The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. A letter upOn a commercial subject; which - is far from faMiliar even to commercial readers, will be found in another column of the Times. It assumes the form of a complaint from an Ame rican Merchant resident at Canton, against the agents of the British East India Company, for having thrown unfliir obstacles in the way of ;an active and advantageous commerce hitherto car ried an with the Canton market by citizens of the United States. The sketch of th e ma tt er seems to be, that the East India Company con &let their trada with Canton, through the me dium of a certain company (or Hong) of native merchants. who• thus enjoy, against the other Chinese wen of business, what the India Company enjoy against other English men of business,--- - -a monopoly in the purchase of tea and silk from the Chinese grower, and in the sale of these articles to the India Company, who sell again at enormous advances to the English purchaser. The Com n piny. be it understood, who pay, or at lea:it have famerly paid, in dollars or bullion, for a very proportion of the produce which they bought from the Hong merchants, have also been compelled by their charter to pay for such pro &ice, to a certain extent, in British goods. This trade of the English monopolists with the mono polists of China, has been.in itself a losing trade, as it appears, owing to iimumerable exactions and 'restrictions with which it has been immemorially loaded, and likewise to the disproportionate expence at which every such unwieldy corpora tion must always conduct its commerce. But the Company has contrived to repair its losses, and to convert a losing trade—quoad the Canton market—into a profitable concern as relates to the market of Great Britain, by procuring from the English consumer such a price upon the teas, however disadvantageously purchased from the Hong merchants, as was to be expected from so Mighty a monopolist where a populous tea drinking nation is placed, as we are, at its mercy. Now there steps in a third party, upon whose case we have not yet touched, The Yes ls of the United States are enabled, by virtue of a commercial treaty, to export British manu factures direct front the ports 'of Britain to China, as investments for the purchase of its produce.— The United States' merchants soon discovered that they could 'go, ,to work .cheaper when they got to Canton, than by, dealing with the mono polists of the Hong, ant submitting to the bur dens incidental to.such a medium of agency,— They found out private brokers, through whom (as the American "writer says) they sold the British manufactures better, and bought the Chineser tea and silk Fpduce cheaper, than the East India Company were able to buy and sell through their own factory and through the Hong.- :The asssertion of the Americans is, that this (comparatively) free trade in the manufactures in British industry was far more beneficial to Great Brain than the export as managed by the• Company. ArLd the griev ance of the Americans, in one word; is, that the India Company have so manoeuvred as to break up this 'free private trade, by engaging the Can ton Government to compel the Am e ricans, as well as the Company, to make their nizTket through no other channel but that of the mer chants' of the Hong. We cannot go further int@ the details of this subject, Which are ,given at ' large in the letter alluded to • but shalt merely add, that if the American traders anticipate the slightest redress or relief from the voluntary liberality of the " Sovereign Corppration," they look for better treatment than has ever been ex perienced England themselves.---Times . . from that quarter by the people of A contemporary (the. Globe), in remarking on th,e entertainment at Norwich, obeerees very sensibly that " Mr. Coke's merits as au kn.- prover of the agriculture of the country are suf ficiently known to all who are aeenstomed to take an interest in farming; but even to those who concern themselves !cut with the details of e - tivation, it may be useful to hold up to view the immense advantages which one gentleman of sense and spirit • may confer on a country, even thet plain course which his own interest die>. tates to him in the management of his private fortune." Mr. Coke has added greatly to his fortune, and enriched a numerous yeomanry, by the improvement which he has been the means of introducing. Agriculturists are a peculiarly oh stinate race, superstitiously wedded to old customs ; and we believe there is leertlly an instance in the history of Europe of eery material improvements in farming having • been made by farmers who have not re ceived the benefit of what is -called a libe ral education. In the parts of the country with which we are best acquainted, the menlwho have made improvements iu aerice!ture have ge nerally b ee n gentlemen of small est a t es ; An d we believe this will be found to have been the eeee throughout England. At present, Dukes and .Marquises even interest themselves in aerieultu rai pursuits ; but improvement must have be corne pretty general in a country before it as _ tends to this class, or to wealthy Commoners like Mr. Coke. But though, compared with many countries, agriculture is on a liberal foot ing in England, there are yet, in many parts, grievous obstacles in the way, of improvement. Of the extent- of them some idea may be obe tained from a work to which we alluded a day or two ago, published under the patronage of the , Dukes of Somerset, Northumberland, New castle, and a number of other Netblenien and Gentlemen. We speak of the work of Messrs, ' L. Kennedy and T. B. Grainger on the Present • State of the Tenancy of Land in Great Britain. We could