The Sun. — London, England, 1827-02-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF Tin PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is a curious • novelty for any subject of European Kingly Governments, to observe a circumstance which now engages the attention of a Committee of Congress in the United States of North America. Mr. Calhoun, Vice-President of the United States, was some years ago at the head of the War Department—an office which, if it did not give him a formal authority to make contracts for his branch of the public service, must have placed in his hands great influence, at least, as to the choice of con tractors, and to the arrangement of terms. A charge is now brought against this high officer (the second in the Republic), it seems, of having dishonestly shared in the profits of one of the contracts so entered into with the Government. The accusation is without ceremony lodg ed in a public office. It thence becomes an official docu ment, and Mr. Calhoun goes the straightforward way to work, by addressing a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, declaratory, indeed, of his scorn at such a charge, but anxiously urg i iT the House to put it 'immediately into a course of investigation by the appoint ment of a committee, which is done accordingly, nemine contradieente. A slight cont ras t may occur to 'the fancy of an Englishman, between the way in which inculpatory charges against men in high office are brought forward and met, amongst ourselves, and across the Atlantic. There are more mouths made about such dangerous proceedings, by gentlemen of all parties here—Hon. Gentlemen are apt to complain of persecution, of calumny; of the hardship of being forced to defend themselves against such cruel accusations—official personages feel it a point of ho nour to give way with reluctance when pressed to institute inquiries—the first impulse is generally to throw an embroidered mantle over the accused col league, and so wrapped up, to bear him away from the field—the people are told that nothing can be more impolitic than to "encourage" such attacks on "pub lic men"—that exaggerated, improbable, and malignant complaints have been made—that reports, satisfactory to official personages, have entirely refuted them—and that, if high functionaries are thus for ever exposed to run the gauntlet of slanderous and undeserved reproach, no man of birth and fortune will think of accepting a place under the Executive Government. Nothing of all this is to be found ' among our neighbours : they have no pride of " birth " to be mortified; no fear of evil from public challenges of their official integrity and honour; they confess, like Mr. Cal houn, in his letter to the House of Representatives, that the " conduct of public servants is a fair subject of the closest scrutiny and the freest remarks ;" no law of libel, there, pouncing upon any man for the honest avowal of his sentiments, though it should haply bring the admini stration of " Government into contempt ;" but the charge is made—the accused party calls at once, and in peremp tory accents, for inquiry; his friends do not make excuses to parry the investigation—they join him in eagerly de manding it; the Government does not presume to inter fere, although on behalf of the Speaker of the Senate, and Vice-President of the United States; the people and the defendant are brought directly face to face—there stands no bulky aristocracy between them—there is not through out the whole of the United States a single public officer bearing the style and title of " Lord Charles."— We have :remarked among the American papers, an article in the shape of a political disquisition on the relations between Great Britain and the United States, which, after spinning out a good deal of republican com mon-place, tells us that our old contempt for their country has " assumed the strange feeling," (and a strange one it certainly would be, and not particularly intelligible to us how " contempt" could " assume" it) of " mingled fear and friendship." Now, we do believe, that there is some real friendship, something of the warmth of relationship, felt by numbers of enlightened Englishmen towards the United States; and that from the prevalence of this feel ing among the wise and manly part of the nation, it is affeced, for fashion's sake, by others who do not feel it. But the Americans would do well to cease flattering them selves, that the Englishman who is weakest in intellect and spirit, has ever yet suffered one particle of fear to mingle with his sentiment of friendship (whether that friendship be well or ill merited) towards the United States. If the. stupidity or carelessness of our Ministers has given the RepQblic advantages by treaty, to which by war she had not been entitled, there is nothing easier than to mend our hand at negocib:ting; while at fighting, should (which God forbid!) an unfortunate necessity for such an appeal be again imposed upon us from the same quarter, we respectfully hope that we have not furnished friends or enemies with m uc h solid caus e for " contempt," It is announced that Congress will refuse to make any altera tions in their tariff of imports : then, of course, that body must rest satisfied with the existing prohibition of all commerce between the United States and the British Colonies.