The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-01 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF Tllt LONDON JOURNALS. (FROM THE 'rims.) When the more headstrOng and irapetuOnS among the Catholics tell us that they would rather " remain as they are"-...-excluded front all thotie privileges of a free COP:stite . Cain Which embrace the two paramount r' 7 4 ,' . .its of legislating and of 'executing the laws- t h an oe " parties" to any act which should annex what are called " securities", to emancipation, they appear to us to prove nothing more than their own real in difference to the grievances of which they complain so loudly. Jr .the absolute right of the Catholic priesthood to exercise a large authority throughout the le-hug's dominions, without controul in its exer cise, or responsibility for the abuse of it, to any but a foreign and independent, or a domestic awl myste rious tribunal—if the continuance of Out suspicious power in their priests, be so much dearer to the Ca tholic laity than the whole mass of constitutional rights and liberties from which they are now them selves excluded, that they would sacrifice the gene )lll liberty for the sake of Maintaining the priestly power—the anti-Catholics may have some colour tar asserting that the Catholics are. either insincere in-their representations of the magnitude of their present grievance, or that there lurks under the church supremacy more Mischief than has been hitherto apprehended; and that the pertinacity with which the controuling power of the State is refused ought to be an additional reason for Insisting on it. But although this question of the priesthood has Bever struck us to be one which pressed upon-- the conscience, . and on that account one which ought never to be brought into controversy, we are very willing to ac knowledge that a* certain jealousy, both in laity and clergy, at any attempt of undefined interference with a church which owes no f avour nor encourage ment to the 'State, ought rather to be respected than harshly construed, as it sometimes is, by Pro testants. The motive of the opposition to securities is every thing; and though we admit the probability of the Catholic laity -being quite sincere iii:theitre pugnance to a new (however , nominal, for such it would be) controul by King or Parliatnenvovertheir. Bishops, yet does such an oppositionseem to us fat. together as unreasonable as it may be honest, when new political advantages E arsd net merely -nominal, are sought for 4 . 01 e-body at large. If there should. appear no soligirespeet of passing a Bill of Uncondi tional emancipation, against the sense of aid people of England, the question of, securities becomes as important as that of emancipation itself Those se curities have 'been usually considered under three forms--Ist, the Ki eg ' s ve‘e upon the ch o i ce o f bishops, vesting the ~Aogreate rinnent ,of% the realm with a right, to, exiade,feom stantiai office men who might be susiseeted , of 'turn ing it to a disloyal -,e4d..e,,N.Va.confess; that: in our own apprehension, any.datigerto - this- country from the election of th&-Catholiceeelesiastics of Ireland falling upon bn unwOrWysu6ject,for a bishop, would be purely and absOltitelY* ( chlinerii.al.' While• the Stuart family were, in existence, we, have it on the evi:ilence Dr::Po,yle.";thafeven fkm the dethrone ment of Jamea:ll. down t 6" the death of the car dinal of York,' the , of the lrish,Cii tholie'Bisliops rem ate e d for abeot aceotury ; and a quarter in • the princes of that banished family ; and w e should like to hear what, specific harm . can be traced to that formidablesource. There arose within the .period alluded. ,to, no less , th an. two Scottish rebellion s , avowedly; for -the re-esta.. blishment of the House-of Stuart, and in a country where there was hardly a Catholic priest to be dis covered. We never heard that,a single Irish eccle siastic stirred in the cause of that Popish, family, even to the day of its extinctien. Why should we . dread them now ? If, ne ve rthel ess , a veto be a foolish thing to require; it is i. 'hndoubtedly as. absurd on the part, of the Catholics to refuse it. The Vro testant mind utight,Argtranquillited th0..,.c0n P 4 , 5 41. lion, and the' power i.olieje4ex.hie.44 b44:iveili-fveoturez to affirm, would not be exercised. once in, it dozen centuries. .The•Catbolics are blockheads if make any fuss about the matter. A second- se curity, should the first riot seem expedient, would be, to grant a pecuniary provision to the clergy, secured upon the revenue, and independent of the Minister. The expense of this measure is overrated by Some recent speeches in Ireland : instead of 600,0001. per annum, us there calculated,. a liberal salary might be obtained for the clergy, at about onerthird of the money. In ease of this policy being adopted, the identity with the State would be well'secured, and the Church would remain uncorrupted by the Mi nister pro Import'. A third and last security might be found Wilmot Horton's plan, for exclud ing Catholics by law from the privilemeof Noting on any measure affecting the Established Church. Our opinion has long Wen expressed in. favour of this principle, aid especially on the statement—whirr,, if well grounded, is of great importance—that the lead ing English Catholics, both lay and, spiritual, have given full assent' to the measure, declaring. with much.good sense and right feeling, that their exclu sion from such .a right would operate as a relief from a painful and invidious respoiibility. If the Catlio• lies themselves are satisfied with this qualification of the power which they prey for we do iwt see how any reasonable Protestant can Ajc et. FROM THE MORNING KERAI 4 D.) • It ha':; been announced that the Recorder will this day make his Report of the prisoners capitally. con victed at the October Sessitnis at the Old Bailey, to the King in Coutieil. at Windsor—consequently the fate of Joseph Hunton will then be deterinined. We have already pointed out the circumstances in his case, which, in our opinion, ought to have great weight in making the qeestiou o f hi s punishment a subject of merciful considerati onii , his offen ce were not accompanied with circumstances of tnitient tion, the second Jury would_not have twice brought in a verdict , equivalent to on acquittal ; nor would they, when induced to guilty," bring in a verdict of“ upon being deSired by the Judge to leave the colla teral security out of the question, have qualified:that verdict tvitti a reconmendutiou •to mercy. But :though the .ptisoner was not in a situation