The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. IThe public documents which have recently issued frois the bureaux of Washington, are distinguished even bt yond any previous productions of the official tease of Nat I Ainerica, by the irksome characteristics of prolongation; and inflation. But for the certainty that some matter-- and matter of great importance too —must inevitably bs lodged below the extended surface of these papers, would be a work of extreme rashness to undertake as.; perusal of them—and one beyond human patience to ex: - _ - mine, with any seriousness, their contents. Here is composition of four columns, calling itself a Treasury Re port, the whole substance of which, we will venture to say, might be confined within an eighth part of the space allotted to it. If republican functionaries were paid for Writing by the mile, we might be able to tinderstand this fondness for running after infinitudes As trieily as pos sible we shall explain, that the tordessied object of the finance report is to detail the receipts and expellees of the _Ameri can Treasury for the years 1825, 1826, and the estimates of income and . expenditure for 1827. An account of the public debt, and its progressive liquidations, as likewise of the interest - with its reductions past and desired, is given as a matter of (7. - stirse amongst the other financial state ments. lii ;825, the total receipts of the Treasury of the Union were, i n round numbers, 28,800;000 dollars; of Iwhich, however, there had remained surplus from 1821, 1,900,000, and was raised by loan, 5,000,000; leaving of income from taxation (chiefly Customs) within the year, 21,100,000. The expenditure for that year was about 23,600,000, of which there went towards the liquidation of the public debt, the large sum of more than 12,000,000 dollars, above one-eighth of the then existing debt. The military budget for 1823 including ordnance, fortifications, pensions ; militia, &e. fell short of 5,700,000 dollars ; the navy, .inehiding the sums appro priated to its gradual incresst 3,050,000; and there re mained in the Treasurs , at the close of the year, a sum ra ther greater than the fun which has been raised in the course of it, viz. 5,200,000; income for 1826, derived from taxes, public,,-ands, &c. within the year little short of 25,000,000; - making the whole receipts of the Treasury, ,et, the e,`, - .4 of 1826, of - which th e l as t quar t er h as b een "e` /. /sy estimate only, something more than 31,000,000; expenses of 1826, 24,660,000; of which, for the payment of debt, about 10,100,000; army, &c. 6,400,000; navy, 4,200,000; exhibiting a tendency in the naval department to increase the proportion of its expenditure to that of the army as compared with the preceding year; and an aug mentation in the charge for both military and marine— the former of 700,000 dollars, the latter of 1,150,000 dol -1 lars. The balance estimated to be in the Treasury at the end of 1826 was upwards of 6,400,000 ; of which 1.100,000 was an excess above the loan of 1625; and, With the 10,100 ) 000 employed as a sinking fund, left a surplus revenue for the year, over and above the current expenses of the Government, amounting to 11,500,000 doll(trs, or one half the public revenue. The revenue from taxes, public lands, &c., as estimated for 1827, stands at rather more than '23,1)00,000 dollars; the expenditure at 20,000,000; of which, for sinking fund, 10,000,000; army, 5,650,000; navy, 3,230,000; and civil list, consi derably reduced, 1,830,000 dollars. The annual grant ap propriated for the gradual increase of the navy, expiring - with 1826, the renewal of it is strongly, though indirectly recommended to the consideration of Congress.—Tines. It nosy appears certain, that on the very day the bridge Amarante was attacked by the Marquess de Chaves, an ,attenipt• was also made to force the bridge of Caves, built Over the Tamer, and about midway between Mirandella ak Braga, and twenty miles above Amarante. This is the other entrance into the p rov i nce o f Mi n h o . Thi s 'at tack of the rebels on the bridge of Caves was commanded by General Vahia, the best officer they have among them, he having served during the greatest part of the campaigns the Peninsula. The defence was commanded by Gen. Mello, the Military Governor of Tras-os-Montes, who, with the soldiers faithful to the Constitutional cause, had retreated to the lines of the province of Minho, acting in concert with General Claudi no . Aft er thi s double defeat, the leader of the Aposolicals changed his plans, and, in stead of losing more time in attempting to force the line of the Tatnega, he crossed the Douro, in front of Lamego, afterwards proceeding towards Pinhel and Almeida.