The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Ministry is at length settled, but the Ga zette of last night, which contains some of the new appointments, was published at too early an hour to present the whole. That which we shall first mention is one of great importance, much less in a domestic sense, as bringing near to the King's person a Nobleman whom his Majesty highly esteems, than in a political point of view, as indicating the accession of the body of Whigs to the new Administration. The Duke of De vonshire, we are enabled to announce, kissed hands yesterday as Lord Chamberlain ; and this event, we again state, is the outward sign of the union of the Whig body with the Ministry. Other persons connected with Lord Lansdown will accept, and are accepting, office. That Nobleman was properly selected to appear for and represent his party : and the negociation be tween him and Mr. Canning was conducted in the most frank and cordial manner. It was dila tory of course, because in the technical arrange ment of parties which had been long approach ing to each other in political sentiment, but had never been blended together before, there was much to put in order ; but the negotiators were sincere, and their conferences have ended in an amicable settlement. It suits better with the ar rangements that Lord Lansdown should not im mediately accept office ; and if any thing could prove the indifference to personal objects through out the negociation, it would be this fact, that a Nobleman of high political character arranges for the deserted service of Government ; identifies his own friends and party with the more faithful portion of the old Ministers of the Crown ; no minates, in conjunction with the select organ of the Royal will, to vacant places, and, himself declin ing immediate participation in the emoluments of office, is content to cast the broad shield of his independent character over the union which he has cemented, and to defend the system of policy to be adopted, on the simple ground that it is most useful to the King and country. Nor can we learn that any one has obtruded his pretensions, or clamo rously presented himself for office; individuals have been generally chosen by those who may be called their representatives in treating ; and it of course results that the future measures will be such as shall not offend the preconceived opinions, •or recorded sentiments of the persons composing either of the blended parties. Sir Francis Burdett has recom mended, and Lord Spencer approves the union.-- The following is a list of the new 'Ministry; some places are, however, it is well understood, only filled provisionally : Mr. Canning, First Lord of the Treasury and Chancel :tor of the Exchequer. Mr. Robinson (Lord Goderich), Colonial Office. Mr. Huskisson, where be is. Lord Bexley, ditto. Lord Palmerston, ditto. Marquis of Anglesea, Ordnance. Duke of Portland, Privy Seal. Lord Harrowby, President of the Council. Lord Dudley, Foreign Office. Mr. "Wynn, where he is. Si; J. Copley (Lord Lyndhurst), Chancellor. Mr. Sturges Bourne, Home Office. Mr. Scarlett, Attorney-General. Sir J. Leach, Master of the Rolls. 31r. Hart, Vice-Chaszeilor. Sir L M'lntosh, Judge Advocate. Mr. William Lamb, Irish Secretary. ..-Times. Mr. Canning's distribution of his law patron age seems to be taking place in the oddest way that can be imagined, The late Attorney-Ge neral, who had given him no offence, he turns adrift, and the Solicitor, who had given him no support, he retains ; yet, without a reason or a precedent, he puts over the latter's head a new Attorney-General, in the person of Mr. Scarlett, who had been at all times his political opyonent ; and who, wanting nothing, accepts this office at the risk of being compelled to op pose the party in Parliainent with whom he has acted all hie life. Of Mr. Scarlett's professional eminence, end fitness for the office, no one can entertain a doubt : but if Mr. Canning be a Tory and a Pittite, as he always professed him self to be—or if he was even, in heart and soul, a sincere member of Lord Liverpool's Admini stration—then, we would ask, xippn what prin ciple it is that he appoints a Whig Attorney- General, and that before he has made any nition with that party generally, to the exclusion of the numerous members of the Bar, both in and out of Parliament, who have hitherto been as warm supporters of the Government as Mr. Scarlett and the . Whigs have been the opponents of it ? We do not complain of Mr. Scarletea appoint /:tent ; on the contrary, we are rejoiced at it, as ',MT es at the disappointment which has thus be fallen scl much professional sycophancy ; but still we contend that the -appointment is itself quite out of ail rule and precedent. It is ru moured to have had I:.`.s rise in an early friend ship between the parties--but we strongly suspect that the Attorney-Generalship to the Duchy, which Mr. Scarlett has hithertd held ; has more to do with it. But Mr. Canning's appa rent liberalism in the distribution of the law offices does not centre here. His first act—the appoint ment of Sir John Copley to the woolsack—was of the same description. That the new Premier is naturally the most forgiving man upon earth, judging' by his past history, we should not exactly credit; and those who remember (as who does not?) the bitter taunting which took place so recently as on the late debate on the Catholic Question, between idr. Cannin g and the Master of the Rolls, must either smile or wonder that so speedy a union should have taken place between them. Mr. Plunkett, and his Peerage without office, we have already noticed. The cashiering of Sir Chas. Wetherell is not the less extraordinary. Indeed, so strange a jumble of party and or. no party is there in the whole of Mr. Canning's legal arrangements, that we must not wonder if a post or two brings us advice from Dublin of Messrs. Shiel and O'Connell having taken office—or Mr.,Jeremy Bentham's early recol leetione being gratified by a place.