The Sun. — London, England, 1824-03-24 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, March 24. [THE TIMES.] We had hoped that the reign of the Holy Al liance, in so far as the measures and institutions of the British empire were to be affected by it, would ere this have expired, or might at least have been permitted to drop quietly into obli vion ; but it seems we had made too favourable an estimate of the consistency of his Majesty's Councils, in assuming that the domestic govern ment of England was to drink at the same foun tain by which her foreign policy has of late been refreshed, or that individual victims of Conti nental power were to enjoy an equal certainty of protection from the laws, as whole nations in their collective character have done from the commercial jealousy of Great Britain. The Alien Bill being about to die a natural death, it was expected by many people that Ministers would not think it worth reviving. Something better was looked for from Messrs. Canning and Peel than a servile imitation of such noble per sons as their predecessors, on a point where no thing but sickly delicacy towards the memory of one man, and the feelings of another, could be set against the fame and constitution, the usages and honour, of this free country. Mr. Peel, and those who went before him in recommending the revival of the Alien Act, have not failed to urge their very temperate exercise of the powers which it created. This may be a de fence of the practice, but it is an argument against the principle—that is, against the neces sity of the law itself ; for if its provisions have been such that there was no need for calling them into action, why pass a Bill, which, by the show ing of its advocates, is no less superfluous than it is confessedly odious ? Again : what plots are now apprehended, of which England could now be the scene, and any foreign State the object ? Buonaparte is gone. The French nation—as we are assured by those who refer us to the late elections for proof of what they affirm—the people of France are one and all devoted to the Bourbons. What confederacies, then, against the peace of Europe cam Ministers anticipate from the landing of foreign refugees upon our shores ? These Castlereagh-politics ought, in common decency, to be abandoned. Mr. Peel 4 introduced last night a modification into the mea sure, which is of a lenient tendency. It ap pears that the whole number of foreigners whose names are known at the Alien-Office amounts to 26,500. Of these, near 20,000 are resi dent in London ; and 1,300 have sought an asylum in the course of the last year from the scenes of trouble on the Continent.— About 10,000 foreigners have been inhabitants of this country for seven years and upwards ; and upon them it is not the design of Government that the act should operate at all. The imperfect right of denizenship thus restored to one class of strangers, might, with equal safety, be extended to all; for the laws by which a foreigner is bound and punished like a native, ought, according to every English principle, to serve him, as they do the native, for a complete and unqualified protec tion. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The notice given two or three days ago of a motion for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the provisions of the Alien Act for another twelvemonth, rather disappointed us. We had flattered ourselves that Ministers, in their anxiety for the removal of restrictions, and to gain a cha racter for , liberility, would be willing to renounce the arbitrary power which this measure gives them over the unfortunate foreigners compelled to fly for refuge to our shores. Mr. Peel proposed the continuance of this odious, and, we think, un called-for measure, last night. It has, however, received an improvement which was very much called for, namely, that all foreigners who have been seven years in the country are exempted from its operation. The number of persons who are thus withdrawn from arbitrary power, and placed under the protection of the law, amounts, it is said, to upwards of 10,000. No ground vas laid for the measure last night, which would not justify its permanent adoption. We are now in the tenth year of peace, we are threatened by no danger, either from w ithout or within. The greater part of the Continent has also been long tranquil. It is true that the South of Europe is at present in a very unsettled state; but if we wait till every part of Europe is in a state of profound tranquillity before we abandon this measure, we may wait long enough. - 11 e confess we are at a loss to see hOw any good ob ject can be answered by the power which Minis