—Times. By more than one notification it has been made known to the Members of Parliament, that the debate on the Corn Laws is to take place, or rather to commence, in the House of Commons, on Monday the 19th of February, instead of the 12th, the Monday preceding, and the day. mentioned in the notice paper of the House. Upon Mon .day, the 19th, therefore, this important question will, in all h in zian probability, be opened. It is remarkable how little stir, c omparatively, has been made by the landed interest to raise a;'Y opposition to the general change of system ; perhaps they' reserve themselves, as we have often advised, for a conflict on the scale of duty; perhaps, also, they may . feel shame at takin; any steps against the commercial and manufacturing intecests;; now so evidently depressed and suffering. There are three' things remarkable at present, respecting which the theorists have all argued that it was impossible they should be coinciti6Dt. Bfead is cheap— the farmers are well off—and there is no such quantity of paper in circulation that it may not be exchanged for gold at will. If when the quarter!' loaf was at a shilling, any legislative measure had been proposed, the effect sought for by which measure should have been to reduce the loaf to its present price, about Sid., the cry would have been, that at least a third of the land would go out of cultivation. The loaf has sunk of itself, corn is cheap, and no land has gone out of cultivation ; or if any have gone out of culti vation on one side, more has been taken in on others, with the increased produce of virgin crops. With respect to ciren,;lting medium also, the Bank resumed cash payments before is was obliged by law, and still continues them ; and though co,iintry banks have small notes in circulation, yet yet it is in moan quantities, and not only under compul sory limitations, but under a very wholesome fear, in spired by the miscaief not yet forgotten. We leave it to the world, therefore, to judge whether Ministers need have any dread in dealing as freely with the Corn Laws as with any other commercial question ; or whether the agri-1 eulturists need predict ruin to themselves and their suc- 1 eessors, should the traffic in grain be rendered as free as that .in other articles.—lbid. We lately alluded to the resolutions of the Berkshire Mailitrates against the growing practice of paying the to wa g A es of labour out of the poor's rates. There would, in deed, see-- be • ''' now but one opinion as to the mischie vous opeakti on of this Magistratea,evft i v i practice • and , accordingly , the observationi co ndemn it. The folow er! made by Mr. Estcourt, in his choir to the G rand ury, at the late Wiltshire Quarter- SessiCtis . - . " Ltttie,p . says h e , a is obtai ned in who are not benefitted by the n l a t in thus, unjustly, taxing those is lost in the defect of the l a b our 4r- . Much, depend upon it, o obtaine . d—in the extinction of every natural and honest tietinctiiivme ust e ta xertion—in the sacrifice of that pride of character, bodied individual will condescend to be ke place,. before an able to accept of alms as the remunerationcforre.aerwers with paupers, and which other wise might render him liidependent and then, in your own parishes, I implore you, r es pectable. Inculcate, mak n e t t rge others to the e tide of your iuculate in theirs, a regard for character : ground work of all your contracts with your servants ; let the benevolence be gui ded b y it ; and take care that t he un impeachable charac ter shall be p laced in a situation so Tan of n Par a lily better than him of l i g ht character, as-to let hir4 find , eni n t h e Plabatenauce of that property (then Tendered valuable), anti int 3: consequent happiness and comfort of his situation, a protectior, against the ,assailments of temptation, if not an insensibility to temptation, even when presented in its most seductive forms." In another column will be found a communication from an esteemed Correspondent, in which he combats some of the observations made by us on the subject of this practice. Perhaps in the main there is little difference between our Correspondent and ourselves, with respect to the practice in question. It certainly indicates a superabund anc e o f labourers; and as where, such a superabundance exists, the competition of the labourers would immediately force down wages to the level whence the allowances commence, one of the first effects of the cessation of the allowances would be to involve labourers with families in great distress, and to increase for a time the number of deaths of children. But this state of things could not be of long continuation; for the wages of the labourers must be such as to support them, and to enable them to supply to the country a suc cession of labourers. The wages would soon, therefore, rise to the amount necessary for the support of the labourer and an ordinary family, and that which he now receives in the shape of rates he would then receive in the shape of wages. But when the Magistrates first fell on this system of paying wages out of rates, they anticipated from the war a rise of wages, and they looked to it as a bounty for increasing the future supply of labourers. It is dis tinctly stated in the Resolutions and Addresses of several bodies of Magistrates, that the wages were rising; but it 3o happened, that there was a scarcity of food at the same time, so that the wages did not rise in any thing like the ratio of the rise of the price of food, and therefore the allowance system was the more easily introduced. A rise in the price of food would have lowered wages, instead of raising them, and therefore the fact of a rise of wages being simultaneous with the origin of the allowance sys tem, proves that there was then no superabundance of labourers; and that had it not been for the interference of the Justices, wages would soon have risen to an amount sufficient for the wants of the labourers. The compla- - cency with which the Magistrates of the time spoke of the allowance system (which, we allow, gave, for the mo ment, to the