The Sun. — London, England, 1824-05-18 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, May 18. [Tfl E TIMM]. There was a report current yesterday, that Mr. Elliott, who has arrived in Paris from Madrid, has brought the unqualified refusal of the Spanish Government to entertain, in any shape whatever, the question of a recognition of the independence of South America. A similar statement also ap pears in letters from Madrid of the 6th instant, which have been received in Paris by express. It had the effect of depressing most of the South American securities yesterday, as if the holders of them could ever have committed the absurdity of supposing such a concession possible from the present Government of Spain, or indeed by any Government under whose rule the country could fall. However desperate the circumstances, all Spaniards cling with hope to the possibility of recovering the colonies. If these reports should be confirmed, the stubbornness of Ferdinand on the subject of South America will soon compel Mr. Canning- to redeem his positive and reiterated pledges, and to acknowledge, as perhaps It would bave been wise to do long since, a sovereignty which no declaration of his can henceforth se cure or overturn. The Foreign Secretary told the House of Commons a few weeks ago, that .he had made certain gracious and cour teous offers to Spain ; as that she would have the first refusal of a recognitition of the American independence—that she should have the benefit of commercial preferences from the republics, and so forth, to be enjoyed by her to the exclusion of British enterprise and of the British merchant : but if Spain should refuse these liberal, and in flu) eye of many persons these improvident pro posals, that then we must take our own decided line of policy—that is, acknowledge the Repub lics. The time, therefore, is come. Unless yes terday's accounts of Mr. Elliott's mission, and of its purpose, should be contradicted, Mr. Canning may lay up the " ifs" in ordinary for the next occasion, and tell the commercial interest broadly and plainly what it is that they have to expect. EN ENV TT MES.I We, have received the Etoile of Sunday. It is entirely filled \Sith Debates in the French Cham bers. On the 14th instant, the Minister of the interior presented to the Chamber of Deputies the Septennial 13111, which is to assimilate the lower llotne of the French Legislature to our own: The Bill for increasing the annual quota of Conscripts from 40,000 to 60,000 was also presented to the Chamber. Of this latter measure the policy seems more than question able. In the present state of society a stand ing army in time of peace is not only desirable but absolutely essential to the security of nations. The formation of an army now is a work of science, and requires much instruction and ex perience : it therefore cannot be wholly laid aside for years and resumed at pleasure; but the military profession must be regularly and con stantly cultivated by study and preparatory ex ercise in peace against a time of war. Neither must the military spirit be suffered to decay.— But on the other hand it is dangerous to good order and general tranquillity to multiply soldiers beyond the actual necessity of a wise precaution. This error seems to prevail chiefly in Russia ; whereas England had per haps till very lately reduced her army some what below a prudent standard ; but the latter error is the less dangerous in the pre sent state of the world ; and France would act more wisely in imitating Russia than England. These remarks however are merely of an abstract nature. We are far from apprehending that any serious practical results will soon ensue from the military policy of France. War between the Great Powers of Europe is happily distant ; and the general aim of all their couniels is a perma nent peace. The French Rentes maintained on Saturday nearly tie same elevation as they had done for some time preceding : they were 104 : 65 for Money, and 104: 85 for Account. [MORNING POST.] In the House of Peers last night the Earl of Liverpool, moved" for the appointment of a Corn. mittee to examine the nature and extent of the disturbances existing in the Counties subjected to the operation of the insurrection Act in Ireland. The Marquis of Lausdown moved an Amend ment tending to make the inquiry general instead of circumscribed : hut the Earl of Liverpool sa tisfactorily spewed that inquiry could only be ef fectual when confined to a definite object, and the original moti on was carr i e d on a di v i s i on b y a majority of 50 to 20. In the House of Commons F. Buxton