The Sun. — London, England, 1828-07-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The news from Ireland is of a distressing cha racter, though it will create no surprise in the readers of this journal, in which the mischief has been at once confidently predicted, and most. anxiously deprecated. At Ballynamore, in the county of Leitrim, an armed body of insur gents appeared last Saturday week, in order, in the first instance, to prevent the execution of an intention which had been already very prudently relinquished,—namely, that of celebrating the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne by the Protestants—but undoubtedly murder and mis rule of every description would have followed. Government was acquainted with the Wove ments of the disaffected, and prepared to sup press them. This was done ) with what we should call in any other ease but little trouble ; but no term expressive or indifference should be used when one is speaking of civil discord. The rebels are described as amounting to .500 in number, and certainly chose a good position, for they had a bog in their rear, which mi g ht b e passed on f oo t, hut which would not sustain ca wiry. They in consequence looked at a .troop of lancers which was brought against them with out dismay ; but on seeing these file off to make way for a body of infantry and police, they fled with rapidity. A Priest had offered before, to use his endeavours to disperse the insur gents ; Out the condition very properly in sisted on by the Government party—that the arms should be surrendered—rendered the negotiation abortive. As a military affair, this would be very trifling indeed ; but us happening in a part of the United Kingdom, and therefore having a smack of civil war, it is most. fearful. Reports state that 40,000 insurgents had been seen in arms. This is a foolish ex aggeration; but it is very painful that matter ca pable of such exaggeration should exist. How ever, the mischief being now begun, which may end no one can tell when, we shall frankly state our opinion on a subject so important, not only to the well-being, but almost to the existence of the State. Timely concession, and a due con sideration of the rights of mankind, ought to have prevented this rising, and would haVe.paci tied Ireland ; but though we trust that the sun pression of the present commotion will. he fcl— lowed by acts of clemency, and a restitution of the Irish people to the full enjoyment of the Constitution, no concession of,any kind should proceed frOm the Government till the rebellion is totally put down, and those who have moved in it be taught that they have nothing to expect from war, but all from peace.—Times. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury died yesterday morning at Lambeth. The parti culars attending this event will be extracted from the evening papers, so far as they are known by them, and inserted in another part. Whilst we write this, our ears are struck by the' gloomy sound of the large bell in St. Paurs . Church, which is near us, announcing the decease of some person eminent in ,station ; for we believe this bell is only sounded on the decease of one of' the Royal Family, or that of the Bishop of the Diocese, or of the Primate of all England. If we were to say that his Grace had gone through life with the character of a most accomplished gentleman, we should wish it to be understood that he was a Christian gentleman. such was Nelson, the excellent author of the Fasts and Festivals, in whom it was remarkable that the most unsullied purity of morals, and the most devout piety, from which his morals sprang, were adorned by the most polished manners. The late Archbishop, however, had not the learning or talents of the eminent person whose. name we have introduced ; but his Grace was deficient in neither ; and to his natural powers of mind and attainments by study, be added dignity of man ner and affability of address. The gracefulness of his person was a gift of nature. His Grace was of the Rutland fatuity, and his Lady, we believe, of the same ; .endit was owing to this double connection—there being no impediment to be found in his personal caracter—that he was consecrated Bishop of Norwich at an aye which was then thought early : others, we be lieve, unpossf!ssed of those claims, have been ad vanced to the bench at an equally early period of life. The canons, we believe, require that a Bishop shall have completed his 32d year, when he must have been eight years a priest. In the expensive and but ill-paid Sec of Norwich, we believe that the liberality of the diocesan's dispo sition, the claims of a numerous family, and per haps the habits of high life, involved hint in some embarrassments : these must have been painful to one who knew that it was the duty of a Christian, and much more of a Christian Bi shop, "to owe no man any thing ;" and on his subsequent promotion to Canterbury, he,with a be coming energy of character, as we have heard, adopted a system which enabled him to discharge all his incmnbrances. He succeeded Dr. Moore in the Archiepiscopal See of Canterbury, • and for a considerable period of the time during which his Grace was at the head of' the Church of England, his brother was Chancellor of Ireland, and his son Speaker of the ,House of Commons of the United Kingdom. We can recollect no instance in which such high dignities, have cen tred in so near relatives. Fortune, as well as merit, it is said, is necessary to make a great man. Birth wa:; the fortune or casualty which brought about this coincidence : the merit was of no peculiar or remarkable character in any of the individuals ; but there was no deficiency, and none of those eccentricities or irregularities by which great genius is often debased or deformed. —lbid. It will be seen by the Court Ness, that the Bishop of London, with the Duke of Welling ton, visited Mr. Peel yesterday. ?tom thi s cir cumstance the future Primate, may, perhaps, be divined. 