The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JCURNALS. No task could be more amusing than to trace and describe the progress of the negotiations for re-effecting the division of the Netherlands, and establishing the independence of Belgium, if the indignation which they sometimes excite did not overpower our feelings of merriment, or if the danger which they now and then threatened to the peace of Europe did not appear too serious for pleasantry. There probably cannot be found in the whole annals of diplomacy a - more ludi crously entangled maze of difficulties, obstacles, and embarrassments, thrown in the way of a very easy and obvious settlement by the dexterity or duplicity of a single individual. The most intricate plot, or the most extraordinary combina tion of incidents of the most ingenious comedy or romance. could not equal the real history of the Dutch Conferences. In January, 1831, when the King of Holland was trembling behind his marshes and his dikes at the progress of the Belgic revolution, he was willing to accept of a pacific compromise, which in everything except in respect to the distribution of the joint debt was less advantageous to him than subsequent proposals. But having recovered from his panic, and recruited his army, he rose in his demands, assumed the offensive, and aspired to conquest. A short incursion in the autumn of that year into Belgium, which, relying on the faith of an armistice, was unprepared for effective resistance, seems to have inspired him with renewed hopes of being able ultimately to regain the whole of his former provinces. The interference of a French army interrupted that career of military aggression, which, without any chance of final success on his part, might have converted the Netherlands into the theatre of a long and san guinary struggle, and his Dutch Majesty was obliged to send his Ambassadors to London to negotiate a peace with the Conferences in Downing-street. The treaty of the 15th of November, or that of the " 24 articles," was the result; and this treaty was not only adopted by Belgium, France, and England, but by the three absolute Powersof the continent, whom his Dutch Majesty considers his most friendly allies. He himself, however, refused his sanction to its terms, and being a member of the Holy Alliance " Lodge," prevailed on his absolute brethren to delay its ratification. Then no difficulty was felt or stated with respect to Luxemburg or the Germanic Diet. The interests of Dutch ship ping, aid questions of roads and canal, were made the only basis of objections and the pre texts for delay. For two months no detailed 'reasons were given why Holland refused her as sent to the arrangement. This delay was fol lowed by long quibbling and special pleading papers from the Dutch Plenipotentiaries, to which the Conference patiently and laboriously returned detailed answers. Missions were sere from London to the Hague, to. overcome his Majesty's scruples, and in addition to Baron Wessenburg, the Emperor of Russia despatched from St. Petersburgh a special envoy with the ob ject, or at least under the pretence, of reconciling his ally to the treaty. Still,- trusting to the chapter of accidents, King William was inexorable against it, particularly to those provisions of it which re garded the navigation of the Scheldt, and another six months passed over without witnessing any progress in the negotiation. Towards the end of September, 1832, France and England, on the invitation of Belgium to secure her in the benefits of peace, demanded some definitive ac quiescence in such articles of the treaty as Holland was willing to adopt, and an evacuation of the Belgic territory, as a prelude to an arrange ment of such reserved points of difference as could not have been immediately adjusted. The refusal of Holland to surrender Antwerp led to the French celebrated expedition for its capture at the end of the year, and to the measure of the English and French embargo. After trying the effect of these events and measures on the temper of the absolute Powers of the Continent, and on that of the English Tories, and after standing out against the interruption of his trade for several months, his Dutch Majesty was obliged to abandon his obstinate purposes, and to re turn to his accustomed relations with England and France in May, 1833. Then at last in all probability we might have calculated on a speedy arrangement. Antwerp had been taken, the Belgians had not only rescued their chief mart of trade from the cannon of their enemy, but still possessed large tracts of country and a numerous population in two provinces which the treaty assigned to Holland, and moreover during the absence of a definitive settlement the whole burden of the joint debt was to be borne by the latter. All motive or pretext for further delay thus seemed removed, and strong grounds were laid, in national interests, for hurrying the negotiations to a conclusion as early as possible. There could be no hope of making another useless invasion into Belgium. The armistice had been converted into a peace, under the gua rantee of France and England ; the treaty had been ratified, under certain modifications, by the absolute Powers, and two of them had sent ambassadors to the Court of Brussels. What would thus have appeared to all the world a hopeless case on which to build ambitious and disorganizing projects, is far from being abandoned by the obstinacy of his Dutch Majesty. In his losing game with the Conference, he produced a card which lie had hitherto carefully concealed in his hand, and which he formerly pretended to be of no value in the play. He finds that he cannot agree to the alienation or transfer of any part of I.uxemburg, without the consent of the German agnats of his family, and the sanction of the Germanic Diet. He moreover finds that neither of these bodies can stir a step unless he himself moves them, and he is resolved