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unfortunately, been too ninny), we cannot for bear from. Eaying, that there is an tagerness am predetermination to prole insanity, whenever ii is as much as surmised, which seems to make " Their Irish the fither to the thought." It is curious to observe, too, the eager cots diality with which the members of the two pro fessions of law and medicine hunt, as it were ii. tot:ides, upon these sad occasions, and the scriptural expression that " where the body if there will the eagles be gathered together," can• Ito: be more strikingly illustrated than in tin way in which a man's miefiartunes are made the prey of these joint adventurers, who seem to deal with a vacant mind as persons of another description do with a vacant or unguarded house. But, confining ourselves to the point at which we set out, can any - thing, we would ask, be se preposterous as that a medical practitioner should assume the double of:fires of magistrate and gaoler, and both of these fbr his own profit We have heard of incompatible offices, but we never heard of any offices so incompatible as these. We have a high veneration for medical skill and science, which has, itt some of its de partments et le ist, risen itt our days to an excel lence it bad never before attained to ; but Science is degraded, and knowledge, as far as utility goes, becomes worse than ignorance, if mere avarice is allowed to be its polar star, and to usurp all those higher qualifications and feel ings by which real science ought to be, and was formerly distinguished. But if the honour of a learned profession will ieet rouse the respectable part of its membets. to rescue it from this dis- graceful inroad upon its character and utility, the general interests and welfare of the commit hy comman.a its reform ; and Parliament,while it h " b' -ca anxiously legislating for the m os t des:''.ute and unhappy of all the children of mis ionune, will have left its labours incomplete, if a trade is allowed to be carried on with im punity, which, in its nature, is, and must be so grossly abused as we see by daily experience.— Morning Herald. The proceedings under the Commission of Enquiry into the state of mind of Mr. Davies, which continued for eleven days, and were at last abruptly concluded in consequence of the spontaneous intervention of the Jury, ought not, we think, to be passed over without sonic remark. It appears at the first view absurd that proceedings so tedious and expensive should be thought necessary, or should even be permitted, with a view to determine whether an individual be lit ro manage his own estate, inasmuch as, kiiilest the estate be unuenally large, it is pro -4,40'v that it will be devoured by the process; and qds has been said to be the more absurd, be elude whenever the question of insanity arises incidental:Y, in criminal proceedings or other tiKes ruurts of Justice find it possible to de to their own satisfaction and that of the i)k.*olic in a very summary manner. in these 'tgainions there is, however, some inaccuracy. The question of insanity in c r i m i na l cases le, brought forward :Under the general plea of Slot guilty ; • tie - prosecutor has no no tice tit this special plea, and the de rision conseqiie:ntly is upon es-parte evi dence. All that" the Juries are called upon to say in such cases is, that there does or does not appeer prima facie evidence of insanity. I N the only remaining class of cases in which the iantation of individual soundness of mind fre- Patently arises, that of the validity of testamentary documents, the evidence adduced is much more vontminous, complicated, and discordant, and the decision proportionably difficult and tedious. 'But even flare, an elaborate and scientific in veatiateefien of the question is not spurned as use ;eata'ieut dispensed with because it is impossible. ne death of the party has shut out all other light than what the evidence of the family doctor raid connections and domestics may happen to supply. The case is, as we have seen, alto gether different, when a Court is constituted to inquire fully and cautiously into the state of mind of a living man. Here a wider scope of testimony is attainable ; and we may expect of course, that by its needless or excessive ac cumulation on either side, the investigation will occasionally be incumbered, and its expense be rendered enormous. But this evil, to whatever sar casms it may give rise, appertains to the very subject of the inquiry, and is one of which the pu!eic have really no reason to complain. The very toiain of such a question implies, that both parties have an interest real or imaginary in the estate, the sanity of whose immediate possessor is doubted, and no better guarantee can be ima gined, that the inquiry w ill no t w ilf u ll y or idl y - be made more tedious or expensive than it ought. We rejoice, however, that the case before us has attracted so large a share of public attention, not because we sec much probability of an improved method of conducting the inquiries which take place from time to tone under Chancery Com missions, but because it has afforded the public an opportunity of judging the judgment of a class of men, by vi r t ue o f the signature of one or other of whom to a piece of paper, thousthda of individuals are at this moment, and any indivi dual may be to-morrow, incarcerated in a private madhouse. It is no reproach to men of science that they differ from each other in opinion, un lees when the imperfection of science is displayed in conjunction with dogmatism, presumption, or precipitation on the part of its conflicting profes sors. But is it possible, we ask, for any man to have read the medical part of the evidence given on the late inquiry, without being convinced. of the dreadful and enormous abuses to which the private