The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT 0* THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have to communicate the 'most important news respecting emigration from this country. It was but this day fortnight that Mr. Wilmot Horton, who said he agreed most cleverly with the great Mr. M'C u ll oc h, pro posed the re-appointment of the Emigration Committee which had sat last session, by whose labours and directions British paupers were to be transported to, and enriched on, distant regions. The Committee have already pro duced one short report, which, with a single thrust, slays both master and pupil, Mr. M'Culloch and Mr. Wilmot Horton (Sidrophel and Whaccuni); for the Committee report, that they will not recommend the applicati on o f the national funds to purposes of emigration, except in aid of local contributions; and that the expectation that emigrants shall be removed and located (a Scotch word, by the way) at the public expence, is a misapprehension which ought to be removed with ail speed. There is but one circumstance from which we are induced to regret this conclusion, which is, that as Mr. Wilmot Horton was sure that the emigrants would soon repay the expenees of their original removal and location, his salary, as Under• Secr etary, which might have been charged Upon the money coming in from these repayments made by tlie emigrants, must now inevitably fall upon the nation.—Timis, tact night (the important night) eame forth, after re peated delays, owing to un:avoid - able causes, the Ministers' propositions for altering the Corn Laws. We shall not attempt to etaraeterise them briefly, because the sentence to be - passed upon Meal depends upon many circum !,:itri&,,s, which it would be difficult to represent in one compendious view. If, then, a set of Ministers were seen - studiously providing that the people of whom they had the care should not be suffered freely to enjoy the munifi `eenee of nature, and the God of nature; if they should be 'acen devising propositions, by which bread should bc so served out to the way-faring man , and labourer, and arti san, as that th es e might notdie, but ' could hardly Eve; and if such Ministers were acting voluntarily, and not under constraint, but for the sake of experiment, or in the - wantonness of legislation, we might justly reprobate the impolicy of their acts and the hardness of their hearts. But if these Ministers were not left to the - free exercise of their own ju.dgment ; if they had to please or conciliate a powerful interest, which, upon 'the most false and frivo lous - pretences, claimed to itself the exclusive right of feed the people of every degree in the State; then would our Warne of such Ministers be in some degree altered; and inasmuch as the charge of unfeelingness would be ebatedj would that of subserviency be increased. Minis k'er% have, however, by these , propositions, shown Themselves determined to place the agricultural people vastly in the wrong, if they start any objection to the new Corn Laws to be founded on them. We recom mend the tables, which we have published in - another part, to attention. They will explain clearly enough, without re petition here, the scale of duties with which it is meant to charge imported corn. It is not to be admitted duty-free till the price of the home-grown article has mounted up to 705. per quarter, or pretty nearly Ds. a bushel. Sixty shil lings is assumed to be the point at which the British - corn-grower needs protection : and how is he to be pro tected ?—by clapping the impost of 20s. per quarter upon foreign wheat. At 605., therefore, and every lower price, foreign wheat may be considered as in effect prohibited. No wheat can be imported at present, the home price be ing about 53si ; and the duty, according to the new scale, no less than 345. No notice was taken, except by Sir F. Burdett, of the changes arising from the state of the cir culating medium, and the variations in its quantity. We Were glad to observe last night, that Mr. Canning seemed to be entirely recovered from his late indisposition. His voice was as strong as usual, and neither his manner nor his attitudes betrayed:any traces of feebleness or languor.-- Ibid. The perusal of numerous Portuguese papers and letters received by the three last packets, has enabled us to tak e a more comprehensive vi e w o f the late and unexpected movement of the Portuguese Apostolicals into the pro vince of Minho—a movement which, the more we con template it, the more we are convinced that the -affairs of Portugal have not hitherto been considered with the at tention which ought to • have been bestowed on them. The sudden attack on the Portuguese territory, towards the close of last Noveinber, by the Marquess de Chaves, at the head of a small band of rebels, was at first viewed more in the light of a mad and desperate act, such as may be undertaken by an eager .and . .restless adventurer, im helle,l by motives of ,ambition or. revenge. The lapse, owever, of nearly three months, during which time seve ral important events have occurred, among which the em barkation of a large British force is not the least remark able, has changed the character. of,the aggression, and dis tinctly shown that it is- not- the undertaking of a single family, or founded on a plea so much at variance with the feelings of the population at large, as was generally imagined. An