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POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION. HO USE. William Wilkinson was brought up for a second examination upon the charges of having forged two checks, the one for 1841. 105., the other for 2441., on the banking-house of Messrs. Currie and Co., in the name of J. C. Coverley. Mr. Charles Jarr.es Coverley resided at No. 4, Providence-row, and at Lewisham, in Kent. He knew the prisoner, but had not seen him for the last year and a half. When he did see the prisoner ha treated him like a mart. Witness knew the man from his having gone to see his mother, who lived as cook in the house in Finsbury for the last nine or ten years, but had never employed him to go with checks upon bankers, nor authorised him to receive money. Witness kept an account at Messrs Currie and Co.'s, and he kept his checks in an iron chest, the key of which he always had con cealed in a drawer, the key of which he carried in his pocket. How the prisoner could have got at the check-book he could not at all guess. Upon look ing at the alleged forgeries the witness said the writing was not in the least like his writing. He had never given authority to the prisoner, nor to any other persons, to sign checks for him, and the prisoner never had seen his writing. He had never drawn a check for 1841. 10s. on the sth November. The LORD MAYOR compared the writing in the checks with the signature of Mr. Coverley to his own depositions, and there certainly was so great a resemblance that it was no longer a matter of asto nishment that the banker's clerk was in two in stances deceived. He was remanded for some days. Numerous cases of pickpockets were heard by his Lordship. In one case the person charged was said to have picked the pocket of a gentleman in Middlesex, a few yards from the limits of the City. The prisoner said the officer was incorrect, for the business took place in the City. The LORD MAYOR— , What business ? Prisoner —Why this here prigging the clout business, please your Lordship. The thing wa'n't done in the county at all, my Lord ; I'm blest if it was. The LORD MAYOR—Certainly it is important to you that there is such a distinction. Officer—My Lord, I think he stole the handker chief in the county of Middlesex. Prisoner—You say I stole the wipe ; there you are safe I prigged it sure enough ; but then you see you say it was in the county ; there I'm blowed if you arn't jilt wrong. The LORD MAYOR—But where is the prosecutor ? Officer—My Lord, when I handed the gentleman his handkerchief, and told him that his pocket hail been picked, he put his hand to his pocket and said it was true ; but wh , n I told him he must appear against the prisoner he threw down the handkerchief and ran off as if he had been the guilty person him self. Witness said that it was a very difficult thing to get gentlemen to come forward on occasions of the hind. The LORD MAYOR said that he considered the prisoner's authority in this case quite sufficient, especially as he was well known to the police, and Bridewell should receive one more guest. Prisoner --Good luck to you. I'd rather be sent there to the milldoll by your Lordship than take my grub with any of the rummy beaks at Worship street. Two young fellows, named Johnson and Smith, were charged with having stolen a gentleman's pocket-handkerchief. In this case the gentleman upon being told by the officer that be must appear against the offenders also threw down the handkerchief and took to his heels. The officer, as he could not call out " Stop thief," soon lost him, but he produced the handkerchief, and said that one of the prisoners whipped it out of the gentleman's pocket, and with great adroitness slipped it into the hands of the other, who, upon seeing that hp was observed, gave it a jerk towards the victim, and affected unconsciousness. Johnson said he had just come from sea, and that he never stole anything in his life. The LORD MAYOR—Smith, I have seen you be fore. I have, I think, sentyou to prison very lately. Smith—Never ; I never was in prison, my Lord. It's all a mistake. I never saw this young man be• fore, %'elp me God. The LORD MAYOR—What! have you never been in Bridewell ? Smith—Never, I don't know where it is, as I hope to be saved. One of the Officers—A constable who is not now in the way, told me that Smith is only a few days out of Bridewell. Smith—Out of it ! I never was there since I was born. Where is it ? The LORD MAYOR—Perhaps you know it by some other name Smith—No. I am a hard working lad, and no thief. The LORD MAYOR—Officer, are you convinced that these prisoners were the persons who stole the handkerchief ? Officer—l am, my Lord. I never saw a handkerchief taken with such dexterity. The LORD MAYOR—I must see the officer who says this boy was in Bridewell before I proceed to extremities. . . . . Smith—Depend upon it he is mistaken, if he is an honest