The Sun. — London, England, 1828-02-16 00:00:00

THE APIRIT Or TqE PUBLIC JOURNALS, I A =appears to -us altogether impossible for the D alce..of Wellington arid. for. Lord- Hill to remain' in t e keir present oaces. The acceptance of the First lordship of the Treasury was, on the part of the Commander-in-Chief, an act alike destitute of taste and judgment, even had he never proclaimed, as he did so recently, his own sense of his unfitness for the trust. In the teeth, however, of such a declara tion as that of the 2d of May, 1827," what but - his utter want of all consistency and decency could ren -der it credible, that on the t)th of the following afenuary,—after an inters's?. of not quite nine months, —the same nobleman, the self-condemned and in . capacitated Duke ' , of Wellington, would take his seat as Pri•me Minister of the realm ? Of the public who - gazed at this phencimenop, 'without . bestowing on it the (hie . measure 'of - early repro bation, there were some who took 'for granted that his gave would disclose a number of reasons of such weight and cogency, establiehingsuch a change of circumstance, or such a rase of necessity, as might relieve him from the ban Which be had pronounced against 'himself; ter prove the nation to be so void of Statesmen, and consequently of materials for choke, that the Prime Minister least liable to okjection in . 389 4 Was he who in 1827 had been " wholly out of the question,".te4m a consciousness of his own unfitness. Oiliots there were, who, from attaching the: idea of the Duke of Wellington's ineligibility fol. ethigh del office to his military habits and position chiilles, were in sonic degree satisfied on hearing fremliis own mouth that he had resigned the post which connected him with the army; then c e infer ring, that he would maintain the civil government without drawing, on the military chest. We be looged to both these classes of spectators, and to a third class also. We expressed from the first a hope . that the Duke would say. something to recon cile his acts of the month of January ivith his professions of the preceding .May ; and we . spoke out broadly our demand of a real honafide re signation. Now the Duke has neither explained nor resigned. lie speaks of hie" reluctance" to be Prime Minister,. and proves that .rcleceatice by ac c-epting the office. He tells the Parl:ement that he has " resigned the army,"; aml he still directs it through the - subserviency of his Own L cuterent.-e- But the Duke -has, likewise di3appo sted and re volted that "third hotly of political observers, at which we have slightly hinted just above; for it is certain that if one, consideration incite than any, or :all othees put. together, induced reflecting men to vilope, to wait, and to forbeer, when they learned filet we had got a - soldier at the head of a free Covet/merit, it was the knowledge that two or three distiuguished by a reputation for liberal politics, had conseuted to become- his col leagues, and a general confidence that such men would not have joined the new Cabinet but with a reasetialAc seemmuty for its adherence to the apnie of that system, and of tie mea-ures, ro eehich they' had pledged their own characters,l and which they founded their chime to 7 ;airelarity, that led the enlightened part of the yeeople of England to postpone at least an expres aam of their alarm or distrust at the return to power Nef those courtiers who had long 'abused it. But these inducements to a fiteelurable - apticipation of the course and result:; of the recent change are impaired, at least, since Monday evening, if they be not ex tsheguished eleegether. Mr. iluekiseon, ii, confirma tion of the 'almost uniyereal hope, had ammunced to eanetitnents at .Liveipool,—an intelligent and powerful body in this kingdom,—that he would not have joined the :existing Onvernment without ob taining " guarantees" • for the prosecution of that policy to which his deceased friend ton! himself were alike committed. Perhaps the word " emu-el:tee" was not well chosen,--perhaps it might be felt (and •:iiiieed it was felt) as. a sale of degradation to the Feemier,—perhups " assurances" might hate. done as well, sin! would not have been quarrelled with at head-quarters,----perhaps, too, " ail underhand ag" (the phrase employed by Lou) Dudley) might have equally satisfied the people uti Li verpool, and might hot have been offeeeive to the Duke : but look at the consequence,' and at the preeent condition of affairs. If. the Duke of Wellingtbil had ,neighed disct'eetly the feelinge and principles which now *mate this empire, he would have seised—he would have snatched—the precious opportunity afforded hien by Lh.td Cernarven s motion, to confirm, in their fullest extent, the assertions made by Mr.'Huskissob ; and thus to vindicate the title of his new-born Govern ment to the national favour and good-will. The Duke of Wellington took, unhappily, an opposite course : he did not cherish or encourage any one of the hopes held out by his able colleague at Liver pool. He flatly contradicted the welcome declara tions of Mr. Huskieeon, and denied that be himself was botind to his country by a single pledge.. Well, then, if we take the Duke at his word Let us sink, for a moment, the question as, h e t e e eet ( his GraA:e and Mr. Huskissole—one of personal cha racter, and therefore of importance, DO' +inlet, - hut still of secondary importance to another,—amh let Us task, how stand his Chace and _the new' Govern inent with the nation, as compared with the ground which was occupied by them before the Doke Made Its unfortunate speech on Monday' Why, We 'erre compelled to say that Mr. Huskisson's declarations had conferred upon the Government the strongest chains 'it possessed to public confidence, and that the Duke of Wellington has divested himself and his ministry of that title. It is a Tory Cabinet, not re deemed, eas had been looked for, by one liberal en gagement; and aggravated, by something very like a breach of promise, . into an Admioietration of the sword.