The Sun. — London, England, 1827-03-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ' We have taken the trouble of analysing the majority and minority on the Catholic question the other night; and if it is good for the pride of intellectual superiority to receive a lesson of humiliation, it may read one here. On one (the unsuccessful side) we find arrayed all that the House of Commons contains, most conspicuous for wisdom, elo quence, Parliamentary experience, and historical research, all the great names which will be hereafter associated with the history of our time, supported by a host of Men, shose intelligence and acuteness, extensive local knowledge and intimate connexion with Ireland, entitle their opinicnis;to the highest respect : on the other, with the exception 'of Mr. Peel and the Master of the Rolls, not one individual of talent or reputation. We do wish gentlemen would look attentii'ely at these lists—that they would consider the character and authority of those who composed the minority, and the description of opponents by whom their efforts were defeated. The Master of the Rolls held a brief for the University he repreients, which was got up by Dr. Phillpots (who married a niece of the Chancellor's) in the shape of a pert and abusive pamphlet, addressed to Mr. Canning. The Right Hon. Gentleman himself did not care a straw which way the question was decided ; and this indifference every body knows that he expressed before the debate. Lawyers, too, change their opinions with- more facility than laymen ; and it is notorious that his Honour's have not been invariably the same. Mr. Peel talks a great deal about " his conscientious .conviction,"- and " his unshackled in dependence." We respect Mr. Peel as a useful public man; but in this case, without meaning to cast any imputation on his character, we reject his authority and deny his independence. He is too deeply committed with his party to be able to act, or even think, freely upon the Catholic question.— If Mr. Peel had never adopted, or was now to abandon his pre sent line of politics, undoubtedly he would not be reduced to spin cotton for his bread ; but, destitute as he is of the extrinsic vantages of birth and connexion, he would possess none of his pre sent influence and power. The anti-Catholics regard him as their leader, as the child and champion of their cause. He might, in.• deed, be splendide mendax, and kick down the ladder on which he has climbed to fame; but this would be too great a sacrifice to expect of human patriotism ; nor do we believe (though his mind may have occasionally rsisgiven him, and we think it must) that his opinions have undergone any such change as to call for a corresponding alteration in his conduct. With regard to the other names in Ahe7same list, it is about as needless to speak of them, as it is needless to speak to them. Men like Sir J. Newport, Sir H. Par nell, and Mr. S. Rice, who are enthusiastically attached to Ireland, and intimately acquainted with her situation, bring the fruits of their experience and intelligence, for the information of Parliament ; and by the Lowthers, the Manners's, and the Somersets—admi rable representatives of English ignorance and intolerance— they are always overwhelmed. Such is the state of this ques tion, and such it will continue, as long as there shall exist a tacit convention on the part of our rulers that Ireland shall be left to her fate. On this, not the least difficult subject of legis lation, every man votes as his fancy or his interest may suggest ; and repeatedly has the welfare and tranquillity of Ireland been disregarded, that some booby may retain his seat, and the good graces of a bigotted and besotted corporation. Will Mr. Can ning allow this system to go on, by still sanctioning the wretched delusion that this is "no party question?" We really do hope that the angry state of the Treasury Bench announces le com mencement de la fin" of this pernicious and disgraceful anomaly. It must be owned, that at this critical juncture, the Opposition are acting a noble and disinterested part. Instead of availing themselves with any selfish views of the disunion of Government, they strennously support such measures (originate where they may)• as are congenial to their own liberal and enlightened policy. Mr. Canning has conquered the applause of his opponents ; let him prove himself to be superior to the vulgar attraction of office. If he feels as he ought, .for his own honour and his country's good, lie must speedily choose one of two alternatives—to dictate, or resign.— Times. The unfitness of any set of men to judge in their own case was never, perhaps, more strikingly manifested than last night, in the discussion in the House of Commons, re specting flogging. Even those who contended that flogging could not be altogether dispensed with, allowed that it ought to he had recourse to as seldom as possible. It is admitted, too, that the power to flog had been grossly abused, before the attention of the p ublic was called so repeatedly to the subject. flogging, which was formerly disgracefully common in the British army, is now of rare occurrence ; and the only rational way of accounting for the change is, to suppose that officers employed flogging when other and better means of influencing the men might have been adopted. And yet, with the knowledge of all this, Sir H. Vivian expressed his conviction, that discussions of this sort were productive of more harm than good among the men. " At one time (he observed, in illustration of his posi tion), he was appointed to the command of a regiment 1000 strong; when he first put himself at the head of it, he found it in a most disorderly state. He inquired among the sojeants as to the cause of this disorder, and he was told that the men universally believed that Sir Francis Burdett had done away with flogging in the Army." Now, cannot Sir H. Vivian see that his instance would prove too much, and therefore that the bad discipline of the regiment was the result of some other cause than than that which he here assigns. 