The Sun. — London, England, 1829-08-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have transcribed from an Evening Paper of Saturday the fullest details which we have seen of the recent defeat of Don Miguel's arma ment at Terceira. The troops of the island, with the gallant Count Villa Flor at their head, seem to have conducted themselves with great spirit and intrepidity. This brilliant exploit may still, it is hoped, produce its effect in Portugal ; though a partial success is much less likely now to benefit the general cause than it would have done some time ago.—Tinics. The Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday, which we received last night, contain no farther intelligence from the seat of war in the east, and *Arcely any news of domestic interest. Those of the former day are almost exclusively occu pied with the trial of M. Bertin, the elder, one of the proprietors and the sole responsible editor of the Jouroul des Debats, for an alleged attack on the Itoyal authority, as exhibited by the King in his recent change of Ministry. The article thus charged with a seditious tendency was inserted in the French Journal on the 10th, and copied into the Times of the 13th inst. It began and ended with the two expressions which constituted the chief part of the libel—the first declaring that " the bona of affection and confidence which united the monarch with the people was broken ;" and the last exclaiming, " Unhappy France unhappy King!" After a speech displaying a ness and force of language on their sufferings, in consequence of low wages ; and the follow ing resolutions were passed : " Resolved—That the weavers of Barnsley view with astonishment the unaccountable conduct of their masters, in attempting another serious reduc tion in their already very low wages, especially when only a few days ago three of the most re spectable of them, viz.—Jackson, Mason, and Tee —asserted, in the public office, in the presence of the Magistrates, Dr. Corbett and Spencer Stan hope, Esq., and the weavers' deputat►on, that they could pay the present list of prices, and receive a remunerating profit on their goods. " Resolved—That as no change has taken place in the circumstances of the country, as we can learn, to warrant any reduction i❑ our wages, we are determined not to take less than the present list prices, for it is well known that our labour is now at a famine price. " Resolved—That it appears that the manufac turers have drawn up a new list of prices; whether it will be binding on them or not, is at their own option ; in fact they are determined to pay what ever they think proper. But we are determined to be paid by the old list, or have no work at all. " Resolved—That the weavers view with disgust the conduct of the manufacturers in thus attempt ing to reduce the wages of the poor weavers, after they, the manufacturers, had declared, in the pre sence of the Magistrates, that they could pay the present list of prices, and have a remunerating profir. And that this meeting is of opinion, that there has nothing taken place in the state of the country since their declaration to warrant such a tyrannical re duction. e;:eatignoranje or a wilful perversion of consti- " Resolved—That low wages not only tend to tutiosta principles, the King's Advocate, M. impoverish and demoralize the labouring class, but Levamtur, demanded against M. 'Berthu the to shake the foundation of civil society also ; for how full amount of penalty which the law warranted. can property be said to be safe, when millions of hard- He was answered in a clever speech by M. working people are in a state of half-starvation ?" Dupin, who mixed more politics with his The proposition stated in the last of these harangue than would be listened to on this Resolutions, that " Low wages not only tend side of the water ; and the Court, contrary to to impoverish and demoralize the labouring class, sleneral expectation, condemned the defen- but to shake the foundation of civil society also, ant to six months' imprisonment. It must have for how can property be said to be safe, when been a subject of regret with the new French millions of hard-working people are in a state of Ministry to find themselves called upon to corn- half-starvation ?" is an unquestionable truism. mctece their attacks on the press by calling for the But what causes low wages ? and how are low imprisonment of M. Berths, who has made more waees to be raised ? With respect to the cause sacrifices for the Bourbons than probably any of of the present reduction, the manufacturers of his. accusers ; who suffered for their sake under Barnsley say, " a reduction is indispensably ne the Convention, the Directory, the Consulate, cessary to enable them to meet the markets of and the Empire ; who hailed their return in Scotland, North of Yorkshire, and Ireland."- 1814, and who, having accompanied the King The 13arnsley weavers say,' " In these places to Ghent, defended their cause in a foreign ca- there is the same degree of work, rents are pital (luring the hundred days. If such loyal lower, provisions are lower, and every thing is sacrifices established no claim to forbearance, M. lower." But the Barnsley manufacturer cannot Reran might plead the general moderation of his obtain higher prices for his goods in the market principles, and the royalist tendency of his than the Scotch manufacturer, because rent, doctrines, together with the caution and discre- provisions, and every thing is higher in Barns tion which have marked the political discussions l e y than in Scotland and Ireland. As long as of his paper. While a law lately repealed per- workmen can be obtained on lower terms, it is mitted the Journals to have what was called edi- not in the power of manufacturers to avoid de teurs responsibles ; and while most of them avail- scending to those lower terms. 