—Tinzes. The proceedings of the House of • Commons lust night presented the most signal disappointment of public expectation within recollection, or even upon record. The Finance Committee was moved for and appointed, and not one word of explanation pro- ; ceeded iron) the months of either of the Right Hon.: Gentlecicn, whose disputes upon this subject drove Lord Goderich in despair down to the King,' at Windsor, and broke up the last Ministry, of which his Lordship was chief. The same ova gentlemen mire not only in the new Ministry, but arc upon this very vommittee, the formation of which was such a bone of contention between them. We suppose they have both had a drilling. Mr. Huskisson was placed on the committee unwillingly, where, never ill be glad t o s ee hi m, if h e h as theless, the public tune to act ; and it is not improbable, we pre sume, that Lord Althoff) may be Chairman. The ff,llowing is 'an abstract of • what took place in the House :—Not a Wbrd being said when Mr. Hdr ries's name was . proposed, and all the 17 being voted *Without a remar k, Mr. Bering got up and complained of the omission of Mt% Hushisson'sna me , on account of the Right Hon. Gentleman's know ledge and experience. Mr. Peel said that he had refused on account of his want of health and want of time; and that Mr. Brougham had done so for the latter reason. Whereupon Mr. Brougham joined Mr. Mr. Baring in urging the propriety- of Mr. Huskisson }, e i n g .on the Committee, and'6aid that he thought .t useful, " whatever might have been that ,Itight H on . Gentleinurt's late conduct, and Whatever might be t h e e xplanation he was goinm to give of it." But not On e d of explanatio n “in fowC6. To have put Mr. !ferries on the Committee, and left Mr. Huskisson out, tvould have been very bad indeed : not " too bad," b u t very bad.—lbid. . . Many bf our readers will he this day disappointed, wh e n they find that our Parliamentary Report con tains none of the explanations which, according to fame, were to have been made last night in tho House of Commons. We ourselves expected none, from the moment we heard that Mr.' Huskisson hail taken possession of his new house in Downing -street. It became then clear that I'ies6rs. Huslosson and Herrics had satisfied each other : and it is only when men ate dissatisfied with each other that they ex plain, that is to say, app.:al to the tribunal of the public. These two Gentlemen could not well make any statement without being in t,oinething like a , hostile attitude to each other; and, therefore, they have either followed the Christian example of Lord Dudley, of abjuring the sacred duty of immortalizing hatred, or have taken the hint from the leeture.read by the Duke of Wellington to the Colonial Secre tary on Monday, that explanations were not to his mind, and .:Prudently abstained from' all indulgence of resentment for the present. — Men of cultivated or uncultivated intellects are more alike in essentials than is commonly sup posed. It is not so much strength of intellect as strength of will that carries the day in human affairs; and henee a man, who puts no restraint on himself, but is determined to have his way, will often awe much cleverer men into submission to him. The late Cabinet under Lord Goderich were like children under a too - indulgent parent, of whom they stand in no awe, and revelled in the luxury of Hobbes's state of Nature,. quarrelling luStily with each other. The Duke of Wellington, on the other hand, is like the stern pedagogue, in he awe of whose presence all ebullition is suppresSed. The blunt and spoken man has a great'advantage in the world over men of delicate habits and mild manners. He can always tell his Mind; and timid or undecided people, knowing that he will tell his mind, often shrink from all such manifestations as will place them in collision with him. Hence the advantage of having Lord Lau ihrdale to carry any measure through Parliament. He - , tands on no ceremony, attacks one, solicits another, awes a third, takes no , refusal ; rt nd the consequence is, that though there are several abler men in the House of Peers than his Lordship, there is not one who is .r) successful in the adaptation of means to ends, or ..irrying his point. The Duke of Wellinston is un derstood to be a blunt man, and much is tolerated from him that would not be tolerated from another. "tjany people thought that the unceremonious way -in which he set upon - Mr. HirskissOn; on - Monday night, would lead to a fracas; just as many people iiipposed that the beatincr. which. the Turks re ,Tived at Navarin would . lead to the massacre of every Frank throughout the East; but the Duke linew his man, it seems, just as it has tinned out !.hat the Allies knew the people they had to deal ith. Let this .example be a warning to all Who spire to rule Cabinets, to avoid the sin of over ;ildulffence and execs-Ave good nattne.--Atorning Mr. Peel brought forward last night his motion ';mr a Finance Committee, and, afterwards proposed Committee composed of names, so unexception :ble in all respects, that opposition was necessarily ,ileeeed. Mr. Tieruey is at the.head of the List, eid few men of experience in business of any name in the House are excluded. The - Financial state of the , euntry for the last two year. has been sufficiently 4 10oiny, • and we are hardly warranted in looking to my great improvement of the Revenue for the fu ture. In fact, when -we lay aside the use of hocus peas tricks, of which the object is to conceal the situation of affairs flout the multitude, and tate, the Income and Expenditure of the coun i-cy as a private individual would state his in eonie and expenditure, we find that at this present •imment there is a considerable deficit. There are but two ways of removing deficits—either raising the Revenue to the level of the Expenditure, or lowers ing the Expenditure to . the level of the Revenue. l'o raise the Revenue, -in the present state of the country, is impossible. We have, then, only to !ewer the Expenditure. In the establishment of a .nan of fortune, it is the rule that every servant acts is if he thought he could not be too extravagant if sae kept within his master's income, forgetting that there are other departments to be provided • for be , , ides has o vn. This, according to Mr. Peel, is pre ,isely what takes place in time case of the nation:--- `` I think, Sir (he said), that I may very fairly as sume, tiotwithstanditig what may be supposed by some of the Honourable Gentlemen opposite, that the increase of the public expenditure has been oc easioned by very laudable motives.. I hear that the Directors of the various public departments, natu rally proud of the efficiency, of-their respective establishtneuts, are anxious to maintain that efficiency, without, perhaps, a sufficient re ference to the general expenditure." Thus he cook thinks only of the honours .of the kitchen, and thinks his Grace's reputation would be lost for ever, if the best pat t of the income did not pass through his