to give evidence as to the validity, of the colla teral security, 'yet it was admitted to exist by the prosecutor's testimony, and. no .technical rules of evidence can shut out any information necessary to the thorough investigatign .of the case by the King in Council. \%'a trust that, upon such investi. gation, his Majesty will find himself relieved from the most painful part of his Royal functions, and will consider the exercise of that mercy which is the noblest part of his prerogative not incompatible with the• interest of justice. . There are several crimes which our Statute Book makes capital,- which are now in reality never *punished with death, un less attended with some circumstances of great ag gravation. Even burglary is scarcely ever punished w ith death at Present, unless accompanied with unusual terror er Personal violence. Why then shciiild forgery, which is a mode of fraud not at tended with force, be excepted from the operation of the merciful principle by which the Crown hu manely ameliorates in practice the operation of the Criminal Law. It is said, by the advocates of capi tal punishment foeforgery, that the interests of trade. in thiS commer c ial country require it ; but thi s argument is founded upon the fallacy t h at a san guinary law is more effective in rcpressi ng t h e crime of forgery than a law of more reasonable severity Would b e .' Th e m i s t a ke which th ose. admirers o f t h e D racon i c system o f criminal legislation make, becomes more apparent every day, because the repugnance of people to.prosecute under the present law increases as society grow more en lightened, and hence a great proportion of forgers escape with absolute impunity. But if the rigorous application of the present law - were considered ne cessary to the interests of Commerce, it is not likely that the merchantsand uriderwriters at Lloyd's would , have forwarded a petition, as, they have done, in be half of Hunton to his Majesty. At all events this proves that, in the .particular instance, even com mercial people do.not think the ultimate severity of the law called for. We have shown, in a former article, how the :exercise of a little precaution, on the part of bankers and others, would prevent the . losses in caves of forged bills, of Mitch they Gem plain. Tlie.sicuguinary la,v of forgery makes them consult; :only the . eagerness -of gain' in discounting bills withonti i caUtion or enquiry. If the commercial interests tutikeit expedient to hang for forgery, why is it that it is .not thought necessary to protect the hankers and Merchants of Prance- by such a law, 'there forgery is . ttetier punished with death, and therefore the crime is more seldom committed than .‘vitli us, because people have no repugnance to pro secUte. . (FROM THE MORNI N G ADVERTISER.) Nothing is more certain than that the severity of punishments tends to the . increase, instead .of the prevention, of crime; and that the sympathy Which it excites in the public mind more that► counter balances the impression which it is calculated to make on that of the criminal. The great test of good laws, .in fact, is the certainty of crime being punished, and not of the punishment being in every respect adequate either to the indignation of the in. jured individual, or the danger which might result to society_ ti• Ont the crime becoming general. Se vere laws are, indeed, the produce of barbarous times, when passion obtains the mastery over reason, and the interests of society are sacrificed to indivi dual vengeance; the certainty of punishment, the fruit of experience and civilization, which teaches that individual safety must be subordinate to that of society at large, and that the escape of one criminal, either through the inefficacy of the law, or - the sympathy of the•public, is a greater encourage rne►.t to crime than the greatest severity can possibly furnish of persuasion to deter from it.— The sympathy which was almost universally ex cited in favour of nuntleroy, and which has been lately so loudly expressed in behalf of, others whose crimes had placed them in a similar predicament, fur nish but too apt an illustration of these doctrines. 1-lad the crimes of the offending individuals only sub jected them to a degree of punishment commen surate with their enormity, the sympathy would not Only not have existed, but many who have escaped punishment would haVe suffered for their misdeeds. These sentiments have lately gained ground with' the community, and we trust, that among other re forms they will speedily lead to a reform of the law respecting forgerya crime which is justly viewed in a commerc►al country as one of the deepest die, but which nevertheless has its shades of light and darkness; like all other crimes, and which it is little short of murder to punish invariably in the same manner. Mr. Peel has done much already in re forming our criminal law in its minor departments; and from him we would fain hope that the law of forgery would also receive the amendment which it so much fequires.: . - (FROM THE NEWS.) DEFECTS or ENGLISH COLONIZATION—AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS . .—The Colonies ofancient Rome were in every respect a continuation of the Empire; nor are.we aware of the object or utility of such domi nion, except in this point of view.. With England Coloniea are rather a continuation of the Ministry. Hence the fact that they are occasionally held and qrStained_when they have ceased to, be of any value, except as a source of patronage. But beyond this defect,.there is the still greater one of the moral de crepitude of many of our Colonies. They make no advances; and, as there is nothing .ylatiolutry in the world, the result is, that such establishments must retrograde. In the .spirit of Colonization, we seem to be little ,better than monkey imitators of the DUtch,.,—With .one or two. cases of exception. - -We have been led into some reflections on this subject, bythe fact of Government having at length conceded the station of Cape Coast to a company of merchants: and by the perusal .of some observations in a dull article, on Africa, in the Westminster Review. As otieMinisters have not the_ spirit to Colonize, we do not -see why they should not more frequently, under certain essential conditions, permit English companies to do it. The masses of capital in this kingdom, which are lying comparatively unproductive: or, (which is perhaps- worse) being available as means to promote the greatness of other States, that are our „common enemies,—might at all times be tureed.mOst ,effectually to commercial