The Sun. — London, England, 1825-04-08 00:00:00

fin', LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY o,n the Mor , ing Papers, Apra 'B, 1825. LI.HE FunLic 'The hopes .ve espresseti last v.eeli,tt the ;otelligence we pabishktl, on aathority of a letter from Zanle, ,of ,ttie.4th nit, might prove .aaccurate, e srP sorry to say, fallacious. ..rh3t intelligence is coafii - ,neti to its fall extent, , by which were received yesterday ; and from them we learn that the Egyptan force which has landed in the Morel is of sufficient a,gotu4le to inspire the friends of the,Greeks. with considerable alarm. It is only the advanc _eci guard, too, .of an expedition destined for the srollesiace ; and we much fear that.the whole,of rt has reached its destination before now. There .one thing which the Greeks ,have in their faint;, we mean the oblivion of all their differ ences-at (be sight of the common enemy. 7More v.e:,:they havethe mighty aid of religious enthu siasin to assist and cheer them in their,struggle; asoi the poverty of their country, together 'with her almost inaccessible fastnesses, will befriend them at this perilous juncuare. The following extract of a letter, for which we are indebted to a source of the very first respectability, will ex plain the perilous circatisstances in which that people are so unexpectedly plated : " Zforr.r., Marion 7.—You will probably have heard that Ibrahim Pacha had at length made a landing at Modon, with 7,000 men notwithstanding the unusually stormy weather with which he has had to contend. It does not appear that the fireeks hi:ve now any force at sea to prevent - the rest of the ?aches forces being sent from Suds, and we expect soon to hear ;hat Navarin has been taken, being a more convenient port than Modell for a fleet." [BRITISH PRESS.] The Times thought fit yesterday to recur to the subject of the Spanish Loan, on which that Journal has sent forth so many and such various statements, in only one respect resembling each other, viz. in being all equally unfounded in every particular. Never, even by one lucky accident, has the Times been right in the contradictory articles it has issued on this subject. Another misfortune of this J.:minal has been, not only that all its statements have differed from each other, but that each has internally been at variance with itself. In the article yesterday, the Times an nounces that " M. Gorbea left town on Tuesday evening, on his return to Spain, in consequence of orders to that effect from his Government." The Times adds, that " his dispatches last re ceived intimated to him in substance, that all the propositions respecting a Loan, sent from Eng having been rejected, In consequence of a stipulation that the debt of the Cartes should be acknowledged, his residence in England was no longer necessary." No logger neces sary ! The wonder is, if Ferdinand was, as we are told, inflexible on this point, and " all the propositions" concurred in thwarting him, how the residence of M. Gorbea in England was ever necessary. Yet, according to the statements of the Times, though all the British capitalists agreed in insisting upon the only stipulation that could render the loan objectionable to Ferdinand, his Catholic Majesty sent an agent to London to negociate the terms of this loan, to w hich, how ever, on no terms, he would consent, and almost Jay by day, as if merely to support the credit of the Times newspaper, dispatched expresses con firmatory, -" almost to the letter" of the ori ginal instructions by which the agent was for bidden to admit the stipulation on which " all the propositions" were founded. If there could re• main any thing more extraordinary still in this strange negociation, we find it in the ic trait of candour'• which distinguished the conduct of this .agent, who, according to the Times, was sent to London to do what Ilk commission at the same titne.specially instructed him not to do. " He, never held out the least encouragement to those who made proposals, that they would end bene ficially ; on the contrary he told them—" Spain Gas a revenue equivalent to 3,000,0001. sterling, but-her expenditure exceed; 6,000,0001. sterling- ; . the gentlemen who have proposals to make will do . what they think proper ; it is my duty to for. ward them tOnadrid.." 