The Sun. — London, England, 1828-03-24 00:00:00

r.) : Ambassador. The Briton, being found in a very TUE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) ' defective state, though she has been in commission CORN-EXCHANGF . only 12 months, is to be paid off, and the causes of c a l'he od , rivals e;rly all kiuds of it in vestigated, by examinations to be made at the r l e- t wel:e k. m T e I i " i s' e ii r o ' ..r .in as wee m roing the n fresh supplies . are icit he three Dockyards where her fitments and repairs were -, again scanty, and the market is therefore composed chiefly on the executed. zil she , of the remains of former arrival., of w hich the quantity Letters received from Malta, dated February 14 , of Irish Oats is large. There was scarcely a superfine rilliam cOnfinn the loss of the Cambrian frigate, Captain G. sample of Wheat to be seen this morning-, and the se iildren W. Balnilton, C.B. C b at _ara_usa (on the West end condary qualities are again Is. to 26. per quarter higher ail r the of the Isle of Ca n d ia ), out of which port she was than on this day sennight. Barley fully maintains its ether." returning, company with the Iris, Rattlesnake, rettUrni ng, last quotatio n s. B o ili ng P ease are 2s. per quarter Id two Zebra , and Carnelian, when she struck on a sunken dearer. Grey Pease are not so plentiful as of late, and tended rock, and in a few minutes went down, the officers support their late quotations. There has been a large sak ther of and crew having only time to save their papers and of Oats since last Monday, and this article may be re ad the Flour is oistly, ; s ome light articles, and escape to the ships ill corn- p orted Is. per quarter dearer. The top price of not yet i determined, but an advance seems inevitable. t an Y• They had all arrived safe at Malta in the Linseed s ratner dearer. e will. rtattlesnake. me of Lieutenant Philip Broke (son of the gallant Sir PRICES ON BOARD or SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) -5. -s. 'Beans, Small (new)...445, 16s. P were . (old) ......-s. ...9. of kis: Philip Vere B. Broke, Bart. K.C.8.) is appointed ' -White(old) -s. -e. , --... Red 1..8tf7) ... 535. 565. 1 - Tick (new)._ 31s. 355. t 0 the Asia. Mr. Wm. Hudson is appointed Master- Fine 575. 60s. Cotitt, ,f kin Attendant at llermuda, vice Squire. Lieut. Phil- Superfine.. 625. GP. - Harrow (new) 365. 404. 'White (1827). 565. eos. ! were li P% lOLA to be Adjutant of the Woolwich Di ~ .---- Superfine.. 665. 68s. Oats, Feed -- ' s --' cute- vision of . Royal Marines, vice Ford, promoted. Mr. Foreign, Old 54.5.' s. 2k. eat 0 La ncaster to be Assistant-Surgeon of the Orestes. Rye - Poland New Es -s. The Court-Martial assembled on Monday to hear Barley fine New : 2 31 . ' 3 9 25. - Potoe N " L 9s. _ 26A R . C. • ) Ca ptain Charles Crowdy's defence (in which he - Superfine .2 33s. 3.55. 48.5. 54s Scotch .7s 29, Act ! N ,',. a s assisted by Mr. Minchin), after which they de- maltilne 5.55. 60s - Irish les. 21s. 245. Ight it "Aerated on the evidence, and agreed, that part of Pease, Grey of the ass. 38s. -- Seconds 445. 45.5. , he first charge (striking some of the crew when the - I ..l a ti P i l r, 40s. 435. -- North Country 40s. 439. v, for slup Was in danger, they not exerting themselves) - Boilers which arowa ' ~w as Partly proved, and for which they adjudging ARRIVALS 01' GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. Hia 1 "Itn to b e admonished, and be more careful in future. tr 0. -- -- 4 ' ad he (From the Devonpart Telegraph.) ::- Ez r . ;.. 2 o From Wlmice• Z ;" . - z 1,7 ?, ; F. f that r •...4 • , His Majesty's steam-vessel Meteor, Lieut. G. I. -- ____ - The nay, sailed yesterday with despatches, which came Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Seks. sotinaßoston " 210 - - Ik3o - - d own in charge of a King's messenger, express from 0 . rapier Y - 31 - - - - 200 the foreign and colonial offices. The despatches calves - - - 100 - - 276 leave We understand are for our Minister at Lisbon, and 6 .4:i'aricwhiecslier:: .2 z , v. , , 8 5 7: , i. 2 ,:;,,,, !, ; 1 , 1 2 e r . for Lieut.-General Sir 'W. Clinton, the Commander- 3 Leigh 491 lfr.; - 170 158 98 40 ..? 47 190 174 7 20 e pro. , lnsChief of our troops in Portugal, and are imagined H dfaidon 1 291 130 - - 120 - - 20 to be of the greatest importance. Ipswich l4O 350 1239 - 43 - 347 Coast I Orders came down also to complete his Majesty's t u n t t : h 662 448 7 99 140 199 191 947 - - - 1 - - - ; sloop Britomart for foreign service, with all possible Lymington despatch, and it is expected she will be ordered to k Yn ew i llaven 58 - - - 300 to be proceed immediately on some urgent service. Poole The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieut. G. J. Hay, ar- gepatungold - 17 19 - rived from Portsmouth on Thursday, with the Stockton 920 1 officers and men of his Majesty's sloop Rose, which = y outh 25 i - - - - :.() ship being found defective, is laid up in ordinary, and wiq)each 254 - - '..).:6 - - - her crew turned over to the Medina, 20, at this port. e y a ood o b u ri t c t l i ge - 105 43 480 ANT. ' 20 1999 2472 - - - 915 !rat- The Medina, 20, was commissioned for African Aberdeen... Banff - - - - 904 - - - 450 - - service on Thursday, by Commander Suckling Berwick - 12 - 511 72 - _ P eti " souse ( 18 14), late of th e R ose. Li euts. H . T . R owe Dundee - - _ r the (1826) and William L. Castle (1824), and Mr. 7 71191790 5f.,3 613 6821 - - -- -- 636 -, and Cla re, Purser, have been appoi n t e d t o th 4376 e Medina. busk!. - - 30 d. It T he Pike schooner - - , Lieut. Kelly, is ordered into caral ßelti l t ai, - _ - :cat Icing Ita moaze, to be paid o ff , an d recomm i ss i one d , if Dublix - - - 2175 - --- elf-- , found tit for service, after a survey. Dungan on - - - - - - it pe- The Bittern tender was paid off into ordinary on Galway Limerick _ - - 2079 - - 10 rpose , Monday. Waterford - - 1562 - - i he vicTshe Bengal Merchant convict-ship, with 170 con- F"EWN. 3ulli- Antwerp - - - - - lified on board, (100 of which were tram this dock- Hamburgh 3 - - - 1W MID- Y ard ), sailed on Monday for New South Wales. Harlingen 'rte T he Grasshopper, 18, Commander A. Crawford, Rotterdam - - - - !tine', 2411 ed on Wednesday, fur the West India station. ~, Total (From the Devonpart Telegraph.) His Majesty's steam-vessel Meteor, Lieut. G. I. Hay, sailed yesterday with despatches, which came down in charge of a King's messenger, express from the foreign and colonial offices. The despatches Vit understand are for our Minister at Lisbon, and For Lieut.