account, wider provident and prescribed regulations, in Foreign Settlements. if we take a cursory view of the available empire of the world, as it now stands, we shall find that the chief portion of Asia is either swallowed up in the .sterility - of the , north, or bound down on the greater moral, sterility of Russian and other des potisms. In North America, our possessions in Canada will of necessity either: ultimately merge in the• United States, or effect their own independence ; but without caring much for either alternative, these stations will never be of any great value to us; they are too far north. South America has been preju diced for ages, to all the ends of useful - dominion, by the barbarous Colonization of Spain. Australia is making rapid progress in the arts of civilized life; but its extreme distance from our shores will for ever prevent. it froth being of much service to us. In Africa,—a continent extending from-under our guns in Gibraltar, to nearly 40 'degree's south latitude; and•spreading over about 70 degrees-of south-longi tude,--,we -possess-the Cape of Good Hope, at the. Southern extremity : and Cape Coast on . the centre' of the Western shores. 'Except a missionary post or so, these are the only two specks, as they may be called on a Continent, the most available of all others, to England; and the least known,—particu larly in ,its interior. It is peculiarly approachable by us, as a Naval power, at every point of its enormous wept of coast, from Alexandria to Suez; a' line of.shore, which, if drawn out, were perhaps equal to the whole circumference of the Globe. At the Cape of Good Hope, we know little or.tiothing of the country beyond a few. days' ride in a waggon; What betwixt the Dutch Boors, and the Lord Charles's, we have exhibited to the ;wives the extretne points of the effeminacy and profligacy in European manners; and of brutal ignorauce and ill. humour, more than savage, in the lowest sample of Dutch phlegm. From ill-treatment the Hottentot,i race are nearly extinct; bey on d these we h ave the Bush men (or the Bossmen) a n d the :C a j;• cs ; the former are but as so many animals of prey, li v i ng on plunder; marked by all that . is repugnant i t: the form and physical character of the lloyentot ; but without his docility or his integrity. These qualities have been all forced. on this class of natives, by the superior barbariSm of the Boors, - and the misrule of, the local Government. It would purpose t o h ave b ought out the have answered our,, ‘VhOle pedigree of Dutchmen, by edict, and trans ferred their quarters to Engli s h settlers at easy rents; under any thing like :manag ement, the:Colony of the,Cape oughts in a military point of view, to sup ply, on emergency, a competent force to meet any demands of our Indian .empire. But instead of this, i t i s always, more or less.menace,u by combi nations of the natives. The CV * as.a race of muc h superior to' the kid ney of the people; are -as Boors, as the Englishman is to .the. Hottentot. They want nothing but liberal usage, as allies, to be mu c h more effective to the system of -Government, than ever the mongrel mob of Cape Town will be; w hi ch are, in many instances, men-hunters rather than merchants or agriculturalists. It is by hunting down the natives that they obtain their slaves. As long , as such a system continues, or any thing re sembling it, the station at the Cape will never be any thing more than a' Post for some creature of the Minister. Itr some instances, a few travellers have reached as fat as the shores of the Fish River, ,on the East, and the Elephants River, on the West : in solitary tracks; but of the country existing between the two extremes, we know almost nothing: it may have been - penetrated in one or two points, crossing at right angles, in a single instance or so, a range of land 600 miles in ext e nt : an d ye t, on the authority of alew deserts and ravines, it is all pro nounced a comparatively valueless and - unpro ductive tract; although admitted or, all hands to be swarming with - the - finest and .freest quis drupods in the world : numbers of which are to this hour unknown •to the natural 'historian; and abounding with timber, which may .vie-with the best and largest samples from the New World. The' sides of the rivers abound WitlevalUable stones; - and the mines are perhaps the richest in the world, if explored. No adequate enquiry has ever been m in -stituted; by Governent, as to. what the country is or is not; in this respect we are miserably behind both France and Russia, as Colonizers. It is like wise most strange that with the number of our yes sels constantly doubling the Cape, and sailing down the same parallels of latitude on the Eastern shores 'of Africa, we know nothing at all of that shore; nor do any material particulars appear to have be en added to our maps during the last 200 years. If we cross Africa at the 20th degree of south latitude, we have, on the north, a country near 3,000 miles in length, and 2,600 in width, untraversed beyond about one hundred miles or so ; (arid something more on the side of Egypt) from its circumference. We know that there is' such a person as the King of Ashantee, because he has made us feel his power, barbarous as it is; mid the Sovereign of Dahoney, with his gold spitting basin; but the occupations of these powers are scarcely skin-deep on the Conti nent; nor is the centre wholly desert, as some tra vellers reprezent it, when they find it convenient to break down in their projects. 111`Leod visited what he calls the Circassia of Africa : and asserts that the Tea Tree ;night be grown there in the greatest possible perfection; lie scarcely went a hundred miles up the country; yet he found it one of the finest description. It is evident, from the quantities of gold used by the native Princes, and the abundance of precious stones, that the centre of Africa is the richest territory in the world for those productions. Yet- we are raising companies to buy up arid explore the old and worn-out mines of Peru, &c.