—Morning Herald. We believe we may now pretty confidently as sert that the Ministerial arrangements are, as an Irishman would say, finally arranged for the pre sent, and that the negotiation between Mr. Can ning and the Marquis of Lanadown having ended with the latter having declined office for the pre sent, those arrangements are as follow= —viz.:— The Cabinet to consist of Mr. Canning: Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Harrowby President of the Council Lord Lyndhurst Lord Chancellor Lord Dudley and Ward Foreign Secretary Mr. Robinson Colonial Secretary Mr. Sturges Bourne Home Secretary Mr. Wynn Board of Controul Lord Bexley Chancellor of the Duchy Mr. Huskisson Board of Trade which reduces the Cabinet to nine—a number quite sufficient, we should say, to insure una nimity, or transact business. The other appoint ments we have heard of are— The Duke of Devonshire Lord Chamberlain Mr. Tierney The Mint Mr. Calcraft The Woods and Forests Mr. Abercromby ....Judge Advocate Mr. Lamb ...Secretary in Ireland Mr. Scarlett Attorney-General Sir John Leach The Rolls There are other minor arrangements—such as she Lords of the Treasury, of which the public :are either apprised, or some of which are not yet settled. But the main appointments, we be lieve, are as above ; and in this shape the new Administration will meet Parliament on Tues day. These arrangements are accompanied by a report that, though Lord Lansdown and the leading Whigs decline taking office at present, they will do so after the present Session of Par liament, should the Administration, as it is now proposed to be constituted, last so long; and the two personal friends of Mr. Canning who accept the Seals of the Foreign and Home Departments, take them, it is understood, ad interim merely, on condi tion of resigning them when called upon so to do.— This, we conceive, if it be true, may rather be con sidered as patching up an Administration than form ing one ; and though individuals may consider it no degradation to do so much on the score of personal friendship, it is quite another question with the country whether places in the Cabinet can be kept, like those in the boxes, till the company come, and in this respect the comparison holds out completely, for, if report is to be credited, they are only to be kept " till the end of the first act."—lbid. The arrangements for which we yesterday pre pared our Readers, are so far finally settled, that besides the appointments already known (for which we refer our Readers to our extracts from the Gazette'of last night), the Duke of Devon shire takes the high office of Lord Chamberlain; Sir James Mackintosh, that of Judge Advocate; and Lord Lansdown and several other Leaders of the Whig party have agreed to come into the Cabinet before the end of the Session,—the de lay being entirely owing to considerations of per sonal convenience. Mr. Brougham, as we have already stated, takes no office, but not from the least doubt of the wisdom and propriety of the arrangements, in bringing about which, he has taken a chief part. His friends, it is under stood, have consented to take office without him upon the sole ground, that he has himself pe remptorily desired the matter to be so arranged with a view to the highest interests of the coun try.—Morning Chronicle. The town was in a state of great excitement yesterday, in consequence of the intelligence which we communicated, and every where no thing was heard but the language of congratula tion on the consummation of the union to which the public have been looking forward with so much anxiety. We shall now possess an Ad ministration strong in talent and character, and strong in the confidence which the country will repose in the honesty of its intentions. The course of the Administration will be one of pe culiar difficulty, for the distressed state of the country is such as to inspire the stoutest hearts with uneasiness. It is no easy matter to reason with distress. Still we are satified that Mini sters have only to evince an honest purpose to look the difficulties of the country fairly in the face, and to adopt the means which, in the opinion of the most intelligent judges, are best adopted to the present exigencies, to have every proper allow ance made for their situation. The partisans of the system of intolerance, who feel a determined hosti lity to all improvement, will now sink into insigni ficance. From them the Ministers have little to dread. Would that all their other difficulties could as easily be surmounted as the effects of the hosti lity of the old Tories. The diffusion of intelligence, by creating every where intelligent judges of the conduct of public men, will necessarily improve the conduct of the latter, both by impressing them with the conviction, that the arts of deception cannot be successfully practised, and that they will be sup ported by men capable of appreciating fairness and ability of conduct.—lbid. THE MINISTRY—TERMINATION OF THE NEGOCIATION BETWEEN MR. CANNING AND THE MARQUIS OF LANsDOWN.