madhouse system is liable, and lamenting that public asylums, under the government of public and responsible officers, should not be provided for all the persons, without exception, for whom their family and friends deem personal confinement necessary ? The rate of payment might vary according to the circumstances of the parties and the scale of accommodation required, and be so calculated as to reimburse by its aggre gate amount nearly the whole expenses of the institutions, taking care, however, that the inte rests of each institution and of its officers should be promoted, and not impaired, as in private madhouses they are and must be, by the fre quency and rapidity of cure; and by the exclu sion of all other than proper and necessary cases of confinement. The Legislature may exhaust its humane ingenuity, may heap contrivance upon contrivance, and check upon check, other effec tive guarantee against cruelty and injustice there can be none than a general regulation that all persons confined on account or uncle; The pre tence of insanity shall be committed foi • ttwith to the charge of public and responsible fueetionaries. —Morning Post. The Times newspaper is beginning to feel some alarm for its favourite principles of free trade—for those principles which fatten the spe culator at the expence of the poor, and place the manufacturer, shipowner, and agriculturist of afi oppressively-taxe t l eouri:rv, ut the mercy of those foreign rivals wits ) tile very differently 4i .. __ tuated. The article in the Time* to which we allude is of two mortal Coluaiiis i±i leiigth,' and :t is evidentl t y the production of one deeply in terested in the opinions he advocates, and who is but occasionally a contributor to the pages of the Times. Its first object appears to be to extricate Mr. Huskisson from the chtrgo of being the author of } or 111 party responsible for, those Viiiires which have entailed so much calamity on the country. Mr. Huskisson is represented to be the most innocent personage in the world. He is said to be 'irresponsible for the errors or the opinions of Lord pvti-pool and Lord Wallace. He is lint forth its the , sere instrument tit- political journeyman of these Noble Lords, and of having been innocently the means of carrying their schemes into practice, and the pilot of the avowed sentiments of the Legislature. All this is very fine ; but it is nonsense, nevertheless. It is very natural for Mr. 1104:is:son, now that he has kissed the hand which smote him—now that he has made his terms with the imperious Mi nister who openly insulted and dismissed him— now that he has cringed before his master and endearourd to drown past indignities in new favours—it is well for him, needy and grasping as he is, to make good his retreat before lie be called upon to answer for his conduct. But is there a man between this and the North Pole in sane enough to believe a single word he says ? He was turned out of office for his disobedi ence—he was cast off for his consistency—he was dishonoured and rejected because he dared to offer an opinion of his own, or record a vote at variance with the arbitrary dictates of the Duke of Wellington. When, therefore, we find such a nun jJtilt ng the phalanx of which he was expelled we may, in the first place rest as sured that he is ready to repudiate his former sen timents, and, in the next place, to deny his con nexion with a line of policy which he must now see is calculated to reduce the country to a state of beggary and ruin. All this would be well if his last new opinions— his altered opinions—his reconsidered .and mo dified opinions—should prove to be genuine. But Mr. Huskissun is not a man whom we can trust ; and, if it be true that he is to join the presentCabinet,we hope he will be able to draw into further diffieultie.s. This, indeed, is our hope and consolation. He may deny what he pleases. He may cast the blame upon the dead or the forgotteN. He may impute the error to the silent ashes of Lard Liverpool or Mr. Can- wing. fie may accuse Lord 6oderich or Lord Wanace ; but who is there to take his word for this ? We venture to affirm that his word on this point would not be taken, even by the most ardent of his former friends. For is a not known that during the hitter years of Lord Liver pool—during the Administration of Mr. Can- ;tin , / and that of Lord Goderich—he was the principal Commercial Minister of the Crown ? All his notions and principles were embodied in the memures of the day. His word was la,v. His ideas were orthodox. his specifics were considered as infallible cures ; and, under this im pression, they were adopted by the Government and carried into effect by the Legislature. It is true he may come into the present helpless, imbecile, and forlorn Cabinet as a new made man, with new views, hating divested bitnself of the rust and corruption of his earlier attachments and his recorded errors. But NIT.. Huskisson must, nevertheless, remain a suspected, and, come quemly, a feeble man. He can render no as sistance to any Ministry, however hopeless or difficult may be their situation. Any pallatives he may be induced to recommend will be treated with disrespect and distrust ; and improvements, even though they should come seconded by a voice from Heaven, would, under these circum stances, be deemed dangerous evariinents. - -So much for Mr. Huskisson. But ilet'lle!See what the Times says in his favouG- -Thi - 6ttly-«,te trade," says our contemporary i "'Olaf o.arlia ment has yet permitted, or which 14 - r. Ituskis son has ventured to recommend, is the single case of merchant vessels, and there it is a pro visional and bargained equality, rather than what may be termed freedom." Now, we deny, in the most positive terms, that the mea sures of Mr. Huskisson relative to mer chant vessels is founded on a " bargained