man. The prisoners were remanded. A young man, named D. Muckthorn, was charged upon suspicion. He had been observed in a crowd, and an officer watched him, and saw him move about suspiciously, and upon finding that he was observed dropt a handkerchief. The prisoner said the charge was a false one. He was returning from a house where there was a " flare up" free and easy, at which he had been taking a couple of pints of gatter (beer), and he was walking home in his usual way, when he was tapped on the shoulder and called a thief. The LORD MAYOR—Pray what are you ? Pri soner—l am engaged with others to sing at free and-easier, every night in the week, and I get half a-crown a night. The LORD MAYOR—It is an odd way of making g living, but I believe that many support them selves by it. Prisoner—Everybody knows Bill Somers and his first and second. Why Drury-lane and Covent garden are fools to him. They can't do it at all. l'm pretty well able for the big theatres myself. The LORD MAROR—WeII, I hope you were do ieg opthing on Saturday night but singing. Prisoner—What do I want of a handkerchief; rne got one here. The prisoner then held up a handkerchief, but he unfortunately held it in an untidy manner, and two law holes were exposed. The LORD MAYOR—I don't think you stole that at at any rate, and I shall discharge you. BOW STREET. LAMENTAI3LE CASE.—Yesterday E. Taylor, a young woman of very ladylike appearance, was charged with having stolen several articles of silk, ribbon, &c., the property of Mr. Pite her employer. Mr. Pite is a haberdasher and silk-mercer in Cran• I)onine-street in L&cester-square, and the prisoner, 'who was understood to be most respectably con nected, had been some months in his employment as shopwoman. Mr. Pite had several times seen her in a state of what he conceived to be intoxica- cation, but, upon inquiry, found that she was in the habit of taking laudanum to great excess. He gave her warning to quit his service, and she was to leave on Sunday morning. When she was about to go away he told her that her habits and mode of dressing were much more expensive than the salary be had allowed her could possibly support, and asked her if she had any objection to allow her boxes to be examined. She said " Certainly not ;" and Mr. Pite found in one of her trutik4 several rolls of ribbon, pieces of silk, &c., which he be lieved were his property. The prisoner said some portiOn of them were her own, but admitted that rtfi" . had taken the ,remainder improperly from the , (rasvers of the shop. l . : '- „ ;-The police officer produced the articles, together 44, / ' l - is with a bottle of the half-pint size nearly half full of laudanum. Sir F. ROE—Was the prisoner labouring under the effect of this mischievous drug at the time she made the acknowledgment ? Mr. Pite—Decidedly so. Indeed, she was scarcely ever free from it. Sir F. ROE—Is there any one here who knows her ? A young gentleman, who said he was the brother of the prisoner, stepped forward, and when he came to the Bench she seemed deeply affected. Sir F. ROE—How do you account for this con duct on the part of your sister ? The brother—l can only account for it by her unconquerable pro pensity to laudanum. Sir F. Roe —But how did that propensity come upon her, do you know 7 The brother—She came into the possession of a very handsome pro- Perry when she became of age, and embarked the whole of it in business on her own account. The speculation was unfortunate, and she lost the whole. She had formed an attachment of the strongest kind to a young gentleman, and the courtship was broken off very suddenly under circumstances of a melan choly description. These misfortunes greatly af fected her mind, and she took to the use of lau danum. Her friends did all they could to break her of the habit, and I had her under strict watch for three weeks, and thought I had completely suc ceeded in weaning her from it, but unhappily 1 was mistaken. Sir F. ROE—If I take the mildest course I can with her what is to become of her when she is libe rated ? The brother said her friends would take good care of her in future. Sir F. ROE—Mr. Pite, can you swear to the ar ticles produced ? Mr. Pite—Not positively. Sir F. RoE—Then I shall convict her under the Act of a misdemeanor in unlawfully possessing goods which have been stolen or improperly ob tained, and fine her five pounds, and in default of payment commit her for two months to the House of Correction, and, in that lapse of time, perhaps her relatives will think of some mode of disposing of her. The brother hoped she would not be allowed the use of laudanum in the prison. Sir F. RoE—Certainly not. The prisoner was then removed. MARY LEB ONE. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Peter Marsh, a fo reigner of most ferocious aspect, was yesterday charged with brutally assaulting with a poker, with intent to murder, John Brown, a bricklayer, re siding at No. 8, Clipstone-street, Fitzroy-square. Mr. RAwuNsoN ordered the prisoner to be com mitted till a surgeon's certificate should be pro duced pronouncing that the complainant was out of danger. Q UEEN-SQUARE: THE COSTERMONGER AND THE PlG.—Mister Bob Hallett, who described himself as a labourer, but who evidently appeared a costermonger of the finest water, was charged with threatening the life of Mrs. Celia Hawley, a married woman, lodging in Blenheim-street, Chelsea. The beauteous Celia, in a fine Irish accent, and with a profusion of curtseys, stated her case to the following effect :—The defendant lived next door to her, and in the dead of night she was aroused from her slumbers by a tremendous row in the streets and a dreadful knocking at her door. She arose,and the pale glimpses of the moon disclosed to her affrighted gaze the prisoner, with a murdered body, as she thought, drenched in blood. He was swearing that he would come in. Upon further investigation she discovered that the prisoner was drunk, and that the supposed murdered body was the carcase of an immense pig, with its throat cut. The complainant, in answer to some questions, added that she cer tainly had circulated a report with respect to the murder; " but," added she with empha'is, " I'm positive (terrain, your Worship, that Bob Hallet and Tom Langstone stole the pig and murdered him." The next day Bob met her, and swore that he would take her life, whereupon he was g.ven into custody. Bob Smith, a most splendid example of the gen teel and amiable costermonger, dressed according to the last Duck-lane fashion, corroborated this evi dence. This witness was an exception to the general run of costermongers : he seemed to have the same idea that " the genteel thing is the genteel thing" as the bear-leader in Goldsmith's comedy of She Stoops to Conquer; and " wot though he did drive a donkey, why shouldn't he be a gemmhn for all that ?" He addressed the Magistrate in the most simpering tones imaginable, and described the character of Mr. Hallett as being werry sospicious, and that he did things wot was low and willgar. Mr. WHITE—What did he do ? " Vhy, your Vorship," replied the witness, " the langidge of this here gemmen (pointing to defendant) made my werry hair stand on end, and my werry blood run through my weins." Mr. WHITE—What did he say, my good man ? " Not fit for no man, nor no voman to hear, your Vorship," responded the witness ; " be said as how he'd take her life." Bob Hallett, who formed a strong contrast to the last witness, now entered upon his defence : " Your Vorship, this here good lady is a lundrus, and a getter up of linen. Yell, she's many a time said she'd take my missus's life, and that she wouldn't mind a serving at the -- treadmill for seven year for her; so you see she struck Mrs. Vhire's litle gill with a saucepan; and she told them all as how I stole the pig, which your Vorship must know is a precious lie. -- the pig. I'll never buy a pig again. She sets people to grunt after me. -- the pig." Mr. WHITE—Come to the point. Do you admit having threatened this woman ? Hallett—Vhy I can't get over that pint, sartainly. Mr. 'WHITE—You must find sureties to keep the peace. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' r. There was very little betting yesterday, and no change except in Bubastes and Bentley, each of whom left off a shade better than on Thursday last. Offers to take 20 to 1 about Mr. Walker's Delirium, and 40 to 1 about Lord Chesterfield's Alexis, but no layers. The only horses noticed were the under-mentioned : THE DERBY. 13 to 2 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes (taken) 7 to 1 agst Mr. Yates's Bentley (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Plenipo (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Viator (taken) 30 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Alexis (offered) 40 to I agst Lord Jersel's Glencoe (taken) SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 3.—Wind S.E., moderate—Remain the Ma ria, Felix, from Hamburg, for Rio Janeiro; Duke of Cam bridge, Ranjeu, from Bremen, for Havannah ; and Favourite, for the Cape and India. Sailed the Sampson, for New York. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 3.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E. PLYMOUTH, FEB. .—Wind S. S. E. to W.S.W., strong breezes and squally. STANGATE CREEK, FER. 3.—Arrived the Postboy, Toogood, from Denia. DOVER, FEB. 3.—Arrived off port the Pantheon, Drum mond, from New York ; and Prince George, Friend, from St. Andrews, New Brunswick. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 3. Arrived the Memnon, Ekin, from Bengal ; Congress, Adams, from New Orleans; and Everton, Scott, from Charleston. GREENOCK, FEB. I.- Arrived the Spencer, Hardie, from Bombay ; and Guiana, Hamilton, from Demerara. TORBAY, FEB. 2.