—Further conferences of long duration took place yesterday, between Mr. Canning, the Marquis of Lans down, and the Duke of Devonshire, the result of which was the positive termination of the Negociation for the present. The Marquis of Lansdown, with the expression of best wishes and most cordial good will towards the new Administration, declines the acceptance of any official situation at present ; and we have reason to believe that the friendly spirit of the Noble Marquis pervades the whole of the higher orders of his political friends ; so that little or no factious opposition to the Ministers of his Ma i jesty's choice is reasonably to be apprehended in Parliament, In consequence of the Marquis of Lansdown having declined to accept the Home Secretaryship, that office is to be filled by the Right Honourable William Sturges Bourne, than whom no man is possessed of more sound understanding, safe correct principles, and all the requisite capabilities for the office to which he has thus been appointed. The Duke of Devon shire takes the Office of Lord Chamberlain ; but not, as has been reported, with a seat in the Cabinet. Mr. Tierney is to succeed Mr. Wal lace, as Master of the Mint ; Mr. Abercromby succeeds Sir J. Beckett, as Judge Advocate : and Sir J. Leach is to have the Mastership of the Rolls. The new arrangements are as follow First Lord of the Treasury and / Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer 8 GEORGE Cariwcw. Secretary of state for Foreign / Viscount Affairs Secretary of State ftir the War /. Viscount Gonxatcn, and Colonial Department Secretary of State for the Home } Rt. Ifon.W. S. Rouxwx. Department Lord President of the Ccuncil Earl of HA RROWRY. Lord High Admiral • Master General of the Ordnance Marquis of ANGLES/LA. Lord Privy Seal President of the Board of Con- Rt. lion. C. W. WYNN. troul President of the Board of Trade Rt. Hon.W.linsecissoN. Chancellor of the Duehy of Lan- Lord BEXLEY. caster Lord Chuxellor (Sir J. CorLEY.) Master of the Mint Rt. Hon. G. TIERNEY. Master of the Rolls Sir J. LEACH. Attorney-General Solicitor-General . Sir N. TINDALL. Judge Advocate Hon. J. ABIRBROMBY. Morning Post. The Gazette of last night contains the new Treasury Board, with of course the Right Hon. George Canning at its head, and also announces the appointment of,the same Right Hon. Gentle man to the Offices of Under Treasurer and Chan cellor of the Exchequer. These annunciations have come most timely to serve as answers to the bold reports of the two last days in regard to a pretended new disposal of the Offices of Chan cellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Canning must indeed feel infinitely indebted to those gentlemen who so gratuitously read him an occasional lecture on his officical capabilities. To their concern for his fame he owes the important knowledge that he is better qualified to discharge with honour to himself and service to the country, the duties of his late Office than those more comprehensive functions to which he has been just called by the indiscreet partiality of his Sovereign and' the rash wishes of the Public. As it would be Inexpres sibly painful to us to suppose that such gratuitous advice, and so much valuable information, should be as it were " wasted in the desert air," we would earnestly suggest to the Right Hon. Gen tleman the propriety of duly and promptly consi dering the subject. In the mean time, we can- not help exclaiming, happy the country that pos sesses men of such singular discernment ! And thrice happy the Statesman who can boast of having such disinterested and enlightened friends! In our own simplicity, we thought Mr. Canning had a mind so versatile, so - well trained, and: of such depth and expansion, that there was' no department of the Government to the dn..: ties of which he was not fully equal, and that the more complex they were, the better adapted they were to his genius. In this respect, however, we have been undeceived, and now find that the foreign interests of the country, which are always of subordinate value, would suit his talents better than her financial or do mestic concerns, which being of a weightier na ture, require a larger capacity than the former to superintend. We would submit, however, with all due humility, for the consideration of those Gentlemen who have removed the film from our mental orb, whether Mr. Canning, as head of the Adtninistration, will not have the superin tendanee of the whole, and in whatever depart ment he may select for himself; whether his genius will not direct the movements of every other. If we receive an answer in the affirm& tive, it will be clear that our Foreign Relations will be directed in the same manner, and in the same spirit, as they were before, though the Statesman who has given to them that direction has taken upon himself, at the express desire of his Sovereign, the more immediate controul over another great and superior branch of the Public Administration. By this transfer, our interests abroad cannot suffer in the slightest degree, e ven supposing—an admission which few who know hint will make—that the warm zeal, acknowledged talents, and English feeling of Lord Dudley and Ward, were unequal to the task. But will our Fi nances gain nothing by this arrangement ? And are they not of that transcendent importance which require a master mind for their direction ? It cer tainly strikes us, that the Financial System of the country, in order to be well managed, demands the utmost scope of human genius; for to make the Revenue as productive as possible, without check ing the industry and retrenching the comforts of the public, is evidently a work which a capacity of the highest order alone is capable of accomplishing. The duties of that department evidently surpass all others in importance; because every other great in terest depends upon the manner in which they are discharged; and as they are ably or imperfectly executed, so will the nation prosper or decline. If this be true as a general rule, it acquires additional authority when applied to the particular circum stances of this country, which, in consequence of her immense debt, stands in need of a large re venue, whilst the interests of her vast trade re quire that it should be raised with'as little pressure as possible upon the nation. It therefore sounds somewhat paradoxical to us, that Mr. Canning, be cause the span and fertility of his mind are of the first order, should be urged to decline duties, which . are not only the most important, but which impart strength or weakness to the Government, and ex pand or contract the resources of the country, ac cording to the manner in which they are discharged. We wish that our cotemp orar i es , w h o advise him to resume his former situation, would come down from the heights of paradox to the level of com mon sense ! for their argument is wholly unintelli gible at present, and appears to be distinguished by its absurdity alone.