The Sun. — London, England, 1831-02-05 00:00:00

Last night the Noble Lord — who is now Chancellor, of the Exchequer. presented to. the House of Commons the Ministerial estimates of the Civil List, and made his first important essay as Finance Minister. The subject excited more than usual interest, from its connexion with the dis solution of the last Ministry, and the accession of the pre sent. The discussion which it underwent before, how ever, deprived the details of all novelty, and left nothing to public cur i os i ty b ut t h e amount o f the proposed reduc tions, or the principle of the new classification... The latter was the. most important point, in which the settle ment proposed by the present Government differed from that of the last. In the arrangement brought forward by the Administration of the Duke of Wellington, the Civil List included not only those expenses which are incurred for the personal comfort of the King, and the splendour of . the Crown, but likewise the charges of other branches of the civil service, such as the salaries of Ambassadors, Judges, and other officers. This arrangement was not peculiar to- the last Administration: it has existed ever slot!e the time of Queen Anne, when the civil. services paid efor out of the revenue granted to the Crown were sepatated from the grants for out naval and military establishments voted annually by Parliament. But in the debate which took place on the measure proposed by the late Government, a new classification was recommended on grounds that caught to have procured its adoption, and Lord Althorp did not hesitate in this respect to depart from the plan of his predecessor. Instead of dividing the Civil List ex pences into ten branches, as had been done by Mr. Gold burn, his Lordship arranged them under five : instead of including in them many miscellaneous charges, he includes only those which relate to the comfort or splendour of the Sovereign. Nor is this distinction unimportant, as the Cieil List is fixed for a whole reign without reduction or chance, while the other charges will come under the annual revision and be subject to the annual vote of Parliament. Ti!e public will thus likewiselearn how much of the national revenue is actually placed at the personal disposal, or ex pended for the personal use,•of the King, and will be saved from a belief in those gross exaggerations of the expence of Royalty to which the confusion of our financial accounts have hitherto given countenance, and with which factious ignorance , has often tried to excite sedition or 4 1 isaffection. The five beads of expence under the proposed Civil List aria-Ist, the Privy Purse, for the King and the allow ance for the Queen, amounting to 110,000/. ;-2d, tire s caries of the great officers of the Household, amounting to 130,000/. ;-3d, the expences of the Household, or in other words the tradesmen's bills, amounting to 180.000/. ; —4th, the sum allotted for the Royal bounties and charities, amounting to 23,000/. ;—and last, the Roya! pensions, amounting to 75,0001. The first grant is the same as that proposed by the late Administration. In the salaries of the officers of the Household, which amounted to 140,000/. by the estimate of the late Administration, there appears a reduction of 10,0001., which is nut a real saving to the public, but arises from the transfer of the officers' .. salaries, connected with the Board of Works, to the general estimates of the year under the con trail of Parliament. Under the head of the expences of the Household, which amounted by the late estimate to 210,0001., the reduction is to be accounted for in the same way--namely, by the separation of the expenses of the Board of Works from the expenditure of this de partment. The sum allotted for Royal charities and bounties remains unchanged. In the last item—namely, the Royal pensions,—the greatest saving will be eventually effected by the present arrangement, though no immediate reduction is contemplated. The pension list amounted at the death of the late King to 150,0001.—the late Ad ministration proposed to reduce it to 140,000/., and to fix it at that estimate. Lord Althorp very properly decided that ouch a charge was excessive in the present state of the country, and ought to be reduced. The pensioners at present on the list, he admitted, had no legal right to their respective annuities, their title having ceased with the demise of the Crown; but he contended for their equitable claim, as they had relied on enjoying the same bounty under the new reign. Ti.ere will thus be no im mediate saving ; and the public will derive no benefit from the new arrangement, except as the pensioners die off, when the half of the sum now appropriated to this class will become available to the general service of the country. Considering it, however, to be unjust to deprive his present Majesty of the same means of gratifying his affec tions, or rewarding his servants, which have been placed at the disposal of his predecessors, and as this would be incompatible with any reduction of the pension list unless under certain restrictions and regulations, the Noble Lord proposes that the oldest 75,000/. on the list shall belong to his Majesty as the grants respectively fall in. Thus, while the 75.000/. of pensions last imposed accrue to the public as their possessors die, the oldest may he filled up by his Majesty. The whole of the immediate saving will amount only to about 20.0001., in which is included the salary of the auditor of the household (amounting to 2,400/. a-year), whose office is abolished. Thus the whole sum settled upon his Majesty for supporting .his !muse hold, paying his great officers and servants, rewarding his friends, or gratifying his ch az itabht feelings, amounts to about half a million sterl•ng. We do not know that we can add much, in the way of remark, to this plain state ment of facts. A British Sovereign has usually had what is called an outfit for his Queen. The zeal of subserviency, tire bones of spot tion,—nay, the ardour of honest affec tion,—have always united in offering this tribute to the ' new Sovereign, for his royal consort. William IV. is the first King who has said, " I will have none of it !" And. in so doing, he Las shown a generous and conceding spirit. Times, The House of Commons was last night engaged in matters of importance, not less so for their intrinsic value, than as off nding, from the manner of their treatment, an earnest of that uncompromising hostility of party which is likely to characterise the ensuing Parliamentary cam paign. In the early part a Bill, which, perhaps, was expected, at the time of its introduction, to pass muster unnoticed, gave rise to a discussion of some interest and not a little curiosity. Upon the demise of the late King, the inconvenience of being obliged to appear be fore the Lord Steward, and in his Court to take cer tain oaths, was general y felt and complained of amongst the Members of the House, and as the pro ceeding- happened to have been made more vexatious in consequence of the accidental absence of the then Lord Steward, it was thought of sufficient importance to require- a legislative measure for its remedy. Mr. W. Wynn undertook to bring in a Bill fur the purpose, a main object of which was to excuse Honourable Members from the obligation of this ceremony, and which Las already passed through some of its elementary stages. Unfortunately, however, the Right Honour able Gentleman incorporated with it a clause for the repeal of the oath of abjuration, which has subjected the whole to the strongest opposition. The ground upon which the repeal was first contended for, was, that the oath was unnecessary, inasmuch as the Act of Settlement has already provided far the exclusion of all the de scendrnts of James the Second from the throne ; but the ohjection is, that the oath is the more comprehensive of the two, for the Act only excludes the lineal descendants of the abdicated Monarch, whereas the oath embraces, in its repudiation, all who derive through that Prince, and who may be Catholics. The opponents threatened to divide the House if the Bill was pressed ; but upon at understanding that the measure was still open to dis• cossioo, consented to its being p Lased through the stage which it was then undergoing. The great busi ness of the night, however, was the new Civil List, wlsich the Ilinisters have, fur the first time intro.. duced. Of a measure involving so much detail, it would be impossible in this place to give even a sum mary; but the general effect, and that in wlilch it differs from the same estimate of preceding Administrations, may be described to be as the transferring to the Consolidated Fund certain classes of charges, such as Judges' salaries, Surveyors of Works, &c., which were heretofore upon the Cie ii List, so that they may he open to inquiry, and pot.. sibly curtailment, by Parliament, amongst the other items of supply in each year. The proposed plan was made the subject of much comment ; but though some disappoint ment was expressed, no substantial opposition w: made, and it remains to be yet passed through a more trying alembic of criticism, as its several details come to be de veloped. A most liberal act of the King was stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer—his Majesty refused to i accept of a sum o f money f or an outfit for the Queen. 