moved for leave to bring in a Pill to repeal so much of the .act of George I. as restricts Partnerships ;Ind Societies from insuring skips and Goods, and from lending money upon Bottontry. The object and the effect of this Bill would bei the Honourable Gentleman explained, t o give Joint Stock Companies the right of ma ki ng Marine Insurances in common with the two grc t Chartered Comp an k s, n ame ly, Ll oy d' s and the Sun Fire Comp an . % He then en tered into various details to 'show the inconve nience and losses which occurred in conse quence.ina only insurances. great Char of there 0€ n Ship nsurances. tered Companies for The motion was opposed on the grouud that the Bill would destroy those Chartered Compa.." ties, but Mr. Huskisson triumphantly shel ve d that they only took four parts out of pane dreg in the business of insurance, and that the flinety'.`six parts were in the hands of Private in dividuals, u hick rendered the reco4ry.Of:the di. vidend iii:niany cases a source of litigation and of loss. • ,The arguments in favour 'of the measure being of a convincin g nature, the leave asked for was granted, and the Bill brought in - and read a first time. [BRITISH Pi ESS..I • German Pap ers to a late date reached our of fice yeeterday. The Austrian Observer, of the * sth o f May, has a long articl e on the expedition now preTaringby the Ottoman against the Greeks, .. and_ tbe . ,5t, 17 90 16 : - ,n . I t , . „ <„1 1 . 1 .,, , , , ,,,g;.ti1ti,t Avople are 1 .;; 1 ;,L -..), ,i,fiN A .131.::.wc.uiC. 1 •••• •.• ' • ' J bcqvci tf „.., . , , 0 .. , 411 !:- 4 !.i"Yi"t'.,"'"i7l" Vt i ACt t.'4 io p ~,, . .: 14 _'.• r '' 1 , , •i • .:.Y.4C , 1 17- .!' . L . “ . .P. , 7 . ? , 4 InO'.1!.:, • ~ - ' " - " ' f.:;.i.li si . ; , p, ..; ' • ""`f! :LI te,„4. ..;j:,,•,,, . ~ ...s~ ..,.. making against the power of the Infidel, for their existence as a nation. The Vienna Journal has been all through the persevering enemy of the Greek cause ; its pages have ceaselessly been filled with the grossest misrepresentations.— Now that Austria is too powerful to appre hend any rivalry or danger from her Turk ish neigbour, and probably contemplates the fall of that tottering Monarchy at no distant day, the partition of the splendid spoil in union with Russia, she cares little what fate may await the Greeks, and would rather see them subjected to any doom than triumphant against their oppressors, and free. According to the Vienna Gazette, the Ottoman is•putting forth all, his strength for the campaign. The Paella of Egypt has furnished a numerous contin gent, and nothing awaits the hapless and divided Christians but certain destruction. We cannot, however, forget the same confident forebod ings by this journal and the Smyrna Gazelle previous to the three former compaigns, and we know how they closed. The only appre hension we can have at present springs from the divisions of the Greeks. If Colocotroni has fallen, and the Christians are united, the force of their enemies will melt away before them as in former years; they will have little to apprehend from the few Janissaries who have enrolled their names to serve against them at Constantinople, or the rabble of Asiatics and Egyptians, furnished by the Egyptian Pacha, ho has been artful enough to decline the danger ous command in Romelia, Albania, Natolia, and Syria, offered him by the Porte, and which Ma homed Ali transferred, with the title of Seraskier, to his son Ibraham. According to the Vienna Jour. , nal, the Pacha assists the Porte with 20,000 infau. try, 12,000 of them organized in the European manner, and 2000 cavalry, with 10,000 Druses from Mount Lebanon and that neighbourhood. Now there is no force of this amount or character in Egypt; and the Druses will not quit their coun try to march with the Egyptian contingent through Syria and Asia Minor, for the purpose of a desperate warfare against the Greeks. If any unhappy divisions still unfortunately exist among the Christians, they will vanish at the ap proach of danger. The Albanians were the best , troops the Porte possessed in the former campaigns, and their Palikars have ❑ow refused to serve against the (I , reek.s. By the time the forces from Egypt reach Gallipoli the campaign in the Morea will probably be over, and the efforts of the Otto man. be con fi ned to provisioning and strengthen mg the fortresses of Patras, Lepanto, and the few remaining places still in his hands. The Greeks, ill provided as they are, still are more than a match for the Turkish rabble. Greece fortu nately affords the finest local advantages for de fence, which the Christians