ters now claim. We are unwilling to suppose that they would lend themselves to the views of the Holy Alliance, by driving from our shores any unfortunate object of its persecution ; but if they do not wish to lend themselves to the views of the Holy Alliance, why do they demand a power which can be used in no other way than in sniservience to that league ? [MORNING HERALD.] There is a great mistake on the part of many Members in the House of Commons relative to the bounty on linen. Many have asserted that the bounty was the cause of the starting up of the Linen Trade in the North and West of Ire land. This is a mistake. The cause for the spreading of the linen trade in that part of Ire land was, that in most parts of the north the cotton trade was superseding that of linen. The lion. Members should know that if .a weaver once .weaves cotton after he has been used to linen, he never will, if he can help it, weave a piece of linen. The reason is obvious—the one is so• much easier to weave than the other. Now, if the people in the north of Ireland gave up weaving linen, and took to weaving cotton, it stands to reason, provided the con sumption of linen remains the same, that the . linen must be made somewhere elle; and as the west and south parts of Ireland are cheaper than the other districts, of course the linen vrit.oll.li; isiok root in those parts. Now we are 62 sri!.:ojeCt, w , e must notice the grant of 10,0001. voted the other day for the Linen Board of Ireland. Instead of the country being taxed 10,0001. a year for such an establishment, the Linen Halls of Dublin and Belfast ought to yield a revenue of 10,0001. We wonder what the silk, woollen, hardware, crockery-ware, cot ton, or cabinet manufacturers would say if Mr. Robinson were to say to them—Gentle men, for your benefit I intend to give you a Board each, which will cost the country ten thousand pounds each Board ; and the Boards to direct your trades shall consist of Noblemen, Admirals, Generals, and Gentlemen. What would the heads of these several trades say to such a proposition ? We can almost fancy their saying, " let us alone ; we want no Noblemen, Admirals, Generals, or Gentlemen to protect our manufactures." If Boards are good for one trade, they are good for all ; there would be just as much reason in a Crockery-ware Board as in one for Linen. But if the Linen Track will have a Board, they ought to pay for it. It is unjust that the country should be taxed to pay for Linen Boards, or to support bounties on linen goods. [Burris"( ettEss.] Brazil Papers to the 16th January reached us yesterday. The Diario do Govern() contains se veral ordinances of the Brazilian Emperor. One p under t the e a of e i t ) h e e t e l r O t t h h e o f F J ir a s i t l ; account from Ri s o h l i states that the the frigates P e rangaand Nitleroy, ti a la n t d the At lantic schooner , portot were to sail from i an important expedition, under the command of the Chief Admiral, the Ma rqu is o f M aran h am .— The order was given on the 30th of December. A no ther order directs Lord Cochrane to send out t h e Atlanta on the 10th to Bahia, with the Bra zilian officer Caldeira Brant Pontes, who was to be landed there with two English Officers of the brig Bahia. A subsequent ordinance of the 13th January, after a preamble, which states the de sire of Don Pedro to avoid all causes of rivalship between the citizens of Brazil, what ever may be the place of their birth, and that all may enjoy their rights, under the protection of the law ; and on the other, that the tranquil lity of the empire may never be disturbed by the influx of persons, who, under the name of friends, and on pretence of desiring to settle, come with sinister intentions to sow disorder, orders that the Intendant General of Police, proceeding to the most scrupulous examination, shall cause imme diately to quit Brazil all Portuguese who, having arrived since or during the time of the decree of the 14th Jan. 1823, have not taken in the Chamber of that city the solemn oath of fidelity to the cause of Brazil and the person of the Emperor, and also all those who arrived since the decree of the 20th of November of the same year. Circular letters to the same effect were sent to all the provinces. By a subsequent ordinance of the 16th, Don Pedro restricts the admissions to holy orders, and orders the Bishop not to admit persons with out his special permission. Priest's orders, .how over, to be given to those a lread y ordained i n sacris. This restriction was necessary, from the crowd of Priests and Friars in Brazil. The De cree states justly, " That the numbers of the " Ministers of the Church ought not to be