'Wages cannot ed themselves of a legal perversion to invest with be kept up when the labour market is over• that character mere men of straw, who had no stocked, any more than corn can be kept up property in the papers to which their names were when the market is overstocked. The excite attached—who possessed no influence in their meat against the masters is, as might be ex direction—who never wrote a syllable in their petted, very strong. We are not surprised at tolumns—and who were only hired at so much a this, for clever as some of the speakers are, they day to go to prison when their employers corn- are unable to go to the bottom of the evil under mitted a libel ; M. Bertin disdained to take ad- which they are suffering. The following passage vantage of this legal subterfuge—remained an- from a speech made on Wednesday by Peter swerable for every article in his paper—never ab- Hoey, is peculiarly deserving of the attention of tlicated his editorial chair, and never made any the wealthier classes, representing as they do hireling the seape-goat of his errors or intern- what is passing in the mind of almost every poor perance. It would not, probably, become man in this country : foreigners to express any opinion concerning " I commend Flanigan for recommending you to the propriety of the decision to which the tri- observe the peace ; obedience to the laws I have al bum' has come. If any such expression of ways seen manifested in this town, arid have always opinion were allowable, we should certainly say seen the subjects of England and Ireland willing to that the sentence appears to us not only severe obey them. I recommend you to observe them now, on the individual, but totally destructive of but I also recommend you not to forget the laws of nature. If the laws of the country are observed, every principle of free political discussion. The how much mare ought the laws of nature to be ob ground on which it proceeds is, that as the served ? lam sorry to see by the appearance of change of Ministry is a pure act of the Royal some of our persons that the laws of nature are vio will, any attack on the Royal choice is an attack gated ; and if the present list of prices are broken, on the Royal prerogative. Nothing could be they will be still more violated. I appeal to your snore manifestly absurd according to the reading feelings. What are your feelings with regard to the Of constitutional doctrines on this side the water. feast at Barnsley ? It is not a feast but a famine for It is the Royal prerogative to make peace or war, you. I have seen the work people in this town as much as to create a new Cabinet ; and yet comforttible arid happy ; you have gone to meet what is more common than to d e nounce a war ‘ r wives and your children, and spent a little - ti o rn u e in feasting; but that has not been so lately, as expensive and unnecessary—a peace, as in- with the present list of prices? and what will it be glorious or dishonourable ? Both are regarded if it comes to be reduced ?—it will be so bad that as the act of the King's councillors, and not the we cannot live. I hope that you are well aware act of the King himself; and even the decree what you do. The strength of the people and nation for a change of Ministers requires to be counter- might bid defiance to the world ; but instead of signed by a responsible Minister. We know of that, we are insulted every day. In conelu , ion, I no constitution of modern manufacture, with the would say, observe the laws, and also remember the exception of the late Portuguese charter, that laws of nature.. ' (Cheers and shouts of " Huzza!'') The resolution was then put and carried. ever created an irresponsible power, called amo • The law of nature so significantly alluded to dcrating power, to be exercised by the Sovereign as deserving a preference to the law of the land, without the intervention of responsible advisers. a sentiment huzzaed by the meeting, is that a There is one aspect, however, of this case, which man in want has a right to make free with the must be consolatory to the lovers of' free discus property of others. They who believe that a sion, and tranquillizing to those who sent forth starving population will quietly lie down and die, such a cry of alarm at the appointment of the may find themselves under a arievous mistake.— new Cabinet, or were preparing their mouths b classes in for the gag of the censorship. By appealing to At this present moment the labouring manl ripe for obe to P the tribunals the Ministers have shown that they H oe y,p y s Law are of Nature. Let not ence the peopl etere of wished to try the power of the existing law IT property in this country lay the flattering unction fore they resorted to a royal ordinance. The to their souls, that they can enjoy their property law has given them as great powers of repression in peace, while men are starving around them. as they probably desired or expected, and the In Ireland the landholder consigns his serfs to productions of the French press may now be the anent or driver, who, with the aid of sol considered as secure against the mangling ope diersband police, keeps up an incessant war for rations of the Censor.