The Sun. — London, England, 1828-03-26 00:00:00

ate of ro not )1 the PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS NOTICE OF MOTION FOR THIS DAY. &!r. Jeplison—Bill for amending the Law of Dictics.jei and Replevins, in certain cases. OLDER* OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAT. l• StiPply—Committee. Ways and Nteans--Committee. S. Passengers' Regulation Bill—Third reading. NOTICE GIVEN YESTERDAY. Thursday, March 27. Mr. Linh—Bill to provide for the regulation of the Pub lic Office for registering Memorials of Deeds, Con veyances, and Wills, in Ireland. Friday, March 28. lUr• Hom e Drummond—Bill to regulate the Salmon Fisheries in Scotland. FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON• AMTrcADANI, MARCH 21.-12.—Two months, 11. 92!-i FETBILSRURGII, MARCH 7.—'Three months, 10%. NIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. vi*r14.1 4... 10 minutes alter U. I Evening....3l3 minutes after H. To COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS AND OTHERS. ALBION HOTEL, HAYMARKET, SIIEFFIELD. WTRAVIS respectfully informs his nu • merous Friends, Commercial Gentlemen, and the Public in general, that he has lately entered upon that APacious Inn, THE ALBION HOTEL, situate in the Haymarket, Sheffield, so many years known as " Healey's ii °tel," where he trusts he shall meet with that encourage in!rit which, by an unremitting attention to business, it will be his constant study to deserve. The Premises have recently been most elegantly fitted and nothing conducive to the comfort of those who may honour him with their Patronage will be found Ivanting. Wines and Spirits at a moderate charge.—Good Beda a''d Stabling. igAsP,I ) • j LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, nes. c; Earl GREY, last night in the House of Lords, re peated the questions of Sir ROBERT WILSON in the Commons on the preceding evening, and the answer of Earl DUDLEY was considered perfectly satisfactory, although not holding out the same pros pect of peace. The fact is, that Government have not yet received any direct information from St. Peters burgh since the warlike rumours lately circulated had reached this country, and they are therefore unable to . say w h et h er war w ill ta k e p l ace or not . O ne thing certain is, that war has not yet been proclaimed, and the last advices from the East are more favour able to the continuation of peace than otherwise. But a t rifling occurrence may wholly alter the state of thing s . The chances of Nvar are far more likely at the present moment than they were a month ago— but still we repeat that Government have received " 0 Positive information on the subject, whatever their impression may be as to the ultimate two of affairs. The French Papers of Sunday contain no news. The complexion of an article,, dated Vienna, is favourable to the continuation of peace in the East. The Emperor of RUSSIA is said to be disposed to act with great forbearance. " Seeing is believing." By the Anisterdam Journal of the 22d inst. it appears that an insurrection had broken out in Su matra, which had been quelled by a detachment from Palembang, and the insurgents were compelled to pay the expences of the expedition, as well as an annual tribute. It was said in Berlin, on the 15th, that the Rus -sian Guards had received orders to march from St. Petersburgh. IV the Sir Edward Banks steam-packet, we have received Papers from Hamburgh to the 23d inst. An English Journal had been established, entitled the Hamburgh Reporter, which promises to be of very general benefit. It is conducted with `pint, and is perfectly liberal. The accounts from Petersburgh, of the Sth March, say that the Schah Ptßma has agreed to pay the indemnity upon hearin g of the march of the Russian troops. Peace 1 / 1 1 1 therefore be preserved with Persia, and the Russian armies will thus be at liberty to direct all their energies upon the Turks, in the event of war, tvhieh is now believed to be inevitable, as the Im perial Guards have marched from St. Petersburgh. Mr. Alderman THoMPsoN last night presented a petition from no less than seventeen Insurance Corn panies, against the present exorbitant duty OD Policies of InsuranceZ which may be justly called a ' most impolitic tax. The petitioners were distinctly of opinion, that not only were a vast number of persons prevented from insuring by the amount of duty, but -that the Revenue would actually be improved by a reduction of one-half, or from 3s. to Is. 6d. per Cent. The speech of Mr. GOULDURN, no doubt, con tained a powerful appeal to the fact of there having been a gradual and progressive increase in the income derived from Fire Insurance,and alluded to the diffi culty he felt in making any alterations in a tax which produced upwards of a million annually to the country. It appears to us, however, that considering the high respectability of those who have gravely stated an opinion that the Revenue would gain instead of losing by so large a reduction as one half, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would be an thorised in reducing the duty us a tentative measure from 3s. to 25., or at least to 2s. 6d. per cent. If the consequences predicted by the Insurance Offices did result, it would doubtless be fair to make trial of a still further reduction; but if a de falcation wera the consequence, it could riot in:one • Year's trial, amount to a very serious sum, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would be pro tected from even mural responsibility by the high authority on which he proceeded, and the tacit as sent of the House of Commons to the statements last night made by \V , Altili4RTON, and M r . B ARING . Alderman TriomPsoN, Mr. Crerma n Papers to the 19th and 20th, re ceived this morning, say that peace will not be in terrupted, as Austria, whose interest it it; to pre serve it, will use all her exertions to prevent the out of war : breaking •IFNVA MARCH 13. While all foreign Journals are filled with reports of war, the speculator's on our 'Chan e, at most, take notice of the fluctuations' in the funds. We are here firmly convinced Whosee breaking out of war will be prevented, v rh t ; the scale as Austria, el- 41 scale is so great, must desire peace, both for political and comm e r c i a l reaso ns. The recruiting of t h, army, effect,: is Iligr e'".. of, only because it is executed according to the recent syste m which is now carrying into able as those who xvi,,h for war is would willingly believe.