hands. Hounds, horses, wines, hot-houses, every-one charged with these respective departments ,deulates them according to the whole income. Mr. Peer - sav4 he most sincerely believes " that the Noble Duke who is now arthehead of the Treasury has both the disposition and the power tocontroul ill th e su b or di nate d e p ot (merits to an extent greater than was ever possessed by any man in this country. • . . That the Noble Individual in question will exercise the power advantageously to the public no one can doubt who has observed his conduct in the various civil offices, the Ordnance, &e..which he has hitherto filled; and in all of which he has evinced a disposition to introduce every possible re trenchment compatible with the interests •of the countre.". We shall see how far the Duke realises these anticipations. it must be said in praise of military men, that when they set about any thing, they. often go through with .it, threeving down all obstacles in their way with very little ceremony. Thus. we have alwaysbeen assured, That Lord St. Vincent, during the short - time he was at the head.of the Admiralty, did more • good in the way of clearing the Au; can stable, than a Civilian would have done in a life-time. -1h went straight forward to his end, turning aside neither to the right nor to the left. He threw the whole host of pht derers into consternation, allowing of no subterfuges or evasions. If the Duke take Lord St. Vincent for - his model, and avail himself of that power which Mr. Peel says he has, in cutting down without cere -1 inony our establishments, so as to bring the expen diture within due limits, the public will be disposed to forgive his 'short speeches, and may even be re conciled to his monopoly of both the purse and the tword. Mr. Peel firet proceeds to take the Revenue of the country for five years, and the Expenditure for five years, and during that period certainly there has been a considerable surplus of Revenue. He afterwards takes the two years of 1826 . and 1827, excluding- in'thc Revenue the Dead Weight, &c.; and exchdinf , in the Expenditure payments for Sink ing Fund,'lfead'Weight, &c. ; and he makes the Balance of Revenue oveilixpenditure in 1826...X118,000 in 1827... 94,000 Ditto The Financial state of the ,country is exhibited very clearly in a small pamphlet just published by Mr. Ridgway, under the title of " A Plain State ment of some Particulars of the Financial Situation of the United Kingdom," &c. In the following, passage he elucidates successfully the state of mat ters, if we throw the Bank entirely out of considera tion :—" Besides (he says) another, and most im portant point, to which I have not ye; adverted, re mains to be considered ; I allude to the termination, in the present year, of the payments which have been made for the last six years by the Bank of England to the Government, on account of that part of the Pension Annuity which the Bank purchased. These payments have amounted to the following sums in ea c h y ear s i nce .182:3, and have virtually been a Loan to the Crown to that amount, in pur chase of an Annuity of 1823 to 1867 : . 585 , 0 00 1 . per annum, front 1823 £2,178,589 1824 1825 1826 1827 .,,, 2,030,740 1828 The last of these paym en t s will 1) 7 e 5 '1- 3 )1 7 1 in July nelt, when the result of that part of the Dead Weight Schetne'..Avill be that the Government has received from the Bank, during the last six years, as above stated, the sum of 13,089,419/., for whi c h they have paid and are to pay an annuity of the amount befere stated for forty-four years, from Api il, 1823. Thus it is evident that unless the Govern ment - sell a further portion if the annuity 01 2 ,800,000/. originally proposed to be sold (of which the 585,000/. Is a part), but which, as the scheme has met with the general condemnation it deserves, is not likely to be detertnined.upon, a ftJther dimi tuition of income to the amount which has been paid by the Bank of England, in each of the last six ) ears, must take place next year. The cessation of these payments will, supposing the actUal'llevenue ilot to increase, turn the balance of7the account, and there will be an actual deficit of incorne - to.meet the eXpenditure, exclusive of the sum established as the Sinking Fund. For example, _if we abate the pay inent made by the Bank in . 1 . 827, from . the total in ..ome of the country, instead of having a surpluA of 1,132,0001., we find that the income was less than the expenditure, exclusive of sinking Fund, by the large amount of 898,000/. viz. : rapeuditure of 1827, exclusive of Sinking • Finnt £53,800,000 Total Income ,11 A:54,932,0W U Bank of b:?,902,000 bate payment by Jam. of England :2,030,000 Deficit £898,000" It is quite clear that the Finance Committee will not commence their labours one whit too soon, and that the earlier the pruning knife is resorted to the better. —lbid. Last night Mr. Peel brought forward his motion respecting the appointment of a Finance Committee. The Riabt Hon. Seeretary prefaced it with a brief hi s tory of the former . Finance .Committees, which, by a coincidence as singular as it was fortuitous, have been regularly appointed. every ten. years for the last forty years. He. then investigated the state ef the income and expenditure for the last five years, and many of his statements on. this part of. his sub jeet, are highly. satisfactory.. The . positivc excess . of income over expenditure for the, last five yearS, not , 7ithsta»ding the pressure of two. of them, perhaps sve might say of three, hes amounted to twelve mil lions. This is areal bond:fide - Sinlcing ,Fund. The actual sum which has been placed the hands of .the Commissiones for the Ireduction'Of the National Debt, 'during that period, antounts to nearly thirty millions, the additional eighteen millions bovine. been made up by the arrangement respecting the ri Dead Weight, by the reduction of Exchequer ba linces, and by monies raised for the purpose;, but the real diminution which has been effected is the point to which we refer, with most pleasure. It proves, indeed, that We have no such Sinking Fund as was contemplated in .1815; but it also proves, contrary to what has been repeatedly asserted, that there is a real Sinking Fund, and that it is not all a delusion. The reduction of the interest of the Na.!ional Debt since 189.2, is equally satisfactory.; and the more so, as in this case, as well as in the other, the official statement ef.the Right Honourable Secre tary stands opposed. to those which the cavillers against Government have so repeatedly made. - The reduction, as compared with 1822, amounts in round numbers to a million and a quarter, and that it, is not .casual is obvious; for, on being com pared with 1815, the reduction is two millions and. three quarters.