immense surface of country has, in the interval; been traversed and revolutionized; and yet, al though the Apostolicals have not gained a single victory, in the face of their opponents=at !east no one deserving of such a . name—they have obtained a considerable acces sion of physical and moral strength, notwithstanding the several Generals commanding the Constitutional troops have done their duty in the field, and displayed both skill and activity in the various operations they have been called, upon to perform, in defence of their new institu tions. Soinething then is wrong, in one quarter or the other. If the Lisbon Government, as at present con stituted, is really in earnest, the opportunity of prov ing its sincerity is now within its reach; but, we do not hesitate to hay, many private letters received by the last conveyances speak of its apathy, and complain bitterly of its want of cordiality in the Constitutional cause. No one single traitor, numbers cry out, has yet been. pu nished; and although the country is in the most immi font danger, no corresponding effort is made to rescue it from disgrace. Mean and cringing apologies have been accepted from the Monarch who has plotted the down fall of the Constitution; his Ambassador has been allowed to reside in a capital in which he care be viewed in no other light thin age spy; whilst, in the interim, the House of Peers, in the face of an empty treasury, from motives of eti quette or opposition, openly refused to accept the only means by which a stand could be made against the inroads of rebel lion. This is a gloomy but true picture of the country to which we have been called upon to send an auxiliary force, at an immense expence, and at a season of the year extreme ly.dangerous to our countrymen. , The Lisbon Government has reason to be proud of the efforts .of: its little armies in the - field, badly organised and feebly equipped as they are; but it has nothing to boast of as regards either its foresight or its patriotism, except, perhaps, the appeal made for foreign aid. Let us, nevertheless, hope, that the last pto.oß of Ferdinand's duplicity,, as well as this evidence of the energies and power of the Apostolical party, will rouse the Ministers of the Infanta Regent to a sense of the duty they owe to their country as well as to the Constitution. .As long as the present contest con test continues, the provinces into which the Reb e l s en t er are demoralized and laid waste. But for an accident, the second city in the kingdom, and the first in point of libe rality of opinions, would have heenexposed to pill age an d destruction. As it is, the richest and most populous pro vince has been overrun, and the seeds of rebellion widely scattered. Granting that the Rebels have been compell e d to fly from Minho, i n th e s a me 'Manner as they lately were from Beira,' their retreat 'being secured, they will again re-enter on some other point, well assured that the last partisans who welcomed their approach will again receive them with open arms. In Lamego, Vizeu, and lastly, in Braga, they were received with illuminations, and feasted by the authorities ; and even at St. Thie r z o , although so near to Oporto, theßenedictine Monks took up arms in their favour, and assisted in preventing the bridge from being de stroyed. If all these instances of treachery and disaffection go unpunished,it,is vain to weary the poor soldier by harassing marches, or ask the aid of an ally. The last movement of the Apostolicals, although unsuccessful, has greatly in creased their power and influence—out of the six pro vinces into which Portugal As divided, hey have already penetrated into three, and still hold possession of one.— The war has rid* been going on for three months, and in that interval several fresh traitors have publicly declared themselves. Would this have been the case, if the first who were taken had been punished, or if the abettors of the rebels had been properly dealt with ? Nothing but the most perfect unanimity on the part of the true Con stitutionalists, seconded by the energies of the Govern ment, could have pat an end to an invasion which evi dently threatened the existence ofsboth. Portugal, at the present moment, stands in the situation Spain was in during the early part of 1823, and there was a leading fea ture in one of the military operations of that time which the present Apostolical hero of 'Portugal had probably in his eve. It will be remembered that the period above al luded to was as disastrous to the Spanish Anti-Coustitu tionalists as that which merited the late retreat of the Mi guelites from Upper Beira. Routed on every point, and dislodged from tl strong holds they had taken, the Spa nish Anti-Constitutionalists had no other support than what they could find within the French territory. Without this protection, so directly opposed to the laws of nations, as well as to the solemn protestations of the Gallic Mo narch, they would no longer have been able to carry re bellion into the heart of their country. In the midst of this general defeat, one of their leaders, the noted Bes sieres, who, like the rest, was warmly pursued, changed his routes, and undertook a movement so bold and judicious,, that if it had been successful, it would have covered him with glory.. Instead of seeking with his followers an asylum in France, as most of his colleagues had done, and aware