The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-09 00:00:00

a poor man, who is able to pay for his pint of ver, not to be allowed the convenience of drink ing in his own neighbourhood, eitcept under the surveillance of the Squire or the constable, lest he should concoct the robbery of an orchard or the murder of a pheasant? In short, we see no objection to beer shops, except their convenience, which may not be Urged with much greater force, against public houses licensed by the ma gistrates; and we should no more propose to shut them up, because they sometimes supplied refreshment to a poacher, than we should shut up a chapel or church because sometimes a rogue is found there for the purpose of following his criminal occupation.— Times. The main argument for a repeal of the corn laws seems to be scarcely understood by one class of persons, and wilfully perverted by an other. It is asked, what will this country gain if the prices of corn at home and abroad are to be nearly equalized by the operation of a free trade in corn ? We are, though perhaps we ought not to be, astonished at the question. Why, what is the grievance now complained of i by the English consumer ? It is, that the prices of corn here being higher than on the Conti nent, the inhabitants of Great Britain are com pelled by law to buy it in the dear market, and leave the benefit of the cheap market to their Continental rivals in every branch of industry. We have contended that this evil must be nearly, if not wholly, remedied by the removal of that obstruction to a free import of corn which is presented by the corn law. We have con tended, and from that necessary consequence it would be weak and contemptible to flinch, that more corn will, after the repeal of the law, be im ported from the Continent, and that less will be grown on the poor lands of England, the latter descriptions of soil being turned to pasture, timber, and some of them to green crop, with inferior kinds of corn. But we have not room to-day to pursue this branch of the subject far ther. To a question so often and triumphantly put—namely, what is to become of the farmers who cultivate poor lands, and of the labourers em ployed upon them ? we answer, that the farmers must pay rents accommodated to the value of the new species of productions raised from such lands ; and if sheep, cattle, and tim ber bring less money, the landlord must be satisfied with a diminished rent. As for the labourers, there is no doubt that some of them must turn their hands to other kinds of work than tillage. But, looking to the country gene rally, as a statesman ought, the point to be considered is, whether a far larger proportion of the working classes now idle will not find support from the stimulus given to manufactures than will lose it because of the conversion of bad tillage land into pasture ; so that the sum of paupers, of all descriptions, will be greatly re duced. We have received some letters upon these subjects, which we must leave to stand or fall by their own merit, or the want of it. One voluminous writer insists that the present corn law is ruinous to the farmer (we think so too, but not for his reason), and frankly proposes " that the landlord and farmer and agricultural poor, and indeed all the poor ( ! ! !), shall unite and shut out foreign corn ; for the introduction of it—yea, the permission to bring it in—is equally ruinous to the poor in towns, as the poor in the country." We sub mit that this respectable gentleman, with his total prohibition of foreign corn, had better be left to himself. There is another worthy gen tleman, who closes an epistle full of wonders by a vision of English capitalists under a free trade in corn purchasing up and forestalling all the extra growth of the world ! ! Verily the name of our speculative correspondents is " Legion."— Times. We have always been inclined to doubt the truth of the charge against Austria, of lending herself to the views of Russia against Turkey ; and we are therefore inclined to give credit to , the statement of the Allgemeine Zeitung, that the preservation of Turkey is now, and always has been, a main object of the policy of the Court of Vienna. The Austrian Government is Conservative, but not aggressive. It is much more difficult; too, to make a satisfactory parti tion of Turkey than of Poland. Should Russia obtain possession of Constantinople, she would be a most inconvenient neighbour to Austria ; and supposing the two great Powers of France and England to remain quiet spectators of the occupation of Constantinople by Russia, Austria could not find in the annexation of the Turkish provinces which adjoin her own an indemnifica tion for the injury of having Russia for a neigh bour on the Danube, with the passage from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean at her command. Assuming, then, that Austria is really and truly desirous of upholding Turkey, we do not see why a Congress of the great European Powers might not with advantage be occupied with that object. It is an understood matter, that the Power which protects another becomes its inas ter, and Russian aid therefore means Turkish subjection to Russia. But there is another mode of going to work. The European Powers, for instance, have taken upon themselves, in common, the protectorate of Greece—that is, they have given to Greece a Sovereign, who for some years, till his Government obtains consistency, will depend for security on external aid. Why might not the Great Powers agree to furnish each a contingent of soldiers to furnish an army, to be paid, of course, by the Sultan—the com mand of which army might make him in some degree independent of his turbulent Pachas, and enable him to establish a vigorous Government and to form a national army of a good quality ? It is quite clear, that if some extraordinary step of this kind be not soon taken, Turkey must fall, and it may fall at a time when the state of politics of the West may not be so favourable to the prevention of Russian aggression as at pre sent. An army of 50,000 disciplined troops might easily be furnished, and means for secur ing the payment of those troops might easily be obtained, by assigning the revenue of certain ports to them. Improvement follows rapidly in the train of peace and order ; and we do not see why the Ottoman Government should be abso lutely despaired of. The present Sultan has been unfortunate in having been attacked by Russia before his reforms had taken root: At all events the attempt to regenerate Turkey is worth the making.