—What is Sierra Leone in our hands, but a job for places, and ah inlet for Bibles ! We give the natives our book of the Scriptures, and take their gold dust; which they might be supposed to be giving us in retalia tion, for our folly. This old Slave Market of the Christian powers has been alremly amply revenged on many of its old tyrants. With what reverence and respect must these native races of the climate, after our commerce in the blood of their countrymen, —recorded in the most execrable page of human history,—receive our good books ! arid how impli citly must they believe iii our superior humanity ! With less capital than we have colonized either of the Indias, (in the one, a doubling voyage that were equal to sailing three parts round the world), we might have made all the kingdoms of Africa tributary to us ; superseding our distant establishment at Can ton ; breaking up our iniquitous commerce in slavery in the West ; and our labouring dominion in the East : claiming a territory more than fifty times the practical extent of all our Colonies put together: and lying in part within a seven days' sail of our own shores. There is a uniform principle of impolicy in the Go vernment of this country, continually leaning to the side of a profligate expenditure, for which it is diffi `cult to account; for we cannot always trace the, operation of such policy to aay advantage either in a corrupt power, or the auxiliaries of such power. We are left to suppose that there is a sympathy existing in one corruption towards another, in which the pot may admire the sable qualities of the kettle. It is strange, but it is not less true, that we might say to every p er s on a b out to comm i t a felony, hav ing a fair chance of detection, whether from want or from sheer vice;—" forbear the offence; and it will well answer our purpose to give you a handsome an nuity for life." It would be difficult to say what is the ultimate sum that it costs this country to prose cute individual offenders ; to maintain them ; and ultimately dispose of them according to their respec tive sentences. It is always reckoned a good job to-a jailer to take off his transports, at certain pe riods every year, to the' vessels destined for their re ception. We have seen an item for 701. for a sma batc/i of about four prisoners, in their transit from the jail to the floating prison: In former times they have cost us as much as 601. or 701. each, with•their fit out in their voyag . e . to Botany Bay ; now, we be-' lieve• the contract is as low as 151.: but the expenses never properly terminate with many ; for if their terms expire, and they return, they renew their old trade; so that a good prac tical thief is as dear a personage to the country as one of the regular Stale leeches. As far as the con sideration of expense goes, it is doubtful if it would not be economy to make a:1 the rogues State Gentle men. W e send the mass of offenders to the most remote place on the habitable globe, as though our safety depended on their distance; or rather perhaps on the expense by which they are removed. In our system of Colonization, we embrace no i►ttelli gible principleS ; or otherwise that which is the weakness of the mother country might be made the strength of otu• outward stations. With means that no other country possesses, we effect less of the ends of knowledge and of empit e than the poorest of other nations. Portugal, with all her besotted prejudices, retained in Brazil a resource of actual em- Aire in the defection of the mother country : because she had peopled it with the spirit of her populace. Spain too, but for her incurable folly, had a dominion in South America more •valuable, and more avail.' able,,,in danger, than the parent state. England, in the East Indies, has an immense and a powerful Co lony : and yet it is the property of a Company. In every other instance, the mother country is a great loser by all her distant stations; because her plan of Colonization is made neither more nor less than a job for the Minister of the day. FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. From Achfrotann.'s Repository of Arts, Fashions, Manujizetures, (s.c.) PROMENADE DRESS. —Pelisse of lavender- coloured satin Turque ; the body made high and close to the shape, with a circular. stiffened collar, rather open, and; displaying a very full ruche of British tulle. The sleeves are very full as far as the gauntlet cuff, which is of black velvet,' orna mented with a branch of laurel, arranged perpendicularly. The pelisse fastens in front, and is trimmed from the throat with rich black velvet, d!eply notched or vandyked .ou the outside, and a border of the same nearly half 'a yard broad. Black velvet hat, of a closer shape than those worn in the summer i lined with lavender-colour satin, and corded at the edge of the brim with the saute ; large bows of black velvet and lavender-colour satin ribbon deco rate .the crown, which is rather low and circular ; the strings are long, sometimes loose, but more frequently tied to confine the hat. Cap of tulle ; the border very full, and continued under the chin in the cottage style. The hair is parted i n front, and a r range d in large curls. -La vender-colour gloves; black shoes of pros des lades. EVENING COSTUME.-Orange -colour dress' of Parisian gauze, with satin stripes of the same colour, and lozenge ornaments of red and green. The body is made low and en draperie,•the fulness confined by a small corded band in the centre of the front and back; and an orange-tolour satin cape, situated towards the top, rises from the ceinture, and is terminated ,on the shoulder by a. satin bow. The sleeves are short and full, with inside stiffenings to keep them in form. The skirt is without gores, and gathered in very full all round the waist, and is ornamented with pyramidal trimmings as high as the knee,'eut bias, and made very full, edged with a piping of satin, and one of similar breadth down the centre, with a bouquet of roses at the summit of each pyramid ; beneath is a satin rouleau. Orange-colour satin sash and a slip of the same colour is worn with the dress. The hair is parted in front and in ringlets, dressed very high, with plaited bands, and an ornamented- comb at the top. White kid gloves, stamped at the elbow; hair-bracelets, with snaps of burnished and dead gold ; gold tissue shoes. The nest of a robin-redbreast, containing seven warm eggs, was taken out of a crevice of an old wall which is undergning. repair, on the premises of Mr. T. LINCOLN, of Stamford.—Lincoln Herald. EXTRAWIDINTA RY LEAP.—Some time ago, our fellow-citizen, Mr. ROBERT linnsT, leaped from off one of the cliffs of Moher, measuring 372 feet, for a wager, and instantly sit arn to shore, a distance of 20 yards, with out receiving the slightest injury. He immediately handed over the wager to the numerous persons who assembled on the occasion._ Zirnerick Evening Post. ACCIDENT.