labourers, with large families, more than they could have gained from the rise in wages), as a means of keeping the future supply of labour above the demand, and thereby keeping down wages, proves sufficiently the designs which they entertained. If there were no allow ance system, the wages of the labourers would rise to nearly the average of the counties in which that system has never been introduced. Wages and allowances in Sussex and Hampshire, for instance, do not amount to more than wages alone in a county where the la bourers receive no allowances. As the race of la bourers must he continued in Hampshire and Sussex, as well as in Northumberland, if there were no allowances in the two former counties, the wages atone must soon rise to an equality with the combined amount of wages and allowances. At present the allowances are poor's rates, but in a short time they would be wages. When the agriculturists, therefore, talk of permanent burdens affect ing the land, it is merely quibbling to consider the dif ference between wages and the full subsistence as a per manent burden, seeing the land could not be cultivated with giving the labourers a full subsistence. Were there no poor-rates, the wages would be the same through out all England. It is impossible, for instance, that seven shillings could be paid in one county and fourteen or sixteen shillings in another. Agricultural capital would flow from places where 16s. were given to places where 7s. were given, should labourers not remove from places where is. were given to places where 16s. were given. What our Correspondent says with respect to the Bastardy Laws, is no doubt true. That these laws contribute greatly to the re dundancy of population, which prevents a departure from the allowance system, can hardly admit of a doubt. There are in stances in the Roman Calendar of Saints (Santones, z. e. big Saints the Italians call them), who, in the hey-day of youth, successfully resisted the temptations of the loveliest women; but, generally speaking, in these degenerate clays, there are few young men able to imitate Joseph. Now there is not a girl in a parish of England, who does not know that the 'moment she is in a way of becoming a mother, the parish officers will find her a husband. The consequence of this is, that if the women do not seduce the men, they at least offer very little resistance to them ; and that the consum mation of marriage in almost all cases precedes the mar riage ceremony, instead of succeeding it. From an article we copied a day or two ago from The Bath Journal, giving the number of prisoners in Devizes House of Cor rection, and the causes of their confinement, it appears that there were 18 persons confined for bastardy. These of course were refractory persons, who were disobedient to the Over seers. On an intimation of their readiness to quit the prison for the church, their prison doors would have flown open.— These of course were merely the exceptions; for, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the sinners would pre fer a wife to a prison. Can we wonder, that, with such diabolical laws (and we charge all the evil on, the Magi strates and 'Squires, for, as Sir James Graham observes, all power is vested in them), there should be a vicious and redundant population in every parish ? When Howard visited Wiltshire in 1779, the prisons of Wilt shire contained :—Devizes, 1 debtor, 14 , petty offenders— Salisbury City Gaol, 1 debtor, 1 felon—Marlborough, 4 prisoners.—lt appears, then, that there are as many per sons confined in one single prison in Wiltshire, in the pre sent day, for bastardy, as there were debtors, felons, and petty offenders, in all the prisons of "Wiltshire in 1779. How rapid the progress of improvement in this coun try !—Oh, the blessed effects of the dominion of 'Squires and the Unpaid ! —Morning Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CONDELEGATES, FRIDAY, FEB. 2. ELLIS AGAINST This was an appeal from the Prerogative Court, in a testa mentary suit. Upon the case being called, the proctor of neither party appeared, and upon inquiry on the part of the Court, it was found that the appeal had been standing since 1824. Th e assig nation on the appellant to prove and exhibit the appeal had been made in Michaelmas Term, 1525' ; since which the proctor for that party bad withdrawn, and ano th er was appointed, upon whom the assignation devolved a year and a h a lf s i nce, although no step had been taken. The proctor for the respondent came into Court, upon being sent for, and declared that he had no instructions : it was for the opposite side to proceed. Dr. ARNOLD (the chief surrogate) observed, that the re'pon dent might move the Court to dismiss the appeal ; and that unless satisfactory explanation of the causes of delay was given next Court day, the Court would dismiss) it. BILISCO AGAINST GRISCO. After the business of the Court was over, Dr. Lee, who was one of the Surrogates in the preceding ease, inquired whether the case of " Brisco and Brisco" was not set down for to-day. The Registrar replied, that a question respecting the costs in this suit Was before the Court, but the Proctors had not entered it for hearing this day. Dr. LEE then proceeded to express a very pointed opinion of the conduct of the Counsel and Proctors in this suit, particularly that of the Proctor for Lady Brisco. He was interrupted by Dr. DA ÜBENT, the presiding member in the ease last heard, who observed, that this question was not be fore the Court in any shape ; that the business was over, and he begged it might be understood that the Court was no party to these observations. Dr. LEE—You seem, Dr. Daubeny, to he very averse to my making any remarks uyon this ease, :lough I am a member of the Court as well as yourself. Dr. LEE then resumed his strictures upon the conduct of Mr. Jenner, Lady Brisco's proctor. Mr. JENNER stood up and observed, that Dr. Lee had no right to animadvert upon his conduct in this manner, and that he would not bear it. Dr. LEE.