— lbid. the produce of the soil, and withdraws to a We publish to-day the concluding trials of country where he can enjoy what has been so the policemen connected with the transactions at wrung from necessity in peace and quiet. But Borrisokeen. It will be seen that Ledger was ' England is not a country of drivers and serfs, again tried on a dace of shooting at two men b ) and one unvaried appearance of destitution. It and acquitted. In this case, the prosecutors is not like Ireland, resting for protection on ano stated to the Court, through their Counsel, that titer country. It is a country possessing all the they wished to take the prosecution out of the gradations of • society, and in which property hands of the Crown, and carry it on themselves. every where meets the eye. It was observed by The Solicitor-General; however, refused to ac- one of the speakers, Frank Mirfield, " One half cede to this request, and the result was as we of the owners of cottage property in this town have stated. Thus has terminated an investi- cannot get half their rents now ; and if wages are gation which excited extraordinary interest; and reduced still lower, how is it possible for them during the progress of which, the most unpre- i to get their rents paid in future ? The major cedented exertions were made by a portion of part of the working people in this town are the Press to overawe the legitimate tribunals of in a most wretched state ; they are possessed the country. The project of intimidation has of scarcely one vestige of raiment or furni failed. Successive juries declared upon their tore worth calling by the name. Their wages, oaths, after the most patient attention to the evi- if lower, will never enable them to provide them dence on both sides, that the individuals whose selves with provisions and clothing necessary to lives Were so eagerly demanded by popular snake them comfortable ; and if this cannot be clamour, were not guilty of the blood of their I done, how can rents be paid ? . . . Cer countrymen. This was tantamount to declaring i tainly, then, I say that low wages is an evil in that they fired under the imperious necessity of : any country ; and while low wages are paid, the self-defence. Greatly is it to be regretted, that i country will always be distressed. The labour there was any cause for their using fire-arms at , ing class constitute the greatest mass of people all—but whether policemen, or their opponents, 'in every country; they are the machines that are put upon trial for their lives, we wish to keep it in constant motion ; they feed and clothe have their fate decided according to evidence and all the rest, and surely for doing this they are law, and not by the wild exercise of the passions entitled to a belly-full themselves. It has been that steel the heart with cruelty, and close the stated that the manufacturers are under the ne eyes against justice.—Mo rning Herald. 1 cessity of reducing the wages, on account of Our readers will see from our extracts from other masters in other towns doing so. I say the Leeds Mercury, that the starving popula- those people who have submitte d qu ietl y to hav e tion of Barnsl ey h ave b ro k en out into rioting, their wages reduced, so as to make them unable and that it has been found necess a ry to have re- to obtain the necessaries of life ; I say those course to the military. I n the paper, detailed people, instead of being honourable, will be es reports are given of the proceedings at two meet- teemed disgraceful by us and by all honourable ings of , the Operatives held on Barnsley-green, men." Frank Mirfield here assumes as an un on Monday and Wednesday last. At = these questionable proposition, that " the labouring meet i ng s several speakers dwelt with much clear- class are entitled to a belly. full themselves." He reasons like the Abbe Itaynal, who said " Be fore all social laws man had a right to subsist." Frank Mirfield deems 'it quite enough to say here is a mouth, let it at once be filled. If those who ought to,know more than Frank Mir field hold the same language, we are not to be surprised that a poor labourer should conceive that there ought to be no such thing as misery in the world. The higher ranks of this country are grievously ignorant on the important sub ject of the causes of happiness and misery Of the people, and are seldom in a condition to give advice to the people. How often do we hear in the House of Commons the same nonsense that is now uttered by the starving weavers of Barnsley ! It will be admitted, we suppose, that if fifty millions of people were, in some miraculous way, to be thrown on this island, they could not find subsistence. But an addition to a population, without being to the extent of fifty millions, may still be productive of great suffering. We everywhere, at present, find more labourers than can be employed; and, to add to our own evil, the inhabitants of Ireland will flock hither so long as there is less wretchedness here than in Ireland. In Barn sley there is abundant evidence of the effect of Irish misery in augmenting that of England. " I and my friend Ashton (says Patrick Flanigan) would leave the town instantly, if a reduction was made. lam prepared to leave next week sooner than stand it. Let Englishmen go to their parishes, and Irishmen to that large parish over the water. lam willing to go next week. and I am certain, if a reduction takes place, it does not matter where we go to from Barnsley." k * * " The weavers of this town are composed of Englishman and Irishmen ; Englishmen have parishes to go to if they like, and Irishmen too. I will go, for I will never pick a shuttle at any lower price. It is not more than four or five days ago, that we were accused of being the means of keeping you out of work, and for which they said they would have us sent away and secured [they cannot do that]." Peter Hocy, from whom we have already made a quo tation, observes, " We are many of us emigrants from a neighbouring Isle. You may, perhaps, ask why we emigrated. It was because we were deprived of the support which the laws of nature required. Thousands of us were obliged to come to England to seek for our