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Id a select the Boshair were obtain- that Mr. his day, and IL—Dub commonl y ►llowiug eir appearanc!, took up ho a boarding nted with a he was re. contrived to ❑ately, how at Brighton , g him as an. elieve) Chel r to his ne*: iowe;er, had atter actually of 601., and 6u," we need —Brigktos IALWHIG .00k place on is and highly 1; Captain In the course casion to ex' of the late tot au yet faiC lave deter• viers of a late The plan s completion vernment. s-merchant r, an old sol ng last Toes ) francs as spent some finding hiln• him to pas* g home, the conduct hint r, the waiter 5 which the sing the gen' Le cross r oad le body of ily the re port 'ecognised ace, and as it ore at an iris Ise with tbei ?earance, wesl was imrae' the couril in a "'act , ' dy, with pelt s for the gi rl , ad been mur 1 and person , fractured hit armed, for confessed the rse.—Frenel' LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(Turs DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. His LORDSHIP took his seat this morning at I, quarter before eleven o'clock. VIOLEA V. PARROTT. Mr. TRESLOYE said he was requested to mention this case to his Lordship, which had been heard in his private room, and in which the Court had pro raised to communicate with the parties. His LoRDShIP would think of the case, and com municate his opinion to the parties shortly. HABEAS CORPUS. Mr. KNIGHT said he was instructed to apply to the Court for a Habeas Corpus to bring up a gentle man of the name of Isaacs, a highly respectable merchant in the City, who was at this moment in carcerated in Newgate, under a c ommitment. his LORDSHIP ordered the Habeas to issue for to-morrow. IN THE MATTER. OF FOLKS, A BANKRUPT. • Mr. TRESLOVE stated that this was the petition of Mary Folks, the bankrupt, which prayed that the commission issued against her on the 18th of January, 1827, on the petition of certain persons, as executors of a gentleman of the name of George Hawkins, might be superseded. The application was made on the ground that the bond which was given to the Lord Chancellor, stated that the bankrupt was truly indebted to the petitioner, Gerrard Wilkins Scudder, to the amount of 1004, without mentioning a word with respect to his being an executor to Mr. Hawkins, and that, therefore, it was not conformable to the Act of Parliament, and the commission was good for nothing. The bond was altered as it was alleged, by the petitioner, after its execution, by interlining the words—"and to 'William Harris, executors of the last will and testament of George Hawkins." The affi davits of Mr. Richard Peter Smith and Mr. Edwin Smith, his son, most positively swore, that upon going to the bankrupt's office, they saw the bond in its original state ; that upon another oc casion upon inspecting it, they observed its alteration. Mr. Sinithi,nd his son were positively denied in all these statements, by the affidavits of the petitioning creditor and Mr. Badderley, and therefore, a ques tion arose as to whose evidence should be considered worthy of credit. Upon the petition coming on before his Honor the Vice-Chancellor, he declined hearing the petition altogether, and directed it to be heard before the Lord Chancellor, as it related to matters of extreme importance with respect to the conduct of his Lordship's officers. Mr. MILLER followed on the same side. Mr. ROSE appeared for the petitioning creditor, and could not see upon what legal and equitable grounds the alteration of a bond could at all affect the validity of a commission. With respect to the alteration, it was quite clear from the affidavits that it had been done before its execution. Mr. TRESLOVE replied. His LORDSHIP was clearly of opinion, resting Upon the respectable testimony of the petitioning creditor and Mr. Badderley, that the alteration was made previous to the execution of the bond, and that the petition must be dismissed, and Mr. Smith should pay the costs. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. At the Sitting of the Court this morning, several causes were directed to stand over in consequence of the absence of Mr. Sugden, who was stated to be out of town. Hie HONOUR rose at half-past twelve o'clock, having by that time disposed of the few remaining COURT OF KING'S BENCH. moo - La m THE MIDDLESEX GRAND JURY. • Mr. Justice BAILEY took his seat this morning, at half-past nine, when.the gentlemen composing the Grand Inquest for the county of Middlesex were sworn in. It will be recollected that Sir Peter Laurie was summoned on the last Grand Jury, and objected to serve, on the ground that being an Alderman of t h e c i t y of London, he was exempted from service on Juries, by a Charter granted to the city by James I. On th a t occasio n M r . Justice Baileydirected Sir Peter to be summoned on the next Grand Jury, in order to give him an Opportunity of maintaining his right by the produc tion of the charter. Upon Sir Peter's name being called this morning, he handed to the bench a book containing a copy of the charter in question. After looking through it Mr. Justice BAILEY said that under that Charter there could be no doubt that the Aldermen of the city of London were ex empted from service on Petit Juries, but the ques tion still remained whether they were liable to be call ed upon to serve as Grand Jurymen. On this point he would not now offer any opinion, but as there was some question as to his right to serve, Sir Peter Laurie might consider himself discharged. Sir Peter Laurie said, he should not feel the slightest objection in serving on the Grand Jury, but that he was one of the Aldermen appointed to sit at the Guildhall during the present week. Sir Peter then bowed to the Bench, and withdrew. (SITTINGS fN BANCO.) Upon Lord TENTERDEN'S taking his seat this morning, he handed to the Master, Mr. Le Blanc, a warrant from the King, authorizing the three Puisne Junges, to bold Sittings in Banco for the despatch of business, during the sittings at Nisi Prius, at which Lord Tenterden will preside. The days appointed for the sittings are from the 13th to the 21st Fab. inclusive, if the attendance of the Barristers at the Quarter Sessions should not interfere. The COURT then entered into the case of the Special Vestry of St. Martin's-in-the -Fields, which was part heard on a former day, and which occupied the Court until a late hour. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (SITTINGS IN BANCO.) The Court were occupied all the morning in hear ing motions for new trials, none of which, however, were of any public interest. Mr. Justice PARK proceeded at one o'clock . to sit at nisi Arius in Guildhall. *a'lt• . THE CIRCUITS. The twelve Judges met this morning at the Council Chamber, i n W estminster-hall, to c h oose their Circuits for the Lent Assizes. Lord Ten terden, Lord Chief Justice B est, and the Lord Chi e f Baron first made their. sele ction, and the Puisne Judg es f o ll o wed according to seniority. The following arrangements were decided upon by their Lordships HOME CIRCUIT. Lard Chi e f Justice BESTand Mr. Justice 13units:11;CH. oxFoßp CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Justice VAUGHAN. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice BAILEY and Mr. Baran HuLLocic. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE and Mr. Justice GASELtz. NORFOLK CIRCUIT• Lord TENTERDEN and Mr. Baron GARaow. It is understood that the Circuits will commence early in the month of March. His MAJESTY has sent a fine young ele phant, intended as a present to the King of SPAIN, to that country. The animal is remarkably docile, and suited for its sagacity. The vessel (the brig Barham) in which it sailed, left London last week for Bilbea. ANOTHER AFFRAY WITH SMUGGLERS.— An armed body of smugglers attacked the party stationed • - :.: at the blockade station at Eastbourne, who were resisting am their attempts to land a boat with kegs of spirits, at a at (lace called the Steps, on the morning of the 23d instant, about three o'clock. In the affray Dumas REYNOLDS, seaman, was shot in the leg. The ball has been since ex tracted, and the man is now out of danger. On the part of the smugglers—one died as he reached the village of Willingdan, and two others are lying dangerously wounded St 'Witham. The most strenuous exertions are making, • by order of the Lord Mon ADMIRAL, to discover the authors of these continued villainous attacks on the blockade....B;ighton Gazette. TM. MARKETS.-(THIS HAY.) HAY Ai A RKE CS.-(A' JA £. s s Lowland Mead.Hay3 10 too 5 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 Ilye.graiis Hay 4 0 5 0 New Meadow Flay 310 410 Clover Hay ss. per load lower Meadow Hay and Straw no alter. and trade rather dull. t per Load 01 36 Trusses.) M ES'S. Z. s. s. Clover Hay 4 oto 5 Oat :straw Wheat Ditto 1 16 2 (• than last quoted ; in prices of 'ation. Supply moderately good, FIELD. s. s. Cloy. Hay generally 4 16 to 5 15 Do. extra fine 0 0 6 t Oat Straw 1 8 110 Wheat Ditto 1 10 Straw from 3s. to 4a. per load supply, and a dull trade. SMITH X. s. X. s. Lowland Mead. !Jay 3 sto 4 0 Upland Ditto 315 415 Etyc -grass Hay 315 415 New Meadow Hav 310 4 0 Meadow and Clover Hay 55., lower than last quoted. A good FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. This morning's market was moderately well supplied with fish, the demand for which was brisk. Cod-fish and Turbots were rather higher than last quoted. The fol lowing were the prices : Prime Turbot, each lSs. Od. to 255. Od. Ditto small, per do. Fine Cod-fish, each Inferior ditto Smelts, per 26 0 0 12 0 Fine Whitings, per 15 .. 3 6 14 0 Salmon, per lb. Scate, each Brill, each Gurnetts, each Live Flounders, per quartern Fresh Herrings, per hundred Fine Lobsters, per score 4O 0 50 0 Inferior ditto _ _ ~ Fine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 6 0 7 0 Scotch ditto 5 0 6 0 White Salt ditto 5 0 6 0 Best Common Oysters, per bushel Natives 0 0 2 2 0 • . _ No alteration in the prices of other fish. PUBLIC SALE S.-(THIS DAY.) BY 3111. CROGGAN AND SON, AT THE MART. LINCOLNSHIRE. —A Freehold Tavern, tythe free, and land-tax redeemed, very eligibly situate about equal dis tances from Lincoln and Boston, and consisting of about 103 acres of fine arable and pasture land, with farm-house, and good farm-buildings, the whole i❑ a high state of cul tivation, let on lease to a respectable tenant at 1801. per annum.—Knocked dawn at 4,0501. REVERSIONS.--The valuable Absolute Reversion to the sum of 1,4001. new Four per Cents, receivable ou the demise of a gentleman in the 62d year of his age.-6001. The Reversion to the sum of 1,730/. Three per Cent. Consols, receivable on the demise of the aforesaid gentle man. —6OOl. The Reversion to the sum of 1,3331. (Els. Sd. Three and a half per Cents. on the death of the same individual._ssol. ITAcKNEY.—A Leasehold Estate, consisting of two good dwelling-houses, pleasantly situate Nos. 6 and 7, George street, Cat and Mutton Fields, let at 221. per annum each house, held on lease for 62 years at ground-rents of 41. 109. —375/. Two substantial houses in the same street, and adjoining the preceding lot, being exactly similar.-3i51. BY MR. SNOW. ELTHAM.—A Freehold Estate, comprising a large sub stantial brick dwelling-house, with good stables, offices, and productive garden ; also two compact messuages adjoin ing, with yards and gardens, the whole is situate at Eltham, Kent, producing '72/. per ann.-9001. WESTMINSTER.--The Lease of the Crown and Anchor public-house, and house adjoining, in King-street, ,West minster, held under the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, for 40 years from 1816, at ground-rent of 2/. ; the public house let on lease at 351. per annum, and the dwelling house is let on lease for 21 years from 1825.-1,320/. LAMBETH.--A substantial dwelling-house, being No. 14, Lambeth-road, of the yearly value of 50/, held for 55 years, at a ground-rent of 6/.-2401. A substantial Dwelling-house, being No. 9, Gilbert's buildings, Westminster-road, let at 48/. per ann., held for 137 years from 1795, at a peppercorn.