--ibid. We had strong reasons for believing that we should, this day, have been enabled to announce the issue of the negociations between Mr. Can- ning and the Marquis of Lansdown, and the Ministerial appointments consequent upon their termination. Up to a late hour last night, how ever, the matter had not been brought to such .a point as would warrant any positive statement ; but we have the satisfaction of knowing that things were in so favourable a position, that the immediate completion of the remaining arrange ments was looked forward to with confidence. With respect to this negotiation, it has been justly observed, that " the accession of the Noble Marquis, and of his friends, to the Government of Mr. Canning, would . be an accession of great strength. The political sentiments of the Noble Marquis are, and have been, of that moderate and - constitutional character, that they have scarcely left a defined shade of difference be tween him and the Administration; except, per haps, upon one or two questions, which are less Ministerial, if we may use the phrase, than na tional ; and the high station and public character which the Noble Marquis has long maintained in the country, are circumstances which can never be spoken of but in terms of approbation and respect."—New Times. The Chilian Bondholders have, at their late Meetings, resolved to try what can be clone by representations to the Chilian Government.. Where, we would ask them, does such a Govern ment exist ? Of whom is it composed ? The fact is, that in Chile there is not, there has not for a long time been, any thing that can be called a Government, nor any regular organization for administering the a ff a i rs o f th e State. The country abounds in resources; the people are docile and tractable ; there is scarcely any ex treme poverty, and the accumulation of wealth, on the other hand, is not teneral. In this state things, society is enabl e d to cohere, with very slight aid from artificial institutions. A certain degree of order is maintained by local and muni cipal authorities ; and a general government springs up, or perishes, without being much re garded. While it exists, it can scarcely act ; and when it ceases to exist, its dissolution is scarcely noticed. While O'Higgins was in power, his authority was something more than a mere name ; but since his fall, the titles of authority have been assumed by a succession of men, whci hare had neither the courage, nor the talents, nor the influence, ,to establish a permanent order of things. One man has replaced another, ap parently for no reason, except that the latter was afraid to struggle to retain his power. The for mal Constitution of the Government has hitherto been little more than a mere nam e ; and it has of late been in constant change and fluctuation, so that even the name can scarcely be considered as remain ing. Some of the principal taxes have ceased to be collected. A Government which forgets to collect the taxes, or dare not collect them, seldom can, or dare, perform any other of its functions.— Our capitalists might have taken a useful lesson from our Government. Mr. 'Canning, while he has acknowledged other States of South America, has not made any formal recognition of Chile.— Why ? Because it did not seem to him, a year and a half ago, to have such a permanent system of po litical order established in it, as would enable it to enter into political relations with other States.— Did he not judge wisely ? The merit of his policy, in recognising some of the new States of South America, is generally admitted; but we doubt whe ther the wisdom with which, while he recognised some, he abstained from recognising others, has been sufficiently appreciated. It would have been easy to have recognised, without distinction, all the countries of South America which had assumed the attitude and style of independent States; and that is what a vulgar, liberal, politician would have done. Mr. Canning 's liberality, however, is not the libe rality of vague speculation and theory : it is, a li berality which watches existing circumstances, and accommodates the career of the State to those cir- cumstances; it will not allow old rules to be a pe remptory guide in new circumstances; but neither does it deem the conclusions of those hypothetical systems, which form the easy learning of the pre sent day, to be a safe rule of conduct. This libe rality consists in applying a keen and enlightened sagacitY to the circumstances with which he has to' deal, and in pursuing the course of action which seems the most adapted to those circumstances.— It is in this way that he has proceeded towards South America, deserving much praise for what he has done, and deserving not less praise for what he has not done.—lbid. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 27. COOK V. SHE EARL OF SCARSDALE. This was an action brought by Mr. William Cook, executor and son of the late Mr. John Cook, against the Earl of Scarsdale. Mr.MARRYATT said, that the facts of the case were these :—So long ago as the year 1784, Mr. John Cook obtained a judgment against the Earl of Scarsdale for 1,0G31. ls., and 60s. costs. Up to the month of April in that year, the Earl of Scars dale had a seat in Parliament. Parliament having been dissolved in that month, and he not being re elected, found it necessary to go abroad, where he remained for 20 years. The Learned Counsel was here interrupted by a proposition from the other side, the result of which was, that a verdict of 6001. for the plaintiff was given by consent. IMPERIAL DISTILLERY COMPANY. BIRD V. ASTON AND °VIERS. This was an action to recover the sum of 4,1321. for goods furnished to the Imperial Distillery Com pany. Mr. SCARLETT (with whom was