed his door, puppies smoking cigars; and he decribed their dress. lie said he felt himself inspired, and was a new creature—that it was the work of God; he threw out his hands, and said he could feel it at the tips of his fingers. He did not use the words " new creature" or " inspired." Those are my inference, but he said that lie had a call. I never heard him use such words before. I have been in the habit of taking tea with him eight or ten times in the year. I saw him on such occasions about ten times at least in the last year. His purchase at the June sales amounted to about 15,0001. This would be payable about three months from that date. I went to Crouch-hill to see him on the 4th of Au gust. He told me that he had seen a vision the night before, \Odell had given him great pleasure, arid he had not vet lost sight of it. It was a vision from Heaven, which told him that his troubles were over, arid that henceforward he should enjoy riches l and happiness. He then proposed that th er e should `be a consultation of six eminent lawyers and six physicians, and he named Mr. Garrett, the barris ter, and Drs. Cobb and English, and the others were to be named by Mrs. Bywater and myself. There was to be a consultation between them as to his state of mind. The four physicians I hare named went down to see him on the sth of August. I was present when they were with him. He spoke to Dr. Frampton. and said that it was the sale of " presents" (tea) which had caused his excitement. He was up, very early that morning, and had written several papers (which were here produced) to show that he was capable of writing. The doctors did not, in his presence, declare him of unsound mind. My opinion was, that be was not then of sound mind. I never saw him wrong in the management of his business. I do believe he might have ma naged his business then. I went down to Crouch hill on the Bth of August. I saw Mr. Davies. He was then in a state of considerable excitement, but spoke in a whisper. He frequently went to the door to see if it was fast. He fastened it. He then said, " My mother is a base villain, and if I saw her at that window, with a razor in her hand cut ting her throat, I would say, thank God—thank God--thank God ;" and he laid great emphasis on the last word. (Witness here identified some papers us the hand-writing of Mr. Davies. Two of those were read. They were dated " Crouch-hill, August 6, 1829.°) Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUO—I always found Mr. Davies extremely attentive and skilful in the management of the business. The tea sale is a scene of great confusion and noise, that has not its parallel in London. 1 believe Mr. Davies was in sulted once or twice at the tea sale, and imagined that many things were intended offensively fur him which were not so meant. At the June sale Mr. Davies gave his orders as clearly and sensibly as be fore. When I saw Mr. Davies at Crouch-end there were two persons belonging to Dr. Burrows in the house, and he knew that it was by the direction of his mother. He was much irritated at that fact. The story about the vision made a strong impression on my mind. I mentioned it that evening to his friends, for I took it down in writing when I left the room. I have made two affidavits in this case. One a fortnight after the other, and I did not men tion a word of the vision in either of them. An other question was put to witness, as to whether Dr. Mackinnon, who is married to Mrs. Bywater's niece, did not say to that lady, that her son was no more mad than he (Dr. Mackinnon) was, and that it was a shame to keep bins under restraint. Sir C. WETHERELL objected to the question. What was said to Mrs. Bywater was, he contended, no evidence in the case. I► being now five o'clock, the Court adjourned till tomorrow. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 15. BEESTON V. FORD. In this case, which was left unfinished when we went to press yesterday, the LORD CHANCELLOR in timated that he would give his decision in the course of a few days. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dec. I& PAIN V. BIRD AND ANOTHER. The plaintiff in this case was an attorney. The action was brought against Messrs. Bird and Has lop, who had been clients of his, to recover a sum of 201. for money lent to them in April last. The Jury found a verdict for the amount claimed— viz. 201. ROCIIARD V. AUGER. Mr. PLATT stated that the plaintiff, Mr. Rochard was u miniature-painter in Regent-street. In March last he was employed by the defendant, Madame Auger, a French lady. to paint a miniature of her self. The miniature was completed, approved of, and paid for. The likeness was so good, that some friend of Madame Auger fell in love with the por trait, and got it from her; but she procured it again on a promise that she would get a copy of it and send to her friend. She accordingly took it to the plaintiff, and requested him to make two copies, one in an oval form for a locket, and the other a square to hang up. The plaintiff began to paint the copies, but wishing that Madame Auger should give him another sitting before he finished them, he made an appointment to see her. It happened, un fortunately, that he had made an appointment with another lady—a lady of title, for the same hour ; and when Madame Auger came, the former lady, with a friend of her's, was with him. As soon as Madame Auger's name was announced, the plaie t;ff ran down stairs, and regretting that he had forgotten the appointment with the lady who was then with him, requested that she would not take the trouble to get out of her carriage, and begged the favour of her to call again in the course of an hour. Madame Auger was, however, exces sively angry : she seemed to think that the other lady ought not to have precedence of her, and that if she (Madame Auger) had been a Countess, the plaintiff would not have thus disappointed her. She then went off in a buff, and the plaintiff saw no more of her. He afterwards finished the copies, and sent them home in October, with a note to Madame Auger in these words—" Mr. Rochard has the honour to present his compliments to Madame Auger, and has the pleasure to forward to her the two miniatures ordered in May last, which are as follows :—The square miniature, 15 guineas ; frame, U. 165.; oval, 10 guineas; making together 281. Is." This note, with the copies of the portrait, was delivered at Madame Auger's house. The messenger was desired to wait while Madame Auger wrote an answer, and then the footman brought down a note addressed to the plaintiff in these words—" When Mr. Rochard will send Madame Auger her likeness, Madame Auger will receive it; but as the portraits sent do not resemble her any more than himself, she begs him to keep them. She has, besides, had her portrait painted in Paris, after the impertinence which she received from Mr. Ro chard." The plaintiff returned the portraits, and afterwards made application to Madame Auger for payment, but having ultimately been referred to her attorney, he had been obliged to bring the present action to recover the amount of his charge, viz., 281. Is. Load TENTERDEN summed up the evidence, and the Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 281. Is. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEc. 15. CARTER AND ANoTIIER v. BRETTON. This was an action of trover, brought by the pla;ntiffs, as assignees of Peere, a bankrupt, to re cover of the defendant the value of five horses, which had come into his possession subsequently to reere's bankruptcy. The Jury, without much hesitation, returned a verdict for the defendant. NORWICH. Dec. 12. We had a great supply of Wheat to-day, the best sam ples of which nearly obtained last week's prices, but there is a general dulness in the trade. There was also a good supply of Barley, which was taken off without altera tion in prices. Other Grain remains at last week's prices. Flour remains as labt week, but the highest price is almost nominal. Wheat (per qr.) ... 40s. 60s. 6-14. I .4.mns (per qr.) .. 26r. Th. Barley Oats 2os. 245. 295. Flour, fine (per sack) 445. 465. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, DEC. 15. George Campbell, who represented himself us a coal-merchant and money broker, was opposed by Messrs. IIEATti and COOKE, on the part of a credi tor named Alexander Graham. From the state ment of the insolvent it appeared that he had been formerly a servant in the family of Lady Cam brasil, who died in 1813, since which period he had been a coal-merchant and money-broker,—best, in Villiers-street, Strand, and afterwards in Half- Moon-street, Piccadilly. As a money-broker he was employed in raising money for other people, for which he received a premium. The amount of his debts was 9,533/., of which 3,300/. consisted of sums for which he had not received any con sideration. In July last lie assigned over to his principal creditors, Messrs. Dalgleish and Taylor, coal-merchants, all his household furniture, the lease of his house in Half Moon-street, I,BOQI. of good book debts, as a security for the sum of 3,4001. which the insolvent owed them for coals, and gave them also a warrant of attorney. He went to France shortly afterwards, for the benefit of his h ea lth, and came back in September. He was ar rested in October ; et the suit of a Mr. French, a CH tom:R.—NV heat, per '7slb. 9a. Od. to 9s. ; Barley, 38 qrts. to 56. ; Oats, 491 b. 2s. 9d. to 4s, sd. NANTrticir.—Wheat, per 751 b. Sc. 10d. to Os. Dd. ; Barley, 38 qrts. 9e. lid. to Os. Ott.; Oats. 501 b. 3s. 3d. to 4c. 3d. GLASGOW MARKETS. (From the Gila:goutld of bioaday.) For Raw SUGARS there has been a good demand thi► week ; the sales amount to 852 hhds. and trs. In the early part or the week Browns in some instances were sold at an advance of 6d., latterly they have receded to former rates ; the better descriptions, which are still very scarce, are 6d. a Is. higher ; moist brown Demeraras sold at 465. ; dry Browns, Demeraras, and Trinidads, 471. 6d. a 51s. ; middling 555. 6d. a 555. ; brown Jatnaicas, 51s. 6d. ; and good middling, 60s. ; Refined Sugars find a li mited sale, prices however are without alteration. British Motassas, 17s. thl. a 18s. ; 150 puns. of De merara Molasses were sold at 20s. 9d. from the ship's side. The transactions in Cor?EE are so trifling that they are not worthy of remark. Nothing done in PIIIIENTO 01. GINGER. Ruse remains quite neglected ; nominal price of Ja pain 2.. 9d. a 2.. 10d. for 16 O.P. ; Leeward., 20d. for proofs. COTTON has been in a very quiet state this week. The sales will not amount to more than 5 or 600 bales. About SO bales Uplands of the new crop are on the market ; they are of a very superior quality. Current prices—Sea Islands 14d. fair, Mid. good ; Uplands, 6141. utid., f a ir, bid. good, 7/d. fine; Orleans and Mobiles, 64d. m id., 61d. fair, '7d. good, Sd. fine; Pernams, 7p. fair, Sid. good Marauhauts, lid. fair; Demerara', 6,,td. iC Aar IP I'd. fair, 4 7/d. good; Egyptians'', Id. mil, 0 .4 good, Bd. fin e; Surats, 4i. mid., 41.1. fair, 4/4 1 . g aid. fine. Io DYIIWOODS there has been nothing done. ba t. There has been a great demand for Asttss ; 2 5 _, hs t refs of Pots w ere s o ld a t 28 s . 6d., an d s maller pa w " 395. to 405., and Pearls 40s. TOBACCO remains dull ; prices are without variat i°l3. f o t Y. C. TALLOW is selling in retail parcels at 59°. Old, and 40e. for New. Cl Fan OrLs are selling steadily; Whale at 251• svl 23/. l Os. per tun old measure. eto k During the week the arrivals of Coax have beta rate. The trade, being barely supplied, purchased freely, and a fair business has been done in Wheat' P .T o ley, and Oats, generally at last week's prices ; and P il o. samples are rather dearer; Beaus and Pease in bette r nand, without any alteration in prices. - DUBLIN MARKET N 3,699 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 84S Bele _ l7 stone 614 Barley l6 stone 4,591 Oats.— l2 stone 11,421 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 909 Oatmeal 8 stone Sold to Bakers *nly. 8,238 Cwt. Flour Average price of Wheat an Receipts of Flour, 1'2,2911,z9 Firsts , Sales of Do. 11,421 —" Thirds raicit OF ] QuArtern Loaf, 41b. soz. B%d. I From 20 0 12 0 9 0 8 4 b 0 LI 9 T 1 9. LIDAY,• To 94 0 0 14 IS 0 6 . , 0' 1 10 6 I b ii 0 Id 0 ' Flour 465. 