— Mornin,g Chronicle. We have seen a long political letter, dated Madrid, "t6th ult.,- which adverts, at some length, to the ease with which Mr. Lamb appeared satisfied with the rein statement of the Count de Casa Flores, who, it now turns out, has never quitted Lisbon, although the Go vernment emanating from Don Pedro is not thereby considered as being more acknowledged than it was before. • The march of Spanish troops towards the Por tuguese frontiers is hastened. The reason given for this new measure, for the assembling of 16,000 men on the frontiers, is, that the orders of the Madrid Government are not obeyed in the provinces, and this army is re quisite to enforce them; as if such a force was required to disarm 2 or 3,000 Portuguese deserters. For this equipment no money is wanting, at the same time that no public revenue can be collected. The taxes and con tributions of the State produce nothing. The navy, also, is entirely ruined. Scarcely are there four ships of war in the whole of the Naval Departments, and these could not go to sea without a considerable expellee. The naval arsenals are, in fact, empty. Even- the construction and armament of small vessels, for the protection of the coast ing trade, is entirely neglected, although so frequently in terrupted by the South American crttizers, and some ports being even blockaded by them. The disorder and dilapidation so general in every branch of the Administra tion, continue. The slender means derived from the esta blishment of the public credit, formerly appropriated for the payment of the interest on the National Debt, are all spent for the support of the Royal Family. Yet, in the midst of all this penury, the letter says, an army of 16,000 men is organized and put in motion in Spain, with as much rapidity as if the scene were in England or France, nor is any thing wanting either for the equipment or pay. Tenders for supplies, on the most moderate terms, have been sent in to Government. The houses of Riera, Gaviria, and Remise, are said to be the con tractors for the greatest part of the supplies destined for the Spanish Array of Observation. More than 20 millions of rials had already been paid into the General Treasury up to the 25th, on this new account, and every one was astonished whence such a sudden abun dance of money could be derived. Every one in Madrid expressed- his surprise, and all concluded that the advances .were made by France. The letter alluded to concludes thus Lhave given you an idea of the state of our Re vel*, in the face of such art armament as that just or dered b 7 the Government; but if you were to look at the interior situatio n of Spain, you would find that the ruined agriculture, the destruction of every kind of manufactur ing industry, an d the stoppage of trade, st i ll present a more melancholy - picture than that of the Government. It is impossible that a state so forced and unnatural can last. A spontaneous revolution, in fact, seems inevitable, for the effects extend to ' U .' Every man of reflection, who can realize any thing for the supp ort o f hi s f am ily, escapes to a foreign land, in search of an asyl um , where he will no longer be obliged to live in t error. - Frequently Colonels, bearing upon their bodies the visible and honourable wounds they received during the w ar .of Independence, are seen begging alms from door to door, accepting with thanks the smallest pittance, ev en a cuarto (about b a far thing). They bear about them the stigm a of having been Liberals; on this • acceount th e y are not paid, and their families are left without bread to eat ; whilst, at t h e same time, the Archbishop of Toledo has eight millions of rials (80,0001.), and the Archbishop of Seville six millions (60,0001.) per annum, to enable them to live in France has not known the Liberty of the Press for any great length of time—but the men who rule her destinies at present thiok she has known it too long, and are re solved to bring back the country to its state of original darkuoia-- Whew' Vig our than wind° iu 'lsßwtal y more such a proceeding. It is attempted in direct opposition to all sound policy, as well as to the lessons of daily expe rience. No nation ever enjoyed the Liberty of the Preis, even in a very qualified sense, that could easily consent to its surrender bi- submit to its extinction. All power excl.. cised to reduce the Press from a state of comparative free dom to abject slavery will always be regarded as absurd and tyrannicah It may for a time suspend the functions of that great moral engine, hitt, like a temporary resist ,, ance applied to a mountain stream, it will only make it swell into a bolder torrent. We are not surprised thatthe wretched tat of fanatical incendiaries who call themselves Apostolicals should hate the Press. It throws a very in convenient light upon their political juggling, and makes sad Nvork with their hypocritical munimeries: flats and foul birds of omen deep into dark holes and corners, while the majestic eagle soars against the sun. So it is with hu man, nature, wherever there are vicious intentions and un holy doings--wherever there is evil to be promoted and good to be suppressed—wherever there is the concoction of secret rapine, delusion, or frand, there will always be found a love of concealment and a hatred of the Press. Yet we wonder that vicious politicians do not take a lesson from the more sagacious management of our Joint Stock plunderers, and, instead of attempting the extinction of the Press, make it subservient to their designs by cor rupting it; but they always fear that some honest excep tion would be found that might render their efforts una vailing. They think it, therefore, easiest to extinguish that power on whose total depravity they could never calculate. But though a country which has never had a free Press may possibly be kept without it to any inde finite time, yet any serious attempt to crush this great power where it has existed, will only in the end produce a recoil. dreadful to the oppressors.