—The Tweed, Smith, for St. Thomas's, has broke her windlass, slipped, and come into the pier ; and the Alonzo has parted, and also come into the pier. POOLE, FEB. 3.—The Hope, Chunn, sailed from St. John's, Newfoundland, on the 3d ult. for Trinity, and on the 16th, when within five miles of the latter harbour, bore up and ar rived here this day. ST. ANDREWS, N. 8., FEB, I.—Arrived the Reaper, Baker, from Poole. . - CORK, FEB. I. Arrived the Royal William, Scott, from St. Petersburgh. The Marie Antoinette, Mark, from Sansoe, has put into Christiansand, with damage, and part of the cargo thrown over board, bound to Hull. . The Little Mary, George, of Yarmouth, is wrecked at Heli goland —crew and most of the cargo saved. The Haabet, Brandt, from Swendborg to Hull, has put into Cronstadt, and must discharge. The Mary Ann, •Surell, of Milford, for Wexford, was driven on shore near the latter port on the 31st ult.—crew saved. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JAN. 30.-13 8 1 4 ; two months, 13 614. STOCKHOLM, JAN 24.—Two months, 12 44. BERLIN, JAN. 28.—Three months, 6 24%. ST. PETERSBURGH, JAN. 12.—Three months. 10%. Arrived. MA Due. (Arrived. Due. .. . 0 America 0 1 Hamburg 0 0 Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica..... 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 U Flanders 0 0 Malta . 0 1 France........ ........ 0 0 Sweden 0 O Guernse , &Jersey.. 2 1 Waterford SUCH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Nlorning ...55 minutes after 11. f Evening... 0 minutes after 0. CHEAP CLOTHING, at SWAIN and Co.'s, TAILORS, &c., 93, FLEET. STREET, for CASH. A Suit of Superfine Clothes £4 18 0 Ditto, Blue or Black 5 10 0 Ditto, Imperial Saxony 6 0 0 Petersham and Harrington Great Coats A Plain Suit of Livery 4 10 0 And every other article equally cheap. A great variety of plain, stripe, corded, and diagonal ribbed kerseymeres for gentlemen's trousers; also a large and splendid assortment of figured velvets and silks for waistcoats. ITALIAN OPERA Commences on SATURDAY, February 15. SAMS (Bookseller to the King), having . rompb-ted his arrangements for the ensuing OPERA SEASON, is enabled to offer to the Nobility and Gentry several of the BEST BOXES on each Tier, for disposal BY THE NIGHT, ALTERNATE WEEKS, or SEASON: also several of the BEST STALLS to be LET for the same periods at Moderate Prices. PIT TICKETS by the Night, Ss. 6d. each. THEATRES. SAMS. 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This being the day appointed for the opening of the Session of Parliament, his MAJESTY left the Palace at about two o'clock, accompanied by the usual State attendants, and passed through the Park on his way to the House of Lords. His MAJESTY was most cordially received during his progress to the House, and the day being fine, the crowd was unusually nu- merous. The police kept excellent order. On reaching the House of Peers, his MAJESTY, after the usual preliminaries, made the following most gracious Speech : My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " In calling you again together for the dis charge of your high duties, I rely with entire confidence on your zeal and diligence, on your sincere devotion to the public interest, and on your firmness in supporting on its ancient foun dations, and in the just distribution of its powerF, the established Constitution of the State. " These qualities eminently distinguished your labours during the last Session, in which more numerous and more important questions were brought under the consideration of Par liament than during any former period of simi lar duration. " Of the measures which have in consequence received the sanction of the Legislature, one of the most difficult and important was the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery. The manner in which that beneficent measure has been received through out the British Colonies, and the progress already made in carrying it into execution by the Legis lature of the Island of Jamaica, afford just ground for anticipating the happiest results. " Many other important subjects will call for your attentive consideration. " The Reports which I will order to be laid before you, from the Commissions appointed to inquire into the state of the municipal cor ' porations, into the administration and effect of the Poor Laws, and into ecclesiastical revenues and patronage in England and Wales, cannot fail to afford you much useful information, by which you will be enabled to judge of the nature and extent of any existing defects and abuses, and in what manner the necessary corrections may, in due season, be safely and beneficially applied. " It has been the constant aim of my policy to secure to my people the uninterrupted en joyment of the blessings of peace. In this I have been much assisted by the good under standing which has been so happily established between my Government and that of France ; and the assurances which I receive of the friendly