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•Tt.Y.FRIOL 711 country ; a class of men who, not as Legislators only, but as proprietors of the soil, hare had the power of immediately controuling, the 'cps toms and practices of land tenure. Is it just that these men should for so long period sanc tion, and after they had ceased to sanction, per mit, through indolence or inattention, the conti nuance of the ancient practices of land-11°151g and land-inheriting, and then suddenly retrace their steps, and 'turn their tenants by thousands. out of their houses ; thus, by the very num bers ejected, choking at once all. the possible channels in which the unfortunate people might lave found some other trade or employment.' - - We repeat it, the people of England' are entitled either to a suspension of the intercourse with Ireland, or, if the intercourse be- continued, to lie secured againt the destitution, famine, and disease, poured in on them from !that country, and the addition to their burthens from the num bers thrown by emigration on the parishes:— This is not a question which is to be eluded by the wise saws of Mr. William Lamb. How are the people of England to be secured from Ireland ? If emigration, at the expence of England, relieve the present pressnre, what gua rantee can the people have that the . evil will not be of immediate recurrence ? Perhaps the Irish Paupers will take Mr. William:Lamb's advice, and become rigidly economical, and enduring, persevering, industrious, and so forth, abandon ing their old habits. Perhaps the cottier system will be destroyed, and cabins will no longer be let to people who pay their rents by their mi grations to England. Credat Judeirts Appella. You cannot count on the prudence and fore sight of a man who is already so low that, he cannot fall lower. Prudence and forethodght only exist where men dread the loss - of advantages of which they are in possession. How and in what manner the people- of _England can ie- cured against immigrations from - Ireland, except by the agency of poor laws in frelan d, we are at a loss to discover. We admit thy' they would be of difficult execution in the out c. _ We ad mit that the landlords would suffer severely from them ; and (though the evil has - been produced by the landlords themselves) we would recom mend that, for a certain number. of years, a grant should be made out of the taxes. in the way of relief—say for 10 or 12 lyears--the sum g .,..anted to stiffer a diminution eMy year. By (living, the people a claim on theland, 'the land ford would have the most powerful of all motives for preventing the growth of paupers on his grounds. People cannot live , eveir in Ireland ; without hovels ; and landlords, when chargeable with the poor, would take care to keep down the number of hovels or cabins. Sir John New port talked of the absence of a , resident gentry in Ireland ; but the good of • Poor - Laws wouh-I be, that landholders would find it for their is- Iciest not to be absentees. When estates are p ossess ed in both islands, those in one can be di spose d of, in order to have the whole,toge then There is no hardship in this:• But be , this as it may, the welfare of the body of the people of the two islands must not be sacrificed to fanciful considerations.— Morning Chronicle. • The short debate which toOlt place the other , evening on presenting tne petitions of the Hackney-coach Owners to the House of Com mons, coupled with the state of so many of the public vehicles, prove, we apprehend, beyond a doubt, the propriety, the necessity', 'and the po licy, of doing away altogether with that 'most :iseless of all public Boards, the Hackney-coach Commissioners, and throwing the supply of coaches, chariots, cabriolets, 'B:re.''open to ,who ever may think proper to take out - licenses and alund;er plates fOr that purpose. In short, let these vehicles, all over the kingdom, be piit un der precisely the same, or as 'nearly as circum stances will admit, the same regulations as stage coaches—which have gone on;" year after year, improving under a free trade, 'just in the same !,)roportion as the former have deteriorated under ,a restricted one.—Morning Herald. When the Battersea Enclosure Bill was first proposed, we deprecated it as another instance of encroachment on the few open spaces that 'remain in the neighbourhood of London for the health and recreation of its inhabitants. We are glad that the jealousy of Parliament was excited to v;ards this Bill, and that it his been thrown out. It would have been well for this country, in all its local interests, if by far the greater proportion 'of the Private Bills which have passed into laws during the last twenty year had met a' similar fate. There is no branch of jobbing in Elia land carried to a more vicious extent than the Private Bill system. It had become an intoler able grievance. Until lately' tbose things called Private Bills were seldom inquired into. by the Members of the Legislature in general, and formed no topic of discussion with any but those -who were interested in' whatever projects such Act of Parliament were necessary to sanction ; W 1 the persons whose rights "such things went td abridge, or even to annihilate, used to remain quite- supine while the engrossed parchment which srus to give the force,of law to the sordid an d rapa c&Nis desires of a few confederate indi viduals wa G assing q uietly through the forms of s Parliamentary enactment. We know nothing, and care to know nottis.inp,, of the manner in which the Battersea Enclosure Bill was.concocted; it is suffi eient for us to understand that its object waSto make the advantages of open prospect and wholesome air still more scarce tliart they at present are in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. , 'But cer tainly Enclosures Bills, in general, have been „the richest sort of jobs for those who. have had Any thing to do in the manufacture of, th em . Tl always pay well to the attorneys, the laud surveyors, and other persons concerned ; :whether such Bills succeed or fail, they are sure Its be pre: luctive of enormous bills of costs. Gt eat credit is due to Mr. Alderman Thompson, and the other I`,.lembers who supported him, for the resolute and uncompromising resistance which they gave to the Battersea Enclosure Bill. They ha.z.