The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It was to be expected that the basest faction by which England in modern times has been dishonoured would resort to means propor tionably base for the advancement of its peculiar objects. While the servile n ewspapers of a neighbouring country shout with exultation at what they suppose to be the chance of overturn ing, by an indirect agency, the "free institutions of Portugal, and s • t antually her national inde pendence,--rejoicing not so much, perhaps, for any other reason as because England feels a high and generous interest in the preservation of both these blessings for an allied people,—the small but inveterate band of conspirators, to whom alone an active opposition to the King's Govern ment is confined amongst ourselves, begin to emulate the Bourbon antagonists of Great Bri tain in their bitterness against those spirited and well-timed measures which she undertook in defence of Don Pedro's crown, and of his Eu ropean kingdom, against a foreign invader. The Paris Apostolical attacks the consequences of Mr. Canning's policy,—the domestic faction strives to misrepresent its principles. But these consequences have been to the present hour the protection :of Portugal from the yoke of the Madrid Camarillo ; and those principles were no other than a regard to the faith of treaties, and a reverence for whatever was most sacred in the national character and the British name. When attempts are repeated, day after day, to abuse the public ear by the grossest falsehoods, or the most unpardonable perversions of history, for the single purpose of creating a prejudice which can exist no longer than during the few hours be tween the publication of the slander on which it rests and its exposure, there is little difficulty in deciding to what extremities a faction that catches at such straws must be driven. The evening organ of the Tories—a paper which sometimes executes with zeal and talent worthy a better cause, the office cast upon it by a party of which it is the only not altogether despicable advocate—plunged last night into the question of our relations towards Portugal, and of the objects of our military expedition. But this was not a lucky day with our cotemporary. The blindfold gallantry of its blunders was such indeed as the present Lord Londonderry might have envied, although the late Lord of that name must have been severely shocked had he heard the merciless eulogies of this Tory upon his poli tical achievemeats. After scolding France in terms by no means exaggerated, and to which we fully subscribe, for the wickedness of her war upon the Spanish Cortes, both as res pected the injustice of her violence and the frau dulent meanness of her pretences, the gentleman goes on to say, that Mr: Canning relieved her from the odium of her acts, and sanctioned them by " a similar invasion of Portugal." We transcribe his words ! It will be shown us, therefore, we presume, that to enter a country at the solicitation of the Government, and in fulfil ment of existing treaties, is " a similar" thing to a passage across the frontier in defiance both of the diplomatic remonstrances of a Govern ment, and of its military power ; that going in acknowledged friendship is " similar" to openly declaring war ; that entering Portugal to protect her from foreign invasion, is " similar" to per petrating a foreign invasion of Spain ; and that an enterprise, of which the collateral, though necessary, consequences must be favourable to civil liberty, is " similar" to one whose direct an d only purpose was its entire overthrow. The T or y manifesto proceeds to lament, that 4 , in stead of giving law to Europe, as in the days of Londonderry and Wellington," we are, by this act of " invasion," pinned to the tail of a mise rable faction in the most miserable state of the Continent. It follows, then, that the Govern ment of a country may be the " most miserable faction" in it—a good legitimate admission this --and that because the intrigues of a tyrant have contributed to the misery of our friend, we should complete his misery, by leaving him quite at the mercy of his oppressor. But in " the days of Wellington," it seems, no such vile " isivasion of Portugal" could have taken place ! Look, then, at the debates of the House of Lords in the las: session, where the Duke of Welling ton made a formal avowal of his sentiments on this vile and contemptible expedition to Lisbon, and assured the House and the country that it had his fullest support and approbation. Need we say another word to show the candour—nay, the common sense—of this unfortunate faction ? Why, Mr. Peel himself, their Corypheus-Peel, d e clared himself stoutly in favour of sending our troops to Portugal. The French Ministers themselves, Messra, Villele and the Ministe r for Foreign Affairs, confessed that if England had any respect for treaties, she could not avoid fur nishing the succour called for by the Regent ; but, what is better still, there was not a man in England, except old Mr. if Saving-Bankes" and Mr. Joseph Hume, who breathed one syllable against the measure, which was bailed as a triumph for British honour and for European liberty, from the palace to the cottage, through out the King's dominions.— Times. England was one of the first countries which gave a toleration to all religions. The first was the United Provinces. Germany, worn out with civil wars, agreed to what could hardly be said to be a religious toleration—it recognised three branches of the Christian religion, Catholics, Lutherans, and Reformed, as legally existing in the empire, leaving to the States of the empire the determination of the extent of toleration to be. allowed witl%n their respective bounds. But though England has the merit of preceding mo st other States rat religious liberty, it has, at the eeto , an absurdity in ma tt er s of sam e time, All other ci v ili ze d fallen religion, peculiar to OVIL rel countries either have no jour establishment s , A S . the United States for instauee, pr they uni- • f or mly establish the religion of the pei:iple.