—Morning Herald. The Return made by Mr. - Wontner, Keeper of New gate, of the convictions at the Old Bailey, for the year 1826, contains statements well worthy of attention. It appears that of the total number committed since the isL of January to the Ist of December, more than one-half were under twenty-one years of age, and of these, more than one-third were females. The proportion of females to males above that age, is as one to seven : of those con demned to death, only one in thirteen were executed (16 out of 203.) More than one-third of those committed by the Magistrates were acquitted (950 out of 2,796). It is most honourable to the character of the people, that only one was convicted of murder ; and the singular fact, that but one solitary individual was brought in guilty of forgery, proves, as compared with former times, what lives have been saved by withdrawing the small notes. Indeed, there are but few crimes of an atrocious cast :—Murder, arson, rape—one each ; the number of burglaries and highway robberies are exactly the same (37); larcenies of various descriptions constitute by far the greatest number, being eight times as numerous as all the other crimes to gether. About one in seven had been in Newgate before ; and considering the number of people that have been thrown out of employment during the last year, it is not surprising that the number of committals should have in creased 547.—Ibid. We alluded a few days ago to an article in the forthcom ing Edinburgh Review on the affairs of Portugal, which may be said to exhaust the question with regard both to the legality of the present Portuguese Government, and the obligation on us to afford assistance to it at this con juncture. The only thing which we have yet seen on the opposite side of the question, is a pamphlet just published, under the title - of a Letter on the Affairs of Portugal, ." from a Dog in the Country to his Friend in Town." The writer of this is forced in the outset to assume as true, what has been formally contradicted in the face of Europe, namely, that Don Miguel himself favours the proceedings in his name in Portugal. What his private feelings may be, it is not for us to say; but, when we have solemn de clarations, and oaths, we are under no necessity of inquir ing into them. This point is as much settled as any point can b, settled. The arguments of the writer as to the le gality of the recent proceedings in Portugal,admit of an easy answer; but we would refer those who wish to understand the question thoroughly, to the Edinburgh Review. But legal or illegal, we are not the less called on to protect the Government de facto from Spanish aggression, which the prevent invasion certainly is. " The cases feeder is (says the writer) is never recognised by the law of nations in an unjust cause; and if it now be found that the Spaniards arc siding with the Portuguese nation against a faction, and not with a faction against the nation (which last, in deed, is too probably our own case), there is no just corn plaint against them on that account." But treaties like the one between us and Portugal would be waste paper, were one of the Contracting Parties to refuse to answer the call for assistance, on such grounds as those which are urged by this writer. An invader will always find sup porters in the country invaded. Bonaparte even found supporters in Spain ; and those who opposed him were termed a faction. If we were now at liberty, it would lie absurd to enter into such a treaty as the one in q ues ti on ; but, having entered into it, there is no retreating with ho nour. Even if a majority of the nation were in favour of the rebels, the Spanish countenance, and Spanish aid, would render it imperative on us to interfere.—Chronicle. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.--TuasoaT, Jax. 16.—(At the Court of Commissioners, Basinghall-street.) Bransby and Court, Rochdale, curriers-10 Burkinyoung, Old Kent-road, coachmaker-11 Caper, J., John-street, Oxford-street, tailor-10 Craig, J., Holton, oilman-10 Crlckett and Co., Chelmsford, bankers-11 Cutmore, J., Commercial-road, victualler-10 Dawson and Co., Water-lane, wine-merchants-10 Dempsey and Reis, Wellclose-square, sugar-refiners-1 Dolan, R., Frith-street, Soho, tailor-11 Edmeada and Co., Maidstone, bankers-10 George, J., London-wall, coach-builder-10 Graham, W., Angel-court, Throgmorton-st., upholsterer -11 Ilart and Co., Holborn-hill, linen-drapers-11 Haslewood, W., Stratford, schoolmaster-10 Heath, R., Chelsea, ironmonger-11 Hulme, J., Museum-street, pawnbroker-11 Kenworthy and Co., Ironmonger-lane, warehousemen-10 Mulcoek, S., Farringdon, Berke, draper-12 Osborne, C. and J., St. James's-street, tailors--11 COUNTRY DIARY, TUESDAY, JAN. 16. Bakewell, G., Manchester—Mr. Finch, Uttoxeter-11 Bannister, J., Merthyr Tidvil—Castle, Brecon 10 Barnes, L., Heywood—White's, Manchester --I Burge, J. and R., St. Philip and Jaeob, Gloucestershire—Rum mer, Bristol-10 Butt, T., Southampton, Star, Southampton -10 Dawkins, J., Southampton—Star, Southampton -12 Frisker, W. jun., Bradford—Angel, Mere, Wilts-10 Pub]; offie 13; nst 11 B: Bt Goo, Aylesbury that ils e d she her Grant, J., Barnsley-Public-office, Barnsley-11s -..... - 1 , , inatant, tne lady of Edward Wakefield, Esq, of i; r 02 38 38 30 34 42 no _ 64 outhcole House, near Reading, of a daughter. -4 Griffiths, T., Abergele, Denbighshire-Crown, Denbigh -11 ( c t i b u e el e l h y ilda fr a e n q d uently complained that her mother had Per Quarter. sto a. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. Banbur ........,....