disposition of the other Powers of the Continent, give me confidence in the continued success of my endeavours. " I have, however, to regret that a final settlement between Holland and Belgium has not yet been effected, and that the civil war in Portugal still continues. " You may be assured that I will be careful and anxious to avail myself of any opportunity which may afford me the means of assisting the establishment of a state of security and peace in countries, the interest of which are so intimately connected with those of my dominions. " Upon the death of the late King of Spain, I did not hesitate to recognize the succession of his Infant Daughter ; and I shall watch with the greatest solicitude the progress of events which may affect a Government, the peaceable settle ment of which is of the first importance to this country, as well as to the general tranquillity of Europe. " The peace of Turkey, since the settlement that was made with Mehemet Ali, has not been interrupted ; and will not, I trust, be threatened with any new changes. " It will be my object to prevent any change in the relations of that Empire with other Powers which might affect its future stability and inde pendence. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " 1 have directed the estimates for the ensu ing year to be laid before you. They have been framed with the view to the strictest economy and to such reductions as may nut be injurious to the public service. " I am confident I may rely on your enlightened patriotism, and on the cheerful acquiescence of my people for supplying the means which may be required to uphold the honour of my Crown and the interest of my Dominions. " The accounts which will be laid before you of the State of the Revenue, as compared with the Expenditure, will be found most satisfactory. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " I have to lament the continuance of distress amongst the proprietors and occupiers of land ; though, in other respects, the state of the coun try, both as regards its internal tranquillity and its commerce and manufactures, affords the most encouraging prospects of progressive improve ment. " The Acts passed in the last session, for carrying into effect various salutary and remedial measures in Ireland, are now in operation, and further improvements may be expected to result from the Commissions which have been issued for other important objects of inquiry. " I recommend to you the early consideration of such a final adjustment of the tithes in that part of the United Kingdom, as may extinguish all just causes of complaint, without injury to the rights and property of any class of my subjects, or to any Institutions in Church or State. " The public tranquillity has been generally preserved, and the state of all the Provinces of Ireland presents, upon the whole, a much more favourable appearance than at any period during the last year. " But I have seen, with feelings of deep regret and just indignation, the continuance of attempts to excite the people of that country to demand a Repeal of the Legislative Union. " This bond of our national strength and safety, I have already declared my fixed and unalterable resolution, under the blessing of Divine Providence, to maintain inviolate by all the means in my power. " In support of this dt.tnmination I cannot doubt the zealous and effectual co-operation of my Parliament and my People. " To the practices which have been used to produce disaffection to the State, and mutual distrust and animosity between the people of the two countries, is chiefly to be attributed the spirit of insubordination which, though for the present in a great degree controlled by the power of the law, has been but too perceptible in many instances. " To none more than to the deluded instru ments of the agitation thus perniciously excited is the continuance of such a spirit productive of the most ruinous consequences ; and the united and vigorous exertions of the loyal and well affected in aid of the Government, are im periously required to put an end to a system of excitement and violence which while it continues is destructive of the peace of society, and if suc cessful, must inevitably prove fatal to the power and safety of the United Kingdom." The courtmartial on Captain WATFIEN has had just the termination that might have been anticipated. The gallant officer—" gallant" not not merely as a certain royal duke is said to be " illustrious," by courtesy, but by virtue of a long military career, marked by skill and cou rage—has been honourably acquitted, and his prosecutor, Lord BItUDENELL, dismissed in the following expressive style :—" His Majesty has been pleased to order that Lieut-Col. Lord 13RUDENELL shall be removed from the com mand of the 15th Hussars." Not a man in the three kingdoms but will hail this verdict. It does justice to the deserts of both parties—to the prosecutor not