in " creased without real necessity, depriving the cc country of the arms of those who might defend "it against its enemies." Other ordinances re late to delays in the proceedings and condemna tion of prizes ; and the Reporter in these causes is ordered to give an account without delay of the cases which have been decided in the first instance, and of the causes which have retarded their pro gress. The Emperor referred to the Board of Commerce the petitions of Brazilian merchants at Rio, who complained of having paid higher duties than the British merchants. Addresses had been forwarded to Don Pedro from various places, ap proving of the liberal Constitution proposed by him, and requesting that it should be proclaimed as a law of the empire, without waiting for the decision of a future assembly. The conduct of the American Emperor appears, on the whole, liberal and moderate, and Brazil is rapidly in creasing in commerce and power. [MORNING POST.] En the House of Commons last night Mr. Se cretary Peel moved for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Alien Act for two years. In order to reconcile the House to the propriety of re newing that Act so long after the termination of war, the Right Hon. Gentleman entered into extensive historical researches, to shew that by ancient custom the Crown had exercised a re straint over the admission of Aliens. He also proved that it had not been' abused, and that in the course of ten years only seventeen persOns had been sent out of the country under its operation He declared that it had never been applied at the suggestion of any Fo reign Power, and that not one person had ever been refused admission into this country on account of political opinions in his own.— " England, on the contrary, had opened her ports to men of all countries, and sustained her high character of affording asylum to the perse cuted." What, however, contributed most to induce the majority of the House to support the Bill, was the announcement that it was proposed to exempt from its operation all Aliens who should have resided constantly for a space of seven years in this country. The number of such amounted, according to the Right Hon. Se cretary, to no less than 10,000 persons, and formed nearly one half of all the Aliens at present in the three kingdoms. Mr. Hobhouse opposed the measure on the ground of its being a pledge of undue subserviency to other Powers, and moved an amendment, declaring " that the Alien Bill was a disgrace to th• Statute Book, and that to renew it for any period whatever, however limited, would be injurious to the character of Englishmen abroad, and destructive of the principles of their Consti tution at home." Mr. Wynn supported the ori ginal motion, not from the fear that this Govern ment would he disturbed by the machinations of foreigners, but on the ground that this country should not be suffered to become the focus of plots against the Governments of other countries. After a discussion, in which Sir James Mackintosh, Mr. Wm. Larnb, Lord John Russell, Mr. Warre, Mr. Hutchinson, and Lord Althorp took part, th e House divided, and the amendment was rejected by a majority of 131 to 70. Leave to bring in the Bill was then obtained by another division, and a majority of 130 to 73. On the question, that it be read a first time, Mr. Hume called upon Mr. Secretary Canning to state. why he gave his sanction to such a measure, and moved that the Bill be read that day six. months. Mr. Can ning, finding it impossible to resist the 4C win ning way" of the Honourable Gentleman, stated that a case could but rarely arise, and could not long continue, when such ex t ra o r dinary powers would be necessary in this country. He did think that they had been so for some time ; he did not think that that time had passed away, but he thought that the evil which they were intended to meet had diminished, and in proportion as he thought so, he was willing to diminish the safeguard. He did not think that and in proportion as this was th e case, he desired still to retain the it had wholly passed away, law in question. Whenever the period came at which the Alien Bill could be wholly dispensed with, no man would hail its arrival with more joy than he should. The House then divided again, and the amendment having been thrown out by a majority of 129 to 69, the Bill was read a first time, and ordered for a second read ing on Friday. Mr. Bankes then moved for a Select Committee to consider whether the new Buildings erected by the side of Westminster Hall, to contain the Courts of Justice, and which he described as a mass of deformity, should be wholly or in part pulled down. The Chancellor