'file language of this agent, forsooth, is not less inexplicable than the instruc • tious he had received. M. Gorbea comes to Eng laud to borrow money for Ferdinand,aod the ad vice he gives.every body he meets is, that none but. a madman would lend any to his principal— cre4o/ Judfross ! This is quite beyond our powers of faith.. Bnt we waste too' much space in ex posing these glaring absurdities. The authority .of: the Times on the Stock Exchange has de -cEoed so, low, that the Bonds were wholly on. itreeted "by the harmless folly it published yes trarry. At the close of the market the Bonds 'trete higher than they have been for several days. Let us proceed to state what are the facts con nected with the return of M. Gfirbea. This geittieman, Gorbea y Riva Gobs, whom the Times, some time ago, in the.grossneAs of its igno. ranceolivitled into two seßarate persons, is the brother-in-law of thelate Minister Llgarte, whose fall tins naturally fed to the reeal (if M. (orbea. This was. the degree of relationship in which the •Tisnes sepreiputed "Mr. Gregory to stand -with te s'pret to. pgarte, fOr whiaPurpose:, by...the-bye ; .this-.nay's wal metamorphosed into Gregorisohe 4 6. letiftlell Thehan,":Wlio'hikd 'divided into..two persons, supposing, seemingly, that Gre4 gorie was „some foreign version of the English ap4 • petration Gregory:—The return of WT. - Go4-1)Pa; vitseass positiveiy , affirin, was • not , anywisS cOn4 siected *with thif Termination or'4usponsion of thti - nrgocia-tiou CUTt h loan. TliativegOvition is not in the slightest degrpe affected .:by Stance. TlVeaal'y qpi:§tion: for saute time Las heel at 'what rate ~t he bands of the-Cortes should he received, and fee have good- r'eason to'Optic. vt t trai the result wc U . he forrnally - Slade khown,artin ea iliOt' day Lila!: perhaps - - 'e K pected-. • •-• [NEW TIMES.] The. old 'proverb. says, " ,Miracies will never tease,r----aTarl truly we began to fie of that-opi nion-whet.% we took up the Times of yesterday, and perused, - w,i-tit astonished spectacles, the -following remark on the-Quarterly Revenue Ac -4,412ut5-44 We•can state with satisfaction, that the finarces ccr.t7nue to prosper." The satisfac tion of our radical cotemporary, we have no doubt, is deep and .heartfelt, at seeing the ab solute falsification of all his _predictions, and at being compelled, sby the united voice of all parties in the country, to applaud the very men whom he shad : heretofore loaded with calu:nny and insult. But this is not all—" That furfter and still more gratifying prosperity awaits thern (says he) we are little disposed to question; for the principles which regulate them are, with few exceptions, upright, liberal, and ssound"!! 'Ler charming is this spontaneous and can did tribute to the merits of his Majesty's Mi nisters ; but, alas! the new convert cannot altogether put off the .habits of his old call ing—the dog ,must return to his vomit. Short ly after .having borne testimony .to .the upright ness of principle which distinguishes the Mi nisters, he charges .them with mean and scan dalous deception. lie says, he will not in sist upon the apparent decrease in the Revenue, for " this would be to play off the same gross humbtig against the Ministers, which they at ' tempted to pass upon the public formerly." So, here are a set of Gentlemen whose principles are most upright, and who, nevertheless, wilfully and knowingly join in a conspiracy to pass a gross humbug upon the publiC! The phraseology is as vulgar as the sentiment is self-confuting and con tradictory, and it proves that the praise of the Times is just as worthless as its censure. [MORNING CHRONICLE:I We refer our readers to an account of the dinner given at Glasgow on Monday last to Sir James Mackintosh, preceded by the speech of Sir James, at the University, on giving his cast ing vote in favour of Mr. Brougham, who was declared Lord Rector. In this speech, Sir James paid a tribute to the merits of his distinguished friend, and alluded, with his usual felicity, to the singular honour which belongs to that University, that of containing within its walls, as Pupil and Teacher, within the last seventy years, the two men who have the most contributed to change the character of Europe; the one by multiplying the means of human enjoyment, the other by de veloping the laws on which the welfare of nations depends. The