less than to the prosecuted. The charges against Captain WATHEN are, without exception, the most trumpery and unintelligible we ever heard of. Think of a fine old veteran, one of our bravest Peninsular brought to a courtmar heroes, being gravely tial on some ridiculous, enigmatical acccusa• tions about a few " stable jackets sent from a tailor's shop !" Why, a charge like this is enough to split the sacred sides of Justice her self ! Then how was it attempted to be sub stantiated ? Why, by a resort to eaves-drop ping, and every sort of unworthy manoeuvre, which, if encouraged, would not fail to degrade the British army in the eyes of all Europe. But fortunately for our gallant countrymen, the trial has had just its fitting result. The great amount of Exchequer Bills in circulation does so much harm, which is so little attended to, that we beg leave to bring it under the notice of our readers. Exchequer Bills are to the State what accom modati on bills are to a merchant. Both may be resorted to upon a pinch to meet an emergency, but neither ought to be continued. The pre mium on Exchequer Bills, however, and the low rate of interest they bear, induces the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER to continue the prac tice of renewing them, and there are Exchequer Bills now circulating to the amount of between thirty and forty millions, of which, from accounts produced before the Bank Charter Committee, it appeared that the Bank had purchased and held on its own account between eight and nine millions, besides Exchequer Bills deposited with it by others upon which it had made advances. In the purchase of those eight or nine millions of Exchequer Bills, the Bank used its notes as capital, and this abuse is one cause of the low rate of interest leading to a low rate of profits. Moreover, the purchase of Exchequer Bills ena bles the Bank to increase the currency at plea sure, while the sale of them enables it immedi ately to contract the currency to any extent it pleases. The renewing of Exchequer Bills to so large an amount is thus not only one main cause of the low rate of interest and of profits, but also of the over issue of the Bank, while the loss and uncertainty occasioned by the alternate expansion and contraction of the currency, by preventing capital from engaging in the general operations of industry, is the cause of Exchequer Bills being at a premium, inasmuch as cautious capitalists know that they thereby secure them selves against loss, and receive a small return in the shape of interest upon their capital which they are thus enabled to keep whole and en tire, in the expectation that better times may come when they may employ it with safety to more advantage. The Agricultural Committee of last session say that " there has been, coincident with the " present system of corn laws, a steadiness in " the price of corn of which there has been " rarely, if ever, an experience in any former " period of equal duration." Where has this Committee found the facts or the authority for this sweeping assertion ? If it had looked into the Report of its predecessor, in 1821, it would have found its contradiction in these words, " When your Committee find in " the seventeen months which passed between " January, 1816, and June, 1817, the price of " wheat varying from 535. ld. to 112 s. 7d., " and again in the three months which ensued " from June to September, 1817, from 112 s. to " 745., they cannot but ask whether fluctuations " so rapid and extensive have existed in any other " commodity of universal supply and demand, or " in any other country, and whether these fluc " tuations may not have been aggravated bysome " of the effects of the present law ?" If the Agricultural Committee of last session meant to confine its assertion to the existing law, let us see how the facts stand. The pre sent law received the Royal assent on the 15:h of July, 1828. The price of wheat in England throughout the month of January, 1828, did not exceed 51s. Bd. per quarter, when it was 235. 4d. at Dantzic. The highest price in the month in which the Act passed was only 51s. Bd. per quarter, when it was 255. 4d. at Dantzic, but it rose in the last week in the month of October in that year to 765. in England, when it ranged at Dantzic from 51s. 7d. to 71s. 6d., while, in the preceding week of the same month, when wheat had reached 755. 10d. in England, it ranged from 545. 7d. to 745. sd. at Dantzic. In the first week of Jan., 1829, the price of wheat in England was 728.101,when it ranged from 505.7 d. to 70s. 7d. at Dantzic, and in the last week in September in that year it fell to 58s. 4d. in England, and to between 30•. 9d. and 48s. Bd. at Dantzic. These prices are taken from the reports of our Consuls for 1829 and 1830, which it is impossible this Committee can have looked at, otherwise it never would have made such an unfounded assertion. Since the passing of our law of 1828, our fluctuations appear to have reached other places besides Dantzic, which were not previously affected by them. Thus, in January, 1828, when wheat was 40s. 3(1. at Leghorn, it was 695. 