— Some of them take measures to secure the people against the danger of religious changos and it will readily be a llowed by all who have hear d of Inquisitions, that the remedy is worse than the disease. But though religious uniformity may have been preserved by very objectionable means, still the means adopted suppose the identity of Church and People, The refinement is entirely of English growth, which separates a religious establishment from the people whiph, among a peo ple professing one religion, establishes a Clergy professing another. The system of the United States is i ntelligible, the system of the Continent of Europe is intelligible, but that of England is .5 11 contradiction ,With itself. In England itself, if the majority of the:population do not belong to the national Church, a much larger proportion of the population, at all events, belong.to it, than to any of the other Churches, and therefore the evil of a Church without a people is not felt here. But we all know what incessant turmoils have resulted from the luckless attempt in ireia;!a to establish a Protestant Church for a Catholic people. But the evil is not confined to Ireland. The seeds have been sown in Canada, for the same divisions and jea lousies which produce such melancholy results in Ireland, by the same attempt to plant among a Catholic population in one province, and a di vided Lutheran population in another, the as cendancy of the Episcopal Church of England. In Ireland we can afford to be extravagant ; the price we pay is merely the retaining the country in barbarism, and the misery spreading over our own labouring population, from the free COMMU nication between the two Islands. Still we can not be prevented from ruining ourselves in our own way. But in Canada the evil will soon work its own cure, for when discontent attains a certain height, the consequence of throwing off our authority cannot be prevented. We had no idea that the evil, which is so intensely felt in Ireland, prevailed to the extent which, it would appear, it does in Canada, till we read the article on Canada in the last number of the Westmin ster Review. We were not aware that another Ascendancy system was advancing with such .rapid strides across the Atlantic, in the career of mischief. " Steadily (says the well-informed writer of that article) have the English portion of the Canadian Government pursued the path which their interest dictated, and which an edu cation in one of the most aristocratic countries in Europe well fitted them to pursue. The persons whom they feared as likely to disturb their enjoyment of the profits of misrule, were the people and their representatives; the persons from whom they expected sympathy, were all who themselves were fed by the proceeds of mis government, and all who were living in expec tancy of being maintained by the same means.— They have, therefore, drawn a distinct line be tween the Canadian population and them selves. The army, as being themselves the cherished offspring of misrule, every " pelting petty Officer" of the English Government, every sprig of Nobility that happens to be transplanted into that distant country, every off-shoot from a noble stem, though but a twentieth cousin, joined to all Clergymen of the Church of England, are of their party, and form with them a select and ex clusive society. These persons on all occasions assume the most ludicrous airs of importance, gratuitously dub themselves the honi and opti metes of the land, and treat with the most con temptuous insolence the unoffending inhabitants of the country. The Church, which is seldom backwards in setting men together by the ears, has lent her assistance to blow up the flame be tween these two parties. The English Clergy on all occasions evince an excessive distrust of the Canadian priesthood ; they studiously en deavour to degrade that body, as belonging to the inferior party, and to exalt _themselves as connected with the party in power; they care fully describe themselves as basking in the sun shine of Royal favour, while the opposite sect is represented to be merely tolerated as an unavoid able evil." It appears that Canada has not only her Ascendancy system, but a counterpart to the Charter-house Schools in Ireland—a mischievous attempt to make education subservient to the purposes of the Ascendancy party. " The second consequence of the connexion with Eng land to which we shall allude is, opposition to the pro gress of education in the provinces. Of the disposal of the Jesuits' property, originally dedicated to the purposes of instruction, we have spoken already. The sequestra tion of that property, however, is not all which the Eng lish Government has done to retard the education of the people. In the year 1801, a Bill was passed by both Houses to erect a Corporation, for the purpose of appoint ing schoolmasters, and establishing schools. This plan was proposed by some members of the Colonial Govern ment, and Was pained by the House of Assembly, not with out opposition, however, on the part of the more saga cious members of that body. At that time the people's eyes were not opened to the trial-administration of the Government, and a majority was regularly accustomed to vote with the Executive.. The Corporation, however, created in 1801, was not completely organized till 1820. The followin g is an extract from a Sketch of Business before the Parliament of Lower Canada : ' A number of schoolmasters, with salaries of about 604 each, bad, however, existed under the Act (meaning the Act of 1.801), some with a few scholars, some without any. In 1817, Sir John Cmpe Sherhroke had offered to the late Roman Catholic Bishop to make hint a member of the Corporation.; which he refused, it is understood, under a knowledge of some instructions to the Governors relating to religion and schools, and on the persuasion that the Corporation was