'the discussions must have in that case led in the army generally either to an increase of flogging, or a relaxation of discipline. Now we know that the flogging has been greatly diminished, and it is not asserted that the discipline of the army is not hatter now than ever it was. Whatever, therefore, the efficacy of Sir H. Vivian's flogging might have been in a regiment in a bad state of discipline, it is clear that this bad state of discipline was not caused by the discussions in Parliament, but must have been produced by want of attention, or Want of skill, on the part of those who previously were in command. Sir H. Vivian may be a brave soldier, but he is a bad logician.—Morning Chronicle. It was very generally reported, last night, at the House of Commons, that Mr. Canning is again seriously indis posed. It is to be ,regretted, that he exposed himself so soon after his illness to the trial of an agitating discussion, to which his strength was evidently by no means equal. His sensitiveness with regard to what had fallen from the Master of the Rolls, was greater than he would probably have displayed under more irritating circumstances, had he been in the enjoyment of perfect health. The Cabinet Council which met yesterday, and which was also attended by Mr. Huskisson, was summoned by Mr. Canning. It is under stood that the Right Hon. Gentleman actually tendered his re signation, but that it was not accepted. Indeed we should think, that embroiled as the country now is, he must be a bold man who Consents to place himself in the situation of the Right Honourable Gentleman. We have forborne taking aliy notice of the rumours which have been circulated every day for some time past respect ing Ministerial changes. Nothing has yet been stated on the sub ject of the least authority.—lbid. Nothing, we suspect, is as yet known as to the ulti mate change in the Ministry, which the unavoidable se cession of Lord Liverpool is likely to produce. The best proof that nothing is really known is, the numberless guesses and assertions which are daily and hourly manu factured upon the subject. Every quidnunc has, as is usual upon such occasions, become a Calsinet-maker; and no less than eight Prime Ministers have already been named, if not appointed—viz. the Duke of Wellington, Lord Lansdown, Lord Wellesley, Lord Bathurst, Lord Sidmouth, Messrs. Canning, Peel, and Robinson—every One of these personages having, in his turn, been elevated to the head of affairs by the wiseacres, who, like the Barber, in the farce of the Upholsterer, have no better grounds for their opinion, than he had who judged of the state of affairs from the grave looks of the "great man's butler" whom he happened to shave. In the mean time, the matter is one of momentous concern to the coun try, and which cannot, therefore, too soon be set at rest. —With every proper feeling of sympathy and respect to wards Lord Liverpool, we cannot see that the necessary arrangements need wait till he is in a state to be a party to them. Were he in that state, he would, we should imagine, be the first to deprecate any delay upon such a ground. The pe riod is much too critical a one to admit of delay,• of compliment, or of etiquette. The Government without a responsible, or even a nominal head, at any time would be an evil ; but at such a crisis as the present, is rendered doubly so. We wonder, therefore, that no Member of Parliament rises in his place, and asks when the Ministerial arrangements are likely to be completed. In the good old times, when Lords and Gentlemen were not so fearful of offending the higher powers as they now appear to be, this would have been done; and we still hope that, even in these courteous and complying times, forbearance has its bounds ; and that if the arrangements are not soon announced, some questions will be asked, or motion made, which Trill elicit something as to the filture prospects of the country, from the existing members of the Administration. In the mean time, when all is agitation, it is useless to add to the chaos of rumour, of doubt, and uncer tainty, which so universally prevails ; and we can only, therefore, wait (somewhat impatiently, it is true) the developement of events, which cannot, we should think, be much longer procras t i nated. —Morning Herald. Those well informed politicians, who not only contrive to know every thing which is to happen, but every thing which never will happen, amused the town yesterday with positive intelligence of Mr. Canning's resignation, the Right Hon. Gentleman carrying with him out of the Ca binet the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Huskis son. Why Mr. Canning should have chosen this particu lar moment to withdraw himself from the elevated station he fills, not only in the Councils of the British Empire, but in the• eyes of all Europe—why he should cast from him the vlendid reward of a life of honourable ambition (for a splendid reward it must be to any man, be his ta lents or his rank what they may, to direct the policy of England, and so to exercise an influence, more or less im mediate, over the destinies of the whole civilized world) — why he should seek to stop the machine of Government, by deranging all its movements, at a moment when both the foreign and domestic exigencies of the State require its steady and uninterrupted action—why, we say, these projects should enter into the imagination of this popu lar and powerful Minister, at the present moment, are points far beyond our comprehension. Were we, indeed, as deep in Cabinet secrets, and alleged Ministerial in trigues, as some of our contemporaries, those matters, which now