also of the unprotected situation of the capital, he made a feigned march, sud denly passed from Arragon in New Cistile, and rapidly advanced on Madrid. A movement so unexpected took the Government by surprise, when only a handful of troops could be assembled to impede his advance, and defend the gates of the capital._ The firit he succeeded in defeating; but he paused when he approached the second, the mili tary genius of their commander holding him in awe, whilst at the same time he saw his pursuers, who had followed him from Arragon, already approaching. He then escaped on one of the flanks, and finding himself harassed on his rear, divided his force into small parties, and eluded the vigilance of his pursuers. This movement of Bessieres, in design, boldness, and results, was exactly similar to the late one of the Marquess de Chaves on Oporto. He equally withdrew aethe critical moment. If the recent history of the Rebels in Spain—those who, aided by a foreign Power, eventually threw down the Constitution—had not been forgotten in Portugal, the present war would not have lingered so long, nor would Oporto have been 'so nearly threatened as it was on the 2d instant. It might have been expected,. that.analogous circumstances would have taught those interested in the welfare of their country, the means of guarding against similar consequences. It is useless for the Portuguese Patriots to deceive themselves. It is now evident that the same organ which prescribed to Bessieres his conduct in Spain, has commissioned the Marquess de Chaves in Portugal: And yet who was this organ ? Most assuredly_ it was not King Ferdinand, or his Counsellors. This organ, therefore, must be looked for in another quarter ; and this inquiry is, perhaps, more interesting to the future honour of our arms, now engaged in the cause of an ally, than most persons affect to believe. If these rapid and demoralizing movements are no; vigo rously and promptly checked, we shall ere long see in Por tugal what in 1823 we witnessed in . Spain ; with this difference only, that then we were not the avowed pro tectors of Spanish Constitutionalists.-21forning Chronicle. Our objection to the law of " Imprisonment for Debt" is not founded on any narrow or partial view of the sub ject; we consider it equally inefficacious and inhuman— equally opposed to reason and Christiahity. A Corres pondent who advocates the existing usage, asks us ." If the law of Imprisonment for Debt were repealed, how would you compel the payment of debts ?" We ask him in return, " Does this law really compel the payment of debts ?" In the generality of • cases we believe it has no such effect, and as our Correspondent states himself to be a member of the, legal profession, he ought to be aware that exceptions only prove the general rule. But we have no objection to answer hi s ques ti on di rec tly, an d t o point out a mode of procuring the payment of jirst debts more effective and less objectionable in every respect than that of throwing into a gaol the body of the debtor. Let his property be attached, if he have any, whether it consist in goods or lands, in moveable or real possessions. If, how *ever; the debtor, should have no property of any kind, it is clear that neither imprisonment nor any other mode can compel him to pay. And to throW a man into a dungeon who is utterly insolvent can have no other end than to feed the malice of a vindictive temper. Who, that has the common feelings of humanity, would like to have upon his conscience the fatc_of that unfortunate man, Devenish, whose case has just now produced such a strong sensation in the public rebid ? Yet instances of such forlorn misery —such helpless suffering—arising out of our present mode of depriving a human creature of his freedom, who struggles with difficulty, for his daily bread—are of fre quent, occurrence ; but they pass unnoticed and unpitied, because some particular accident does not direct the public attention to them. The last means of such per sons ate dragged from them by gaolers, turnkeys, &c., under the pretence of supplying them with the com mon necessaries 'of life; and, being deprived by impri-1 sonment, - from even the chance of earning any thing , more, exhaustion of body and agony of mind soon bring them to a premature grave. We know that we are likely I to alarm the prejudices of lawyers of the "ancient school," by proposing that lands as well as goods should be attach able for the payment of ordinary debts; but the public ad vantage should be paramount to all individual interests.— Yet we do not introduce a new principle. We only recom mend the extension of one already admitted. At a very early period, the Legislature felt it necessary to make a provision for debts contracted in the way of commerce, and due by persons of landed property. The statute-merchant was passed for this purpose, and the elegit allowed the taking the rents and profits of one-half the lands of the debtor, until the obligation was discharged. Why may not this principlube extended s and those whose goods and chattels cannot answer their just debts, be compelled to liquidate them by a certain portion of the rents and profits of their lands. Thus, there would be no longer a shadow of a necessity for arresting the bodies of such persons; while it is equally clear that those unfortunate persons who have no property wherewith to answer their creditors, are