to be so composed as to give it the influ ence of his name without his having any power to influence its proceedings. When the list appeared, it contained no Protestants, excepting of the Church of England, and only three or four Catholics, out of 21 Members. All the ef fective Members of the Corporation were Clergymen of the Church of England. The Chief Direction of the Eiluca cation of Youth in the Province, under the Act of 1801, was thus given to one religious denomination, forming about the one-hundredth part of the population. No en dowments of the schools, now under this Corporation, as was promised in the Act, has ever taken place P - the num ber of children educated at thes e schools must be trifling, and ever will remain trifling, comparatively with the num ber of children requiring to he educated, notwithstanding the liberality of the re gulations established for them; yet it appears that these schools have already cost the Province about thirty thousand pounds of the monies raised on the inhabitants generally. An inquiry and report were made lin 1825, by the House of Assembly, on the ef fects of the Act of 1801, by which it appears that the number of scholars in the schools of the Corpora tion were about eleven hundred ; and, at the same time, an Address to the Crown was voted, to place the Jesuits' Estates at the disposal of the Legislature, to be applied for the purpose of education generally. Eleven hundred scho lars, then, is the extent of the Corporation's endeavours in a country containing a million of inhabitants. To trust power in the hands of persons irresponsible for its use, is invariably followed by the same consequences : when it is worth using it is employed for purposes of private emolu ment ; when its employment confers no benefit upon those intrusted with it, coolness:and neglect are the result. To fill up the places of the schoolmas ters was p atrona g e ; they were consequently filled up. To see that the schoolmasters did their duty gave nothing but trouble ; that task was consequently neglected. For the most part also, these places have been conferred upon persons ignorant of the French language, and utter strangers to the people ; usually upon boorish and ignorant emigrants, just imported from the Mother Country, whose stupid prejudices unfitted them for the task of educating any body ; and, above all, for performing the delicate part of instructing a people differing from themselves in religion, in language, and in manners." Such are the mischievous effects produced by the attempt to rear an establishment for a reli gion professed by a small fraction o f a people , by I the communication of peculiar civil advantages. In Upper Canada, the improvement of the country has been avowedly sacrificed to the attempt to force, by means of reserved lands, an establishment for a small fraction of the popula tion. Of what has been going on in Lower Canada, the above extracts will give an idea. And all this takes place in the close vicinity of the United States, where Churches and Schools are abundant, and where the u tmost harmony prevails both with regard to religion and educa tion,=-Morning Chronicle. We trust we are rightly informed as to the Master-General of the Ordnance having it in contemplation to promote that meritorious class of Officers, the Lieutenants of Artillery of fifteen years' standing and upwards. There are Officers of this rank who have been Lieutenants for twenty years, and who have shared in most, if not all, the perils and triumphs which the arms of England encountered and won from the first conflicts in the Peninsula to the crowning glory of Waterloo. Surely to have so long neglected the just claims of men who deserve so well of their country, reflects discredit somewhere. It is acknowledged that the English artillery, dur ing the course of the last war, improved beyond all former experience, and that to its admirable efficiency we are mainly indebted for the decisive victory which terminated the last war, and gave the final check to the military genius of Napo leon. On that day, so eventfill in the history of Europe, the conduct of our artillery was beyond all praise. Never did that department of the service prove itself, in the critical moment when the fate of the nation was in the balance, more dreadfully effective. It annihilated the Old Guard, who had followed their ambitious Chief over so many fields of victory, and who, by their heroic efforts, had been accustomed to turn the fortune of battle. It is painful to reflect that the merits of the Officers who performed such great and splendid service to their country were not kept in better recollection. To allow a brave and experienced officer to remain twenty years a Lieutenant, because he does not happen to have the patronage of some courtier, or the assistance of some Parliamentary connection, is equally un just to the individual and detrimental to the ser vice. When the impression becomes prevalent that it is not military skill or length of service, or devoted bravery, that obtains promotion, but that the honours and emoluments of the service are to be secured by those dishonest arts and servile 'accomplishments in which the most igno rant and incompetent officers are most likely to excel, it destroys the greatest stimulus to honour able exertion by offering a premium to incapa city, and depriving talent of the expectations of fair reward. We understand that during the time in which the Duke of Wellington was Mas ter-General of the Ordnance, the arrangements of that department of the service underwent great improvement, but we are sorry that while his Grace was reforming the regulations of that de partment he overlooked the claims of the class of officers in question. A tardy act of justice, however, is better than none, and we do confi dently hope that the case of those officers is now taken into consideration, and that they will re ceive, without further delay, that promotion to which the length and efficiency of their services so eminently entitle them.