'Vet what is the Bishop of London ? An amiable and estimable man, We believe, but of no great vigour of constitution or capacity for exertion, if we may judge from his appear ance. His translation will only impose an addi tional weight Upon tottering limN ; and then .will follow a succession of those removes so in jurious to the • English Church, in which a Bishop never remains lon g enoug h i n one dio cese to become acquainted with his clergy, till he has attained an age when the capacity for knowing them is on the declin e .—/bid, ' In the annals of the world , examples are by no means rare of individuals suffering from their effbrts to enforce the knowledge of truths the most valuable and. important t society ; but in • never, surely, have any martyrs n the cause of philosophy been the objects of heavier obloquy, than those enlightened Statesmen to who m we owe the recognition and adoption of the great principles of free trade. Consoled they may have been by that high and pure saitunent of pleasure, which Bacon himself, the great father of modern philosophy, describes as -created by the standing upon the 'vantage ground of truth, and Me seeing Me errors and wander yips, and mists and tempests in the 'vale belottel The period approaches when the beneficial effects of a liberal commercial policy beginning to dis play themselves, it might be expected that the cavils, and objections, and discontents ,uttered against that policy would be hushed, and the merits of its authors acknowledged. In an Even ing Paper of Saturday last, however, we find some comments upon the statement lately made by Mr. Grant, as to the state of the silk trade, with a greater hebetude of understand ing, or obstinacy of prejudicei than could well have been imagined. Prom 'Mr. Grant's statement, it appeared that the quantity of raw silk imported in the year 1827, exceeds by no less than 300,0001b5., the quantity imported in the year 1824, when the change in the system was first projected, and that the quantity of thrown silk imported in the last year, falls little short of the quantity imported before the change; from which, the plain inference is, that the whole quantity of silk, raw and thrown, wrought up throughout the country, is greater than ever it was. The imports of the current year, accord ing to the Returns commencing with January 1, and ending with April, shew a yet more consi derable increase in the trade. But the great matter for exultation is, that this increase has arisen under a system so much more sound and stable than the old one. The journal referred to tells us to beware of rejoicing too rashly, be cause importation is not consumption ; from which we ought, we conclude, to infer that silk is not imported in order to be manufactured, but from a pure love of speculation. It next affirms, that Mr. Grant has chosen the years for his comparison improperly. But the short an swer to that objection is, that the year 1824, with which Mr. Grant compared the year 1827, was the year of the greatest amount of importa tion ever known. As to the thrown silk, which has fallen in price from Bs. and 10s. to 3s. and ss. we are told that the reduction arises from a fall in the wages of the workmen, and from no improvement in the process of manufacture ; but Mr. Grant noticed a single improvement in the machinery of no less amount or importance than that whereas formerly the swift performed but fourteen revolutions in a given time—it now per forms twenty-one ; a pretty convincing proof this of .what may be accomplished by. human inge nuity and application, under adequate excite ment. Thus weak are the pretences now re sorted to by those who hate the liberal portion of our Statesmen and their works ; but the 'country will see through their flimsy artifices, and accord to Mr. Grant and his distinguished coadjutor and friend that full meed of honour and gratitude which they have so richly earned. —Morning chronicle. The precious Bill which we owe to the igno rance of the present Vice-President of the Board of Trade, namely, the Bill for postponing the period at which the ad valorem Duty on Silk commences, to the next Session of. Parliament, was read a third time last night, and passed.— Ibid. We cannot help thinking that it would be a great improvement in the practice of our princi pal Common, Law Courts, if some means were devised of relieving the two Chief - Justices, or, at all events, the Chief of the King's Bench, from the trial of all the causes entered in their Courts, and if persons undergoing so much fa tigne as Lord Tenterden does, were released from the additional labour of going the Circuit. Without any reference to the way in which that Learned Judge's duties are performed—which, we need not say, give almost unexampled satis faction to the whole community—it would not be at all unreasonable that he were eased from commencing a new labour, such as the Circuit, in the midst of his present arduous ones—one consequence of which is, that a large number of renzands are necessarily left untried, to the great injury and loss of the parties. It will, perhaps, he said, that it would be of no use for the Lord Chief Justice to remain after the Bar have left town for the Circuit. On the contrary, we think it would be of great use, in tending to break down a monopoly ; for, great as the talents of the leading Counsel at the King's Bench Bar may he, there would be no difficulty in finding a sufficient number of competent persons to con duct the London Sittings, were they prolonged, as the sittings in Chancery are, during the whole continuance of the Circuits. This suggestion, though it may be sneered at for the present, will we have no doubt, ultimately be forced upon the Courts for adoption. A few practical improve ments like this would be of infinitely more value than many of the mere technical, theoretical ones, which we often hear of; and if it were to combine, as it it would, the desirable object of relieving such a character as Lord Tenterdcn from labours which ought net to be imposed upon him, we are sure that its adoption would give general satisfaction to the country.