The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALg. The American President's Message attracted a painful kind of notice to the existing relations between this coun try and the United States. The key, touched by the Chief Magistrate of the Republic, certainly vibrated for a while on our Stock Exchange, and the sound has since died away. It is still, however, of importance to to the public that measures are in operation for healing the imperfections of the Ghent treat, and remor ing the difficulties that have hitherto stood in the way of a frank and easy commercial intercourse between the two nations. A Commission, if a negociator on each side and a common secretary may be so called—has betn sitting for some weeks, for the purpose above described. Mr. Gal latin, the American Ambassador, acts in this particular case, also, for his Government, and Mr. Huskisson for ours, and Mr. Abercrombie, jun., is joint Secretary. — These gentlemen, we are Assured, have nearly brought their labours to an amicable conclusion. It is further pleasing to state, which we do on no slight grounds, that the American people have not taxed, and do not complain of us, as having impeded the satisfactory arrangement of the commercial relations between the two countries..-- Time:. it seems probable that among the mass of petitions by which Ministers are likely to be importuned, and more or Less embarrassed, in the course of this Session of Parlia ment, they may find some from quarters where little has been hitherto looked for beyond the most loyal, and edify ing acquiescence in the will of his Majesty's advisers. The Scotch counties, which have been deeply affected by the pressure of difficulties and the consequent convulsions of trade within the last fifteen months, are coming forward with language not often heard beyond the Frith of Sol way. So long ago as the 21st of November, a county meeting for Renfrewshire was held at Paisley, with the declared object of considering " the distress which pre vailed among the productive tiasses, and the propriety of petitioning Parliament thereupon." At this meeting, the Member for the county (Mr. Maxwell) came early for ward, and pledged himself to support the petition pre pared and agreed upon, in hopes that it would help to contribute that relief which he and others had vainly urged upon the King's Ministers. Mr. Wallace, a great proprietor in the county, and likewise an opulent inein bie‘of the West Indian body, was equally strenuous with ' the former gentleman in his approbation of the petition. It may be some index of the change of sentiment which is beginning to show itself in large classes of the inha bitants of Scotland, when we perceive in a Scotch county petition the distresses of the people at large dwelt upon with bitter force; and, as chief among the causes or those sufferings, the immense amount of the taxes, aggravated by their unequal pressure ; the fictitious meney, which renders property uncertain and morals corrttpt; the change in the value 6f money, which bears down the whole commercial community, end entails a necessity for " ad justing contracts ;" the Corn Laws, which paralyze our manufactures, and which starve the poor; finally, the dis honest state of the representation, by which all the above evils are perpetuated. This is undoubtedly a strong tone of complaint for any Scotch -composition, and ought to be well meditated by those to whom it addresses itself, as a curious, and rather serious, characteristic of the times.— Ibid. \%e yesterday saw a letter, received by the ordinary post, from Portalegre, near the Spanish Frontiers, and dated December 17, which states that the rebel leader, Magessi, and his party, after having been defeated by the Count de Villa Flor, entered Spain, in the vicinity of Al buquerque, and proceeded on to the town of San Vicente, where they were publicly and magnificently received by the Mayor c.f the town, named Casillas, the Military Com mandant, Brigadier Toro, and Cid dc Ribero, a Canon of Badajot who, after furnishing them with every thing they required, accompanied them, in their march, towards Al..' cantara—the line the rebels pursued, for the purpose of again invading Portugal, on the side of Lower Beira. If any thing was wanting to prove the duplicity and bad faith with which the Spanish Government is-acting to wards Portugal, it is the fact mentioned in the above letter, which we can vouch, comes from a highly respec table quarter. In the very teeth of the assurances re peatedly given by the imbecile Ferdinand, and in open violation of the diplomatic note, sent to all the Ambassa dors in Madrid, by the Minister Salmon, on 28th Novem ber, in which he affirms, that orders had been conimuni rated to all the Military Commanders and Civil Autho rities on the Portuguese frontiers, not to allow any aid to he given to the Refugees, or suffer any deserters to be re !eived, but to observe, in the most strict manner, the Treaties and Conventions existing with Portugal, we see that the Military Commander, the Chief Civil Autlio rity, and Church Dignitary, not only receive, with open arms, the defeated rebels who had a second time taken refuge on the Spanish territory, but