The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, At a late hour last night no arrangement had sprung out of the communications which have taken place between Mr. Canning and the Whigs. We believe the cause of this dilatori ness to be, the indifference of the moderate Whigi to place, and the aversion of the more ardent ones to accept of it, except upon condi tions that their favourite question shall be car ried. It has, we understand, been conceded, that the majority of the Cabinet shall be eman cipationists ; and this concession must have been effected through what may be called the media tion of Mr. Canning, the Kingteing understood to be hostile to the Catholic claims. Yet, to us, we confess, it seems an unintelligible course, to be tenacious of a principle, and to create a power by which it is thought that principle may be overthrown. Pending the treaty, however, for the formation of a Minist r y, t h e appointment to offices does not cease. The Chancellorship of Ireland has been offered to Sir John Leach, and the Mastership of the Rolls to Mr. Plunkett. The Irishman has been less averse to come to England, than. the Englishman to go to Ireland. Mr. Plunkett has accepted the offer of being Master of the Rolls ; and Sir John Leach has refused the Chancellorship of Ireland.' The vacated offices, therefore, filled up when this article goes to press, are, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellorship, the Mastership of the Rolls, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Master-General of the Ordnance. It is not improbable, before the morn ing breaks, that we may be able to communicate the issue of the deliberation of the Whigs, on the pro priety of joining Mr. Canning officially, as they have for some time leaned to his policy in their individual character; and may probably, in that character, con tinue to support his measures, though they do not accede to his Administration.—Times. We have reason to believe, that at last night's meeting, alluded to in the preceding paragraph, the feeling of the propriety of some concession on the part of the Whigs 'was so strongly and generally pro nounced, as to make it not improbable that the ne gotiation, which was considered as virtually broken off, will be renewed this day.--Ibid. On many former occasions we have felt it our duty to expose the insufferable abuses and griev ances by which the co l on i sts o f t h e C ape o f Good Hope had been afflicted, under a Govern ment as disgraceful to England as it was ruinous to her African dependency.. Never did there exist any thing like the system which was there carried on under the name of the King of Eng land, and, we are compelled to add, protected and defended by his Colonial Minister. The people saw nothing in the law by which they were ostensibly governed but a cloak for the ty ranny which that law was (ostensibly also) estab lished to restrain ; and, in the person of their ruler, they recognised only a graceless offshoot from a privileged stock, who long have enjoyed an unlimited' power in this country, of first ap pointing administrators of all the national inte rests, arid next affording them, for maladminis tration, the most complete impunity. The change which has lately occurred in the office of Colonial Secretary of State may furnish some tolerable guarantee, for the future, against the return to Southern Africa, as its ruler, of a noble Lord, whose mission thither could not have been sanctioned by any Minister who felt the least solicitude for the public welfare, or for his own fame. We have now before us a publica-' tioti which goes as far towards proving the unfit ness of Lord Bathurst for the office of Colonial Secretary, as_it does in common with former evi- dente, towards branding the name of on e o f hi s E x - Colonial Governors, with obloquy, which, if the book be honest, can never perish or decay. There is, we are afraid, in the declared author of this pamphlet, a security not less absolute than de plorable, for the truth of every word contained in it. Sir Rufane Donkin was Lieutenant-Go; vernor of the colony, and under him, for two years, the inhabitants had expressed themselves contented. This Sir Rufane Donkin is the au thor of the work, a short one, indeed, of some 150 pages; but full of matter even to overflow ing : the form of the pamphlet is a Letter to Earl. Bathurst, and its substance is a narrative of many of the proceedings ascribed to one Lord Charles proceedings ascribed to one Lord Charles So'nerset, of certain others likewise. for which it appears that Lord Bathurst himself is morally, bBsides being constitu tionally, responsible. Sir Rufane Donkin received the warm thanks of his Majesty, through the Colonial Secretary of State, for his administration of the Go vernment ; and for a statement, in our opinion, the most curious that we have read during twenty years, connected with that very letter, which seems, through some extraordinary jockeyship, to have been kept from the official knowledge of the person addressed in it, from 1821 to 1826, we refer to the pamphlet itself: but the transactions touched upon in the " Letter" of Sir Rufane Donkin are so mul tifarious and important, that we shall not impair their interest by any partial quotations from them. We recommend to every man capable of the leastpolitical excitement to procure the Tamphlet, 'and read it studiously, that he may learn thence.to cherish those high preferences for a glittering Aristocracy through the predominance of which, in Great Britain, if it continues, a daily subject will perhaps be prepared, during the next half century, for a pamphlet in most points resembling this very striking production of Sir Rufane Donkins's pen.