appear to us so inexplicable, might be at once plain and intelligible. But, in the absence of such knowledge, we pro fess ourselves utterly unable to believe that Mr. Canning has the d'sposition, or his Colleagues the power, (conceding for the sake of argument, that they have the inclination), to uns-ttle a system of Government, by giving undue influence to petty discords, which has obtained a degree of public confidence, certainly not surpassed by any Administration that ever presided over the affairs of this country. It is idle to advert to the late division upon the Catholic Question, as among the causes of the supposed schism. Mr. Canning declined office, consistently and honourably declined it, when invited to join a Ministry, which was pledged to refuse what is foolishly called Catholic Emancipation. With the same consistency, and with the same regard for individual honour, he accepted office, when the principle was recognised, that this ques tion should not be treated as a Cabinet measure, but left open and unfettered, to make its way as time and circumstances might direct. The result of Sir Francis Burdett's motion, leaves his position unchangeable—and, why, therefore, seek in that result an imaginary cause for an imaginary effect ? Assuming to ourselves neither the gift of prophecy, nor the knowledge of State secrets, we will, notwithstanding, venture to assert, that whenever the time arrives for making those definitive arrangements, which the afflicting situation of the Earl of Liverpool has rendered necessary, it will be found that the chasm to be supplied will involve no difficulties, and lead to no changes, affecting the principles which have hitherto formed the basis of the Administration.—New Times. CITY of LONDON LITERARY and SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. On Wednesday evening a numerous and highly respectable Meeting of the Friends and Members of this institution was held at Albion Hall, for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report and the Return of Officers elected to conduct it for the year ensuing. W. G. Prescot, Esq. the Banker, was called to the Chair. The Secretaries reported, that John Smith, Esq. M.P., of the firm of Smith, Payne, and Smith, had been elected President, and the following Gentlemen Vice-Presidents :—Sir Peter Laurie, James Mill, Esq. (the author of the " History of British India,") • George Ward Norman, Esq. (Bank Director), H. J. Present, Esq. Banker, W. Speir, M.D., C. Powlett Thompson, M.P., C. M. Williams, Esq., George Grote, jun., and John Abel Smith, Esq. Bankers, were chosen Treasurers ; Wm. Ellis, Esq., W. Prescot, Esq., and W. Whitmore, Esqrs., Auditors. This Re turn was warmly applauded. The SEcnnTanv read the Report of the Committee of Ma nagement, which represented that the advantages of intellectual cultivation and amusement were highly appreciated by the com mercial and professional youth of the City, who had, even under the general commercial depression of the last year, continued steady and zealous in the salutary pur.sAs -ale institu tion gave them facilities. It was anticipated that, in the course of the ensuing spring, they would be enabled, by the zeal of the friends and members of the Institution, to commence the building of a capacious Theatre for the delivery of lectures, adjoining their library and reading-rooms in Aldersgate-street. The Auditors Report stated, that there was a small balance in the hands of the Bankers, in favour of the Institution. Mr. SKADWELL in moving the reception of the report, said, those who presided over the Institution had endeavoured to avoid, as much as possible, the defects of some of the more ancient and established modes of teaching the languages, which were admira bly described by one eminent linguist, whose words (which he should quote to them) were stamped with the high authority of one of the most learned bodies in the kingdom. In page 1 74. of " The Etymological Dictionary," by the Rev. Walter White, which was published at the expence of the University of Cam bridge, and it was to be presumed, therefore, its contenteaccorded with the opinions of the chiefs of that body, they might read the following declaration :—" It should seem to be as if in the pro cess of learning Greek and Latin we bad endeavoured to solve one of the most difficult problems which has ever been proposed in the doctrine of maximums and minimums ; the acquisition of the least possible knowledge with the greatest possible labour.— (Laughter.)—There are few of us, I imagine, who are not able to testify from their own experience, that no problem has ever been more felicitously solved in theory or more efficiently produced into practice ; wherever we turn our eyes, the effects of this process are always visible and always the same." Now to the commercial youth of this metropolis—to those who by their industry might be expected to become its future merchants and traders, time was as money, and they could not afford to throw it away for those things which in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, were never of any real use to those who had spent the most valuable part of their lives in their acquisition. The problem therefore to be solved in this and other similar Institutions, was the acquisition of the greatest possible useful knowledge by the least possible labour or expenditure of time or money.—(Applause.)—He concluded, by urging them to make individual exertions, not less for the sake of the example, than for their own advantage.—(Applause.) Mr. J. W. GILBERT urged the members, who had gained more knowledge than others in any department, to communicate it to them by means of lectures. One of the Members observed, that lie had paid great attention to modern improvements, particularly to those new modes of ob taining knowledge ; but one improvement in their reading-room had particularly struck him. He had seen a gentleman there with the Times in his hand, and the Chronicle safe under his elbow. --(Laughter.)