1' he remai n i ng b us i ness o f t h e even i ng was o f no grea t importance, and the House adjourned at twelve o'clock.— .112oe n ing Herald. The divisions on the question of the Civil List, whicl; led to the appointm en t of the present Ministry, must be of fresh in the recollectionmost ti, Of our readers. Lord Althorp laid upon the table of the house last night papers relating to the e,timate of the future annual charge of the papers th be referred to Civil List, and on moving that thes a Committee, he stated the views of I.linistry with respect to that subject. He reminded the e the House objec. that the question on the occasion alluded to arose u Lions to the Civil List as proposed by the late Government " because that C:vil List contained in many pointsmt not connected with the dignity of the Crown, or matter the personal comfort of his Majesty." When the King de frayed the whole of the expenses of Government out' of the Revenues of the Crown, there was no ne cessity for separating the public from the private m the peopl, expenditure ; but, in our days, whet_ ie sup port the Sovereign and the whole of the expenses of Government, the mixing up the expence of the public service with the private expences of the King can only answer purposes of concealment and mystification. The Civil List is now to be restricted to the proper expendi ture of his Majesty, so that it will no longer be possible to class expences which it may be convenient to keep as much as possible from the public eye among the expences of the Sovereign. Lord Althorp proposed to divide the Civil List into five classes :-Ist. The Privy Purse, and the allowance to her Majesty. 2d. The Service of the Household. 3d. The Expences of the Household. 4th. The sums appropriated to the Royal Bounties. And, sth, The Pensions. For the first class, the charge is 110,0001. ; for the second, 1`30,3001.: for the third, 171,500/ ; for the fourth, 234,0001. ; and for the fifth, 75,0001. The fifth class is that on which the greatest reduction is pro posed. It was the intention," said his Lordship, "of the Duke of Wellington to lessen it to 144,0001. in the following manner :- - Pensions were lo be allowed out of the Civil List of— England, to the amount of - - £74,200 Ireland Scotland 40,000 ----- - - 30,000 £144,200 Still that sum would, in my view, be too much.—(Hear, hear.) —My proposition is, to bring the English, Irish, and Scotch Pensions into one sum, whi c h wou l d much simplify and im prove the amount.—(Hear, hear.)—l propose that the House should grant, f or this purpose, no more than 75,000/., making a reduction of GO,OOO/.—(Much cheering.) Pensions are to be taken by sinecurists from the existinz lists to the amount of 75,0001., and placed on the Civil List; the others are to be thrown on the public, which will reap the benefit of their extinction as they fall in.— With respect to a point on which the public feel a great deal of interest—the continuance of the pensions—his Lordship declared-- " It is certainly true—and no man is more ready to assert it than I am—that many of the pensions on the list are such as ought never to have been granted.—(Hear, hear.) But, after the best examination I have been able to give to the subject, I am able to say, that the majority are mer e ly an d pu r ely pensions of charity. I willingly admit that we have the legal right to put an end to all those pensions ; they expire, by law, with the demise of the Crown, and it has no right to renew them. But though we may have a legal right, I doubt if we have an equitable right to abolish them ; because they were undoubtedly always granted on the supposition that the party receiving them obtained them for life." The difference shortly stated between the plan of Mr. Goulburn and that of the Noble Lord is, that Mr. Goul burn proposed that 970,000/. should be granted for the Civil List, over the disbursements of which the House could exercise no controul ; whereas his Lordship's plan is, that only .510,000/ should be so circumstanced—all beyond this being open to the examination and controul of Parliament. It has been usual to grant a large sum for the outfit of the Queen. On the marriage of King George 111. 54,0001. was granted to the Queen for her jewels, besides the outfit, and it was in the contemplation of the Duke of Wellington to propose an outfit for her present Majesty; but it was announced by his Lordship, and received by loud cheering from all parts of the House, that his Majesty, with that considerateness which renders him so attentive to the wishes of his subjects, and with that solicitation for the public welfare which has already given so much satisfaction, declines to accept it. Mr. Goulburn charged Lord Althorp with the guilt (which niu4t sit heavy on his soul) " of a depar ture from the principle upon which every Government has hitherto acted i❑ the settlement of the Civil List." As might be expected also, the Right Hon. Gentleman oh- jects to the reduction of pensions to 73,000/. a year, his opinion being that the prerogative of the Crown will thus he unduly and unfairly restricted. Considering the many claims of the Right Hon. Gentleman to popularity, his more than Roman virtue in renouncing them last night is not a little wonderful—" I never have been, and never will be, the slave of popularity." It would have been a long time, we suspect, bef ore p o p u l ar ity wou ld h ave ma d e the Right Hon. Gentleman Chancellor of the Exchequer, and quartered him on the public for a handsome retirine pension. Lord Bathurst and hi s co ll eague , Lord Mel': ville, were also determined not to be slaves of popularity, when they endeavoured b obtain such handsome super annuations for their sons. I hate being the slave of sobriety, says the drunkard, who reels home in the morn. ing from his orgies. As long as the higher ranks can quarter their needy relatives on the public, as pensioners, they will all show the same noble disdain for popularity, We confess that we so far differ with Mr. Goul burn, that we think that every exercise of the prerogative which cannot be defended on the ground of furthering the public service, is injurious to the Monarchy, as forcing on the people the consideration that there are burthens in cident to Monarchy from which no benefit is derivable. But the truth is, that the prerogative is invoked by Mr. Goulburn, when he ought to have invoked the Aristo cracy. It is the Aristocracy, and not the King, which has an interest in the extension of the amount of pensions. Ever since the Revolution, the Aristocracy have shared with the King the Sovereignty, and the Pension List is only one of the many means to which they have resorted for maintaining themselves and families at the expence of the public. The King and his prerogative, in this case, are merely a blind to deceive the public. They vote what li money they please ; and, as far as the public is concerned, it is a matter of moonshine whether they first vote a Civil List, and take the pensions out of that List, or vote them directly, except that the direct mode enables the public to have a better insight into the working of the political