- The . next gratifying point of the. Right Honourable Secretary's statement is that which refers to the Estimates of the current yeer. These are not, of course, to be received, as true to a few thousands ; but that is. perhaps the utmost of excess or diminution between these gene calculations and the More minute and detailed •tatements which will be laid before the House. The total amount of 'the Estimates for the year 1828, exceeds what was deemed by the Finance Committee a fair prospective estimate, by only the trifling sum of two hundred thousand pounds, while they are lower than those of the last year by no less than twelve hundred thousand ! The members of the Committee have been selected with but one view—the fitness of the individuals for the arduous duties imposed on them. The number moved by Mr.-Peel was twenty-two, to which, on the sugges tion of Mr. Baring,.. was added, the name of Mr. tiuskisson. In arranging them we shall have recourse to a somewhat different method than that fol lowed by the Rights Honourable Secretary. Among the twenty-three there are fourteen Whigs. and Liberaln,.partly belonging to -the right side and partly to the left side of the House. These are, Lord Althorp, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Hume, Lord Howiek, Mr. Maberly, Sir M. W. Ridley, Mr. Stan ley, Sir J. Newport, Sir H. Parnell, Mr. V. Fitz gerald, Mr. Baring, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Huskisson, Mr. W. Horton; while of the Tories there are only nine, lamely, Mr. Goulburie, Mr. Ashurst, Lord Lowther, .‘fr. H. Drummond, Mr. 13ankes, Sir E. Knatelt bull, Mr. Herries, Mr. Littleton. We indeed should doubt, were it not perhaps desirable that no politi aal feeling; should mingle with their deliberations, whether the composition of the Committee were not too fair ? One thing is obvious—Ministers will not, and do not, seek in any way to tratinnel its opera :ions ;. arid, indeed, by their selection of the above . individuals, they have put away the power, should they at any tune be .seized with the wish, to du so. Again, looking to the Committee in another point of view—there is the agricultural interest of Kngland represented by Sir E. Knatehlatill and Lord Althorp ; that of Scotland, by Mr. Home Drum mond ; that of Ireland, by Sir H. Parnell. • The Stockholders have Mr. Baring to look after their in teresta ; the East India Company, Mr. Ward ; the weavers, Mr. Stanley ; and - the Committee itself will be, checked by •Mr. Hunie.- We can easily, indeed, believe, that to that gentleman last night .was the inost delightful of his Parliamentary existence. He will be as happy wading through-the accounts which .others behold with dismay, as Dominic Sampson was in the library of Ellangowan. Ilte powers of the Committee, as was stated by Mr. Peel on a former night, will be in every respect as ample as those of any former One. It will not be precluded, as it seemed to be the opinion of Mr. Huskisson it should be, from - considering, %vith a view to. their financial regulation, any of the numerous establish ments of the country. And, although Mr. Peel well remarked, that in - many eases whore circumstances called for secrecy some material &Merit of a just judgment would be wanting, we are as sured that in such cases only, and they are not nu . - melons in a time or. peace, will the Committee feel any deficiency of data ; and even there every thing that Government can counnuoicate with safety to the State will.be communicated freely. There are one or two particulars which Mr. Peel indicates as more especially calling for the Committee's notice; among these are the Consular Department, which has been rapidly growing in magnitude and expence of late years. We shall say a very few words on this. Consuls are now. paid by salaries alone; this is one of the novelties of modern reformers. It no doubt, improper to leave the amount of his fees to the caprice.of any public officer; -but because fees, in many Instances, demanded regulation, it was ne reason whatever for abandoning the system alto gether. The heavy expense which is entailed on Government by the change from fees to sa laries, may at once be got rid of, with in finite advantage to the public convenience, by simply having recourse to the old plan of letting the Consuls be paid for their services by those who require them. Let the fees be fixed, and let the slightest attempt at exaction, further than the law authorises, be punished with instant aed pe remptory dismissal; and we shall not only greatly diminish our expenses, but greatly increase the va lue of our officets. Nor would we stop short with Consuls, but revive the system of fees in every de partment., and diminish the salaries in proportion. The departure from it has been productive of much carelessness and sauciness on the part of the sa laried officiary, and with a degree of inconvenience infinitely outweighing the petty saving to those who required his assistance. On the military defences of the Colonies, it is not easy to speak very decidedly, for it is a difficult and complicated subject. A Co lony is to be i iei"ed in its relative,.as well as in its direct value. It is net so much what this or that island may advantage England, as what, if in the hands of a rival or a foe, it might disadvantage her. There - is one intolerable expence, which we conceive might, by a series of well-planned mea sures, be got rid of---ave mean the expellee of transporting troops to the Colonies, which calls for a large establishment at home, beyond what the wants of the Mother Country require, and the loss of men by which the present system is accom panied. We would endeavour gradually to recruit ' ~11 our Colonial Regiments in the Colonies which they ate to defend. The Officers, and, perhaps, even the - Subalterns, should be Europeans; but, with the precedent of the sepoys in India, it is evi-• dent that there is no necessity for white skins among :he 111( . 