The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-04 00:00:00

MORNING EDITIGN SPIIIITIof the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—The sensation produced by the Govern ment notice of Friday night on the Corn-laws is rapidly ex tending through the country. Everywhere it is the signal of excitement and determination. By the monopolists it will ever be forgiven ; and by the people it will never be forgot ten. Ministers have fairly thrown themselves on the nation for support in the assertion of a great national right and inte rest. The response will soon be heard in thunder. The un taxing of the people's bread is a prospect full in view ; and the people will spring towards it like lions on their prey. The com plaint of the Times as to its Tory leaders is their want of sympa thy with the poor. We leave there alone with their lamentation. It is their exclusive possession. Their title to it is confirmed by the hideous yells which greeted Lord John Russell's announce ment of his motion for a Committee of the whole House on the Corn-laws. The description by the Times of its own Party is amply confirmed. The purpose of untaxing the poor man's bread excites their infuriate hostility. All pretence, affectation, or decent show of sympathy was, in that moment, thrown to the winds. It was an exhibition of human nature horrible and humbling ; and happily one which is rarely to be witnessed. But it marks what the people should feel. Its intensity is the measure of their gratitude. Were there no other evidence, it would suffice to show that great in deed must be the good which could call forth that fierce an tagonism. In proportion to that first ebullition of rage will be the cunning, trickery and determination with which the great measure that occa-ioned it will be opposed. Only by an overwhelming display of its will can the nation ensure the blessing which Ministers have placed within its grasp. They have magnanimously committed themselves to a deadly con ilict with the hitherto paramount interest of the Legislature. 'They are no longer partakers in the crime of a monopolist Blass which has never yet allowed any Minister to be indepen dent of it. The die is cast. They go with the people for cheap .bread. They side with the manufacturer and the operative, the tenant and the labourer. They are for the many against the few ; and their judgment is with God and their country. And the voice of the country will be upraised ; it must ; in tones which wiil strike terror into the foes of justice thus claimed and asserted. The Corn-law question may be settled now, It will be settled if the people bestir themselves. Two years ago, Sir Robert Peel declared the uncertainty to be an intolerable evil. Very recently, indeed, the Times reiterated the assertion, and estimated the uncertainty so highly as to put it amongst the benefits of a Tory administration that it would bring the question to a settlement, although in a mode diametrically opposed to its own avowed opinions through a quarter of a century. Better it should be settled on the wron g side (was substantially the declaration o f th e Ti mes ) than not settled at all. Better, that is, the confirmation of the oppression than the continuation of the struggle. We are rescued from this most forlorn alternative. Set tlement and justice, settlement and untaxed food, settlement and invigorated trade and commerce, are offered to us. Mi nisters cannot carry their proposition, snarls out the hard eriven objector. Can they not? Then never let that ob jector say one syllable on behalf of the people of Britain ; for with them it rests. If they will, the bread-tax is already vir tually abolished. As we urged on Saturday, this is no time fur dallying. There is but " one little month" for the people to utter their voices. Let petitions be signed in every parish and. hamlet. Every person whose name is not appended is in ties, same position as if he stole a slice from his neighbour's 19 af. " He who allows oppression, shares the crime." 'Zile decision rests with the country. No Member of _Parliament should be indulged even with the affectation of ig norance of the wishes of his constituents. On former occa eions the House has refused—contemptuously refused, to en tertain the subject. It will refuse again, even though the pro position emanates from the Government. unless there be a strong aria general admonitory demonstration by the people. Petition, then; petition everywhere, the million: of bread eaters, for bread untaxed by the monopolists. The wails of the metropolis are placarded with notices of the religious gatherings held during the present month. The " May meet engs " are at hand, Success to their devout and rhilanthropic undertakings. But what is that religion of which no Tart consists in the solemn supplication " Give us this clay our daily bread ?" Now is the time for all who repeat the Saviour's words without hypocrisy to evince their sincerity. The question is whether daily bread, given by heaven, shall be allowed by man to reach those who earn it.. :Neither Church extension on the one hand, nor Church-rate abolition on the o her, strikes so deeply into religious principle as this does. Sect and denomination differences are compara tively on the surface. Let congregations, church and dissent ing, aid with their petitions, as they did for the abolition of slavery. Slavery was a monstrous evil, but starvation is a worse. Those who in their multitudes demanded mercy for the negro, should yet more sternly insist on justice for the poor. During this brief interval, it will be incumbent on all the Anti- Corn-law Associations, from the great Manchester League to every parish club, to redouble their exertions. Instead of the long campaign before them, there is an impending crisis. It is "now me never." Should the recent notice be received in any way which can be construed into apathy or indifference, the golden occasion is irretrievably lost. The associations truest put forth their strength to the uttermost ; and let the people join them so as to show their force. Let them enrol their names as they did in May, 1832. "He that is not for us, is against us." There can be no neu erality on such a question as whether manufactures are to be annihilated, and the nation permanently sub jected to an impost on its food for the profit of a class interest. And let it be remembered that all Anti-Bread- Tax Associations and Committees are also preparatory arrange ments for the election contests that may speedily ensue. Their work ends not with petitioning. They are a Grand Jury find ing true Bills for the tribunals by which Parliamentary responsibility must be made more than nominal. If petitions will not avail, votes must. A spirit will be roused on which the Carlton Club may expend its million without making an im pression. We have argued this Corn-law question long enough. The pressure on those who find work for the multitudes is be coming too strong and threatening for prolonged rea sonings. The season of action is arrived, and it cannot come more favourably for the national inte rest. The announced purpose of the Queen's Mi nisters is as the setting in of the tide. Let it rush on, and sweep away before it all the defences of this inhuman mono poly. If Ministers be hut adequately supported ; if that na tional enthusiasm which their determination must produce be but evinced in time by a people awake to their own most vital interests, we cannot but augur the happiest results. In their present position, they can sustain no Parliamentary defeat that would not be equivalent to a victory. And we should like to see the list of those who would dare to take office on the ex press grounds of disfranchisement for Ireland, and perpetuity to the bread-tax. TIMES.—If humane and reflecting Englishmen could only be familiarised with one half of the practical barbarities which, even in the best conducted factories, are inseparable from the present system of infant labour, we feel persuaded that not another month would elapse ere this monstrous national dis grace were sentenced to complete extinction. We are none of your fancy philanthropists ; we have no taste for overcharged pictures of any sort; nor do we forget that there is hardly a better way of perpetuating an abuse than by giving its advo cates the advantage of being able to show that its evils have been greatly exaggerated. Opposed, as we are, however, to the false sensibility, as well as to the stupid impelicy, which would unduly magnify any grievance that really deserves redress, we are prepared to show— from an infinite variety of authentic evidence—that the labours imposed upon children in the manufacturing dis tricts (sanctioned, we blush to say, by a British Legislature) are generally attended with a systematic sacrifice of human life, compared with which the carnage of cannibals, or the im molations of Juggernaut, are almost tantamount to mercy. Apart altogether from the testimony of the better Class of fac tory owners, and factory inspectors, and factory victims, which, though varying in its inculpatory character according to the interests or intelligence of the witnesses, uniformly represents the cotton-mill as a dismal instrument of infant torture, we would ask any parent in civilized Europe to say whether children from nine to twelve years old . can be subjected to the confinement and labour of factories for twelve or even ten hours a day, without involvirg a course of privation and suffering at which humanity must absolutely shudder? Talk of spending twenty millions for the eman cipation of the West Indian slaves—talk of forming juvenile reformation schemes at the Cape of Good Hope— talk of philanthropic devices for the protection cf the abo rigine'i in British colonies—talk of organizing fine civiliza tion societies for Africa, and jobbing expeditions to the Niece. on a grand enterprise of beneficence—we say it is an slitter disgrace to the display gentry who have de mon red for these humbug humanities, that, while mustering in thousands to perform the sentimental on behalf of dovabtful and visionary projects, the wretched condition of the factory children, pining and perishing at their haen doo r , an d h urr i e d i n a frightful ratio to an early tomb, s never wrung a tear from their pharisaical eyes, nor quickened one dormant sympathy in their benignant breasts ! As far as regards the shameful indifference of 'Dissenting Ministers to this object, we cannot say that we are - much surpmed at it. Considering pr edilection for exclusive for such foreign o r domestic labours as bear more directly upon their own sectarian aggrandizement, we did not expect that any interests apart from those which are strictly denomina tional would for a moment receive the slightest place in their regenerated hearts. B ut with respect to the B ux t on party, who are composed of a sort of Church and Quake r coalition, we certainly did anticipate, notwithstanding the heavy mill. :investments of the Darlington and Durham Friends, that :something like a decent consistency would have impelled them not to confine their philanthrtorge, but to t a k e to mere plat form parades in favour of savage a prominent lead in ext irpating ge that s wholesale sys tem of infant slaughter which demands their inter ference at home. In this, howev er , we have been painfully di sa ppointed. The sympathies of the Buxton party are too sublime and generous to be occupied with anything so tamely com mon-place as the suffe r i ngs of factory children. What ad , for exclusively concern s the m are the hardship s o f negro cherubs, care, s i v e t t h h e m and the misdemeanours of fore ign t Only hey Sale of Guinea abduction ;n fent population of th e man ufacturing di s t r i cts may be handed over to the tender mercies of demons. We hold up these self-perfuming co xcombs to th e contempt of the en tire kingdom, ; and, by God's blessi ng , the great work .of Factory Reform shall speedily triumph in spite of them e On this subject, as on every other, the conduct of the ' W hig%During too, has been infamous. their te n years ' te eof office, and long before they got it, th e y have inces santly Prated about the necessity of emancipating negr oes , Papists, Dissenters, parochial rate-payers, hulk convicts, and what not; but with reference to the crying abominations of eaill-infanticide, as demonstrated by the evidence of their own facto " in tProrss particularly by Messrs. Stuart and Horner, one thing o he b y e th e RePorts of Parliamentary Committees, not the cotton shambles, e e " ha Ley done totvaids arresting the butcheries of evasions, which, till thi s i s ' pt indulging in regrets, promises, and of a single substantial improvement. our, have been utterly unproductive Mr. Christopher, in tone debate -- P°ST.