influence which the doctrines of Smith will have on the destinies of the human race, who were taught by him that nations are all interested in the prosperity of each other, has already been great, and must continually in crease ; and Glasgow may well he proud that she once possessed that greats and virtuous man. The joy of the dinner was clouded by the indisposi don of Sir James, whose son, Mr. Mackintosh, stated " that his father had travelled one thou sand miles to be et:esent, and when they were met and waiting for him, he was lying on a sick bed ; and it was with great effort he was able to reach the room." [TUE TIME3.I A Meeting of the, COMMQII Council was held yesterday, anda Petition voted, Presque d Puna ?simile, for a repeal of the existing Corn Laws. We seem to have put this question in every way before the public; and, indeed, we hear no de fence set up, no plea urged, in behalf of the pre sent prohibitory system. It might be supposed that no opposition was contemplated to the most unrestrained admission of foreign grain. An ho nourable man, representing or personifying the w_bole of theCountryGentlemen,would scorn to re-1 sist so universal a feeling from a mere principle of self-interest. He would say to himself, though pride and meanness are but too often and too closely al - yet in the present instance tbeprOverb shall be falsified ; and I will sacrifice the cravings of ava rice to dignity of character. I will not oppose the advancement of my country and of mankind from the petty considerations of my caste.—How ever, the interests of the Country Gentlemen, if well understood, are those of the British Na tion, and of the World. How many of them forfeit present pleasure and personal advantages for the sake of leaving to their posterity-a com pao estate with an 'unembarrassed succession. Let them be assured that they can bequeath to their successors nothing. so valuable as a steady market, founded on the . broad.and imperturb able basis of open commerce in grain and the productions of nature ; and that high prices, created by •artificial means, rest upon an inse cure- foundation, which may sink even . before their own' heads are laid low, but cannot endure much longer. [MORNING POST.] The Meetings which have been held, and are still preparing to be held, in different parts of the country, on the state of the Corn Laws, spew the very geucral wish entertained to obtain a freer trade in foreign grain than now exists. Some of the leading Agriculturists themselves seem to dread the jeopardy in which their inte rests are placed by the present system, and ex press a willingness to have it changed for one admitting the importation of grain at all times, subject to a certain duty, adequate to the protection of the British . Farmer and Landlord. : To. _such a change, when the state .of the question is fairly considered, we dO not imagine the most bigotted Agriculturist could in principle liust a plausible objection. As to the amount of duty to be charged, we cer.: taiuty conceive' there may be much rational dif:. firerice of opinion, aA we should for our own part be most - anxious that the lairded interest of all classes Were amply secured against -the injuri ous competition of these ofother nations. In the .eaent too of any change taking place, tire country may be assured of that security being afforded by Governmerit. The Agriculturists must recollect, • . with pleasure arid confidence, the terms at once just and flattering in which his Majesty, in his gracious addresses from the Throne during the ,last three years has spoken of them, as the first and fundamental part of the whole community. Can it be supposed, then, that Ministers would sanction any alteration of the existing law. w hi c h there was the remotest thanze of detrimentally operating upon a class whose welfare they have already repeatedly d:!clared themselves to have most at. heart ? It is, indeed, because the sys tem novg in force threatens the worst couse. quences to the lauded interest that we desire it to be amended—it is one in which violent fluctuations of price are inherent, provided the nation continues to prosper in Manufactures and Commerce. Whatever be the result of the en suing harvest—that is, however plentiful the crop, it will be impossible to prevent such a rise of price as must throw open the