The Sun. — London, England, 1831-12-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Parliament meets again this day. The last Royal Proclamation by which the re-opening of that body was fixed for so early a period as the 6th of Decem ber, gave lively encouragement to the friends of Ministers—that is, of Reform—throughout the whole empire, disheartened as some of them had permitted themselves to be by the systematise ee i d never-ceasing falsehoods put forth daily Oteough the medium of the borough press, as to the weakn ess , wavering, nay, backsliding, of several members of the Government. Within a day after the proroga tion of Parliament, we stated it to be a matter of more than probability that it would re-assemble about the first week of December, and we feel it to be a ground of reasonable confidence in the firmness of purpose, and the conscious power of Ministers ; that they have thus, through various difficulties, held on the even tenour of the course which they had originally traced out for their proceedings. In the same degree, or a greater than that in which the resolution of Ministers to renew at -once the fight with the public enemy cheered and gratified the advocates of Reform, have the Tories been stricken with rage or panic, So reluctant are they to believe in the manly decision of the Government to carry to prompt extremities the wee against the rotten-borough system, that they affect to lay the immediate opening of the Session at any door ra• ther then the true one. No longer ago than yester day one of their journals, in a tone of hypocritical peevishness, complained that the sit' Bankruptcy Bill had been so bungled as to compel the early meeting of Parliament, with a view to the correction of its errors ! The new Bankruptcy Bill ?—no, gentlemen, none of your hoaxing. Doubtless you would be well enongh pleased to see the time of Parliament from this hour to Christmas, and possibly to Christmas twelvemonth, engrossed by Bankrupt Bills, Game Bills, Corn Bills, any Bills but that which now is the one thing needful with the people of England—namely, the Bill for a Reform of Par liament. The same honest print which had con jured up the Bankruptcy Law as the only conceiv able ground for a premature opening of the Session, has tried its hand again upon the Bristol riots, and threatens to make that pleasing topic a cheval de battailc for an amendment to the address. Let them try it, we say. Let the worst tricks of the past Session be played over again, and the House of Commons will be but so much the more stimulated so the discharge of those sacred duties which it has already fulfilled in a manner so effective and so honourable. There is no question that immediate notice will be given, and a day appointed for the resumption of the great subject of Reform. There is no shadow of justifi cation for the least alarm touching the amount of the majority in one House, and none, we hope, after such displays of national feelings as have met every eye since the list of Peers in the division on the se cond reading was made public, that the latter House will not discreetly re-consider the possible conse quences of its votes. Their Lordships are as deeply interested in mairitt.ining the peace of die kingdom unbroken as any other class of Englishmen. Let them, therefore, support that Reform which has the people unanimously- and fervently in its favour. Their Lordships have privileges derived from law, and they enjoy demonstrations of public deference derived from custom,—and a real authority, the exercise of which is facilitated by popular opinion, —and constitutional rank and enormous property, buoyed up, in a manner, and floated upon confluent streams from all these several fountains. We would pray them earnestly to look around, and watch the signs of tr mpest and the hazards of shipwreck;and to shape a true course ere darkness comes, lest they overshoot their only port,while a , sailed by unknown elements of destruction. It must now be ob vious to Noble Peers, that on the last occasion they mistook the nature of national feeling throughout this country,—of that feeling which many of them declared should, by its eagerness or ' its languor, have a positive or negative influence on their votes. They must now see that there never was an indifference to Reform in the minds of the people of England : still more fully must they be satisfied that there never has been a re-action. What will be, what can be the condition of this realm, if the Reform Bill be a second time thrown cut ? Are the Lords prepared for all the results of unfeigned exasperation among the honest portion of their countrymen—for those of pretended provoca tion ministering in aid of outrage, plunder, murder, and anarchy among the wicked ? Do the Lords trouble themselves with conjecturing to what sinis i• r uses a second failure of the Reform Bill may be lo de subservient in Ireland,—or what a deadly and unconqueiable spirit is silently, but terribly, crouch ing in Scotland, to spring upon the 'whole body of our monarchical institutions, at the first proof of the incapacity of Ministers to raise this great barrier for their defence ? The situation of Scotland, we say again, if known to the House of Lords, as it might be known to them, would convert the most head strong fanatic among the Tories into a staunch sup porter of the intes. Yesterday's dawn saw the execution of two of those monsters, which, if not created for the pur pose, are suffered to exist, and to go on eentinually dehasitig themselves by crime after crime, in order to show to what a state of depravity man can at last arrive, if not restrained by principle or awed by religion. IN/liana and Bishop drew mother's milk like the rest of their race.—they were reared in their childhood by maternal care,—they appear, the latter particularly, to have received some education, and to have had fair natural parts; yet, in spite of these advantages which might have pointed out to their adoption and placed them on the entrance of a better course, they fall into a foul, disgraceful, end illegal mode of obtaining their bread; and thee, as it were, set themselves against the whole human race,—murdering those whom they had allured to their haunts under the plea of kindness, and con signing the bodies of their murdered guests to sale. Let us ransack the stores of language as we please, we can find no word capable of express ing such a degree of criminality, or describing those who are guilty of it. Monster is feeble; miscreants, wretches, and all the known terms of reproach, when applied to them, are really epithets of praise. They drat k with the unstis pectiog victim of their dark designs ; they stupified him with their drugged liquor. They than drank again with each other, and returned to the besotted sleepe r : they plunged him into the well, and sus pended his feet to the contiguous paling, in order both to close his sleep in death, and from an erroneous idea that the stomach would discharge its fatal con tents when in that position. Then they drank again, returned, drew their chill ware from their deep store houses prepared it for sale, and took it to the several markets. At every fresh bid, or new chap man, drink filled up the interval. 