The Sun. — London, England, 1827-10-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT oF.THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The opposition to the new Malt Bill conti nues ; and, as Ministers seem disposed to yield, willno doubt increase while they continue to make an y stand. The maltsters, we are sure, will not have deemed us their enemies in this affair.— There are, however, points upon which we will venture to advertise Ministers a little. There are divers kinds of opposition to Ministerial measures. Mi n i s t ers m ight perform an act, or pass a law, by which only a small body of men should be aggrieved, but against which a whole nation would exclaim, from an ingenious feeling and a sense of justice. This is not an act of that kind. None but the parties inte rested have remonstrated ; and it being very clear that whatever is remitted to them and their craft must be imposed upon others, Ministers would do well to be thoroughly convinced of the impolicy, injustice, or impracticability of any of the provisions of the present law, before they re tract or suspend them. There is also a pecu liarity in the law now opposed, never, we believe, incident to any other in the history of legislation, to which a violent opposition has sprung up ; and that peculiarity is this,—that it does not impose one halfpenny of additional duty upon the article taxed. The present Act merely provides against frauds (operosely, rigorously, perhaps even se verely,) but still it does no more than provide against frauds 'in the Collection of the old duties. In fact, therefore, the law or the legislators have said to the maltsters, You are a set of such rogues, or at least we so consider you, that we must, by every possible contrivance, and by the utmost severity, endeavour to ,check, impede; and control your practices. We lay no new duty upon you, we only endeavour to prevent you from eluding the olchones, as we know or suspect You have done." What reply should an honest maltster give to language so insolent ? He should cast the imputation of dishonesty from him with indignatiOn ; and he should show the finance Ministers to their full conviction, that this or that provision of the law imposed expense and trouble upon him, without sufficiently an swering the professed object of securing the reve nue against fraud ; and, if called upon, lie should show the Ministers how the revenue might be better collected by less painful operations ; but the mere security of the 'old revenue being . all that is aimed at by this Act, it is obvious that its provisions ought not to be too hastily relaxed on the exclusive representations of those whom it contemplates as the objects of its distrust. The number and the severity of the penalties imposed by the new law have been made the subjects of complaint. The impartial and disinterested statesman or politician may gravely consider what punishments are proportioned and appropriate to what offences ; but he who has to conduct a, trade by certain ruler, and who passes his. life in strict obedience to those rules, can have no occasion to care for the seve rity of penalties for the infraction of . thein ; they are bruits fulmina to him : unless, indeed, he can show that. he is liable to be entrapped by dubious definitions of 'offences, or convicted on uncertain proofs. As liable to imputations of this nature, we think that clauses xvi. and xvii. of the present law require great modifications. By the former it is enacted, That if the quan tity of barley shall be found to exceed the quan tity which the maltster or maker of malt ought to have had in his or her stock, custody, or pos session, according to the barley-book, in the pro portion of one bushel in every 20 bushels of bar ley, then and in every such case every such maltster or maker of malt shall be deemed and adjudged to have taken or received barley into his or her custody or possession, and to have neglected and refused to make such entry thereof as is by this Act in that behalf directed and re quired." By the next clause it is enacted, " That if upon gauging and taking such account as aforesaid, the quantity of barley shall be found short of or less than the quantity which the maltster or maker of malt ought to have had in his or her stock, custody, or possession, 'accord ing to the barley-book, in the proportion of one bushel in every 20 bushels of barley, then and in every such case every such maltster or maker of malt shall be deemed and adjudged to have wetted and steeped barley to be made into malt, and to have neglected and refused to make such entry thereof as is by this Act in that behalf directed and required ; and every such maltster or maker of malt shall in every such case, over and above the penalty by this Act imposed for such neglect and refusal as aforesaid, be charged with and be liable to pay the duty chargeable on malt for every bushel of barley so found deficient as aforesaid ; and such . duty shall and may be sued for, levied, and recovered, by such and the like ways, means, and methods, and under such and the like penalties, as the duty on malt is or may be sued for, levied, and recovered, by any law or laws in force relating to the duties of excise."—Of the clauses or provisions to which Ministers, we think, should most pertinaciously adhere in substance, if not in form, the chief are those beginning with clause xlvii. " Certificate bOoks to be delivered to maltsters, and no malt ster to send out malt exceeding four bushels without certificate, &c. &c."" The maltsters as sert, that they have abstained from wetting, in consequence of. the rigours of this Act r Un doubtedly they will abstain, or say they abstain, from wetting, so long as they hope, by that method, to produce a relaxation of the law ; but, had all change been considered as impossible, they would have wetted as usual. There is another cir 'iltiistance deserving of notice : nearly one-half of, the Act relates to brewers and dis tillers ; and 3 4 t, of, the former, only one has a ppeared among the .m a lt s t ers as a remonstrant (B arc l a rA ; of th . e latter,.non e .