ports to foreign grain —should the law remain unchanged ! Mr. Curwen even thinks such an occurrence menaced at this moment. Now we ask, if the Ports were opened, (and in that case before the return of the subsequent averages, which would shut them again, some weeks must elapse,) what could stop the whole surplus grain of Europe from being poured into the English market ? And then look to the consequence—the price of corn would be as much depressed below, as it was before enhanced above its natural level. Nor could any thing else be calculated on but a constant round of stich fluctuations—of such enormous rises and falls—the former occurring gradually, the latter suddenly, and both com bined keeping the British proprietor and the British cultivator in a state of doubt and perplexity, baffling the justest speculation and the profoundest skill. Let us further ob serve, that the instant the ports are unsealed, the greater our prosperity, the greater the glut which will be thrown from abroad into the coun try. For the sake of the Agricultural Interest solely, therefore, do we rest our recommendation of an alteration of the present. system. Land produce, for upwards of twelve months past, has been at more than what is termed a re munerating price. It is now at a rate, which, if kept up much longer, will, to all persons of fixed incomes, be oppressive, and, in our mer cantile interchanges with other countries, se riously disadvantageous. Would not a duty, then, which secured the prices of grain at the average standard of the past year, be for the outset a suf ficient protection to the landed interest ? We are willing, however, that the protection should be equal to the price at this moment—for all we ask on behalf the Agriculturists is, that some sort of a natural trade in corn, under whatever comb lions, should be returned to, and the uncertain dangerous law of the present day be set aside. Let us hope this result is at hand. [MORNING HERALD.] It is a lamentable, but unavoidable necessity, that the worst and vilest agents must sometimes be employed in order to obtain the ends of jus tice. The accomplice who turns King's evidence is usually as deep, at least, as_ his associates in crime. Yet, in order to make an example by the punishment of guilt, it is right and necessary that his life—the crime being capital—should be spared, in consideration of his disclosures. But surely a person in this situation, however pro per the remission of his extreme punishment, should not be again thrown back upon society. The idea of his being received into it is absurd —even supposing him—which is a violent sup position, capable of reform—society disavows and rejects him, and almost from necessity he be comes its enemy. Two very remarkable in stances of this have occurred—the one not quite recent, the other but of yesterday. The former was a person named IngraM; executed some time since for burglary. Ile left behind him a con fession unexampled for depraved and hardened leVity. From . this it appears that he was first drawn into the career of crime by being dis charged from service without a character—very properly, not doubt—but it shows that from an outcast to a criminal the transition is easy. For this, perhaps, there is no remedy. He is next apprehended on'a charge of burglary, or some such offence, gives evidence against his accom plices—they are executed, and he is again let loose upon society.. What is the consequence ? Either from his own depravity, or from his being rejected by the world, he engages in the same career of crime from the penalty of which he had - escaped by giving evidence against his accomplices, and is at last, after the commission Of several crimes—perhaps after drawing se veral others into the path of guilt, beought to the scaffold. The second instance is that of the notorious Probert, who was yester day found guilty of horse-stealing. There appears no reason to doubt his assertion, that his being destitute, and an outcast, led to his commission of the crime, and in his case, though true, it is scarcely • a palliation ; but the main inference to he drawn from it is, that Probert, after the notorious horrible af fair which made his name so odious, was not a fit person to be left to mingle once more among then. The remedy seems most obvious. It is, the accomplice or approver