not to be made capable of paying if deprived of their liberty. While they are able to exercise their occupation and facul ties, there is a possibility that they may be able to do some-. thing in time to satisfy those who have just demands upon them ; but once thrown into a gaol they must rot there tin= less sent out again in a worse condition than before, by the operation of an Insolvent Act. But one greater advan tage than any other that society would derive from the abolition of the Law of Arrest would be, that the de structive system of almost unlimited credit which now pre vails, must be cut up . by the roots. People would not then give credit, unless , satisfied with the character, or the means of those who applied for it—and thus persons of moderate incomes would not be induced to exceed their means, and bring progressive ruin on themselves and farni- • lie ,by the dangerous facility of getting into debt.--.-Morn ing Herald.. • RECIPROCATING FOUNTAINS.--Panderborn spring in Westphalia, dibappears twice in twenty-four hours, re turning after a lapse of six hours, with a great noise, and so vio lently as to turn three mills at a short distance from its source : The flux and reflux of Layw e ll s p r i ng , i n . Torbay, are very visi ble, and performed in about two minutes, when the spring re mains at its lowest ebb for about double the time. Giggleswick spring, in Yorkshire, is always reciprocating ; but at unequal periods, and in an irregular manner. One resembling it is near the Lake . of Bourget, in Savoy; which generally after Easter exhibits ebbs and flows several times within the hour. The na tives call it la Fontaine de Marveille—the marvellous spring. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. I'ATTERSAL :S. -.-1114 , 1 RC II 1. The betting was sharp toward Leger, for which latter Reviewei The odds closed as under : is the close, on ,the Derby and St. r, as might be expected, is goiog. DERBY. 6i to 1 agst Web 22 to 1 agst Gustavus 9 to 1 agst Tatler" 22 to 1 agst Spondee 'l4 to 1 agst Defence 23 to 1 gst Catherine 14 to 1 - agst Espagnone 33 to 1 agst Turcoman !..'0 to 1 agst on:Teter' _33 to 1 agst Cressida 20 to 1 agst Gaberlunzie 33 to 1 agst Gamelius 20 to 1 agst Dahlia 35 to 1 agst Lord Ailesbury'a 22 to 1 agst Mameluke 50 to 1 agst Huldibraud 4,000 to 60 agst Fillagree .5,000 to 15 agst Cressida, Maria, and Posy* RIDDLESWORTH. 5 to 2 agst Web, p.p.' and even that he does not start. 6 to 1 agst Cressida, and 5 to 1 on Edwards's stable agst the field.* OAKS. No betting of any consequence. ST. LEGER. 50 to 1 agst Coalition* 50 to 1 agst Medoro* 50 to 1 agst Beggar Boy* 50 to 1 agst Pedlar* 50 to 1 agst Kit Cat* 16 to 1 agst Jupiter 18 to 1 agst Reviewer 18 to 1 agst Sancho 20 to 1 agst Olivera 20 to 1 agst. Popsy 20 to 1 agst Granby 2,000 even Kit Cal Those marked the agst Beggar Boy.* is (*) were taken. During the late frosty weather, general attention was one day attracted on the Canalde la Villete, at Paris, by the appearance of a lady who was skaiting with equal grace and con fidence. She was habited in a black dress of Gros de Naples, rather short, ornamented with three rows of hauls volans ; a rose-coloured bonnet, and black buskins; a gentleman accom panied her, occasionally giving her his hand, and displayed also much elegance in his motions. They were both natives of Holland. The eyes of all the amateurs were upon them, and the fair foreigner, especially by her graceful and easy manner, excited the admiration of all, and merited the encomiums generally be stowed on her.—Le Furet. , Answer to the memorial of the merchants, as to the duty on corn from the Mediterranean : Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Feb, 26. The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, having had under their consideration in the memorial presented by you on the 14th instant, praying on behalf of yourselves and other merchants of the city of London, that •sucli vessels as may have been cleared from the ports in the Mediterranean with car goes of beans and oats, in time to justify a reasonable expectation of their arriving in this kingdom before the 15th instant, may be permitted to entef their cargoes for home consumption on the payment of the duties fixed by his Majesty's Order in Council of the Ist of September last, and subsequently continued by the Act of 7th Geo. IV., sect. 2, c. 3, until the 15th of February—l am directed to acquaint you, that the period being now expired which was fixed by this last mentioned Act for the admission of the several sorts of grain specified in the order in Council, the Lords of the Committee have no power to dispense with the provisions of the Acts of 55th Geo. 111. c. 26, and 3d Geo. IV., c. 60, by which the importation of foreign corn and grain is re gulated, and the duties thereon determined. (Signed) THOMAS LACK. It is earnestly to be desired, that amongst the im provements about to be made in the criminal law of the country, some alteration will take place in the present custom of indiscri minately passing sentence of death at the Old Bailey Sessions, upon all persons who may be capitally convicted. It is well known, that about three years heel:, an act was passsed empowering the Judges to record the sentence of death in certain cases where it was evident capital punishment would not follow, in order to avoid the impropriety, not to say the absurdity, of