-General Sir W. Clinton, the Commander- In-Chief of our troops in Portugal, and are imagined to be of the greatest importance. Orders came down also to complete his Majesty's sloop Britomart for foreign service, with all possible despatch, and it is expected she will be ordered to proceed immediately on some urgent service. The Meteor steam-vessel, Lieut. G. J. Hay, ar rived from Portsmouth on Thursday, with the officers and men of his Majesty's sloop Rose, which ship being found defective, is laid up in ordinary, and her crew turned over to the Medina, 20, at this port. The Medina, 20, was commissioned for African service on Thursday, by Commander Suckling (1814), l a t e o f the Rose. Lieuts. H. T. Rowe (1826) and William L. Castle (1824), and Mr. Clare, Purser, have been appointed to the Medina. Th e Pike schooner, Lieut. Kelly, is ordered into Italnoaze, to be paid off, RI id recommissioned, if found tit for service, after a survey. The Bittern t en d er was pa id o ff i nto or din ar y on Monday. The Bengal Merchant convict-ship, with 170 con victs on board, (100 of which were from this dock- Yard), sailed on Monday for New South Wales. rhe Gra ss h o pp er , 18, Commander A. Crawford, 24 uled on Wednesday, fur the West India station. The Leda, a very handsome 46-gun frigate, is completed and ready for launching at Milford. In Harooaze—Bri tattnia, Mersey, Medina, Ronald°, Nightingale Antelope, Reynard, Lever e t, and Royalist. At the Island—Pike, Vigilant, and Bramble. in the Sound—Britomart, and the Bengal Mer chant convict ship. Mr. 11. N. Keele is appointed supernumerary ilirgeon of his Majesty's ship Sybille, 48, on the coast of Af r ic a , an d will go out in the Medina, from this port. Lieut. Edward Southwell Ward, R.N., has sue eeede4l to the titles and estates of Viscount and Baron Bangor, of Ireland. AGGREGATE Rye, o—Tare.A, Mu 4849 QUA) 196- 3stard, fitted, Liam I. T she 'erred r that Bt titian If him ENGLISH AND FRENCH FISHERMEN. vould )wrse, He a ap- wits rapt. who titer. cure to for .Nli. s. Put 4ould Jolla ibou, Mini, 19th ided, accrA pre- An occurrence of a serious nature, and much to Lve deplored, took place last Friday se'nnight, with the French Government cutter Goeland, sad the "'eels employed in the oyster fishery between Jet. "Y and Granville. On Thursday, the 13th instant, the fishing smack faeeurite, J. Grinder, master, came to anchor out •ide the mast-rock, (La .Mariie), which lies nearly on the line of demarcation marked out by the Bri tish and French Governments to limit the British Fiery. At seven o'clo c k nex t morn i ng , j ust as t h e 44 )2teite had got under weigh, the crew observing a boat from the French cutter making towards them haled up the tack of th e i r ma i nsa il, an d steere d to - Wards her. On the boat coming alongside, the Fa. ' .442 'ite was boarded by the mate of the French cut tir, and five or six seamen, who immediately took Possession, and removed the master and part of the erew on hoard the French cruiser, leaving three French shilors to work the captured vessel to Gras vine. This circumstance being observed by the 13ritish dredgers, they determined to rescue the cap tured vessel; and a sufficient number of men having been collected en board several boats, they procee ded to board the Favourite, which had been taken in tow by the Goeland. They were immediately fired upon by the latter vessel, and, unfortunately, a sailer of the name of Smith was mortally wounded, a ball having entered the hind part of his thigh, pe netrated through the bone, wounded the intestines, and lodged between the navel and the pubis. The poor man died on Sunday morning, at Gorey. The continued fire of musketry and grape from swivels did net deter the oystermen from their pur= pose ; they succeeded in boarding the Favourite, let go the tow-rope, and brought the vessel back to Gorey with the three Frenchmen prisoners. The French vessel did not attempt to pursue them, but made the best of her way to Granville. Several of the persons connected with the fishing boats were examined, who proved the facts above stated. They saw the Frenchmen getting the boarding -pikes, matches, &c. ie order, apparently getting ready for action. When the boats proceeded towards the Goeland and the prize, the French vessel fired two gene. The French captain called out, that if they did not alter their course, he would blow their brains out : he had scarcely said this when he levelled his musket and fired a shot at the master of one of the smacks, before he could have time to alter his course. The boats then went off from the oyster vessels, when the French on board the Goeland began a brisk fire of grape shot and musketry at the boats; they did not stop to ueload their muskets, but took up others which had been loaded beforehand. Some grape shot was fired at one of the boats, which struck the water near it like a handful of gravel. An individual with a cocked hat, who was considered to be the Captain, was observed to take a deliberate aim at the deceased, and he fell to the bottom of the boat immediately after the shot was fired. The witness said, that if they had been inside of the French limits, they would not have attempted to rescue her. The three Frenchmen were examined. Their evi dence tended to prove that they saw the cutter Fa -I:hwtite, ab out f our or five miles from the Frenc h o r e , when th ey gave chase, boarded, and took posses sion of her. They stated that they were so much fright ened when they saw the English boats bearing down u p on them, that they . knew not what they were about, but wentthat Were to_ hide themselves in the t s li nzk hold • and fish afterwards taken on board as Eng brought to Jetwee ere they were well treated, and The Jury, after following verdict .a short consultation, returned the wia killed in The deceased, John Smith, eeritionally, by consequenceisi of a shot fired at him, in while the sui pouvel, commander of the Goe lend,on hoard the Faeourit Smith was in the act of getting been unlawfully seieede;: which he considered had 68'72 CITY lerc,l MIA othe tr -WhO rink 7119 OTI rk f .. isite" 112745 ER xl Lapeiee 865 , 623 I NDS OF PULS ,d. s.—Brank, , 164. 0-H~ SMITHFIELD MARKET. This day's supply of Sheep was rather numerous, that of other kinds of fat stock tolerably good. Beef went off briskly, at an advance, Mutton slowly, at a depression of from 2d. to 4d. per stone; Lamb, Veal, and Pork, met with a steady sale at Friday's prices. PRICES PEE STONE OF 13LBS. TO SINK TILE orrAr.s. s. d cos : (IA -s : d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 3 0 3 4 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 3 4 310 Primesmall ditto... 