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FINE ARTS. MEMORIALS OF OXFORD. Parts 35, 36. Porker. Oxford. 1835. The best engraving in these two parts is the view of Oxford from the adjacent meadows (we suppose, of Christchurch), near the gas-works ; from which point of site the city preserits a most imposing appearance. The work is carefully got up, and from its long con tinuance—for it has already reached a thirty-sixth Number —must, we suppose, 11L , e answered the pur poses of the publisher. FINDEN'S LANDSCAPE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BIBLE. PART 26. Murray. London. 1835. The present part of this interesting work consists of four engravings, illustrative of some of the most re markable places mentioned in the Old and New Tes taments. The drawings for these engravings have been furnished by Turner, Calcott, and Stanfield, who have made them from original sketc hes taken on the spot. The dese - ription of each embellishment is from the pen of the Rev. T. H. Horne, and deserves praise, if only for the absence of anything like show or 'Wan ry LITERATURE. ROGERS'S P OEM S.—Penr 10. Moxon. London. 1835. This sNork is now brought to a close, and certainly, of the sort, N ye know of none superior to it in the lan guage. It is illustrated by upwards of one hundred and twenty-six vijnettes, engraved in the most elabo rate styl e o f excellence, from designs furnished by Turner and Stothard. Those of the former artist are i n as poetic a style as any he ever attempted. • CABINET CY CL 91 3 ,ED1A. VoL. 73. Longman. L o ydon. 1835. 'A judicious epitome of unman history, in two volumes, of which - this is the second, and which com mences about the period of the L.attle of Pharsalia, and goes down to the founding of Constantinople by Constantine. Some of the chapters are written with considerable skill and ability ; the best, or at least the host carefully written, is that on the "Science-and Li terature of the Augustine Age," in which there are brief, but discriminating, criticisms on the writings of Ovid, Horace, Catullus, and others. CAMPBELL'S POEMS. 1 Vol. Moxon. London. 1835. W e are glad to find the works of one of our most Popular living poets comprised in one portable and c heap duodecimo, and containing all his most recent Productions—those, we mean, which he contributed f rom time to time, to the " New Monthly" and `` Metropolitan" Magazines. The present edition is Printed in a singularly clear and graceful type, and is embellished with an admirable likeness of the poet, engraved from the well known painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. 'VERY LITTLE TALES FOR VERY LITTLE CHILDREN; AND PROGRESSIVE TALES, FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. Fraser and Co. Edinburgh. Thr. titles of the above little Volumes bespeak their Character. They are beautifully printed with a clear larie type, and the moral of all the Tales is just such as ilarents would wish to inculcate on their chil dren's kind.: They would form nice little Christmas Pre sents, blending amusement with instruction. GILBERT GURNEY. Z rTHJ AUTIIOR OF " SAYINGS AND DOINGS, " " LOPE AND PRIDE," 6T. In Three Vole. London : Whittaker and Co. 1836. Of the merits of " Gilbert Gurney" the public can have but on e opinion. In abundance and richness of humour; in fertility of invention ; in ludicrousness of contrast ; and in variety of laughable incident, it is fully adequate to sustain the high character of Theo dore Hooke, as one of the first novelists. of the day. ,In every page we see the keen observer, and the con 4ummate man of the world; but what would provoke the ire of a more bilious subject,- only supplies 4 r. Hooke with food for laughter. As we noticed the several chapters of " Gilbert Gurney" in the order which they appeared in the " New Monthly Ma gazine," it is unnecessary for us to enter into any minute criticism of the work as a whole. The public will learn with as much pleasure as we did that the auth or has republished it. Th e extract which follows might be said to be taken at random, if we had not been constrained to Pay some regard to brevity. It is not the best se lection that we could have made, but it is the shortest—and yet it is longer than we are in the habit of giving. We will make no comment upon it, assured that it will be read with lively interest. " It was by a peculiarly happy concatenation of circum stances that I was enabled to see all these features of civic Jostiq e combined. The Judge, however, as soon as the Recorder made, his appearance, rose from table — we all aid the same—they remained in conversation for some time, when his Lordship bowed to the company, and retired, accompanied by the Lord Mayor and one or two of the Ruests. The Recorder then assumed the presidential chair, and we began the afternoon afresh. The Chaplain pushed round the wine—the butler placed glasses before the Re-. corder, together with pens and ink, and a long book-like Paper, which I found to be the calendar. At his right band sat one of the city pleaders, and on his left, the Clerk Arraigns, who had joined our party at the same period With his Lordship. " The learned Judge having placed his spectacles on his 'lase, began to peruse the Ames and crimes which this book of fate contained, and to apportion to each culprit tried that day, such quantum of punishment as he might seem to deserve. " No. 174,' read his Lordship. Martha Hickman -Btealing pewter pots—what shall we say, Mr. Drawley ? Gentlemen, I have the pleasure to drink all your very good . bealths.—Why, Mr. Butler—' " ' My Lord.' " What wine is this?' " ' The same wine your Lordship always drinks,' said Mr. Butler ; for every office in the City, which is not dig nified with a lordly title, is designated at once by its name, to which is prefixed Mister—for instance, the Lord Alayor's mace-bearer, and sword-bearer, are uniformly called, as indeed they call each other, Mr. Mace,' and Mr. Sword,'—so Mr. Butler. " Not a bit of it, Sir,' said his Lordship ; this is sour, bad, wispy washy stuff—not fit to be drunk.' " lam very sorry, my Lord—' " Sorry!' said his Lordship ; what signifies being sorry, ''r —you should take care in the first instance to have Proper wine put down. " I will change it, my Lord, I—' " Change it said the Recorder ; to be sure, Sir— ;uange it directly ! It won't do, Sir. This sort of thing bas happened before—get some other wine, Sir, directly I' " This command was delivered in a tone of thunder, pre ceded by a flash of lightning from the eye of the irritated J udge, who then fell to work upon the calendar. " Martha Hickman, stealing three pewter pots—seven .Years' transportation.' " Robert Hayes, stealing three fowls, one duck, and a uue rabbit—fourteen years, I think, eh, Mr. Drawley— Yes--fourteen years--have you marked him?' `" Yes, my Lord.' 1 " Harriet Richards, stealing four yards , of linen— Richards ? was not that the woman with the cap and ribbo ns ?' " Yes, my Lord.' " That was a banging cap,' said his Lordship ; hard erred woman—two years' imprisonment.' Walter Cutts, stealing two loaves—seven years for hits; I think. Did you ever taste such stuff as that wine, kr. Ordinary ?' " My Lord.' " You have not been drinking. any of that bottle, haw) NO, my Lord,' said the Chaplain ; • it is corked.' " It never 'should have been uncorked here, Mr. Ordi -114157,' said the Judge ; it is an absolute insult.