—I have a right, Mr. Jenner ; and wken the case comes before this Court, I shall feel it my duty to put some ques tions to you in regard to your conduct in it. Mr. S E NNER__.-Whatever questions the Court may think pro per to put, I shall be very willing to answer ; but I repeat, that ycu have no right to reflect upon my conduct, and that I will not bear it. _ _ Mr. GLEITNIE, the proctor for Sir Wastel Brisco, begged to ob serve, on the part of that gentleman, that he was in no manner party to the observations made upon Mr. Jenner. lien; the Kerte ended by the 4/caking up of the Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-TlOUSE.—Yesterday, a young female, dressed in faded mourning, was introduced to the LORD MAYOR, by a gentleman of distinguished benevolence (one of the Co►nmittee for the Refuge for the Houseless Poor,) as an object deserving of his Lordship's peculiar attention and charitable assistance. It appeared, from the statements made to his Lordship, that amongst the wretched females who sought shelter at the Refuge for the Houseless, a few nights ago, the applicant was conspicu ous for her apparently severe mental suffering. Her manners were very superior, and particular inquiry was made into the nature of the case. She stated that she was the widow of the Hon. E. Roper, the brother to the present Lord Teynham. Her husband had died suddenly in 1815. Since that period, she had lived upon small means which he had left to her ; but these failed her to wards the commencement of the year, when her own parents being dead, having no relations of her own to apply to, and being refused relief by her husband's brother, she was plunged into a state of indescribable misery. She had that morning been turned out of doors in co nsequence of her not b e i ng a bl e to pay her wandered about th e streets, an d t h e seve rebnyt. her landlady, he rity of the weather, and her own distressed state of mind, would probably have occasioned a fatal termination to her sufferings, had she not accidentally been directed. to the Refuge for the Houseless, with the nature of which she was not previously acquainted. Her statement was corroborated by her certifi cate of marriage, and other documents, which she produced. One of the ladies of the Provisional Protection Society gave her some requisite articles of clothing, and every attention was paid to her, that the nature of the place would permit of, until yesterday, when she was brought before the Loan Mavou, to ascertain whether some permanent relief could not be procured for her. She was, she said, the daughter of Capt. Rivit, of the Royal Navy, anti W , 19 married to her late lamented husband in 1809, at Marylebone. She was then married from school, and was at the time little mere than 14 years of age ; he was 31. She lived happily with him, and had seven children, all of whom were however, now dead. His income was 2,0001. per annum, but - that terminated with his life. When the means which she had left were exhausted, and she failed in obtaining re lief of her husband's relatives, she sought means to set up in busi ness as a dentiSt, for which she considered herself eminently quali fied. She had always paid peculiar attention to the subject, and having received instructions from a gentleman of great chirurgical skill at Edinburgh, she was enabled to give many satisfactory proofs of her skill. She did not by any means wish to become dependant upon any one, and all she sought was to be set up in this profession, aid left to the fair exercise of her abilities. Lord Teynham and her husband had been for some time at variance, and since his decease she had not applied to his Lordship until she was driven by necessity to do so. It was at the commence ment of the last session of Parliament that she last applied to his Lordship for the loan of 201., and promised never to make any further application to him, if her request was acceded to, as else trusted it would enable her to take seine place in which she might set up business as a dentist. His Lordship, how ever, said that he had l 0 children to provide for, and having reconunended her to seek an eligible matrimonial engagement, coldly expressed hie regret that he could not accede to her request. She was then driven to the most dreadful extremity. She re ceived occasional relief, and much humane treatment, from Dr. Pettigrew. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, also treated her with the utmost benevolence, but she was compelled to make an appeal to the public charity, and those gentlemen not only gave her present relief, but defrayed the expence of the advertisements, and offered to receive subscriptions for her. At that time, how ever, the overwhelming distresses of the manufacturing classes oc cupied public attention exclusively, and not a shilling was sent for her. She applied to Mrs. Coutts for aid, but without success, and was informed that that lady had determined to aid none but public subscriptions. She then applied for relief to the parish officers of Lambeth, when Mr. Harwood, a gentleman who was one of the overseers, gave her temporary relief, and endeavoured to lay her case before her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, but ne answer was ever given to her application. Some gentlemen who conducted the public press behaved liberally- to her, by inserting her advertisements gratuitously, but misfortune seemed to pursue her every