-2251. THE ARMY. YEOMANRY CAVALRY. War-Office, Jan. 29, 1829. In pursuance of the King's commands, communicated to me by the Marquis of Lansdowne, I have great satis faction in acquainting you that his Majesty has been griciously pleased to direct that a Retired Allowance of Three Shillings a Day should be granted to the Adjutants, and of One Shilling and Sixpence a Day to the Serjeant Majors, of the Corps of Yeomanry whose Services have been lately discontinued, provided such Adjutants and Serjeant Majors have served as such in the Yeomanry Ten Years. These Allowances are to commesce from the Expiation of the Six Months for which an Advance of Pay has been made, but will not be tenable together with any other Half- Pay or Military Allowance, or with Chelsea Pension. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient bumble servant, (Signed) PALMERSTOiV. To the Commandants of the Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry, discontinued from the 25th Dec. last. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. An Oratorio, under the direction of Mr. Bishop, was given last night at this theatre. The selections were unusually miscellaneous ; more so indeed than was consistent with good taste. The principal per formers were—Madame Pasta, Madame Feron, and Mr. Braham, supported by a host of inferior, but still respectable vocalists. Among whom we may mention Miss Grant, a young lady of no inconsider able promise. Braham's sublime execution of Luther's Hymn was the chief feature of the evening, beside which, but in a different class of excellence, we may place Madame Pasta's " Di Tanti Palpiti," which never fails to delight, however frequently repeated—" de cies repetita placebit." COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Miss Chester appeared last night in the play of " Catherine and Petruchio," which followed an ex ceedingly tame performance of Arne's much injured opera of " Artaxerxes." She was well received by a full and fashionably attended house, and went through her part with all her wonted elegance, and much of her wonted spirit. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following ships were thus timed, viz. :—Regent and Rose for Madras and Bengal, be afloat 15th March, sail to Gravesend 29th ditto, stay there 30 days, and be in the Downs 3d of May. Asia and Marchioness of Ely, for Bengal direct, be afloat 14th April, sail to Gravesend 29th ditto, stay there SO days, and be in the Downs 2d of June. Captain Trios. DOWCAN was sworn into the command of the ship Castle Huntly, consigned to China direct. A melancholy event occurred at Henfield about a fortnight ago.—Mr. JOHN MATTHEWS, a re spectable yeoman of that place, rose from his bed early one morning while a deep snow was upon the ground, and pro ceeded without shoes, and with no other covering than his shirt, to a pond about a quarter of a mile distant from his house, where he was found art hour or two afterwards drowned. The pond was covered with ice, but not being o f a great thickness, it was broken by his weight. A Coroner's Inquest assembled on the body, when from the evidence adduced it appeared that he had manifested une quivocal symptoms of derangement, and it is therefore sup posed he threw himself into the pond. Under these cir cumstances the Jury returned a verdict of " Insanity."— Brighton Gazette. With regard to grain, we regret we cannot speak in favourable and encouraging terms. As compare,' with the general rent of land, prices are still too low, and th e wheat, wherever it has been thrashed and cleaned, falls, we hear, but indifferently to the barn floor. Stacks that were computed to contain about 80 bushels of grain, and whi c h j us tified the calculation in former seasons , are fromrbazlak Octouln the gainsspereent of the year. As respe c t s the . short of the mark another serious d t or shipping trade, there is very littl e doing in wheat, willing t o and th e b akers, the only purc hasers at p resent, are un give more than 6s. 6d. for the very best samples that are offered. One extensive shipper told us the other day that he had not bought a bushel of wheat, crop 1827, this season. Barley, however, is now brought pretty freely to market, and the demand is at least equal to the supplY. A number of farniers were in attendance last week;the dealers t oo mustere d pre tty strong, but al_ though the latter seemed anx i ous to b uy, th e y demurred to any advance of price. Upon th e w h o l e , the market was a shade better; a nd alth ough 35. 4d. per bushel was the general price , samp les we ighing about 52 lbs. brought in several cases Ss. 6d. For oats there is but little demand at present, and we ,only know one shipper who has orders to purchase a whole cargo, which is intended, we believe, for the Glasgow market. Potato oats bring from 2s. 4d. to 2s. 6d.; and common ditto from 25. to 2d,....Dumfries . . C.grivr• SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TAX ON WINES. (FROM A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.) " His Majesty places the firmest reliance upon the en deavours of Parliament to improve the condition of all classes of his Majesty's subjects,"—King's Speech, Jan. 29, IRS. Sir,—A report is current and very generally be lieved, that an increase in the duties on wines will form part of the budget of " Ways and Means " for 1828. Ministers cannot have forgotten already what they stated to Parliament in 1825, when the wine duties were reduced, viz.—that increase of duty on wines have invariably caused decrease of revenue, and e contra. "In 1803, the duties were Ss. 91(1. on French wine, and ss. 91(1. on other wines; and the net revenue from wines was. £2,402,292 0 0 In 1823, the duties Were lls. 5 Ad. on French, and is. 73 . d. on other winei ; and the net revenue from wines was.... 1,957,772 0 1 The decreased revenue . 444,520 0 0 Being 19 per cent. with an increase of 30 per cent. in the duty, that is to say Additional burden on the public 10 per cent. Decrease thereby l9 ditto. Total loss to the country by increased duty 49 per cent. A reduction of the duty on wines took place on the sth of April, 1825, from I Is. sfd. to Gs. on French wines, and from 7s. 70. to 4s. on other wines, per old gallon, equal to 7s. 3d. and 4s. 10d. per imperial gallon, the duties Bow levied. I hope to prove, that the disappointed expecta tions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, of a greatly increased consumption and revenue on wines, as a consequence of that liberal reduction, do not arise from the reduction itself, but from its unequal and unjust operation. The population of England, Wales, and Scotland in 1801, 1811, and 1821, was In 1801. In 1811, In 1821. Families, Families, 2,544,215 Families ' 2 941 nBs Persons, 10,472,018 Persons, 11,956,303 Persons, 14 , 069 , 677 Being an increase in 20 years of about 35 per cent. According to the Parliamentary return in 1821, the population above-mentioned is classed as follows: Persons. Families. Rate of annual incomes. Total income. 