The Sun. — London, England, 1831-04-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS• We publi4l in another column the Customary etatement of the revenue fpr the year and quarter. ending yesterday, compared with that of the year and corresponding quarter ending the sth of April, 1830. It will be seen that the amount of the reve nue for the year which has just expired is 45,759,114/., and that its amount in the 12 months ending the sth of April, 1830, was 46,891,061/.; thus leaving a deficiency on the whole year of 1,134,9471. The deficiency on the quarter ending yesterday, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, is proportionally more consider able. The cause or the deficiency in both cases is to be found, not in any falling o6' in the resources of the country, hut in the reduction of taxes; and the same cause also explains the difference in the pro portions of deficit between the year and the quarter. It will he observed, in looking at the tables, that more than the whole of the deficiency of the revenue occurs in the Excise, and that the loss in this branch has been counterba►anced in some degree by an in crease in the Customs. Now it is only necessary that we should recollec► the financial measures in troduced in the early part of last Session to account for this falling off in the Blase. It will be remem bered that the beer duty, producing a revenue of more thait ,000,000 - 1. a-year, was repealek—that the leatheseduif; producing nearly 400,000/., was likewise repealed,--Together with a small duty on cider, producing about 30,000/.; making in all shoo , 3,500,000/. Though the deficiency on the year, therefore, had been greater, the reduction of taxes would have accounted for it. But the whole effect of the reduction was not felt in these duties till after the October quarter, and consequently the quarter ending the sth instant must have been ex pected to exhibit a larger falling off than any of the anterior quarters of the present financial year, as compared with the corresponding quarters of the last. The deficiency of 740,3091. multiplied by four would only give us 2,961,236/. as the loss on the whole year, whereas, by the reduction of taxe , , it might have been expected to amount to 3,500,0001. The difference may therefore be regarded as the measure of improvement in those branches of the revenue which are still maintained; and this im provemer►t may be estimated at more than half a Million. At the time of proposing the repeal of the beer duties, it was calculated that the increase in the consumption of malt, and consequently in the revenue derived from the. tax on that article, would to a certain extent compensate for the loss of the revenue on beer. We have not the returns of the malt drives for the last year before us, but we believe that this anticipation has been fully realized.. The revenue has improved even beyond t h e calculations of the late Chancellor of the Exche quer detailed to the House of Commons on the 15th of Mach, 1830. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated that he expected to lose within the year 750,000/. on the repeal of the beer duty, which was to take effect from the 10th of October, and 200,000/. on the repeal of the leather duty, which was to commence from July, making in all 950,0001. Pruceed'ng on the same data, the deficiency in the quarter ending the sth of April should be, for beer dirties 750,000/., and for leather duly 100,000/., making 550,000/. These two sums added together make 1,500,000/., which might have ben expected to be the amount of the deficiency in the present veer as compared with the last. The real defi ciency being only 1,134,9471., shows an improve miqrt in the existing branches of the revenue of more than half a million. This certainly affords an encouragement for the reduction of taxes, though the experiment might be dangerous if carried too far. The falling-off in the Stamps and Assessed Taxes is too inconsiderable to create any apyre hension or alarm.—Tee... The Duke of Wellintiton's avowed hostility to Parliamentary Reform, in any slotpe or in any de gree, must be a source of mortifying reflection to thousands, who, exulting in the splendour of his military career, cannot but grieve to see that .splen dour tarnished try his Graces evident want of tact and generalship as a Minister. For, supposing the Duke sincere, as no doubt he is, in his hostility to all . Reform, and in his alarms as to its danger, who, w may ask, had so prominent a hand in accelerating the crisis he so much deprecates as his Grace him self, by his ill-judged and untimely avowal of that hostility at the commencement of the present Ses sion of Parliament ? and whe, next to the Duke himself, have so much accelerated the arrival of the great object of all their present groundless fears and alarms as the other leaders of the same party, who have, from titne to time, done all in their power to prevent the smallest approach to any attempt at healing, by aegrees, those wounds in the Consti tation which now call for a so much larger and more ample remedy ? The Duke of Wellington, on this one subject, at least, forms a striking instance of the rare and extraordinary fact, that it is pos sible for a man, endowed with strong powers of genius in one particular department, to pass through the scenes of a long arid active life without acquiring that knowledge of mankind, arid of the real state of affairs, which one would think must be almost forced upon him. This ignorance, however, is not peculiar to his Grace's profession, but often attaches even to lawyers, who, embarked in a profession which might be imagined to give them peculiar facilities, are often as ignorant of teal life, and of the true stare of public concerns, as if they were the veriest Monks that were ever buried in a cloister. But the Duke of Wellington refuses to learn experience even from himself. As far as the former has yet advanced, his Grace's conduct on the Reform question furnishes an exact parallel to that on the not less celebrated one of Catholic emancipation. Then, as now, the Duke saw nothing but danger in the agitation of that question— nothing