availed themselves of in the former contests, and they will dispute every inch of ground now, and are infinitely bet ter prepared to meet their oppressors. A few months will, we trust, dispel all the dark fore bodings of the Austrian Journal, and shew the Christians united and triumphant. [MO Na CHRONICLE.] We inserted on Saturday a letter signed Mer cator (which we received from a mercantlie Gen. tleman, than whom, few persons in the City of London are supposed to be betteracquainted with South American affairs) ridiculing the idea of General Iturbide having privately left this coun try, and stating that in a few days he would be found with his Lady at Bath. We were some what startled when we received the intelli gence yesterday of the act ua l d epar t ure o f this individual. We have extracted a para graph from The Courier, in which some parti culars connected with his departure are stated. Our readers will also fiud in another column, a let ter from - the General, addressed to M. J. Quin, Esq. Gray's Inn, dated as far back as the sth instant, in which he announcesthe vie ws , rea l or pretended, with which he embarks for Mexico. A duplicate of this letter was, we understand, addressed to Mr. Matthew Fletcher, a respect able merchant in the City, and Cite commercial agent of General Iturbide.—lturbide has left six children in this country. The eldest son is at Ampleforth College, Yorkshire ; another boy is at Hampstead. This looks, at all events, as if he had a desire of keeping up a connection with this country. In charity, too, to the Gen tlemen who have allowed their names to be brought before the public on this occasion, as his confidential friends, v,e must suppose, that they were persuaded his views were not hostile to the interests of this country. As to the proba ble result of his expedition, however, we aro not in possession of data to enable us to pronounce a correct judgment. The Courier anticipates civil war from it. The General says that he goes to heal divisions, and he pledges himself that, if he succeed in realizing his plans, the debt will be acknowledged, and the mining and commercial transactions of the country will be carried on with additional vigour. Time will clear up this matter, which at present is involved in ob scurity. We may observe that Captain Basil- Hall, in whose judgment we may repose great er confidence than in that of any other indi vidual who has visited America, speaks favour ably of Iturbide, and from the character he gives, that he would betray his country to Spain seems hardly probable. His connections in this country too were respectable. We were waited on by an individual of the - first respectability, on one occasion, who pointed out a misrepresenta tion we had fallen into with respect to him. We have not the slightest doubt, notwithstanding the assurances of Ministers, that France is at the , bottom of the designs now i n ag it a tion against South America. We would fain hope that Itur bide has not lent himself to the views of that peg &lions Government. [MORNING HERALD.] In the Lord,s last night, the Earl of Liverpool moved the appointment of a Committee similar to that appointed in the House of Commons as an amendment upon Lord Althorp's motion, for an inquiry into the state of the counties in Ire land in which the Insurrection Act had been en forced. It was carried by a majority of 50 to w. The amendment in the Lords was exactly' what the motion had been in the Commons, for an inquiry into the state of Ireland gene rally. The Marquis of Lansdown moved the amendment avowedly for the purpose of ob taining an opportunity of recording his pro test. Lord King contended that there was a fa tality in every measure for the benefit of Ireland, by which the object intended was uniformly counteracted, and terminated in increasing the dissatisfaction and misery which it professed to remedy. The Earl of Liverpool argued that all which could be fairly expected from an inquiry into the state of Ireland generally, would more satisfactorily be obtained by the more limited and more practicable inquiry proposed. A Select Committee is thus appointed, by each of the two 'louses, to inquire into the state of the dis turbed counties of Ireland. In the House of Commons Lord Althorpe expressed so much con fidence in the Committee of Inquiry into the state of the insurrectionary districts in Ireland, that he postponed, for this Session, his Bill for pre venting the seizure of growing crops, thinking it, better to leave all the grievances of Ireland un touched, to the consideration of the Committee. The Law of Merchant Amendment Bill was last night committed. The opposition offered to it called forth some important observations from Mr. Huskisson. The object of the Bill is to give the purchaser or mortgager of foreign goods in the dis posal of a factor or consignee the same title to the goods which he could have had if the factor or consignee were the actual owner of the goods.