0 ye, whose lot of life dooms you to certain labour, uncertain meals, beware of drink. These men could never have com menced their desperate trade without the aid of liquor. At last, t h rou gh the operati on o f t h at sti umlaut, they learned to carry it on without fear or feeling, till they are surprised in the midst of their guilty courses : human law awards to them its severest, but that an insufficient, penalty ; and they die amidst the exultations of thousands. Let it not be thought that we blame the surgeons in this me lancholy affair, though it is clear that there has been in other cases a want of due caution ; but in this particular case the surgeons deserve praise, for it has been owing to the scruples of those connected with the new establishment of King's Col lege that the murders of Bishop and Williams have been discovered. Subjects have always —unfortu nately, but of necessity—been procured in this countly for dissection by purchase, and the bodies of the dead have thus been rendered tributary to th e safety of the living ; but it is time that this traffic-- a traffic, as it has now been proved, always having a tendency to murder—should give way to some better and acknowledged system. We are aware that the subject is one of extreme difficulty; but the evils which it should prevent are of the most horrible and' afflictive kind. Legislation must, therefore, attempt something : and we again say, that the dissecting knife destroys nothing of the original body; as much of it will be conveyed, or may be conveyed to th earth, as if an artery had never been laid open, or a r,riand displayed, or the kmonstrator's instrument had never touched it. What then does it signify that the unconscious matter is severed in parts? how many of the most affluent have expressed their wish, or given their orders before death, that their bodies should be opened, in order that the nature of their disease may be investigated and known ? rimes. No Parliament ever assembled at a more eventful Crisis than that which assembles this day. When the Reform _till was rejected by the Lords, an in dignant feeling pervaded the great bulk of the people. They had hoped that a measure recom mended by tlft? King's Ministers, approved by a great majority of the House of Commenn, including nearly all but the nomination Members, and which had united in its favour the suffrages of all who were not int-crested in the continuance of abuses, wnuid receive from a majority of the Lords that re spectful treatment to which it was so eminently entitled. They bad fondly imagined that in these enlightened times, no body of men, whatever their prejudices or their interests, would think of com mitting themselves to an issue with a whole nation, and that, therefore, prudence, if not a higher mo tive, would lead a majority of the Lords to set at rest a question, the agitation of which much longer might involve the whole country in heavy calamit), but could not, by possibility, terminate to their advantage. The rejection of the Bill disabused the nation. They saw that a ma jority of the Peers were determined to risk the peace and prosperity of the country in a vain at tempt to retain usurped privileges, and they have ever since looked to the future with the uneasiness and apprehension which the immense interests at stake are so much calculated to inspire. Parliament now assembles, while the nation, from one extremity to the other, is suffering from a depression in all branches of industry, and while still greater distress is anticipated. The people so suffering, and so an ticipating, see in the 199 Peers, Spiritual and Tem poral, who rejected the Reform Bill, the authors of the mischief. The state of things previous, and since the rejection of the Reform Bill is thus de scribed in a pamphlet to be published in a day or two by Mr. Ridgway, under the title of " What have the Lords done ? and what will they do next ?" " All promised well for the future peace and prosperity of the kingdom. The Reform question once at rest, in dustry and quiet would have resumed their sway among the people; the Aristocracy would have reaped a rich harvest of gratitude from their concessi,tn to popular feel ing; the Church, though evidently destined to undergo some modification of its temporalities, would have exalted itself as a religious body in the esteem and confidenco of the nation. These were the expectations of sober-minded men, well-wishers to their country, some weeks ago. What have the Lords done ? " They have for the present blighted, and for the future endangered, all these fair prospects of national happiness arid tranquillity. They have thrown the country into un exampled disorder and confusion. They have rendered many of themselves objects of general contempt and aver sion, to which their whole body may hereafter be exposed unless their Lordships should timely avert such a misfor tune. One source of satisfaction, indeed remains for us, and it is invaluable : they happily had not the power to deprive the nation of their unbounded attachment to the King,. nor of his magnanimous adherence to their cause. But the evils they have entailed on the country are de plorable. An excited state of society is utterly destine ' tive to the peaceful pursuits of the people ; the longer it is procrastinated, the difficulty of returning to their usual habits becomes greater, and the danger of insurrectionary movements increased. Trade stagnates—industry is para lysed—confidence is overthrown. The ferment spreads wider and wider, and instead of wasting itself, gains strength by the diffusion ; no man can foresee how or where it is to explode into open violence. No man can predict who or how many may fell victims to its effects. Such is the precarious condition of things at pre sent, arising from the unfortunate decision of the Lords. All is one scene of anxiety, suspense, and trepidation. Nothing seems fixed but the calm, resolute, unconquerable determination of the multitude to obtain their rights." Will any man say that this description is exagge rated ? We have no hesitation in saying, that no future conduct of the House of Lords will ever re gain for that body the hold it had on the people. We will not flatter the Bishops as to say that we believe they ever can atone for the indignity offered by them to the nation. Peers, like other persons, must not suppose that a change of conduct will pro duce a corresponding change in their favour. In a Reformed Parliament, the obstinacy of the House of Peers will be less dangerous than it is now : but in estimating the value to a nation of a House of hereditary Legislators. the vote of 199 will never be forgotten. The Reform Bill about to be sub mitted to Parliament will, we know, be equally effi cient with that which was rejected. We may also safely conclude that it will ob , ain the suffrage of a large majority of the House of Commons. The only question is, what will the Lords do next ? That of course will depend on what Ministers will do. From the men who exposed the country to all the miserable consequences of prolonged agitation without an object, our expecta tions would be very humble indeed, did we not know that Ministers possess the means, if they choose to recur to them, of securing the Bill by the constitutional means of adding to the Peerage. The rejection of the Reform Bill a second time would produce a state of things, from the contem plation of which we shrink. Ministers, of course, entered on their task with a knowledge of the dis astrous consequences which would result from their want of success ; and having gone so far, they are, of course, prepared to go farther. So long as they possess the confidence of their master, they will feel themselves bound to take whatever means are neces sary to give effect to their views. They will, of course, consider the salus populi their first duty. In the language of the writer of the pamphlet above alluded to, " they compel the Crown, by their per , severance, to adopt the course from which, in defe rence to them, and the future welfare of the country, it has hitherto abstained. They have also the alter native of acquiescing in the proposed measure, or submitting to an infusion of Members in their House." The alternative offered in certain cases has often a wonderful effect in aiding men to come to a prudent decision; and much do we rejoice that there is an alternative of sovereign potency in the case of the Peers. The writer of the pamphlet has, we think, taken too favourable a view of the conduct of the Lords in the rejection