— Times. Our readers will perceive, by a letter which we publish on the subject of military promotion, that universal assent has not been given to the truth of an announcement made some weeks ago, re specting the fairness of those principles on which the Duke of 'Wellingt o n, since his return to the Horse Guards, has regulated the succession to vacancies in the army. Of general and vague accusations upon this point, we are disposed to take but little notice. The manner in which the Duke of Wellington administered the Ordnance Department while he held it, was such as to give entire satisfaction, we are assured, to the body of officers, engineers, and artillery, under his or ders. But it must be admitted, that by the fixed rules and constitution of those services where promotion of necessity goes to the senior officer, the obstacles to injustice are more serious, and the temp tat i ons to commit it of less frequent oc currence, th an i n t h e government of the military service at large, where the field of patronage is so infinitely extended, the competition so eager, and the discretion of the Commander-in-Chief so wide and absolute. t o Greater attention, how ever, is doubtless due a circumstantial state ment of a specific instance of abuse, like that (if the facts be described fairly) which occupies the latter portion a our correspondent's letter. If it be true that Lord Mounteharles, the son of the Marquis Conyngham, has been advanced from a company in the. Ceylon Regiment, with which he never did a day's duty, to an attached majo ,rity in the army, and this in the teeth of regula tions to which less powerfully connected officers are invariably bound 1,9 submit themselves, then we do not hesitate to acknowledge that a gross wrong has been inflicted on the service, and one which ought to raise a Parliamentary inquiry, if no other means of redressing it can be procured. At the same time, it is necessary to ascertain,- Ist, whether Lord Mountcharles had, as is as serted by " Verax," hot served during the whole term of six years, which the King's regulations prescribe as the indispensable period before any man can become a field-officer ; 2d, whether he had or had not actually done duty with his regi ment while holding the previous rank of Cap taiti, Lieutenant, Ensign, or Cornet ; or, 3d, whether, in any respect, the general regulations of the service have been substantially or formally set aside to favour this fortunate .young nobleman. We know nothing about the facts of the case ourselves ; but if an abuse has been committed or sanctioned by the Duke of Wellington, it is fit that his Grace should be put upon his defence. He has, we think, a brother of the celebrated " Lord Charles" for his Secretary.—Mid. We lately quoted from the Nottingham Re• view some remarkable cases under the Game Laws. The following further particulars respect ! in,r one of the cases are from the sane Paper Win. Hickling, the young man who had twelvegun shot wounds inflicted upon him, when poaching at Clifton, we should suppose, had bad punishment enough in all con science. Not so, however, say those who have the admi nisration of the Game Laws. He was brought up to the County Hall on Wednesday, and convicted in penalties amounting to 201. for the offence; which, not being able to pay, lie will, it is expected, be taken to Southwell House of Correction on Saturday next, though yet suffering under the effects of the wounds he received, there to expiate his enormous offence by a long imprisonment ! ! The public shall hear more of this case anon." There are no Judges equal to those who de cide in their own causes, and of this we have. ' abundant proofs daily in the conduct of the Great Unpaid. The laws are sure to be admi, nistered with mercy when the same individuals are plaintiffs, judges, and juries ! As Sir Francis Burdett says, the gentry of England are its glory.—Morning Chronicle. The policy of Mr. Canning has placed Eng latid in what the French call a " false position,'' both in the East and West of Europe. In the latter she has been supporting, with her arms and money, a Government that avails itself of her protection to oppress her friends and subvert her -policy—a Government that considers it a religious duty to annihilate that Constitution which, in the name of Don Pedro, embodies the political wisdom of our late Foreign Minis ter ! In the East we are doing all in our power to estrange from our interests, and even afford ing our assistance to overwhelm our old ally— the Turk—the friend of our adversity—who fought by our side on the sands of Egypt, When Buonapart6 endeavoured, by the conquest of that country, to open a highway to our possessions in the EasL And let not modern " Liberals" be scandalised at the idea of the Turk being the ancient ally of England ; for the same Mr. Can ning, whose memory, if it were not for mere shame, they would probably get a Bull from the Pope to canonise—that Mr. Canning formed one of an Administration who thought 'it no stain upon our national pride that the Cross of St. George should float in friendly union with the CreScent on the walls of Acre, or to boast of the triumph which the Mahomedan scimitar enabled us to obtain. But France in possession of Egypt could never be so formidable a neighbour to our Asiatic territories as Russia, extending her already colossal power over the ruins of the Turkish Empire. We are assisting her to do that which has, for a series of years, been the paramount object of her ambition ; and we allow, as preparatory to it, ,that a Russian Nobleman should assume the Government of Greece. If we had thought proper to assist Greece, it should have been on the principle only of making her an independent State, totally exempt from the dictation of Russia—but