—Morning Chronicle. We are inclined to believe that a good deal of exaggeration prevails with regard to the extent of the increase which the removal of the restric tions on the trade of corn would give to the exportation of manufactures, and the importation of food. One of the first efforts of the free trade would be to raise the price in the ports of the Continent to nearly the level of the Flee in our own. We have something like experience to guide us. The restriction laws are but of yesterday. During the time the trade was free, there was a very small importation of food from the Baltic into this country. The time is not SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1 a poor man, who is able to pay for his pint of distant when this country was a great rival of the COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, JAN. S. The Defendant-Ay, there it is. The gin flum- T a e h , The Loan e n v eriMAYOR—You maybe, for area de se r d t i i di sgr ac e aycoeu your to u t y , f o o u r .. r ADMIRALTY COURT, JAN. 8. 1 _ im p__ beer, not to be allowed the convenience of drink- Baltic as an exporter of food ; and deducting —. 0 .-......____ moxed her. One of our correspondents, who has written ing n his own neighbourhood, except under the the bounty from the home price, the difference (Before Mr. Commissioner EvArts.)THE MAMELUKE.-WAGES. The admission of the mariners' summary petition s an excellent letter on the expediency and jus- surveillance of the squire or the constable, lest was the price received abroad by the exporter. IN RE JAMES COCHRANE. tra de, (Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.) tunate wife and children, and living with this in this case the groun d t ha t ' was opposed on ce of an equalization of the land-tax, has sub- he should concoct the robbery of an orchard or The capabilities of the corn-growing countries Mr. Colin Mackenzie was examined at some wretched woman. You are a infa mous pair. forth on the face of it an act of insubordination. iquently sent us an able pamphlet, published by the murder of a pheasant? In short, we see no of the Continent were as great then as now, length respecting a proof he tendered for 459/. The defe ndant—Consider t h e i mostsitn inducement, please After the delivery of the cargo, consisting of coals, m about four years ago, on the same subject, objection to beer shops, except their convenience, How happens it, then, that if the countries on 7s. Id., which he alleged was a balance of account you, my Lord. Consider the natur of us poor and mooring the ship preparatory to receiving ballast rmbined with " An inquiry into the practice- which may not im urged with much greater the Baltic can grow corn at so low a rate, this due to him for writing and preparing for the press a creeturs as we are. for the outward voyage, the seamen were required lity and policy of reducing the duties on malt force, against public houses licensed by the ma- country was allowed to supply so much to the work called " The Key to both Houses of Parlia. The LORD MAYOR—lnduaement I You deserve by the master to wash down the vessel on Sunday meat, or the Parliamentary Pocket Book." id beer, and increasing those on British spirits." ' gistrates ; and we should no more propose to Continent at a rate different only from the selling He to be flogged at the cart's te ll. morning. The petition stated that the men had said his engagement with Mr. Cochrane was a verbal esirous of reducing the former duties to a con- shut them up, because they sometimes supplied prices at home by the amount of the bounty ? The The defendant-I hope not, my Lord. I'll do been • employed till late on Saturday night, and that one, and he had agreed to write the work at the rate I lerable extent, and expecting rather a diminu- refreshment to a poacher, than we should shut great benefit of the free trade would be, that the of ten • e sheet; he had received some all can to support this here babe, though not a they respectfully remonstrated with the master on . )n of dram-drinking than any compensating up a chapel or church because sometimes a interchanges would be conducted in a more guineas bit on it's mine. I'll give two hog a-week, being required to perform this labour, which they money account; per the sum he now sought to •The LORD MAYOR—Andy our wife and children alleged would occupy two or three hours, and was crease of revenue from any rise in the latter, be rogue is found there for the purpose of following simple and economical manner, the prices would prove for was the balance due to the work him; was must be the su ff erers. All the expenses incurred not absolutely necessary on Sunday; upon which oked for an indemnity to the Exchequer by his criminal occupation.- Times. settle down to their natural level, that a greater not a mere compilation, and had abandoning them must lie the master ordered the provisions, which were cook lualizina the land-tax, which, when adjusted t o The main argument for a repeal of the corn certainty would be introduced into the business his time and attention. felt by them in the loss of the comforts to which ing, to be taken out of the copper, and ia I land property at its proportional value, in- laws seems to be scarcely understood by one of farming, and that tenants, in covenanting to Several witnesses were examined, who stated they are entitled from their natural protector. on shore. that the charge of 10 guineas per sheet was ver sad of being sometimes four shillings in class of persons, and wilfully perverted by an- pay a certain amount of rent might have some- Y The defendant-My Lord, I'll get better. I'm Sir Nrctrou, assuming the statementsin the moderate for such a description of work. . e pound, and sometimes not four farthings, other. It is asked, what will this country gain thing like an assurance that they would be able only a matter of six and thirty years ould, and I've petition to be true, considered ' that e theseamenwere ' The COMMISSIONER said he should require further • h f h e r mot he r . I' nild yield an increase of income more than if the prices of corn at home and abroad are to afford to pay it out of the profits of their t evidence as to the reasonableness of the charge f neit her a nor .am a poor struggling entitled to remonstrate, in respectful terma, tin being ° or han, please your Lordshi p.