7 0 8 0 Prime large Oxen 4 4 4 8 Large coarse Calves 410 5 6 Prime Scots, Sm 4 8 5 0 Prime small ditto.— 6 4 7 0 Inferior Sheep 1 8 310 Large /logs 4lO 5 2 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 Small Porkers 5 6 510 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 410 Suckling Calves Its to 425. each. SouthdownWethers 410 5 0 , Quarter °lcings 12s to Ills. each. SUPPLY, AS FEE CLERK'S STATEMENT. Buts. I I Sheep and Lambs. Calves. Pig,. 2,5'74 I 17,220 126 1.141 About 135 of the beasts came up the different North itoadl ; about 50 from the western and midland districts ; about 1800 from Norfolk., Suflblk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about 250 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c., in the neighbourhood of London. NFAVG ATE AND LEADENHALL RAM'S. At per stone, by the Camas,. 8. 6. to s. d. s. *l. tog. d, Beef 3 4 4 4 Veal Mutton 3 4 4 6 Pork MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—March The reported advances in London and Liverpool markets at the early part of this week, have had very little effect on the prices of any article in the Corn trade in this place until to-day. Our market was well attended by town and country dealers : the holders of Wheat were demanding an advance of 2d. to 3d. per bushel on last Saturday's rates : the sales made have net been extensive; the advance rea lized about I d. to 2d. per 701bs.—Grinding Barley as last noted. There is some disposition to purchase Oats on spe culation at late prices; but the sales made to-day are ? i d. to Id. per bushel higher. Boiling Peas are nearly no minal—and Beaus dull at last week's prices. There are so many sellers of Malt forcing the market, that it is ex ceedingly difficult to quit this article at the quotations. An advance of Is. per sack has been attempted on the price of Flour and Oatmeal ; but the sales made have rarely rea lized anything more to the Millers, the Flour-factors being alarmed respecting the condition of Flour at the approach of warm weather. Customary liusheL Wheat (701 b.) s, d. to s. d. English, Fine White.-- 8 4 8 6 ----- Red 9 0 8 4 - Second Runs —.. 7 9 8 0 ------ Scotch & Welch 7 6 8 2 Irish, Fine Old 7 0 7 6 70 7 8 Inferior 3 6 10 Foreign, Ftee 8 0 8 6 p ar ley (601 h.) English, fine 5 0 Irish 4 Quar. of S Imp. s. to s. d. 59 0 60 .r 57 7 59 0 1 55 9 57 7 1 50 91 50 4 54 0 50 4 55 2 45 0 49 • 2 56 i 61 2 Mr. SHAw was on Priday last elected Recor 4er Dublin.—lrislt Paper. COVENI'-CAYMEN .TIIEATRE.--On Satur jiliaight Mr. KEAN, who had been previously announced for t Athat r ,straeseiged, .with such. a sudden and violent in- AVAidsi, thiti wis wholly unable to perform. In this ret liratueut Mr. (?: '1(c 1f iti,v Went & rough the part to T =atiffACtl9ll of A thin m sx, sr ., l4 du Omit?, Bush. J 3 4 3 94 8 36 4 28 10 IV 27 8 28 10 tt. Fgg ;•7 ----Inferior for grinding 4 0 Oats (451 b.) Elish, Fine 4 0 4. Scotch trish„ i'o P r 3 3 9 2 34 Provender........-. 3 1 3 Foreign, Pease Rush.) Blue, (boilers) --,----- 7 0 7 6 I Y; 60 White (ditto) 5 6 4 46 0 50 8 2;cam Fine fir) to s.d. (Per Sack 2801b5.) d. t o s. d. Englinh, Fine— 56 0 60 0 Flour, Norfolk and Inferior—, 47 U 48 0 Suftblk, Fine 41 0 40 (I 44 0 Yorks.,Fine 19 0 Foreign -42 0 51 0 Seconds 32 0 Malt (per load of 6 Imp. Bush.) -- Irish, Fine... 39 0 Nottingham, fine.. 43 0 45 U------Superfine 42 0 Yorludiire —...., 40 s 42 0 ---Heated or stale 35 0 Irish and Inferior... 32 0 33 0 Per land of 2401 b. Par Sack of 28016. Imp. Oatmoal, Englisa 0 Flour,Notts. Fine 41 0 42 0 —Scotch & Irish 25 0 Sup 4,5 U 4b o Fvedilig 21 0 4 2 0 .3 2 29 1U 35 5' 2.i U 20 10 23 7 24 3 .22 0 24 3 2:2 5 23 0, 43 0 40 0 340 40 0 43 0 30 0 27 0 FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. There was a fair supply of fish at this day's market, which met a corresponding demand, at the following prices :-- Prime Turbot, each 2le. Od. to 245. Oel Ditto small, per do. Fine Cod-fish, each lO 0 1 , 2 0 Inferior ditto Salmon, per lb. Fine Whitings, per 15 3 0 0 0 Smelts, per 26 l9 0 20 0 &ate, each Haddocks, per dozen 9 0 IS 0 Brill, each Fine Soles, per three Nips 1 6 9 0 Gurnetts, such Live flounders, per quartern Live Lels, per 51b. Dutch Plaice, per basket Fresh Herrings, per hundred Fine Lobsters, per f-core 6O 0 7.1 0 Interior ditto Fine Prawns, per lb. Shrimps, per gallon Fine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 0 0 7 0 Scotch ditto 0 0 6 0 Jlackarel, per 12J .4:1 0 .i::> 0 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, March 22. We had only a moderate supply of Wheat from the farmers this morning, but there have been several arrivals coastwise during the week. Fine dry Wheat sold readily at Is. per qr. advance, but there was no improvement in the value of other descriptions. The arrivals of Barley have been small this week, and flue qualities sell readily at is. per qr. advance. The farmers' supply of Oats was large this morning, and the sale was very dull at last week's prices. Oats in granary are held firmly at higher prices. New. Old. Wheat, South country, red lBs. 575....... 325. Bs.l North country, white 425. 51; , s —s. red 4os. 545. Dantzig ---s. .--s -- Wismar, Rostock, &c....... ...... —5. —S. Rye, Norfolk and Sutlola —s —s. 33s 35s 2. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 3os. 235. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk fills 60s —s. —s. 5 Oats, Potatoe 225. 265. —s. —s. Cemmon !Bs. 225. —s. —s. :s -- Foreign Feed 18s. 9 28. -; —5. Beans .255. 425. Pease, White 455. 4tis. —s. —s. Gray --4 ---s Flour, Fine (per sack) —. 42s —s. —, COMMERCIAL INTELLI GENCE. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22—The Market having been well supplied this week with British Plantation Sugar by late arrivals, more business has been done ; the sales amount to upwards of 800 hhdt. at steady prices ; besides which 850 bags good white Bengal Sugar have been taken by the Grocers at 755. 6d. per cwt. In Foreign Sugar nothing done. Of West India Molasses 50 casks Demerara only have been sold at 27•. 601. per cwt. The demand for Coffee continues to he confined to the home trade, for which purpose a limited quantity of Jamaica has been taken at former rates. Cocoa, Pimento, and Ginger dull. The business done in Rum eon sists chiefly of common Lewards under proof at 2s. Id., and 2 to 5 0. P. at 2s. 2d. to 9s. 3d. per gallon. Our Cotton Market has been more animated this week than tin• some time past ; a brisk demand from the trade commenced on Tuesday, which has since continued, and an advance of about id. per lb. upon our last quotations has been established in the prices of American descriptions; in other kinds there is no alteration, except Egyptian, the sales of which have been at : !