hardly have imagined that the obstacles to improvement • were so many and so formidable as they are represented in this book. We often wo ndered how it happened that the Scotch, who are confessedly good farmers at home, generally succeed 50 ill in England ; and on seeking infbr 'nation on This subject from an experienced Land Surveyor, we ;tamed from him thet the customs of the different counties were the rocks oea which they split. y e find ample confirm a ti on o f tfiie, opinion .in the accounts of the various local customs in this volume. These customs, relat ing to particulars of the utmost importance, are so infinitely varied, that farmers removin g on l y a few miles distance, are often totally at a loss ea account of them ; and in the pies in which they prevail they are the law of the land, Stran gers are often told of the liberality of English Landlords, with respect to Tenants at VV ili but when the matter is inquired into, we ffncl ample proof of•their imbecility, but not very much of liberality: In fact, under the present customary law, it is no such easy matter to obtain a tenant, and the boasted liberality reduces it self to something like an inability to get rid of a Tenant without suffering from it themselves. A Tenant at Will may be an indifferent farmer ; but his successor can hardly fail to be a bankrupt ; and therefore there is little wonder that the tenan try of certain estates should have remained on them from father to son for generations. " It is no part of the object of the authors," say Messrs. Kennedy and Grainger, to " discuss agri culturalquestions; but there are some points aris ing out of the facts stated in the following pages which so. force themselves upon the attention that it is impossible to avoid noticing them. There is nothing more deserving of remark than the superior advantages enjoyed by tenants entering upon farms in Scotland and some parts of the North of Eng land, over those in a similar situation in the South, or in some of the midland districts.- In the former he has nothing to pay for on taking possessioa, but is enabled to lay out his capital to the best advan tage in stocking his farm, and afterwards conduct ing it upon an improved system ; v hilst in the hit ter, he is, in the first instance, frequently crippled as to pecuniary resources, by being obliged to pay a heavy valuation on entering, and does not in conse quence afterwards possess the means of working those improvements frain which he might derive the greatest advantage. This in the former a farm may be stocked, and conducted more profitably to its occu pier with little more than half the money that is re quired in the latter. In many counties in England a farmer enterin g- upon 200 itert , s of land, v.-ith capital of la - AM, has to pay, according to the cus tom of the place, 1,2001. upon a valuation and for stock, leaving him only 3001. to carry on the busi ness; whilst in the North, and in Scotland, a far Mer may enter upon the same quantity of land, having no valuation to pay, with only 8001., and after stocking his farm to the best advantage, have the same sum left that the other has, but with much better opportunities of employing it profitably. It is these advantages enjoyed by a tenant, combined with his having an interest in the soil for a certain num ber of years, and the superior management of the land, that render estates in Scotland so much more valuable than in England—the rents in the former being nearly double what they are in the latter. It is true, that in Scotland the tenants pay no taxes or rate, but after deducting for this, and considering the measure, the rents would then be higher by five shillings an acre than they are in England; and under the Scotch system, a farmer would derive a greater advantage from paying an additional five shillings per acre than he could by entering upon a farm subject to a valuation, even at a deduction of five shillings per acre--thus making a difference, per acre, of no less than five shillings. The, supe riority, indeed, of the free-entering system over the practice of valuation is so evident, that little is re quired to prove it, except the mere statement of the facts. It is quite clear that a farmer, on entering upon a farm, stands in the most need of having the full and unincumbered use of his capital in order, in the first place, that he may be enabled to stock his farm at the lowest rate, for ready money; and in the next, that he may have a sufficient sum left to meet contingent demands, until he can obtain re turns, and to allow of his taking advantage of the terms of the market. Whenever he is obliged by the custom of the country to take various articles, and to pay for workmanship and labour at a valuation, he fre queoitly, indeed most commonly (not being immedi ately in want), pays more for them than they are worth, or a higher price than he could obtain them for in the markets, or in the usual course of business for ready money, and at a greater rate for labour and work manship than that at which he could have them performed; whilst in every case of this description, the greater part of his capital is locked up at a time when he most wants the use of it. He corn meaaac ,tisiness in consequence in a state of embar rassment; and artless some unusually fortunate cir cumstances occur, he ea/1;7ot recover himself. . . . . . It may be said he has the benefit of this practice when he quits his farm ; but this is, in truth, on,ly perpetuating a bad system, under which the land can ney : er he properly improved, or made to grow what it is capal?le of producing. To this it may, In a great measure, l)e attributed, that so large a partiota of the soil in England lies in a neglected state, or