-e done good, no t only in this' .particuP lar instance, but tey have also afforded an a mple which will have a I.4ceful effect - in encou raging persons whtse rights'may be at, stake, in other es to come forward, as the.inhabitants of l its neighbourhoOd did,,t, - ;, excite a tim • 'opposition in Parliament to such thing,3, It has been too much the practice, until very lately, to allow Private Billseo pass sub s il en ti o ; an d the consequence has been, that the evil has not been exposed until it was WO late to be remedied. The question of how far the in.rodUction of ;a modified poor-rate into Ireland might tend to the tranquillization of that country, is one which merits grave and deliberate investigation. We are by no means prepared WI pronounce, exsti iiiedra, on so complicated a subject, nor do we think that the public, any more than o urselves, are in possession of data sufficiently authentic whereon to found a sound judgment. At the first blush of the subject we should be inclined go along with Mr. Peel ; and allowing all the evils of the relative situation of England and Ire land, from the existence of Poor Laws in the one and their non-existence in the other, still look ! ing to the positive injury which they entail on us here, we should scruple ere we imposed such a burden on others. This is the opinion which a superficial view would naturally lead us to form, But when we contemplate Ireland in her utter wretchedness—when we look to the ever-renew 'ed heavings of political and religious bitterness, which render necessary for their suppression a force more than adequate, under: different cir cumstances, to the protection of the whole em pire—it is impossible to treat with carelessness any suggested remedy to ills which all wish to see removed, however they differ as to the means.— Education—moral and religious education—has been recommended, and we have warmly advocat ed it ourselves, and one mode of cure. But men must eat as well as study. There is a physical degradation which must be removed before any means, however well chosen, for the removal of moral degradation, can be applied with prospects of success. It is feared, that by the introduc tion of Poor Laws, we should only add to the tendency to increase and multiply, for which our Western brethren are so notorious ; but this fear seems, to say the least, to rest on very doubtful grounds. When we say men will marry, because they rely on degrading support, in case of neces sity, from the poor-rate, do we not, in so many words, impute to them a degree of reasoning, and foresight, and, providence, in its :way, which are quite incompatible with such an issue? The man--who looks forward to the support of him self and family to the poor -rate, and therefore marries, we may be assured is such a one as would, had no poor-rate existed, have married, and committed the fate of his family to the turn of the die. Poor-rates are degrading, or other wise, according to the state of the people on whom they operate. They cannot degrade the Irish—food not to the hungry but to the starving —clothing not to the ragged, but the naked -these cannot degrade. They may not convert a reckless character, but assuredly they will not confirm it. On the whole, the proposal of Mr. Grattan is one which deserves to be entertained for earnest and impartial discussion, if not for immediate adoption.—New Times. Sir F. Burdett, in a short speech on Monday night, to which we referred at the time, expressed his opinion, that without high prices the nation could not recover from its depression. He added, that our whole system of domestic policy was founded on the assumption of high prices. The argument of the Hon. Baronet was not clearly made out ; but it seemed, though not expressed in so decisive terms, little else than that which Cobbett has been labouring to prove for years. There cannot be with any reasonable man a doubt that were wages again to rise to the same height at which they stood during the war, while the great mass of the public burdens remained stationary, the tax .payers would more easily support the demands of Government ; but since there are no other classes in the com munity but tax-payers and tax-receivers, what ever was spared to the former must be taken from the latter ; so that the nation, as a whole, would neither be richer nor poorer by the alteration. If we adopt the reasonings of Cobbett, and hold not only that the loans to Government, which were con tracted when gold was 5/. per ounce, but that all debts, mortgages, bargains, &c., contracted un der the same circumstances, ought to be paid, now that gold has fallen to 31. 17s. 10y., at the rate of 3/. 17s. 10y. for every 5/.--if we adopt what he terms " A plan of equitable ad justment," but which men who are more scrupu lous in fulfilling their engagement, call " a plan of wholesale swindling"—then certainly we may call for high prices, such as Sir Francis seemed to contemplate with so much satisfaction with a view to such a consummation. But if we wish well at one and the same time to the landed interests, the commercial interests, and what may be peculiarly termed the monied inte rests—we mean the public debtors—we shall hesitate ere we rejoice in the anticipation of a state of things which must infallibly in jure one of these interests. We do not mean to say that high prices are to be rejected or despised if they come, nor do we mean to argue against their desirableness, but we are very far from conceiving that a plan of policy is to be praised merely because it is supposed calculated to raise rents and