—He had seen the same person sitting on the Globe, holding the Sun under one arm, with the other ap plied to secure the Courier, which he was reading. He won dered where he would find room to secure a fourth.—(Loud laughter.)—He hoped, that from motives of compassion to others, this practice would be abstained from.—The Report was agreed to. Thanks were voted to the gratuitous lecturers and other donors. _ _ _ A warm discussion took place as to the eligibility of placing gratuitous lecturers under the same advantages as those who sent donations. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting sepa rated. AMERICAN NAMES.—In an Insurance Office ad vertisement, published in a late number of the New York En quirer (now lying before us) we find among the Directors the name of Andrew Muzzlemug Arcularius Peter Sharpe. What a name for a waltzer at Almack's ! What a refreshing cognomen for a young lady (should this gentlfmaen be ever lucky enough to obtain a wife) who will he content to be called such names as Mrs. Muzzlemug Arcularius Sharpe ! We recommend these baptismal appellations to the consideration of sentimental novelists .—Lady Morgan to wit. A DIABOLICAL TRICK.—On Friday evening, a teacher of dancing held a practising in his rooms, at which there were about 25 couples pre sent . A mong o thers there were two students of medicine, who contrived (during the dancing of the Scotch quadrilles,) to infuse into a jug of toddy a dose of tartar emetic, sufficient to produce the most vi o l en t e ffects upon all the company. Suspicion fell upon the toddy, which was immediately sent to an apothecary for the purpose of being analysed ; and some idea may be formed of the consternation produced upon all who had partaken of it, when it was announced that it contained poison. Its effects were now alarming upwards of twenty vo miting at once, and some of the ladies lying apparently dead. The young men were taken to the Police Office ; but, we regret to say, the evidence was not thought sufficient to warrant their commitment. --Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. MEETINGS OP CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIARY.—FRIDAY, Mallen 11. Bancks, NV., King Swinford—George, Bewdley ll Barter, W., Selwood—Rotton and Co., Frome Selwood ll Burchell, W., Ensharn—Staple Hall, Witney Cox, W., Burton-on-Trent—Crown, Burton lO Giblett, R. F r ome Selwood—George, Frome Selwood l2 Gorle, J., Hales Owen—Royal Hotel, Birmingham ll Hall, C., Andover—White Hart, Andover ll Heyward, T., Totness—Somerset Anns, Bridgetown ll Hobson, J., Sheffield—Tontine, Sheffield l2 Hodges, B. Bristol—Rummer tavern, Bristol Hodgson, W., Pickering—Black Swan, Pickering Jackson, J., Sowerby—Mitre inn, Appleby 2 Jordan, W., Leeds—Court-house, L ee d s ll Lathbury, J., Burton-on-Trent—Crown, Burton Moon, J., Manchester—Star, Manchester Morgan, J., Bottisham—Bird Bolt inn, Cambridge 6 Musgrave and Co., Wincanton—White Horse, Wincanton ll Parkinson, J., Bolingbroke—White Hart, Spilsby ll Potter, R., East Teignmouth—Half-moon, Exeter l2 Robinson, R., Hill Top—Sun, Bradford l2 Schorfield, J., Southowram, Halifax—Swan H u dd ers fi e ld Tootal and Co., Wakefield—Sessions-house, Wakefield ll Underwood, NV., Nailsworth—George, Stroud ll Warren, D., Wellington—White Hart, Wellington ll Waite, R., Spilsby—White Horse, Spllsby ll Walker, G., Leeds—Court-house, Leeds ll Williams, H., Cirencester—King's Head, Cirencester 5 INSOLVENTS APPLYIN COUNTRY.--At the Court-housi Remick, C., Manchester Brookes, J., Salford Clegg, I, Manchester Eden, S., Wrightington Fairclough, P., Manchester Goddard, Ashton Howarth, V., Smethurst Jones, R., Liverpool Leicester, T., Manchester Maitland, D., Topoth Pike Same place, March 1 Alston, W., Ribchester Ashworth, E., Rossendale Atkinson, R., Newton Bennett, S., Manchester Calderbank, J., Manchester Cartwright, W., Bolton Eccles, J., Bolton Eccles, W., Manchester Grayston, R. Wigan Green, H., Four-lane-ends 'G TO BE DISCHARGED, e, Lancaster, March 16, at Twelve. March, R., Manchester Moore, J., Bentham Nightingale, J., Manchester Percival, R., Manchester Pickels, W., Colne Bothwell, J. Bury Rowlinson, J., Wigan Wells, J. Liverpool Wignall, J., Preston Worthington, W., Manchester [7, at Half-past Nine. Greenhalgh, J. Bolton Hickox, S., Wigan Hyde, C., Hollingwood Kirk, R., Rochdale Milnes, 8., Butterworth Naylor, R., Kitson Wood Turner, T., Manchester Unsworth, J., Pilkington Webster, M., Knotty Ash Whitehead, J., r-ulsworth LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metrodolis is 93641, for the .11b. Loaf. There are others who sell from %d. to 2%d. below that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—March 12. New English Red ek;‘ , eigeeT(peiEy7i).....--- ------ 728. 745. fine 755. 82s. Old Ditto Ditto 328. 444. fine 50s. 638. New Foreign Ditt0................---- _ „ Old Ditto Ditta . ._ 2BB 40s. fine 428. 458. New White Clover s2s. 565. fine 655. 958. Old Ditto 30s. 439. fine 468. 50s. New Trefoil - .. - 2Bs 355. fine 365. 50s. . Old Ditto-----.............-.... 7s. 223. fine 10s. 265. Rib Grass - _ _ .....-. 245. 28s. fine 325. 355. English Carraway Seed -s. 375. 395. fine -s. Foreign Ditto -------........... . •••••••6. 30G. 32.. fine ...6. Coriander .........-.**---.--- -a. 28s. 30s. sew Ws. 40s. St. Foin ---...(per Quarter) . -s. -s. -3-. fine -s. Rye Grass . 255. 308. new 365. 40s. . _ Pacey Ditto ................. . 36s. 425. new 40s. 455. Linseed, for feeding .... - ............. -s. 38s. 40s. fine 455. Ditto, for crushing.... --s. at& 38s. fine 395. Canary Seed, New..96s. 100 s. fine 1108. --5.....01d --s. --s. -s. line-s. White Mestard Seed ................(per Bushel)--......... -s. 12s. 14s. fine -s. Brown Ditto . ....