where. She was known by opulent persons, who had acted to wards her in a very different manner whilst she was in a state of pros perity. She obtained a little money occasionally by casual employment in her new prOfession, but that required time and capital to make herself known, and although perhaps little was requisite, she could not obtain that little. With occasional assistance from illessrP. Smith, Payne, and Smith, she lived precariously from day to day, and was nearly driven by despair to commit suicide, when she was turned cut of doors by her landlady, from inability to pay her rent. She gave the names of Mr. Fentum, the music -seller, and several others at the west end of the town, who could give satis factory testimonial. of her skill as a dentist, and her anxiety be yond her present relief was to obtain employment in that pro fession. It was stated that the Ladies of the Provisional Protection So ciety had found no reason to doubt the truth of the particulars of her case, which she declared would undergo the most strict in vestigation. A note was handed to the Lord Mayor from Mews. 'Smith, Payne, and Smith, stating that they would readily receive any thing that might be sent for the aid of the unfortunate lady. The LOAD ALtvort expressed his commiseration of the case, and his desire that it should be made public. lie gave the applicant two sovereigns from his own private purse, and recommended her to the care of the Ladies of the Provisional Protection Society, who he was sure would superintend the application of any thing that might be transmitted for her relief. The applicant expressed her ardent gratitude to his Lordship for his kindness. BOW-STREET.—A man of very decent appearance, named William Tetsill, was yesterday charg e d a t t hi s o ffi ce w i t h at tempting to pass a base shilling and a counterfeit half sovereign, with intent to defraud Isaac Levy, a butcher, residing in Dean street, Seven Dials. shop p t h the m Testament, orni deposed,aud agragreed (11 to thirteen-pence, the prisoner i,e L a e p v yic:acibenee: being t e o s t :l f i r o s n r in payment of which he tendered two shillin gs , one o f wh i ch the witness knew to he bad, and he returned it to the prisoner as such, who told him he had no other change, bnt offered a half-sovereign, which witness also knew to be counterfeit, and he challenged the prisoner with attempting to pass bad money. The prisoner denied the charge, stating that he had just received 12s. from a person in Titchfield street, for whom he had done some work, and he called upon a man, who was waiting for him in the street, to verify his state ment, who said he would go immediately and bring forward the prisoner's employer, from whose hands the alleged base coin had passed, but he did not return, and witness gave the prisoner into custody. The money was here produced. The shilling was declared to b to e t a h/e) a b l b f_ le mo y e rei counterfeit, gn,a but so n da goodm some o doubtsnem,as occurreproduced,d with d, with which respect it was compared. After a scrutiny of some moments, it seemed to be the opinion of the bench that the half-sovereign, although cleverly executed, was a counterfeit. Sir R. Braxia observed, that there was a visible difference be tween the two pieces in the formation of the letters, and the head on the counterfeit coin appeared to want the finish of the other.— It was surprising, however, (the worthy Magistrate observed), to perceive how closely the base coin corresponded with the ge nuine, and lie added a wish that the ingenuity which had thus been so mischievously employed had been directed to other and better purposes. The prisoner denied the charge, and said if the money was bad, he knew nothing of it. He gave the name and addross of his employer, from whom he said he had received it, to buy food for his sick wife and her two children. He said he was by trade a coach-smith, and that be had a little shop in Rose-street, Seven Dials. He mentioned the names of several persons from whom he had received employment from time to time, and who, he was sure, would be willing to speak to his character. Sir R. BIRNIE having ascertained where the prisoner had a shop, di rec t e d i n a wh i sper, t h at an officer should proceed the re forthwith, a ddi ng, significantly. " You know what I send you for; examine carefully the nature of the tools which you find on the premises." A perso n here came forward, who gave his name, and said he was in business in Scotland-yard, and had known the prisoner for many years. He was quite sure he was an honest man, and be lieved him incapable of wilfully uttering bad coin. Sir RICHAR D BIRNIE having put a few questions to this wit ness, with a view to ascertain his respectability, told him that the character which he gave the prisoner should be attended to ; but the crime with which lie was charged was of too grave and seri ous a nature to pass lightly over. " But, Sir Richard Birnie," said another friend of the prisoner, who had just arrived, " have you ascertained to a certainty that the half-sovereign which was offered to this man is really a bad one, for I feel convinced in my OWTI mind that my friend is in capable of passing base money ? The alleged counterfeits were here produced again, and to put the matter beyond dispute, the half sovereign was ordered to be weighed, and the scales were produced, on the turn of which the fate of the prisoner stewed t leyewlhig. lie was not l ong i n Stu_ pense, however, for the half sovereign was soon declared to be the legal weight, and as good as any that had ever issued from his Majesty's Mint. Sir R. BiaNir, after a short pause, observed, " My good man, it appears you have been wrongfully accused, as far