equality." We affirm that the advantage is all on the side of the foreign shipowner ; and we arc certain, if every merchant of Lloyd's was called upon to -deliver his opinion upon oath that he would coincide with us in this senti ment. Let us state the simple facts as they apply to the respective interests of the British and foreign shipowner. We concluded a treaty with Prussia and other states, in which we " bargained" (to use the city expression) that equal advantages should be given to the ships of both countries in their communication with each other. For instance, it was " bargained" that we should receive the same favour aiid benefits in the harbours of our allies as the ships of our allies should receive in British ports, Has this been the case? We answer no. The Prussians have, by the exercise of an oppressive and dis honourable monopoly, excluded British ships from the valuable carrying trade in salt. We give to them the advantage of our bonded system—they give no such correspondiug faci- lities to us. v The British merchant must piiy his duties on landing his goods in Dant zic—the Prussian merchant is allowed to land his goods in London, in bond, without being compelled to pay his duties till they are sold to the retailer or consumer. Is this reciprocity ? h this equality ? Is this the provisional and bargained free trade that was to confer on both nations equal advantages? We say that it is deliision. We say that the advan tage gained by our ally is a fraud. We are robbed and laughed at. We are over-reached and despised. We are bound by treaties which are not only false and monstrous in principle, but which place us at the mercy of those who have outwitted us, and rejoice and triumph in their superior tact and diplomacy. Of course an end must be put to these tricks, and these advan tages, soon. But we submit that Mr. Hus kisson is not the man in whose hands we should confide our interests. He is personally involved ; and, however much he may shift, and wince, and turn, and equivocate, he is bound by his former deeds, and by dn.-0 he must as a statesman stand or fall. He is . nalhe man to extricate us from a painful and disgraceful. dilemma. His character is mixed up with the . system. He is chained down by his own Acts of Parliament ; and God help us if on him alone we are to depend for amelioration or relief. No subterfuge cm avail us now. No plausible speeches can administer a remedy. No mang ling of public documents—no appeal to foreign returns manufactured by an artful envoy—no figures arranged to deceive, no documents with held, at:d no documents published, after he has formed his tinsel and disi►►genuous calculations, can nvw livvdwink a suffering and deeply-ii:. :lured country. His artifices, no matter how tviined, cannot now cover his former miscon duct, or serve the purposes of the present ignorant and besotted Administration. He must injure them, he must expose them ; the old leaven must prevail, and his modified - principles emerge in a Ile* advimeernent a his errors and ab• surdities. Let the shipowners look to this, let the silk-weavers look to this; let the wool , growers look to this; lct the glovers look to this ; let the country gentlemen look to this, if their estates, in file present state of the country, be worth the looking after.orning Journal. We are Eeati to see the independent part of the Press cowing gradually round to the view which we have always taken of the late change in the corrency. Almost every provincial paper which we have seen for weeks past has detailed the calamities arising from it ; and if any proof were wanting to support their assertions, it would be found in the deplorable state of the country, whose trade, commerce, and manufactures are allowed to be in a state of the greatest depres sion. But we were scarcely prepared for such a sweeping declaration of the value of the small notes, and the superiority of the country bankers to the district, or branch, banks of the Bank of England, as is contained in the following extract ; from an Evening Paper:— " The circulation of small rotes produced," says it, "we are inclined to think, tome effects which were not commonly adverted to Wore it was doomed to destruction.—As the country bankers (com monly men of some capital—many of them large capital) derived a double profit from the lending of money and the circulation of their notes, it became worth their while, for the sake of their indirect gains, to bear the risk and trouble which attended loan transactions with persons who had no security to offer except their character and activity. It be came a part of their business to obtain accurate knowledge of the cha►actrrs of men ; and thus by peat activity, they were enabled to lend—without greater risk than the profits of their circulation suf ficed to cover—on the security not only of title deeds, but of the probity and industry of their cus tomers. This is a business which a great corpora• tion cannot well perform ; or, if it is enabled ulti mately to perform it by means of agencies, it can not at any rate accomplish it on the sudden. More over, it has no small note circulation to repay it for the charges." This is one of the grounds on which we have repeatedly advocated the cause of the country bankers, and the small note currency ; but our cotemporary adds another of no less weight, on which we have only occasionally touched. " In some of the mot active districts of the king dom," says he, " people have gone on well for a long series of years without small notes ; but the effect of the change of system is no less real if its tendency has been, as we. suspect, to withdraw money from the extremities of the country to the capital, and to increase the facilities of borrowing to the landlord, to the temporary inconvenience of the manufacturer, trader, and farmer." _ This is a correct explanation of the repeated notices of money being so plentiful in the city, and so much in demand else4bere. The effect in the change Of the ogrrepey has been un doubtedly greatlyLioenlarge - the facilities of bor rowing on the part of those who possess pro pertyyand, on ,the other hand, greatly to dimi niskthem on4he part of those whose honesty, incluStry, afforded the only security— to :mAlte...thoe,wealthy and comfortable who could have been so without any change of the kind ; and to render those poor who, under a different system, would have been amassing. wealth—in a word, to crush the energy and en terprise of the country, and to add to the evealth of those who add nothing to the productions of the country. We have some reason to believe, however, that a return will be made in the en suing Session of Parliament to the currency, in, which the public debt was for the most part con trac . indeed, almost all subsisting en- The Duke of Wellington, we are inf0...;„.- .7 ci.n o the resolution of leaving the • 1 " . .. ; • discussion— that is to say, of not Government question—and the result, we think is undoubted.—Morning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETCLSTREET. PatrickM°Nantara and his wife, Elizabeth APNainara, were yesterday brought up for final examination, on a charge of robbing a Mrs. Silva, residing in Rutland -street, Mile-end-road, of pro pe•rty value 1001., and a lodger in the same house, named Peter Warburton, of 351. in notes. Mrs. Silva recapitulated the evidence as to her being robbed on the 23d of November, of property value 100/., and amongst it was a fourpenny-piece. The prisoners lodged in her house under the name of Green. Peter Warburton was a lodger of Mrs. Silva's.— Remembered the 23d of November; came home in the afternoon, about four o'clock, and was informed by Mrs. Silva that the house had been robbed. lie went up stairs, and found that a pocket-book, con• taining one 201. and three .5/. notes had been taken away. He also lost a pair of razors and a silk hand kerchief. Tire 20/. and one of the .5/. notes he had received from his brother, and the other two notes from Sir James Esdaile's bank. James Reynolds was shopman to. Mr. Hall, a linen-draper in Bishopsgate-street. He remembered that on the 23d of November the prisoner and his wife came to his shop, and bought a cloak. They first offered him a 201. note in payment, upon his telling them he had not change enough, they gave him a 51. note. (The note produced vas identified as one of those lost by Warburton.) The prisoners appeared in a very great hurry on the day in ques tion. A woman, named Edwards, residing in Ely-court, Holborn, knew the prisoners very well. On the day of the robbery, about half-past twelve at night, the female prisoner came to her house with a bundle, and requested her to let her stop there. She told her she could not, and the prisoner then requested leave to let her bundle remain there, as she was afraid the new policemen would stop her. She also told witness that if any officer was to inquire after her, she was to deny any knowledge of her. The prisoners were remanded till Friday. A woman, named Jacob:, the keeper of a noto rious bad house, in Catherine -street, Commercial road, was brought before Mr. HARDWICK, to answer a complaint preferred against her by Ann Trimby. Ann Trimby, a girl about 16 years of age, was entrapped some time since by a female into the de fendant's house. The defendant had given her clothes, and forced her to go out of an evening to pick up men, and when she did not, she beat her.— On Thursday evening last Mrs. Jacobs beat her, and turned her almost naked into the street. Mr. HARDWICK said the house kept by th• de fendant was a dreadful nuisance, and he was deter mined to do all that lay in his power to abate it. He should therefore order the defendant to find two sureties in 50/. each for her good behaviour, and to give 48 hours' notice of bail. UNION-HALL The publicity alresdy given to the ease of Robert Waters and his wife, who have been in custody some time on alleged charges of swindling, had the effect of bringing forward a great number of trades men, who were in attendance yesterday, a t t h e final examination of the accused persons. Mr. Earni, a tailor, from whom the prisoner had obtained a suit of mourning, ‘s hich wai left at his hoUie in Stamford-street by the wwkainiii. contrary to the directions of his master, stated .that since the last examination 'Waters had sent for him, and offered to pay the money, if be would forego the prosecution, and not appear against him that day. Mr. CHAMBERS said Mr. Earm had acted perfectly right not to enter into any compromise with the prisoner; at the same time he (the Magistrate) was of opinion that the case was of that nature that Übe sent it to the Sessions it would break down, it ap pearing that Mr. Eares man had not peremptorily demanded the clothes back when he found the money was not forthcoming. The Magistrate then requested Mr, Wooler, who was in attendance for some of the complaining parties, to select from amongst them the strongest case he could against the prisoners. Mr. Wooler then withdrew into the private room, followed by about 40 tradesmen, from most of whom the prisoners had obtained goods of different dertiiptions, after he had furnished out his house in S•arnford-strie!, and never paid one far thing to them. After some dehty, Mr. Wooler returned to the office, and infottned the Magistrate, that the pri soner had managed to obtain the property of the dif ferent persons then present in so ingenious a manner that he completely 'evaded the law. Thete was one case, however, that tens different to the rest, and he should describe the transaction, in order to let the public kcow the that - atter of the man when he was I l set at large. A poor woman, named Brown, hay ing a mangle to dispose of for 121. 