—Morning Herald. During the Assizes just concluded, the recent Acts for the improvement of the administration of justice in criminal cases, have been in many instances, carried into effect. The prisoner is now, after indictment found, put to the bar, and simply asked whether he is " guilty" or " not guilty." On pleading the latter, he is deemed to have sufficiently put himself on the country for trial,without further form. The solemn mockery of holding up his hand, and saying he will be " tried by God and his country," is no longer continued. There might be some abstruse meaning in this answer, while the alternative of trial by battle was admitted to prove the guilt or innocence of the accused ; but that mode of de cision having lately ceased to be law, as it long since ceased to be reason—or practice, with one exception—the words are properly dispensed with. The prisoner therefore no .v comprehends the meaning of what, he is required to say, and the proceedings are not mystified by useless form. But common sense called for a more material alteration of the old law—if a prisoner, on being arraigned, stood obstinately silent, and refused to plead, his refusal was equivalent to a conviction ; or if he challenged peremptorily (that is, without good cause shown) a greater number of jurors than was allowed by law, the Court was spared the trouble of a trial, and the prisoner pecnto•ret- . ced guilty. One of the Acts of the last Session enables the Court to correct thes" absurdities. — In the one case the officer of the Court is ordered to enter the plea of " not guilty," and that plea so entered, on behalf of the accused, has the same force as if•actually pleaded by him. In the other case, the peremptory challenge beyond the legal number is declared to be void : and in both cases the trial proceeds. These alterations in the a dministration of justice have a most beneficial effect on the prisoner as well as on the spectators ; and one is naturally sur prised that it was not until the nineteenth century that the unreasonableness and inhuma nity of the former state of the laws was disco vered and corrected. It will take some time, however, before the whole system of our crimi nal administration can be matured and perfected. There are still great defects, which call for im mediate remedies ; and the country hopes that the Right Hon. Gentleman who has so auspi ciously commenced and conducted this reform of our Criminal Code, will not relax in his la bours till lie supplies them. Of these defects, the most striking is the danger and difficulty a poor but innocent prisoner has to contend with in defending himself. By the Act 7th Geo. IV., chap. 64, the Court is authorised to order pay ment of costs and expences to the prosecutor and his witnesses in all cases of felony, and in certain cases of misdemeanor. By the same Act, too, persons who are active in the appre hension of offenders are entitled to rewards and remuneration. The expellees of prosecutions, both at the Sessions and Assizes, constitute a very heavy charge on the counties, but neither the Magistrates nor the people complain of them, for they find the business more effectively and more promptly executed. Every one now is ready enough to come forward to prosecute, find ing that without any cost to himself lie has his attorney and his Counsel fully instructed, at the expence of the county, to punish the offender. By this interposition the Judges themselves are relieved of great lab o ur and great responsibility ; they can more p ro p erl y retain the temper,as well as the dignity o f Ju dg es, when the y a re not obliged to become p arties ; and the count y itsel f andlosreesgublay these r despat c h o f more quickthan it gains business, by newly added expences. But the unfortunate prisoner has no similar provision made for his defence. He has no attorney, no Counsel, unless, which rarely is the case, he has the means o f pay ing them ; and though he may get an order for the attendance of witnesses, they will be slow to come, as he has no means of Compen sating them. With a perfect consciousness of his innocence, a poor person, under str oll , 6: Sus picions of guilt, is thrown into despair by this difficulty of defending himself a gainst paid pro secutors. Many a spotless individual has been thus endangered, and merely escaped from the punishment due to guilt, and that too with a ruined reputation. Would it not, the n , be de sirable, if possible, to render the same facilities to the prisoner as to the prosecutor? Is it not to be supposed that humanity and charity for the former are as powerful stimulants as prompt pay ment and revenge for a supposed injury or insult to the latter? It may be answered, that the Judge becomes Counsel for the accused. The Judge does so in effect, so far as a perusal of the depositions enables him to cross-examine with effect : but lie knows not the case the prisoner might make out, if he had the means or oppor tunity of giving instructions. Indeed the usual suggestion to the prisoner, that " then wag the time for making his defence," is become a mere mockery, and might better be spared. The same reasons exist in every point of view, for afford ing the same facilities for the defence as for the prosecution. The Judge would be relieved from another great responsibility, could take a more unbiassed view of the case, could take down the evidence with more despatch, and could better arrange his summing up of the evidence. The Court, the Jury, the Magistrates, and the coun try at large, Would gain much in point of time, if the defence could have been, like the prosecu tion, previously arranged ; and what is of more importance, innocence would be less liable to be confounded with guilt. But whether this farther improvement will be made in otir criminal ad ministration or not, there is no good reason for withholding from the accused the depositions against him, as is now the eustom.