8.1 ." pe S r ft& e4- from 20s. (kl. to a from 15s. Od. to PP. A , Od. to 14cv ilit t, 21b. raltqua I butcher, for a debt of 501. for meat supplied to him. Messrs. Dalgleish and Tay Tor entered judgment upon the warrant of attorney in his absence, and sold the furniture and lease by auction. Indepen dent of the assignment of the furniture and lease, the insolvent had also placed in the hands of Messrs. Dalgleish and Taylor various securities, bonds be- longing to different persons, and bills of exchange. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said that the case must stand over at present for the insolvent to fur nish a list of the debts he assigned to Messrs. Dalg leish and Taylor, for without that list it would be impossible that an assignee could recover the amount of them : it was a clear case of preference to a particular creditor, to the exclusion of all the others. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the New London Price Current of yeeterday), SUGAR.—The Sugar Market had a languid appearance all last week ; the purchases were estimated not to exceed 2,200 hhds. and tierces, and - the prices of the middling qualities were again fully Is. lower; the Sugars 46% a 485., sold exceedingly low, the former with some colour, the latter fair quality yellow; the fine and low brown fully supported the previous currency. The stock of Mus cevades in London is now 43,603 hhels. and tierces, being 1,429 more than last year. The deliveries last week were 3,062 hhds. and tcs., being 351 more than last year. At the close of the Market this day, the estimated sales were very limited, owing in a great measure to the dense fog, which prevents the usual routine of trade. Average of Sugar 255. ld. In the Refined Market there was a dull trade, on account of the severe frost in the North of Europe; the holders of low Lumps were so anxious to effect sales, that a farther decline in the prices was submitted to; the other qualities supported prices, but the Market was dull. Molasses higher, and rather brisk. English Molasses, 17s. 6d. EAST INDIA. SUGAR.—By public sale, 2,812 bags MAU.. ritius Sugars sold with briskness at full prices, and in some instances 6d. to Is. per cwt. higher. • FOREIGN SI,TGAR.—There have been no sales of Foreign Sugar. COFFEE. - The quantity of Coffee brought forward last week at public Elle was very limited, consisting of parcels of Jamaica, Berbice, and Demerara; the clean parcels suitable for the home trade found ready buyers, and some lots of the middling and good middling sold at rather higher rates; the ordinary and unclean could not be dis posed of. There were no offers, and large parcels were taken in at low rates. The only Foreign . Coffee inquired after was the good ord. Brazil ; the price quoted was 321. 6d. There were no public sales . of Coffee this forenoon, and up to a late hour no purchases by private contract were reported. RUM, BRANDY, AND lIOLLANDS.-The sales of Rum last week were about 800 puns., about one-half Leewards, the remainder chiefly the finer descriptions of Jamaica, of which part sold at 3s. 3d. for particular marks; the ge neral prices from 27 to 31 over proof—good Rums were 2s. 7d. a 2s. I Id. Some strong Demerara sold, but the price did not transpire. Some Leewards 18 over sold Is. 11d. ; 16 over at Is. 10d. ; eight over at 11. 9.1. ; proofs and two and three over at Is. Sd. Brandy is still held with firmness, but there are few sales ; the prices in France have advanced considerably. Geneva is still neg lected. Ilascr, FLAX, man TAr.r.ow.—The Tallow Market has been very steady ; the arrivals have been very large, the deliveries much less than anticipated. It is now calcu lated that only 1,100 casks are shut in by the ice at Peters burgh. In Hemp or Flax there is no alteration. The letters from St. Petersburgh are dated the 28th ult. Ex change 10d. 9-16. Arrived 835 British ships; sailed 820. The frost had closed the navigation for the season. Iszsm Paovisroxs.