of the Reform Bill : " The Peers,' he says, "had been treated for sometime past, as it they were inaccessible to jealousy at any seem ing attempt to controul the rights, privileges, or preroga tives they enjoy; as if they were not endowed with the common feelings of human nature for the defence and pro tection of their rights. These rights were challenged as opposed to those of the people, though all rights are dis tributed by the Constitution equally for the benefit of all. The conduct of many Noble Lords on the late occasion, there is every reason to believe, might be traced to such rash attempts to interfere with their prerogative. It can not be imagined, indeed, that any of the majority were favourable to the Bill; on the contrary, all were, more or less, and many irrecoverably adverse to it. Some, how ever, hesitated to the policy of voting against it, and powerful motives concurred to overcome the hostility of its less violent and less interested opponents. Had these been allowed to operate, the result might have been diffe rent. The unfortunate attempts alluded to raised up a counteracting influence, and turned the balance against the Bill. " In the course of these attempts, the House of Lords was treated with far too little consideration—in some in stances with determined disrespect. It is natural that men, imbued with a high sense of honour and personal courage, should shrink from a suspicion of being intimi dated in the discharge of a great public duty ;--that, filling the most exalted station as the hereditary Judges and Legislators of the land, they should recoil from the thought of becoming mere instruments of the popular will ;—that, proud of having a sacred trust committed to them by the Constitution, they should revolt at the efforts to render it nugatory in their hands. Such feelings could have no weight with Noble Lords confirmed in their ap probation of the measure, and resolved to support it ; but they may have had considerable effect on many who were undecided. " It may be asked how men, with conscientious inten tions, could incur the responsibility of resisting a measure so loudly called for by the people? Let it be remembered th a t. the prejudices of many, combined with the feelings just described, may have incapacitated them from se , ing this responsibility. The danger most cleirly revealed to, and deeply impressed on their minds, was that of being awed into a surrender of their just p re rogative; that o f compromising for ever the safety of their rights and privilege., by a prompt submission to what they considered the dictation of the people. Apprehen sions such as these may have determined the op position of many, otherwise prepared to grant what the country desired. Nor can men, sincerely averse to the measure, be morally culpable for overlooking, under such apprehensions, the pressing exigencies o f the occasi on . Blameable they were (with all respect it must be con fess d), for not exercising their faculties—for not inquiring --fur not acquainting themselves with the true state of public feeling—for not opening their eyes to the " signs of the times;' but certainly not blameable, as far as can h e seen, for obliquity of purpose or baseness of design." We must say this is but a lame defence for the Lords. The privileges of the Lords are given to tham, not for their own benefit, but for the benefit of the nation ; and it is monstrous, in a case on which the opinion of the nation was expressed with a nearer approach to unanimity than on any other in our history, to oppose the privilege to such opinion. Where the House of Commons may be supposed not to speak the sentiments of the nation, the House of Lords may interpose their decision; but when the King has appealed to the nation, and the nation has expressed itself in such a mariner as to silence the most sceptical, the House of Lords must yield, or the State is paralysed. The constitutional remedy of creating fresh Peers indicates the absurdity of the Lords standing on the privilege of opposing the two other States. But truce for the present with the past. 'Ministers must now be firm and decisive. They are responsible for the peace of the country, compared to which, all other matters are but as dust in the balance.—Morning Chronicle. To-day the opening of the Session of Parliament commences a new chapter, and, to all appearance, an eventful one in the history of England. Among the many political novelties which distinguish the present era is a Session of Parliament beginning just before the festival of Christmas. Urgent must ' be the necessity which causes so peculiar an inno vation on the usual routine of Government—and urgent it certainly is. The doubt and uncertainty in which the question of Reform has been for some time past involved has had the deplorable effect of adding to the embarrassments of trade and industry, by its paralyzing influence en public confidence, and, through that, upon the ordinary transactions of business. This state of uncertainty cannot long continue without being productive of the most ruinous consequences. A suspension of the meo cantile energies and enterprise of such a country as England, for any considerable time, cannot fail to bring about some calamitous crisis; there fore it is not without a sufficient and pressing cause that Parliament is convoked for the labours of a new Session, at a season when the Members of both Houses usually rest from tie fatigues of legislation. In assembling Parliament, under such circPt - nstances, before the holydays, Ministers have acted well. But whether we shall be enabled to follow up this praise by an acknowledgment of more substantial benefits conferred on the country depends upon themselves. We look to measures, not to men—to acts, and not to professions. We cannot, therefore, bestow praise until it is earned, or be lavish of commendation upon mere conjecture. Ministers are the servants of the public, and we advocate the public interests. If Ministers prove themselves able and faithful servants of the public in the new labours upon which they are about to enter, we shall be ready to offer them the humble but earnest tribute of our support and praise ; if not, not. The experience of the past hat taught us not to place implicit or boundless confi dence in public men. Public rights and liberties have been always better protected by the vigilance of the people than by the virtue of their rulers. The nation that sleeps in confidence may awake to ruin. The present Ministers have committed many errors —they have disappointed even the more rational and enlightened portion of the public in many things, We assisted, and in some degree led on, that force of public opinion which raised them into power, and which proved too strong for the fortunes of the con queror of Napoleon. But though they falsified their avowed principles on some important questions—for instance, the civil list, criminal jurisprudence, the pen sion list, &c.; though their unnatural unto') with the Holy Alliance in the affairs of Belgium and Poland severely disappointed us ; though their temporis ing concessions to the placemen and dependents of the Anti-Reformers produced great injury to the public cause; yet, having pledged themselves to an efficient measure of Reform, we naturally preferred their cause to that of their antagonists, who were opposed to all amelioration of the political condition of the people. The rumour which has been indus triously spread of a compromise between the Mini sters arid the more moderate opponents of the late Reform Bill, on the terms of abandoning some of the most important, and indeed, essential provisions of the Bill, we cannot believe ; for an efficient Re form Bill is the sheet anchor of the Ministry, and if that be cut away they are lost—lost beyond the pos sibility of redemption ; but as we have never joined in the silly and ignorant ery for "the Bill, the whole Btll, and nothing but the Bill," we could, for the sake of peace, and relieving the country from its distressing uncertainty, admit of a good deal of modification of the Bill, provided the new Bill ad hered to the great principles of disfranchising the rotten boroughs—enfranchising the great unrepre sented towns, and admitting the middle classes into the electivefranchise. Let us have this Reform and we fear nothing.