supply them with fresh stores and means of attack, and even accompany them a considerable distance on the new road they tool( towards the Portuguese lines, which they were about to cross a second time, for the purpose of carrying terror and desolation among their insulted countrymen. This direct aid and co-operation with the Portuguese refugee* coupled with the favours bestowed on Gen. Longa, the. Commander of the district in which the rebels were first equipped, and the formation of an army under Rodil, to act on the frontiers, are circumstances in themselves strong . enough to show the feelings of the Madrid Government, as well as the influence of the Apostolicals over its acts. No one can fora moment imagine that the armament of . the Portuguese refugees took place without the knowledge and consent of the King, when, as we a few days ago proved to a demonstration, not a single musket, for ae extraordinary service, can be taken - from the royal maga zines without a special order under his sign manual, so srrict are the regulations in this respect. The fact is, Ferdinand is swayed by the Aposticale ;- nay, his life is in danger if he separates from them. They have sworn to put clown the Constitutioii of Portugal, and offered to do it at - their awn expellee. All' the ostensible orders Salmon may feel disposed, as a blind, to send to the Atee thorities on the frontiers, as so many stimulants for them to do the reverse of what they contain. Secret instiiit: tions, no doubt, are appended to them, and if there were none, the agents of the Apostolicals would take all on` their own responsibility, and in Spain they now wield a power infinitely greater than the isolated Minister in Madrid. Dissimulation is Ferdinand'sforte ;itis a game he h as played at all his life, and in it no one can excel him. —Remakes promises with the intention only of breaking them, and then laughs at those who have had the credu lity to believe him. His anger against England will be redoubled the moment he learns the nature of the late de bates in Parliament, in which he was so roughly handled. Whatever demonstrations, 'therefore, he may evince to wards us or Portugal for the present, are insincere,. and intended only to delude both.—Morning Chronicle. The Birmingham Journal, which was cast in 4001. da mages, for copying from the Salopian Journal the libel respecting the idiot Smith, the subject of two subsequent prosecutions—one against the Sa2opian Journal, and ano ther, lately, against the Times (the latter memorable on account of the charge of the Lord Chief Baron Alexander) observed on Saturday last : " The difficulties that have pressed upon the country have been fully participated in by ourselves; and we have had to struggle against greater obstacles than perhaps were ever before encountered by a Provincial Journal. We refer more particularly to the heavy damages given against the Birmingham Journal, for a libel on William Smith, charging him with cruelty to his idiot brother ; the whole expence of which will not be much less tha n 17001, It is souse satisfaction, however, to find, that from ~n e e xtremity of the country to the other, no difference of opinion exists respecting the merits of the case. ' Seventeen hundred pounds! And this passes as a mat ter of course. The Jury little think, when they give a hundred pounds or two of .damages for what they see no great harm in t h ems elves, but which they deem them e selves bound to believe a libel because the Judge tells theM so, and they do not like to contradict a Judge—that they are, in reality, giving thousands. The costs of law pro- ceedings in this country, more especially in the-provinces, where witnesses must be taken to a great distance from their homes, and kept at a great expellee for days and even weeks at assize towns, are enormous. Our readers may remember the case tried at Lancaster some time ago, respecting a right to sell fish in a shop in Man chester, the costs of which trial were stated at 1,000/. So much is man the slave of habit, and guided in his opinions by the circumstances in which he is placed, that the denial of justice Involved in the above statement, or rather the making justice ancillary to the perpetration of the most horrid injustice, is probably deemed by all our Judges and Barristers in fall practice perfectly right and proper. Who ever yet heard of a Judge com plaining thst the Libel Law was in any one respect what it ought not to be ? Who ever heard a Judge complaining that the barbarous - practice of deciding all the cases of a large County twice a year in a few days at one place, necessitating an enormous expellee in witnesses, &c. was in the least reprehensible ? The vulgar are apt to be lieve that the Opinions which are irreconcileable - with common sense arc not sincerely held. But it is impossible to believe that the obliquity of understanding to which we have alluded is affected—we believe it is genuine and bona fide. The Arab who lien in wait for the traveller, whom he robs and murders, has not the least suspicion that he is doing Wrong; but were he to refuse hospitality to the stranger who sought the door of his tent, he would consider 1/? . rsiself an object of abhorrence, The English Judge and lawyer, in like manner, have not the slightest idea that there is any thing wrong in robbing mercilessly of their property all who seek justice' from them. They cannot Oneeive any- other state of things, for it is what they have been used to all their lives. A brielless Barrister,who, from mixing in the world more than with his brethren, and hearing people frequently express their astonishment that justice should be profitable only to those who distribute it, may stumble on the suspicion that there is something wrong in the system, and feel his conscience give way.