is not cultivated under a pro per rotation, or rendered efficiently produetive. It is true, that many of these evila May be traced to a cause we before stated,—the not giving a tenaP‘; a ,sufficient interest in the land, by means of a lease, to rai; : ider it of any advantage to him to speculate on improwerots. Much, also, in some cases, must be ascribed to the iga.oaap.a.c or prejudice of occupiers of the land. But, perhaps, the gw,atest of as; ,evils is that to which we have just alluded ; namely, dui aca - opulaory system of valuation, because that either prevents faippro of spirit, experience, or knowledge of the subject, froM iaikin o 7, farms, which, there is no doubt, they would greatly io4ptaave, and ,doing, set an example in their respective neigh bourhooea which might be highly and generally beneficial; or, if tiiri 4o enter upon land under such a custom, it incapacitates ..1 - ia.Fp from making those improvements which they wish acts ete iptilieed to maYe, aril which s% ould be in the sanne degree adviin7 • tageoria.P So much fee 14,0 customs, and so much for the apathy and stupi&ty pf the 'landlords who ,-,.4er them to be continued. The.-ze gentlemen lanreot the difficulties in the way of improverfiffilt, from the gross iznorance of the farmers in litany places, who never ieaay " The march of intel lect (they say) has; been of late. ,t;.ften spoken of, I;4t, it ought, perhaps, rather to be t - :kinpcl a flight thati piarch, it being to be observed in certain places, sot - il4t;.rpf_'s at a considerable dis tance from each other, whilq in many districts ti - hw is no trace of its visit, nor any ii - 4ct , .tion of its pr0gre,; , , , ,".---Morning Chronicle When we see ft - lea pirsuing a line of conduct di metrically opposed to the objet which they pratiss 4 - 4; have in view, it is a fltir and ri;;;,:on able conclusion tli,qt they have other objects than those which they profess, pr that they are merely instruments in the hands of some s4v.rior power which employs them for purposes of its ovt . .n.,c,r. The manner in which the Popish Agitators of Ireland treat the question of S'ecurities may be taken thereeore as a complete proof that the re moval of Catholic disabilities is not their sale object, or that the Popish Pri6stbood of Ireland, why sole or principal object tide =pot be, exercises caer them a predominant authority. ' Nothing cam be so 11 4.4 gal as that th e sm a ll num -07 ,ber pf the Catholic Laity to hom the conces shul of Oie claims now made by Papists would be a re 4 and solid advantage, should`ma nifest a desire to c o n ciliate the people of Eng toaecvqeur eiseescie; eo far as it d e p en d s rities f or t hn l u a r; n o d n by th e o m fl:e riing nwhat protec tion of the protestant Church and Constituti . o n of the Empire the L e gislature can devise. They cannot be ignorant, that until they shall haVe propitiated the British people, conceSsiou tp their demands must remain an impossibility, utterly beyond the power of any Minister whatever, and which 7.10 Minister will ever be found to att empt who understan4s the character of the British people, and has sense to understand the value of their confidence. But the A7;:, - ,ttors of !,he Association, to several of whom the cone cessic4; of their claims would individually be an inip444;int advantage, do not act naturally, inasmuch as khey spurn at the condi tions without which they may be 44 47T morally certain tlitt such concession will never be made. This tionduct, upon the suppositions that they are free and indepentiAnt agents, and that they have really in view no other objaets than those which they profess, it is manifestly impossible to explain. It becomes, however, sufficiently in.tel liatblen when we reflect that there is a Catholic priesthood in Ireland ; that this priesthood must of necessity have objects beyond any that are comprehended in the misapplied term of Eman cipation ; that the very word securities means, if it mean any thing, adequate provisions to defeat the ulterior objects of she Catholic prieSthood; that the Lay Agitators, noisy, turbulent, and insolent as they are, know themselves to be utterly without power, without the power even of agitation, except in so far as it is conferred upon them by this Priesthood ; that the Catholic Rent, that the influence at elections, that the whole individual and collective authority of the Lay Agitators, could in one moment be extinguished by this Priesthood, which will of course uphold them no longer than they continue subservient to its designs. When we reflect upon these undeniable truths, we cease to wonder that the Catholic Lawyers of the Association, eager as they arc, and have shewn themselves upon some occasions, for professional advancement, spurn at the only means by which the door to advancement can he opened to them. It may be asked why, if their cause is thus hopeless, the leading agitators among the Catholic laity cleave to it with so much pertinacity? The question is not difficult to answer. Perhaps they cherish the expectation that they may, one day or other, see an Administration of this country in widely dif ferent hands from those in which it is at present so happily placed—and its Members sufficiently weak or profligate to yield unconditionally to their demands, and to expose the Church and Constitution of the empire unguarded. to the fierce assaults and the: undermining artifices of Popery. - But apart from any hope of the final success of their cause, they have a motive strong enough to induce them to cling to it, in the immediate harvest of profit and celebrity it enables them to gather. Never will the Agitators of the Association despair of their cause so long as it produces Rent. This— which