but ruin in its concession. Yet what was the result but that in a few short months the country saw the Duke the proposer and the advocate of this very measure so prophetically denounced, and the Duke lived to see the measure passed, without its having produced, by his own present adreiasion, the smallest degree of danger or ruin whatever ? So mud) for the Duke's political sagacity and foresight — a nd so much fcr the reliance which the country is crillsd upon to place upon a similar ebullition of anxiety and alarm. We do not argue the matter in this point of view so much with reference to any vast importance which we attach to the Duke of Wellington's opinion upon the subject, as from a feelorg of regret at seeing a public man, who stands so ',sombrero and eminent in the history of the age, risking his high character in one department by we. trig it in another. We should rejoice to see the Duke of Wellington in advance, not in ari ear, of the age. We should wish to see him one of the first subjects of a free country—the friend, not the enemy, of free institutions. But, if this cannot he so, we would warn the most credulous among our countrymen to attach no weight to the Duke's alarms on the subject of Parliamentary Reform, seeing how very lately his Grace's similar alarms en that of Catholic Emancipation have been completely falsified, and have vanished into air.—Morning Herald. In almost every society it is assumed as a matter of ecturtts that the Reform proposed by Ministers must •beco me law, and to this event most anti reformers, from their subdued tone of bee, seem to be fully resign er . produce but little The stories of Court intrigue s impression on the public, because it is known that no men in their senses would ever think. of running counter to the feeling which per vades the whole Br i t i sh nation, Whatever the in clinations of people about Court may be, even if we had not the s tron g est assu rances of his Majesty's unshaken deter mination to support Lis present Minis• ters, we might be sure that he has t oo much good se nse to expose the cou ntr y to the dangers w hi c h would necessarily result from a disappointment of their Well-founded expectations. The people kn ow , too, that the boroughmongers are without sup.' port—that no Minis ry cats be formed on the prin. ciple d opposition to Reform, or, what is the same aim!, a " bit and bit" Reform. The tirrre has passed when a Reform, which should leave the ' power of the boroughmonger intact, would be ac cepted. Nothing less than the total annihilation of bo roughmongeritrg will now satisfy them: Thi instinct of the people of England leads them to embrace and cordially to support the course which prorniseste pry- Serve order and tranquillity. Having once expressed themselves in favour of Reform, they will take care by their unanimity to extinguish in the evil-disposed all hope of being able to disturb tranquillity. The public man who sees this must be insane to think of forming a Government of which the object is to baulk the people. 'Many think that a dissolution will yet be necessary. We confess we do not. The specimens of public spirit at the elections which nave lately taken place must satisfy the most fac tious that a dissolution would soon set matters right,. and entail on them a fruitless expence.—Morning Chronicle. At a meeting of the Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply of the county of lladdington, on Thursday last, Mr. Grant Suttie, younger, of Balgone, " thought there would be but one opinion in this meeting, that as the people of Scotland were the most industrious, the best edu cated, the most religious and intelligent community in gurope, so far from there being danger of their being entrust"! with the elective franchise, if any population ought to be entrusted with universal suf frage, it was that of Scotland." The same Paper (7Ye Scotsman of Sltorday las►,) which ccn tams the report of Mr. Grant's speech, fur nishes accounts of outrages by - the mob in se veral towns of Scotland, not easily reconcileable with the picture he gives us of the civilisation of the lower orders of Scotchmen. Most of the towns of Scotland were illuminated on Monday week on account of the second reading of the Reform Bill. In Dundee, the illumination is described as having been splendid. The police, however, having in terfered (it is said unnecessarily) with a bonfire, at a late hour in the evening, a riot commenced, and the constables and police were assailed with showers of stones, and driven off. In the course of the skirmishes, however, forty of the crowd were seized and put into the cells. Would it be believed that this trifling affair led, next day, to the most serious commotions, and to a complete victory of the mob over the Civil Authorities ; and that it was even necessary to send to a town more than twenty miles distant for military aid ? " On Tuesday the general impression was, that the people about the fire had been unnecessarily interfered with, and roughly treated without any adequate cause, and that if they had been allowed another hour to burn out their fire without interference, except to the extent of prevent ing additional fuel from being put on, the crowd would have quietly dispersed. The Justices met early on Tuesday, when the prisoners were brought before them, and all discharged except three, who, it was said, had been striking constables. It is a pity that the hail which, we understand, several gentlemen offered to give for these individuals, was not taken ; for their offence was clearly bailable ; and, from the crowds which covered the High-street during the greater part of the day, it might have ht en anticipated that something serious would happen, unless all the prisoners were liberated. These crowds continued to increase till betwixt seven and eight o'clock, when a fresh commotion began, to which no adequate force could be opposed. About nine o'clock, a boat with a barrel of tar in it was drawn up the Murray-gate, and kindled below the piazzas of the gaol, whereby the Justices and others in the Council-room ran some risk of being suffocated by the spoke. The police office was