—Morning Herald. On Tuesday there was a Bible meeting at the Rotunda, at which a Mr. TA TAM, who calls himself Reverend, said that nether the Roman Catholics nor the Unitarians believed in the real God fact, that th.y were Atheists, Q. E. D. After this comfortable display of Christianity, his auditory retired, quite gratified at learning that so many of their fellow-beings were on the road to damnation !—Dublin Morning Register. MURDER AT CRAMOND.—It is again our melancholy duty to publish the particulars of another most atrocious murder which occurred yesterday forenoon within a few miles of this city. The unfortunate object of this villainous proceeding was an elderly widow woman, named Marrx GEDDES, residing with her daughter in a small cottage forming the most westerly of " The Long Row"—as it is called—a line of cottars' houses upon the summit of a bank overlooking the road between Barnton West Gate and the old Cramond Bridge. While her daughter went daily to work in the fields, this old woman, who was unfit for any hard labour, spent her time in knitting, which, it appears, she was actually engaged in at the moment of her cruel murder. Two of her neighbours, who were in her house yesterday forenoon about eleven o'clock, hearing that there was a vagrant going about their doors, immediately left her, and shortly after, it appears, the some person was seen entering the old woman's cottage, apparently with the intention of demanding cha rity. A lad working at a little distance, saw the man leave her house suddenly and run down the bank, hut no farther notie was taken of the occurrence, until about an hour and a half afterwards, a woman, selling fish, called at the cottages, and upon entering the inner door of MaTTY GEDDES'S house, found the unfortunate woman weltering in her blood upon the floor, the upper portion of her skull, from the top of the nose to the back of the head, com pletely separated, her brains scattered about the room, and the horrid instrument of murder, a spade, which stood between the outer and inner doors of the cottage, lying alongside of her. By this time she was quite cold, and, from the circumstance of no noise being heard at the mo ment, it may be concluded that the whole affair was the work of a very few second'. At twelve last night no clue had been obtained of the murderer. He is described as a middle-aged man, rather thin, dark complexioned, and about five feet nine inches in height. He wore a black hat, a darkish green coat, with metal buttons, and a black or dark coloured handkerchief round his neck, which Came up so as ;o cover his mouth. He was afterwards seen going towards town, and being well observed by dif ferent individuals, we have no doubt justice will soon over take him—Caledonian Mercury of Saturday. STEAM CARRIAGES. The Report of the Select Committee ap pointed to inquire into this subject has just been printed, from which we make the follow ing extracts:— • " It appears from the evidence that the first ex- tensive trial of steam as an agent in draught on common roads was that by Mr. Gurney, in 1829, who travelled from London to Bath and back, in his steam carriage. He states that although a part of the machinery which brings both the propelling wheels into action, when the full power of the engine is required, was broken at the onset, yet that on his return he performed the last eighty-four miles, from Melksharn to Cranford-bridge, in ten hours, including stoppages. Mr. Gurney has given to the Committee very full details of the form and power of his engine, which will be found in the evidence. " The Committee have also examined Messrs. Summers and Ogle, Mr. Hancock, and Mr. Sione, whose steam carriages have been in daily use for some months past on common roads. It is very satisfactory to find that although the boilers of the several en g ines described vary most materially in form, yet that each has been found fully to answer the expectation of its inventor. So well, in fact, have their experiments succeeded, that in each case where the proprietors have ceased to use them it has only been for the purpose of constructing more perfect carriages, in order to engage more eXten ,ively in the business. " When we consider that these trials have been made under the most unfavourable circumstances, at great expense, in total uncertainty, without any of those guides which experience has given to other branches of engineering; that those engaged in making them are persons looking solely to their own interest, and no theorists, attempting the per fection of ingenious models; when we find them convinced, afier long experience, that they are in troducing such a mode of conveyance as shall tempt the public, by its superior advantages, from the use of the admirable lines of coaches which have been generally established ; it surely cannot be con tended that the introduction of steam carriages on common roads is as yet an uncertain experiment, un worthy of legislative attention. " Besides the carriages already described, Mr. Gurney has been informed that from twenty to forty others are being built by different persons, all of which have been occasioned by his decided jour ney in 1829: " The Committee have great pleasure in drawing the attention of the House to the evidence of Mr. Farey. His opinions are the more valuable, from his uniting, in so great a degree, scientific knowledge to a practical acquaintance with the subject under consideration. He states, that he has no doubt whatever but that a steady perseverance in such trials will lead to the general adoption of steam carriages and again, that what has been done proves to his satisfaction the practicability of impel ling stage coaches (by steam) on good common roads, in tolerably level parts of the country, without horses, at a speed of eight or ten miles per hour.' " Much, of course, must remain to be done in im proving tutor efficiency; yet Mr. Gurney stares that to has kept up steadily the rate of twelve miles per hour; that ' the extreme rate at which he has run is between twenty and thirty miles per hour.' " Mr. Ihneitek 6 reekone, that with his eaniage he ,tould keep up a speed of ten miles per hour, without in jury to the machine.' _ . _ . "Mr. Ogle states, That this experimental carriage went from London to Southampton, in some places, at a velocity of from thirty-two to thirty-five miles per hour.' " That they have ascended a hill rising one in six, at sixteen and a half miles per hour, and four miles of the London road, at the rate of twenty-four miles and a half per hour, loaded with people.' " That his engine is capahie of carrying three tons weight, in addition to its own.' " Mr. Stunmets adds, That they have travelled ib the carriage, at the rate of fifteen miles per hour, with nine tteu persons on the carriage, up a hill one in twelve.' "; That ha has continued for four hours and a half to travel at the rate of thirty miles per hour.' " That he has found no difficulty of travelling over the worst and most hilly roads," " Mr. James Stone states, that thirty-six persons have been carried on one steam carriage.' " ' That the engine drew five times its own weight nearly, at the rate of from five to six miles per hour, partly up an inclination.' " The several witnesses have estitnwed the pro bable saving of expense to the public, from the substitution of steam power for that of horses, at from one•half to two-thirds. Mr. Furey gives, as his opinion,' that steam-coaches