11. We'have no dotibt that among the free blacks .and half castes in the West Indies, a military fOrce might be found, as faithful and brave as in the .East. There was another point, which though not directly connected with their labours, rises naturally nut -of them, and, indeed, is essential to carrying them forward, .which Mr. Peel very earnestly press ed on the attention'of the Committee; namely, a sim plification of the mode of keeping the national ac counts. We confess, much as this seems to have puzzled successive Finance • Ministers, we never :•ould see the slightest difficulty, if there existed the slightest wish, to post the accounts of the na tion every Saturday night, as easily as the accounts :f `every merchant in town. We are persuaded that if left to the unassisted labours of. halt' a dozen of plain desk men, the'desire of Mr. Peel might be ,lecomplished in six months, and a plain form &fawn for all future Chancellors of the Exchequer, which would defy the blundering-of the thickest headed Ireinber that ever sat in - the House again to puzile. We have given, in addition to the plum and sensible ,peech of the Right Honourable Secretary, the Financial Statement, from which be so frequently quoted in the course of his speech, and which could not •have been given in so *detailed a form there,. without very materially injuring its continuity.— New Times. We wish Mr. Hume won't" move for a proper return of the - Sinking Fund ACcount Current for the last year. We mean an account that should sho*, on the debtor side, what had been received by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Debt,.from dividends, and on the creditor side the appropriation of the sums so received. The account • which has been lately exhibited is not a Sinking Fund Account, but a Treasury Account.—Morning Herald. Mr. Secretary Peel, on bringing forward the sub ject of the -Finance Committee in the House of Commons last night, entered into au elaborate and luminous view of the present Financial State of the. Country : disdaining to disguise. in the remotest de gree any fact whatever, bearing upon the publicser viceand expenditure ; and justly 'observing that no good was -to be derived from a suppression of . the truth or an attempt to mystify the real state of af fairs. In stating the incumbrances,- he alluded in the first instance to the provision for which the country was bound by. every principle 'of honour and honesty ; observing 'that under all circumstances, and whatever might be our difficulties, faith with the public creditor must be kept. He then proceeded to detail with the utmost accuracy, the whale of the incumbrances, the revenue, and the expenditure, of the last five years ; and without entering into a par ticular prospective view of what the revenue might be for the next year, he stated the gratifying fatt that the estimate of the expenditure would be less than. that of last year by •1,168,0001. With respect •to the army, it was deter mined to propose some reduction in the present amount of their forces. This reduction would take place in the number of men, and the number to be reduced Was 5,000. By a reduction on the prin ciple intended to lie acted upon there would -be a saving of expense in the way of . pension's. He lately had a conversation with his Noble Friend at the head of the Foreign Department, and he was happy to be - able to state, that it was the intention of his Noble Friend, if possible, to effect a reduc tion in the expenditure arising from their foreign missions. ConFiderable reductions in the expendi ture of the Colonial Establishments were also in tended ; but he would_ studiously avoid touching, upon any of those complicated questions of poli tical economy which could lead to no satisfactory result, and confine himself merely to practical yietti s.Fire Right Honourable Secretary then proceeded to explain ,the powers ' under which the Committee were to act (which "will be found to be exactly the same as what we stated a day or two ago), pledging himself that Government should be ready to communicate every information respecting the various establish ments, which might be• deemed necessary to enable the Committee, to form a correct judgment; and as suring the House, on the part of the present Admi nistration, that they were most decidedly inclined to act•uport a principle of economy in every branch of the public expenditure, solar as they thought it could be acted upon consistently with the great principle of still supporting the honour and interests of the country. The disposition to economy on she part of the Noble Duke at the head of the Govern ment was manifest, and the hopes entertained of him would not he disappointed. After some ob servations froin Mr. - Hume and others, the Com mittee was appointed.—lt will be seen by the list, that it is; conStititted . in the best manner poSsible for the intended purpose, and that no party views or considerations have been yielded to on the . occa sion.—Morning Post. POLICh INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—Edward Rill, a lad in the employ of Messrs Brown and Co., wholesale druggists, iu Falcori square, was charged with stealing 1011). of quicksilver, and 1 lb. of gamboge, tromtheir premises; and PhilipWormes, a general dealer, in Middle-street, Cloth-fair, was charged on suspicion of knowingly receiving stolen goods. Mr. Alderman Caowoea said, that to give the prose cutors an opportnnity of perfecting the charge against one or Loth the prisoners, he would remand them until Wed nesday. BOIV-STREET.—A novel and most distressing scene was exhibited at this office yesterday. John Franklin, a very fine lad, apparently about 17 years of age, was brought in custody of Ellis, one of the principal officers, charged by his master, Mr. Wm. Baylis, a printer in Johnson's-court, Fleet-street, with stealing several books of prints, a variety of fashionable novels, and a number of popular publications, all in sheets. Sirll. Blitran was on the bench, and Mr. Baylis had just commenced stating his charge, when the prisoner fell backwards in the dock. It was supposed at first that the lad was seized with an hysterical fit ; but he soon exhibited every appearance of madness. He seized Ford, the gaoler, Who ran to his assistance, by the throat, and such was the strength with which be appeared to be endued, that but for the timely interference of the officers who were present, it is probable that Ford, who is a stout man, would have been overpowered. So strong'anil violent were the exer tions of the prisoner, that the united efforts of four officers were barely adequate to keep him down, and prevent him from dashing his head z;gainst the iron of the dock. He stamped, stvore, and struggled to free himself from the grasp of the officers, while his countenance betrayed the most frightful contortions. To prevent mischief either to himself or others, a pair of handcuffs were at length pro. cured, and his legs were tied together, but these precautions were found inadequate, and a strait waistcoat was obliged to be sent for. Sir RICHARD 131nNIE.said, it WR9 quite out of the ques tion to proceed in the charge against the prisoner under the present eireurnstane.es. Mr. Baylis had no desire whatever to prosecute the pri soner, who he believed to be the dupe of others. All he desired was to bring the persona to justice who made bins their tool. Some of the books now produced, were v alued at 2/. and 31., and they were sold for as many shillings. The'father and mother of the unfortunate young 11 1511 came to the office in great distress of mind, having heard of the situation of their son. Sir R. . 