make corn dear. We do not contemplate the proposed Corn Bill ill that light. We think that its provisions will, to a certain degree, make the prices of grain steady, by re moving one powerful cause of their fluctuation, but they will remove only one cause. An abundant harvest will lower prices as effectually with the Corn Bill as without it, and from that cause it is far from our wish, and from that of any sane mind, that the country should be delivered. The language of Sir Francis, about the virtues and efficacy of high prices, is something like the old culinary receipt given, we believe, by Mrs. Glass, which opens with, " first catch your hare." Granting all the conclusions to be fairly drawn, when are we to get the premises ? Cobbett is, it must be confessed, extremely clear on this head. His plan is quite. simple. " Depreciate the cur rency—pay your debts, public and private, with pounds that are worth only so many ten shillings, and every thing will go right." We would wish the Corn Bill to be 'weighed fairly and delibe rately on its own merits. Its object is to bene fit the agricultural interest in the first instance, and collaterally all the other branches of the community. If its enactments be considered by Parliament as calculated to attain that object, by all means let it be passed ; but do not let us • mix up with the consideration of it the reveries of a writer who never touched a subject that lie did not injure, whose commendation would bring the purest cause into disrepute, and whose sup port would weaken the strongest.—lbid. A ludicrous scene lately occurred at the theatre in a neighbouring town. A countryman who had deter mined to indulge his curiosity, made " his first appear ance," to witness a performance, which chanced to be the tragedy of the Iron Chest. After the usual wonderincfs ar i l exclamations of astoni s h me nt at the novelty of the . scene, his amazement ultimately subsided so as to allow his comprehension of the first two or three acts of the play. As the performance proceeded, however, it is known to most of our dramatic readers that Orson and the robbers quarrel about a division of booty. In the beginning of this scene the honest, artless, and ingenuous countryman betrayed several strong symptoms of agitation and uneasi ness, which apparently gradually gained ground upon him, Mail he could not contain his awkward sensations any longer, when he suddenly rose, and addressing the actors, to the astonishment of the whole house, burst forth into the fUllowing exclamation :—" I'll tell ye what, if ye are going to quarrel among yourselves, give me my money again, and I'll go home, for you don't think I ant going to be made a fool of!" This extraordinary speech, as may naturally be suppo,ed, caused general mirth, while the unconscious cause of risibility gazed about hint further amazed, wondering " what they could see to laugh at !" Boston Guzette. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS, APRIL 2. . The Sessions for the City and Liberty of West minster commenced yesterday before F. CONST, Fisq., and a bench of Magistrates. Mary Ann: Bell, a good-looking young woman, was indicted for obtaining goods under false pre tences, from Messrs. Howell and James, the exten sive haberdashers and silkmen in Regent -street. There were no less than seven indictments against the prisoner for obtaining goods from the same house, and the whole amounted in value to upwards of 70/. The first indictment charged the prisoner with obtaining goods of the value of 61. by falsely pre tending that she was servant to Lady Alice Peel, and that she was authorized by that lady to procure the goods. Colonel Teel, and his housekeeper, proved that the prisoner had been in Lady's Peel's service for nine months, but she was discharged previous to the 25th of January. Colonel Peel stated that Lady Alice was not in Court, but he could state that she was vying in at the time the goods were obtained, and that he never heard of the prisoner being em ployed to procure goods for Lady Alice; that he never saw them in the house ; and that he knew no goods of that description were wanted at that time. The case went to the Jury, who returned a ver dict of " Not Guilty," the foreman stat;ng that they considered the proof imperfect. The prisoner was again tried upon a second in dictment, charging her with obtaining goods of the value of 101. on the 22d of January, from the same prosecutors. In this indictment an additional false rretence was alleged,--namely, that the prisoner stated herself to be Elizabeth Hewitt, maid to Lady Alice Peel. The evidence was the same as in the former ease, but the additional false pretence was distinctly ne gatived, and the Jury found the prisoner " Guilty." She was also convicted upon a third indictment for obtaining goods of the value of 141. on the 29th of January. The CHAIRMAN said, that the prisoner had carried her system of fraud to such an extent, that the Court felt it necessary to make a severe example of her; and the sentence was, that she be transported for seven years. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday evening an adjourned inquest was held at the Westminster Hospital, before Tnos. HIGGS, Esq., on the body of Elizabeth Bowdler, aged 17, who destroyed herself by swallowing a quantity of arsenic. The Jury proceeded to view the body, which pre sented the remains of a remarkably fine young woman, possessed of features of no common attractions. Amos Bowdler, of No. 44, New Rochester-row, shoemaker—The deceased is my daughter, and was 17 years of age last May. Last Saturday week I sent my boy to ingaire whether it was a fact that my unfortunate child had left her situation. He brought word hack that it was true, and that she was in lodgings in the New-road. I went myself immediately to Mr. Long's, and the witness Wilson denied all knowledge of my daughter. I, however, found out her lodgings that night. Mrs. Collington, the landlady of the house, told me that Mr. Long's servant had been gone out about 20 minutes. I did not find her that night; but the next morning found her in a disreputable house. I inquired the reason she had not come to her own home, when she left her place ; she replied, " her younger sister and her could not agree." She appeared unhappy and con fused, and I took her home. I have since found out she had but 6s. and had been forced to pawn her watch to raise the money. She appeared very melancholy, and we could scarcely get her to eat or drink. We did every thing in our power to com fort her, but of no avail ; she would not inform me of any thing, and repeated several times to her mo ther that she would make away with herself, —it was what she was born to. The landlady where she lodged informed me that a man had seduced her, and left her in distress.