— At present there is much litigation, and conse quently much obstruction to trade, arising from the doubtful relation which the seller or pledger of foreign goods warehoused in this country holds. The decisions of our Courts have been against the purchaser or mortgager, where the seller or pledger is found to be but the factor or agent of another. It is surely necessary to apply a re. medy to this state of things, and we agree with Sir John Newport that the country is indebted to Mr. Huskisson for his Bill to remedy it. DESPERATE PLAN FOR BREAKING OUT OF NEIVGATE. On Sunday week a very desperate plan for effecting an escape from the prison of Newgate was discovered. Indeed so great is the vigilance of the Superintendenta of the Prison, that there is not the slightest probability of the accomplish ment of any object of the kind. The apparent impossibility in all likelihood induced the adven turers to determine upon committing murder, if opposition presented itself—an intention which, it is manifest, they entertained from the follow ing facts, which rumour-has set afloat with con siderable accuracy :—A rope, 44 feet in length, was found in the coal-hole of the middle yard, which is allotted to prisoners who are to take their trial. It was found to be made from the mats about the prison ; and the gradual diminu tion of the mats was, we believe, the first thing that caused the suspicion. It was while the pri souers were at Chapel the yard was searched, and the discovery of the rope, to one end - of which was attached a piece of iron, forming a right angle, one part of w.hich was intended to catch the- top of the wall, led to a further exa mination. It was then ascertained that the bars of one of the rooms were pertly severed through, and that it was intended by two of the prisoners to get into the yard, in the dark, to throw the rope to the top of the prison, .to ascend, and if the watchmen on the top should attempt to op. pose their escape, to hurl them headlong upon the pa vemen t. But at the same time that these preparations were going forward within, those who laid the plan of escape took care that there should be a powerful co-operation on the other side amongst their friends, who are candidates for the gallows. A great number of thieves were to be stationed (according to the directions of some of the most experienced) iu Newgate street, for the purpose of preventing the inter ference of the passengers in the event of alarm in the prison. Those coadjutors were to he arm ed with pistols and cutlasses, and were, in' fact, to cut down all opposition. The prisoners were to receive a brace of loaded pistols in moist su gar, calculating that no examination of that arti cle would take place ; and those pistols they in tended to use against the watchmen on the roof, if there was too much difficulty in dashing them into the street, upon au outcry raised by them, or by others, for the purpose of alarming them to their duty. There were other prisoners con cerned in the plan for escape, but they were ra ther silent spectators of the preparations than active partners in the enterprise. They disa vowed being parties to the breaking, but they have admitted that if the ringleaders escaped they should make the experiment, as they could not bear to let so inviting a thing as a rope-way out prison to lie. idle. The prisoners who set this scheme on foot were only waiting for the dark nights to commence vigorously ; and us their hope of escape must be, considering the stupendous difficulties which, to the knowledge of every one in Newgate present themselves, but very slight, their d esperat i on wou ld, if no t checked- in the outset, have undoubtedly caused a horri ble scene of bloodshed. The watchmen at the top of the Prison are constantly supplied with blunderbusses, pistols, and cutlasses, and to cal culate upon their not hearing the dashing of the iron of the rap e against the wall(for th e prison ers did not suppose that in one throw they could fasten the rop e t o th e wall), could be little less than madness. Th e necessary steps, it is need less to say, have been taken ro prevent those des. perate adventurers from engaging in any other p h i " o f escape. P er h a ps there never was a racee completely dig e st e d and arranged sc h eme l a id. In Mr. N ewman ti m e five men b ro k e out at the top of th e h ouse, an d actu a ll y escaped ; four 's of them ••were afterwards hanged. Siuce that time the top of the prison has been.as well guard ed as any part of the interior of the prison. The Rev. Mr. VANSITTART, nephew of Lord Bexley, late Chancellor of the Exchequer, is ap pointed to the Prebend's Stall in our Cathedral, vacant by the translation of Dr. Law to the Bi shopric of Bath and Wells. This appointment is worth about 8001. per ann.