—Morn- Herald. Mr. O'Connell has become an M.P.; that he will sit is quite out of the question, except lie takes the oath, which he will not. As to the mere Emancipation of the Catholics, it might easily be effected by altering the oath, so that any Catholic could take it and his seat ; in which case there would be no necessity for applying to the Pope, or entertaining the question of securi ties. But the most material thing to be consi dered is, shall the Catholics be admitted to power ? If they are so violent before power, what would they be after power ? If, as they tell us M Ireland, their eventual object would be the restoration of the Irish Parliament, and the touching of the Irish Church property—toge ther with Radical Reform, and Universal Suffrage—by possibility, even a severance of Ireland from England ;—if we are told these things before Emancipation, what would be the struggle after possibly 100 Catholics should be in Parliament, more especially, were these 100 Catholic Members, instigated by the Catholic Clergy, to, press for a participation of Irish Church property, or a creation of property fbr the Irish Church ? Should the Ministry, how ever, ever concede the Catholic Question, we hope that it will not he done, either in conjunc tion with the Pope, th e C at h o li c Cl erg y, or th e Dublin ASSOCiation. W e wou ld s i mp l y alter the oath, if we thought it ex p e di ent to a d m i t Catholics into Parliament, and leave it - to Catho lics to conic in or not, under such oath.— The Catholics say that the Catholic Church formerly possessed the Irish Church p ro _ perty, and thit they that wer e robbed - of pro perty by the Protestant Irish Church. Their argument is, " Return us that property, or , if you do not choose to do that, do not take tithe s from us, who do not profess your religion." Whenever, however, this question is settled, we hope that we shall have nothing to do with the payment of the Catholic Clergy ; for if we paid the Catholic Clergy, it would not be long before we were called upon to pay the Methodist Clergy, and the Clergy of all other sects of Christians. - We think that some time must yet elapse before the great mass of the people of England will be reconciled to Catholic Emanci pation ; and we are rather inclined to the opi nion that the late proceedings of the Catholics in Ireland have materially increased the inward dread that the Protestants have of conceding the Catholic Question. As to the argument that the Catholic Clergy have less influence over their flocks than they had, we do not believe it ; for the Catholic system itself has firm hold of a man, his wife, children, and servants, in the fol lowing respects--marriage, giving a name to a child, confession, and burial. A more consum mate system for getting hold of men was never invented; and such system has been the growth of ages ; and into its service have been pressed architects, musicians, painters, Sculptors, makers erned of of every boorye writersks, dscrii ,toiolfl._d. manuscripts, ibi and the l e arned The tranquilli z i ng effects of conciliation in Ireland begin to be developed. Already have the savages began to muster in force ; ,already has the pike glittered before the eyes of his Ma jesty's troops ; already have Catholic Priests, at the head of their tumultuary bands of ruffians, held parley in the field, and presumed to talk of conditions with the Officers of the King. We refer our readers to the accounts extracted from the Irish Journals, of the dispersion of an as sembly of rebels, drawn up in martial array, and headed by their priests, in the county of Leitnm, and to the statements from other quarters, of the general preparation 'of the Papists to take up arms against the British Government, and for the purpose, we sin cere ly believe, of extermi nating the Protestant population of Ireland. These are the effects of conciliation, the effects of a system which has fettered the loyal Pro testant subjects of the British Crown, and granted boundless licence to the agents of disaf fection ;: which has encouraged the Catholic Association, whilst it stigmatized every Pro testant Club ; which has tolerated aggregate meetings of Papists, while it has strictly prohibited the celebration of the Battle of the Boyne—which has frowned down the ebul litions, and endeavoured, we hope and believe in vain, to damp the ardour of loyalty, and pa triotism, NVlliiSt it has permitted treason to stalk abroad unrebuked in the open light of day. This system must have an end. The Protestants of Ireland have a right to demand it ; they are the portion of the Irish people who are really insult ed and oppressed ; it is for them that. Emancipa tion is required ; it is by them that the com plaint may be justly urged of the partial action of Government, and the unequal operation of the law. Can any thing be more monstrous than that the enemies of British connec tion should be permitted to parade .Their strength—to boast and exaggerate their num bers—to hold aggregate meetings—to get up mock elections—to create mock churchwardens and magistrates—to instal a mock Parliament— to levy taxes—and to do all these things avow edly for the purposes of agitation, while the Protestants of Ireland—the faithful and 'loyal subjects of the British Crown—the devoted friends of British connection—the body of men who are the natural bonds of Ireland, who, if left to their own unrepressed and unassisted