— But a thorough-bred Lawyer is as hard as an ass's hide. There are men born with two thumbs on one hand, just as there are Africans with white skins ; and, therefore, we do not pretend to say that, in the course of an age, there may not be found a Lawyer with some sense of justice. The late Sir Samuel Romilly was one of these anomalies. Fre derick of Prussia, after much trouble discovered one Lawyer, Chancellor Von Carmer, who disapproved of the injustice perpetrated in the rame of Law. Lord Bacon, too, caught from his other pursuits some odd notions re specting Law. But we may be sure that the consciences of Lawyers, are generally formed by their profession, and that they look with endearment on what even excites hor ror in all others. It would be as reasonable to expect that plans for annihilating Brigandage should be formed in Calabria or Apulia, as that Law Reforms should ever ori ginate with the Gentlemen of the Long Robe. It is cer tainly curious, however, to find but one opinion expresSed throughout all the cultivated classes in company, Books, Reviews, Magazines, and Newspapers, respecting the Law of Libel, and to hear- the eulogies bestowed on it in our Courts of Law.—lbid. Of the five persons ordered for execution on Tuesday last, three were mercifully withdrawn from undergoing their awful sentence upon that occasion—one permanently, and the other two to afford time, we presume, for inquir ing into circumstances connected with their offence.;--- Every. person must admire and applaud the tendernesi of human life which is thus exhibited in the ready and anxious attention of the amiable and enlightened Secretary of State for the Home Department, to any circumstances of alleviation which are presented to his notice, even after the Cases of wretched culprits have undergone the apparently final decision of the Privy Council, aided by the judgment Of the great Law . Officers; but, highly . as the circumstance calls for our approbation, and desirous 'as every friend to humanity and justice must be to see the infliction of capi tal punishments spared wherever it can be, we are, at the same time, not without our fears that the frequent recur ence of occasions for it, show that there must be, some thing radically wrong in the previous stages of the Pro iTedings which can thus render their revision so frequently necessary. God forbid that any fear of proving Judges or Juries to be wrong, should weigh for . one moment in the revision of any of such cases as those which we allude to! and we would instantly lay down the pen, could we ima gine that there would be any one among our readers who would attribute to our remarks any such motive or effect. But it must strike every one as extraordinary, that these cases of apparent - decision, indecision, and redicision, are almost wholly confined to the metropolis; and that, with the exception of a late instance at Hertford, and, at the most, of one or two more, there is not such a thing known as an innocent person, or of one even of doubtful guilt, undergoing the extreme rigour of the law, or being left for execution, on any one of the Cir cuits- It is not very easy to prove, or even to conjecture where the error, if there be one, really rests : but if the 'criminal proceedings at the Assizes be better and more accu rately conduCted than those at the Oldßailey, it would seem obvious that the more the latter are assimilated to the former, the more likely they would be to produce a simi; laxly satisfactory result. Now the most marked differences between these proceedings consist in the very different 'description . , for the most part, of the persons constituting the Grand Juries, of their want of any assistance or even communication with the Judges ; and that a great and - overwhelming majority of the prisoners in London, West minster, and Middlesex, are not tried by the same learned and venerable persons who preside at the Assizes. W'he 'ther these circumstances make any difference in the results 'it is not for us to say ; but in the absence of other reasons, it may be permitted us to conjecture that they do; and 'we do not think that a revision and alteration of these matters would be at all unworthy of Mr. Peel's attention while engaged in other legal reforms. What we would suggest is, .that the Grand Juries of Middlesex should be assimilated to those on the circuits ; that it should not be the province of one Grand Jury alone to have its atten tion distracted, and the minds and bodies of its members' worn out, with a Crowd of cases . from the highest to the loNvest - deseription ; that the consideration of capital cases should be separatedfrom those of a minor nature ; that a distinct Grand Jury for that purpose should be expressly empannelled; that such Jury should be charged by the Judges, as at .the Assizes ; and that no capital charge should be tried by any other person than one of' the twelve Judges. In addition to these, some improvements might probably take place in the previous proceedings before Magistrates; though it should be remembered, that there is no error of the Magistrate which can cause the convic tion of an innocent person, if due attention and scrutiny is applied to the subsequent proceedings.