livings. The _ _ industrious labourers were banished From that country, and so shall we be from Barnsley by the manufacturers, if they are not guarded against it. Look at Spitalfields. I need not go so far, I may say, look at Barnsley. All the manufac turers in Ireland were combined together to keep down the lower order of the people as much as they could, through the instrumentality of the Government. This they intend to do in Eng land. This country was once the envy of sur rounding nations, and the glory of the world ; it is now the pity of surrounding nations, and the scorn of the world. It is grossly insulted by petty principalities and kingdoms, without being resented. I tell you again it is by depres sion of the poor people that it is the scorn of the world. There are three kingdoms united together, that might bid defiance to the world, but they are not willing to defend them selves. If you submit to a reduction, it will be impossible for us to remain here ; we shall be obliged to emigrate back to Ireland. lam prepared to emigrate to that unfortunate country before I will submit to it. This state of things cannot last long. They wish to take our wages down in order to compete with other masters. What will be the consequence ? That Barnsley trade will decay away. We endeavour to live here as low as we are able, but we cannot get sufficient food and raiment for ourselves ; and if we cannot do that, who are single men, you may judge what a situation those are in who have ' families. Our friends are also suffering in Ire land. I have been in Ireland ;my heart has bled for that unfortunate country. We are as bad off as they are in Ireland. There is not a parish there but it is supported by the rich of that country. If I have not another piece as long as I live, I shall not take one under the old price." Things must be at a fine pass in England when men talk of emigrat ing from it to Ireland, the wretchedness here be ing in many places at least equal to that of the neighbouring island ! They who do not find in all this matter for very serious reflection, are stupid indeed. Let it be borne in mind, that the distress among the labourers is at present nearly " general, though the weavers are no doubt much worse off than others. Whether we will or not, the distress must be attended to. When working men speak of the law of nature, rich men may well be alarmed for what another law gives to them.—Morning Chronicle. SPANISH EXPEDITION AGAINST MEXICO. A letter, dated Vera Cruz, the 6th of July, states, that the Spanish army had taken posses sion of the only part of the coast which the Mexicans had time to fortify ; and turning by night the entrenched camp of the Mexican General Cevallos, the Spanish army has advanced the distance of twelve leagues into the interior ; its camp now rests on the village of Santa Fe. Cevallos, having► this morning learned what the Spaniards had done, marched against them with the greater part of his troops, who are animated with the best spirit, and only de sire to come to close quarters with the enemy. This feeling is shared by the inhabitants of the coast, whose attachment to the federation is al ready known. If, as it is reported, General Vit toria is marching towards this spot, the Spanish General will find himself placed between two fires, and be compelled to lay down his arms. However, we expect an obstinate resistance on the part of this deserter, the Spanish General Mirando, who is not ignorant of the fate with which he is threatened, if he should fall alive into our hands ; the Mexicans have a perfect knowledge of the localities, and a fund of pa triotism and love of liberty which cannot ani mate their adversaries. Campeachy will resist the Spaniards, though that town has but 800 men in garrison ; and if the succours which are reported to be coming from Mexico are not too long in arriving, the Royalists will repent their silly enterprize. What is positively stated is, that the troops of the expedition include nearly all those of Cuba ; and that this island, so im portant as it is, has not at this moment any suf ficient force to shelter itself even from a coup de main. en nga Fridayge e vening last, as so me wor k me n were on the heights, a t di gg i ng, i n or d e r to fix the posts in the gr ound for th e erection of seats for d atpover, the accommodation of visiters and inhabitants, they disco vered a human skeleton about two feet under ground, sup posed to be a soldier, with a sword on the right side and a How or bayonet on the left.by what means it came there remains to be discovered, and we think it probable that this mysterious affair will for ever remain a mystery. .....,Kent Gazette. SUMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT—CARLISLE, Auc. 26. PALLISER V. CROSSE ET UX. Mr. POLLOCK stated the case. The action was hrought upon a money bond executed by the wife of the defendant before her marriage, for the sum of 4,8007., and conditioned for the payment of the sum of 2,400/. The plaintiff, Captain Palliser, was an officer now on half-pay, who had passed a great part of his life in the army, and had there been. very in timate with Mr. Thomas Legh, who was one of the parties to the bond. Mr. Legh had been in difficul ties, and had applied to the plaintiff to assist him. The result of that application had been that Captain Palliser had advanced Mr. Legh the sum of 2,4001.; and, as a security for that sum, a bond had been en tered into by Mr. Legh and his sister, Miss Crosse, one of the present defendants. The 'bond in question had been prepared by respectable soli citors in London, and had been sent down to be executed in Scotland, where at that time Mr. Legh had taken his residence, in order to protect himself from the