— (Witness here produced three letters, given up to him by a medical gentleman. They were written by the deceased, and stated in one of them that her father had found out that she had been at the theatre and was like a madman, and implored him to pro vide for her, and shield her from her friends.) The inquest was adjourned until last night, when the jury re-assembled,.and the committee-room was crowded with gentlemen anxious to hear the further proceedings. Hannah Collington, of No. 9, New-road, Chelsea, stated that she had lived at No. 24, in the New road; the deceased was then lodging in the house in a back-parlour : she took in shoe-binding, but she lost her walk, and became distressed. Witness advised her to go home to her parents, but she refused, and said that she would sooner put an end to her existence, as they had used her ill. A person whom she called her cousin came to see her; had only seen a glimpse of him ; he wore a cloak. On the Tuesday he called, when they had some quarrel, and her cousin left in a passion. Deceased stormed, and cried, and appeared quite distracted; she told witness he was not her cousin, but a ■redical man, living near Chelsea-common. She had ex plained to him her distressed situation, when he took up his hat and left her, and said he would not be made a fool of. She exclaimed, " Oh, he has de serted me all at once, and now I will put an end to my existence." Juror—Do you know the reason of her leaving her situation ? Witness- 7 -She told me that she was so much at tached to a person, that she could not exist with out him; in fact, she could not attend to her work. The medical gentleman, who had written the let ters, entered into a very candid explanation of his conduct. He had accidentally met her, when she smiled upon him. He followed her to Charing cross, and she gave him her address. He after wards called upon her, when a letter was put into his hand from the deceased, requesting him to pro vide for her, which greatly astonished him. He solemnly declared he was entirely innocent of any illicit intercourse with the deceased. The Jury said they were quite satisfied with the explanation. Verdict —" That the deceased poisoned herself in a state of mental derangement, through being seduced by a man unknown." OLD BAILEY. ABSTRACT OF THE RESULT OF THE COMMIT MENTS TO THE LAST SESSIONS. Convicted. Acquitted. &c. Marlborough-street Office 39 19 Worship-street Hatton-garden Bow-street - 26 8 Marylebone Whitechapel 2O 7 Queen-square lO . 5 Thames 7 16 Coroners and Country Magistrates 21 11 241 110 Lord Mayor and Aldermen ....... 42 15 Of the above cases— Mr. Justice Bayley tried 1 Mr. Justice Gaselee l3 Mr. Baron Vaughan l5 The Recorder 39 The Common Sergeant . 142 Mr. Sergeant Arabin The new bridge at Totness being completed, it was opened to the public on Tuesday last. A great number of visitors, from the surroundin g neighbourhood, attended upon the occasion ; the workmen were regaled with a plentiful supper at the .19merset Arms ; and the Commissioners, with a large part' of gentlemen, sat down to an excellent dinner at the Seven Stars. A drawing of this picturesque structure, taken by Mr. FowLER, the architect of the new bridge, has been beautifully copied in lithography by BAYNES, and published by Mr. ACKER MANN, of London, together with a section of the elegant bridge just opened to the public.—Exeter Alfred. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the diazette de France, dated MondaY, March 31.) VIENNA, MAUCH 20.—We have received, by'a Courier of the Spanish Legation, who left Constantinople on the 28d of February, the following news, which, it said, had a marked influence on the minds of the public, whom the rigorous measures of the police and the reports of war had at first much alarmed. _ _ On the 20th, the Danish Minister arid the Charges d'Affaires of Spain and Naples, repaired to the Porte, on the invitation of the Reis Effendi, for the exchange of the Ratifications of the Convention signed on the 16th of October last, and which ad mits into the Black Sea the flag of those Three Powers. On the _following day those Ministers received from the Turkish Ministry in the name of the Sultan, in exchange f.r the presents which they had offered on this occasion on the part of their Courts to the Ministers of the Porte, simi lar presents, consisting of snuff-boxes set with diamonds for the Chiefs of the Missions, and others of inferior value, for the Secretaries and Interpreters. As the Conventions lately ratified were concluded according to the Convention at Akermann, the solemn ratification of them is considered as a proof that the Porte is inclined to fulfil the obligations resulting from the treaties. The Reis Effendi, at the same time, caused firmans to be delivered to the Austrian merchantmen so long detained, which is sufficient to refute the assertion that the Porte is resolved completely to close the Bosphorus. Lastly, we learn that the Greek Patriarch, who ad dressed a petition some time ago to the Sultan in favour of the Insurgents, has received a written answer to it, the contents of which are not precisely known ; but we are as sure !, upon very good authority, that it is conceived i►r very moderate terms, and that it contains among other assurances that of an unlimited amnesty. It• grants the Insurgents a delay of three months to take advantage of the amnesty offered, during which hostilities both by sea and land are to be considered as suspended on the part of the Porte. (From the Augsburyh Gazette.) Eatria, Fan. 14.