11,004,107... 2,300,000...fr0m X 25 to .£ 90....105,000,000 Assumed to be Wine Consumers. 2,800,280 583,791 from 100 to 1,000...., 180,000,000 217,170 M,709 from 1,500 to 5,000 135,000,000 18,320 3,833 from 7,500 to 100,000 60,000,000 14,069,677 2,941,383 £450,000,000 Number of Bottles of Wine consumed daily in Eng land, Wales, and Scotland, in 1821, on an average of three years, and calculating four bottles to the old gallon. Total number In England and Walei,.. In Scotland. of bottles. French 1,848 196 2,044 All other Wines 43,592 3,23(1 46,828 Cape, 5,510 l4B 5,688 50,930 3,580 54,580 Divide this quantity, daily consumed, 54,560 bottles, including Cape wine, amongst 641,333 fa milies, consisting of 3,065,770 persons, possessing an annual aggregate income of 375 millions of pounds sterling, and it will be found to give to each family about the fifteenth part of a bottle, or one glassful per diem ! or one bottle daily among 44 persons of the wealthiest classes. In Ireland the case is worse, The number of bottles daily used in Ireland, 1821—French, 268; all other wines, 4,640 ; Cape, 788 ; total, 5,696. The population of Ireland, in 1821, was 6,801,827. —Assuming that owing to absenteeism, and the known comparative poverty of the country, there is only one-half the number—that is, 1-Bth of the po pulation, possessing incomes between subsisting comfort and extreme superfluity, the proportion is one bottle per diem among 150 persons. I have not the requisite data to bring down this calculation with absolute certainty to the present day; but we shall nearly approximate the truth, by adding 35 per cent. to the quantity of wine, and 10i per cent. to the number of families possessing from 1001. to 1,0001._ per annum. The result is, in 1827, a daily consumption, in England,Wales,and Scotland, of 73,656 quart bottles of wine, including Cape, divided among 708,673 families. In Ireland, ditto, ditto, 7,689 quart bottles of wine, divided among 197,789 families. It is most evident that this consumption of wines is far from being commensurate to the rapid increase in the population, and to the affluence of that part of it who might be supposed habitually to use wine. Government having made the liberal reduction of nearly fifty per cent. in the duties, calculated that the consequently increased consumption to the same extent would at least prevent defalcation in the revenue. These expectations have not been an swered ; I will try to show why. In 1824, at the high duties of Its. 5-kl. on French, and 7s. 7fd. on other wines, per old gallon, the home consumption at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Hull, was 18,249 tons, of 210 imperial gallons. At the reduced duties of 7s. 3d. on French, and 4s. 10d. on other wines, per imperial gallon, the home consumption at these ports I n 1825, was 28,645 tuns 1826, 20,945 1827, 24,064 1-3(1)73,654(24,550 tuns. Increase 6,311 tuns, at the reduced duty, being 35 per cent. nearly. Let it be observed that the increased consumption advances steadily. Some of the causes why it has not increased more rapidly are —the banking panic of 1825 - 1826,—the millions lost from the mining mania and the foreign loans; and the falling off in our exports of manu factures also has contributed much, from the re trenchmentiVethus rendered indispensable, to keep the home consumption of wine very far below its natural level. But undoubtedly the chief cause of the comparative unproductiveness of the wine tax, as at present levied, is its partial, oppressive, and un just, and therefore prohibitory, operation : for example— Clarets—First growths--viz. Lafitte,La- 1 Duty. tour, Chateau-Margaux, and Haut- • Brion : value 501. per hhd .7s . -' al gal. ; pay V Per im.- Hermitage--Highest growths--Cote peni 35 per cent. Rotie, &c.: value 551. per hhd....... Hocks—Superior old, Johannisherger, 1 f P4s .10d. per gal.; Rudesheimer, Hockheimer, &c.: value 70/. per ann pay 10 per cent. Madeira—Old and fine East India and 15.10,1. per gal.; Wrest India : value SO/. to 901. :per pipe pay about 35 per Sherry—Superior old, 601. per butt Port—Ditto, 50/. per pipe cent. NOTE.—The above-mentioned are wines used by the titled and wealthy only. _ _ Mountain—Very best, 28/. per pipe Duty the same, Lisbon—Ditto,.2s/. per pipe 4s. 10d. per gal.; Vidonia—Ditto, W. per pipe payl 00 percent. Bronti—Ditto, 151. per pipe Ditto, ditto; Fayal—Ditto, 151. per pipe payl7s pereer.i. It therefore appears that good, wholesome, and cheap wines, the first cost of which is completely within the means of persons of moderate incomes, are placed beyond their reach by a disproportionate, umjust, and to them prohibitory duty of from 100 to 175 per cent.; while the great and the rich have their wines at a duty of about 35 per cent. ; thus re versing oppressively and impoliticly the principles of taxation. Equalize the duties ;—let the law compel every dealer to use only real quarts, pint;, and half pints, in place of the fraudulent measures now used,—of 25 to 33 per cent. below the legal standard ; and let Government instruct their officers to seize all bottles under the legal size. Let the man of moderate income (namely, the class that in 1821 consisted of 2 ,800,000 persons, or the 586,000 families, above mentioned, and possessing incomes on the average of 300/. per annum to each family) have of the agree able and humanizing beverage, cheap wine, at the same rate of duty with the wealthy,--viz. 35 per cent.; and the expectations of the Government of an increased revenue will soon be realized. It is from the contribution of the bulk of the nation—namely, f See AlrelVarre's pamphlet on wine9,--Hatchard, 1824. the middling elas.ses, or the millions—that revenue is derived. The comparatively few thousands of the exceed ingly rich consume just as much, and no