our Statesmen are con- cut to be the jackalls to the lion of Muscovy ! —Morning Herald. An article which we yesterday inserted, from the Oriental Spectator, dated Smyrna, August 25, in a vein of grave and effective irony, com mends the Treaty by which England, Russia, and France have undertaken, in humble imita tion of Napoleon, to settle by force of arms the contest which has long existed between the Grand Seignior and his rebel subjects. The irony of this article is bitter, but it is just. The writer, in affected forgetfulness of the terms of the Treaty, and in simulated, ignorance of the steps which have been taken by the three Powers in furtherance of its object, speaks of it as a convention worthy of three legitimate Govern ments, having for its laudable design to protect commerce by the suppression. of piracy in the Levant ; and he then praceeds carefully and ela borately to fortify this sneering and malicious conjecture, by describing the fearful extent to which piracy is carried on—not by the Turks, be it noted, or by the connivance of the Turkish Government, against which the Treaty is level led—but by the rebel subjects of Turkey, who acknowledge nd Government, or rather have none to acknowledge ; but who have system atised piracy, nevertheless, as one of the most fruitful branches of their national industry, and one of the most important elements of their so cial strength. But irony, it appears, is not un derstood by the defenders of the Treaty ; and they accordingly fall seriously to work, to prove the sarcastic writer of this article guilty of misre presentation. One of t them, indeed, in his eagerness to prove the Treaty unworthy of the praise bestowed upon it only in mockery, really does what the Smyrna writer only pretended : he forgets the expressed objects of the compact, and charges the parties to it with intentions more flagitious even than any they have express ed. This advocate of the Treaty, unwilling that its turpitude should be underrated, whether in jest or in earnest, and zealous to assert in its behalf a bolder character of iniquity than what justly appertatus to it, assures his readers that the Allied Powers have determined to secure the independence of Greece ; whereas if the Treaty itself is to be taken as a faithful expositor of their views, they go no further than to dictate the terms of tribute and of fealty; under which the dependence of Greece upon Turkey is to be perpetuated. It requires a superabun dance of charity—an excess of it, which is not enjoined, or indeed permitted, either by reason or by scripture, by common pru dence, or by a due regard to the real 'wel fare of mankind—to conclude in any possible ease that the intentions of men are good when the means by which they pursue them are mani festly evil. The professed objects of the Triple Treaty are to restore peace to a suffering, and I 'distracted, and oppressed people—to stop the effusion of human blood, and to reinstate com merce in tranquil and secure possession of the sea ; but we are Hot bound to believe, or rather perhaps, we are bound not to believe, that these are the sincere and exclusive objects of the par ties to this treaty, when we find that the only mode of attaining their which can be devised by three of the most powerful Governments on earth, is one which comprehends a direct attack upon the independence of another State some what weaker than themselves, and a flagrant vio lation of the recognized law of nations ; to up hold and maintain the authority of which has heretofore been deemed the common interest of all Governments, and the most effectual guaran tee of general and permanent tranquillity. Nor are we in any degree re-assured in this case when we contemplate more in detail the ostensible ob jects and the proposed means. The want of coherency between them is most remarkable and most suspicious. Peace is to be promoted for the present and the future, by interfering in a conflict just on the point of expiring, and on behalf of those who began it by their revolt, and who but for this seasonable though tardy inter ference, are on the eve of 'being totally subdued. Piracy again is to be discountenanced and abo-• fished for . the present and the future, by the sa lutary example of the nation which has c hiefly practised its atrocities being admitted to the alliance and favoured by the protection of great commercial States. And finally, thy effusion of human blood is to be stopped by means of a treaty which may, for any thing we yet know, plunge the whole of Europe into war, and which has at any rate left the question, whether this shall be its final result, to the peremptory deci sion of the Turkish Divan. It is good to stop the effusion of human blood, but bad to attempt this by Means which may probably cause a thou sand times as much human blood to flow ; and in the present case we must take leave to say, blood of a thousand times greater value.-.-- Morning Post. The following letter from our correspondent at Liverpool communicates very gratifying intelli gence. It will no longer be contended that the system adopted by our Government has been un favourable to the trade of the country, and that by doing justice to others we sacrifice our own. Liverpool, it is Well known, is one of the chief marts and channels of British commerce. It engrosses within itself a very large proportion of our general trade. When we find, therefore, that the receipt of Custom-house duties at that port, instead of having fallen off, as all the pro phets of national ruin gladly anticipated, has risen to an unexampled height, we must conclude that the measures which were represented as shackles on coinmercial prosperity have served, on the contrary, to expand its growth, and that we are attaining, with a degree of rapidity which was not conceived by the most sanguine advo cates of the present system, the realization of what has been described by its opponents as ex travagant and unfounded hopes. It will be seen that whereas in the great trading year of 1825, the Customs' quarter's receipts at Liverpool reached one million gross, they have exceeded that sum net during the last quarter. In 1825 . . it was the result ova wild spirit of speculation, which ultimately broke down under the weight of its own enterprises.. In the present year it arises from regular transactions, soberly undertaken, and wisely conducted—carried on, it isArue, on an enlarged scale, because the principle of trade is now become really cosmopylitan, but carried on with a steadiness and equability which secure to the country not °a 9 superior, but certain and permanent advantages. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 17.—The receipt of duties at the Custom-house of this port has, during the last quarter, been the largest ever 'known ; the net money remitted to the Treasury after deducting the payment of bounties, drawbacks, a expenses, exceeding one million sterling. These deductions amount to 57,000/. ; which, if. taken into the account, make the total amount of money re ceived, 1,057,000/. Several of the quarters' receipts during the great trading year of 1825, reached one million gross; but the receipts never before amounted to one mil lion net. If the surplus in the receipts of the Customs, during the last Quarter, be examined, it will be seen that the surplus from the Liverpool Custom-house alone, is nearly two-thirds of that of the whole Kingdom, for it is 200,0001. more than the corresponding period of last year. —New Times. IMPORTANT CASE RESPECTING BIL LETING SOLDIERS. POLICE-OFFICE, lIEWILY-STREET, OCT. 15. Mr. Robert Ruskell, of No. 52, Capel-street, a respectable grdeer, tea, wine, and spirit-mer chant, this day attended at the above - office, to lodge a complaint against Mr. Dooley, High Constable, for billeting soldiers on him contrary to law. Mr. Cantwell, who attended as his attorney, stated, that on Sunday last six soldiers, accompanied by the wife of one of them; were billeted on Mr., Ruskell, he not being at all liable, under the Act of Parliament, to have sol diers billeted on him ; that by the Mutiny Act, 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. 4, 5..49, officers and soldiers are to be billeted in inns, livery stables, ale-houses, and the houses of sellers of wine by retail, to be drank there, and all houses of per sons selling brandy, strong waters, cider or me theglin by retail. Mr. Blacker read over the Act of Parliament, took great pains to inquire. into this matter, and appointed two o'clock same day, and directed a messenger to ,be sent to Mr. Dooley, desiring him to attend at the office at that hour, so as to have the matter fully investigated. At two o'clock Mr. Ruskell attended, but Mr. Dooley did not appear, when Sir William Starner sent a messenger to kr. Dooley's house, in Jervis-street, requiring his attendance, but it was said that he was not at home. • Mr. Cantwell then stated, that he had another complaint on the part of Mr. Thomas Lucie, proprietor of the Enniskillen Hotel, and M a il Coach office ? in Capel-street, for billeting, on Sunday last, six soldiers on him, although he, Mr. Lucie, was not liable under the Act of Par liament to have any soldiers billeted in his house. ~ Sir William Stamer, on hearing Mr. Cant well's statement of the facts respecting Mr. Rus kell and Mr. Lucie, and looking into the Act of Parliament, observed, that it appeared gross l y illegal, and that, at all events, the billeting so many soldiers on one person was very oppres sive and highly improper, and ordered a sum mons to be issued in both cases, and to be served on Mr. Dooley, requiring his attendance at twelve o'clock next day (Tuesday), which was accordingly done. The last Ball for the season took place at 111 r. Nash's Rooms, on Tuesday se'nnight ; hut, from the unpleasant state of the weather (the wind blowing very strong from the S. or S.W. accompanied with rain), most of the neighbouring families who had signified their inten tion of being present, were prevented. Our home com pany, however, formed a very respectable party as to num ber, and kept up the lively dance with great spirit till a late hour. The rooms on this occasion were very taste fully decorated with a profusion of autumn's choicest flowers, which had a gay and pleasing effect.—Brighton Paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday, Kyd, a street-keeper at Charing-cross, charged the driver of the Greenwich stage, No. '7,529, under the Paving Act, with obstructing the pavement, and being abusive when directed to move his coach on. The offence complained of was committed on the Bth, and the length of time the obstruction continued was only twelve minutes; which was three minutes short of the period specified in the Act of Parliament. The defendant was not guilty of the obstruction ; and as for the abuse, he was, he was satisfied, fully justified in using it. He had had the misfortune once to be charged 'with felony ; and Kyd told a gentle Man, who wag about to ride on his coach; not to go with him, as he would be in danger of getting his pockets picked. Mr. White, a gentleman sitting with the Magistrate, had frequently seen instances of Kyd's partiality. Mr. HALLS thought it would be a kindness to the public if Mr. White would represent the matter in the proper quarter, and have such a fellow removed. Mr. White said lie would now do so; and Mr. palls discharged the defendant. QUEEN-SQUARE. —Yesterday William Scurgoy was agr.:.n brought up for a second examination, touching the death of his wife, Margaret Scurgoy, on whom the in quest was held last week, on the application of Thomas Stirling, Esq., the coroner• for Middlesex. The office was again crowded, and the most intense interest prevailed. By the order of the magistrates, the body of the unfor tunate woman had been taken up. In addition to the evi dence of Nash, the private watchman