as relates to the half sovereign, which I now return to you. With respect to this shilling, however, I cannot think of restoring it to you, without having it cut, in order to prevent its getting into circula tion again." The shilling was accordingly handed to Ford, the gaoler, who proceeded with it to the inner office to cut it with a machine, which is kept for that purpose. In a few moments, however, he returned with the shilling in his hand, and with a face in which surprise was most comically depicted, he cried out, " 'Why, your worship, it's a good shilling after all." This unexpected result occasioned a good deal of merriment, and Sir Richard Birnie hastily gave the poor man another shilling for that which had just been spoiled, and the case was declared to be dismissed. LAMBETH-STREET. —Ye:;terday among the many appli cants applying to the magistrates for their orders to compel the pa rochial authorities to grant them relief, was a man and his wife, who stated that they had applied to the officers of St. George's, to which parish they belonged, for some assistance, but they, though they were in the greatest distress, had peremptorily refused them. Wood, the under overseer of the parish, being in attendance, said, that the reasons of the office for refusing the applicant's relief, were, that he was well able to support his family, being not only employed as a watchman, but also having work at the Docks. Mr. HA Rumex. —What do you pay your watchmen per week? —Wood. Ten shillings and sixpence. Mr. HA upwxcic.—How many hours are they on duty I—Wood. Six hours, Sir. Mr. nannwicx.—Really this practice of eulploying men situ ated as is the applicant, as watchmen, is most pernicious, it is worse than useless ; for how can it possibly be expected that they will discharge'their duty with integrity, when in such a state of abject poverty, and having merely so paltry an allmi ance for themselves and family as 10s. 6d. a-week. It is quite out of the question, that while a gratuity of a few shillings from an offender holds out so great a temptation, that they will act with honesty. w oo d. Others of the parish watehmen received relief yes- terday. Mr. WYATT. I look upon this practice to be both impolitic and unconstitutional; it is a matter deserving the severest repro bation, that the lives and property of the public should be in trusted to such persons. Indeed, it would be infinitely better if there were no watchmen, as in this case the public would take care to protect themselves, which in the present instance they do not, under the impression that the thing is unnecessary, the watch affording them an ample security. So long as this system prevails, and pauper watchmen are encouraged, so long will crime increase, and offenders escape with impunity. After some further remarks, relief was ordered to the applicant, who left the office.. UNION-HALL--Yesterday, a youn woman, decently dressed was conducted to this office before the sitting Magistrates, by one of the Bow-street patrol, who prevented her from committing suicide on the preceding night. The patrol stated, that on the previous night, as they were on duty in Blackfi•iars-road, they observed a female walking hastily along towards the bridge; she appeared to be in trouble, and sob bed aloud as she proceeded onwards. The patrol followed her at some distance, and as she drew near the bridge, instead of passing over it, she turned to the left, and descended the flight of steps leading to the river, into whieh she threw herself. The patrol, however, having watched her manoeuvres, immediately ran down th e s teps; and it being ebb tide, they succeeded in rescuing the unfortunate woman from being drowned. The Magistrate took infinite pains in endeavouring to ex tract from her the cause of her having made so rash an at tempt upon her life. Having been soothed into compara tive tranquillity, she at length stated, that she had lately arrived in town from Hull, and procured a situation in a gentleman's fa mily, in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square ; but that having unfor tunately sprained her wrist while in service, she was rendered incapable of doing the work, and was therefore discharged.—Not having any friends in town to assist her, and being without food or raiment, she said that she was driven to a state of mind bor dering on the utmost distraction, and in the height of which she made the attempt upon her life, for which she was now ex tremely sorry. Mr.,Cxaaiaaxs having impressed upon the unfortunate woman's mind the sin in the eight of God of committing the crime of sui cide, she became quite composed. The worthy magistrate then examined her arm and wrist, and perceiving both excessively swol len, he humanely accompanied the poor creature to Guy's Hospi tal, and through his intercession had her immediately admitted into that institution as an in-door patient. THE MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of Friday.) SUGAR.