—Moraing Herald. In the - extracts from the Etoile, given in our Paper of yesterday, our readers would observe a notice of proceed ings to be instituted against the Onstitutionnet, in conse quence of certain observations in which the latter hael in dulged, on the projet for the regulation Of the Press. Such a notice bestows upon these observations an interest, which they might Otherwise have failed in exciting; and we have, therefore, given-a translation of the article in another co lumn, to show what the legal authorities of France deno ininate libellous. The professed object of the projet is to save the Press from its • own excesses. But the way in which this is to be effected is by no means obvious. We may accumulate penalties as 'much as we please; this is not to prevent excess, but to punish it. We may establish a censorship ; but this is merely to exchange the judgment of one set of men for the judgment of another. There is no way of diminishing the number of libels—or - what Judges and Juries may choose to term libels—but by limit ing publication; and this, a tax - on publication will effect, but it will effect nothing else. While, however, it nar rows the dissemination of falsehood, it narrows also the dis semination of truth. If a Ministry will have fewer revilers, it must content itself with fewer panegyrists. The Press, in short, like every thing else in this imperfect world, has its good and' its evil indissolubly combined : we must take both or neither. At the same time, the good, as usual, greatly predominates. For one alleged libel, the Press gives us ten thousand pieces of useful information; and the only question is; stall we, to get of the iticonve nience of the one, give up the advantage of the ten thou sand. There is no middle course.. There is a fad. con nected with the projet of the French Ministry, which cannot be too deeply impressed upon Englishmen. The adoption of it has been advocated from the conduct of juries in the recent trials for libel here. Thet eis nothing that i done by England, whether in her Senate or in her Courts, that has not a deep and lasting influence, not on her, own subjects only, but ,on all the nations of the civilized world. When example reaches so far, and where its effects are so important, the responsibility of those who set it is fearfully enhanced. If the liberty of the French Press is to be fettered by the proposed law, as those who are most interested fear it wil , the Englishmen whose verdicts' have contributed to its adoption, will have- but little, we should think, whereon to congratulate themselves. New Times. . . The President of the United States, in his late Mes sage to Congress, lays great stress on the spirit of conci liation which has uniformly been shown towards this coun try, and more than insinuates that the British Cabinet has been actuated by verydifferent feelings in its conduct towards America. As, however, we must Judge a GOvernment by its acts, and not by 'the speeches of its Minister, we will state a few facts which some of our readers may have ne ver heard of, and others may have forgotten. Soon after the peace, the United States claimed from Spain compen sation for certain losses, alleged to have been suffered from the privateers ofsNapoleons during the French occupation of the Peninsulit. Spaiffsieither saw the justice of this demand, nor had funds to satisfy it. General Jackson was ordered into Florida. The inhabitants, among whom were two Englishmen. - (Ambrister and Arbuthnot), who had been long settled in the Colony, opposed him, and were defeated. ,When resistance was over, the two Englishnien were selected from the prisoners and executed in cold blood. This sanguinary act was never disavowed by the American Government, nor noticed bv Our own. In 1825 our Government was assailed with complaints from - Neva Scotia. It appeared that all our waters on that coast (the fishing in which was expressly reserved to us by treaty) were swarming with Americans, almost to the exclusion of our own seamen. A brig of war, the Dotterel, was sent to protect our interests. The Americans were repeatedly warned not to intrude in our bays ; at last one of their ships was taken. Upon this, a Mr. Howard assembled-a squadron of armed vessels, over powered the Dotterel, and recaptured the prize. The American Papers teemed with invectives against this country, and national vengeance was demanded. The owner of the capturedsbrig had even the impudence to Memorialize Congress on the subject, but such was the nature of the transaction, that; after a- minute investiga tion of the facts, they