- . -4. 16s. 20s. fine 225. Turnip Seeds, Rounds _._ _ -s. 368. 425. fine -e . Green and Red Ditt0..........................-.---.... -.6. 444. 465. tine -8. Tares, 01d............73. Od. 85. 6d. fine Os. 0d....-New -a. Os. fine 12s. 13t. Rare Seed, English, fine (per Last) 201. to 231..,... Foreign 201. to 221. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 321. Os. Refined 6 Linseed Oil 25 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand l5 0 Rape Cake, per ton --- 6 6 WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—March 10. 755. Od. to 115 s. Od. Straw 325. Od. to 965. Od. Clover 80s. Od. to 1358. Od. I PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)-March 12. Pockets. Bags. Kent 41. 10s. 5/. ss. to 6/. Os. Kent Si. 16s. 41. 10s. to 51. Os. Sussex 41. 6s. 41. 123. to 51. Os. Sussex 31. 10s. 41. Os. to 41. 10s. Essex- 4/. 10s. 5/. Os. to 5/. 15s. Essex 3/. 12s. 41. 4s. to 41. 153. Farnham, fine (Pockets) 51. Os, to 91. Os.-Seconds. 71. Os. to 81. Os. PRICE OF POTATOES.—March It Yorkshire Kidneys Scotch Reds 5l. 10s. to 6/. Os. ditto. Oxnobles and Shaws 3l. 15.1. to 4/. Os. ditto. Marsh Champions 4/. 10s. to 5/. Os. ditto. PRICES OF d. d. 20 to 21 22 to 23 131 to 15 15 to 17 14 to 151 to 17 It 7 1 Per lb. 8utt5,«,..50 to Ditto—,-....60 to 661 b.„.... Dressing Hides Fine Cciach Hides - Crop Hides, 35 t0:401b..„,. Ditto 45 to 501 b.... LEATHER. Per lb. d. d. Tanned Horse Hide 5........ 13 to 16 Spanish Ditto l4 to 20 . Per dozen. Calf Skins,. 36 to 401 b. 16 to 24 Ditto w0w.... 50 to 701 b. 23 to 27 Ditto .. '7O to 801 b. 21 to 23 sonon se . 7l77uremuna is to eo . • R.31116.W Stone. • Per Stone. B. d. s. d. a. Best Heifers and Steers 210 to 3 2 Ordinary - 110 to 0 0 Middlings 2 4 to 2 6 Market Calf 7 0 shell. SHEEP SKINS. Downs2s. 6d. to 22.6 d. Od. to 08.0 d. I Polled-o:4s. Od. to ss. 6d COAL MARKET.—March 12. s.d. s.d. s.d. Adairs 35 3 Wylam 34 3 Lambton small—.. 20 0 Charlotte 35 3 WallsEndßellßob- Russell's Primrose Eighton Main 33 0 son and C 0..- 37 0 small- - 13 0 Eighton Moor Felling Main 30 OW. E. Brown's 35 9 Cinders 20 0 Heaton 37 9 W E. Burraton —37 6 Hartley 33 6 Heworth Primrose 35 0 W. E. Hilda 35 0 Eden 33 0 Holywell 34 0 W. E. Newmarch 38 9 Fawcett Main at 0 37 6 W. E. Northumb. 36 3 Lambton Primrose 35 0 Pelaw 33 9 W. E. Peareth......... 36 0 Nesham Main 95 0 Percy East 33 0 W, E. Riddell's— 38 9 Walls End Hetton 41 6 Pontop Windsor 33 0 Tanfield Trader.— 34 9W. E. Lambton 41 3 Tanfield Moor 35 0 Londonderry small 21 0 W.E.Londonderry 41 6 Townley 34 9 Barrington Trader 32 0 W. E. Eyons 37 9 Ships at Market, 1314—Ships so ld , 57 ~._.Unsold, 74. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE.FRIDAY, March 9. From To 946 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 31 0 3 , 7 0 33 s 110 Bere 194 Barley 16 stone 10 0 20 0 19 2% 986 Oats 25,214 Cwt. 188 Oatmeal 11 stone 16 0 22 0 11 9 Sold to Bakers only. 22,140 Cwt. Flour , 16 0 26 0 18 2 Average price of Wheat and Flour 465. Bd. per sack. Firsts, from 265. Od. to 00s. 04. Sales of Do. 25,214 Receipts of Flour, 14,1241 Seconds, from ]6s. Od. to 22 5. Od. Thirds, from 10s. Od. to 14s. Od. PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf, 41b. soz. ...........2%d. I Half-quartet Loaf, 21k. 20z....,4%d SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans Aberdeen 26 30 Berwick— 38 41 24 27 Coldstream 38 40 27 28 Cupar 26 29 25 24 Dumfries 7 3 7 6 4 9 5 0 Dundee 28 30 26 28 Falkirk 27 29 31 33 Kelso 39 41 27 29 Kirkaldy— 26 30 28 29 Perth 27 29 26 29 At Dumfries the price is giver are per 8011, except Oatmeal, w 96 30 25 30 25 28 40 49 25 30 24 30 27 29 29 30 25 28 n per Bust 'hick is pe: 24 2.5 29 31 37 40 46 52 38 -- 37 40 [Oatmeal 4$ $1 52 56 - 30 21, 25 29 31 26 27j25 27 Lel. The other pr..tqi above r Sack of 21301b9. The Louisville and Portland canal, round the falls of Ohio, is rapidly advancing, and with every prospect of success. It commences near the lower part of Louisville, and is to extend within 73 feet of two miles. It is to be 50 feet wide at the bot tom, 197 feet at the top, and 42 feet deep from the summit of the banks, with the sides paved with stones. It will terminate with three combined locks, of 9 feet lift each, 190 feet long by 50 wide in the clear, calculated for steam-boats of the largest size. Two wet and two dry locks are to be constructed by the side of the canal, of hammered free stone laid in water cement, the lime for which, is found on the spot. The whole work is to cost from 420 to 450,000 dole. ; and is considered equal to 30 or 40 miles on the easiest sections of the New-York and Ohio canals. It is be lieved that the work will be completed in November, 1627 ; and that it will furnish a water power capable of working 60 pair of seven feet mill-stones.—National Intelligences. MURDER.—On Friday the 23d ult., a man named James McMi c h ae l, a mason at Stewartscrofs, Ayrshi re , was bar barously murdered in the following manner :—He, with a party of curlers, among whom was James Thomson, a labourer and miner at Keirhill, was returning from Shankstone Loch, near the village of Patna, in Ayrshire, and the party having drunk freely during the play, a tailor named Hose became intoxicated, and quarrelled with M'Michael on their way homewards. Thomson interfered as pacificator, but immediately afterwards quarrelled himself with M'Michael, when blows were exchanged between them, and during the scuffle, Thomson pulled a large folding knife from his trowsers pocket, and stabbed M'Michael in the groin. M'Michael walked a few paces afterwards, when he fell, exclaiming, " I'm a gone man !" Upon which, the party collected round him, charging Thompson with having used a knife, which he denied, and in the confusion that now ensued, the murderer effected his escape. M'Michael was carried home on a door, and a surgeon was immediately sent for, who, on examination, found three different wounds on M'Afichael's person, of which he expired at one o'clock next morning. 