ma chine. On the other hand, Sir Henry Parnell, though he complimented Ministers on their plan, which would tend both to the simplification (if public accounts and to the due controul of the disbursements of the public money, a k t,the same time expressed his disappointment at not finding . the Noble Lord make any reductions below the statement of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. " To one branch of expenditure he felt (he said) decided ob jections—the salaries of the household officers; the emoluments of the Lord Chamberlain, of the Master of the horse, and of one or two more, were certainly too large. In not makin ,, some re ductions when they had the opportunity, Ministers had cxhibited an absence of that spirit of economy by which they ought to be governed in the present circumstances of the country." Mr. Hume objected strongly to the pensions. "It was their duty to consider (he said) that the distresses of the country bad been occasioned by the pressure of taxation, of which so great a part was imposed for the maintenance of the pauper Peers." The Estimates, having been examined by a Committee, will afterwards become the sub ject of discussion in the House. Several Members pro fessed their inability at present to form a correct judgment respecting them.—Morning Chronicle. Tux Cam LIST. —The Chancellor of the Exchequer submitted to the House of Commons last night an abstract of the new arrangement of the Civil List. The estimates proposed by the late Administration excited the ire of their Whig opponents as exorbitant and unwarrantable, and ultimately cost them their places ; it was natural to expect therefore that the party now in power would have acted up to the principles they avowed when on the left hand of the Speaker, and having the opportunity, would hasten to effect all those improvements in the arrange ment for which they were lately so urgent. Let us exa mine the result. The Civil List proposed by the late Ministers amounted to 970,000/. ; that proposed by the present Ministers amounts to 510,0001. But how is this reduction effected ? Simply by transferring the difference to the other funds, an expedient by which not a shilling will be s ived to the country ! As regards the details, the most extraordinary fea ture in the present plan is that of the Pencion List. The Pension Lists of England, Ireland, and Scotland, amount respectively to 74,2001., 53,9244., and 31,252/. They are now to be united and the whole is to amount to only 75,000/. How is this to be effected? By little better than a juggle. The senior Pensions, to the amount of 75,000/, are to remain a part of the Civil List, while the difference, or the later Pensions, to the amount of 69,000/., are to be chargeable on the Consolidated Fund. The Pen sions in the former class are thus renewable by his Majesty as they full in; those belonging to th e l atter w ill i n pro cess of time become wholly extinct. By this dexterous ap portionment it is evident that the ability of his present Ma jesty to grant pensions will be little if at all restricted, since the great majority of those that fall in for many years to come will in the course of nature belong to the former class; and it is equally evident that the present Ministers will suffer little or no diminution of patronage. The saving proposed to the country cannot in all probability com mence till after many years, and immedi ate relief is said to be wanted; but when the lapse of time shall have effected the contemplated reduction, in what a situation will succeeding Sovereigns find themselves placed ? A contemptible pittance of 75,000/. will be all that proud and wealthy England will allow to her Monarch for the purposes of benevolence ! 'We cannot believe that such a plan will be suffered to reach maturity. To attempt to justify it on the exaggerated plea of the distress and poverty of the country is ridiculous ; the de claimers on this score argue as though the Civil List were a burden imposed exclusively upon the most ne cessitous classes ; we maintain, on the contrary, that the utter annihilation of the Civil List would be attended with no sensible relief whatever. With the ex ception of this portion of the arrangement, the estimates proposed last night arc liable to no objection as to their amount; neither the dignity of the Monarchy nor the comfort of the Sovereign is neglected. So far, therefore, `hone censuring the present Ministers for having the courage to recede frem the erroneous views they supported when in opposition, we applaud the course they have adopted, than which, it should also be observed, a .more favourable commentary could not have been part upon the .of the aovernment. The inconvenient, un necessary, and even unconstitutional disconnecting of the items hitherto composing the Civil List is a subject upon which we do not now enter. The only immediate and actual saving appears to be the abolition of what has ge nerally been considered a necessary of of Auditor of Civil List.—Morning Post. The Reform of the Civil List—the question which gave the death-blow to the late Administration—was last night brought before the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Ex.,'tequer, in a clear but moderate speech, in which he stated the views of the Government, and de tailed the improvements which they contemplated. Our readers will probably remember that, on the occasion al luded to, it was objected to the Civil List proposed by Mr. Goulhurn, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, first, that it comprehended under the name of allowances to the King for his own maintenance, and for the due support of the splendour of the Crown, numerous items and charges which ought properly to have been placed under the gene ral head of national expenditure ; and, secondly, that the total estimate required for the service of the year was by far too large to be granted under the present circum stances of the country. Such, in fact, was the case. The expences of the King and his Household were mixed up with the expences of his Ambassadors to fo reign Courts—the salaries of Judges—and pensions and other charges voted by Parliament, with even the payment of which the King had nothing to do; and the public was in consequence led to believe that the whole of the 940,0001. required for the Civil List, went into the pocket of the Sovereign, and was ex pended by him in pensions, or in any other manner th it inclination or caprice might dictate. We need scarsely observe that such belief was generally enter tained, and that it was calculated, from the enormous amount of the sum, greatly to prejudice the public against even Royalty itself. On this ground, therefore, as well as on those already mentioned, th present Ministers, when seated on the Opposition benches, objected to the amalga mation of matters with the Royal revenue which bad no earthly connection with it : and instead of going into a Committee of the whole House upon the estimates pro posed by the late Ministers, supported the motion for a Select Committee to revise the whole Civil Expenditure, which, as our readers will remember, was accordingly appointed. Let us now see what they propose to do. 1. The expenses of the Crown arc to be separated from the other expenses usually included under the head of Civil List. 2. A saving is proposed in the former of 20,000/. annually, but the whole amount nevertheless submitted to the revision of a Select Committee. 3. The amount of expenditure for diplomatic services, salaries of Judges, &c. will, by the proposed arrangement, be annually brought under the revision of Parliament, and increased or diminished, according as it may choose to determine. 