efforts, would, in spite of the boasted numbers of their and our enemies, assert, and maintain their ascendancy, by dint of their unques tioned superiority in intelligence, vigour, una nimity, and public spirit,—are required to abstain front the display of a loyal emblem, the harmless excitement of a convivial toast, the commemoration even .of an event not more glorious to Great Britain than it has proved in its effects beneficial to Ire land ? We will not insult the understandings of our readers, by asking if this is equal jus tice or equal law ? We ask rather, if it is ra tional policy ? And for answer we look to its effects. What other effects, indeed, could such policy be expeded to Produce ? If the expres sion of loyalty throughout Ireland is to be silenced-,if the Protestant friends of English connection are to he required to keep themselves out of sight, as if they had cause to feel shame on account of their politics and their religion, for no other purpose apparently than to give an unobstructed course to the triumphant lisplays of Popery, who can be surprised that the Papists should wax bold—that they ShOuld venture to assume a menacing attitude—that their delusive notions of their own strength and importance, and the stimulants perpetually administered by their artful and turbulent leaders, should impel them to rebellion—and that, finally, they should prepare fbr themselves an awful chastisement, and for their country a terrible convulsion ? Perhaps we can not better close this article than by subjoining, the following speciinen of the feelings and sen timents.of Zr. Daniel.o:C.onnell, at the pre sent juncture. It is contained in the c oncludin g Paragraph of a letter, addressed by t . lsat Honour able and Loyal Member of Parliament to the Editor of the Dublin Evening Post, upon the subject of his education and his buth, dated Merrion-square, July 17. We give it without a single word of comment :—" Be it kildmi to all whoth it May Concern" (says the Hon. Mem ber for the county of Clare), " that I was born on the 6th of August, 1775, the very year in which the stupid obstinacy of British oppression forced the reluctant people of America to seek for security in arms, and to commence that bloody struggle for national independence which; has been in its results beneficial to England, whilst it has shed Glory and conferred Liberty, pure and sublime on America . !!"—Morn. Post. Various robberies have been committed, within the last week or ten days, in the neighbourhood of St. John's Weed and Kilburn. FALL Or FOYERS.—in consequence of the present footpath, or entrance to the Fall of Foyers, being both difficult and dangerous, and at certain times inacces sible, it was proposed by Lord COLCHESTER, who has of late years interested himself very warmly in every thing connected with the Highlands, that a new road should be constructed by which these defects would be remedied, and an easy,.eertain, and more commanding view of the Fall secured. .A plan was accordingly drawn up by Mr. MIT cuzLL of this place, and the proprietor of Foyers not only granted his permission to make the road, but subscribed liberally towards the project. We are happy that several additional subscriptions have been procured. It is pro posed that the new path shall wind down the hollow to the south of the present road, by which the visitor will reach the green point before lie can obtain the most partial glimpse of the. Fall. We need scarcely say how muc h the pleasure of witnessing such scenes is e nhanced by their bursting upon tahse at tpeßcitcaitiomr Richmond Hill, an d i n one un broken where th e p rospec t is intercepted by a dead wall, until the stranger arrives at the point whence the whole vale of Thames is opened up in all its richness and splendour. The " green point "•at Foyers is a narrow insulated portion of the rock, covered with turf, which projects like a promontory into the chasm, and commands the best view of the Fall and its surround ing scenery. Sufficient money, we understand, has been subscribed to form an excellent road down to this spot ; but it would be desirable to continue the winding path to the edge of the water, and by cutting a passage through the rock enable visitors to view the Fall at nearly a hundred feet lower than the green point, and directly under it. Beheld from such a spot, the scene would indeed be mag• nificent.—lnverness Courier. SECOND EDITIO N. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. Commissions in the King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeo manry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester. lot Macclesfield Troop—Thomas Reade, Gont. to be Cornet, vice Powell, promoted. Dated July 5, 1828. 2d Macclesfield Troop—Cornet Daniel Powell to be Lieutenant, vice Ward, resigned. July 4. Commissions in the Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Ayr. Captain John Hamilton, of the late 2d Regiment, to he Captain. July 1. Cornet George James Campbell to be Lieutenant. July 1. Cornet Sir James Boswell, Bart. to he ditto, vice Alex. Hamilton, who retires. July 1. Patrick Boyle, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Campbell, pro moted. July 1. Archibald William Earl of Eglington to be ditto, vice Sir James Boswell, promoted. July 1. Whitehall, July 15, 1829. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Robinson, of Alford, in the county of Lincoln, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. James Bacon, Commercial-road, Lambeth, carpenter. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. William Elliott, Goswell-road, wine-inerehant, frern July 4 to Aug. 15, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. BANKRUPTS. John . Flood, Leeds, surgeon, to surrender August 4, at six, 5, at nine, and Sept. 2, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds. I3attye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane ; Allison, Huddersfield. _ John Wood, Manchester, oil-merchant, Aug. 4,5, and Sept. 2, at two, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Hurd and Johnson, Temple; Wood, Munchester. Elisabeth Kershaw, Butterworth, flannel-manufacturer, Aug. 15, at three, 16, at nine, and Sept. 2, at one, at White's hotel, Manchester. Wheeler, Gray's-inn-place, London; Hansa% Middleton. Jacob Smith, Diorama, Regent's-Park, printer, July 25, August 1, and Sept. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Ilyde, Ely-place, Holborn. Benjamin Smith, Bristol, tailor, Aug. 2,4, and Sept 2, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Brittan, Bas inghall-street, London ; or, Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. DI PE RIAL PA RLIAIII ENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Upon the SPEAKER'S taking the Chair he ex pressed his regret at being obliged to inconvenience the House by his non-attendance yesterday, and he begged to express his grateful sense of the kindness shown to him on this as on all former occasions by the House. CLARE ELECTION. The SPEAKER stated that he had this day re ceived, through the office of the Clerk of the Hula per for Ireland, a'petition from Sir H.D. Massey, Bart. mid T. Mahon, against the election of Daniel O'Connell, Esq., stating that the said Daniel O'Connell, was disqualified, and even if he were not disqualified, praying that the Right Hon. W. Vesey Fitzgerald should be declared the Sitting Member. The petition was ordered to be taken into con sideration on Thursday, the 21st of August. Mr. F. LEWES brought up the Report of the Committee on the Canadas. FRENCH CLAIMS. Mr. C. GRANT said, that for obvious reasons which it was unneeessary to mention, he would post pone the presentation of two petitions, which stood on the paper for this evening, until Friday next. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT suggested that the lion. Gentleman should postpone his' motion until Saturday, to which Mr. Grant acceded. Sir EDWARD HYDE EAST presented a peti-. tion from Bury St. Edmund's, for the abolition of slavery, Mr. WARBURTON brought up the report of the Committee on Anatomy. Mr. HORACE TWISS brought up some Re turns concerning the Slave population pursuant to address. Mr. CALVERT presented a petition from the High Bailiff of Soutwork, stating that the recog nizances of persons who compromised assaults were estreated through ignorance, and that they were afterwards arrested. The Non. Member said, that he believed it was an ommission in the Bill brought in by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Peel) which might easily be rectified. Mr. 0. CAVE moved for amended Returns from the Borough of Leicester, required the objects to be specified for which the several sums were paid, and also the number of prisoners confined in the Borough Gaol from 1810 to 1828. Mr. M'LEOD moved for a return of the quantity of Kelp into various ports of England from 1817 to to 1827 inclusive.—Ordered. A Message was brought up from the Lords, stat ing that their Lordships had agreed to the Military and Naval Pensions' Bill, the Customs Bill, and some others. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQ UER, the Lords' Amendments were agreed to in the Savings Banks Bill, the Promissory Notes Bill, and the New South Wales Bill. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER the Sugar Warehouse Refining Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. Secretary PEEL moved that the House at its rising should adjourn till Friday next—Agreed to. Mr. Secretary PEEL presented a petition from the Magistrates of Wigan, against the payment of wages otherwise than in money. Also a petition from the Silk throwsters of Manchester against any alteration of the Duty upon Thrown Silk. Also a petition from Biddulph in favour of the Small Debts Bill. Mr. HOBHOUSE gave notice of a motion rela tive to Select Vestries, for next Session. Mr. W. HORTON postponed his motion rela tive to the slave trade until Friday next. Mr. RICE brouAlit in a Bill relative to Eccle siastical Corporations in Ireland, which was read a first time, ordered to be read a second time this day three months, and ordered to be printed. The House then adjourned at twenty minutes past Four o'Clock. HOUSE OF LORDS. Sir A. GRANT and others, from the Commons, brought up the Sugar Bill, and also the Promissory Notes (Ireland) Bill, the Administration of Justice (New South Wales) Bill, the Criminal Justice (East Indies) Bill, the Watching and Lighting Tl. o wns s ( llo lr el Lm t ar s i d b ) r o ß u i g l t up the Marquis of London derry's Estate Bill. Mr. Ross brought up the Duke of Gordon's Estate Bill. The Appropriation Bill; the Exchequer Bills Bill; the Welland Canal Bill; Benefices Resignation Bill; and the Nationd Debt Bill vent through a Com mittee. The Irish Banker's Cemposition Bill ; The Deseeted Children (Ireland) Bill, were read a third time and passed. The Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE presented a pe tition against the Butter Trade (Ireland) Bill from the Chamber of Commerce of the town of Newry. The Butter Trade (Ireland) Bill went through a Committee. Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, presented an ac count of money received from the Droits of the Ad miralty. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, it was ordered that an address should be presented to his Majesty, praying that there might be laid before the House a copy of the last report of the The importation of salmon from Ireland is this season very great. At almost • every return of the Irish boats, great numbers of them are landed at the Brootnielaw. This week between 40 and 50 boxes were imported. Irish salmon is in consequence to be found in every quarter of the city, at a cheap rate. It sells at od. and Id. a lb. If fresh, it is allowed to be equal, if not superior, to the Clyde salmon ; hut before it can be exposed for sale at such a distance from the places where it is caught, its quality must be hurt. It is sold throughout the streets on hurleys. Glasgow Chronicle. The herbage of a large part of Skiddaw has been destroyed by an innumerable host of caterpillars, and it was much feared that the inclosures adjoining the tnoun tain would have been attacked. The rooks, however, which are now congregated upon the fells, have attacked them and stopped in a great measure their savages. Tbe efforts of the rooks, and the rain which has lately fallen in torrents, have allayed the fears of the inhabitants, and will put an end to the ravages of these voracious insects.— Westmoreland Advertiser. At Crabtree Beck, near Lowswater, a basin or reservoir, which had been made near a mine, burst. A servant who saw it coming went and awoke her master and his wife and child, telling them it would wash the house away. The man took his child in his arms and rushed to the door, and his wife followed, but the dreadful flood separated them, ,and swept away the man and child, and in its force drove the woman into the house again ; she and the servant went up stairs and were saved, but the man and child perished. Their bodies have not been found, and it is not known whether they are buried in the ruins, or washed into the lake. Extract of a letter from Cockermoutli, dated July 16.—A sad misfortune has happened to our new bridge ; they had got the wood arch thrown over, and partly covered with stone work (but the country has been quite flooded), and last Sunday the new bridge was washed down. When it fell, the crash was tremendous : the stones which composed it filled up the bed of the river Cocker, and the consequence was, the streets were nearly impas. sable, and the houses near the bridge had from four to fire feet of water in them. The rains which fell on Saturday and Sunday last swelled the rivers and brooks in the region of the Lakes to an amazing height, and have done much damage to the inclosures adjoining these mountain streams. At Mill-beck, in the vale of Keswick, the bridge has been greatly damaged, and a field of grain destroyed. At Lows water, a man and c hild were swept away by th e b rea ki ng of a dam, which supplied the pumps for clearing the mines o f wa t er . At Cockermoutb, the new bridge, which was nearly completed, was swept aw a y, an d t k e woo d- wor k damming up the river, caused the lower part of the town to be c ompletely overflown, and th e d es t ruc tio n o f the bridge will greatly inconvenience the inhabitants.—West moreland Advertiser. t is he ah c o 3 u c t ia t d o es b . e c o l m t s e e s x o t , en c t o m i 8 p a r b i o ses u t L 3 i , v 2 .1 2 d 7 i a s , q t t h , a e r e s l l e o a r g en u , oßri d t Independent Gr eece , or a t l eas t that which is larger than the Netherlands, and differs little in e xtent from Portugal or Denmark, with its German state J— . the war, its population amounted to 1,350,000. Thus the heaths of Hanover or Saxony, are now more peopled than the territory which formerly comprised Lace demonia,Corinth, Argos, Thebes, and Athens. This cal- culation is the same as that for the wilds of Scotland, only 420 persons for each square league ; whilst Attica alone contained fifteen times this num ber twenty centuries a g o . From an attentive study of the ancient histories of Gre ece , it is found that the populat ion of the Pelo p onacsus, at ti , invasion by the Persians , exceeded 1,130,000 p er sons , of which a third were free . There were then 965 persons to each square league; whilst in 1817, the M orea having only 420,000 inhabitants, this number was reduced to 560. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. SUNDAY, JULY `2o. —High water 20 min. past four.-- Wind S.E.—Arrived the Ringwood, Smith, from New foundland ; Intrepid, Carr, from Wexford ; Arrow, Jone 9, from Bristol. The Brothers, Ferguson, from Liverpool, at Quebec. Throughout last night and this day wind S.S. W. to S.W. fresh breeze.—Came into Holyhead the Arrow, Jones, front Liverpool to Waterford ; and Carlew, Wright, from Liver pool to Falmouth. Signal btation.-Yesterday, at 7 15 p. m. smack, 60, passed, inward bound. Telegraph-office, July 20. Passed Holyhead, inward bound, the Caledonia, at 9 a. m., from St. Domingo. Wind at Holyhead S.W., blowing fresh.—The St. George, No. 441, Brett, steamer, from Dublin, East of Floating. Light. Sailed, the Liverpool, --, for Boston. . Commissioners appointed to inquire into public charities in England. A person named Constantine Macguire, was called to to the Bar and examined, touching some Papers from the Court of Chancery in Ireland, presented at the Bar, in the case of " Westmeath vr Westmeath," wh!ch were found not to be true copies. The fur ther consideration of the subject was postponed. The House then adjourned. SUMMER ASSIZES. HERTFORD, JULY 21. BREACH OF MARRIAGE PROMISE. ROWLEY V. ACRES. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to re cover damages for a breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff, a Miss Rowley, resides with her unnuclli, Layst e(herf o a n ther being dead), a farmer at Alswick /tares, carrying theo nthe defendant, bns a iness young or man, n butcher,tai me a r! Huntingford. The defendant suffered every prepa ration to be made for the marriage—the wedding dresses, the cake, and the ring, were purchased. The marriage was to have, taken place on the 22d of October, and on the 20th, the defendant meeting in the streets of Hertford a Mr. Wren who had been employed to procure the license for the marriage, and being congratulated by that person,.and joyfully informed that he (Mr. Wren) had the license at that moment in his pocket—to the utter amazement of that worthy person, he said, " Alt ! you need not have been in such a hurry about it—we don't want a license now." And when he was asked upon what ground lie had altered his mind, he answered, that it was enough he had altered his mind, and that he was engaged to another. On the part of the defendant, Counsel was instructed to state, that not the slightest shadow of imputation could be cast upon the character of the plaintiff, and that the defendant believed her to be a chaste and virtuous wolitan ; but he thought so much precipi tation as bad been shown by Miss Rowley, was not very becoming in a young lady. In less than three weeks from the time when she first met the defend ant, she had herself come to Hertford to make pre parations for her wedding. In breaking off this match, it was contended, that the defendant's conduct had been that of a prudent, sensible young man.— The Jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 501. In the evening, Mr. Joseph Acres, the defendant, was seen riding out of Hertford in right merry mood with a streaming bunch of yellow ribbons in his 'hat, and followed by a crowd of shouting townspeople. John Rose, hair-dresser, of St. Olave's, South wark, was indicted for having stolen, in May, in the parish of Cheshunt, from a common stage-waggon, a quantity of linen-drapery and other articles, the property of William Weston, of Buntingford ; and George Smith, carman, of Bermondsey, was indicted for having feloniously received the same. It was clearly proved that the prisoner, and a man named Dan Carter (not in custody) had given the waggoner a quantity of laudanum, by which he be came stupified, when they stole the articles men• tioned in the indictment. The Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty," and the Learned Judge observed that the sentence of the Court was, that John Rose be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years; and George Smith for the term of 14 years. On Saturday two special jury cases came on for hearing. The first was brought by R. Otway Cave, Esq., M.P. for Leicester, against a trainer of horses at St. Alban's, named Coleman, to recover 100 gui neas which had been paid by the plaintiff for a horse called Atticus, which was represented as a quiet steady animal, and a warranty given to that effect. He proved, however, to be any thing but steady, and his temper vicious ; so much so, that it was extremely dangerous to cross him. These facts being proved in evidence, a verdict was given to the plaintiff to the full amount claimed. The second case was .a qui tam action against Mr. Alderman Christopher Smith, M.P., for St. Alban's, to recover penalties against him for bribery. Bribes were alleged to have been given to different voters, by very small instalments—naMely, half-a-crOwn at a time. The jury pronounced a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS assisted Mr. Baron GAti.-* now in clearing the calendar. The only trial of the least interest was that of Blazely, for maliciously cutting and destroying 36 fruit trees, the property of Mr. Rowe, and growing in his garden, on the night of Good Friday last, at Ealdock. The Learned Judge summed up the case to the jury, who found the prisoner " Guilty." He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, and hard labour, and to be twice well whipped. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 9!4d. for' the 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from 34d. to Oad. below that price. I'RIOE OF SEEDS.—JuIy 21. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 425. 50s . tine —4. 536. Old Ditto Ditto - 4f',. 46e. fine —5. --s. New Foreign Ditto— 425. 58s fine —s. ...6. Old Ditto .. Ms. —s. fine —s. 4&,. New White Clover ~ 525. 725. fine 78s. 866: Old Ditto Ditt0—........ --.s. 50s. fine —e. 02s. . New Trefoil . 17s. 30a.. fine 325. 3145, Old Ditto . - s. ...-- -s. 10s.fine=s . 18s. Rib Grass ---- _ ..-......... 38s. 41s. fine -s. -s. English Carraway Seed -- -a. 365. 40s. fine -s. Foreign Ditto Coriander.----. -s 14s. tine--s. 17s. St. Foin (per Quarter)---:-... -s. -s. 40a. fine 455. Rye Grass Pacev Ditto Ditto, for crushing - -s. 36e. 38s. fine -a. Canary Seed, New .....-.--... -s. 50s. fine •-•43. 565. Ditto Old----.,.... -s. -s. -a. fine -4. White Mustard Seed -.-(per Bushel). .se. 7s. 6d. Bs. fine -s. Brown Ditto - -s. 10e. 15.. fine -6. Turnip Seeds, Rounds _ -s. Bs. 1314. fine --s Green and Red Ditto . -s. Ds. 11s, fine -s. ' Tares, Old -a. 345. 40s. fine -a. Date New,.,,, -s. -s. fine 425. 50s. Rare Seed, English, fine (per Last) 26/. 2W....... Foreign -4. 24/. PRICES OF HOPS.--July Kent Pockets Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto-, Farnham Ditto, Fine Seconds Keut Maas 31. Os. 31. (Ss. to 21. 16s. 31. Si. to 31. Os. 31. 3s. to 01. Os. 51. Os. to 0/. Os. 41. 10s to 2k 10s. 21. 15s. to 2/. Ss. 21. Its. to 21. 10s. 21. 15s. to Old Duty laid at 2200,000. 3/. 1.55. 3/. Rs. 3/. 10s. 6/ 65. 5/. ss. 31. 31. 24 16s. 31. Os. Sussex Ditto F.:4bex Ditto., wHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—JuIy IP. Hay Od. to 965. Od. I Clover 90a. Od. to 115 s, Od. Ws. Od. to 365. Od. PRICE OF OIL. - Rape Oil, brown 31/. tia. Refilled —X34 0 i»geed Oil --- 23 0 10 10 55 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton New Wan 'RICE OF POTATOES.--.lttly 21. 21. Os. to 31. 10s. per ton. 01. Os. to 04 Os. ditto. LEATHER. Per lb. d. to (I. Tanned Horse Hides.. I,sB ts Spanish Dittet ....ft... 22 27 Per dozen • Calf Skins... 36 to 4411 b. 19 24 Dil to 50 to '79lb. 24 I'S Ditto 70 tb SOlb. 21 24 Small Seals, Greenland IS 19 PRICES OF l'er lb. d. to (I. 80tt5.....--',O to 561 b... 20 .91 Ditto—.6o to 661 h.— 22 23 Dressing Hides 14 17 Fine Coach 1-lides ...... 