declined to interfere. They offer ed, however, no redress, not even an apology, for the gross outrage thus committed on the British flag, in the British waters. We hardly need allude to the-late most insolent aggressions on our Canadian frontier. The indig nant and eloquent remonstrance which they called forth from the Nova Scotia Government, has been before the public. We can only regret that this 'monstrance, and the able pamphlet which followed it, excited here so little attention. These acts, however, are perfectly consistent with the avowed policy of the American Government: . ' Last year, it told us by the mouth of its President, 'that, henceforth, it would permit "no European Power" to colonize America. On the other side of the Atlantic, no one doubts that this, me nace was meant to apply to, and to be felt by, thi's Country. Let us now briefly review the circumstances which led to the late Order in Council—that incubus, which weighs so heavily on the harangue of the worthy President. We early granted to Americans the privilege Of trading with our colonies. They demanded that their ships should be employed in this trade. We established certain marts to which the ships of the two nations might resort, to exchange the produce of their respective coun tries. They demanded that their ships might trade directly with our colonies ; in 1822, this also was granted them— and be it remembered that these favours were granted ex clusively to Americans. The very next Session of Con gress, they imposed a heavy alien duty on our shins engaged in this trade, till such time as their produce should be admitted into our colonies on the very same terms as the produce of any other country, meaning thereby, the pro duce of Great Britain herself, and her American depen dencies—a pretension, as Mr.. Huskisson observed, tlf4 , - heard . of among Independent States. As well might we demand that the produce of Jamaica should be received into New York, on 'the same terms as the turn and sugar of Louisiana. But-America thought we neither could nor dared to do without her; she will now see her error. Two hundred thousand tons of her shipping have been thrown out of employment, and the trade transferred to British hands. Had the good genius of our country presided in American councils, it could not have directed them more for our interests than has been done by their own silly and selfish obstinacy.—llsid. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. These Sessions commenced yesterday morning, before F.CoNsr, Esq. and a select Bendy of Magistrates. John Billings, Charles Banks, John M' Gregor, and IVil-. Liam Lightfoot, were indicted for an assault upon William Boswell. The defendants were found Guilty, and sentenced by the CHAIRMAN to pay a flue of 101., to which they objected. Upon the CHAIR:m.I,N telling them that if it were not paid, they must go to prison, Mr. At.t,r,v rose up, and insisted upon paying it., for them, and immediately presented them with a cheque for the amount. John Hall, late a pensioner of Greenwich Hoipital, was in dicted for an assault. When called upon to plead, he replied, " Why, guilty, to be sure. I did it on purpose. I meant to kick up a bit of a row. You may send me where you please--I don't care about it." _ _ _ Mr. H. Twiss, who attended for the prosecution, thought it better to call a witnem, that tke Jury might be made acquainted with the facts. The Head Porter of the Admiralty was then called, and stated that the assault originated in the defendant having been struck off: the list of pensioners, which was entirely owing to his own mis conduct, as he had absented himself for a length of time from the Hospital. He came to the Admiralty as usual, when he was told that in consequence of his behaviour, he had forfeited all claim. He refused to go away ; and when turned out, pulled off his coat, and defied any one to touch hini, saying that they might shoot him, bat he would not move. CHAIRMAN—What have you to say to this, is it true Defendant—Why as to that matter, I believe it is. You may send me to prison ; better to shut a man up that let him starve in the streets. - • you will have nothing but bread and Water in prison. Defendant—So much the better—a contented mind is as good as a feast. CHAIRMAN—This wan seems to be mad. Defendant—Ali and it would make you mad to be twenty-live years in the service and then turned out of the. Hospital. Mr. H. Twrss said, it was but justice to the Admiralty not to let this man's statement. go forth to the public. The fact was (since he was compelled to say it), that he had absented himself because he had stolen two dogs. The CHAIRMAN could not pass sentence at present, as - he thought the case required further deliberation. METEOROLOGICAL PHENONIENON.