not to move them so long as any of his unreasonable d e mands or expectations remain unsatisfied Such is the state of the negotiations respecting the settlement of the Netherlands at the present moment, Though every point worth contending for has been already conceded or compromised, and though it would puzzle any plain man to ex plain what open and declared grounds of differ ence really exist between the parties, yet the obstinacy of his Dutch Majesty, founded on secret and unavowed projects or hopes, has made the result of the negotiations as uncertain, after three years of painful anxiety and laborious exertion, as it was on the first day of then . ,commencement. It becomes now an important luestiun,--what is to be done to escape from this state of uncertainty, inaction, and embar rassment ? It is evident that the missions of Holy Alliance Ambassadors to the Court of the Hague, with the view of persuading his Dutch Majesty to agree to their proposed ar rangements, produce little or no benefit. We have no doubt of the sincerity of Austria and Prussia (or perhaps even of Russia) in desiring that this 'useless and dangerous dispute should terminate ; but whenever their agents come in contact with a Sovereign who is considered as CDC of their " Lodge," they become too much biassed in his favour to be firm or impartial' in resisting his prejudices. In siding with his views, or showing indulgence for his weak ness, they act perhaps more from sentiment than from principle, and do inconsiderate acts, the consequences of which they have neither foreseen nor intended ; but still the evil is com mitted, and a settlement is delayed as effectually as if they had designed such a result. The King takes every friendly offer or kind expression on their part as a tacit approbation of his policy, and in improving their offers, or showing gra titude for their favours, is sure to lead them further than they intended. Thus (to give an example of the system on which we are remark ing), when Prince Sch wartzenberg was lately sent to persuade his Dutch Majesty to solicit the consent of the Germanic Diet to the cession of the part of Luxemburg given to Beleim by the treaty, the King apparently yielded, but asked in return that the Prince would present a memorial in his favour to the Allied Cabinets which sent him—a memorial of such conse quence as to induce them to send new instruc tions to their Ministers at the Conference, and to urge them to favour him in all the remaining points of difference between Holland and Bel gium. If such be the effect of the diplomatic and confidential intercourse carried on between the King of Holland and his Holy Alliance friends, his object at home is to hoodwink his people with the belief that he is main taining their rights and defending their interests, while he is pursuing the purposes of his own family ambition, or political vengeance. Hence he continues to declare to them that he is nego tiating zealou , ly for peace at the Conference— that all his labours are directed to an arrange ment calculated to secure the honour and the prosperity of his subjects—that he has no desire of personal aggrandizement—that he has no wish for extended dominion—and that the un just pretensions of his enemies alone delay the long wished for settlement. Were the Dutch universally convinced that their Sovereign main tained his present enormous military force—that he continued their oppressive fiscal burdens—and that he prevented them from the full enjoyment of a commercial intercourse with their neigh bours, in order that he might some time or other take advantage of his position and strength to conquer the Belgic provinces, he would not be able to maintain his present mischievous policy for a month. They hated their con nection with Belgium more, if possible than the. Belgians detested their union with Holland, and would, perhaps, sooner depose their King than help him to a Belgic conquest. Such being the most striking facts relative to the connection of his Dutch Majesty with his despotic allies anti peaceful subjects, the course to be pursued by France, England, and Belgium, with the best prospect of bringing about an arrangement would seem to be clear. Let them no longer encourage these useless, if not mischievous, spe cial embassies to the Hague. Let them resume the Conferences of London, and demand of the Dutch Government whether it really desires a definitive arrangement, and is prepared to enter on bona fide negotiations for that object. If, seeing that they will no longer be trifled with, his Dutch Majesty abandons-his procrastinating , policy, and sincerely treats for peace, their pur pose is gained. If, on the other hand, they find a repetition of the same duplicity and hypocrisy which have disgraced Dutch diplomacy for the last three years, let them declare in the face of Europe that the King of Holland is averse to peace, anti that he only negotiates to deceive. Six months after such a declaration, we are persuaded that the Dutch will see to their own interests, without any reference to those of the Orange dynast y.— Times. In the forthcoming number of the Edinburgh Review for January there is an article on the corn laws, which has, we suppose, been con tributed by Mr. M'Culloch. We have more than once remarked that the present time seems peculiarly favourable for grappling with the corn laws, for we never can have less to fear from ex cessive importations were the restrictions re moved. The landowners, too, we think, must be aware that the present state of things cannot be maintained much longer, and if they are not altogether deserted by wisdom, they must also see that it is much better to legislate when the people are in full employment than when the distress of starving artisans urges the legislature. The Edinburgh Reviewer holds out the olive branch to the landowners. He proposes terms which they may obtain now, but which they never can expect if they hold back at this time. A great revolution is in progress in Germany. If the Prussian system be once established throughout Germany that great heart of Europe will be for ever shut to our manufactures, and a suffering population will remain to be fed by the landowners. It has never been questioned that the agriculturists were entitled to a coun tervailing duty equal to the duties falling pecu liarly on the land. The Edinburgh Reviewer would deal liberally with them in estimating these burdens ; and we trust that the advocates of freedom of importation will not calculate too nicely when so great a benefit as a regular trade in corn is in question.