—We °bserve allusion to some remarks of Thew, Mr. Handley, one shire ; and hitherso a thick o e f .bate of Friday night upon the santhe Members for South Lincoln said " he could assure the Hon. i t v l iin supporter of Ministers, "be the. Representative of all Lincolnshire,her, who had assumed to neglect his duty to his constituents that question (the Corn-law question that he should not and the country when House. ' That question, we now ) came before the to inform 111 r. Handley, and other gentlemen be tette substantially before the Hou u se ated a' he is, will wheti Ministers are to propose theiren Friday next, pursuance of the financial schem e re solutions, in for of the Exchequer. It is not to be ofs the Chancel- House of Commons will for the mere conveniePP°sed that the stultify itself so completely as to deal with a nee of Ministers finance by instalments, voting upon one fraction Ministers finance of system-this week and reserve another fraction of nti!ntegral sistem for consideration five weeks hence. No, n e same Handley; much as it may cost you to cut with o, Mr. friends the present Ministers of the Crown, cut with t h em old seust,,and on Friday next, too, at the you . very latest , or cut fo r ever ever with the electors of Lincolnshire, for be assured th a t; -your constituents, ti and every other agrieult 1 ura eons tuency in Great Britain, will regard that _ as thekr_foe who does not resolutely, and from first to ris an t ......,_:,,,, ... t' oppok the whole s cheme with which the ruin of British agri- , re r ss . _ cultwe bas been i nseparably interwoven by its authors. If e. ese the agrieuttF tss l interest in the House of go 1 ,„:7, re._ Masten t ee a single resolution Commons permits Cee: ;,-. . badtet of it ii 7 1 ... ! : ' the Welfare of htu• , a _ Canatilan f * - 4..Vi, ~,--.:. . at the Sante -wine at the shipping 4'. ..:'-- or be it a reioktionwhich „,.., :, . assails the ed . e_. interest Of our West India colonie s \iz c .., • --- - 1 in . conformity with the testi ution which directly strikes at fellow subjects , and aims a blow interest of Grekellritain struggling and shattered 1 for the promotion of the N._ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 4 S4l slave trade between Africa and the Brazils—if a single part of this nefarious scheme of finance he permitted to escape annihilation at the first moment it is distinctly offered to the House of Commons, all that the landed interest can ex pect, and in the case supposed all that it will deserve, is the advantage of being sacrificed later than the rest by as much as four or five weeks. The Canadian interest, the West India interest, the shipping interest, will all help the Representa tives of British agriculture to destroy the scheme as a whole, and to these may be added the anti-slavery philanthropists, if the latter were ever really actuated as they professed to be by the feelings of humanity, or the obligations of religion. But to obtain or to merit this aid the Representatives of agriculture must do their duty from the beginning. GLOBE.—The ideas of Dan Quixote on the laws of chivalry were not more high-flown than are those of Mr. John Gladstone upon the Corn-laws. We shall en deavour to treat some of the topics on which be has broken his lance, on grounds less exalted certainly, but more on a level with common sense. In countries where the prices for the produce of the land are the highest, the landowners will have the high est rent, though they make a mistake in supposing that the high prices of stinted supply can benefit even their interest in the same manner as the high prices naturally produced by wealth and commerce, or that high prices and rents can be permanently secured by law, where commerce is declining. Whatever the benefit may be supposed to the landlord, however (and we believe it delusive), it is not shared by the farmer as such, any more than high hackney coach fares are shared by the drivers of those vehicles who hire them by the day from the owners. Still less is it shared by the labourers. The farmer buys his implements as cheap as he can,—and for wages he never will pay 15s. a week if he can get labour ers for 10s.—these must be regulated by the number of labourers, and the demand for them. A high price of corn, therefore, does net benefit the labourer. In proof whereof, the average price of wheat per quarter hat been -1834 ... 465. 2d. 1837 ... 555. 10d. 1835 ... 393. 4d. 1838 ... 645. id. 1836 ... 483. 61. 1839 ... 69'. and wages have not been higher is 1837 to 1839. In these years the farmers may have bad more profits, if they calculated a lower price for corn ; but if such higher prices continue, higher rents will be demanded, and will be paid, and thus the benefit of the higher prices will be at an end for the farmer. Tile labourers are worse off, as having to pay more for bread; out of the same wages they can buy less manufactured articles. This must diminish employment in manufactures ; more 'abourers must seek employment in agriculture— wages must fall then, and distress and poor-rates incrcas'. Our present Corn-laws forbid the ordinary operations of commerca, as regards grain. When our average prices are 62s per quarter for wheat, the duty is 243. Bd., and the expens:s about 10s. So that even if wheat can be bought on the Continent at 275. 41., no investment can be made unless there is almost'acertainty that prices will rise in Eng land. When there is a certainty that prices must rise to 735. or upwards, and importa'inn be allowed at 1.. per qr , orders are sent all at once; and as the production and stoc is are only in proportion to the demand and consump tion of tbe Continertt, prices are forced up there to 50a., 605., or upwards, a proportionate and suddenly increased consumption of our manufactures cannot be expected, and therefore a great part must be paid for in gold and silver, as has been the case in 1837, 1838, and 1839. COURIER.—The morning tools of the Government have simultaneously commenced operations to work out the grand object of the political scoundrelism, under its new and last phases, as developed to an astonished House on Friday last. They have commenced, we say, with bluster and vigour as remarkable as the effect is ludi crously disproportioned to the labour. Our friend the Morning Advertiser is largely re-drawing upon his stock account of long standing about Corn laws, the more particular items of which account consist of the " United States, " the " Ger man Commercial League," and " Dr. Bowrinl," who invariably, and somewhat disrespectfully, is eser postponed to the rear among the heavy baggage of the argument. Withal, however, the Advertiser is tame and gentle as any sucking dove in its Anti-Corn-law extacies as compared with its Ministerial competitor of the Chronicle, which really outherods Herod in the rabid style of its ravings, mixed up with cries most frantic as most doleful to the people for help, or its patrons and paymasters perish. From the " sublime to the ridiculous" there is. we have been told, but one step, and never surely was the truism set off in such bold relief as in the contrast between the fire and fury breathing through the double-leaded Chronicle leader, and the callous coolness and contemptuous apathy of the public mind about Corn-laws, Chronicle or Cabi net. It is in vain the luckless and always to be pitied scribe condemned, bon gre mal gre, to the drudgery, lashes himself, with seeming earnestness, into foam and fervour; the people are no more duped than Hamlet wr.s by the ," fine frenzy" into which his actor worked himself self on the stage. The poor Chronicle may go as mad as Masanielle, but will not, like him, find a popula tion to head as mad as himself. The day is gone by for getting up a Whig-Radical excitement. Ab sorbed in the melodramatic horrors of their own amalgamation, these unfortunate Whig composers, blind to the signs of the times, cannot discern that, in place of their " hard hearts " being moved with the harrowing representation of Ministerial agonies, the audience, that is, the people, are actually converting the sentimental spectacle into broad pantomime, and merry making about the last jump Jim Crow antic of Lord John, with glee as hearty as ever saluted the Protean performances of Clown or " slippered Pantaloon." STAN DA RD.—The opinion which we professed early after the first ministerial defeat, and which was then pretty generally disregarded, appears now to be adopted by all, the opinion, namely, that Ministers will dissolve the Par liament in the course of a few weeks, or perhaps sooner. We pretend to no great sagacity in the conclu sion at which we arrived. We merely followed the plain rule of looking to the character and the objects of the men upon whose conduct we were to form a judg ment ; we saw that they were men unfettered by any scruples of honour or patriotism, and that their only object was the preservation of place. The actual state of parties in the House of Commons, as proved by the late division, and the steady increase of Conservative strength arising from the improved state of feeling in the country, plainly showed, however, that place could not be preserved by its present occupants without resorting to somo des perate expedient—a dissolution of Parliament either upon the universal suffrage, or ballot question, or the Corn-laws. To borrow a phrase of Mr. Wakley's well timed and powerful speech, " Some agitation—univer sal suffrage agitation—ballot agitation—or the Corn law agitation, must be got up and kept up, and the country thrown into convulsion from one end to the other, merely to enable the Ministerial party to obtain a political triumph," and to retain their offices. This is the solution of the expedient ; and every one of ordinary sagacity must have foreseen that such an expedient would be resorted to. To most of ths Ministers their offices are their living, and " what is there that a man will not give in exchange for his life?" What is there that a bad man will not do rather than sink into extreme poverty from comparative affluence ? We have early warned the Conservatives that the day for exertion approaches; we have more recently exhorted them to be " up and doing ;" a few hints may be now properly offered upon the mode of action. The savage provisions and more savage administration of the new Poor-law—the protection of the cruelties of the factory system, must be abandoned. As regards the new Poor-law, the Ministers have (dishonestly indeed in their act and purpose) presented an honest al ternative. It must be plain to the understanding of the most simple that the Poor-law and the present Corn-law cannot both stand, because in justice—and the English people are a just people—they ought not to stand together. WEEPING.