-(A .- A laug h.) required to perform a labour not absolutely neces fficient to supply the deficiency. His argu_ to be nearly equalized by the operation of a free farm, and not by sacrificing their capital. Tl.l° 10 guineas per sheet, and the fact of a contract for p ' - I p • ( eat on the justice and expediency of revis. trade in corn ? We are, though perhaps we hopes which long buoyed up the landlords, that the payment of this amount having been ente ed The LORD MAYOR-: wish . I coul d . pl ace . you nary on a Sunday. Unless some question of general in solitary confinement in Bridewell, or inflict some importance to the trade and commerce of the country g the ancient clumsy and partial settlement ought not to be, astonished at the question. they would be able to retain the high prices of into, before he should admit the proof now urged to more rigorous punishment upon you, without injur- were involved, he thought the owners would act the land•tax appears to us strong, if not con- Why, what is the grievance now complained of l the war, are no longer entertained. And we be placed on the proceedings. log your wife and children; and I solemnly assure wisely in paying the wages. Isive, and the only obstacle which stands in by the English consumer ? It is, that the prices cannot help believing, that if the people act with The declaration of a dividend was adjourned you if I find that you ever desert them again, you ANIIMMOIMMIIMIN• e way seems to be the pledge of its fixed and of corn here being higher than on the Conti- energy, and press the landowners closely, they until the sth of February next, and a meeting for shall feel my power and that of my brother magis- THE MARKETS. 'alterable distribution by the permission given nent, the inhabitants of Great Britain are corn- will not make a very formidable resistance. The the further proof of debts wes appointed for the 27th instant. trates most bitterly. --....... redeem it. Till this Redemption Act was pelted by law to buy it in the dear market, and landowner of 1834 and the landowner of (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) The overseers declared that the expenses upon the Per Ton. COAL MARKET.-Jan. 8. s. d. Per Ton. parishes in London were become quite intolerable Ord's Redhugh .......... 14 6 Walls End Riddell's li d 4 SSed in 1798, there seemed to be no more leave the benefit of the cheap market to their 1815 are very different beings. As to the IN RE BOND AND I'ATTISALL. Peiaw .......................... 15 6 Walls End Braddyll's...... 17 3 ason for continuing the land-tax on its old Continental rivals in every branch of industry. twaddle that is talked of throwing the coon- The bankrupts formerly carried on business as by reason of the mode of desertion practised by the defendant. Poor families, who had scarcely bread fantield ......... 15 0 Walls End Hetton P0wn1ey................... 15 6 Walls End Lambton 1 11 8 4 3 sting, than for perpetuating the system of sub- We have contended that this evil must be nearly, try into pastures and sheep-walks, and the bankers in 'Change-alley, Cornhill ; a commission of • to put into their mouths, were obliged to contribute 211 : 1g i n n e r w ow ic n x , e s 8t Co. 17 p Walls End Stewart's.... 19 0 lies and fifteenths levied on the nation in the if not wholly, remedied by the removal of that common destitution of landowners, farmers, bankruptcy issued against them on the 4th of April, to the support of both the legitimate arid iliegiti- W.E. Clarke and Co.-- 14 9 Watts End Adelaide -'".. 16 6 ne of the Plantagenets. And even this Act obstruction to a free import of corn which is and labourers, it is not worth noticing. Food 1831. und Sevl e tneeti . ngs of th e lastcreditors have been ~ mates offsprings of fellows hke the defendant, and ails End ? i t i orth...... 17 6 Waits End G0rd0n........... 17 0 )uld not appear to preclude the Government presented by the corn law. We have con- will only be imported into this country so long held th e mmrssion, the on the Bth or June. 1832, when the debts proved amounted to . settlements were so easily made that the evil was Walls End Il l ots a pur 15 6 Walls South Durham.. 1 1. 1 3 )in proposing, or the Legislature from adopt- tended, and from that necessary consequence it is dearer here than elsewhere. It cannot as it 83,7471., on which dividends to the amount of 153. increasing every day upon parishes on which there r 7 i a tt l o ts _,'Ti o d rt / i •l it e irn aT e a r r i c a h n7 .., 15 6 Hartley a g, a more equal distribution of the tax on would be weak and contemptible to flinch, that be dearer here than elsewhere without a greater in the pound were declared. was not the most remote claim supportable by Walls End Perkin 5.......... 15 3 Newhall idaTn-....-........ 16 ii Ships arrived since last market-day, 5. Ided property in cases where it has not been more corn will, after the repeal of the law, be im- ability to purchase here than elsewhere. A very Another meeting of the creditors was held this equity or common sense. deemed, for to the holders of such property ported from the Continent, and that less will be trifling falling off in the production of food day. Several proofs were received, increasing the The LORD MAYOR again regretted the want of • -------41 adequate power in cases of the kind, and ex pr es sed COUNTRY CORN MARKEIS DURING THE WEEK. ) pledge could be given. Yet, unless such a grown on the poor lands of England, the latter would soon raise the price at home so much as debts of the estate to the sum of 83,956/. A hope that some measure would be adoptedinPar a - Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. Beans. edge were given, how great would be the ab- descriptions of soil being turned to pasture, to force an extended cultivation. We must ex- further dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound was like- e nutrient to meet the evil of the abandonment of Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. e. to s. rdity of assessing only 20,000/. on the county timber, and some of them to green crop, with tinguish our manufacturing population before wise announced this day, thus making the total wives and children more effectually than the existing Abingdon 62 5 Si 43 22 30 38 --;... we can have cheaper food here than in other amount of the dividends now declared on the debts Birmingham...