—Tho President of Greece exerts him self to restore order in the country, and the three ships of war, the Warspite, the Juno, and the Helena, which the Powers have placed at his disposal, and which now bear the Greek flag, second him with great energy. Every body is ea g er to show their submission to him, and rostrums have been set up in the streets, from which the most elo quent orators exhort the people to gratitude to the Allies, and to obedience to Count Capo D'lstria. The Deli. berative sits every day, and is engaged on subjects of public utility ; the Count frequently attends.' lie con stantly recommends union and obedience. A short speech which he lately made proves that he is a man calculated to bring back to civiliiation a people who have fallen into barbarism. " Europe," said he, " accepts us among its Allies. To attain so noble an object, I have sacrificed my enjoyments, my health, and my fortune. I would willingly sacrificeiny life if the good of my country required it, but I mold not resolve— cannot resolve to risk my character for an instant. I de mand that my orders be punctually executed, and that no body allows himself more opposition to my will than this snuff-box which I crush,—(He held in his hand a snuff box, which he trampled under his feet), for we must yet obey blindly. " He who should disregard my intentions may expect the severest chastisement, for I have at my disposal a suf ficient force to make myself obeyed. In a few days the Greek flag will be hoisted on European ships." DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. Waves, MARCH 27.—The Second Chamber of the States General discussed to-day the proposed alterations in the Tariff of Duties on Importation and Exportation. M. Fabry longree was of opinion that the national ma nufactures were not sufficiently protected by the present duties on importation. He wished far a higher duty on tin, alum, wine, linen, and woollens. He thought the answer of the Government respecting tin not satisfactory, and that a higher duty was necessary to protect our tiu manufactories. He took occasion to praise the tin manu factory of M. Loi, at Hay, who had found means to obtain the English secret for making tip, so that it was equal to the English. The alum manufactories also ,require sup port ; they are in a declining state; only four now remain, which must cease to work, unless some change in the du ties is made. With respect to wine, he would not have it imported by land, for the interests of our own cultivators, who Wish to extend this branch. He would have a higher duty on woollen cloths, for the sake of the manufacturers of Verviers. Several Members opposed the proposed law, as contain ing farther deviations from the system of moderate duties and free trade, introduced by the law of 1821, which they conceived to be the only system advantageous to the Netherlands. The law was agreed to by a majority of 58 to 37. The Session will probably he closed in a few days. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, with his Aide-de-Camp (Major Van Tuyll), dines to-day with his Majesty, and sets out for St. Petersburgh this evening. LIIPSIC, MARCH 20.—Here, as well as at Dresden, Magdeburg, and Weimar, a report circulates that Prussia is negociating with the Saxon Court for the accession of Saxony to the Prussian' Tariff of Import Duties, and that the treaty will shortly be concluded. The latter is certainly not the .case, as our Authorities, who are so deeply interested on account of the fair, have not been consulted; but it is remarkable that Hesse Darmstadt has already joined with Prussia, and that proposals to the same effect have been made to Frankfort, Hesse Cassel, and Weimar. It would certainly be advan tageous to the Saxon manufacturers to be able to dispose of their goods in Prussia as welt as Saxony. It was stipu lated in the treaty of partition, by Prussia, that it would do every thing to render the separation as little injurious as possible to the diminished kingdom of Saxony. It may therefore be presumed that Prussia will not do any thing to injure our fair, which, from the number of sellers front that kingdom, is almost a Prussian fair. PRTERSBURCH, Maacir Majesty the Em peror has been pleased to appoint the Princess of Lieven, lady of his Majesty's Ambassador at London, to the post of Lady of Honour to their Majesties the Empresses. His Majesty has addressed a Rescript to Count Pahlin, Governor-General of New Russia and Bessarabia, with the Order of St. Alexander Newsky, on account of his eminent services in his high office. BRITISH EXPORTS. Statement of the Quantities of the under-mentioned Arti cles of British Manufacture Exported from Liverpciol, from the 21 st to the 28th ult. inclusive. Cotton 95,155 Pieces. 1,182,521 Yards. Linen 4,120 ... 281,551 ... Blanketing 42,468 ... Carpeting 16,162 ... Calicoes Flannel 4O ... 49,929 ... Woollen Stuffs 762 ... 219 Ends. Kerseymeres '76 ... 298 ... Worsted Stuffs 8,367 ... 60 ... Baize Inferior Woollens 3,457 ... 1,157 Cotton Yarn Cotton Thread 23,151, Sail Cloth Cotton Hose Silk Hose Cotton Handkerchiefs Cotton Braces Hats 385 Haberdashery _ _- Yards. Earthenware £7,769 Hardware £19,271 Salt, White Slates - Pieces. Coals 637 Tons, 1 Cwt. 0 Chal. Iron 637 Tons, 394 Cwt. EXPORT OF COTTON, CALICOES, AND TWIST. FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 25. Cottons. I Twist. Calicoes. I 343,244 lbs. 634,340 lbs. 7,995,972 yards. CoTToN.