4. In consequence of these arrangements the Crown will in future have at its disposal, without the future controul of Parlia ment, not to the amount of a million sterling, as formerly, but only about 400.0004 5. His Majesty has been graciously pleased to relinquish on behalf of her Majesty the Queen, the whole of the sum exceeding 50,0001. which has usually been claimed and granted to the King, when he had a consort. conduct late G This enumeration comprises, we believe, the whole of the proposals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The proposed saving is trifling ; being merely 20,0001. upon a sum of half a million ; but theft the whole subject is re ferred to a Select Committee—a measure not proposed, or even spoken of, by the late Ministers--which may see the propriety of making a greater reduction ; while the future saving, in consequence of the items of move than half of the whole sum being annually submitted to Parlia ment, will be great in proportion to its patriotism and the economical spirit which may pervade the country. The se paration of the amount granted for the Royal splendour, from that expended to the general benefit of the country, is as judicious as it was necessary ; and too much praise cannot be bestowed on the King for the handsome manlier in which he has chosen to relinquish claims which every one expected would have been made. An animated discussion took place on the expose of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, in which several lion. Members took part ; some in favour, and some complaining of it ; but, on the whole, considering, on the one hand, that it only embraced a sum of ahout 400,000 f., and that more than one-fourth part of it goes directly to the support of Majesty ; and, on the other, that the whole is referred to a Select Committee, and, after its revision, will have to undergo the ordeal of the whole House, we see but little fau:t to be found with it. Should further reduction appear to be necessary or proper, we are confident that no one will so readily approve of the saving as the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his col. leagues. .Morning Advertiser. - - --- --- REFORM MEETING AT WICK. (From the Inverness Courier.) A numerous public meeting of the respectable inhabi tants of the county of Cait lines. was held at the county town of Wick, in the old County-hall, on Wednesday, the 19th of January last, to discuss the question and details of Parliamentary Reform, and pass resolutions and agree to petition both Houses of the Lrgialature. On the motion of Mr. JOSIAH SUTHERLAND, Captain MACDONALD, of Shehster, J.P., was unanimously called to the Chair. On taking the Chair, the CHAIRMAN read an official letter from the Sheriff-Substitute of the county, intimating to the movers and promoters of the meeting, that they were taking upon themselves a high responsibility, in calling into action a power which they had no means of coutrouling ; and that as such meetings could he legally and constitutionally called by Magistrates alone, which had not been done in this in , t nice, they would be held responsible for the consequences. The Chair man expressed his astonishment at such a letter having been written. He could not believe from the known re spectability of the worthy Sheriff-Substitute, Ural it could he his wish to check the expression of public opinion, and he therefore concluded that some evil disposed persons had induced him to imagine, that the promoters of this meeting intended, by seditious speeches, and exciting the passions of the multitude, to occasion disorder, and induce a breach of the peace. The Chairman considered the idea not only unfirunded, but extremely ridiculous, and he put it to the sense of the meeting whether the assem bling together of a body of thinking individuals, to dis cuss deliberately the important subject of their public in terests, ought to lead to such an absurd supposition, as that the peace of the community would be thereby dis• tubed. He, therefore, trusted that all the gentlemen pre sent would calmly and considerately proceed in the busi ness of the day, preserve order, and in separating retire reaceably to their private concerns. The clerk read letters from the Hon. George and Ro be' t Dunbar, and T. F. Sinclair, Esq., of Lybster, stating their deep regret that the melancholy death of a near and dear relative and f r i en d, wou ld prevent them having the honour of attending the meeting ; but begging to express their full concurrence in the propriety and importance of the proceedings, and wishing every success to its patriotic endeavours. The business of the day was then proceeded in, and the resolutions were cordially agreed to. An amendment to the sixth resolution was moved and seconded, proposint , to confine the elective franchise to in habitant householders paying 101. rent and upwards; but it was negatived by the meeting. The following letter, addressed to the Chair by Thomas Sinclair, E.q. of Lybster was read to the meeting. " Sir,—From regard to the memory of a friend and re lation, I have been prevented from attending the meeting to be held this day at Wick, on the subject of Parliamen tary Reform. The object of such a ineeting must be ap proved of by every one who takes an interest in the mea sure now in agitation, which is so vitally connected with the welfare and prosperity of the country. " As there cannot be a doubt, that his Majesty's Minis ters must experience no ordinary difficulty in maturing their system ti Reform, neither can there be any, that they must be essentially aided in their endeavours, by being put as much as possible in possession of every species of local information. To attain this end, nothing can be better adapted than the assembling of such meetings as the present, where a free and full expression of the sentiments of the community cm be gathered ;—in short, it becomes a duty that the people owe to themselves, and at the same time to a Government that undoubtedly has every inclina tion to meet their wishes. "It seems that a report has got into circulation that some intention is entertained of connecting the represen tation of this county with that of Sutherland : it is to be hoped this is merely a report, but I know from good au thority that it is in existence. The connection between Bute and Caithness is, in my opinim, comparatively harm less ; at a• 1 events, it does not endanger our political existence—such as it is ; but to be coupled with a county, almost entirely under the influence of one of the most powerful families in the kingdom, wou!d, beyond all doubt, furnish tile power, if there was only time will, to extinguish us fur ever. The high character of the pre sent Marquis of Stafford might furnish a sufficient gua rantee that he would not seek to obtain so immoral an influence over the rights of his neighbours; but •it is within the range of possibility that a member of that family might at some future period be iu existence, who, forgetting, or not possessing, the vir toes of his illustrious ancestors, might entertain this guilty ambition. At all events, in watching over the most important prerogative of freemen, it becomes a duty to look even to the most remote contingencies, and, above all, to seek to shield ourselves against the powerful and the wealthy. " I hope that Caithness, considering the national im- portance of its fisheries, will have its owarepresentative. Its population and agricultural improvements are progress• ing so rapidly, that I believe they have no parallel in the kingdom. In conclusion, I beg to add, that it appears to me, that the vote by ballot is best calculated to secure the purity of election. _ (Signed) " I am, Sir, &e. " THOS. A. SINCLAIR.' The following additional resolution was then put and carried unanimously :—" That this meeting cordially agree with the sentiments contained in Mr. Thomas Sin clair of Lybster's letter, and cliitct the Chairman, when lie forwards the petitions to Lord King and Mr. Hume, to communicate these sentiments to them, and requ•et that they make them known to both Houses of Parliament." The Chairman having left the Chair, Mr. SUTHER LAND moved a vote of thanks to him, which was carried unanimously ; and three cheers having been given for our Sailor King, and one cheer more, the meeting quietly dispersed. DINNER. At six o'clock between tLirty and forty gentlemen sat down to a most excellent dinner at Murray's Hotel, Cabtain Macdonald of Shelister in the chair. As soon as the cloth was removed, the Chairman rose and said,—Gentlemen, in rising on the present occasion to propose our first toast, I beg to request you all most particularly to recollect, that the name of Williatn stands pre-cmiuent in our chronicle of Kings. We have had William the Conqueror, William the Restorer, and we now have the good fortune of