—vn F riday an inquest was held at St. BartholoMew's Hospital, . on the body of iNharna JILKES, aged 70. The . deceased was crossing the road at Ludgate -hill, when ske was knocked down by a man who was running after a stage-Coach, and her collar-bone was broken. ' The man was.not known. Verdict—Accidental Death. ' WAKEFIELD, Nov. 28. The suppfy of Wheat at'flie market this day is only mo derate ; the water• in the river• being high has prevented several vessels getting up in time. - Good: New Wheat, being comparatively scarce, has been in fair demand at an advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter upon the rates of last week ; there has not been much doing in Old Wheat, but prices are rather better. Oats are dull, but there is no material alteration in value. The Malt trade being in a very dull state, several kilns are unemployed, and the de mand for Barley to-day, even of good quality, has been very fiat, and for inferior descriptions there is no sale. Beans are very dull sale, and prices are barely supported. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Sunolk .. 66s. to 76e. fine 795. Lincolnshire 6Bs. to 765. finel6s. - Yorkshire, &c 69s. to 725. tine 755. - White ...... ...... . ..... 695. to 80s. fine 84s. ,-. Foreign, Old .Barley, Norfolk and Suflblk •sls. to 30s. tine . ! Is. - Lincolnshire 37s. to 403. tine 11s. -- Yorkshire Wold 37s. to 40s. tine 425. Beans, Tick ',9s. to 435. tine 41s. Small Oats, Poland and PC:fato 22s to 31s. fine 335. - Frierland and Small 22s. to 250. fine 2fis. - Mealiny IW. to lfid. per Stone. Shelling - 365. to -s -s. to 395. per Load. Malt -41 s. 48s. line 50s. per Load. Rapeseed • WAKEFIELD CATTLE MA RKET.—Nov, 28. There was a short supply of Sheep this morning, con sequently higher prices were usked and obtained, though reluctantly, and the quantity seemed equal to the demand. Of cattle there was a full supply, most of which was taken off at the late prices. Beef, 6s. to 61. 6d. per stone o f 141bs. ; Mutton, Gd. to 6y. per lb. Beasts, 430 ; Sheep, 4850. SCOTCH ItlAll KETS. HA DDINGTON CORN M A It KET.—Nov. 28." Prices of Grain have given way to-day. Of Barley 204; quarters were sold, 15 tinsoid—top down 3s. average 2s. 2d. ; 344 quarters of Oats were sold, 13 unsold— top 2s. average about 10d. below last day ; Wheat has brought the same top as last market, but the average is down 4d. 8-12ths; Pease and Beans are a trifle up upon last averagles.,heaSt..ales B s a lo ri t e v y , an . First B os Od 408 Od 315 Od 363 Od Second 7 !5 ° ,l 37s Od 245r1 ,d sOd :33s Od d t d ) lu:n in a p l e l as the e . markets. nea Beans Third •••• (;" (I d Od Od 31s Od 32s Oct There were 271 qrs. of Wheat in market, 250 whereof were sold. 10 Unsold.-5 Grey. ............ . ..... 3/. Ils. 10d. 2.l2ths. A vera; CORNWALL MARKETS. Trtuno.-Wheat (average) 31s. Od.-Barley, 145.-Oats, 12s. 3d. lIEL.4TON-Wheat, 295. 10.1. -Barley, 15s. Al. ST. At3sTELL-Wlteat, 30s. to 325.-Barley, 13.% to 165.-Oats, tzt. Od. to Its. • BODMIN-Wheat (average) 30s. osl.-Bart y, I Is. 6d.-Oats, LAU scEsToN-Wheat (average) 2Ss. Od.-Barley, 15s. 0.1-Oats, I2s. Od.-Beef, 6d.-Mutton, sd. LtsKEAnn-Wheat, 275. to 295. 3d.-Barley,l4s. Cd.--Oats, 12s. to Os. Od. ST. C0L1.13111-Wheat, 30s. to 348.-Barley, I3s. to 14a.-Beef, and Alutten, 5d to 51d.-Veal and Lamb, Od to sd. PENZANCE-Wheat, 265. to 285.-Barley, -s. to I Is.-Oats, 9s. to -s. Od.-Beef and Mutton, sd. to Od.-Pork, 313. to 03.- Butter, I lid. per lb. MINING INTFLLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at ltedruth last Thursday 2,779 0 Average Produce 8 3.,; 0 Quantity of fine Copper Amount of Sale, 17,871/. 17:$. Cxl.—Average standard, 1091. 15.0 d. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT W KING'S BENCH, Nov. 29, WATTS V. HEAD. This.was an action to recover compensation for an in jury sustained by the plaintiff, a widow, in consequence of the defendant having driven his gig over her. Before any evidence was gone into Mr. F. Poti.ocK, for the defendant, proposed a reference, which the plaintiff agreed to. A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff, subject to a reference. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 29. wRIGHT V. WRIGHT. This was an action of slander brought by a daughter against her own father, for certain slanderous expressions he had made use of, and which she insisted were defama tory of her character. The Loan CHIEF hts - rtcE, before the case was proceed ed in, suggested the propriety (as they were relations) of a reference, as it could nut be otherwise than painful to the feelings of every one that such an investigation should he made public. The counsel appeared to concur in opinion as to the propriety of the suggestion, and after some consultation the case was referred to Mr. Jusucz. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. A REFRACTORY SPOUSE.-011 Saturday a bluff brawny, square -built son of Neptune, whose muscular figure would have suited a sculptor as a model for a British tar, was charged before Alderman WAITIIMAN with running foul of Mr. Robert Brine, chandler, No. 83, Grub-street, Cripplegate, to the great hin drance of the said Mr. Brine's business, and annoy. once of his customers. Mr. Brine is brother-in-law to Poole, the prisoner, both. being spliced to two daughters of the same mother, but has been much more fortunate in his selection of the young ladies. Whether this has been owing to any essential difference in the dis position of the fair ones in question, or has arisen from the calling of Mr. Brine enabling him to keep a sharper look out than the poor tar, it is impossible to say ; but since his return from- his last voyage, Mrs. Poole has slipped her cable and parted company altogether. In consequence of his wife's elopement, Poole has taken up the notion that Mr. and Mrs. Brine have been her special advisers on the occasion, and are privy to her present place of concealment. Under this impression he lays siege to the chandler's counter, threatening to do him many and sundry bodily injuries unless his rib is restored; by which violence on the part of the prisoner the nervous ladies of Grub-street are terrified, and deterred from entering his shop---a shop which Mr. Brine, with a most profound bow, begged to assure the worthy Alderman was much frequented by the gentry in the neighbourhood, in consequence of the very superior character it bears for " all articles in his line." " Do you know any thing of the prisoner's wife ?" asked the Alderman. "I do not, upon my honour," responded the chandler, with great solemnity, laying his hand upon his heart. What would the Magistrate ask more ? This solemn appeal to his honour on the part of the chandler was quite conclusive; and the Alderman, addressing Poole, observed, that his conduct was unjustifiable. The weather-beaten tar, whose