11,I'Michael has left a wife and several children. In his dying moments he constantly averred that Thomson was his murderer. A reward has been offered for the fugitive's apprehension, but he has yet escaped the vigilance of ustice. LENT ASSIZES. LANCASTER, MARcx 10. This afternoon Mr. Baron Flur.Locx arrived from Penrith, and Mr. Justice Bayley from Newcastle. Thew are nearly 100 prisoners for trial. The number of ye fires entered for trial is also great, and such is the extent of busi ness, that the Assizes are expected to last above a fortnight, and indeed their Lordships must make great dispatch to get through the business in that time. There are two causes in the list which, from the extraordinary circumstances connected with them, have excited very general and uncommon interest, namely—the prose cution of the King by Edward Turner, Esq., against Edward Gibbon Wakefield, for a fraudulent abduction, and the King against Wm. Wakefield and others, for conspiracy, arising out of the first charge. The same anxiety and bustle which were manifested at the last Summer Assizes, upon this business, appear still to pre vail.. The agents of both sides have been most actively employed here for the last week, in procuring accommodation for their wit nesses, and, as might be expected, the value of every thing, par ticularly lodgings, has been considerably enhanced. The trial of Wakefield will continue, it is said, two days.—lt is believed that the minor points, touching the admissibility of Miss Turner's evidence, will soon be disposed of, because the de fendant cannot, after he has pleaded, avoid trial, the more par ticularly when the charge is of this nature, which can only be proved by the evidence of the young lady herself. Mr. Turner's familyhave engaged a house for the Assizes at the foot of the Castle-hill, and the Wakefields will be at their old quarters near the Assembly Rooms. The trial will take place at Nisi Prius ; all the defendants must be in Court. There is no knowing when the trial will come on, but it is conjectured, that it will commence the beginning of next week. A Counsel has not yet been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Sir John Copley to the Mastership of the Rolls' Court. He was retained on the last occasion by Mr. Turner. AYLESBURY, MARCH 10. Joshua Bowler and John Bowler were charged with having, on the night, or early on the morning of the 15th of January last, maliciously set fire to a hay-rick, the property of Thomas Grace, a farmer, in the parish of Prince's Risborough. The Jury, after having consulted for some time without being able to agree, retired from the box, and in about half an hour re turned into Court with a verdict, finding Joshua Bowler guilty, and John Bowler not guilty. The Learned JUDGE, in addressing the convict, told him, that notwithstanding the heinous crime of which be had been con victed, there was a circumstance in the case which would enable him to represent his situation to his Majesty with some hopes of his Royal clemency; that circumstance was, that the bay-rick to which he had set fire, was remote from any habitation, and there fore no other property, nor any human lives, were put to hazard ; but if it had been in a situation where a more extensive conflagra tion might have been the probable consequence, or if a single life had been endangered, he would have felt it his painful duty not only to pass immediate sentence of death, but to leave him for execution. At present the sentence would be recorded, and if his life should be spared, he must be prepared to leave his native country for ever. COLZ V. PHILBEY. This was an action brought to recover the amount of a bill for the education of the defendant's son. Mr. S. TAYLOR opened the case. Mr. BLIGH addressed the jury for the plaintiff, who was a re spectable schoolmaster in the town of Aylesbury. The defendant was a vender of carriages, living at Uxbridge. The defendant had given notice of set-off. He should prove by a number of wit nesses that this set-off ought to be only 221., although the defend ant had very ingeniously augmented this charge for building a gig, from 221. to 301., when he heard that the plaintiff was about to bring this action. Anne Cole, daughter of the plaintiff, remembered a conversa tion about the terms between her father and defendant. Her father said, that as the boy was not quite 11 years of age, he should charge only 24 guineas a-year, exclusive of washing, which was 10s. 6d. a-quarter. Was present when her father agreed to have a gig made by defendant, like One he had seen at Uxbridge, for eighteen guineas, but it was not such a one as her father wished, and Mr. Philbey agreed to make one according to her father's direction, for 221. It was not made quite according to stipulation ; there was some omission. There was to have been an apron, and a lining also for the back, which defendant said would be Si. in addition. Mary Cole was present at the conversation about the gig. An apron and a lining were to be added, and the price was to be 22/. ; the lining was not added. Mr. STORKS addressed the jury for me defendant. •004--fnrm..t ttuit im 'amnia impute eitytisin g bk perjury to the young ladies who had been examined, but he thought the one who said she had the retentive memory, with the vanity belonging to the female sex, had paid herself too high a compliment. He said this, because he had an account in the plaintiff's own hand writing, in which he charged not 24/., but 26 guineas for the schooling, which proved that there was no contract at all made, and that the plaintiff originally meant to have charged the full 26 guineas a-year. He should prove that the gig was extraordina rily cheap at the price of 30/. Charles Selby, coachmaker, at Amersham, had seen the plan of the gig; such a one was worth 30 guineas. He had never seen the gig itself. Joseph Lovell, coachmaker, at Uxbridge, would charge 80 guineas for a gig on the plan exhibited. Mr. Justice GASELEE summed up.