-. 56 58 30 40 16 22 48 • Lancaster, including Manchester, Liverpool, inferior kinds of corn. But we have not room laws did. Bridport .....—..... 56 74 32 36 26 30 54 id other great towns, and 107,602/. on the to-day to pursue this branch of the subject far- countries.- . lllorning Chronicle. proved against the estate 17s. 6d. in the pound. Mr. Pattisall applied for the payment of his al- • Alderman COWAN concurred fully in the obser- irTlcester ....-- 40 56 24 29 18 28 - 39 Hatngdon....-......... 54 86 36 40 26 34 - 96 vations made by the Lord Mayor, and the order Guildford .......... 48 74 23 32 26 35 - 43 iunty of Westminster, exclusive of London then To a question so often and triumphantly It is now announced in one of the Ministerial lowance. was made out-the defendant to pay the expenses Henley--,--- 54 83 30 35 20 30 —4O id Middlesex? Or, to descend along with put-namely, what is to become of the farmers who Journals, that Ministers mean to abandon the Mr. Sewell, the solicitor to the commission, op- Hereford -.-......, 64 68 32 34 22 28 - 46 ofthe l y i ng- i n '.. , kandparish and 2 s. a wee , the to Highworth --., 62 80 32 42 28 34 - 56 it author to parishes, what can be more pre- cultivate poor lands, and of the labourers em- 'louse and window taxes. This we always con- posed the application. bring up the child. Maidenhead ...... 56 68 34 44 22 30 36 37 )sterous than to levy 9018/. on the parish ployed upon them ? we answer, that the The COMSIISSIONER refused to enter into the tom fated that they must and ought to do, and . . , . . Mary Stokes, a pauper, committed some time ago Monmouth- ......... 66 68 32 36 24 28 4° Reading 40 66 22 36 14 26 - 56 St. Andrew, Holborn, and only 492/. on farmers must pay rents accommodated to the question of Mr. Pattisall 's allowance, so it remains for belabouring Kinnersley, the beadle of Aldgate Salisbury, .42 54 2i 23 20 24 36 - 54 we only regret that they have not, by a little over yet undecided. at of Marylebone, being in the former in- value of the new species of productions raised was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with Southampton rou ....... 54 58 , 37 4 O 28 2 32 54 32 _ 64, more foresight, explicitness, and fair dealing, The COMMISSIONER proceeded to examine the ante 18. 3d, ill the pound, and in the latter from such lands ; and if sheep, cattle, and rim- having thrown herself on the pavement in the Tewkesbury ~......... 53 - 37 - 30 38 - 46 .arcely one farthing? By redressing this inc- bet bring less money, the landlord must be saved themselves from the imputation of yielding accounts, when it appeared that in consequence of - - - t he proofs • dthis day, dividendof 2s. • receive - 48 wastage 58 80 27 32 17 23 34 44 in 'description of the officer, as if " she warn't a woman Warminster ........ 48 58 25 31 22 26 34 46 ralitv and even reducing the land tax from satisfied with a diminished rent. As for the that to clamour and . , violence which was due to the pound only could be declared, but as expecte- wor ts 5s --_ 2l 22 , e justice and the impartial voice of public opinion. at all " Worcester- 5O 57 30 32 24 3Q 7. V S. (its original rate) to 2s. in the pound, it is labourers, there is no doubt that some of them Lions had been held out that a dividend of 2s. 6d. ' The same authority (which we admit is but a This pauper is one of the most extraordinary of LEWES MARKET.-Jan. 7. dculated that 3,000,000/. would be added to must turn their hands to other kinds of work would be made, Mr. Shaw, one of the assignees, what are called the " flarers u" ' h • h She in t e paris . White Wheat (per q uarter)......X2 10 oto .£ 14 o le public revenue. With this sum the audio' than tillage. But, looking to the country ge e . n _ derni-official i I ) g c.a. onegoes on to announce that it proposed, with the approbation of the Commis- gu ar pugi ist, and so game that she fights like are l T is Red ditt0....... - 27 0 10 0 1! not the Chancellor of the Exchequer's inten- • 8ar1ey....... -- f the pamphlet proposed, in 1830, when his rally, as a statesman ought, the point to besinner, to advance sufficient for the purpose, would rather pitch into a big fellow than quarrel Oats, New •1MM0W5.............5.WW*00W1 017 0 18 0 the work was published, to compensate the de- considered is, whether a far larger proportion tiot to propose any substitute for the loss of the rather than disappoint the creditors. The ptoposi- with her own sex. It was but a few days ago that Pease 11,................/.11.1.1. 116 0 0 0 Oil Cake. New.„---......--.—.. 12 10 0 per thousand. _ ___ :At_ ...:11 ~,,i ced heads of revenue to be thus repealed, but rather Lion was agreed to. she was accused of having entered Bishopsgate CHELTENHAM _ MARKET.—Jan. 7. . ... _. One of our correspondents, who has written .is an excellent letter on the expediency and jus tice of an equalization of the land-tax, has sub sequently sent us an able pamphlet, published by him about four years ago, on the same subject, combined with " An inquiry into the practica bility and policy of reducing the duties on malt and beer, and increasing those on British spirits." Desirous of reducing the former duties to a con siderable extent, and expecting rather a diminu tion of dram-drinking than any compensating increase of revenue from any rise in the latter, he looked for an indemnity to the Exchequer by equalizing the land-tax, which, when adjusted to all land property at its proportional value, in stead of being sometimes four shillings in the pound, and sometimes not four farthings, would yield an increase of income more than sufficient to supply the deficiency. His argu ment on the justice and expediency of revis. ing the ancient clumsy and partial settlement of the land-tax appears to us strong, if not con clusive, and the only obstacle which stands in the way seems to be the pledge of its fixed and unalterable distribution by the permission given to redeem it. Till this Redemption Act was passed in 1798, there seemed to be no more reason for continuing the land-tax on its old footing, than for perpetuating the system of sub sidies and fifteenths levied on the nation in the time of the Plantagenets. And even this Act would_ not appear to preclude the Government from proposing, or the Legislature from adopt ing, a more equal distribution of the tax on landed property in cases where it has not been redeemed, for to the holders of such property no pledge could be given. Yet, unless such a pledge were given, how great would be the ab surdity of assessing only 20,0001. on the county of Lancaster, including Manchester, Liverpool, and other great towns, and 107,6021. on the county of Westminster, exclusive of London and Middlesex ? Or, to descend along with our author to parishes, what can be more pre posterous than to levy 9,0181. on the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, and only 4921. on that of Marylebone, being in the former in stance 18. 