will very soon, after their first establishrwnt, be run for one-third the cost of the present stage-coaches. " Mr. Farrey further considers that the danger of explosion is less than the danger attendant on the use of horses in draught ; that the danger in these boilers is less than those employed on the railway, although there even the instances of explosion have been very rare.' The danger arising to passengers from the breaking of the machinery need scarcely be taken into consideration. It is a mere question of delay, and can scarcely exceed in frequency the casualties which may occur with horses. " It has been frequently urged against these car riages that wherever they shall be iwroduced they must effectually prevent all other travelling on the road, as no horse will bear quietly the noise and smoke of the engine. - " The Committee believe that these statements are unfounded. Whatever noise may be complained of arises from the present defective construction of the machinery, and will be corrected as the makers, of such carriages gain greater experience. Admit ting that the present engines do work with some noise, the effect on horses Las been greatly exagge rated. All the witnesses accustomed to travel in these carriages, even on the crowded roads adjacent to the metropolis, have stated that horses are very seldom frightened in passing. Mr. Farey and Mr. Macneil have given even more favourable evidence in respect to the little annoyance they create. "No smoke need arise from such engines. Coke is usually burned in locomotive engines, on rail ways, to obviate this annnoyance; and those steam carriages which have been hitherto established also burn it. Their liability to be indicted as nuisances will sufficiently check their using any offensive fuel." , • • • • • • * • " Mr. Gurney has given the following specimens of the oppressive rates of tolls adopted in several of these Acts :—On the Liverpool and Prescot road Mr. Gurney's carriage would be charged 24 Bs., while a loaded stage coach would pay only 4s. On the Bathgate road the same carriage would be charged 11. ris. Id., while a coach drawn by four horses would pay ss. On the Ashburnham and Totness road Mr. Gurney would have to pay 21., while a coach drawn by four horses would be charged only 3s. On the Teignmouth and DAVV'' lish roads the proportion is 12s. to 2s. Such ex orbitant tolls on steam-carriages can only be justi fied on the following grounds :—First, because the number of passengers conveyed on or by steam carriage will be so great as to diminish (at least to the extent of the difference of the rate of toll) the total number of carriages used on the road; or, secondly, because steam-carriages induce additional expense in the repairs of the roud. " The Committee see no reason to suppose that, for the present, the substitution of steam-carriages, conveying a greater number of persons than com mon coaches, will take place to any very material extent; and as to the second cause of increased charge, the trustees, in framing their tolls, have probably not minutely calculated the amount of in jury to roads likely to arise from 'them. " The Committee are of opinion that the only ground on which a fair claim to toll can be ma d e, on any public road, is to raise a fund, which, w i t h t h e strictest economy, shall be just sufficient, first, to repay.the expence of its original formation; secondly, to maintain it in good arid sufficient repair." • • • • • " The Committee are convinced that the tolls en forced on steam-carriages have, in general, far ex ceeded the rate which their injuriousness to roads, in comparison with other carriages, would warrant: they have found, however, considerable difficulty in framing a scale of tolls applicable to all roads, in lieu of those authorised by several local Acts. " With this view they have carefully examined the various modes of imposing toll, either suggested by the witnesses, or already adopted. They are as follows : I. To place a toll proportioned to the weight of the carriage and load; 2. On the number of passengers ; 3. On the horse-power of the engine ; 4. On the number of wheels; 5. An unvarying toll. " Each of these plans seems liable to serious ob jections, which the Committee beg to submit to the House. "No plan of toll has been more frequently re commended than that of a charge in proportion to the weight of the engine and load. As this is the most plausible, and (if it could be levied without other disadvantages) would probably be the fairest standard, the Committee have considered it right to state at some length their reasons for not recom mending its adopti,m. " If weight be taken as the standard the toll must be a fixed charge, either upon the weight of the engine or carriage, without reference to the load; or, upon the estimated average of the load carried; or, a fluctuating charge according to the weight, at the several periods of a journey." " The object of every steam coach proprietor will he to attain the greatest possible lightness of ma chinery and engine, because thereby he renders his power more efficient fur the draught of the remune rating load. To place the toll on the weight of the engine would tend to induce him to decrease the strength of his boiler and machinery to an extent which might be dangerous to the passengers, and very detrimental to the success of steam travelling, as the public will easily be led to believe that acci dents really occurring from injudicious legislation were inseparable from the adoption of this power as an agent in propelling carriages, " Ile only fair plea for charging tolls on such carriages, in proportion to their weight, is to pre vent a load being propelled or carried which would permanently injure the read ; within this limit it would be as injudicious to interfere with their pro gressive efficiency (which can only result from im provements of the machinery and the system of generating and applying steam) as it would to tax carriages drawn by large and well .bred horses more heavily than such as were drawn by horses in worse condition and of smaller size and power." * * * " The House will have perceived, in the former part of this Report, that there are two modes of ap plying steam in lieu of hoi ses in draught; one, where the enging and passengers are on the same carriage; the other where the engine is placed on separate wheels, and is merely used to propel or draw the carriage. Although the difference of weight may be in the favour of the former mode, yet, as on the latter it is divided over eight wheels instead of four, its small excess cannot justify a larger toll being im posed, as it will be found much less injurious to the roads. The Committee therefore recommend thaz in charging toll the engine carriage and carriage drawn shall be considered as one. 't As speed is the cause of greatly increasing. ex pense where horses are used, while with steam it is comparatively unimportant, it is probable that the latter will be chiefly resorted to when rapidi , y of conveyance is required. Mr. Gurney considers that under four miles per hour horses can be used in draught more economically than steam. Should it, however, be deemed profitable to convey heavy goods by steam carriages, the Committee recom mend that there should be as little interference as possible with the number of carts employed, as the effect on the surface of roads would be infinitely more injurious if heavy loads were placed on a single cart than if the same weight were divided over several. The Committee recommend where carriages, containing heavy goods alone, are pro pelled by steam, the weight of the load should be charged, without reference to the number of carts on which it may be carried. " As a horse is able to draw from 20 to 40 cwt. on common roads, they propose that each 20 cwt. of load conveyed in, or drawn by, a steam carriage should be chargeable at the same rate of toll as one horst drawing a cart. • - . _ _ " A charge on weight is not so objectionable where goods are conveyed at a slow rate as when speed is alone required. " In conclusion the Committee submit the fol lowing summary of the evidence given by the several witnesses as to the progress made in the application of steam to the purposes of draught on common roads. . . " Sufficient evidence has been adduced to con vince your Committee, _ _ 1. That carriages can be propelled by steam on com mon roads at an average rate of ten miles per hour. 2. That at this rate they have conveyed upwards of 14 passengers. 