belonging to Lady Charlotte Denys, in the New-road, Chelsea, who en tirely contradicted the evidence of Elliott, was examined on the inquest as to there being no blows struck by the husband. Martha Dvke lodged in the same house with the deceas ed and her husband, No. 2, Chapel-court. She was called up to assist to get the deceased up stairs. She was quite insensible, and never spoke, Her husband behaved . very kindly to her, and medical aid was sent for. Mr. WHITE--You are positive she never spoke? Wit ness—l am ; for I never left her until she died, which was about two o'clock the next morning. • Mr. WHITE-Did you observe any injuries about her ? Witness—She had a few bruises about the legs, and there was a mark on the neck ; but that was an old blow. Mr. WIIITE-Did you examine the head ? Witness— There was a small cut at the back of the head, which was bound up with a shawl. She vomited something like liquor, and it appeared to me that she was relieved by it. Mr. WHITE—That , does not satisfy me that she was in toxicated. Have you any other reason to believe she was intoxicated ? Witness—l have no other. Mr. Edmund Bowden, Sloane-street, surgeon, stated, that from the external appearances of the deceased, he saw nothing to cause death. Mr. WrrITE• : -,Have you seen the body since it was taken up Witness—l have, but it is in such a state of decomposition, that it is impossible to ascertain any thing. Maybauk, the head constable at Chelsea, stated, that when he saw the deceased at halt:past 12 on Monday morn-, ing, although she was rather tipsy, she was perfectly sen sible, and talked rationally. • Mr. Wirers, addressing the prisoner, said, that after the evidence of the surgeon, it would only be wasting the time of the Court and Jury to send him to trial. Mr.. WHITE now ordered Wm. Allen, the sergeant of the watch, and Samuel Elliott, the watchman, to stand forward, and said that he should dismiss them both at once, ha unfit for their situations.--- , Elliott---Wliat was I to do, your Worship,—if I had taken ,her to the watch-, house, they would not have taken her in? Mr. Wrirre—You should have tried, arid if they had refused, we should have known how to have dealt with the watchhouse-keeper. This woman's life • might have. been saved, had you done your duty. We will employ some persons who will do it.—Elliott—l did all I could. Mr. Wurre—lf a person was to drop down in a fit in the street, I suppose you would leave them there. Allen and Elliott both addressed the Magistrate, but he refused to alter his decision. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Purersto AMONG THE MlDDlES.—Yesterday morning five swell reefers, alias midshipmen, were brought before F. A. ROE. Esq. the presiding Magistrate, from St. James's watch-house; in charge of a constable of last night, in whose custody they had been delivered by certain watchmen of the parish of St. James, for disturbing the peace of his Majesty's most peace able subjects. One of the defendants seemed to be rather hard-up, being in stays; the Pest were very well rigged, and appeared not to have been long lying in ordinary.— The complainant is a watchman, whose beat lies. in the fashionable part of the town denominated Regent-street; and he stated, that while he was conscientiously announcing the hour of the night, and the state of the weather, as yes terday was fast merging into thit day, he perceived the five defendants proceeding in the most riotous manner down the King's hthway. Each was armed with a cigar, which teemed forth clouds of smoke, that made him fear the ap proach Of a land steam-boat ; but as they neared him the fire of their backey looked more like quintuple noses of 13ardolph on Gadshill, or ignes fatui. He recognised their persons as individuals who had for several nights succes sively disturbed his beat, by attempting to kick up a shindy, and as he had repeatedly remonstrated with them, he con sidered that it was now high time, (pariicularly as it was near one o'clock), to take them into custody. He forth with commanded them to surrender in the King's name.— About this there was some hesitation ; he immediately sprung his rattle, and the lot were towed into St. James's watch-house, where they remained in quarantine until yes terday morning. Mr. ROE inquired respectively of each were he resided ; but each appeared to have no local habitation nor a name. He told them, that, under the construction of the Vagrant Act, they had been manifestly disorderly; but, as they had been already confined all night in a place less comfort able than the ward-room of a King's ship, or the caddy of an Indiaman, their misconduct would be overlooked on the present occasion, but they must not look out for " letters of marque or reprisal" in future. Previous to the discharge of the defendants, the neces sary fee of a Is. a-head was payable. Each of the defend ants appeared to be hard-up ; but, on overhauling their lockers, the necessary " browns" were produced, and they all "cleared out" down the accommodation-ladder, chuck ing at the luck with which they had pushed off their boat. On Tuesday, the foundation-stone of a new church was laid at Doncaster, towards the erectionof which, Mr. Jarrett, of that place, has contributed the sum of 13,0001. A splendid procession took place on the occasion, and the concourse of spectators was unusually large. The principal novelty of the day was, an interruption of the proceedings by Mr. Baiter, an attorney, who protested against the prc sence and assistance of the masonic body, on the ground of their being a secret society. He was replied to by Sir W. Coolie; and the Vicar, in the course of a suitable address, also reprobated his interference. An elegant entertain ment was afterwards given at the mansion-house. Most of our readers arc, no doubt, well aware of the outcry which the ultra-Tory papershave raised respect ing an alleged increase in the proportion of foreign to English