—Morning Chronicle. We publish from time to time the letters of our correspondents in the East, as they reach us, being sometimes important, at others inte resting, but ever deserving of perusal, as afford ing the latest and most trustworthy information upon this important subject. The last received is of the 31st ult., which may be said to be important, as bringing no netts—for the coati-. nuance of tranquillity for any space of time in the capital of a once great empire, struggling in the agonies of death, is news of an unex pected nature. Neither insurrection, massacre, tumult, or conflagration, had for some time disturbed the peace of the city. The conse quence is that the weak and giddy Sultan, who seems pleased with wearing the gilded chains of Russian vassallage, begins to amuse himself again with fanciful notions of the regeneration of the State, the ruin of which he was born to accomplish. With his throne placed upon a smouldering volcano, he enjoys himself as it seated on a bed of roses—gazes with as much complacency from the windows of his Seraglio, upon the waters of the Bos phorus, over which the Russian Eagle soars triumphant, as if the Crescent still sparkled there in the light of glory. Meditating upon the exploits which he has performed, and those which he has )et to achieve, he inhales aromatic essences through citron water—sips his sherbet, and conceives new projects of military parade and political reform ! It is a fact that the feeble, voluptuous, and sanguinary Sultan—the Sar danapalus of the Turkish empire—begins to talk of raising new levies of troops, of introducing more of the European tactics into his army, of colonizing the Asiatic provinces, and recruiting the finances of the state. ".1. he Autocrat, in the meantime, allows the imbecile representative j of a race of heroes to amuse himself with the bubbles of empty power, to play the soldier, and strut in the robes of royalty until the time comes when the denouement of the Eastern drama is to take place, and the mock Sultan, with the vanishing splendours of Mahommedan dominion, retires from the stage.—Morning Herald. There is an elaborate article in the Edinburgh Review upon the corn law, in which it is ad mitted that our national agriculture is entitled to some degree of protection against the compe tition of foreign corn in the markets of Great Britain, on account of the peculiar burdens to which the land in this country is subject. But, while he distinctly acknowledges the necessity of some kind and degree of protection to Bri tish agriculture, the reviewer insists that the protection now afforded is both injudicious in its nature and excessive in its extent, and that the object in view would be fully obtained, and in a manner far more conducive to the general welfare, by substituting for the present fluctuating rate of duty a fixed duty on importation, to be levied equally in all circumstances, of six or seven shillings upon the quarter of wheat, ac companied by a drawback or bounty of the same amount upon the exportation of British corn. We will, however, let this writer speak for himself before we proceed to offer the very few remark which his arguments upon this branch of the subject seem to us to require : " Corn (says the reviewer) is not only the article most in demand at home, but it forms the principal e quivalent that foreigners have to offer for our goods ; so that, by restricting its importation, we actually compel them to withdraw from our shop, and to establish manufactures for themselves. Were our ports always open, under a fixed duty of 6s or '78., the supply of our demand would be an object of great importance to the foreign growers. But at present even a deficient crop in this country is of little service to them, and is highly injurious to every other description of foreigners. The reason is, we are not regularly in the market; occasionally, indeed, we import, even in a single season, above three millions of quarters; but at other times we import nothing, or next to nothing, for three or four years together. In consequence the fo • reign growers seldom venture to raise additional quantities in anticipation of a demand from England ; or, if they do, they never fail in a short time to have them wholly thrown upon their hand. Hence, when there is any considerable deficiency in our crops, we are forced to resort to marke►s where we are not expected, and where, consequently, our presence is injurious to every one, save the few that hold stocks of corn; inasmuch as our purchases always occasion a sudden improvement of prices. It is true, therefore, that our corn laws are not a local hut a gen••ral nuisance. Their mischievous influence is not confined to this country only, but extends from Kentucky to Siberia, from Odessa to Archaneel. They are so capricious in their nature, and occasion such fluctuations in every market to which we have access, that instead of hieing surprised at the obstruc tions , onieemes thrown in the way of our intercourse with them, the only wonder is that they bave not been increased in a tenfold proportion." It appears to us that the reviewer is scarcely consistent with himself, as the fixed duty of six or seven shillings a quarter which he recom mends for the protection of the