3d. in the pound, and in the latter scarcely one farthing ? By redressing this ine quality, and even reducing the land tax from 4s. (its original rate) to 2s. in the pound, it is calculated that 3,000,0001. would be added to the public revenue. With this sum the audio! of the pamphlet proposed, in 1830, when his little work was published, to compensate the de falcation in the national income which might be occasioned by a reduction of the malt and beer duties. The latter duty has since been entirely abolished, but those for whose benefit its abolition was intended, and at whose di minished comforts their landed legislators expressed at the time such a hypocritical concern or pity, are now, it would appear, to be grudged the enjoyment of their cheapened be verage, or be debarred from obtaining it in the only way which suits their habits or convenience. If we can rightly read " the signs of the times," we foresee that a strong effort will be made in the ensuing session of Parliament to render almost useless to the poor and labouring classes of the community the reduction of the tax, by restoring the monopoly of the great brewers and the despotism of the licensing magistrates. We observe by reports from the Quarter Sessions and by addresses made on the Circuits, that a bill of indictment is preparing against the beer shops. Almost from every bench of magistrates and from every grand jury-box a volley has been discharged on these obnoxious establishments. At the Cheshire Quarter Sessions the Chair man, as will be seen in a passage quoted by the Times on Tuesday, in lamenting the increase of crime, ascribed the melancholy result to the facilities which these shops afforded, or to the temptations which they offered, for the commis sion of offences. " There was," he said, "no doubt that this (alleged) increase of crime was the consequence of a general demoralization of the people, and one cause at least of that demo ralization was the operation of the Beer Bill." Had we travelled with the Judges on circuit ; or attended nearly every late meeting of count) magistrates, we must have heard a similar language. If the calendar was heavy or the gaols were full, the obvious cause of such a lamentable state of things was the Beer Bill. Had there been an increase of poaching, and had the late season been more titan usually fatal to the preserves of the Quorum, the evil was not ascribed to the inadequate employment or pauper degradation of the peasantry, but to their facility of obtaining beer. If highway robberies had been committed, or hay-ricks burnt, the conspiracies for plunder and incendiarism were of course hatched in a beer shop. Gambling and little-goes have deserted their old station in the publican's tap room, and have established themselves in beer-houses. In short, there can scarcely be any new intensity of wickedness, any increase of vice, or any new form of demoralization among the labouring classes, that may not be traced to the Duke of Welling ton and Mr. Goulburn and their Beer Bill. Now, what are the enactments of this terrible Bill, or in what way can it possibly operate to deserve all this obloquy—to be the 'scape-goat for all these enormities? It cannot properly be im peached for making beer cheap, for. that was the sole motive for abolishing the duty. Besides, such a charge would come with a bad grace from country gentlemen, who now clamour for the abolition of the malt duty—the effect of which would be to render beer still cheaper. It cannot be that beer-shops are frequented at unseasonable hours, or by riotous company, because, in respect of police, they are equally under the control of the magistrate—equally ex posed to the visits of the constable or the watchman—and equally subject to the denuncia tions of the informer, as those other places of more expensive entertainment which are the favourites of the licensing justices. It cannot be that they present more temptations to in temperance or inebriety than the houses of publicans, who, in addition to beer, can supply their customers with " blue ruin" and other cordials. It cannot be that they are more ex posed to bad company or multiplied associates, because beer-shops being more numerous than their more tempting rivals, which can offer the attraction of gin, cannot separately be frequented by such large societies or clubs. There seems, therefore, nothing against the beer-shops but their numbers—their convenient distances from their customers—the facility of their establishment— their tempting localities or their good cheer. Yet the results were all contemplated as advan taAesrio the very formation of the act. 'But : say tnd inagistrates,-theilr numbers are objectionable, because we cannot*teh so many places of en -tertainmentl...Goatetod l has it come to this, that our workitsg peissitle cannot be left to 'hem selvei of seasons of,necessary refreshment ? Is It is now announced in one of the Ministerial Journals, that Ministers mean to abandon the house and window taxes. This we always con templated that they must and ought to do, and we only regret that they have not, by a little more foresight, explicitness, and fair dealing, saved themselves from the imputation of yielding that to clamour and violence, which was due to justice and the impartial voice of public opinion. The same authority (which we admit is but a demi-official one) goes on to announce that it is not the Chancellor of the Exchequer's inten tion to propose any substitute for the loss of the heads of revenue to be thus repealed, but rather to trust to an increased issue of Exchequer bills, and to the chapter of accidents, to make up the deficiency. We can scarcely suspect our present Finance Minister of anything so wild and