may be called the revenue of agitation— . must be intercepted ere the Agitators will cease to feel that it is better to be an Agitator than to be nothing. We advert to the refusal of the Agitators in the cause of Popery to enter tain the qiiestion of Securities, not certainly from an opinion that any Securities that can 'be devised would be an adequate substitution, with a view to the permanent security of the Protes tant Church and Constitution, for the present ex clusion of Papists from all great and important political trusts. This exclusion will be neces sary until Popery shall have changed its cha racter ; and we are persuaded that the more the question of Securities is considered, the greater difficulties will appear to surround it, and the necessity of adhering to the present system become in the same proportion more plain. But the resolute refusal of the Popish Demagogues to entertain the question of Securities, while at the same time they deny that their admission to power would endanger the Protestant Establish ment, or that they have any hostile feelings to wards it, is a proof amounting to demonstration, that as a body they are not at this moment deal ing honestly with us ; and intimates to us that we have now - to guard, not only against the perma nent tendencies of their faith, but against specific and definite intentions, actually existing in their minds, and exercising a predominant influence over their conduct.---Morning Post. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DEC. 2. In a case of perjury, of na public interest, a.ques tion arose between Counsel as to the admission of oral evidence as to the contents of a deposition on which the perjury was assigned. Mr. BOLLAND and Mr. ALLEY contended that it was inadmissible; and Mr. PRENPERGAST contended the contrary. The CTIAIR3IO decided it was inadmissible. Mr. PRENDERGAST, however, refused to acquiesce, and repeated his arguments. The Outwits . again decided against him. Mr. PRENDERGAST—Then am I to understand that is your judgment, Sir ? The CHAIRMAN—It is. Mr. PRENow.4.44sT—You cannot, Sir, have so decided. The Ch AIRMAN- B ut I have , Sir, so decided. .._ Mr. PRENDERGAST—YOU cannot have understood the 9nestion, or you would not so have decided. CHAinipi who had hitherto replied to Mr. Prendergast with his usual mildness 4nd snavity of manner, now rose, and with some energy said, " I tell you yes; it is my decision." Mr. PRENDERGAST—Then, Sir, before you de cide Ilpir or? be allowed to repeat my observations. de cide, CHAIRMAN littenteci to Stop Mr. Prender gast, but his voice was completely drowned Ity that of the learned counsel, and the Chairman actually stood for more than a minute with his arm out 4retfAcd, and in an attitude to speak, but without a possibii4y c,f 4ein2; heard from the vehemence of Mr. Prendergast's manner. Mr. IttwuNsoN. loudly called to Mr. Prender gust, and demanded of him whether he would not prmit the . Chairman to be heard. Mr. iIIEVHEEAST paused, but in the mean time the Chairman had thrown l;imself back into his seat. Mr. ALLEY rose, and begged the Court to 4ssert its dignity. CILURMAN made no reply, and Mr. P.RT,Nitzu.c4 , 7 resumed, and'eon tinned speak ing some minutes. - The CitAtamAN, on his concluding again, repoat ed his former opinion. ?.,!;-, PRENDERGAST, however, still declined acqui escing in the 4c : cision, and the discussion was kept up till a clerk, who had hegn devAtched for the deposition had arrived in the Court with it. Mr. PRENDERGAST now claimed to give evidence on the depKition. The CHAIRMAN appparcd astonished—" More unfair conduct," he said, " I never witqcssed. I can now account for that which before I could not ac count for with decency." .• 11:fr. Prtf.spwi4sT (turning to the Bench) said, " If a gentleman of my own station attacks me, I know how to defend myself ; but against the Chairman of 07. g Onirt I have no reply." The CHAIRMAN—Ves you can, by explaining your conduct.- Mr. PRENDERGAST—If am allowed to reply, I must Fay my conduct is not unfair. The CIIAIRMAti took no direct - notice of the an swer; but observed, that businep was conducted there in a strange manner. An alteration must be made, as he found that all his attempts to in dulg,e and eccommodate only led to increased irre gularities, The case then proceeded, and ended itt the de. fpgdgnt being acquitted. AWFUL LESSON TO giVE4lq44.—A. few days ago, William Green, an old pensioner, who wa much in the habit of violent swearing, was suddenly struck dead in the New Town street, in Bridgnorth. He had only left his house a few minutes before he was carried back a corpse. ,- -74;r74n14am Journal. piece of lime, about the size of a walnut into a quart • bottle os water ; with this rinse the mouth two or three times a day, and clean the teeth, using this water every morning. If it taste strong, dilute it, fur it should be just strong enough to tae t;;;; lime, no stronger. I was tormented with tooth ache for some wee'wi till I us e d thi s m ixture, but have never had it since. 4 friend to whom I n i commended it, and who was a great sufferer, 11 . 0.4 heeri equally fortunate; 01,e attributed tier's to rheumatism. Afcer a few weeks I asked her how the Hine-water succeeded. " Oh," said she; " I have never had the rheumatism since." —Correspondent of the Hereford Joyrrytl. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF RING'S BENCH, Dac. 2. DIVAS V. WORBOTS. This was an action on a bill of exchange for 201. the defendant being sued as the acceptor. Under the direction of Lord Tenterden, the jury found for the defendant. wkllrE v. Luisx. This was an action by a schoolmaster to recover the sum of 201.25. Id., the amount of his bill for the tuition and board and lodging of the defen dant's brother. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 201.25. ld. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 2. DE LISLE C. KAY, BART. AND rEacen. Mr. Serjeant 'WILDE stated, that the plaintiff in this action sought to recover a sum of 525/.,. the amount of certain sums which he had paid to the Directors of the Cornwall and Devon Mining Company, upon a consideration which he alleged had failed. The plaintiff was a merchant in this city, and the first defendant, Sir William Kay, was the eminent banker of that name.— The other defendant, Captain Teague, was a person of some skill in the working of mines, and had been employed by the directors of the com pany which he had mentioned, and iw the direction of which Sir _William Kay was involved. He need not now mention that the company was one of those which sprung up a few years since, during the great rage for associations of any kind; nor that it owed its brief existence to the fertile ingenuity of Mr. John Wilks, jun. The object of the plaintiff in bringing the present action was to recover the amount of the deposits he had paid upon the pur chase of shares is this company; but as the, com pany had never gone on, and had hl fact turned out to be a bubble and a fraud, he thought that he was now entitled to recover from the directors those sums which he had been induced to pay upon re presentations which had turned out to be false and fraudulent. In making use of these expressions it should be understood that he did not mean to impli cate the defendants, and more especially the first, whom he believed to be a strictly honourable per son; but as he had unfortunately participated in the direction of the Company, he rendered himself liable to the demands that might be made against it, or at least for such demands as this, where the plaintiff had paid his money upon a consideration which had failed, and which money the directors must there fore be supposed still to possess, and might conse quently be called on to restore. The Learned Ser jeant then described the manner in which the com pany had been formed, and detailed the frauds which had all along accompanied it. Mr. Wood, the Secretary to the Company, pro duced the books which had been kept at their office, and in an examination of extreme length, substan tiated the statement which the Learned Sergeant had made with respect to the various acts of fraud committed by the persons in the direction of the Company. The examination of this witness by the plaintiff's Counsel, having occupied the Court until nearly six o'clock, the Jury declared themselves to be much fatigued, and his Lordship consequently deemed it proper to adjourn. The Counsel on both sides con sented, and the case accordingly stood over until this (Tuesday) morning, when it was resumed. Mr. Wood was again called into the box, and Sir JAMES SCARLETT commenced his cross-examination. He stated that he had himself been deceived by the misrepresentations of John Wilks, jun., whose ac count of the mines he believed to have been true. The gross account of shares on the 15th of April, appropriated by the order of the directors, was fully equal to the number of which it had been determined the company should consist. He was himself to have received 5001. a year for his services as Secre tary, but he regretted to say he had not been paid for the whole time that he was employed. There were debts still outstanding against the .company. Sir Wm. Kay had paid one of those. debts, which was the salary of Mr. Rowland Wilks, who was one of the country directors. •He believed that several of the directors knew that John Wilk% jun. was to receive much more money for the mines than he had himself given for them. It was not known to all the directors until 1826. Sir John Perring was one of the directors, and had taken his qualification shares, but he never acted. Re-examined—John Wilks, jun., had given rise to other companies besides the Cornwall and Devon. The following had been set on foot by him :—" The Bfitish Annuity, the Medway Lime and Coal, the Welsh Slate, the Kentish Rail-road, and the Norfolk and Suffolk Rail-road Companies. Sir Wm. Kay was the . private banker of Wilks, and of one of the companies he had enumerated, but he (the witness) did not know that lie, was the banker to any other company. It appeared by the evidence of this gentleman, that Sir Wm. Kay had not attended an of the meetings of the directors until the 29th of June, and that he and Lord Palmerston, who was also one of the direc tors, had paid up all the calls upon their shares, and had even advanced other money. Witnesses were then called, who stated that the mines which had been sold by Wilks to the company for 121,000/. were in fact worth little more than the value of the materials with which they were fur nished, having been in almost every instance totally exhausted. Sir JAMES SCAIILETT then addressed the Jury for Sir. - -Williara 14 - ay at considerable length, after which the Lord Chief Justice fully summed up the evi dence, and the Jury returned a verdict for the de fendants. Measles are, at present, very prevalent in the City of Limerick.—Livericle _Ryeliing Poo. ORNITuoLocY,-,-Mrs, natmah Needham, who resides near Adlington coal-pits, in eur vicinage, is ruff in possession of a goose which has laid, during the preseo month, sixteen ; a circumstance, we believe, tinparalLded, at this season of the year. She has also sundry ducks, which are laying eggs just as is customary with them in the spring of the year.—Maccleqfied Courier. METIIOP OF ARRESTING THE BLEEDING FROG( LEECH-BITES.