of the Exchequer opposed the motion on the ground that it was not expedient to pull down that which was so nearly com pleted. On a division however the House went with Mr. Bankes and the appointment of the Committee was carried by a majority of 43 to 30. [NEW TIMES• The result of the French Elections will doubless surprise many persons in this country. The numbers returned are thus estimated by the Journal des Debats Royalists - - - - 413 Liberals - - - - 17-430 The whole number ought to be 434, but four are accounted for by double elections of the same Candidate for different Departments or Arrondissements. The French Journalist exults greatly at the vast majority of Royalists, and thinks that the Session is about to open under most brilliant auspices. A contemporary on this side of the water draws from it very different inferences. Both are perhaps a little in error. We must confess, that if the distinc tionse really of party throughout France were to be o nl y those two, the representation, as above stated, would shew a great defect in the system ; for one b t i e a a the at all. Case. Bu t lVe believe w great portion of the people would in effect be withouta e t i i y s,ep i tie . s s e t u o ta the party called Liberals in France to be like those called Radicals i n England, who some time since were raised by event s I • nto a temporary popularity, but have now fallen back into their original insignificance. We could, perhaps, if it were not invidious, point to as many as seventeen of our own Liberals, who are nearly in as desti tute a state, politically speaking, as their brethren in France. Such men are only of consequence in times of confusiotr and revolution. Our real and permanent Opposition is an aristocratic body ; and the great want of France is a body of sbnilar independence among its aristocracy. An Opposition, headed by such persons as BenJanlin Constant, Manuel, La Fayette, &c. Sce• Cannot have any real weight : France wants I3edfords and Hamiltons, Gros venors and Lansdnwns ; but these it will be long before she will be able to form from her impoverished Noblesse. It appears to us that the error of the Journal des Debals and that of The Courier is the same. They calculate mere votes, without considering the personal influence of their Possessors. Four hundred and thirteen indiviquals, at the mere dispo sal of the Court, would afford the French Jour nalist no real cause for exultation ; for they would neither add strength to the Crown, nor form any defence for the liberties of the nation. While, on the other hand, 17 Members of large property and commanding talent would form by no means so inefficient an Opposition as The Courier seems to suppose. In fact, however, we believe it will be found that the 413 Royalists are of different shades and descrip tions of Royalism ; and now that they have overthrown the common enemy Liberalism, they will probably divide into separate bodies with very marked distinctions. In one thing they doubtless will agree, namely, an attachment to the Bourbon Family ; but it is desirable that all parties in a Representative Government should agree in attachment to the reigning Dynasty. The Liberal party, now nearly excluded from the Chamber, all hated the Bourbons—we are not now inquiring whether they hated them with or without reason—but such being their real sentiments, they had no business in the Legislature ; they were out of the pale of the Constitution, just as those persons are among us, who profess Republi canism, and look up to the United States of America as the model of political excellence. Such persons may be very sincere, they may be honest and amiable men, but they have no busi ness to undertake any political trust under the British Constitution. Letters from Buenos Ayres, dated 4th Dec. state, that the Indians had assembled in great force within ten leagues of Buenos Ayres, de feating the Buenos Ayres troops in every in stance, and putting to death every one who hap pened to fall into their power. They had cut off all communication with Chili. The latest accounts, however, state that the Indians had retired a little. The guards and mail-coachmen who arrived in town yesterday, stated the great fall of snow they in general experienced in the early part of the morning, which continued without intermis sion from two till their arrival in Lombard-street. The waters are also out in many places ; at llockley-in-the-Hole, near Woburn, in Bedford shire, it was up to the girths of the horses. In several parts of Buckinghamshire it snowed on Monday the whole clay. FOR THE SUN NEWSP4PER, Which has ever been found to advocate " the In tegrity of Nations," and the