*--- j 40 42 40 45 80 6'2 — . ~• Hedges, G., Wingrave-George, Aylesbury-10 statement, agreed entirely to keep her, she was about to remove Basin it ' k - 5 5/ 59 30 35 25 20 54 52 Robinson as . d Bath 2 ° e •••-•—• -I 6 ,0 36 40 35 40 5 62 - - MARRIED. •,:) Holt, M. and R. Manchester-Blackfriars Inn, Manchester-11 to the house of Mr. , that sae, in consequence of the girl's ttobins, of ll,' Nottingham-street, an 13 . ----,......._ 54 GO AC St. Pancras New Church, by the Rev. J. Brackenb '''' Hudsou, G., New Malton-Talbot, New, Malton-11 should find occasion for her • • The woman had since in- E r!dgewafer ~__ 57 60 —38 t ;7, - -Mr. ury, , services. dport ----- 52 56 T O N 92 54 56 6 , —__ - John Sharpe, of New-street, Gough-square, to Miss Susannale .. Hull, T., Poulton, Lancashire-Office Of Messrs. Buck and Co. dustriously circulated a report that Mrs. Bowes's was a house of 14 1 1 Bristol 54 ss . Fisher, of Highgate. .. er Preston-12 ill fame. Chelmsford 52 64 33 36 28 32 40 -46 48 5 - 4 44 35 40 58 64 Daventry 56 60 10 On Thursday at Newington Church, by the Rev. A. C. 0n... Jones, T., Ynysmarchog, Llywel, Brecon-Bear, Llandilo-12 • • Mr. Gairrtrx.-Yes, and that matter shall be strictly in- Derby --- 80 61 38 48 26 46 54 02 . , ' suow, Dir. C. 1 auntleroy, of Bermondsey, to Mary, eldest daught'i Kirkham, G., Lancaster-King's Arms, Lancaster 12 quired into. (Then spe k* g th women he said), have you Devizes —.-..-... 55 59 35' 40 '2B 36 56 64 Doncaster 56 62 31 41 25 39 44 48 48 47 of Mr. T. Day, of Walworth and Gracechurch-street . '',' Knight, Sir P. 8., Leonard-Stanley, Gloucestershire-Fleece, heard • ' 4 1°- to e '. • 1 any thing of your daughters since? Derchester—,.- 52 56 34 40 28 32 56 03 - _ On the 11 th inst , at Hatfield- . Rodborough-1 62 38 28 32 - - - _Church, Herts., by . the Re*. ''' Both the women answered they had not, and they feared they Excter--...--.-- ts, 54 38 39 46 32 48 52 46 48 R. G. Baker, Cornwallis Hewitt, M.D. to Julia,the 'l' Lane, C., Oxford-Lamb and Flag, Oxford-I I Eye never should till they were ruined- 56 es 44 48 30 40 64 70 - - draughter of the late W. Fr k E Franks, s, sq., of Beech-hill, in the smite .1 ' Leech, J., Barnsley-Public office, Barnsley 11 Gloucester ~.....-» 735 36 29 40 55 03 57 Levett, J., Rowley Regis-Royal Hotel, Birmingham -IQ Mrs. Hambleton-4f the mother thought her child was living Guildford ......--.,-. so t - i 6 t 32 ' 4B 27 3 4 5,2 , 5 8 6 ° 54 sr , county. in a house of ill-fame,h- a lltingerf y did she suffer her to re main there so Henley -- ord ...---- :ae-- 50 . 65 33 40 St 42 54 64 _ .„ _ a 0 60 32 37 44 45 46 48 DIED. . ,• INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCH ARGED. long ? lpswich L eweg 46 65 43 41 29 32 52 61 39 45 415 88 _ _ On the 9th hist, Barre' in Sussex, after a most lingering ati ' d . Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields Mr. GAIFFITH said it was quite clear that the child who had MarketHarboro'-. 38 ~ Newbury-----. 47 62 32 37 26 38 58 62 - - painful illness, Johny, surgeon, aged 37. Jan. 16, at Nine. ' lived with this woman, Ha bl had seduced the other girl awe m eton,y' N rth ton 56 59 38 43 34 40 57 63 - On the 19th, inst -••-- o amp --... u ,at Brighton, Valentine Henry SkeneMahei,! Bannister, F., Walworth, tinman One of the poor women said that the people in the house had Reading ----.- 55 66 32 1.0 ' 2 3 32 5 56 55 95 Bartholomew, R., Berner's-mews, coachman been in the habit of taking young women away, and that this wo- Salisbury---,..-... 48 i SG 32 ir e , .42 24 -4 Co _ second so of Captain Maher. Sandwich -- -- I R , 41 33 39 a2 48 53 On the 13th of September last, on board H. IIL sbip, Sam ri. . . Davis, J., Westbromwich, Staffordshire, tailor man well knew where her child was if she would tell. Shepton Mallet 48 . 60 3 4 2 30 24 . 64 rang, off the Cape of Good Hope, aged 17 years, Samuel th • rd Goodall, .T., Edgeware-road, carpenter Mr. GRIFFITH said he could do no more at present than order Stowmarket ....-- 3 , - 2484 - 28 30 ....- 46 46 :: son of Sir George Leeds, Bart. , 1 ~ Hathwav, T., Werterley, Gloucestershire, farmer the strictest inquiry to be made. It was one of the most infamous t v •u a r n o aea '....--.--- 60 - 37 - 36 _, = - _ On T sd ------- 52 56 32 39 ' ue. ay, the 9th inst. at Maldon, in Essex, Elisabeth, tht Hind, E., Bethnall-green, broker transactions that had come under his notice for a long time past, Taunton .......-- 60 72 37 40 21 39 5° 59 - - of 32 36 5t 59 - _ wife the Rev. Frederick Doveton, late Rector of W Whitehead, J., Middlewich, Cheshire, clerk and he would endeavour to trace out and punish the parties in fault. Uxbridge ..---- .._ 62 38 . 43 39 48 m _ _ v, ood, , t . Wakefield ~,..•• 4 7 V alter, third daughter of the late John Nance, Esq., of the lat., Wantage.....--- 47 58 33 40 37 37 41 56 - - place. ' COUNTRY.-At the Court-house, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Jan. • _ and Warminster ---. 47 58 34 41 48 37 58 66 - • ' 4',= 16, at Ten o'clock. Lieutenant Frand s -who was tried con- eon "'st y 50 -bi .34 36 32 36 54 62 - - Be e s, Bushel • d. 8.-d. s. ti. s. d. a. d ad.o. d. s.d. s. cl. s(I Bowen, T., Bersharn, near Wrexham, miller • • victed of manslaughter,..for the murder of a Sheriffs Officer, h Per • .., 0 „ 0 5 , 0 • " Suckingham-- „ ._ _ ____ . ...._ ... ‘ 4, 60!4 0 . .1 66 0 606 6 iS Printed and Published. by 111.• YOUNG, at the Set4-0e vac ../14:!....ek,110-3Vres.hem, bookbinder • , . - ,---.-. -..- -1.,,,,....,.....,..d +ft . ~__ ~,,. - "-='-- -. ': ' * - - • ':'-. - '-."- -- -..7. , ...775*:777- 11 7 41 ,- VIIFIF 4 utv" I, S . -"; .: " . :; - -'''' -,- li.--e; - 47-ZNlt'.::!,,.: - . - 4 0, '9 1 F.-1 .0, 4 2 1 ." :*..... , :-.."Z-1_,., .:713k..t,,, ,, , , r,, , ..-,--,.... 7 , ,,.1,zie- , _ .sinAy. p , -. A. ,-,-..