eye glistened' with the hard-wrung tear of bitter disappointment, enter ed into a history of his am able consort. She was dear to him, he said as his heart's blood, and he looked upon her as the sheet anchor of all his earthly happiness. When he set out upon his last voyage, and which. had kept him abroad for a considerable period, he left Mrs. Poole a well.stocked shop, ten pounds in cash, and dUring his absence regularly re mitted her a monthly allowance of two pound's more. When he returned -to England he ex p ecte d to "coil up his hopes, and anchor" in the quiet of domestic life for the test of his days ; but when he 'arrived at home, judge- of his feelings ye who have left your wives to go 'on a distant, voyage, to find her in that state in which, however, " ladies wish to be who love their lords," is a consummation not very de voutly to be wished by a wife to be found in on her husband's return after a twelve months' absence. But Poole, who seems to have a considerable share of the milk of human kindness in hiS composition, instead of avenging himself on his spouse's lapse with a rope's end, only urged her to disclose the name of " the good-natured friend" who was thus providing a family for him in his absence, and at length was informed that he was indebted to the kindness of a very dear, dear friend—his own brother in-law ! " That's not me, your Worship," interpolated the chandler, anxious to relieve herself from any moral imputation ; " it is another brother-in-law of the pt csoner's." After this explanation from Mr. Brine, which the countenance of the Alderman seemed to render ne- cessary, Poole proceeded—However obliged to his brother in-law, he had no intention► to support his - offspring, and promised -to forget his consort's infidelity if she affiliated the child on the right papa. But Mrs. Poole wished him to consider it entirely as a family • transaction, and stoutly refused to accede to a public exposition of her frailty; and anticipating foul wca. thee, she determined to slicer ce, but very prudently laid in - , as sea-store, a twenty, round note and what ever other light,curgo she could stow away, leaving the poor fellow completely wrecked in wealth:and happiness. But, "What was love made for if 'tis not the same Thro 4 joy and thro' sorrow, thro' glory and shame ?" he set out in (have, and succeeded in grappling with • her once more. She sailed in co'npany only a week, when he again.lost s ight of her; and when - he .made inquiries at Brine's, from the evasive answers he received, he suspected they were acquainted with her plaCe of concealment. • Alderthan think you ought to consider yourself very fortunate in getting rid of such a worthless woman instead of pursuing her. Poole—lf she returned now, and swore the child to its father, I would truly forgive her. The Alderman expressed himself - surprised that any affection should be so strong as that of the pri soner's.-- Howevir, he added, after the solemn as surance given'by the complainant .that he knew no thing of her, he must not annoy him any more. Brine urged the Alder Man to bind him over 'to keep the peace towards him and his family. The Alderman did not consider the case called for so rigorous a measure as that,; therefore he would disc4arge Poole, on receiving his promise not to go near the complainant's house any more. The .prisoner pledged himself not to pay Mr. Brine another visit; after which he was discharged. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. STEALINa BANK NOTES.—.It will be recollected that we gave an account of a short time since of a respectable female, of the name of ltlyhdc, applying to Sir G. FARRANT and Sir T. Farquhar, the banker, re-presenting the halves of bank notes, which amounted to 1,1001., which her son, a little boy, had found in the Haymarket in the month of June last. In consequence of the inquiries which she had made, but which were unsuccessful, Sir Thomas Farquhar, on the day following her application, went to the bank, where upon inquiry, it appeared that the notes had been paid to Mr. Ashley, an army agent, re siding at No. 139, Regent-street, who, having cut them in half, sent them by different posts, under an official frank, to the paymaster of the 67th regiment, lying at Bolton, in Lancashire; but the second halves not arriving, he, upon giving the Bank of England an indemnity, received the whole value of them on the 4th of June. Mr. Ashley having proved that he put in the last halves, on the 29th of May, into the receiving house of the General Post-office, Vigo lane, kept by Mr. Kelly, an inquiry was instituted by Sir Francis Feeling, as tohow the letter was stolen from the receiving -house, and which ended by Mrs. Myhele's son, the little boy who pretended to have found the notes, being taken into custody, and •from that period, namely, a few days after the ap plication of Mrs. Myhele to the present, several private examinations have taken place in the magistrates' 1 to pailour, attended by Mt% Peacock, solicit , Post-office. From what has transpired'' tlitlt Mrs. Myhele, being a widow, proem. , son a situation as errand-boy to Mr. Kelly in the habit of frequently going out:on.er. formed a connexion with several boys, - And larly with one •of the name of Scudattas about sixteen years of_age,:iti . :the spectable tradesman of the natne ; ef TracLl appears that, amongst other circumstance' stated that lie was in the habit of putting Ili tern of an evening for the bag, on which Sc' told him that, whenever he felt a letter to to slip it, if possible, into his pocket, for he certain that it contained money, and havin portunity on the evening of the above di ereted the letter containing the halves of Upon his first examination he denied all of the letter, and strongly persisted in ha the parcel in the Haymarket. Subsetp however, admitted that he had stolen it, he went into Regent-street, where he took velop off, and tore it into pieces,and having the halves for a few days, he brought the! mother and told her he had :picked them was then questioned as to wheie ScUdar but he was either unwilling. or unable to el which GOddard, one of the most active of the establishment, was employed to ' our, and upon ThueSday last succeeded !tending him, when he was brought to but kept in total ignorance of the charge. He then underwent a long and severe es but nothing whith could in the slightest initiate him could be produced, and he niently denied ever having told the child . secreted any letters, although the other when confronted with him, that such was Mr. Peacock, In the course of the investigi