then as sailed ; the door was burst open by means of a beam of wood, used as a battering ram ; the Superintendent of Police, and others who were in the office at the time, made their escape by a back way ; the prisoners were re leased ; the police.office was sacked ; the Superintendent's hooks, the greater part of the furniture, the benches of the Court room, the watchmen's great coats, rattles, &c., were thrown out into the lane, and burned in a heap before the door. The town was completely in the hands of the mob. The Earl of Airlie came to town in the morning, to per form his duty as Lord Lieutenant of the county. He ad dressed a crowd from the stair of the police office, but the noise which prevailed prevented him from being heard. He was pelted with the fragments of the clothes which had been destroyed the previcus night. His Lordship shook them off with a good-humoured and unconcerned air; and his frank and noble bearing soon disarmed hos- tility. He left the town in the course of the day, and was loudly cheered by the crowds as he passed along the streets in his carriage. In the mean time, an ex press had been sent to Perth for military, and a small party of the 78th Highlanders arrived in town about mid day. By sun-set the High-street was covered with a dense crowd ; but it appeared to be evident that no farther attempt at commotion was contemplated. The mob were satisfied with the achievements of the previous night. Betwixt eleven and twelve o'clock the streets bad resumed their usual appearance at such an hour. The police, who, to avoid irritation, had been kept off the streets during the evening, were sent about their ordinary avocations ; and little or no fear, we think, need now be entertained of farther disturbances." It would be difficult, after perusing this account, not to arrive at the conclusion, that the lower orders of the Scotch in towns are far more ferocious than the lower orders of the towns of England. The actors in these outrages must hare formed a very large poi don of the lower orders of Dundee, a large and thriving city, and we must say our northern neighbours have strange ideas of religion, intelli gence, and education, when they assign them to persons capable of acting in this savage manner. In fact, we see in all these doings the peculiarties of a people recently subjected to the dominion of law, and in whom the habits of times, when men looked elsewhere for protection than to the law, are not yet extinguished. In Edinburgh itself the rabble seem to have conducted themselves very out rageously. The Caledonian Mercury of Thursday laq, observes— " After the specimen we have had on this occasion of the character of an Edinburgh mob, we most heartily con cur in the sentiments of our correspondents, who deprecate, as the greatest of possible evils, the repetition of an illu mination, either on the final passing of the Bill, or on any future occasion. We have heard some persons foolish en.►ugh (we are free to say so) to express an opinion unfa vounble to the Reform kill from the conduct of these mobs t we ask, if there was a single individual among them who will by the Bill be constituted an elector? As little do we believe that these ragamuffins were instigated by the Anti-Reformers to commit these outrages. The troth is, they seem to have been actuated by the pure and simpii love of mischief, and to have visited the friends and foes of Reform with the most admirable impartiality. The glaziers' apprentices, to be sure, had an interest in the ba , iriess, which led theta to he most active partisans of the row. In any future infliction , of the kind (if we should be so unfortunate as to be visited with it), we would re commend the Magistrates, as a first step, to collect the glaziers' boys throughout the town, and get them a night's lodgiags in the Castle, from whose lofty eminence they might feast their eyes with the blaze of light, without being led into the temptation of providing occasion for the exercise of their canine. The devastation committed in Itti2o on Queen Caroline's acquittal is said to have been about 700/. ; one of our contemporaries of yesterday sup poses that' the Ciiit Member's sinecure for one year would more than repair all the m;schief done.' That is to say, the the damage on the present is nearly four times as great as it was oz the former occasion. We wish he could pre vail upon the City Member to relinquish his sinecure for this year to discharge it, Perhaps the Town Council might make it a condition with him, for the honour of once more returning him to Parliament." The Scotsman says— " We have heard it repeatedly stated, and we know the opinion is held by many, that Some persons hostile to Re form, pr some blackguards hired by them, (141 most of the mischief, with a view of bringing odium upon the pro moters of the illumination. It is a fact that several per sons friendly to Reform had their windows smashed though well lighted. We know that a bookseller's in Prince's stree*, Whose liberal opinions are no secret, and whose illu mination was of scanty, had his windows broken by two stones and a leaden h 411.4 thrown against them with great force. We know, too, on goo, 4 Amthority, that two young gentlemen, about eighteen, heirs to gnn4 estate., and Anti-Reformers, as well as their connections, were seen by a person who kn.owa them, actively engaged in break ing „i n d ows . Our readers will also remember the case reported in our fast from the Poliee, of the near relation of an Anti-Reform M.P., who was Ailed 101. for his feats on that night." She merely no tice these =Runts as irreconeile able-with the high character given to the lower ordcri of S cote b men f o r their orderly behaviour. In every ( Nuntry ' i.t h ere i s a mob, and no one expects examples or orderly behaviour from a mob. But on all occasions Scotch mobs seem to act with more savageness and ferocity than the mobs of other coon. tries. These outbreakings would almost appear to justify the declaration of bir William Rae, the la'c Lord Ad:matte, that Scotchmen can never be as sembled in multitudes, without indulging in acts of violence and bloodshed. We are far from