-,, , _., : .. . , . . .. . , - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—A young man, named Thomas Corne lius McMahon, applied to the Lord Mayor for relief against the Colombian Agricultural Association, for having by false pretences induced him to leave the country. The. LORD MAYon, in an abrupt manner, said he bad no power to interfere. The applicant, who was much embarrassed, wished to know whether there was no recompenee to be had for loss of time. The LORD MANOR could not interfere to compel the parties to pay wages, and therefore he should not enter into the case. From the documents in corroboration of the statements which he was prepared to have made to the Lord Mayor, had his Lord ship, either under the equitable jurisdiction which anciently be longed to the office, cr in his common Magisterial capacity, con sented to hear him, it appears that the complainant is one of a large and decent family, who finding, in 1825, their children burthensome, began to make exertions to get them settled. In September, that year, the complainant, who is under age, and had not yet got settled, was informed that high advantages were offered by a new Company, called the Colombian Association, to young men of enterprise, who would go out to Colombia - as settlers. The complainant having full confidence in the promised advan tages to settlers, and in the high names which appeared at the head of the prospectus, as guarantees that all the facts were correctly stated, did not hesitate to join the speculation. The only apprehension, indeed, was, that timber could not readily lie procured. The complainant formed a plan of his own, which was, to get together, in one party, a number of artizans of dif ferent trades, who might he of mutual service when they arrived at the settlement. This plan was approved of by the Company, and, after considerable exertion and great loss of time, lie succeeded in getting together a party to the number of thirteen. They sailed in the latter end of January, 1826, in the brig Caledonia, of Newburgh. After a rough voyage of about ten weeks, during which they suffered many severe privations, they reached Mara , caibo, where they stopped for about three weeks. Their course thence lay through a swampy forest. They got but two miles on the first day, which they proceeded without a leader, and found themselves often up to their thighs in mud, and exposed to be bitten by the snakes, which were exceedingly plentiful. At last ten mules arrived under the escort of some men, who gave the party of settlers to understand that Col. Piggot, the Company's Agent, had sent the mules not to convey them, alas ! as they fondly hoped, but their luggage, and that they were to go the next morning. The settlers received no provision, and they had nothing with them but half a bottle of rum each, which they dared not drink with empty stomachs, as it would have produced a fever in that climate.— They started in this condition, having a journey of two days and a half before them. On the first day, the complainant towards night was so fatigued, that he dropped behind, fell down, and slept, notwithstanding the legions of tormenting insects which assailed him, and the noise of the wild beasts, which were ex ceedingly numerous and terrifying. They at length arrived at an opening, about three miles from a village. When they arrived there, they were " properly done up." They started next morn ing again, and in the afternoon, after having climbed a high mountain, succeeded in reaching their first place of destination, which was a miserable town called Betjoque. They were then received by Capt. Piggot, who, next morning, informed them that they bad better not go down to their land, because the fever and ague so raged that even the natives could not live there. But that they might not he idle, he offered them Is. 6d. per day to work for him as labourers, and in building some houses. This offer they readily accepted. Whilst they were there two natives were brought up dead from the ground, which was represented to them as highly salubrious. (They had this information from Captain Piggot;) and instead of being on a mountain, as stated to them, it was in a valley. When Saturday night came, the complainant requested a little money, which Captain Piggot refused to give, and, moreover, told him he should go down to the promised land, which the com plainant positively refused. The Captain then told him he must sign a paper relinquishing all claim upon the Company, and be off. This release the complainant' de4ared he signed under the threat of imprisonment, as he preferred quitting the place at all hazards. On the following Tuesday himself and others of the party determined to return. Aman having to conduct some mules down to the port of Sibre, they gave him .a trifle to permit them to ride. They rode the 50 miles in eight hours. The com plainant had never been on horseback before, and he held to the mane, but he lost his shoes, and at the end of the journey his legs were bathed in blood. They got to Maracaibo in the best manner they. could. There he was compelled to sell his clothes for subsistence. He was taken ill of the •yellow fever, and was on the point of death. 