—(Carlisle Journal.) NEWCASTLE-UPON-T YNE. MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE. The first Monthly Meeting of the Literary, Scientific, and Mechanical Institution of Newcastle, was held on Tuesday the 11th inst.; in that town, the Rev. NV. Tun ' NEE, Lecturer on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, in the Chair. Mr. TURNER commenced a most able and appro priate address, by expressing the high gratification he felt in presiding at the first general meeting of an Institution so excel lent in principle, and so well calculated to produce the most desirable results. He then gave an animated sketch of the rise and progress of public associations for the advancement of science, commended the spirit of inquiry and emulation that at present actuates the Mechanics of Great Britain, and recapitu lated the names:of many celebrated men,who, from the humblest ranks of life had, by their invaluable discoveries, risen into emi nence, and contributed to theglory and prosperity of their country. He concluded by impressively exhorting the young men pre-' sent to attend assiduously to the cultivation of their minds, and the discharge of their moral and religious duties. At the unanimous request of the Members, the worthy Chairman con sented to permit his address to be printed. After the Reportof the Committee had been read, the audience departed, much pleased with the proceedings. NEW CHURCH -SHERIFF-HILL. On Thursday last, the foundation stone of a New Church, dedicated to Saint John, was laid by the Rev. Jorm CoLLlN sorr, A.M. Rector of Gateshead, in the neighbourhood of She rifF-Hill, a little above Gateshead Turnpike Gate, in the pre sence of a considerable number of persons. A few minutes after 12 the ceremony took place. As is the customary on such oc casions, the coinage of the realm during the present reign, from a penny in silver to a sovereign, was deposited in a handsome flint glass bottle (which bottle ultimately placed in a cavity in the foundation stone), along with a neat silver tablet, bearing an inscription, which set forth the name of the Reverend Gentlemen who performed the ceremony, the dignities, &c. of the venerable diocesan (the Lord Bishop of Drruirmu) ; the names of the trustees, and of the architect, (Mr. IoNs); as well as the day of the month, and the year of the reign of his present most excellent Majesty. When the stone was properly posited, and after the Reverend Rector had ascertained by the plumb and the level, that the exact rules of masonry had been com plied with, he delivered an excellent and most appropriateprayer, which was listened to with great and becoming attention. On the conclusion of the ceremony, Mr. Hu Tcfmrsox (one of the owners of Sheriff-Hill colliery), caused a congratulatory salute of nine guns to be fired from a temporary battery, near his house, which was answered by 3 times 3 hearty cheers, on the part of the populace. The same worthy gentleman, in order to do ample honour to the interesting ceremonies of the day, had fitted up a spacious Marquee, on the lawn in front of his house, to which a large party of friends were invited, and partook of a cold collation served up in the most handsome and liberal style, with wines, fruits, &c. &c. M C ADAM ROADS.—Doubts have been enter tained of the expediency of Mr. M'ADAM'S new system of road making as far as regards towns, from the great annoyance felt by the quantity of dust thrown up in Dean-street, the only part of Newcastle in which the experiment has yet been tried. Indeed we believe it is partly on this ac count that street has been left in its present state, half finished. A discovery, however, has just been made by Mr. G. Gilmore, the surveyor of the turnpike road between Durham and Tyne Bridge, which we think will remove every incon venience felt from the dust, and be an important improvement on Mr. M' Adam's plan. This dis covery consists in the application of a portion of the oil of salt, which has not only had the effect of completely laying the dust, but it has ope rated