—Well — S tephen Robinson, for stealing two pewter pots—upon my i l ° l lout. it . is enough to bring on a cholera rnorbus:--Robin on, seven, years' transportation. Vinegar would be just 45 Palatable. - Rachel Marsh, fourteen years—abominable woman. Simon Warner ; pair of boots, umph—oh, I recol lect that case—transportation for life. Well, Sir--' " < Will your Lordship please to try this,' said Mr. But ler, proffering a new bottle. His Lordship, still muttering indignation, filled his glass, and after smelling its bouquet, and lOoking at its brightness, swallowed the contents. Ah,' said his Lordship, this is something like wine— why did not you give us this at first, Mr. Butler ? Fill my glass again—hand it round—you'll find that, Mr. Ordi nary, quite another sort of thing—excellent, excellent wine indeed. Well, let us finish our business. Robert Hol land, stealing fourteen gold watches, thirty-four gold chains, six time-keepers, and sundry loose diamonds; oh—in a dwelling-house—well, let's say three months for him— capital wine, isn't it, Mr. Clerk—capital. Roger Perkins, three mares and a foal—six weeks' imprisonment. Anne Griffiths; administering poison to her mother, aunt, and two sisters—poor girl—case of mistake, eh—pass that bottle, Mr. Ordinary—what shall we say—childish carelesspess— one month. Simmons, cow—oh—fine one shilling and dis charge—that's the last—the last.' " Nz.ver was I more convinced of a man's wisdom than I was at this moment of that of the foreman of the Grand Jury, who had expatiated so elaborately on the effect of irri tating circumstances, acting upon the mind while it is em ployed in the dispensation of justice. As a sequel to the decisions of the Jury, it-appeared to me that the appor tionment of punishment was incomparable ; however, for the -scene that was immediately to follow, I own I was not prepared. " Just as the Judge had concluded the catalogue of crime,' it was announced that the last trial was over, and that the Court was waiting for his Lordship to pronounce sentence upon the convicted prisoners. The company rose and followed his Lordship down stairs to the Court—l re sumed my seat upon the bench, wholly unconscious of the nature of the spectacle which was so soon to absorb my attentiqn. " The whole - place had assumed a different aspect since I had left it—it was now night, and the lights were burning dimly in their . sockets—a profound silence reigned, and every eye was directed towards the door by which the pri soners, classified before their arrival, were to enter the dock. After the lapse of some minutes of suspense, a motley crowd pressed forward towards the bar—sobs and groans were heard—and faint cries, which evidently pro ceeded from those relations of the culprits, to whom, fallen and debased as they were, they were yet devoted in affection. " Who are these ?' said Ito Bucklesbury. "'These are the capital convicts—you'll hear in a mo ment,' was the reply. " And I did hear—one of the most awful addresses ever made to guilty creatures, delivered by the Judge, who but a few moments before had seemed to me to be of the world, worldly. It appeared as if he had be come suddenly inspired with an almost unearthly dignity and power. His voice deep and impressive, his language forcible and eloquent ; the purport of his dread appeal, and its termination, never will be effaced from my me mory. And when, in conclusion, amidst their wafflings and supplications, he passed the awful sentence of the law upon his fellow-creatures, and in dooming them to death, prayed for mercy on their souls, I fell back in a state of insensibility, wholly overcome by my feelings, much, as I subsequently perceived, to the amusement of one of the under-sheriffs, (a small attorney,) who, at a later period of the evening, whether in order to enjoy a joke at my ex pense, or to affect the hospitable, I do not know, told me that he supposed, as I had heard the sentences, I might like to witness the execution of those who were to die, in which case, he should be glad to see me whenever the day was fixed ; adding, with an . expression of peculiar boa hopuntie, ' we hang at eight, and breakfast at nine.' " There can be no question that a constant familiari zation, with such scenes blunts the feelings, if it does not harden the heart. The butcher's wife, who bribed her baby to take physic by promising, if it were a good child, that it should stick a lamb the next morning, saw nothing revolting in the idea of killing that, by the death of which, she lived. To show to what an extent expe rience in horrors deprives them of their effect, I may mention the following fact, related to me many years after this period, by a friend. When the traitor Thistlewood and his murderous gang of accomplices were to be executed before Newgate, my friend, whose taste lay that way, secured a window to witness the catastrophe. The sentence included decapita tion after death ; and when the executioner commenced his work by cutting off the head of Thistlewood, and holding it up to the people as the head of a traitor, a shudder of horror thrilled through the crowd. The second simi lar operation upon the next culprit produced a similar effect, but in a slighter degree ; and so completely did that feeling wear off as the performance of duty proceeded, that when, in the executioner lifting the head of the seventh traitor, as the preceding six had 'been lifted to the public gaze, happened to let it fall, cries of Ali, clumsy'— 'halloo butter fingers,' were heard from various quarters of the assembly. " The awful denunciation of offended justice from the lips of the Judge, certainly did not produce upon the habiiiti;s the effect it had upon me. To the passing of the minor sentences I listened with composure, and I confess that when I heard Robert Hayes sentenced to fourteen years' transportation for stealing two ducks and a doe rabbit, and Anne Griffiths saddled with a month's imprison ment for endeavouring to poison all her existing relatives, I could not help thinking of the butler's corked bottle and the foreman's smoky chimney." OLYMPIC THEATRE. This house presented three attractions last night, viz two new pieces, and the first appearance of the son of the late celebrated Charles Mathews. The house was so crowded at an early hour that it was with the utmost diffi culty we were able to procure a standing place at the back of the boxes, and even there we could only catch glimpses of the scene, and collect but the disjecta membra of the colloquy. Between the first and second pieces Mr. Liston, in the following modest address, solicited the favour of the audience in behalf of the young debutant, requesting, for his father's sake, a fair trial : Oh I let me beg this night with you and here One moment to be serious and sincere ; Serious and Liston, you will pause and ask ; Mathews and friendship make me drop the mask. 'Twere useless now to dwell on days long past; Yet with that spirit's humour mine was cast, And something of your kindly yielded fame Came to me, blended with his bright'ning name. Forgive this recollection : but he leaves One who would fain, on these your joyous eves, Try on the buskin, which—the word's a spell— Fitted the father, as I know, so well. With a right spirit and a crowning name He spreads his sail out in the wake of fame ; When Troubridge—Nelson's Troubridge—boldly ran His sea. worn bark beyond the ken of man, His boy, devoted to the main and mast, Pass'd o'er the self-same seas which he bad passed, Nor could the waves which forced the parent on 'Repel the adventurous ardour of the son. So on the Drama's gulf, with me for mate, A gallant youth pursues a father's fate ; Reverse the Troubridge fortunes on this deck— The parent safe, preserve the son from wreck. No more : too long, too tedious, have I been Through this unusual, serious, earnest scene : In pure respect for a bright course well run, Gently regard this enterprise begun, And, as you loved the sire, receive the son. The address was responded to by loud and continue( applause. When Mr. Matthews appeared as Rattleton, in the new piece of The Humpbacked Lover, he was received with an enthusiasm of welcome such as we never before witnessed ; and all through the performance be was loudly, and (as well as our inconvenient position allowed us to judge) most deservedly applauded. The piece itself; though one of those ephemeral trifles which arc produced with such effect at this theatre, was very amusing in its si tuations, and the dialogue, if we may judge from the laugh ter which every sentence elicited, must he full of point. Mr. Matthews, though but a debutant, is a finished and easy actor. He treads the stage well ; his voice is good and flexible,, his enunciation clear, and he has a happy facility of making all his points tell home without any seeming effort or labouring after effect. Another new bur letta, entitled The Old and Young Stagers, in which Lis ton and Matthews performed, followed. It is full of whim and extravagance, and was admirably adapted for exhibiting Listen's peculiar humour in the character of Toppk", an old coachman, who looks upon his calling as one of the most respectable that can be imagined, and is desirous of bring ing up his sen Timothy (Mathews) to tread in his steps, and fill a similar station in society with equal dignity. In describing the degrees by which he ascended to his present enviable situation as coachman to Sir Pompadour Puffin dale, old Topple has to speak of stages, and under the co ver of this phrase contrived to make a contrast between the former and present management of our great theatres abounding in points, which told with the happiest effect. Many passages in this latter piece referred to the dcbutant, all of which were quickly taken up by the audience, and loudly cheered. Mr. Matthews may feel justly proud of the re ception which he met with last night. It was more than cordial, it was affectionate ; and although it was obvious that the son was first greeted thus kindly for his father's sake, it now became evident that his own ability con firmed the predisposition in his favour. At the concha> sion of the pieces in which this gentleman performed, he was loudly called for by the audience. He was led forward by Mr, Liston, and having bowed his acknowledgments in silence, retired amidst reiterated cheering. It was delight ful to witness the kindly and affectionate feeling with which Liston watched the provw.ss of the son of his old friend. Th e whole house felt it. Tim 134 OM is, we to lerstand, from the pen of Mr. Leman Redo, AY.) .for a breach Iccasioned by and Mr. F. for the be left to the )e empowered d state what 3TCMISCS. is arbitration, erdict for 60 e Court ruse IS DAY) er in Hatton 'ney of Cheap' 288/. 12s. 51 11, and upon a r. Young, w ho ass-exPirunation tkie plaintiff t:d to waive it r was accepted, such reference. an was brought hour done upon y had been en' ntered into be- Cheek. After and that they n was sped_ atiff complain -n the contract, :cording to the the works), and a conversation ct, such orders having got the :ontract, wished Lyment. How- him to do 50, Ited to send in a 33 , had done, the on the premises. done, and under nd by it. in house in clues -1 the plaintiffs to nd he would pal )il his ship, for that the orders of the items In Jury found ',hat , ndant. said 1 contracts," who ever dealt that Mr, jack 'r.:ntered 'into 3 4 ell 'Wanted. ,A 3 to his friend Mr. nei gave him di+ r.ct, and, in fact , ►ree or four other rem. Cheek Wig any thing. to do, )f his contracts o permit the stir, that he owed th e iit it. He would in want of m ood Mr. Izard, oar leek. Mr. Izard )y, he would Ol e from Cheek,. for !at they had g iyeo re to look. But put in the ac which were mad ° circumstances the laiatiffe evidence . le specification for into between the cnter's work to be tend the works in' idle, and he not, and he would. it. The plaintiff red to depart troll' Lade new contract! rs of the plaintill me at the house in ions from the con' as no carpenter s . Neither of tb r. Jackson before 1 - ,.0 proved nothing they had made ul the Counsel for the ecause that Cheel uld not find for till !it the Jury inter' t. HIS DAY 1 happen in houses nade public, as tbo he City authorit ieo abolish these a n il is " Lady Abbe ns of infamy in the barge, and enterej lir. are afterwards diY DAY ,) ed upon his petition the course of 10 and now owed c olv expenditure, we ° . apparel, and be y large sums for ant, said they werett's His history w, he received a f°' )era. He had colr early that amo u ° t ' by the creditors ut, pry foolish on • th e thing worse ori:tb was questioned re;, ad purchased in to :!d. 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Derrynane Abbey, Nov. 20, 1835. solicit a space in your columns for a discussion on a most important topic—" The Reform of the House of Lords." I will be as brief as I can, especially as my Tamworth correspondence remains over too low , ; but this subject is too important to be canvassed with brevity. It deserves the fullest and most profound consideration, as being one of those organic changes in the established Go vernment, which ought never to be made without the most obvious and pressing necessity. I think that necessity partakes of both qualities—it is obvious, it is pressing. The Lords last session demon strated the necessity—they.also gave most abundant evi dence that it is quite unsafe to postpone the remedy. 'Fliey have raised questions of the most vital and perpetual im portance—lS the reform in the Com Mons to be useless ? Arc 170 men to be masters of the, destinies of the great British nation ? I have great confidence in this simple view of the sub ject. It is plain as the sun at noonday, that 170 indivi duals have it in their power to prevent every alleviation of the public burdens, every amelioration in our institutions. They can put a stop to the correction of every abuse, to the amendment of every defect—they can prolong and per petuate every absurd, oppressive, insulting, and pernicious monopoly. In short, they can render eternal every exist ing injustice, and with impious hand stay the tide of every salutary improvement. For these crimes there is no legal punishment—these men are subject to no responsibility—they incur no risk, save from that which should be avoided as plague or pesti lence—forcible revolution. In short, without a reform in the Lords, the people of the British islands are slaves— despicable slaves to 170 despots, whose will is their sole guide, and whose passions, prejudices, and, above all, whose personal interests are diametrically opposed to the rights and liberties of the people. This common-sense view of the state of British legisla tion strikes at once every rational and uninfluenced individual in the community. I preached these truths to tens of thou sands in England, and to .hundreds of thousands in Scot land. I claim the honour of being one of the first of the apostles - of this new doctrine, all have the happiness to know that countless multitudes of the independent Re forniers of Great Britain are as convinced as I am that freedom is a mockery, and liberty a mere name, as long as an irresponsible body - of 170" persons possess their present uncontrollable dominiOn—that iS,'as long as the House of Lords remains unreformed _ _ The causes that have made, this despotism of a few so prominent at the present period, will he considered more at large in the course of .these. letters. The reform of the House of Commons is the leading. cause—but there are others which this discussion will mere fully develop. One thing is certain, that the despotic power of the 170 Peers is no longer theoretic or disputatious. It is cer tain, and practical, and active. It is also, unblushing, in solent, and contemptuous of public opinion as well as of public good. I ask, would it ever have been avowed in the House of Lords that measures introduced by the Ministers of the Crown, for the benefit of Ireland, should be rejected, not for any defect or insufficiency, but simply and singly because I, even I, had supported these measures ? Could, I ask it, such an avowal be made and. acted upon, unless the 170 despots, with the Duke of Wellington at their head, did en tertain a total disregard to the public good, and ,a sovereign contempt of the public opinion ? Similar conduct on the part of the Duke, in regard to the constitution of the House of Commons, advanced by at least twenty years the Reform of that House. 