wishing to justify the individuals in Edinburgh, who fur. niched a handle to the mob, by disregarding the general feeling. At a Meeting of the Town Council of Edinburgh, the Lord Provost very sen sibly observed— " The Magistrates and Sheriff may have acted too cau tiously and slowly in what they had done, but they, con ceived, that after having issued a notice of a 4neral illumination in the city, that no persons would bq so re. itardless of public feeling and of their prochoatiorl, as to per , ist in remainimr siagular, and lay themset' open to the public indignation. He felt no pity for such sufferers, and he was much surprised that the damage was not a great deal mere." Those who choose to indulge in the luxury of singularity, must be content to pay for it. In all countries a prudent man will, if possible, abstain from running counter to the feeling of those among whom he lives. In Scotland the despotism of the multitude is more tyrannical, perhaps, than in any country of Europe.—Morning Chronicle. The statement of the revenue for the year and quarter just concluded is given in another part of our Paper. The Cus-oms present ,lan increase of 433,5651. on the year, and 194,804/. on the quarter ; in all the other items there is a de creas-, but, with the exception of the Excise, too inconsiderable to demand notice. The taxes, however, present an increase of a 1,860/. of the year. In the Excise there , - is a falling off of 1,371,220/. on the year, and 826,1631. on the quarter ; sums larger, it will be observed, than the total decrease in eit her instance, viz.-1.134,9.1 7/. on the year, and 740,3091. on the quarter; and when the very great reductions that have been effected in this department are taken into account, so fir from any feeling of despondency being entertained, there will appear CAII , P for congratulation on the imprAting state of the revenue. Fortuitous circumstances may at times produce partial depression, but there is an elasticity and vigour in the national resources which nothing can ultimately affect, unless the rash hand of innovation should be successful in its en deavours to destroy those happy institutions which afford to the country the means of developing her energies.—Morning Post. When men violently overact their part, the com mon sense of mankind never fails to regard their professions and conduct with suspicion. Braggarts generally prove to be cowards in their hearts. These whe seek and make occasions to proclaim to the world that they know no fear, invariably turn out to have been agitated all the while by the very ap prehensions which they have taken so much pains to dissemble. The falsest boasts are ever the loudest. In applying these remarks, which the uni form experience and observation of mankind have converted into maxims, to tie conduct of his Majesty's, Ministers, it would stem very safe to conclude that they endure at the present moment the painful consciousness of expiring power— that they feel the ground sliding rapidly from under their feet—that they know the'r Royal Master to be really averse from the revolution upon which they have pledged their political existence—and that they have not even that un bounded confidence in popular support which they so elaborately affect. We have been led to these reflections by the proceedings at a dinner given the day before yesterday by that eminently sagacious person, the Lord Mayor of the city of London, for the purpose apparently of gratifying his Majesty's Ministers by providing for them a fitting audience, to hear the eternal repetttiod of their assurance that they enjoy the full confidence, and their revolution ary project the unqualified favour of the King, and the reiterated expression of their secure reliance upon the success of a measure especially patronised by the Monarch and unanimously applauded by the people. It is unnecessary to add any thing to what we have repeatedly said as to the unconstitutional character of these appeals to the personal convictions of the Sovereign, or as to the indecent disrespect which they imply towards the Mead of the State. What is most worthy of attention in the transac tion is the feverish anxiety of Ministers, as exhi bited in their sedulous contrivances, to produce an impre.sion upon the public mind which there is abundant ground to believe erroneous, if we were to reason merely from the anxiety evinced, and the contris alices resorted to, in order to create it. We have at this city dinner, to which no doubt they repaired for the express purpose, first, the Duke of Sussex, then Lord Brougham, then Earl Grey, and last of all, Lord J. Russell ; protesting, as if the contest had been who should protest the harde,t, that in respect to the Reform Bill the King of Eng land is entirely of their way of thinking. Surely they must have a large fund of credulity who can believe an y thing which is protested with so much industry and emphasis. And wha', it becomes a matter of cu riosity to inquire, can be the use or purpose of thus dragging into the orgies of the Mansion-house the name, the opiniens, and the authority of the King ? Do Lad Grey and his colleagues anticipate that they will soon be placed in a similar position with regard to William the Fourth to that in which the Noble Earl once stood towards his excellent, con scientious, and patriotic father, George the Third ? Arid are they now industriously preparing the public mind, arid screwing up their own courage for the emergency in which they may think it expedient, us the Noble Earl thought on that memorable occasion, to cast the odium which belonged to Ministers upon the Sovereign ? Earl Grey, surely, of all living Statesmen, ought to be the most cautious how he pledges the name of the King. It must be taken as a sinister omen when he is seen arming himself fur a conflict in which the point at issue may once more be, whether the Monarch deceived the Minister or the Minister the Monarch. The Keg cannot be fettered by any pledge to promote the success of any particular mea sure until the period arrives for its receiving the Royal Assent. Nor will the combined assertions of the Duke of Sussex, Lord Brougham, Earl