-011 Tuea day last, about two o'clock, a few gentlemen who were coursing in the moors of Slamanan, witnessed one of those celestial phe nomena which are frequently not more striking in their immediate effects, than in the notice which they attract among the scientific where they occur. At the time stated, a tremendous explosion was heard, equalling that of the largest ordnance, in a vertical direction, and making the dogs cower in among their masters' legs ; the effect of the whole being as if some terrible affair were passing over the spot. It seemed to go off in a S.W. direction, with a loud hissing noise, and died away without any thing else of a re markable nature being observed ; for a thick mist, which pre vailed at the, time, prevented them from beholding the full effect of this curious occurrence longer than a few seconds, althenigh there is little doubt the phenomenon must have been observed in other i places, and these perhaps at a considerable distance.—Edinburgh Observer•. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.--Jan. 3. This day's supply was pretty good, and the buyers tolerably numerous, .but advanced prices having been demanded, each kind of stock met with a tardy sale, at the following prices per stone of Bibs. to sink the offals Beef 4s. Od. to as. 6d. I Veal —.— Mutton The foregoing statement is inferior Beef and Veal 2d. per stone lower than on this day se'nnight ; in prices of prime Beef, Mutton, or Pork, no alteration. A consitlevable number of Sheep and Beasts remained unsold at the close of the market. . 4s. 4d. to 3a. 4d 42 5 4 STEYNING MARKET,—Jan. 1. Beet 41.6 d. to ss. 2d Vent . Mutton --- I.— 3 8 4 8 Pork-- A limited supply, and a dull trade. to Oa. Od - 47 # Reef--, Mutton ARUNDEL MARKET.—Jan. 2. 4s. 441. to 3.3. Id. Veal O. Od. to Os. Oil. 1 4 0 410 Pork-- 4 2 4 6 A moderately fair supply, and a rather heavy trade. CHICHESTER MARKET.-i-Jan. Beef 49•0 d• to S. it& I Veal Os. Oct. to Os. Oct. Mutton 310 4 8 Pork 4 2 4 8 Store Pigs were numerous, and in improved demand, at their long standing moderate prices ; but, in other kinds of lean stock scarcely any thing was doing. Supply of fat stock good, and trade with it somewhat brisk. RUMFORD MARK ET.—Jan. 2. s. d. toe. d. B ee f 3lO 5 2 Yea) 4 - • -- • -• d to; , . cl. 310 5 4- 40 5 0 rter old Pigs 9s. to 14s. each. trade dull. itton 3 6 4 4 1 Pori+ Suckling Calves from 14s. t93os. ; Qua Supply limited, and I COUNTRY CORN MARKETS lURING THE WEEK. Oats. Beant. reasr. Wheat Barley. l'er Quarter. Brigg.. Canterbury to R. 44 55 52 55 56 63 S. to E. 56 40 36 36 39 46 s. to s. 23 30 Chard Grantham Horncastle--- Huntingdon Lincoln .«..•.,....,• Louth 53 GO 56 76 49 57 50 53 CS 70 50 51 SO 55 49 58. Al (12 53 SS 52 . 57 54 59 50 50 52 60 50 56 50 57 SO 54 S 6 60 56 58 50 60 34 40 :38 44 35 40 35 28 33 56 40 14 8 4 38 32 35 35 33 38 42 23 33 42 32 35 36 33 32 40 28 37 36 3:14 30 38 26 33 24 32 30 38 28 ' 32 27 34 36 38 25 20 26 32 '2l , 32 3? 38 28 33 34 37 24 30 28 at 30 38 26 34 I pun Newark Norwich Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth gherborne Spiisby Uppingham isbech York 22 33 22 30 26 ss 36 4a LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Jar The import of Grain since last Tuesday has he The market to-day was thinly attended, and the de, chased sufficient to supply immediate wants. Infer Id. to 2d. per bushel cheaper. Oats were offered bushel lower. Barley and Malt were dull of sale tion. Beans are on the decline. Flour was and Oatmeal 2s. per pack, lower. I. 2. .en abundant. des only pur ior Wheat Was id. to Id. Without altera• Inc. per :melt, OLD. s. d. 8. d., • 9 a 9 2 O 0 a 0 0 7 6 a 6 0 0 a 0 0 8 Oa 9 9 5 3 4 5 9 O Oa 0 0 4 5a 4 9 4 4a 4 7 O 0a 0 0 5 9a 8 50 0a54 4 46 0a49 0 41 0a49 0 O 0 a 0 0 O oa` 0 G 34 0 a 36 0 46 0 a 48 0 44 0 a 46 0 0 a 0 0 a 0 56 0 a 68 0 0 a 0 0 a 0 NEW. S . : d. s. d. 8 10 a 9 2 8 6a 9 0 8 2 a 8 6 S 4a 810 O 0 a 0 0 O oat 0 Wheat, English, per ----Scotch V/04.0....".... 0 • AI••••••••••• Irish (red) . ------ --- Ditto (white - ---- Foreign (free) ----Loreign (in bond) --Canada (free) Oats, English and Scotch Irish Barley, Malting, per Imp. qr..---..... ---- Grinding, per 60lbs. Beans, -English, per Imp. qr. •--Irish»««««« 4.0 e. Flour, Amer., sweet, (bond), per brl —.—.....----- ditto, free English, fine, per 280Ibs. Irish, ditto Oatmeal, English, pee 24411b5. ----- --- Irish.. . Malt, per Imp. quarter Pease, English white, per Imp. qr.— ' Rye. O 4a 8 9 O Oa 0 0 4 4a 4 8 '45 Oa 41 0 O Oa 0 0 0-0 a 0.0 O Oa 0 0 O Oa 0 0 24 0 a 26 0 - 0 Oa 0 0 O 0 a 0 0 O OW 0 0 O Oa 0 0 41 Oa 43 0 39 Oa 40 0 Oa— 0 44 Oa 45 0 28 Oa 40 0 MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—Dec. SO. The depression pained in our last has continued to increase, and since this day sennight prices have varied very little. The attendance on 'Chan g e this day was smaller than we. have ever witnessed, and the business done is almost unworthy of notice. Whiat has declined full Id. per bushel, add at that reduction no salei could be effected. Oats, Beans, and Barley, barely support last week's rates. Malt and Flour have given way Is. and bad to quit. Customary Bushel Wheat ( , 701b.) s. d. to s. d. English. Old—•.--, 9 8 9 7 -- Red 8 7. • 8 10 Irish, Whitc-----. 811 9 1 84 8 7 Canada 810 9 1 Foreign 4 610 Barley Ofillb.) For grinding—*, 5 9 Oats (tslb.) English and Scotch Pease (Imp. Qr.) • s. d. los. d. Blue, (Boilers;---. 7 9 8 0 0 0. Beans. English Irish and Foreign--15 0 53 0 Per bag of 21301 b. Flour, Fine Notta...