14 was relieved by the British Consul, who put him on board a vessel, bound to France, where he arrived on the 13th of last month, dreadfully reduced by his sufferings. On his appliCatiOn to the Company for the return of his money and compensation for the injuries he had suffered, and the time he bad lost, in consequence of their representations, they pleaded the release he had signed, which was as follows, on the back of the article of agreement which he had entered into for the purchase of land from the Company : " Seeing, myself unable to comply with the within contract, and being permitted by Colonel Robert Piggot, as agent to the said Association, to withdraw, I hereby renounce all claim on the Association for land, and further, promise never to be of any trouble or cost to the Association, from the date hereof. " THOMAS CORNELIUS M'MAHON. " Betjoque, June 12, 1826. R. H. Y. D. 111141AHON." " E. PETERSON. Witnesses „ The Shares of the Colombian Agricultural Company were at one time sold for 16/. premium, and it is calculated that it has caused from 100,0001. to 150,0001. to change pockets. They new fetch no price in the market. MARYLEBONE.-:.—The mothers of two young girls, the one not more than 16 years of age, recently applied for the assistance of the Magistrates in recovering their daughters, who, they al leged, had been seduced and secreted by a female living in the house of a Mrs. Bowes, No. 16, Montagu-street. Thisselton, an officer, was in consequence sent to the house in question, and, on searching it, he found six or seven young females in a state of un tidyness, which left no doubt in his mind as to their character, or that of the house of which they were inmates, but he found not the young girls who were the particular objects of his inquiry. Yesterday Mrs. Hambleton, alias Miss Benson, with two or three female companions, Mr. Bowes, the son of the keeper of the house, Mr. Hambleton, under whose protection Mrs. Hambleton is said to be, together with the mothers of the children, again ap peared before the Magistrates, when the following particulars transpired : Mr. Bowes said that Mr. and Mrs. Hambleton resided in his mother's house as lodgers, and he complained of the officers hav ing spoken disrespectfully of the house, because they had found in it two or three females, who were visitors. Mr. Hambleton (who is a foreigner) said that the ladies were visitors of his, and he knew nothing whatever to the prejudice of the house. A lady, in an angry tone, thought it extremely wrong that the officer should say that he had seen a female exposed to the waist, when the simple truth was, that the lady had on only a low frock. The mother of one of the, children said that Mrs. Hambleton knew well where her child was. She (Mrs. H.) knew Mrs. Bowes's to be a notorious house. _ _ -- - The mother of the second child said that when the officer went to the house, he found six or seven women running about all in confusion ; but the two children he was in search of had been previously sent away. Mrs. Hambleton denied that there were more than five femaks in the house when the officer visited it. She admitted that one of the girls missing had been in the habit of attending on her THE MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Friday.) SUGAR.-The Sugar Market this week has been rather heavy; the few sales reported are, in several instances, at prices a shade lower, but no general reduction in the currency can be stated.— Two public sales of Mauritius Sugars have been brought forward this week ; a reduction of Is. a Is. 6d. per cwt. must be stated ; brown, 535. 6d. a 575., yellow, 58s. a 62s The Market this inorning remained in the same dull and inactive state, but the great proportion of the holders will not sell at any reduction.— We, in consequence, state the Market heavy, but no general de cline in the prices can be quoted. The Refined Market has been firm all the week ; the Wholesale Grocers have not purchased extensively for the home consumption, but the prices are fully supported, on account of the limited stock ; low goods continue in request, and no parcels of low Lumps could now be purchased at a reduction. Molasses are still heavy. There is no alteration whatever in the Market to-day. The purchases reported are con siderable. In Foreign or East India Sugars no business of any extent is reported. COFFEE:-The public sale of Coffee on Tuesday went off heavily, at a reduction of Is. a 2s. ; Cheribon and Sumatra sold at that reduction, since which there has been no Coffee Market ; there is a complete stagnation in the trade. There were no public sales this forenoon ; a few small parcels of Jamaica have been taken fcr home consumption, and it is reported 350 bags fine ordinary Brazil have been sold at 51s. but we give the latter only as the rumour of the day. The Coffee Market may, generally, be stated heavy. At a late hour the request for Coffee rather revived, 200 bags good ordinary Brazil sold at 50s. INnrao.—The approaching sale at the India House attracts great interest ; it will commence on Tuesday. No purchases whatever by private contract are reported. TOBACCO.-The purchases by private contract for the week ending last night inclusive, are only about 60 hhds. small parcels to the trade for home consumption. At a public sale yesterday of 35 Leaf and Stemmed Virginia sea-damaged Tobacco, the whole (with the exception of 3 Mids.) sold to the trade at very high prices; the leaf, one lot, sold at 10/. for export, and one at 11/. ss. ; the remainder from 111. 17s. to 161. ss. per hhd. ; Strips from 141. to ISL, one lot sold at 20i. and another 221. 58. to the trade. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The market has been heavy this week, and the prices have given way 6d. a 9d. per cwt. About the middle of this month very extensive contracts must be determined, and, as these are what are termed time bargains, a great proportion are not prepared either to deliver or take the Tallow, but to pay the differences of the price. A general report has prevailed, that the extensive sellers will deliver Tallow, which the buyers are not prepared to take and pay for, the consequence is the fall we have stated.—Hemp is rather lower.—lu Flax there is little alteration. Rust, BRANDY, AND lIOLLANDS.-The sales of Rnm by pri vate contract are inconsiderable, the Leewards rather at lower prices. Strong Jamaica Rums fully support the late prices, 26 over sold at 45. 6d., and " several small parcels 295. to 31s. to 311. 9d.--Brandy and Geneva are without alteration. At a late hour a parcel of Leewards, 5 over, sold at 2s. 9d. IRISH PROVISIONS.—Beef advanced 2s. 6d. early in the week, since which there has been a similar improvement; and the Market remains firm at the advance; the rise is owing to the re port of the small quantity this season, and the reduced stock. Pork, on the contrary, is very heavy, and the supply more plen tiful.—Bacon is little varied.—Butters are firm ; the fine is par ticularly scarce, and rates high. TEA-Green Teas have advanced lid. per lb. The declara tion may be considered as favourable to the trade, and cannot fail to keep the Market very firm, if not generally at a profit, ex cepting Bohea, which will be at least heavy, if not at a discount. CoTToN.—There is a complete stagnation in the Cotton trade ; we believe there has not been a bag sold this week, owing, no doubt, to the rrties wait;ng the event of this day's India-House sale. The East India Company's sale this day, consisted (after the withdrawing 1000 Surats) of 9,800 bales Surats; 1,570 Ben gal ;57 Madras, and 36 Bourbon. There was a full attendance of buyers, and the sale proceeded with much 'steadiness : the prices obtained were—Surat, very ordinary to foul, 4d. a 4id. very middling to fair, sd. a 54d. ; good fair and good, bid. a sid. ; Bengal, very ordinary to fair, qd. a 51d. ; Madras, very middling to fair, sd. a 5-id. ; Bourbon, fair to good fair, 84d. a sid. About half taken for consumption, the other by foreign houses, in expeatation of a revival in trade. The Cotton Market may be stated firm, the prices by private contract fully supported. FAUIT.-There are no arrivals of new currants yet, and the trade have very few on hand ; the demand for new Turkey Figs continues; there is a short supply on band; some of the importers are demanding higher prices, while others will not sell ; a public sale of New Muscatels was attempted on Tuesday last, but not a lot was sold ; for Denias in baskets and Valencias there is very little demand at present. RICE.—By public sale on Tuesday, 3,192 bags Bengal Rice, good white, 17s. 6d. and 18s. ; inferior, 16s. 6d. taken in.— Cargo at 10s. taken in. Ous.—There is little alteration in Oil; the transactions this week are limited. SPlCES.—Spices are neglected ; no purchases are reported during the week. The Pimento in to-day's public sale sold at Sid. a 10d. for the good. SALTPETRE. —There are few purchasers reported this week. To day 235. is reported to be realised. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—Jan• 11. 30s. Hay od. to . Cd 70s. Od. to 105 s. Od. 1 Clover 84 s. Od. to 1265. Od. -------_ PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.) —4 lin • 12 * Pocket s . SW. Kent,,., 4/, Os. 4/. 15 s. to 0/. N K en t 31. N. 4/. Os. to 5/. O. 3/. 10s. to 3/. 16s. Sussex 31. ltis. 4/. 4 s . t o 4/. 10 s ; Sussex 31. :)s. Essex.... 41. Os. 4/. 15 s . t o 5/ . s s . E ss ex.... 3/. Es. 3/. 16s. to 41. 10e. Farnham, fine (Pockets) 71. 7s. to 12 .,.—Seeonds, 61. Os. to 71. Os. . per Ton. Yorkshire• Champions'""" _Os. to 4/. 105. ditto. Kidneys • Os to 0/ Os, Scotch Reds 3!. 4l 1 . . ditto. Marsh Cham PRICE OF POTATS),..SO6.—J. t0 an 0 .2 2 0. • . ss. to 3/. 10s. ditto. Oxnobles and Sha • pIF a cl• go to 2'2 23 to 24 13 to 15 )5 to 17 13} to 141 15 to 17 17 to 19 Per lb. 8utt5—........-50 to ISitto 50 to Dressing Fine Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b..— Ditto 45 to 501 b.— Ditt0•••••••••7=.........."........"*. 'HER. Per lb. A. A Tanned Horse Hides-- 12 to 15 Spanish Ditto—, 13 to 18 Per dozen. Calf Skins-- 36 to 40Ib. 16 to 24 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 23 to 27 Ditto 7O to SOlb. 21 to 23 Small Seas,..,.reenland,. 19 to 21 ":=L:---- ---- RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. s. d. Per Stone. s. d. R. d. Best Heifers arid Steep> ?10 to 3 2 Ordinary 2 0 to 2 2 MidcUings -- 2 6 to 2 8 Market Calf 7 0 each. SPIEEP SKINS. Downs °, 6d. to 3s. Od. I Lamtia..os.od. to Os. Od. I Polled-As. fid. to 41. 6d. . ------.-- i — 'l lICE OF TALLOW, 80s. scup , ac. Od. yellow so pe ar r .. ll2lb.—Jan. 12. Teolwlonweraßllus7a:s°42se.• Od. Od. to . t o 05. (14. Od. Mottled. .... Bd. ...... 881. Ocl. White.,.......-----s. Od. to Os. Od. White—. - ...... 98s. Od. Soap Ditto —s. Od. to Os. Od. Graves Meted Stuff—. 355. Od. to Os. Od. Good —.._. s Dr0g5.....................5. Od• Ditto Rough—'22s. Od. to Os. Od. _ PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 8 1 b.—Jan. 12. Price by Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles, in the retail shops, it aea follows : Candles, per dozen Ss. Od. to 9s. Od. j Moulds, per dozen ---. 10s. 6d. MARKET. —Jan. Ettirdon 32 0 Eighton 26 0 Hebburn 31 6 Holywell 118 6 Killingwcrth .w.,.31 6 Liddell's Main -26 6 Percy 2S o I'ontop Windsor— 27 0 Ships at Market, rownle 2. d. 0 28 0 Wan3Endßewieke34 0 W. E. Green's...