Grey, and Lord John Russell—assertions not only on, constitutional, but in the highest degree disrespectful, indecent, and mischievous—suffice, in the estima tion of a loyal and reflecting people, to divest the Sovereign of this valuable immunity, of this Royal privilege, the value of which the personages above mentioned so manifestly dread. As to the unanimous concurrence of the nation, of which the revolutionists make their secondary boast, we have fortunately the means of appreciating it, and the testimony urn which it res s. That the company at the Lord Mayor's dinner were unanimous we have no doubt. His Lordship would naturally think it his duty to take care that it should be. so. That the rabble who attend public meetings for the purpose of pre• venting, by their clamour, any voice except that of • 'evolutionists from being heard, are unanimous upon t he subject, we also believe. But we shall be greatly mistaken if Earl Grey and his colleagues do not speedily learn, to their mortification and regret, that neither the selected guests of Don Ky, nor the rabble whose vociferations determine the result of public meetings, constitute any adequate specimen of the British nation. —Morning Post. We give in another column the quarterly state ment of the revenue. It is, on the whole, much more favourable, in every respect, than the public had a right to expect. The total decrease on the quarter is 70,0001. ; and on the year, 1,134,9471. Such a statement would be alartning under ordi nary circumstances ; but, in endeavouring to discover the cause of the deficiency, it must be remembered that a foolish and most mischievous meaiure passed both Houses of Parliament last year, which dimi, nkhed the regular taxation of the country to the amount of upwards of three millions sterling, and that during the present quarter several taxes have been !emitted, the Bills for which have not yet received he sanction of the Legislature. Considering these circumstances, the revenue both for the year, and the qnarter just ended, is matter of great gratification. Instead of a diminution of three millions in the ac- Quint for the year, there is only a deficiency of some thing more than one, while in the quarter just ended, notwithstanding the taxes of which no account has been taken, and of the remission of which no doub ought to be entertained, there is a deficiency of only. 740,0001. Considering all these matte's, we think it must be apparent to every one, that a reduction of taxrs operates, to a Meat extent, to an increase, instead of a diminution, of the revenue; and that the best Chancellor of the Exchequer whom the country could see is one that would go the greatest ' lengths in the reduction of taxation. Lord Althorp is fully persuaded of this truth, and proposed, as our readers are aware, a Budget, than which none, so far as it went, could be more just and beneficial; but he was beaten,—or rather, he yielded too •easily to x pitiful and interested opposition,—and its main points were in consequence defeated. The revenue statement for the present quarter is, however, a proof of the sound principles on which that Budget was framed ; and we would fain hope that when the Reform Bill has passed, petitions, in equal numbers to those in favour of the Reform Bill, will pour in on behalf of an abolition, or reduction, of taxes on the articles—particularly glass—specified in it. The manufacture of the article alluded to is so much impeded by the tax, and the visits of the Excise, as to double its price !—Morning Advertiser. ICOItWI CPI, April 2. Wheat (per qr.) ... Ms. 735. 765. Beans (per qr.) —v.. 38. 44s Barley.-- 32.5. 40s. 421. Pease, Grey...—........ 38s. 445. Oats ........ 28s. 325. 345. Flour, fine (per sack) 535. 555. CANTERBURY. April 2. 745. to 78s. —s. to —s. Wis. to 755. —s. to —s. 38s. to 485....» Grinding.. 30s. to 365. 255. to 325. --s. to —s. 325. to 38s. . Old— 365. to 465. 38s. to hOs• Grey 0.••••••••••• 353.. to 40s. ,KETS —April Wheat (bushel) ..91.9,1. 101.0 d. Barley 6 5 0 Oats 2 9 3 0 Beans 6 5 0 Batter (Ib) —.-1 1 1 3 E.:gs (15) 0 1 0 Potatoes (peck) ...0 0 0 6 MAE KET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (Frera the London New Price Cterrext of yesterday.) SUGAR.-In consequence of the holydays there has been little business transacted in our markets; there have been only two days on which Sugars were on sale ; the buyers still appeared anxious to purchase, but, after a few new boards were cleared off, scarcely any samples of good quality appeared; of course we cannot quote any advance generally, but the few sales made were at very high prices. The stock of West India Sugar in London is now 10,592 hhds. and tra., which is 4,748 less than last year. The delivery of West India Sugar, last week, 2,188 hhds. and trs., being 658 less than last year. Of Mauritius, the de livery is 5,960 bags, being 3,940 less than in the corres ponding week of 1830. This day the market remains shut. The parcels of refined goods taken for shipment have been confined to the very low Lumps and to fine Lumps and Loaves, 755. and 765., the tnid. descriptions have been completely neglected. Several sales of Crashed are reported at 355. ; the market is firm, and the holders ask high prices. The wholesale Grocers have been pur chasing goods for the home consumption very freely ; no alteration can be stated in the currency.—The Refined market this afternoon is steady; Molasses dull, 235. 6d. a 245. FOREIGN SUGARS.—The inquiries after Foreign Sugar continue, but only about 100 chests Havanuah have been sold at 245. 6d., good yellow.—Sales of Havannah Sugar are reported to the extent of 400 chests; good white 345. to 355. EAST INDIA SUGARS.—The scarcity of West India Muscovades has occasioned a good demand for Mauritius, the holders are, in consequence, receiving a small advance on the late public sales. In Bengal and other East India Sugars few sales are reported. Average price of Sugar 265. 2d. per cwt. COFFEE.