pronouncing the aw ful sentence upon criminals convicted of offences technically capi tal, yet of a degree comparatively venial. The Judges of Assize avail themselves of this power of recording the sentence of death, but the expbunders of the law have decided that the act does not ap ply to the county of Middlesex and city of London ; in consequence of which, the judgment of death is given with the same solemnity upon the idle boy of twelve years of age, who is convicted of housebreaking, because he cracks a pane of glass and introduces his finger with intent to steal, as upon the ferocious highway rob ber or midnight burglar. Any one who has attended the Old Bailey Sessions must have observed the Judges frequently labour ing to avoid the capital parts of - an indictment, and the - Juries even straining their consciences for the same purpose; notwith standing which, there are now above seventy prisoners under sen tence of 'death in Newgate, upon only a very small proportion of whom the extreme punishment of the law will fall.— Times. CONSTRUCTION OF MEN OF WAR.—The Alpe riaans have adopted in their line-of-battle ships, a pumpdale be tween the beams of the lower deck, with a bole through the side, for the water to run through; which must make their fall so little distant from the water's edge, that when the ship rolls much, or rather, when pressed by canvass, and driving at the same time to leeward, must close the scupper so quickly, that the vent for water is materially injured by it. Propositions have been made at ,diffe rent periods in this country to place the pumpdale under the beams of the main deck, but the additional power necessary to raise the water so high, has always operated against its introduc tion, and thus the old wooden pumpdale, running directly across the lower deck in the way of training the guns, besides other in conveniences, 110‘been allowed to remain in our service. Captain Charles Phillips, R.N. has proposed a plan upon the common hydrostatic principle of water rising to its own level, of placing the pumpdale under the lower deck, the one end connected with the cistern or trough, at the head of the chain pumps, the other to a pipe that carries the water up to the scupper hole through which it vents at present ; by which means all the above-mentioned oh ! ieetions are obviated, as, from the head of the pumps being higher than the scupper or upper end of the pipe, the water will run as , quickly as the pampa discharge it.. Captain Phillips's plan was fitted in his Majesty's ship Asia, previously to her sailing from this port, and Sir Edward Codrington has expressed himself bighly satisfied with its operations. We understand the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered one of his Majesty's ships in ordinary at Chatham to be fitted with a second, to give Capt. Phillips the time and opportunity necessary to perfect his plan by experiment. CHARACTER OF THORWALTZEN.—Tliorwaltzen is a native of Copenhagen, and his father of Iceland : he bears it about him—his residence of twenty years in Italy has produced no change—years have glid e d over him ,without an impression. In the structure or muscles of his couiltenanc,e, there are none of those nicely defined delicacies which indicate that happy sensi tiveness to beauty, or that sagacity almost instinctive, of taste, which is the appanage and glory of the Smith. But he has per haps, instead, the externals of, a higher order of intellect. His forehead is capacious, and trenched , with the traces of bold and grand thought; his eyes, though small, and of the light savage blue of the Goth'and Hun, have a steady mental lustre about them which is well set off by their enchasement. The softer parts of his character, that good-nature so characteristically and nationally German, lie in honest and ungracious smiles about his mouth. The entire head is crowned with a waste of neglected hair thinly sprinkled with grey, which gives a venerable air to the whole, and frames well the portrait. It is just such a model as I should choose for a Scandinavian Jupiter. Throughout, there is great power and firm will, much genius and more reflection. His own bust; executed by himself, concentres both. It is a noble work, and bears well a comparison with that of Canova. It is the ideal of the elements which compose him, preserving still the actual and grosser lineaments of the man. I know nothing finer than the profound gaze of thought, the antique solemnity engen dered over the whole being by high and noble meditations, which is so pregnantly expressed in every trait. There is, throughout, much of the " terribil via" of his great predecessor; a muscle of mind, if I may so express it, as' well as body; a grasp and strength, singularly opposed to the open mouth, the Virgilian inspiration, the soft devoticmal enthusiasm of the head of Canova. There is another portrait by a German artist; and a third by Camuccini, executed for him in the meridian of their friendship, and in gratitude for the admirable restoration of his relief of Tra jan. Camuccini's is a cold and gloomy performance. When I afterwards saw it, and knew Thorwaltzen well, I neither recog nized the man nor his mind. The German portrait is the favourite of the artist himself: the likeness is there, but it is still clay,--the mere prosaic recollection of his character, labori ously and painfully wrought to the matter