'He had the unparalleled imprudence and folly to assert deliberately in his place in Parliament, as Prime Minister of the CrOWn, that the system of rotten borough and nomination represen tation was the perfection—nay, the " beau ideal" of legisla tive institutions ! His is a strange history. We have to thank him for the Emancipation, first, of the Protestant Dissenters ; and, secondly, of the Catholics—measures, each of which he sternly refused upon principle,' and ungraciously yielded to compulsion. We are to thank him for having seen the re form of the House of Commons in our day ; and .ve shall —I doubt not—owe to him, and to his staff of 170 Des pots, the same species of left-banded gratitude, for making certain, and accelerating the Reform, of the House of Lord's. The current of public opinion has set in, and set in strongly, in favour of that reform. It is deep, not loud ; it is sturdy and determined, full of hope, and enlivened by the'certainty that it can be effectuated without violence, without any risk any alteration in the social condition of private families, or any danger of the spoliation of pri` . - vate property, or the shedding of one drop of human blood. The people of the British islands have seen in their own day and in their own country, more than one all-important and salutary amelioration in our institutions, favourable to civil, and religious liberty, effected by peaceable means, and they look forward to the perfection of the machinery of improvement by the Reform of the House of Lords, with a steady determination that 'such Reform shall be , effectuated in the same manner that emancipation has been achieved, and the Reform of the House of Commons accomplished. All that remained was to arrange the organization of the tactics necessary to give efficacy and power to the public sentiment, and thus to bring the moral force of a great and enlightened nation to bear upon the strong holds of Aris tocratic despotism. The cry of all dishonest politicians was up ; the Tories shouted " resistance"—the Conserva tives exclaimed " no surrender"—and public plunderers of every grade shrieked out " robbery," lest the means of robbing the public should be taken away from themselves. But all this outcry is and will be weak and futile as the wailings of infants, unless dissension arises in the camp of the Reformers, and division weakens that which nothing can destroy—the British determination not to submit to any despotism. But that despotism has already an ally among us— Baines, the well-fed proprietor of the Leeds Mercury, has sounded his penny trumpet of discord, and has endea voured to call off a small section of Whigs, or rather Whiglings, from the attack to the defence of tyranny— for Baines knows that irresponsible power is the very definition of tyranny. That irresponsible power Baines defends. Let us, however, canvass his arguments. He is a clever man, as times go, and has adduced the best arguments he can in favour of the party he sustains ; in truth, he has the most powerful motives to exert all his ingenuity_ to find out reasons to justify, or at least to palliate, his desertion of the first principles of constitutional liberty. We have, therefore, in his manifesto, a fair specimen of the strongest case that can be made for the continuance of the despotic authority of the Lords, and against the agitation of the question of the abolition of that despotism just at the pre sent period. I will, therefore, take up the manifesto of Baines, and follow it, paragraph by paragraph, as long as there is any thing beyond mere verbiage to follow, and I will expose the mischievous tendency of some, the utter futility of others, the total absence of a rational argument, and the constant but .discreditable presence 9 f political cant which pervade the entire. It may not be possible to disconnect all the paragraphs the one from the other—for there sometimes runs one and the same farrago of assumption and misrepresentation through several consecutive paragraphs—but we will do the best we can. The first paragraph or exordium contains twenty-one lines„ and ends appropriately with the word " folly." 111 this . his exordium, Baines denounces division amongs t Re formers ; but this, as I will soon show, is mere hypocrisy on his part. I, however, readily admit that diVision is a bad, a very bad thing but a violation o principle is worse, and we Radicals will, I am quite sore, avoid di vision from the Whigs, unless the unhappy case should occur of an attempt to violate principle, or unfairly to prevent the working out of that principle. There is but one magic in politics, and that is always to be right; and I do think that there exists at the present moment the strongest disposition in the great body of the Radical Reformers to be right upon every political question of importance, without being swayed by passion, disgust, or prejudice. The sound and rational Radicals are destined to be the political saviours of Britain. Baines illustrates the evils of division in public parties by a short but inaccurate sketch of recent Tory history. He totally forgets that the division among the 'Tories was created by the more int e lli gen t an d gener ous portiol of that body perceiving that it was impossible much longer to resist the general impulse towards reform. It was the more manly. and forward part of the Tories that separated from the dull and the sluggish, who foolishly believed, and still believe, that the cause of rational improvement could he totally stayed. Whereas, on the contrary, those who would create division amongst the Reformers, are the laggards and the supine, who will not go on with the rationdmovement, and yet know not when or where to stop. These are the men who endeavour to sow dissension amongst It Aorm:rs. The second paragraph purports to commence the discus sion, and proves beyond controversy that 13.1:nes is a hy pocrite when he preaches against division. Mark what his first arguutent is, He states that it was I who brought forward the measure of " Reform of the lords," and that my bringing it forward was a proof of its beigg, the rmr , T qf wise, Now, this very man is one of ti ose who cant against the use of personalities, and yet his first ~ Irgurnent, on a most grave and important question, is a pure and sim plc personality, - in accusing an .ndividual habitual folly. This, to be sure, may be true ; but it is certainly personal. " kr. O'Connell is the apostle of this measure; therefore it is unwise." Such. is his 'co , ciliatory le6c!.• - I Content myself for the present with denying his inference. I admit it is not the better measure, because of my advocacy ; but I utterly deny that it is the worse ; and this at least is cer tain, that commencing with a personal attack is not the way to prevent that division which Baines affects to deprecate. But he does not rest here. He goes on to say that my proposition for a Reform of the Lords must be unwise ; be cause I brought forward the Repeal of the Union, which he is pleased, in his own conciliatory way, to call " a pre posterous blander." The wanton and most unnecessary in troduction of " the Repeal" in this manner, is not merely insulting to me alone—it is an insult to that influential body of Irish Members who, with me, voted for the Repeal ; we I are forty-three, including Tellers. Now this class of Mom bers has, Baines must admit, given considerable and liberal support to the party to which he belongs ; a sup port which was so little expected—l will say nothing of how it was formerly deserved—that Peel speculated on its being withheld as one of his inducements to accept office, and frankly said so at his great Tamworth dinner. haims, however, insults us all ; he declaims against division, and then be turns round -upon upwards of forty Members of Parliament, and says, " Gentlemcn—No division amongst us—be unanimous with us ; but, between ourselves be it said, you arc a pack of blunderers !