more, of the high priced wines, at the low duty, that they did at the high duty, and would consume perhaps the same quantity if the present duty were quadrupled. That, indeed, might perhaps make a stint of fine wines at the butlers' and housekeepers' tables, but none to their masters, who should rejoice that good and cheap wine be made accessible to the middling classes, and in many cases to the lower orders, at a just and equal duty. This desirable object is to he effected, T hurnbly conceive, by the following scale of duties is. 3d. per im perial gallon, o; perhaps double. Claret, Burgundy, Champaigne, and all other French win's Madeira, sherry, and San Lucar, Pert, Rhenish, Hungary, and all other wines of the Continent of Europe not enumerated Lisbon, and all other Portugal wines Malaga, and all other Spanish wines Sicily, and all Italian and Mediteranean wines Teneriffe, and the Canary Islands Faval, and the Azores Islands 49. 10d. per do. 85i. per do, This scale of duty will promote public morals and health, and restore the comfort and enjoyment of wholesome wine to many who have almost forgotten the taste of it. The shopkeeper ; the clerk in public offices, the banker and merchant's clerk, the trades man, the farmer, the retired artisan, and the small annuitant, and above all, the sick poor, will hail the boon with gratitude. To all the numerous class named, and to the half-pay officers of the army and navy, the reduction of the duties has been completely illusory. '1 hey buy in small quantities, and find that at the wine -merchant's, the club-room, the hotel, the coffee-house, the watering-places, and with the provincial wine -merchant, the retail prices are the same, or nearly the same, as formerly.-4s. 6d. to ss. for a bottle of 25 per cent. less than the legal quart. My proposal will give them the dozen of full im perial quarts of Lisbon at 295., Malaga at 30s. 6d., Vidonia at 30s. 6d., Bronti at 255., and Fayal at 265. 6d. An immensely increased revenue from wine, the diminished use of ardent spirits, a check to the in flux of the low trash misnamed Madeira, Sherry, and Port, that inundates the great wine bazaar the London-docks, and the prevention of smuggling and of poisonous adulterationst, ate but some of the be neficial results of the measure I recommend. To one unquestionable benefit I would particularly call attention : that, by taking a greatly increased quan tity of wine from countries where it is a superfluity, and their only means of payment, we enable the people of these countries to buy so much more of our manufactures; consequently we enable the British shipowner and manufacturers of cottons, woollens, and hardware, &c., and thousands of per sons they employ at home, to buy so much more of the produce of our own soil: in short to become the supporters of the landed interest, in place of being as they have been too much of late, burdens upon the poor rates. It may be objected to this scale, that it will not work well. I answer that the Americans, who must be allowed to be calculating and sensible people, have always acted on a similar scale, with perfect success. I copy it below for the information of your readers. And will only add, that sure J am, if this plan be considered doubtful, there can at least be no doubt whatever that an increased and indiscriminat ing duty will occasion a great decrease of revenue. TARIFF OF AMERICAN DUTIES ON ♦4INES. Burgurhly I dollar per gall. Champagne I dollar per gall. Fayal, and other wines of the Western Islands, 40 cents per gall. Lisbon 5O cents per gall. Madeira. . _ _ Oporto, and other wines of Portugal and Sicily, 50 cents per gall. Rhenish. 1 dollar per gall. Sherry 60 cents per gall. St. Lucar 60 cents per gall. Teneria 40 cents per gall. Tokay 1 dollar per gall. All other, when imported otherwise than cases or bottles Other, not enumerated, when imported in bottles or cases SO cents per gall. I am, Sir, obediently yours, W. J. London, Jan. 29. t See " \Vine and Spirit Adulterers Unmasked," by one of the Old Schaol. 2d ed. 1828. NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. (From the Athenceurn.) In the soul's desolation—dark he stood ; No tears—no mother's weakness there had part ; But while the iron entered at his heart He smiled ;—great in himself, in lofty mood, The world had taught him—amid scenes of bloo.l He started not ;—and now he did not start. The things most loved by bins he saw depart Silent and sadly down oblivion's flood ; Were it the gods in anger dealt with him, Or for some crime to sorrow be was doomed, Or Fortune's sport ;--it matters not—a dream Of darkness wrapt him—sullen he consumed ; In the soul's nameless fever passed away, Nor seemed to notice lifts's fast waning day. The almost continued rains have so much re• tarded the operations of husbandry in the South of Devon, that a quantity of wheat remains to be sown.—Ex e t er Alfred. Two Scotch clergymen, who were not so long headed as they themselves imagined, met one day at the turning of a street, and ran their heads together unawares. The shock was rather stunning to one of them. He pulled off his hat, and laying his hand on his forehead, said, " Sic a blow ! my heed's a' ringing again." " Nae wonder," said his companion, " your heed was aye boss (empty), that makes it ring; my heed disna ring a bit." " How could it ring," said the other, " seeing it is cracket? Cracket vessels never ring." Eact described the other to aT. Hull Packet. WASHINGTON AND BUONAPA RTE.