—The East India Coffee continues in demand, 2,370 bags Cheribon at public sale went off Is. a Is. 6d. higher, good 445. ord. mixed 38s 6.1. ; 482 bags St. Do amigo 40s. a 40a. 6d. ; considerable purchases by private contract are reported at 405., and of Brazil at 395. a 40s. In British Plantation descriptions there is no alteration. The inquiries after Coffee are continued this afternoon, and the market looks still more firm. It is calculated that the late sales by private contract exceed 2,500 bags, they are chiefly St. Domingo. The deliveries in London last week are extensive, 260 casks and 3,340 bags and barrels ; above 3,000 of the latter were for export. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDs.—In Rum there is little variation is price ; the m irket continues very heavy, some purchases of the lover qualities of Brandy are reported at Sc. 7d. In Geneva there is no alteration. The only purchase of Rum reported is a parcel of proofs free on board below 2s. More sales of Geneva are reported 2s. 6d. a 2s. 7d. on the quay. Deliveries of Rum last week 597 puns. and hhds., of which 342 were for home consumption. _ . . Hrwir, FLAX, AND TAl.Low.—The Tallow market has fallen 3s. a 4s. per cwt. since Tuesday last, owing to the sellers hiving paid the differences of their contracts; that is, if they contracted to deliver Tallow about 401. they paid the difference between that price and the price on the spot, which was 50s. and 50s. 64. ; on these arrange ments being completed the quotation fell to 475. and 475. 6(1., which is now the market price on the spot, and for September the contract price is now 40s. In Hemp or Flax there is no material alteration. Faturr.--At public sale damaged Cephalonia Currants 694. and 70s. for the caroteels, butts 675. and 68s. Tai►.—The market is very steady ; Boheas may he had a little under the sale's cost, Hysous command a small profit. Cocoa.—Trinidad Cocoa, good quality 50s. a 555. COTTON.—The export orders have been very consider able, but they appear completed for the present. The sales are considerable, the prices unvaried. hthico.—The market continues very firm, on account of the approaching sale being limited to about 3,500 chests. SALTPETRE.— There are more buyers of Srltpetre at 458. , but few sellers. The market assumed more firmness yes terday, on account of the march of the Aust,ian troops into Bologna, and the fall of the French Funds. The market previously had become very heavy. Tonacco. —Further sales of ordinary quality, 200 hogs heads are reported at 2d. and 211. Orts.—The demand for Seed Oil is extensive, a consi derable proportion is for export. There are more inquiries after Whale Oil ; best Southern Oil 341. 10s. and 351. SILK.—The to irket continues very flat, both in Italians and Bengal', but without any alteration in prices. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. , I Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. Per Quarter. s. to 8. s. to s. 8. to 8. 8. to 8. Boston — 0 -- 24 38 Gainsborough 74 43 26 45 Grantham . 70 88 40 46 21 30 36 45 Grimsby 6O 72 30 38 20 28 30 38 Honicastle---..... 64 76 34 42 22 28 36 40 Lincoln Spilsby 66 74 34 42 24 28 38 43 , 66 SI 37 47 24 38 64 74 36 45 22 31 38 48 LEWES MARKEY—ApriI:I. White Wheat (per quarter).....—X3 12 oto £4 0 0 Red ditto "••••••••••W~.12 3 10 0 3 18 0 Barley 1 12 0 1 18 0 Oats, New 1 5 0 1 7 0 1 10 0 1 14 0 Oil Cake, New l2 0 0 pet thousand. Wheat, Barley, Malting ----- Oats Beans .11.0... W.,•••••• Pease —.—......... EXETER MAP Beef (score)...--8s 6d.10,.0d. Mutton (lb.)_-0 5 0 61 Veal and myth-0 6 0 7 P. rk 4 0 6 Geese (eat --4 0 6 0 Ducks (ca,up'e)-3 6 5 0 Fowls 0 3 6 IRISH M. ARKETS. ----- Wheat, Barley. Oats. 1 Flour, per cwt. per barrel per b arre l per b arrel! 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. 2 4 s. d. a s.cl.ls.d. as.d. s. d. a s.d.is. 0. as. d. s. d.as. d. Cork 260 356 136 17 613 0 16620 0 23 0 7 0 20 1, I.imerick 133 0 38 4 14 6 158,11 9 15 018 0 22 0 0 0 15 0 Waterfor&2 B o 34 013 o 16 0115 0 150 is 0 22 010 o 16 0 Ciontnel —1:52 6 380 11 6 15 6110 6 12 620 0 22 0 12 0 18 0 Carlow ..-_- 300 37 017 0 18 6114 0 ISOI2O 6 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 p ß e e r e l f b ,. N p l e u r tt l o b n . ,l ---_- __ ........---. York, Ist. 2d. ill : l id tt l er 4 .--- h.sth. d. a d. d. a d. s. d. a s. d. s. d. S. (i. a. d. s. ti. s. d. Cork --.....-;3i 6 3 621 0 28 099 0980se 0 94 1,78 0 Limerick — ,3 4 3 432 0 35 0.99 098096090 0 84 0 Waterford 3 5 4 529 0 3! 0'99 090 78 0 fiB 057 0 Cl on mel —.3 5 3 431 0 32 0190 0880—0 0 0 4 Carlow — 51 0 0 00 0 0 1 95 0900 8 0 0 70 0 0 KILKUNNY.—Buteer RO! , . to 995. per cw t. ; Wheat 335. to 355. per barrel ; Flour 245. to 425. per bag; Oats 14s. to 15s. per bar rel; Barley 15s. to 16s. ; Beef 3d. to 6.1. per lb. ; Mutton 4d. Potatoes 4!4(1. per ston e; C oa l s I s. 2d. p e r cwt.; Bacon, Wi:ds3 ; 2s. to 335. per cwt. At the late dinner given in aid of the Thea trical Fund, many tvere.the shouts of laughtkr arising in different little groups about the table at stories retailed from the volumes of the dramatic veteran BERNARD, whose " Retrospections" supply more themes for mirth than any work of the kind. Many a man has already gained for himself the appellations of a wit, and a delight ful companion, merely by storing his memory with BEIt• I•7ARD'S glorious jokes and anecdotes. IRISH ASSIZES. . CORK,. APRIL 1. • . David Lillis, an uncommonly athletic and mus cular man, was placed at the bar, charged with the murder of Andrew - Glogan, at Shamin'', near Charleville, on Saturday, the 31st of July last. Honora Quill, examined by Mr. WOULFE for the Crown—On the day narne4 proceeded from the house in which the deceased resided, on a message for her mistress to Charleville, a distance of about seven miles, where sine met him, and learned that he had been there to sell two sheep. The deceased and witness agreed to return home together, and had proceeded a• far as Shandrum, within a couple of miles of their journey's end, when four men, amongst whom was the prisoner (whom she now positively identified), jumped from behind a ditch, and instantly attacked deceased in the most relentless and cruel manner. They beat him with sticks and stories, and left him as dead. The witness said " be was entirely dead, hut got his breath again." In a short time the