should not be returned upon society, when it is obvious that he must be come rejected and an outcast. Even to the wretched being himself, removal from the scene where his infamy is known would he mercy. This wonld,not in any degree affect the ends of justice. No accomlice would be deCided against giving evidence merely because the condition should be—transportation for life, and not a full exemption. It is, in troth, a monstrous absurdity to turn loose upon the world, a person who, froth the necessity of his situation, must become a malefactor. It looks as if it was feared that the race should - become extinct, and that an adept was sent forth every now and then for the purpose of_recruitieg and training. A Legislative enactment would he necessary-13ut this could not be matter of ilifficulty or objection, consi dering the facility -and quickness with which Sta tutes are manufactured now-a-days. Mr. Fox was: passionately attached to the beauties o f. natur e , an d, a mon g otheis, of his Loo.eF-g ar d en , and particularly his geraniums, to which he could always return with bootlied in terest amidst the most violent stormy of party rage. One day, after making a • warm ha rangue in Palace-yard, he came immediately S pea ker (Lord SID to the house of Commons, reeking from the mob, and going up to the mouTu), who exp e ct e d some violen t motion, calmly told him how sorry he was that his ge raniums (some cuttings of which he had promised him) had been all blighted at St. Anne's-hill. FOR THE SUN. CATHOLIC QUESTION. MR. EDITOR—As I stated,•in a fornwr letter, the paramount importance of Catholic Claims, I may, perhaps, be excused for recurring to the same subject ; and I do so under the hope that my public efforts may tend, even in the most remote degree, towards inducing reflection, and 1 firmly believe, that conviction must follow reflec tion, provided the subjects be impartially dis cussed. As one of the measures of Emancipa tion, we are told, that the Irish Catholic clergy should be paid by the Government. If this is to be done, we ought likewise to pay all the tectarish preachers ; this would be equally just, for they have surely as great a right to be re munerated out of the pockets of the people, as the Catholics. So part of our taxes are to pay the Catholic Clergy of Ireland I—but, say they, you are paying two or three millions to the sol diery, whereas, we do not want 300,0001. ; only consider what a saving to the country ! All this sounds very well, and may be thought an excel lent scheme by those who know no better ; but it is right, first to examine a question, and then to decide. Now, it is a query, whether the mi litary will be recalled ; but, suppose they will, what are to become of them ? are they to be dis banded ? if not, we are still to pay what we have hitherto done, with the addition of be tween two and 300,000 pounds per annum and if they are to be unorganized, what are they to do ? Men, (I mean the privates) who have, for years led a soldier's life, frequently upon quitting the army, become paupers, and conse quently increase the poor's rates ; and this, sure ly, is any thing but desirable. Are not the military retained in Ireland to preserve peace ? and does not daily experience evince the necessity of this establishment ? then, why recal or disband them ?- is it in order that peace may be broken ? If they say, no—pay our Priests, and there will be no danger of the peace being broken,—it is declaring the Priests' du plicity and detestable conduct ; for they might as well say,— we can preserve tran quillity if we choose, pay us, and we will ! Bribery and corruption are words in frequent use, and what is this? is it, or is not, bribery, to give the priests 300,0001. per annum, that they may preserve the peace ? They may be in in digent circumstances, I grant, but no circumstances can be sufficiently cogent to force a man to be a roue, or, as Scripture bath it, to have a double heart. Now, the Roman Catholic priests are unquestionably double-dealers, if they can act as efficaciously as the military, and do not. And are we to give people , equal power with our selves, who have such unbounded influence over the minds of the laity ? (an influence which the Protestant Clergy can only obtain by the exer cise of virtue.) Suppose this done (which, God forbid l), could