British agricul turist would unquestionably operate as a restric tion upon the importion of foreign corn, and would be liable, if the present system is liable, to the reproach, of compelling foreigners to withdraw from our shop, and to establish manu factures for themselves. There is no doubt that the demand for foreign corn on the part of this country would be in some degree more regular and constant under the system of fixed duty than under that of a graduated scale, if the former system could be adhered to in all cir cumstances with the same certainty as the latter. But the difference in this respect is, we believe, considerably overrated. So long as the cultiva tion of the soil of Great Britain is maintained to any thing like its present extent our demand for corn the produce of other countries must, from natural and obvious causes, be fluctuating and precarious. We doubt whether our graduated scale of duty adds much to the effect of that in equality of seasons which must necessarily occa sion a great inequality in the demand, for the produce of foreign soils, of every country that is in the habit of growing corn to an amount so nearly commensurate with its own consump tion as Great Britain is at this moment, and is likely, we hope, to continue. Nor ought it to be forgotten that the inequality of demand, whether arising from natural or artificial causes, is, in a considerable degree, counteracted and adjusted by the action of commercial enterprise and speculation, which constantly tends to preserve or restore the equilibrium. It must, how ever, be admitted that a fixed duty would be preferable to a duty fluctuating with the vatiations of price, if an equal certainty could be attained under the former as under the latter system that the law would in all possible cir cumstances be enforced. Experience, however, has shown that this is wholly impracticable. It may be confidently pronounced impossible that the Government of this or of any other country should persist in exacting a duty, however mo derate, upon the importation of grain during a season of actual dearth. At such a period of national suffering it would be so very popular, and, what is not always the same thing, it would in this case be so manifestly right and just, to remove every impediment to the ingress of food, that no Government could desire to persevere, and, if they desired to do so, no Government would dare to encounter the odium which must attend perseverance in any system which prac tically impeded importation. The fixed duty would certainly be suspended by Proclamation, or by a short Act of Parliament passed with a celerity to which the standing orders would offer no obstruction. The foreign corn-grower would reap a rich harvest, and the British farmer would find, as he has found before, that the protection which the law had promised him was a delu sion, and that the fair-weather contrivance of a fixed duty was the least fixed of all earthly things. From this inherent weakness the sys tem of a graduated ditty is entirely free. It has the merit, however little protection it promises to the farmer, of affording with certainty that little. It has the merit of presenting to the foreign grower the groundwork for his anticipa tions as to the market of Great Britain, which will not suddenly glide away. It has the merit of proclaiming conditions and regulations, for the importation of foreign grain, upon which mercantile calculations may be con fiw thisie t i strylyisntefi:oit:ientlidEmetddint bliTeirthsgehinireproach dcior s , er v cn l t l s i t c la h g,a,i t fin t l l tst e s. and starts," is less applicable to it than to that by which he is anxious that it should be super seded, for the system of " fits and starts" is really that which, professing to establish a fixed and invariable duty by authority of Parliament, practically realises its profession till a crisis arrives, and then repeals the duty abruptly and at once, with or without the authority of Par liament, just as it may happen. It is unnecessary to offer any other refutation of the opinion of the reviewer, that the protection now afforded to our domestic apiculture is excessive, than that which ire himself supplies, when he attempts to re commend a fixed duty of six or seven shillings per quarter as a substitute for the existing law, upon the express ground that the change would not produce any sensible reduction of price in the markets of Great Britain. —Morning Post. As the time approaches for the meeting of Parliament, it may not appear out of place to touch upon a theme which has been already discussed by the Westminster Review—viz., the possibility of avoiding the inordinate late hours to which the House of Commons was subjected last season, by a better economy and more systematic arrangement of its time. It is true an effort was made during the last Session, by commencing business, on stated days, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of disposing of the more formal matters brought before the House, to remedy the evil. But the remedy, as far as the prevention of late hours was concerned, en tirely failed, as it is well known that the House of Commons—during full one-half of the Session —notwithstanding the relief anticipated from its early commencement of business, sat as late (viz., till two, three, and four o'clock in the morn ing) as it had done during any preceding period. The author of a pamphlet, entitled " Practical Suggestions for the Internal Reform of the House of Commons," recommends, first, shortspeeches; and, secondly, that the House should be divided into ten Committees, for managing the affairs of the following departments :—first, Domestic Affairs; secondly, Foreign ; thirdly, Colonial ; fourthly. Scotland ; fifthly, Ireland ; sixthly, Expenditure, including all the great Officers of State ; seventh, Revenue ; eighth, Trades ; ninth, Law ; tenth, Regulations and Business of the House. He