deceased's sister and many of his neighbours came up, and, with great difficulty, removed him to his place of residence, where he lingered for three months, and then in reality died. John Gingen, brother of the deceased—Saw An. drew on the evening of the 31st of July, almost dead. There were numerous bruises and contusions .111 over his head and body, and it required the ut most caution on the part of the witness and others of his neighbours to remove him to his own house. On the day of his death his brother, having received the last rites of his Church, and knowing that his dissolution approached, sent for witness, and told him that Lillis (the prisoner) and a man named Cal laghan were among those who attacked him at Shandrum. The witness further stated that, about three weeks previous to the outrage, a pally of men, consisting of five on six, amongst whom was the prisoner, attacked his (witness's) house. They fired several shots, killed a dog, and flayed a saw almost in two. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty". His LORDSHIP then, in the most impressive man ner, addressed the unhappy man to the effect fol lowing :—David Lillis, you have been convicted upon the clearest testimony, of a foul and cruel murder. It now only remains for me to pass the awful sentence of the law on you, which is, that you, David Lillis, be taken from the place where you now stand to that whence you came, the gaol, and on Monday nest, the 4th April, be taken to the common place of execution, where— Here the wretched culprit, with extended atms, and with a very tremulous voice, from contending emotions, slid—My Lords and Gentlemen—'tis now all over—l know I mutt die—yes, Gentlemen, all around me, I know I hal e but a few days to live; but my Lord, I own to Gnd, and I say it now in his presence, and your presence, my Lord and Gentlemen of the Jury, that I am a murdered man. I own to God I never was present at the murder of that man, and that, my Lord, I am as innocent of it a: you are. My life is taken from me. He ci aced, and the Judge resumed—Where you are to be hanged by the neck until you are dead— your body to be afterwards delivered over for d6sec tion—and may the Almighty God have mercy upon yo►► The criminal retired, and with heavy step de scended from the dock. Joseph Nagle was put to the bar charged . with an as4aillt and attempt to murder Michael Cody, on the night of the 7th of September last. There were five counts in the indictment, but the grava men of the charge was included in three—viz, the intent to murder, to maim, and to do bodily harm. His LORDSHIP sent the case to the Jury, who returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended. the prisoner to mercy. His LORDSHIP then addressed the prisoner— Jo, , eph Nagle, you have been found guilty of felo niously wouwding and attempting to take away the life of a fellow -creature; and, unquestionably, had his death ensued, your life would have been forfeited. It has, however, pleased the Almighty to spare his life; and as your conduct was nut the result of long cherished malice, but rather a sudden ebullition, pro ceeding from your unlawful course of life, and as you have been recommended to mercy by the Jury, though I shall record sen•ence of death against you, I shall apply to have it changed to transportation for life. When Baron PENNEFATHER concluded— The prisoner exclaimed, " My Lord, I know no more about it than the child unborn." _ His LORDSHIP said I am sorry to See you add falsehood to your other crimes. A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. From the " Correspondence and Reminiscences" of the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart., now in the press. My acquaintance with Mr. Windham led to a train of circumstances which, taken together, form one of the most singular series of adven tures that ever occurred in real life, and resemble more a fictitious romance than an authentic history. At a late hour one evening, I received a few, lines from my friend Dr. Adam Smith (the par ticular time I do not recollect), requesting my company at dinner next day, to meet the cele brated Edmund Burke and Mr. Windham, who had arrived at Edinburgh, with an intention of making a short tour through the Highlands. The Doctor apologised for the shortness of the notice, stating that the travellers had arrived only that morning, and proposed remaining but one day more in Edinburgh. I went accord ingly, and passed some hours, as might be ex pected in the company of such men, in the most gratifying manner. I gave them my advice as to the plan they ought to adopt in making their intended tour ; and, in particular, dwelt on the beauty of the road between Dunkeld and Blair adding, that instead of being cooped up in a post-chaise, they had better get out, and walk through the delightful woods and beautiful scenes they would pass through, more especially some miles beyond Dunkeld. I had almost forgotten these circumstances, when, about three years after, Mr. Windham, very unexpectedly, carne to me in the House of Commons, and requested b speak to me for a few moments behind the Speaker's chair. "Do you recollect," said he, our neeting together at Adam Smith's at dinner ?”—" Most certainly I do." ‘, Do you remember haviig given us direc tions for our Highland tour, :nd more especially to stroll through the woods between Dunkeld and Blair ?—" I do." lie then added, " An vent took place in consequence of our adoptin; that advice, of which I must now inform ym. Burke and I were strolling through the wools, about ten miles from Dunkeld, when we saw ; young female sit ting under a tree reading. 