they not, if they so willed,excite the people to commit any acts they chose I If so, let me ask, is it safe to make further conces sions ? Let those who hope the horrors of for mer times will not be repeated, by all means, ad vocate the cause of Catholic Claims. Mr. O'Connell once said---" he was sincerely 44 attached to the Catholic religion, because it ex " tended its blessed charity to ALL mankind." Then, it is changed, which is denied, since the time, when four Bishops, thirteen other Ecclesiastics, and fifty Lay, were burnt in .One year, because they were Protestants ! It will he found, in Rapin's History of England, that "-Sir Nicholas " Throgmorton, being accused and tried as an " accomplice in a conspiracy, was acquitted by " the Jury, for want of su f ficient proof to condemn " him : for this the Jury was fined;" that is to say, they were punished for ADMINISTERING JUSTICE ! ! This was when the Roman -Catholics had power ; and I merely mention it, as an in stance of the impartial administration of justice. The worthy Bishop of Chester, said not long ago, in a short but comprehensive speech, deli vered in the House of Lords, that 44 there was a " Catholic Journal circulated through the King " dom, and most extensively through hiS own " diocese, the Editor of which, who had received " the thanks of every Catholic Association, had " stated in December last, that he could net " approve the regulations introduced by the " King of France into the Gallician Church, be " cause they seemed to infringe on the authority " of the Pope; and he deprecated any interference " of the Civil Power in the SvraEM ACY OF THE " POPE," Whilst upon this subject it may not be irre levant, (particularly as the Rev. 3. Doyle, D.D., in his late examination, denied that the Pope had power to deprive, his Majesty of his king dom, or to absolve his .Catholic subjects from their oaths of allegiance) it may not, I say, be irrelevant, to refer all who may chance to peruse this letter, to the POtei CunsE, which I would transcribe, but, really it is too horrible to appe a r in a newspaper, or. in fact, any where else ; for it is the most dreadful and horrid denunciation . that was surely ever invented ; and it astonisheth me not a little, that any being, the Evil One ex cepted, could have devised such a production. It is to be found in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1745, which:was taken out of the lager book o f thet e church and Chapter of Ro l che t s e t r er now, in th e custo d y o f there. .Suppose the Pope, having the full power of supremacy, and exercising it over this, our hippy Isle, by issuing a Curse, like the one just mentioned, or a Bull, like the one fol. lowing, whit!, was once .directed against England and hgr King. He (the Poet.) tended, that as God's 'Vicar, 44 he had power to cc root out and to destroy and had authority over 4 4 all the Kings in the world: and therefore, after 44 he had enumerated all the King's crimes, he re. 44 RORIE', eith er i n person, or by 'proxy, quired hims e lf to appear in ninety days at and all 44 his complices withitt.sixty days ; and if he and " they did not appear, he declared him to have "tailor; from hi s C rown, an d t h em , f rom th e i r 44 estates : he a b so l ved his sub j ects from their oaths 44 of aliegian:';e.' If a declared • him, and his corn-- plices, infarnoas. He charged all his subjects " to rise in arms against him, and that none " should help hint. He absolved e ll other . Prin . res 44 from their confederacies 1% nth him. He re cc quired . all Christians to make war on him, an d " to seize on the persons and goods of ALL his " subjects, and to make sr.A.V.Es -of t,hem ! ! I 'l this is the very essence of mildness, compare d with the curse before mentioned. • Must we accelerate the reorganization of su tz a complicated mass of determined wickedne ss and consummate bigotry ? Can a Briton and Christian answer this question in the affirmative • If he dues, I leave him to ask and answer him self, whether he deserves the gibbet, the gallW' or the highest honours ? Ramsgate, April 6, 1823. P. V. }C* COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL, Yesterday Ivas held a Court of Common Cowl' cil of the City of London, summoned specially for the purpor t of considering the propr,iety of petitioning the Le, islatu '" an alteration of the Corn Laws. The Loan M A i O l l °6 Chair. ..... The. Minutes of the Court having been read, Aldertn o . BROWN presented a petitio n f rom the Secretary of the Col n , mittee for relieving the dist ress cause d b y l ast w i nter ' s Inon't tions in Hanover, praying fo r ass i s t ance .