further recommends that the sit tings of these Committees be held on alternate Clays with the House. We feel assured that some arrangement of this kind might be benefi cially made. It appears, from a careful analysis, that one-twelfth of parliamentary business is real business. The rest is a series of formalities, or nothings, leading to no practical result, as may he gathered from the " Votes and Proceedings," which constituted a statement, daily published, by order of the House, of the amount of business lately performed. Ridicule has been thrown on Mr. Cobbett as well as the late Peter Moore, and others, for recommending early hours; but the above detail shows that, with a little management, they are, by no means, unattainable. They are, at all events, expedient. The coughs with which such pro positions have been occasionally greeted; con stituted a self-admonitory and rather ominous opposition. Late hours are calculated to pro duce shattered nerves. With shattered nerves come vacillating opinions—anything, in short, but that vigorous decision which is wanted to make a stand against the open inroads and secret allurements of intrigue and cor ruption. " A sound mind, in a sound body," is a good and sensible proverb. We do not wish to be extreme in our suggestions, and therefore it is not our proposal that we should go back to the Parliamentary hours of our hale and hearty ancestors (ignorant, by the way, whether they had nerves or not), whose hours were from ten and eleven to four in the of But why not imitate the salutary rc,_;:lations of of the American Congress, or even of the French Chambers, whose discussions are always con ducted in honest dayli g ht, and are generally over by four or five in the afternoon. We have lost several statesmen by over exhaustion, and the total derangement of the digestive functions produced by late hours. We believe that there are few medical men who will not concur with us. The consequences of late Parliamentary hours were demonstrated in the cases of Fox, Pitt, Sheridan, and others who lay in bed all day, to the neglect of their private affairs, over whelmed by the deep sense of lassitude resulting from the inordinate mental and physical excite- ment of the preceding night. Mr. Canning' fell a sacrifice to the over-laxing and over excitement of his mind ; the digestive or gans were impaired—those physical organs so closely connected, by the most delicate machinery, with the mental—inflammation fol lowed, and mortification in a few days hurried on the catastrophe. It was, beyond a doubt, from the same source that we have endeavoured to detect, that the suicides of Whitbread, Romilly, and perhaps of Londonderry, arose. We are not arguing that the exertion of the highest mental power on the part of the Legis lator ought to be restrained, nor do we believe that, wholesomely exerted, the highest degree of continued mental occupation is calculated to do the least injury to the frame, but rather the contrary. There are, however, physical bounds which we cannot pass with impunity. There are also too ambitious soarings of the in tellect, in which the clay with which the noblest mind is wedded, will teach it that it has affinities to earth as strong as to heaven. Extra stimulants and means of over-excitement 'hould, at all events, be avoided ; and thus brings us back to the final object of this our " chapter on heads," viz., that the best means which our legislators can adopt to avert the evil tendencyof that power to mortgage the future vital functions by present over-mental excitement,which power belongs exclusively to the higher orders of genius, is to abstain from the stimulating ac tion of late Parliamentary hours. We recom mend that business at St. Stephen's should end sooner and .begin earlier. Or if the latter con summation, after the change made last session, be considered impracticable—that the House, by a more systematic distribution of its labours,' and by the limitation of long speeches, should enable itself at least to break up at midnight. Twelve hours—from twelve to twelve—are quite long enough for any man, or body of men, to devote to business at one sitting. Beyond that the probability is that they will either not do justice to that business, or to their own physical efficiency of attending to it on the following day.—Morning Advertiser. BoNDAGE.—Diodorus says, that among the ancient Enrptians, one of the conditions of their marriage contracts was, that " the hus'Aancl should be obedient to his wile." " I have often heard speak," he adds, "of the E 4 yptian blndlge, but never knew it had been cArried so fa as this before." RELIC OF ANTIQUITY. Between Dun ham and Darlton, near Retlord, there has existed for a series of years a beautiful cedar tree, of dimensions con siderably Larger th in usually attained in this country, being upwards of torty_two feet high, and nearly twenty round the body. During the storm of Tuesday week, however, this beautiful tree was completely uprooted. But the most singular part of this affair r.mains to be told ; underneath its totals was discovered a rude stone coffin, of rather large dimensions, in a state of excellent pre servation, containing a quantity of dust and several human bones, which are sta'ed to he those of a female ; another skeleton was also found close by considerably larger. It becomes a matter of inquiry whether the planting of this tree was commemorative of the indivi dual whose bones have thus been exposed, or whether the ancient relic was not interred there, antecedent to such an event. There formerly existed a village here abouts. called Wymington, or Wytneston, and there is every appearance of its having been haere,astheterarcs the name foundations are yet distinctly visible,and it still bears name of Wympton M00r...