—ln Beef or Pork there is little variation. The arrivals of Bacon aid Better yesterday were so extensive that it has caused a languid trade. Rim —There are few soles of Carolina Rice; the prices are without variation. The public sale of Bengal Rise last week wrnt off 6d. to ls. lower, fair to good white 9s. 6d. a 10s. 6d. FRUIT. —The price of the new Valentin Raisins was yesterday declared to be 4s. lower ; from 48e. the price was reduced to 445., and in baskets 345. ; new red Stnyrna Raisins were declared at 415., Currants at 705., the trade picking the finest parcels. The finest of the new Turkey Figs have been all taken out of the Market. The French Fruit offered for public sale on Friday was nearly all taken in. INDIGO.—The prices of East India Indigo are unvaried ; the late sales are quite inconsiderable. The public sale of 170 Nereus Guatemala last week went off 3d. to 6d. per lb. lower ; about one-half sold. The inspection of the next sale at the India House will commence on Thursday next; the quantity declared little exceeds 2,000 chests, but it is expected to be increased to between 5,000 and 6,000 chests. The latest direct accounts from Calcutta are to the 11th July ; the general estimate of the Indigo crop 100,000 maunds. SALTPETRE. --There is no alteration in Saltpetre. Corroxs.—The Cotton market iv in a languid state. The purchases for this week, ending last night inclusive, consist of 1,400 Surat Sid. a 311. ; 10 Bourbon 71d. ; 20 Madras 51d. ; 110 Bengals sp. ; 110 Bengal Sid. a 4id. TonAcce.—There are no transactions in Tobacco worth reporting. WOOL. —There is no alteration in the Wool Market. Ti &.--There is no alteration since the conclusion of the sale. MINING INTILLLIGENCTL—SaIes at Redruth last week. Quantity of Copper Ore sold 2,678 tone; average produce 7bd. Quantity of fine Copper•l9o tons 1 cwt. Amount of sale 13,212/. 6e. Average standard 10S/. 2s. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DUPING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per starter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to e. s. to s. Boston 55 28 19 33 Gainsborough 57 Su 19 31 Grantham 51 60 31 36 20 26 Grimsby 46 60 20 30 16 24 24 40 Horticastle . 45 52 25 32 15 20 30 48 Lincoln Spilsby 48 54 '26 32 18 22 29 32 Stamford-- 49 63 21 33 20 23 43 York.— 49 60 26 31 18 30 40 44 CANIERBURI, Dec. 12. Having a liberal supply of Graiu, and a fair demand, most articles ruled at about the same value as on this (lay sc'nnight. _ _ Wheat, white &Ss. to 68e. ---- red 506. to 626. Barley, Malting ( 10s. to 356 Oats Beans 22.. to 326. Pease 326. to 38.. EXETER MA I Beef (score) Hs. 6d. Qs. 6d. Hutton ) 0 4i-0 51 Veal and uirnb 0 s—o 6 Pork 0 4 —0 6 Geese (each) 3 o—3 6 Ducks (ccup'e) 3 o—4 6 Fowls 2' 0 —3 0 KE ra—Dec. 11. Wheat (bush e 1) Ba. 6d. 9s. Od. Barley 5 0 —5 tS Oats 2 9—3 6 Beans S 6—6 6 Batter (lb) 0 10 —0 11 Eggs (10) 0 0 —1 0 Potatoes (pe6k) 0 B—o 10 BRITISH EXPORTS. OF 'us UfAIRYPATIoIse PII ; TEE EXPORTED FROM Ling UT E. Sail Cloth ..... ILO Cotton Hose Worsted Hose.. ..... ... ige Cotton Handkerchiefs.... Cotton Braces ........ Hats ........... Hardware .......... Earthenware... Bushels fed. &tit White .. salt nock-- - f;;,;;": Lc s. co l. , 0 0 Coal ....• ......392.. Iron ........... STATE/1111NT Of TUB QUANTITIES CLUB Or SUITISII MANUFACTUI FROM DEC. 4 TO DBC. 11 INCLUS' Pieces. Yards. Cotton .........131,647 1,159,449 Linen 18311 204,571 Blanketing - 11,220 Carpeting 8,733 Baize 4lO Kerseymeres Flannel - Ends. Woollen Stuffs 4.516 40 Worsted Stufß 3,264 750 Calicoes Inf. Woollens.. 1,613 105 Cotton Thread 9,7521 b. - Cotton Yarn 111,825 CATTLE. DEC. 14 AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED INTO LIVERP OOL FS, aI . TO DEC. It. DOTE DAYS INCLUDED. . 4 ,00. Cows. Calves. Sheep. I Pigs. I HOrel4. F . 0 I 11175 I 172 2033 4035 12 COTTON WOOL. LIST OF nirosas •ND EXTORTS. EX TO it rimmumwom. Same pc- IrIT • riod last Ye °. year. imroaTlD. This year. • 1 oso4o ,25.7 Bags, &c. Bags, &c. Bags, &C. Liverpool 636;747 604,643 77 London 66,216 69,162 '7lO Glasgow 38,516 42,016 -- Total exported in 18 . llO,BOl Same period 1828 73,482. EXCISE.