Mr. CAMPBELL) said that this was an action against three gentlemen, Messrs. Aston, Plomer, and Knibbs, shareholders in the Imperial Distillery Company. The facts of the case were these :—ln 1825, a Meeting was held under, to all appearance, the best auspices, for the purpose of establishing a Joint-stock Company. It was proposed to raise 600,0001. in shares, by way of capital. The plaintiff had furnished this Com pany with iron tanks, and other goods. This pro perty was still in the possession of the Company, who, instead of coming- forward to pay their debts, or make some composition, had actually endeavoured to sell this property for which they had never paid. When the affairs of the Company had. been despe rate, Mr. Bird, the plaintiff, went ~to them to see what he could do towards, at least, .recovering the property which he had furnished,' if he could not obtain the money,fo r it. He ,was,put off from time to time, upon various pretencfs,' and, at length, they told him that their engineer was liable, and not them ; that they would pay their engineer, a Mr. Griffiths, and that Mr. Griffiths must account to the plaintiff. Upon this Mr. Bird went to Griffiths, and got from him an assignment of all his claims upon the Company. This, however, they told him, would not do: ' It was clear, from this conduct, what the intentions of the Company were : their aim was to avoid all liability. In order to effect this, they said, we will make one of our own body, one of our own partners, our engineer : he shall order goods, and when any body claims payment of us, we will say, " No, he is liable." If he can't pay, he has no remedy against us in law, but must file a bill in equity, to which each individual of the company may put in an answer, and by these means we shall gain at least 60 years before any thing like a settlement of the matter could be effected. The Jury would see, then, that there were no lawyers among them. (Here a gentleman sitting before Mr. Scarlett, made some communication to him which we could not hear.) He had just been informed that he was wrong in saying that there was no lawyer in this company; there was one lawyer, of whom it was, of course, imp o c s ibl e to speak in any but terms of the greatest respect, especially as h e was a member of the Rouse of 'Commons. The person to whom he alluded was Mr. John Wilks, the mem ber for Sudbury.--(A laugh.)—He had thus stated to the Jury the mode in which it was attempted by this Company to evade their just debts; but he trusted that by their verdict this day, it would be proved that their schemes were not successful ones, and that the nefarious stock-jobbing concerns which had of late inundated the town, would neither be countenanced nor protected. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury, who, after consulting for a few minutes, returned a verdict of 4,1321. for the plaintiff. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, APRIL 27. STAPLES AND ANOTHER. V. LOUGHRAN AND OTHERS. Mr. Sergeant BOSANQUET stated, that this was an action on two bills of exchange, amounting to gether to a sum of something more than 2,.500/., which had been accepted by an agent of the de fendants. The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for the full amount claimed. MEETISGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DI A RY.--TI.T.SDL' Commissioners, B Alliston and Smith, Lam beth Anderson, A., Union-st lO Barker, E., Somers'-town lO Bishop, J., Goswell-st 9 Calvert, S., Fore-street 9 Campbell, C., Bishopsgate- _ MAY 1.--(At the Court of 3asinghall.street.) Elliston W. and H., Lea- mington 1 Hacker, F., Canterbury I Heifer ' J., Wickham Mar ket, Suffolk Hill, R., Southwark lO Hooper, H., Bognor .... Ingle.dew, S., Wood-st. lO Inglis, J., M ar k-l an e lO Jackson, V., Royal Arcade 11 Joel, 1., Preston lO Kenworthy, J., Ironmon monger-lane lO Kerrigan, R., Hackney lO Larmuth, A, Spa-fields 2 Littel, G., Spitalfields Lupton, C., Clerkenwell M'Kinnon, T., Wapping 2 Moyes, J., Bouverie-st ll street - 10 Cardinal, J., Leicester ll Carpenter, W., Leaden- bill-street Coley, F., Broad-street lO Collings and Co., Bishops_ gate-street lO Cressw:ll, T., Cross-lane l2 .- . Dainton,'W.; Piccadilly II Day, W., Lime-street-pas- sage lO Dignarn, J., Newman-st l2 Dutton, J., Feneburch-st lO COUNTRY DIARY.—TUESDAY, MAY I. Allen, J., Oxford—Mitre, Oxford ll Anderson, R., Manchester—Star, Manchester Anthony, It., Plymouth—Royal Hotel, Plymouth 5 Boorman, R., Boughton Idallierbe, Kent—Dog and Bear, Lenham 1 Burch, J., Downham-market—Crown, King's Lynn. 7 Cooke,W., Rockfield, Monmouthshire—Shire-hall, Hereford 11 Crook, W., Benacre—Bear, Melksham II Eburne, F., Ryton—Bull's Head, Meriden l2 Edmondson, W., Outhwaite, Lancashire--Green Dragon, Kirkby Lons&de - ll Gibbins and Co. Birmingham—Royal hotel, Birmingh am 3 Harris, J., Modbury—Globe, Exeter ll Holker, W., 1 eels—Court-house I Longton and Co., Liverpool—York hotel, Liverpool 1 Morley, W., Manchester—Star, Manchester lO O'Neill, J., Liverpool—George, Liverpool Parkes, G., Dudley—George, Bewdley lO Pitt, H., Liverpool—George, Liverpool Radehill!, J., Burnley—Thorn, Burnley Rawling, 8., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds 6 Robinson, P., Cla)Tole—Hotel, Newark l2 Shaw, S., Newcastle-under-Lyme—Castle, Newcastle ll Shelley, W., Newcastle—Roebuck, Newcastle l2 Silvester, T,, Withington, Worcestershire—Golden Lion, Worcester ll timith, J,, Newcastle—Roebuck, Newcastle ll Spencer ' J., Burnley—Thorn, Burnl e y lO 1 errill, W., Cambourne--Elliott's, Devonport ll Thompson, 1., Bilston—l.ittleton Arms, Penkridge ll Tute, W., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds ...... . ............. - II Tutin, R., Birniingham—Hen, Birmingham l2 Watson and Co., Shrewsbury-Fox, Shrewsbury ll Watson, W., Lower Shuckburgh, Warwick—Craven Arms, Southern 6 Watts, %V., Oldbury—Hart, Tethury Woodley, F., Andover—Star and Garter, Andover 3 William Green, a young man about 17 years of age, who was apprentice to Mr. Laycock, of Wakefield, cooper, met with his death on Fri day last, under very unfortunate circumstances. On that day, a boy of the name of Langstaffe came into the shop in which the deceased was at work, for the purpose of collecting chips, and had some altercation with Green, in the course of which he took up a knife, used by coopers in their trade, and threw it with such violence at the deceased, that it penetrated through his clothes into the abdomen, and inflicted so severe a wound, that notwithstanding every medical, aid which could be afforded, he expired between four and five o'clock the next morning. The Coroner's Jury have found a verdict of " Man slaughter " against Langstaffe, who is only twelve years old, but the p o li ce h ave no t y e t b een a bl e to apprehend him—Leeds Intelliencer. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—The following case, we hope, will operate as a caution to all English spinsters who may be in search of a partner. Yesterday a decent-looking young woman, of the name of Diego, who 'had. been deserted by her husband a few days ago, in the sixth month after their marriage, appealed to Mr. Alderman ANSLEY for an order upon the parish where she was residing (St. Sepulchre) to afford her pecuniary relief, in stead of passing her to Ireland, which was the only mode of disposing of her claim the parish officers would listen to. She said her parents were English, and she was born England, and if she were turned adrift in Ireland, without money and without a single friend, she could expect nothing but extreme wretchedness or starvation. Worrall, the beadle, said the applicant had been brought to the office by him, to be passed t 9 her own parish, St. Luke's, where she had gained a settle ment by living two years as a hired servant ; but Mr. Payne, the clerk, having ascertained that she had since married a man who was born in Ireland, had objected to sending her to St. Luke's, considering she was removable only to Ireland, under the act' enabling Magistrates to pass, without first imprison ing them, natives of Ireland and Scotland, to their respective countries, upon their becoming chargeable to any parish in England. (The 59th of Geo. 111. c. 12.) The young woman said she would never consent to be set loose in a strange country. She would become a common beggar from door to door rather than do so. She assigned some reason why she did not now look for a place of service,, but in so low a tone as not to be audible. She said her husband, as she had heard, was born in France. His father was a Frenchman, and his mother an Irishwoman. Mr. Payne said if her husband was a foreigner, that would alter the 'case, for if he was so, and had gained no settlement, recourse must be had to the wife's settlement before marriage, which was St. Luke's. Worrall stated that he had questioned the hus band's parents, and was informed by them he was born at Tipperary. Mr. Payne said, if that was the fact, it was not in the power of the Alderman to assist her. It had been decided by the Judges (alluding to Raz v. Leeds, E. 2. Geo. IV., 4 Barn. and Ald. 498.) that an English woman, by marrying a native of Ireland or Scotland, lost all right to parochial relief, and in the event of their becoming distressed or chargeable, must be removed with the children, though born in England, to the country where the father was born, unless, indeed, they had themselves acquired a set tlement. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY dismissed the applicant, regretting that the law did not permit him to afford her any assistance. The beadle, to satisfy the young woman as to whether her husband was a foreigner or an Irish man, promised to bring his parents to this office to be sworn to the place where he was born. THE AQUES SNAKE. On returning home through a large chocolate plantation, the slave pointed out to us a snake coiled up, and apparently asleep. I told the Doctor I should like to have a shot at him, which I did with my left barrel, in which I had swan-shot, and only wounded him in the tail.— The moment I fired, he sprang up, and looked round and espied us ; on which he came directly towards us, sweeping along, his head erect, and about three feet from the ground. We all now began to be alarmed ; and the Doctor ordered us to retire a few yards behind a large tree, while he advanced to give him the contents of two more barrels, which movement was immediately exe cuted ; and when the snake was distant about ten yards, the Doctor and myself fired, and cut him nearly in two, each barrel being loaded with seven or eight small slugs. We then shouted victory, and Mr. Cade, and the rest of our party who had retreated, being , unarmed, came up to us. We examined our fallen enemy, and it proved to be a snake called the agues, from having a black cross, like an X, all along its back. This snake is considered by the Creoles one of the boldest and most venomous in South America. He measured about six feet and a half in length, and was as thick as my wrist.— Had I been aware that this had been so bold and venemous a snake, I certainly should not have disturbed his siesta. The Doctor stated that several persons in the province had lost their lives from the bite of the agues ; and that he had seen them considerably larger.— Travels through Colombia. THE MARKETS. (From the New London Price Current of Frid;iy.) SUGAR.—The demand for Muscovades has con tinued steady and considerable during the week; the average sales are about 700 !Ads each day, which, with 18,791 bags Mauritius sold in Minc ing-lane by public sale, and the very extensive quan tity brought forward at the India House, forms an important feature, showing that notwithstanding the immense quantity of Sugars forced on the Market, the prices have been fully maintained, and nearly the whole has met buyers, and at rather better prices ; we should say the Market looks uncommonly firm and healthy. The dry brown Mauritius sold .545. a .565., the better qualities 575. up to 61s. The de mand for. Muscovades has been again steady and considerable to-day ; the estimated sales are 700 hhds.