125., she toss applied to by a female, who said her name was Ann Page, and who wanted no become the purchaser.— This female then described that she was living on a pension which was payable quarterly, and that if Mrs. Brown consented to take a good bill for the mannle when it became due. it would be honoured. She went on to say that the bill should be accepted by Mr. Robert Waters, her attorney, who transacted all her law-business, and to whom she would refer Mrs. Brown, as to the respectability of her cha racter, &c. Mrs. Brown did apply to the prisoner on the subject, and he gave a flaming account of the great respectability of Anne Page, declaring that she was as honourable a woman in all her dealings as could be met with. The result of this interview was, that Mrs. Brown was induced to take the bill, which was accepted by Waters for her mangle; and when it became due, neither the drawer nor acceptor were to he found. Mr. Wooler here produced the bill, and Waters admitted that he hid accepted it for Anne Page ; but as to saying where that person now was, he could throw no light on the subject. Mr. Brown said, that since his wife had parted with the mangle for the bit of waste paper just pro duced, he had never been enabled to discover where Waters, the acceptor, had Qom', until he saw the account in the newspapers, detailing the particulars of his having been brought up to this office on al leged charges of swindling. Upon seeing the ac count, he had an interview with Waters in the gaol, and at first that person denied ail knowledge of the transaction respecting the bill, but afterwards confessed that he was the acceptor of it. Mr. CHAMBERS inquired of the witness whether, on the occasion of his visit to the prison, Waters had described himself an attorney, or at the time he accepted the bill ; for in that case, added the Magistrate, we shall be enabled to make out a case that will reach him. The witness, in reply, said that Waters had not mentioned what business he followed on either oc casion; the female who called herself Anne Page only having asserted that he was an attorney. Mr. CHAMBERS—Look at the woman at the bar, and say whether she is the person who described herself to be Anne Page. The woman in custody has already represented herself to be the wife of a man named Sparks, against whom 14 detainers are lodged, but has now changed her story, and says sh e is Waters's lawful wife. The witness said, that the female prisoner had no resemblance to Anne Page. Here several persons, anxious to catch a glimpse of the prisoners, were desired to come forward and view them, Mr. Cham bers saying that it was necessary the public should be put upon their guard against such schemers. The Magistrate then said, that there was a law in France, when persons acted in the manner above detailed, they were put in the pillory, which was placed in a conspicuous situation, for the purpose of giving all the public an opportunity of gazing on those who attempted to obtain property by such means. Mr. Earm, the tailor, said that the prisoner repre sented he wanted the suit of mourning, out of which he " did" him, to wear for his brother, who died at Sydenham. On inquiry the witness said that he found the representation to be false, for the brother was still alive. Mr. CHAMBERS—It is evident that there is no case against the accused that is not mixed up with credit, so that he has ingeniously escaped the con- sequences. It was here stated, that there were eight or ten other persons in league with the accused, and that their transactions were not confined to any p::rticular portion of the town, but extended all ever London. When they found that they were likely to be " blown" in one part of the town, they then quitted that place in haste—always in the night—and got into some neighbourhood where they would have an opportunity of obtaining fresh goods from trades people whom they never paid, and who were igno rant of the character of their customers. Mr. CHAMBERS -said, that the tradesmen from whom the prisoner obtained goods while living in Stamford -street, were perfectly right in entering the premises and taking forcible possession of their pro perty, otherwise they ,would never have either got money or goods. • Mr. Harris and Mr. Meredith stated, that the pri soner gave them both into custody when they went to his house to claim their goods back. Mr. CHAMBERS—I hope the publicity given to what has transpired at this office will have the effect of not only putting tradespeople upon their guard against such persons, but will also lead to the detec tion and exposure of the other parties concerned in the transactions. The prisoner for the first time broke silence here, declaring that he would pay all those to whom he was indebted honourably and Nirly. (There was a burst of laughter on this declaration, which was in creased when one of the sufferers stated, that he had heard the prisoner assert that he Was determined on taking the benefit of the Act if he escaped prose. cution in this instance.) Mr. CHAMBERS-If he should apply for relief under the Insolvent Act, I am inclined to believe he w ill no t meet with much favour in that court, he having introduced the name of the Chief Commis sioner in the course of these proceedings, no doubt without the sanction of that learned gentleman. Waters—l don't intend to get white-washed, your worship; I shall pay all my debts at my eat liest convenience —( A laugh.) A tradesman here said, that Mrs. Waters was one of the most dangerous customers he ever had to do with. She had a way peculiar to herself of wheedling the person whom she selected as a victim, and he defied almost any man to withstand her fasci nating manner. Mrs. Waters smiled nt this assertion, and said that