pursuit of his creditors. That pursuit had, in the end, driven Mr. Legh to the Continent, where, in the course of last year he lost his life by an accide►►t. Miss Crosse, the sister of Mr. Lcgh, was (as he had already stated) tojoin in the bond, and accordingly the solicitor in London, who had prepared the bond, had inserted her name in it; and after it had been sent to Scotland she had joined in executing it, in the presence of a respee • table witness. The bond had been sent down with out any seal being attached to it, because (as the jury would probably be aware), it was not unusual for persons of condition to put their own seals to it:struments of that nature. They had only to look at the bond to be convinced that its execution had been regular. Evidence was then entered into at length, after which, Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up the case, and the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. WESTERN CIRCUIT—BRIDGEWATER, Aua. 28. Abraham Reed, a working man, about 30 years of age, was indicted for poisoning his wife (Mary Reed) on the sth of July, by administering arsenic to her. The prisoner, who is a mild-looking person, seemed rather abstracted in his manner ‘vhen placed at the bar. On being called upon to plead to the indictment, he made no answer for a few moments : he then started and said " not guilty," in a nervous and hurried way. He watched the jury with some apparent anxiety, while the oath was being admi nistered to them : during the progress of the trial, however, he did not display any particular feeling of interest till the evidence of the medical men was taken, when he appeared to rouse himself from the apathy that possessed him at other periods of the proceedings. The jury having pronounced their verdict of " Guilty,' the prisoner was called upon in the usual manner to say why judg ment of death should not be pronounced against him : a slight convulsion passed over his fea tures for a single moment, and he muttered in an indistinct tone, " The witnesses have sworn falsely." Towards the close of the trial, which lasted upwards of nine hours, the prisoner seemed rather exhausted; he displayed no visible emotion at the announcement of the verdict, and in the opinion of many persons in court, heard the sentence, which was pronounced by the learned Judge in a manner the most feeling and impressive, perfectly unmoved. It seemed, however, as if the senses of the unhappy man were lost in reverie ; he appeared in a sort of waking dream, and remained with fixed eyes, lean ing upon the bar, till the gaoler seizing him suddenly by the arm, he again started as when first placed in the dock, and hastily retired. He was conveyed to the gaol along with several other prisoners in the prison van, and on descending from the vehicle en deavoured to conceal his face from the gaze of the spectators who surrounded him, by placing his hat before it. There was mm expression of popular . . . Lord Chief Justice TINDAL sentenced the prisoner to be hanged on Monday next, an! ordered his body to be given up to the surgeons for dissection. We understand that Mr. Justice Burrough is better than he was yesterday. SATURDAY. John Charles Bayntun was placed at the bar, charged with having set fire to a rick of bay, the property of Mr. James Emerson, of Bath-Easton, in this county. The prisoner was also indicted for setting fire to another rick of hay, belonging to Mr. Broad, of the same place. The circumstances of this case, as they appeared in evidence, were not very remarkable, but matters connected with the prisoner's history have reached our knowledge which are of a singular and some what romantic kind. It appears that Bayntun is a person of highly respectable connections. He was well brought up, and at an early period of his life became master of a considerable fortune. He re paired to London, where in a very short time he impaired his resources materially by indulging in various acts of extravagance. Only a few months chivied ere he had squandered away 4,0001. He quitted London, and retired to Box, in Somerset shire. During his residence there, he met with a young lady to whom he became fervently attached. The passion which he conceived for her has given a colour to the subsequent circumstances of his life. After having resided in the country for a short time, he returned to the metropolis. There, however, lie found it impossible to remain at rest, separated as he was from the object of his affections. He quitted London, thereby incurring considerable sa crifices, for the purpose of rejoining his mistress. His friends exclaimed against such conduct ; never theless, lie persisted in his determination. He found the lady disposed to favour his addresses, and in dulged in the most sanguine anticipations of happi ness. These, however, were doomed to be disap pointed : the lady's friends opposed the connection, and at her father's instance she sent Bayntun a let ter, requesting him to abandon all thoughts of uniting his fate with hers. Naturally of impetuous passions, the unfortunate man was powerfully excited on receiving a dismissal in this manner. His first idea pointed to self-destruction. Subsequently he abandoned that intention, or, more properly speaking, modified it. Reluctant to put an end to his life by his own hand, lest, according to his own expression, " he should destroy body and soul," he neverthe less determined to commit an offence which should render his life forfeited to the laws of his country, and (as lie supposed) cause him to perish on the scaffold. He communicated his resolution to the young lady in a letter couched in the most pas sionate terms, at the same time bidding her an eter nal farewell. This communication is of a very re cent date, and he had no sooner forwarded it than, providing himself with implements for the purpose, he proceeded to the hay-ricks in question, at two o'clock in the open day, and set them on fire.— Having done this, he went to a constable, told him the offence he had committed, and voluntarily sur rendered himself. This occurred so recently as Tuesday se'nnight. The constable took the prisoner into custody, and brought him before a Magistrate, to whom he confessed what he had done in the most explicit manner,—admitting the motives which had actuated him in the course he had taken. The prisoner disclaimed any malicious feelings towards the owners of the property which he had set on fire, and protested that so far from being influenced by such inducements, he did not even know their names. He stated that he was " tired of life," and baring been grievously disappointed in his dearest expecta tions, acted as he did, in order to free himself from what he felt to be an intolerable burden. The facts connected with the commission of the offence having been tleiirly . proved by the evidence adduced by Mr. Gunning on the part of the prose- cution, The Jury, without hesitati on , found the prisoner —Guilty. Judgment of death was recorded, but the actual sentence was not pronounced. The place of Mr. Justice Burrougb, who still continues unable to fulfil his public duties, was sup• plied to-day by Mr. Serjeant BOMPAS. The Learned Gentleman was engaged the greater part of the morning in disposing of an ejectment case connected with the occupation of some quarries in the neigh bourhood of Bath. _ . • We understand the convict Reed has been sent to Ilchester for execution. The commencement of the Bristol Assizes has been postponed till Wednesday, but it is rather doubtful whether the business in this town will have been completed by that time. If it be not, a fur ther adjournment must take place. OXFORD CIRCUIT—GLOUCESTER, Auc. 29. Simon Hickey was indicted for haring, on the 7th of January last, burglariously broken and entered the house of the Right Hon. the Countess of Bantry, and stolen therefrom a silver tea-pot, ten silver table spoons, seven dessert-spoons, two silver butter-boats and covers, 'and several other articles of plate, the property of the Earl of Bantry. Mr. Se►jeant TARDY having summed up the evi dence, the Jury found the pr►soner Guilty.—Judg ment postponed. James Ball, an awkward scraggy-looking lad (whose intellect seemed to be only sufficient to di rect his stare alternately from the Judge to the Counsel), was capitally indicted for having assaulted Prudence Ivons on the 3d of August last. Verdict—Not Guilty. Thomas Ball was indicted, charged with assault ing Margaret Edwards, the wife of John Edwards. Verdict—Not Guilty. RIOTS AT BARNSLEY. (From the Leeds Mercury.) The town of Barnsley has this week been in e state of great agitation, owing to a difference be tween the master manufacturers and their workmen, relating to the rate of wages. Some time ago, list of prices was determined upon between the two parties, and the list has been adhered to up to the present time; but last week, some of the masters signified to the weavers, that owing to wages in other places being lower than at Barnsley, they should be obliged to set aside the list and reduce the wages. This proposal the workmen have stroughl resisted,' and two public meetings have been held during the present week, for the purpose of aseer• taming the disposition of the weavers generally on the subject. Though the town has been much agi tated, no symptoms of riot had manifested them selves till night-fall on Thursday, when the weavers appear to have formed themselves into several divi sions, for the work of destruction. The house of Messrs. Cordeux and Sons, princi pal manufacturers, and that of Mr. James Coe, a manufacturer and shop-keeper, were surrounded, and their windows and doors assailed with stones, and shivered to pieces. From thence the rioters pro ceeded to the residence of Mr. Thomas Jackson, of Keresforth-hill, about a mile from Barnsley, where a large body of them rushed into the house, piled the chairs, tables, and books upon a heap, and set tire to the pile—also breaking and destroying every article within their reach. The terror of the family, who had only a few minutes before returned from a jour- . ney, may be more easily conceived than described. Not being prepared for such an outrage, and Mr. Jackson being still from home, they were defence less, and before the military and constables could reach the house, the rioters had accomplished their outrageous purpose, and had made good their escape. At nine o'clock the trumpet sounded out the troop of the Third Dragoons, now stationed at Barnsley, and the confusion in every street became most alarm ing. Fortunately no lives were lost, and the fire at Mr. Jackson's house was subdued before it had ex tended beyond the library, the contents of which were destroyed. The well-known benevolence of Mr. Jackson's family aggravates the delinquency of the assailants, and excites a strong s y mpathy on the minds of the inhabitants towards the sufferers. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. DURING LAST WEEK. VIRTUE IN A PRINCE. The nation is annually reminded by an item of 50,0001. in the public expenditure—of the loss it sustained in a Princess, popular on ac count of her amiable qualities, and the picture of virtues on the throne, which Hope i❑ all such cases draws in flattering colours. The extent of the national loss cannot, however, be understood without taking also into consideration the vir tues of the princely mate of the daughter of our Sovereign. The rarest virtue i❑ a Prince is eco nomy ; and from the instance of economy in Prince Leopold, which we are about to notice 'in the management of his own money, some idea may be formed of the -egard for economy which he would have shewn, when the husband of our Queen, in dispensing the public money. William Smith, who bad for a considerable time been employed about the stud of his Ma jesty, then Prince of Wales, was, on account of his steadiness, by command of his Majesty, ap pointed coachman to the Princess Charlotte when only two years of age. This situation he filled for sixteen years, when, from the restive ness of the horses, he was thrown from the box, and had several ribs fractured. He was so much injured in other respects as to be incapacitated for the future performance of his duties. The Princess Charlotte was not then in the full pos session of her allowance ; but, notwithstanding, she, with her accustomed benevolence, not only granted to Mrs. Smith and her family a pension of 241. per annum, but procured for Smith a si tuation in the. Custom-house as King's locker. From thenceforward her Royal Highness took a warm interest in the prosperity of poor Smith and his family. The pension was regularly paid, and the family were happy. Still the Princess thought she had not done enough ; and Smith's eldest daughter growing an interesting child, her Royal Highness directed her to be sent, at her expense, to a seminary, where she might receive an education to quality her for a superior station _ in society. At the end of seven months' enjoyment of his situation, Smith died, leaving a widow, two daughters, and a son. One month after his death, happened that of the Princess Charlotte. Shortly before Smith's death, he had occasion to address her Royal Highness through the me dium of Lady Campbell, upon the subject of the tardiness and irregularity observed in the re ceipt of monies due to him ; and upon which subject her Royal Highness, with the greatest kindness and promptitude, commanded her Lady ship to write the following answer : " Cranbourne Lodge, Jan. 11, 1815. " SIR-I received your letter - of the 6th, and in formed her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of your request. Her Royal Highness has directed me to write to Mr. Willis on the subject, and to say that it is her wish that the money due to you should be paid. I shall write to Mr. Willis by this day's post ; and remain, Sir, your humble servant, " A. CAMPBELL. " Mr. Smith, 24, Walcot-place, Lambeth, London." The money was paid immediately, and the al- Lowance for Miss Smith's education was continued 7or some time after the demise of the illustrious Princess ; but some delay having happened in the payment, Mrs. Smith addressed a letter upon the subject, to:which she received the following reply : " Came, Dorchester, Feb. 22, ISIS. " MADAM—I have to inform you that his Royal Highness the Prince of Saxe Coburg has been gra ciously pleased to command the pay for the half year's education of your daughter to be paid; and has enclosed the money sea to le( M i ; oo u r n e d , a w t N hou o. y l o 3 u , Grgorots o r w e e c n e ° iv r e Pl i a t, ce ha ti ve irn a lic r o eCeipt sealed up, and leave with him, directed for me. " I am, Madam, your obedient humble servant, " R. LYONS. euendthceiopnnoa " Mrs. S. Smith, Woloot-place, Kennington." The young lady above alluded to has since formed a youthful and not altogether discreet matrimonial connexion, which has not added to her happiness. The pension of 241. per annum was continued to the widow for two years after the death of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, after which it was peremptorily refused. A verbal but solemn mandate from the lips of his Royal Highness's Secretary, couched in this laconic sentence, " His Royal Highness, Madam; cannot afford to continue the payment of your pension"—closed up the source of be nevolence opened by the illustrious Charlotte. The poor widow kept a little public-house, called the Ship, in Walcot-place, Lambeth, where several good and charitable persons (amongst whom was the witty and facetious Dr. U. G. Doyle, of Dublin, who took a laud able and active interest in the prosperity of the widow and her family) patronised her, and by their exertions she was enabled to educate her two other children (one an interesting young girl of sixteen, and the other a fine lad o f eighteen) in most branches of useful kaowledge. Mrs. Smith afterwards married a Mr. Hixon, and they removed to a little country inn, called the Crown, at Morden, in Surrey ; Mr. H . , however, did not live long, but died in straitened s re id n e t ra in bl t e he p e a v i e n nin t g o circumstances, leaving Mrs. Smith, and the young lady, and lad, who are now meritoriously exerting themselves at the little inn, to promote the happiness and comfort of their poor, ne glected, disappoi nted t l e t . g ; t ei given g lected, sif a e u c id whashsral o:, of It t er m li u fe s . t Prince Leopold to be obliged to withdraw this owes s e it se to rv t ir e of the pension from the aged widow of a servant, w f P r h o rio m nscee w sl 'hich he receives so handsome an allow ance, a lover ce,to of o show economy.--Morning his example ex—ailleorwning c what cahnnrboeicdloe.ne WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-Aug. 28. To this day's market there is a short supply of Wheat, both from the farmers and up the river ; fine fresh stun' pies are in demand at an advance of 2s. to 3s. per quarter, and other descriptions are Is. to 2s. dearer. A parcel 01 Norfolk New Red has obtained 758. to 765. per 601 b., and a small quantity of New White has brought 80s. per 601 b. Oats fully maintain the rates of last week. Bean , are without variation. We have had rain in some quail' tity every day since last Friday, with the exception of 'Monday, on which day only some slight showers fell, anti Tuesday was a very fine day. There have been heavi showers to-day, but it has been fine (luring market time. About three-fourths of the Wheat are cut in this neigh' bourhood, but a very small proportion is yet carried, and that chiefly in a damp state. There is very little Barlei yet reaped ; up to this time little damage is considered t° be sustained by the new crop of Grain, but the present weather has placed it in a precarious situation, and the weather for the next fourteen days will be of great im portance. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk s(ls. fide. to 714. tine 765. Lincolnshire s9s. to 625. fine 635. 695. Yorkshire, &c. s9s. 625. to 635, fine 6 9 . White 60s. 675. to 71s. fine 8 05 - -- Foreign, Old sos. 58s. to 675. fine Its. Barley, Norfolk and Sufliilk Lincolnshire '26s. to 30s. fine 335. - Yorkshire \Vold Foreign titans, Old S2s. to 365. fine 39 , ; - New 375. to 395. fine 41s. Oats, Potato 2ss. to 295. tine 31s. - Poland 20s. 225. to 28.8. fine 365. - Friezland and Small °Os. 2'2s. to 255. fine 265. Dealing l2 !Aid. to 145,jd. per Stone. Shelling 34s. to 345. 6d. per Load. Malt 36s. 41s. fine 435. per Load. Rapeseed SCO Wheat. j Barley. l Oats. ;leans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. Cat lisle 7l. 42 29 Cannarthen...„—..., 64 36 16 36 liexham . 64 '7O 27 33 18 25 50 52 Morpeth .. 60 70 36 38 26 32 33 40 Penrith 65 33 28 Skeffield 73 29 41 Winchester 56 68 32 38 19 23 42 46 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. tl. vd. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. cl. Coventry —.—.... 98 10 41 4 8 54 30 43 56 6 0 Newcastle (Staff) 12 0 12 3; 00 00 43 45 60 66 Northallerton 8 0 10 0 4 0 4 3 2 3 2 6 5 0 5 6 Stafford II 0 11 6 00 00 42 43 74 76 , Swansea 190 94 1 a 6 60 33 36 00 0 0 Warwick...,.i9o lO 0 4 0 00 33 40 73 7 6 Per 8011. Barnardcastic Durharn.--..... 166 21 0j 90 106 56 93 110 12 6 Richmond 170, 22 01 90 10 6 70 86 11 0 12 0 Stockton 1166 18 6 1 80 90 60 76 08 00 'CH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley Aberdeen Berwick Coldstream Cupar Dundee Elgin .......... n vet ness—. 60 75 48 50 50 54 66 70 64 74 70 16 • 66 72 56 57 62 77 68 80 of the m, Kelso I Kirkahly—.. Perth The size 28. 34 26 28 26 27 30 36 22 25 21 24 26 28 27 28 33 38 24 27 asnre vari Oats. 1 Beans 26 27 IS 20 17 20 24 27 20 24 20 23 22 23 20 22 26 12 19 23 7ies throng . 1---tOatmen . 6 361 :36 39 .o.• 28 30 2S 27 27 32 30 32 19 21 19 20 27 28 - "*. 30 3t 26 32 •-• hout the countr)• -. ..... ... . . . .- .. . . 40 ''' HADDINGTON CORN MAKKET.—Aug. 28. , There were 45 quarters of New Barley, and 3 quar,lt, of Old in the market to-day ; average up I 0 y. ""'" New Barley was sound and good in quality. As to Ol t ! : 23 quarters of New brought 265., 138 quarters Pld fr 7 31s. to 265. ; average up 6d. Both markets very d i " Wheat has met an advance to-day on the top price of 2g ":. and the average is up Is. 6d. The average of Pease is 10t . iti., and of Beans Is. sd. Wheat. Barley. \ Oats. Pease. Bea 4 First Bos Od 42s Ott 31s Od 38s Od 40 5 „ A Second 7Bs Od 3Ss Od 28s Od 36s Od 385 "5",,, Third There were 181 qrs. of Wheat in market, 58 whereof were ," 12 Unsold.-11 Grey 31. 15s. Average C-12ths. 'H COlt C.—Aug. 2 this da] r. , 's 'nark's Cher high;r prices.' Cease. seal4 Sih od 408 o d 378 Od 3 88 od 35s Od 35s DALKEI MARK. The supply of all kinds of Grain al was small. Wheat sold heavily, at ra Wheat. Barley. Oats. First B6s Ot4 42s Od 22s Od Second -28 s Od Third 7ss Od 35s Od 24s Od CORNWALt• MARKETS. 1, Tau o.—Wh eat (average) 255. 3d.—Barley, 15s.—Oats, 6 HELNroN—Wheat, 3d.—Barley, I4s. id. ST. A USTF.LL—Wheat, 20s. to 32s.—Barley, —L. to 13.4.--O at ' l 10s. Od. to 11s. BoomiN—Wlleat (average) 275. Od.—Barley, 15s. 6d.—Oat' , /1 4 LAUNCESTON—Wheat (average) 30s. (kl.—Barley, 135.0 ,1 • —°3 ' 10s. 01.—. Beef, (kl.—Mutton, LI SK RD— Wheat , —s. to 2Ss. 6d.—Barley, to Ss. (id. 153. 0d.....0at5, bT. CoLuma—Wheat, —s. to 30s.—Barley, —s. to 15, and Mutton, tid. to 60.—Veal and Lamb, Od to 6,1. PENZANCE—Wheat, 295. to 203.—Barley, —s. to 145.-- -4 Y: ' 03. to lls: Od.—Beef and Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Pork, sd. to V. Butter, Bad. per lb. MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. CW O I Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Itedruth last Thursday 2,:341 0 Average Produce '77.4 8 Quantity of fine Copper lB5 Amount of Sale, 13,4431. 13s. 6d.—Average Standard,lo6l. 18 BIRTHS. On the 28th inst. the lady of the Rev. G. Green, Ett College, of a son. On the 26th inst. at Beckenham-place, Kent, the 1 04 of D. Inglis, Esq. of a daughter. On the 28th inst. in Upper Gower-street, the lad)" Charles Green, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. On the 27th inst. at Whitsbury, Hants, Colonel CC', of the Bengal Army, to Georgians Mary, youngest ter of the Rev. Thomas Baker, Rector of Itoliesby, Norfolk. On the 29th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-square , P. Neale, Esq. of the 16th Lancers, to Emma, third dallg ter of the late Horatio Clagett, Esq. On the 29th inst. at East Dean, A. Alexander, Es4l' , „ Bishopqgate-street, to Frances, daughter of the late Woodhams, Esq. of Lullington, Sussex. On the 29th inst. in Kennington, E. Edwards, mt: of Vauxhall, to Emma, eldest daughter of R. Searles; of the same place. DIED. ore On the 27th inst. at Stapleford, Notts, after a r e ; traded illness, Arnold Warren, Esq., only brother of late Admiral Sir John Borlace Warren, Bart. aged 73,' On the 2Sth inst. aged 19 months, Edith, yo unK ., daughter of Charles Pott, Esq. of Hunter-street, iro" ' wick-squ PAINTED and PUBLISHED by MURDO YOUNG, OFFICE, 112, SwnArtni LONDON.