—The Market closed this afternoon with a grr !eat appearance of firmness. 'cock of Museovades 1827 13,763 hhds 993 trs and brie. Stock of Muscovad,s 1825. ..... 12,215 hhds 1,102 ditto. Deliveries 1827 2,206 hhds 189 trs and brls. Deliveries 1826 2,810 hhds 171 ditto. The Refined ,Market is again nearly cleared of the low goods for export, and the prices are 6d. to Is. per cwt. higher ; the purchases of fine goods for home consumption are considerable.—Molasses are 6d. higher. The demand for refined Goods, both for export and for home consumption, continued steady and considerable up till a late hour this after noon; there was no alteration in prices. —Molasses unvaried to-day. In Foreign Sugars, the sales this week are confined to parcels damaged. COFFEE.—The public sales this week have gone off with more spirit, and at rather better prices for the British Plantation; the Foreign is unvaried ; some ordinary broken St. Domingo sold at 445. 6d. the good ordinary pale taken in at 4.55. The three public sales 263 casks, 38 bags British Plantation, 662 bags Foreign, to-day attracted some attention. Good ordinary pale St. Domingo was taken in at 445. 6d.; ordinary sold at 445.; ordinary Brazil, 455. taken in. Foreign Coffee is rather lower; Ja maica and Berbice 2s. higher than last week. COTTON.—The accounts from Liverpool and from the manufacturing districts continue favourable for Cotton, but they have produced little effect here, except that the market is more firm and the sales more considerable. The purchases for the week ending last night inclusive, consist of nearly 3,000 bags, of whi c h the great proportion consist of Boweds and Egyptian. The following are the par ticulars :-50 Bengal, sd. a .sicl.; 1,310 Surat, 4?- 3 d. a 51d.; 20 Pernambuco, 94d.; 1,500 Bowed, 6d. a 7d. in bond; 500 Egyptian, 7d. a 70. duty paid.— The public sale to-day, 389 bags Bengal, fully fair, were all taken in at 4id. a 4id. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDs.--Thero is little alteration in the Rum Market this week; some par cels of under proof Leewards are reported to be offering about 2s. 3d., or rather lower; fine Jamaica unvaried. Somt parcels of Brandy for export have sold at full prices, but generally the Market is heavy and rather lower. Geneva is unvaried. At a late hour the only sales reported to-day was a parcel of Jamaica 29 over, at 3s. 7d., and Leewards three over, at 2s. 3d.; Pale Geneva offered about 2s. 7d. INDIGO.—There are one or two parcels of the late India Sale reported to be disposed of at 6d. per lb . advance. Yesterday a large parcel taken in at the late Sale (about 200 chests) sold at a small a dvance on sale prices; one report states at 3d., the other at .sd. per lb.; we believe it was at the former. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLow.--The Tallow ket this week is rather higher, but the sales are bf no means brisk or extensive. Fine qualities se,e' scarce, and rate high in proportion to the inferior' The prices of Hemp and Flax are little v aried; nearly the whole of the 12-head Flax in this MO' ket is now disposed of, being the qualities suitable for the linen trade. The Flax from France, Sze. Ib r various other purposes, appears to go o 1 freely at good prices. Otis.—The Oil Market is heavy, but not lower , except in Seed Oils; Rope has fallen considerably TonAcco.—There are no purchases of Tobacco to report. The public sales this week were too incoir siderable for detail. TEA.—The Market retnains steady ; Bohea in half chests are scarce, so as to command Id. ad' vance; in other sorts there is but little doing. FRUIT.—The great scarcity of Red Smyrna sins seems to have attracted the attention o f the grocers, some purchases having been made a t 47s' 6d.; the quantity in the importers' hands is nor very small : there have been no arrivals lately. le Currants nothing app ears to h ave b een done this week, the demand continues good, and prices are fulV supported. In Valentia or Denia Raisins there 1s very little doing; other descriptions remain without alteration. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN (WHICH GOVERNS IMPORTATION) For the Week ended April2o, 1827, made up from the Returnt of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englan' and Wales. Wheat,.,,,,,, -565. pd. Oats -30 s. 2d. I Beans-- 465. 9 ` l ' Barley-- 395. 6d: I Rye - 395. 9d. I Pease 455. Sd' • WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—ApriI26. 80s. Od. to Ins. Od . lClover 90s. Od. to 1955. I- 4, " 38.5. Od. to 425. Od. PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—April Y 7. Kent Pockets--____ 41. 10s. 51. ss. to ti/. Sussex Ditto --- Essex Ditto -- 41. 10s. 54 Os. to 51. 15s• Farnham Ditto, Fi ne Ol. Os. 8/. Os. to 91 O s. ------- Seconds Kent —.. 3/. 16s. U. 10s. to 51. Oa* Sussex Ditto Essex PRICE OF POTATOES.—ApriI V. Yorkshire Kidneys --6/. Os. to 0/. Or, per Ton . Scotch Reds 5l. Os. to 51. ss. ditto. Oxnobles and Shaves 3l. 10s. to Si. 15s. ditto. Marsh Champions 4l. 10s. to U. Os. ditto. • PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. ' Per lb. d. ', l e i Butts 50 to 501 b.— 20 21 i Tanned Horse Hides_ 14 Ditto 60 to 861 b.— 22 23 Spanish Ditto 14 .• Dressing Hides.-- 131 15 , Per dozen. Fine Coach Hides 15 17 I Calf Skins—. 36 to 401 b. 17 94 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 15 Di tto .. Ditto 45 to 701 b. 24 to 501 b. 15 17 Ditto 70 to SOlb. 201 Ditto l 7 ` l9 I Small Seals, Greenland 18 4v RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s, d. to s. d. Per Stone. e. d. to s• 4 ' Beet Heifers& Steers 210 9 2 Ordinary . 1 10 2 ° Middlings--- 2 6 2 8 Market Cal," +ch• C-- 7 0 eat, SHI.,iP SKINS. 