—lbid. A contemporary avails itself of the observations which we made on Saturday, on the subject of the Colonies, to express an opinion, that the principal question for the consideration of the Government at home is the expence attending them ; and seems to think that it might be wiser to relinquish altogether those settlements which are incapable of paying the expence of their re spective establishments. This appears to us a narrow view of the subject. Ihe question, in respect of many of the smaller Colonies, is not what advantage' they do yield to England, but in what way, were they in the possession of others, they might be employed to her disadvantage. We consider it unnecessary to inquire into the soundness of the maxim, in a moral point o view, " that every nation ought to live with its best friends as if they were one day to be its enemies ;" we are content that it is politically just. During the last century we have had so many years of war, that; upon the doctrine of chances alone, no man would be safe in predict ing, at any time, five years of peace to Europe. When, therefore, it is said of a possession in the East or the West, " It is an expensive affair —it would be better to give it up altogether," we are entitled to calculate, before we come to that resolution, what would be the consequence in the case of a war falling out between England and France, or England and America, should either of these Powers seize on the Colony which we have abandoned—whether, in addition to the abandonment of territory, which is never agreeable, even when voluntarily made, it might net be better to bear the expence than run the risk of loss consequent on an enemy's turning the territory that we have given up into an engine of annoyance. Looking to our Co lonies in this view, it is no easy task to say which are, and which are not, valuable, because their value is not to be estimated by the direct revenue which they furnish, nor by the indirect profits that arise from the commerce maintained with them, but from their comparative worth also when used as a shield for our defence, or wielded as a weapon against us. The argument which we are here using is not, of course, intended to militate against any possible reduction of the ex pense attended on their maintenance. We are not of that class of people who imagine that a good cannot be a good unless it be dearly pur chased. Nor do we, in the slightest degree, object to every Colony's defraying all its own enlettees—vie wishsincerely this were possible ; t but we certainly object to the consequ ence which is sought to be drawn, not for the first time, that he expense alone of a Colony is to determine ,he question of its Jeing retained or abandoned. New Times. LONDON MARKE.TS. (Nero the London New Prime Current of Tuesday). SUGAR.—The demand for Muscovades last week was general and extensive; the purchases were esti mated to exceed 5,000 hhds.; the holders met the demand freely, and sold the Sugars immediately on the samples being exposed, but the request was so general arid urgent, that at the close of the week, the prices might be stated at an advance of Is. per cwt.; the improvement was obtained more by the eager ness of the buyers than by the demand of the im porters : the latter sell freely and appear satisfied with the present currency. The Sugars which rate highest in this Market are the strong brown qualities and low grocery, the fine about 695. and 705., are very low in proportion. The stock of Sugars is now 6,400 casks less than last wear. It will be observed that the late easterly winds have prevented the ex pected arrivals; it should also be mentioned that for some time past, the weekly deliveries have been con siderably less than last year ; we do not think it is the consumption affected by the late advance, but rather that the Refiners work with less Stock than usual, and also that country Grocers purchase on a more limited scale than what they would have done, had the prices remained low. At the conclusion of the Market this afternoon, the estimated sales to-day were only 800 casks at fully the former prices ; low brown Jamaica 655. 6d.; low brown Berbice 655. The Barbadoes sale to-day 120 casks, sold rather below the currency of the Market. The great pro portion of the low goods at Market were disposed of early last week, at gradually advancing prices, and on Saturday an unusual briskness commenced. All the low Lumps at Market were sold at 86s. a 86s. 6d., which was about 2s. higher than at the commencement of the week. The fine goods were not in such request, but the dales were considerable, the prices of the latter Is. a 2s. higher. Molasses advanced to 28s. At a late hour this afternoon there was no alteration in the Refined Market. The ac counts from Hamburgh, though favourable, had little or no effect on prices. Lumps 865., small 87s. a 88s., according to quality ; in fine goods few pur chases. Molasses 28s. The sales of Foreign Sugars since last week are a parcel of fine yellow Havannah at 405., middling and low,white at former prices. In East India Sugars there has been much brisk ness; about 500 bags of the late India House sale realised an advance of Is. 6d. per cwt. yesterday, and 2s. is now demanded. MOLASSES (West India)—The stock here is 1,481 casks, the deliveries for consumption last week were 231. The sales are a parcel of St. Lucia at 305., another 3 I s. COFFEE.—The quantity of Coffee offered at public sale last week was extensive, but the great propor tion was taken in ; the chief purchases were good ordinary Havannah 445. a 455., a small lot fine fine ord. 505.; good aid. yellow Java 425. 