having William the Reformer— long life to him ! It seems to be the good luck of this Isle to receive its good things from across the seas. Salt water is a great purifier, and I have no doubt that our Sailor King, who has stood many a hard gale at sea, will now weather the storm, and bring the vessel of the State safe and sound into port. Gentlemen, with your permis sion we will drink, with all the honours,— " Long life to our generous-hearted and jolly Sailor King." Song—. God save our Sailor King." CHAIRMAN-It is natural enough, Gentlemen for us to wish happiness to such a King as we have ; and to ask what will make him happy. We know that without do mestic comfort earthly happiness is unattainable. But, Gentlemen, our beloved King is blessed with a sweet, amiable, virtuous, and accomplished consort. May we not then fairly conclude that in seekinc , her Gracious Ma jesty's comfort, we add to that of our Sovereign—fir, as the poet beautifully expresses it— . . " The Camp may Have its fame, the Court its glare, The Theatre its wit, the Board its mirth, But there's a calm. a quiet haven, where Bliss seeks for shelter—the Domestic Hearth. If this be comfortless, if this be drear, It need not hope to find a home on earth : We may be thoughtless, gay, caressed, But here, and only here, we may be blessed." Gentlemen, I propose we drink with all the honours, " Our Gracious Queen Adelaide, and the Domestic hearth." —(Applause.) Song—" There's a difference between a beggar and a Queen." The CHAIRMAN-Gentlemen, in rising to propose the next toast, the offspring of that immortal spirit which, I trust, burns in each of our bosoms, and unites us together on the present glorious occasion, I must be allowed to ex press my astonishment, at having overheard the expression, "Oh ! that we were mere numerous to-day !" I cannot help exclaiming— 4 ‘ Is he that wishes for more men among 'us A brother Caithness-man ? No my dear brother, If we be marked for scorn, we are enough, To blight our country's fame; if for renown, The fewer men, the greater share of honour ; I pray you wish not one man more. Rather proclaim it through the room, That he who has no stomach for this feast, Let him depart ; we grant him leave of absence ; The doors arc ready open for his speedy exit. We would not drink in that man's company Who fears his fellowship to drink with us; This day we'll call the Festival of Wick. He that now shares our joys, and gets safe home, Will stand a tiptoe when this day is named, And Gentlemen in Caithness, absent now, Will think themselves disgrac'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap while any speak That feasted with us at the Festival of Wick !" .Gentlemen, I have the supreme delight of proposing, with all the honours, " The People, the source of all legi timate authority." Song—. Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled." CHAIRMAN-Gentlemen, what a glorious prospect we have before us. With a reforming King, and a reforming Administration, what can prevail against us? What happiness is opened to our view under the restoration of the British Constitution, in its true principles and all its purity " The gloomy towns of arbitrary power, The gorgeous palaces of proud extravagance, The solemn temples of bigotry and superstition, The whole edifice of corruption, Yea, all that it inherits, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." Gentlemen, I propore, With all the honours, " Parlia mentary Reform on the Principles and purity of the Bri tish Constitution, and its friends, the present Adminis tration." The following toasts were then given, and drunk with enthusiasm : " Vote by ballot and the complete independence of electors." Song—" A man's a man for a' that." " Our absent friends, the Honourable Messrs. Dunbar and the Messrs. Sinclair, of Lybster, and all the hearty Reformers in the kingdom." Song—" Though lost to sight to memory dear." ."fhe Parisians, Belgians, and Poles, and the sons of liberty all over the world." " The French people, and may our senseless quarrels be ex changed lbr friendly dealings." " The immortal memory of George Washington," in solemn silence. " General Jackson and our American Cousins." Song—" Yankee doodle." " La Fayette, Bolivar, and all true patriots." In giving the next toast, the Chairman repeated the fol lowing appropriate lines from our beautiful native bard " Ohl Scotia my dear, my native soil, For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of busy toil Be blest with health and peace, and sweet content." " Caledonia, and may all her sons he blest with Freedom's laws." Song —" Home, sweet Home." The CHAIRMAN again rose and said—Gentlemen, it has to-day been the expressed wish of this present company, that the elective franchise should be extended to large trading and manufacturing towns. lam happy to nee among us some gentlemen from two of our finest and most populous towns, I mean Aberdeen and Dundee. Gentlemen, I need not try to celebrate these towns ; our Scottish bards have already done so ; all have often heard with delight the sweet song, "Bonny Dundee and Cauld Rail in Aberdeen." But, Gentlemen, I would crave your attention while I relate an anecdote or two of Aberdeen. Many years ago, during the alarm of a French invasion, I was on military duty at Dover; all was bustle fortifying the heights, and every body was struck with the beauty and good quality of the Aberdeen stone. I remember having often wished to visit such a valuable quarry. After the battle of Waterloo when the allied army entered Paris, our military, wishing to please the pretty Parisians, were all running to the shops to get fine hats and feathers. There were British and Belgians, Austrians, Prussians and Russians, and I know not how many other nations. They all got fitted except the British, and the French hatters all declared that the British heads were so mons trous, that none of their blocks were big enough.— (Laughter.) Now, Gentlemen, I have heard that there is the same outcry against the Aberdeensmen, but as those Gentlemen seem to make such a good use of their big heads, I beg to propose the health and prosperity of the beautiful town of Aberdeen and its big heads, and bonny Dundee and its enterprising inhabitants.—(Applause.) Cauld Kail in Aberdeen, and bonny Dundee." Mr. D. DawnsQx from Dundee, in retqrning thanks for the flattering manner in which the prosperity of his native town had been drunk, stated that its inhabitants had long been noted for their independence and public spirit, and their uniform advocacy of prudent Reform. He was sure they would be pleased to find that a communion of sentiment was making rapid progress in this quarter, as the meeting of this day sufficiently evinced. Mr. David. eon concluded by proposing the health of Mr Trail], Sheriff Depute of the county, whom he characterized as an orna ment of the shire over which he presided, and pre-eminent as an officer of the crown, a landlord, and a ;entletnan ; but notwithstanding his many attainments, he still seemed deficient in one species of knowledge, of which it was to be hoped the manner in which the proceedings of that day were conducted, would teach him the rudiments, viz, the peaceable disposition of the Caithness reformers.--Sheriff Traill's health was then drank with the most rapturous applause. The Chairman's health having next been drank, he rose, and after returning the company thanks for the honour they had done him, in placing him in the Chair on that important occasion, he concluded in the words of Burns— " For my sincere yet haply weak endeavours, With grateful pride I owe you many favours, And though my tongue but ill reveals it, Believe my glowing bosom feels it." Mr. JOSIAH SUTHERLAND having craved permission to give a toast, rose and spoke to the following effect :—Gen tlemen, an educated people is the sure guarantee of the progress of liberty. Let us cross the AtYantic and behold our American brethren bearing witness in the face of the whole of Europe, what a moral, educated, and intelligent community can accomplish. The liberal, free institutions of that country, are securely going on in the march of improvement, and no one crying that the church or State is in danger. Depend upon it, as the people are educated, feud a l b ar b ar i sm w ill disappear, and as . in the case of the b rave , generous , an d ruly noblee Parisians and Belgians, a ll a tt emp t a t ru li n g by d es potic authority will be I endered futile. All liberal minds must sympathi ze andwish success to the brave Poles, now struggl in g against that .hydra of tyranny, the Autocrat of all the Russia. 