of fact of colour and shape. He has shorn him of all the higher rays of intellect, and terrestrialized the divine particle, as much as was in his power. His manners are open and affable; a natural simplicity, with more than the warmth of,4is countrymen, enhances the value of, his courtesies ; nor is their sincerity a little heightened, bAthe strongly aspirated German Italian, which he still speaks. He soon sets you at your ease ;—is communicative without being talkative--kind without affectation ; and you cannot leave him without the impression that his moral character, instead of suf fering, receives and communicates additional lustre to his intel lectual, by the contact. DIFFERENT MODES OF SALUTATION. - -The 'Greenlanders never salute one another; they cannot, without laughter, advert to the notion of one person being inferior to another. The Islanders in the neighbourhood of the Philippines lay hold of the hand or foot of the person whom they accost, and rub their faces with it. - • The Laplanders press the nose strongly against that of the in dividual they are saluting.* In New Guinea they place leaves on the head of the person saluted. In the Straits of Sunda the foot of the person saluted is raised, and passed gently along the right leg,-and over the body. The inhabitants of the Philippine Isles bend very low, with their bands on their cheeks, and with, one of the feet raised in the air, and the knee bent. The Ethiopian takes his friend's garment and binds it round himself in such a w-. 3, as to leave the former naked. In saluting, the Japanese takes off one shoe, and the people of Arracan their sandals, when in the street; in the house they take off their breeches. Black Kings of the Coast of Africa salute each other by squeez ing three several times each other's middle anger. The inhabitants of Caramania, in testifying peculiar attach ment, open a vein, and present to their friend the blood that springs forth to drink. When the Chii.ese meet their acquaintance after a long separa tion, they cast themselves on their knees, incline their heads to wards the ground two or three times, and put in practice, be sides, a great many marks of affection. They have, besides a kind of ritual, or academy of compliments, where the number of reverences and genuflexions, and the words suitable to each, are regularly laid down. Ambassadors repeat these ceremonies forty, days before appearing at Court. The Otaheitans cock their noses at each other. The Dutch, who are great eaters, have a morning salutation, common to all ranks, Smaakelyh &ten? Do you eat apper tisingly ? They ask one another, Hoe vaart awe? How de you voyage? The latter form is derived, undoubtedly, from the early times of the Republic, when every one was a navigator and a fisher. At Cairo the question is, " How do you perspire ?" because, dry skin is looked on as an indication of a deadly ephemeral fever. In comparing the haughty Spaniard with the fickle French man, some authors have discovered the pride and lofty bearing, and inflexible importance, of the former, in his usual salute, " Come esta ?" " How do you hold up ?" Whilst the " Comment von: portez vous ?" " How do you carry yourself?" of the second is equally expressive of their joyous humour and ceaseless activity. In the southern province of Chile the salutation is y a fan? Have you ate your rice? In Africa, a young betrothed damsel puts a little water in a calibash, and, kneeling by the side of .her lover, invites him to wash his hands in it; the girl, then weeping, with pleasure drinks the water. This is looked on as the greatest proof of fidelity and attachment that can be manifested to a lover.—Furet. * The practice among the Laplanders,. above mentioned, we rather think to be incorrect—at least we do not recollect any no tice of it in Clarke. Captain Ross describes such a mode of salu tation among the Esquimaux. The practice of the African brides is not quite so singular as that mentioned by some of the early travellers, as prevailing among several Tartar tribes. We cannot venture to give it in plain English. The bride, says the traveller Ad hoVitetn quem maximo honore afficere voluerit mittit poculum urinae suae pleoum quod necesse sit ut bibat ; aliter fecisse baud levi injuriae dueitur."—This is worse than swallowing the contents of a wash-hand basin, but lore and fashion reconcile us to many strange things. ARUNDEL MARKET.—Feb. 27. 4s. Od. to 4s. RM. I Veal gd. to oe. ga. Supply, for the time of y. ar, Inoderately good, and trade rather dull. Reef...... Mutton CHICHESTER MARRET.—Feb. 28. Beef TOW. Os. Od. to Os. Od.. Mutton.. 4 0 46 I Pork—,— .4 0 4 4 In lean stock but little was doing. A fair average nlpply, and a sluggish trade. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.---MONDAY, MAncsr s.