—lbid. All the Treasury Arrangements were con cludeu yesterday ; when Mr. Canning received in due i'orm from his Majesty, his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer, as well as that of first Lord of the Treasury; and Mr. Robin son (the late Chancellor of the Exchequer) re ceived the Seals of Office as one of his Majes ty's Principal Secretaries of State. Most of the other Ministerial Arrangements (already stated by us) have also been duly confirmed, and will be formally announced in the Gazette of Tues day next. The triumph of Mr.' Canning may therefore be now considered as, in every respect, complete. The Right Hon. Gentleman has been called to the helm of State under as happy auspices as ever fell to the lot of any of hi s pre decessors, however great or fortunate ; for, to a strong gale of popularity, he adds the m ar k e d respect and entire confidence of his Sovereign. It may be truly said, that he owes very little to fortune; and it may be as truly affirmed, that his elevation is the result of a long course o f public services, during which he has never veered to the right or to the left, though the temptations to induce him to alter his course were frequent and many. He has adhered steadily to the wise and safe principles of the immortal Pitt, though he was assailed more than once by strong personal inducements to quit the ranks in which he took his station at the onset of his public career, but which it is cleat never had the slightest influence ou his conduct. During a part of this time he was certainly under a slight cloud ; but h e di s d a i ne d the use of meretricious arts in order to set him self right with the public. Though no man ever set a higher value upon a just popularity, or could enjoy it with a greater zest, yet like every lofty and well-regulated spirit, he despised the false glare, and preferred enduring a load of un merited obloquy to swerving in any degree from the straight line he had prescribed to himself;—: This long tried consistency, accompanied as it has been by the most brilliant talents and the most diversified attainments, secured to him under all circumstances the unabated respect and admiration of his own immediate circle of friends, and pointed him out to the most discern ing and independent of his party, as the fittest person to take the lead, whenever circumstances should allow his genius to rise to its proper level. As soon as the occasion offered, he mounted, not gradually, but all at once, by the natural strength of his genius, to the height which the concurring suffrages of his friends had long pointed out as his proper region. It is unnecessary to recapi tulate the services he rendered to his country, or to describe the lustre he threw around the Admi nistration, after he had taken the direction of our Foreign Relations, and with it, the lead in the House of Commons; as they are too fresh in every one's memory to require to be men tioned here. His greatest merit, however, and that which chiefly showed the command ing mind, was the extraordinary influence .he exercised almost immediately over both sides of the House, and the new character which it may be said he gave to its discussions. In this respect, with the exception only of the great and illustrious William Pitt in particu lar circumstances, he has certainly never been excelled ; and was it not therefore most natural, that when the first place in the Cabinet became vacant, that the public voice should designate him by acclamation as the most worthy to fill it ? Or was it unreasonable that a Sovereign, whose discernment has never been surpassed, and whose regard for the welfare of his vast Empire is as enlightened as it is ardent, should concur with the suffrages of his people ? Upon this point, we take it for granted, there can be no difference of opinion. Fortune, therefore, as we have already observed, has had very little to do with the present elevation of Mr. Canning ; and it may be truly af firmed, that it is wholly his own work—the reward ofa long course of the most meritorious exertions, relieved by an undeviating consistency. For our own part, we share none of the alarm, which some affect to feel, lest this distinguished Statesman, now that he has attained the loftiest pinnacle to which an honourable ambition can aspire, should alter his character with his situation, and become a rash ex perimentalist, at a moment when it would be neces sary to put all his wisdom and all his experience in requisition. Those wbo form this estimate of Mr. Canning, know very little of the exalted motives by which he is impelled, or of the principles by which he is in the habit of regulating his conduct. Though ordinary merit may grow giddy at such an elevation, the region is too congenial to real genius to p ro d uce any other effect th an a more sober and steady train of thought—a wise and prudent decision. It breathes there more freely, judges with more precision, sees objects more clearly, and divests itself, it may be said, of all the dross of human nature. A trulygreat Statesman, when he reaches such a height, becomes greater than he was before; and this truth, if we are not mistaken, will receive a further illustration from the conduct of Mr. Canning; whilst we are fully persuaded that there will in no respect be any de parture from that system of wise and just policy so gloriously and happily pursued by his predecessori,and which has rendered Old England at once the envy and the admiration of the Universe.