served, that the Post-office had considerate about prosecuting the child for the offe. cially as, amongst the regulations of the P it was declared that no receiver of letters ploy any youth under the age of sixteen, would then berespoieible for any felonious they (any such person) might commit;; bi oils to coming to a final decision on the sub Pest-office would take. the opinion of the .geneial as to whether the boy, i(proseetuted be liable to' forfeit his life for the offence. final examination Mr. Peacock , stated' tha taken the Attorney-general's opinion upon and he had stated that, upon the ease bei proved, there could be , no commutation of nishment ; and it was under these circumstai the Post-office intended to decline prosecutii confusion had been obtained when in custo pendent of his tender age. • Under thes e c i rcumstances Scudamore was e ttif t charged, and the child. Myhele was given up 0 :01 mother, who received a suitable admonition fror n li worthy magist ra t e , to be extremely c are f u l o f hit° the future. L.. MARYLEBONt. On Saturday' Mr. Shepherd, a liVery-stable-lie e l l to in the Hampstead-road, applied to the Magio °l o for their assist ance to recover a, stanhope, worth" guineas, obtained from him on false pretences ! . stated, that on . Tuesday, a tall handsome ma n : 1 fashionable appearance, applied to him to h";,0 stanhope and horse. Mr. Shepherd 'required # feree, and the gentleman referred to a chant, by whom Mr. Shepherd • was informediel l quiry, that lie was highly respectable. In c °9 tt quence of this recommend at i on , h e hired Min 5 I ! 0 0 stanhope and horse, with which he d r ove out g o , Thursday morning.,. A boy brought back the saying the gentleman was gone to Mims, in "iio fordsliire.; and r e q ues t e d Mr. Sh ep h er d to s end t o a horse of a superior description. He then bees A alarmed, and a ppli e d to the wine•merehant, it; whouri he learned that he held a s `b m a i it i l l l th o e f i t c t c e ll o n e m q p g ln e rp l l 9 , man's overdue fo r i 91.; and on f learned that hi s customer was swindler. ,o The Magistrate. a d v i se d M r. Sh ep h erd to lose "bi • time in going to Mims, where, perhaps, be find his stanhope anti customer. • . • WORSHIP-STREET.' On' Saturday Jaines H a ll, a r e s p ec t a ble-l 9 man, about forty years of age, was brought "P' a charge of bigamy. A female .of respectable he t pearance, about sixty years of age,. who rivee name Sarah. Denny, widow, stated, that on ths. A d v • week she was married to the prisoner, and threiu s t i er after she' heard he had another wife. A carl' eli i ,; r a of the name of Martin, proved, that about six v e st ago he was informed by his sister and .the priofr h " ' that they had married, and he had no doubt et fact, nor that his - sister is now alive, though lie 4 1 ; not seen her lately. The clerk of St. Pancras I t 'L c a proved, th at i n J u l y, 1822, James Hall and Te,l'at Martin w ere marr i e d at t h at c h urch. He -:ou'u ;(16 say the pris oner was t h e matt, there boil erv 6 of 6,000 couple married there since. •• The prisoner tvas remanded. HATTON-GARDYN. eff Saturday, a young female fashionably who gave her name Rachael 11`Donald,vilasehargy o , with deserting her child. Yrs. Foster, a respeete i w y woman, stated that, abort 19 o'clock on Sun% attir_g night, she found a female infant on the steps of th. door, No. 7, Heatlcote-street, .Meeklenbutg a l, square, which she toil( to the Foundling Hosit t 4 A woman nam e d T urner d e p ose d t h a t the e"' s , e m found was th e prier's. Witness nursed it for 6 r weeks; on. Sunday night last the prisoner paid 11 : 5 355. for th e iturs i ng , an d too k t h e c hild a w a y : it , about s i x wee k s o ld. The Aker who. took the r: sorer into custody said she at first denied .ever ing b a d a c hild, b ut a f terwar d s con f esse d, a nd 9a b l e she had l e ft it a t the door wher e it was f ou nd, ie t io , hope of its being taken to the Foundling' Hoer t : i h The prisoner, who appeared to be overtibeltnedl v .. ,% 9 shame and grief, refused to . say any thing, - an d "- remanded. BIRTHS. On the 26th ult. at Baverstock, Wilt s , th e l a dy o f the Rev. W. E. Hony, of a daughter. On the 26th tilt. at Warwick, Mrs. George Brian" of Cadogan-place, of a daughter. o n the 7th ult. the lady of the Rev. R. W, Hutebiu" rector of East Bridgford, Mitts, of a daughter. • MARRIED. the On the 27th ult. at Westham, by the very Rev' noe ct_ E Richard service R Service, aes o w Airs ,. tq y . ley of , the FAr:arsetbdlneddon of ford Grove, Essex. mio rtst On the 28th ult. at Houldham, by the Rev. J. L'*-,0e.• John Mynn, Esq. of Ch a rt-pl ace , K en t, an d o f W e ethu - 1, 0 lodge, Mitltll4sex, to Ma l y With ers , w id ow o f the late 7 t ;• Powell, Esq. of Lenham, Kent, and daughter of the '4 Thomas Harrison, Esq. of the Court•lodge, Lenhatu* DIED. . 4th On the 26th ult. a t. Kingston-upon-Thames, in the 7 4. year of her age, th e H on . M rs . Li s l e , s i ster o f the laue Marquis of Cholmondeley. • . oe st On the 28th o f O c t o b er , Mi ss J u li a B arges , Y°u" daughter of the late Sir James Lamb, Bart. On the 27th ult. Elizabeth, youngest daughter of , r ' Edward Edwards, of Abehurch-lane. • On the 27th ult. at Islington, Mr. W. Blacktnaut of Old Broad -street, aged 55. of ' On the 2 4th ult. at. Hastings, Mr. Anthony Brow n ' Highbury-place. On the 28th ult. Mrs. Cooper, wife of Mr. Cru" °- Cooper, surgeon, Seymour-street, Euston-squem . o f On the 26th ult. Mary, the wife of M. Tharatte e ' Ilishopsgate-street. On the 11th ult., at Parham, Sussex, aged ' ' the Right Pon. Lord Delazotichr. On the 15th ult., at Caistor, the Rev. H. Dash wt4 ' Rector of that parish. • On the 25th ult. at Bath, Elizabeth, relict of thelita Rev. William Haverfield, of that city. - On the 27th ult. at his house , in Torrington-aqua"' aged 59, James William Dunkin, Esq. formerly of .Def inerara. - pd, On the 26th ult. E m ili a A n ne, relict of Richard PO . Esq. in the 69th year of her age. On the 29th ult. in Baker-street, in the 76th ye_o_!._., f her age, Susanna, relict of James Whatman, Esq. o ners, in Kent. PatNren and PunustiEn by MURDO YOUNG, SUN OrricE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. ' l 9 l ll P ,ade tri PA • ocri tlt P Yelp ton t a Ii ftl fot I , : ver *4l h, 14? L."()I icitor to g 1 ti it _ • ' I, dire() (Or W . , lihn nti ' l \ 'ic 3 etr. $ . ' plthd * 2 % It o amore t: )10Y t) e; 'ace' 1 . .' ices,- /1 g T up . i Sew' , . a , .to bit . , .he tele c tying ell lolie day,' ' 4 ti A' the Gi II !moo ''' I : ti t : , i; a llir ' f. ' ; 1174:11 1 Dok tile . 