-Derbyshire Courier. THE ARMY. (From the Limerick Chronicle.) The 85th or King's Light Infantry in this Garrison expect to form part of the contemplated expedition to Portugal, in conjunction with a battalion of the Grenadier Guards. Two companies of the 85th march from the New Bar racks on 111.nday, one from Killaloe, and the other for Tipperary, Captain French to the former place, and Capt. St. Quentin to the latter. Lieut.-Colon e l Hutcheson has arrived at Bonilla)llig, and has asaumel the command of the Royal Artillery in the southern district, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Turner, C. 8., appointed to the command of the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar. The hall-pay of the under-mentioned Officers has ben cancelled from the 21st instant, inclusive, upon their accepting a commuted allowance for their commissions:— Lieut. W. Hatch, half pay Near Brunswick Fencibles; Lieut. C. W. Webster, h. p. 46th ; Lieut. W. C. Sharp, h, p. Waegon Train; and Adjutant 4th East India York Local Militia ; Ensign A. Wilkinson, b. p. Canadian Fen cibles ; Lieut. W. F. Archdall, h. p. Royal West India Rangers. Several persons in this city and neighbourhood are now in receipt of their portion of the Deccan priz e money ; mostly as representatives of the orignal captors, who have died. The ag.nts, in reply to some queries addressed to them, state that " the mode required to be adopted by soldiers to obtain their prize money is to draw a bill ac cording to the circumstances of their case, and transmit the same to the agent of the regiment to which they be• longed, who will obtain the money and transmit it to them. _ Private Gordon, of the Royal Regiment of Infantry, was tried by Courtmartial on Wednesday at the Royal Barracks, Dublin, " for attempting to strike Livut. Hum phries, of the Roy.il R-giment, when in the execution of his duty as Subaltern of the day." Colonel Mitchell, of the Royal Artillery, President. Result not known. The Mi itary Cuminission, which comprised several officers of distinction, besides able men of business, has been brought to a somewhat premature conclusion, owing to the feeling of the highest person in the realm being decidedly opposed to the changes lately contemplated, and which would have involved the abolition of the office of Master-General of the Ordnance, now held by Sir James Kempt, who was, in former times, honoured with the marked friendship of the late Duke of York, and of his Majesty, then Duke of Clarence. Sir James, though named in the Commission, never assisted in its deliberations, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the " London New Price Current" of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The Sugar Market last week was steady; the good and fine qualities continue scarce, and command high prices ; the mid, and inferior are still heavy at rather lower rates. There have been rather extensive inquiries for West India Muscovades this forenoon, but the holders have been so firm in demanding rather higher prices that the estimated sales of the day are only 700 hhds. and trs. ; the prices are fully supported. By public sale this day the Barbadoes Sugar, 126 hhds., being a good parcel of Sugars, and much wanted, went off with briskness 641. to Is. per cwt. higher, 575. a 60e. The week of West India Sugar is now 28,165 hhds. and trs., being 8,132 more than last year. The stock of Mauritius 79,875 bags, being 22.698 more than last year. The delivery of West India 2,766 hhds. and trs., being 323 more than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 6,803 bags, being 1,013 less than the corresponding week of 1833. In Refined there is very Ilitle variation; the fine Crashed has sold in parcels 30s. 6d. to 31s. ; few parcels are left on the Market. There are extensive orders in town, but they generally are limited to pi ices under the present currency; the inferior goods manufactured from Foreign Sugars are offered lower, for one parcel 295. 3d. has been paid. The wholesale grocers have taken rather large parcels of fi::e goods for the home consumption at steady prices. There is no alteration in Refined this afternoon ; fine Crashed 319.. and very few sales of other goods. MAURITIUS SUGAR.—The salts of Maritius Sugar last week 11,683 hags were chiefly of good and fine qualities; they all sold at full market prices, except the mid, and lower, which are still heavy. EAST INDIA SUGAR..—The East India Sugars offered at public sale have gone off with briskness at rather higher prices ; about 1,000 bags Siam sold, yellow at 225. 6d., law to good white 235. to 255. 6d. ; 765 bags Manilla, soft low and low roil. greyish yellow, 21s. 6d. to 225. 61. ; Bengal, made on the new principle, strong low to fine white, 285. to 355. I.OKEIG N SUGAR. —There have been nearly 1,200 boxes Havannah offered at public sale, nearly the whole with drawn, on account of the few buyers ; since then 200 boxrs soft yellow have been sold at 2 - I.s. ; the small par cels of Brazil lately sold are at lower prices, they were chiefly damaged. Average price of sugar 11. S.. 74d. per cwt. WEST INDIA Motasszs.—'there are no sal.q; reported, the Market is heavy,' and the former prices cannot now be real zed. COFFEE. —The quantity of Coffee at public sale last we k was extensive, consisting of 162 casks and 765 bags British Plintatioa, and 4,572 bags East India and Foreign, nearly the who e a ild, the Foreign and East India at a general tednetion of Is. to 25., consisting of Brazil, and Porto Rica ; the East India, Ceylon, Java, Mysore, Somatia, Rice. &e. The British Plantation de scriptions went off heavily, but without any reduction in prices. This day's public sales 159 casks 14 barrels Bri tish Plantation, Dominica, Berbice, anti Jamaica, the latter was taken in, being in second hands ; the Berbice sold heavily at previous M 'rime prices; the Dominica was nearly all taken in ; 1,156 bags Batavia sold with more spirit and a shade higher; fair quality 555. to 565., ordi nary 534. 6d. COCOA.