— ; hut . it by no means so consider- The prices of corn, too, which for some time past have been rising, appear now inclined to fall. To-day, at half past two-- Metalliques v.'ere ;A Bank Sh ares. , ,... .... ... 1029 . and in consequence of the mor e . . favourable prosects opened by the last finnan of th e ter rise in the fund s is Multan to th e P r i nc ip a liti es , a fur very probable. NMI! has just been received that the town of Marston (near Stein) =,•a9 deaulated the night before last by a dread ful fire. CRACOW, MARCH S. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine has returned to Warsaw. Since his return reports favourable fa the preservation of peace have been spread, and it is hoped that his Majesty the Emperor will come to Warsaw in April to receive the homage of the Polish nation. The Polish army, however, is still in motion, and its general staff in Lublin, to which his Imperial Highness will remove his bead-quarters. At the same time large divisions of Russian troops daily• enter the kingdom, and the recruitiag, as well as the delivery of horses and military stores of all I,inds, continues as before. The re-introduction of the former mode of election in the Constitution of our little Republic has lately givm occasion to many unpleasant oo currences. VIENNA, MARCH 14. S9l; Bank Shares, 1,027. STUTTGAPJ), 3t. ncii 16. His Majesty the King passed a tolerable day yesterday, but felt himself very weak. The irruption has hitherto proceeded regularly, and this morning the fever has consi derably abated. The Queen passed yesterday very well, but did not sleep go well last night ; the regular progress of the disorder has not, however, been checked. Lord ALTHORP, in proposing to repeal Mr. PER CEVAL'S Act of 1808, for converting the Three per Cents. into annuities on lives, states as his reason the disadvantages of the bargain. We pay too high I a price for those annuities, and therefore it is highly proper to relinquish this losing trade. But this, it will be observed, is a distinct ground from the policy of the measure. It may be very expedient to con vert those perpetual annuities into life annuities, though it may not be expedient to give too high a price for' them, and this is the question which, as we do not think it is well understood, we propose shortly to consider. There is really no branch of finance in which our statesmen, we must speak it boldly, have erred more glaringly against the light of common sense than in the various plans they have adopted for the redemption of debt. It is quite clear that there is no way of getting quit of debt but by paying it; and that no direct pecuniary advantage of any sort can be gained by any financial operation. The arrangements of finance merely respect the time and the mode of pay ment, and every one who has cash transaction to manage knows well that it may be much more convenient to pay at one time than at another; and that it is frequently important to protract the payment of debts. Thus the object of the funding system, as it is called, is to protract the payment of the debt indefinitely ; and in lieu of the principal, which it is inconvenient to raise immediately, it imposes a small charge for interest, which is however perpetual. The effect here, therefore, is to ease the present generation and to burden posterity ; and hence it is that we now groan under the accumulated debt of more than a century. The tendency of a Sinking Fund is to counteract the improvidence of the fund ing system. It burdens the present generation, and it relieves posterity; and it was a wise measure, therefore, when it was first established by Mr. FITT in 1786. The error was in maintaining the appear ance of a Sinking Fund after the reality was lost; in continuing to pay off ten millions of debt, when we were borrowing at the rate of thirty or forty; and in thus multiplying our transactions to no p.Yrpose and incurring useless expence. If we had taken the produce of the Sinking Fund as fat' as it would go, and only borrowed the surplus, which is what any one in private life would have done in like circumstances, we would have saved all this complexity. But, as if these useless operations of borrowing and paying were not already sufficiently cumbersome, Mr. PER CEVAL, without seeing the nature of his own scheme, proposed to convert perpetual annuities into life annuities ; the effect of which was, to increase the present burden, and to lessen it in future—under a different form it \vas, therefore, precisely the same in principle as a Sinking Fund. Mr. PER CEVAL might just as well have proposed to have made an addition to this fund. The present burthen was already too great for the country, we were every year incurring a heavy addition of debt, and Mr. PERCEVAL'S plan, like that of the Sinking Fund, tended to add to this burthen, already too great, and to go a step further in the folly of paying one debt by incurring another. It is clear, that unless we have a surplus of income over expenditure we cannot pay debt. But here, while our expenditure exceeded our income to such au extent, and while we had already one useless project of paying by borrowing, another scheme of the same nature is set on foot, as if to render the public transactions still more complex and cutnber some. The error of Mr. PERCEVAL was in not per ceiving that unless he had a surplus of income all such schemes were nugatory ; that to whatever ex tent he converted perpetual annuities into annuities on lives, to the same extent he incurred an additional debt, and that all he was doing was to move back wards and