—preposterous blun derers ! !—nay, worse than all, hist' blunderers! ! ! who disgust England and Scotland, and whose proposal of any measure is a presumption that it is the reverse of wise. But come, shake hands—let us be friends still—no division, good gentlemen, for Heaven's sake !" Such, literally, is the meaning of his second paragraph. It demonstrates how hypocritical his pretences of avoiding division amongst the Reform party was, or how wretchedly silly be himself can be, though generally, lie is a' shrewd, sensible fellow ; hut I do believe he is devoured by vanity, and that, after all, he recollects with some mortification that once. I had the: misfortune to bring down peals of laughter from the entire House upon a pompous and prosaic declamation of his, full of churchwardenincr piety on the enforcing, by new laws, the observance of the Sabbath ; I cannot other Wise account for his folly. For my part, I readily forgive him, and I abstain from noticing the concluding part of his second paragraph, in which he borrows some worn-out Tory ribaldry on the sub- jest of the " Tail"—another insult, to be sure ; but I for give him that, as well as his calumny on the " just approach- mg" comet, which he has the cruelty to ill treat', by com paring it to me and to the Repealers. But, to be serious ; as he has introduced the Repeal, and insinuated that I have abandoned that measure, I deem it but candid . to inform the British .Reformers, that I have not abandoned the pursuit of the Repeal of the Union ; it is, on - the contrary, true, and let Baines make the most of it, that I am as thoroughly convinced as ever I wag, that Ireland will never be well or honestly governed until she has a domestic legislation of her own. I, there fore, have not abandoned, I have only postponed the agi tation of that measure ; and I have postponed it for two reasons—first, to give, in the 'full spirit of candour and per fect fair play, room for the entire working out of an expe riment, of whether Ireland can have a just and beneficial Government without the Repeal of the Union. I enter into that experiment fully, heartily, actively, energetically. Should the experiment succeed—and Lord Mulgrave and Lord. Morpeth are as yet doing all they possibly can to make it succeed—if it succeed, then my judgment will prove to be wrong ; but my heart will be consoled by the pros perity of the loved land of my birth. If it fail—as fail I think it must—l will then turn round on the honest Re formers of Great Britain ; I will ,point out the sincerity with which I have made out the experiment of an imperial legislation ; I will point out the natural and unpassable obstacles to its . success. I will then be right in the judg ment of my conscience, and of all the impartial men of the I3ritish . Isles ; and with eight millions at my back, and justice in my cause, it would indeed be preposterous to doubt of success. _ _ The v second reason why I postpone " the Repeal" is, that Ireland is not as yet ripe for a simultaneous effort. 'l'i►e Orange faction is as yet frantic, fanatical, and above all, selfish. It is ready to sacrifice country and liberty to the base and factious interests of a sanguinary party. ..... , But I thank you, Baines, for introducing the " Re peal," because it enables me to ask you, whether the house of Lords be not now the most prominent and unmanageable obstacle to the good government of Ire land? The 170 despots have treated England and Scot land &icily in. the last session. They have treated them unjustly;--they have thrown out,, or retarded, _or muti lated, at their caprice, many measures of vital utility to Great Britain. But Ireland they have treated insolently —contemptuously. They scorned to argue. They ac tually kicked out every measure to ameliorate the insti tutions of Ireland. It is therefore part of my great ex .perimeut upon the Union—it is an essential part of that experiment which drove me through the North of Eng land and through Scotland, to rouse public opinion, in order to control, if possible, the Lords, and to procure that salutary reform in their House, without which Ire land must continue miserable and enslaved—the pitiful pelting form of ,every abuse—the source of expense and insecurity, and weakness, to the whole British empire. I am in my conscience convinced, that there is no mode of ultimately preventing the Repeal of the Union—nay, the separation. of these countries—but by procuring that justice for Ireland which the House of , Lords con temptuously refuse her.. Yo 4 must have a reform in the Lords—or, mark my words, " Repeal of the Union." I now proceed to the THIRD paragraph—and the more I canvass this manifesto, the more does Baines display his unfairness—his spirit of misreprc. , sentat:on—llis total want of candour. He addresses himself especially to my plan for the Re, form of the House of Lords, and he describes it thus— " It is proposed to deprive the Peers of their hereditary privileges—TO ABOLISH THE HOUSE or LORDS—and to substitute for the assembly of Barons, an elective assembly chosen by the people." Recollect, that he attributes this plan to me, whilst he knows, he well knows, that it is not my plan, or any thing like my plan. I answer—it is not proposed— perhaps it ought—but it is not proposed to abolish the House of Lords ; on :the contriffy, it is proposed to continue a -House of Lords— it is net proposed to substitute for an assembly of Barons another assembly—on the contrary, it is proposed to con tinue an assembly of Barons. It is not proposed to take away.from the Peers their hereditary privileges, or any privilege, save one—the privilege of doing wrong without responsibility and with perfect impunity—that is all—that one privilege we desire to take away, and that alone. On -the other hand, here is Baines shocked at the thought -of compelling the Peers to do right—insisting, with - all his lUngs,-on their " right divine to govern wrong." It is a sacred right ! says he, oh ! they have had it for one thousand years'.—he exclaims---it is rank blasphemy to endeavour to deprive them of it !!! About a century ago an English traveller chanced to be at the fair of Mill-street, in the county of Cork. To his surprise, as he gazed at the multitude, a well-dressed, well mounted man, armed with a large shillela, dashed amongst the people, knocked down, men, women, and children, over set the stalls of gingerbread, crushed the crockery-ware,• and did all imaginabl mischief without resistance, and with impunity. " Who," said the astonished Englishman to a peasant who was bleeding profusely from a blow of the slant, ." whol - that man that does all this mischief with idaiinnitY ?" " Who !" replied the peasant with surprise, " do you not know ? that is the great O'Leary, the chief tain of Toncir, Who has the hereditary privilege for ONE THDOSAND TEARS of ruling the fair of Mill -street, by knockini , down all parties." " But," replied the English man, " would it not be fit that O'Leary shoulA exercise his privilege with common sense?" " Common sense ! common sense l" cried the indignant vassal, " Saxon, know" —and lie knocked him down—" Know that O'Leary scorns to have common sense." This is ,just Baines's case with me. I simply ask that there should be common sense in the exercise of the pri vilege of the