1 have no doubt but the Lord Chancellor, as well as the other members of our Government will fulfil their pledges, and that we will soon have refoi med institutions, a con tented and happy people, who can neither be carried away by the demagogue or the evil machinations of the incen diary. Mr. Sutherland concluded by proposing the health of Lord Chancellor Brougham, and may be employ his present power in fulfilling his former pledges, to promote the education and liberty of the people, which was drank with all the honours. Several touts were afterwards drank of which we cite the following : " John O'Groat, and may health, peace, and comfort be the lot of all his numerous family." Sono—" Should auld acquaintance be forgot." " The county town of Wick, and may its trade and fisheries thrive." Song—" The boatie rows." " Our Thurso neighbours, and may we go hand in hand in all good works." " Mr. Innes of Sandside, and the independent freeholders of Caithness." _ . ..... " Every man's house his castle of independence." t.,ong" There was a jolly miller once." " Lord Duffus and the Peers of the Realm, and may they while seeking to preserve their own privileges, always uphold the rights of the people." " The Liberty of the Press, and no taxation on the diffusion of knowledge." " Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world." " Follow truth wherever it may lead." " May every man so use his own as not to injure the property of another." The CHAIRMAN then gave—" Good night, and may we speedily meet together again to celebrate the victory of Reform." Song—" Good night and joy be wi ye a'." After having spent the evening with the greatest hilarity, the meeting separated at a late hour in the utmost harmony. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G UILDHALL. Yesterday Mr. Henry Henry otherwise Henry Yates. an advertising money-leader, was charged with obtaining, under false pretences, a bill of exchange for 125/., and the sum of 21. 1 Is. 10:1., being a charge for commission, and a bill stamp. Mr. Davison, of Bread-street, as agent to Messrs. Roberts and Carter, solicitors, Barnstaple, stated, that the prisoner having advertised that he had 50,0001. to lend in small sums, at a low interest, w is applied to in September fora loan by Mr. Staveley, a surgeon, residing near Barn staple. Mr. Henry replied that the whole 50,0001. was engaged, but as lie appeared to be a responsible gentle man, he would procure the desired accommodation. The negotiation proceeded, and on remitting ss. for a stamp and 2/. 6s. 10d. as commission at 4 d. per pound, he received a bill drawn on Mr. Daniel Ferris, wool-factor, Gee-street, St. Luke's, whom the prisoner represented to be a merchant of 30 years' standing. This bill was blown upon at Barnstaple, but Mr. Staveley succeeded in getting rid of it, and just before it became due in January last Mr. Staveley forwarded his own acceptance to enable the prisoner to raise the lateens to take up the first bill. In stead of applying it to this purpose, however, the first bill was suffered to be dishonoured, and although the prisoner assigned as a reason for this that the second bill was dis liked because Mt. Staveley's ability to meet his hills was not known to the Barnstaple bankers, he not keeping cash with them, the prisoner actually endeavoured to negotiate the bill with Messrs. Greenwood and Butlers, wine mer chants, Fenchurch-street, and by this attempt he was traced and apprehended. A number of letters from the prisoner to Mr. Staveley were read, and it was shown that no such person as Daniel Ferris was known in Gee-street, thereby raising a doubt whether his acceptance had not been forged. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday next, that Mr. Staveley may have notice to attend. MARLBORO UG.II-STREET. Six young men were brought prisoners to this office yesterday, in custody of Schofield, Ballard, and 'Goddard, the officers, and underwent a private examination before Mr. CON ANT, the Magistrate, charged with having been concerned in a burglary and extensive robbery committed at the house of Mr. Chambers, a tailor, in Maddox-street, Hanover-square. The prisoners were all remanded until Tuesday next, when they will undergo a public examination. Mr. Geffton, a pawnbroker, in Charles-street, Fitzroy square, and Mr. Mills, a pawnbroker, in Greek-street, Soho, appeared to answer no lees than six informations filed against each by Byers, the informer, for neglecting to ask the necessary questions of persons pledging property at their shops, as directed by the Act of Parliament. Byers's witness proved, that on six different occasions, all within one month, namely, in October last, he pledged various articles of property at each shop, and that on no occasion was he asked by either of the defendants the re gular questions as the ace requires. On cross-examination by a solicitor, who attended for the defendants, he admitted that on every occasion he gave a false name, and that the property he pledged was always given to him for that purpose by Byers for the purpose of laying informations against the defendants. The defendants were convicted on every case, and fined on each a penalty of 40s. and costs; so that the penalties alone, besides costs, against each of the defendants, amounted to 121. Mr. Geffton immediately paid the penalties, but Mr. Mills entered into sureties to appeal against the conviction to the Sessions, and refused, therefore, to pay the demand. Byers said that this was the constant practice of Mr. Mills to appeal against the magistrates' conviction ; for he bad been convicted several times before, and although he had appealed every time to the sessions, the convictions were all affirmed ; and the sole object of Mr. Mills in thus apiaealing was to snake /aim (Byers) expend in law expenses all the amount of the penalties he re covered ; and he therefore hoped that the magistrates would take this perverse conduct of Mr. Mills into con sideration, anti award heavier penalties against him. Mr. CONANT said that the magistrates could take cog nizance of ne such circumstance. Me. Mills had a right to appeal, if he pleased ; and all a magistrate had to do was to make the penalty proportionate to their view of the offence committed. BOW-STREET. A Hibernian, with a nose as red as the Red Lion at Brentford, and rendered still more red by a copious dis charge of blood, which oozed through a dirty rag tied over a recent wound on his scalp, applied at this office, at the beginning of the week, for a warrant, when the fol lowing dialogue took place : MAGISTRATX—" Well, Pat (for his countenance ope rated as a sort of a finger-post, pointing to the road from whence he came), what do you want ?"—" I'd be want ing a warrant, plase your Honour." " Against whom?"—" Agin Barney O'Lary, plase your Reverence." F o r what?"—" For murder, your Grace." c, F or murder ! Whom did he murder?"-_" Divil a crature but myself, your Worship's honour." " And has he murdered you !"—" By my soul he has— bad luck to him ! He's cut a hole in my head big enough to bury a cat." st H e has'nt killed you outright I see."—" It's not his fault that he baa'nt, your Honour, for he intinded it, and nothing surer." " I suppose an assault warrant will suit your purpose." "Your Honour knows best, and I'll take what I can git." " When did he assault you?"—" Last night that ever was, your Reverence." " Did he hit you with a stick?"._" 'Fore God, he did'nt your Honour, but with a proker." " A poker ! —that's a dangerous weapon !"—" Divil a doubt of it." " Where were you ?"—" Where was I ? Why in bed, to be sure." " Were you asleep or awake ?"—" As sound as a roach, your Honour." " And what provocation had you given kiln ?"—" Divil a provocation at all, your Honour; how could I when I was dead asleep ?" " What ! do you mean to say he came to your bedside, and struck you in this dreadful way without the slightest provocation ?"