-It is well known that sometimes) especially in yery young children and persona of scorbutic habit, all the means recommended to check the hriorrhage from leech-bites, as cold waver, flour, alum, caustics, and pressure, prove so entirely useless, that actual cautery and ligature must at last he resorted to. of Lep. horn, recommends a pew method, which he has found as safe as it is simple. It consists in applying a cupping-glass to the womid, when a coagulurn is almost immediately formed, apd the bleeding aFrested, This effect is very quickly produced, and has been found to take place even in children, and in persons where the mass of the blood appears to be in a state of dissolution, and without any tendency to coagulation. The instrument may be safely removed within a few minutes, but it is prudent to let the coagtilum remain for some time.-4eper!oilodi AfediF. and di Chiturg. dj Torino. pp! w : rq A 13tsgor,—In the C4§tip pf Brad, in the county of Caithness, resided, in the first quarter of the thirteenth centuty, a nobleman of the name of Earl John, concerning whose posterity it were we fear useless to inquire at this time of day. This Paid nobleman, not being of an nyer arniahle disposition, had procured for Himself by hi& deeds of cruelty he distinetive though enviable appellation of / - /te _Woody Earl. Some of the country p 0 014 e in the neiglihoprkood complaiufd to him in the yet;r 12:22, that the Bishop, a man of the name of Ad am , who resided eLki l4y the g 4 rro M I ; In' . mercifully severe in the exaction of tithes. The " Bloody Earl" immediately enjoined them to boil the Bishop forth with. An immense number of the Earl's tenants accord ingly congregat e d t oget h er , b es i ege d the Bishop's house, and actually boiled him in one of his owu large brewing utensils , rihe ipcirigted ponulaeo at the same time, and . in the same utensil, boiled tire Bishops favourite monk, a man of the name of Serlo. Alexander the Second, the reigning monarch of Scotland, immediately repaired in person to Caithness on being apprised of t:,e barbarous deed, and forthwith ordered upwards of eighty persona con cerned in the affair to be executed. The Earl himself lied, but ohtaining a pardon from the 1441,7, returned to, his estates. In a short' tim e a fter, however, he was killed in the town of Thurso, while attempting to murder anotlifr person.—El4in courier. NORWICH. Nov. 29. The supply of Wheat at our market to-day was not large; a few fine dry samples obtained last week's prices, but the greater part was in poor condition, cud went off slowly at Is. to 2s. per quarter lower than last week, Vine Melting Barley is Is. per quarter cheaper, and infe rior descriptions dilll sale at a reduction of 2s. to Ss. per quarter. We observe little alteration in the pri ces o f fi ne samples of Oats, Beans, and Pease ; inferior sorts go off heayi:y at uncertain prices. The sale of Flour being very heavy, the-millersitive way in price IA. to, se.. per cask. : Wt 4t (perqr.) ~, cOF. SOs. Stis, Burns ( ( per qr.) ... 38s. 12s Barley Oats .. 241. 30s, Ws. Flour, fine (per sack) 5Ss. 61s. CANTERBURY, NO7. 29. We had a short supply of Wheat upon our 'Change this day—select samples were in good request, but those of in ferior quality were 2s. to 3s. per quarter cheaper. liar= ley was again in large supply, and middling qualities 4s. per quarter lowpr : BMA and Oats remain unaltered, but Pease were 2s. per quarter cheaper, Wheat, white . . 72e. to 80s. ~,.„ Old —s. to --s. red . . (3s. to 795. li . itiloy, Nalting.,,.., 4tls. to 445. Oats ..., 22a. to 345. • Beans 3os. to 345. Pease 4os. to 484 Grey 36s. to 425. CIIESTII IL—Wheat, per 751 b. I Is. Od. to 125.6 d.; Ilstwy„ssa , (awl 6s. Od. to 7s. Od. ; Oats, t4lb. 3s. Od. to 4s, Sd, NA NTW ICH.—Wheat, per 741 b 4{l*. (0..; Barley, 39 4 113 : 6 5. 9 4. !P, cii• 4 oAls, 4(1. 1 , 4 8. tck s s• (M. - T.E - rEtt NIA 1 fleet (score) .his. Od. 94. Od. ..lutton ((lb.) 0 3 —0 5a Yea alld I amb 0 o—o 0 P. ;lc • 0 s—o 6 Fowls ~,c.poti':::2 6-3 6 3 •—• 0 KE I S.—Nov. 29. Wheat (bushe) 10s.0d. lls 3d. Barley 4 6—5 Cats . 710 #4 3 0 0 6 3:itter , (03) :±:;gs (12) Potatoes (po:k) 0 9—o 10 GLASGOW MARKETS. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) In the early part of the weels 14,5 hhds. of goo d 441n*a Suci'mis vrefe taken by the grocers and for Ireland, at 67. 6d.; and 44 hhds. of good middling DeMeraras at 61s. a 625. being fully equal to former rates. Yesterday ,cargo of 580 hhd s . De meraras recently impotted ; were brought forward the holders .met the piwkpt freely, and submitted to a reduction of 6,d. a is!, when 385 hhds. were taken by the refiners and grocers, Wm has been quite neglected i not a sale made In MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (Front the London New Price Current of Tueaday.) SUGAR. , -- , -The Sugar Market was apparently heavy last week, but ou estimating the total sales they were found to exceed 2,200 hlidS., it w►ts thertl'ore Concluded that as many of these purchases were made privately, that the holders had given way a little in the price to facilitate sales. The comparative Stock of Sugar has increased this week; it is 3,117 hhda. a►►d trs. more than in 1827. The deliveries continue extensive, 3,035 libds. and trs., being 455 hhds. and trs. more than in the same week of 1827. At the close of the market the estimated sales this day, in cluding the Barbadoes Sugar, were 400 hhds.; the prices are the same as last week. The Refined Market last week was rather dull, and the prices were about Is. per cwt. lower. The Refined Mar ket this afternoon is still in a very languid state. FOREIGN SUGARS.—There were no transactions in Foreign Sugar last week. EAST INDIA SUGARS.