--i5 0 46 n Yorkshire, finet t 0 45 0 Irish, tine 0 4/ 0 Seconds---39 0 41 0 Barrel Flour Sweet -- 0 ---, Sour,—.2o 0 31 0 Per load of It4olb. Oatmeal, English fee. 41 0 42 0 o ao o Old (feed) 28 0 34 0 Tares (Trap. Qr.) 0 0 ls. Bran (broad) per 201b.1.d. a Is. id. 0 0 0 Foreign 4 7 4 8 Irish, Kiln-dried 4'7 4 9 -L;ixtried_,.,,,w..4 6 4 8 Per load of 6 Impl. bushel. Malt, -- 0 - Old 18 0 50 0 Inferior —,-37 0 44 0 --- — --- MAZ , :eIIESTEIt NEW 5,1,1111-011,:LD.--Jait. 3. At per lb. sinking the oftlal. —... 4d. to 6id. I -14 Ca1re5.........- - - 31' 61 1 io2 Fib's— M. to 2,618 Sheep 515 Cattle _ ---- - MANCHESTER POTATOE MA.RICET.—Dec. 20. Potatoes, 73.6 d., 81. 6d., and 10s. Od. per load of 1? score a►id 121b5.; Carrots, 10s. 6d., Ils., and 125. per load of 12 score,- Turnips, Is. Od., and 7s. 6d. per load of 10 pecks ; Onions, 301' Cd.. I.s '' and 1(4 " °d * per load of 12 score. • ______ —_________--------- - 'TER Y MANcHL 6 • to ico. i i . Throstle Twit , 2 1 1---- 12 1 19 i 4) Mule eopTwist for warp 11) 2 , 21 27 7024 29 . 34 MA RKET.—Jan. Mule Cop Weft, 30 12i to 13 40 14 141 .50 16 17 I.i 1 9 201 22 24 27 100.....30 33 120 34 37 Weft from wacte,lo Re 10 _ 9 ipi 18 10 11 24 11 lit GRAIN, 51PORTI!D at Lo w ntino anti Liver reign Tarts; ith the Lieottr erpool. GOUE, &e. I, cbastwise, from Ireland, and to. Grain, Flour, and Provitions,from i - ;k AineAca.H Hi 1 • s i 11H: t 1 i 1g 11 - 1 -- ..,/ i - 7,e, iarslEy2 Foreign *C;r: 1% ki ?j":,. , 1..... t 4 , , , , Parte. 4 iftf —5—j9.7.4: A.p.: .. 41 P. - • 1-1---rii .3coa,c,„:,er ,„ _. ~, ... 646 :, , .....,<. al a. ..... and o Ile ej7,7 ;;.,, '44 4 t ...., . 1 ; 11 ,, /.,„ i man. li ?, - _____ ____ ___ , ...,.. t ......_ al II e, 2: t i :.-^ .." ' xi , ' Ireland. ' 1 ^ '— ' I I 1 I tt i i i. - -; 8 '" r • • . ~ America. t -- -it II ii 11?-174.i, 'it-4 ------ 1 1, -.• ,-1.14 - = cv, -.,, 4.5 gr; 1,.p.2 \gv , ..., 1 :t. ...1 E uro n e . ~.., ...... te i s. r. , ... :-.• 1 1 1 I I fil , 0 id! ' 1 1 : :21 - ..... . .3 V ...--- -'------- '------.-----1------- --- .- * . ) lCoEifitWiT . t;rYIVIZIrI lin . "i l li ,-; and Isle 2 '.. 1 ° - i ''.. I :7 :-; r-: 4" 'c' . '• . 4 of Man. -a gr P , -"iit - .' -; - .lli B ,l ' _____________, z ,A., ----,.... Ireland. in\ggill-1 v\ 4 t.,.14 0 ~ . eland. ee 7 5 - e,..:51. 4- - ,-.* ct 2i' fa 7-'' 1 I • . 01 ..a. gl!..tt i 11 glI .+ a+ CA y .... .., .... 4, .t , 1, ... 4 4 I:4 13' 3 3 3 1 ) . i 3 . 2 . 0 44 - 1 0 ••• _ I, i- - - 3 3 1i 3 1 A i F u ..., . v z .,. zt-Stllt) .et s 6 ;Est-6it Vail - ti '64p`'. '''4 4 4:4',X4 Zrt: ft! 54 GRAIN, FLOUR, &c. Imported from Foreign Parts, at Bristol, Hull, Newcastle, &C. - • • O r _7. 7 Qrg• Qrs. Bristol,l-lull, Newcas.l tie, the Clyde, & Leith 2,374 7,763 P r eviously last year 113190 169453 118883 Qrs. 1,620 686 719 12,411 27,650 12,01 PROVISIONS Imported at London and Liverpool, from Ireland and Foreign Parts Beef. Pork Butter, All parts 01 Ireland. All parts of Ireland. - I Ireland Tierces Barrelsr erees irkns. 1-1 KIIM London - - - - I 710 - Prev. last year 18,711 1,794 15,840 16,9'.40 1313,453 2,73 3 Liverpool...----. 198 - 110'2 brls fTir—)rls 5,193 638 Prev. last year 5,160 773 111,159 842 L 231,454 11,618 6. ta's. 42 48 48 54 44 48 44 48 55 58 30 03 53 53 60 84 50 M 46 48 .... 47 5.4 58 43 45 57 62 f 3O St b 9 52 M b 6 48 SO 46 •I►4' 0 0 0 0 THE ARMY. Har,r-Ray.—The three months' Half-Pay, due the24th will he in course of payment on Wednesday, the 17th inst. Wlnows' PENSIONS.—The payment of the under-mentioned Services, due the 24th ult., will commence on Wednesday, the - 17th inst., viz.:-Widows' Pensions, Unattached Pay of General Officers, Royal Bounty. The Depot Squadron of the 10th Hussars marched yesterday morning from Hounslow for Ipswich. We learn from Barbadoca that the let Battalion of the Royal., under the command of Major Deacher, were inspected by his Ex-` cellency Governor-General Sic Henry Warde, on the let Novem ber, when his Excellency was pleased to express, in the most:fiat • tering terms, his perfect approval of the steady and correct man ner with which this distinguished old Corps performed the various evolutions of the day ; as well as the interior economy or the re. 7 gimeut and barracks. He was also pleased to compliment — the men on their healthy and soldier-like appearanee. It appears by the Returns of this Regiment, that they. have fewer sick men in Hospital than they had when at home, and no officer on the sick list. POILTSHOUTH, JAN. 3.—The wind having got round to the east ward last evening, with a severe frost, the whole of the 10th Royal Hussars, and the remainder of the 12th Lancers were this morning safely embarked on board transports, and, it is expected will sail for Lisbon early to-morrow morning. COURTS OF LAW. CHANCERY SITTINGS. The Lord Chancellor will it in Lincoln's-inn Hall on the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th days of January, to hear the Lunatic and Bankilipt petitions. t. ttr 5. SEALS, Arrzats, AND rETITIOTN, PREVIOUS TO HILAAT TERM. Monday, Jan. lo.—rirst Seal. Friday, Jan. 19.—Second Tuesday, Jan. 16. —A ppeal Case Saturday, Jan. !O.—Remaining of Nevot v. Burnand. Motions and Petitions. Wednesday, Jan. 17.—Remain- Monday, Jan. 21.—Remaining ing Motions and Petitions. • Motions and Petitions. 7 = I Thursday, Jan. 18.—Ditto. 