shipping, in the Baltic trade, since the treaties of reciprocity were made with the not them States. If, in any one week, the arrivals of foreign vessels at the port of Bull happened to exceed those of English vessels, the whole illiberal press was in motion, and the fact was pointed to as a convincing proof of the mischiefs resulting from the reciprocity sys tem. So far, indeed, was this mode of reasoning carried, that, immediately after the opening of the Baltic, when nearly all the vessels arriving from that quarter must of necessity be foreign, one of these scribes (either from gross ignorance of the cause, or from a deliberate intention of deceiving his readers) actually pointed out the fact of a considerable excess of foreign -arrivals in the month of April, as one of the fruits of the new system. For some time past, however, these gentlemen have maintained a most laudable and eloquent silence on this subject. When that period of the year arrived in which English vessels began to return from their first Baltic trips, they found that it would not serve their purpose to talk about the arrivals at the port of Hull ; and we shall proceed to show that they had very good reason for their silence. In the flail Advertiser, October 5, there appears the following state ment of the arrivals at Hull in the first nine months of the present and of the last year .- 1826......... 532 British 1827 ......... 812 do. So that, whilst there has been an increase of 280 in the number of English vessels, there has been a decrease of 52 in the number of foreign vessels ; and yet the last ye ar was decidedly the most favourable, as to the p ro p ortion of Eng lish shipping , since the year 1811 ; when, of course , ow ing to the long war, English shipping had acquired a pre ponderance which cannot be expected after several years of peace. Such, then, have been the consequences of the system of reciprocity at . the port of Hull. In the year 1826, there is a great increase in the proportion of British shipping ; in the year 1827, there is a still greater in crease ; and, as the opponents have chosen to rest their case on the trade of Hull, as they have over and over again re ferred to the arrivals at that port in a week or a month, as decisive of the question, they must now be content to take the progress of the trade for a longer period, as a test from which they cannot, without gross inconsistency, reeede.- - -- ganchater .4fercury. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS: The General Quarter Sessions for the City and Liberties of Westminster.commenced yesterday, be fore FRANCIS CONST, Esq. and a full Bench of Ma gistrates. PRACTICE OF THE COURT. In the course of the morning, Mr. ALLEY begged .o be informed whether the Court intended. to try all cases of embezzlement, or, if not, what desciip tion of those cases it intended to try ? CHAIRMAN—We shall try no ,cases of embezzle ment, unless specially remitted to us by the com mitting,Magistrate. Mr. ALLEY contended, that the Police Magistrates Ought not to have the liberty of sending cases where they pleased. CHAIRMAN—The Magistrates have the power of sending such cases here, and when they so 410, we shall try them. Mr. ALLEY—I think they have not that power. However, I will not press this subject any further, but if you will have the goodness to talk it over among your brother Magistrates in private, and let me know the result, it will greatly oblige me. No reply was made to this observation, and the conversation dropped. A few cases of no interest or importance were then tried. LIBERTY OF THE TOWER SESSIONS. Yesterday these Sessions were held before BALLANTINE (Chairman), and a Bench of Magis trates. A Grand Jury being sworn, presented seve ral disorderly houses ; and the Chairman said, he would give directions to the Clerk of the Peace to have them indicted. ROYAL BRUNSWICK THEATRE. A petition was presented froth Messrs. Carruthers and "Morris, the gentlemen at present employed in the 'erection of this theatre, praying that a license might be granted them for the performance of plays of the minor description, melo-drames, dancing, ari d music. The grounds of the application were, the want of a theatre in this district since the burning of the Royalty, on the site of which it was built. The long existence of that place of amusement7-the great expence the applicants were put to in rearing the concern—the solidity of its workmanship, - and the great beauty and ornament which it would be to the Eastern quarter of the metropolis. The me morial concluded by pledging the memorialists' to preserve good high or ez d e e l r a , ss ati f d or to th e p r r v a i d t i e fi e a performers tion of til e o i r f the audience. The license was granted, on the condition that :he house be opened for performance the day after Inistmas. MARLBOROUGH SESSIONS, OCT. 17. These Sessions, which arc 'unusually heavy, com menced this morning, before T. G. B. Estcourt, Esq. M.P. (Chairman), ,Mr. Wild, Mr. Pitt, and a full Bench of Magistrates. John Townsend, Richard Townsend, and James Bease, were convicted of stealing a quantity of oats, the property of Mr. John Bennett, at Melksham, on the Bth of August - last, value 20s. The CHAIRMAN then sentenced the two Towns ends to twelve months' imprisonment and hard la hour in the House of Correction ; and, in order to mark the sense the Court entertained of the atro city of servants who conspire to rob their employers, the sentence of the Court upon Bease was, that he should be transported for seven years. BEDFORD QUARTER SESSIONS, OCT. 17 Ma►y Grims-mith, an interesting looking girl, was indicted for stealing a pail and other articles, the property of William Niven, of Biggleswade. The Jury deliberated a short time, and returned a verdict of Guilty. The sentence was 14 days' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. The girl, who had been strongly affected during he whole of the trial, fainted on hearing the sentence. BUCKS QUARTER SESSIONS. AYLESBURY, OCT. 17. THE LATE FIGHT NEAR STAINES. On entering the Court, after the close of the pri vate county business of the Sessions, the Chairman inquired for Mr. Cook, the High Constable of the Stoke division of this county, and addressed him on the subject of the recent tight in his constablewick, between Curtis and Tisdale. He observed, that these contests not only involved the principal patties concerned in them in serious consequences, but also their seconds and abettors, and that it was the boun den duty of the constable to give immediate notice, to the Magistrates of such a thing being in contem plation. He wished to know why he,-as high con stable, had not informed the Magistrates, when so scandalous a fight was about to take place. Sir EDMUND asked, how he could account for his not getting a knowledge of what must have been, from the immense assemblage that took place, so notorious to every body. Did he not live in the county ? Mr. Cook bad property in both the adjoining counties. Mr- M. SWABRY said, Mr. Cook could not pre tend to misunderstand the question, for he (Mr. Swabey) :had often objected to his fitness for the office of high constable, on account of his living out of the county. Sir T. FRHEMANTLE observed, that the office re quired personal services, and could not be executed by the mere possession of property in the place. Mr. Cook admitted that he lived princ►pally at Windsor.—Here the matter dropped. BATE CITY SESSIONS. At these Sessions (held on Monday last, before H. IN a l i r. l lf m rd r i . iai ß n c u ab . m Ttja Fear, druggist, his brother, were indicted for an t -l l e v r E L and i Esupholsterer,ci Mayor), assault upon Mr. George Goldstone, jun., surgeon. It appeared that Mr. William Fear owed a small debt to a person of the name of Browning, which the latter had applied for once or twice without suc cess. In consequence, Mr. Goldstone, the prose cutor, in the evening of the 17th of September last, accompanied Browning to Mr. Fear's shop, for the purpose of soliciting payment. Mr. William Fear inquired of Goldstone what he had to do with the affair ? Mr. Goldstone declined ans wer i n g, when, after a few words, such as " impudent peppy," &c. &c., Mr. William Fear took Browning's bill and rubbed it under Mr. G. Goldstone's nose. There upon the parties closed, and the surgeon was knocked down; he contrived, however, to get up again, when (said the Learned Counsel) the gallant cabinet-maker knocked him down a second and third time ; and Mr. Richard Fear, the druggist, h a pp en i ng to come out at the time, seized the unfortunate young surgeon by the hair of his head, and commenced beating the pavement with it. He had evidence to shim that the assault, such as he described it, was committed. His Learned Friend then, pehaps, finding both law and fact against him, would attempt to turn the affair into ridicule. " Oh !" he might say, " the heads of the Bath people are very thick, and therefore a little hammering on the pavement could not possibly do harm."—(A laugh.) He hoped, however, that the Jury would, by their verdict, mark their disapprobation of such an out rage. A host of witnesses were then called, whose evi dence materially altered the ease. On the day when the assault was committed, Mrs. Fear informed Brown ing that if he called next morning, h e wou ld be paid. This he declined, saying that lie was going out of town. It further appeared that Mr. Goldstone re turned to the shop, after the affray was over, and offered to fight the Fears one after the other, saying, that he c ould" lick" them both. The fact of 11 . Ir. Richard Fear's beating the p ro s e cutor's head agams.t the pavement was, moreover, not clearly made ouk The Jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty." THE NEW CORN EXCHANGE. A half yearly General Meeting of the Proprietor' of the New Corn Exchange was held at one o c lock yesterday, at the office of the proprietors, in ADO lane. • Mr. D. J. PARKER in the Chair. The Report was read by the Secretary, from whi cii it appeared that the works were going on rapidlP ll of and that there was every prospect that the Hat the New Exchange would be open by the• m iddle ° December. The Coffee-house, it was hoped, would be finished by the following March. The Ber l. " after alluding to various arrangements in progreg, with the View of ensuring the success of the depar t ' roeet more immediately connected with the Cofee: room, went on to state that the instalments , u pon di` Shitres had been paid in the most satisfactory m ai l ner, and the few forfeited shares had been soldB, pa* by public auction. The Directors, it was st ated ' were making every effort to complete the building' and they had not the slightest doubt but the * 1 COrn Exchange would yield a liberal return for tP. e t capital expended on it, at the same time tbily c would prove to be an undertaking of great Pub' utility. The Report was unanimously adopted. A Shareholder inquired whether permission Lt i r as yet been' granted to place the Royal Arms ti/c thti gate-wai? The CHAIRMAN said that an application had bel made to the Lord Chamberlain; but his Grace 1 stated that the subj ec t was not conn e cted WO 111 ; office. An application had then been addressed Mr. Planta, and as yet no answer had been receivel Another Proprietor asked if any of the stands hR been let ? The CHAIRMAN—Two-thirds of the stands ° I : already let, and we have every reason to expect at t '" the market will be open by Christmas. The same Proprietor wished to know the s ° requisite to.finish the building. A Director replied, that one more call of five pef cent. would be made in January. The remainder the money due by contract to the Architects wow" not become payable until 'next June, and the Dir e tors hoped by that time to have in their hands one half-year's rent of the stands, which would be fully sufficient to meet all demands on them. The meeting then separated. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—Oct. 17. tit This tia,!'s supply, especially of prime Sheep and 805 1 1, haring been rather limited, each kind of meat met sv o l os a moderately ready sale, at the following prices per st of Sib. to sink the offs's:— 04. Beef —38.10 d. to ss. Otl. Veal Os. Od. to u 4. mutton -- I 3 8 5 0 Pork 4 6 Lamb The foregoing quotations are precisely the same as thou this day se'nniglft. But a small proportion of the supply the market unsold. • LEWES MARKET.—Oct. 16. 46 9,1, 8eet,..,.,,,,..,... 40. Od. to 4s. 10(1. Vea1. .,.,.,,..,.... ss. Od. to --. k Mutton -. I -,. 4 0 5 9 Pork 5 0 Lamb --..-4 s. Od. to 4s. 10d. - 4 ,00 Prime things met with a tolerably wady sale, hut with ' of inferior quality the trade was very dull. ...., 4 , s. d. t° 5. k 0 Veal Pork 4 2 3s. 6d. to 4..,. 6d. Quarter old Piggllis. to 15i , and trade very dull. RKET.—Oct. 17. RUMFORD M 8. d. tor. (1 Beef 3 0 4 Mutton _ 3 6 4 Lamb Suckling Calves from 14i. to 365. Supply numerous, COUNTRY COIU MARKETS DURING THE Vy .. 3 ,' Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Per Quarter. S. to P. s. to s. s. to s. 5. r:„ Blandford 58 29 27 5 1 ; - 52 56 31 36 20 2l 4. 5 Cambridge 50 29 18 -- 1 7 , Chard 56 '76 32 38 24 30 Huntingdon....— 34 36 29 27 44 8, Louth 40 50 26 32 18 26 40 Lynn 32 56 30 31 19 23 5 0 ti Newark __ 48 58 '27 35 24 32 49 Nottingham 55 61 36 42 30 40" 5 4 'Peterborough 40 50 28 32 24 30 Plymouth 56 66 37 38 '25 28 Pontefract—. 52 35 31 Sherborne— 51 62 26 32 22 30 16 Iv Upplugham 44 54 94 32 22 29 4 1 WisbeCh—...— 40 54 26 .30 20 24 4 0 Ot ' York 4l CU 26 34 18 30 5 6 / . LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Oct. 10. .il Our supplies of Grain to-day were not large, bu te ee liti ll to the demand. Good Wheat fully supports last "' v we o prices, and in some instances rather more money 10 fill( obtained ; damp and unsound qualities remain dull. . 0 0 Barley rather dearer, and no improvement in no,' t oo samples. Oats and Shelling both dull, and rather 'f f New Beans are heavy sale. No alteration in Rape6':l Wheat, Norfolk and Suilblk, 601 b. --...--, York. and Lincoln. 601 b. 4 Barley, Norfolk and Sutiblk ' 32s - to $ • 62..• --, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 3os. to s . .- Grinding 2Sto " 62 . 5 . Beans 631 b. Oats, Potatoe --MiAling, Foreign 13d. t 14d....English 12d. to 1 0 7 0 lo' t , Shelling 32s, to 345. i„ er 10 Rapeseed, English, 20/. to 23e. ,DIANCHESTER YA .N MARK No. d. (1. Throstle Twist, 20 ,-.1111 to 111 30— 121 13 40 —l6 17 Mule copTwisti 30 11 12 for warp 40 14 15 50 17 19 60 —2O 22 70..24 26 60 —2B 31 1 1 T.—Oct. 16' 10 to IS i 40 12 li so d CO 174 `l .ll 70 20; 0 80 100 120 31 ' 10 7 P I 14 8 1 0 18 -- 8 11 JO Mule Cop Welt Weft from waste GLASGOW RETAIL Beef per lb. Os. sd. to Os. 9d. Mutton 0 4 0 6 Veal 0 5 0 9 Hams 0 7 0 9 „ Lamb perqr. 1 6 3 " Quartern Loaf... 0 9 0 S Hour, per stone 2 0 „ Rye A 15 RKETS.—OcT. • p , A , cirieal, per st. Is. ed. to 2 5..; reasemeal 2 0 5 Pot Barley, ciat 12 0 18 ' 0 Pearl ditto 2O 0 2/ 0 Grey Pease 12 0 0 0 White ditto l4 0 0 0 Blue ditto 14 0 HOP INTELLIGENCE. M I/ OCT. 17.—0 n Saturday 1, 4 ,5 3 ~b ie n WORCESTER, though no material advance ree ' i f is ia' the last market day were epoo tained; the average may be stated as in our ... a f e : Blaine 925. to 925. ; but very fine samples w.„ e , —. N e w Pocked higher.—lncluding Saturday's sale, 5, '"7 . have been sold in our market this 5ea5ee1 .. ....,.. P th o e ek h e ig ts he v Zr s i ° c i e d s ;of fibr O e n the 16th inst., d a ugh te o l f :. th ß e lß la T d HS. • f Mr. J. Barrow IWO; y 0 . , daughter gd o w n ard th P e re l s 6 t, th Es in q s . t. o! ao..dGauadgebstberri.dge, a l On the 14th inst., at Hea lingtou, near York, the ladi" Great Corem-street, Brunsw i c k -square, of Astley Cooper, Esq. o f a 10 On the 15th inst., at CaNtley, the lady of J. Chi Esq., of a son. St r On the 15th inst., in Arlington-street, Lady Mali Herta, the /iv- 414 phenson, of a son. MARRIED. l o ts og /. 1 On the lith inst., by sp ecial licen ce , at Comp ton Thomas Ashton Smith, Esq., jun., to Matilda,_ daughter of the late William Webber, Esq., of pin'',ev lodge, in the county of Berks. The ceremony W formed by the Archdeacon of Berks. , On the 18th inst., at Croydon, Mr. Andrew P* -- ;„ of Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, to Miss Mary AP :. Hampstead. On the 16th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, by tbe o ff John George Stork, M.A. and Vicar, Mr. George erebt6, of the Royal Dock-yard, Deptford, to Mary, eldest datior of William Corp, Esq. of Peckham-Rye-lane, an d Tower -street, London. sb °4l On the 18th inst., at St. Ge v orge's chute'', Illooln rogioi Kenyon Stephens Parker, of Lincoln's inn, Esq.) 1331ce0 at-law, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Thomas Par Brunswick-square, and Aslistead Lodge, Surrey, OA P RINTE D and PUBLISHED by M. 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T r Clo d Bullocl 41 *e lli E ' le As n s q ui Oat, .'''tessary o 'ti t i.: ' likewise . 1 , A pl kilitary e Bbd ' S RIONA 't•t. 41 , Ph 1 : 1 % f "t Indies, - 4 1) Pn h .,' 4 thei r ' ' ell 011i' n'oderat ,411,0: Articlea In g ereq eo Pr.t I u + , 4 to, of ask4o Amara ' DIED. On the 10th inst:, at his house at Richmond, Lietite"l" General John Skinner. ogefo On the lith inst, at Clapton, in the 33 d year ay' Job after a long illness, Lydia, third daughter Of the late Rutherfooril, surgeon, &c. St. George's East. Jos` On the 16th inst., at his house, Pentonville, Yellowly, late of Whitecross-street, 'St.. Luke's, i n R .- tj year. rte be t ` ll ,l On the 17th inst., at Eaton, near Shrewsbury, , 0 Gillam, the wife of Richard Williams , E s q ., of f•at°— Albemarle -street, Loudon. Al (' ;0 On the 10th inst., of a decline , in his 17th yea, the second son of the Rvv. Richard Wins loe, °I Is ' / SOmersetshire. ,