—(At the Conrt of Commisioners, Basinghall-street.) Garrett and Co., Bishopsgate-street, drapers-11 Hardcastle, W., Covent-garden-11 COUNTRY DIARY, SATURDAY, MARCH S. Booth, W., Manchester—Star, Manchester-9 Cullen, J., Liverpool—Mr. Leather, Liverpool-1 Fairhurst, J., Prescot—Angel, Liverpool-12 Hawkridge, J., Brearton—Court-house, Leeds-10 Holgate and Co., Manchester—Dog, Manchester-10 Lambert ; J., Chalford—George, Stroud-4 Schofield, G., Fernley Tyas, Almondbury—Rose and Crown, Huddersfield-6 Thewlis, R., Huddersfield—George, Huddersfield-10 Welsby, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpool-12 Wolstencroft, J., Manchester—Star, Manchester-9 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, MARCH 6, AT WINE. Cath, T., Old Broad-street, merchant Chadwick, J., Goswell-street, fishmonger Cherer, H., Norwood, clerk Clark, J., Islington, watchmaker . Clarkson, C., Chelsea, clerk Davis, J., Citv-soad, clerk Dolbell, J., Westminster, lieut. L. D. Frisker, J., Clapham, plumber Glen, M.,. Commercial-road,. East, widow Hill, J., Cow-cross, plumber Lancaster, A., Leeds, watchmaker :Heed, D., Clerkenwell, baker Mott, J., Bath, builder Stephens, W., Lambeth, grocer Storey, W. Peckham, carver Streek," T., Kensington, carpenter - Thomas, J., Hanover-place, painter Wheatley, W.; Harrowgate, gent. Whitlock, W., Wandsworth, waiter Yeates, W., Lambeth, ebeeeemonger COUNTRY.—At the. Court-house, at Chelmsford, March 5, at Ten o'clock. Lambert, C., Chelmsford, writer Matthewman, W., Colchester, butcher Moss, G., Great Clacton, farmer Pretty, W., Lexden, cordwainer Pyrke, C., Chelmsford, draper Osborn, J., Tillingham, mariner Rivenhall, G., Helton Bumpstead, jobber Smith, W., Romferd, servant Strutt, T., Colchester, plumber Such, J., Ramsden-Crays, tailor Sorry, T., Broomfield, farmer Winton, 8., West Ham, gardener Whipps, C., Barnatead, farmer At Taunton, March 5, at Ten. Banfield, W., Bridgewater, butcher Brown, W., Bath, stable-keeper Budd, V., Bath, dyer , Clapp, R., Burrow, labourer Crooker, T., Bath, butcher Curtis, R., Chewton, labourer Daw, G., Corfe, butcher Ellery, T., Leigh, butcher Fettes, A., Chelsea, lieut. in the Army Fry, M., Bruton, pig-jobber Gibbs, C., Radstock, turnpike -gate-keeper Gudding, W., Keynsham, labourer Gumm, C., West Harptree, paper-maker Hunt, W., Ivelchester, labourer • Lovell, T., Clapton, farmer Newberry, W., Bath, baker Osmond, T., Bath, French professor Palmer, J., Bathwick, farmer Parfett, J., Ivelchester, carpenter Parker, J., Eddington, cordwainer Payn, A., Bridgewater, carpenter Rossiter, J., Frome Seiwood, plasterer Seward, 5, Baltonsborough, tailor Sheen, G., Wydcombe, bargeman Shepherd, M., Frome, turnpike -gate-keeper Sly, J., Bath, victualler Sperrin, W., Pensford, victualler Storey, G., Holton, cooper Stockham, C., Bridgewater, eordwainer Sully, J., Bedminster, currier Court-house, Carnarvon, March 3, at Ten. Buleston, T., Carnarvon, esquire At Brecon, March 5, at Ten. Morris, P., Llangattock, plasterer At Chelmsford, March 5, at Ten. Barker, H., Wivenhoe, mariner Boulting, J., Halstead, grocer Currell, J., Stratford, calico print-cutter Gabbitas, M., Chigwell, farmer Harris, M., Brentwood, widow Kendall, A., Walthatnstow, plumber Lambert, C., Chelmsford, writer MURDER IN FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 19.—A1l the papers must have told you of the murder that took place in Paris a few days ago. We suppose you have the particulars—such for instance is the following, which we copy verbatim from one of the prin cipal Journals :—" Yesterday two females residing in the' Rue Pierre Lescot were found mudded in their room, the head of one of them was nearly separtited,from the body:" On the next day—" It is said that a hair-dresser accused of the above murder is arrested." Now mark ye ! This happened five days ago, and not another word i s sa id about the business in the above, or any other newspaper. If we mention the circumstance, it is from no invidious. motives; we fully believe that justice is exactly ad-. ministered in France, but it is the peculiar apathy evinced by the inhabitants of Paris, the dislike they entertain for tales - of horror, which strikes us. What a delightful narrative this would have been, for John Bull r A handsome perruquier—love—jealousy—reveng e — a little robbery, &c: You cockneys would have lived upon this for one monlh, but here --! We called yesterday at the prison of La Force to see the Marquis de Maubreuil, and whilst sitting in what is called the parloir, the man ac cused of. the murder (and there are many good reasons to belieVe him guilty) passed through the room. He is tall, good-looking, .of fair complexion, and about four and twenty years of age. "He will be guillotined to a dead certainty," said the gaolers, with admirable sang froid. We Englishmen are really of a different clay from other nations. Our palates stand in need 'of curry, - mustard, and cayenne; our souls want strong stimuli, violent emo tions. The first individual from whom we received the horrid intelligence was the Rev. C. C., who resides near the spot, and, like true Englishmen, we exclaimed "let us go and see !" To the spot we repaired, and if you don't know where the Rue Pierre Lescot is, you will be sur prised to learn that the house in question, where the mur der was perpetrated, is a corner one, and the room in which the deed of blood was carried into effect, is in the Rue St. Honore, about fifteen yards from the superb Palace of the Duke of Orleans, just as one would say (as least when we were in London), the situation . of the house of Chevalier Ruspini with that of Carlton P a l ace . " Wh ere did the murder take place ?" said my fri en d t o a water carrier, pulling along his suspended barrel; " Voila !" said the man, and there ends my letter.—Morning Paper. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.