3. That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. 4. That they can ascend and descend hills of consider able inclination with facility and safety. 5. That they are perfectly safe for passengers. 6. That they are not (nor need not be, if properly con structed) nuisances to the public. 7. That they will become a speedier and cheaper made of conveyance than carriages drawn by horses. 8. That as they admit of greater breadth of tire than other carriages, and as the roads are not acted on so in juriously as by the feet of horses in common draught, such carriages will cause less wear of toads than coaches drawn by horses. 9. That rates of toll have been imposed on steam car riages which would prohibit their being used on several lines of road were such charges permitted to remain unaltered. CAVENDISH, OR TIIE PATRICIAN AT SEA. —" This new Naval Story," says the Literary Gazette, "is making a good deal of stir in certain of the upper and professional circles. The author has evidently mixed with the higher ranks in society; and his book has some strik ing political matter to attract public attention. Indeed, we are inclined to surmise, that the out-of-the-way form of a novel has been in this instance adopted to forward a particular political purpose." Independently of this, the adventures of the young scion of nobility, who is the hero of the story, together with the amusing anecdotes related of the highest personages in the realm, not excepting royalty itself, are of a nature to excite great curiosity. Sir ROBERT PEEL was born about the year 1786,—he was the eldest of 12 children, and takes his origin from that condition of life, which in a country, whose honours are open to all ranks, has so plentifully contr;buted to our present aristocracy. It is now nearly 70 years since the celebrated JOHN 'WESLEY, in writing the diary of one of his annual tours into the North, speaks thus of the late Sir RoßEra PEEL..--" I met a Mr. PEEL, a cotton-dealer, who had been mentioned to me as a sin gular example of a clean and industrious man. He began life, a few years since, upon a capital of 8001. amassed by his own industry, and is now a thriving man." Sir ROBERT PEEL maintained this character to the end of his TVeehly Messenger. EXECUTlON.—Yesterday morning, JAMES Gow and T 110311.3 BEVERIDGE suffered the' last punish ment of the law at the usual place of execution, for the murder of their wives. The conduct of the criminals since their condemnation has been most becoming and sa tisfactory. Gow, on receiving sentence, frankly confessed his guilt, hut attributed it to the effects of intoxication, and his wife having a small property, which was a subject of contention between them. To one of the clergymen he stated, so ungovernable were his passions when under the influence of liquor, that he could only compare himself to the maniac among the tombs. BEvaitinor has been very quiet. He was described by these who were intimate with him as a sober inoffensive man, but dreadfully ha rassed by the misconduct and drunken habits of his wife. He has left three orphan children, the eldest about eight, and the youngest about four years of age. Bath criminals acknowledged the justice of their sentence, but persisted in considering the bad conduct of their wives as the primary cause of their awful end. Gow said bad wives made bad men ; and BEVERIDGE declared that he had many times come home to breakfast, dinner, and supp er , an d f oun d nothing but a black fire, starving children, and a drunken wife. When they were about to be pinioned Gow insisted on going first, as he was the greater criminal. Gow was a native of Edinburgh, BEvitainoir of Kirkaldy.—... 'Jinn Mercury of Saturday. L__/ / RIOTS IN STAFFORDSHIRE. (From the Worcester Herald of Saturday.) We learn with infinite sorrow of the occurrence of a serious description amongst the numerous , workmen employed in the Staffordshire collieries, the confines of this county. The origin of the distu' we belit've to be a misunderstanding between the , tors of the pits and workmen, upon the subject of and the wish, on the part of the latter, to adopt system of payment in respect to the weight of coal to which the masters have not thought proper to The consequence has been that great numbers of the at the dictation of the " Colliers' Union," have work, by which most of the pits for the last been brought to a stand still ; and those of the who had rrsumed their employ upon the old cyst -- been seriously maltreated and injured, and the whi ict thrown into a state of insubordination and I On Wednesday the colliers of Wednesbury, Tipton, and Bilston, assembled in thousands, and hag to other works compelled the mt n to join the Oldbury they broke open the prison, and set the pt twenty-six in number, at liberty ; at Bilaton, they , rnolished the lock-up house, and released the pail and at the last accounts they were marching on ti verhampton. This morning, considerable sensatil created here, by the intelligence that a summons rived in the course of the night from Lord Lytt Lieut.-Colonel of the Yeomanry Cavalry of this for the Worcester troop to assemble at ten o'cb march to Kidderminster. The report instantly apt the colliers of Dudley and the adjacent parts h with the Staffordshire men, that the town of Dudl' in a state of complete insurrection, and that a f tumult had also manifested itself at Kidderminster. great reason to hope, however, that these unfa• reports are without foundation. As respects derminster, we have this afternoon seen a gent. left that town about half-past one, who states that time not the least symptom of riot had appeared, an' although the accounts there from Dudley spoke of tumultuous assemblages, they had led to nothing serious nature, and that tranquillity was restored. of the rioters have been apprehended, and this three of them were brought to our county gaol. lIERALD-OFFICE, SEVEN o'ci. We have accounts from Kidderminster up to five 0 when, we rejoice to learn, all was quiet in that to the latest intelligence received there trom Dudley sod bridge was equally satisfactory. The Upton troop, commanded by the Hon. W vestry, marched in here about an hour ago, on , C ORAL SUt , YED TEE' i).RRODIBL: tts or other ' ONSIEI goon De . BLO( patrons P r ofeseional , ;C :T .E . - is gener& TEET , ANEU of Londo perform ""at, or pr i) in a m 4.. E or PA! INcoRRc Without t° answer e Faculty at result of : 11 . One of 'period, on ' l , Clmens and SI THE to Kidderminster, whither, we understand, they. ceed at an early hour in the morning. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is RA, 11b. Loaf. There are others who sell from yyd. to F7i.! that price. C ouncil Ch he Lords of h t his day orc Sunderl k,,,'tegether boats ha , ,tEttraitit of the sixth of PRICE OF SEEDS.—Dec. 5. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. 70s. fine Old Ditto Ditto —s. —s. fine cew Foreign Ditto---- _ s•2s. 70s fine Old Ditto . --s. —s. fine New White Clover. 4os. 60s. fine _ Old Ditto Ditto— ..... . _ . —s. 50s. fine New Trefoil Jld Ditto —s .15s fine ......... • _ • Rib Grass ...--- los. 2.55. fine English Carraway Seed _ . —s. —s. 535. Foreign Ditto --s. —s. 645. _ , Coriander St. Foin (per Quarter`,...... —S. 156. fine Rye Grass -- —s. —s. new Pacey Ditto Linseed, for feeding —s. 525. fine Ditto, for crushing --- 465. 