-d. per lb. decline. Yesterday there was sold by auction 280 Demerara and Ber bice, which went off steadily at 71d. to Sid. for in ferior to fair ; 84d. to 9id. for good fair to fine. The sales by private contract consist of 6540 Bowed at. sd. to 6id. (50 at 7d. to 70.) ebialh at 51(1. to 6,-td. for middling fair to good fair. 1'750 Orleans atsd. to 7id. (10 at 3720 Mobile and Alabama at sd. to 6d. (160 at 6fd. chiefly at bid. to 5i -d. 400 Sea Island at 12d. to 16d. 250 Stained ditto at '7d. to 11d. 1280 Pernambuco at 7i -d. to B+4l. (36 at Si-(1..) 1380 Maranham at 7f d. to Bd. 270 Bahia at 77 1 ,.d. to 7d. 2260 Egyptian at 60. to 9d. chitty at eid. to 6i4t. . _ SO Demerara at Bd. • 30 Bahama at 6id. to '7/d. 220 Surat at 34d. to 4/d. (10 at 4.4 d.) 60 Bengal at 4d. to 40. Making a total, including those sold by auction, of 18,470 bags, of which 2,000 bags American and 1,300 Egyptian have been taken on speculation. The arrivals are 18,775 bags. There has been but a limited demand since our last for Tobacco, without any alteration in prices. Carolina Rice has sold more freely, about 220 tees. having been taken at 17s. 6d. to 19s. per cwt.- There has been a steady demand both for Wheat and Oats, and a small advance in prices has been obtained on each description, with rather less dispo sition to sell, except at some further improvement.- Sowing Flax-seed goes off slowly for the Irish mar ket : the sales this week are 500 tees. New York at 475. to 485., and Philadelphia at 435. 6d. per hhd.- Clover-seed has been rather more inquired for : the sales are 160 bags French at 58s. 6d. to 615., a few bags Dutch at 58s. to 595. 6d., and 20 bags white Dutch at 725. to 78s. per .cwt.-Quercitron Bark continues scarce, and for the middling qualities there are orders, but no sellers at prices proportioned to the finer kiwis-American Tar finds buyers on arrival : 3,000 brls. Carolina have been disposed of this week at 1 Is. 6d. to 12s. 9d. per brl.-Turpentine is rather dull of sale, about 600 brls. have been sold at 1 ls. 9d. for middling, and 13s. lid. per cwt. for good quality.-,The demand for Ashes continues limited, and in some instances rather lower prices have been accepted : the total sales are only 200 brls., consisting of 170 brls. Montreal Pot at 30s. 3d. to 30s. Gd. for new, and 28s. 3d. to 295. 3d. for old, with 30 brls. Pearl at 295. 9d. to 31s. 6d. per cwt. The business done in Dyewoods consists of 300 tons Campeachy Logwood at 71. 10s; 100 tons Spanish Fustic at 71.; 80 tons small Nicaragua Wood at 71. to 71. 7s. 6d.; 15 tons solid, at 141. 10s. per ton, and 20 tons Camwood (the price not named.) Indigo, Cochineal, Luc Dye and Safflower remain neglected. Shumac remains without alteration ; the sales are about 400 bags : Sicily at 10s. 3d. to 10s. 6d. and Verona at 7s. 6d. to Ss. per cwt. Madders and Madder Roots are in limited request. No sales reported in Brimstone. Of Saltpetre the sales are about 400 bags at 245. to 2,5. Gd. per cwt. Olive Oil continues to be offered freely on arrival, and some sales of Malaga have been made below our quotations : the stocks on hand are however reducing, and holders of Gallipoli have been less anxious to press sales than last week. Palm Oil and Tallow are a shade lower, and both rather dull of sale. There has been but little done in Hides : 200 good dry Monte Video Cow and Or have brought 12/ t d.; 600 Valparaiso Bid. to 91d., and 350 salted New York sid. per lh, A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, at three o'clock on Saturday after noon. The Ministers present were the LORD CHANCEL LOR, the Duke of WELtiNctoN . , Earle IaATIMRST, Duo- LEY, and ABERDEEN, Viscounts MELvILLE and PALMER.. WON', Lord ELLENaonoucti, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Mr. Secretary If oixissoN, the CHANCELLOR of the Excite.. QUER, and Mr. HERRIES. The Ministers sat in delibera tion till half-past six o'clock. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Arch bishop of YoaK, and a great lumber of the Bishops, as sembled at Queen Anne's Bounty Office, in Dean's Yard, Westminster, on Saturday morning, and continued sitting upwards of an hour. The Lards of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council held a meeting on Saturday morning at the Council-office. The Lords present were, the Master of the Rolls, Lord NEXLkY, and the Right Hon. H. ELLIOT. The case of ' 4 SUTHERLAND V. PATTERSON (from Lower Canada) was the first case of appeal for their Lordships' consideration. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Sergeant SeANKIE, a.ud Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUET, were heard by their Lordships on the above case till half-past one o'clock. The case of " STEPHEN V. POINGDESTUE" (front Jersey) was the next case which was brought before their Lord ships. The other causes, as set down on their Lordships' list, were these of " WHITE V. BUCHANAN" (Lower Ca nada), " THIERRENS V. HOOYSTADT" (Demerara), " LAW V. DAWSON" (Demerara). Their Lordships separated at half-past four o'clock. FASIIIoNABLE ARRIVALS.—Lord and Lady Manners, at their house in Great Cumberland-street, from their seat, Yoxford, Suffolk ; Viscount and Viscountess Galway, at Kirkhatn's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from their seat, Selby Hall, Notts ; Mr. and Lady Georgiana Bulkeley, at Mrs. L. Fox's, in Piccadilly, from their ,eat in the New Forest, Hants; the Duke and Duchess of Nor thumberland, from their seat, Alnwick Castle; the Mar quis of Lothian, in St. James's-square, from Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dawson, at their house in Manchester square, from their seat, St. Leonard's Hill, near Windsor; Charles Fisher Burton, Esq. ant! family, at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street, from Brighten ; Mr.. Walker and Ladies, at ditto ; G. W. Pole;, Esq. at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Streatfield, at the. Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park-plaee, from Belle Vue, near Seven Oaks ; Mr. and Mrs. Corbet, and family, at ditto, front Acton Regnald, near Shrews. bury ; the Dean of Ossorv, at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's street, front Brighton ; Captain Dolphin, at ditto, front Gloucestershire; Mr. and Mrs. Harris, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Cumberland ; James Udney, Esq. at ditto, front Paris ; Mir. and Miss Falwasis, at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-strmr, from France ; Captain and Mrs. Dewhant, at ditto, from Lisbon ; Lord Graham and Lady Hughes, at ditta, from a tour ; Captain and Mrs. West, at ditto, front Bath. DErARTURES.