also as a cement, making the pavement at onee firm and smooth. Mr. Gilmore has tried his discovery on a part of the turnpike road near Birtley, ur_hen the experiment succeed ed to the extent of his wishes. In the course of the last week he applied a quantity of the oil of salt to that part of Deau-street, which, as we have already observed, is the only part of New castle which has yet been M'Adarnized, and the eff e ct has been such as w e h ave d escr ib e d . — The dust had been laid much more e ffi c i ent l y than it had previously been by water, be sides that it gives the pavement a firm and tc ompact body, while the expence will, in all probability, be less than by an application of water. It appears, therefore, from these expe riments, that the plan is equally applicable to streets and turnpik e roa d s, an d i t seems to us to be a discovery which entitles Mr. Gilmore to the patronage of the public.—(Tyne Mercury.) Mr. LAD' EN, of Rageskov, near Wismar, land• owner and great agriculturist, has received the patent of Nobi lity from his Majesty the King of Denmark. A tesselated Roman pavement, representing Orpheus surrounded by quadruped and biped auditors, has been discovered at a short distance from one of the entrances to Oakley Park, the seat of the Earl of att.l . HunsT, in Glouces tershirc. SUDDEN DEAlll.—Yesterday afternoon an in quest was held at the sign of the King's Arms, Bennett-street, 131ackfriars-road, before CHARLES JEMMETT, Esq. Coroner for Surrey, on the body of WILLIAM KELLEY, Esq. of the Exchequer Office, aged SG, who fell down, and expired on Blackfriars Bridge o❑ Saturday morning Ver dict--" Died by the Visitation of God." ALARMING FIRE AT RICHMOND BARRAEKB.--• Yesterday, about two o'clock, a fire of a most dangerous and alarming nature was discovered at Ithe Richmond Barracks. The Commissary En gines were alone for sometime endeavouring to extinguish it. The Engines of the diffe rent Dublin Insurance Companies were speedily in attendance. At seven o'clock the fire was got under, after great exertions, but as the flames rapidly spread, owing to the high wind, not before the Quartermaster-General's Store, (where the fire originated), together with one of the wings of the building, containing ac commodation for 800 or I,ooo.nten, were com pletely destroyed. The Commander-in-Chief and many officers of rank were on the spot,.using every exertion to arrest the destructive element. —(Dublin Correspondent, May 15.) Two Landlords of the Antelope lan, Salis bury, were successively named. Good and Tao.' good; and the name of their successor, the•pre sent Landlord, is Best. Another of Cartile's shopmen *as . yesterday held to bail, at the instance of the Solicitor to the Treasury, for selling blasphentotis publica tions. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The pike of the 41b. Loaf is stated at 104d.by the foit-P 1 : 1.44 . 1 6. bakers. There arc others of the trade whe sell how a " penny to three halfpence below that rate. i•••••••• IMPORTATIONS Oh BRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. 1 ""7 - 6 Wheat 8ar1e6,469 12 1 , Malt } Bl 2,671 5§ 5562 Oats Rye Beaus Peas Tares Rapeseed Mustard Seeds... Flour . Drank Linseed 143 6,671 16 ..........t 7tl ........ ......... 1,27 5 _.........- 1,455 . SEEDS, May 17. New Eng. R. Clover, 44s tits 80s—fine, 92s Old Ditto 30s 48s 68s—fine, 83s—s —s New Foreign ditto,— 61s 70, 84s—fine, 98s Old ditto ditto,— 29s 4ts 53s;_ fine, 79s New White ditto s's 74s 77s—flee, 95i Old ditto 39s 48s 63s—fine, 94s Trefoil .. per cwt..3s 13s 14s—fine 16s Os per cwt. Itibgrass ... 4os sls —s--flue, 605 Carraway Seeds 4Bs 50s 52s—fine, 56s Coriander do 8s 9s Ils—fine, 13s Tares .....per bushel 3s 4s—fine, is 0(1 St.Foin 42s to 45s—fine 47s per qr , Rye-Grass... 22s to 33s—fine, 37s —s —s WV' Paccy ditto 50s 53s 58s 6'3s—fine, 65s pecir* Canary per qr White Mustard Seed 7s 10s to 12s Brown ditto lOs 14S 16s 03 Rape Seed . New Turnip Seeds 6s 8s 6d to 103 pr. bush. Linseed for feeding 47s49s—fine, 51s per til_ NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL May 11 ' By the Carcasc. Beef 2s 4d to Ss 8d I Wal Mutton so. Od to 4s Od Pork. 4 4 : Lamb, 45 Od to 6-9-0-(-1 ST. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, May Is. •04 0. Flay 6. 41 Os Od to 61 Os Od I Cl over , 5 1 0 s u d to 61 New Hay 01 Os Od to 01 Os Od I Straw 11 16s Od to fl lls ° SMITHFIELD. Old Hay .... 41 10s Od to 51 Os 00--Arerazo, 51 7 6 ed it St lIINV Clover a -Average, 41 156 WHITECHAPEL. Hay New ditto... 