—The demand for Muscovades during the week has been steady and considerable, the prices are gradually advancing, and the strong Sugars, 60s. a 635. are scarce, and command high prices in proportion to the other descriptions. The average sales of each day during this week is nearly 1,000 bhds. ; we quote the prices is. higher, and the market looks exceedingly firm at the improvement. In the Refined Market this week there has been a general and rather extensive demand for low goods, and the holders are so firm on account of the small stock, that prices of Lumps and other low goods must be stated ls. higher. The wholesale grocers are still purchasing, but not on an extens i ve scale for the home consumptio n ; the prices are a shade higher. Molasses without alteration. There was again a most extensive demand for low goods this morning and . no adequate supplies, generally the prices may be stated . Is. higher; the buyers offer aaAvia.onlansaseeli oarreßirvapziolbnlogtnecivaoel the market prices for goods . deliverable some weeks hence • but the refiners evince little inclination to enter into these contracts; the grocers appear to purchase freely to-day, the demand for crushed is checked by the advanced prices demanded. Molasses are w u E n v s T a e INDIA B A y lo p L r A i s y s a z te 9._ con T t i r l a e c s t t a o h ck ou i t: L OO on b d a ogns i N s vh n it o e w ß ae ; beenseve several I p d u r 3 c 4 hl a3 o 7 f s De Demerara a 1 11 . purchases are lately reported. at 28s. and a few at 275. Sugarl,loo casks have COFFEE.—The purchases of Coffee lately have been inconsider able, and few public sales of any extent have been brought for ward ; yesterday the public sale of Jamaica and Dutch descrip tions went off with great s pi r i t, an d generally the prices were is. a 2s. higher, and, unlike the late public sales, the whole sold freely. By public sale this forenoon 292 casks 166 bags British Plantation, chiefly Dut c h, went off freely at full prices, good middling 100 s. and 1018. 6d. ; good ordinary Jamaica at 525. 6d., fine ordinary at 588. ; the two latter sold very low. INDIGO.—Since the India sale few purchases have been re ported ; but there appears a great disposition among the buyers to hold with firmness, and a few parcels are reported sold at a small premium on the India House prices. 299 packages Caracca In digo were offered by public sale yesterday, and the whole sold at the full market prices ; a considerable proportion taken on specu lation ; the market remains very firm. IRISH PROVISIONS.—The prices of Beef are fully supported ; hut the market is not quite so brisk as formerly. Pork is rather heavy. Bacon unvaried. Butters are rather giving way on ac count of the continued mild weather. COTTON. There is no new feature in the Cotton market. The purchases for the week ending last night inclusive, consist of 1,050 Surats, sd. a SV. in bond ; 600 E gyp tian, 74da 71d. duty paid. By public sale this forenoo n chiefly taken in at 41d. After t sold at 4id. esale BB a o c b o a n le s s id c e o r m ab m le on qut u n f t a it t y s quoted 10s. a 10s. higher, with a FLAx, xi) TALLow.—The Tallow market remains Hemp is without alteration. Flax continues in very steady. Ad ND r b i e oLLANDs.—The Ruin markethas been infier general nruti appearance.request A s . tl n t a state this tract. Brandy is heavy and rather lower. Geneva is without alteration. The Government contract for 100,000 gallons Rum, was taken to-day below 2s. 51d. by one house, equal to 2s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. for proofs. Fautr—There are no further arrivals of Curraats, the demand at present is not very lively; several parcels of new Red Smyrna Raisins have been sold, and the demand appears to be improving ; new Muscatells nothing doing, neither in Valentia or Denis Raisins, but for the latter there has been some inquiry to-day ;in Firm there is no alteration, the demand at present is heavy, but the stock on hand is small. TOBACCO—The purchases for export are about 150 Idyls., for the Mediterranean 44d. a 4d., and some small parcels for the home consumption of the country. SALTPETRE—By Public Sale this forenoon, 1,860 bags Salt petre, 92 boxes very ordinary, and no retraction, were all taken in 225. 6d. and 235. ; it however forms no guide, being chiefly washed, or very ordinary quality. _ SercEs—Spices are very heavy. By Public Sale on Tuesday above 500 bags Pepper sold at bid. ungifted, up to 4d. for light. By Public Sale this forenoon, 420 bags good half-heavy Pepper met with no offers whatever ; the whole was taken in at bd., much above our market currency ; all other Spices are equally neglected. OlLS_.Oils are very heavy at the Public Sale of Greenland, to-day only 30/. was offered. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—Feb. 1. 755. Od. to 105 s. Od. I Od. to 3n.s. Od. Clover VOs. Od. to 1265. Od. PRICES OF HOP, Pockets. Kent 41. O. 41. 15s. to (V. Os. Sussex 31. I6s. 41. 4s. to 41. Ws. Essex— 41. Os. 41. 15.. to SI. Ss. Farnham, fine (Pockets) 71. 75. to 3 (per Cwt.)—Feb. 2. bags. Kent 31. Bs. 4/. N. Sussex Si. 3s. 31.10 x. Essex 3/. He. 31. 16e. 81 .12s.—Seconds, 61. Os. to 51. to 3/. ltis. to U. 10s. to 71. O. PRICE OF P OTATOES.—Feb. 2. Yorkshire Kidneys 11. Os. to 01. Os. per Ton. 41. 10s. to 01. Os. ditto. 3/. ss. to Si. 10s. ditto. 41.05. . to 41 10s. ditto. Rods Ixnoblea and Maws Chami Per lb. PRICES OF LEATLIER. d. d. 1 Per lb. 20 to 21 I Tanned Florio Hides.-. 22 to 23 ; Spanish Ditt0.,.......—........ 13 to 15 , Per dozen. 15 to 18 1 Calf Skins,.... 96 to 401 b. 131. to 15 j Ditto --.. 50 to 701 b. 15 to 17 ; Ditto ....--... 70 to 801 b. 17 to 19 1 Small Seals, Greenland... tßag ---50 to 5131 b....... to to 661 b...—. Dresclng Hidea d. d 12 to 15 13 to 19 Fine Coach Hides ........ Crop Hided, 95 to 401 b.— Ditto--.-45 to 501 b... Ditto 16 to 21 22 to 27 20 to 22 18 to 20 RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. s. d. Per Stone. s. d. s. d. Beet Heifers and Steers 210 to 3 2 Ordinary 6 to 2 2 Middlings 9 6to 2 8 Market Calf SPIEEP SKINS. Downs 2s. 6d. to 3s. Sd. I Lambs— Os. Od. to Os. Od. I Polled— 4s. Od. to Ss. Od , PRICE OF TALLOW, Si Town Tallow ... 40s. Od. to Oa. Od. Yellow Russia— 41s. Od. to Oa. Od. White --s. Od. to Os. Od. Soap Ditto.-- —a. Od. to eki. Od. Melted Stuff-- 355. Od. to Os. Od. Ditto Rough..— 21s. Od. to Os. Od. IAP, &c. per 112Ib.