—The Earl of Radnor, for Longford Castle, Wilts; the Earl of Chesterfield, fir Lord Lonsdale's seat, in Leicestershire; E. F. Clifford, Esq. and friends, from Nerot's Hotels; Mrs. Wallace and Ladies, from ditto ; Captain and Mrs. Pemberton, from Regent street, for Paris; James Kempt, Esq. from Fenton's Hotel, for Brighton ; Henry Lane, Esq. from ditto, on a tour ; James Sparkes, Esq. from the Royal Hotel, St. James's street, for his seat in Kent ; Captain and Mrs. Serle, from the British Hotel, for Clifton; William Sutherland, Esq. from ditto, on a tour. GREAT FIRE AT HAVANNAH.—We learn from Captain Tat.aor, that of the I Ith instant a large fire occurred at Havannah, outside of the gates, which con sumed about 600 hours. It is also stated eleven lives were lost. The fire was put out by the exertions of about 200 French seamen,—New York Paper, Feb. 25. The subscription for the survivors of the ca lamity at the Brunswick Theatre is still under 3,0001., a sum far below the wishes r,f the coraroittea, and the wants of the claimants. GAME KILLING. (From the News.) There art great numbers who think more of this than they do of any thing else. This passion of the sport has reached such a height that it has become quite di-gusting; for now it is neither comparatively skill nor exercise. A few pet characters, or practised hands, are invited in a spirit of political servility, or as a great honour ; the preserves driven, as it is called ; when the game being thus forced into a corner, as it were, these clever men go in, and slaughter, rather than shoot, all before them ;—re minding us (instead of calling up old remembrances of the sports of the field) of the Dog Billy, at the Westminster pit, whose game is brought in a box, and turned down into a place where they cannot get away. Billy goes into the slaughter-house, and through his job like a workman, having nothing to do but destroy ; and accordingly the papers of next day, rendering the same kind of merit to the dog in the pit, and the Peer in the preserve, tell us that they killed so many head in a given period,— working against time ! It would require about the same portion of skill to drive so many hares and rabbits into a room, and charge them with fixed bayonets ! PARLIANIENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. OT ICES OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF THE DAY, WHICH NOW STAND IN THE ORD/R-1300Y FOR THIS WEEK. MONDAY, MARCH 24.--.. ORDERS OF THE DAY. I. Stamp Duties Bill—Further consideration of Report. 2. Pauper Lunatics Bill---Further consideration of Report. 3. Lunatics ReguLation Bill—Further consideration of Report. 4. Roman Catholic Land Tax Bill—Report. 5. Cities and Boroughs Polls Bill—Further consideration of Report. 6. Corporation and Teat Acts Repeal Bill—Further consi deration of Report. 7. Penryn Disfranchi.ement Bill—Further consideration of Report. 8. Passengers' Regulation Bill—Further consideration cif Report. 8. Freeholders Registration Bill—Second reading. [O. Alehouses Licensing Bill—Second reading. [l. Supply—Report. [2. Supply—Committee. .3. East lietford Disfranchisement Bill—Committee. .4. Friendly Societies Bill—Second reading. 5. Juries (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. G. Life Annuities Repeal Bill—Farther consideration of Report. 7. Innkeepers Bill—Report. 8. Ways and Areans--Corrunittet, NOTICE or MonoN. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—Appropriation of Mo nies payable by the 'Trustees of Naval and Military Pensions. (In Committee of Ways and Means.) TUESDAY, MARCH 25.—NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Wilmot Horton—That the Reports from the Select Committees on Emigration of 1826 and 1827 be re- ferred to the Select Committee on Public Income and Expenditure. 2. Mr. Ferguson—Petition from the British, Native, and other Inhabitants of Calcutta, respecting the Law of Real Property within that Settlement, and particu larly respecting the liability of such property as as sets (in the hands of Executors and Administrators) to the payment of the debts of the deceased. 3. Sir John Newport—Consideration of State of Admiralty Court, Ireland. 4. Mr. Alderman Thompson—Petition from the Insurance Companies of London and Westminster, for a reduc tion of Duty on Fire Insurances. ORDERS Or THE DAT. 1. Justiciary Courts (Scotland) Bill—Second reading. 2. Bills of Exchange (Ireland) Bill—Committee. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26..--NrYPICE OF 3TOTION. Mr. Jephson—Bill for amending the Law of Distresses and Replevins, in certain cases. THURSDAY, MARCH 27.-NOTICVS OF MOTIONS. I. Mr. Wilmot Horton—Bill to enable Parishes in Eng land, under given regulations, and for a limited pi,- rind, to mortgage their Poor Rates for the purpoß of assisting voluntary Emig-ration. 9.. Sir John Newport—Bill to limit snd restrsin the grant ing Dispensations on Faculties for holding pluralities of Livings in Ireland ; and for confining the power of uniting parishes therein to the Lord Lieutenant and Council. ORDER OF THE DAY. Tithes Commutation Bill....COMUlitt4 , e. FRIDAY, STARCH 28.--•OaDEAS OF THE DAT. Alrhoules Certificates (Scotland) Bill—Second reading. NOTICE OF .LOTION. Mr. Chorlei Grant--Consideration of the present st.ite of the Laws affecting the Corn Trade. LIST or Hi WHO voroD (0?4 HING THC LLECTIIE VINUIIAM, INGTEAD HUNDRED. Althorp, Viscount Barclay, David Baring, A. Baring, Baring, W. B. Bentinck, Lord G. Birch, J. Bouverie, Hon. 1). Boyle, Hon. J. • Bradshaw, J. Brougham, James Burdett, Sir Francis Buxton, John Buxton, T. F. Byng, George Calcraft, John Calthorpe, Hon. A. Calthorpe, lion. F. Carrington, Sir E. Carter, J. Cave, R. 0. Cavendish, It Clive, K B. Corbett, Manton Colborne, N. R. Davenport, K D. Dawson, A. Dugdale, D. S. Dunconabe, T. Dundas, Hon. Sir R. Exithope, J. Ebringtou, Viscount Ellis, lion. Agar Farquhar, J. Fazakerley, J. N. Fergusson, R. C. Fortescue, Hon. G. Fitzgerald, M. Freemantle, W. H. Fyler, T. B. Gascoyne, Gen. Gilbert, D. Gordon, R. ' OF THE MINOR ' FRIDILY, THE 21sT NIA IiaLNCHISE FROM OF THROWING TIM Aiwa) FOR TII Ni.FR - ;AST 11.1.:TVOliD TO /IR ELECTION INTO I/I I; Graham, Sir J. Guise, Sir W. Gurney, H. Harvey, D. W. Hobhoute. C. HenryH Howard, Howick, Lord !Hume, JoFeph Protheroe, Ramsbottom, J. Ramsden, J. C. Robarts, A. Robinson, George it Robinson, Sir