-110PS. fi o n4 The following is an Account of the Duty on 0.1,:e of the Growth of the Year 1829, distinguishing ' Districts and the Old from the New Duty :--- DISTRICTS. DUTY. Hamm £o 7 4 Bedford 4l 17 10 2 Cambridge 1 2 ~ " Canterbury , ~ 066 3 . Chester Cornwall 0 S 10 3 17 91 Derby 67 IS 4 2 Dorset l3 2 ,2 Essex Grantham 1 8 6 Hants Hereford 1,700 11 0 Lincoln 4ll 19 4 Marlborough .. .. 014 0 Oxon 6 10 10 Plymouth 2 15 0 Reading 1 11 0 Rochrs'er 39,13 b 15 0 Sarum 1,061 17 4 Somerset 0 19 J 3 6 Stourbridge 1 66 10 Suffolk... B2 12 Sum.: 0,0 6 29 8 0 1 :. 15 Uxbridge s # Wales Middle Worcester 3 lB 9 6 --•—..----- i £63,33 3 1 9 ---------- g 0 Old Duty 1 12-20 d. per 1b....39,866 10 6 4 1 .,,,g0 New 18-20 d. per lb. 29,4 66 11 3 2,........., --------- 8 1 £69,333 1 7 'D. LANGTON, General licreuntall l • Excise Office, London, Nov. 11, 1829. CHILD MURDER. (Abridged from the Essex Herald of D e c. 15.) Last night an inquest was held at the ..Voc, public-house, et Broomfield, before Mr. R. LETT, Coroner, on the body of a new-born illef is o . mate child, of which Sarah Wade, a young 41°' who formerly lived as servant with Mr. Kinfi l i surgeon, of this town, had been delivered.st tej, house of her mother, and which, it was report had been murdered, the From the evidence adduced it appeared tha fi e ld, assistant overseer, and a constable•of Broomre, acting in consequence of information they b ad o' ceived, went to the house of Mary Wade, the ;ea ther of the girl, on Sunday afternoon, and °ld her to let them to see her daughter; but she fle n 'io her being there. They then went away, b u t liti about ten minutes returned again, and went into het house, when they told her that they kne iv At ta daughter had been delivered, and asked to let ago look at the child. An old band-box was then t 7 , 41 from under the bed on which the daughte r lying, where the body of a new-born male 4 1 , - t er was found covered up with old rags. The daer oo t was crying very much. They took the alil u it ioi of the box, and laid it on the table, until Mr. and Mr. Cremer, surgeons, crime to the While these gentlemen were examining the l o s Sarah Wade said it was her's, but that it yles dead. 0 0 Mr. King, surgeon, stated there were bruise ° o il both sides of the head, near the ear, which aPP ell ite to have been produced by great pressure• b loo d hands of the infant were strongly clinched, and t he appeared to have been forced by pressure int o ends of the fingers, which were of a purple li tl- ' O O Co All these appearances were unnatural, if it ha d "- by its death fairly. of The other surgeons concurred in the 001, o f Mr. King, when the Jury returned a Yerw",i,ert " Wilful Murder against Mary Wade, the re ° " o o , and Sarah Wade, the (laughter," who were nutted to take their trial for the offence. 1t PAINTED AND PUBLIS112:1) BY AIURDO Y° Ul"."' TIBIA SPIN OFFICE, Ijal etaltrioNP L 0191042 BIRTHS. On the 13th inst., Mrs. Hall, of I3ackchur ee Whitechapel, of a daughter. f 1/. On the 14th inst. at Upper Clapton, the mi• - Parnell, Esq. of a son. On the 13th inst. the lady of J. J. Taylor, F-s 4• - nington, of a sou. MARRIED. or e On the 15th inst. at it. George's, Hanover-eq_, by the Hun. and Rev. Lord Frederick Beanclerkt Voe Cuthbert, of the 2d Life Guards, to the r giO Graves. The bridesmaids were, the Hon. La ly G e° l joe' and Miss L. Paget, Lady Caroline Stewart, and t he Misses Augusta, Charlotte, and Isabella Graves. j‘le On the 16th it,st. at St. James's church, L. uc i.,lJf son of the late Rev. R. Bartholomew, Rector of Thy' late Surrey, to Charlotte Margaretta, only daughter o f C. F. Brooke, Esq. of Reading. DIED. Lieti t/ On the 11th inst. at his scat in Hampshire , a oi Gen. Sir Hem y Ciinton, G.C.8., G.H. C., K.T 5° Colonel of the 3,1 Regt. of Font. On the 14th inst. in Loiebard-street, Mary Lov e ' of Thma Key M.D. On o the s 12th y inA. at Chelsea, Elizabeth, r elict 4 ) 1 ,1 late George Hyde, Esq. of Old Burlington-stre et ' 73f1 On year. teir 6C the 14th inst. at Torquay, Marianne, th e bite+ the Rev. E. Trevenen, of Drewstcington, De On' aged 37.