13 1nNir. told them that they might take him home with them, on condition of their promising to pro duce him at a future day. MARYLEBONE-OFFlCE.—Colonel Ststhmlundwas charged upon information, by one of the beadles of the parish, with .having, on the 11th instant, neglected to cause the snow to be removed from the footway along the front, side, and back wall of his house, No. 1, Mcntague_ square, before ten o'clock in the morning, according to the statute (.57 Geo. 111. cap. 29.) The case was prove?, and the Colonel imputed it to the negligence of a servant. . . _ Mr. HOSKINS said, it was his duty to fine the Colonel 10s., and he hoped he would make that servant pay it. A similar c om pl a i n t was made against Wm. Montague, Esq. of Mont ague -h ouse , Upper Berkeley -street. Mr. Montague sent his butler to answer it, who, in his master's defence, said it was an extensive place—;- . " And therefore a greater nuisance to the public," re, plied Mr. HOACINS; " youi wasta must pay the same fine." TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARK.--,A fellow named Harry Chapman, a retailer of fruit and theatrical billy at the Coburg Theatre, was brought'bcfore: Mr. Alderman J. J. Saisin fur the third time, to answer for the most rruel acts of barbarity towards his wife. Chapman was held to bail. UNION-HALL.-.—Yesterday five young men, named Salmon, Carfe, licaTisun, Davis, and Whitaker, stu dents of St. Thomas's Hospital, were charged with beinf , drunk and di.iorderly, and with having excited a disturb ance in the street on.'the preceding night. The defenthats, on being plaCed at. the bir, cut a most deplorable figure, after their debauch and night's lodging in the watchhouse. All of theta exerted their ingenuity to exculpate them elves float the charge, but failed, and each of them had to pay a surn which it is supposed will prevent them from committing any night brawls for some time to come. WORSHIP-STREET:—Yesterday Sumwl MerkLes vita charged with embezzling about 100 yards of silk grim de Naples, the property of Messrs. Stone and Brooks. The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction ; and t o publicly whipped for the space of 100 yards, in the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, where the offence was committed.. AT TEMPTED MURDER. lIATTON-GARDEN, FLB. 13. This being the day appointed for the examination of William Howard, who stands charged under Lord Ellenborough's Act, with cutting and maiming'W. Mullay, at one o'clock the prisoner was put to the bar before Mr. Sergeant SELLON • and Mr. ROGERS. lie is a short thick set man, apparently about forty, with, however, a very unfavourable aspect. His left eye was much discoloured. His manners and address are those of a man who had moved in good society. He requested a Chair,,saying,•that he was ill and weak, not having tasted 'food since his ap prehension. Mr. Mullay appears to be about forty. He is a powerful man. He wore a plaster over his right temple, and on the back of his head. He gave the following evidence : I reside at No. 2, John-street, Chelsea: I ant .an Irishman. I have been only three •months is Eng land, and live upon my means. About ten days ago I put . an advertisement into the paper offering four or five hundred pounds-to any one who would procure for me a situation. On Friday last I re ceived a letter froin the prisoner . Howard. request ing that I should call upon him at No. 36, Red Lion square. I accordingly did call, and was' shown into the prisoner's apartments, at the ,top of the house. He stated to me that he was commissioned by a gentle man of great influence but dilapidated fortune to ne gotiate with me about a situation to which this gen tleman had the power of appointment. I was to lodge about 3001. in the hands of a banker, 'After .some further conversation, I agreed to call on the following day, Saturday. I called accordingly, and the prisoner asked me if I was prepared to lodge the money said I was, and after discussing other preliminaries, 1 consented to lodge 150/. I .then agreed .to call - On Monday, on which occasion I said I have changed my mind, and wouldonly lodge 300/. The prisoner made some observations about what his employer would think of my going from my word. We,however, ultimately agreed that the sum should be 450/. and I produced the money. On this oc casion he'mentioned the name of the person who em ployed him ; he said his name was James Owen. On this visit, I observed a curious long knife lying on a shelf in the room. On Tuesday I went to the prisoner's lodgings . again.. I went up Into the same room. No one showed me up. Howard was alone. He told me had seen his employer, ltlr. Owen, and that he could not come to us until two- o'clock, 'as he had to go to 'Change. He begged that I would stay, and I did so. When two o clock came Mr. Owen did not appear. I waited some time longer, and then told the prisoner I wanted to be at home before five o'clock. He had put the poker into the tire, it fell out, and he put it in again. I took it out, and he put it in again, when it fell upon the hearth rug. About half-past two the prisoner . ap. geared to be very uneasy, and kept walking tip and down, apparently agitated. On entering the room I perceived a small new bat; but I do not know whether I had ever seen, that bat before. About half -past three, I said I could not stay any longer. lie requested that I should make an appointment with Mr. Owen. I wrote a note ; but the prisoner did not approve of it. lie then wrote one himself, which filled up three sides and I sat down to copy it. While I was so engaged he came behind me and hit me violently on the head with the bat. I gave him no provocation. I merely said I was in a hurry to go. On being struck, I attempted to get up, but before I could