forwards in the same road without making any progress. Some of our other financial measures are marked with the same inattention to principle. The late Marquis of LONDONDERRY'S plan of the Dead Weight, as it is called, was the exact counterpart of Mr. PERCEVAL'S scheme, as it converted the naval arid military pensions, amounting to five million pounds per annum, which were annuities on lives, into one great annuity for forty-five years ; by which, in place of paying at present the annual • sum of - five millions, which would continually de crease, we only paid 2,800,000/., which annual rate was to continue for 45 years. The plan, therefore, gave present relief, but imposed a greater burden ultimately. It was in this manner entirely opposite • in its principle to Mr. PERCEVAL'S plan, or to the plan of the Sinking Fund; and yet at the time that this transaction was carried into effect, of con . verting the military and naval pensions into a 45 • years' annuity, we were labouring, laudably rio doubt, to establish a Sinking Fund of five millions per annum, as if .the salvation of the country depended upon it. Our finance system was thus a com pound of contrarieties, We had the scheme of a Sinking Fund for easing posterity at the expence of the existing generat i on ; an d we h ad the Dead Weight scheme, by which posterity was burdened arid the existing generation relieved. We were in tent on establishing a Sinking Fund ; nay, we im posed taxes, in 1822, for the purpose of procuring the necessary surplus, which the country could ill bear; and yet we deliberately gave up ;the Sinking Fund provided to our hands, by those annuities on lives, (for annuities on lives are to all intents and purposes a sinking fund,) by converting them into a 45 years' annuity. We thus built up, and we pulled down, without system or principle; we established • one sinking fund, while we relinquished another; our policy wanted unity of designs we did not look to the principle of these finance measures, and thus we groped in the dark. We hope the present Mi nisters, who we must say have . hitherto displayed ' the most laudable candour and regard to the public interest, will avoid these fulluciei., and pursue greater simplicity in their financial schemes. The Duchess of KENT and the Princess Au- G um visited the Duke and Duchess of CLA RENCE yester day at their residence in the Admiralty. The Duke of WELLINGTON met with an ac cident on Saturday evening. His Grace was in the act of alighting at Apsley-house from his cabriolet, when his foot caught the edge of the curb stone, and the Duke fell on the steps of the portico with considerable violence. The Duke was confined to his residence in Piccadilly till yes terday morning, from the effects of the fall, when his Grace went out for the first time, and proceeded to the Ti easurv. Summonses. were issued yesterday morning from the Foreign-office, Downing-street, for a Cabinet Council, to he held in the afternoon. The Ministers as sembled at three o'clock, and sat in deliberation till a quar ter past five. Those present were the Duke of WELLING— TON, Earls BATHURST, DUDLEY, and ABERDEEN, Vis count MELVO,LE, Lord ELLENBOE.OUGII, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Mr. Secretary HUSKISSON, the CitaNcELLon of tke EXCHEQUER, and Mr. llEanxEs. An American messenger arrived on Monday with despatches for Mr. LAURENCE, the American Charge d'Affaires, from his Government. Mr. LaußENcit trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing street. A King's messenger arrived at the Ake 6 the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on Monday even ing, with despatches from Viscount GRANVILLE, our Am bassador at Paris. The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND and the Hon. AGAIt ELLts transacted business yesterday at the Treasury. - Earl NELSON, Viscount BRIDPORT, and Lord Hoot), visited the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday. The Duke of WELLINGTON transacted busi ness yesterday with Mr. Secretary PEEL. FASHIONABLE CHANGES.—The Marquis and Marehionetts of Londonderry, from the:ir residence in Park-lane, for Paris ; the Earl and Countess of Sefton, and the Ladies Molyneux, for Brighton ; 'Marquis and Mar chioness of Tavistock, from their house in Arlington-street, for their seat, Oakley House, Bedfordshire; Sir Charles and Lady Hulse, for their seat, Breamore Mouse, Hants; Captain and Mrs. Wilson, in Wisupole-street, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, at the London Hotel, Albemarle street, from a tour; Mrs. and the Misses Woller, from ditto, for their seat in Gloucestershire; J. Parkinson, Esq. from ditto, on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Liddell, at the British Hotel, from Bath ; Win. Lumley, Esq. at ditto, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, at Hakes's Hotel, from Windsor; Captain Marsack, at ditto; F. Webb, Esq., Mrs. Webb and family from ditto, for Brighton ; George Best, Esq. and Mrs. Best, from ditto, for Botiey's Cottage, near Staines ; Mrs. Macdonnel and family, from ditto, for Hampstead ; Lord Ougley and the Hon. Monta gue Ougley, from ditto, for Old Warden; Major Eyles, from ditto ; Mr. Snow, from ditto ; the Countess of Goa ford and family, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Suffolk; Mrs. Montetiore, and family, from ditto, for Brighton. Letters reached town yesterday Morning from Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK, dated Teneriffe, Feb. 27. His Majesty's ship Undaunted reached the island in 14 days from Plymouth, during which she experienced most severe weather, so much so, that she was obliged to remain there three or four days to rest her rigging. TIIE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEA.—A veteran, of the name of Satyr:, who had lost his arm in the battle of Salamanca, observing, a few days ago, the Marquis as he rode through Stephen's Green, advanced and took off his hat ; the Marquis, with an affable look, which be tokened a generous recognition of the relics of a brother soldier, reined in his horse, and said, .4 Well, friend, do you want me ?" "My Lord," replied the invalid, " I had the honour of being taken prisoner with your Lordship in the year 1812, on our retreat from Salamanca." " Ha!" said his Lordship, " I remember—are you in want?" con tinued the Marquis, at the same time putting his hand in his pocket. " No, my Lord." " What can Ido fur you then ?" " Put me into some humble employment, my Lord." " Well, then, write to me—but there are a great many applications in before you."—lrish Paper. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 24, 1828.—T0-day we had a short supply of good Beet; which was in great demand, and was sold at a little advance in price; in middling or inferior Beef there was no alteration in price. The supply Of Mutton was a little better, but. we cannot say there was any alteration in that article. Beef, Bid. to 1. ; Mutton, 61, to 7,1(1. per lb. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the James, Colvin, from Lisbon. The outward-bound have sailed. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—Ar • rived the Andromeda, Muddle, from the Mauritius; Arab transport, from Ilarbadoes ; Minstrel, Arkcoll, from Lon don to Bengal ; and Miranda, Depster, from London to Grenada. I%lAncn 'U.—Wind N.—Sailed the Slid drake packet, for St. Domingo, &c. DAnTatotTrrr, MARcu U.—Arrived off port the Har mony, Verslings, from Batavia ; Amiable, Pauline, from Rio Janeiro ; and Henri IV., Sheddy, from New York. BELFAST, MARCH 23.—Arrived the Logan, Kerr, from Aliotnt; and Henrietta and Nancy, Judd, from Leghorn. HULL, MAncii 25.—The Jolly Bachelor, Masson, nailed the loth inst., from Sunderland for Aberdeen, expe rienced a severe gale near St. Abb's Head, and put into Egremont, where she fell over, and has, in consequence, been obliged to discharge her cargo. The James and -, from the Clyde to the West In dies, was on the Garraway Rock, Ballywalter, on the 23d inst. The Enigheden, Fisher, from Bergen to Barcelona, foundered in the North Sea on the sth inst.—crew saved. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY;. CITY, TwEL.E 0' CLOCIL: If the reply of Mr. Secretary Peel to Sir Robert Wilson the other evening was calculated to give an idea of the continuance of peace between the Russian and Turkish Governments, that of the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in his candid and explicit reply to Earl Grey last night, is calculated to have a decidedly contrary effect, and has left but faint hopes indeed of the differences of these powers being terminated without hostilities taking place. Since writing the above we learn that the Imperial Guards have received orders to march to the capital, a sure indica tion of the Emperor leaving St. Petersburg},, but it seems to have made little or no impression on the market. Con sols opened at 83i, were sellers, and afterwards done at 83i, but rallied to 83-4 is now the nearest price. The money market is a 16th worse than for time, notwith standing the large amount taken by the Bankers merely to employ capital. India Bonds are rather higher, being 89 91 pm ; Exchequer Bills have not improved, being 56 7 ; the heavy sale of this security having checked the market yesterday. In the Foreign Funds the public continue to sell Russian and Brazilian Securities, as well as the heavy English Stocks, the former are 855 : GI-, and the latter Bonds, 594 60 ; Spanish, which have been heavy for some days, at 10, are a good deal sought after, and the market is certainly much improved, the present quotation being 10i II ; Mexican, 6 per Cents. are 32i a ; and Colombian, 23 i; in Greek no alteration has taken place, nor does it appear that Chilian have derived much benefit from the efforts of the Meeting of the Bond-holders yesterday. Three per Cent. Consols, 83}; Ditto, for the Account, 834 ; India Bonds, 89 91 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 56 7 pm. . FOREIGN.-Brazilian, 594 601 ; Cl,iliau, 251 ; Colombian, 23 1; Danish, 591 601 ; Greek, 16i 171 ; Mexican, Five per Cent., 24 5 ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 32.4 e 32- 1 ; Peruvian, 23 4 ; Portuguese, 60 1 ; Russian, 951 64; Spanith, 10+ illzwas.—Anglo Mexican, 651 21 dis. ; Brazilian, 46 8 pin. ; Colombian, 61 51 dis. ; United Mexican, 21 20 ; General Mining Association, 10 12 pm. TWO O' CL CK. Consols 83 : 1, alternately buyers and sellers. India /kinds are I s. per cent. higher prem. being 91. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consuls for Account, 83+ :a. THE ARMY. The Reserve of the 80th Regiment of Foot, embarked on the 20th of March, at the Isle of Man, for Whitehaven, on route to Carlisle. 'Two Troops of the Oxfordshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry have been permitted to continue their services, gratuitously. The Arab transport, arrived at Falmouth on the 24th inst. with Detachments of Invalids of the 22d, 33d, 77th, 84th, and 91st Reginients of Foot, serving in Jamaica. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(TIIIS DAY.) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. ST. JOHN CHAPNEYS. Mr. PHILLIHORE was about to move in this cause, when Mr. WAKEFIELD asked that it might stand, in order that the defendant might have time to file affidavits. Mr. PftiLt.tmortE said, that the application was to com mit Sir Thomas Swymmer Chapneys to the Fleet-prison, The VICE-CitaxcEttor.—Then let us hear what he hes to say before we commit him. Mr. LOVATT said, that as the defendant was cutting down trees on the estate, great waste might be committed in the mean time. The Learned Gentleman, therefore, asked that there should be an undertaking on the part of the defendant, not to do any thing injurious to the property in the interval. The VicE-CuANcELLon thought that such an under. taking would be only reasonable. JUDGMENT. sta. PETER POLE AND OTHERS V. SPOILISWOODE .AND OTHERS. We have already reported the facts of this case, and the nature of the application. At the conclusion of the argu ments, yesterday evening, The VICE-CHANCELLOR proceeded to give judgment. lie thought that the Injunction ought to be refused, and that tke costs should be costs in the cause. COVENT-GARDEN.-(THIS DAY.) MEETING OF MARKET GARDENERS. A numerous and very respectable meeting of farmers and market-gardeners, resorting to Covent-garden market, took place this day, at the King's Arms Tavern, Palace yard, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Bill now before Parliament, for the regulation and improve ment of Covent- garden Market. Mr. Wusoser being called to the Chair, briefly stated the object of the Meeting. He said, that in consequence of a communication sent from the Duke of Bedford's office to Mr. Rogers, it was determined to call the market gardeners together, to consider the Bill before Parlia ment. The Bill professed not to raise the toll, but he understood it would affect the interests of the market gardeners very materially. The yearly stands at present average from 30s. to 40s. for which a stand was held of about eight feet square : but it was proposed by the Bill to destroy the old regulation, and that the stands should be held at the rent of Is. Sd. per foot, which would make a yearly rental of 131. 10s. for a waggon stand. Mr. W. CHAVNIAN said, it was held out that the Bill was not intended to raise the revenue of the Duke of Bed ' ford, but he considered it would have that effect. Above 14,000 feet were reserved for erecting shops and build ings, and it was impossible to calculate what rental those would produce. It appeared, however, that the rental, exclusive of all tolls, and all that might be derived from buildings, would amount to 4,380/. a year; whilst at present it was calculated that only 3,0001. a year was received. Under those circumstances, it would be for the meeting to consider whether they should not address the Duke of Bedford with a com plaint of the grievance, and ask him to redress it. By the Bill the Duke was armed with great power, and he ought to arm those who frequented the market with at least the power of removing nuisances. Mr. ROGERS (the Solicitor) said, the greatest desire was manifested by the Duke of Bedford's Agents to meet the wishes of all the parties concerned. In answer to some questions put by different per sons present, it was stated by the Chairman, that it was intended under the new Bill that there should be no china shops in Covent-Garden market; but as the same provi sion was made in a former Bill just acted upon, it was de sirable to have some clause introduced in the new bill, en abling the Committee to prevent china shops from being erected in the market. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies reported this week are small, excapt Oats, from Ireland, of which there is again a fair quantity. The Wheat Trade is now quite stationary, as the top prices of Flour cannot yet be advanced. Barley, Beans, and Pease, remain at Monday's prices. Oats support the terms of last market-day, with a moderate sale. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. 3,300 qrs. 4,600 qrs. 1,600 qrs. 2,400 sacks. Irish 6OO 300 11,600 - Foreign FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. Thera eras a large supply of fish at this clay's market, which went off briskly at the following prices:— Prime Turbot, each 2ls. Od. to Pss. Od. Ditto atrial), per do. Fine Cod-fish, each 7 0 10 0 Inferior ditto Salmon. per lb. Fine Whiting, per 13 6 7 6 Smelts, per 26 l2 0 16 0 &Ate, each llaildocks, per dozen l2 0 •.!.0 0 Brill, each Fine Soles, per three pairs 1 6 10 0 Gurnotts, each 1 0 1 6 Live Flounders, per quartern Live Eels, per blb. Dutch PLtice, per basket Fresh Herrings, per hundred Fine Lobsters, per score 4O 0 li 0 inferior ditto l5 0 93 0 Fine Prawns, per M. Shrimps, per gallon Vine Yarmouth Red Herrings, per hundred 0 0 7 6 Scotch ditto 0 0 6 0 COTTON WOOL. LIST OP IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. it . . Bap, &c. Bags 125,t11.) 7,445 I 21 10,1522 , 828 '12,885. IMPORTED. Same pe riod Met year. This year. Bags, &c. Liverpool 118,716 London Glug,ow 7,168 'Total exported in If Prvviou;- ly this year. jßags, &c. Bag', &c. 215 5,463 :110 8,267 BlRTH.—Yesterday evening, at his Lordship's house, Berkeley-square, the Countess of JERSEY, of a daughter. ry E.ar, o f H ADDINGTON is succeeded in his title and estates by Lord BINNING, his eldest son, now Earl of HADDINGTON, and Baron MELROS in England, under which title his Lordship sits in the House of Lords. MR. HORACE TIVISS.—We arc happy to be ablo to correct a report which got into circulation yester day evening, of the death of this much-esteemed Member for Wotton Basset. It is his wife who is unfortunately dead. lENEAS MACDONNELL, ESQ.--The Catho lics of the town and neighbourhood of Ballinaaloe, hare pre sented an address of condolence to this distinguished gentle man, characterised by the wannth and friendly earnestness of its sentiments.—lrish Paper. Mr. Serjeant JONES, Mr. HARDY (the Re corder of Leeds) ; Mr. STARICIE, and Mr. C. MILNER, it is said, are retained for the prosecution, in the case of the murder of Mr. JOHN D 1 ox. The trial is expected to coin . mence on the 4th April ; and as about 40 witnesses will he summoned for the prosecution, it will probably con tinue for a longer period than one day.— York Courant. -- - In an action for slander, recently tried in the Jury Court, in Scotland, a gentleman of the name of KING.tx, a merchant in Glasgow, recovered damages to the amount of 5001. from Mr. ItorsEKT WATSON, a banker, in Glasgow, for having described the plaintiff as the author of certain anonymous letters, which contained matter of a n obscene and abominable description, highly injurious to the feeling» of several respectable individuals. On Wednesday morning, the celebrated tree in the neighbourhood of Bradford, known by the name of four ashes, was blown down with a tremendous crash. A ma n who was passing at the time narrowly escaped being killed by the fall. This tree is said to be at an equal dis tance from the two maritime towns of Liverpool and Hull. York Courant. CARLOW ASSIZES.—BENJAMIN SPENCER and CATHERINE SrEncza, charged some time since with brutal conduct towards their own son, have been found guilty of the offence, and condemned—BEtirAmm, to one month's imprisonment, and a fine of 101., and CATHERINE, to a y e ar's imprisonment, and to find two sureties, each in 50/. to keep the peace. HORRIBLE MURDER.—LAURENCE GOING, a labouring man, was stabbed at Ballynamasna, about mid way, between Clogheen and Caher, on the night of the 17th inst. He was at the house of Tilos. CoriNELL, and retired to bed in an out-house, between the hours of nine a nd ten o'clock, at night--while asleep, some person or p e rsons entered the house, and stabbed him with a large k n ife in the side, of which he died the following day.— Doctor GALLooLy, from Clogheen attended him, but found that surgical aid was unavailing. An inquest was held on his body, on Thursday last, when there was evidence eli cited which led to the apprehension of a young man of the name of Muitrusr, and a female accomplice. Both of them have been transmitted to Clonmel jail for trial.--- Tipperary Free Press. EXECUTIO.-(THIS DAY.) rl n : l i o tau r i n eia i ss n s g t ih eh e odmy r ai e n c sg kless multitude assembled at New saghoonrtieesr,ofagA,4lrsaondef).• for passi n g : S o a r htT g eo e rht d toi: notes ; and Samuel Weedon, aged 26, for a burglary at Edgware. A respite was received at a late hour last night for George Wyeth, who was included in the death warrant, by which his execution was delayed till Friday. He did not know that fact till this morning, when the dis closure shocked his feelings perhaps snore than the ap proach of death. He appeared to entertain little hope of a final reprieve. The Rev. Mr. Cotton and Mr. Baker attended the unhappy beings on the eve of their violent end, and while administering religious consolation the behaviour of the culprits was devout and respectful. Shorter had led a life of fraud, a crime for which his wife was transported many years ago. Few men have had so man y c h arges brought against them on their trial (no less than 12) for passing forged notes, and few have so long escaped the certain termination of a life of crime. lie was convicted on the clearest evidence ; but still he persisted in declaring, both on his trial and condemnation, that he had rece i ve d the notes he had passed in the regular course of his buai ness. Such a fact might have been possible, but it was net true. On the day of his knowledge that he was suffer, he sent a letter to Mr. Baker, curtaining a list of persons from whom he had received large sums of (ll money, and requesting a sight of the no te s on which he had been convicted, as they might , he said , bea r in dorsements w t h h i e e m h . would bring to nilt:unitnoarty, humanely frogs complied w•hom /i c e rse received we with, the persons were visited and the notes examirsd, but they bore no signature besides his own, and all corre sponded with the two found in his great coat pocket. Weedou was well known about Finchley. He was tried for a daring burglary, in the house of Mr. Toottel, of Edgeware, and convicted, partly on the evidence of an accomplice. Early this morning the unfortunate men received the sacrament, and prepared for their awful doom. Shorter was the first brought into the press-room. He seemed terrified to childishness ; and while his hands were being bound, he shifted them, and complained of the tight ness of the cord. The awful knowledge that he was breathing his last minutes, evinced itself in a sort of petu lent restlessness, and the death-stamp in his face pro claimed his dissolution not far distant, even if he bad escaped the halter ; he was placed on the seat. Samuel Weedon then entered; his manly, but devoted appearance, formed a strange contrast to that of his fellow-sufferer, and if ever culprit died in firmness and in penitence, it was this man ; he advanced erect, and offered his hands to be bound, with that cool, yet devoted readiness, which nature rarely furnishes in the hour of death. He prayed most fervently as the death-bell struck on his ear ; and the sad procession moved to the last scene, and the Burial Service echoed through the gloomy vaults. While Shorter was adjusting on the drop, Weedon prayed loudly ; he smiled in penitent fortitude, and pronounced these words " God bless the Judge and the Jury who tried me—God bless Mr. Wont ner, Mr. Baker, and my King—these are the words I shall die with." They were so. He mounted the scaffold undaunted, as be came to it, and died with a firmness that would have honoured his memory in any other than a culprit's end. No one could hear his last ex pressions unmoved, and perhaps no criminal ever carried to his grave the sympathy of those who saw him die in a greater degree than Weedon. The crowd was small compared to that of other execu tions, and contained the female who has visited Shorter in prison, and with whom he cohabited. George Wyeth, the respited convict, attended the pro cession, at his own request, and though witnessing the ce rekrony which he may go through on Friday, he did not seem greatly affected. SPOB.TING INTELLIGENCE. FIGHT BETWEEN HARRY JONES AND BILL SAVAGE, FOR 251. A-SIDE. This fight took place yesterday in a field at a short dis tance from Chertsey, twenty miles from London. The New Inn at Staines, where Jones had trained, was the place of rendezvous, and from thence the amateurs proceeded to the spot appointed, where every thing went off in the most "comfortable" manner, without the least interruption. The assemblage was not numerous but very respectable— Jones, the sailor boy, being backed by a Corinthian of some note. Both men are well known in the ring ; Jones hav ing last fought Ike Dodd, whom he beat; and Savage having, on a late occasion, " bit the dust" in presence of Paddy Flynn. In point of weight and strength, Savage had the advantage; but the admirable science and good generalship of Jones made him the favourite at 5 to 4. On entering the ring, the condition of Jones was de cidedly superior to his opponent ; but as it was announced that Dick Curtis was going in with Savage, the odds dropped, and before setting-to, tLe betting was even. Dick was accompanied by Alick Reid, and Jones was handled by -Ned Stockman, " the lively Kid," and young Dutch Sam. THE YIGHT. The character of the contest throughout was almost without variety—being invariably in favour of Jones, who jobbed hie man at pleasure, hitting right and left, and getting away in admirable style, and in the closes throw ing his man heavily. The right eye of Savage was closed as early as the l sth round, but notwithstanding this he came up manfully and did his best. He was incapable, however, of planting a single effective blow ; and to the close of the battle, Jones had scarcely a mark on his face, although he received a few heavy blows in the body from Savage's right. In the 37th round, Jones, on coming up, was a little sick, which gave a momentary gleam of hope to the friends of Savage, and he was sent in to bustle with as much vigour as he yet possessed. It was no use, how ever—Jones shook off his qualmishness, jobbed him severely, and dropped him with ease. From henceforth Savage had not a chance, but such was his determined game that he would not say " ne ;" nor till the 56th round, when lie was completely blind of both eyes, could he be induced to bring his sufferings to a conclusion. It was then seen that he had not the shadow of a chance, and the hat, as the signal of victory, was thrown up. The poor fellow was taken from the sing in a dreadful state, while Jones retired almost as fresh as he entered it. The fight lasted one hour and 33 minutes, awi the only surprise felt was, that Jones did not more speedily give his man the coup de grace ; he fought cautiously, how ever, from the first, and seemed resolved not to throw - a chance away. He was extremely well seconded, and pre served his good humour to the last. Savage was also well supported, but his day is evidently gone by, and he must in future seek some easier customer than the 'Sailor Boy, who may now be considered one of the best of the light weights. His fighting weight was ten stone, while Savage was full a stone heavier. Jones arrived at the Norfolk Arms last night, in high spirits; but Savage remained 'at Chertsey, under medical care. During the fight lie had his right eye lanced, but this did not reduce the swelling in the slightest degree. The stopping on both sides was good; but the readiness and activity of Jones throughout were the theme of general admiration. Should Ike Dodd feel iuclined for another experiment, Jones can be backed against him for 50/. Boa CASTLES AND PADDY FLYNN.---This is the next match on the list; it will come off on Wednesday next, and the last deposit will he made ou the 31st inst. at the Sol's Arms, Wych-street. Castles is rather the favourite. The well-known stamina of Flynn places him high in the con fidence of his friends. AcroN AND Nrcirous.—The dispute respectinl; the stakes on this fight will be decided to-morrow evening, at the widow Randall's, Chancery-lane. Faosvr-FACED Foco will take a benefit at the Elope, Blackmoor-street, this evening, when both the combatants of yesterday are expected to spar. DISTRESSING CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Thurs day, a man named W. MORRIS, in endeavouring to release the off-wheel horse, from Mr. HORN'S W orcester coach, at the Red Lion Inn, Southall, was unfortunately struck on the forehead by the animal, and killed on the spot. The poor man has left a widow and two children in a state of extreme destitution. We understand, that 51. have been already transmitted front the Bull and Mouth, to the land lord of the Red Lion, who is kindly exerting himself to procure a subscription for the survivors. THE LATE EARTHQUAKE IN THE SE TISER.LANDS.—At Maestricht, a Catholic priest was in the act of performing the burial service in the public cemetery, placed on the very line the earthquake most forcibly evin ced itself. Alarmed at the unaccountable phenomenon, he with the mourners, most oncercmoniously left "the dead to bury the dead," and took to his heels, none of t h e p art y stopping until they had reached the town. At Ton g res, the mass for the dead was saying in th,, a nent church of r but the of th e people, doors that oldest city of the Netherlands, and t he cor p se of a young woman was lying before the altar , when the cof fin was observed to move upon the tressels , and a moa ning sound was heard to fill the church. Unp re p ared for such unusual events, fear got the better of devotion. W ithout exclaiming, like the Cornish curate, "let us start fair", th e priest nd lng headedao (opening his flock inward)o fearfulc k attemptingr .ei,,e va:hslot ees dby tl toescape, utrunie, and the cries and shrieks of the candi dat es for Catholic emancipation, ere a 'ollie could be effected. EXPORTED. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS Although the business of the House of Lords yesterday might be said to - be comprised withiu a very few words, those words were by no means. unimportant. Earl Grey put a qwestion to the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the object of which was in substance to obtain informa tion from his Lordship, whether any official et positive intelligence had been communicated to his Majesty's Government, on which it could bc, safely affirmed or denied that the relations be tween Russia and the Ottoman Porte had under gone a sensible change since the delivery. of Royal Speech to Parliament, wherein his Ma jesty expressed a confident hope that the " un toward event of the battle of Navarin" would not be followed by actual hostilities. Earl Giey very naturally referred to the answer given on the preceding night by Mr. Peel to Sir It. Wilson, who had asked a similar question with regard to Russia and the Porte,as being one which imposed upon his Lordship the necessity, of having that (somewhat extraordinary) answer confirmed or