2s. 4d. to 3s. 4d. Lambs-. Os. Od. to O. O LL Polled 3s. rid. to 4s. 6d Downs PRICE OF TALLOW, SO Town Tallow 41s. Od. Yellow Rossi, 4os. Od. VWhite —s. Od. Soap Ditto --s. Od. Melted Oct Ditto Oct. AP, &c. per 1121b.—April 27. Yellow i6s. Mottled— u u ' 225. pd. 5." Graves Good Dreg, • PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81.13.—April 27. Price by Tallow (as stated by the fallow Melters) PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows Candles, per du. Ss. Od. to Ps. nd. I Moulds, per dozen COAL MARk 345. 3d. Garesfield 29 0 Heaton 37 0 Hebburn Main 36 0 36 6 Ord's itedhugh 3O 3 Pelaw - 32 0 Percy 30 3 Shipcote 3l 6 Tanfield Moor. 33 0 Townley 33 9 Wylam —..34--- 9 WallsEndßewicke&Co. 39 0 Ditto Bell Hobson& Co. 36 d Ditto Brown's---. 3S • 3 Ditto Carr and 34 3 Ditto Cramlington—....., 3S 6 Ships at Market, tAN—V.hi] :ET.—Aril 27. Ditto Walls H E a n d d a Newraareh 38 33 0 • t d. Ditto Hots pur 35 0 Ditto Northumberland 35 . Ditto Riddell's 37 t Ditto Russell's 37 Londonderry small 19 0 Russell's Primr ose smal l 16 . Cinders 16 0 , Cowpen 29 0 29 6 Fordel 36 Hartley 30 6 Stcne Coal Christie__ 40 0 R lN u ' l l s l e s i I E , s n il d e L t tyoon% W. E. 34 :19 g ipi sold. 29%-tharold, 9.14. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING. THE WEEK, Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. Ashbuni-- Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater .. Bridport Bristol Chesterfield --, Daventry Derby Devizes Doncaster —. Dorchester—...— Eye s. to s. 60 66 54 58 53 60 52 60 56 56 54 58 57 64 56 60 60 63 56 63 58 62 50 60 52 60 46 54 58 60 44 64 50 64 42 64 52 62 58 62 50 54 50 65 55 58 54 67 50 59 56 63 Gloucester Guildford Henley Hungerford Ipswich Leicesterw Mansfield --- Newbury w . Northampton Reading Salisbury. w Sandwich Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet Sleaford Truro Taunton Uxbridge Wakefield Wantage . Warminster .. Yeovil s. to s. 44 48 40 4'2 37 40 40 47 52 54 56 58 52 58 66 74 55 62 55 63 49 57 48 56 s. d. s. d. 60 76 89 90 Per Bushel. Buckingham.,... Shrewsbury 8. to 8. 95 46 40 45 30 33 33 40 34 26 23 28 34 32 48 35 40 40 45 31 40 25 40 30 33 26 38 26 32 32 44 93 44 r 34 30 40 41 43 33 39 30 42 34 40 28 38 30 27 28 34 se 35 38 32 36 32 3-t, 33 44 23 35 30 37 35 41 34 40 s. d. s. cl. 36 43 8 3 11.0 S. to I. 62 6 6 60 6e 53 65 60 6 6 53 o 4 40 56 54 6 1 52 . .,„, 64 &I 56 64 56 56 48 - 5 V 68 69 54 5q 59 53 54 tS4 44 4 ' 7 68 48 54 55 ov 55 53 54 60 .5S 65 40 , - 61 ) 52 59 54 56 .76 60 46 56 51 Si'„ 41 ," 60 74) 52 64 s. (1. S' ‘ l * 60 76 00 00 SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—ApriI2S. Our supply of all sorts of Grain is short to-day. This p a s to IQ expected, as those at a distance c o u ld no t ge t forward fr°'; the bad state of the roads, being blocked up with snow ; fiat, and and prices in general remain without any material alteration from market day. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Bean„!; First 67s Od 44s Od 45s Od 58s Od 5 8 s "'" Second 62s 6d 41s Od 39s Od 55s Od 5 5 s ()d Third s9s Od 36s 6cl 35s Od 50s Od 5 0 s There were 319 qrs. of Wheat in market, which sold as unde r a c t. 8 ...at 67s Od. 42 109 ...at 64s. Od. 28 ...at...... 6 ls• 6 22 60 0 2 8 Unsold, 30.—Average, 625. 7d. 2-12ths. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, 8.7 e„ Beef, per lb. O s . 6d. to os. 9d. Fresh B ut t er, lb . o s . Od. to ls 02d . Mutton 0 8 0 9 Salt Ditto—. 1 0 ° 0 6 0 9 Ditto, per cwt. 0 6 100 0 Pork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 0 7 Lamb, per qr. 5 0 6 0 OatStraw(kpl.)2o 0 ll 0 Tallow, per lb. 0 4 0 41- Wheat Ditt0...37 0 0 Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 0 Barley Ditto 0 ' Potatoes, l4lb. 0 7 0 0 Hay, per 010 011 EDINBURGH MEA: We had a middling supply of sales dull, owing to the' state of ti Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £2 14 0 Second ditto 2 12 0 Barleymeal 1 16 0 Peasemeal 1 19 0 Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt. 114 L MARKET.—A-Pril 23 ' ,f Oatmeal at this day's market, the weather, at last week's prices , Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. , First O atmea l £0 2 iv Second ditto Barleymeftl 0 2. $ Peasemeal 41.-2 d, 166.-3 d, 20s.—Pearl 2441. MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at Thornbury, Gloucestershire, hi the Rev. M. F. T. Stephens, the Rev. Alfred Ifttersoof late of Goldhanger, Essex, to Mary Susannah, third daughtet of Colonel Kelso, of Daukeith, county of theOlnatethceh2aOrltehs Clem eanttCDAlidfEtdopenr,ieyll,frs_w.. dq., oerfleHy,ana resliiictaio.if in the county of Warwick, and eldest daughte r of Sir Edmund Crado c k H ar t opp ,' Bart., of Fouroaks Hall, i" the same county. On the 26th inat., Elizabeth, relict of the late Mr' William Pettigrew, surgeon, in her 69th year. On the 26th inst., in the 9 7th year of her age, Maris, wife of Mr. H. C. Smart, Upper Belgrave-place, On Monday last, at Cheltenham , in . the 69th year et hie age, Francis Twist, Esq. Mr. Twist was Mel esteemed as an accomplished scholar, and deservedly re specte by all who knew him, as an amiable and p ious man. la early life he had studied abroad, under the celebrated CO' 56 mentator, H oo groren, by whom he was distinguished one of his most favoured pupils. He had also the advan" tage of having, with Mr. Pitt, a Pembroke ColleO' e, Cambridge, read u nder Dr. Tomline, since Bishop of W cheater. Mr. Twiss was at first intended for the Churc_' h, but having early succeeded to a considerable patrimony, !),: did not take orders. He spent a great part of his life I" theological studies, in which he acquired profound and g 0 ; rious learning. He m a r ried Miss Fanny K emble, a yon. s ister of. Mrs. Siddons, by whom he has left several 00 and daughters, the eldest of whom is Mr. Horace the present Member for W00t0n___1.322.±:......... tho PRINTVD and PUBLISMED by M. YOUNG, at Sun-OFrica, No. 112, Strand.