—" It's truth what you say, your Honour ; barring he came to his own bedside instead of mine." " His own bedside! Were you in his bed?"—." Faith, you just guessed it, your Honour." " And what brought you there ?"—" That's mere than I can tell, your Honour; barring the liquor that was in me." " And was this all you did to provoke his anger?"— " Divil a thing else." " Was there any o th er person present ?"—" Not a crature, indipindent of his wife what was in bed wid me, your Honour." " His wife! W ere you in bed with his wife ?"—." Of coorse I wae." " Of cours e you were ! and don ' t you t hi n k you de.. carved wh i t y ou got ?" ... _" Is it me !" " Yes, you."—" Sure it was all a mistake, your Ho nour. I th oug h t ' twas my own w if e , an d d ev il a h a i r o f her head I touch'd." " That may be; and I hope you committed no other mistake. You must be more careful in future; but I think, under the circumstances, you must be content with what you have get, for I cannot grant a warrant"— " Thank y our Honour; but when he hits me agin, it won't be for nothing." [Exit Pat, shrugging his shoul ders, and evidently disappointed.] It turned out that the fellow went drunk to bed, and 41fr. , ..,,, . oats , / Fti % 'h' ,4 ;1, 11,9 bt, ____- o' . ' to , P I q ie V1:1 21 00 0 ' 4 , 1,tk , zne3t, d , 20 0 1 ,titi, ,7 (I=4; , -J , 2 si 0 , '' ni 'A y 2...0 6 1 I t '',.,, r, illiii - 6 1 " 1441- I 24 96 44 itt• 1 I.' c te d 23 5 0 0 ~. ..,"t a ,,,,, , an , r 7 1 0 4 0 PA: ~Itakli lit o,rl 22 0 0 1, t ti !).4 , .,, Fa'.' 20 5 4 4 4 q ii.' 1 ,.. t' . ) :25 „e gi 4 1 'lt 4 ' . ti*r • 24 .1 °I N• l ' 2 79 ,:! L tj i 44 A.! 21 'ig g i t)y AisiilST( 21 E . ,1 s k , so.-6.,: r; ro P t'oqs. rrt 20 . , ~,,,, rG. i 2l S° # bi ` tilool. ' b arnic 20 4 pi . bei,''.4.BT sd• ,- d i ° ,!' Pttp"i.kilci• - •'•. I1 :? 0 1 .. : 44' 0 0 ! (Ili, MAI 1 1 444it, , t ,,,,, 1 e* 1 ) ~... _ eiv , A WORD TO THE WIBE.--The , o,ll l ' te, 1 1‘r.' . '"ki,..,,, NE , se newspapers have been amused lately with 071 tei,l 4 4 ;t 4 iii - pi-, iii ) of a recent meeting of the patrons of " TP e o isf 1 ," , 114 7 ,' whp ,"•,-); which " Dutch Sam" the boxer was pres e . a il Crill t i Itibl•W it il' silver cup as a reward f or hi s b ea ti n g Ng i , i- t ity i s"Ill a n : l4 4 11 0 ,„ battle. The curious who wish to see how filk t , - "Dipi ' - ` 1 , 2 7 , 90„. „„-;- and to know the secret manceuvres of the " p ip 4 .1, - 70,tigh aii : b p y red a est w in e e ll e -k ve n n o t w s n on swpboire:iinfgoolsßsatraokneett.bei::o°ithif , ' 4 4 ; . „.i..„ . poi : I look into the satirical novel called " the I° ' lit tj 7 1 0141L'" : i kli astonish them. ' ( ZseilA ' 3l it, ~, ac THE DECCAN PRIZE AIONEY.'"' . 1 ' 4 / 1 1;tdb eu'al l ' iv 10 F il 41 4, A , ) was given a short time ago by a certain .. -43 0 (8. - .4' t t 4„, —ii which was invited, amongst the rest, an 614 "f, tit; iPtili was a large claimant for some portion of the ao.,t )/ S k i ` ll \rii Money. On the removal of the cloth, and 7 .- o .o o p : 4 14 10 . 1 ar ' l n%'ed had been pretty freely circulated, solving en..'" th e , Sq` k _n : sli t l e il t px t the order of the evening. When it came :7 tls tr i f t 4 ,4 4 7:thrb17 41 ,i hoses turn to propose one, he " brought eu" ' s t fS, ' ,' ' ll th, - '''°'int ing:—" What is that which did not come ~' d r pol o i l ‘N tot :Lik tr i, n not come this year—and will not come n exi . Y e ilis 1 , 0 N ~ P,...ths r. , guests were all posed; not one could 11011,110kji theitellw:THE gordian knot, until the old officer (before 4 1111 .b ie VI( t lt*,wrti'd from his chair, and furiously striking the i s .a t' ai 'pi its , i t iq•l,; - 'w%np. clenched fists, until *" glasses and deea ritej ef ; A l t i ?,:, t'N. al ; again," vociferously bawled out, in the e a L,,..4 1 '00 i Nii64;l4 - ,:p,1,. , ~ 'Tis the Deccan Price Money, by a ige , 0 V, 51 iir , a ta t Duke Duke " looked unutterable things," and c , ao iotol r 4 N h , 4 ~i ,TIC was dropped for the remainder of the e ` - 0 O t lop 8, 0 .lik tvhisp,:red that " Parlianientary Reform" scloti to • IL I intended to be given by the proposer of tbe e e i ' re rty , .04,1 01 ; 14 1-, 1 . old officer, however, appears to have been 11 k'' ' g ti et4 tht u _4y4 t , , n Ytilvo 414 01 4 t 1 9; i 4 t ... : ' ;111,,Nqi,i,,,,,, ' tth .... -v o , j ., .Tfre, p1i1 96 44 44 14 t4 o l9 4.oiitil *hi, ti a„ e eis , ts,iittailttier i„,, .4, 46 sit 9 Reif , 10 : 11 t h ''illeir , I WO 0- 0 4 r - l' iSli 4 Xo, e 4t i ll i the , e i t i i , i , , r 44 to ll Nn kki i , eti„,, -- xi mi d -far Nrall " . *Ailit 4 4 '4 ° ,1 , Otml , 0 ,, al Ili ti l t % i l he ;;: r dit i N4ili Vir em i i i ttS% ! ki 4 11 Ih ijil t'4 ‘ll l 4 l : 4 CE Aluqrat Wheat. Per Quarter. Ashburn * „, 68 76 Basingstoke 64 80 Bath 52 76 Bridgewater ---. 54 72 Bristol 6O 68 Chesterfield 68 76 Derby W 75 71.1 Devizes 66 70 Doncaster 60 66 Dorchester 64 72 72 74 Gloucester— w . 62 74 Hungerford GO 78 Leicester — 75 Newbury 56 82 Itomsey 56 68 Shaftesbury 65 Shepton Mallet 56 70 56 72 Taunton 48 76 Yeovil 6O 68 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. Shrewsbury 0 11 4 Barley. 40 44 28 42 34) 45 24) 3.) 36 40 35 50 43 46 26 45 34 46 35 42 28 32 36 42 30 43 32 40 32 36 32 34 42 32 40 22 40 30 38 s. d. s. d. 70 72 . °1 PAINTED AND PUnLTSITED Sti MURDU 1 spot. SUN-ChwicE, 112, SviAND, 1) . was unconscious where he was, till Biuser r,.. .g s .... 0 ct a ' 7, 41 ,,t411, 0-i p s' h l i.s . t t . ‘,,,.. - . i 1e ' .. i ., -' : il l ot . t ty 4 a ii '' . ' i , 101 0// 4 . iii.:4'''' O•r. gentle hint with the iron persuader, and inters 0 / iaz3l . 4ljAri , skull was thick enough to resist the o,D ~ „''sm • Barney's wife, who was also awoke by the sb °P " " 4.4 ' 14 j 0111 ,44 A , „., assistance in whacking him out of her roan. ~.._ , v ey s..] • pressed her utter unconsciousness of his pre ge°Ce !) "mk ? ll 'e .l B 1 awful lord arrived and discovered the intrude .. i 4 1 1 . -"/4 / t rnetitic *-ain- ---,L- ... - rs, 41 tilli k r i*KlE MARKET INTELLIGEN'' C'' 1, 3-, !. • LONDON MARKETS. _ jit . 421f.tif (From the London New Price Current of .. .„1 0."- VI, cL 0 . 1 , 1 ; 4 11 4- 1 SUGARS.-The demand for Muscovades has il cb 0,41 1 , N"' ' Li.' the late extensive sales. This week there is not Ol io Ik t „.;V,...A.1b] doing, but the prises are fully maintained. The sa le / toe 1 1, ,, ,i, r , " . ` i" " are estimated at 2,500 Mids. and trs. At the close of this day prices are again Is. per cwt., higher during f, ircl/4.04, A the Refined Market there is much languor, which Is_."" s ol 4 “.1 . ;„i - 3 , .] circumstance when the firmness of the Raw Market , ti f . ~.-, - " - advance, are considered. The heaviness of this id 3r .ss, %t5r.."..,,... - • last week continues this a ft ernoon, and the offers for" - . .ststrlch.es t '(ii fOr descriptions of Lumps have been much more limited; A O , , .. , s ,, t.l.r Refiners have displayed more dis; osition to meet the ;Is ''ut ei n '7",1 4 Q: q b t u tota ye r t s i on ' s l' g h e e n s e t r oc al k ly o v n er h y a l n it d ele h a r te e r s e • d er . i F s o r r a c t r h a. e s r ßh l :6lt sd l ery:o4i o 4444.: tere l ,.. l-1 d .,1 E,b A . : been scarcely any offers made ; the finer descriptiaolit LLD r AISI less demand, and could be purchased on rather easier P;tl 1,111,,,,"RAW EAST INDIA SUG A RS.-The late purchases ar e , , 11' "LI 1• , ;, ~ t advance on the public sale prices. s( ''lli - FOREIGN• Iss FOREIGN SUGARS.-There are no purchases spa ' l lisoi ‘ "- Sugar to report; there are, however, more inquiriekoill , . *teach; vanced season and imports render ieprobable there w k. Cl•Scp.: 14,12 'rival in the trade. Q.; priCcOes7bEutE.w-itThloieutCoffeesales briskness ; tl a ti l s i w fi ee ie k d h es a c v r e ip g t o io n n e g ° s ?-, % 10 --5 i : m. , ,, b411 045r ii . , ,au home consumption command very high prices. tract fair quality St. Domingo has been sold at 355. tr i i k lzeisfs, , little doing in Foreign or East India Co ff ee. This da/, hie6 7 4 /311 , e5i, 4 t s Ei m i:Rs a t l ru l :A i gn c a ud, r ei c aßs e t l ri s tlabAt o rh f Ne ß ßrp r u k i t in, i g, s h h wAeas P rN. la pc n io t n.H a hs t ei i od o i‘e i l i t, , rl w ,cbAhl l e i aN ic :i h )tts s hfo o .eL lcl :E r uea a rrr t cpi l i : r e. :l / 1 : 0 ' ,:, ,, : 1 ,07: 1 41,:1„0;‘,„ , ,, , ,71::,,Q.! were Leewards, five over Is. ltd. The Jamaica desalt'', 'ia. -, P I GAR now rate low in proportion to the Leeward Island/ t , , - ''Phbliih e o v., been muoh inquired after, and the prices from the ,` 1,4,„ 'Brill r" '"`" may be considered ld. to 2d. per gallon advanced; ' is. , • " .gl reported 32 to 35 over 3s. In Brandy or Geneva there ''''',i LIN( titular alteration. Towards the close of the week tls, A .4 , . 