de so, I received another blow over the temple. I cried out murder, closed upon and threw hiM, and we both fell down. I then saw that lie had a long knife in one hand, and the .bat iii the other. I seized the knife by the .blade, and afterwards not hold of the poker, with Which I gave him tw o or three good blows..: He. got up,,,and I Still held. the knife by the blade. A struggle en sued,..and I wrested the bat from him, and struck him with it. The- blade of the knife was broken. I 'continued calling out murder, and he told me that it was,. of no use. I broke the window, and still'eried out. I closed and threw him again, when I beard ' footsteps approach. I thought they were the foot steps of his friend. lie then said, if I would allow him to get up, he would tell me all.. I did so, but still held him. He asked me to say that it 11 as a quarrel, and I said I would, because I thought he had his party outside. He then unlocked the door, which he had previously locked, but I did not see him. Sergant SELLON—Was any thing said about money on that day ? Mr. Mullay.—No, nothing ; I agreed on the Saturday to • bring the money with me. • I was, altogether, three hours iu the room with him. I am positive- I said 'nothing to provoke him. He mentioned to me on a former ovcasion, that he had purchased the bat to keep the cat from his room. _ _ _ This answer was to a question of the clerk's and the prisoner stood up, and in a firm manner objected to such questions being pqt. Here the prosecutor's evidence closed. The prisoner was supplied, at his desire, with pen, ink, and paper, and took notes of the evidence as it proceeded. The knife' and bat were now produced and iden tified. John Cheese was the next witness.—Lives in the house, No. 36; Red Lion-square. I heard a confu sed noise ; my wife told me she heard a' cry of mar, der. I ran up stairs; but thinking it imprudent to go alone, I returned and piocured a poker, and in duced a painter to accompany me . I wen t up stairs, knocked at the door; dead sile nce ens ued. I heard only hav i n g the ted Ilor a whispering inside, and I thi n k t h e w ords " it is all - o ver ; recollect yo ur promi se ." I then insisted on h t av 1 saw them b ot h bl oo d y. The prisoner s a id i an opened. altercation. kfter was - dissatisfiedirring admission, at this answer, and interrogated the other per son, 'vim . gave somewhat of a similar answer. I then brought the prosecutor down stairs, and took him to the wash-house ; I assisted in cleaning him, and on furtherinterrogateries, I was given to under stand that an attempt had been made to murder him. I then felt it my duty to secur e the prisoner until I sent for the police. Mrs. Jewins was nest examined, and only stated that the prisoner conducted himself ve, y properly :n her house. Cook, the officer, deposed • to • having taken the prisoner into c ustody; that he found him in an ob scure part of the house, and on examining him re lative to the transaction,' he said it was only a per sonal quarrel. Another constable corroborated the testimony of Cook. _ . _ The prisoner positively aiserted that they had quarrelleu r Mr. Mullay having called his friend, Mr. Owen, a humbug, for not keeping his appointment. The prisoner was remanded for further ex amination. LONDON MARKETS. WHITY.CIIAPLL HAY MARKE !I ed, to leo:. td. I t lover 903, Oct. to 129.. ed. (td. to Od -PRICES• OF 110 PS (per Ort.)-1 - eb Knit 41. 4s. U. 18,. Li> SuFsex Ditto If. Si. to Essex Ditto Farnham Ditto, 1 0 1 1. 10'; 41. to 81. u.. to tis. s'. V/ Ds. $l. Qs. M. Rs. 4/. ti.. 4/. ------- Bceoilds el. Kent. IL :Li. 16,. It. 7/. ()A to 1/. 15s. to It. a to 1/. 10i. to tssex Ih x Diti PRICE OF OIL. Rapc..oil, brown •Refine' Linseed Liusced Oil Cake ,1111, tflll _ 12 1-2 PRICE OF POTATOES—reIL ii,. O. to 41. Us. per ton 0,". to 3/, Ws. ditto. Scotch Hells Marti 3/. las. to 1/. 04. ditto. oxnobles and Shims 21. M. to 3/. Os. ditto. PRICES 01 I.EATI4I?R. I'cr lb. d. to d. l'er lb. d. brief. t3itt4--.'io to :tilt).— 19 21 'flowed Dorstiliitic.;.... lli 1 - .4 Ditt0.....-alio to Milli— 22 .23 Strotb.h Ditto —.—. 20 2fi i)reiolog Ilidt..:---... 14' 16 l'erdozen. Fine Coach Mitle6 —....... 16 18 Cii;l bkin5....35 to 401 b. is 2:3 Crop , Dias, 35 to tulb, 11 n J)it to ~,..,..30 to 7Ulb. ei vs ; i1itt0—„.........13 to 501 b. 15 174 I)it to .....-- 70 to 801 b. 191 : TS Ditto —..:-..--.......--- 171 191 Small Seals, 41 reenland 19 21 RAW Per StOne. s.d. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. f;cst Mcif;rstt Steers 3 0 3 6 I Ordinary 2 0 2 4 Nliddlings*--- 2-6 2 0 Mat ket Calf-- 7 el each S} ELL SKINS. Downs-- 'ls. :M. to 2s. 9el. I Sh O. Od. to Os. Si rolled :Is. (A. to 4s. PRICE OF 'TALLOW, si l'own Tallow ---ISs. Od. Od: Od. Snap Od. 'felted Stuff 255. Od. Ditto Rough 21s Od. Al', &e. per 1121b.--Feb. 15. Yellow 7 /2s. E. Mottled 79, 01. Orl. Gt . :Nes 20s. Od. Gucci ss. Oti. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone OP 81K—Feb. 15. Price by Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Metiers) 2s. Rd. PRICE OF 111f1 nrice of Store Candles, in I Candles, per doz. 7s. (ht. to ikl, CA NPLES. COAL - MARE 3 , eautnotit „----- 33 6 Hea.ton 36 31. 6 Killingworth :9 31 3 raittield • 0 Wylitikt :ft 6 !'claw 'l7,:dtr —„ 33 0 Laud:ton small . ?2 0 litps at tp.arket,79—,--Ships :he retail shops, is as follows : I Moa perlitizeit #N. .ET.—Fcb. 13 Wallsk:mt new it]; of.; Co. Xis. Vet I)itto Brown's ;5 9 Ditto Carr and 3t 6 Ditto ltotbpor---...—. it 6 Ditto Peareth s 1 Ditto Vicki( 17 9 Ditto ltuesell's -- 37 6 Ditto Stewart's --.SS 0 Russell's lietten sW.E. :-.. Russell's Ly0n'5....._._.., ;;;; 6 Hartley :T3 0 sold, 1014,—Uusold, . COUNTIIY CORN.NARKI.;I'S DUItING THE IVI:AIK Wheat. Barlcy. E Oats. I Beans. . Per Quarter. Flasintotoke 131411 Flridgewatcr .-- ttristol----. Clic,tertieltl Dcriiy --„-- .13erizes Doll6Ster.-- Porelte6ter--. Exetcr---- tiloitet,ter, HufitTerford -- Leice•iter--- Nranstield -Rouvey .Shattc,bury Sheldon Mallet Sim - Lorin k'auntoti 50 5;; 50 64 48 tit) 42 6G 52 56 4 , 1; 51 sti 4/ , 56 it: 60 44 42 56 62 43 :41 46 56 4t; 56 43 50 55 58 59 GO Gli . 52 60 52 58 50 64 s. d. 7.9 83 32 36 20 28 21i 32 20 23 27 33 21 30 28 32 i 2'7 28 32 1 16 21 :it) 36 18 28 39 35 22 2:5 1•7. 31 I 22 f,6 'Ai 33 1,17 - 3:3 96 9 21 ,93 26 28 18 .t,(l 91 30 ! 20 28 213 32 113 28 26 33 22 ,27 :32 36 i 26 20 27 29 20 24 - 23 34 37 23 28 21 29 2 - 2. 26 28 31 ilB 24 22 26 ,s. d. F. S. d. s. d. 4.8 54 53) 6 6 30 56 37 44 42 64 3 , 3 60 40 48 44 50: - 53 Si, 45 60. , 40 55 44 48 38 tii► 44 60 50 60 44i 48 48 50 48 52 42 50 42 44 •40 d. s. d. 00 00 Yeovil Per Bushel. Shrewsbury ;COTCH MARKETS: • Rtill CORN MARKI-71'.