The Sun. — London, England, 1835-08-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Political affairs are evidently approaching a crisis. Is the country to give way and allow the Lords to do as they like, to govern in spite of the Commons, as before the Reform Bill they governed through the un due influence they possessed in the Commons ? This is the question to which the people of this country must soon be prepared to give a serious answer. 0 / e know that. by the constitution of this con. itry the Up per House of Parliament forms a distinct and inde pendent branch of the Legislature ; but when a practical question of the ki n d which is now before us occurs, we cannot but ask ourselves—why is the House of Lords brought into this opposition with the popular branch of the Legislature, and whence is the overwhelming Tory majority derived 1 When 'ive consider the large creations of Tory •Peers—(and the House is half filled with Tory creations since l i the accession of George the Third)—when we re flect on the constant and united hostility of nearly the whole Bench of Bishops to all measures of a popular and reforming character, we see created and arrayed together a compact and powerful body, permanently hostile to the progress of public im provement. It is not the old Peers nor the greatest possessors of the soil of the country that are con stantly opposed to the people's rights. These men, the Howards, and the Russells, and the Cavendishes, and the like, are not opposed to a reforming policy. The Dukes of Sutherland, of Cleveland, of Devon shire, of Bedford, and of Norfolk, the Marquesses of Westminster and Lansdowne, Earls Carlisle and Fitz william, and a number of other Peers, who have really a large stake in the country to back their exalted titles, these Noble Peers have property of their own to live upon. They are not obliged to bolster up a corrupt and rotten system in order that by means of the undue influence which close corporations or close boroughs may confer upon them, they may filch some thing for their own support, and share the plunder of the public purse among their retainers and dependents. A few wealthy Peers may, indeed, be found among the Tory majority, but the mass is made up of the new, the poor, the pensioned, and the spiritual Peers. The latter may be supposed to act from the spirit of priestcraft, which, in all religions, has ever been opposed in principle to all that im proves, enlightens, and dignifies humanity in every age, clime, and community. The bishops, therefore, only follow their usual vocation in opposing measures which tend to make people think and act for them selves. Why, only think if it should happen that the people should fancy that they could do without titled priests, and that men might worship the Great Author of their being, and fulfil the injunctions of Christianity and the duties of citizens, without calling in the assist ance of Very Reverend Doctors of Divinity, or Most Reverend and Right Reverend Fathers in God. Cer tainly, the idea is horrid ; but there is nothing like keeping a people in ignorance and slavery ; there is no knowing how far education and freedom may carry them. But however this may be at present, it is noto rious that WE PAY—we, the people of England, pay about twenty titled priests large wages, as Christian Bishops, to go down to the House of Lords in their carriages and lawn sleeves, and vote against the measures which the public voice de mands, and which a liberal Government was pre pared to concede to public justice and public expe diency. But are bishops the only persons that we pay to oppose our interests ? Look at the number of titled paupers that sit in the Upper House, and de rive importance and influence from the means which we furnish them to thwart our views, and trample upon us and those who support our cause. Look at Lord Ellenborough (and he may serve as a sample), with his twelve thousand pounds a-year from a sinecure office, in other words, whom we furnish with " meat, drink, clothing, lodging, and washing," and this at a rate which would support 300 families at 15s. per week each (and we only wish that every poor family in the kingdom had that sum), and for what do we make this enormous outlay? Why, in order to enable my Lord Ellenborough to ride down Parliament-street in his carriage, and swell the list of Tory majorities against the people's rights. Look at the list of Tory Peers in receipt of pay and of pensions, holding sinecures of one kind or another in Church and in State, and see how large are the sums subtracted from our pockets to maintain a luxurious race of State paupers, who in return profess to despise us, and take every occasion to vote against our interests. Surely this ought to be looked into—surely we have a right, as well as his Grace of Newcastle, " to do as we will with our own ;" and when Colonel Berkeley —(we beg his pardon) Lord Segrave—talks about the " independence of the House," it is right to see whether it is independent or not in any proper sense of the word. However, the " total of the whole" is this, that either the Reform Act must be repealed, and we must again quietly place our necks under the feet of the oligarchy which we overthrew, or we must have some kind of " reform" in their Lordships' house. It is no use shrinking from the subject, the Tory Peers only take advantage of our reluctance and patient for bearance to strengthen their position, and place stronger and stronger barriers in the way of improvement. Lord Grey lost himself in the vain endeavour to conciliate and soothe them. Lord Melbourne is harrassed, thwarted, and impeded in every measure which would benefit the public by their selfish and factious oppo sition. How long is this state of things to continue ? How long will this mockery of legislation be suffered to insult the people and endanger the peace, and secu rity of the empire ?—illorning Chronicle. We have never happened to see a more amusing , specimen of " going the whole hog" than the Minis terial prints have furnished in their eulogiums upon the budget speech of Mr. S. Rice. One calls it " able and lucid ;" another declares that it was " completely satisfactory," and that it " elicited unqualified appro bation from the most opposite parties ;" a third de scribes it as " most able ;" while a fourth says it was a speech of " distinguished ability." This may be mere stupidity, and in charity we will suppose it is ; but undoubtedly the character given of the speech is, from whatever cause, the falsest that the most perverted ingenuity, or the paltriest sycophancy, could have devised. The plain fact of tho case is, that Mr. S. Rice might have said all that a reasonable man would have thought of saying about such a budget in a quarter of an hour at tl,! most : and the smallest par ticle of good taste would have led him to imitate the example of Mr. Canning, when placed in a similar con dition, instead of consuming two hours and a quarter in talking about matters which had no relevance to the question before the House, and the only effect of which, whatever may have been the object, was to demonstrate how very shallow a person the Chancellor of the Ex chequer is. Let us run through the speech and see if this be not the truth, in spite of what the clacqueurs in the Ministerial prints may say to the contrary. Mr. S. Rice began by detailing the amount of the reduction of taxes since the peace. We stated on Saturday, and we repeat now, that one of the most common Par liamentary papers, continued, on the motion of Mr. Hume, up to a very recent period, has made every smatterer in financial affairs perfectly well acquaintef e l with what Mr. Rice thought it necessary to - recite with so much parade. The finance accoeonts show the reductions effected in the estimates for the same period ; but these, too, the Chancelior of the Exche quer