G. Rurnbold, C. E. Russell, lord G. W. Russell, Lord John Russell, Lord Wm. Sandon, Viscount Sefton, Earl of Sebright, Sir John Smith, J. Smith, W. Stanley, Lord Stanley, Hon. E. Stuart, Lora .1. Stuart, Sillier,. S V Leg, D. Thompson, Ald. Thomson, C. P. Townshend, Lora C. Tomes, J. Waithman, Aid. Wail .C. Warburton, Webb, Ed. Whitmore, W. Wilbraham, (2 , Wilson, Sir 11. Wood„kld. Wood, C. Wortley, Hon. J. S. Wrottestey, Sir J. Wyra, Sir C. W. - . . Jephson, C. O. Kekewich, S. T. Kennedy, I'. F. Kerrison, Sir F. Labouchere, H. Lamb, Hon. C. Lamhr , t, J. S. Langcten, James Lascellee, Hon. W. Lawley, F. Lester, B. L. Leycester, R. Littleton, E. Loch, I'. Lucy, G. Macdonald, Sir Jas. Macintosh, Sir J. Marjoribanka, S. Marshall, J. Martin, J. Nionck J. B. • Morlanil, Sir S. B. Morpeth, Viscount Newport, Sir J Nugent, Lord Ord, W. Palmer, C. Fyshe Pendarved, Ed. Phillimore, Dr. Phillips, O. Philippa, G. R. Ponsonby, Hor.. W. Powlett, Lord W. Poyntz, W. S. Price, Robert I.II.LERS. Tennyson, C. Normanby, Viscount PAIRED OFF. Darien, Cu).. IFergus.son, Sir R. VARLIAMENTARY PAPER. ARRESTS FOR DEBT. The following is a return ordered by the House of Coin mz,ns of the number of warrants granted to arrmt for debt by the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, and by the Sheriff of Surrey, and the number of bailable processes executed by them in the year 1827 By the Sheriffs of London. Warrants issued in 1827 3,979 Warrants executed .. By the Sheriff of Middlesex. Warrants to arrest in 1827 . ..16,218 Bailable processes executed I3y the Sheriff of Surrey. Warrants to arrest in 1627 Bailable writs executed 1,691 BRITISH SPIRITS. The following is a return ordered by the House of Com mons of the quantities of British Spirits distilled in Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, from the 3th January, 1827, to the sth January, 1828, stated in im perial gallons : Distilled in England, in 1827 .. 4,281,684 Distilled in Scotland, in 1827 Distilled in Ireland, in 1827 7,251,792 It also appears, that in the year ending sth January, 1828, there were 2,438,706 gallons imported into England from Scotland, and 422,764, gallons imported into England from Ireland, and 679,021 imported from Scotland into Ireland. The fee paid to Sir JAMES SCARLETT for his attendance at our Assizes, last week, was 400 guineas, besides the sum of 20 guineas to Itis clerk.—Cantbridge Chronicle. FEES TO COUNSEL.—A correspondent in quires if we expect our readers to be surprised at the an ncuneement of Sir ham Scant, Err having received 400 guineas for going to Cambridge, when it is very currently reported that the learned gentleman asked and received 700 guineas fora trip to Lancaster last year.—. Tunes. TEST ACT,---A young noble legislator, Lord C., is reported to have called three weeks since on Mr. HUSICISSON, and' inquired " what the Test and Corpora tion business was—whether it was connected with corn or the colonies?" The secretary is reported to have replied, ,‘ Never taitati-,-go down shd rote aesinst Times, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACES T , Anson Hunt Mar&h 251 Cotteamore Hunt (Stamford) 26 Malton 27 Moityn Hunt 31 Crorton Park April 2 Newmarket Craven Caitor Catterick Bridge 9 Bath Spring 16 Newmarket Fitit Spring 21 Chester May 5 Newmarket Second Spring... 5 York Spring Meeting l2 Hambleton Hunt Clifton and Briitol l3 Kelso l5 Epsom &titli Weide 2r, Manchester 28 Ascot Heath Jane 3 Buxton ll Cheltenham l7 Bibur) .. . lB '0 COME. iHaigh Park June t 3,:. Bath and Bristol 25 ewmarket July Newcaatle.on.'ryne Stamford PS Knutsford St York August Mecting....Aug. 5 Wolverhampton........— .... 11 Goot twood Stockton l4 Bur to n. u p on.Tren t ...... Warwick Sept. t: Lichfield Northampton 'Abingdon lO Doncaster l5 'Tewkesbury l:3 Heaton Park Newmarket Perth Oct. 4 Newmarket l:3 Newmarket Houghton ..... COTTESMORE HUNT RACES.—MAncx 26. Col. LowniEn, Sir G.'Norr., and G. J. HxATricon:, Esq., Stew•arde. T. SritNnwELl:, Clerk of the Course. These Races will he run over Stamford Course, by per mission of the Marquis of Exeter, The Cottesmore Stakes of 7 sovs. each, for horses not thorough-bred. Heats, once round and the distance. Gentlemen riders. Sir G. Noel names gr. by Minus, 4 yes Mr. Heathcote names ch - . ru. Clipsham, by the flyer, 5 yes Mr. Harrison's bl. or b. m. Crazy, 5 ye s Mr. Lowe's b. m. Miss Fanny, by Young Vespasian Mr. Baker's h. g. by Orion, 5 yrs Mr. Petre and Mr. Mills are subscribers. but did not name. The Rankshorough Stakes of 10 SOV6. each, for horses not thorough-bred. Gentlemen riders. PRESENT 31:Bscr.tuuts. Sir G. Noel, Mr. Harrison, and Mr: Hungerford. The Farmers' Plate of 50 sovs., given by the Gentlemen of the Cottesmore Hunt. Distance same as she Cotten more Stakes. PRESENT SUB4CRIBEILS. Mr. Harrison I Mr. Drage [ Mr. Orman M;. Scultitorpe I Mr. Bird I Mr. Perkins HUNTING APPOINTMENTS TOR THE PRESENT IVIBK. The H. 11., meet on Thursday, at Tichhorne Park ; Saturday, at Atkin's Lone Farm—at 10. The Hambleflon Hounds, on Wednesday, at Basing Pexic ; Friday, at Hollywell House—half-past 10. Nieholl's,Hounds, on Thursday, at Cat and Fiddle; Saturday, at Embly—half-past 10. Mr, Boycott's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Wassall Top--1 0. Mr. Dancer's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Onibury; Fri day, at Tugford Village-9. The Quorn Hounds, on Wednesday, at Bardon ; Thurs day, at Breedon Clouds; Friday, at Swithland Slate Pits-1 1. THE RING.-FIGHTS TO COME. March 25.—Harry Jones ank-rlill Savage, 251. a side. April 2.—80 b Castles and Paddy Flynn, 25/.a side._ April B.—Brown and Sampson, 250/. a side, half way between Birmingham and Bsidgenorth. April B.—Plefinch and Young Gas, 100/. a side—game ring. April B.—Dobell and Bailey, 'lOO/. a side. April 14.—Ned Savage and Kirkman, 25gs. to 25/. April 15.-111‘Carthy and Ballard, 251. a side. April 22.- . —Jennings and Robinson, 25/. a aide. April 29.—Ned Neal and Baldwin, 2501. a side. lfay 27.—Jem Ward and Carter, 501. a side. NED SAvAcE AND Ktu,KmAN.—The third deposit for this match was made good on Thursday evening, at the Hope, Blaekrnoor-street, Clare-market, 808 CASTLEZ AND PADDY FLYNN.—The fourth deposit for this affair was made good on Monday night, at the Widow Randall's, Chancery-lane. JENNzscs ANn Rotaxsos.—A match was wade be tween these men on Wednesday evening, at Peter Craw ley's for 25/. a-slde. A sovereign a-side was posted. The fight to come off on the22d of April, within 25, and over 20 miles of London. The men fought before, when Jen nings, after a desperate resistance on the part if Robinson, was victorious. HARRY JONES AND BILL SAVACE.