=-211orning Post. So many interests must necessarily be con sulted in the formation of a new Ministry, that it.is hardly possible all prove equally unexceptionable, and the equitable rule for guiding us in our judgments respecting human affairs in general, ought to be applied here—namely, that where the good preponde rates, we ought to overlook the alloy of evil connected with it, if we cannot. have the good on other terms. WTe are so thoroughly satisfied of the benefit the nation would derive from an Administration formed by Mr. Canning on fair and liberal principles, that we should consider the failure of the attempt as one of the greatest calamities to which the country could be well exposed. Entertaining this opinion, it may easily be supposed that we feel no disposition to carp at such sacrifices to expediency, as are in evitable in all conjunctures like the present. But it becomes us at the same time to observe, that in the critical situation in which Mr. Canning is placed, the disposition on the part of his well wishers to overlook what may not exactly meet with their approbation, cannot prevent the natu ral effects of acts calculated to endanger, if not defeat his ultimate object. In that respect, every act at the present moment becomes of im portance. If he once enter the field, sin-rounded with men entitled to the confidence of the na tion, and with all the resources of Government at: his command, this miserably Ifffite and con temptible junta sink instantly into an insignifi cance whence they can never emerge. The mo ment that it is seen the machine Ls in working train, that moment the cabal will cease even to be spoken of. In the late Administration, they were, with hardly an exception, only known to the country from the Red Book ; and the men who conciliated the nation by their candour and spirit of fair dealing, and demonstrated how easy it is, by honesty of intention, to gain the suf frages of all classes, so as to govern with, and not in opposition to, the national feeling, have all, with one exception, adhered to Mr. Can ning. But the ultimate success of this Gentle man must, as we have observed, depend on the arrangements he makes ; and if by a ny injudici ous movements he deters men who dread sacri- ficing their own character for honesty and con sistency, from joining him, worldly men, of fair average understandings, may, from doubts of the result, feel a disposition to hang back. The working of the Government and Constitution of this country does not depend exclusively on the pcipularity of any one man. These observations have been drawn from us by a report—to which, from the source whence we had it, we own we are disposed to give credit—that Mr. Plunkett is to be transplanted to this country, and made Master of the Rolls, with a Peerage, with a view tot his services in the House of Lorda. Now, without meaning to question the great talents o f'' Mr, Plunkett as a debater, and with Out presum ing to pronounce any opinion as to his fitness for the highest judicial situations in Ireland, we can confidently say, that his appointment as second Equity Judge in this country will be a bit tei4pill to the profession, and extremely unpopular with all classes, and that it must fill with alarm those who might otherwise feel disposed to co operate with Mr. Canning. Mr. PlUnkett is a stranger to English usages, without a knowledge of which no man can be a proper Equity Judge ; and moreover, it is a prevailing opinion in Eng land that Irish Equity is not adapted for this Country. We need observe, that no circum stance tends more to injure an Administration in general estimation than unsuitable judicial ap pointments ; that as public opinion is necessarily much stronger here than in any other part of the empire, it is much more hazardous to make an unsuitable judicial appointment here than in Ireland ; and that if a step of this kind is at all times to be avoided, it is more particularly so in the outset of an Administration, when its sta bility remains to be ascertained. We - have - said nothing of the appointment of - Sir John Copley, though it has excited considerable surprise; and our readers will see from our extracts fronll provincial Papers, that the report of it could harcil be credited. We know, however, that that appointment sunk deep into the hears of many friends of Mr. Canning, who lamented that he should have been under the necessity of con senting to it. The feeling of the individuals in question was this--that though it might be wrong, in the case of a fallible being, like man, to say, that opinions once formed should not, on conviction, be abandoned ; yet a certain de gree of suspicion naturally attached to a change of opinion, entertained in mature years, when the change is accompanied by gain, and that sus picion was increased a hundredfold, when the same individual is in the habit of relinquishing opinions under such suspicious circumstances. The question, therefore, is not between Mr. Canning and Sir John Copley, whether Mr. Canning showed magnanimity in overlooking the conduct of Sir John on the Catholic debate ; but whether it is prudent in Mr. Canning to exhibit, in his appointments, an indifference to character, and thereby shock conscientious men, and Whether honourable and upright men may not, from regard to their own fair fame, hesitate to countenance what might seem to bespeak a want of principle in themselves. Independently of this, the profession have not been slow in remarking the defects of Sir John as an Equity Judge. However unwilling to be thought cavil ling at a moment like this, we said nothing of the appointment ; but when we see a second equity appointment of a still more objectionable character, we cannot help feeling alarm. The people of England might overlook the appoint ment of dozens of mere Ministerial subalterns of questionable capacity, but they will not so easily be disposed to forget the immense importance of having fit Judges on the great Tribunals, into which all the property of the country is liable to be brought. So much we have thought it our duty to say. We wish success to Mr. Canning; we hate and despise his opponents as they are hated and despised by nineteen-twentieths of the wealth and intelligence of the country ; but be cause we wish well to him, we dread his doing what may endanger his success. With respect to the Marquis of Lansdown and his friends, we can venture to assure our readers that every thing is hitherto in a favourable train. As to the Catho lic Question, there may, no doubt, be a difficulty abouta formal adherence to a Cabinet which is debarred from approaching it as a Cabinet measure. We,for our parts, should be sorry that a delicacy of this na ture should expose the country to the danger of the greatest of all possible calamities—the re-ascendancy of the