14 ~ • , ing se t. on them ti 0 „ v , em up , 4 ; move e :t. ; state.j , j a , tive ow l o w. trace ' ;''' A in S' D the ' i , : ' .. I , e tiaj az g rn r i‘l b dg s a al aro tet Y d gri hi nsilit e itie n i g : :ll 4 : j i Lltel f :l "l o .e le. 7 : '. erice, ,' . 4 Post • a t , should , Xia en, as is act 0 _ • k I but ' , , 1 lubjects. j ' CI et Aft ' 54. , I . that bgo 4 ~ ,,i sn the, 14 b o e f i fi t t g le 0 ili stances , acing, ti i' ° '' stody, o- 1 4.131 MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. • Gen. Sir Baldwin Leighton, Batt. Lieut.-Governor of Carrickfergus, Loton-park, Salop. LIEUT.-COLONEIA-APLaine, 77th Foot; Lumley, Royal African Colonial Corps, Sierra Leone ; oghlan, Lieutenant-Governor of Chester; Fraser, Royal Artillery, Ceylon ; Hobbs, Royal Engineers, Scotland ;- Baron: Gru bin, late Ist Hussars, German Legion, Dupholy, Hanover; Dabbing, Fort Major of Dartmouth, half-pay sth Garri son Battalion. MAJons—Dely, 38th Foot, Bengal ; Haddock, 97th Foot, Ceylon ; C. Stewart, late of Royal Marinas, London. CArraiNs—Tathwell, Royal Horse Guards, Whitborn, Sunderland ; Shewell, 3d Dragoon Guards, Edinburgh ; Sir C. H. Farrington, Bart. Slst Foot, 3enypanney, Bengal ; Higginton, late 2d Royal Veteran Battalion ; Smith, 2d Royal Veteran Battalion, Bridlington Quay ; Blake, half-pay 24th Foot ; Evans, half-pay, 87th Foot , Browne, half-pay, 89th Font, Hackney; Barry, half-pay African Corps, Kingstown, Dublin ; Gray, half-pay The King's American Regiment ; Lloyd, ball-pay 3d Prov. Bat. of Mil. ; litigson, East India Company's Service, re cruiting at Liverpool. LIEUTENANTS—TayIor, 38th Foot, Hereford; Kelly, 54th Foot, Cawnpore ;- Marley, 59th Foot; Munro, Ad jutant to 90th Foot, Zante ; W. Dolphin, Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade; Edridge, Royal Engineers, Worcester; Pillichody, half-pay 12th Dragoons; Harpur, half-pay 15th Dragoons, Jamaica; Gordon; half-pay 15th Dra goons ; Rycroft, half-pay 21st Dragoons, Lancashire ; Tatlow, half-pay 6th Foot, Drumrom, Cavan ; Sherriff, half-pay 10th Foot; 111‘Calman, half-pay 26th Foot; Bag nett, half-pay 28th Foot; Metcalfe, half-pay 32d Foot, Guernsey; Tipson, half-pay 48th Foot; Galway, half pay 56th Foot ; Maclean, half-pay 59th Foot; Ashley, half-pay 96th foot, Havre, France; Sir W. A. Brown, Bart. half-pay 101st Foot; Bosse, half-pay German Le gion, Gielde, Hanover. CORNETs, SECOND LIEUTENANTS, ANDENSIGNS—MoiI- Iiet, 13th Dragoons, Pondicherry; Bruce, 3d Foot Guards; C. Steuart, 42d Foot, Gibraltar; J. S. Clarke, half-pay Unattached ; F. I). de Daubrawa, Unattached, London ; Storrs, lite Ist Royal Veteran Battalion, Bedford ; Ellis, late sth Royal Vet. Bat. ; Barlow, half-pay 106th Foot. QUAILTER-MASTElts—Latchford, Royal Horse Guards; Latham, half-pay 2d Life Guards.; Goodland, half-pay 19th Dragoons ; Kiens, half-pay 60th Foot, Annapolis. MEDICAL DEPAKTM ENT—Dr. .Brown, Inspector of Hospitals, Madras ; Dr. Hennen, Inspector of Hospitals, Gibraltar; Staff-Surgeon Rice; Surgeon Buxton, half pay 24th Dragoons, Tunbridge Wells; Assistant-Sur geons, Horne, half-pay 53t1 Foot ; Lloyd, half-pay 44th Foot, Hastings. CHAPLAlNS—Hatchniap, Gibraltar; Meesiter, It .Art. Woolwich. AltscELLANEors—Alajor Arehdall, Assistant Inspec• tor-General of Barracks; Nutt, half-pay District Pay• master. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER. The fortunate conclusion of wheat sowing was the signal for expediting what remained of getting up the potato crop, and storing mange'. wurzel. Next in order came ploughing up the stubbles for spring fellows, which is generally in great forwardness, as have been all our au tumnal occupations. Some partial and temporary inter ruptions to getting in the wheat seed occurred, from the dry end bourn) state of the soil, which was fortunately re lieved by intervening showers : indeed, this drought was a: feather in the scale of interruption, compared with, we are almost ashamed to repeat, the nearly universal foul state of the lands, the report of which is echoed from one end of the island to the other. The couch grass and weeds bore such a luxuriant head, in many parts, that it was found no easy matter to cover the seed ; and on ' such lands the young wheats have come up so thin and so poor, that it has not been judged prudent to risk the crop ; it has been ploughed up, and, in all pro battik), the season and the labour have been lo s t.— These foul tilths, besides abounding in couch grass, afford a most nourishing and convenient harbour for the slugs, which also generally abound on clover leys. The greater part of the young wheats, fortunately, have the most promisittelOpearance; and on the best lands . _ there is some apprehension of over luxuriance. The opi nion formerly given seems universal, that' the shortness of the late crop, and the favourable state of the weather for sowing, have had each a poWerful influence on the fat nWrs, that . a greater breadth of land has been sown with wheat, during the present season, than was ever known in Britain. It is averred that one-fifth part of the crop of %drat has been expended in seed. To recur to the late crops—we stated in our last, to the utmost verge of probability, the satisfactory reports ; some of them, indeed, of a very flattering nature. On the other hand, it must not be concealed, that as we advance in ex perience of the quality end produce of the new wheats ge nerally, the original opinion is fully confirmed of their de ficiency in both respects. The uncommonly great quan tities threshed have afforded very ample opportunities of forming a judgment. It is said that unusual quantities for the season, of new barleys, likewise, have been at market. —Monthly Magazine. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST w Wheat. Barley l'er Quarter. Cullisle. , - Carmarthen —,— Hexham s. to 8. I 8. to 8. 7 2 40 1 32 Oats. 5. to s. 1%1 orpetli Peiirith - Sheffield -. Winchester l'er Bushel. Coventry ---- Neweactle (Staff:) . Northallerton Statford• Swansea Warrick _ Per 8011. Barnardcastle Darlington .. Durham .. Wolsingham . L 64. • 79 27 33 64 , 72 i :13 42. 69 I at 72 ,84 39 41 64•. 90 135 40 s. d. 1. 6. d. E. d. 173 80; 3 2 42 114 11 0; 6 9 70 !8 0. 10 01 4 0 43 IL6 11 9 ; 0 0 7 0 I 8 9 931 4 0 46 89 991 4 6 53 • , 170 21 0; 9 0 96 190 24 01.9 6 100 170 20 01 80 93 170 20 61 6' 901 18 , 2.5 20 , 26 23 33 1 24 27 8..1. s. d. 34 40 4 9 3.0 2 3 2 6 4 . 0 • 1 9 26 32 33 53 Beans. R. to s 50 52 10 44 46 56 44 50 d. 5. d. 5 0 6 0 76 79 5 0 .5 6 80 86 00 00 50 60 58 74 48 70 59 80 60 76, o'o 11 10 0 il 116 130 00 09