—If we compare WASHINGTON and BUONA PA RTE, man to man, the genius of the former seems of a less elevated order than that of the latter. WASHINGTON belongs not, like Buo- NAPARTE, to that race of the A LEXA NDE RS and C.szsamis, who surpass the ordinary stature of mankind. Nothing astonishing attaches to his person ; he. is not placed on a vast theatre ; he is not pitted against the ablest captains and the mightiest monarchs of his time ; he traverses no seas ; he hurries not from Memphis to Vienna, and from Cadiz to Moscow ; he defends himself with a handful of citizens on a soil with out recollections and without celebrity, in the narrow circle of the domestic hearths. He fights none of those battles which renew the tri':mphs of Arbela and Pharsalia ; he overturns no thrones to re-compose others with their ruins ; he places not his foot on the necks of kings ; he sends not word to them in the vestibules of his palaces, Qu'ils se font trop attendre, et qu' Attila s'ennuie." Something of stillness envelopes the actions of WASH INGTON ; he acts deliberately : you would say that he feels himself to be the representative of the liberty of future ages, anti that he is afraid of compromising it. It is not his own destinies but those of his country with which this hero of a new kind is charged; he allows not himself to hazard what does not belong to him. But what light burets forth from this profound obscu rity ! Search the unknown forests were glistened the sword of WASHINGTON, what will you find there ? graves ? no ! a world ! WASHINGTON has left the United States for a trophy of his field of battle. BUON AFA ItTE has not any one characteristic of this grave American ; he fights on an old soil, surrounded with glory and celebrity : he wishes to create nothing but his own renown ; he takes upon him self nothing hut his own aggrandizement. He seems to he a ware that his mission will be short, that the torrent which falls from such a height will speedily he exhausted ; lie hastens to enjoy and to abuse his glory, as men do a fugitive youth. Like the gods of HOMER, he wants to reach the end of the world in four steps : he appears on every shore, he hastily inscribes his name in the animals of every nation ; he throws crowns as he runs, to his family and his soldiers ; he is in a hurry in his monuments, in his laws, in his victories. Stooping over the world, with one hand he overthrows kings, and with the other strikes down the revolutionary giant; but in crushing anarchy he stifles liberty, and finally loses his own in the field of his last battle. Earch is rewarded according to his works.—Che teaulrriancrs Travels. PASHIONAI3LE AND MISCELLANEOUS The Duke of CLARENCE left town yesterday morning for Deptford dock-yard, where his Royal High ness was occupied a considerable time inspecting the dif ferent works in th.! yard. The Duke returned to his re sidence in the Admiralty in the afternoon, and had after wards a long interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON. Prince LEOPOLD honoured the first repre ventation this season of " Zelmira" at the Italian Opera house, with his presence on Tuesday evening. The Duke of SUSSEX visited the Duke and Duchess of CLaar.Ncr yesterday, at the Admiralty. The Duke of WELLINGTON entertained the Cabinet Ministers at dinner yesterday, at his residence in Piccadilly. A Committee of the Privy Council assembled yesterday morning, for the first time this year, in the new Council-chamber, Downing -et-met. The Lords present were, the MASTER of the Rou.s, Viscount STRANGFORD. Sir GEO. WARRENDER, and the Right lion. H. Fluo-r , The Loan PRESIDENT was not present. Their Lordship,' meeting was for the purpose of hearin g and determining plantation appeals, on some of which eases Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE, and Messrs. GILDART,DENNAN, and BROUGHA: , ;, were heard by their Lordships. The Council sat t ill a b out four o'clock. The Duke of WELLINGTON sent a commu nication yesterday to Mr. HUCKiSSOI 4 , at his seat at Eartham, Sussex. Earl BATHURST has removed to his house in Mansfield-street, from Great Stanhope-street. Lord MARYBOROUGH visited the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday, at the Commander-in• Chief Office, Ilorle-guards. • Prince LIEVEN, the Russian Ambassador, transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The birth-day of his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, which took place on Sunday, when the Royal Duke entered his 58th year, was celebrated gene rally throughout the kingdom by the body of Free anti Accepted Masons. On Monday evening there was a large assemblage of the brethren attached to the different Lodges in town at the Freemasons' Hall, where a splendid ban quet was given ; Mr. CHARLES TENNYSON, M.P., in the chair. Among the toasts which followed were—" The King and the Craft"—" The Duke of Clarence, and the Brethren of Lodge 93"—" The Grand Master of Eng land, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex"—" The Duke of Leinster, and the Masons of Ireland"—" The Grand Master and Masons of Scotland." FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Hon. H. T. Liddell, M.P. in Portland-place, from Eslington. Northumberland ; Sir Charles Hulse, Bart. in New Bur lington-street; Mr. George Byng, ALP. in St. James's square; Mrs. Edward Dawkins and Miss Dawkins, in Portman-square; Mrs. and Miss Bradford, in Albemarle street, from • Bath ; Lord and Lady Churchill, in Upper Brook-street, from their seat in Oxfordshire; Hon. Col. Anson, at the Duke of Bedford's, Woburn Abbey, from Worcester ; James Alexander, Esq. M.P. at his house in Devonshire-street, from his seat, Somer Hill, Tunbridge; Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart. in Great Cumberland-place; Hon. Misses Grirnston, in Chesterfield-street; Major Sutherland, in Park-street ; Miss Powis, in Weymouth street ; Mr. John Thomas Hope. in Upper Seymour street, Portman-square; Mr. and Mrs. Walpole, in Glou cester-place ; Mrs. and Miss Sheldon, in Park-street; Lady Stanley, in Devonshire-place; Major Meredith, in Piccadilly from Paris ; Mr. Felix Ladbroke, in Grosve nor-street; Mts. and Miss Temple, is Bruton-street; Mr. Charles Pigou, in Clarges-street ; the Countess of Morn ington, in Henrietta-street, from Hampton Court Palace ; Wogan Browne, Esq. at the Grosvenor Hotel, New Bond street, from Kildare ; John O'Connell, Esq. at ditto, from Kildare ; C. Ryan, Esq. at ditto; W. APDonougb, Esq at ditto, from Ireland ; the Rev. Dr. Howard, at the 13er ners Hotel, Berners-street, from Cambridge ; Thomas A. Cooper, Esq. at ditto, front Paris ; Thomas Jesson, Esq. Mrs. and Miss Jesson, at ditto, front their seat, Hill Park, Seven Oaks, Kent; Thomas Lloyd, Esq. M.P., at Fen ton's Hotel, St. James's-street, front Ireland ; It. Power, Esq. M.P. at ditto, from the Continent ; General Crosby, at ditto, front a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Suttle, at ditto, from Paris; Lord and Lady Bolton and family, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Hackwood Park, Hants; J. Rockie, Esq. Mrs. Rookie and family, at ditto, from Salisbury ; Earl and Countess Somers and family, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, front their seat, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire ; Hon. T. W. Coventry, at ditto, from Brighton; R. J. Thompson, Esq. and family, at ditto, front Yorkshire. DEPARTURES.