—Verdict for plaintiff— Damages Si. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—WoRCILSTER. The Jadges, Barons Garrow and Vaughan, arrived in this city from Oxford, at six o'clock on Saturday evening. They were met about two miles from the city by the High Sheriff, George Farley, Esq., and a most numerous cavalcade of the gentlemen of the county. They immediately went to the Town-hall, and opened the several commissions for the county and the pity. It is under stood that Mr. Baron Garrow will sit on the Crown aide, as he did at Oxford, and that Mr. Baron Vaughan will preside at Nisi Prius. We regret to state that the calendar is very heavy. On Sunday morning their Lordships attended Divine Service at the Cathedral, when the Assize sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. TrynnQ. The city is very full, and every thing seems in a bustle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Yesterday a Jew, named Nathan Cohen, was charged with dealing in the sale of base coin.—He Was re manded for a week. THAMES POLICE. —A very gentlemanly young man, most fashionably dressed, the Mate of the Indiaman, the Nimrod, was brought before the Sitting Magistrate, W. BRODERIP, Egg-) charged with cruel treatment towards a part of his crew, who were Lascars and natives of Penang, in the East Indies. They appeared in the Office with large turbans ; and on Mr. Broderip inquiring which of them could speak English, a Lascar, named Somnabulo, said he could. A difficuity now appeared, as upon what test his evidence could be taken. He was asked what reli gion he was of? He replied, he was a Mahometau, and N they had the Koran, he could be sworn by it. The Koran was ac cordingly given him, and he was desired to swe.e by it after the manner of his country, which he did, by holding it open in his hands, and kissing it in each of the four corners, and three times in the middle, and afterwards placing it on his forehead. Mr. BRonaRIP then examined him as to the nature of the oath which he had taken, and asked him, if he s hould tell a lie, what would happen to him ? Somnabulo replied, that he would go to a place where he would be punished more than he was here, and which place was called " The Devil's Glen;" but, at the same time, observing, that, while he held the Koran in his hand, it was im possible he could tell a lie. Th i s point being adjusted, he was permitted, on the part of himself and his comrades, to make his statement. He then said, that they had all been shipped at Pe nang, of which place they were natives, and , during the voyage companion,ockedo u, one of whi c h h e had Monagulo, w h o was th en p resen t, had t home, they had been trea ted most cruel ly , frequently beaten with a rope's t w o end; o f his and teethk his swallow ed, and the other could now be produced. The acts of recent cruelty occurred on the voyage from Liverpool here. Mr. Baonsati, asked Mr. Eilbank whit he had to say in his defence? Mr. Eilbank solemnly declared that the charge of cruelty was quite destitute of truth. Mr. BRODERIP asked to see Monagulo's tooth. Mona„eulo instantly produced his tooth, and at the same time keeping his eyes fixed upon the Magistrate ; his countenance be trayed an expression which showed there was something more in t h e case than really appeared. Mr. BRODERIP recommended the Mate to make a compensa tion for the assault which they complained of. The Captain of the Nimrod said, that a passage had been already taken for them on board a vessel, which was to sail on Friday, and every necessary provided for them, The decision of the Magistrate having been explained, they ex pressed themselves satisfied, and all the parties left the Office. It is a curious fact, that whenever a Lascar in this country complains of an assault, he always produces a tooth, which be asserts has been knocked out. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ANSON HUNT RACES. To be run over Lichfield Course, on Tueeday and. Wednesday, the 20th and 21st of March, 1827. _ _ _ The Trial Stakes of 10 sous. each, forallaies. Newmarket Craven Stakes weights. The last mile. SUBSCRIBERS. Lord Gray Sir W. Wynne I Mr. Yates IC. Tongue T. W. Giffard I Mr. Beardsworth. The Bosworth Stakes of 25 soya. each ; h. ft. Gentlemen riders. Two miles. Sixteen Subscribers. et. lb. Mr. Grosvenor's Thompson, aged Mr. R. M. Biddulph's Coral, 4 yrs .. . 10 9 Mr. J. S. Barry's Oddity, 6 yrs .. Col. Yates's The Counsellor, 5 yrs Mr. Payne's Gossoon, aged Mr.. D. Faulkner's gr. c. by Y. Grimaldi, 4 yrs. Mr. Richards's Habberley, aged Mr. R. Milward's brother to Hexgrave, 5 yrs. Mr. J. Maher's Takla, 5 yrs. A Match for 100 sous. each, h. ft. One mile. Mr. Giffard's Pantaloon Mr. Mytton's Mexican The Paulowitz Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 50 added by Edmund Peel, Esq. for the produce of mares covered by Paulowita in 1822. Heats, one mile and a half. Age st. lb. Mi. Robinson's Miss Jarman 3 8 4 Mr. Lagar's b. g. own brother to Betsy 3 8 '7 SECOND DAY.