—The final deposit for this match, which comes off on Tuesday next, was .node good on Wednesday evening, at Dobell's.. Harry's backer won the tos for choice of place, which is to be within 20 miles of London. Jones is a decided favourite. M'CAETHY AND BALLAnn.—The third deposit of 5/. a-side for this fight was made good on Tuesday evening at Mr. Dohell's, the Bull's Head, St. Jahn-street, ,when it was agreed that the fight should take place on thi; 14th of April, in the same ring with Ned Savage and Kirkman, Al‘Carthy fought and best Ballard about two vests ago. Baowtt AND SA)IPSON.—The whole of the money for this interesting match was made good on Saturday night week, at Brown's hOuse,•at Bridgenorth, in the presence of' a strong muster of the Shropshire Fancy. There was not much betting, the //rums. .stipulating for 2 to 1 ; but the Salop boys did not relish such long odds. One bet of 50/. to 251. was made. Both Brown and Sampson are in tip top condition, and are equally confident. Spring continues in close attendance upon Brown. Doner.t. AND BAILEY. —The third deposit for thi match was made good at Dobell's house on Tuesday evening, in the presence of a numerous circle of amateurs. We wish we could persuade these men to put off their match for a few days, as many will be deprived of a treat, unless, "like an Irish bird, they can be in two places at once." NICHOLLS AND ADAM Da match WM made be tween these men, on Friday night, at Jem Burn's, the Red Horse, i3ond-street, Nicholls fighting SO/. to 25/., to fight on Tuesday month, within SO miles. Dale is a blacksmith by trade, and a good hammer-man. A sovereign aside was deposited. GYELFTTS AND RUSSELT..—This match, which was to have taken place in the neighbourhood of Lynn, on Wed nesday last, was no go. Young Dutch Sam challenged Bishop Sharpe to fight for a hundred. Sharpe said he was ready to tight him in six weeks ; but Sam said he could not accommodate him till after the period for which he was bound over to keep the per.ce had expired. Sharpe then agreed to meet him at Tom Belcher'► on Monday evening next, to " argufy the topic." Alick Reed also challenged Sharpe for a huni;red; when the latter said, he would accommodate him provided Sant and he could not agree ; but he preferred fighting a man who had not been beaten. Jack Carter has safely arrived at Manchester, his native place, where he has received a warm reception from his friends, who have resolved to rally round him like trumps. —He has taken the minor theatre for three nights, and no doubt will have bumpers, as all the Manchester Fancy have promised to set-to. He is quite "at home" at the Royal Oak, Jersey-street, where he presides at a coon vial meeting every evening. _ . • Harry Woods, alias Spring the conjurer, has pleased his Liverpool friends so well, from his excellent set-to with Johnson, the Somersetshire hero, that he • can be hacked against any man in England of 10i stone, half-way between Liverpool and London, for 100/. a-side. His money is ready at Mr. Boulter's, the George Canning tavern. Young Gas returned to his training-ground on Wed nesday. Stockman can be backed against Wren, who fought Watts, for 25/. or 50/. and will make the match on his return to town. Gybletts can be backed against any 114- stone man in England, fur 100/. a-side. His money is ready at the Sol's Arms, Wych-street. AIEETIGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DI All.Y.—TuENnar, MARCH 25.--At the Coutt of Commissioners, Itasinghall-street. Lewis and Bevan, Holborn, linen-drapers Sparks, W., Chalk-farm, tavern-keeper Strongroom, R., Percival-street, plumber Maroindale, 13., Ciate-street, money-scrivener ll Stratton and Co., St. Helens, wine-merchants lO Mathewman, It, Leeds, clothier ll 'Tarrant and Carter, Basing-lane, auctione er , I Tomson, A., - Mile-end-road, nurseryman ll Lovegrove and CutOidge, Bucks, paper.makers Weston, T., Earl-street, Roman-cement-manufact 11 William.,_ F., Park-street, plumber 11 Wmtle, H., Mark-lane, merchant COUNTRY DTA RY.—WI:DNESDAY, MAnot 26. Ainsworth and Co., Turtuo—Star, Manchester... lO Liverpopl ll Bacon, J., Stratford—Crown, Leamington ..................... 12 Bayley, P., Cheddar—litish, Bristol 1 Bellchambers, E.. Gloucester—Horse and Grog+m inn, Glou eester .................................................................. ..... ll Brown and Co., Mancliester—White's, Manchester ll ('apes, G., Epworth—White Hart, Thorne !lambly, W., Tavistock—Royal hotel, Plymouth ll Harrison, J., Liverpool—Clarendon, Liverpool ll Lafone, S., Toxteth.park, Liverpool.—Clarendon Imi'dings, Liverpovl ‘ M v ' i l lli a a n m rr s :l, E J .: , B L 3T i , % g . e o r r p_oo c t 11 Williams, H., Bangor—Clarendon, Liverpool ........ ...... Wright, E., Oldham—Star, Manchester ........................ Ear C e la nd r o e i n i, " l l .:i ' verpool ........ INSOL VENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHAROED •COUNTRY.--At the Court-house, at Chester, Much 27, at Ten o'clock. • Kelsall, James, Bagialey, fanner - • Vorria, John, Bury, fustian-manufacturer W a rrington, John, Prestbury, butcher Staley Francis.. Warrington, shoe-make: Litt,Joseph, Nlancleater, book-keeper Joytason, Peter, Wheelock, agent SPIRIT OF THE pußLie 3OURNALS. Mr. Kennedy's Bill for Altering at,d mond ing the Scotch Law of Entails seems to be viewed with very general satisfaction in the northeiti Fart of the island. It is hardly possible to coni:Piye a mode of regulating the p ossess i on o f more pregnant with mischief than that whic!: exists in Scotland. In England, th e f gmoij , statute de donis had for object the renderin, landed property for ever after subject to continue in the families to which it might happen to Lm , disposed by, persons living in the 18th year o ,t . Edward the :first; but by a famous decision the reign of Edward the, Fourth, that statute became thenceforward almost a dead letter, for it sanctioned a proceeding by Which any tenant, on coming into possession, could destroy the entail by suffering what is termed a recovery. In Scot land, an Act of the Parliament. of that coutitrl passed in 1685, enables proprietors to lock on their l an d s f or ever ; an d un d er t h at Act, neariv the whole of the land will, at no distant per;od, be completely withdrawn from commerce. En tails, it app ears , are mu l t i p lying every day; ante. Englishmen, capt i vate d with this power of tyinc up their Nucceszors for ever from alienation, pur - chase land in Scotland with the view of entailin,: ; : it, so that the northern