—. 31 0 W. E. Hilda-- 31 6 W. E. Newmarch 32 6 W. E. Walker-- 34 0 Stewart's smal!...— 14 1 20-Ithips sold, 30X• 8. d. Walker Brasil 14 0 Cannell (per ton) 42 0 Hartley 0 Walls End Helton 35 0 Walls End Lyons 31 6 W. E. Stewart's— 35 0 Russell's Hetton's Walls End 34 0 —Unsold, P.N. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DIMING THE WEEK• Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. 1 Pease. PUBLIC EXECUTIONS. The following Table exhibits the Annual Number of Perla', who have suffered Death in the County of Middlesex and City of. London within the space of the last Eleven Years, together with the Offences of which they were capitally , convicted : The last Column also exhibits the Total Number convicted of each speci-' fie Crime during the same period, making the awful Total of Two - Hundred and Forty-five (238 Males and 7 Females) : 18[23, 2' 5 • .16:* 6 Grand Total—Males .. Feinaleg . 4245 . • 238 .. 7 245 Of the above number 236 suffered death in the front of New ;ate, S at Execution Dock, and one in Skinner -street, CRIMINAL RETURNS. STATEMENT of the Number of Persons Committed to his Ma; jesty•s Gaol of Ncwgate, in the Year 1826 ; and how they have been disposed of:— _ _ _ _ Males. Females. In custody on Ist January, 1826 159 ...... 48... 207 Committed to 31st Dec. inclusive, under } 1227... 44 2 2931 21 years o f age Above that age 1096... 166 3136 Of which there have been executed l6 Died Removed to Hulks at Gosport Ditto to ditto at Portsmouth 100 Milbank .... d . Ad .. sisesex .. i . z . e . 3 ..l 14 ! 3;)7 • 75 1 Ditto to ditto at Sheerness London 124 Ditto to ditto at Chatham 245 Ditto to ditto at Woolwich 179 Ditto to ditto at Devon or for c : r o t hd:froei Correction t c. ditto itoi na l ffaootrre the 26 Ditto iii i ttt t ttt t 000 0 tt t iooi o y tt t hih h iee e a bH P ße c eoa n fisit i is t gce e e n oo t rf i p i 119 Ditto ditto 452 7 I. Discharged, having received his Majesty's pardon e• Ditto, having been acquitted at the Old Bailey Sessions 676 ? Ditto, upon Bills of Indictment not having been found 246 Ditto, not having been prosecuted 2 .8 Ditto, having been imprisoned pursuant to sentence Ditto, having been whipped Ditto, having been fined one shilling, and one ten pounds 90 Ditto, upon Bail, and other Causes 24 Removed to a Lunatic Asylum Sent to Trial to Clerkenwell Session ... 28-2760 Remained in Custody, Ist Jan. 1827, 233 males, 145 females Of which Number 421 had been in Newgate before. Committals increased this Year, 547. 3198 STATEIktENT of the Number of Persons committed to his Ma jesty's Gaol of Newgate, and convicted in the Year 1826, and the nature of their Of f ences, together with the Number Ac= Discharged,quitted, and 3179 Sentenced during the same period, at Murder Housebreaking the Old Bailey S ess i ons : Burglary Highway robbery 37 Horse stealing Sheep ditto Cattle ditto Returning from Transpor tation Forgery Rape Coining Uttering Counterfeit Coin, having before been con victed as a Common Utterer House, of which there were sentenced, to the value of 40a. or up wards Receiving Stolen Goods._ JO Bigamy Manslaughter 9 Selling Counterfeit Coin 1 Transposing the Gold- smith's Hall , mark 1 Larcenies of various de scriptions 1691 Misdemeanors l6 Conspiracy 2 Perjury 2 Libel 1846 Arson Stealing in a Dwelling To Death 2OS To Transportation for Life Ditto for 14 Years 95 Ditto for 7 Years 643 To Imprisonment in Newgate, and in the Houses of Correction., for 3 Years 2 for 2 Years 8 for 1 Year 6O for 9 Months 2 for 6 Months ••• 140 for 4 Months ................ 14 for 3 Months ................ 167 for 2 Months ................ 76 for 6 Weeks ................ 9 for 1 Month and under...... 163 Fined Is. and discharged, one 10/. .............. Whipped, and discharged 86 Those whose judgments remain respited ......... 12 Entered into his own recognizance ......... ..„„ 1 ' --- 1846. Acquitted Ditto, on the ground of Insanity...... 1 Discharged, Bills of Indictment not being found 245 Ditto, not having been prosecuted JOHN WONTNER, Keeper. 2796 BIRTHS. On the 11 th instant, at the General Post Office, the lady of G. H. Freeling, Esq. of a son. On the 7th instant, the lady of Edward Wakefield, Esq. of Southcole House, near Reading, of a daughter. 0 C . - 1 10 GO 0 (.4 .1 CO Ckl 12 a? 02 SI GO GO 33 GO 2D 3:) 010 GC CA GO oo 362764 10 9 3 8 4 1-- 2 _ 9 2 9 21 41 1 1 I— + 1 2 1 1 1 -- 11 1 I—' 1-- 5 1 1 3 1 1 ,l 1~.._1 1 1 1 1 1 f — 4, 1 1- 1 5 1 5 512 1 I 1 3 1 5 2 2 - 2 2 1 —l_ 1 _ _ 1 1 4 1 --- 1 1 1 I 1 1 __ s 3 3 S 415 6 4 2 1 2— l 1 —2 1 18 23,2012543 33 23 18 11117 14 MARRIED. AC St. Pancras New Church, by the Rev. J. Brackenhury,,; Mr. John Sharpe, of New-street, Gough-square, to Miss Swann* Fisher, of Highgate. On Thursday, at Newington Church, by the Rev. A. C. On slow, Mr. C. Fauntleroy, of Bermondsey, to Mary, eldest daughtit : of Mr. I'. Day, of Walworth and Gracechurch-street. On the 11th inst , at Hatfield-Church, Herts., by the R. G. Baker, Cornwallis Hewitt, M.D. to Julia, the youngest' draughter of the late W. Franks, Esq., of Beech-hill, in the sari county. OFFENCES. Burglary Cutting and Maiming Extortion Forgery Fratricide House Breaking Infanticide Letter Breaking ... Murder Ditto on the High Seas Maliciously Shooting Piracy Rape Robbery (Highway) Ditto on the Thames Ditto of Employers Sacrilege Stealing (Cow) Ditto (Horse)... Ditto (Sheep) Ditto in Dwelling House Ditto (Privately) Ditto from the Person Treason Uttering Forged Notes.. Unnatural Crime ......