48s. :—.6. Canary Seed, New —s. 80s. its ' 'at° Old council c Lords" o f this day of 41e United the Z'a`;vsa. White Mustard Seed —(per —s. Ss. 10s. Brown Ditto —s. 10s. 15s. Turnip Seeds. " , outside 1 4 5 .r e 1h tme t t , Ltetatr the sixth o Alp ttouni Green and Red Ditt Tares, Old Ditto New —B. —s. fine Ita•re Seed, English, fine (per Last) 221. Foreign :;:t s i ng has IA Great S !`end, to erg the Cour ',the Hone ned • L Pell lear ir ,„ one o 'lt Majesty isalatir 4 cY's Col the sa . t i'rederick tR.,_"I the L ipzi:luel Ma ord Holr of the said PRICES OF HOPS.-.Dec. 5. 41 15s. 51. 19i. to h 41 12:. 51. 2s. to 41. 15s. Si. 12:. to 9/. 94. 121. Os. to 01. Os. 71. Os. to ......... 31. 15s. 51. 15s. to 41. Os. 4!. 12s. to 41. 4s. 51. 0.. to Duty laid at 174,864/. bent Pockets . Smex Ditto Ffsex Fatntiarn Ditto. Fine Seconds te:f.tpah e a in y i:°4l t6t 61 ' F. Bart °attach - ..:00d 27', leTtY . Lie J • 'l` A r • e • illiz Kent hag: 6t1.55.0X Ditto Essex Ditto.. -. by t Wil4 anu !, Nov ;ion by E • C• PRICE OF-01L. Ripe Oil, brown 6 s. ••••••••••• Refined Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton Lord Cha 1.! in th in the I PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. i Per lb. ti0tt5...............50 to :":61b..... 15 1J Tanned Horse Hides, Ditto 60 to 1'43113.... 16 21 Spztnish Ditto ~.,,,.....,.. ' Dressing Hide 5—......... 131 15 Per dozen. line Coach Hides ......... 16 18 Calf Skini....S6 to 40. Crop Hides, 35 to 40Ib. 13 14i Ditto ....,.,.50 to 101 13 . ' Ditto —..............40 to 451 b 14 151 Ditto .........70 to 801 b., Ditto _ 15 161 Small Seals. Greenland ,E~RGE B~ WHIIECHA PEI. HA Hay , . ~..,5O .Ocl. to 100,. Od. I Straw*. t: AI A It K Kr-1)W. 3 ; (lover— 555. Od. to gs. Ocl. to :34,. Od. PRICE OF POT TO ES. —Dec. 5. . 21. M. to 3/. Os. per' . 0/. Os. to 3/. Os. ditto' . 0/. Os. to 31. Os. dit Kidneys .Scotch Reds PRICE OF RAW F. ['iico of Tallow (as stated by the Al', per stone of Slb. e Tallow Melters), PRICE OF TALLOV Town Tallow » 50s. Od. Yellow Russia 44s. Od White— 425. Od. Soap Ditto .425. 0(1. Melted Stutf.. .. 30s. Od. Ditto Itough---.--.245. Od. SOAP, Sm. per 1121 b. Yellow Mottled lb, s un -Ci and j Whii dre; Good Graves PRICE CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, i O n F the retail shops, is as tot e Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Ss. Od. I Moulds, per dozen..... HIDES. Per Stone. g• s Ordinary 1 01 Market RAW Per Stone. s. el. to s. d. nest Heifers & Steers 2 8 3 0 Middlings 9 2 2 6 COAL MARK Bensham Main 283.0 d. Felling Main 27 6 Hebhurn Main 29 6 Killingworth 30 0 Shipeote . 27 6 Townley, 23 6 'Walls End Bell & Co.— 32 6 Wall , End Callerton %Valls En , l Carr and Co. 29 0 Ditto Clarke and Co. tN 0 Walls End Gosforth 33 0 Walls End Heaton 33 0 Walls End Hilda %Valls End Newmarch— SI 0 Ditto Northumberland 31. 0 Ditto Peareth—. 2B 6 at market, B.l4—Sh' ET.—Dec. 5. Walls End Riddell's... , Walls End Russell's.••' Walls End Walker Lambton Walls End Hetton Walls End Lyons Walls End Lambtom. , W. E. Russell's Hetta Walls End Stewart's •' W. E. Stewart's (SO' ham) Walls End Adelaide... , Barnsley Hartley W.,11s End Methly Stobart's 4,,,,ad Hu I ~,, p Ec 4n • 17,_at '1 ~ALEs i ‘a-'-.vrent, t the ha Coui ,MAS R 2 9 an 4 ank Ai D Waz Red CRO ..111. 17, Weath I t n l 4 ll. l‘ 4 ' ra per, lirl,Verp ci J r.; REA 4 . 17, a i (TI N ieriv„ • Lot ty4L AS k 611; She} I tT A e °n-age q r Mew 4 hroegory, a i , Att,i t ldhurst NI) EL R 44, eh ' b .,t the 41.tbis<romsht th WOR Co ti ec• C° ch PA' Presto26t-i' 4 6tr.'ndo n • I: 4 4 I t7 i i ZSIC)Ii t (4, hill.' k4%l,n, )i kt, tr , 1 bee oo WC t`k-;01 towwey, NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR lIAM.-The subject chosen by this popular wr next story, is the extraordinary life and EUGENE ARAM. Without violating the facts the novelist is said to have imparted to th vein of interest, and to have invested EUGENE circumstances of pathos which will cause rather to pity than abhor the unfortunate and g SUNDERLAND, DEC. 2.—ln som well-marked cholera, judicious treatment w: to check the disease if resorted to at the distant six hours from the beginning of the attack, three or four hours are all that can be pi as to leave the probability of recovery; class of cases, the period of one or two liolL the event. In those cases where the symptoms P, vanced into the most dangerous form of the within the space of one hour from the da te s origin, the chances of escape will be proportios; s minished. Seeing, therefore, that the issue 01 0 /i of cholera will depend as much upon the space ,f in which the remedial measures are applied as fle) me asures themselves, i s i t no t o b v i ous t h a t w het ir irt men speak of the su cce - s or f a il ure o f any rerfle d V should specify the tim e o f it s a d m ini s t ra tion, re e d from the onset of th e di sease , an d t h e c l ia racter ro p existing symptoms, together with the age and i d I tional peculiariti es o f th e p ersons a ff ecte d? 1 let system been heretofore adopted, we should he , r c yd' the discord an t op i n i ons on t h e t rea t men t 01 , 40 0 which at p resen t ag it ate t h e me di ca l world.--' Correspondent of the Times. .s 30 les vai A e g4r3,% t_tailor, ), h i ugh sh, 11 k t -'7 . at er t • !- tva ';-.l.'w, ndc - 11 t T t h i i ger, I, a) k4 tl '44 q-s ec. 41 / 2 c c ' K. b it ' 2 , a, t tel ti4hhat.e,resr; . 1 .1 . P aWl„ t h r lt l e t :? l "v4ri new' 8j . aeo.. has th / 3. II a t* "i i . tlr 4 'nlak e ' ' llters....fs— (i. be- Wc;lct MARRIED. J i itt r , , , 04 041. 1 ., -Ivii, On the 29th ult. at Binbrook, Lincolnshire, N , '„,. ~ le °n an, Esq., to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late 'l'. See' ' a oett„ a nd J. Turnham-grcen. 'na -" an 1 Ca le6l ll ,, t n4f act ' On the t.lith of May, at Sydney, New South 1, , fo r Nnu urc, Venerable the Archdeacon, Captain Thomas Sluff , ' iti erci t a !rs-.. R. Regiment, to 3liss:Eliza Powell. ti t Ili.l e t i . an ts.._: DIED. f t ' let,t ine 'rnat . Ao ~. ...st,_ tee On the 3d inst. in Oxford-Areet, Margaret, eldest . ~ lte et ±..ett, the late T. Martin, Esq. of Enfield. , 01 ,1 On the :30th ult. at Clovelly Rectory, aged 30, of ,e , t ) i ,e „Laries b Rev. 0. H. Williams, son of the late and brother 0 1 t 4 eg am ;'fre, Sir James Williams, Bart. M. P. for Carmartnenslair e i, r i Lt. 0,,... M On the `2d inst. Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. H. FA 4?) 'tutu" , M, Leadenhall-street. N.' to eY It 1 - Kif In, er ' On the •.,:btli ult, at the Upper Hall, near Ledbur)' , ,,i •tet ies riven. shire, aged 11, the Rev. 11. I) ndar, A. M: Rector of I ' l ' ~ ' . Le t ' Worcestershire. BIRTHS. On the 3d inst. at the Dowager Lady Arundell's, •" as D. Neave, inst of a daughter. ac'h On the 2d .at Dover, the lady of H. BrtlY— of a son. On the sth inst. at Hampstead, Mrs. Mackar nern daughter. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIURDO YOU I4O SVN 0 FMB, 112, STRAND, LOND". nio, ~.4tzio,,hureicinemulviart.t.:li a n,jr, E.,%t.t.),rOßß4.Aid:NgetLe:.:,o:,nsu.,„,:l,y,,sisrtEiDuedp,4aeeuCrn,l:,ieCh.ti, r A i ree l( EODr other h E e E r T iu i i L.