men who are out, who wield the resources of Government for the purpose of checking and de stroying the growth of all that is valuable in the country. They can only succeed by the divisions of men of a better way of feeling and thinking. God pity the country if these men, necessarily inflamed with hostility to all that is good, which they have had the mortification of seeing arrayed against them selves, should, by any fatality, come once more into power. If the Whigs wish for Catholic Emancipa tion—if they believe that that measure is a necessary preliminary step to the tranquillization of Ireland, do not let them renounce the hope of effecting it, because it cannot be effected in the way most agree able to their own wishes. The way we prove that ere long • is, that though Church 'pati 7 onage, 'both in England and Ireland, has been regularly bestowed with a view to promote the cause of opposition to Emancipation, still it has been all but carried. There cannot be a stronger demonstration . that the pro perty and natural influence of the country are de cidedly in favour of Emancipation than the fact that the disposal of this enormous patronage could hardly make the balance even. But' when the patronage is bestowed fairly, and without a view to opposition to Emancipation, the removal of a 'weight, or at least the half of it, from one scale' .into the-other, must necessarily make the latter kick tike beam. We re peat it, then—those who, by their. scruples. en danger that which will certainly prod(iee' the effe c t they wish, which they cannot count on attaining in any other manner, - make themselves responsible for the consequences. He who declines power when it furnishes him with the means of augmenting the mass of general good, and increasing the happiness and prosperity of his countrymen, so far from thereby entitling himself to respect, is, on the contrary, ac countable both for the good he does not do, and the evil which he does not prevent.—Morning Chronicle. We are glad when any opportunity occurs of bringing before the public eye any instance of those abominable nuisances, the turnpike-gates in and about the metropolis ; -for, though the evil is one of daily and 'hourly occurrence to hundreds of persons, very few, indeed, have the time, the inclination, or the courage, to contend against the inconvenience itself, or the insolence or extortion by which it is so generally accom panied. A lona t , and unint e lli g ibl e A c t o f Par liament was passed last year, placing the roads to. the north of the metropolis under a new set of Parliamentary Commissioners ; but whether the public 'at large have derived, or are likely to obtain, any advantage from this, is a circum stance which, after great observation, experience, and inquiry, we have yet to learn. Of course the new Commissioners must have been ap pointed in consequence of some real or alleged inconvenience, abuse, or mismanagement, among the old ones ; and it was naturally expected that, by resolving so many sets of machinery into one--and by the abolition of clerks, treasurers, and other supposed jobbers innumerable—a great saving would have been brought about, and with it a diminution of tolls, and the doing away with some of the most inconvenient of the turnpike-gates. Instead of this, the tolls, we believe, remain the same, the number of gates nearly the same, and the insolence and extortion of the toll 7 takers not an iota diminished. We do earnestly implore the Lords and Gentlemen who have been kind enough to undertake this arduous and troublesome service to inquire into —=and, if possible, to remedy or diminish—this in tolerable grievance. We particularly wish them to consider whether it is fit that turnpike -gates should continueor, at any rate, need be so numerous as they are—in the acme! streets of the town, as the whole of the New-road must, in fact, now be con sidered; and whether it is necessary that one turn pike-road should run parallel with,and almost within a stone's-throw of, another, - as is the case with the Kentish -town and Camden-town roads. If Hol born and Cheapside are repaired by the parishes, why should similar thoroughfares be repaired by a toll ? and why should any thing so preposterous be permitted as that a public barrack—as that in the Regent's Park—should be shut in between two gates, and the troops on duty be every day ob structed by the illegal demands of the gate-keepers ? We have no doubt but the Noble and Honourable persons in question are most anxious to do their duty, and will probably be obliged to us for thus calling their attention to it—at any rate, we are sure that the public will.—Morning Herald. When the news of the resignation of Lord Eldon appeared, it was stated that his Lordship would preside in the Court of Chancery for one month longer, for the purpose of deciding upon those cases which are ripe for judgment. There are some of these of a, public nature, and affect rightsv:whielt have been long before theConit . , - -and its is, high time that they should "be ` determined. - A mong cases of this w nature,- e fwbuld particulOY call his Lordship's i*collection to ~ one . on- which he las repeatedly promised: togiveinal judgment, and which .in volves the most important principles connected with the security of property disposed by will in trust for charitable purposes. We allude to the case of the Highgate Grammar School—an en dowment designed by the learned and benevo lent founder, Sir Roger Cholmely, to be the means of diffusing liberal instruction in the hamlet of Highgate and its vicinity, but which, like many similar institutions in this country, is of no benefit to those for whose advantage it was originally intended. With that feeling which makes us always ready to expose every public abuse, in whatever quarter such abuse may originate, we have all along advocated, the cause of this charity—and during the several years in which it has been in litigation, we have placed the circumstances of the case before our readers in