maintenance of the just Balance of Power in Europe. MR. EDlTOR—Observing, that through motives of justice and humanity you have given insertion to letters addressed to you from such of our countrymen as are holders of Spanish Bonds, I trust that you will strenuously continue to co operate with your respectable contemporaries, in endeavOuring to place in its true light the unjust and cruel state in which some hundreds, nay, perhaps thousands, of British families may be placed, should any step be taken contrary to the " Good Faith of Nations," derogatory to the true inte rests of Monarchy, and the ultimate welfare of his Most Catholic Majesty. It may be fairly asked, in the first place, whether the authority for raising the said Spanish Loan or did, did not, in any ways receive the Royal sanction ? and, secondly, I may ask, whether the holders of such Bonds were not led to suppose, from the circumstance of the different Ambassadors remaining tacit sptctators at Madrid,. and conti nuing to be accredited to the Government of the King and the Cortes, during a space of near three years, that this fact must and did necessarily tend to lead thousands to suppose that at all events the Loan alluded to was a most sacred obligation on the part of the entire Spanish Nation. And down to the period of the most unjust aggression on the part of France (for so it was termed by our own Parliament and our own Ministers),no doubt had been entertained of the validity of the Bonds issued.—All this I say cannot but prove the just claim and title to protection that we have from our own Government : (to whom else can we apply for real help ?)—and since such assertions were made by the Legislators of our Country, why should not our situation create in them some commiseration and consideration, and why should not those national obligations of Spain be fully re cognised by his Catholic Majesty—since his Majesty's sig nature and sanction thereto was even considered and acknow ledged by the Cortes as absolutely necessary to their creation. Surely a wise and good Monarch could not be the first to fly from his own word, though the act of signing such a document might in some measure be contrary to his desire; such being therefore the case, to the extent of the contract signed by his Catholic Majesty, to such extent then should the recog nition take place ; or the sum thus raised be at once refunded to the Contractors for the use of the Bond holder.—With as much justice and more might his Most Christian Majesty have annulled all the anterior and posterior obligations of the Na poleon Government. Had the different Courts—themselves, or by their Ambassadors then resident at Madrid, given, by the slightest hint, to understand that the Loans then creating by the Cortes were contrary :to the interests of his Catholic Ma jesty, or in any wise injurio us to t he general well-being of mankind, from such silen t interfe rence only no pru dent person would have thoug ht of holding such security ; such an act, we I a i r n e ay i safely ysay, would h ave prevented all the dread,—and I f urt h er add, that it would have been more fortunate for the world if his Catholic Majesty had not, under such circumstance, given his Sign Manual to Papers of so highly an important nature, in as much as it regarded and affected the subjects of other States, their welfare and their happiness, unless, as he had declared, that it was his intention to fulfil the same : the sum had (at all events) been raised, and was mostly expended in Spain. I may also further add, that from history, personal knowledge, and the speeches of our Prime Minister, and the Right Honour able the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, a strong impression was created, and which led the public mind, especially in England, to imagine, and with just reason too, that the Ministers of this country would never consent to throw Spain and her entire re sources into the hands of the Bourbon Government, after the enormous sacrifices we had so oftentimes made to prevent the same. I shall therefore conclude, Mr. Editor, by observing, that if the principle of the non-recognition of the entire Loan of the King and Cortes of Spain is once put in practice, and thus sanctioned by the different Governments of Europe, they cannot, or ought not but to suppose that they themselves are giving a most deadly wound to national faith," and the best interests of monarchy. None more than this great commercial and speculating nation, ought to feel the force of this remark. When the ties of obligation are broken, and morality dispensed with amongst nations, the foundations of society and the strength of Empires cannot but fail.