-.. / RIOTS IN STAFFORDSHIRE. ORRODIBLE :ro E v T f pa ß tro L n o ag o e 3 (From the Worcester Herald of Saturday.) We learn with infinite sorrow of the occurrence of If a serious description amongst the numerous t' , • ' 3,ol !ssional ore workmen employed in the Staffordshire collieries, 'he confines of this county. The origin of the disturb we beli , ve to be a misunderstanding between the p "le il' respectf Eti n_ A g N en E er u a s l ; tors of the pits and workmen, upon the subject of and the wish, on the part of the latter, to adopt 5 RD TEETH : OLE a mann system of payment in respect to the weight of coal lt ) . to which the masters have not thought proper to ' il it of London The consequence has been that great numbers of the bait, or at the dictation of the " Colliers' Union," have work, by which most of the pits for the last wert been brought to a stand still ; and those of the c six 4 CORROD who had resumed their employ upon the old systerot . tc:tvithout Wi or PART been seriously maltreated and injured, and the wholt to 1. answer eve ti ict thrown into a state of insubordination and On Wednesday the colliers of Wetinesbury, Old h, p a 9 cu ul l t tyo f ar t e he i Tipton, and Bilston, assembled in thousands, and pr' 14 . re ing to other works compelled the m‘ n to join their' ,g Olaury they broke open the prison, and set the pri latri ?ne of th twenty-six in number, at liberty ;at Bilston, they al -. d ' mens-st roolished the lock-up house, and released the prise. • iya, " and at the last accounts they were marching on to : 4ra .an and Sate on M verhampton. This morning, considerable sensation created here, Ity the intelligence that a summons b Ac„. ----- rived in the course of the night from Lord Lyttletn a the l i T ni.d., :i iioc E fhhi C sn. Lieut.-Colonel of the Yeomanry Cavalry of this c the for the Worcester troop to assemble at ten o'c!ocl4 march to Kidderminster. The report instantly spree 'it ri, 1 t -is day order the colliers of Dudley and the adjacent parts hau •';` ) la Sunderlan with the Staffordshire men, that the town of Dudley k' ' ,; 4 4 l , ,, g o t a st t h s er wi in a state of complete insurrection, and that a BP I Z.,4traint h lq ir u tumult had also manifested itself at Kidderminster. `EI the sixth of t great reason to hope, however, that these unfave th reports are without foundation. As respects , tl ° : tt o a u i t n lci t l ipf C q h , i a Chan dertninster, we have this afternoon seen a gentlema n ~ ,i t tl.t' i theL or lifr . d p .s a ?.::o a f o rlh f oi s: left that town about half-past one, who states that a l is t t it hia l ltay order time not the least symptom of riot had appeared, although the accounts there from Dudley spoke of tote Skaw and tumultuous assemblages, they had led to nothing urious nature, and that tranquillity was restored. ' s 4: and Caettshet of the rioters have been apprehended, and this the sixth of , three of them were brought to our county gaol. nERALD-OFFICE, SEVEN o'cl..C . `, We have accounts from Kidderminster up to five o ' akin h I when, we rejoice to learn, all was quiet in that tot 0), lt,be gorea'atbMi the latest intelligence received there from Dudley and ' a !, I .,and, to erect bridge was equally satisfactory. the Honour The Upton troop, commanded by the Hon. WO" t , : ;: e: e nt a y r t:h n she e d e c so i Ta n :aidn t y vestry, marched in here about an hour ago, on their i,. ot h r t :lhone of 1 to Kidderminster, whither, we understand, they.tri l 'N'itnny a aj l e a s t l t y; e s ceed at an early hour in the morning. , r r:rederi c k v LONDON MARKETS. (I P: r lC. ,, E ar O t , F r,„....._ 8 BREAD. D 44os_s-6 . 55.... ,754454.... ....6.fifinenwee. 5..._:,;s ~,.44.,.,,,e3ii.rnat:1:14eist:conn.hricaosb.n,y, ytaTE.,ltsabus: ~ , p "Of theitircl° The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 10.. , Ilb. Loaf. There are others who sell from cl. to 14a' '1) 1 that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.-Dec. 5. . '44i tn ° 7 n y the 6th New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) -s. 70s. fine ."1, 01s1 Ditto Ditto , -a. -s. fine s.•'" 4 1, unattached cew Foreign Ditto- _ . _ 1.-2 s. 70s fine " I ',. Old Ditto . -s. -s. fine'', l aai New White Clover. 4os. 60s. tine"' t ons by th Old Ditto Ditto- ...... . _ . -s. 50s. tine :: Lit eyw New Trefoil Jld Ditto - _ . ..-. -5..155. fine -",,,i 0 ). 'a t / 1 7 LY . Lieutt Rib Grass ---. English Carraway Seed ~. -s. - a. 53 ,, tiP., kk. Williamsw Foreign Ditto , -a. GI , 5 11 . *lon by the ,• 34' Coriander . -s. -s. fine , . W illi R St. Foin Rye Grass ...----- -s. -s. new "- '0r t ,,,,,. , .N0v. 13. l'acey Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing Canary Seed, New -s. 80s. V2s A P n ' i ' 'at° Old White Mustard Seed --(per 8u5he1)......- -s. Bs. 105 . 1 ,,,,' , li e Brown Ditto Turnip Seeds Rounds - -5. S. S. ii p e ''tlL' r ! in the c Green and Red Ditto _ ...„ „ _ .5. l , ,In the Hil Pares, Old -s. 255. 30s. 0 Ditto New -a. -s. fine ,I• %3 BA' Itar2Seed, English, fine (per Last) 221. 261........... Foreign R GE BAli riot:Es OF HOPS.-Dec. 5. , 5 ,,, i llo b bent Pockets 4l 153. 51. ISt. to , ItkittßT THI Sussex Ditto --.... 41 12i. 51. 2s. to ',.',i, o. I'4 Sun -court Frsex Ditto --. 41. 153. 5/. 12s. to A t ta r „ . ") and J an . Farnham Ditto. Fine 9/. 9s. 12/. 04.0 Qt , tlJ'a and Hugt ......--- Seconds . Os. te 4 4 , J " , IN p EGG Kent gags ...... 31. 15s. 51. 153. to . •it si, it 17 , at IN Sussex Ditto - -.-- 41. Os. 41. 12s. to A th court, Sink. Essex Ditto., 4l. 44 51. O. to ," la A RLES LC Duty laid at 174,864/. PRICE OF OIL. , ,114,t...he Court 1 -** --- "'"'"'"'"'""'w ... "." . ... '''''''' it i i,ttll Cl A ire. At JP' • r-.IAS RAI Ripe Oil, brown .........--3 21 . 6s. ........... Refined .....* o)I ...ats, 2 . ), and .1 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per th0u5and........,... Rape Cake, per ton :ol at " e MEEK PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d.tod. , it 'PlA rers s Dec. Per lb. ,g ot at Y. Warwi butts 50 to 561 b.... 15 13 Tanned Horse Hides, ',, '. c i , Ditto 60 to 6fi1b.... 16 21 Spanish Ditto ....,......... ir 1 11/1) Red Lio Dressing Hides.,-........ 131 15 Per dozen. . b . 4 " , '. CROSS Fine Ceach Hides --a ifi 18 Calf Skins... 36 to 4(lb. ~1 , a i i s:,Jan. 17, at Crop Bides, 35 to 40Ib. 13 14i Di tto ,„,„„„,„„ 50 to 1011% ; 0 ~... Wean era Ditto -.........-40 to 451 b 14 15i Ditto .............70 to solb• :,a h .wiOnd MT° Ditto raper,Dec WHVIECH A PEI. HAY MARKET.-Dec.: l -. ir I'' a l.ive)ool Hay ............503.0d. to 100,. Od. I (lover-- 555. Od. to ksslin, par Straw--......... 245. Iki. to 34, Od. k m J''' READ k‘tkj i ' 17 , at ti 444 krttmoeys,sars,. PRICE OF POTATOES.-Dec. 5. 0 0 , 4 .I.lildin ' Ware 2/. 54. to 3/. Os. per t ,Ati t ,AIITIN M I Kidneys -.-- 0/. Os. to 3/. Os. ditto' k q ty, kr . It Scotch Reds O/. Os. to 3/. Os. dit7l 4 4em nr 7 Yener, # l / 4 4 I 'l ( orl ug .' PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone ot 8111 3,1,,,„ shire. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ~ltli 4 )10,1, 2 1; E PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, Sm. per 1121 b• 0 7 4. b oo S ( 5 -7 K A._ in • , Town Tallow ..............-. 50s. Od. Yellow 50ap.,..-........"' et streeto , li n e Yellow Russi" 44s. Od Mottled ~...,,........•'' TI, h i ,,,., L one White-- - 425. Od , White.-----.....-..." JY/ ) 't. S .7 A S It: Soap Ditto - 425. ltd. Graves ..........-.....,..."" Y.1: 7 1y . , t s i x 2 Melted stutc---. 3135. Od. Good Graves -.........,. ,/ -'4,4„ WilliamsWi Ditto Rough-----. 245. Od. _.../!%Lt()Wheph PRICE OF CANDLES. 0 7 (i t eal a ii n L'r AS The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as fO., %Op t „tl.-_ag , en Candles, per doz. 7s. 03. to Bs. Od. 1 Moulds, per dozen , / t ) RAW HIDES. --------- (1 $ 4 41 4 °44h urst ' Per Stone. a ti. to s. d. )q‘ -Alt RI Per Stone. N. 0 ) M a , -A lt . , Best Heifers &Steers 2 8 30 I Ordinary ............, 1 0 si r ~, -I-ket Nliddlings 2 2 2 6 Market Calf-.-..-... 5 .. ,.,A ,rt ' ti r the 41 I:4l,ootrllibt COAL MARKET.-Dec. 5. ' i l th'ttta,' WOR Bensham Main ...---- 283.0 d. I Walls End Riddell's.' 01 ),e p c '. D ec . i : Felling Main 27 6 Walls End Russell's... , fp 41 ,' 4 ' l or Co Hepburn Main -...- SO 6 Walls End Walker ....si. ri,'l.ltiti lAtt, nsold. A4'l IltS1)14 At t 14144,•!,ra1e,:10 oF 9 pinta, . ;0 tle i ,! h andi er, writer J. 4t ..ri,e.r fatal vi is 0f the tW i nehes E'scarte:" • and )4 d e his an g uilty ne caSeSaii tiSl):c.% ;Till bt ffoi nce of Pt k,! t to - 1, 41 e . al l e ;."ri dtatnut„ k. tassel kP v 4 6 ,44 i 1t:.A14,41th; tnd ft ilov:itriN era - bi l !) V