6d. ; for Su matra only 395. offered ; good ord. Brazil sold 425. a 435.; good ord. St. Domingo 435., and fine ord. 455. Generally the market was languid, but not lower, except for the low British Plantation Coffee, which continues pressed upon the market in large quantities, and as the demand is limited where holders are determined to force sales, lower prices have been submitted to. By public sale this fore noon 313 cask s , 155 bags British Plantation, chiefly Demerara and Jamaica descriptions ; a consider able proportion of the latter, fine fine ord. to middling sold; good mid. 85s. a 85s. 6d., mid. '73s. low mid. 635. ; mid. Demerara 735. a 745. low mid. 655. a 68s. The Coffee Market is little varied, but it appears rather more firm this afternoon. Rum, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.—The steady and rather considerable demand for Rum, which we have lately noticed, continued till Saturday, when the re- quest became exceedingly brisk, and continued dur ing Monday. In these two days only we estimate the sales at 1,200 puncheons. A few Jamaica sold at 4s. a 4s. hi., but the great purchases were in Leewards, proofs and under-proofs at 2s. 3d. 1 and 2 over at 2s. 4d., and 8 over at 2s. 6d.----Brandies are held with much more firmness, but we cannot quote any advance.—ln Geneva there is no altera tion. Brandy may be quoted, best marks, old 3s. Bd. a 45., new 3s. 6d.; new to arrive, delivered on board 3s. 4d., 1825 to 3s. 6 d. At the close of the Market few Leeward Rums under 2s. 4d. HOPS.—The picking will commence generally this week if the weather permits. The reports of the quality continue very favourable. The duty has advanced to 135,000/. Some new pockets have again appeared for sale, for which 5/. is asked, but the buyers do not appear inclined to purchase ; old are 655. a 85s. PaovisioNs.—There is little alteration in Beef or Pork, Bacon continues in good demand, the prices are steady. The sales of Butter are considerable at former prices : arrivals last week from Ireland 825 firkins. Foreign 5752. A considerable proportion of the American Provisions, so long at market, has been shipped for the Isle of France. INDIGO.—There are no sales of Indigo, the market continues heavy. The India Company have declared a further quantity for 3d proximo, and the sale is expected to be 5000 to 6000 chests. COTTON.—There is no new feature in the Cotton market, the sales are, however, rather more con siderable, but there is no alteration in the currency. The sales for the week ending yesterday inclusive, consist of— _ 500 Boweds... bid. a GP. I 1500 Surat 4d. a bid. 500 Bengal ... 4 d. a 4d. 100 Para 6d. HEMP, FLA x, AND TALLow.--Tallow has advanced 6d. to Is. per cwt. since this day week, and the ap pearance of the market has greatly improved; seve ral considerable sales were reported yesterday at 375. 3d; and the holders to-day are asking a further advance.—The deliveries, last week, for consump tion, were 3745 casks, against 2472 the correspond ing week last year. In Hemp or Flax there is little variation. The letters from St. Petersburgh are of the 24th ult. Exchange 10d. 15-82 and 104 d. Tallow 99 rubles, 2,000 casks sold since last post. FOR DELIVERY. Tallow, delivery last 3 months 37 6t038 0 per cwt. Shipment on or before Aug. 31 37 3to 37 6 Free on board Hemp, shipment on or before Aug. 31-381. to —4. SPICES.—The purchases of Spices continue con• fined to small orders for Pepper for export at 3id Pimento is a shade lower. Congou Teas finished yesterday. This afternoon the Company's Teas are nearly finished-Twankay, common, sold 2s. sid. a 2s. 6d. ; middling 2s. 7d. a 2s. 91d. ; fine 3s. a 3s. Id. ; Hyson Skin, common, 2s. sd. a 2s. 6d.; good 2s. Bd. a 3s. ; fine 4s. a 4s. 2id.; Hyson, common, 4s. 6d. a 4s. Id. ; middling 4s. Bd. a 4s. 10d. ; fine 4s. 11d. a ss. 2d. Twankays and Hyson Skins are on the average rather cheaper. Hysons full as high as last sale. OlLS.—There is little variation in Oils. SALTPETRE. —Large sales were reported last week at 225. 6d.; few sellers now under 245. FRUIT.—The late arrival of Currants from Trieste are sold at 89s. ; Zante still held at 92s.—Large sales of Turkey Raisins 535. and 545. TOBACCO.—The purchases of Tobacco are quite inconsiderable. The public sale of Friday was re ported to be the stock of a manufacturer; it forms no guide to the prices of the Market. EAST INDIA HOUSE SALE.—White Cotton Goods are 7 to 10 per cent. lower. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. S. to S. 44 60 53 63 58 61 50 60 stl 61 54 58 47 63 50 54 50 62 Barley. . _ s. to B. 32 38 33 36 35 33 36 31. 27 31 35 36 49 33 35 Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. Boston Grantham Grimsby Horncastle- Hull Lincoln Maidstone r. to 8. 1. to 8. 19 22 5 L 56 28 36 23 28 20 26 50 60 24. 33 28 34. 21 28 56 58 36 50 - -1 56 60 194 34 ft 9 COTTON WOOL. LIST OF IMPORTS ♦ND EXPORTS. IMPORTED. Swale pe- This nod last year. year. Bags, &c. Bags, &c. Liverpool 604,928 403,894 London 52,861 53,290 Glasgow 51,195 19,514 Total exported in 1827 XXPORTED. Previous. ly this year. ---- Bags, &c. Bags, &c. 144 15,711 SOO 32,325 30 90 49.100. OF COTTON INTO 1 TO AUG. 25, IN 1826. 1827 Bags. 331,805 40,697 8,720 53,997 38,216 Bags. 549,071 65,552 17,741 44,489 25,317 COMPARATIVE VIEW or THE IMPORT! THE WHOLE KINGDOM, FROM JAN, THE YEARS 1826 AND 1827. American South American West Indies, Demerara, &c. East Indies Egypt, &c. 1473,436 the same ncrease of Imports as compared with period last year . 1702,173 1228,137 HOP INTELLIGENCE. ' CANTERBURY, SEPT. B.—Our grounds have continued to improve, and, in spite of all the gloomy anticipations, a fair crop will be gathered. The picking will very ge nerally commence on Monday next.