Lords ; Bainet does not knock me down, that would not be a prudent experiment on his part. But he does as had, safely—be calls me a blunderer,' a preposte rous blunderer, an Irish blunderer—and, moreover, a Re- Publican !! ! and he then, with a soft simper, shows that he and the Lords scorn common sense. But the people of England hnve not the same noble contempt for common sense with Baines ; it is, on the con trary, an article they are fond of. They know that a wrong is not mitigated by havin g lasted one thousand years ; on the contr ar y, length of duration only aggravates the mis chief, and makes it more imperative to put an end to it. In truth, the only question ought to be, in what manner the mischief of hereditary and irresponsible power is to be terminated. My plan is this : I propose it with due submission to the judgment of those who may differ with me upon the details — my plan is this 1 first-_j t.ike the English Peerage, and I find they amount altogether to 421 ; there are 12 Peeresses whose sons will b e Peers, total 433. The Irish Peers, the greater part of whom never saw Ireland, are 202 ; of these no less than 72 are included in the English Peerage, leaving 130 Irish Peers to be added to the 433 English, total 563 ; add for Scotland 57, not being English Peers ; the total of the existing Peers will thus amount to 620 per sons. I reckon the Irish and Scotch Peers as well as t 1 English. for they certainly should be ptit cfrl a rooting of perfect equality else the LIPI(A4 i§ a mockery to them. to Carry the lis4ll for the reform of the House of Lords, it would ho 'necessary to create a new batch of Peers and it would bo wise in that case to croato a large number, suppose 180, so as to render the success of the Bill quite certain. It would be useful in another point of view, to : have a great addition to the present Peerage;because there would be t imp wtant advantage, that the number of per sons eligible to sit in the Upper House of Parliament being so much greater, the people would have a large range fo: selection. Taking then the pre3est Peers at 6:0, and adding 180. you would have 800 Peers altogether. I propose that the House of Lords sliould in future con sist of 150 only—that these 150 should be elected by the people, out of the 800. The 800 Peers would be the sole personi eligible. The electors I propose to be the people at large. For that purpose I propose that Gre it ritain and Ire land should be divided into I.s(Nistricts, as nearly equal in point of population as possible. Each d'strict to elect o n e Peer. Every householder to be an elector, and for my part I should most anxiously desire, that the electors stiou!d have the protection of voting by ballot. It is included in my plan. It seems to me that, As the number the el s 'Lb - voe'd be limited, the Elect ors ou s ht o b as tam er ,us s possible. propose that the number of Peers should never be less than 500. Ido not propose in any way to restrict the Royal prerogative of creating Peers. The more Peers the Kinn. may create , the greater would he the op) o rt un ii y afforded' for the people of making a good choice. I propose that the legislative body of the Peers should be elected for five years ; one-fifth to go out annually, with the full capacity of being re-elected. This plan would leave the prerogative of the Crown un touched. The. King would have the power to create as - many Peers as he pleased. The only limitation would be in the - opposite sense. There should be always 500 P e ers, -there are now 620. This, then, is the summary of my plan :—Let the Ho ise of Lords for legislation be reduced to 150. There seldom attend t. so many, except for bad- purposes. Let th e se l t c ton or 150 be given in districts, which may, with the ut most facility, be framed for that purpose. My plan wou'd include household suffrage and vote by ballot. I look forward to the' enactment of triennial election or the Members of the House of Commons. The simulta neous election of that House no person proposes to disturb ; but the situation of the legislators in the Lords should, I think, be for four years—removed annually in the propor tion of one-fifth. Thus, therefore, Mr. Baines must in spite of him: elf see, that I propose a HOUSE of LORDS—and a House of no thing but Lords ; an assembly of BARONS, and nothing but Baroos. I do not alter the Constitution, as it is called, one particle. The only change I propose is within the principle and the practice of the constitution—a prin ciple twice sanctioned by legislative enactment—conse crated by two of the most important Acts of Parliament in the statute-book, and made the bond of union between the three separate kingdoms of which the empire is com posed. That principle worked out into practice is the selection of a portion of the Peerage, and their separation from the rest, for the purpose of legislation. , Thus, by the Act of Union with Scotland, the right of legislation was taken away from the Scotch Peers gene rally ; end out of about 154 Peers—which composed, as I recollect, the Scotch Peerage at the Union—only 16 were to be selected, and the right of legislation preserved to the selected 16. The rest of the Scotch Peers were placed in the self-same predicament in which my plan would place the 'English Peers beyond the 150 who are to have the power to legislate. Thus, again, by the Act of Union with Ireland, the right of legislation was taken away from the Irish Peers ge nerally, and out of about 150 Peers only twenty-eight were to be selected, and the right of legislation reserved to the selected twenty-eight. In each law of union, the principle of exclusion of the many and of selection of a few of the Peers of each country, was established and worked out, but in point of practice, was worked out with a strong and striking difference. The sixteen Scotch Peers were and are selected for. each Parliament only—each of the twenty-eight Irish Peers is selected for his life. The principle of exclusion and selection was the same in both cases—the mode of working out that principle was essentially different. Now this is precisely what is proposed—to adopt the principle of exclusion of the many and of the selection of a chosen few—the mode of that selection to lie differ(;nt. Experience has shown that the mode of selection by the Peers themselves is the very worst imaginable. Let us adopt the principle, but work it out with the improved ma chinery of popular suffrage, protected from intimidation, coercion, and corruption, by the - ballot. Shall it be said that the exclusion of several of the Peers from the right to legislate is a robbery, a spoliation of their vested rights,_their existing privileges ? To which I reply, the union with Scotland, and above all the union with Ire land ; and I take leave humbly to ask Mr. Baines, is the latter founded on spoliation and robbery ? Let him give me any fair answer to that questionond I will find in it at once, either the principle of Repeal, or the principle of Reform of the Lords. By my plan, the unelected English Peers would be pre cisely in the - Situation in which the unelected Scottish Peers have been for more than a century—in a situation identical in essence with that of the unelected Irish Peers, but in many - particulars superior. In short, the state of the un elected English Peers would be a known, a familiar " status" of the Peerageone created by mo - st important statutes, and already existing around us at every side. I propose no innovation, no material change in the Peer age. I would merely introduce into the Peerage of Eng land what has been already introduced into the Peerage of Scotland and Ireland. The only alteration I propose is in the detail of selection ; and I do think that every rational man will allow that the election by the people at large' is infinitely superior to the mode of election by the Peers themselves. Even Baines hiniseli must admit that the election by, the Peers themselves is the very worst in prin ciple and in practice that could be adopted—it would aggra vate the present evils and remedy none. Ms letter has run to such length, that I must postpone to my second that rhapsody in Baines's manifesto of decla mation, mixed with no indistinct insinuations and per sonalities, of no measured kind, against me and my motives. The subject is of too much importance to lose one moment in personal vindication. I will dwell on those topics only to show how conscious Baines must be of the want of argument to sustain the House of Lords in its present situation, when he resorts to the paltry resource of pan dering to the prejudices which many influential classes in England entertain against me, and which I will take care shall not be diminished. The truth is, that the reform in the House of Commons has placed the Lords in a predicament of more hostility to public rights, than they were in' before that measure. The Lords, at that time, acted principally through the instrumentality of their delegates in the Commons. The mode of operation by which the oligarchy ruled was by their instruments in the Lower House. But these instru ments themselves were, to a certain extent, influenced by public opinion—they were in contact and connection with the peOple—and they corrected the oligarchical selfishness, by an admixture of some popular elements inseparable froM a House of Commons. however constituted. But this is too large a topic for the close of a letter. In conclusion, let it be always recollected, that the plan which 1 announce and submit for revision and correction, whilst it oilers a security againit. despotism, by making all legislative power subject to responsibility, still builds its fa bric on the principles and upon the practice of the law and the Constitution. Our Legislature will still be composed of King, Lords,,and Commons—no innovation is proposed, save as far as every amendment innovates—no new principle - is brought forward—no new 'Practice . suggested. The de tails may,-nay, must be improved ; but neither iathe prin ciple or the practice new. We will not want to add as much as one word to our Parliamentary vocabulary. The adjunct " Representative" has long been attached to the word " Peer." A " Representative Peer" is not only a familiar expression, but it is actually a legal and technical description. There are Peers, and " Representative Peers" in Scot land—there are Peers, and " Representative Peers" in Ire land—there can - be, aye, there will be, Peers, and " Repre sentative Peers" in England. Reformers of Great Britain, I submit my plan to you— do not he deceived or apathetic. You have but done hall your work in Reforming the House of Commons. It is indeed what the Irish children call the smallest half. The reform there requires amendment, but you can have no right to expect the improvement wanted there—or the re form of the law, or any other beneficial- measure, justly or fairly treated, until you succeed in the reform of the Lords. One topic More, and I. conclude this epistle. Upon the fullest consideration, I declare my conviction of the utility of Two Chambers for legislation. In the first place there are in existence two chambers, and I would not change more than is absolutely necessary to be changed. But secondly, a second chamber diminishes exceedingly, if it do not altogether take away the danger of legislating from impulse, passion, or party. Even a second House of Commons would afford this ad vantage—a reformed House of Lords may, I think, be so ar ranged as to ho preferable. I speak of this topic because it is already held out as a ground for division. But we can not divide on this subject if we recollect, that a Reform of the House of Lords, not its abolition, is our object. A very able man—a mail of great moral courage and of most valuable energy —a man destined, in my opinion, to do much 4Ad great good if he will regulate his impulses and prefer practical utility to theoretic perfectien—l mean Mr. Roe buck—has already advocated legislation by a single cham ber. I am sorry for it, as it is one of the accidents of which the oligarchical faction will avail themselves. How ever,.the increase of obstacle is only a reason for increase of exertion. Let, thereferes - the Reformers of England, of Scotland, and of Ireland, rally for the practical measure of Reform of the Lords ; and, leaving tlieorie4 to their own demerits, let us cordially, zealously and, above a*l, p. ~.,, v eringly, set about cansttuc ing t! c machinery o: zt d ;ovum - tient, with the aid of al that it se. viceable, vallablrp and useful of the old materials. I have the honour to be, Your very obedient servant, DANIEL O'CONNELL. SECOND EDITION. SUN 0 CE, Seven o' Clock. rim LONDON GAZETTE THIS EVENING. • This Gaze:le contains the King's Pracla - naticn, 6- e ) erin3 tie Parliament to rn ton the 4th of February. Also tint Speaker's notice that a writ wilt he issued n». the vee.. r on of a Member for the Wet-tern Division of Clotwe.ter, in the .stiti of fourtr.en clays from this slate—that is. on the '23,1 instant. t PECLARATION'OF INSOLVENCY. JOSEIT YRIG01"11 ant CHA_ILES WILLIAMS, drysalters, Little Britain. BANKRUPTS. RICHARD HOLLINUDALE,groir r , Strood, Kell - , to sur renlrr Dec. 16 and January 19, at haP:-past twelve, at tl.e Court of Bankruptcy. Dods, Northumbc o _and-street, Strand ; Clark, of ficial assignee, St. Swithin's- 1 :;,,.. WILLIAM SUTT wharfingers, 'r .old 'W ILLIAM H H HF. RICARD ONY, :imes, Dec. 15 nod Jan. 19, at eleven, at th e C.,,irt et, D '7.. - Kruptcy. Pennell, cfficial assignee i Doughney, South work. ;./ 4 10,‘1A S SADD, grocer, Bungay, Suffolk, Dec. 14, at eleven, hma Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupt( y. Stevens, Wood, and Co.. Little St. Thoillas Apostle ; Goldsnmd, Ir4mnon ger-lanc;.offic:al assignee. BENJAMii , f GULDSMID LEVIEN, oilman , Bishopsgate ,treet, London, Dec. 14, at twelve, and Jan. 19, at ant., at. the Cox tof Bankruptcy. Lindo. Great Comm-street, Itr s .ell-square ; Johnson, Basinghall-strcet, official assinec. WILLIAM THOMAS, tailor, Foley-place, Great Portland street, Oxford-square, Middlcses, Dec. 16, at one, and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Phillips, Size-lane, Buck lersbury ; Johnson, official assigne, Basinghall-street.) - - SAMUEL GRAY, baker, Covent-glen, Middlesex, Dec. 15, and January 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nPll. -fficial assignee ; Constable and Kirk, Symond's Inn, Chan eery-lane. _ _ 61:011G2. LITTLE, corn dealer, Liston-grove, Middlesex, Dec. 15, at one, and January 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. E (wards, Pancras-line, official assignee ; Hill, Mark• lane. FRANCIS BISHOP and WILLIAM MILKS, Corn Mer chants, Gloucester, Dec.. 19, and Jan. 19, at nine, at the Upper George Coffee-House, Gloucester. 6, Beckett, London; Matthews, Gloucester. JOHN WEIGHT, brush manufacturer, Stavely, Derbyshire, Dec. 21, at half-past ten, and Jan. 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Triston, Nieholas-lane, Lombard-street ; Lackington, official assignee, Basinghall-street. GEORGE MAYOR and GEORGE SAMUEL DOVE, spice -merchants, Little Distaff-lane, Dec. 10, and Jan. 19, at ele ven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Chambers, Austin-friars; Graham, orlic:al assiunee, Copthall-buildings. ABRAHAM LEVEY (commonly called and known by the name of Abraham Levey Lewis), dealer in fancy goods, Ransgate, Kent, Dec. 15, and Jan. 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing hall-street. Abbott, official assignee ; Spycr, BrJad-strect-build ityr's. WILLIAM PATRICK WILLIAMS, draper, Newton Abbott. Devon, Dec. 15, and Jan. 19, at one, a' the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Belcher, official w7signee ; Comerford, Copthall court, Thremorton-street. _ . THOMAS-II ALL, lirneburner, Huiland, Derbyshire, Dec. 22, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the New Inn, Derby. Wolston,. Fur nival's Inn, London ; Massy, Derby. AUGUSTUS R ADCLIFFE and GEORGE EDWARDS, wine-morchants, Salford, Dec. 23, and Jan. 19. at two, at the Commissioner's Rco:ns, Manchester. Michael, Red Li on -s quare , London ; Booth, Marsden -street, Manchester. JAMES TULLEY, bazaar•-keeper, High Holborn, Dec. 17, at one, and, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court. of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Llovd, Cheapside. SI\IEON GOODWIN, grocer, Birmingham, Dee. 03, a t eleven, and Jan. 19, - 01 two, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Austen and - Hobson, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's Inn, London; Lefevre, Birmingham. COURSE OF EXCH." Amsterdam ............... C. P 14 7!;. Ditto, at .gla, Uotterdam 0 U l2 7,4 Antweri) l2 7 tiombur; A.B. 13 1.“4, .Italia l3 113 . l'iris, 3 days' eight 25 70 Dlto ..... .. .............. 2 Us :l6 .NGE.--(THIS DAY ) Leghorn l7ii Genoa Nlilan • ''l Venice 47 Naples , IN Palermo per oz. 121.Y4 1.1 , bon Oporto r iroi Rio Janeiro 37;s", Bahia 'Ai Buenos A yres -- Dublin, tA days' sight I% Cork ... 1,4 B ntleaUx F.ankfott Oil Maine, Ex.M 153 Petersbuigh, ruble •i Us. 10 0 7 :1 Vienna, effective ti......_' M lO 10 Trieste ditto lO 10 Madrid 17 Cadiz '57 It , lboa II .rcelona ?A;% s, ire 3'i9i f_ii tbralta r PRICE OP BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin CO 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars l7 9 New Doubloons New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 LONDON MARKETS-THIS DAY.. FroM the New London Price Current. SUGAR. —There was little business done in NV.2st India Nluscovades last week ; the sales did not exceed 2.,000 hhds. and trs. ; the market closed very firmly. The ',toot.: of \Vest India Sugar is now 29,054 hhds. and trs., being- 14,416 less than last year. The stock of Mauritius is now 43,841 bags, which is 17,841 less than last year. The delivery of West India last week was 2,436 hhds. and trs. s which is 680 less than last year. The delivery of Maur'drus is 3,762 bags, being 1,541 more than the correspondir,g week of 1634. This day a further rise was ,exr,cted, on account of the favourable state of the Refined . ;Market, and the favourable accounts from all quarfers respe . aing Sugar ; the consequence: was, the holders have again Iteen asking higher prices, awl what sold went ofi at the extreme prices of last week ; the purchases aro. 800 hhds. and trs., including the public sPie of Barbadoes, consisting 01 103 hhds., which sold at full ?rites, 645. Gd. to 665. Gd. ; the advance generally deman J ed this forenoon was fid. to Is. per cwt. ; they are certainV getting higher prices than on Friday. The Refined Mari„et was very firm all lest week, fine Crushed 4ls. ; irce bay ers a'. that rat% but few sellers. The Market is generally better rud hiOle: afientooa Lumps to pass tht: standard 835.; tl!e deman3 is more general and extensive. MAtutmus..—There were no public sales last week, and very fen purchases by private contract. EAST INDlA. —There were no pu'alic or private purchases in East India Sugars last week wr,rth reporting. Foatte.N.—ln consequence of the accounts from the Ha vannah and Brazil of a considerable advance in the prices, all the leading houses ordered their Foreign Sugars to be with drawn from the Market for higher rates, and would not accept any offers near the present prices. Average price of Sugar 1/. 18a. 7i-d. per cwt. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.-Tirre arc no sales of We3t India Molasses to report ; the late advance is fully maintained ; there are now few left in first hands ; the present stock is about one half ef what it was at this %eason last year. This evening; :parcel of Demerara at 30F. The total deliveries of Vest ! India Melasses from the warehouses for the week ending sth Dec. amount to 3,625 cwt. Co'rrEE.—The 1 - ..arket for British Plantation Coffee re. mained in a ve'y depressed state last week ; the clean de scriptions of Jamaica are very scarce, and must be quoted 2s. to 3s. higher, but the quantity offered at public sales consisted entirely of ord. and unclean, the great proportion of which was taken in, the remaindrr sold at very low prices. In Fo reign or East India the market wai dull, but there was no alteration in prices. There is no alteration in Coffee this afternoon ; Ceylon nominally 58s. The total deliveries of Coffee from the warehouses for the week ending sth Decem ber arc 165,5181b5. of West India, and 102,5301b5. of East India. Cocoa. -'f total deliverses of West In lit? Co :3a from the warehouses for the week ending sth December are 9,68° Ihs. Rom,. BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—There ha; been a gre deal of business done in Jamaica Rums at gradually advancit yrices, it is now ,considerably higher in proportion than ward Island Rum ; the latter will in consequence no-"' l Y attract more attention, there being little Jamaica. Silt in first hands ; the rise in the prices of Jamaica Rum lady has been from th'e lowest point of the market about 64 per gallon. v.hilst Leeward; have not improved 13. p r gallon. In Brandy the the transactions are very extensivd,chiefiv the best marks of Cognac and also Bordeax, the bes.tmarks of the for mer 3s. Bd. to 3s. MI, which a few weeks ago might have been purchased at 33. 23. In Geneva there is no alteration The speculation in Brandy is entnely confined to the three best marks, by eminent French noises ; the rise in Coptic is as we have stated, about - 64.. per gallon, and BJurdeaux 2d. per gallon. t TALLow. —We were perfectly right respecting the vessels in the Baltic, ;hey will not get away in any numbers this year, the dates hes:o4 to the 22d ult., aid the frost very severe, but they_wilpse ready to start early in the spring, and 40,000 casks may be,.expeeted On tnc opening of the m.vigation. The Tal -1 mkrket here has improved about 25., the 1) ice on 'Change ycste'day being 445. to 445. 3d., - the sales are very consider able; the demand by the trade being e xtensive, as is usual at this season of the year, and the manufacturers being out of the.r usual stocks. Hors.—The prices have advanced 4s. per cwt. since this Oay week. Oms.—ln the Oil market 'there is no alteration, the busi ness doing is very limited; sales of Southern at 401. a 42/. Tenneco.—A cargo of Kentucky has been sold at Sid.. to 6d. ' 'SALTPETRE.— There is more enquiry after Saltpetre, arising from its being at a low price, and being more susceptible of a isudden mai great rise than any other a:ticic, in case hostilities shock' take place; the pr;ces are rather higher. COTTON. —The Cotton Market remains in a very depressed: s!lte ; there are no sales worth reporting; the prices are rather . blither. EYE SNUFF.—At this cold and damp season when exposure to the atmosphere is almost certain to be frAlowed by head-ache, inflammation of the eyes, or other chronic - affection, we know of no preparation which we could more .strongly recommend to the public than Gri'nstone's cele brated Eye Snuff. Its wonderful effi cac y i n prese rving the i sight, or restoringits functions when imp%ired by infirmity, disease or long study, bus beer, univemdly admitted, and , . at theprei,;ent season, its value must be c onsiderably en hanced, from its well-known salutary efforts in relieving the head and its organs, in .11 nervous and inflammatory attacks, occasioned by cold; 4Atup, or fogs L ifts) I T ' b . ' 4/ . Or/%:* z. 4 ..; ''' 14 S." - : >!l;i i li '. • Li , l rY+V,,:53',Pz o- 4,f l p. .?, i-4._ 44 ~ r7A1 1..r ' , 4 ~_ _._