—There has been fair business done since our last in all descriptions, at near our former rates, notwithstanding the wet weather. We quote Louisiana and Mississippi ; viz. :—Ordinary to middling, S a cents. ; middli ng t o f a i r , Si a 9-i: fair to good fair, 9,t to 10 ; good f a i r to goo d, 10,1 a 101; good and fine, 1 11 12 a 1 21---good demand.—New Orleani Price Current of March 1. A considerable impulse has lately been given to the wool trade,—a traffic which materially concerns this part of the country. A piece of cloth manufactured from British wool, was presented some time since to his MA JESTY, and one of the Members for Lincolnshiee is known to have taken a pride in presming himself to the House of Commons, clad in this material. It appears that great exertions have been made to improve the fabric thus manu factured; and we observe in several shop windows in this town, cloth, apparently of an excellent texture, labelled with the designation " British Wool."—Boston Gazette. LENT ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT.-KINGSTON, APRIL 2. Cornelius Sullivan and Thomas Turner; watch men, were indicted for the manslaughter of Sarah Holwell, by dragging her along the street, and ex posing her to the inclemency of the weather, in the parish of St. Olave, Southwark. The Jury " Acquitted" both the prisoners. Francis January and George Cornish Were in dicted for stealing nine pieces of linen, the property of Mr. F. Reynolds. , The Jury, after a few moments' conLltation, found both the prisoners "Guilty." The Court sentenced them to twelve months' im n prisonment and hard labour. - The Grand Jury ignored the bill agitinst Mr. Daniel Gill, a medical student, who was commit ted on Monday from Union-Hall police-office, on the charge brought forward by Sarah Hollis, a young woman who lived servant in the house where the prisoner occupied apartments. It was stated that the prosecutrix absconded on Monday evening. She was riot forthcoming when the bill was taken before the Grand Jury. OXFORD CIRCUIT.-MONMOUTLI, MARCH 31. ANN DAY V. NATHAN ISAAC. Mr. Justice PARK opened the pleadings, stating that this was an action for slanderous words, spoken by tie defendant of and concerning the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded " not guilty." Mr. John Palmer had been acquainted with the plaintiff about two years. She resides with her father and mother at Abergavenny. I became about a year and a half ago more intimate with the plaintiff, - intending to marry her. Those attentions continued till the 13th of August last. On that day I met the defendant. He is a watchmaker by t ade, fin Ihe has three balls over his door : he lives next door to the plaintiff. The defendant joined me on the road. He said-to me, " I suppose you are going to Aber gavenny." I said "I am." He then said," What the devil do you want there ? I suppose you are going to see Miss Ann Day. How the devil did you get acquainted with her ? She has had two bastards, and was sent up to London to be confined, and came down like a lady afterwards. They are all cheats together. I can tell you, as a friend, you may as well go to the devil headlong as enter into such a family as that ; it was but the other day her father came out of gaol—l tell you ria a friend. What I tell you are facts. I shall be in Brecon in a short time, and will call on you." He said the plaintiff's sister had been to London fer the same purpose. " You might as well keep company with the commonest person in the street, as with so com mon a person as Ann Day." I asked him where are the children now ? " Oh, (said he) they are to be found. If the plaintiff's family owe you anything for flour, the best way will be for you to get your money before you drop the correspondence." In consequence of this conversation I abandoned the company of the plaintiff ever since. I told her the reason of my doing Fo . Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 150/. The amount of this verdict seemed to give uni versal satisfaction, and the defendant said, if they would allow him discount, he would pay the money down. Henry Jones was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of October last, a horse, the property of 'Wil liam Watkins. Mr. BARRY ST. LEGER conducted the prose cution. The prisoner being clearly identified, the Jury, after a very short consultation, returned a verdict of GuiltY2_ The prisoner was then tried and found guilty of stealing another horse, the property of Jas. Pritchard. Mr. Justice PARK intimated that he should not at present pass sentence or leave it recorded. As there was another case for horse-stealing on the ca lendar, he should wait till that was tried, as it might become hie duty to carry. the law into execution to its utmost extent. STATE OF THE COURT. The Grand Jury brought in a presentment, stating that the Shire-hall was very much out of repair, and totally destitute of the accommodations necessary for conducting public business. Mr. Justice PARK, after returning thanks to them for their services, expressed his approbation of the presentment. WESTERN ontcum—TAUNTON, M _AIM 31. The commission was opened here on Saturday last, and the business of the assize commenced this morning. There are near fifty causes entered for trial at Nisi Prins, and Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, who charged the Grand Jury, stated, that the ca lendar was the heaviest ever known in the county. It contained the munes of no less than 157 prisoners. of whom four are charged with murder, six with highway robbery, 11 with housebreaking in the day time, and 25 with burglary. Among the latter is the celebrated Howarth, of Frome, who has .for a number of years carried on a sort of wholesale bur glary trade, and been the terror of the neighbour hood where he resided. Upon the present calendar he is charged with having broken open a church, which he robbed of various articles, among which were a looking-glass, and the parson's gown ; upon three other indictments he is charged with having stolen ten pieces of oalo and 28 blankets, and with cutting and maiming a person named Oxley, with intent to murder him. His family, who are every way worthy of him, had resided for several years in the nunnery of Keyford, where they.had a complete magazine of all sorts of property, " from a cambric needle to a sheet-anchor." As George, the present prisoner, had attained " the very top of his profes sion," a bookseller here has published a print of him, together with a view of the holy place which he had desecrated by making it is habitation. Nothing interesting has occurred in the courts to day. The Assizes will probably continue for a fort night. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—WARWICK, Aran. 1. THE WARWICK BANK NOTES.. Tlennas Ford, aged 21, was indicted for receiving 1201., in 5/. and 101. notes, of the bank of Messrs. Whitehead and Co., of this town, well knowing the same to have been stolen. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-YORK, MARCH 31. GILLIGAN V. WHICHCOIE AND PORTMAN. This was an action brought to recover a compen sation in damages for an assault. The plaintiff was a private in the regiment of Enniskillen Dragoons, and the defendants, Major Whichcote and Captain Berkeley Portman, were Officers in the same regi ment. It was proved that on the . 2d day of October last, a party of soldiers, from the barracks near Shef field, were seen to bring the plaintiff out of the bar racks, with his arms pinioned, and a rope round his body. They carried him to the river, and there re peatedly ducked him. The defendants were present, encouraging the other soldiers; and it was sworn that when the plaintiff had been pulled out of the water in a state of great exhaustion, one of the de- , fendants said " Throw him in again, and drown him. The people whom this exhibition had collected cried out " Shame, shame." The Jury gave the plaintiff a verdict, and 2501. damages. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DI A RY:—Saninoav, APRIL 5. Brown, W., Bath—Castle and Ball, Bath Glasbrooke, W., Wolverhanaton—Hopmarket, Worcester 11 Hilton, G., Manchester—Star, Manchester lianwurthy and Co., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool l2 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGE!), Petitions to be heard at Portugal.street, Line°ln's.inn-fields, April 11, at Nine. Carter, John, Ampthill, hop-merchant Miters, Thomas, North Shields, pilot Cousins, John, H a mpstead, shopman Duncan, Benjamin, Hammersmith, schoolmastr Fairman, %William, Lambeth, newspaper-proprietor Ford, John, Dean-street, trunk-maker Gould, Richard, Islington, shopman Hill, James, Regent's-park, plasterer Hunt, Christmas, Bart.staple, innkeeper limiter, Moses, Walworth, shopkeeper iyams, Hymn, Lambeth, tailor Lyon, John, Richmond, Surrey, saddler • THE MARKETS. Adair's COAL MAR] 335. 9d. Beaumont 32 6 Burdon 3.5 6 Heaton 33 6 Liddell's 31 0 WallsEndßewicke&Co. 38 6 Ditto 36 0 Ditto Russell's 30 0 Ships at market, 21%.--81 ~~~:; KET.—April 2. Beamish South Moor., 31s. Walls Eud Dett0m......... 40 Ditto Stewart's 40 Ditto Nutt 26 Hartley 30 Cowpeu 22 Llangenrieth CoaL.-- 40 - Hotspur 36 Blyth Trader 25 lips RUM, 18%--Uhsold, 3. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEi Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beaty, Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to I. S. Abingdon—, 54 66 35 42 35 42 ° Andover....-- 59 30 2.4 , Birmingham.— 48 62 30 34 24 40 6 Bridport 52' sti 32 39 26 29 Cirencester 48 56 27 30 24 26 6 Faringdon— 48 51 26 38 24 34 Guildford 44 Gt 36 45 22 30 Henley 5O 66 St 43 26 3/ Hereford 64 66 46 50 42 Ilighworth —..— 46 62 30 36 23 34 Maidenhead 60 68 38 42 28 38 — 8 Oakinghaui 56 60 30 36 28 36 Reading ...-- 52 72 26 34 18 32 Salisbury 50 62 28 32 22 28 — 6" Southampton 52 56 37 40 30 32 r i Stroud Tewkesbury 54 60 40 42 33 38 Uxbridge 66 74 :30 34 24 32 Wantage—. 55 70 34 45 SO 40 Warminster 47 62 28 24 - a 29 Windsor 56 70 29 35 23 30 Worcester 52 63 34 22 32 CHELTENHAM MA RKET.--April 1. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. d. to Wheat 6 0 7 0 Beef Barley Oats Beans 5 6 '7 0 Lamb 0 Peale 5 0 8 0 Pork 6 Hay 3l. 10s. to 41. Os. pet ton. pet toll. SCOTCH MARKETS. GLASGOW MARKETS, 11Ltucit 29. There has been a considerable business done in Raw SUGAR market this week; the sales amount to 6 hhds., consisting chiefly of the cargo of Demeraras forte noticed, which were taken by the Grocers and Reint who are barely supplied, and the holders met the marl freely, and sold off at a reduction of 6d. to Is. on ford prices ; the stock in importers' hands is now reduced 47 hhds. and 32 tre. Relined Sugars are still scar , prices are unaltered. British MOLASSES, 225. 6d. a 235. ; a small lot of D el merara Molasses was sold at 250. from the quay. Nothing of consequence done in PlatstiTo or GiNceSs' COFFEE is retailing in small parcels at 635. for Demerara. The sales of Rust are limited to, trifling parcels taken L the trade ; Jamaicas, 16 0.P., at 3s. 2d., and Leeward` Proof, at 2s. Id. The sales in COTTON amount to 1329 packages, there is no alteration in the prices of last week. The Pg ticidars are, 46 Sea Islands, 18d. a 15d. ; 12 Stained d° 9id. ; 160 Boweds, 6d. a 6id. ; 190 Orleans, 6d. a 7i°' 40 Mobile, 6d. ; 45 Maranham, 81d. ; 188 Demer o 7i-d. a 9d. , 135 Egyptian, si t d. a 8141. ; 443 Surat 4 4 a 4 4 1 d. ; by auction, 70 Upland s ( a ll f au l ts ), a 6i -d. In DYEWOODS there are no sales. AsHas continue dull ; prices, " houreYer, are witlo, alteration. Pots 1827 at 325. 6d. to 335., and Peo P 335. 6d. TALLOW dull of sale, and prices lower ; Y. C. 455. 6 ; Fish Otis . steady ; Whale 191. 10s. a 201. ; Cod, 2 5: and Pale Seal, 221. a 221. 10s. per tun, old measure. The supplies of GRAIN have been moderate this we, The transactions in Wh ea t h ave b een li m i ted ; prices, ever, remain firm. An advance of 6d. par boll has obtained on Oats, for which there is a speculative inqup Barley in good d eman d, an d pr i ces 6d . to ls. per higher. , DUMFRIES MARKETS.