—Th e pet i t i on Was °' tiered to be referred to the Committee for General Purposes. EQUITABLE LOAN COMPANY. A Report was brought up froM the Committee for Gen e hT Purposes, relative to the p rocee di ngs o f a Committee of the Louse of Commons on the above Bill. The Report complained of the conduct of the goose of Con , 4 '' mons Committee, in ref u sin g to h ear Ald erman W a t t b u rna, agent for the Corporation of London, against the general rneri of the Bill, and complained of the partiality of the Coeuroll, eleven of whose members we re i n t ereste d i n support o f the t ie Mr. FAVELL Moved that th e R e p ort , w i t h extracts from t Minutes, be printed. Mr. S. Dixon reprehended the conduct of the.Cornmltte6s: because they did not patiently h ear Al derman W a i t h man ,fl the Bill. he seconded the motion. he Mr. FAVELL said that h e h o p e d h ence f orwar d to 60° t , Gentleman who second e d th e mot i on i n t h e ran k o f mentary Reformers. Mr. S. DIXON - said that he would act henceforward as lje had done hitherto, that was according to his conscience. , it Alderman WArrit MAN said that from the p ar t he acto;it i: might be expected that he Would nut be now silent- f tie i worthy Alderman then w en t i n t o a statement o f the (lax'', t ' o f that he had tO encount er i n di sc h arg i ng hi s d uty, as agor'ftes the Corporation against th e E qu i ta bl e Loan Bill. ° so blamed Committees of the Common Council, hut anything - o f unfair, so partial an d un j us t as. t h e con d uct of t h e H°' C Commons' Committ ee h e never w i tnesse d . What could„use expected from a Committ ee so constituted es that of the r. "r: of Commons on this Bill, when more than half the Illeiv;" e , had a direct interest ? S uc h was t h e persona l i nterest of P°o-ti Members in trading Bills, that the great body of inercha io , and traders affect e d by th e propose d Bill s h ou ld loo k to the 0. dependence of the hereditary l eg i s l a t ors o f th e countr y for,P to tection. The repres e nt at i ves o f t h e peop l e nOw l oo k e d only their own interest. It was to the honour and indep.endence,ol the House of Lords that the people had to look for an imp y, consideration of those Bills. With respect to these Con 1 1 ) ?-" lie desired to be und ers t oo d as not hostile to such public , ; 9 _ rsi e panics as were instit u ted f or pu bli c purposes req uiring .,l "'„'A capital. But when a se t o f men f orme d t h emse l ve s Company from a love of gain to interfere with i n di v iduals , 7 , o had sufficient capital for their busin ess , h e di s lik e d such strc and interested views. Th ese C ompan i es cons i ste d f or the rt" 01 part of the same persons. He could find more thantwentY the same names in each out of fifty of those Companies. s r , The Report, with extracts from the evidence, was the. dered to be printed. CORN. LAWS. rr sU The Requisition, pu rsuant to w hi c h t h e C ourt was - atoned, having been read, A eirg Mr. F.1. - .ELL thought no a p o l og y necessary for introl e d, this important questi o n to t h e not i ce o f the Court. IT it would have been a dereliction of their duty to their =s' citizens if they had not come forwa'rtl in protection 01 ,,,a , interests of the traders a n d art i sans f rom an exce ssive re . ';" neration of the agric u lt ur i sts t o t h e pre j u di ce o f the re:d their fellow-subj e ct s . - The flba. Member then refer' 011 Smith's Wealth of Nations, in advocating a liberal polic):, ce eP regard to the importation Of grain, and to the ings of the corporate body, th e - pu bli c a t l arge , an d Sir r' - oro ui Burdett as their organ 'in P ar li ament ten years since, !Z.! 0 5 ; of the great national impo r t ance of the question. tem of bonding was but a palliative, and the ClAtill en r body was now groaning under it ; it was also obvioUl r h - it; sures tending to depress the home market must be o, g,ind„ advantageous to the agriculturists th e m se l ves . S o gren` notorious indeed were the evils