—Requesting the favour of your in sertion of this Letter in your truly valuable Paper, I remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, Deal, 20th March, 1824. 111. a H. P.S. The number of persons and families about these parts that have been led to place the greatest confidence in the Bonds of the King and Cortes, is, I am sorry to say, very great, and it will be sad indeed if so much British capital is to be thus sa crificed, even in part only . ; for the same reasons that are made to invalidate a part, must in point of honour and justice invali date the whole, and more particularly prove the great injustice of such a proceeding. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, March 23. Amato dant Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam l2 2 Antwerp l2 A Hamburg!' 37 6 2f, Us Altona ... Paris,3 Day's sight 2S 60 0 Us. Ditto Boiirdeaux, ditto Berlin Frankforton the Alain . Petersburgh 9 Vienirt Trieste lO 9 Alatirid Cadiz Bilboa 25 Effective Barcelona srville Gibraltar Leghorn 461 Getnia .... 13i-Venice, Ital. Liv 27 0 Malta 45 -Naples 384 Pale MI o Lisbon . Oporto ilioJaneiro Bahia . 60 Dublin .... 91 Cork 91 pet Ceut. BULLION. Portugal Gold,in Colt, 1 .0 0 0 petlia, Foreign Gold, in Bats 3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 Si* Silver itt Barg, Standard 0 0 0 There is presently living at East Kilbridge, Lanarkshire, a veteran of the name of THOMAS RUTH VEX, aged eighty-seven years. He enlisted into the Royal Scots Greys in the year 1756, being then nineteen years of age ; he served under Prince Ferdinand 1., at the battle of Bergin ; second, at the battle of Minden ; third, at the battle of Fellinghousie ; fourth, at the battle of Warsburgh ; fifth, at the battle on the Plains of Lows ; and sixth, at the battle of Williamsburgh. Besides these general engagements, he was at 16 different skirmishes with the enemy, all in Germany, after which he was discharged ; he again enlisted in the Argyles, or 98th Regiment, commanded by Colonel Campbell, of Loch neil, and General Clark, under whom he fought at a general engagement with the enemy at the Cape of Good Hope in the year 1794, besides being engaged in several skirmishes.— He was latterly discharged at the Cape of Good Hope in the year 1790, with a pension or one shilling sterling a day. During his long service, and the general engagements and skirmishes at which he fought, as before noticed, the only wound he received was from a sabre in his groin, when engaged in a skirmish at Scrurnburgh. The said Thomas Ruthven is married to a cleanly good woman for his third wife, he also enjoys tolerable good health, retains his faculties almost unimpaired, walks as straight and light footed as the general part of mankind at the age of 59.—( Glasgow Chronicle.) FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR-1 return you many thanks for your having given a place to my letter in your Paper of the 13th, but I perceive that you have not, in every instance, exactly comprehended mY meaning. I did state, and am still of opinion, that the only unobjectionabl e B oun ty wou ld be one t°, encourage the growing of Wool hi Ireland ; and it were not from th e p ern i c i ou s e ff e cts which have resulted to a gric u lt ure , f rom th e Bounty given upon the inland ca rr i age o f c orn to Dublin , and also from the B oun ty t o p romo t e th e growing of Flax, and t o encourage an d ex t en d th e Duel! Manufacture, I sh ou ld by no means recommen d even that Bounty to be granted. It is with a view to have an antid o t e a ppli e d t o w hat I certain has poisoned the very s o ur c es o f our kV' culture in Ireland, that I do m ost u r gently re commend the adoption of this me asure. Butt though I am thorou g hly c onv i nce d, th a t such a Bounty would be in ca lc u l,bly b ene fi c i a l to Ire' land in her p re s en t s t a t e , y e t I am equa lly cer tain, that without its being regulated so a s to be withdrawn gradually as it progressively produces the effect of increasing the Woollen Manufacturr , and of finally establishing it, it would ultimati'' , become injurious to the country ; for suppo"' the happy period had arrived when a itourishiog, Woollen _Manufacture such as Ireland p oss essed about a hundred and thirty years ago were again restored to her, and that the Bounty for the en: couragement of the growing of Wool were c ony.. nued beyond the time when woollen manufao° tures were there completely established, it would, I have no doubt, do much injury by inducing farmers to rear so great a number of sheep, as to interfere with, and prevent the increase of gray' ing and dairy stock. You say that, " the