-IZarch 26. s. d. s. d. o.d. bio Wheat, Imp. Bush... 5 0 tots 3 Butter, 160 z Barley 0 0 3 4 Eggs, dozen o Oats 2 0 2 0 Beef, per lb. 0 4 if Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal 1 9 110 Veal 0 4 07 Potatoes, cwt. Gnant.-For the last two or th ree wee k s t h er e been some little stir in our Seed Market, where busine°, done on the improved plan of showing stock rather Oa sample. Sales thus far have been exceedingly dull, 1 : 0 the prices low as compared with la s t y ea r. O ne ra for this stay be the plentifulness of Oats in 1827. Eve' firmer has seed .‘ hisaiself,o. , and it , i s only .11 that require a change for the sake of the land th a t /A ° any occasion to go to market. The supply on WednestiO last amounted to between 1,300 and 1,400 bushels, but' great part of it remained undisposed of, and was deposit ° in the Meal M ar k et t ill t h e f o l low i ng week. Common os l were more in demand than Potato, and brought within„! penny of the same money. First-rate sample of the 19 , mer sold as high as 23. 9d. per bushel, but 2s. 6d. Was more common, and may be taken, we suspect, as the of age of the Market. A few sacks of Beans were expel'. but above 4s. per bushel could not be obtained for they' no alteration in the prices of Wheat and Oatmeal. POULTRY MARKET.-The market to-day was well sup plied with moat kinds of fowl ; h e ns so ld a t f rom 11d. ls. 6d. each, and ducks brought much about the I' , price ; an abundant supply of eggs sold at from 4id. to per dozen. CATTLE MARICET.-Both the condition and the nu/ i hers of the cattle shown to-day were bett er th an they W 1 been for some weeks past ; their numbers were as follow' viz. 241 three-years-olds and upwards; 45 two-yes il be olds; 50 highlanders; and. l 2 cows : total, 348. 1 .4 1 were chie fl y, if not all, Galloways ; d e aling in the force) was very slack, and no sales took plac e i n th e l arg er kil o of cattle; towards the evening, however, dealers began o „ assume a more buying-like attitude, and a good man,' chases were made ; the prices were nearly as follotv- -- ;, for the best lot in the market, 20 four-year -olds, 101. per head was obtained ; for a lot of 6 0 . ditto, 101. 10 1 . ; a lot of 20 th ree -y ears -old, 81. 88. ; fora lot of 00 0 ' and for a lot of 10, '7l. 10s. The above prim were C sidered very low, and even on the d ec li ne ; a good 1130 three-year-olds were driven off unsold, particularly s lot of 70; all the highlanders went off unsold, and 0 heard of no sales i n t wo-year-o ld s ; a f ew cows wer eo and prices rated generally from 71. to 111. per head. PORK Msaxix.-Our market had a very imposiOilito i l pearance this week, the show consisting of I+3 T,;gl dealing b egan b r i s kl y b e f ore seven o i e l oc k i n t h e motol,oy, and not long after the whole Was sold Off; price. S i) , 0 1 were considered very favourable ; good pork sold read o / 0 0 from ss. 10d. to 6s. 4d., a n d i n s om e i ns t ances we e ' ~i d heard of 6s. sd. and 61. 6d. p e r s t one o f 161bs. given • inferior pork, sows, &c., sold at from ss. 5' e 1 ss. 8. LIVE Pres.-20 carts-dull market, but prices r, e I very high. ANNAN.—Marcii 7, 'l l The very small supply o f f res h por k w hi c h arrivd o j i l town to-day exhibit e d am pl e p roo f o f our 'b acon nasr 01 having now drawn to a close fur the season, prices were quoted last week, viz., from bs. to ss. 6d.. per. stone of .1.70 Beef at sid. t o 61; mutton at 4d. ; veal at sd. ; 10/ sold at from I ld. to ls. per lb. ; eggs at 5,1. per d O l hens at 2s. to 2s. 3d. per couple ; potatoes were ret o ,A Is. 2d. to Is. 3d. per cwt. .Tliere , Were a few live in the market, and the demand brisk at from 14s. to l a , each. Some of pur dealers were asking 88, hi g h as l 0 each, for those of or about six weeks old. BIRTHS. • On the 29th ult., at her residence in Catherine-FI J I ladOOynnoftthhWee2il3llioaimnsthtlilutiLnat, EUsqam, at Islington, Mrs. John Evans, , of a * ° ll o Bath, the lady of Thomas &plea Bayley, Esq., of a s ° , , On the 29th ult., at Woreerasolefylal,a dy l a l, ourg A k V t a t E e i:k o s i b e i r i a'IY the Rev. Thomas Cater, of a son.. MARRIED. On the 27th ult., at Edinburgh, Robert Marsha l, , Esq., Warden of Merton College, Oxford, eldest soli the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham, to Lady Carrniel o Anstruther, of Anstruther and Carmichael. On the 29th ult., at St. Marylebone Church, R. Nisbet, Esq., of Tweed Bank, Roxburghshire, to Dlaf! youngest daughter of Peter Cameron, Esq., Banff. t On the Ist inst., at St. James's, Westminster, by s o Rev. Dr. Maddy, G. B. Bolton, Esq., of King-streci, james'a.square, to Clarissa Marian, youngest daughter the late P. M. Verbeke, Esq., of Ostend. On the 2d in s t. DIED. , at kis house in Tottenham-green, a severe illness, in the 56th year of hie age, William 1 4 , lips, of George yard, Lombard-street, one of the SocietY Friends. On the 29th ult., at his house at Turnham-green, John Oahe% of Middle-row, Holborn, bookseller, iv*, 85th year, moat sincerely lamented by his afflicted relatives, and friends.. • u On the 28th u lt., at B at h , F rances, secon d daugh te Pr• the late Charles Burney, Es., and grand-daughter 01 Burney, of Chelsea College. PRINTEDTrid PI:BUSHED I;yIVi:IL'OUNC I , SUN OFFICE, No. 112, &Junk'. A R . playing Affidavi of the II 30th Se may des Bills of transmit to the T Navy l B R] The Hoi Sir C. Sir R. 1 Sir J. S Sir F. F C. J. A , W. Agn John Be James C James E William Recei 'IN nu " 4 Col- Who "Al The outhw their Fii Propert: Insured ()( S.IIALI establish Al' a NOBS Th e Ril B. Ca C. E . Sam p t Chi Charle s Cahn N And five j), varion s March, ENE One y, Rig' The At nil v Geor ge Edrnur Morton Dur Ano nyi Willia r Clark 3. 0 . rmitcf A Frie ter] Mis t( s Mis t ( Joh n / 11In. I C. E. M. c ., Th. A Ist( 2d I 3d TRz A , BRA