unmercifully inflicted at length upon his yawning hearers. Nor did even this satisfy the Right Hon. Gentleman. The quarterly accounts for the year and the balanze-sheets were 'read with painful minuteness, and when the conclueion of that operation opened a prospect that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was about to be good enough to come to the point, the horizon was again clouded with darkness " that might be felt ;" for a long and heavy comparison between Lord Al thorp's estimates and the actual receipts, even to the uttermost farthing, succeeded. Mr. S. Rice at length told the House that he calculated the revenue of the ensuing year at 45,550,000/., and the expenditure at 44,715,000/. ; so that, if there were any truth in sub traction, his surplus would be 835,000/. Instead, how ever, of telling Members the only other fact they cared two straws about ascertaining—namely, what he in tended to do with his surplus—another " thick in the clear" threw his hearers back upon the benches in de spair. The interval between the communication of the amount of surplus and of how much of it was to be disposed of, and in what manner, was filled up with an overwhelming quantity of oppressively heavy mate rials. Among these figured the West India loan, about which he repeated all he had ever said before and without adding anything new. Then came a mi nutely microscopic detail of the grounds of his esti mates, which proved, not only that he had not rec koned upon too large a revenue from given articles, but that estimates are much too low. e merely state this fact : we by no ll iee ne ("01111)14in t4f .k_eeti Chancellor of tin; Exchequer citing on the side of caution. A very IMd ridet is quite right to get him self tied to the saddle, and to keep always half R. utitt from the bank, must be ad m itt e d to ti'd among the surest means of guarding against tumbling into the river. To these proofs that he had not calculated the revenue for the ensuing year too sanguinely, the Right Hon. Gentleman added a volunteer defence of the principle that reduction of duty tioes not always pro duce a corresponding diminution of revenue ; but that on the contrary, increased consumption in consequence of reduction of the duty frequently brings a larger return to the treasury. Mr. S. Rice was even so obliging as to illustrate this doctrine by stating the effect of the reduc tions of the duty on oils, tea, cum rants, &c., madeby Lord Althorp. Now, however novel this doctrine may be to the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, we beg to assure him that it has for many years past been looked upon as a truism; and if his financial tether had been any longer than the tail of Lord Althorp's coat, he would have known that the whole history of taxation would have illustrated it, even if his predecessor had not taken off the duty on oils, &c. Mr. S. Rice will, perhaps, shortly have a little time on his hands, and we earnestly recommend him to employ part of it in a perusal of the fourth report of the Finance Committee. He will find in that, accounts which demonstrate that if the reduction of taxes which took effect after 1823, had diminished the revenue in the proportion which the taxes reduced bore to the produce of that year, the abate ment of revenue in 1827, as compared with 1823, would have been 9,182,5711., and that it proved to be only 3,308,3161., the difference of 5,874,2551. being the increase of revenue from increased consumption. Further, now that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has discovered this principle of finance, it would be as well if he were to try the application of it on rather a larger scale than he has ventured upon in his operation with re gard to flint glass ; for if it be true, as we fear it is, that no very large sum can now be saved by economy and retrenchment, the burdens of the country can be lightened, its commerce extended, and its comforts in creased, by no other means than the substitution of duties for revenue in the stead of prohibitory and pro tective duties. For the rest of this speech of " dis tinguished ability," it consisted chiefly of details rela tive to the consumption of certain articles of customs and excise, with the view of showing that the country was in a very flourishing condition. That we may not prove as tiresome as Mr. Rice himself, we defer our notice of these till another opportunity ; and so, too, for the present, we pass by the shocking instance of in gratitude exhibited by that Poor Law Commissioner, who, regarded by Mr. Rice with the " greatest affec tion," has requited the Right Hon. Gentleman's love by humbugging him into a belief that the Poor Law Act will be better for the agriculturists than " any remission of taxes," and that one-half of the poor-rates may be reduced without such a destruction of life and property as would shock even a professor of political economy. 'We don't know who this Poor Law Commissioner may happen to be, but we know that there is one called Gul-stone, and we find that there is also one who ought to be called Gul-rice. These were the chief of the other kill-time topics which the Chancellor of the Exchequer pressed into his service on Friday, they were not the only topics of that nature. The Right Hon. Gentleman favoured the House with a disserta tion upon another recognised principle of finance, which, however new to him, happens, like that we have noticed above, to be one of the oldest on record, —we allude to the reduction of the debt by the conver sion of portions of it into terminable annuities, which has been urged by almost every writer upon the sub ject in modern times, from Price down to Parnell. We have no doubt, that when the Chancellor of the Ex chequer " regretted that, during the war, Government had not contracted the debt in Long Annuities," he was endeavouring to repeat from memory the follow ing passage of Sir H. Parnell :—" If all the loans which have been raised since the beginning of the war in 1739 had been borrowed in annuities for 99 years, in eight years from this time the extinction of them would commence, and in 84 years the whole debt in curred up to 1815 would be extinguished. More need not be said to prove the expediency of borrowing in ter minable annuities." For fear, however, that this princi ple should mislead Mr. S. Rice into any dangerous m Tee)r ries,we beg leave to remind him and his authority that there was this little difficulty in the way of the Government " contracting the debt in Long Annuities during the war"--Lit would have required a very much larger present charge, and this Mr. S. Rice should have had the candour to mention, as it is clear he has discovered that fact ; for, if not, how has it happened, that, tak ing credit to himself for making part of his West In dian loan in Long Annuities, that part bears so insig nificant a proportion to the gross sum ? Shall we search further into this speech for evidence of the " distin guished ability," &c., which the parasites or the blockheads of the Ministerial press talk about ? It would be in vain ; and we think we have given proof enough that our original estimate of Mr. S. Rice's oration was correct. It would be unfair, however, if we neglected to state, that there was one notion pro pounded in the speech for which the Chancellor of the Exchequer claimed the merit of " originality." No doubt it will be considered exceedingly important, • and we strongly suspect that it is by means of it, and of it alone, that the " distinguished ability" of the speech is to be made manifest. Not to keep our readers in suspense, know all men that it is the Right Hon. Gentleman's conjecture respecting the reason of the falling off in the consumption of soft-soap, and his conjecture, we assure the public, was delivered by the Right Hon. Gentleman with an air of vast tri umph, which said "plaudite" as plainly as his tongue could have said it. The conjecture was, that the " re duction in the consumption of soft-soap is to be attri buted to the substitution of cheaper oils for this article in many of our manufactures." We are very much in clined to concur with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in this opinion, but as the duty on oils had been re duced, and as inferior oil is the chief ingredient in the manufacture of that delectable compound called soft soap, we do not think that the " conjecture" of Mr. Rice can have cost him much wear and tear of intel lect. However, to use his own words, " This is only a conjecture of ours." May there not have been a mortality amongst the bugs ? We think the solution of this important point would furnish a good excils e for another commission of inquiry. Perhaps we eught to apologize to our readers for bestowing tl`j,s second no tice on this budget speech. The faf v i s , that we should not have reverted to it had . - we not seen the foolish or dishonest attempts tq puff it off as a masterpiece.