wool' len manufactures of England are at present cepa; ble of taking up all the additional quantity ° L wool that can be grown—that in fact the comps' ratively high price of British wool is occasioned by the insufficiency of the supply—and that, therefore, until the home market is abundant" ly supplied, there is not even a pretext fo r seeking an enlarged demand on the con" tinent." To this I reply, that it appears to rile to be quite impossible to ascertain, with any de' gree of correctness, the additional quantity 01 wool which could be grown in the United King' dom were the cultivators to think it their inter' est to attend to the rearing of sheep. Neither can I suppose the manufactories, at present est blished in England, could possibly work up all the additional quantity of wool that might be grown, but doubtless other manufactories would be established as the quantity increased. Witll respect to the " insufficient supply and conse quent high price of wool" which you speak of , my opinion is, that such is caused by the farmer having only a restricted market, he is in perpetual dread.of growing more wool than the home demand' (to w hich he is limited), will take off his hands , and, therefore, he does not grow as much as the, manufacturers requi re . L et hi m b ut b e secure O' a market for all th e woo l h e can grow by perm it' Ling ham to export it duty free, and he will se t steadily about increasing the number of his sheep, by which wool will become abundant and cheap, and there will be a sufficient supply fo r the home manufacturers, who will, without doubt/ purchase the whole that is grown. It is quite clear, therefore, Ali% Editor, that the objections which the manufacturers are now making to the free exportation of British Wool are contrary ° their own interests. You say Mr. Editor, tha t " I adhere to the restrictive principle in admit ting that the live sheep " are not to be exported under any circumstances." I perceive that I omit' ted a stop after exported, and put it by m istake after circumstances, which completely altered the sense. You were therefore led to sup' pose, I adhered pertinaciously to the restrte• tive principle, but, Mr. Editor, I am not an ad' vocate for either bounties or restrictions, where that which is required to be done, can be accorn plished by any other means. Restrictions and Bounties, in skilful hands are powerful and useful engines ; but they work dreadful mischief when misapplied. They wer e made use of to raise up the Linen Manufacture , and to put down and utterly destroy a flourishing Woollen Manufacture in Ireland, which they were not long in effecting ; the same engines malt and I trust, will be used to restore the Woollen Manufacture in that kingdom, by gradually ills' placing that exhausting weed flax, and the mama" facture of linen, in favour of turnips, and other root crops, and artificial grasses, and sheep, and manure for our lands, and the mane facture of zcoch I must just observe, that to permit the expel' tation of sheep would be of no benefit to the farmer, for the consumption of mutton is not grea t in France, nor in any other foreign country, and the price is also lower than with us. But, sal the manufacturers, " our valuable breed of long woolled sheep would be put into the possession of foreigners." Surely, Mr. Editor, if foreigners, had been anxious to obtain any peculiar breed 0.1 sheep from England, smugglers, for a sufficien t reward, would have found the means of conveyi"P' almost any number of sheep to the Continel:i• But sheep without the moist climate of Englan i and Ireland, would not enable foreigners to grb' wool, to the same extent that we have it in eu% power to grow it, if we exert ourselves. I am, Mr. Editor, a sincere friend to the Manufacturers of Wool, and your obedient and obliged humble servant, March 18, 1824. AN IRISH LANDLORD. MARRIED. On Tuesday, the 23d inst., at St. Mary Abchurch, Mr. SVU' Beale, of Maidstone, to Anne, eldest daughter ofJohn Downes , Esq., of Lawrence Pountney-lane. On the 23d inst., at Edmonton Church, Mr. Thomas Robert Railton, of Maidstone, to Miss Louisa Clark, of Edmonton. DIED. On Sunday, the 21st inst. at Streatham-park, Thomas Oar, rison, Esq. On Tuesday, 23d inst., aged 73, Millicent, widow of John Hall, late commander of the Worcester East Indiaman. At the Cape of Good Hope, on the 26th of November last, whither he had repaired from Madras, for the benefit of his health, Peter Cherry, Esq., First Judge of the Provincial Court of Circuit at Chitteor, in the 51st year of his age. Printed and Publ;shed for the PROPRIETORS, at the $1.12 4- ' OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIItS.