The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Country Papers for a week or two past are loud in their expressions of indignation against the Game Laws, to which a great number of individuals have lately fallen a sacrifice. The number of deaths of game-preservers, game-keepers, and poachers, recorded in a single news paper, received by us yesterday, is equal to the number of Peers of many a modern Legislative Assembly. We are bound to obey the laws, but not to praise them. We should think the Devil alone would have the audacity to praise the English Game Laws. Human nature is full of contradictions. Thus, for instance, we knoW, that the English Country Gentlemen are the most humane and considerate beings in human shape ; for did not Sir Fran cis Burdett tell us so—and who would not take Sir Francis's word for it? Now, if so many demons were to lay their heads together, how they could devise a law, to produce results the most revolting to humanity, the most calculated to demoralize a people, and the most effectually to cover a land with bloodshed and depravity, we would defy them to hit on any thing equal to the laws which are upholden by the class of men - whom Sir Fran cis has held up as the most kind, considerate, and virtuous of their kind throughout the world. This is singular, but it is true. Other countries as well as England have had Game Laws, but in no country hare Game Laws been exe cuted with a hundredth part of the severity with which they arc executed in England, and in no country can the attempt to execute Game Laws be attended with the horrible con sequences which must take place - here. We are not fond enteling on abstract inquiries; but we cannot help here observing, that land is allowed to become the property of siitli% Mite's on the implied condition that all its produce aiiailbe distributed among the different members of so ciety. The owner of the soil is, in fact, merely the trustee charged with the distribution, who receives a greater or less share himself, and parts with the residue for equiva lents. But the principle of the Game Laws is at variance with the object fot which property is constituted. It says there is a certain description of animal produce, which :hall be enjoyed exclusively by the owners of the soil.— Though the owners of the soil, with respect to wealth, are tar outweighed by the rest of society, they have still the audatity to declare, to the inhabitants of towns, you shall `eel: receive the share accruing to your wealth of the pro duce of the soil. We allow you to share in the fruits of the Myth and the domestic animals ; but the more delicious animals, the ferw nature, called by way of distinction Game, we shall monopolize for our own tables; and if - yeti ever partake of them, you shall be indebted for the enjoyment to our bounty or hospitality. But to this arrangement the moneyed Aristocracy of this Coun try will not submit. They say the law is indeed against our enjoying game except on the. above hunailia tio terms, but the law is oppressive, and though we will that violate it ourselves, we will procure the enjoyment through the instrumentality of others. Leaving it to ' casuists, whether those who avail themselves of their Le gislative power to force an unjust law on their country men, .which they know from the very nature of things, cannot he executed, but at the expence of an enormous sacrifice of lives, the demoralizing nearly the whole of the peasantry, by arraying them against that law, and leading them, step by step, to every description of crime, —at the expence of long lists of culprits crowding our gaols, and adding to the number of our convict s,—or those who are instrumental in purchasing the crimes and misery for the sake of their tulles, are the most culpable, we shall only say, that there is a heavy amount of guilt some where, of which an account must some day be rendered. -The people of this country are constantly dwelling on the tyranny and oppression to which the people of other. countries are subject. They have no idea of the horror which the bare mention of some of the fruits of the Game Laws excites abroad.—" Before the Re volution (says a French writer), there were a few abuses connected with the Game Laws, but they were /Tither so frequent nor so enormous as those which take place at this moment in England. No French Proprie t or ever had the horrid idea of setting on his lands spring pins to wound or kill poachers, or traps, such as are set In some countries for beasts of prey, in order to catch t hem alive." In the " Memoirs of Madame de Geniis," f.he, mentions a failing of the Prince of Conti, that he wish ed to be thought more cruel than he was, and she tells us, hat he excited abhorrence in a large company, by giiing orders, in their hearing, that a poacher shotild be sentenced io " a hundred blows and three months' imprisonment." 1. 7 0 r an act like this, a many tiader the old tyrannical Go vernment of France, would have been execrated ; but one of our humane, considerate Aristocracy, who should con sent to let a poacher escape with three months' imprison ment, would be considered as having taken leave of his senses. When we hear in story-books that the Emperors of Morocco used to amuse themselves occasionally by taking aim at their subjects, and killing a few of them, by way of giving a proof of their skill, we think these Erepe rot s strange wretches; and yet we think it all as it should be, when we hear of human lives being sacrificed every year,. and every week, and every day, and misery and crime being carried into every village in the king- dom e merely to procure amusement for the humane and tender-hearted Aristocracy of our own country. Tile monster, perhaps, killed a dozen individuals in the year; the other amusement is the cause of losses of numberless lives; and, what is worse, the eternal perdition of thou sands of our fellow men.—]]]oaring Chronicle. It is impossible for any man with moderate powers of reflection to pass along St. James's-'street, and view the costly piles of building which are being erected there, coupling that view with a knowledge of the purposes to which they are to be devoted, and not look upon them as furnishing some of the most fearful among the signs of the times. It is in no puritanical light that we use that ex pression, nor have we any disposition to see the Press op posed to the rational associations or amusements of any class of the community; but no man can move in the world, and not perceive that the-vice of gaming—the most atrocious of all moral evils—which used to shrink appalled both from the terrors of the law and from open observation—has of late years thrown off all sense of shame, and actually braves both law and public opinion. One of these pkiks of in famy is to cost, we hear, from 50,000/. to flO,OOO/., a sum looked upon as quite unimportant by its projectors, but not ultimately unimportant, we should imagine, to the wives, the sons and daughters, the sisters, and other connections, as . .eell as to the honest creditors, of the weak, the vain, the dishonest, .and infatuated people, out of whose fortunes t his Temple of Plunder is to be first erected, and afterwards Maintained. We say, that the institution of such hells as these is not unimportant to the honest creditors of those who frequent them, as it is quite notorious that it is one peculiar feature in the character of modern honour to pay none but debts of honour, leaving the tradesman, the me chanic, the legatee, the annuitant, and other persons, whose demands are just, to pine in wretchedness and want, while these Pandemoniums swallow up the fortunes,. and with them all that was once honourable and just in the characters of their possessors. If it were permitted us, we coUld; in proof of this assertion, adduce instances of very recent date, of persons of this description, who have made a vast vapouring about their character, and have actually published certificates of having paid their gaming debts, whose debts to tradesmen amount to more than their actual means could ever pay, and who only escape incarceration by a privilege, obtained for the purpose, and which every honest, man must-regret to km' so much abused. Some hopes have been, and still are entertained, that Parliament %yill be induced, by means of the present upright Secretary of State for the Home Department, to adopt some method of putting a stop to, or at least of controlling, this increas , iag evil ; that a country like this, which has hitherto laid c l a i m to a moral distinction in the world, may not be come only noted for its opposite qualities. What these measures might or ought to be, we cannot precisely de fine ; but, among others, we should think that a regulation which would. impose a heavy revenue upon every species of gamine, and which Would lay open all public subscription houses to the perpetual inspection of the Magistracy, would be among the most effectual means of discouraging and teasing out this profligate mania. But what say the horde of gamblers ?—" Expose subscription-houses to the police ! Is this liberty ? Is this the way in which you would restore the character of free and happy England ?" Si lence, babblers ! and know that liberty from your lips is a mere senseless sound ; or, if it means any thing, means the very reverse of what honest men mean when they use it. Liberty must cease to exist where public virtue is extin guished; and for you to talk of liberty, who are every day, by your own conduct, undermining the basis on which alone it can ever stand, is a mockery of terms too palpable and barefaced to be worthy of parleying with. But the laws of England arc supposed to be equal; and if so, we would ask where would be the injustice of dealing with the vicious haunts and mischievous games of the higher orders in the same summary way that we deal with those of the lower ? Where, we would ask, is the difference between E 0 and Hazard—betweenßlindHookey andßouge et Noir—be tween Put and Ecarte—except that the one are played by thieves and swindlers of a lower grade—at races, fairs, and in public-houses—and the others by persons not a whit more honourable in reality, at the place to which we have, in the outset of this article, alluded ? To put the one, therefore, upon the same footing as the'other, would be no violation either of liberty or justice. But if, after all, vice is to be allowed to triumph and defy the law in one place, the Legislature, to be consistent, should repeal it, and the Government set its face against those constant (and as we believe, useful and salutary) interferences, which are daily taking place with the games of the lower classes in public houses and in other places. Do not let us be guilty of the base hypocrisy comprised in the well-known lines of the Poet— " That in the Captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy." (Morning Herald. j Most men are aware of the power of first impressions. First love is generally the most ardent and sincere and lasting; and early habits, opinions, and attachments, are those which not only n ever are era di ca t e d, b u t which, however stifled or subdued for a time, show themselves through life, whenever opportunity offers. It is stated, and indeed pretty well known of Mr. Canning, that the po litical attachment and opinions by which he is known to the public, are not those of his earliest choice and in clination., His talents, it is catain, were first destined to come out under Whig patronage; and there are those who very well remember when Mr. Fox boasted of him as the promising orator, who was to adorn the then almost deserted Opposition Benches. The change which took place was attributed to the prudent advice of Mr. Sheridan, who is said to have pointed out to his young friend the side of the Minister, as one better calculated to encourage rising talents, than the barren ranks of a consistent but despairing Opposition. By this advice, it is said the die was cast; and the youthful orator, who was on the eve of joining the apologists of the Jaeobins, became hiinself the founder of the Anti-Jacobin school.— We do not mention these circumstances as any disparage ment of Mr. Canning; for the real difference between the various shades in party politics is not much wider, perhaps than thatwhichßonaparte allotted to the sublime t and the ri diculous ; but rather with a view of accounting for the apparent inconsistency ip some parts of Mr. Canning's con duct of late years, which have been, in fact, only a return to first impressions. As long as Mr. Pitt lived—as long as Lord Londonderry lived—in fact, as long as others maintained the ascendant, so long was Mr. Canning com pelled to conform (though restlessly enough in the case of Lord Sidmouth and Mr. Perceval, as well as of Lord Castlereagh) to the opinions, the principle=, and the po licy of his leader. But left without a rival, his mind has since become unshackled, and returns, by a natural im pulse, to some, at least, of the impressions and inclina tions, under the influence of which it first started into life. —lbid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—A person named John 3lerrett, came before the LORD 31-k YOR, to implore his Lordship's aid or advice against the Directors of the Cornwall and Devonshire Mining Company. The applicant appeared to be a respectable mechanic. His statement, which he had written, was to the effect, that he feared that several persons a c ti ng as Di rectors to t h e C ornwall , and Devonshire Mining Company, intended to defraud him of his money, which he declared he placed in their hands under the so lemn assurance of the validity of the concern ; but he bad learned that they had taken his money as well as that belonging to others, add divided the greatest part amongst themselves. One of their number had declared that he was ready to return his part of the money, which he considered had been unlawfully and unjustly taken from the shareholders. When the complainant heard this and other thins which were said, he went to the office and de manded his money back, on the ground that they bad obtained it on a prospectus that was untrue ; but they refused to give him his money back, or to answer any inquiries. They had twice threat ened him, putting him in daily fear, saying they must have more money of him for calls. He was not in circumstances to go to law with such monied men. He knew not what method to take with them, and he was afraid at times that he should fall a sacrifice to them, unless his Lordship, or some other high authority, stepped in to his assistance, and rescued him out of their power. All his savings were in their hands, and he should be utterly ruined. The Loan M.! YOR—I can give you no advice : if you had come to ask my advice before you invested your money in the concern, I could then have given it to you, but it is now too late. The complainant, who was evidently in a state of the utmost distress, then retired ; and his Lordship observed, what was re marked by most persons present, that his losses seemed to have affected his mind. A person named Conway appeared to answer a charge of hav ing feloniously obtained possession of some documents and papers belonging to Mr. Fawell, an accountant. The Loa') MAYOR (to the defendant)—Unless you give up the property, I must commit you. The defendant begged, before his Lordship took any steps, that he would hear in his behalf a solicitor, who had engaged to attend for him. The Lotus MAYOR consented to adjourn the ease, that the de fendant might bare an opportunity of taking advice, and consider ing the situation in which he stood. MA RYLEBONE-OFFICE —Yebterday John Lothian was charged with having obtruded himself into a chamber at the White Hart public-house, in Oxford-market, and with having committed a desperate assault, with a poker, upon the persons of two watchmen, who were called in to remove him. The prisoner attributed his conduct to the influence of disap pointed love, and handed a letter to Mr. Rawlinson, which be had received on Sunday morning, in which Miss Donelly declined further intercourse, and requested an exchange of letters. Mr. RAlvtiNsinq should put the young woman out of the ques tion; she had acted very prudently, and it would be unpleasant for her to appear again on the subject ; be must find bail for the assault upon the watchmen, and upon that charge he would be prosecuted. Wm. Broad, a little boy, exactly nine years old, was charged by Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, of 93, Edgware-road, with crossing round her counter, and stealing 10s. 6d. from her till. The little urchin owned that he had taken the money, and said he was told to do it by another boy named Wood. Mr. RAWLINSON questioned his mother, who was present, as to his habits and education. She said that he belonged to the Marylebone National School. He could read and repeat his catechism, and she keeps him out of the streets us much as her engagement! as a washer-woman will admit of. She did nut knew of his being acquainted with Wood until Saturday, who, she believes to be 17 years of age, and a very bad character. Mr. RAWLINSON regretted the necessity of committing the child ; but said he could not avoid it ; for if a feeling of commi seration was suffered to operate, and children allow to escape, older thieves would take advantage of the circumstance, and make them their dupes. QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday Susan Hammond was charged with robbing one Mr. John Budd, of a purse containing twelve sovereigns. The prisoner attempted to deny the charge, but the prosecutor swore positively to her.—Committed. LEMON MINCE PlES.—Squeeze a large lemon, boil the outside till tender enough to beat to a mass, add to it thret large apples chopped, and four ounces of suet, half a pound of cur rants, and four ounces of sugar ; put the juice of the lemon and candied fruits as for other pies. Make short crust, and 511 the patty-pans as usual. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-JAN. 1. The attendance of Subscribers was numerous, but of a very ge neral description. The betting was also less legitimate than usual, the fight between Ward and Crawley obtaining the greatest notice till towards the evening, 7 to 4 and 2 to 1 being offered on Ward, and taken by some good judges. A short time before the close of the room, some heavy betting was entered intb on the Derby, and about the same time it transpired, that the south country , nominations for the St. Leger, up to this afternoon, were in number twenty-three, including Lord Jersey's four— Tatter, Gustavus, Snowdrop, and Eliza Teazle. DERBY. S to 1 agst Webb 10 to 1 agst Tatler* 13 to 1 agst Espagnolle 20 to 1 agst Gustavus 20 to 1 agst Dauntless" 21 to 1 agst Trumpeter* 22 to 1 agst Catherine' 22 to 1 agst Elfrid - 22 to 1 agst Manseluke • 25 to 1 rags: Make 30 to 1 agat Augusta 30 to 1 agst Gainelins 80 to 1 agst Lord Ailesbury* 35 to 1 art Cressida 35 to 1 art Antar 40 to 1 agst Snowdrop 40 to 1 agst Eliza Teazle 40 to 1 apt Roderick 40 to 1 agst Chieftain* 11 to 2 ag,st Maria 12i to 1 ap,st Duchess 124 2 to 1 agst Androssan 15 to 1 ai, , st Souvenir 16 to 1 apt Translation KS. to 1 agst Lunacy 25 to I agst Morel' 25 to 1 egst Scornful SO to 1 apt any other. The only bet we beard was 4, out of Olivera. LGER. • 500 to 100 abet c. by Stuolenlko, Those marked thi Ina (*) were taken. FIELD-SPORTS. FOR JANUARY. (From the Annals of Sporting.) The pursuit of the grouse, it is well known, cease in December, and the huainess of the fowling-piece may now be said to be on the wane. Partridges, however, are still fair game; but, unless in places - where they have been but little disturbed, they will not suffer the approach of the sportsman. Partridges have been found in great abundance, as we have observed in former numbers ; more were killed than usual ; yet more than usual will be left at the close of the season, which we need hardly observe, is the close of this mouth, or, as some persons interpret it, the Ist of February. The season for the pursuit of the pheasant closes at the period already mentioned. These birds have, in many places, been slaughtered by hundreds in the way of battu-shooting, and many hundreds more will fall in the same 1, holeeale tray daring the pre sent month. A much wiser and better plan than was formerly followed, in respect to the propagation of these beautiful birds, has been lately adopted in many places, and will, no doubt, become general. The male bird, which was uniformly marked for indis criminate destruction, (under the mistaken idea that the female would be sure to find a mate,) is now more sparingly killed. They are left in the proportion of one male to three females, which id as it should be. We pointed out, in the very commencement of our Annals, the thoughtless impropriety of shooting all the cock pheasants which came within reach ; the same subject has been repeatedly noticed during the progress of our work, and we are extremely happy to see our ideas on the subject about to be gene rally adopted. Woodcocks, of which the present season has scarcely afforded an average number, will continue to attract the attention of the shutter; and the same might equally,be applicable to snipes. Coursing will continue in fashion. Innumerous hares have long yielded to the long-dogs, and thousands more will fall before nature implores the courser to hale his hounds and suspend his halloo, as there is uo legal period for the cessation of this favourite and more than ever popular recreation. Hares, in the early part of the season, did not run well. A neighbour of ours, with a brace of greyhounds, killed thirteen brace in succession;, a pretty decided proof that the hares must run ill, or the dogs remarkably welb—both may probably he the case; but, most assuredly, the greyhounds of our acquaintance were capital ones. Those harriers, to speak generally, which we have attended have been eminently successful. The days on which they have hunted have frequently been remarkable for a very unfavourable atmospheric influence, and, in consequence, the hounds hare not been able to pursue their game; though from several other pat ts of the kingdom, from which we have obtained information, we find that harriers have been generally successful. Fox-irrNTlNG.—This enthusiastic sport was commenced as early as possible in most parts of the kingdom, (although we never observed the leaps more impenetrably blind,) and fox-hounds have been extremely successful. More foxes were killed in the early part of the season than was perhaps ever before known. WILD-rowL.—These web-footed and other-wanderers from the frozen regions of the North, Which come under the description of wild-fowl, and which sojourn in the marshes and on the shores of these islands, have not made their appearance so numerously as usual ; and, consequently, those who are fond of the chilly diver sion of wild-fowl shooting will have experience.: (at least up to the present-period) less than ordinary sport. There is yet, how ever, time for these to invoke more (for them) auspicious atmos pheres. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Thursday last an inquest was taken at the Rising Son, in St. Ebbe's parish, by Mr. Cecil, the City Coroner, on view of the body of Edwin Serle, a very steady young man, who had lately been in the employ of Mr. Purbrick, tailor, of this city, and who, the preceding day, cut his throat in a most dreadful manner, nearly severing his head from his body. There is every reason to believe that this nnfortrmate young man took off his coat, waist coat, and neckcloth, and stood before a looking glass to perpetrate the dreadfil act ; he afterwards went towards the staircase, where he fell from loss of blood, and was found by a neighbour a shock ing spectacle. Mr. G. Ilitchings, of the city of Oxford, surgeon, about three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, attended at the house of Mr. Brazier, where Edwin Serle lodged, and found him lying on his back on the floor, up two pair of stairs, with his throat cut. Witness examined the wound, which appeared to have been done by a razor, or some sharp instrument. It was about six inches in length, and so deep as to have completely divided the windpipe, and the passage leading to the stomach behind ; and the jugular vein on each side, and carotid artery on the right side, were both severed ; the wound inflicted was the cause of his death. Ann, wife of William Brazier, of this city, shopkeeper, de posed, that Edwin Serie had lodged at her husband's house the last three or four months ; he was 19 or 20 years of age ; he was as steady as most young men. On Monday last he told witness he was poorly, and that he could not think the reason why he had such a pressure on his spirits when he was poorly ; did not say any thing else. Serie came into the house shortly after one o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and witness gave him a basin of broth, of which he ate a little, and then went into the street ; witness did not see him afterwards. When Serle had the broth, he told witness he was better. Witness did not think, when he complained of being poorly, that lie was of unsound mind. Never saw him do any thing extraordinary ; was not out late at night the evening before. Thomas Taylor, of this city, tailor, had known Serie about five weeks, and had worked in Mr. Pm-brick's shop with him from Monday week until the Saturday following. On Monday last witness called on Serie at his lodgings : he then told witness he was poorly with a pain in his head. Witness dined with Serle, and then went to the Vine, in George-lane, and there drank be tween them two pints of beer. On Tuesday morning witness called on Serle, who said he was better; did not observe any thing particular in his conduct. Witness was with Serle till half past one on Wednesday, and did not observe any thing particular in his conduct. The Jury returned a verdict of Febo de ee ; and the Co roner issued his warrant for the burial, between the hours of 9 and 12, as directed by the Act of George IV. THE AGE OF IMPROVEMENT.—The following fact offers a striking illustration of the astonishing improvements, which hare been effected in steam machinery in our days few weeks ago a steam-engine of six-horse power, with its boiler complete, on Mr. Gurney's new principle, was packed and ad dressed to a correspondent at Paris ; and on reaching Calaia.by the packet, it was actually forwarded from thence to its place of destination, on the roof of the common diligence, in addition to the ordinary complement of passengers and luggage ! The late M. Talina's father was a respectable den tist in Frith-street, Soho. His name was on an oral white ena melled plate on the door. M. Telma, the son, was one of the ju nior scholars at the Soho-square Academy, in and prior to the year 1751. Mr. Holman was at the Academy at the same time. It was the custom there to get up and perform plays pre vious to the holydays, to which performances the friends of the scholars were invited, and M. Talma and Mr. Holman pet:- formed the principal characters, and they always received much applause, and this, no doubt, induced them both to take to the stage. M. Telma who was then about sixteen years of age, was always considered to have been born in England. He was a youth of a very lively turn, and considered one of the best classical scholars at the time. As there have been doubts respecting the country which gave him birth, this communication may proba bly decide it. IMPORTANCE OF THE TRADE TO THE EAST INDIES. It appears to be of the greatest importance that the people of England generally, should be more fully acquainted than they are, with the restrictions which so greatly cramp our trade with the East Indies. _ _ _ " There is nothing connected with the policy of England (says a late writer), more remarkable, than the degree of apathy which her people generally appear to experience, with reference to the affairs of the moat important of all our dependencies, the Eastern Empire. At a moment when the influence of Great Britain is felt and acknowledged over the whole continent of India ; where an hundred millions of people are directly under our own sway; where not an hundred millions only, but millions upon millions besides, who dwell under the nominal rule of their native Princes, look to ❑s as the arbiters of their destiny, and the guardians of their hap piness ; and above all, when it is avowed, the loss of this in fluence would affect us more materially than almost any other calamity which could oceur, it is not more melancholy than surprising, to behold the utter neglect, with which every question relative to the proper management of British India is treated." At a time when the manufacturing Districts in this Country are suffering most heavily for want of a market for their goods, is it not of importance that we should be fully aware of the vast field which India opens for our relief, and of which we are only pre vented from availing our.elves to an extent almost unlimited, by the heavy duties upon Imports from the East Indies, beyond what are laid on similar articles brought from the West Indies ? A duty of 10s. per cwt more (being at least 50 per cent. on the prime cost) it laid on East India Sugar, than on West India. —The Duty on West India Sugar being 275. per cwt., and on East India 375. per cwt. A Duty of 28s. per cwt. more is laid upon East India Coffee than on West India ;—the Duty on West India being 565. per cwt., and on East India 84s. per cwt. A Duty of 28s. per cwt. more is laid on East India Cocoa than on West India ;—the Duty on West India being 565. per cwt., and on East India 81s. per cwt. A Duty of 7e. per cwt. more is laid on East India Turmeric than on West India ;—the Duty on West India being 3s. per cwt , and on East India 10s. per cwt. A Duty of I Is. 6d. per gallon more is laid on East India Rum than on West India ;—the Duty on West India being Bs. 6d. per gallon, and on East India 20s. per gallon ; which amount,, to a prohibition. A Duty of 6 per cent. ad va/orum more is laid on East India Cotton Wool than on West India, which is admitted free of duty. There are also higher Duties on a variety of other articles, such as Dye-woods, Mahogany, Hides, &e. &c., than what are laid on similar articles from the West Indies. The Mauritius, a small Island, (ceded to us by France, which lies about IC degrees to the east of Madagascar ' ) is cultivated by Slaves, and it has very lately been selected as the object of favor,— being the only spot in our eastern empire, which is put upon the same footing as the West Indies with regard to the duties on Sugar. Notwithstanding these disadvantages under which our Trade with the East Indies is placed,—it is a remarkable fact, and well worthy of notice, that our exports to that country have increased in an astonishing degree. In 1815, the Exports of Cotton Cloth were equal to 59,221 pieces, 2E3 yards eat+. In 1622, they had increased to 711,450 pieces, 28 yards each.* Besides which, we are now shipping to India considerable quanti ties of Cotton Twist. What, then, would be the extent of the Trade with British India, were the produce from that country put upou a fair footing, as regards Import Duties, with the pro duce of our other Colonies? It may be objected by some, that our Government is in no situation to reduce the Revenue ;—but, on a little reflection, it will appear beyond a doubt, that as any increased export of the inanufactares of this country to the East Indies, will enable the people of England to consume en increased quantity of their pro duce, which should be received in return, the revenue must be greatly benefited by the change. Let it not, however, be imagined, that the sacrifice as stated above, enormously great as it is, is the whole of the burden which is imposed upon this country, to enable the Planter of the West Indies to continue the ruinous system of Slave Cultivation, (which, without such support, he would long ago have been forced to abandon,) we will mention one single item more.—" The ex pence of our Slave Colonies during the year 182 t, a year of pro found peace, for naval and military defence, and other contingen cies, amounted to upwards of One Million Six Hundred Thousand Pounds, and this is an expense which is going on from year to )ear."-1--3fanchestsr Gazette. I. c0404,34-itioir. * Vide Bristol Mercury, Oct. 16, 1826. Vide Appendix 2d Report Anti-Slavery Society. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, FRIDAY, JAN. 5 Bennett and Co., Kidderminster—Whit e Hart, Hartlehttry-10 Billiuge, J., St. Philip and Jacob—Rummer, Bristol —IR Bird, W., Cheltenham—Royal Hotel, Cheltenham-4 Bore, J. jun., Kidderminster—Royal Hotel, Birminghatn--1 1 Brown, J., Godmanchester—George, Huntingdon—ll Cooke, E. jun., Eye--Six Bells, Bury-8 Cope, C., Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham-1 Cox, E., Wednesbury—Roebuck, Oxford-11 Cross, F. jun., Birtatnorton—Feathers, Ledbury-11 Dillon, J., Hereford—Greyhound, Hereford-11 Dodd, S., Newcastle-upon-Tyne—George, Neweattle-upon- Tyne-11 Dumvill, J. jun., Wakefield—Sessions House, Wakefield-12 Eld, J., Walsall—George, Bewdley-6 Evans, T., Abergavenny—Angel, Abergavenny-11 Ferns and Co., Manchester—White's, 31anchester-2 Fisher, J., Llanthewy-Skirrid—Angel, Abergavenny-11 Fisher, R., Bury—Six Bells, Bury-7 French, N. jun., Cardiff—Commercial Rooms, Bristol-11 Fussell, J., Stoke-lane, Somersetshire—Somerset Hotel, Wells-1 ,t, Garbett, R., Wellington--Seven Stars, Ketley-11 Gibbons, T., jun., Wells—Red Lion, Fakenharu-11 Gooch, R., Southampton—Crown, Southampton-12 Heron, J. and T., Manchester—Royal Hotel, Birmingham-12 Jones, T., Shrewsbury—Elephant and Castle, Shrewsbury—l Kettle, W. W., Birmingham—Royal Hotel, Birmingham-11 Lawton, R., Stayley—White Bear, Manchester-11 Major, R., Frome Selwood—George, Promo Selwood-11 Martin, J. sen., Bath—Angel, Bath-1 Moorhouse, T., Sheffield—Tontine, Sheffield-2 Mundy, S., jun., Bradford—Castle and Ball, Bath-11 Musgrave, J., Brainley—Court House, Leeds--11 Poole, T., Colwell, Herefordshire—Feathers, Ledltury—li Pooley, J. and J., Hulme—Star, Manchester-2 Probyn, W., Abergavenny--Mr. Jones, Abergavenny-10 Roebuck, W., Huddersfield—Mr. Allison, Huddersfield-11 Rogers, J., Shrewsbury—Talbot, Shrewsbury-11 Russell, A., March—Crown, St. Ives-11 Selden and Hynde, Liverpool—George, Liverpool-1 Sheard, L. Lepton, Kirkbeaton—Sessions-house,Wakefield—ll Shepherd and Haworth, Bury, Lancashire—White. Hotel, Manchester-1 0 Sibson, J. Newcastle-on-Tyne—Crown and Thistle, Neweastle-1 t Smith, W. Leiceste —office of Mr. Dunn, Birmingham-4 Stafford, J. Bingham, Notts—Chestirfield Arms,Birminghain-10 Todd, J. Sheffield—Tontine, Sheffield-12 Washer, J. E. Bristol—Office Messrs. Cary and Co. Bristol-1 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED. Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Jan. 5, at Nine. Aveling, W., Blackfriars, oilman Bott, R., Stanton, Staffordshire, wheelwright Brett, R., Blackfriara-road, tailor Brooks, G., Bethnal-green, shopkeeper Chalmers, J., Oxford-street, green grocer airier, S., Hereford, carpenter Dixon, T., Markham, Notts, horse dealer Dowding, J., Wandsworth, bricklayer Duddridge, It., Pimlico, surgeoi, Fabian, J., Brighton, builder Forster, G., Walbam green, tailor Gregory, C., Cheltenham, apothecary Gregory, T., Cheltenham, bay dealer Giles, J., Fairford, Gloncesterehire, tailor Hurd, P., Kidderminster, clerk Jones, J., Southwark, waterman Key, J., Bethnal-green, bricklayer Lawrence, S., Russell-court, general dealer Law, J., Ripley, mariner Meacham, M., Cheltenham, dyer Oertel, H., Cannon-street, tailor Read, T., Old -street, broker Roberta, L., Friday-street, tailor Shew, J., Streatham, upholsterer Smith, J., Edware-road, upholsterer Standidge, J., Rotherhithe, victualler Tilstone, J., Lambeth, waiter in the customs Turner, W., Huddersfield, joiner Wharton, H., Walwortb, clerk RAIN' HIDES. Per Stone. s. (1. 6. d. Per Stone. E. d. P. cl, Rest Heifers and Steen 210 to 3 2 Ordinary 2 0 to 2 Middlings 9O to 3 8 Market Calf ......—........... 7 0 .ach. LIBEL CASES IN THE LAST TERM. The late Term was more than usually prolific in actions of Libel, and motions for criminal informations against the Proprie tors of NeWspapers. The following is an accurate list of the dif ferent oases as they occurred in the Courts : • In the King's Bench four conditional orders, for criminal infor mations, were obtained against Richards, the proprietor of The Age, at the suit of NV. Easthope, M.P., the Earl of Glengall, Lord W. Lennox, and W. Molloy Westmacott ; against Shackell, the Proprietor of The John Bull, at the suit of Mr. Hartshorne ; against Chapman, the proprietor of the Sunday Times, at the suit of W. Wellesley Pole ; against Fairman, the proprietor of The Palladium, at the suit of Lord W. Lennox ; against the pro prietor of The Cheltenham Journal, at the suit of the Rev. Mr. Campbell ; and against Mr. Duneombe, the publisher, at the suit of Madame Vestris. Actions for Libel were tried in the following instances : Smith v. Brodie, of the Times, damages, Si. ; Fisher v. Cle ment, of the Morning Chronicle, SOL ; Wright v. Jerdan, of the Literary Gazette, 501. ; Forster v. Clement, of Bell's Life in London, 301. ; Harris v. Wheldon, of The British Traveller. 1001. ; Freeman v. Price, of the Leicester Journal, 10/. ; and Lord Arundell v. Shackell, of the John Bull, fine to the King of 1501. The Editor of a periodical, published in London, called the Portuguese, was brought up during the Term, to have judgment prouneed for a Libel on the Marquis de Palmella, the Portuguese Ambassador ; he was only required to cater into his own recog nizances. The only cases in which the defendants were successful, were those of Bourke v. the Courier and Morning Chronicle, which terminated in a verdict for the defendants; and that of Neil!, M.P. r. Clement, for en alleged Libel in Bell's Life in London, in which the Court refused to grant a criminal information. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest pries of Bread in the Metropolis is 91d. for the 41b. Loaf—There are others who sell from a halfpenny to two ponce halfpenny below that price. 725. fine 71s. ISt 44e. fine 90s. 635. 60s. fine Ms. Sits. 40s. fine 42.. 456. 566. fine GU OS:. 430. fine 4116. 355. fine 325. 365. 12s. fine 10s. 245. Vs. fine 325, 356. 275. 30s. fine -s. 30i. 325. fine 306. new 335. 404. 425. 445. fine --s. 30.. new 90.. 40s. 425. new 40e. 455. 33.. 41.. fine 435. 34;. 395. fine age. --o. fine •-•-11. 123. 134. fine -4. ^S. • • • Ris 20s fine 23.. ',Turnip Seeds, Rounds- - -s. 355. 425. tine --s Green and Red Ditto.- 44.4. 40s. fine --.. Tares, 011-73. Cd. Vs. rid. tine Or. Oki... New -s. Os. tine 12.. 13s. Rape Seed, English, fine (per Last) '241. to 261......,. Foreign 22/. to 2i4/. PRICE OF SEEDS.--Jan. 1. New English Red Clover Seed (per Old Ditto Ditto— New Foreign Ditto-- Old Ditto Ditte 12Ss. New White Clover.—. s2s. Old Ditto ------ 30s New Trefoil 2Se Old Rib Grass ---, Foreign English Coriander St. Foin Rye GransPacey Ditto . Ditto Coriander Seed Linseed, for fi 213. 353. 20s. 283. —3. 363. fora PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown all. Os. -- Refined 414 • 20 14 0 6 10 Linseed Oil at the Mill, per thousarl . Rape Cake, per ton NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. d. to s. d. r. d. to s. d. Berl 30 4 8 I V eal Mutton 2 0 :3 8 Po rk 3 8 5 0 -------- WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—Dee. sa 725. Od. to 1055. Od. Ws. Od. to 380. bd. Clover . Sie. Cd. to lea. Od. PRICES OF HO: Pockets. Kent 0;. - 4 - 171.3s. to el. N. Sussex 31. 16s. 41. 4.5. to it 10.. T.essx— 4/. N. 41. Lit to SI. 53. Farnham, fine (Pockets) 71. 75. to (per Crelj—Jan. 1. I Bags. Kent .. N. es. 41. Os. to W. N. Sussex 31. 3s. 31. 10s. to 3/. I. Essex 31. as. W. 18s. to 41. 10s. 81 l 2 s.—Seconds. 61. Os. to TE. Os. PRICE OF POTATOES.—Jan. 1. Yorkshire Kidilsys Oxtiobles and Shags 31. ss. to 31. 10s. ditto. Marsh 41. N. to U. 10s. ditto. PRICES OF Fer lb. d. amts.— '.O to 3611 a—.—. 20 to 22 Ditto_ —6O to &SM.*. Z 1 to 21 Dressing Hides..-- 13 to 15 Fine Coach Hides IS to 17 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b.— 131 to 141 Ditto--,,15 to .50ib.— 15 to 17 _ 17 to 19 LEATHER Per lb. Tanned Horse Hide._,,,., SpesiAh Ditto r Per cloven. Calf Skins—. .36 to 40th. Ditto --- 50 to 701 b. Ditto 70 to 80113. Small Scaly, Greenland— .(per Quarter), Unary Seed, New (—.)oa. 105 s. fine 1101. White 11.1c14tard Seed --(per Bushol)-- —s. Brown Ditto d. d 12 to /6 13 to N RS to 24 L 9 to 21 21 to 9.71 19 to 24 SHEEP SKINS. Dorn® 4s. Bd. toes. Od. j Lambs... N.Od. to N. Od. I P011ed...35. 6d. tots. bd :OAL MANKET.—Jan s. d. 8eaum0nt,.,..,...,.,.. 27 6 Burdon —3O 6 Dean's Prirnras.e 111 6 Eighton 26 0 Felling Main 27 0 Heaton. 22 3 Hebburn Main-- 31 6 Holywell 28 0 KiLlingworth 31 6 Liddell's Main—. 23 Ord's Rea tigh 23 6 Pe4aw 310 Perry Baat 28 0 Pontop Windsor— 28 0 Ships at Market, s. d. Pontop Simpson— ES 0 Tanfield Moor—. 32 6 29 Wallbottle--.26 0 W7larn 27 6 Wall9Endßewicke34 0 W. E. Brown's— a/ 3 W. F., Hilda St) 6 W. E. Hotspur 30 6 W. K Newmarch 32 0 W. E. CAT & CO. 31 6 W. K Riddell's ._ 32 0 W. E. Russell's 22 0 d 3 —Fhips sold, 501 i. d. W. E. Walker-- M 6 Tanfield Trader.., 33 Lanibton small_.. 17 6 Stewart's small-- IS 6 Walker small 145 Cowper IS 3 Hartley 43 0 Walls End ' s p 36 0 Rusatil's Lyon's 31 S Wails End Hetton 94 f Walle End Lyme 94 6 W. E. Stewart's— 94 6 •UnsoM, 17234, IRISH MARK; DUBLIN MARKET NOTE. .—Fn !DAT, From 28 0 17 0 11 0 18 0 g 0 17 0 Dec. 29. 53.5 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 16S Bere — 16 stone r SO 94 17 12 19 1 16 4-X 0 0 17 6 11l Barley 16 stone 1,184 Oats 14 stone 6,738 Cwt. 9 stone --. 110 Oatmeal . 11 stone -- Sold to Bakers only. 5,040 Cwt. Flour Average price of Wheat and II 15 0 lour 435. P 6 0 I per sack. 17 9 FR ICE OF Bit . Quartern Loaf, tib, :toz. --...8!4c1. I Hal ECAD. r-quartorn Loaf, Mb. kz...31 4 d. Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, per cwt. per barrel per barrel per barrel r---"A-------, 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. 'lst. 2d. 3d. .........---- —_._. , s. d. a a. d. e.d.as.d. s. d_ as.d. s.d.as.d. e.d.a:.d. s, d. ag.d. C0rk...... 24 0--18 3 18 0-20 0 14 G-18 0 13 0-20 0 16 0-160 80_130 Limerick I- 0- 00 - 0-- 00--0- 0 0 -0- OP-0 _ 00 -o. _ 00 Waterford 26 0-28 617 0-19 613 0-15 617 0-180 150-.9 100-126 (.I:4way 23 4-31 316 0-17 315 2-16 4 180-190 150-16 120-ISO Clone]- 29 4-29 2100-0013 7- 0 0 176- 00 156-_ 0 106-116 Tr/sloe.-- 26 8--28 8 16 8-17 4 15 2-15 8 200- 0 0 180.- 0 0 120- OA Carlow.-- 0 0-30 0 00-0010 0- 0 0 00-- 00 00-0 00 - op Belfast...-. 28 8-31 0 19 6-- 0 0117 9- 0 o'l2o- 00 200_ 0 6 170_ 0 A _____ Beef, 'Mutton, Veal, Pork, Butter. per lb. per lb. per lb. per CAI. - let. la. 2d DI. Stk. d. a d. d. a d. il. a ti. s. d. a s. d. e. d. e. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Cork 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 24 O--26 094 0 80066036 46A Limerick-0 -0 0-00-0-0-0 0- 0- 0- 0...., -0 Waterford 0 - 0 0 - 0 o—n 24 0-38 0846 - 0 - _ _ 0 Galway ......0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 28 0-37 484 0.- 0-. - -0 Clonmel - 3 - 4 4 4 -5 5 -GI 320-34072068063 39 in 0 Carlow.— 0 -0 0- 0 0 -0 - 0- 0 090 082 070 060 030 6 „. 10.. _ ... 4, -5 4.1 -0 0 -0 -0- 00-0-0-.0- -0 Aza r ., ...... 3 1 -6 ,5 - 6 61—. i 26 0-33 080 0 o,_ ~. 0 BIRTHS. On the 30th ult., in Calthorpe-street, the lady of Thomas Chi On the 30th ult., in Hereford-street, the lady of Th us . B arre tt Lennard, Esq., M.P., of a son and heir. On the 29th ult. , in Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-p ar k, M rs . Thomas Moore, of a eon. Chitty, Esq., of a son. the Slat ult., in Devonshire-place, the lady of R. W. Hall Dare, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the Ist iust., at St. Marylebone Church, Stephen James Fitzgerald, Esq., of Chancery-lane, to Charlotte, only daughter of Mr. Henry Bentham, of Great Marylebone-etreet. On the Ist inst., at Richmond, Surrey, by the Hon. and Rev. Gerrard Noel, Robert Walter Carden, EN., youngest son of Jas. Carden, Esq., cf Bedford-square, to Pamella Elizabeth Edith, se. cond daughter of W. S. Andrews, Eni., of Richmond. DIED. On the Slat ult., at his house Tin James-street, Buainghani gate, in the 71st year of his age, William Gifford, Esq. anchor of the Baviad and Maviad, translator of Juvenal and Pershow and Editor of the Quarterly Review, from its commencement down to the beginning of the year just past. On the 30th ult., at B r i g ht o n, Anne Cecil, daughter of the Hon. and Rev. R. Carl e t on , a ged two years and eight m o nth s . On the 30th ult., in c o w_croas-street, Smithfield, Mrs. Sarah Dunkley, aged 75. On the 31st ult., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Payne, chemist, st. Martin's -court, Leicester-square. Printed an Published by M. YOUNG, at *a Stru-Ornot No. I IS, STRAND. ETS. To 22 0 18 0 21 0 18 0 26 0 19 0