— Times. The, 'nuagct of Mr. Spring Rice, as opened on Iriday night, beats the celebrated tile and taxed-cart budget of Lord Althorp hollow. It does not even hold forth so much semblance of relief to the suffering agricultural interests as the Spencerian budget did, by the Emancipation of shepherds' dogs from the fiscal grasp of the Exchequer. The speech with which this budget was introduced was as long as the relief which it proposed was small and insignificant. Mr. Spring Rice, as a Finance Minister, understands the cabalistic use of numbers as well as any mystificator of vulgar arithmetic that has preceded him. He strings Par liamentary Returns together in a way which covers a great deal of space, and a very little common sense, with a most formidable I display of figures. When one comes to the nucleus of his budget, if one can arrive at it, through such an envelopement of extraneous calculation, it reminds the fortunate finder of Dr. Johnson's illustration of " a guinea wra.c:p eel up in a woolsack," only that the guinea itself is but a counterfeit, for the promised relief to the coun try is any thing but real. Mr. Spring Rice corn men.ces his financial narrative ab ovo—lre begins with the peace, and consequently traverses the same ground that has so frequently been gone over by former Chan., cellors of the Exchequer. He repeats all that every body knew, who knew any thing of the several itews THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1835. of reduction of taxation since the war. He seems to astonish himself with the largeness of the amount ; but he forgets to make any allusion to the effect of Peel's Currency Bill, in adding to the amount of taxa tion since 1819, though to state that addition at twenty millions of annual increase of , we believe, be • - amou nt; 1 0 f mould,tioontl the real MIMI creased value of taxation by the rllailge ill the cur , rchey I.!e deatiZted from the sum actually reduced, it will diminish the result of Mr. Ric.:'s enlclilLion very considerably. But this distiil6.ilished professor of the red -tar. st!'.66l of finance found it expedient to look to only one side of the question, though by so doing he made out a much more favourabl e cause for the 'Derry Government with regard to the remission of taxation, than if he had been a more accurate historian of finan tial operations. When Mr. Rice speaks in laudatory terms of the reduction of taxes made by the Whig Ministers. he also omitted to mention the large addition which they have made to the floating or unfunded debt. Here, again, he was but the historian of one side of the narrative. He praises the effects of cheapening. ardent spirits, although Lord Morpeth,th e S ecre t ar y f o r Ireland, attributed to " cheap whisky" the faction-fights, the riots, and bloodshed, with which Ireland is disgraced and barbarized. This may give the public some no tion of what connection Mr. Spring Rice thinks ought to subsist between financial operations and public ility. He adopts Vespasian's maxim—that gold hrought into.the Exchequer from the foulest sources, smells as sweet as from the purest. With equally sound views of political economy, ho refers the im poverished farmers to the Poor Law Bill, as the anchor of their hope. It provides them, at all events, the tender mercies of the workhouse, when they can struggle with their difficulties no longer. The whole of his proposed relief consists in a reduction of the duty upon glass, a cheapening of spirit licenses, and a reduction of the stamp duty upon Irish awards I Great must be the gratitude of the country for such an extent of relief, though a large drawback of the general joy exists, as far as the " cheap knowledge" gentry are concerned, by the " taxes on knowledge," as they pedantically call the newspaper duties, being retained. The " knowledge" which the mass of the population want, is to know how to get employment and adequate wages. The farmers must continue to struggle with ruinously low prices and high taxation as well as they can, notwithstanding the wonderful " prosperity of the nation." Indeed Mr. Spring Rice seems to have displayed as much keen-sighted sagacity, in discovering the proofs of national prosperity, as the celebrated financier who earned for himself the soubri quet of " Prosperity Robinson." Why this state of prosperity does not allow the alleviation of the burdens • of the British farmer we cannot conceive. We are equally at a loss to discover why it does not allow to other classes the relief which would follow the repeal of the window -tax, a war tax, still levied in the twen tieth year of peace ! Alas ! the prosperity is a pros perity which, after all, brings with it no surplus ! Nor can the sagacious Chancellor of the Exchequer tell when it will. He could as soon discover the phi losopher's stone.--Morning Herald. Much blustering indignation has been of late ex pressed by Lords Brougham and Melbourne respect ing what they term " the attacks made upon the Cor poration Commissioners" on the Opposition side of the House. The obvious design of this is to blind the public to the real bearing of the charge of unfair and factious conduct brought, not in fact, against the Commissioners, but against the Government which selected them and authorized their pro ceedings. Instances were proved at the bar in which much valuable evidence, bearing directly upon the matters inquired into, had been altogether sup pressed by the Commissioners, and in which specific charges against Corporations, or individual mem bers of them, had been carefully set forth, and heightened by the comments of the Commis sioners, while no notice whatever had been taken of facts proved, or offered to be proved, on the other side, in refutation of those charges. Was it just or reasonable that no means should be taken to dis abuse the public mind from false impressions thus attempted to be made upon it ? It is, indeed, no ground of charge against the Com missioners that the Ministers should have culled for their purpose, from the political debating societies ' of London, persons well known there for their violently republican and revolutionary opinions, and but little or not at all known in the profession to which they osten sibly belong. But for Sutton Coldfield the worthy Commissioner " of that ilk" would never have been heard of beyond his clique, and his learned colleague at Leicester might, but for the discrimination of the Mi nisters, have attained no other fame than that conferred upon him by Mr. Cobbett in the soubriquet of Roaring Rushton." The state of the case is really this :—The opponents of the Corporation Bill affirm that the Ministers, designing to extend and esta blish their own power, by throwing a great additional weight into the democratic scale, issued the Commis sion for the purpose of getting up a