she bad no hand in the business. Mr. CHAmmtas regretted that no case was suffi ciently strong against the prisoners to justify hint in committing theta for trial. At the same time it had been satisfactorily proved that they had both been deeply engaged in most disgraceful frauds on several tradesmen, and althou g h th e y h a d esca p e d commit tal on this occas'on, yet the time was not far distant when, if they pursued those practices, they would undoubtedly at last place themselves within the reac h o f the law. They were then discharged. A respectable tanner in the neighbourhood, t rave lling to Hull, a few days ago, came up in the neigh bourhood of Newland, to a commerc;al traveller, Trawl ing inn ditch, and who very naturally was crying out most lustily for help, qelp,"--quqth the tanner,— " ti,at is impossible from me, I dam% draw you rot with out twenty-four hours notice to the excisv." DUBLIN 3IANKET N IDAT, Dec. lb 1 I 31 0 1 rlE.—Fru From 553 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 22 0 24 Bei e 17 stone 13 0 505 Barley — lll stone 13 0 2,584 Oats 9,140 Cwt. Flour ll stone 7 0 312 Oatmeal S stone 11 0 Sold to Rakers only. (1,919 Cwt. Flour... l3 0 24 0 Average price of Wheat and Flour 464. 9d. per Firsts, from 20s. 0,1, Receipts of Flour, 10,221, from 15 .. Or , Sales of Do. 9,110 . Thirds, from 7s. Oa 16 0 12 0 24 0 16 0 14 3% II) 8 - 12 18 74 ;irk. to 21s. Ocl. to 194. od. to 141. Oct. TRICE OF RXICAO. Quartern Loaf, tlb. BNd. Half.qoartern, GLASGOW MARKETS. (From the Glasgow Bernld of Monday.) The trinsseions in RAW SITGIRS hare been extensive this week ; the sales amount to 1,011 hhds. and tierces, and latterly an advance of 641. a Is. Ilia been realised on the Coloury description., Anti the Brown qualities 'nought full prices; Moist Brown Demeraras 455. a 47., thy Browns 475. 6,1. a 515., Middling 525. a 53..6d., Brown Tribilids and Grenadas 475. a 475. 6d. No Good Mid dling or Good Sugars at !Dirket, except one or two lots of Jamaican. One bundled puncheons of Ordinary Demerara IIIo .ASSRS were sold at 20i. from the warehouse. REFINED SUGARS are still in limited request. The sales mark in CorrEE a re confined to tri3;ng parcels, taken by the grorers, of Ordinary J.nnaica, at 295. a 31s. - -Twelve chests of CASSIA were ,old at 745. in Bowl, and 90 hags East India Ibex at 14s. No salts niadc in Rem, and prices arc altera tion; Jamaica 1G 0.1'., 2s. 9d. a 2s. 10d. ; and Lee wards, Profs, 201. Several pir..tls of Gain IVnisky have been sold At 2s. 9d. a 2s. 101. ; the holders are now generally standing out fn. the latter prices for g.ind quality. .Malt Whisky is sidling hteadily at ss. Si. a 4s. 2d. per imperial gallon 25 o.l'. in bond. Nothing worthy of remark done in TOBACCO ; prices are without alteration. The sale of COTTON eontinue , , dull, but holders are firm, and from the improved estate of the Liverpool &Dirket, a MARKET INTELLIGENCE. -- LONDON MARKETS. (From the New London Price Crirrent of yesterdar), SUGAR.—The demand for Museovades last week wsa interrupted by the holydays, and it is probable the purchases will be very limited till the commencement of the new year. The sales last week were estimated at 1,500 Ws. an.l trs. ; there was no alteration in the prices. There was only a small show of Muscovades to-day, on account of the holydays ; the attendance of the buyers was equally limited, hut as the day closed the'demand improved ; the estimated sales 700 hhds. and trs., with a firmer market. The stock of Aluseovades in London is 43,800 hlkds and trs , being 3,948 more than Ltst year; the deliveries last week were 1,836 lAds. and trs., being 524 more than the correspond ing week of 1828. In Refined Goods there were several export buyers, which is rather unusual at this season of the year; rather higher prices were given for low Lumps which are ready, than what had been obtained for parcels to he ready a few weeks hence. The letters from Hamburg state the market is without adequate supplies of Refined Goods; several parcels are frozen up at Cuxhaven. Alo lasses are in demand, and higher. FOREIGN SUGA are no purchases to report. EAST Ina Sucatt. —There are more inquiries altar Mauritius and Bengal Sugars, but the actual sales art in considerable. Con-sm.—The sales of Coffee hare been nearly confined to small parcels to the Grocers fur home consumption, for which very full prices hare been realised. A parcel of 300 bags ord. St. Domingo is reported sold at 31s. 6d. There were no public or private sales of Gffee this forenoon, and it is probable the Markets will be equally uninteresting fin' the whole, wet.k. BUM, BRANDY, AND HoLLANns.--The only purchases of Rum reported are small parcels, proofs and 3 and 4 over, at Is. 8,1. Brandy and Geneva are without altera tion, and the purchases lately reported quite inconsiderable. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.-The Tallow Market is very steady, but the small deliveries have rather an unfa vourable effect. Hemp and Flax are nnvaried. Letters from St. Petersburg are dated 12th inst. Exchange 10id. 1,000 casks Tallow bought on contract at 90. Fa InT.—There have been extensive speculations in Figs, the buyers taking all parcels about 405., the price in come qucnce has advanced sa. ; ordinary 455., and the fine arc quoted 50s. a 551. Currants nominally 68a., but the groceriqesince no inclination to purchase latvly. Ordinary Smyrna Raisins 38s. In the other descriptions of Fruit there is no alteration. INnteo.—The only late sale of Indigo is about 200 chests, we believe, for home consumption, at prices nearly the late India House sale rates. The accounts from Cal cutta arc to the 4th of August; they have attracted much attention ; the rains had been heavy, and the damage done to the Indigo crop extensive, but we believe it to be par- tial ; the estimate of the quantity formerly 120,000 maunds, is now reduced to 100,000, and the reports have certainly gi , ten more firmness to this Market. IRISH PR0V15101.25.