corrected immediately. Lord Grey admitted his belief that no actual declaration of war had been received from Russia, or possibly issued against 'Turkey; but asserted,what indeed is obviously true, that acts far short of a declaration of war must be considered as produ c i ng a ver y ma t e rial change in the relations of the above two Powers, and as absolutely destroying or infinitely impairing the pacific expectations of his Majesty. " li," — after enumerating various acts and circumstance's, —" if," said Earl Grey, " Ministers should have received a declaration on the part of Russia, that she would act immediately in enforcing demands with which the Porte had hitherto refused to comply," that would of itself have indicated a material change in the relations between those two Governments. To a question directed to that precise point by Sir Robert Wilson, what had been Mr. Peel's reply P After affirming,. what was literally true, that " no declaration of war by Russia against Turkey had been received,' the Home Secretary ventured to add, that no thing wai known to have occurred to change the situation in which Russia stood at the time when the treaty of the 6th of July had been con cluded"—( Vide Commons' report of yesterday in this journal.) Now what could be reason. ably inferred from such a statement, but that no thing had been officially communicated to the King's Government of any change having taken place in the resolves or language of Russia ? We cannot suppose that Mr. Peel had any intention to mislead, but his words certainly im plied, that so far as his Majesty's Govern ment had any knowledge, Russia and the Porte stood just where they • had been when the King's speech declared from the woolsack that his Majesty had confident hopes of still maintaining peace. Let us now turn to Lord Dudley's answer to Lord Grey. It differs essentially from the language of the Home Se cretary, and tells the nation with perfect frank ness what they have to apprehend, and what a serious change has really happened since the commencement of the session. After declaring his anxiety "to give the Noble Earl and their Lordships—and he might also add the public— all the satisfaction he could consistent with •his duty," Lord Dudley stated, that " certain in tentions had been announced on the part of Russia, which very much diminished the chance of maintaining the existing peace between Russia and the Porte." And again—" that our hops of maintaining peace between the Porte and Russia had much diminished since the time when his Majesty's communication was made to their Lordships on the first day of the session, there was no doubt, but no account was yet received of peace being actually violated." This, we have no doubt, is the plain straight-forward fact, though the Home Secretary thought it neces sary to be diplomatically obscure on the ocee sion.—Times. Mr. Herries, it must be confessed, we think, has made out a lame defence, both for himself and Lord Goderich, as to their non-interference when the miscalculation relative to the scale of Government Life Annuities was first made known to them. Even upon his own showing there was as much information, and as strong grounds for interference, furnished then as there are now ; and if a suspension of the Act be now thought necessary, it was just as fit, as necessary, and as feasible then.--Morning Herald. A brief but highly important conversation, which for the present we shall leave without. corn h formert between N o E b a le rl G ar r?: a n i i i e d nt, E t a o r o l k D p u la d c l e ey l . ast T i he ii adverting to the present state of the East of Europe, asked the Foreign Secretary whether the statement that had been made by a high au thority, namely—" That his Majesty's Mini sters had received no intimation that any change had taken place in the relations between Russia acid the Ottoman Porte, or that any declaration of war had been issued by either of those Powers," —was to be taken as importing that nothing had occurred since the delivery of his Majesty's Speech to diminish the hopes so confidently ex pressed in it, of the continuance of peace , with Turkey. Earl Giey said he was exceedingly anxious, if it could be done with propriety, to have this statement confirmed, or denied. To this question Earl Dudley replied—" I hope the Noble Earl will for the present re main satisfied with my stating, that although cer tain intentions have been announced on the part. of Russia, which may justify the apprehension that there is no great chance of peace being maintained between that empire and the Otto man Porte, his Majesty's Government have yet received no actual information that those inten tions have been carried into effect. Certainly, by the transactions which have taken place be tween Russia and the Porte , since the period 9f tl i ie opening t higis (!f iti t haie pres , ent Sess ion of Parlia esty s Speech was d e li vere d . from the Th ron e, the „ hopc Ufa permanent peace mat, has been diminished. Our re a d ers w ill see i n a different part of the Aeiv Times of today, that no twithstanding all th a t h as passe d , the F rench . Journals arc confident th a t th e p eace o f Europe will not be brok e n, an d th a t th e l a t es t accounts seem to confirm their views.—Arcre Times. aide Mr. Wilmot Horton has hitherto in vain en deavoured t o d raw t h e attent i on o f t h e Honour of th e p eop l e o f the United Kingdom ; and last House t o th e con diti on o f th e lower orders night he attributed his failure to his having given Members credit for more disceinment than they actually possessed. He regretted (he said) that instead of having given the subject, the name of Emigration,' he had not called it The Distress of the Poorer Classes in the United Kingdom ; and instead of addressing .7rguments to the understanding of men, he had not appealed to their passions ; for if he had pursued that course, he believed the ques tion would have been much more attended N." Mr. w. 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