—The public sale of about 1,900 bags Mauritius Sugars last week went off with briskness, and the whole would have sold, but the holders appeared to expect a further advance, and took some part in; the Sugars sold went at the full market prices. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—There were no sales last week. COFFEE.—There were no publics sales of Coffee last week, except about 80 casks Berbice, which sold at very high prices, being in great demand for home consumption, fine niid. 80s. a 83s. The de mand for Coffee by private contract was very languid, and it was stated that some parcels of Cheribon, bought twe weeks previou,ly, offered at a reduction of ls. a 28., and a parcel of good ord. St. Domingo sold at 365. There was only one public sale this afternoon, 77 casks 317 bags Demerara and Berbice descriptions; good mid. 81s., mid. 745. The whole went off at full prices, but generally the market is very dull._ Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.--.The purchases of Rum lately are quite inconsiderable, they are con fined to parcels of five and ten puncheons, chiefly Leewards free on board; the quotations of Rum must, in consequence, be considered nominal. The sales of Brandy are confined to small export parcels ; the market is dull, but the prices are supported. In Geneva no purchases are reported. HEmr, FLAX, AND TALLow . .—The Tallow market has been rather heavy and declining. Hemp is lower, in Flax no material alteration. The letters from St. Petershurgh are dated 15th ultimo. Ex change 10d. 15 32. '1 allow 98, contract. Winter commenced; five ships left; bridge removed. COTTON.—The Cotton market remains dull. The sales for the week, ending last night inclusive, are trivial, with the exception of 600 bags Bengal sold yesterday, at the average juices of the last India House sales. IRISH PROVISIONS.. —There are few transactions in Beef or Polk, the Market prices are unvaried. Butters were lower last week on account of the open weather; but there is since a great alteration. Arrivals of Butter 8,697 firkins Irish, 3,455 casks foreign. Arrivals of Bacon 1,790 bales. FRUIT.--There is an improving demand for Fruit, particularly for new Currants. The new Turkey Figs yet offered for sale are so indifferent in quality, that the trade only purchase small parcels for. imme diate use. New Sultana Raisins have sold freely at 705.; the new Carabourna at 485., Red Smyrna at 475., but parcels are now offering Is. lower. This day 100 butts 19 carroteds New Currants, part damaged, 85F. damaged to 90s. sound. 2,000 drums Turkey Pulled Figs, mostly taken in 525.; 500 flat ditto, at 465. HOPS.—In the Hop trade there is no material al , 'eration ; the duty being stated at 172,0271. 10s, l Id. has produced no alteration. INDlGO.—lndigo has been very dull, and some in considerable sales are reported at the late India House sale prices. It is a remarkable circumstance that 11,000 chests should sell freely, and afterwards realke.a premium of 4d. a 6d. per lb., and yet that inconsiderable holders of 200 an d 300 chests should hare the sway in reducing the rates to sale prices, and make the Market apparently so heavy that it might go still lower, and that this effect could be produced by holders of so inconsiderable parcels of Indigo. By public sale this forenoon 25 chests Oude Indigo from the United States, and liable to double duty, sold fully higher than anticipated 2s. 4d. a 3s. Id. ToßAcco.—The only purchases reported last week were parcels for Ireland. A cargo of Ken tucky Tobacco, between 300 and 400 hhds. is re ported to be sold for Spain, about 31d. THA,--The Tea sale commenced yesterday. Bo heas in quarter chests Is. 53d. a Is. 61d. half chests Is. 7id. a Is. Bd., large ditto ls.sd. a Is. 5-141. The quarter and half chests are about Id. per lb. dearer than last sale; the large chests much as at September sale. This morning the sale of Congous commenced, only a small part yet sold : Congotif common, 2s. 2id. a 2s. but middling 2s. 31d. a 2s. 4d.; a slude lower than last sale. SplcEs.----There is little alteration in Spices : 718 bags Pepper, half heavy, offered at public sale last week were all taken in 31-d. a 3d.; ordinary Cloves sold at 13d. good at 18d. MINING INTELLIGENCU.-- Sales at Redruth last week. Quantity of Copper Ore sold 2,779 tons; average produce Bi. Quantity of fine Copper 233 t o ns 12 cwt. Amount of sale 17,8711. 17s. 6d. Average Standard 1094 4s. • COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK Per Quarter. Poston ciainiborough Cirantnarn QrirAiby Horpcastle Lincoln Spilsby Stara York Wheat. I Barlwy. Oats. Beans. S. to s. 6 .5 74 58 72 68 72 55 10 56 '73 64 70 40 00 70 84 B. to . 2 ._ I ~ to s, c to a. 42 ..-- 38 1 36 34• 40 20 30 33 42 20 24 26 38 18 25 36 42 24 29 30 38 22 24 35 46 21 27 30 40 24 36 .4 40 40 42 44 48 35 42 44 ,52 44 56 Jamaicas or Leewards; prices, however, are witba any alteration. Nothing done in COFFEE, GINGER, Or Plial For Grain lirnisicKv there has been a fair ;nand, several parcels were cold at :14., and 3s. N s ; 3s. lid. refused f or e xt ens i ve p arce l s: M a lt Whi .A is very flat, and the middli ng qua li t i es are lower; ' ld. a 4s. 7d. is now with difficulty obtained. ,„ 4 There has been a very limited d eman d for TON this week,' the • total sales amounting_ 246 packages ; and prices are full id. per The particulars are, 10 Boweds, Zid.. leans, Cad. a 71d.; 67 Egyptian, Bd. Demerara, 7id. a Bd.; 7 Surat, 4d. In DYRWOODS there has been nothing The demand for ASHES has been of the sales are only 40 barrels of new Pots the holders are still demanding 335. ' and Pearl. There is an arrival from brings upwards of 800 barrels of Pots an One hundred and .fifty, bales of . Frsun EooTs were sold at 41s. TosAcco is selling in small parcels to goad old Leaf at Sid. a 6d.; new Loaf 4d. a 6d. The sales made in TALLOW on the fined to trifling parcels at 435.; 100 cask sold to arrive at 425. 