—The Duke of Bedford, from St. James's-square, for Woburn Abbey ; Earl Spencer and Lord Althorp, for the Duke of Bedford's seat, 'Wo burn Abbey ; Earl Clanwilliam, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Berlin ; Mr. and Mrs. Gooch, from Jor dan's hotel, St. James's.street, for Norfolk; Lady John son and Major Weyland, from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for Oxfordshire ; Captain Ilibbert, from ditto, for Brighton ; Sir Clifford and Lady Constable and family, from Mivart's Hotel, for TiNall, Staffordshire ; St. George Caulfield, Esq. from ditto, for Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. R. Jameson, from ditto, for the Continent ; Rev. Frederick Smith, from the Berners Hotel, for Ctn.. bridge. ARRIVALS AT CHELTENHAM.—The Hon. General de Blaquiere, Lady Brvdges, Sir Richard Bulkes ley and Lady Phillipps, Lieutenant-General Peachey, Rev. J. H. Commeline, Captain M. F. F. Berkeley, R.N. Captain Porter, R.N. Captain Lennock, R.N. Captain Thompson, Captain Weir, Captain Higgins, Captain A. H. Kirwan, Captain Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Steel, Mr. and Mrs. Breynton, Mr. and Mrs. Price,• Mr. and Mrs. Cham bers, Mr. and Mrs. Manley; Messrs. Pettatt, W. Chain bert, B. Browne, J. Bell, J. W. Martin, J. Alluutt, jun. W. Jones, M. Lucas, 2 Chambers, Leslie, Hall, Davy, Housman, Stewart, Duff, M'Kenzie, Afacnamara, T. Pitt, Saunders, Ramsay; Mistresses Colonel Martin, P. Hicks, Seymour, Critchett, Bell ; Misses Palmer,Vassal, 2 Comte nays, H. Layard, &c. ARRIVALS AT BATH_—Lord and Lady Ashtown, Hon. E. Ramshottom, Hon. V. Knox and family, Hon. Mrs. Portman, Sir J. and Lady Greene, General Milner; Colonels Smelt, O'Neil, Morgan Crow den ; Lieut.-Colonels 51‘Dougall, Leaky ; Captains Eyre, Fryer, Dalzel, Haynes, Doyne, Watkins, Rose ; Captain and Mrs. Savage ; Dr. and Mrs. Sully, Dr. Paton, Rev. Dr. Hay, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain, Roberts, San mare? ; Rev. Messrs. Thompson, Morrell, Hayes, Davis, De Morrell, Matthews, Roberts, Ward, Warner, Williams, Lucas and family ; Mr. and Mrs. Bean, Voman, 'Walker, Atkinson, Bayley, Beckford, Boyce, Brown, Baker, Cox, Cuff, Cooke, Aspinall and family, Crocker, Pool, Hare, Goulding . , Morgan, Edgell, Wintle, Westwood, Haggard ; Messrs. Warde, Foot, Shaw, Baxter, Eastits, Doye, Holds. worthy, Gough, Griffiths, Knight, Knox, Sutherland, Wood, Wright, Bellingham, Watts, Williams, Brydges, Godfrey, Best, Walker, Bacon, Chester, Woodhouse, Ran dall, Kendall, Carr, Greenhill, Mills, Gunning, Basten, 2 Bateman, Bowen, Digby, Roberts, Parsons, Ross, Mor ton, Barrett, Baynton, Furadon, Hughes, Levett and family, Devas, James, Humphries, Nixon ; Mistresses Bellingham, Lucas, Green, Iluish, Johnson, Fear, Mar shall, Stevens, Moore, Lewis, Dicks; Misses Bellingham, Armstrong, 2 Budeley, Bath, Harrison, Bradley, Cox, Edmunds, Bartlett, Jones, Oldisworth, &c. RESTORATION OF THE EARLDOM OF SEA FORT/I.—We understand that this Peerage case will be brought before the present Parliament, and that a reversal of the attainder may be expected in favour of Mr. MAC.. KENZIE, assistant ship-builder to Mr. KING, of Nelson's Dock, Rotherhithe, son of Captain MACKENZIE, whose character and death were noticed in the Gentleman's Ma gazine of December, 18 - 2.6. As it may not be generally understood, it is proper to mention that hitherto none but rb l oiyngealaitil.:: MAJESTYI e es %ii nlo n a o n t ts : s o tb f oipi t t h il e lie, a er t es t a , h i oa n tn t i dl, e , ti lt hi l: oa e pt e e r o s t, ii l l i a a pt v r e tohp b ee e erßno occasionsyr e a s i t o p r r et e : i arrp i t ,s;ne N , B le , ca i rl l ya l inni ) take er:f :tAi ol i cn i r l Kdi ( i . laEgdsseuszsreilei deserving n nsegtv,,l eloaryft e exercising riatan:cß: ,eeonjyt rits ancient. i onmercy sovereign efErcxyrjel:Aita,tiN,ettnl,,pndii.rin. o)fc l it i tabi j a ioriia l ii ng .: ' 4 l. noth A er t King of Scotland, in 1263, conferred on Colast Msq . " . " ZIE the territory of Kintail, county of Ross, no ut fideli servitio tans in hello quam in pace." wt . th great 1726, by of several centuries, his descendants intermarried families, and flourished as Barons, Lord c a rg i' at i e n t ta i ecember, 1623. length the King of England pro temp. Cst.oN or COLIN Earl of Seaforth, r 3 sea d etai o fio f ,ur p stho;f The titles and estates were forfeited in 1715 '. by the re hellion of WILLIA at, fifth E n a e rl w,. o ( f . in 1 . ‘97, both of which have count of his contrition, King Groan: 1., and his estates were afterwards restore;; l ie w „,., pardoned July, to him. The titles, however, have never been restored, 1 since--viz.,though t he r e in hav elr 7 b le: been andtwo " Seafortl,'" f become extinct, through the failure of heirs male of th , patentees.— Times, On the subject of the increase to the Wine Duties, which has been so much talked of within the last few days, but which no frequency or confidenc e of assertion can render credible to us until we see it actually realized, a very able l e tter, full of detailed and curious information connected with the trade in wine, and with the consumption of the variou s qualities of that a:- tick, as influenced by the unequal operation of the duties, has just been received from an in correspondent s who winsert e the whole of our correspondent's commu n i cat i on, and would recommend to the especial n ot i ce o f those among his Majesty' s Ministers wh o h are os it is, signs himself undertaken to relieve Mr. Goulburn from all but the name of Chancellor of the Exchequer, that portion of the statements of " W. J? which proves the unfair, and therefcre impolitic and unprofitable operation of the wine duties as at present regulated. on the several classes of consumers, and on the general