-In Beef and Pork there is little variation. The severe frost, and the advance of Butters in the Irish Markets have occasioned a correspondent im provement here; the holders are asking Ss. per cwt. higher. In Bacon there is no change. TFA.—The Market is very still, and the delivery checked by the stoppage of the navigation. Woot..—Very little business is now doing, owing prin cipally to the severe frost, and being the close of the year. The large sale< (principally of Spanish Wool) which were made in the last fortnight or three weeks indicate, from the prices paid, that no further fall can be anticipated, and the stock was smaller. Prices the same as last quotation. STICES.—The litre sales are confined to small parcels of Nutmegs ; the prices are unearied. TOBACCO.—The purchases reported lately are quite in considerable ; there is no alteration in the prices. Corrox.—The Cotton 'Market is without briskness; the purchases for the week ending last night, quite incon siderable. 1,760 Surat, Sid. a aid. ; 100 Bengal, Sid. a 3-11. There are more inquiries after Cotton; all the sales we have enumerated were effected on Saturday and yes terday. Ors.—The sales are inconsiderable, new at 61. a 71. 10s. Oila there is no variation. SALTPECTILL—In S4ltprtre there is no alteration. Rim—There is no alteration in Rice ; some parcels of Bengal have been offered by private contract at very low prices. MINING I TRLLIG Exca.—Salts at Redrnth last week : Quantity of Copper Ore sold 3,!27 tons; average produce 7i. Quantity of fine Copper 257 tons 3 cwt. A mount of sale 17,502/. 14s. 6tl. Average standard 103!. 13s. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS ruptibto TIME WRRIL. Wheat. Barley. - Oats. I Beans. Per Quarter. s. to a. s. to N. s. to 4. a. to a. Boston h2 27 18 28 Gainsborough 36 29 18 35 Grantham 52 60 30 35 22 26 4S 45 Gri slay. 48 53 20 28 15 24 10 Horneastle Lincoln 52 58 26 35 16 26 40 4t Spilsby 4r, 5% 26 30 16 dQ 28 • 32 Stamlbrd. 49 60 24 32 20 43 48 56 26 32 19 29 38 44 NORWICH. Dec.. We had a thin market to-day, in consequence of the weather. The Wheat trade was dull, at a rediwtioß o f Is. per quarter. Fine samples of Barley for malting are in request, and may be noted Is. per quarter dearer; whilst inferior sorts for grinding are heavy sale, in con•t quence of our navigation being stopped by the frost. Oats, Beans, and Pease, remain at List week's prices. No alteration in Flour. Wheat (per qr.) ... 40s. 595. 625. Deans (per qr.) .. 26g. 3 - 2 g. Barley Oats 2os. lts. 295. Flour, fine (per sack) 435. 455. CANTERBURY, Dec. VI. Owing to the inclement State of the weather, we had but a small attendance this day. We had a fair supply of Wheat, and best ramples were taken off on quite as good terms. All other kinds of Grain were very dull, but with- 1 out much alteration in value. Wheat, white - red Barloy, Malting Oats Beans Pease 565. to Ms. 40s. to 60s. Zs. to 325. 20s. to 295. 225. to 325. Us. to 335. CITEST eat, per '7slb. 9s. Od. to 9s. tkl. ; Batley, 38 grtS• ss. Od. to ss. &1.. Oats, 491 b. 2s. 2cl. to 4s. N. NANTWICII.—Wheat, per '7slb. Bs. Ad. to Vs. Ad. ; Barley. 38 qrts. ss. Od. to ss. 3d. ; Oats, 501 b. 3s. 3d. to 4s. 3d. DUBLIN CORN EXCHANGE.—Dec. U. There being a very liberal supply of Wheat at market to-day, it met a very heavy sale, at a reduction of 6rl. per barrel on prime samples, and 9d to Is: on middling and inferior qualities. Oats were in demand at last day's prices. In Bere and Barley there wag an improvement of 3d. to 6d. per barrel. Flour and Oatmeal without any al teration. Wheat, red, 255. to 301. ; white, 30s. to 335. ; Oats 9s. 6d. to 12s. ; Bere 12s. to 13s. ; Barley 14s. to 16s. ; Vetches 12s. to 168. ; Rape 30s. to 31s. ; Bye 14s. to 15s. ; Oatmeal Ss. 6d. to 1 I 8., ditto prime Iss. to 16a. ; first Flour 19s. to 225., best seconds 16s. to 175., infe rior ditto 12e. to 15e. N. P. 27 It • 0 0 "corresponding improv e ment i s e x p ec t e d here afte r r e year. The prices remain stationary. In DYEWOODS there has been nothing done; the WPB at market is very limited. . t 6 0 For Astras there has been a brisk demand ; 412. 11 1 barrels of Pot and Pearls have been taken by the de." 395., and small plticels have sold at 40s. Y. C. Taxan* is selling in small parcels, old at t B6 ' 39A., and new 395. a 40s. Fish Otis bre selling steadily, and prices rather. higbeL/ Whale 251. 1251. 10s. ; an d C o d 231. 15s. a 2 4 1 • r tun, old measure. The arrivals of all descriptions of Gann; ha" I ' 4 ! limited this week. For Wheat there has been a fair biti b l , ness done, and prime samples are rather dearer. fr ., trade have not bought so freely of Oats as formerly , P r n however are fully supp or t e d. Th e sa l es wade in 135tict have been rather li m it e d ; f ormer pr i ces h ave been O ise however Beans and Pease are without alteration. BRITISH EXPORTS. TATEMENT OF THE QUANTITIES ( CUSS Or BRITISH MANUFACTIE FROM DEC. 18 TO DEC. 2 INCLI. OP lug UNDERIIIEN4IONIM ree axroarzn rams LIVERIFO USIVII. Worsted Hose: .... . ...... Cotton Handkerchief's. Cotton Maces. Hats Hardware Earthenware Salt White Duhhels 0 :.alt Rock Tons. Cwt. Ch• - •. Coal Iron Pieces. Yards. Cotton ..... 110003 918,5.4 t Linen 7io 1.51,4.1 s Blanketir.g - I' ,fStlO Carpeting - 10.780 Baize 163 Kerseymeres - Flannel - Endo. Woollen Stuffs I nO o Worsted Stufrs 1,231 Calicoes Inf. Woollens 1,655 as Cotton Thread 4,712111. Cotten Yarn —13,610 CATTLE. ti• AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLF IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL FROM DE C TO DEC. 26, ZOTII DAYR IRCLITEP. Cows. 1 Calves. I Sheep. Pins. Horses. Mi 2 ,' l 6 6' 499 18 lOB6 2149 I 2149 COTTON WOOL. LIST Or IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. IMPORTED. Same pc_ This rood lard • year. year. Bags; &c. Bags,ite. Lirerpool 612,453 62.1,163 London 67,9e6 72,01/6 Glasgow , 32,531 42,724 Total exported in ltkig ----- Same period 1828 th.s scar. Bap, ite 11 22.