—Some of the Sussex hop-planters intend in the next Session of Parliament, to suggest a plan for regulating the hop-duty according to the quantity of the produce, so that the planter shall not pay the same rate of duty when hops are very high in price as when they are very low. BIRTHS. On the sth inst., at the Vicarage, Hughenden, Bucks, the lady of the Rev. Frederick Vincent, of a son. On the Sth inst., in the Mall, Clifton, the lady of Charles Anthony, Esq., surgeon, &e., of sons. On the 7th inst., at Tapton Grove, Derbyshire, the lady of Charles Wake, Esq., of a son. On the 9th inst., at the Vicarage, Watford, the lady of T. T. Clarke, jun. Esq., of SwakleyP, Middlesex, of a daughter. On the 9th inst., Mrs. Elgood, of Wimpole-street, Ca vendish-square, of a son. On the Bth inst., at Plymouth, Lady Williams, of a daughter. MARRIED. Ou the Bth inst., Mr. Henry Skipper , son of Peter Skipper, Esq., of H ope House, Burstead, Essex, to Miss Smith, of Billericay, in the same county. Ou the 11th inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, Henry Beaumont Leeson, Esq., 8.A., of Caius College, Cam bridge, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Robert Sutton, Esq., Well Hall, Eltham, Kent. At St. George's, Hanover -square, Mr, Henry Hays, of Regent-street, to Miss S. Fisher, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Fisher, of Duke-street, Grosvenor-square. On the Bth inst., at St. Mary's, Aldermanbury, by the Rev. J. P. Bean, Mr. C. G. Carroll, of Watling-street, to Sarah Matilda, eldest daughter of Francis Field, Esq., of Addle-street, Aldermanbury. On the 11th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, Stephen Peltatt, Esq., of Aberdeen, to Jane Isabella, eldest daugh ter of William Lee, Esq., of the former place. DIED. On the 27th of July, at Funchal, Madeira, deeply re gretted by all who knew him, Alfred, the seventh son of Mr. Willi am With e rby, of Birchin-lase, aged 26. On the 10th inst., after a short and severe illness, which she bor e w ith pious resignation, Mrs. Mary Watkins , of Park-place, Islington) in the 68th year of her age. On the 10th iust., after a few days illness, Mr. Toutt, of the Union Tavern, Jermyn-street, St. James's, much res pected. On the 6th inst., at his house in Coggeshall, Essex, Mr. Henry Stevens, solicitor of that place and of Maldon, youngest son of the late Rev. Dr. Stevens, of Penfield, in the same c ounty. On the 10th inst., at her house in Upper Berketey street, Mrs. Christian Drummond, eldest daughter of the l a t e William Drummond, of Callender, Esq., aged SS years and 4 months. On the 6th inst., at Tenby, in the 77th year of her age, A n n Gardner Brodbelt, of Beaufart-buildings, Bath, a daughter of Thomas P eno y re , Esq., and relict of Francis Rigby Brodbelt, Es ~ M.D., of the Island of Jamaica._ POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.--Yesterday George Kent, a respectable looking young man, was charged by hie em • ployer with having misappropriated a cheque for 8/. 9s. which he received from Mr. R. Chester, in liquidation of an account due to the complainant. Mr. Richard Chester proved that he had handed the prisoner a cheque on Messrs. Masterman and Co, for Si. 9s. on account of Mr. Whitburn. _ A clerk from the banker's proved the payment of the cheque with one five pound note, three sovereigns, and nine shillings, to the prisoner. Mr. Whitburn requested that the prisoner should be re manded, to ascertain whether any other sums of money had been taken up by him. The LORD MAYOR—What remuneration have you al lowed the prisoner for his services ?—Mr. Whitburn re plied he was only with him three months, during which period he boarded and lodged him, and gave him three or four pounds. The LORD MAYOR—Mat remuneration is very small, and operates as an extenuation of the offence.—Remanded. BOW-STREET.—James Dyer, a private in the Qd battalion of the Grenadier Guards, was charged with de- frauding a Mr. Thomas Jones, a Lieutenant in the. Nary, of a sovereign. The prosecutor (lid not appear willing to press the charge, and Mr. HALLS, having learned that the prisoner would be punished by his commanding officer, told the Serjeant that he might t ake him to his quarters. His conduct was highly disgraceful both to himself and to the regiment to which lie belonged. Sir Gregor M' Gregor was removed yesterday morning from Tothill-fields prison to the New Gaol at Clerkenwell, together with about a dozen other individuals, all of whom are desirous of taking the benefit of the gaol delivery, which takes place, we believe, this day at the latter prison. Mr. Cowell, of Brydges-street, Covent-garden, applied to the magistrates for advice under the following circumstances : —Mr. Cowell's servant booked a parcel some time since, containing fish, at the Regent-office, corner of Regent-cir cus, Piccadilly, for which he paid 21. Bd. carriage, and which parcel never reached its destination. After repeated applications, Mr. Cowell at length obtained an inter view with the proprietor, who refused to make any recom pence, and said that the fish smelt so offensively, that no coach would take it. Sir R. BIRNIE recommended Mr. Cowell to bring an action for the recovery of the amount.—Mr. Cowell ex pressed his determination to adopt this advice. A small elderly woman, dressed in a mighty fine and fantastical manner, entered the office in the course of the morning, and as the people made way for her in her pro greet) to the Magisterial table, she was heard to repeat several times, with an indignant toss of her be-feathered head—" Foreigners, indeed ! employ nothing but foreigners, indeed !" Having gained the table, she addressed Mr. HALLS, the sitting Magistrate thus—" 0, Sir,—l was brought up to the profession of music—and I may say that my talents in that way are very great indeed,—and they have only to be known to the public to be admired. Now, I want an en gagement at one of the theatres, but unfortunately I am an Englishwoman, and they have not a proper regard for native talent. No, Sir,—nothing but foreigners will go down with them, and they will not employ me, though I am an Englishwoman born and bred, and I always paid rent and taxes, even when I did not live in it; and I al ways lived respectably, though I've neither father, mother, brother, sister, cousin, husband, nor nobody else belonging to me ; and yet fur all that the managers of the theatres won't give me an engagement. It's true lam getting old now, but if I . had to begin the world again I'd manage better Mr. HALLS—I would advise you to give up the theatres at all events, and begin again with a husband if you can. Ah ! I should be very glad—but I can't ; because I should want a husband that had property and ability—a great deal of ability he must have—and such a husband I can't get, because, though I have plenty of ability I have no property. Now, I could easily get a husband without pro perty or ability—but then he would be an English hus band ; and oh ! I would take an English husband without property or any thing else ; hut then I can't get him—no ; it's too late now ; I must get an engagement at one of the theatres, for I wish to get my livelihood in an honest way. Mr. Hams—Well, then, you had, better go to the theatres, they are close at hand here. Y e s, I know ; I have been to them before, but they are so obstinate they won't engage me. Now can't you Mr. HALLS—No, we have no controul over the theatres. I dare say if you go to them again they will engage you.