case against the Corporations ; that the Commissioners in general acted in pursuance of the mission upon which they • were sent, and framed their Report accordingly ; and that the Bill now before Parliament is founded upon the Report, and must, therefore, as surely as like causes produce like effects, work injustice to indivi duals and mischief to the State. The answer of the Ministers is in effect that, as to the Report, to assert that the Commissioners recorded all the evil which they could collect respecting the Corporations, and none of the good, is to abuse the Commissioners, who are not present to defend themselves, and so forth ; and that, as to the Bill, it is not founded upon the Re 7 port. " Mark now how a plain tale shall put you down." By the very terms of the Commission (to say nothing of other instructions, which the Commissioners must have received) the Commissioners were directed " to proceed with the utmost despatch to collect infor mation respecting the dflects in the constitution of the • Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, so as to enable Parliament, if possible, to legislate upon • this subject early in the next Session." What lan guage could more clearly evince the desire of the Go vernment to gather up every thin , that anybody might have to say against the Corporations ; what could more deeply stamp on the Commission the cha racter ascribed to it by Sir James Scarlett, in his me morable opinion :—" A roving Commission to inquire for grievances, and to compel answers, even in cases where the Crown can visit by Commissioners, much more in cases where it cannot, is clearly contrary to law ?" The Government, by its own act, fixed upon the Commissioners the character (as Lord Lyndhurst ex pressed it), of " the paid accusers of the Corporations ;" the Commissioners have but laboured in their vocation, and, truly, " the labourer is worthy of his hire." With respect to the assertion that the Bill is not founded upon the Report, one at least of these two proposi tions must hold good—if the Ministers are acting in conformity with the purpose expressed in the Commis sion, namely, of legislating upon the information to he collected by the Commissioners, the assertion is false—if the assertion is true, the Commission was a fraud upon public opinion. —Morning Post. CORONER'S INQUEST. -SINGULAR AND FATAL A CCIDEN T. —On Thursday an Inquest was held at Charing-cross Hospital, before Mr. Higgs, on view of the body of T. Sum. ner, aged 48, who was killed under the following distressing circumstances:—Henry Elms, police-constable C, 166, de posed, that about two o'clock on Monday morning he was on duty in the Haymarket, when he saw one of the cabs stationed near the Opera-house start off at a rapid rate towards Cock pur-street, and immediately afterwards saw some person fall from the dickey into the street. Witness ran to the spot, and found a lad lying partly insensible from the fall. The cab proceeded on at a rapid rate. The youth, Sharp, recovered in a short time, having fortunately escaped with some bruises, Police constable Thomas Cole, C, No. 79, deposed that he ,bserved a cab come from the direction of the Haymarket. It vas going at a furious rate, 04 reaching near the United servlce Club-house, a man fell out on his head. The cab 'ontinued i4 1 :,;;;;Irse. Witness picked the man up. He was insensible, and bleeding from the head. A conveyance was obtained, and he was taken to the Hospital. Joseph Sharp, a youth about sixteen, deposed, that deceased was a cab pro prietor, and was on the stand in the Haymarket between two and three o'clock on Monday morning, when he requested witness to sit in the dickey of the cab, whilst he (deceased) had a sleep, and mind the horse ; but witness also fell asleep, and the horse starting off could not be stopped, as the reins were across his back. Witness fell out, and was picked up by the policeman. Mr. Cood, the house-surgeon of the Hospital, stated that the deceased's death was caused by a severe frac ture of the s k u ll. V er di ct— A cc id en t a l death. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, PAIDAY, AUGUST 14. Number Dividend ' Price CANALS. of rcr per .. - .... , 46 . a nnum. raid. bnare. 1,710 (11 per cent Aglilnit 5,44 ri,iliam.;,Averaten7L r: i ,t): 11 9 )41 t 10: .?litit ywo: ..tioh :: . ...Int,totto 1 , 1. mi: 01, 1 13 , %9 .9,1::: ii1.4111g1,1,,,e , - •-,. ..• • - I( sh. 5 1,03 ... Y.,, r c,lkii.4 and Aheigai!cntly 159 . sh. Pa 4;9015h. 121. 10s. 11d•rniniTti - I,il slime... -• • l7l. 10 . . 24 9 411.1.•1 ... . . t ~, I,IIT 4p • 1ay,wp961,,11111p,t::::1144. all. all NI Li A.:::.,:... Btl gesta 6r and l'alinton :amyl: Sil. 01 Ott 6; • !I. Che :tier and 131ackwater lO9/. Sh. iO2 - - - 503 42!. Coventry 'ool. sh. 4,546 Croydon - Average 31/. 2s 10d. sh. ' 2 , 0 31 3/. 10s. Dudley lO 1. sh. 74 60 61, 11d111 •• - • • • •1 •• 'Tt!t. ;11. 1'29 319711 - • •••• tilesrilere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 69 01 43 . V'rewash • • 0 'l. sh. 485 1,24 ~t,it. Fdrili and Clyde ..n...Average 4001. 16s, sh. MC 11,50.1 Pl. Grand Junetioti . ...int—um:llo4l I. 0 2 4 ?,8491 G ra nd Union • ro/. sh. a 1,5 1 120,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 73 3,0151 .... f 1.•I Grand Western • ••..u.,... 10 1. sh. all pci 21 41 00 131..1•.. ed. (clam tgrinsti ire. AVerafle east 1/2/. las, 41. 280 1,969 Gloucester and Berkley ..... ..„ .. ..,„,htoi. 211. 114 • 719 Ios. Grantham 1501. sh. 262 6.233 1/. lOs lindderstit Id .... ..... .Average 571. 6s. ltd. sh. 34 103 Kensingtun 1i,333 1/. Kennet and Avon, Average 301. 81. 1011. sh. , 20i 2,897 i 2111. Leeds and Liverpool ,......1121. sn. pri 515 124 Leicester IV/ sh. 148 907 41. Leicester and Notth:impton...Aver. 63/. :Os. SO 550 51. per cent. Liskeard and I.ooe Union 9 5/. sh..4:lpd 2.1 70 14-U. Loughborough Average 1421. los. sh. 1,520 2,409 W. Mourn ,uthsliire lOO/. sh. 181 1 25') 01. Melton Mowbray 1001 sh. 190 . . ..,... —.. SCO 9.J. Mersey and lrwell IOW, sh. 560 3,000 Macclesfield MU sh all pd. 50 '247 151. Neath' lOC/. sh !Oil_ ... :::,:. Nene Navigation Bonds ...It W. sr). 1001. pd. 100 1 ,7841 . M. Oxford 10,4. sh. 1)10 522 21. Oak ham 130/. sh. 38 2,400 41. Peak Forest Average about 781. sh. 11 1 6 21,418 I4s. Regent's (or L.,iidon) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 154 5,6'19 51. per cent. Rochdale Average b5l. sh. 141 500 Bi, Shropshire I:15/. sh. 140 SOO 104 Somerset Coal l5O/, sh. 163 43,1'. 0/. 64 per cent Ditto Lock F..nd Stock l2/. !Os. sh. ae .. 700 364 Stattbrd and Worcester 1 4 ,1 sh. 690 500 11l Shrewsbury 1251 sh. 242 4 300 8/. Stourbridge 3,647 1/. 10s. Stratlord-on-Av II ...Average 791. 9s. 6d. sh. I'4 533 131. Swansea 100/. sh. 206 3,702 IL Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av. 351. sh. 2, 611 isti. ! - 121. 10s. Trent 1110 Mersey, 4 share 11XV. Ali. 625 8,14 , 1 .... ..... Thames and Medway... Aver. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2 1 ' °°° l 15/ Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh. 280 1,01.1015 h. 980 ' 1 1 2... Warwick and Naptnn lOOl. sh. 218 6,000 ' 31. lOs Worcester and Birminghana...A v. 784.8 i. sh 86 20,003 . ss. Wilts and Berhs .. Average 161. 17s. Bd. 6h . b 900 61, Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 II N ... ... Wisbetch „' lO3/. sh. 45 903 11 Wey aryl Arun llOl. sh. 224 DOCKS. 2,600 & I3n c. Commercial 100/. sh. CO 1,065j5h • ' 193,667:1. :1,238 2 3 t 0!. 21. 55. p. ct. London Stock 57 Ditto Bonds lO3 1,380,0031. Si. per et. West India Stock 05 2,.'0 I 3/. tis. 4d. Bristol Average 14;/. Ins. sh. 63,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notts, various amounts ll6 1,352,7:i2 3p r c,nt. St. Katharine Stock 70 500,003 4i per cent. Ditto Bonds lOll 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lO2 Shoreham Harbour 257{ BRIDGES. ~6XI 11. Hammersmith 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. h3l. 2s. Bd. sh. .21 1,700 IL 153. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. sh. 15 5,000 5,000 11. 2s. Ditto, Old Annuities of 84 . ... 6Ol. pd 25 5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 401. pd 22 r , 0,000/. W. per cent. Vitt° Bonds llB 6,000 14 Vauxhall Average 704 10s. 3d. sh. 221 ASSURANCE COMPA,NIES. 2,000 3/ lOs Albion MO/. sh. 50/. pd 761 50,000 15 and cses.nt.} Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 10/. pd 111 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. Si. pd 4 24,000 F. per sh. Atlas 1,200 fah. 41. Birmingham Fire 7501. sh. 551. pd 105 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 2501 sh. 501. pd 40 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 50/. ,h. 51. pd 6 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medical, &a. Life...loo/. sh. 2110 s pd 31 4,000 2/ 105 County 1001. sh. 101. pd 42 6,000 ss. Eagle 504 sh. 51. pd 51 200 [ 5 P er Cent } Economic Life lOOOl. sh. 2501. pd 315 Land 30/ bs. 2,271 51/. per cent. European Lite M. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 'ol. sh. 2/. pd li 1,000,0001. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 153 I/ 20,000 1. Guardian 1001. sh. 20/. pd 35 Fire 5 ct 40,000 [ P 1 Hope Life 8p ct 501 sh. 51. pd 81 2,400 51. 7s. tkl. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 117 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd ii 5/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 1001. sh. 81. pd 12 2,020 31 108 Keat Fire 50/. sh. all pd 92 10, , '01 166. Law Life 100/. sh. 101, pd 26 3,900 • 11. London, Fire 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 230 31,000 11. Londeii, Ship 251. sh. 1.:/. 10s. pd 23-1 30,0,10 U. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2/. pd 216 s od 259,001 Is. 61. Proteutor Fite 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 1173 Od Gl it 11. Provident Life l OO/. sh. 11.'1. pd 10i 1 , ss. Rock Life 20/. sh. 21. pd 5/ los. 689,220 a • 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Sto,k... 185 Sun 2lO 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd 212 s 6d JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 Auqtrala.ia 4O/. sh. 2CI. pd 321 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham s' 1. sh. 101. pd 121 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank ... 501. sh. 51. pd 12 18,000 2 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 151. pd 12 3,000 25,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/. sh. 101. I.d 15 20,000 7 per cent. Provincial Bank of I reland 100/. sh. 25/ pd 10,000 National Provincial Eng. 1004 sh. 25/. pd 47 10,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 11 6,000 ... ..... _..._ 501. sh. 54 pd Bao _ . GAS LIGI-11 . AND LUKE COMPANIES. 2,500 11 12s Bath 2Ol sh. 161. pd 26 5,000 61. per cent. British 4Ol. sh. 16/. pd 23 woo [5/..percbent./ Ditto Provincial Laud 11'. ss. 20/. sh. 19/. pd 24 814 5/ lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 100 4,2",0 21 Os Bristol 1,500 Brighton 7Z - 41 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. la. pd 2,471 5 per rent. Brighton General 201. sh. all pd 19 4,000 3/. Continental Consolidated lOOl. 51;4 pd 76 1,000 10/. City of London IOW sh. all pd 192; I,' 00 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 41. Equitable 351. pd 20 0 ,090 N. per cent. East London 5/. sh. 41. pd 10,100 51. per cent. Imperial SW sh. 43; 900 5/. per cent. Isle of l'hanet 251. sh. 20/. pd 20 2 ,35 61. per cent. !ndependent 3O/. sh. all pd 50 140• , 0 U. per cent. Phrenix 50/. sh. 391. pd 24; 1 ,000 41. per cent. Hateliff 1001. sh. (All. pd 69pm. 4,01.'0 South Metropolitan 5:l. sh. 13/. pd 6,200 5/. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 441. pd 37 240 51. per cent. Warwick 5 , 4. sh. 50 4 1 11 I/ 5s Wakefield 25/. sh. 22; 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 5O/. sh. 46; 6,004 12s. Ditto, New 5O/. sh. 10/. pd ei KO -...., Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/. pd 10 WATER WORKS. 4,800 Birmingham 251. sh. 251. pd 27 4,433 51. East London lOO/. sh. 1381 4 ,500 21 10s tir. nd Junction ....Average 411 I3s. 4d. sh. 51 2,000 21. Kent 1001. sh. 4(a47 388 101. Liverpool Bootle 0 201. sh. 300 1 ,500 2/ lOs New River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 11. Manchester and Salford 1 ,000 4 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 85 8, .00 31. West Middlesex ....Average 101. 12s. ski. sh. 78 1,360 11 Its York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. 34 IRON RAILWAYS. 3.50 Cheltenham 1001. sh. 73 2,000 Clarence 1001.:h. 100/. pd 45 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5Ol. pd 27 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 301. p i 54 2,0)0 Ilartlepool 1001. sh. 1001 p 4 80 2,100 ... ...... Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 100 1,500 Leicester and Swannington —.504 sh all pd 51 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loo/.sh. 100/. pd Ditto Quarter Shares "51. pd 20,000 ...... ... London and Greenwich .0/. sh. 13/. pd 18 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 351. pd 61 20, 00 London ane Southami•ton ....'.Ol. sh. 1' 1. p 4 41 2,500 Preston and Wigan 2Ol. pd 2 803 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 51. sh, 2). pd 21 4,000 Alum 15/. sh. M. 10s. pd 10,000 „, ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 100/. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription 0 51. pd 2,000 Bolsnos • lO,OOO 31. s. Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm....... 351. sh. 204 pd 6,0 0 Macanbas & Cocaes United....2s/. sh. 201. pd 161 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 7i/. pd 11,000 Cats B ra nc a 1 /. IA Candonga l. pd 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 20!. pd Ditto Scrip I/. pd 3 6,000 British Copper Si. sh. 31/. pd 8,500 Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 55/ sh. 511/. pd 2,'+ 0 1/. English :),(100 ' General Mining Association...2ol. sh. 151. pd 6,153 Mexican Company 10d. sh 49i/. ptl 2,000 Polberou Consols lot sh Si. pd 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2O Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. lid 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401. sh. all pd 4 Ditto Subscription 2l. pd Ditto New Scrip 5l Pd 6 1 5,100 Union Gold, iss. Si. ss. pm.... 221/. sh.lll. put West Cork 501. sh. 251. pd 31 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 L,ndon, with Bronze Ticket 75gq. sh. 20 1,500 Loud- n University 1001. sh. all TA 27 ;00 King's College lOO/. IA 4-11 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 10s. Australian Agricultural...J(3l'l. sh. 25' U. pd 1,030 a Auction Mart 501. sh. 6,0 ,0 British American Land Company fi+l. psi 51 10,000 Cl per cent. Canada Company ital. sh. 201. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan lOl City Bonds, 4 per cent lO3 15,000 IL per cent. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 13/. pd I:1. pm. cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 250 2,000 I/. London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 754 sh. IS 2, 633 4/. per cent Ditto New 751 4/. per cant. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/ sh. 1001. pd 1001 ' . - lor/. sh. 4U pd 75 4,000 10,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, AUGUST 1, 1833. BANKS. 1,.500,(x1`1/. SL p. ct. 13aii . . of Scotland - P. C. looe 000/. 5f p. ct. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 1701. ' 500 ' .0 00/. is p. et. British Linen Company 100/. sh. ..11 pd .NOl. 3,000,000/. 6 /. p. ct. Commerci a l 5OO l. sh. 1001. pd 170 /. 5000,000/. 5 p. ct. National lOOl. sh. 101. pd 141 101 2 ' oo „ma 2fl. p . Glasgow Union 2501. oh. 50/ pd 0/. 4 : 000, 000/. 0 . ct. Western of Scotland '2ool. sh 30/. pd 331. I NSUItANCE COMPANIES. 250,0005 h. sp. ct. Scottish Union 9 04 sh. I/. pd 19s. 7, 500 sp. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 10/. pd 11/. 100,000 sp. Ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland....lo/. sh. all pd :/ Os 50,000 6p. et. North British 200!. sh. 101. pd • 151. Lo go sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 131. 5, 000 0 . et. Edinburgh life 100/. sh. 101. pd 14/. 100,000 . ct. West of Scotland lO/. pd 9!. MISCELLANEOUS. 4,810 Edin. 'lid Glas. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 8/ lOs Ditto Allocited 911 sh. all pd 60/. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.... 251. sh. all pd 33/. Carron Iron Company 250/. sh. all pd 4501. 2 woo l . 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founder)". 501. sh. 3 Q /. pd 181. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glas:;, 20/. sh. 16/. pd 6/. 4 500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal GaQ ow. sit. all pd 65/. 4'450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. ;h. all pd 601. '730 6 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...so/_th. 75/. 3 : 000 10s. per sh. Equitable Loan Company 251. sh. 9/. pt: 101. On Saturday, immediately after a dinner given by the Count de Sussy, Director of the Mint in Paris, twelve of the party were seized with violent pains, attended by vomiting. The Countess de Sussy and the Duchess d'Otrante were in an alarming state. Dr. Wolowski was immediately called in, and administered relief. All arc out of danger, but several, and more particularly the Duchess • d'Otrante, are still, suffering. On analysing the matter thrown from the stomachs, in the la boratory at the Mint, Dr. Wolow ski clearly discovered traces of arsenic. The cause of this event, which might have been so tragical, is not known, but there is every reason to believe that it was wilful and malicious. _,~..., COURT OF CHANCERY. EXPARTE CHAMBERS. The Arguments in this petition were resumed on Saturday morning, Mr. KELLY, Mr. RICHARDS, and Mr. Artsotn, being beard in support of the cas , ; Dade by the assignees, that there Was g gettl rtiOotting creditor's Jett, a valid act of bankruptcy; and an extent of acquieseent 4 B In the commission, which altogether precluded the bankrupt from succeeding In his application - to gtliKrscip that commission. iii . Bosnia and Mr. WAKEFIELD then addressed their Lordships on the part or the petitioning cre ditor, contending that his conduct had bccn perfectly legal and justifiable throughout the whole of the proceedings, and that, whatever flight ‘IYQ been the conduct of others, he was entitled to be kept harmless, and to receive all his costs. It is understood that this protracted carnel3t will be brought to tt termination this day, when Sir W. Follett will reply on the case made by the Counsel for the assignees. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT, IlroNarourn, Auo. 14. MURDER.—Edward Morgan, aged bB, was indicted for the wilful murder of John Reece, on the night of the 30th of July last. near Chepstow, in this county. The prisoner is a haullier ; the deceased was a millwright at Shirenewton, near Chepstow. Qn the.3oth July last the deceased spent the greater part of the day in Chepstow', which he left about ten ; - ‘t night, accompanied by a dog, to return home. Next morning he was found in a, field near the road between Chepstow and Shirenewton, quite dead, with an ex tensive and deep fracture of the skull, the place where he was lying being covered with blood and brains. Joseph Colos examined by M. PHILLIPS—I was passing from Shirenewton to Chepstow on Thursday night, the 30th of July last. When near a place called Cold Harbour, I heard the report of a gun, and proceedinc , in the direction of the sound, came up to the prisoner, who was leaning on a gate by the road side. I heard him say, " Who he ye ? D—n ye, turn out I" I asked the prisoner what brought him out so late ? He said people milked his cows at Cold Harbour, and he was going to watch, and added, " There is a fellow lying here, anal I have shot at him." I looked over the gate„ and perceived a man lying alongside a mow, about ten yards from the gate, with his head towards the road. There was a dog behind him. I and prisoner went in. Deceased was then breathing hard. I thought he was asleep. I knew it to be John Reece, of Shirenewton, from his loose boots, which I felt. We lifted him up, and put him in the mow to shelter him from the weather.. I asked prisoner if he was going home ? He said, " Not till I have learnt who this is." When I was going he said, " I only snapped the gun." Next morning I told Mr. Ball, of the King's Head at Chepstow, that Mr. Reece was drunk and asleep under the mow. Next day I found spots of blood on my trowsers. Seth Richards, examined by Mr. Phillips—Keeps the King's Head at Chepstow. On Friday morning the 31st July, about five o'clock, went to the spot where Reece was lying. Several persons were there. Prisoner was among them. He said, pointing to the body, " Its a pity to use him so." The back part of deceased's head was so open from the fracture that Taylor put some hay into it, to keep in the brains. On Monday, the 8d August, witness found an iron packer in some nettles near the spot. It bore the initials E. M. It had marks of blood. The Jury, after a long consultation, found the prisoner— Not Guilty. Morgan betrayed no emotion during any part of the pro ceedings, and heard the verdict with apparent unconcern. The acquittal of Morgal caused great surprise in Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Miss Ann Forecost summoned the overseer of the parish in which she resides for having refused to give her assistance in her distress. _ The overseer said that the complainant was well able to make her bread by labour, for a more clever woman was not in the parish : but she had so immoderate a fondness for gin that every farthing she got was turned suddenly into her favourite beverage. She then proclaimed war against every thing that looked like glass, and her hands and arms bore testimony to the spirit with which she opposed it. The beautiful plate glass in the gin shops attracted her attention most particularly, and when a landlord refused to let her have a quartern, she was sure "to talk" to the windows with her knuckles. The parish had now the opportunity of getting rid of such sturdy beggars by means of the Poor Law Bill, and was determined not to give the complainant a farthing. The complainant said that the overseer was a most cruel fellow, and whenever a poor person applied to ask for any thing he opened the new Poor Law Act, and began to read the nonsense. That was a pretty sort of comfort to a hungry belly. She (applicant) wasn't much of a politidian ; but she wouldn't desire better fun than, old as she was, to pitch it into half a dozen of the hard-hearted beggars as wrote that ere.— ( A laugh.) The Overseer—My Lord, the last time she was drunk she bit our beadle. Complainant—Bit him. S'elp - tne G—d, my Lord, look here, I a'nt got a tooth in -the world. My mouth a'nt fit for any thing but a nipple.—(A laugh.) Overseer—My she's able to fight a man. She comes and frightens our wives, and the fact is we can't have no more to do with her. The LORD MAYOIC—You had better take her into the work house ; keep her sober, and she will be of use there. Overseer—She is able to work, and we can't have any thing to do with her. Complainant—l am now sixty years old, and they ought to treat me well, for I have been a trouble to them ever since I was 20 years old. They think they'll lose me, but I'm blest if they do. By the blessing of the Lord I'll be with them till the day of my death. They must get another Poor Law Bill before they lose me, for I'm blowed if this one will do, bad as it is. _ _ _ Overseer—l'm afraid, my Lord, that w•e must take her into the house. _ _ ..