mon strous as this—viz., that, in the face of a falling revenue, he should contemplate so large an addition to the deficiency, without meeting it by a proportionate reduction of expenditure, or by some new source of income. Another rumour ,NSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JAN. 8. Nathaniel Frederick Okey was opposed by Mr. Cooke, for a Miss Mary Botrick, and by a Mr. Smith. He was supported by Mr. Nicholls. The insolvent had been a stage-coachman ; he had driven from the Bricklayers' Arms to Charing cross. In April, 1832, he had become acquainted with Miss Botrick, to whom he represented himself as a bachelor, in the enjoyment of 1201. a year. He commenced a courtship of the young lady, and during the progress of it he contrived to borrow several sums of money of her. In September, 1832, the courtship being in a state of maturity, the day for the expected nuptials having been 'fixed, and the marriage dress of the bride prepared for the happy event, she received a letter from the insol vent, in which he requested his " Dear Mary" to lend him a., as he was in immediate danger of arrest from an inexorable creditor, and was obliged to raise 151. to meet the crisis. Miss Botrick bor rowed the 5/. which he required of a friend, and having heard a rumour that he was pay ing his addresses to another lady, and was about to abandon her, took the opportunity, when she handed it over to him, to ask an explanation of the ground from which the rumour arose. The expected bridegroom solemnly denied the truth of the rumour, and still professed the most unalterable affection for his creditor. These profes sions, however, proved to be deceitful. The coach man relinquished his state of single blessedness the very next morning ; but instead of making Miss Botrick the partner of his change of situation, actually united himself to a more favoured female, and employed part of the .5/. he had borrowed to pay the expenses of his wedding and its attendant festivities. It appeared that he had borrowed of the lady in the whole 121. 10s. The opposition of Mr. Smith was merely to have his claim upon the insolvent correctly stated in the schedule. is, and one which the country, no doubt, would be happy to see realised, that Lord Althorp con templates a reduction of the interest of the na tional debt, by the conversion of the Four per Cent. into a Three and a Half per Cent. Stock. That by some such operation as this a considerable relief might be afforded to the public finances, without any breach of faith to the national cre ditor, we feel strongly persuaded ; but, at the same time, our apprehension is that, like an important operation in surgery, such a measure would require a master hand and mind superior to any which our College of Finance now pro duces. But what we most apprehend is delay— a putting off, as usual, under one excuse or 'other, the financial statement of the year, till so late a period that the greater part of the year is expired before the country at large can know what the state of its finances or its prospects for the future are. We shall be happy if we are mistaken in this. We shall be happy if the King's Speech, on the opening of the Session, gives the country some insight into the financial plans of Ministers, and if Lord Althorp, on the very first day of the Session, announces to the House of Commons that on such a day in the ensuing week his financial expose for the year will be made. We trust, moreover, that the repeal of the house and window taxes will not be the only boon which the next Session of Parliament will afford to the country, but that the malt tax will be repealed, and its deficiency made up by a rigid economy as well as a tax on spirits, if not on wine, and that its repeal will be accompanied by some decisive measure which will put an end to those resources of crime, the beer shops, as they are at present licensed and conducted.—Morning Herald. This is the season for felicitations and for congratulations, and we cannot omit the oppor tunity of congratulating the Government in ge neral, and the Home Office in particular, on the accession of strength which they have gained by the return of Lord Howick to office. The loss of this most promising scion of the House of Grey, and of the Tribe of Fortune, was severely felt by the Government in the House of Com mons ; his secession from office—his differences of opinion with the Government (for every slight shade of difference of opinion as to the policy of Government in such a man is of con sequence)—embarrassed the Ministry of Lord Grey, in no small degree, during that period of last session when Lord Howick was supposed not altogether to coincide in the policy of his Noble Father's Administration. We have heard that, relying on this returned ac cession of strength to their side, the Govern ment are again cheerful and happy. Let (they say), let the Tories rejoice in the reaction which has taken place in their favour in public opinion—let them felicitate themselves on the dispersion -of the mist which obscured the public vision for so long a time as to the Reform Bill and its benefits----let them enjoy the difficulties in which we are involved in our foreign relations; let them harp upon the occupation of Algiers, and the pro bable dismemberment of Turkey—on the state of the Dutch question, and the failure of Mr. Poulett Thomson's reciprocity negotiation with France—on the blow•up of the Factory Com mission, and the impossibility of procuring the twenty millions for the West Indies. Let them rejoice over each and all of these—we have Howick again—there. is yet life in the game. We recollect the speech of Mr. Stanley in the House of Commons on the intr o duction of the West India measure, last session, and we have not forgotten the speech of Lord Howick on the same night. We can fancy a particularly important speech of Lord Melbourne's in the House of Lords some night next session, and we call pity the anxiety he will feel for the papers of the following morning, to see what his worthy representative has been doing, at the same time, in the House of Commons, in the way of helping him.—Morning Post. Mr. COOKE commented in strong terms upon the behaviour of the insolvent, and urged the Court to exercise the authority with which it was armed by the discretionary clause of the Act. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER said—" This This pauper is one of the most extraordinary of what ate called the " flarers up" in the parish. She fights like a regular pugilist, and is so game that she would rather pitch into a big fellow than quarrel with her own sex. It was but a few days ago that she was accused of having entered Bishopsgate church during divine service, and interrupted the officiating minister. Upon that occasion she had contrived to exchange her allowance of provisions for gin, and when she was pulled out of the church, she laid about her right and left among the officers, who with difficulty succeeded in taking her into custody. The LORD MAYOR, however, as it was her first " flare up" during his mayoralty, set her at liberty upon her promise not tooffend again. Yesterday she had evidently had her complement of strong waters before she made her appearance in the justice-room. After having listened to the charge, in which she was stated to have " let her clothes fly about her in a most undecent and un reglar manner," she turned round to the officer, and said, " And have you the pluck to say as I acted so unlike a woman ?" " Yes, you know you did," said the officer. " Then take that, you cruel warmint !" cried Mrs.. Stokes, and she gave the officer a straightforward double slap on the mouth, which staggered him, and she would have followed him up if another officer had not interfered. Mrs. Stokes, who offered to fight the complainant or any other " warmint," was then committed to Bridewell. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d.I Wheat Barley 3 0 3 9 Oats 2 6 3 3 Beans Pease 5 0 7 0 Hay Si. 10s A RKET.—Jan. 7. Per lb. d. to d. Beef 6l 7 Mutton Veal Pork Lamb 0 8 to 31. 15s. 3d. per ton ------- HULL MARKET.—Jan. 7. Wheat, Old —s. 40s. 50s. New —s. —s. 444 Foreign —s. 50s. Ms. ...... In bond... —s. —s. —B. Oats, Poland —s. 18s. 20s. ...... Old —8.....8.48. - - Small or Feed.... —s. 16s. 185.. —a. --8. —B. Foreign —s. 16s. lßs —s. —B. —B. Barley, Norf. & Suf.... —s. 28s. 30s. Linc. & Wold —s. 255 275. Foreign s. - 5..... e. Beans —s 325. 348. Foreign —s. —B, ....1, Pease, White ---s. 368. 438. Grey --5. 325. 345. 'Fares Rapeseed. in 18on81 none. Free, per last 261. 271. Os. - _ is a case which has disclosed the most heartless and shameless conduct in the insolvent. His behaviour to this young woman has been most unfeeling, and it is fit that the Court should mark their sense of it by their adjud;cation. He shall not be entitled to the benefit of the Act until he shall have been in pri son six calendar months from the date of filing his petition." RKETS.—Jan. 1. DUMFRIES Mt. s. d. s.d.l a. d. s. d. Wheat, Imp. Bush... 5 9 to 6 9 Butter, 16oz 0 8 to 0 9 Barley Oats ......... .......... ... 2 0 2 4 Beef, per score 8 0 9 0 Flour, 141 b. O a t me al 1 6 1 9 Veal 0 4 0 4 Potatoes. cwt. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazelle.) TO-MORROW, JAN. 10. AL M. W. Scott, merchant, Finsbury Circ us 2 at 11 J. F. W. Brewer, victualler,•Star-corner, Bermondsey G. Stockman, linen-draper, Portsea 2 11 W. S. Castell, printer, Piccadilly 1 1. DIVIDENDS. RA J. Aguilar, merchant, Devonshire-street at 12 R. Mercer and Co., coal-owners, Swansea, Glamorganshire 11 J. Rounthwaite, tavern keeper, Bear-street, Leicester-square 12 W. Delamain, wine-merchant, Wells-street D. Kincaid, silk-manufacturer. Spital-square l2 T. Harris and Co., bankers, Barton-upon-Humber 1 A case of affiliation came on yesterday before the LORD MAYOR and Alderman COWAN, which tells rather strongly against the state of society at the east end of the town. A journeyman butcher, named James Salter, was sworn to by a woman named Elizabeth Norris, as the father of her illegi timate child. The overseers stated that the woman gained a settlement in the parish of St. James, Duke's-place, as was the case with many women, by living there in the service of Jews for a few months. The pre sent babe was her fourth of doubtful parentage, and she was likely to become an increasin g burden from her habits. The defendant—Please you, my Lord, I an't the father of that ere child. It's only these six months I tuck up with her, and the babe's born some time. The mother—Six months! nonsense. I know him these seven years, my Lord, off and on. The defendant—But this last time I never seed you time enough to be the father of that ere. Overseer—lt is true, my Lord, that this couple have been long acquainted in this way. This is their second child, although the butcher is a mar ried man, and has two legitimate children. The LORD MAYOR—I suppose the woman knew n othing of that ? The defendant—Aye, well she knowed it, please you my 'Lord, and site knows this young 'un an't nothing to do with me, for I an't been long enough; and I've taken to my wife a gain. The LORD MAYOR (to the woman)—And so you have been in this way before with this man ? The mother—Oh yes, my Lord, that I have. The LORD MAYOR—And knew that he deserted his wife and children to live with you ? The mother—Yes, certainly, please your Lordship. The LORD MAYOR--And I dare say you were glad to receive him again ? The mother—And that I was, your Lordship ; I was very glad to see him. The defendant—Ay, but you see, my Lord, she mistakes me for another body in this here affair, h o wsocndever.—(Laughter.) Overseer—The woman is irreclairnable,her frien have got her situations in respectable families, bu if she once gets hold of a gin bottle, away she goes, and is to be found amongst the most dissolute. MELANCHOLY EVENT.—Near Narbonne, a few days ago, a boat, in which there were 16 persons, was upset in crossing the river, and no fewer than 13 of therm perished. — French Paper. PROPOSED BRIDGE AT CLINTON.