-FW. 23. The supply of this day having been rather limited, and the buyers numerous, each kind of fat stock went off briskly, at ttu following prices per stone of Albs. to sink the offals 3 - p. Bd. to 4s. 10d. I Veal 4s. 6d. to 6s. Mutton 3 2 4 8 Pork 4 0 5 2 The foregoing quotations arc Veal 2d. iler Stone higher than those of of this day se'nnight ; in prices of Beef, Mutton, and Pork, no altera. tion. Seine of the Sheep and Beasts left the market unsold. STEYNING MARKET.—Feb. 26. Beef 4s. 2d. to 4s. 10d. I Veal Os. Od. to OS. Od . Mutton 4 0 4 8 I Pork 4 0 4 4 Supply limited, and trade dull. HAILSHAM MARKET.—Feb. 18. 48, 2d. to 4s. Bd. I Veal, —,Ss. 0:1* to Si t3d Mutton— 4 0 4 0 Pork 4 0 4 * 4 Supply of Beasts moderate, of Sheep great; trade, on the whole, dull. RUMFORD Mr s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef 3 8 4 8 Veal • ~ 4 4 5 8 Mutton 3B 42 P or k 36 410 Suckling Calves from 14s. to 38s. ; Quarter old Pigs Os. to 14s. each. Supply shcrt, and trade very dull. RKET.—Feb. 28. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. 1 bats. I Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to E. s. to s. g. to a. Blandford 48 59 37 40 3 7 5,4 Brigg 54 58 35 40 28 34 52 46 50 Cambridge.—.— 54 34 24 45 40 Chard 56 76 33 44 21 32 44 48 Huntingdon.-- 50 55 36 37 27 29 17 60 Louth 5O 55 39 42 28 36 54 58 50 59 35 39 26 40 51 Newark 56 60 41 45 34 42 55 60 56 66 Norwich —. 52 59 29 :3925 33 43 47 •13 49 Nottingham 54 60 43 47 34 36 5 6 60 Peterborough . 50 56 33 42 24 30 Plymouth .. 52 60 36 38 28 32 Sherborne;..:......— 50 56 32 38 30 36 5 6 64 Uppingham 51 59 38 43 31 40 48 60 Wisbech 48 57 24 33 48 "52 York 'O2 • 60 36 40 23 31 48 58 1— M ater go i c aC p te ri r ce a s - LEEDS CORN MARKET, thereeolltri r a e as b t - ni : u 7 l - im Fine Wheat was in limited demand, and rather more money was obtained. Barley, of fine quality', as last week. In Oats and Shelling lion. Beans were ratherorheirre...l%.....p..e. t 4 h 2 e L s t a .o 34 3. . ~ Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, (01b..-. ::).ss. to fitis. ... flne, 575. to 595. „,, - York. and Lincoln. 63 :01 . b.. .. ..... 3 :: . ...t . 0 ... .5 . ...i . ... .. ... .. 55 27 5 ... to to si B ff eo.4. 41s. to 435. ..., d. to 17d ..... „ English 174 d. to ltkl. per Stone. :le: ritoyu N ent oar o itoiri rf nuko o digs l : k nigir a :o l . l ar. d .: S dg. u ...L fro ..ii.,6i.l l . lc . Beans .................................................. .. .............. .... 3 3 9 8 1. t to . 4 10 0s s i n pz Shelling .................... .. ...... . .................... . ......... 41s. to 435. per Load. Rapeseed, English, 214 to 22/. ....... -..... ioreign, 221. to 241. per Last. MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—Feb. 24. The interruption of the inland navigation has occasioned more inquiry for some articles, but the passage ,from Liverpool being open, prevents any improvement in prices. The attendance at market this day was small, and things- are the turn dearer, but the advance is such as not to justify any alteration in quotations. , Customary Bushel. pease (Imp. Qr.) a, d. tos. d. Wheat (701 b.) s. d. to's: d. I Blue, (Boi , Prs)--'s• 7 6 7 9 English,' New 8 9 8 4 <4 170 -:. Irish, II 9 1 8 4 8 , 9 Canada, u 8 10 9 Foreign M 8 4 8 10 Barley (601 b.) For grinding 5 9 6 Oats (451 b.) ' O w En e /1 8 i ii ‘,.p and Scotch_ 0 04 s 0 0 4 1 2 ,4 r oreign _lr p is e h r , Kiln dried4B 0 50 0 Malt, Nevi— -- 0 0 Inferior 0 44 0 .---PL-b44ush 98el. 44 11 9 English 0 5S 0 Irish and Foreign.--47 0 54 0 Per bag of 2801 b, Flour, Fine Notts— 45 0 48 0 -- Yorkshire, fine 44 JJ 45 0 --- Irish, thin 0 46 0 0 42 0 .Barrel Flour Sweet 0 0 () 31 0 Per load of Oatmeal, English &c. —2401 b. 0 42 0 0 41 0 Tares (Imp. Qr.) Old (feed) 0 0 34 0 —0 0 0 Bran (broad) per 201 b. Is.3d. a 10.5 d. MANCHESTER SMITHFIELD.—Feb. 28. At per lb. sinking the ofild. - 6d. to lid. I 3 Calves - 4-1. 12oi rigs 3,261 Sheep 483 Cattle qd. to 7d. MANCHESTER POTATOE MARKET.—Feb. 21. Potatoes, 95. 6d., Hs. Od., and 12s. Od. per load of 12 score an d 121b s. ; Carrots, 175., 18s. Od., and 20s. Od. per load of 1 score ; Turnips, 9s. Od., 9s. 3d. and 9s. 6d. per load of 16 pecks ; Onions, 305., 345. Od. and 35.5. per load of 12 fore. MANCHESTER YARN MARKET—Feb. 27. No. d. d. Mule Cop Weft, SO —...... in to 13 Throstle Twist, 20— 12 to 121 40 —:—. 131 14 13 1 14-1 50 -- 16 17 40--- 19 20 60 ---.. rri Ise Mule cop' moist 30..... _ .121 SO - 13 i 70 --....... 201 • 22 --. 24 27 for warp —5 40,-- 141 151 100 --- 30 , 33 50 171- 19 120 --. 34 37 60.....21 221 Weft fronl waste,lo —.--, 8j 10 70.-24 27 14 . x,,__ 9 101 80 29 :32 N....—. 10 11 4 2--. 11 . 12 BIRTHS. On the 27th ult. in Bolton-row, May-fair, Lady Lewin, of a daughter. On the 27th ult. at Hendon, the lady of C. Hinehliff, Esq. of a aon. MARRIED. On the 23d ult. at Jardine Hall, Dumfries, the Rev. C. S. Hassells, to Helen, only daughter of the late Sir Alex. Jardine, Bart., of Applegarth. At St. Nicholas, Warwick, Mr. Samuel Taylor, to Mrs. Sarah Brown, both of Smith-street, in that borough► whose united ages amounted to nearly one hundred and fifty years. The blooming bride was given away by a friend who had reached the venerable age of 82. - DIED. . ' - On the Ist March, at Cromwell House, Old Brompton, Mid dlesex, Meyrick Bankes, Esq., of Winstanley Hall, Lancashire, in the 59th year of his age. On the 26th ult., at St. Alban's, I-lerts, the Rev. James Car penter Gape, A.M., in the 73d year of his age. Printed and Published by M. YOUNG, at the Suri-Orrica, No. 112, STRAND.