6d. Fish Otis are in steady demand; Whi 105. and 201., and Pale Seal M. a 221. " old measure. During the week the arrival of OATS tensive, and of BARLEY but a moderate tal i Wheat trade has been very flat, and searcei quirers for granary samples; but holders quiring higher prices for the inferior q, fair business has been done in Barley, w' alteration in value. Oats have been in g( and extensive sales effected; prime malt" support their prices, while the interim descriptions are rather lower. Beans and steady. 1 !I lung , g per 1h.1 0 1161i d.; • 1 3 * aBO 4 ti ' ig dolle•_ very liga it6 8 at 3 21 ' for ne I Canada t 6 . I.o t . nd Peal 7 ich Af o i, it the DO. r and SO : 8, spot ate;-:; el ks Mac' 'hale at 100. p at • I has • RuPPI ~4 4 rcely a" • tars r ; lualitie• withot!t good I ' ting VT ; )t. and r and r BRITISH EXPORTS. Statement of the Quantities of the under-mentionell des of British Manufacture Exported from LO from the 22d to the 29th ult. inclusive. Cotton 102,221 Pieces. 1,058,192 1 Linen Blanketing - ... 630 Carpeting - ... 1,470 Calicoes _. ... 3,080 Kerseymeres -- Flannel _ ... 4,380. ersd s Woollen te Stuffstufrs lO 1,342 341 ...... 218 Worsted Baize - Inferior Woollens 1,990 ... 46 ''.. Cotton Thread 13,4901b a. a f--- Cotton Yarn - Sail Cloth .,... 28,450 : . Cotton Hose Cotton Handkerchiefs Cotton Biases Worsted Cape .....-- Hats --- •': Hardware £12,56.9 ' Earthenware £8,862....A, Salt, White Salt, Rock 15 ,930 • G o Coals 1,236 Tons, 15 Cwt. 0 Iron 545 ... 17 ... CATTLE. An Account of Cattle imported into Liverpool from 24th to the 29th ult., both days included• Cows Calves Sheep Pigs Horses OP 956 89 2,213 4,306 4 COTTON WOOL. LIST OF IMPORTS AND IMPORTS. IMPORTND. XX Top rIP Same pe.. This rimd tut year. year. BagA. fte. saga, Pm. 113464 Ite• Live 5M,704 71t2,4&5 83, London 65,13S 66 9U , ,114 glasipow 41,639 57.006 • Total exported in 1626 72.147. • Same period 72,141. 1 SURREY SESSION S , Dze.;2. John Henry Frank:, a man of respectable aPY_ 0 00 awe, warehouseman in the employment of M Christy, the hat-manufacturers of Bermondsey , tried upon two indictments, charging him with 01 . ing hats from his employers. The evidence ee l the prisoner, which has recently appeared under th head -of " Union-hail," having been repeated lila, numerous witnesses in the case, the J ur y fours prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to be t ported for fourteen years. • A female, named Hannah 211'Grath,wris indic t for robbing a young man named Jones. The olle having been proved against the prisoner, and it al ) ing that she was an incorrigible and abandoned man, man, she was fo un d gu il ty , an d sen t enced to gw portation for life. A O 0 f Sinnet, th e ru ffi an cemor i tte d f rom Union-hi.- A. throwing vit r i o l i n t h e f aces o f two un f ortuna te ". men, one of which has since lost the use of 01 1,$t her eyes, has traversed the charge until Sessions. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. 10 4 MONDAY, DE CEMBER I. •—Wind yky R water M minnteo past three.—Arrived the o hi. phin, from Dublin ; Lady of th e L a k e , L e i tc h , front_ 1 . ;; ladelphia ; Shubernac a di e , B ar tl e t, f rom PernandSta Albion, M'Neil, from Sligo ; Promise, Sherer, Quebec ; Velor:ty, from Charleston ; Lord Nelson, •°,l,b, Dumfries; Prince Leopold, from Pernanahum ; Eli —, from Dublin. riot CLEARED OUTWARDS.—.-CBICIODiE, ROgerer far: cior. York; Lancashire Witch, for Lisbon ; ham, Evans, for Genoa ; Aurora, ----, for Pll O . Jessie, Milroy, for Charleston. 001 • SECOND CROP OF PEARS.—There j in the garden of James Milne, Esq. of Aliinfield, • e' t iet crop of pears, which have arrived at maturity--the put forth blossoms in the month of August, at the $4 the first crop was on it.—Elgin Courier • , Paman and PUZLISHKID "by BIURDO-YOUNG, SUN OFFI, N, 112, BTILAND, LONDON. BIRTHS. On the liOth ult. at Gunton-p ar k, N or f o lk, '- Suffield, of a daughter. On the Ist insi. Mrs. Thomas Thomas, Church-01A Croydon, of a so;i. On the Ist inst. in Berkeley-square, Mrs. James Ac f Wilson, of a daughter. On the 26th ult. at Exmouth, the lady of Capt.ai ° bert Inverarity, of a n. On the 15th ult. at so Florence, Mrs. Jasper ° f daughter. MARRIED. At gt. Pancras Church, Mr. Edwin Fenn, of Peen 3 to Eliza, third daught e r o f Th omas M ou ld. is, Esq. ts - Mondsey. DIED. 0 111 On the 27th tilt. at Trigells, near Truro, in Cat 9 ,;„ t h deeply lamented by his family and friends, in Li* )ear, Thomas Spry, Esq. He was one of the ablest ' th e 4tirals in the British Navy, and nephew and heir o f oe late Admiral Sir Richard Spry, of Place, in thy County. lda On the 30th uh. Mary, the wife of Keane Fitig — Esq• at Underhill, near Barnet, in her '76th year. „is On the 26th ult. in Great Russell-street, Raiford . kal u— d , universally beloved and regretted by her family at' d s merous friends, aged TS, Katherine, widow of Sir Waller, Bart. formerly one of the Privy Council, aid Lief Commissioner of his Majesty's ..Revenue in Irelan 4 * 4 01 Ladyship was mother of the late Sir Robert Waller. m of Newport, in the county of Tipperary, and of the prW sent Sir Chador Waller, Bart. of Writhlington-bo d ' e " the county of Somerset. a ifs , On the let inst. at his seat, Pull-court, Worcest4o* General Dowdeswell, in the 6t3th year of his age. - On the 29th ult. Mr. James Drury Hook, of St. Ar''' l3lackfriars, in the 69th year of his ago. i" On the at:lth ult. at his seat, Pilwore-bause , ounty of Durham, Go r d on Sk e lly, F.sq. !ate Lie utelw• Colonel in the Army, aged 62. 1. tha , , z ,1., t 0 41.$ A. i 16 ): , g h Uitt rub 11, 4, , P ?v o , 41, /