resulting from the existif f ife PV Laws, that the object which at the present time engage" fi di tendon of the Court, disint eres t e d as - were i ts m embers o f' subject, would doubtless elicit a wise and politic resolutitlte body advocating the essenti a l i n t erests of a population yil°/' wards of a million and a half within the circuit of a fear t iO He thought it unnecessary to detain the - Court longe r o 'i t), e therefore concluded by movin g a R eso l ut i on d ec l ara torf rev' expediency of a revision of the present C orn Laws,•ahitiesol,°; tion to the two Houses o f P ar li a m en t, f oun d e d o n su ch oix ty tion, and praying the remov a l of' the existing restriction s importatio n eputy ROUTH of foreign grain. as°t e ; 3lr. D seconded the motion with great Pl eof Alderman THomPsoN was convinced of the wistion i ~pet'; course proposed to be pur s ued, an d al t h oug h i t mignt, init , fore appear unn eces s ar y f or him to urge any argunle,i!„,` o rt,l; favour until those against it h a d b een su b m i tte d to t he could not refrain front availing himself of the earliest It 5 tunity of expressing his opinion of the necessity of ao,, e t r iioP! l vision of the Corn - L aws by t h e H ouse o f C ommons . that every town and district of Great Britain would r Parliament to a similar effect. o ily f t Alderman 'WoOD expressed his conviction of the hec" - u pPe the propo se d measure, and lie should be most happy to 5 0 00; the Petition of th e C our t i n hi s seat i n t h e H ouse of C4°,oiroiti Mr. OLD UAM congra t u l a t e d t h e C ourt on the on which nW prevailed on this important subct. it e ,l Alderman .WAITHMAN, Mr. SLA je DE, and 0 p0 5 ,, roar), sopported, and Mr. Dixos, at some length , . ;Id' . the motion ; which, however, was carried, with the sung sentient voice of the l a tt er gen tl eman . to a ! A petition was ord e r e d to . be d rawn up conforma. ie f ori Resolution, and to be presented to both Houses of Pallr Coo Some ordinary business was then transacted, and the broke up. BIRTH. f i fe c On the sth inst., at Harperley-patk, Durham, the G. H. Wilkinson, Esq., of a son. DIED. s%°.° On Friday last, the Ist inst., in his 70th year , " t Jo' Robert Collings, Esq.', Fate of slin *ton At Chilcompton, Sotnerset, Bontlla;eldest, datigr''t , seph Robert Bowen, Esq. c. Or. the 4th inst., at H a ck n ey. M r . J a mes IYY s q_,‘" Mary— Axe, wine -merchant, in the 35th ve ar of his 3 g::* (10'' On Tuesday afternoon, Amelia Isabella, the young e r ;tll 3 . ,146 ter of Henry F ar n e ll, E sq ., o f I s l e i v oith, age d 18 c 4" On Sunday last, M r . B e nj a min Browne, so r Warwickshire. On Thursday, the 7th it:4., in Great Surrey - s tree ,i -, the wife of M r . R. S. C ox , o f St. P au l' s Church-Y3 i s At Fulham, on Monday last; the infant son of , yell, Rua( Nav i ns y: h .nt.../ 1 7 On the 4t.11 t., at Hadham Palace, Herts, ft ° "' Esq., in the 75th year of his age. # l4 - • Printed and Published for the Pricirltit - rons , 3t At its. CLCE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CAll5l. MARRIED. o' 4 Of t pe Yesterday, in Berkeley-square, by the Hon. a nd Re. Jr ; 0 Taylour, George Ferguson, Esq., of Pitfour, Capta in 0 1° Royal Navy, to the Hon. Elizabeth Jane Roder' _A‘ daughter of Lord Langford. 6 Dap' On the 7th inst., by special licence, at his Majesty 0 1 , 6 yard, Portsmouth, Francis Baring, E s q. eldest scP ri f Cvv e ' , Thomas Baring, Bart., to Jane, youngest' claughteqbe O r os missioner the Hon. Sir George rey, Bart., K.C-D• a of mony was performed in the Chapel of the Dock-Y 4r Rev. Dr. Short. if P c flA{ • Yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, Franc -ts 4,11 f worth Fawkes, Esq., of Hawksworth-hall, in the c u r ( 0- York, and eldest son of Walter Fawkes, E s q., of Fs ii rg y , fit' to Elizabeth Butler, only child of the late Hon. and P A Aief Butler, and niece to the Earl of Carrick. Yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, J o i „,. 0, of ' Esq., of Lombard-street, son of the late 'Alexiin i ght' Esq. M.D., of Edinburgh, to Margaret, youngest ' l3 rge the late Alexander Wylie, Esq., of the Old J e wry. ^ Oe a f fl On the 7th inst., at Marylebone New Church, Surr e ij P° S. Cook, Esq., to Frances Sophia; daughter of .1 0 . Smith, Esq., of Upper Berkely-street,,Portman-squ'r"