produce of the tax. Wines, it appears, of the first growths, and of the highest prices to the merchant, pay no heavier tax than those of the very lowest quality imported from the same fo. reign markets. The poorest French wines pay as high a duty as the finest growths of Chateau-Margaux and Laitte. Madeira and Sherry pay no more than Tenerife and Lis bon. Hence it fellows, that the rich consumer, who can afford to bring the finest claret to his table, is charged about 35 per cent. in addition by the Government, while the family in humble lif e , who ought to he encouraged in the use of wholesome wine to the exclusion of ardent spirits, are actually forced to pay an impost of 175 per cent. on the prime cost of the only d escr i pt i on o f wine which comes within the reach of their finances. Thus much for the partiality shown to the upper classes in the enjoyment of this excellent and medicinal beverage. But the effect upon the revenue seems to he as mischievous as that on individuals is unjust. The excessive tax laid in this manner on cheap wines, tends (i;., rectly to narrow the whole scale of consumptior7 ; and to restrict it to a small portion of the com munity. If the use of low-priced wines were generalized by an adjustment of the duties to , the prime cost of the liquor itself, there is no reason to doubt that the consumption would be extended in a degree very far be yond that proportion in which the tax was re duced. For instance, if, after a previous and most salutary regulation, by which merchants would be forced, under a severe penalty, to sell their wines in bottles holding a full quart of wine, instead of those which, under the name of quart bottles, actually contain something short of a pint :and a half,—if, we say, after such a regulation, the tax was so diminished as to admit of good Teneriffe being sold for SOs, per dozen of real quarts, instead of 40s. for about nine quarts in the disguise of 12,—can it be questioned that an immense class of con sumers in humble life would soon be added to the purchasers of the article, bearing a propor tion to the existing number of consumers of probably not less than ten to one ? Without be ing . new-fangled, o r l e d away b y p l aus i l;le chime ras in economy, we reilly do believe that a hint from our correspondent on the above topics might prove of solid advantage to the principles as well consequences of our system of taxa tion, so far as foreign wines are coueneti:— Times. Mr. Brougham gave notice on Tuesday ni - sht, that on Thursday se'nnight, he would submit t.r, the House a motion, " for the purpose of in ducing it to turn its immediate attention to the state of the Law of this country, and to the Ad ministration of that Law in Courts of justice, and to those reforms which time may have re: dered necessary, and of which experience may have shown the expediency." This is L‘ t : h ern e giiii . e , b i .lt r a: st : announcement of a motion on the subje c t of the law and its administration, of a character at all equal, in point of comprehensiveness, to cr :e just expectations of the nation. We have beer too long tinkering this and that hole, subjecting frequently the community to ten times more in convenience than that to which it was becore ex posed. It is high time we took a survey of the whole field of law, elevating ourselves. as . II: were, to some eminence, whence we may obtain a bird's eve view of the region, and - obtain thereby some idea of the relation . of the parts to each other, and their connection, that we may ti , A lose ourselves in useless and unavailing details . , Mr. Peel's endeavours deserve all praise, for the goodness of intention they indicated ; hut they have been of little benefit in any ease, and in some have done more harm than good. And dila will always be the case with those who fall to work with details without seeing the relation in which they stand to the whole. Thus, for in stance, Mr. Peel, forgetting, that there was no check on wanton and unnecessary prosecution in ; this country ; that the Law, with respect to In!. nisliment, was either inexecusable or i»efficaPious, set to work with one evil, the hardship P': throw. ing the charges of prosecution on aggrieved in dividuals, and the remedy has ruined the people in the addition to county rates, caused by unne cessary prosecution. Mr. Brougham cornmelces differently. Before calling on the nation to a ct on his recommendations, he will show them that the labour will neither be thrown awa p y rei n u n d r e be e, productive of incont , ' v eiie g n views, too, will be guided by the knowledge which he has derived from extensive experielie t attention of the people of of the practice of our Courts. I t n u i r l e ch are fro n m ot t t.} e 'i t s p e re o to o s saarye nothing demanded, of interested I: rn r e e i ed g s n t n e c o f d eo r m a r O nesc p nue p tc.h o a s lll : l ; m l 7( . :0101P;r anticipate: n ~vial gradually discu s arrayed against him. an important subject i s once fairly drag , to it, they will force Parliament along With them.—Monting t h h e i a s r e c r o s i , m a t i r - v d when the Chronicle. C.rae(*ivailliyisinithperourrectih;,alis e ir d ks to an c d ccu ot p:: with irticing points of resemblance se l ve s. Thus , for instance, Lord Byron was ' t the pleased struck w ith the wonderful similarity of their bo el et Travellersllnv esce:,,eollr i ( i i a n v e e i eon f t.t eanzse 1 ! tre atment c i r- 1- O. tii tAreehs to our treatment of the Irish. Ti , , They have, too, a Constitution, very much, according to M. Von Hammer. the. learned Orientalist of Vienna, like our own, and a Magna Charta like our own, of which one little clause, according to Sir Francis Burdett, Was worth all the discoveries of modern philoso phers. The celebrated Sir Dudley North, ac cording to the Hon. Roger North, found their Common Law very much like that of England. 'hoir Police strikingly rescmhles our own, fcr they have the Jonathan Wild system in all its perfection. .' Burglaries," sav , a writer in the Foreign Review, who states himself to be a na. tive of C o nstantinople, " burglaries are so fre quent at Constantinople, that very often thedoors of the mosques; which are the depot of the most