—A parcel of 703 bags Trinidad Cocoa has been sold ; ord. red and good grey, 395. to 495., being a fall of 34. to ss. in the prices. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.--There is little alte ration to notice in Rum ; the stock of Leewards is now reduced to a less quantity than what is re quired for the Government contract ; the latter supply goes from the stocks of the contractors ; the quotations of Leewards must he considered nominal, as the small stocks left in the ware houses are not in the hands of the importers; few parcels of Jamaica now offer under St. In Brandy and Geneva there is no alteration. IRISH PROVISIONS.-The Irish Provision Trade, as re lative to last prices, remains stationary, although the general feeling is that a large supply will be required before the Ist of April ensuing; it is expected that all the old India Beef and Pork will meet with ready sales before on the that i,,,p period ; this atioriof will have aon new, whichwillcunsdrab undoubtedly ily i e ti n fln h u a e nc c e e tie value of the latter : prime new India Beef landed 71. 2s. 6.1. per tierce; ditto India Pork 41. 15e. to 41. 165.; prime Mess Beef 51. 10s., prime Mess Pork, 50 pieces, 21. 15s, TALLOW.—The Tallow Market has been steady, but there is rather a tendency to decline ; the quotation at a late hour was 434. to 485. 6d., and for forward delivery a little lower. Seices.-Pepper continues heavy ; the late sales are gold heavy, 41d. to 48d., ord. half heavy, 38 I. to 31d. Extensive parcels of Cassia Lignea.have been ,oid at former prices, 744. to 761. This day's public sale 200 bags Pt mento, only a small proportion sold, 44-d. to 413-1., which is rather lower. . COTTON.-The Cotton Market remains in a state of stagnation. Toe lite purchases do not exceed 300 bags Surats, at 52 1. to 6d. liengals at 61d. litcx.—Rice continues heavy ; some inferior Java has been sold at Bs. 6d. Some old Carolina, full of weevil, offered st public sale, was taken in at 30s. FRUIT.-There is an increase in the demand for low Fruit, and fur Currants. In the other descriptions there are few sales. SALTPETRE.—SaItpetre is steady. Good refraction 335. and 333 ; low at 325. 6 1., and Madras 30s. to 31s. This day's public sales 1,604 bags, the whole of a law refraction, 295. a 31s. 6d. INDino.—The sale commenced the 21st, and ended the 27th instant. Th e quant i ty declaredwas 4,359 chests, but doting th e progress of the sale 657 chests were withdrawn. The sale commenced with the Com pany's 1,776 chests, w hi c h were upon the whole a more inferior parcel than th e usua l c h aracter o f t h e ir goods, consisting chiefly of middling and consuming qualities , which were all sold ; the bctter qualities from 2d. to 6d. below last sale's rates, and the inferior ones from about last sale', prices to 3d. lower. The private trade was well supported by the proprietors, many of them buying in whole marks at full last sale's prices; in cAlsequence of news having arrived from Calcutta to the date of the 2.1 of Sptember, stating that the crop had experienced considerable injury from heavy rains and inundations. Tois with the support given by the proprietors, caused the last three days of the sale to advance 4d. per lb. upon the rates at which the Company's goods had sold. The orders from the Continent di'l not appear numerous; but the home trade have bought freely. About 800 elie,ts bought in. Prices m iy be thus quoted compared with last sale :—Good cud fine 3d. a bd.. lo ver; good mill. and mid. 2d. a 4d. ; consuming Just sale 31. lower ; Madras last sale's ;prices. The bought in goods may be considered last sale's pricei'ti) - 81; higher. The distxibue tion of the Indigoes disposed of titay . he anus namedt.rr About 1.100 chests for export, 1,2 •70 for !time use, sad about 600 taken by specul Mors.. T proprietors have re.. ruined ahmit 750 chests. INDIGO, LAC DYE, &c.—At public sale this thy 45 woos Guatemala Indigo for export only went from 3s. 2d. to 4.. 7.1. per lb., part bought in ; 8 serous for home consumption or export.tion 4s. to 4.. 7,1 per lb. Nine teen chests Lac Dy e , Is. to Is. l Id. p er lb ., b oug h t i n . 910 bundlt.s Munjeet 235. per cwt. Also at public sale tl.is day 76 chests D. 'l'. Lac Dye, bought in at 2s. per lb., and 6 chests L D. Lac Dye sold at Is. ipe Oil his advanced to 40a., at which there are large soles ; 42, is now asked, Linseed Oil is a shade lower. GLASGOW MARKETS. (From the Glasgow Herald of Monday.) SUGARS.-The trans ,ctions in Raw Sugars have been extensive this week, the soles amount to 105 hhds. and try. ; dark browns 475. 61. a 48+ ; good browns 495. a 504. ; low mid. 51s. a 51s. 6d. ; good mid. 525. a 545. 6d. ; good 564. ; no fine market. 100 puns. Deme rara molasses were sold at 23+. Refined Sugars are steady. Brown loaves 70+. up to 80+. for fine ; very fine 81s. s 84.. Cindy. 94d. aIO 1. Crashed Sugars are still scarce and selling freely ; low browns 525. a 535. ; brown. and yellow+ MY. a 58+. ; mid. and good mid. 595. a 625.; good and fine 63+. a 665. Treacle dull at 18+. 6d. COFFER. 75 bag+ Demerara Coffee were sold by auction ; broken 81s. ; good fine ord. 88s. a 90s. 6d. No sales made in Pimento, Ginger, or East India Rice. Rum. -100 puns. Jamaica Rum were sold at 2.. 4d. for 16 over proof. No sales made in Leeward., which are held at 2s. Id. for proofs. No sales made in Dyewoods. ASHES.-Ashes are flat; Pots 245. 6d. a 251.; and Pearly 26+. TA! Low.—Y. C. Tallow is selling in small parcels at 465. a 465. 6,1. OlLS.—Fish Oi 201.; and Cod 181. ils are steady; Whale 181. ; Pale Seal , a 181. 109. per tun, old measure. MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 1 Beans. s. to s. 40 50 s. to s. s. to s. 25 32 14 19 34 18 'lO 34 20 26 26 32 15 22 26 32 14 20 28 33 17 22 26 30 16 18 30 32 16 2 , 2 i 3 30 16 22 s. to B. 32 40 40 35 40 36 40 30 34 36 40 34 40 38 40 26 40 48 50 46 52 44 54 46 51 44 48 40 52 46 58 COUNCRY COR Per Quarter. Boston Gainsborough Grantham Lincoln NORWICH, Jan. 25. Wheat (per qr.) —40 s, 525. 