17 20 Crop Hides, 35 to 40Ib. Ma 17a to 501 b. 18 20 Ditto .19 211 RAW HIDES. Per Stow. S. A. to s. d. Per Stone. a. d. to a. d. BestHeiters&Steers3 0 3 4 Ordinary 2 0 2 4 Middlings .2 8 210 Minket Calf.-- 8 0 each os. Polled Down; COAL 41AR. Adair's 32.. 6.1. Beaumont 30 6 Heaton 34 6 Hebburn „ 33 6 Killingwortli Newburn —32 3 Liddell'6 -- 30 6 Percy 28 3 Pelaw Pontop Windsor 32 0 Tanfield 33 • 0 Willington WallsLudßewieke&Co. 36 0 Ditto Brown's 33 3 Ditto Carr and Co, 31 9 Ditto Crainlingtoa— 31 0 Ditto llikla 32 3 Ditto Northumberland 32 9 Ditto 31 6 Ditto Russell's 36 0 Skips at market,63---Shir IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE.-..FRIDAY, July IS. From 'ro N. P. 781 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone w 0 0 30 0 26 031 .7' B e ,. • _l6 s t one 11 0 -- 0 -- 0 O Barley l6 atone 0 0 0 0 1,617 Oats 14 stone 10 0 13 0 H 11,813 Cwt. Flour---.. 9 stone 4 0 24 0 0 871 Oatmeal 11 stone 8 0 14 0 10 23. i. Sold to Bakers only. 10,905 Cwt. Flour— 12 0 24 0 16 0% • „, 's, from 14s. Od. to 18s. Oa. Average price of Wh ea t an d Fl our 41 s: Bd . per sack. Receipts of Flour, 15 Firsts, .....—. from 20s. Od. to 245. OEL , Sales of Do. Thirds, from 4s. Od. to lls. Oi. PEKE OF EIt.ZAD. QuArtern Loaf, 41b. lialf.quartern 21b. 20z......AM Barley. Oats. per barrel per barrel 16 stone. 14 stone. cwt. Flour, 1 ( ....... lot. —......, „ —.----..... , s.'d. as. d. s. d. as, d. 16 0-1 R 10 0-16 0 150-16 0 0-14 6 15 6-16 6 11 0-13 6 15 0-16 0 12 0-14 0 20 6-21 0 0 0— 0 0 00-00 00-00 150-00 00.-0 0 00-00 00-0 0 ..-----, Coi Li, Ch Be_ Derry 00i 94-120 00 89-00 110 10 0-11 0 140 9 4-100 .15 0 13 0- 00 00 11 1-129 .150 80- 901 .00 00-00 i Beef, 1 per lb. U. a d. Cork 4 —5 Limerick 3 —5 Waterford 4 —5 Clonmel _. 3} -4 8e1fa5t.,..., 4 —si Derry ......... 0 —0 Carlow.— 4 —5 Mice.-- 0 .-0 s. d. as 10 2- 102- 10 0-1 110-1 120-1 12 8— 110 0— 1 ! 0 0-- Muttoni per lb. d. 4 d. 4 —6 4 —5 5 1 - 7 4 - 6 0 - 0 0 -0 5 6 0 -0 2d. Bork, Butter. per cwt. Ist. 1 1 2d. 3d. •ith.r g . d. a &. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. :9 0 —34 0 73 0 60 0 .64 0 59 0 33 0 24 0--40 073 69 063 057 0 I 0 24 0-40 077 9.76 0 or— _ 0 0 0— 00730 72 067 9 60 500 00— 9081090069049 — 6 00... 00— 0— 0— 0-o—. o 210— 0078 0%066 056 0- 0 00— 0078 972064 054 460. Wheat, per barrel 20 stone. s. d. a s. d. ork A) 0-24 0, limerick 22 6-23 4, braterford 20 0-25 0, lonmel ....VS 0— 0 0 19 6-20 9 lerry 0 0— 8 0 arlow -- 20 0-240 raloe— 00— 0 0 SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 Beans. Oatmeal. —.— —. --__. —,-..... Aberdeen -.... 44 54 24 28 20 24 -.- 30 3 .2 Berwick 34. 38 2l 25 IS 20 20 21 34 36 Coldstrea -. 40 43 T 2 2i 17 19 26 28 -.-.. Cuar .-.... m ..... 47 02 30 33 22 24 27 30 - ...... - Dundee.,.. - 53 - -- - 25 - -- Elgin --.- 50 54 V 23 20 21 - 30 Inverness—. 52 56 25 23 21 25 23 24 42 Kelso --.... 38 42 2•2 25 18 20 25 27 -- Kirkaldy—.. 38 56 30 33 23 25 ' 32 - 33 3 4 Perth .--..... 50 56 21 25 15 IS 13 14 --- - 1- The size of the measure varies throughout the country. BIRTHS. On the 10th instant, at Versailles, the lady of H. M. Ilunbury, Esq., of Devonshire Castle, Demerara, of a eon. On the 19th instant, at Mount Pleasant-house, Nor wood, Surrey, the lady of Litt'mood, Esq., of a eon and a daughter. On the 19th instant, at Beaulieu Lodge, Winchmore hill, the lady of Frederick Cass, of Little Grove, East Bar net, Esq. of a son. On the 17th instant, in Tavistock-square, the lady of J. Evans Riadore, Esq., of a son. On the 16th instant, at Bathanapton-house, in the county of Wilts, the lady of the late Henry Moody, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. Oa the 21st instant, at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. W. G. Sawyer, Capt. Henry Hope, R.N. and C.E. to Jane Sophia, youngest daughter of Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer, K. C.B. of Dalby Old Hall, Leicestershire. On the 10th instant, at Norwich, Mr. W. Bradish, of New York, to Harriette, youngest daughter of Mr. George Warne, of the former city. On the 21st instant, Mr. William L Thorns, to Laura, youngest daughter of Mr. J. B. Sale, of Kensington. of t n CharlesS Smyth, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn. DIED. Oa the 19 th instant, at St. George's, Hanover - sq uare, Esq., of B on d- s tr e et, to Elizabeth, 171gtte the 16th instant, at R e dl an d, near Bristol, Margaret. O n l t h e wife of the Rev. John Parsons.' On the 20th instant, at Hastings, Ann, wife of Jahn Parkinson, Esq. Skinner-street, Snow-hill, and secend daughter of William Row, Esq., Tottenham. On the 18th instant, at Witham, Essex, Hannah, the wife of W. 11. Pattisson, Esq., in her 4.8t1, year. On the 19th instant, at Cromer, in the 41st year of her age, Sophia, the wife of Samuel Tyssen, Esq., of ?le r : burough-hall, in the county of Norfolk, and younge" daught er o f th e l a te John Baker, Esq., of Deal, in t he county of Kent. On the 15th instant, at Cheltenham, Mrs. Matado r'. relict of the late Michael Richardson, Esq., of Liverpool. .• On the 20th instant, Samuel Daniell, Esq., of Gulches' ter, aged 58. On the 17th instant, aged 60, Mr. James Hartley , Halifax, merchant, On the 20th instant, at his lodgings in Tottenham, ld r " William Henry Warren, aged 34. ritis T reand rtnnisitun by . M. YOUNG at the SUN (Vi ler' No, 112, Strand, Laysidon. SHEEP SKINS. to Os. Od. f Shear Os. Od. to Os. 7d. Os. Od. to Os. Od. CET.--July 21. Wylam Fawcett Harratow OWII.••••• Walls End Walla End Latribton..... Walls End Walls End Stewart's .... Russell'sHetton'sW.E. -myth QOM COI Hartley Ms. 6d. 31 6 31 0 :17 0 37 0 34 6 37 0 36 0 24 6 17 • :411 Sought - on — 29 0 Landore 32 0 Nevill's Llanelly—. 93 6 Llangetmech Coal 39 0 Walls End Elgin so 0 Ditto Broad Oak 32 0 Stobart'sDurham small N 0 Durham W. E. small... 20 3 gold, 44%---Unsold, IN. I (~ • 1 AI R , Co il , for R rates' to p e N J dreg, `lief The oaved No. C 1 ; at RUT ktn er 41)/ ( I tt of