—The Farmer's Plate of 50 sovs. and 10 to the second horse. To be ridden by Farmers, &c. Two mile heats. No day fixed. at. lb. Mr. W. Burton's Cherry Ripe, 3 yrs lO 1 Mr. W. Lucas's Osbaston, 4 yrs ll '7 Mr. Kempson's Julia, 3 yrs Mr. Purden's Peggy, aged Mr. J. Webb's Cashier, .5 yrs l2 '7 Mr. Dabb's Bellona, 3 yrs Mr. J. Sand's ch. g. by Soothsayer, 4 yrs ll I Mr. Wilkin's Jerry, 3 yrs lO '7 Mr. Robinson's Miss Jarman, S yrs lO '7 Mr. Deakin's Jezebel, 4 yrs ll '7 Mr. Lagar's bl. g. own brother to Betsy, 3 yrs ' 10 Mr._ W. Sudbury's Miss Lees, 5 yrs l2 1 Moses, 4 yrs ... ll Mr. J. Robinson's b. g. by Equator, aged • V• 6• Mr. Pallett's Linnet, 4 yrs Mr. Glover's Sir John, 4 yrs Mr. W. Hill's eh. c. by Tagus, 3 yrs lO '7 The Witherley Stakes of 15 save. each did not fill. The Atherstone Stakes of 5 soya. each, for horses not thorough bred. Two-mile heats. Ten Subscribers. st. lb. Mr. Applewhaite's Nicolo l3 0 Major Spooner's Challenger is BIRTHS. At Constantinople, on the 19th of January, the lady of the Rev. H. D. Leeves, of a daughter. On the 11th inst. in Great James-street, Bedford-row, the lady of George Hume, Esq. of a son. On the 11th inst. in York-terrace, Regent's-park, the lady of C. H. Barber, Esq. of a son. On the 10th inst. in Guildford-street, Mrs. Alexander Wallace, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the Ist of March, at St. Gilee's Church, Northampton, the Rev. C. Lee, second son of the Rev. T. T. Lee, of Thorne, in Oxfordshire, to Harriette, eldest daughter of W. Brown, Esq. of that town. DIED. On Monday, the sth inst. at Eastsvell, Leicestershire, Patty, the widow of the late Rev. J. Faithful', Vicar of Warfield, Berke. On Saturday, the 10th March, at his house in Manchester square, Richard Bateman Robson, Esq. On the 11th inst. in childbed, Mary Ann, wife of Mr. Grieve, of New Bond-street, and eldest daughter of the late Mr. Knebel, of Maida-hill. MADRAS.-BIRTHS. At the Presidency, on the Bth Sept., the Lady of E. Gordon, of Myrtle-grove, Esq. of a daughter. At Pondicherry, on the 26th Aug., the Lady of I. Benjamin, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. At St. George's Church, the 9th Sept., by the Rev. W- Roy, Senior. Chaplaiv, Lieut.-Col. T. H. Smith, commanding Ida Tk.a+- Ts:- I. to Fraiteea Ann, vounema a.ughter of the late H. Atkins, Esq., of the Aird, Inverness-shire. At Bangalore, on the 17th Aug., by the Rev. R. A. Denton, Lieut. and Quartermaster F. Chalmers, 22d Regt. N. 1., to Miss M. Smith. tAarys Sophia, daughte r of the H. . f C c 0 . .Al vf ad . ras stee Mi litary On the SI st Aug., at St. George's Church, by the Rev. W. ito SEenstioabrliCshhmapelnatin, E o . Hughes, i , Esq. of the Bengal Civil Service. lita y, ry By Special License, at St. Mary's Church, on the 6th Sept. by the Rev. T. Lewis, M.A., Mr. J. P. Bartels, of the Hon. the Governor's Band, to Miss E. Bible. Lately, at the Presidency, in St. Mary's Church, by the Rev. T. Lewis, Mr. C. S. Greenleafe, of the Ordnance Department, to Miss Stewart. At Secunderebad, on the 4th May, Mr. B. Pewfarm, to Miss Virginia De Souza. DIED. On the 11th July, 1826, on board the William Money, Lieut. C. P. Moor, 43d Regt. N. much regretted. At the Presidency Cantonment, on the Slat Aug., Ensign J. G, Brew, 36th Regt. N. 1., aged 24. On the 29th Aug., of a long and painful illness, which he bore with exemplary fortitude and Christian patience, Mr. John De Silva, aged 22. _ _ At St. Thomas's Mount, on the 10th Sept., Mr. R. Archbold, Troop Quarter-Master of the Ist Brigade Horse Artillery, aged 36 years ; leaving a disconsolate widow and four email children to deplore his irreparable loss. On the 11th Sept., Mr. W. Dubiere, Trumpet Major of the Hon. the Governor's Body Guard. BENGAL-BIRTHS. At Coßah Factory, in :the District of Jessore, on the 3d Aug. Mrs. M. J. D'Valalares, of a daughter. At Barrackpore, on the 15th Aug. the lady of the late Alexander Falconer, Esq. of Belnaberry, of a son. At Jessore, on the 13th Aug. the lady of H. M. Pigou, Esq. Civil Service, of a daughter. At Nusserabad, in Rajpootanah, on the 2d July, the lady of Capt. A. F. Richmond, SSd Regiment N. I. of a son. , At Constantine House, Lucknow, on tne 24th July, the lady of J. M. Sinclair, Gar. Civil Engineer, of a son. At Muttra, on the 7th Aug., the lady of Capt. J. Jervis, sth Regiment, of a son. At Dinapore, on the 9th Aug., the lady of E. Phillips, Esq. surgeon, 6th Extra Regt. Native Infantry, of a son. At Allahabad, on the 9th Aug., the lady of R. M. Tilghman, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. At kiareilly, on the Sd Aug., at the house of W. Cowell, Esq. by the Rev. W. Fraser, H. Graham, Esq. of the Civil Service, to Jane Augusta, second daughter of W. Cowell, Esq. of the Civil Service. At Calcutta, on the 21st Aug., at St. John's Cathedral, 1;ly the Rev. Mr. Estes, J. Allen, Esq. of the firm of Messrs. Cumming and Co., to Jane, eldest daughter of the late R. Meaziee, Esq. of Dabreach, Perthshire. At Calcutta, on the 21st Aug. at St. John's Cathedral, by the Rev. Mr. Eales, F. Shephee, Esq. of the Bombay Medical Esta blishment, to Miss I. Allan. At Calcutta, on the 29th July, at the principal Roman Catho lic Church, by the Rev. Fre Antony de Santa Maria, Mr. J. D'Silva, to Miss L. M. Madeira. At Berhampore,7on the Bth Aug. by the Rev. H. H. Shepherd, District Chaplain, Lieut. W. M. Stewart, of the 22d Regiment of Native Infantry, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of Capt. Deb nun, of his Majesty's 18th Light Infantry. .- • DIED. At Calcutta, on the 14th Aug., Wm. H. Websterfield, Esq. aged 33 year!. .., At Howrah, - on the 14 t h A ug . M rs . J. M ac key, aged 24. At Calcutta, on the 17th A ugus t, a t hi s residence in th e A r - Menian ChUrch, the R ev . K. A rra t oon , ag ed 70 Years. The de ceased was the Vica r o f th e A rmen i an Church in this city, over which lie presided fiv e y ears . Hi s funeral was numerously an d respectably attend e d. On the 14th Aug. n e ar Kedgeree, on board th e H on. Coni pany's pilot vessel Henry Meriton, of the spasmodic c h o l era , M r . J. C. Stapleton, branch pilot, on the Bengal Marine Establish ment, and Commander of the above vessel , aged 46. At Calcutta, on the 17th Aug . after a most afflictive illness, for a period of three years and two months, and which she bore with truly pious resignation, Mrs. Mary Anne Kellner, aged SO. Printed and Published by M. YOUNG, at the gux-Ornew, No. 11V, Strand. Pease.