3urke immediately exclaimed, " Let us have a little conversation with this solitary damsel, and see what she is about." We accosted her acordingly, and found that she was reading a receit novel from the London press. We asked.hr how she came to read novels. How she got ;uch books at so great a distance flour the metopolis; and more especially one so recently pidished. She an swered, that she had been edrcated at a board ing-school at Perth, where noels might be had from the circulating library, and that she still procured them through the sale channel. We carried on the conversation Dr some time, in the course of which she displayd a great deal of smartness and talent ; and tt last we were obliged, very reluctantly, to leave her, and pro seed on our journey. We afterwards found that she was the daughter of a proprietor. of that 'neighbotirhood, who was known under the 'name of the Baron MacJaren.' I have never been able," continued Mr. Windham, " to get .this beautiful mountain-nymph out of my head, and I wish you to ascertain whether she is married or single." He begged me to clear up this point as soon as possible, as much of his future happiness depended upon the result of the inquiry. I lost no time in attending to this request, and applied for information to a most respectable clergyman in the neighbourhood where Miss Maclaren lived (the Rev. Dr. Stewart, minister 'of Moulin), who informed me, in course of post, that she was married to a medical gentle man of the name of Dick, who had gone to the East Indies. Upon communicating this to Mr. Windham, he seemed very much agitated. He was soon after married to the daughter of a half-pay officer. I have no doubt, however, that had Miss Maclaren continued single, he would have paid her his addresses. Some years afterwards, I happened to be spending some days at Dunira, in Perthshire, with the late Lord Melville, and in the course of our conversation mentioned the above anec dote of Mr. Windham ; upon which the Noble Loid said, " I am more interested in this matter Than you imagine. You must know that, in company with some friends, I was riding down fi om Blair to Dunkeld, when we called at Baron Maclaren's, where a most beautiful young woman desired to speak to me. We went accordingly to the bank of a river near her father's, when she said, Mr. Dundas, I hear that you are a very -- great man, and, what is much better, very good man. I will venture, therefore, to tell you a secret. There is a young man in this neigh bourhood who has a strong attachment to me, and,_ to confess the truth, I have a great regard for him. His name is William Dick : he has been bred to the medical prafession, and he says, that if he could get to be a surgeon in the East Indies, he would soon make his fortune there, and would send for me to many him. Now, I apply to you, Mr. Dundas, as a great and a good man, in hopes that you can do something for us ; and be assured, that we shall be ever grateful if you can procure him an appoint ment.'" Lord Melville was so much struck with the impressive manner of her address, that he took her by the hand, and said, " My good girl, be assured, that if an opportunity offers, I shall not forget your application." Lord Melville then added, that sometime afterwards he received a summons to attend his duty in Parliament, and, in his way, happened to visit a friend who was an East India Director. After . dinner, his friend said to him, " By the bye, Mr. Dundas, politicans, like you, have many applications in favour of young men, in various lines of life. I think it right, therefore, to tell you, that I have at present at my disposal an appointment of surgeon in the service of the East India Company, and that it is much at your iervice." Lord Melville was so much surprised at the singularity of the circumstance, that he struck his hand forcibly against the table where they sat, and exclaimed, with much vehemence, " !'he very thing I most anxiously wished for." He then related his adventure at Baron Macla. ren's, greatly to the amusement of the India Director. Mr. Dick was immediately appointed surgeon ; and having gone to the East Indies, was soon placed in a situation which enabled him to send for Miss Maclaren; to whom he was married, and Mr. Windham was thus, disap pointed of his northern alliance. In the course of the voyage, and after her arrival in the East; she had several offers, but she refused to hear of any one but Dr. Dick. Nor was this all. Dr. Dick, having made a handsome fortune in the East Indies, came home and purchased an estate, called Tullimet, in the neighbourhood where he was born. There he lived in a most hospitable manner, and Mrs. Dick and he were highly and deservedly re spected. He also had a house in London, where he resided during the winter season ;* and having acquired, from his experience in the East Indies, a great reputation for his skill in the management of liver complaints, he was frequently consulted by his Indian friends re specting that disorder. It seems that Sir Walter Scott was afflicted with a complaint in his liver, which was likely to prove fatal to him. Hearing of Dr. Dick's fame, Sir Walter was induced to apply to him for advice, and by his means the life of that celebrated author was pre served. * His daughter is married to the eldest son of Lord Harris, the conqueror of Tippoo Saib ; and his son is a distinguished officer, who commanded the 42d Regiment at the Battle of Waterloo. Those who take an interest in studying the political aspect of the times, will find much entertaining matter for speculation in the present number of the New Monthly Magazine. In the fifth paper, under do bead of " Speakers and Speeches in Parliament," besides au estimate of the respective orat , rical pretensions of the prin cipal speakers on the great R form Measure (Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir ROBERT INGLIS, Mr. HORACE TWISS Lords F. L. GOWER and MoarETH, Sir CHARLES WE THERELL, Mr. ALEXANDER BARING, Mr. STANLEY, Mr. Iloatiousc, Mr. PERCEVAL, Mr. JEFFREY, Mr. CROXER, Mr. O'CoNNELL, and Sir E. SucnEti,) a new illustra tion of the measure itself is anrded, in the exposition of its tendency to favour the future growth of a higher order of eloquence in the House of Commons. The articles en titled "The Unreported Meeting," and the "Prospectus of the Help-yourself Society," are conceived, on the other hand, in an amusing spirit of p ditical badinage, and con. tribute to relieve, through a good-humoured laugh, tl e gravity of the general Referm contest. 4 BIRTHS. On the 4th inst. at Arlington-street, the Lily Mary Stephei son, of a son. 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