every point .of view that a faithful ex position of so important a subject required. The Lord Chancellor twice delivered his opinion so lemnly from the Bench since the case was closed, and that opinion was in unison with our own, but, under the vain expectation that the trustees against whom the proceedings were instituted would restore this valuable charity to the objects for which it was endowed, his Lordship did not give to his opinion the formal sanction of a decree—finding, however, that his advice was thrown away upon persons who can only be convinced of their duty by the logic of compulsion, the Learned Lord promised to pass that decree which the trustees could not eontravene,with ont subjecting themselves to the penalties of a con tempt of Court. The decree, for what reason we cannot tell, has never yet be en pronounced. The great expences of the suitors are most unnecessarily prolonged—the advantages of the charity withheld—. and a dangerous precedent allowed to exist, which we hope his Lordship will not leave his successor to correct.—ibid. One of our contemporaries, whose political dissertations are studiously " adapted to the meanest capacities," considers that Mr. Canning will not become a popular Minister, unless he could abolish the National Debt and extinguish the taxes ; and our contemporary farther thinks, that Mr. Canning is not likely to attempt these little improvements. We are somewhat of the same opinion upon this latter belief ; but we are not sure that the people of England are yet disposed to adopt Jack Cade's notions of official beneficence, requiring as the test of the popu larity of their rulers, that " there shall be seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny." Mr. Can ing will, we have little doubt, rest his claims to the support of the people, and justify the choice of his Sovereign, upon rather more practical grounds. But . there are some, difficulties, we must candidly admit, which beset the path of Mr. Canning, demanding all the energies of his powerful mind to combat and overcome. We have no doubt, however, that the . country will rally round the Throne, to support the choice of their Sovereign, for that choice was a free and an open one. Mr. Canning has not been forced upon his Master as the head of a prevailing party, or the demagogue of a frantic multitude. The present times are not those when a 'Mini fter_ can.be. thrust upon the . King.. He must, indeed, " be chosen by affairs, riot by affections" —and it is an adherence to this principle which has rendered the Regency, and the Reign of George the Fourth so truly glorious. The principle, we believe, was never more con scientiously asserted than in the recent elevation of Mr. Canning. The point of assumed weak ness which is most insisted upon, is the Catholic Claims ; but the arguments which are urged on this subject seem to us perfectly untenable. If this apparently irreconcileable subject is not to be made a Cabinet Question, (and- that it is not, the appointments. of the Chancellor and the 'Master of the Ordnance prove) we do not under stand the, causes for alarm which are so in dustriously propagated. There are, to our minds very important reasons why the Cabinet should remain neutral upon the Catholic Question ; and why the public opinion upon a subject of such paramount importance, and beset with so many difficulties, should not take a colour from the collective opinions of any Administration. The question, whether the professors of the Catholic religion shall be adMitted to the Legislature, and to the highest offices in the State, is a question at issue between nine-tenths of the people of England, and four-fifths of the people of Ireland. The concession of further privileges is opposed, by the majority of the people of England, with a firmness and consistency, which gather strength precisely in'the proportion that it is demanded by the majority of the people of Ireland, under every form of pertinacity and violence. This is an unfortunate state of things ; but would it be mended by an Administration which should proclaim, in opposition to the fears, and even to the prejudices, if these fears are to be so named, of the English Protestants, that The whole power of Government should be employed to preci pitate a change, to them so odious and so dreaded ? Or, on the other hand, would it be wise or even just, for the servants of the Crown to say to the Irish Catholics :—this is a measure upon which, as you affirm, depends the safety, the happiness, and the honour of Ireland—it is a measure upon which the Representatives of the United Kingdom are pretty nearly divided in opinion—but it is a measure which the Ministers of the King think it right to annihi late, by wielding the whole force of Government to arrest its further discussion ? Either of these courses of policy might be called vigorous; and they might save the legislature the trouble of further dis cussing a very tedious question. But the mind of the country is not ripe . for . such an a tt em pt to cut the knot which is so difhcult to unloose ; and if the one course (lid not produce universal commotion in England, and the other universal rebellion in Ireland, we' should only be spared these results, because a Ministry, acting as a body against any given half of the people, and of the interests over which it pre sides, could not remain in office to carry into effect a will, founded upon such a perverted sense of duty. The question is for the Legislature, and not for the Executive ; and all that either of the great parties who are interested, or think they are interested, in its issue, have a right to demand, is, that the Cabi net shall not, as a Cabinet, be either for or against the concession of these Claims. All that each has to _ _ require of the Cabinet is impartiality.—New Times. DARING OUTRAGE'.