—Feb. 2. Yellow Loap Bos. Od. Mottled Od. White— 92s. Od. Graves. Od. Good Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, Priem by Tallow (as stated by the Ttt; Per atone of 81b.—Feb. 2. Glow Melters) PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles, in the retail shops, Is as follows : Candles, I.wr dosen Od. to Os. Od. f Moulds, per dozen 10s. tid. COAL MAELKET.—Feb. R. a, d. s. d. 31 8 W. E. 8r0wn'5..,,.. 372 Killingworth -- 33 8 W. E. Car & Co. 33 0 29 0 W. E. Green's.,,,,,. 31 9 Tanfield Moor-- 33 0 W. F. lttutsell's —3l 9 Willington----. 34 9 W. E. Walker--, 34 9 WallsEndßewicko3s 3 Ship; at Market, s. d. Culm Christie— 31 0 Hartley 33 0 Nosharn Alain— 32 6 Walls End Hatton 36 6 W. E. Stewart's— 36 6 . 44 34 -Ships sold. 14)4! •Unsold, 404 COUNTRY CORN mAßxmrs DESRINCi TidE WREK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater —. Bridport Bristol Chesterfield _ Daventry Derby Devizes Doncaster .— Dorchester. Exeter Gloucester Guildford Henley Hungerford Ipswich Lewes ' MarketHarboro'— Northampton --- Reading Sandwich ---. Shepton Mallet Stowmarket Swansea Truro Taunton, Uxbridge - Wakefield. Warminster Yeovil.-- Per Buckingham Shrewsbury 8. to 8. 913 as 40 42 22 86 36 40 a. to B. 30 33 40 45 25 30 30 35 B. to a. 45 55 eo eg 50 58 60 64 22 38 30 36 34 40 90 37 30 35 32 36 s. d. s. d. 36 43 0 U 0 MANCHESTER CORN MARKET.—Jan. 27. 0. to 11. 68 46 48 56 64 54 57 54 (id 53 t 6 148 52 50 65 _ ~ e. d. F. d. 6 6 7 6 0 0 10 6 The interior canals being closed by the severe frost, occasioned more inquiry for some particular kinds of Grain, and in several instances better prices have been obtained during the week. To day, the attendance on 'Change was tolerable, but the business done not extensive. Wheats, ready for delivery, are 2d. per 701 b. dearer. Oats have advanced 2d. per - 451b5., but not free sale. Fine Malt scarce, and the tura higherr No material alteration in other articles. Customary Bushel. Wheat (101 b.) s. d. toe. d. 84 8 9 English, New 9 5 9 9 0 9 0 Irish, 811 9 1 8 4 8 10 Canada _8 10 9 1 Pease (Imp. Qr.) d. toe. d. Blue, (Boilers). -. — 7 6 9 0 Foreign Barley (604) For grinding----. 5 9 6 0 s (451 b.) English O a at ud Scotch 0 0 0 0 Welsh. oftW,..."•••••••••• 0 0 0 0 Foreign 4 8 4 10 Irish, Kiln -dried .. 4 10 4 11 - ---Undried 4 8 4 9 Per load of 6 Impl. bushel. Malt, 0 80 0 Oki __. 0 0 Inferior 8I 0 44 0 B&3113. English 55 0 50 0 Irish and Foreign 45 0 53 0 Per bag of 2801 b. • , r, Fine Notts... 45 0 47 0 Yorkshire, fine 44 0 :47 0 Irish, tine .—.45 0 47 0 Seconds 40 0 42 0 Barrel Flour Sweet 0 0 Sour-29 0 21 0 Par load of 2401 b. Oatmoal, English &c. 0 42 0 0 44 0 Flour Old (food) 0 34 U Tares (Imp. Qr.) 0 0 0 U Bran (broad) per SOW. 12.2 d. a la.4d. MANCHESTER NEW SMITHFIELD.—Jan. 31 At per lb. sinking the offal. sd. to 60. I 21 Calves__ 4 0 I 141 Pigs 2,938 Shoop 523 Cattle 51d. to 7d. 4 5 MANCHESTER POTATOE MARICET.—Jan. 7. Potatoes, 9s. Oil., 105. Od., and lls. Bd. per load of 12 score and 12114. ; Carrots, les. Od., 175., and 1843. Od. per load of 12 score; Turnips, 98. Od., 108. 6d. and I Is. per load of 16 pecks ; Onions , 285., 295. Od. and 30 4 . p er load 01'12 score. MANCHESTER YARN MARKET.—Jas. 30. No. d. d. Mule Cop Weft, 30 - 19 to 18 Thwetle Twist, 20.-- 12 to 121 40 ---„- 14 14 30---;131 141 50 ---- 18 17 40,--19 20 CO --.-. A 14 Mule copTwisti 30 12 . 1 14 70 ......„.. 2e for warp . j 90 -- 24 27 40-- 141 14 100 -.-- 30 a7 50-...., 171 1V 120 —..-.. 34 a 7 00 21 221 Watt from was te,lo ,---- 4 10 70.--..-24 27 14 ---- 9 01 80«««,20 32 18 ---- 10 11 24 ---- 11 12 NOTTINGHAM MARKET.—Jan. Si. Beef (st. of 141b.) 6s. tid. to 7s. 6d. I It. 6 • t o w 6d Mutton 6 6 '7 0 I 6 • • Supply large, and trade dull. 7 BIRTHS. On the Ist inst. at Langley Farm, Kent, the Hon. 11Irs. Col ville, of a daughter. On the Ist inst. in Wimpole-street, Cavendish square, the lady of C. G. Ridout, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. On the let inst. at Chelsea, Alfred Perkins, Esq. of Cadogan place, to Charlotte, second daughter of T. Pemberton, Esq. of the island of St. Christopher. In December last, at New York, the Chevalier Feganiere a Monnro, Consul-General, to Miss C. Stuart Gilfillan. On the 2d inst. at Bethnal-green, William Adair Bruce, Esq. of Bath, to Eliza, youngest daughter of Joseph Merceron, Esq. of Bethnal -green. On the Slat ult. at Barnstaple, Mr. Robert Polstor, mason, to Miss Priscilla Holloway. This is the fifth time that the gallant bridegroom has been a votary at the shrine of Hymen ; his mar riage to his fourth wife took place about eleven mouths ago, and he has been a widower nine ♦weeks. DIED. On the sth August bud, at Rajkote, sincerely and deeply re gretted, Lieut. Alexander Balmanno, of the Qd Bombay Light Cavalry, youngest son of Alexander Balmanno, Eeq. of Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, mad Netters' Hall, Hawkhurst, Kent, aged 22. On the Ist inst. at his house, Grove-lane, Camberwell, in his 78th year, Mr. Samuel Carter, late of Blackman-street, Borongb. On the 2d of December last, at the island of Martinique, Charles Higgins Winter, Esq. of Russell-square. On the 28th ult. in Old Burlington-street, William Griffin, Esq. late Secretary of the Board of Ordnance. On the 28th ult., in Church-row, Islington, Mr. Owthwaite, d T u h r e in house gtha in which she in the 60th y ear o f hi s age. On the 25th u l t . , at Holme-upon- S pa ldi ng M oor , near M arket W hi e l ig dr h e t u o , g n, r a e t at agegtheraan(dl:catiicileddren,and great great grand-child ren . of 94, Mrs. Ann Falki ug h am , widow. She left behind her upwards of 150 children, grand children, had d o a c w cu e p ek ied at " on e tim e ou t of it, years, and tlo:igperiod, sidieiedneyshere slept Printed trii Pithbelied by M. YOUNG, at Ik e s w.ontiog, Va. 112, Wit. vi). i v