---- rle LORD MAYOR—Take my advice, and take care of her. Complainant—All I wants is a bit of bread, a glass of gin, and a pipe of backy a day, and I don't care a for the whole world. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A very numerous attendance of tradesmen who had been defrauded of goods took place at this office, in consequence of the expected examination of a female of fashionable exterior, and of very respectable connections, named Varley, who was taken into custody on Thursday last, on a charge of swindling, preferred against her by Mr. Edgar, silk mercer, Regent street. The expected examination did not take place to-day, in con sequence of the sudden illness of the prisoner ; a certificate to that effect from the prisoner's surgeon having been handed to the Magistrate. It was therefore found requisite to ap point another time, and, accordingly, next Wednesday she was ordered to be again brought up. It is expected that a very considerable number of charges will be brought forward against the prisoner at the next examination, for it appears that she has not confined her frauds to this end of the town, but has been equally successful both in the City and other parts of the metropolis. It was stated that she had been tried and con victed once before for similar practices. HA TTON- GARDEN. On Saturday a iourneyman baker, whose face was much disfigured, attended ai2d stated that whin he was carrying out his master's bread he was Accosted by another journeyman, called Slashing Bill, who askew him if he belonged to the Union. The applicant replied in the negative, when the ic-house at Battle other prevailed upon him to go to a puL l bridge, to have something to drink. On a:riving there he was informed that the journeymen bakers held th:li* meetings there, and was asked to join the Union ; at the gam,: time it was proposed that he should be blindfolded with a hank2ker chief, introduced to the committee, and sworn not to work t any master who refused to agree 'to their demands. lie re fused to accede to this, and Slashing Bill, in consequence, attacked him in a brutal manner, the others encouraging the assault, and it was with difficulty he escaped with his life. The MAGISTRATE reprobated the system pursued by the Unionists, and granted a warrant against the party. Mr. BENNETT, one of the Magistrates of this office, was taken so violently ill in the early part of the morning, the symptoms being those of cholera, that he was obliged to be anveyed home in a coach. QUEEN- S QUARE. Colin M'Kay, a drover, in the employ of the Marquis of Breadalbane, charged Mary Smith and Mary Ann Cass with robbing him. He had driven from Perth to London fifty head of cattle, which he had disposed of, and, never having visited London before, he determined to take a peep at Westminster Abbey. After gratifying his curiosity he strolled into Tothill-street, and, being thirsty, he went into a public-house to take " a wee drap of mountain dew," where he fell in with the pri soners, who told him so deplorable a story of their not having had anything to eat for three days, that he was induced to take them into the next cook's shop, and desired them to eat what they pleased. In return for this act of kindness they invited him home to their lodgings, where he shortly fell asleep, and on awaking he discovered that he had been robbed of 261., the greater part being gold ; but the worst misfortune was, he had lost the documents relative to the sale of the cattle, without which, as he stated, he could not return to the Highlands, although the whole of his family were in the ser vice of the Marquis, and he had been forty years one of his shepherds and drovers. Mr. Gregorie—What could induce you to go to such a place ? Complainant—l canna vera weel recollect, your Lordship. I am but a Highlander, and I kenn'd naething of this guile town (God help me), and your Lorship maun e'en compre hend that the puir things said they were Perth born and hungered, and I gave them victuals, and they said they'd give me a bed and wash my linen, and I thought it was grateful of the wenches ; but they robbed me of a' that I had, and a sad tLing it is for me. Th e girls said the prosecutor was very drunk when they met him. Ho denied this, but acknowledged that be was insensible from liquor afterwards. None of the property being found, the girls were remanded. A DEFINITIONIsT.—The following definitions of experimental and natural philosophy were given to us a few days since by a Pearl-street merchant. " Experimental phi losopby," said he, "is to ask a man to discount a note; na tural philosophy is to refuse it."-:--New York Star— WINDSOR-SUNDAY. This morning the troops assembled in the Quadrangle of the Castle, and were inspected by the King, the Dukes of Cum berland and Canibridge, and several of the visitors. The . Marquis . of Anglesea and the Duke of Richmond, two r_,f the K /l ights, attended divine service in St. George's Chapel this inorsing. The whole of the canons were here last evening, and most of them at chapel this morning. The Dukes of Wel lington and Leeds, and most of the Knights present at the in stallation yesterday evening, have left for town, the visitors that remain will, however, dine in St. George's Hall again this evening ; covers for 70. The Queen attended t'lle service in St. George's Chapel this evening. The Rev. H. Butterfield officiated. The ser vice was Hayes, in E. The Anthem was very effective, " Th ;u, 0 God, art pra'sed in Sion,"..Green, and was sung by Messrs. Jarman and IlLsr:s. Mr. Elvey p;esided at the organ. The Duke of Cumberland will, it is expected, leave the Castle to-night for his residence at Kew. A grand investiture of the order of the Bath is expected to take plaCe at the Castle, on Saturday, the 29th inst.. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, AUGUST 15. We have had a flat market for Cotton this week, and all kinds are heavy of sale at our last quotations. Exporters have taken 450 bales of American, and speculators 750 bales. 500 Dcmeraras are declared for auction on Friday next, and 1,500 Bengals for the Friday following. The imports are—United States, 22,340 ; Bra zil, 4,739 ; Egypt, 45 ; West Indies, 2,076 ; total, 28,843 ; the week's sales are 16,060 bags, namely— d. d. d. d. 130 Sea Islands .... 23 to 23 120 Bengals ... 7h to 7 A Stained ditto... 0 0 I 730 Maranhams,&c 13 —lsi 2,900 Alabamas - 12a 4,140 Uplands 9i —1 2 ' 5,` 01 Orleans 94 —l4k 590 Pernams, &c... 134 — l5 640 Surats .... 730 Bahias l 0 Paras .. . ... 131 —0 20 Dcmeraras l4i — 0 130 Car:hagenas .... q—o 400 Egyptians l6# -1 7i We have had but moderate business done in our cotton-marke t to-day ; the sales are about 1,200 bales at steady prices—namelY , 220 Pernams, 13%d. to 14 1 4 d. ; 50 Sea Islands, 23d. to 27d. ; 30 Surats, 8 1 4 d. ; 60 Egyptians, 16%. to 16%d.; and the re mainder American, 10 1 4 d. to 13d. Comparative View of the Imports and Exports of Cotton into gra from the whole Kingdom, from the Ist of January to the Bth inst., and of the Imports and Exports for the same period last year Into the Kingdom this year. Bags. 539,211 American South American . 90;80 6 West Indies, Demerara, &c. East Indies Egypt, &c. l 0;590 Total of all descriptions Same period last year. Bags. American South American 67,980 West Indies, Demerara, &c. East Indies Egypt, &c. 57,125 4,363-754,949 Decrease of Imports as compared with same period last year Exports in 1835. American, 25,681 ; Brazil, 6,038 ; East India, 32,386; West India, 65; other kinds, 30. Total in 1835 Same period last year Estimated Stocks. On the 14th of Aug., 1834 Same time, 1835 248,510 252,570 LAMARTINE'S " PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOW ( LAND."—" The reputation of M. Lamartine as a poet is Yell high. He is one of the most popular of the living authors of France. These." Recollections of the East" have been looked forward to for some time with anxiety, and the literary citilea of Paris anticipated from them one of the most delightful pro' ductions cf the age. The translation is a good one. La" martine's volumes exhibit eloquence of a mercurial and fantas tic style, considerable variety in the choice and use of illustra tive images, drawn from many sources of knowledge, and! felicitous combination of a playful spirit and a reflecting m ina ' The description of scenery, the recollections of sacred history called up by the localities, and the pictures of first impressi ons on the mind of the traveller, are vivid and highly coloured." --- Atlas. (AnvEausEmENT.) SILVER WATCHES TWO GUINEAS EACH , An Assortment of Second-hand Watches, all of them warrante d ' and of various sizes, may be selected from, for the above pri ee, , a T. Cox SAVORY ' S, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watch maker, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B. A pamphlet, containing a detailed list of the prices of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c. may be had gratis. BIRTHS. On the 13th inst., in Upper Ebury-stieet, Pimlico, the lady Arthur Pittar, Esq., of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at Peckham, the lady of George Denny, Esq•' of a daughter. On the 12th inst., the lady of George Hurton, Esq., of a son. On the 10th inst. at Windsor, at the house of Dr. Fergrs°P' the lady of W. F. inst.,. Esq., of Calcutta, of a san. On the 11th inst., at Theobald's-grove, Theobald's-park, Chees hunt, the lady of Lieutenant-Colonel William Miles, of a daug hr- On the 13th inst., at Rose-hill, East Kent, the lady of William Augustus Munn, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the llth inst., at Leslie House, the seat of the Earl of Rothes' Martin E. Haworth, Esq., of the 50th Rifles, son of the late Tll°s' Haworth, Esq , of Barham Wood, Hots, to the Lady Mary , Leslie, sister of the Earl of Rothes. On the 15th inst., at the Catholic Chapel, Chelsea, and after' wards at Trinity Church, Sloane-street, Lieutenant A. Darby' R.N., to Anna Maria, only daughter of .M. Sisk, Esq., of Cadogaw street, Chelsea. On the 15th inst., at the Parish Church of St. Marylebonet George Hougham Skelton, Esq., 8.A., of Christ's College,_ Cat' bridge, and of the Madras Civil Service, eldest son of Major" General Skelton, of the Hon. East India Company's Arrn)r , 5 Eleanor Sarah, second daughter of Thomas Gresham, Esq. , Barnby Dunn, Yorkshire. ' On the 15th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Mr. Chrisof' topher Cuff, of Hal Moon-street, to Georgina Frances, daughter Mr. Isaac Willis, of Lower Grosvenor-street. to On the 13th inst., at Cheltenham, Frederick Whalley, Es„.q. , Anne, fourth daughter of the late John Foote, Esq., of Lee, Ne u f) On the 15th inst., at Lewisham, Edward Dod, son of E . Colville, Esq., of Catford Hill House, Kent, to Jane Mary, Se,,c ° ,,," t . daughter of Richard Preston Pritchard, Esq., of Sydenham, Iste" to On the 12th inst., at Bisham, Berks, Henry Spooner, Estt. , d Elmina, eldest daughter of James Law Stewart, Esq., of the islan of Jamaica. On the 6th of June, in Berbice, Thomas Bassell Winter, EA . ' to Catherine Johnson, only daughter of Thomas Coleman, On the 13th inst., at Richmond Church, Surrey, William vwf' o of Lincoln's 'lnn, Esq., to Mary Jane, second daughter of the la William Dawson, of 'rurnham-green, Esq. of On the 11th inst., at Gosfield, Essex, Charles Caswall, Esq , t Woburn-place, Russell-square, to Elizabeth, daughter of Rober Burkitt Wyatt, Esq., of Gosfield. On the 13th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, John Ring Dingle, Esq., surgeon, of Upper Eaton-street, Pimlico, to M u "' youngest daughter of Mr. Judson, of Grosvenor-street West. On the 11th inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Edward ryas Browell, Esq , fourth son of the late Henry Browell, Esq., to E" .- Caroline, third daughter of the late Henry Hakewill, Esq. On the 13th inst., at St. George's Church, Bloomsbury, Beni'''. • min de Wolf Fraser, Esq., M.D., second son of the late Hon. e9 g i Fraser, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Harriet, youngest daughter Alexander Fraser, Esq., Great Coram-street, Russell-square. On the 11th inst., at Hartley Wespall, Hants, the Rev. Jar a— r - Chapman, Rector of Dunton, Essex, to Frances, second daught e of the Rev. Dr. Keate, Canon of Windsor, and Rector of Hartlel Wespall. On the 12th inst., at Streatham, Alexander Wright, Esrl;' ° . Balham, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Robert Gibson, Esq' of Upper Tooting. On the 13th inst., at Bury St. Edmund's, Edward Power, E 9 ' l l' fourth son of the late Nicholas Power, Esq., of Queen-squar e, Bloomsbury, to Jane Douglas, eldest daughter of the Rev. He r " Walker, of the former place. On the sth inst., at Richmond-street, Glasgow, Mr. Frede rielc F. Z.eNeve, wine -merchant, London, to Agnes, daughter of the late 111.1. George Bell, merchant, Glasgow. the On t h e :lth inst., at Enfield, Arthur C. Watling, Esq. , 0 f r nt Hon. East I:ja Company's Service, to Maria, youngest daug hte of Thomas Dohsr,n, Esq., of Forty-hill, Enfield. On the 11th inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Henry Lockyer all; Esq., of Kennington Gere, to Eliza, daughter Co g Esq., of Mathew „d' Wyatt, Esq., of Dudley Grove House, Paddington, and g raon f daughter of the late Surveyor-General of his Majesty's Office ° WorOnks. the 11th inst., at St. James's Church, Mr. Edward Fovar . ,:: of Tavistock-street, to Susan, eldest 11a-tighter of the late Mr. .`" Ludlam, of Oxford-street. „,, On the 13th inst., at Nuttall, Notts George Vandeleur , tr' s s! g of the county of Limerick, to Augusta, fifth slaughter of R obtr Holden, Esq., of Nuttall Ter. ple. On the 13th inst., at All Souls' Chirich, St. Marylebone, Ch a :, Broughton Bowman, Esq., of Great Russell-street, liloornibu'll, to Augusta Joseplia, daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Kirkint',. DIE.D. On the 13th inst., Edmund, eldest son of the late E. w- Esq., of St. Pancras. C h On the 15th inst., in Cadogan-place, Ann, widow of J. C ton, late of the Grenadier Guards, in her Stith year. On the I Ith inst., at Ripou ; a few hours after the birth pa (laughter, Anna Maria, the wife of Thomas Grimston. E5q.9 1%.1 ' • and youngetl daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Fynes Clinton. t he On the 13th inst., at Haslingden, in her 71st year, Mall' widow of George Hargreave, Esq. Os ° On the 16th inst., aged 17, Ann, eldest daughter of li ra - Wyndham, Esq., of Dorset-place, and Beech Lodge Marlow. o y, On the 6th inst., at Ilfracombe, Catherine, widow of the , o. John Roget, and sister of the late Sir Samuel Romilly, agedf, lo 3, On the 13th inst., at Tadmaston-hour, King's-road, Ow lit , Cantain Thomas M. Carter, late of his Majesty's 101st Regil ne a te. On the 13th inst., Charlotte, wife of Mr. Biggar, Alderg street, and sister of the late Admiral B. Douglas, aged 72. On the 13th inst., e Maida-bill-west, John Butcher, E , cl• co x, On the 11th inst., at Peckham, James Robt. Cannadine Tre n the eldest son of Mr. J. Trenow, aged 14 years and 9 montll p ort On the 14th inst., drowned in the Reservoir at Charles Radclyffe, aged 31, Alexander Henry, aged George, aged 17, and Edward, aged 15, the four sons of Radelyffe Sidebottom, Esq., of Sloane-street. L tg l°P. On the I3th inst., E. Ambler, Esq., of Paternoster.row: hit/ On the 13th inst., in consequence of being thrown fro g ' chaise, Willats, Esq., of Chertsey. welt On the 1 lth inst., in Finsbury-circus, Anna, wife of A. G O- Esq. MO On the 10th inst., in Euston-square, the infant son of Clarkson, Esq. • th e At Shrub's Hill, Thomas MoaV Esq., Vice-President f British College of Health. - 1 . London : Printed and Published by 111URDO YOUNG , °,olol°tl 112. Strand, at The Su)/ Office, No, 11-) Strand, in th e • of Middlesex,