—Friday evening, as the postmaster was delivering the mails to the guard, a shot was fired at the post-office window, which penetrated the shutter to an iron bolt connecting it with the letter-box, just in the direction of the seat usually occupied by the postmaster. The letter-carrier ran out, but having had to withdraw the fastenings of two doors, the miscreants were out of view before he got to the street ; hurried footsteps on the pavement were heard immediately after the shot. Mr. Hay has, by.zealous attention to his duty, and his obliging deportment, given very general satisfaction since hi; a ppointment to the office, and we are unwilling to con ceive that his life Nvss the object sought after; but if a wanton, frolic, had nearly deprived a worthy man of his life, and his family of their support and protection, it may be hoped that the perpetrators of the outrage may learn caution xnvi r n from :s the have in this instance escalmi• u rnai. (huger they PUBLIC SALES.-FRIDAY, APRIL 20. ° By .40GGART,. at 44 Auctlnn 1l tl art.—A Freehold E4ate, "'danprising this extensive premises; formerly ocitiPied College .- of Physi cians, situate' 'Newgate-street, land-tax redeeMe&--knoeked down `at 7,0001. The absolute reversions of two sixth parts of the principal sum of -17,000/. sterling ; and , .5,956/,' 19s. 5d., three per cent. Consolidated . Annuities , and the securities in which the same, or the , produce thereof may be inserted, subject to the life interest of :a gentleman aged 58, and to the raising thereout of 9,000/. sterling; and also, the contingent reversions of two fifths of one other sixth part of the above-mentioned funds, (subject as aforesaid) in the event of a gen tleman, now aged 17, not attaining the age of 21 years-1,490/. A spacious Leasehold residence, No, 41, Finsbury-square, held under the Corpora tion of the City of London, for twenty-six years, at a ground rent of 12/. 18s. per annum; also a de tached Counting-house, held for the same term, at a pepper-coin; lessee to insure and pay all taxes ; fixtures to be taken at a valuation-9801. The Absolute Reversion to the Sum of 2,0001. Three per Cent. Reduced Bank Annuities, payable on the demise of a lady, now aged 76; legacy duty to be paid by the purchaser-9801. Twenty Shares in the West Middlesex Water-Works, now dividing 2/. 15s. per annum each—sold for 631. per share. Ninety-seven Waterloo Bridge Annuities of 81. each; the last dividend 1/. ls. 4d. each share--produced 25/. to 25/. 10s. per share. Twenty-eight Ditto of 71. each, naw paying 19s. 10d.-211. per share. By Mr. ADAIVISON.—A Copyhold Estate, com prising nine houses, eight with shops, yards, and gardens, forming the whole of Feary's-row, High gate; let on lease and to tenants at will, at rents amounting to 230/. 6s. per annum, held under the manor of Hornsey, at a fine certain of Gs. Bd. on each house, upon death or alienation, and a quit ren of one shilling a year-3,4501. By Messrs. FAREDROTHER, WILSON, and LYE, al Carraway's.—A Leasehold Family Residence, with large walled garden, No. 4, St. Ann's Terrace, Brixton; held under Lord Holland, for a term of 80 years, from Michaelmas, 1819, at a ground rent of Si. Bs. per annum, land-tax redeemed-1,2001. The Reversion to 2,0001. payable on the demise of a lady, aged 82 years, provided her daughter, aged 52 years, survives her-1,390/. A great number of other estates, policies, rever sions, and shares of minor importance, were , also submitted for sale, Which our limits preclude us from inserting ; on the whole, the sales this day were the most extensive of any that have taken place for some time. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.--TUESDAY, Commissioners, B Brearey, C., Manchester 10 Clarke, J., Austin-friars lO Cubbidge, W. Wycombe II Ewbank, T., George-street 11 Ffolds, J., Hertford Ford, J.; Paddington ll Fullam, T., Salisbury.-ct APRIL 24.—(At the Court of 3asinghall-street.) Hallett, W., Northumber- land-street ll Hannay, J., Park-street Harrison, I'., Westminster 11 Hurcornbe, J., St. Paul's l2 Inglis, J., Mark-Line lO Iredale, W., Doncaster ll Lamb, C., Jerusalem-build lO Lawrence and Co., White- Garmaii, 1-i., Bow-rOid lO Gasley, G., Long Acre ll Gibbon and Co., March mont-street Gibb, T., Lambeth ll Gibbs, E., Brighton Graham, J. Waterloo-pl lO Itiliston, W., and C,0., Lea mington 1 cross-street Clerkenwell m aLert Lupton, e C ali ny C 0 . ,% Cambridge mFinsbury- square lO Mitchell, It Tottenham ll Moyes, J., Illouverie-street 12 COUNTRY DIARY.—.TEIESDAY, APRIL 24. Asharoft, H. and Co., Manchester—Hayward's, Manchester 9 Browne, T., 'Wy - mondham—Norfolk hotel, Norwich l. Burditt, J., Oillfits—George, Huddersfield 3 Butler, R. Nottingham—Punch-bowl, Nottingham ll Carr, W. and Co., Over Darwen—Messrs. Winttanley and , - Co., Preston 2 Draper, A., Gloucester—Spread Eagle, Gloucester lO Frank, A., Manchester—White's, Manchester 2 Irish, J., Lewes—Star, Lewes . ll Mouat, M., Weymouth—Luce's hotel, Weymouth ll Nichol, J., Preston—Red Lion, Preston Nicholls and Co., Birmingham—George, Walsall ll Roach, J., Bristol—Commercial rooms, Bristol 1 Walker, J., Radstock—Castle and Ball, Bath: l2 Weall, D., Preston—Red Lion, Preston — THE MARKETS. (From the New London Price Current of Friday.) SUGAR.--The demand for Muscovades continued very limited till towards the dose of the Market yesterday, when the buyers came fOrward and pur chased extensively (about 800 hhds.); we think the good and fine new Sugars sold at prices a shade higher. The demand for Muscovades was in some measure checked by the public sale of St. Lucia this forenoon, and the large sales of Mauritius de clared for next week ; at the close of. the Market the purchases of Muscovades, including the public sale, were reported at 1,000 hhds. The public sales con sisted of 192 hhds. 34 trs. 56 brls., St. Lucia, and 45 hhds. Jamaica. The whole sold at full, prices, Dabs 525., Dry Brown 545. a 565. The Refined Market early m the week was ,languid, and though few goods suitable for export offered, yet prices a shade lower were submitted to; the reduction appeared to facilitate sales. There has since been more business doing for shipping; the purchases for the home consumption continue limited. Mo lasses are little varied. There is no alteration in the Refined Market this afternoon, a considerable quan tity of low goods appear to be taken off the Market quietly. The grocers have also purchased on a li mited scale, and for crushed some offers have been made for large parcels, but they have not been ac cepted, being rather under the Market currency. Molasses are heavy. In Foreign Sugars no pur chases are reported. By public sale this forenoon 450 mats Manilla Sugar sold at full prices, fine yellow 31s. 6d. a 32 5 . Molasses, West India. — By public sale to-day 52 puns good St. Lucia Mo lasses sold at 255. a great COFFEE.