8;1. at Marseilles, 535. ld. at A licant, and 635. at Lisbon. In January, 1829, wheat was at from 555. sd. to 635. at Leghorn., from 60s. Id. to 675. 6d. at Marseilles, from 375. Bd. to 425. ld. at Cadiz, and from 565. 2d. to 83s. sd. at Lisbon. Similar consequences have attended the corn law in France, which is worse than ours in this respect, that France has divided the kingdom into four parts, and no one part is allowed to trade with another in grain until the price in each shall have reached a certain amount. Thus, in July, 1829, when the price of wheat was from 48s. Bd. to 655. Bd. per English quarter at Caen, it was from 525. 6d. to 565. 4d. at Brest ; from 465. 11d. to 535. at Nantes ; from 475. 4d. to 50s. sd. at Charante, and from 445. 9d. to 51s. 6d. at Bordeaux. We shall go further back in utter demolition of this extraordinary assertion of this Committee. Upon an average of six years, ending in 1707, the price of middling wheat in England was only 255. 11d. a quarter. In the three year, which followed, it was 62a. in 1709, and 61s. 7d. in 1710. From this period to 1749, the price did not exceed 275. 91 per quarter. In 1757 it rose to 475. 4d. per quarter. We pause here, because we have indisputable evidence of the c ause of the high price in this year. The harvest of 1756 was greatly deficient in this countri and throughout Europe, insomuch that the suf' lerings of the poor in this country from th is cause were adverted to in a speech from th e , Throne. That abundant h arvests are t h e cau se 0' low prices, the prices in 1821, 1823, and th e present year, sufficiently testify, t h e h arves ts o ' t 1820, 1822, and last year, having been the most abundant we have ever known. Th e cause of fluctuations, then, is the abundance or scanti' ness of crop produced by the seasons, which human laws cannot prevent, but human laid may, and do aggravate. If demand were allowed without the interference of different States t° produce its natural effect, the prices of grain, e s of every thing, would be equalized within the sphere of human intercourse. Nations have in vain attempted to stop the exportation of gold' It is of such universal demand, and so wallf transported, that in spite of human laws, th e supply is quickly adjusted every where to the i demand. Corn is not much less in universal] demand than gold, but it is not so easily trans' ported. Whenever demand, however, has been, allow e d to operate f ree l y , t h e expense 0 1 transport has been the only difference in price' Under every obstruction even the price et corn equalizes itself in a course of years, and sometimes even in one year, as it appeared in 1828. Though the price of wheat in England in that year rose to '765., yet it did not average Os' for the whole year. So, though the fluctuatio ns in different months in the years 1829, 18 901 1831, and 1832 were considerable, the differ' ence upon the whole of them was only 3s. 1 lido the average of 1829 having been 635. 5d., and of 1831, 665. 42d. But 495. being the average price now, how can this C ommittee have arrived at its conclusion ? And how strongly does th e right conclusion show the impolicy of restrahv ing laws ! We cannot prevent the equalisatic n of prices upon a course of years. But vo aggravate the fluctuations produc e d by th e seasons in particular years. We compel the British farmer to bring his corn early to marke t ' in order to pay his rent, only to raise the pric e so much more afterwards, which we thus giv e to the dealer in foreign grain and take away from 1 him, and we also compel him t o scourge an d exhaust the soil in order to have any crop h e can raise in order to sell. We thus beat the it in vain in attempting to increase prices, a nd thereby increase rents, which we only serve 0 bring down. We do injury to all without doing good to any ! ! ! _ _ COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY') Lord LYNDHURST took his seat on the Bench this nlO Oll4 for the first time since his late domestic calamity. The COURT was occupied the whole morning with all i _ ll A : formation against a person named Dyer, of the Ilford-f°'"' for making malt in an unentered THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY M A RKETS.—t At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. 10 0 Fine Upland Meadow Hay 25., Straw from 2s. to 3s. per a higher than last quoted ; prices otherwise stationary. SO' moderate, and trade steady. 1 , Luarse heavy Lowland Meadow Haylo gew Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto £3O 100 to I 0 4 4 0 111 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 8 5 ° clover Hay 4 5 1 1 6 Oat 5traw.......C1 10 to -€.l 12 1 Wheat Straw , 1 12 SMITHFIELD. A limted supply, and a dull trade; prices as last quotes' 10 Coarse neavy Luwtand Meadow Hay £3 5 to J"" 0 New Meadow Hay 0 0 ° 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 10 4 4 6 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..... Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s o... Generally Oat Straw ... Il Bto .£1 12 I Wheat Straw 1 12 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, e The outlines of the King's Speech now being known in `l, City, have not had as yet any effect on the Funds. Coo° d which left off yesterday at 88 3 % for the Account, sn 88% It for Money, opened at the same price, with little The express from Paris is of a very meagre description. 0 , We have no news from Spain of the least importance, ori r° any other part of the Continent worth mentioning. Up to the present hour we do not hear of any arrival -- Artugal. In the Foreign Market Portuguese Stock has ratheir proved ; done at 61. Other Securities much the same 0 1 terday's prices. HALF-PAST ONO' o g The funds have continued firm the whole of the ihornini 0 88.% % for the account, with little doing, as the specula° will not operate before they have a sight of that important tire ment—the King's Speech. Spanish, 25 % ; Portuguese, 60 2 4 61; Dutch, 49 % Mexican, 39 ; Brazil, 69 34 70. THREE O'CLOCK' Consols for Account 88 Saturday an inquest was held at the Hors e and Packs, Harrow.road, on the body of Mr. W. Jacob . ' aged 35, for many years a respectable dyer in Paddine t° l ' He lived at No. 22, Harrow.road, and bad lately draw' to excess in consequence of the decay of his businet This had a strong effect upon his mind; and on W, nesday morning his wife discovered that he had 1 311° ' himself to the top of a cupboard door in the kite heo ' Verdict—lnsanity. He has left a wife and four childrett totally destitute. Garrett Standish Barry, Esq., M.P. for th . ; county of Cork, a Roman Catholic gentleman, w i L publicly denounced at a meeting in Aglish Chapel/ P ' . s l Sunday, by his constituents, because he was not ra dio enough for their notions of legislation, and not heart/ its S . W — ls c s oo S p T er oß is Y u ß n Y dou T b H te E dly Au th T e la: r : sup i po ,ur rt E of s re E pe lv al. OF " THE PILOT " novelist of America, and there are very few English c°,,, ali petitors in th e fi e ld o f fi ct i on w h o equa l hi m . In 11°A".; particular s cenes , i n d ee d, h e i s unr i va ll e d. " The fles man" shows th a t h e i s equa lly a t h ome i n S w it z erland , js on the sea, an d i n th e d ar k fi ne f ores t s of th e new wo ri or "" This new novel affords many opportunities for the 0 0.b 0 to show his peculiar powers, and Cooper is in all of the 1 4 p trticularly happy. The characters are extremely 11 : 0 , 1 drawn, some of them are indeed models for the admir ati i, of all who love to view human nature, and moral es ce , lence, in the finest and most alluring forms, and ib_.,, descriptions of external nature shrouded in tempests. magnificent. Few modern fictions are so dramatie, 14 we are accordingly not surprised that this now c e lebra j story has been brought out at one of the pria cir theatres with great success. Elliston, during his management of fife Worcester theitre, and on his b ene fit- n i g ht, a dvertig"o splendid display of fireworks--but the play and fa r i i, ended, and not a single squib was prepared for the e l 0 fication of the crowded an d i m p a ti en t audience. At Bra/ 0 the call for " Fir ewor k s , fi rewor k s , fi re works!" bec ii- c j terrifically loud, an d th e s t age - man ag e r, John Crisp , a d the alarmed company, expected nothing less than a de °l „ r e Hailing row— w h en t h e un d aun t e d manager stepped be f i i o th e c ur t a i n an d coo ll y a dd resse d hi s friends;--" la s 11 t and Gentl emen ,—l h a v e prepared for your amusetileo the most s pl, n did py r ot e chnic display ever beheld il t to or any other town in the kingdom ; but it is my d' lt ' if of inform you that, if the fireworks be exhibited, m y ene th e is of opi n ion th e y will rsitively blow off the roof °%, 0 0 theatre, such is their strength and magnitude! bu t / 0 " shall have them !"—(Cries of " No, no, Mr. Ell ist° o :f and a general rising.) " I have never deceived r t 1 4,10, dear patrons, and you shell have them !"—(Cries o f ' l e on," and a partial move.) "My stage managers it, Crisp,—there he is in my private box,—will attest tb i l l tact. The fireworks will positively blow the roof off b . theatre, but you shall have them !" and continuingbio promise, " You shall have them," the frightened "O p p, A rushed from the theatre amidst reiterated shouts of ~,r 1 no, no, Mr. Elliston."—Nine Years of an g' Life. Pe t Fr, Pie tg, -U inqu cow l %tate %hurt cal lii act even not c, Mt resol u M t union °Ur c I lay, el Jtei Wile() Hew' An tre tiey cif 14y10 if, Chair Ilion Was %I l i a , T ill A be t tte ue,ri