01 Os Od t o 01 O s od-Average, 01 ° „, : i • Stra , .v Clover 51 Os Od to 0! Gs Od--Avernge, 51 15g v.. PRICE OF HOPS, per Cwt., May 17. Rent Pockets sI Os to 101 los to 121 06 Sussex Pockets 81 Os to 91 Ss to 101 Os Essex Pockets 81 8s to 91 15s to 101 10 0 Farnham, fine, 101 Os to 201 Os—Second, 101 Os to 141 heat Bags, 81 Os to 91 9s to 111 Sussex Begs, 71 7s to 81 Os to 91 Os _ Essex Bags, 71 7s to 91 Gs to 101 Os Old Duty for the year laid at 110,0001. ItAW HIDES. Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... 2s 44 toga 0 ,1 3s 04 to Ss 2i: Market Calf .. each.. 8 5 „i Nliddliiigs 2s 8d t. 2s led Lainhs.... O s 04 to 09 ' SHEEP SKINS. Pulled OS 4 Fells 4s Uti to 55 04 1 Lambs is Od to 3 - PRICE OF LEATIIER. Butts, ZO to 5611)s each per lb eh' to al Ditto, 66 to 661bs each DrasAilig - Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 to 401 he for c utting . 17d to 1 7 4 Ditto .... 45 to 50Ibs ......'' lBd to 19 1. Calf Skins..;i6 to 401bs 2od to 46 d. Ditto SS to 70Ibs Ditto 7O to 80Ibs o:),1 t o Od !cinall Seals (Greenland) • ISd to 15 1 a Large ditto.. Tanned li•rse Hides Spanish Horse Hides per I:2ll).—MaYls7:or Yellow Soap l Mottled .......... • 7 0 sit! Curd 0 „1 Graves l 6, 6 01- Good Dregs inuem ot TALLOW, SO Town Tallow 37s od —s od 1 Yellow Itussia 36s Od od White ditto .. 53s Od—s Od Soap ditto.... 32s Od —s Od Melting Stuff 29s od —s Od Ditto It9tigh.. ISs Od Od I PEICE OF CANDLES, FROM TALLow CHANnt,En's MAS I ' Pr: . ce of Candles, per dozen, is 6d—Moulds, los Od• 6d per dozen allowed for ready money. • PRICE OF RAW FAT, per- Stone of 811).—Maly IS. Price of Tallow (ns stated by the Tallow !Miters), `2.4:2_-_, COUNTRY Gistr,oFono M Wheat per 1. 1410 s to 181 Os Old whe:st eoi os to —s Oats, per qr 11 4s to 11 14s Old ditto .. 01 Os to 01 Os 111ARKET. kRKET, May 15. Barley, 11 Its to 11 Fs! [leans, per qr.ll ►Ss to Pease, per qr. 210 s to 214 Rye, per qr • of o s to 01' COAL MARKET, May 17. sbips at Market. Ships sold. Price. 64f Nevreastle 2.51 lunderland ABDUCTION.—(CASTLEBAR, MAY ]Q,)_ T he following flagitious outrage was perpetrated O 'Wednesday last, in the town of Ballina young lady, (as our correspondent informs,) o f much personal attractions, respectable co nnect' tions, and good f or t une , was w i t h a f emale f r ie" on a visit to a family in that town. 'When o n the night previous to her intended departure frog thence at the hour o f e l even o ' c l oc k , an d after she had been und re s se d, t h ree men forc i bly ente red her bed-room, laid h o ld o f h er, an d d ragge d Ile' , out of the house, where a large party were waiting/ who, regard less alike of tears, prayers, or entreatiel huried her undreessed as she was to a considerabl e distance, where the authorof this most infamono transaction was in waiting to receive her. Nex t morning Captain GOODWIN and the Chief Con' stable of that district, Mr. WELDON, on heat; ing the circ um st an c e , p rocee d e d t o th e p l ace her confinement, a wretched hovel, and succeed' ed in releasing her. Here the matter rests for the present, but what greatly,aggravatcs the Cif' cumstance is, that the person, guilty of this ceil le , is son to the gen tl eman i n w h ose h ouse t h e youn g lady was ou a visit, and though the family, w e , are inform e d, were a ll, up, not one of them caul" to the assistance of her, whom they . were 1), : j every tie of h o spitality and go o d f ee li ng b e an) to protect.—( Constitution.) BIRTIL On the 16th inst., at Upper Clapton, the Lady of i' Miles, jun., Esq., of a (laughter. MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at St. Clement Danes, Mr. Thum 3B r Barrow, of the Navy Pay-office, to Harriet, youngest (bile orthe late Major Maclean, of Berwick. Yesterday, at the New Church, St. Pancras, Captain Oa t feild, eldest son o f C o l onel Caulfeild, of Benown, Irelan d, to Ann Lovell , eldest daughter of James Bury, Esq. of St. I ' °o /lard's, Nazfrip-, Essex. DDIE. On tho 14th i ns t., at Bedford-place, Clapham-rise/ Parr, aged 73. On IVednesday, the 12th inst., Thomas ;'Mills Bynon, of Northumberland -street, New-road. On Sunday .last, in his 70 year, Phillip Braham, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, . : •• :• • On the Bth 'inst., at Harwich, aged 31, Mr. YOhn Has kg" surgeon of his Majesty's brig /qvcstigator, on of Dr. Baslaa l, of Hart-street, Bloomsbury. At Whitby, on the Bth inst., aged 74, Ri c h ar d Rudyerd. Esq., brother of Lieutenant-General lt u d yer d , l ato o f th e Bo?", Engineers. • Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS,st the Stir OrrICE, 112, strand, by J. B. CARs.rAinf. inc Pei bei inj an( net are liai all Of a gi vld M I ur,