—The public sales of Coffee early in the week were limited, and the demand appeared lan guid. Some new coloury Jamaica sold at low prices there 70s. a 755. The two Public Sales to-day attracted much attention, of which 1.650 bags were foreign, chiefly St. Domingo, a few lots ord. 455.; proportion taken in at 465. good ; fine. ordinary Brazil taken in at 485.; the. Berbice middling de scriptions went off at a reduction of . 2s. a 3s, per cwt.; the foreign at rather better . prices, ari d prie e a t, and purchasesappeared contract,m ca o n r n e ot d b e e m m an a d de b w y iti ps i va is te .ofth the first of the week. __ one parcel t o any ex tent i s reportedntinue s .._ Rum, B RA NDY, AND HOLLANDS.---The Rum Market ; Leewa r d s on l y t h ree over at 2s. 4d. Jamaica descriptio ns are w i t h out variation. —Brandies are still heavy, b ut no f urt h er co this heavy, ‘ve ek only reduction in the prices can be stated. Geneva is still sold in small parcels at the latest prices. At a late hour to-day 100 puns. Leewards are reported at 2s. sd. free on board for export ; two small purchases of fine Jamaica, at 48. to 4s. hl. Brandy is heavy, and offered on lower terms :- 1823 2s. 11d. a Ss. 182 4-5 at ss. 7d. New Brandy housed Ss. 7d. a 3s. Bd, Since the India House Sale one or two purchase s are reported at a small prem i um , b u t gene rally th e M ar k et i s rather heavy at sa l e p r ices. By Public sale to-day 38 serons Guatimala Indigo went off 3d. to 6d. per lb.,higher, than the last sale. COTTON.—The accounts from Liverpool andfrom the manufacturing districts are rather favourable for Cottons—the consumption is extensive, but the prices continue low; the sales in London for the week ending last night inclusive consist of 1,000 bags, at rather better prices. There appears some revival het'e ; the buyers anticipated lower prices, on account of the prompt day, and they are disap pointed. PROVISIONS.—The transactions in Provisions are very limited—no alteration in the prices can be stated. Bacon is in good demand. The quotations of Irish Butters are nominal. ..... Oils.—The Oil market is heavy; at a public sale on Wednesday some pale Southern Oil went at 281. 10s. a 29/. To-day 140 tuns ditto 291. 10s. a 30/. ss. SPlCES.—Spices continue very heavy. Pimento at Public sale, good quality, 93d. By public sale to-day 471 bags good hall-heavy Pepper sold 31d. a 3id. Tozwco.--The _purchases of Tobacco fog the week ending last night are limited to about 25 0 .141n215., about a half for effort and the other half, fat, Ireland=the prices are without alteiiitiOn: At late hour a cargo of Tobacco was reported sold at 245. per 100 lbs. manifest weight, and more doing for Ireland. COCIIINEAL.—At a public sale this week 72 pkgs. Cochineal met with scarcely any buyers, only a pkgi sold—the following are the withdrawing prices Black 16s. a 16s. sd. ; Silver 14s. a 15s. 3d.; Fog 12s. 6d. a 13s. 9d. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The demand for Tallow has been limited and the prices are rather lower this evening. In Hemp or Flax there is little alteration. FRITIT.—We noticed last week that inquiries were made for Red. Smyrna .R a i s i ns , an d th a t th e s t o ck in London was very small, not exceeding 1,100 barrels, and two-thirds of the quantity being in the hands of one importer, attracted the notice of the tr a de ; 200, barrels have been bought at 475., and the holders have now raised their demands to 485., and are not anxious to sell at that price. Currants also appear on, the advance, another cargo has . b e e n sold p r ivately at the late prices, and an advance of Is. a 2s. is to day asked. The other descriPtions of Fruit are held with greater firmness, but the purchases reported are not extensive. TEA.—There is a good demand for Boheas, but only sale prices can be obtained—the other descrip tion are heavy. LOGWOOD.—By public sale this forenoon 100 tons Campeachy Logwood, imported 1822, sold 71. 2s. 6d. and V. .ss. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—ApriII9. 84s. Od. to 115 s. Od. I Clover 90s. Oct . to 1355. a Straw 38s. Od. to 425. Od. PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)-April 20. Kent Pockets .. 4/. 10s. Si. ss. to 64 Os. Sussex Ditto ,-...,. Essex Ditto ..........-.... 4/. 10s. Si. Os. to 51. 15s. Farnham Ditto, Fine Ol. Os. 84 Os. to 9/ Os. ------ Seconds -.............. 0/. Os. 71. Os . to El. 04. Kent Rags - _ 3/. 16s. 4/. 10s. to 51. Os. ,t . I Sussex Ditto " Essex Ditto - PRICE OF POTATOES.—ApriI 20. Yorkshire Kidneys 61. Os. to 0!. Os. per Ton. Scotch Reds' . 5/ Os. to 5/. ss. ditto. Oxnobles and Shaws Marsh Champions-- 4/. 100. to 5/. Os. ditto. PRICES OF . Per lb. d. to d. to 561 b.., 20 21 to 651 b.— 22 23 Dressing Hides 13i 15 Fine Coach Hides 15 17 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 11 to 501 b. 14 17 4 Ditto ' - l7l 19 LEATHER. --- Kr lb. d. to d• Tanned Horse Hides—, 13 1. 5 Spanish Ditto 14 x. Per dozen. - Calf 36 to 401 b. 16 F.,„ 4 Ditto 60 to 701 b. 23 Ditto '7O to 80Ib. 21 23 Small Seals, Greenland 18 20 RAW d, -- I Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. P er Stone. e. .to $. d. ,.. Best Heifers& Steers 2 9 3 2 Ordinaryv 110 2 Middlings 2 0 2 8 Market Ca1f—........, 8 0 each. SHEEP SKINS. 2s. 6d. to 3s. 4d. Od. to 08. Oa Polled. 