—Young women are full of tears; they all weep as bitterly for the loss of a new dress as for the loss of an old lover. They will weep for anything, or for nothing. They will scold you to death for acciden tally tearing a new gown, and weep for spite that they cannot be revenged on you. They will play the coquette in your presence, and weep when you are absent. They will weep when they cannot go to a ball or to a tea-party or because their parents will not permit them to run away with a scamp ; they will weep because they cannot have everything their own way. Married women weep to con quer; tears are the most potent arms of matrimonial war fare. If a gruff husband has abused his wife, she weeps, and he relents, and promises better behaviour. How many men have gone to bed in wrath, and risen in the morning quite subdued by tears and a curtain-lecture I Women weep to get at their husband's secrets, and they also weep when their own secrets have been revealed. They weep through pride, through vanity, through folly, through cun ning, through weakness. They will weep for a husband's misfortune, while they scold him, and, at the same time, a woman will weep over the dead body of her husband, while her vanity will ask her neighbours how she is ftted with her mournings. She sometimes weeps for one hus band, that she may get another. AN ENGLISH GOVERNESS IN PAais.----We find the following narrative in the Constitutionnel : " M. X---, a gentleman of independent fortune, father of a family, a widower, and still young, resident in the Marais, had taken into his house, as governess, a young lady, from London, to direct the education of his children, and especially to teach them English. Mme. A— pos sessed all the agreeable qualities of a pretty English woman - she had an air of sen ti men t a l coque t r y, l ong f a i r hair, beautiful blue eyes, a slender waist, and she was two-and-twenty. Two days ago, at breakfast time, M. at first surprised, and then uneasy, at not seeing Mme. A—, went to her room door, which he found locked. He went down stairs, and asked the concierge if he had seen her go out. The answer was in the negative. The anxiety of M. was redoubled; he thought she must be ill, so be sent for a locksmith and had her door opened. M. X. went in himself first, thinking that, if she were not dead, she was, at least, in one of those delicate and romantic nervous crises to which ladies in Great Britain are subject ; but, not finding her any where,in the room, be stood as it were thunderstruck. On a sudden a fatal thought came over him. " I have been robbed !" he exclaimed; and, rushing to his secretaire, found that two notes, of I,ooof. cacb, and a quantity of jewels, worth 20,0001. had dis a p peare d . It has since been ascertained that Madame A. had left the day before, but in what direction she went is not yet known. Mean time M. X. who is inconsolable for the loss of his jewels, has been to relate the whole affair to the commissary of police of his quarter. We mentioned last week, on Richard the a autho rity t Anthony ri Re o f an . n o ccasional correspondent, tha t Captain n° l ds was about to be restored to the army ; but having made inquiries in the proper quarter, we were led to caution our readers against taking the on dit for more than it amared to us to be worth. A military contemporary, however, improved upon this report, and added that Captain R. A. Reynolds that the would be gazetted to the 14th Light Dragoons last night, and would ap • announcement of his having sold out to Capt. Tonge Pear in the same Gazette. We have made further inquiries on the subject and find that these itateinents are wholly without foundatio'n. The authorities at the Horse Guards have never, we lament to say, for one moment, con templated the restoration of Captain R. A. Reynolds to the service, nor is such an event at all likely to take place at pre. sent.— United Service Gazette. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TESTEEDAY. CHRONICLE.—The subject in every man's mouth is the abolition of the corn monopoly, and the reduction of the price of timber and sugar, announced in the budget. The reduc tion of the duty on Baltic timber is, of course, eomplaired of by those merchants and shipowners who enjoy the monopoly of the Canadian timber trade, and the admission of foreign sugar is denounced by the West India interest ; but the great na tional measure of cheap food has really fewer enemies here than we expected. Amongst the wealthy merchants and bankers there are many Tories, and the " horror" which some of the moneyed capitalists have expressed to-day at the proposal to repeal or modify the landlords' tax, shows that the measure has struck home. We fear, therefore, it will be opposed as a party mea sure, for they have staggered like drunken men beneath the blow, and if followed up with vigour and energy they must yield. They were totally unprepared for the an nouncement, and the complete secrecy preserved of the Cabinet intentions has rendered their fury desperate. These are promising symptoms nevertheless for those who wish to see the resources of this great country developed, and her trade and manufactures prosperous by the adoption of a liberal commercial policy. The boon offered to the people is, we are confident, fully appreciated, and they will respond to the appeal as becomes them. They know that the productive industry of the country by means of its mechanical power is capable of supplying the whole world with manu factured goods, and that if we throw open our ports to the produce of other countries, that if we will receive their corn, timber, and sugar on liberal terms, they will take our staple articles of produce in ex change ; we shall no longer see the bullion in the Bank drained off in the course of a few months, by 8,000,0001. or 9,000,0001., to pay for the people's food; the price will than be paid for by the export of British goods; but the chief satisfaction experienced is in the glorious feeling that Great Britain has taken the lead, that she has at length assumed the position which becomes her, and shown an ex ample of an enlightened commercial legislation to the world at large. It is felt that this brilliant example will tell in the United States, in Brazil, in the Germanic Prussian League, in France, Spain, and Portugal ; and that it will be the means of consolidating the general peace, by combining the people of all nations in one common bond of commercial intercourse and prosperity. That large and influential portion of the community forming the liberal commercial body in the C•ty duly appreciate the enlightened course adopted by the Government, and hail with gratitude and satis faction the proposal of a more liberal tariff, the sub • stitution of a " moderate fixed duty" on corn in place of the present sliding scale, and the extinction of the system of regulating the duties payable on Foreign corn by aver ages, which is injurious alike to the I indlord, the home grower, and the consumer, and profitable only to speculators. If any one will take the trouble to observe the working of the bread tax, it will at once be seen that it is cunningly devised for the benefit of the rich at the expense of the poor. It operates in an inverse ratio, pressing with increased severity o:a those least able to pay it. It will be found on inquiry that a working man with jiis wife and three children, consume about eight quartern loaves each week. Now supposing, for the sake of illustratien, that the opening of our ports for foreign grain, on payment of a moderate fixed duty, will reduce the price of the quartern loaf threepence a loaf, that diminution of price in the article of food would be a saving to the working man of two shillings a week on an in come of ten shillings a week, or 20 per cent. ; it would be a saving of 10 per cent. on an income of 20e. a week, of 5 per cent. on 40s. a week, and so on ; and if we take it on an in come of 2,000/. a year, it will be found that the difference would be only about ss. a week, or a per cent. Here then, we see that the less a man is able to bear the bread tax, the mire that tax demands from him. It scarcely touches the squire• archy, the parson, and those who fare sumptuously every clay, clothed in purple and fine lines, but it sucks the heart-blood from the industrious poor. The rich man took care to rid him seS of the property tax, which touched his comforts and lux • uries, long irzo. It is now time that the property tax, which destroys the poor man's little means of subsistence should also be done away Viewing the Budget strictly in a financial point of view, it is approved by every competent judge whose opinions are free from the prejudice of party f: eling, and there are many mer chants of the Tory party in the City who perceive that it will be a most embarrassing policy for their Parliamentary leaders to oppose it. They see that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is no nibbler at principles. They are conscious of his straight forward business-like course of conduct, and that, sweeping off all mystification of arithmetical obscurity, he has placed his measures practically and plainly before the country in such a manner as every man car. read and understand them. They are aware, therefore, that it will be a dangerous if not a fatal attempt to oppose the Right Hon. Gentleman in his plan of providing for 600,000/. of the deficiency of .1,700,0004 by redueing the duty on Baltic timber. They know that the differential duty of thirty shillings sti.l maintained in favour of the Canadian growth is an ample one, particularly when it is a sacrifice by the people of this country to favour colonial interests, to their own cost. and to the prejudice of a superior article. They see that they cannot propose that the . people should be taxed to supply the deficiency instead of having the taxes reduced on this necessary material in their dwelling-houses. So, as regards the admission of foreign sugar, they know that the differential duty of 50 per cent., which the mother country would still yield in favour of co lonial sugar, is most ample, and that they cannot say it would be wiser to keep up the present exorbitant price, to lay on additional burdens on the consumer, and to lose the trade of Brazil, which takes off 5,000,0001. annu ally of British manufactures, instead of gaining 900,0001. to the revenue by the change proposed in the budget. These views are quite understood in mercantile cir cles, and we only express the opinions of some of the 'best informed when we say that the measures of relief will work well, and that they will do more than answer the expectations of the Right. Honourable Gentleman. We have only to add, that the best friends of the measure hope that when once announced its authors will adhere to it with boldness ; that they will avoid all vacillation, or vain attempts at conciliation. We have heard the observation made to-day in many quarters, " This is right now, if they will only stick to it ; and when they propose their 'fixed duty, let it really be a moderate one.' If they act in this way, the people will do the rest." As there was no loan, or increased taxation, asked by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Consols opened firm, and were done at 90i for the Account, but is being thought by many that the Tory faction would make a desperate resistance to the re moval of the bread tax, which might compel Ministers to ap peal to the country, prices receded to 90 to h. There was, however, but little business done, this being a holiday at the Bank, which it would have been also at the Stock Exchange, had it not been for the Budget being fixed as for last night. TIMES.—The general opinion of the Budget in the City, with scarcely a dissentient voice, is an unfavourable one. This is to be taken, however, apart from all contained in it which has reference to the principles of free tade, which have always had, and always will have, a great number of zealous advocates in this quarter. The opinion quoted only regards figures— the grounds upon which the Chancellor of the Exchequer is led to expect the increase of revenue which he has declared to be indispensable—and the fairness, taken collectively, of his whole statement, as furnishing information, always to be de sired in these cases, of the real financial situat:on of the country. It is, perhaps, in this latter particular that the Budget is pronounced to be most defective. Any person not in the, habit of attending to these sub jects is led to conclu.ie from the speech of Mr. Baring that a deficiency of about 2,000, 0001 ., being his estimate for 1841, is the whole for which Parliament is required to make any pro vision, keeping the fact almost entirely out of view that there is a large arrear of deficiency, the accumulation from four years of improvident administration, amounting to above 5,000,0001. more, which is left for aught that is set forth to the contrary, to liquidate itself as it may. Then, in considering the means whereby it is proposed to raise that 1,300,000/. out of the 2,000,000/., the estimated deficiency of 1841, for which alone Mr. Baring deems it necessary to provide, there are none who can see their way clearly to any such result. The doctrine of making good a large deficiency by such a modification of duty as is proposed is regarded as most unsound by practical men. The sugar trade, in particular, are taken completely by surprise, and regard with the utmost alarm the entire change in their operations which the new measure would occasion. The impression with the leading men in the trade is, that the sweeping reduction of the duty on foreign sugars will be attended by such a rise in their price, that the consumption will not increase sufficiently to answer the purposes of the alteration, and that the supposi tion that it will increase to such an amount as in a great mea sure to make good the deficiency, has been much too hastily formed. As for the answer of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the question of Mr. Berries respecting the 700,0001. still unprovided for, it is considered most unsatisfactory. He said that " he had omitted to state " that he would provide for that deficiency by an issue of Exchequer-bills, the very form of this answer being somewhat loose and un-business like, and though he seemed to admit that the power of using the Savings-bank Stock was unsafely trusted with a Minister, his opinion that it was a power of which a Minister would " naturally avail himself," could scarcely lead to any supposition but that such "natural" means would be resorted to, especially after Mr. Goulburn had been plainly told, that a great part of the deficiency of last year was to be made up by an application of the Savings-bank money. The use of this fund is regarded more and more with suspicion, as a means of increasing the public debt with little or no check, while the obscurity of the opera tion gives it the appearance of a sort of juggle. The power of thus using this money is, as the Chancellor of the Ex chequer himself admitted, decidedly dangerous; at all events contrivances of this sort cannot conduce towards the real reduction of a deficiency, and the monied interest are beginning to look with apprehension at the notion of an income-tax, which, though kept rather in the hack-ground, is evidently hinted at as a plan to which resort may ulti mately be had, especially if the schemes now brought for ward should net succeed, which, as before shown, is consi dered likely to be the case. The inquisition to which any tax of the sort would most necessarily lead is naturally regarded with great jealousy ; and as for the alteration in the Corn laws, which is proposed not so much as an alternative, as a means of supplying a part of the wants left unprovided for by the reduction of the duties on timber and sugar, this is con sidered less a measure seriously designed to produce this effect, than an attempt to gain a momentary po pularity in the event of a dissolution of Parliament. Hence, this combination of the Corn-law question with that of the Budget had an unfavourable effect on the Stock-market this morning, although there is no material decline in prices. For at first, at perceiving the Chancellor of the Exchequer had given no hint of the creation of stock, the apprehension of which had weighed upon the market for some days, a sud den advance i n th e p r i ce s took place, but they gave way almost immediately on the reflection of the unsettled state of things that would follow a dissolution. According to the list of quo tations, the Budget has produced little or no effect, but accord ing to the opinions of experienced persons in the City, it has awakened general feelings of mistrust and apprehension. POST.—The publication of the financial exposition made in Parliament last night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer occurring the last day in the week has had no immediate effect of consequence on the value of the national securities. There was a thin attendance of speculators, and but little doing. Deaf persons, and those who are slightly dull of hearing, and find a difficulty to catch the sound of a distant low speaker at a public assembly, will find a most astonishing advantage from the use of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomon,' newly.invented invisible operative Voice Conductor, which, when fitted into the cavity of the ear is so small, not the least perceptible, nor more un comfortable than having a piece of wool in its place. By this ex traordinary and valuable invention, not only does the hearing be. come acute, but the ears are so much improved by their use, that individuals, in a great number of instances, can hear most dis. tinctly without them. It will therefore be seen that persons do not incur any constant habit of being compelled at all times to make use of them, and in consequence of the numerous individuals having been altogether relieved from deafness, they have become in general use. The Messrs. Solomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses immediately they are placed before very aged and imperfect eyesight, either by day or candlelight, every object becomes clear and distinct, and the most minute particle is seen with exact distinct. ness. Their valuable improvements in the material are secrets to themselves, and are solely confined to their establishments, 39. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 76, king William-street, City. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, ohy j. The Lord Chancellor was engaged all day in the House of Lords In further hearinc , the appeals of Campbell v. Stewart, in which, after hearing Mr. Pemberton for the respondents. their Lordships reserved their judgment to a future day. waived every advantage which they might have derived from the difficulty there Would have been in proving the identity. With tegatd to *bat passed on that occasion, as the depositions were not before the Court, it was utterly impossible that his Lordship could have had any knowledge of the circumstances of the case, except what he could derive from the indictment itself, which went no further than to show that an assault had been committed, without stating anything as to the circum stances attending it, or the nature of the injuries inflicted upon the iedividual. t was well known that in cases of assault nothing was more common than to let the prisoner speak to the pro secutor—that sse, to suffer him to make compensation to the person injured, and if his Lordship had suggested any thing of the sort on the I ""sent occa=ion it would have been , done—hut his Lord nothing more than what was coiZtalltly 4. been said on the ship had done no such thing ; whatever subject of compensation to the person injured, 11,2!! be ,:n said by him (Sir F. Pollack). This was not a case calla,: fo r very severe or exemplary punishment. These young men had not beer, guilty of any premeditated assault. Their meet ing with the policeman was a matter of accident, and he must say that he considered the sergeant was much to blame, seeing the state of intoxication in which they were, to enter into any conversation with them at all ; his duty was to have recom mended them to go home quietly, instead of which he got him self embroiled with them, and then commanded the policeman who came up to take one of the parties into cus'ody, having done which, be rode off. The friends of Lord Waldegrave having rescued him, Captain Duff, who was assisting in free ing his friend, walked off, and it did not appear that up to that time any serious injury had been inflicted on the policeman, because he was afterwards enabled to run after the plaintiff, and to seize one of the parties, and it was in the scuffle which ensued after Captain Duff had left that he re ceived the injuries from which he was suffering. He com plained of the gross exaggerations which had gone forth to the public in the newspapers as to the conduct of his client on this unfortunate occasion, and contended that if the assault had been committed by persons in a lower station oflife, it would have been passed over with little or no observation. Captain Duff, throUgh him, was desirous of submitting himself entirely to the justice of the Court, and he deeply regretted what had occurred, and was, and always had been, extremely desirous of making every reparation in his power. Mr. INlAuTirr followed on the same side. Mr. THESIGER, for the Earl of Waldegrave, sail he had the misfortune to appear there for a very young nobleman, who had for months past suffered from the exaggerations of the newspapers in respect to this unfortunate affair. He did not complain that the affidavits for the prosecution should have been given out for publication ; but lee did complain that those affidavits should have been published before the affidavits for the defence had been heard, that an es-parte s'atement of the case should have been given, calculated not indeed to prejudice or influence the judgment of the Court; for he was i i well aware that it was out of the power of any publication to do that, but to create a prejudice in the public mind. and excite public animosity against his client. No one bad more to cause to rejoice in the arrival of that day than Lord Waldegrave, for now the whole case was before the public ; what did it amount to? Was it, as it had been represented to be, a case of premelitated, malicious, unprovoked, and almost murder ous outrage? No such thing. Had his Lordship, which it was clear he had not dune, recommended that sonie compromise should take place—that some reparation or compensation should be made to the injured party, and the case should not be proceeded with 'further, he (Air. T.) was prepared to contend that such a course would have been perfectly justifiable, would have been in accordance with what was constantly done in cases of assault even upon policemen, and would have amply met the justice of the ease. The whole of this unfortunate affair was owing to the imprudence and indiscre tion of the police-sergeant. W hat, for instance, could he more likely to aggravate a party of young men, heated with wine, than his order to the constable to throw his light on them, and his second order to him, to go and see the number of the fly. The unfortunate sufferer himself had also acted with great imprudence in attempting to seize one of the party by the leg, after he was in the fly, and while the fly was driving on. What could have been his intention? Did he mean to drag his prisoner from the fly to the ground while the fly was proceeding at the rapid rate that had been represented ? Had he succeeded in doing so the consequences might have been still more severe than they had been. It was evident that the injury to the brain had not been inflicted by the blows which he had re ceived in the scuffle, but had been occasioned by his falling from the fly while it was proceeding at such a rapid rate, and that was proved to be the case by the fact that it was then, and not until then, that he found himself incapable of moving. It was a most unfortunate accident, and advantage had been taken of it to prejudice the defendants, because they occupied a high rank in society. Had the assault been committed by persons of humbler rank, although it might have occa sioned some little observation at the time of its occurrence, all remembrance of it would have long since passed away from the public mind. Whatever might be the judgment passed upon him, Lord Waldegrave was anxious, and ever had been, to be permitted to make such reparation to the man as would prevent him feeling the consequences of the occurence in any way beyond the bodily suffering which he had endured. 'through his counsel he expressed his deep regret for what had occurred, and his anxious desire to submit himself with all humility to the judgment of the Court. Mr. STUART WOILTIEY followed on the same side. Their Lordships having consulted together, Mr. Justice Parresost proceeded to deliver the judgment of the Court. The defendants were charged with having, on the bth of June last, a saulted Charles William Wheatly, a police-constable, at Hampton Wick, and interrupted him in the execution of his duty, and with having inflicted divers in juries upon him. To that indictment they had pleaded guilty. The Learned Counsel for the defendants had complained that this transaction had been made the subject of 'gross and exaggerated comment in the public newspapers, and such most likely was the fact, as the Learned Counsel had so stated it to be ; but it did so happen that not one of the Judges who were on the bench at the time the defendants had pleaded guilty had seen any of those accounts, not but what they might have seen such statements—not that if they had seen them they were at all bound, as Judges, not to read them—but it did so happen that they had none of them seen them, and consequently could have no know ledge of the transaction except what they had derived from the affidavits; and the Learned Judge who pre-ided when the plea of not guilty was withdrawn, and the plea of guilty entered, had no means of acquiring any knowledge of what had taken place except from the indictment, which merely set forth the fact, that an assault had been committed without stating anything as to the nature of it. It appeared that the defendants, in company with several others, had been dining with the defendant, Lord Waldegrave, at his seat at Strawberry-hill, on the 4th June last, and that being under the influence of wine they had all set off to go to King ston fair, and on their return from the fair it was that the as sault complained of had taken place. It appeared they had met police sergeant Churchill, and had asked how far down the road his beat extended? to which he properly replied that his o ders prevented him from replying to such a question, whereupon some of the party began making use of disgusting and abusive language. 'the defendants swore that neither of them had made use of the language complained of, and he hoped such was the case, but still they admitted that such language was made use of by persons in the company. It was not stated who those persons were, or whether they were of the same rank as the defendants, or occupied • a lower station. This was at all events certain they must have been persons of very low minds, and persons exceedingly unfit to be the associates of the defendants. It appeared from their own affidavits that after this they pro ceeded to take hold of the bridle of the man's horse, conduct which, although not of a gross or outrageous nature, was yet ex ceedingly improper, and that when, in the execution of the commands of his superior officer, Wheatly proceeded towards the fly for the purpose, as he said, of see ing the owner's name, although perhaps they might have imagined it was to prevent their getting into it, they pushed .him down, and then, and not till then, did the sergeant order him to take one of the party, who turned out to he Lord Wal degrave, into custody. The defendant Duff admitted he as sisted in rescuing the other defendant from the custody of the police officer, and that he left before the other assault was committed. That made a slight difference, but a very slight one between the two cases. Lord Waldegrave, however, got into the fly, and the policeman followed attempting to recapture his prisoner, and seized one of the party by the leg; they then di ove on, a person on the box hit ting at Wheatly at random with a stick, the defendant, Lord Waldegrave, hitting him on the knuckles with a cane to make him leave go his hold, and the person whose leg he had seized kicking him ; in consequence of this he fell to the ground, unable to move, and the wheel passed over him. Now, if those in the fly knew that the wheel had passed over him, and there was nothing to show that they did not, then their conduct was most inhuman in driving away, leaving him in the road without assistance. It had been said that the conduct of the polioeman had been indis creet; but, even admitting it to have been so, although he by no means said that such was the case, still that was no excuse for the defendants. It was not to be borne that persons should commence an outrage, and then, because the persons who had been attacked in the first instance had not acted as discreetly as they might have &Me, that those who commenced the outrage should turn round and plead the indiscretion as a reason why they should escape punish ment. Those who commenced an outrage were re sponsible for every thing that might subsequently occur. Without meaning to impute wilful misrepresentation to the defendants, he was bound to accept the version of the circum stances from ',the affidavits of the policeman, rather than from theirs, because, according to their own showing, they were at that time under the influence of wine, and therefore could not be supposed to have a very accurate recollection of what had takenplace. The man who drove the fly, it appeared, was sober, but he had made no affidavit ; neither had any one of the' party, except the two defendants. The fact of the being under the influence of wine was pleaded as an excuse for their conduct, but the law of the land admitted no such excuse. If a man chose voluntarily to put himself in such a position as that his pas sions should have control over his reason, he must take the consequences. It might, however, be taken thus tar in mitiga tion. Had they been sober at the time they set out, it would have served to argue a premeditated design to commit. some outrage, which, however, under the circumstances, did not appear to be the case. It often happened that assaults of this nature were committed by persons of low station while in a state'd intoxication ; and in those cases, although the public safety required that such persons should be punished, yet some pity might be felt, and some sympathy might be manifested towards them on account of their having had their education neglected, of their having been left to themselves, and their crime being, perhaps, more the consejluence of their misfortune than their laults. But when men, occupying a rank and station in society to which the public generally lookedfor example, and in which they were not n'ten disappointed—when such men voluntarily degraded themselves to the level of the unfortunate class to which he had before al luded, they had no right to pity, they could expect no sympa thy. It had been stated that their rank was an aggravation of their offence, and so it was to a certain extent ; not, however, that they were to be punished solely on account of their rank. The law had marked these cases of assault on police-officers in the execution of their duty as cases of a more aggravated nature than cases of common assault. The defendant had offered compensation and reparation, but it never could be borne that any man could be permitted by his wealth to pur eha.,e the privilege of committing outrages of this na ture. He must, as well as others, pay in person for his offences. In ordinary cares of this description the offence was generally committed by a class of per sons whose poverty was such as absolutely to preclude them from pa)ing in purse, and on whom the infliction of a fine, accom panied as it always was by imprisonment until the fine should be paid, would he tantamount to a sentence of perpetual im prisonment. But in cases where persons could afford to pay in purse as well as in person, there was not any reason why the Court should not inflict a fine as well as sen tence them to pay in person. I have already observed," concluded his Lordship, " that there is a slight difference, al though a very slight difference,between your two cases. 'faking all the circumstances of the case into our consideration the sentence of the Court upon you George Edward, Earl of Waldegrave, and upon you William John Duff, is, that you be each of you imprisoned in the custody of the Marshal of the llarshalsea, that is in the Queen's Bench pri son, for the space of six calendar months, and that you George Edward Earl of Waldegrave, do pay to her Majesty a fine of 2001., and you William John Duff, a fine of 20/., and that you be further imprisoned until such fines shall be paid." The defendants then left the Court-in custody. Mr. Robert Gordon, M.P., for Windsor, has religned 11i5 office of Fir &acid, Secretary . of her Majesty's Treasury. ABERDEEN CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICIARY. The half-yearly Circuit Court of Justiciary was ripened at Aberdeen, on Wednesday week, by Lords Mackenzie aild Med wyn; Archibald Davi&on, Esq., Advocate-Depute. The caves, which were about twenty-six in number, were chiefly those of theft, habit and repute, and previous coo vietion. Tne following were the only cases of any interest : Leslie Robertson, a little phyiical-force-looking boy of about twelve yeas of age, was brought up the dock-stairs hurraing. and on being placed at the bar on a charge of having stolen a grate from the premises of Mr. Forbes, of Echt, Regent Quay, pleaded not guilty. He was one of the most impudent little scamps that we ever saw at the bar, and kept ince!sarrtly talking and muttering to those in his neighbourhood. Lord Medwyn had frequently to administer a rebuke, but he seemed incorrigible. Adhering to his plea of not guilty, a Jury was empanelled, a -- ,:!1 the case went to proof. When asked to stand up, for the being identified by the first witness, he pertly re purp:e " I won'!:" and then fixing his eyes on the witness, clapped his thumb to hi: nose, s p readin g out his fin g ers, and grinning like a fiend, said, "!.00k here." The evidence was so clear and concluaive, that the .;:2ty were neither addressee by the public prosecutor nor the prisoner's Counsel. A verdict was given, finding him guilty, as libelled; and Lord Mackenzie, in pa=sing sentence of seven years' transportation, made spe cial reference to the violent conduct of the prisoner at the bar. On his sentence being ancounced, the prisoner commenced a dance in the dock, hurraing and waving his bonnet round his head, and bawled out, " Three cheers for Botany Bay." ISLES OF WIGHT (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Norris Castle and Estate are we hea.., about is change hands ; dgentlemanof lat ge fortune is in treaty for the purchase A .NEw Tgeffs,—A company of London speculators has, we hear, purchwed the estate of Mr. Chamberlain at East Cowes, adjoining tlft Earl of Shannon's, and propose build inz a number of deta:thed villas.. The spot selected is admirably adapted for the purpose, and if carried out according to the propostid plans. will have a very se r'ous effect on the new tow:' V en tnor, which from the mildness of its situation, is throt.: ed with visitors, part lady consumptive patients, who dero..l great benefits trom their visits to this English Madeira. East .Cowes Pack has thecation, ea 6 l° same aspect, and a greater facility of commutos,,anr' it being iy within four hours of London, while Ventnor takes': double time to reach it. Whatever may be said of the beautiful situations of Cowes, Ryde, and Norris, they have all the sam l very swims drawback, being all exposed to the keen north a.. - east, and therefore are not fit for the winter residences of per sons in a weak state of health. The new site is beautifully si tuated, and open only to the south and west, the views are delightful, the air mild, genial, and salubrious. The plan (on paper) particularly pretty, and the landing good at all times; but we have seen so many of these fine projects vanish like castles in the air, that we must see something of a more substantial nature before we can calculate on the population of East Cowes being much increased. The steamers are to make seven trips from Southampton to Cowes daily, as follows :—at 6,9, I 1 1 4 „ 3,5, 6i ; from Cowes to Southton at 7,9, 11, 11. 2,4, 6, to meet the rail road train, which will leave Southton at 6, 94, 12, 1%, 4, 61, and London at 7,9, 11, 1,3, 5, commencing about the 10th instant. The complaint of the exces•ive charge made for parcels still continues ; they charge as much from Southamp. ton to Cowes as from London to Southampton. SouT m P TOw.—Major-General Rufane Shaw Donkin, G.C. 8., M.P. for Sandwich, destroyed himself at his residence, Portland-street, Southampton, on Saturday ; he had been con sidered for some time not to be in sane mind, and had been watched by his attendants, but in their temporary absence he hung himself. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, MAY 3.—Wind this day at noon N.E., heavy rain. LivEaroor. MAY 1. —Wind S.S.E. 2. Wind N.N.W., light.—Arrived the Paris, King, from New Orleans ; Emerald, Buenos Ayres ; Cera, Honduras ; Fleurs, Havannah ; Queen, Hoscason, New Orleans ; Mountaineer, Hickey, Savannah ; Queen Victoria, Black, Mobile. Sailed the Robert Hender son, for Batavia; Camoens, Trinidad; William and Elizabeth, New Orleans ; Manchester, Boston ; Queen of Britain, Alex andria; Rhoda, Leghorn; Isabel, Singapore; Elva Heywood, Monte Video; Jersey Tar, Pernambuco; Leo, Quebec. A large steamer has hove to off B. 111. Beacon, waiting for water to enter the Victoria Channel. 520 r.m.—The telegraph has just announced that the steamer is entering the Victoria Chan. nel, but has not shown her numbers. Arrived off, the Aca dia steamer, from Boston. DEAL, MA Y 2,—Wind SW., fresh breeze.—Arrived Forti tude, from Singapore, with loss of boat, bulwarks, &c., having been struck by a heavy sea off Cave Finisterre ; Bolivar, Cadiz. Arrived from the River, Willom Metcalfe, for Port Philip ; Andromeda, Singapore ; Larkins, Madras ; Samaran, do. ; Ariel, Mauritius ; Havanna, for Antigua; Belvidere, for Montreal ; John Horsfer, Cape Coast Castle PORTSMOUTH, MAY 2.—Wind W.—Arrived, Samson, from London, and sailed for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY I.—Arrived Royal 'Tar, from Gib raltar, left 22d ult., Cadiz, 23d, Lisbon, 26th, Oporto, 27th, Vigo, 28th. COWES, MAY 2:—Arrived Elizabeth Maria, from Mavannah. DARTMOUTH. —Arrived, Ellen Gillman, from St. 13ichael's. FALMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind E. to s.E., fresh bretz.es.— Arrived, Oriental. and proceeded for Malta ; Eleanor, S s lphie, Messina ; Skiold, do. PENZANCE Argil, 30.—Arrived the Juno, Jans, from M.l - Major Ogilvie, Xagua ; Robert Taylor, Shields for Miramichi. The Sylvia revenue cutter is off the port, having a ship in tow, with loss of fore and main topmasts ; they are reaching to the eastward on a wind. GUERNSEY, APRIL 28.—Arrived the Maria, from Havan nah. Sailed the Rollo, for Labrador ; Christy and Jean, ditto; Concord, ditto; Laurel, ditto; Flora, ditto; Superb, ditto ; Canopus, ditto. SWANSEA, MAY I.—Arrived the Alexander, Harvey, Cuba. CLYDE, Arast 30.—Sailed the John, Mitchell, for Cal cutta; Commodore, Rio Janeiro; Rowallem, Trinidad; Ariel, ditto ; Rainbow, Montreal; Clutha, New York. APRIL 28.—The Agnes, from the Clyde to Sligo, put into Lochindahl yesterday ; the master reports, that when lying to off Arranmure in a gale, 24th inst., there was a barque and schooner close to leeward, when a shower, with a heavy squall came on, and upon its clearing up, he saw the barque, with nothing but her lower masts standing, but no sight of the schooner, from which circumstance he is fearful the latter is lost. WHITBY, APRIL 2.—The Prince of Wales, of Newcastle, and Harmony, of Sunderland, ran on Whitby rock this morn int? during a fog, but are expected to be got off. 'WATERFORD APRIL 28.—Arrived the Peace, Davies, from Swansea, with loss of boats, bulwarks, &c. Sailed the Mar garet, for Trinidad ; John, Newfoundland ; Don, Reed, Mira michi ; Perseverance, Kingston, Courtmasherry. Coax, APRIL 30.—Arrived the Jubilee, Arylerson, from" Monte Video ; Huron, Sibbeson, Savannah, with loss of rud der. Sailed the Barbara Ann, Atkinson, for Newfoundland; King of Tyre, Smarden, ditto ; Elizabeth, Wilson, ditto ; Cremore, Shepley, London. Off port, Middleton, Tennan, from Buenos Ayres. BELFAST, APRIL 30.—Sailed the Lady Mary Fox, Sower by, for Demerara • St. Mary, Grnby, Quebec. The Queen, Hawkins, from Shields to Londonderry, was driven ashore in this harbour, during a violent gale, on the 24th ult.—part, if not all the cargo must be discharged before she can be got off. PLYMOUTH, MAY I.—A large French ship, with main and wizen masts gone, bound to Honfleur, was passed on the 27th April, in long. 8, by the Flora, Jansen, arrived here for Ant werp. The Elizabeth and Ann, LowoMd, for Liverpool, was driven on the rocks during a gale on the 24th, and must discharge. Arrived the Cato, Hchr, from Malaga; John Rencock, for Sydney, New South Wales ; Runnymede, for ditto; Ann, ditto, for Quebec; Margaret Ogilvie, Smith, Cubs. Sailed the Goede, Hins ght, for Tarragona. • BRISTOL, MAY 2.—Arrived the Pomona, Smith, from Tri nidad; lona , Alexandria. SHIELDS, MAY I.—Sailed the Clementina, for Barcelona ; Honor, Constantinople. INFANCY.—An infant requires a secretion afforded by another's system, and requires this to be brought to it; it requires others to ke:wp it warm, to protect it from injury, to keep it c'ean, and to tend it in every way : and I suspect, fer reasons which I shall hereafter give, that a living influence was communicated to it in utero, by the maternal fluids which entered,ieto its system, end by the surrounding body of its mother in whom it lay, and that, after birth, a living influence is communicated of the highest importance in the milk poured into its system di rectly from its mother's breast without the intervention of a moment for this to lose its vital properties, and by the contact of the mother when it is lying in her bosom. Not only do ebildrea generally die which are fed with milk that has stood in vessels after having been taken from the breast of a brute, and with vegetable mater, whatever care be taken of them; but chickens which are hatched and afterwards kept warm artificially, though their food is the same, and the utmost care be bestowed upon them, ac quire size and vigour more slowly than those which have the benefit of the hen's nursing, and therefore the contact of her body. There xas an old idea that animal heat was different from common beat. The moderns argue that caloric is always caloric, and that therefore the wisdom of our ancestors in this matter was folly. But though ca. loric is always caloric, it does not follow that with it some other principle may not co-exist in animals and be commu nicated. I know a clergyman in Essex who has severe pains in his legs relieved by no other friction than with the hand of another, nor by any other warmth.than that commu. nicPted to his lower extremities when sitting between two persons, as in a coach, in which be was struck with the discovery. The aged David had good reason on his bide, when he had a young virgin to tie in his bosom. The communicator of course looses in proportion, and therefore Dr. Copland declares he has frequently known children become weak and pale from sleeping with the aged. The greatest toe of the church, therefore, cannot doubt the pro priety of its' order that a man shall not marry his grand mother. While a woman can bear children, she is in the prime of life, and therefore not in a state to derive vigour f,om her infant, bet to impart vigour to it. If old women bred, their nursing as mothers would probably be delete. rious. —Elliotson's Human Physiology. VOLTAIRE attended our rehearsals, as well as our performances at Forney. I can fancy I see him now, in his every-day dress, consisting of grey stockings and grey shoes, a large waistcoat of bazin descending nearly to his knees, a large wig squeezed into a little black velvet cap, turned up in front; the whole completed by a robe-de. chambre, likewise of bazin. the c ,rners of which he would sometimes tuck into the waistband of his small-clothes. Arrayed in this costume, any other person would have looked like a caricature ; but the appearance of Voltaire, so far from suggesting any idea of the ridiculous, was cal culated to command respect and interest. On ordinary occasions, when he happened to enter into conversation with any of the members of. our theatrical troop, his man ner was marked by good-humoured familiarity. But when he superintended our rehearsals there was a truce with pleasantry • then he was all in all the dramatic poet ; and one, too, ;hose correct judgment, and refined taste, were not to be easily satisfied. —Theodore Hook's French Stage. THE PRINCE DE CANING.--The Gazette du Midi F. tate;-- 4 ' On Thursday arriv.. , cl at MEr.eilles, on hoard the Tancrede, from Cirita Vecchia, the ilde't son of Lucien Bonaparte, who sow bears th , title of Prince de Canino. He is accompanied by his son, who is now about eight years old. The Prince has several times re ceived permission from Government to pass through France. With him also landed Monseigneur de Falloux du Cou dray, a prelate of the Pope's household, and the Bishops of Verdun and Valence, who have been on a visit to Rome." REVENUE.—From a return recently moved for be Mr..161,n O'Connell. 's'. P., it appears that the payments nito the Exchequer of British tevonm fro.a I6iio to ieql amounted in that pet iod to 1,936,049.6611., and that the pay ments into the Exchequer of Irish revenue, during the same period, amounted to 150,189,340/. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MAY 3. His HoNou a was occupied the entire day in hearing the argument; of Counsel on a motion respecting the taxation of a solicitor's bill of costs. The case possessed not the least feature of interest. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, MAY 3. In consequence of its having been announced that the Earl of Waldegrave and Captain Duff were to be brought up for judgment this morning, every avenue to the Court was crowded long before 10 o'cloi.k. Immediately the doors were opened, the Court was completely crammed, and many barristers who had arrived late were unable to obtain admission. The officers of the Court, however, on this as on every occa sion, did their utmost to afford every accommodation arid assistance to the press. On our admission we found the Earl of Waldegrave and Captain Duff sitting in the place usually occupied by the solicitors. The noble defendant presented a very youthful appearance, looking scarcely older than a school boy. The gallant delendant, who was seated by his side, ap peared considerably his Lordship's senior. The Judges tool•. their seats on the bench at 10 o'clock, and the first ease called on w as THE QUEEN V. LAWSON. - CRIMINAL INFORMATION. In this case Sir Frederick Pollock had obtained a rule to show cause, calling upon the defendant, the printer of the Times newspaper, to show cause why a criminal information should not he filed against him for the pthlication fas artie'e in that paper reflecting upon the verdict of a jury of London derry, and imputing to them that they had hven actuated by improper motives. lhe applica ion had been made at the in stance of some of the members of the Jury. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL showed cause against the rule, and contended that the article in question did not exued the fair limits of discussion; that it did not impute anything to the members of the Jury, individually, and that Mr. Lecky, the foreman of the Jury, and one of the applicants, having published a letter on the subject which contained language much stronger than that complained of as having been u-ed by the Times, was consequently not in a position to cad upon the Court to interfere summarily in his behalf, but must be left to his remedy by indictment or by action. Lord DENMAN—If you can show that this app!ication ema nates from Mr. Lecky alone we may perhaps call on the other side. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then proceeded to argue that the other applicants had merely acted as instruments of Mr. Lecky, the foreman, and at his instigation. He read affidavits to show that they would never have made this application, had it not been for Mr. Lecky, and argued that having con curred wi h • him throughout they were affected each and every one of them by his acts, and on those grounds he trusted the Cuurt would discharge the rule wi h costs. Sir W. FOLLETT followed on the same side, and contended that none of the applicants stated that they had no cognizance of the letter before it was published, and that they were bound to show that, or that they had taken some means to prevent the publication of the letter, in order to entitle them to the interference of the Court. Sir F. POLLOCK, in support of the rule, submitted that no conduct of Mr. Lecky's could prevent the other gentlemen of the Jury from coming to the Court for protection, and that pven if they knew of the letter they were not bound to inter fere to prevent its publication. The application had been made to the Court by four gentlemen of the Jury only, without any connection with Mr. Leeky, who was not one of the applicants, From the affidavit of the a+ torney in the cause it appeared that Lecky was not one of the applicants, and the letter itsel was set forth in the affidavits on which the rule nisi had been granted, so that there was no concealment practiped on the Court. Lord DENMAN said that the Court was of opinion that there was no proof whatever that the other Jurymen had in terfered to prevent the publication of the letter of which they had cognizance, and that therefore the Court could not inter fere—the rule nisi must be discharged, without costs. THE QUEEN v. THE EARL OF WALDEGRAVE AND ANOTHER—JUDGMENT. The defendants in this case, George Edward Earl of Wal degrave and William John Duff, wers. then brought up on the floor of the Court fur judgment on an indictment to which they had pleaded guilty, for an assault on Charles W. Wheatly, a police constable, on the sth June last. Several affidavits were read describing the circumstances under which the assault had been committed, and which have already been frequently before the public. The affidavit of the surgeon who hail attended Wheatly, set forth that in consequence of the injuries he had received he was unfit for the active duties of a policeman, and that if dis charged he would be incapacitated from ever getting his own living, as his brain was still affected by its injuries. In mitigation of punishment the affidavits of the two de fendants were put in, in which they stated that at the time of the occurrence they were under the influence of wine, and that they had been guilty of no breach of the peace until they were taken into custody. The Earl of Waldegrave admitted that he was the person who had been taken into custody and who had been rescued from Wheatly, but denied that . he had inflicted the injuries on Wheatly, and further stated his belief that the defendant Duff had left the party before the scuffle commenced. His Lordship expressed his deep regret for what occurred, and his willingness to make every reparation in his power. The defendant Duff ad mitted having seen the police-sergeant, but stated that he had left before the scuffle commenced. He expressed his regret at having been present during any part of the transaction, and his willing ness to make any compensation to Wheatly in his power. Mr. Phillips, the attorney for the defence, made an affidavit stating that he had caused Wheatly to be examined by Mr. Risda and Mr. Fisher, surgeons, who stated their opinion, that although he was not yet recovered from the shock his brain had suffered, yet that they were of opinion that a few months' rest would completely restore him. Mr. Keate, Sergeant-Surgeon to the Queen, and Mr. Liston, Surgeon to the University Hospital, stated it as their opinion that Wheatly would have re covered long since had he been able to take perfect rest. Some persons residing at Hampton Wick, who had known Wheatly, stated that previous to this occurrence Wheatly had been in delicate health. The attorney for the defendant made an affidavit complaining of the affidavits for the prosecution having been published in the newspapers with a view to prejudice the case. Mr. CHAMBERS then addressed the Court in aggravation of punishment. With regard to the publication of the affidavits, he had to state that, it being expected that the defendants would have been brought up for judgment on Thursday, the solicitor for the prosecution had been applied to by some person connected with the Morning Herald newspaper for copies of the affidavits for the prosecution, which had been fur ni:hed to him on the distinct understanding that they should not be published until after judgment had been passed upon the defendants. They appeared, however, in that newspa per on the Friday morning, headed, " The Waldegrave Outrage." The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the case as it appeared from the affidavits. Here were two persons of rank and station in the community who had, first of all, been guilty of obstructing a police-officer in the execution of his duty, and afterwards of assaulting him severely. •It appeared that Lord Vt aldegrave had a residence at Strawberry hill, in the immediate vicinity of Twickenham, Kingston, and Hampton Wick ; that on the day in question he and the other defendant, and four other persons, who had been dining with him, sallied forth under the influence of wine, as they themselves stated, and stopping opposite a public-house in Hampton Wick, were met by Sergeant Churchill at the time they were about to knock at the door of an old woman who kept a mangle. They came up to Churchill and accosted him, and were replied to with tem per and civility, when they commenced meddling with the bridle of his horse. Lord Waldegrave denied having touched the horse, but Duff did not. Churchill said, " Speak to me as much as you like, but do not meddle with my accoutrements." They then began to abuse him, and to make a: noise. At that moment Wh ea tly came up, and the sergeant directed him to show his light upon the party, and see if he could recognize them, and also to go and take the number of the fly. He was endeavouring to do so, when he was pushed down and assaulted by the party. He endeavoured to seize one of them, who turned out to be Lord Waldegrave, in-obedience to the orders of his sergeant, when the others set upen, and struck him on the head while on the ground, and rescued the prisoner from his custody. That' then the whole party ran to the fly, and drove off. That Wheatly attempted to get into the fly to recapture him, whom he seized by the le g s, when he was again assaulted by the persons within, s tru c k on the head by a person on the box, thrown down to the ground, when the wheel of the fly passed over him, and he was there left insensible and bleeding, the defendants driving off home, leaving him in the read, where he was picked up and carried to Kingston. The affidavits of the defendants presented few circumstances of mitigation. There was no affidavit from the person who drove the fly, and who was sober, nor from any person who had an opportunity of witnessing the transaction, except from themselves. They stated that they were under the influence of wine at the time this transaction took place. The Earl of Waldegrave admitted having been present during the whole transaction, and also that abusive language had been used by one person, although he denied that he was the person using it. Capt. Duff admitted his presence at the commencement bf the affair, when Wheatly was struggling on the ground with Lord Waldegrave, but that, having succeeded in rescuing Lord Waldegrave, he walked away, but, as they were under the influence of wine, great de pendence could not be placed upon their accounts of the transaction. Lord Waldegrave denied that he was the per son who struck Wheatly on the head, but he admitted that, while in the fly, he was striking at the defendant's knuckles with a cane, for the purpose of making him leave go his hold. Captain Duff stated that he was on the road when he was overtaken by the fly, but that could hardly be the case unless he had run away rapidly, because it happened that as soon as Lord Waldegrave was rescued, he got into the fly and drove away. 'the excuse was, that they were under the influence of wine. Now that was no excuse. It should be recollected that Wheatly was in the exe cution, of his duty when he was thus assaulted, and if six poor labourers had sallied out of a beer-shop in a state of intoxication and had committed an assault of such a nature, would intoxication have been admitted as an excuse ? Neither ought it in this case. One of the de fendants was a man of high birth, who .posses-ed ail the advantages of a cultivated educa'ion, and the other was a member of a profession which •had always been honoured as much for its humanity as for its courage, and the duties of which ought to have taught him the necessity of discipline ; and the lowest, when in execution of the orders of his superior officer, as the unfortunate man Wheatly had been at the time the assault was committed, was as much en titled to respect as the highest. He ought to have known that it would have been quite as disgraceful for a soldier to des art the post committed to his charge as for a policeman to shrink from executing the orders of his superiors on account of any consequences which might follow to himself. This prosecution had been instituted by the Commissioners of Police not out of any malicious desire towards the prisoners, but solely in the execution of their duty. They had a large body of men com mitted to their charge, and were bound to protect them in the execution of their duty. He therefore pressed the Court to pass such a sentence on the prisoners as might deter others trom following their example. The prosecutors had felt it their duty not to listen to any suggestion of compromise. The pri soners, by their wealth, had been enabled to command the ser vices of the most talented and able men at the bar, by whose advice they had already profited in withdraw ing their plea of not guilty, and the benefit of whose services they would still further experience in the addresses which they would deliver to the Court. He however felt assured that those addresses would not have the effect of screen ' ing the prisoners from the effects of the act which they had committed ; and, from his own knowledge, he had the utmost confidence that their Lordships wool! in this, as in every other instance, grant that, of which alone the prosecutors are desirous —the administration of the law with justice and impartiality. Sir F. POLLOCK then addressed the Court on behalf or the defendant, Captain Duff, and complained of the injustice done him by the publication of the affidavits for the prosecution in the Morning-Herald of Friday, under the head of " The Waldegrave Outrage." The heading was sufficient to show the animus by which that publication had been directed. Every act -of 'the defendants' lives seemed to have been tortured by the Learned Counsel for the prosecution into an argument in aggravation of punishment. The defendants were not eVen- to be permitted tie have the grace of the withdr, , wal of the p'ea of guilty, - but that was to be put down to the account- of their counsel. Now that was an act for which the defendants' enti tled to great credit, for they had thereby testified their-anxious desire to submit themselves to the justice of the Gurt, and had MORNING EDITI.ON. -- -. THE MARKETS.-YESTEILI)AY• CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals were moderate of Eng lish Grat.l, 1 ut good of Irish Oats. There was a fair fresh supply of mos: er. e ticks. The proposed alteration in the Corn -laws inade to buyers hesitate considnably, but being mostly out of :Awl:: the decline in price was not great. Wheat 2s. to 3s. per quar. 4o lower than last Monday, and all other kinds of Grain is. pee quarter cheaper, with some business done at these reductions. The millers were not disposed to alter the price of Flour. FAWNS OK BOARD OF NYI I' Wheat,Red (old) s. —s. Beans, Sniall(n.w) 42s. 441. .--- White (old) —a. — S. -....—..-- (OW ' ............ Red J 840) .52s 555. -- Tick (new) "5. 375. -----.Finc. sli: .:.9s. ------ (old) —s. —s. ----- Superfine 603. 536. ---- Harrow (new) 37e.395, -- White (18411.-555. 5Qs. ----- Yine lO4. 64s Jirank „.. -.1.......5.- ....--.. Superfine Otis 703. Oats, leen ----Foreign free 545. :Os , ------ New 18 ~ 22 i. i. • e. - t * ',Bs. 403. - Poland ..... ....i. t . Bla "ICY 2l. 36;. New 23 -. 2:741 f _ - Grinding 2 , s 253. --- Potatoe s & • —, Malting 30, 34: I .....--.--- New 25..275. Malt —}, ne New 6's. e 3 a - Irish 17; -.10 tns: Pease, G . -cy, New........ 3 e. 3". F.lour Town (per sacs) .... 5.45, bss„ ---- m a Ile New . ..... .40.. 425. —..-- Seconds 4i;.: 4s. Wfii 4 .e 34. 34. -......- N•rth Country.... 4S• 50 , -- Boiler.' 313.38'. Bra, , 9 les. ARRIVALS ,43: , F GPIAIN IN LONDON DURING 1 AST NI, I.EK, Wheats 1 Barley. 1 Oats . Flow Eng li s h i , 100:0 Irish .` i .., n,reign 75 1 . lit SMITIIFIELL‘. We had a heavy sup, ly of Cattle, Nit moderate of other -pretty good at .1 reduction of full 2d.' stock. The demand was per stone on all kinds of t ;leer. Mutto.l Lamb, Veal, and Pork at Friday's price. Bea 4', 2,773 ; Ctheep and Lambs, 18,930 ; Pigs. 450 ; Calves, :25. Beef, .3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. 1 Mutton, 4s. to 5s ; Veal, 4s. .9d• to ss. • id. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Lamb, ss. Bd. to 6s. Bd. TEA MARI;ET. The demankwas good for Congon and TlTl'.nkay by both the town and country dealers, and full pry es were paid-ls. 5 1 ,4 d. to Is. 64d. for cash. Company's C0 , ..g0u iii fair demand at Is. 54d per lb. cash. TALLOW MARKCT. In prime this morning little doing, ant.' the In Otters remain ed firm. Fine Yellow Candle was held 'or 4t , t. on the spot. The trade were dispo , ed to purchase for act ual w ant only. PROVISION MARKEr. The demand for Irish Butter was very d t 11, and the few Foreign Butter also lower, and the des.: and verb parcels sold were at lower prices, from 965. t't 94 5. per cwt. 1 smite d, from 104 s. to 106 s. per cwt. Lard in moderate d ema n I, at les. for . .rne bladders. Bacon very firm in price , but ~ t ot much in t' emau .4; la , t quotation 58s. to 60s. per cwt. WATERSIDE POTATOE 3IAFIKE T- Prices nue depres ed in consequence of t, t 'e suPPlies hrge s:id considerably snore than the den being veryan4 ; th ious, and confined their purchtro. 's chiefly' buyers were very eau,' to the best descriptions:-York, red. 72s to 90s. ; •.Scotch,. red, 465.• to 68s. ; Guerin, v and Jer,:ey, 655. to titi.s• i and- Kent, Essex, and Suff. lit, 560. to 625. per ton. PRICE 011 7 b:EAD. 'fhe higher , rke of re, i he .vl et opliii, is 9!4d. fur the 41 I) Loaf. Gutd Bred n ay P be bad at RICES Ob SEEDS. Per Cwt. Per 1., 'starter gow Engl"sh flee Clover- as 84a St. Fein ... • - -5 -11 Old . it,. • Dir. o -s -s -tilßye G ass ..... ...., New Foreign Ditto -s 5,s SOs\Pacey Grass .. • s-s ...-i 01. Di o Di•to -s -s -siLnsced, for fe (111. r ...--s bOs sts sew White Clover 405 5 s 63sDit o, to , sowing .... .-s '55 fOs Old Dirt t Ditto -s Cs s6slDitto, for crushint,.• .... - 4 'Ws is* .w Tre oil -s 21a 44s H m Old 1 itto -6 111 s 36s Canary ....--4 0051011 a Jr folium s 48s As! Per 11, slit 'l. E glish Carraway -6 50s yes White Mustard__ 2. iOd to 153 OC. Foreign Ditto -I 44a ;,Os Brown Ditto 14s Od to 17s Utt Coriander -s -s -..sTares ...... .... . Os Id tC.1Q114 4 P.t.CE .)F OIL. Rape Oil, brown, per ton .................•............••£.hs 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil Lins ed Oil Cake at toe Mill (per 10150) l2 .0 /ta r e ake per to ....... 6 11: , NILE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Town Tallow £2 Ii 61Melting Stuff £1 15 Yellow Russia White - ........ ... " 0 (I),"; rav os Soap Ditto 0 0 016 00d Dregs 0 5 PRICE OF RAW FAIV,• per stone of albs Price of Tallow (as stated by the TallsA ' Mullets) is. COAL MARICJL_ Ships arrived since last mai. '5. , daY. 42 . s. d. Carr's Hartley Chester ~....•• Old 'I anneld M00r....• ln 0 New Tantield Moor l6 4. Pontop Windsor Smith's Pontop l4 6 Town'oi .. ~.., ~ West Hartley ....... West Wylam .............• 16 0 Wybun 17 I. Walls End Heaton l9 f WallsjEnd Killingworth Walls End Ridd ell's v. . 19 W. E. Bradt., vll'Aßetton Walls End 11\ "tton 22 3 Walls End I L" -Iota!, ...... Walls End Item ?ll's Hetton t'l P Walls End Stain , rt's Walls Et.d Ha;tl, 'pool 22 0 Ter.nant's Hart. of 00l kO, 0 Walls End Even wo Id it, 9 Cowpen Howard's Nethert inNain... kr 9 COUNTRY CORN MARiKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. ) 3 e-anS• Pea t., -----... --. ---'-- -- Per Quarter Is.to s. s. to s. s. to s. S. 10 14 46 ..... s' to 5. S.;arlisle . 6B 30 ', 4 , 4 0 Hexham 152 (6 28 32 20 21 - 7 44 51orpeth i 59 64 24 97 22 a 4 34 36 3% Pen ritli - 68 32 —2; 03 --. 4 Sheffield — 67 31 :3 51 -- • . - i i . Winchest r CO rib :8 ;31 '4'o 26 40 42 35 ",.... Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s.d_ 8.,: s.d. 4: y Carmarthen . o '7 8 00 37 00 23 56 00 0 (1 " n Cowbridge - 0 `;) Swansea 1 78 8840 Per 8011. 0 Barnardcastl 15 0 18 0 80 93 64 76 90 10 6 90 lo p Durham 1 136 166 8 0 90 6 3 730010 6 9 0 . .0 ,lichmond 11 t 0 180 70 86 56 SO 96 19 0 90 1t•.0 Stockton l5 01i 0 90 9 0 50 668010 0 1 8 0 10! WAKEFIELD CORN ItlAßhEt. Weeat, Red, Norfolk and Sutlblk ^ -6 . COS. to 624 1 inee4 tr.' -- Lin. and Cam —s.. (lOs. to 61s. fine (2 .. -- Yorkshire —s. s. to sth. fine 00.. Mite ~ _...-- P'oreign, lied —s. s. to 53'. fine 66... White —s. —s. to 645. nnr eNg. ' Barley, Nerfo:k Itint Sullillk •-- —. Lincolnsi.'in`. Yorkshire n 'old Foreign Beans, New -- Old Oats, I'otato —s to 28$. fine Ms.' - 4 --...- Poland • —s. —s. to 28s. tine 305. --.. leriesland and Small ...... . luzaling Shilling ••••••••••••••••••• .. •«••••• 29a. to —s.od. per I,o4ist. Malt Rapeseed ••.... —l Os• 321 . 0 5. 31... oa. per Last - . NEWCASTLE CORN E.XCHANGE. Red. White. •.' Wheat, Northumberland Norfolk and Suffolk.... ...... .. 655. rs 67s. 69.„ Berwick and Scotch 6ls. 1355...... —= fi7-,. -- Foreign ,325. 675. ...... 63, 68, Rye, Norfilk and Suffolk ' kis 4(.1....... —s, —s. Foreign ..95. :33 , --. —.. , Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk . 35%. —3, —s. 365. Grinding and Feeding 2 Ss. 3os. Malt, Norfolk and Sufiblk 54'6 BOs.. —s. —s. Beans, Small 33 ~ 40s —6. —s, Tick ~..... 49. 425. —s. --s. Pease, White 4o's, 425..... -..5. —... ---- Gray . . 425. 441 —s. —6. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ...... ... 255.: '6s• —.• —44 -------- Feed ' Ws A ' 4 —s. —6, li oreign ... Flour (per sack) 4ss. 41 ' -.8. —J. SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 Beans. Oat: t ~ —.—....... --. —...... —.--. ~-,..., -- • thcrdeen 5O to 60 24 to 26 18 t o n -- to 31 to :15 Berwick 40 48 '..0 25 17 22 25 r 6 :3 2.6 Zoldstrearn 4 51) 24 26 17 18 • - 30 - Cupar (Fife) 48 65 126 31 IR 22 2, 1 26 -•••• Dunbar 4B 68 26 29 23 27 46 42 40 -- Elgin 55 56 26 27 20 24 48 59 -. . Inverness ••• 48 60 2:3 2'S 21 24 32 33 Kelso .: .... 36 50 18 23 13 22 31 33 —•-• Kirkaldy Perth II:Sr• The size of the measure varies throughout the country• HADDINGI'ON CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Bens 1 Peale. first 7O, 01 31s Od 30a OA 41s Od - 1 40s 0.1 Second 64( lid 31e Od 25s Od 3 1 s Od , 3 6 • 0,1 , Third fo; lid 21s Od 23s 6d 361 Od 1 355 6 1 .: Average 3/ 4s. 31 10.12ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat . Barley. 1 Oats. pease, Besn ,, eirst -,", , u :3s 31 : 1'.13 , 1d 46 3 p c i 46s 0.1 . • Second 6'is 0(.1 3 , s Od 1 ...4s 4d 325 41c1 39 ; „ 11 l Third 5(15 Od 23s Od 201 lid 303 Od •• Ws uu GLASGOW CORN 511 RKET. . • Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per :4141b. ,t. 6. - 11 • L• rSritish, old 32 6t035 0 Irivb lB °Vog l° --- new Canada, free — 0 0 Beans, per 2601 b. ....a Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish l2 0 91° .; English 27 0 2!10 Pease, Scottish .....• 23 8 24 ' a 6' Scottishpier I f.31b.... 17 0 '..- ~ Irish THE CITY COMPTROLLER.—The high ancX extremely profitable situation of City Comptroller, having be-. come vacant by the severe and hopeless illness of Mr. Heokeyr who has filled the office for several years, there is a good deal of excitement a mongs t th e mem b ers of the Corporation as'its • • the prqbable successor. The office not yet being declo.red cant there has not been a starting of candidates, but ntie lowing gentlemen are spoken of as ready to start. Mr. Tbotusi Saunders, the unsuccessful opponent of Mr. Charles Pea,•s oo • for the City Solicitorship ; 11r. James, the Secondary ; Timothy Tyrrell, the Solicitor to the Commissioners of Sewers 'l,, and Mr. Brand, the Comptroller of the Bridge-house Estates. , It is believed, too, that there are a couple of the members oil the Corporation who have an eye to the place, and that an at tempt will be made to suspend an essential Standing Order or the Court which at present negatives their eligibility. It is• certain that many of the enormous emoluments which pressed very hard upon the health of poor Mr. Hookey will be cut away from his successor, and that the 4,0001. A-year hitherto arising from it will drop into the less unwieldy bulk of 1,6001., beyond which it ought never to have been raised upon any pretext whatever. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.--A boat was swamped on its return from Westport to Clare Island on. Si turday last, when, melancholy t o re l a t e, a ll t h e persons i n h er ; including two policemen, perished. We have not heard the number of lives lost. he policemen Were constable BI oxham and sub-constable Hardiman, who belonged to the Clare Island Station. The constable has lett a w'do and a. large family.—Mn ; We understand that Colonel Fox, late Secretary' to the Master-General of the Ordnance, has been appoint ed to the post of Surveyor to the Ordnance, vacant by tbs, decease of Sir Rutane Donkin. We understand that Cel; Fox is a candidate on the Liberal interest for the seat its' Parliament vacated by the same lamented event. FLAT GOLD WATCHES, Gold Dials, Ten Guineas each. Highly-finished HORIZONTAL GOP WATCHES, with engraved or engine -turned Gold dials, jewelled in four holes, and either engine -turned or en graved cases are offered, price Ten Guineas each. These de.- gant little Watches will be found to perform very correctly! and a printed warranty is given with fixed terms, on which they, will always receive any attention required. T. COX SAVORY, Watchmaker, Jeweller, &c., 47, Cornhill (Seven Doors frogs Gracechurch -street ), London. r _• STEEL FIRE-IRONS, with Bronzed Header 15s. per Set, Bronzed Fenders, 9s. A variety of pat" terns and prices, from the above to 305., at which price the fenders are particularly h an d some, with splendid scroll centres., richly intermixed with steel, the ends are steel, and the sap' porters for the fire-irons bronzed. Polished steel fire-irons , from Is. per set. Catalogues gratis, containing the prices of every article 01 , Furnishing Ironmongery. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street. Established 1820. DIED. On the Ist of May, at Mill House, near Cowes, of paralYsib' Mrs. Osborne, mother of the ltev. Edward Osborne, aged 42 :' On the 29th ult., at Norton House, Somersetshire, Sopho's widow of the late Lionel Place, Esq., of Weddington Casty' Warwick. London . 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