part of the Island is scourged by the family pride of the natives of both kingdoms. According to a Statement made up from the Records of Entails, the num , . hers recorded appear to have been as follow From 1685 to 1705 170 b to 1725 1725 to 1745 1745 to 1765 1765 to 1785 1765 to 1805 1895 to 1825 1592 It appears from calculations that have been made with care, that in 1814, about one-third of the land of Scotland was under entail, and that at this time the proportion under entail is about one-half. In some counties nearly the whole land is under entail. The making of en tails is not confined to proprietors of - large estates. It is states by a gentleman of high au. thority, that small properties have frequently been entailed of late ; some of them, it is said, from the patriotic motive of preventing the ex tinction of the class of small proprietors, from their properties being added to the large terri tories of their aristocratical neighbours:. When in England a landholder is embarrassed, he re covers himself by disposing of part of his estate. The unfortunate proprietor of an entailed estate in Scotland, if ever involved in difficulties, has no means of recovering himself. If it was the object of the Act of 1685 to keep up a heredi tary aristocracy, and to supply them with the means of living splendidly, that Act has been a complete failure.. The 'Legislature should have gone farther. It should have declared all aliena tions of life interests, all annuity bonds of heirs. of entail, to be illegal ; and it should haVe, more over, prevented life interests ,from being taken from them by a process of law termed 'adjudica tion ; in short, it should have declared the rents of entailed estates to be purely alienatory, neither assignable, nor liable to be seized by legal pro cess, the effect of which would have , been, no doubt, to diprive them of all credit,. except to a very trifling amount ; hut it would at the same • . time nave secured them from what is now stated to be the situation in which a great proportion of possessors of Entailed.Estates'are involv ed, namely, a state of privation not unfrequently approaching ' to absolute destitution.. It is •a strange way of conferring lustre • on Aristocracy, to devise a mode for the transmission of land by I which the greater.part of those who hold Estates are constantly exhibited as objects of pity. : " The nation," says the Scotsman, " is deeply icte rested that the land, which is that of the great l iolitics, community, shall be cultivated for national good; whiel. it cannot possibly he, if entirely excluded from the market, and held for heirs of entail, drowned in debt, and bwoala. reckless or tieeperate by early dissipation, and subsequent. irretrievable embarrassment. Such, generally speaking, rosy be said to be t.be fate and condition awaiting heirs et' entail. And although it be desirable, as a stimulus to el - 4 - terprise, that the architect of a fortune should have the power of disposing of it, the very principle here contended for requires that this power should be limited ; since, if all the land in a country were once entailed, where, ther., would be this sort of stimulus to exertion ? The prirce, would all be gone ; there would be nothing to acquir., nothing. to dispose of; and all that existed of property in that shape would be not only destined I , linclig to good, bad. and indifferent, - but destined in such a way, as almost in evitably, to make the good expectant a bad or indifferent possessor. The very expediency, therefore, on which en- Itails have been sought to be justified, calls loudly for their abolition as nuisaticea. both in the political and moral world—as holding out the strongest inducewenta to dis obedience and wilfulness in children, to extrayaganee and profligacy in the citizen ; and, by fettering, ci. tiltimately preventing commerce in land, retarding improvement, or rather insuring retrogradation in agriculture, and stri - kirig, in a political sense, at the very roots of national prosperity." The plan for getting rid of this evil was ori ginally suggested by Mr. Charles Selkrig, an eminent accountant in Edinburgh, in a pamphlet which created a great sensation in •Scotland ; and Mr. Cockburn, the partner of Mr.•Selkrig, ha; followed up the subject., by furnishing the - details of the manner in which the scheme can be worked. These two gentlemen have had a most extensive practice respecting Trust and Entailed Estates, and are but too well acquainted with the evils suffered from the existing state of the law. Tin:- plan for getting rid of Entails is one which is , extremely simple, and which has the merit of n.e. complishing a great public benefit, without the if so disp ose d, libe rate is empowered, if so disposed , to liberate from drawback of injury to exies.tin.,Te.ie i i nt i e l r e e x s t ts i . lei T r J o ie Heir, or as we should term it, the Tenant in tail: next, anner, or any succeedine property, Which b e t m h a e y E e i i i t t n a e il r s o e i l i l e- o t r hi m rd ort o g f ag th e T ra e te na a n t t h m in a l y ; , a i n n d lik da e e m Heir, may liberate the remaining third. Three. generations must come into possession before the whole of the Estate can be wholly disen tailed. Even on the supposition that every Heir • of Entail shall avail himself of the privilege thus conceded to him (for he mav,ot he may not i i lae A N(‘ ' l. l a) ii y, c , l i t hb fii f ' r e oirge o h r to s on , - a g t hl e li n r p e d r e a rs t si i ja)nni persons now h s y I la i o a v, l ev l a vail himself of his privile ge , a nd we may stip in existenc e ph ao been vsee d pc i aa s ss e es t es ita t( il may be said to he unaffected. Ac cording t o a ll t h e ru l es f or ca l cu l at i ng pro babilities, t h e persons now - i n ex i s t en ce hay., ing expectations to succeed will be extinct befor e th e ' exp i ra ti on o f the tenancy of th e third in order ; and the plan, therefore, emb races all .pe r s o ns in existence interested b er t es a t t ed it i i n s tnheeceosscacary sion. It will not be contended by the stoutest t s o tic a k t l t e e r nd fo to r v th es e te c cl iaims of persons not in being. , It has been shewn by e a lcutm, that the - third of the estate pen absolutzt to each of the heirs in suecesmon, is equal in value to the life interest of what he would other Wise have suc ceeded to. For instance, the person who first disentails a third, say A, evidentiy gains an ad vantage. The person who may succeed A, and whom re shall call 11, likewise gains an ad vantage ; 3134 C D who fIicIXICU to Bi i 5 not