° 7345 , 51,9 44 61,20 ,117,6115. 75.174. WINTER ASSIZES. KINGSTON, Du'. 29. Edward Poidter, a coachman, stood charged wit h the manslaughter of William Rickwood, at Addle' stun, near Chertsey, in this county. he COURT fwiltenced the prisoner to eighteen months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. Ellision illqffett, a rather good-looking yowl woman, was capitally indicted for stealing a p i , neck-chain, a pair of bracelets, a gold pin e aa` other articles, the property of Thomas Buckley', Esq.; of Walcol-place, Lambeth. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The COURT sentenced the prisoner to transport°. tion for life. Ifenry Hider was charged with stealing mare, the property of Mr. Edward Kelsey, a gen tleman farmer, living at Watersell, near Lin - The offence was clearly proved, and the JOY found the prisoner Guilty—Death. • . Newson and Henry Norton.'ve re dieted for feloniously assaulting Mr. William Coo,- der, a hatter, living in the Borough, on die King a highway, and taking a watch and seals,. value 3/., from the person. Both prisoners pleaded 9nilry. Baron BOLLAND sentenced Norton to tranaporw tion for life, and Newson for seven years. William Banks and James Smith stood charged with having committed'a burglary in the dwelling' house of the Rev. Mr. Warrington, at West Mottl" sey, on the 19th of November, 1828. Mr. Baron GARROW summed up the evidence eti great length, and the July, after consultingfor •owe tire, returned a verdict of Guilty against Banks► and acquitted the other prisoner. The Learned JUDGE immediately passed sentence of death upon Banks, who will be forthwith exe cuted at ITorsemonger-lane gaol. This ease terminated the Assizes. MR. COBBETT v. SIR WALTER SCOT I remember not long ago to Imre read an IMO' ite ing paper by th a t pleasant egotist Mr. Cabbed , on that his loo his ) o k n i mmortality,iithe R into all the European lan g uages. This is no doubt trots; but after haring predicated as much, .the lord d Botley triumphantly asked, " Can stovel-writing Reformation rm it a i ti lr on hit sr l as he tra boastednd Scott say as much ?" 'Aye, that he ran, Fame William. There is not a stall in Macau) , on Oil you will not find his novels in choice Italian; . 111 " even in Rome, where the Government: *cell chary of what books are sold, his novels can beer, cured in every • respectable shop. So it i* 51 through Germany, Switzerl an d, the Lo w Cottotri e° ' Patin', and even Russia. Last year I found 1 01 _, P. ' hoe in a deserted in n i n C our l an d, an d a t Spir' and Worms editions of all the novels were to 10 found in all the modern tongues. Thies Sir Walter l reputation is not " confined or cabined" in by r vernment or religion, but, like the "chartered fiber: tine," roams at will. Not so Mr. Cobbett's; ou t of England he is only known in Catholic countries' But 1 say this n in disparagement ; for it is th o penalty which those who write politics must b e content to pay. Politics are in their detail Lora l and ephemeral ; whereas literature is " not for age, but for all time." At the same season it In o be admitted, that Mr. Cobbett has don e a s much the English language as Voltaire did for the French' lie has given the people a pure well of Englis h ' and they hare drunk of it—Morning Patter. An experimentalist in Hampshire is at thi° time actually cramming a turkey with uncrached wahist giving the poor creature only one th e first day, two w" second, told so on in arithmetical progression for third d.,ys, at ti.e end of which time he asserts the bird fat and of superior favour. The custom, he says, is 401... won in Greece. WAYWARDNESS OF FORTUNE.--.One mss sucks an orange and is choakcd by a pip ; another a# ll/ :1 lows a penknife and liras; one runs a thorn into his NO and no skill can Pave him (a fart of recent date); and.° has a shaft of a gig passed completely through his bo i l l ! I and recovers ; one is orcrturned on a smo o th commott break. his neck ; another is tossed out of a gig over Brit ton cliff and survives ; one walks on a w i n dy d a y li meets death by a brickbat ; another is blow n u p intiti'wt_ sir: like Lord I farms in Guernsey Castle, and eomesde lit uninjured. The escape of this nobleman was indeed:: miracle. An explosion of gunpowder, which killed b 7 mother, wife, some of his children, and many othee.t'S son., and blew up the whole fabric of the eastlei him in his bed on a wall overhanging a tremendous-Fr. cipice. Perceiving a mighty disorder (as be might esper h i he was going t o s t e p ou t o f hi s b e d t o k new w h at - t h e ter was, which, if be had done, he would have been jolt" rovvri.ldy lost ; but, in the instant of this moving, afile ll of iightning came and sheaved him she precipice, l aere_ upon he lay still till people came and took him down;• 4 New Monthly Magazine. BIRTHS. On the 29th inst. in Ru.,..e11-•yn;tre, the holy of Dol. Eqi. of A din•Allter. At E,lington.liouse, th.t Honourable Mrs. Liddell, of 11 laughter. MARRIPD. On die 22(1 inst. at Grcttnn, James, eldest sop of JO' Toniiimon, E,q. o f Shelly-hail, Es.rx, to Mary Morge t t . .I,,tighter of Daniel Webster, Esq, of Kiiby, Nartb opton, DIED. en the 2tith inst. at Shrublitnd-Nrk, Ipswich, Sir IV Fowle Middlama, But. Ou the 29:h inst. in Lower Ea'on•street, Mr. F. Let' pent, in lirr 95th year. On the 27th ins►., F. Thompson, E•q. of Ihrinchinota" hill, in his 6Sth year. On the 25th inst., S. Philips, El. of the Commercia l ' road, in his - 513th - year. Paticrl - .9 AND PUBLIMIED NIUNDO Y()UNG, 611# Urricx, 1111 Efflutov, Loosont