47 S 2 - - 413 VICE-CHA`NCE: 44 56 SEALS, PLEAS, DE)ICREERs, EiC lOR'S COURT. !EPTIONS, FURTHER DIRitTIONV, AND PETITIONS, PREVIOUS TO HILARY TERM. Monday, Jan. 15.—First Seal. Thursday, Jan.lB.—Pleas, De- Tuesday, Jan. 16. Pleas, De- murrers, Exceptions, andFur murrers, Exceptions, and Fur- tiler Directions. . ther Directions. Wednesday, Jan. 17.--Ditto. Friday, Jan. 19.—Second Seal. Saturday, Jan. 20.—Petitiens. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, LONDON. Adjourned Day, Monday, Jan. 8. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY, MONUAY, JAN. 8 Ba ld w in, 8., Burley Woodhead, Yorkshire—Court-house, , Leeds-1 1 Burnell, 8., Hunslett—Mr. Grange, Leeds-11 Chadwick, J., Blanchester—White's, Manchester-9 I Lion, Northamp ton-1 Bennett, C., L c i:e t r t p el oo ie l k _ , G yeoorrkgs a i:ir i e ,_i veGorpoldeo l : and R., Cheltenham—George, Cheltenham-9 • j Doncaster—Guildhall, Doncaster 11" Herring, •, Langwith, J., Mottram in Longdendale—White's Hotel, Man chester -9 Mellor, 3., M a cclesfield —Macclesfield Arms, Macclesfield-10 Ridley and wil o a, Whitehaven—Black Lion, Whitehaven—S JANUARY 9. F ll e a r l g ila us n on d :.::: Bennett, C., Liverpool —George , Liverpool-1 Clark, A., jun. Liverpool—Star and Garter, Liverpool —ii Clarke, J., Worcester —Messrs. France, Worcester-2 Coombs, S., Shepton Mallet—Angel, Bath-12 Crowther, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpool-10 Firth, R., Wickens, Almondbury, Yorkshire—Pack Horse, iluddersfield- 1 1 Harris, J., Leamington Priors—Royal Hotel, Leamington-19 H arr i son , W.• Nottingham—Ram, Nottingham-11 Haviland, R. and R.., Cheltenham—George, Chelterthara-10 Manchester —Whites, Manchester-1 Hill, W., Johnson, F., Notti n g ham—Ram, Nottingham—ii limeurirelin.,g' J., Doncaste r—Guildhall, Doimater _ l 1 ,1., Norwich --Rampant Horse, Norwi c h-1 Morris, S., Chelten ham—Ro y al Hotel, Cheltenhinp_i Peaker, R.; mi r fipid--111esers. Alexander, H a lif ax- 1 1 Peters,piee:r S., Sbeep shead, Leicestershir e — King's Head, Lough - b . i u n g g : i i. i , l Worcester—Mr. Hill, Worcester-11 Procter, J., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds ..10 • Rorer, Rutter, J. , Win terton, LincOlnshire—Dog and Duck, Kingeten- T., Brighton—Star, Lewee__) I on -Hull-11 Stank}, King' , Gloucestershire —Fleece, Chelten- hane,— l li Charlton Strange, T., Cheltenham —Royal Hotel, Cheltenham-11 Thorne, T., Frome Sehvood—Whit e H ar t. B a th-11 ' Trehern , T., Hereford—Greyhound, Hereford-5 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED.. Petitions to be heard at Portugal-strest, Lincoln's Inn Field", Jan. 9, aE Nine. Ager, W., Holloway, milliner Bedford, F., Grantham, hat-dealer Binley, C., Chancery-lane., coffee-house-keeper Black, J., Regent-street, jeweller Bore, J., Kidderminster, plumber Bull, W., Strand, land agent Clamtree, J., Lisson-grove, pipe -maker Davies, J., Cl e rk enwe ll- green , ca bi ne t- ma k er Dismore, W., W ar d our - s t ree t, car p en t er Dorell, C., T aun t on , groper Everett, J., Bath, baker Flower, A., Chelsea, gent. Frederick, S., Somers Town, widow Harris, J., Birmingham, surgeon Hulne, E., Rupert-street, leather-cutter Jefferys, R., Thames-street , victua ller Hyama, N., St. Martin's-lane, lapidary Larks, J., Highgate, boot-maker Lucking, G., Newington, millwright Midgley, J., Bradford, carver Owen, S., Stamford-hill, teacher Penny, W., Limehouse, common-brewer Read, A., Wood-street, case-maker Rossclli, J., Old-street, commission agent Scargill, G., Barnsley, linen manufacturer Skeen, T., Lambeth, clerk Stanford, W., Hook, farmer Thompson, G., Islington, carpenter Treasurer, T., Battersea, servant Vickerman, S., Huddersfield, shopkeeper 9, at Tens 8 I Parry, E., Ruthin, mister 7)X.7 Part'. 11,321 1224,074 s I COUNTRY.—At the Court-hall, Denbighhire, Jan., Ptuthvios BIRTHS. On the 2d instant, at Critehill, Dorset, the Lady Charlotte Sturt, of a son. On the Ist instant,•at Ascot Lodge, the lady of John BiAor , Esq. of a daughter. On the 2d instant, iu Old Bond-street, Mrs. William Carpel" ter, of a daughter. MARRIED. # On the M instant, at Lewisham church,. by the Rev, A, 14 . 1 0 :: rence, Morton Wm. Lawrence, Esq., to Eliza, youngest dauglo' of the late William Foster, Esq., of Springhead, near Hull. by On the ad instant, at Kingston church, near Portsmouth, the Rev. Mr. Henville, James P. Howard, Esq., second sou j William Howard, Esq. of Hyde-Park-corner, to Sophia, We daughter of Daniel Howard, Esq., of Fratton-house. 14 g On the 2d instant, at St. Giles's, Camberwell, Lieut. OW/ =-. Hope Johnstone, R.N., to Maria Grace, third daughter of the la" Henry Castleman, Esq. On the 2d instant, 'at St. Augustine's, Bristol, Samuel James Skinner, Esq. of the Royal Artillery, second surviving son- 0f late Rev. Alexander Longmore, of Great Beddow, Essois Is: Charlotte Sophia, eldest daughter of Jacob Elton, Eeq. and Pi' - of the late Admiral Sir William Young. Iy b 69 - _ _ 151 ED. On the 29th ult. at her house at Knightsbridge, Mrs. GOO' , in the 93d year of her age. On the let instant, Mrs. Bunn, Webb's County-terrace, Kent road, relict of the late Captain Bunn, of the Hon. East I nd ' s Company's service. Printed end Published by M. YOUNG, at the sinT_Offie l ' Nu. STVAND,