60s. Beans (per qr.) ......... 335. 345. Barley---- 203. 265. 355. Pease, 0rey...............„. 365. 475. Oats —..... 2os. 245. 265. Flour, fine (per sack) 41s. 435. CANTERBURY. Jan. 25 Wheat, white 575. to 635. to ...11• —red 48s. to 6 P S OW.OO Old —s. to —s Barley, Malting 265. to 325. Grinding.. 225. to 275. Oats Beans 31s to 35 s .1.0.11 l to ...So Pease 30s. to 365. Grey —... 30s. to 345. MANCHESTER, Jan. 2 Wheat, per 701 b. Bs. Od. to Bs. 2d. Red Barley, per 601 b 5 0 5 6 Oats Beans, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels Flour, per Sack of 2801 b :. 7s. 94. to Ss. Ni. IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET NC 3 . 2 .... 36 0 39 0 .... 5 0 5 3 .... 38 0 42 0 .... 40 0 46 0 RKETS, From 1,596 Wheat,per barrel 20 stone 19 0 115 Bete. l6 stone 10 9 198 16 stone 12 0 2,464 Oats 12 stone 8 3 17,912 Cwt. 9 stone' 6 0 872 Oatmeal 8 stone 9 0 Sold to Uakers only. 14,990 Cwt. Flout ---- 12 0 16 0 Average price of Wheat and Flour 38s. CI. per _ n s, --. from 12s. Od. e g•ING. Firsts, from 17s. ed, Receipta of Flour, s ee . PRICE OF BRICAD. Sales of Do. 12,942 from od. .7%d. I Half Quartern........... IDAY, Jan. 21. To Average. 27 6 22 6 11 6 11 0 14 0 12 2 II 0 9 8 18 0 0 14 0 11 4 If. O lack. to 18e. to 163. Od• to 9., Dd. Quartern Loaf. CORK MARKETS.—Jan. 25. Wheat (per 20st.) Barley (per 16st.) Oats (per I4st.) Flour iper cwt.) Oatmeal (per cwt.) lO 6 12 0 Beef, sd. to 6d. ; Mutton, sd. to 6d. ; Veal, 6d. to Bd. ; Pork, 2d. to 2/d. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to 12d. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. To the Country. First Quality _l?s 64s. Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth 58 4B 47 37 38 '27 30 CLONMELL MARKETS.—Jan. 24. Per Cwt. s. d. s.d. s. d. s. cl• New Butter 7O 0t072 0 Hides (raw) 32 0t034 ° Oatmeal 11 0 0 Bacon pigs '9 0 '25 6 „ Rendered Lard 30 0 37 0 Heads 17 0 -- Per Bag. 0 34 Of Flour, Thirds 25 0 -- 0 28 0: Fourths 15 0 -- Per Barrel. Flour, Second ....- -Household— O :113ailey ...11 6 13 1 O 11 0 Coats - 3 2 3 g Per . tone. O 1 3 Tallow (rough)... 5 0 5 0 8.1 0 811 Potatoes 0 a} 0 0 Per Pound Fresh Butter 1 0 1 2i Mutton 0 4 0 Beef 0 3 oal Veal (1 41 0 Rapeseed 20 Rere 10 Wheat. 1 Oats KILKENNY.—Butter 74; to 78s. per cwt. ; Wheat 20.. to . per barrel ; Flour 12s to 3 s. per bag, Oats lOs to Us per D 3; rel ; Barley Ils. to 12s. ; Beef 3d. to 314. per lb.; Mutton 4j' to NI. ; Potatoes 4d. per stone; Coals Is. Id, per cwt.; BaCou Pigs 265. to 275. Od. per cwt. SCOTCH HADDiNoToN co Wheat. First sss Od Second sos Od 48, Od There were 411 qrs. A verage. I Barley, 30s 6.1 Od 2.4 s Od of Wheat h 19 Wm°ld DALKI 2:!'H CUR Beane. 254 Od Od 26s Od were sold. MARKETS. RN Al A RKET.—Jan. 24. Vats. I M 17a 6,1 Pease. 29s 9d 26s Od 16s Od 24+ Od ii market,422 whereof —0 Grey. 21. 11s:10.1. 9-12ths G'l'.—Jan. 23. .ri.sa4oeci Beane. "4 283 Od 285 Od . 1 26t MI 263 Od N MARK Wheat. Barley. Oats. First sB> Od 29s at 20s Od Second Third 36s Od 19s Od 14s 8d MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, Jsiv.:3o. M lA J. Coles, miller, Maid's Morton, Buckinghamshire i at 1 DIVIDENDS. 0. It. Allen and It F. Maitland, chymists, Watford atll J. Hurst, bookseller, Waterloo-place li J. E. Watson, merchant, Bucklersbury C. Saxe, tailor, Conduit-Areet, Hanover square l2 J. I. Watt , stock-broker, Angel-court, Throgmorton.street II H. Co .k and D. Prince, merchants, Coleman-street 10 J. Horsley, merchant, Billiter-square THE WEATHER.-Never, we believe, in the experienced w ee n r t,;: eat D h e u r ri n a g s hastoli etiresome r three Bomnrnuu::::;thtsyi:i wet Y e' a‘rvasnadeli of boisterous ete s e passed without drenching rain's by which the land has been rendered so moist, as mate rially to impede agricultural operations. Within these two weeks, the weather has been very much like that of an April hour, " tears and smiles together," the landscape now Eleaming amidst the brightest sun,bine, and nova Overcast with clouds and tempest. The farmers are be• ginning to be extremely anxious fur frost, as in the present state of the soil—almost reduced to a pulp—their hand' are completely tied up. It is remarkable that, in this/ neighbourhood, we have been visited with only one slight shower of snow, which scarcely covered the ground, and disappeared almost as soon as it fell. To day the rain hat been incessant, rising cessa rapidly.—Glasgow nt,pi i(ly.—Gaccompaniedlusguoiw Argos.thheavysquialls, and the river BIRTHS. On the 24th inst., at Steberry, Somerset, the lady of A. 0' Hinuber, Esq., of a daughter. On the :Nth inst., at East Dulwich, Mrs. John Jackson, o f a son. On the 29th inst., the lady of Geo. Laurence, Esq., of Bur,' court, of a son. On the 24th inst., at the Paragon, Blackheath, the lady 0( John Meadows White, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the inst., at St. Mary's, Paddington, John 'rhonlal Williams, Esq., second son of the late William Williams, Esq. of Plasy Ward, Denbighshire, to Elizabeth Sophia, eldet- 3 daughter of Sir Richard Ottley, late Chief Justice of the Island of Ceylon. Or the 18th inst., at West Farleigh, Richard Miller, Esq' of Linton-hill, Kent, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late FA' ward Charlton, Esq., of West Farleigh, Kent. Esq., of Bel'mount, nea t DIED. On ndo t On the 25th inst., on ii i 3 wa y to Bath, the Rev. C. H. Va va. sour, A. 8., aged 37. On the 24th inst., Mrs. Charlotte Har vey, o f Tunbridge, bent.Lot i l e er 2 cy d , i i7 t h a y m ear 5 . 1 On the 27th inst., at Little Berkhanistead, erts, Caroline, second daughter of Thomas Daniell, Esq., aged I On the 27th inst., Mr. John Gaisford, of Turner-stre et ' Whitechapel-road, formerly of Westbury, Wilts, aged 66. On the '27th inst., at Lewisham, John Willmott, Esq., aged PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MU lIDO YOUNG,ATIIIS SUN OFFICE, 112, STR♦\D. i.~ ` y