3s. 6d. to 4s. 9d Downs PRICE OF TALLOW, SO. Town Tallow ...........,..,...—. 41s. Od. Yellow Russia 4os. Od. White--:.... —s. Od. Soap Ditto . __s. O t t. Melted Stuff -'33s. Od. Ditto Rough.,.. --.......—.. 225. Od. &c. per 1121b.—April 20._ , Yellow Soap —78 s. 00 ' Mottled gut, 0d• Whit 88s. OA* Graves 22s. Va. Good Dregs „ ss, Ocl. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b.—April 20. Price by Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) 2s. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows :-- Candles, per doz. B s . Od . to 9s. Od. I Moulds, per dozen —,los. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 32/. O . Refined X 34 6 Linseed 0i1,,,.- 24 0 Linseed Oil Cake at theMillerth thousand l5 15 ousan Rape Cake, per t on 6 ..........W.N4V.W....,......••••••••WWW.M.W. 6 . COAL MARE Adairs. 34s. Od. Beaumont 33 0 Burdon 35 Ellison Main. _ 31 9 Heaton 36 6 Hebburn Main —............. 36 3 _ 34 6 Liddell's 30 9 Newburn 33 9 Ord's itedhugh 30 6 Pelaw 32 6 Percy East 3O 6 Pon top Windsor .w.,,,,,,,, 31 0 Shipcote . 31 0 Tanfield M00r...—. 31 0 Townley 33 9 AVY 18 41..-- ' 34 9 Walls End Bell and Co. 37 0 , Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 34 9 Ditto Bewicke and Co.— 37 6 Ditto Brown's 35 6 Ditto Cramlington 34 6 Ships at Market, 81%—fihi :ET.—April 20. Walls End Newmareh 375. 0 3 . 1 . Ditto Carr and Co. 34 6 Ditto Frdda • ' 35 6 Ditto Hotspur 35 9 Ditto Northtnnberland 36 6 Ditto Riddell's 37 6 Ditto Russell's 37 3 Ditto Walker. 37 6 Tanfield Trader . • 30 9 Pelaw Trader 3 3 6 Londonderry small 19 6 Lambton small 18 0 Blyth Main 28 0 r Cowpen _ .29 6 IHartley 30 6 Russell's Lyon's Main 35 6 Nesbam- Main 35 6 Walls End Hetton. 3E3 6 Ditto Lambton 38 0 Ditto Lyons 36 3 Ditto Stewart's 38 0 sold, 38 N - --Unsold, 423 i. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. ss Y ah e l o epips v bet i Wheat• Barley. Oats. I Beans. Per Quarter. s. to a . S. to s• s • to s• s. to s. Ashburn-- 60 43 46 36 47 62 66 Banbury 54 58 40 42 40 45 60 62 Basingstoke 54 5.12 36 40 28 33 48 56 Bath - 52 60 40 45 33 40 60 64 , Bridgewater 56 39 34 Bridport 56 56 3 3 34 26 28 54 56 Bristol—:. 54 56 44 48 28 36 43 58 Chesterfield 57 64 36 44 32 46 54 58 ,., Daventry 56 60 40 44 35 40 58 F• Derby 62 64 45 48 40 45 64 6 Devizes 50 60 40 45 31 42 56 0 * Doncaster 38 45 24 40 Dorchester—. 52 60 32 38 •28 36 56 58 56 60 36 40 26. 28 Eye. 46 54 36 , 39, 26 32 48 Gloucester e: . 56 60 36 48 32 44 60 "'",. Guildford 44 64 38 43 33 44 54 Henley 50 64 32 43 '27 34 52 Hungerford ~.•,M...,. 42 64 37 43 30 40 54 64 Ipswich 52 62 36 41 44 47 Leicester.. 59 62 43 46 41 43 66 68 Mansfield 50 54 40 44 33 3 9 48 52 ' Newbury 47 65 38 44 32 40 56 6 ,2 Northampton 55 58 38 42 34 40 55 Reading 52 67 42 44 28 38 54 rs'„„ Sandwich — ahlelel a55 r .2 6 54 2 4 4 38 0 0 4 4 4 3 2 35 3 30 0 3 36 8 7 5 4 5' 2 0 4 5 : " 8 " : Shaftesbury —s4 40 36 60 r Sleaford 56 58 41 42 32 36 54 Truro 60 37 36 Taunton 54 59 36 44 26 40 56 Uxbridge 66 wakaaj 55 iy4 4188 t 33 33 ti ) 54 5 2 Wantage.,—. 55 62 30 42 30 27 41 51 Warminster 49 57 37 45 34 42 60 Buckingh am 6 Shrewsbury 8 9 9 0 6 9 '7 6 8 0 11 0 0 0 " 6 id () 8 7 5 d. 6 83 64. d. 0 g 54. 40 34 131. 4 d . 9 4 . 0 0 . 8 56 .0. 5 ; 4 6 6 4 3 6 0 „ SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.— AprillB. Our supply of all sorts of Grain is 2hort to-day. Oats and Barley met with a dull sale, and prices considerably lower. Wheat sold readily a shade higher. Pease and Beans remain without alteration. Wheat. Barley. Oats. , pea se . Beans. First 66s Od 43s Od 45s Od ses Od 58a Od second 62s 6d 4ls Od 383 Od 55 s Od 55s Od Third sBs Od 35s 6d 35s Od 50s Od 50s Od There were 294 qrs. of Wheat in market, which sold as under :-- 24 ...at...... 668. Od. 157 ...at IDS. Od. 26 ...at...... 61$. Od• 5 37 8 63 6 8 Average, 625. 7(1. PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Beef, per lb. w Os. 6d. to Os. Bd. Fresh Butter,lb.ls.od. to Is. 2(1. Mutton 0 8 0 9 Salt Ditto 10 0 0 Veal 0 5 0 9 Ditto, per cwt. 90s. 0 1 00 0 Pork------ 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 0 7 0 0 Lamb, per qr. 5 0 6 0 OatStraw(kpl.)2o 0 21 0 Tallow, per lb. 0 4 0 4+ Wheat Ditto-18 (1 0 4/ Quarter!' Loaf 0 8 0 9 Barley Ditto —l7 0 0 6 Potatoes, I Ilb. 0 7 0 0 Hay, per 010 011 EDINBURGH MEAL We bad a middling supply of which sold heavily at last week': L MARKET. , --April 17. f Oatmeal at this day's market, 's prices. ~.. Per Sack of 28011) Imp. First Oatmeal £2 14 0 Second ditto 2 12 0 Barleymeal ll6 0 Peasemeal Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 14: - Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal X 0 2 10 Second ditto 8 Barleymeal 0 2 Peasemeal 0 2 2 .-2d, 16c-4d ) 20,._pearl 245. On the 18th inst., Mrs. William Scales, of Stamford hill, of a daughter. Mr. Sam ue l A ngel l , of Ely-place , to Fanny, second daughter of M r . Winstanleyrowbridge , of Clayton-square, St. Liverpool. On the 19th I ns t., a t T Wilts, by the l i lev. , : re a l :field-house, George Crabbe, LL.B., Mr. Jose Gouldsmith, of the Old Jewry, to Sarah Salter, eldest daughter of William Stancombe, Esq. of the former place. service, to Isabella, youngest daughter Esq., of the offf Hon. Company's the .i ate I H 7 e t 17th r i y n s s t .i,m CharlespsoSimpson, E s H q o . : h o a f m Whitby, Yorkshire. ___.----------------- DIED. On the 19th inst., in her 16th year, Louisa, the fourth daughter of Mr. Matson, of Battersea. On the 14th inst., at Willingdon, Middlesex, William Perry,On the 17 th in st., in the Crescent, Bath, Mrs. Ma r y Jane Horne, widow of the late Edmund Horne, Esq., of Bevis Es Mount,g" M.D., aged 80. in the County of Southampton. On the 18th inst., Mr. Daniel Taylor, of Bromley, in Kent, formerly of High-street, Southwark, in his 77th year. On the 19th inst., Miss M ar y N or th, o f Aldermanbury postern, aged 62. On the 16th in s t., age d e i g ht y ears , Any Ellen the only daughter of M r . G eorge B e ll, lately of :gitabia• , PAINT= and Pusain 1Y0 1) 2* .9; fkt t ll6 irg..-9riuxt, Isfui,lllll,,Kaaa4.