— I should be happy if they would, and I dare say so would the public. Yes, I have no doubt of that---but then, they refuse to engage me, you see, and so the public have no opportunity of becoming acquainted with my talents, unless you can get me an engagement. Mr. •Haus—We have nothing to do with the theatres, I assure you ; and this is a theatre in which you would net like to act a part. Ours is the theatre of the world, not a theatre of art. Oh ! isn't it? I thought it was; and so saying, the poor stage-struck old lady, dropped a formal curtsey, and retired. icIATTON - GARDEN.—Yesterday Ann Solomon, Moses Solomon, her son, and Clara Brown, the servant girl, were brought up for examination, before Mr. Sergeant SELLON and A. S. LAING, Esq. The various circumstances connected with the appre hension of the prisoners were again 'related by the officers. The Magistrates, after maturely weighing the several facts, discharged the son and servant girl, and fully committed Mrs. Solomon for trial, as a receiver, in two cases— namely, of a gold watch, the property of Mr. Beauchamp, the pawnbroker, of Holborn, and for having in her pos session 554 haw sovereigns. - She was also committed, under Mr. Peel's late Act, for stealing a silver watch, chain, and seals—cue of those found by Fogg, jun., the Thames Police-officer. The following are the circumstances connected with the last case, the development of which quite petrified the prisoner, and in no little degree astonished her legal ad viser JRidley, t a sea a fe a a p l t e a , i n a , n d s t a a t d e i d o , u r t n h ea a t ‘ o v n i t h e e l l :7 t t l a i o a f last o m s e on ' : hhe house in Gulstone-street, Whitechapel. He slept in the house that night. When he awoke in the morning, his companion had fled, and with her disappeared his watch, chain, and seals, his money, and clothes. He gave infor mation of the robbery to Lee, an officer of Lambeth-street, who, after various unsuccessful attempts to discover the stolen articles, ultimately advised him to inspect the pro perty found at the prisoner's house. He did so, and iden tified his watch, chain, and seals, among those discovered in Petticoat-lane, which, by the way, is close to the place where the property was lost. Mr. Ridley was to be bound in the usual recognizances of 401. to prosecute ; but as he manifested a disposition to decline coming forward on the trial, he was, at the special order of Mr. Laing, bound in 2001. QUEEN-SQUARE. —Yesterday an elderly spinster, apparently on the wrong side of 40, named Jemima Mulli gan, made an application to D. W. ORECOMIE, Esq., for a warrant against a young man, who, she alleged, had used her most shamefully. The Magistrate desired her to state the nature of the treatment she had received.—" Why, your Worship (said Jemima), he has been toe bad, I cannot tell every thing." " You must tell me something, or there is no charge against him : what has he done ?" said the Magistrate. Jemima held down her head in the most bashful manner for some time ; at length she declared he had been false and untrue. The Magistrate said, that was no offence which came within his jurisdiction. " If I must tell the truth, then (said the coy maiden), I met him by accident late in the evening near the Regency park, and we walked as far as the Vauxhall-road, and then --(here was a long pause.) " Well, and what then," inquired the Magistrate ? Je mima—Why, he persuaded me to a lone place there. Magistrate—Well, goon with your story.—Jemima(after a pause)—Why, I was overpowered, and he ill used mr. " Indeed," said the magistrate. " Why this is a very serious charge." Jemima—Oh dear, Oh dear, indeed it is (accompanied by a flood of tears.) Magistrate—Pray when did this occur? Jemima.—A fortnight ago, last Saturday, your worship. Magistrate—What, so long ago, and you never applied for redress before ? Jemima—l have been very ill : and he called upon me, and he swore he would marry me, 1)0 4 we have quarrelled, and now he says be won't have me. Magistrate—Then if he would marry you, you would not prefer such a charge against him ? Jemima-Not your worship ; I want your worship to make him have me. Mr. GREGO/UR declared that was totally out of bin power. Jemima—Bnt after he has treated me so, You r worship can make him marry me. Mr. GREGORIE.—You mistake my power, my 10 44 . 1 woman; I cannot make him marry you without bap' ,-„d You appear to have quarrelled, and I advise you io make it up again, and perhaps he will then I narr . ...cc your " SO I will, your worship," said Jemima : ‘ teased out . ~.s worship ; lie is not so bad after all ;" and ab r.-- 0 her charms of the office in a determination to set forth to allure back her unfaithful swain. .P PRINTED and PUBLISHED by vf mi. YOUNG, at the Sux-Orricx, No, lig, Strand. '..- 7%; ' lw N THIIRSD to rOceisii supply tt MEAT, 10,000 i flatiing in Tierce Plymout] after be I day of Ft (Imhof M opt :inter( The Cc dr by O F Vietualliz CizatOini and: to tit 303 .Peotivt No' Tei 300 Tier mated,at Aic at/pOinfeci by twb ire the PitiV amount' o same. 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