4 ipp., less inquiry a ft er Rum, owing to the Market having T , , . , , .4 - "`.CILAND degree, by the expectation of a higher price being fll'i, 1 ell, .? olst.tii, Spirits, which has not taken place, and is not noW_!„, s elas t 4 ..,...S. some time, as the change in price usually takes Pl''' . - Nis,, t •- ' 4 ‘ l4l :o' first of the month. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.-The prices 6 , s t - Z . tissilt ~.., a shade lower, the Market is dull at the decline. ` ' , 4.114, 4 ,7' ''" Flax there is no material alteration. be , t , 44 41 - 'Lla43,r; TEA.-Boheas remain dull. Congous continue to il s , . 5i 4 4,..,i, i(ie demand; those with Pekoe flavour, in consequence ° ' A ...„. -, s next sale, are at 2d. to 3d per lb. premium. COTTON.-The Market is steady in price, but t be r 1 '' , 4 .. , - ,1:4', 1 t private contract are trivial. ~1 i , tis, 1 PRICE OF SUGAR. J fkau, th . , 4,thh fofsti The average price of Brown or Muscovado SuP D O i 1 41'.10 ii from the Returns made in the week ending Feb. , , , 4,„, per cwt., exclusive of the duties of customs paid orpal . 1, , , - '7'tellu s , on the importation thereof into Great Britain. .13 0 , . PRICES OF HOPS.-Feb. 4. ..1., 0 S. / 434 4 v , =c ;I Kent Pockets - ............. B/ 10s. 9/. 95 .'4 I. , Tis a Sussex Ditto ........,,,,,,,,,,,,, .... 71. 15s. 81. S'" le ''' , :nu. lies,x Dittotp# ' ' irg ..--.. 81, Os. 91. cs• , 0 , ~ : z4 . es.' , Set Esti:ham Ditto, Fine ---. 01. Os. 161. sa'•l 4 , 4 l tiZ:: ' • ... ;; -ss- Seconds . Ol. Os. 91. 06' tall( "'metes- Ken t Bags , 8 to , ' W.LE&o ............... 3/. Os. 81. s• to, i t e, Essex Ditto W. Os. 01. os. .. ...3114,11;4-41:q.uui Sussex Ditto Old Duty on last year's growth ann 7l o . un o c ' etl . t 7 o L b l e °ll•s°:-I . 4 '-' 4 ., H . 431/1!,44""^." 'al PRICE OF OIL. _„isi s. , ii,1,, , ,, ,---,-.,, Rape Oil, brown ................50/. Os. ...... Refined .7,, 1 's, s ‘ s . i, , ,uot46- . . Linseed Oil ...- ---......................................... 1: ~. ~. ts.e . t Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton - t'hellin. 44 --- - 14 41P'R ''' PRICE OF POTATOES.-Feb. 4. „ e t ... ' „,-,,. aut i Kidneys . 0/. Os. to 51. 05. 1', 3 0 , : •,/,,, ''''' Scotch Reds 4/, 10s. to 0/. Os. 6 ,,;60 , 14.0,. , -"t ' ,AYdand ``• Marsh Champions .. 4/. 10s. to 01. es..!o ‘ , "I Of Euro Oxnobles and Shaws .................. 3!. ss. to 31. 100 , .1 1 ' it ' o ' i t f lt i ld Tz tv l : , .... WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.-e.si o ;, ~. Marro S e t Hay ..--......... 40s. Od. to 84s. Od. I Clover ..-.605. Osl• '', i s °l l.lVt s , Straw.. .. . .345. Od. to 38s. Od. :. 1 7ttr att T"'"Prsestint . su ll _ RAW HIDES. k try 1 " 4 " r esa• i• 0, , %I • Per Stone. a. d , to s. d. Per Stone. 0 of . 3C-ultra • 1 . ' tilt Best Heifers& Steers 3 0 3 2 Ordinary ..............0 6 um . 1%,„ ).0 1- . Middlings 2 4 2 8 Market Ca1f...........• ~ 71 q nbs,F,t e„ - T i . en• s i il ,- , ss, SHEEP SKINS. Polled ........-......... 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. I Dawns ............... 1 1 . ° ' ! thsys.. Welch .........- Is. OS. to is . 4d. ' ;• _ ' Worlt 77.4l ) rtul PRICES OF LEATHER. . t INti• iel .ot•L Per lb. d. to d. Per lb. ~,,, it .• -ss of zit)] 8utt5..........50 to 561 b.... 15 " 22 Tanned Horse Hiu - _,, , i . , , ,i,; ( u tU1di 1 ,,:„„, Ditt0,........40 to 661 b.... 16 23 Spanish Ditto .....s." - ' s bs.,Ts..__, Dressing Hides ...... 14 16 Per dozen. , 4 „, ~,..,,,, , 7utisins Fine Coach Hides ......... 16 18 Calf 5kin5....36 to t i lt, 1 ' 4421 4A.41 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 h. 13 141 Ditto .............50 to LO ' 11,; 1 1741),, Ari,,i,, ... ez i ., . 15itt0........,......40 to 451 b. 14 16 Ditto 70 to 7, 0 1 e A ti, , L .,,,, Ditto ...-....................... 16 18 Small Seals, Green' -t: fi,, t l Jt '''' ,44) . ..Fab .: iii, „. 44 4:1A'r PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b....• ~0 • AL., • ... Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) , I, . - T 9 '• 'Ass vi tit tte elit .4, PRICE OF CANDLES. as 0 ,44 4 % ilr -mi l) . The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is „ 1 1 ,0 00 , • ....ell Candles. per dos. 7s. Od. to Bs. Od. I Moulds, per dose'ap. ~.._o ?ifr - gt s olq PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121b.'''' 4 1: 11 atf,.7,.,11es ,I stg A i n , Town Tallow .................... 50s. Od. Yellow Soap _,/,' e1) 44 - ' 4 e to an Yellow Russia----- 48e. Od. M0tt1ed......-- - ... .,,, INKS !:§4444 .0 1 White 48s. Od. White - ss."' t , l 7 ' ILs r Soap Ditto _ 455. 61. Graves .........7.--" ,*,,,. .,/ )?„ f-- ,Esso.'s Melted Stuff 36s. O. Good Dregs Ditto Itough--............... 225. Od. r It,PSltsr .. ‘s 4 esllgt . COAL MA lIK ET.-Feb. 4 ' " ot t , - -sttr-4 ' f the Bensham Main -. 308.0 d. Walls EndNewin, a- ieoo s Of tb i •• .. Deati's Primrose .,....-,.,,,. 3.2 U Ditto Perkins an. 0 ,0 , e ;,. e atentli Hebburn Main .„................. , 32 6 Lambton Primr(S e , ".. lilt Notie s H01ywe115,.......,„.....,,,,.,,„„,.. 32 6 Russell's Lyon's ...„4 I. " !il iiit!' IV' Ki11ingw0rth:........... * . 33 6 Walls End Hettok t , I , 1 t e 5 .5.5...,Fj Pelaw -v5..... 32 (1 Walls End Stew,a r st e, I tl V055.,.. 5 . , •, ~ • Pontop Wind50r5.........5, 30 0 W. E. Rusaell'asntto A: i 41, 1 4 .1. 1 . 1 14 4 4 fanfield . Towoley----...............9 Ditto Adelaide ss o!l : l : st atl si i. , N; ,Y, - 3233 6 Ditto Norw so's ~ ° , .4. 1 ) "-s a •t ,c ,‘' t •- teil Willington ...............- 33 9 Walls End Tee55 ..„... 2 ,1 . i h i l•Ker tii Wylani -..... 33 6 Barnsley Nevi Walls End licwickes, Co. 34 () Cannel (pertors) le t a n is Ditto Bell Rason &Co. 33 3 C0wpen.........* , .. ,......„ : „e 5 , !: 1' 44 s ' u , Walls End Brown's...-. 32 0 Halbeath ,1 4 111 ety Ditto Brown's unsc. -... 31 6 Llangennech ssoa s sifr t ,s t t . , MI pubii Walls End Callerton-- 29 6 New Flockton, AL,/ , r • ,„ set Walls End Carr and Co. 32 0 and C0...........,----::„...0fs • • "rt‘ s , ;.. s es Walls End Gosforth...- 33 9 Silkstone .#,,,;,",, r, :" .3. t1 -, , I,llr - A Ditto Heaton 33 6 Warde's Llanelly 's. r si„t, t k,:, , ,. . : . ' 2. 4 ,5,... - ---- - 1•0 14" tii ' lWe I tile 11; ' - ' iiWalls End Hilda .-- 33 0 Hebburn small s" .- _) :"itYP,b c., Tiji•-s i 4„, Ditto Northumberland 32 6 of '4 4 I , 0 1:,,:, , . ,;Ships at market, 161!{-Ships sold. 30 •••••••"- dei ss ‘ ,.. . , COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING tII~ t h e 81. of'' On the 3d inst. at Arthingworth ßTHS , NorthanlPtelt, 0 01 soi, Charles Heage, of a daughter. M J• Sa of On the 3 ne d inst. in Montague-square, --"' o• daughter. he wife co , On the 4th inst. at Frognel, Hampstead, t' , 6 IL H. Simpson, of a son. f ~, ~i 4 rl , On the 4th inst. in Curzon-street, the ladY ' 4 4' . Esq., M.P., of a daughter. t . 00 0 0 1 ) 1 MARRIED. ~.._,, °f 800 On the 3d inst. at Brixton, E. Keysell, rfq, l." Bloomsbury, to Margaret, widow of the l ate 4i% Camberwell. , ~,,,Aa v e) . 0 This morning, at the Savoy Church, 7 . t i l e ' al'A , Hunt, of Manchester, to Mrs. Keene, o' . Ci',o 3 o o , Savoy-street. Strand. ~,, WeT o NO 1 On the 34. t inst. at Islington, the Rev. " • Dia, f I , ' Ir 1 . Gain 0 the Settlement at Bathurst, on the River tr;s4,, Ctrl youngest daughter of the late S. J. Wintle' relict 0 of DIED. b oob, . Ol On the 3d inst. in Salisbury-square , Re 0 4 ' 0 Gilbert Jones, Esq. kial•W gslf 0 On the 3d inst. at Chiswick, Mrs. An" , 1 , 4 late J. Harwood, Esq. agedS ' ti°' ? 0 11t. At Suttanpore, Benares, Sept. 11, of C On go ni g i A l l ed ) 'I,V C ; I. eldest daughter of Colonel H. Thonisonl,,,,,i, 3 gner ''' f l On the 29th ult. at Norfolk-street, - 0 - , - ,,,i1 f , , A 501' , f Smith ; and on the Tuesday following,' Il - cl ° ~ k j* 31, daughters of the late Samuel Smith, --'-' ' ______............................) —.llSi"