—Feb. 6. EDI NBU Our market was well supplied with all sorts of Grain to-day. 31ealing Oats were flat, but those for seed fully supported last day's prices. Top price of Old Wheat, 665. ; New ditto, 60s. which is 2s. on top of New. Barley, Pease, and Bans, remain xvithotit any alteration from last arket-day. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. First 66s Od Od 3•2 s Od Od econd 51s Ott 28s Od :47s Od 356 Ott 40s Od • 23; (id 18s Od SOs Od rtlicEs Or PitovlsloNs, &c. Reef, per 1b... Os. 3d. to o,c7d. Fresh Butter,lb.s. 10d. to Is. 2t. Mutton---- 0 4 0 7 Salt 0 9 0 In 0 8 1 0 Ditto, per cv.t.Bo 0 84 0 Pork „ 0 4. 0 6 Eggs, per doe. (I 10 u 0 I,,inb, per qr. 10 0 1:i 0 artStraw(kp'.) 0 0 10 0 Tallow, per lb. 0 I. 0 1 'Wheat Ditto— 8 0 9 . 0 Quarters Loaf 0 0 0 9 Barley Ditto 0 0 '9 0 I'otatoe,,.l4lb. 0 0 0 4 . Hay, per 0 10 , •0 11 Scalia. :AA OA 01 3+% Od I,,,:Twond T Aiers u eLen7.H s ti l 3 y(1.1 .' T H M a j E INDIA ,Il Thirty 'I Six Hu Two 1 Five Hi Cfne Hi Fifty T To ►e de Deptford, and the re Seta* 'Quit be (I .gar wil The co Offi ce . Each 'I and he del and th e p 4 big brha lC .... -~i R'' .. ~~~ T raT , vtl With Sy The Illus grave A v talist n p ec reginnsib Funied p troductio Ads TH Lapidary by an Ot are requ Solicitor, March no take into mitting in Equit Ambrose younger, Richard on other A L' 10 and No. '7O, Colonel Fostei John Franc C. EDlNlttilttiH MEAL MARKET.--Feb. 5: We had a small supply of Oatmeal at this day's market, ,alvs dull at last Aveek's prices. Pcr Sack of ::'3olb. Inii4, Per hone of 141 b. In First Oatinteal ...... ...X1 17 ft First Oatmeal kti 2 CI Second ditto 1 14 0 Second ditto.- tt 1 10 Barlcyanca 1 9 0 Earleymeal ' (0 1 S Pen , enie,il J t' 0. rea , cmcal Pot Harley—No. I, per cwt. 12,—'2d, 11.F..-3d, Itis.—Pttatl _GPs. A hive of bees, belonging to THOMAS BURN, of Motherby, near Greystoke, swarmed on Monday week, the nit. and are Slow in a thriving condition ! The day was remarkably mild for the place and season, and the bees knit and hung upon a branch in the garden for three hours and a half.— York Chronicle. A ludicrous circumstance took . place 'a few Sundays ago, at a chapel not, fifty miles from this town. The leader of the singers, finding that the preacher was giving out a different hymn to that which had been previ ously agreed upon, in his zeal for the honour.of the choir, cried out 'loud, stop, Mester u:een getten no • tune as'll fit thut,—read another," to the no small amuse ment of some of the congreg,tion. —Manchester Mercury. THE LATE BISHOP CA.MERON.---It is with profound regret we have to annouuce the death of the Right Rev. ALEXA N DER CAstinoN, RD., Bishop of Maximianopolis, and Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland Dis trict of Scotland, which took place on the 7th inst. at hiy house in Catholic Chapel Lane. The venerable deceased was born in August, 1747. He went to the Scotch Col lege in Rome in 1760, where he remained eight years, and carried away the first prizes awarded during that period.— Ile returned to Scotland in 1772, and acted as Missionary Apostolic in Strathern till 1780, when he was appointed Rector of the Scotch College in Valladolid in Spain, where he remained eighteen years. 111 1798, lie was appointed fo S i co lol t v b i l u n g d y ; e a a n r. d I t n Vil i s so C 2 o , ll h se e c r r e a t t u ed rned a Coadjutor to Bishop HAY, then Vicar Apostolic of the t i lo s ' l ef iop HAY having resigned in 1806, he t ß r ti ; i t e s u ‘S i l' i l : col i p u lti t c idia t ee , nn s d e l d: li . o 44S t t id l l ' i rl a a ii n ( t ;ll3t d, Prelate. From - the period of his • last he uniformly resided in Edinburgh.— The late Bishop CAMERON'S character was an ornament to his church, and, we may add, to the age he lived in. He was pious without bigotry, learned without pedantry, and his benevolence was truly Catholic, embracing alt deno minations of Christians. His body lay in state three days, with his sandals and ring on, and his mitre, crook, crosier, &c., beside him. The body was encof fined on Monday.' He is to be interred to-morrow, in his own Chapel, on the gospel side of the altar, with all the pomp due to his- sta tion, and the solemnities which the Catholic religion en joins an d authorises en such an occasion. Sixteen bun tired tickets have been issued to admit persons to the Chapel on the occasion; and among these persons are a-consider able number of Protestant gentlemen of the first eminence. .li'dinbaryh "Weekly Chronicle. BIRTHS. of John Ayles, Esq.', o f Beau ,On the 13th inst., a t ii,Berkeky-square, Lady G or d on Cumming, of a d aug h ter . On the 10th i nst . , at M an y Musk, Aberde e nshire, the lady of R o b er t G rant , E On the 4th in s t., th s claul l" y of iruilief°°r' of as". snout, Essex, of a daughter. M A RRIED. the Hon: . - a nd Canon of Windsor, the Rev. Richard Leonard On the 15th inst., at &• George's, Hanover-square, by an d' Rev'. R. B. Stopford, Rector of Barto n , Northamptonshire, o f Grosvenor-place, to ' ih e HonoUra b le Eliza Atherton Powy s, fourth daughter of the late Lord c orami A do d n a s i hl n 7, Lilford. DlED.., ciodeince Edward - o f c eo r gei,tv Fred e rick, tna n of l„ ------ ,, t t, septembcr ,s la . s e t r , l a rie t e. Bomb a y, aft er a sa me the ililO : )I,'l:::''' the ts‘ the 13th h . e ii India u ti i e n 3 i a t h rvili Com pany l ' ' t H . o , a f a n t i th i :e u t r . c Charlotte, Wife of Mr. William E.g. , Walton, jun., of •Kingston-upon-Tharnei, .snost.aincerely lamented. On the I Oth inst., at Rotherhithe, Mr. John William Nelson, formerly Storekeeper of his Majesty's Dock-yard, at Deptford, aged ti 3. Oa the Nth inst., alltlr.HEacdk:artyd, DanielßowleHammond,gedB6B.l Edmonton, surgeon, aged 32. Mr. John Willrnott, formerly of Sherborne, Dorset. • . • On the 15th inst., suddenly, Mary, Bo w les Lister, the infant daughter of the Rev. Edward Rice, of Christ's-Hospital.... ( 0 ): the tl'e 1(1:1 1 inst., i3t. at Etruria, St a ff or dshire, aged s7,'. Lately, Mr. J ohn . Charn oc k , many years ' . t h e S ecretary and friends. • of Bankrupt's (Ace, deservedly lamented by his relations PRINTED and PUBLIsHED by M. YOUNG,- it tile SuPi OFFICE, No. 112, ance be For jot or I for Peso withlel ester Al and 13i LIB' MA lord-w NO The f We] Not Not Six. Eta G 111Pdi4 Eight, Liv Set Eight Cal Bri Cal before De before GI fore fore NE Four. Br Mi Ts Two. Is 1( Eire. De befoc befor G turil