--We have seen a plan of the bridge proposed to be erected across the Avon, from the racks at Clifton, upon the novel prin ciple of combining tenison with compression. The in ventor of this plan is Mr. Motley, and the object to be attained is the erection of an arch of 600 feet span, at a height of about 200 feet, without the use of scaffolding or centres, and which shall, when completed, be immoveable, and of sufficient strength to bear the greatest weights passing over without the liability of vibrating. To effect this object Mr. Motley proposes in the first place, by means of iron piles driven into the tops of the opposite cliffs, to obtain a sufficient bold upon the rock to support more than half the weight of the bridge, which is to be constructed of wrought iron, by means of strong chains stretched tight across the intervening space, to act as points of suspen ion until the work is finished. He then proposes to commence the lower segments of the arch, close to the cliffs on each side; these seg ments being supported by transverse iron bars bolted to gether, the ends of which are fixed into the face of the cliff, to the segments of the arch, and to the chain above. Having fastenel one portion of the arch he proceeds with the unt I n e t x h t e , w e e o g , e lc , i e n n g t all s on t e h n e o h w e e f j r o o i m n a e bov e nd f u d r o m w n e w a s r o c; i l l , upright arch, capable of affording a firm support. The transverse iron bars, which are fixed in the rock and fastened to the chain, are intended to assist in steadying and supporting the upper part of the bridge, and those bars fastened to the iron which forms the arch, are in tended to give it additional strength, by suspending part of its weight to the chains above. The appearance of the design is very elegant, and we understand that a consider able saving of expense would result from the adoption of this plan, which seems most ingenious. Several engineers h a v e , we believe, expressed their approbation of Mr. Motley's principle, and conceive it will be attended with the advantages he contemplates. BIRTH. On the 27th ult., at Zicrow, in Mecklenburg, Baroness Biel of a son. MARRIE Mr D. WiIIiam Tidy, of Cain. On the 4th inst., at Hackney, . bridge_he a ith, surgeon, to Charlotte, Youngest daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Meymott, of t he same place. On the Bth inst., at Marylehone • Church, William J ose ph King, Esq., of York-terrace, Regents-park, to Emm a Louisa, second daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Blake. DIED. On the 4th inst., at Paris, Harriett Sarah, second daughter of the late William Nepecker, Esq. On the 3d inst., in Queen-street, Golden-square, Mr. Henry Watkins, aged 70 - On the 3d in st., the Rev. Daniel Lysons, A.M., F.R.S., A.S., L.S., and as., of Hempsted.court, Gloucester. On the 6th inst., at Boulogne.sur.Mer, Charlotte, wife of S. Cheek, Esq,, aged 65. At Falmouth, Ellen, the infant daughter of Edward Oxen_ ford, Esq., of Mecklenburg.square. On the 24th ult., at Florence, Captain James Stuart Brisbane, only son of the late Commodore Sir James Brisbane, C.B. On the sth inst., at Ramsgate, Ann, relict of Lieutenant. Colonel Thos. Mitchell, late of Harbledown, near Canterbury. On the Bth inst., the infant son of Joseph Thorp, Esq., or Wal thamstow. On the 14th ult., at Guernsey, Lieute nant -Colonel William Irving, late of the 28th Regiment of Foot On the 2d inst., at Ptiount-pleasant, Swansea, aged 65, Capt. George Jones, R.N. age 67, Mary Hitchens, Widow, landlady On the 31st ult. , of the Rose and Crown Inn, Swansea. On the 30th ult., at Handsworth Hall, Staffordshire, Joseph Orice, Esq., in his 82d. year. On the 26th ult., aged 20, Martha, ninth daughter of Mr. C. Handley, of Kenilworth. On the 30th ult., at Compton, Miss Wynn, daughter of the late, Mr. James Wynn, of Wolverhampton. ---I PRINTED AND POBLIFIIED BY MURDO YOUNG, ter Till SUN OFYIGB, 112, STRAND. G UILDHALL. Yesterday James Paul, lately the resident agent of the Society for Distributing Religious Books among the Poor, and William Johnston, a master printer, of Lovell's•court, Paternoster-row, attended before the Magistrate to meet a charge of having stolen a quantity of books horn the society's ware house. After evidence had been adduced— Mr. Payne applied for an adjournment of the case for a few days. His clients had occasion to make some inquiry. Mr. Phillips offering no opposition to this course, Sir PETER LAURIE should at once commit Paul on the charge of embezzlement, but remand him as well as Mr. Johnston on the charge of stealing from the warehouse. On account of Me. Johnston's previous good character, he should, however, Jibe ra►e him on giving sureties, but he would take no bail for Paul. Mr. Johnston's friends immediately bailed him, and Paul was remanded. MARLBOROUGILSTREET. Marieux St. Martin, a tall stout Frenchman, was put to the bar before Messrs. DYER and CONANT yesterday, charged with the following assault : Mrs. Robson, a widow lady, was passing down Princes-street, Leicester-square, about five o'clock the last evening, when her attention was attracted by seeing the prisoner behaving indecently to a very respectable young girl, who appeared to be strug gling to get away from him. From the apparent age of the girl, which seemed somewhere about 13, and her style of dress, which was that of the daughter of a respectable tradesman, she felt con vinced that she was not a consenting party to the prisoner's proceedings, and therefore she crossed over to them, upon which the girl threw out her hand and implored her to protect her. She ac costed the prisoner, who turned round to her and struck her with a stick which he carried. The girl took that opportunity of freeing herself from the . prisoner, and ran away greatly agitated. Witness, on receiving the blow, lifted her hand against the prisoner, who ran off; but she pursued him, and saw him enter a French eating-house, at No. 2, Lisle-street. She went in, and having made known the conduct of the prisoner towards the young girl and herself, some females belonging to the house said the prisoner was well known to be in the habit of walking about Leicester-square insulting girls and married females, The prisoner was then o bliged to quit the house, followed by witness, who declared she would not leave him until she saw him in the custody of a policeman. The prisoner menaced her with his stick again, but finding she was not to be intimidated, he offered her ss. to let the matter drop. Witness refused this proposal, and meeting with a policeman she gave him into custody. The prisoner was employed as French cook at the Quadrant Hotel. He, however, professed to be unable to speak English, and stated, in French, that the female with whom the witness had seen him was an acquaintance, and he was merely pressing her to stay or make a future appointment with him, when the witness came up and commenced an attack upon him by slapping his face. This was positively denied by Mrs. Robson, who was quite sure, from her conduct, the girl was a stranger to the prisoner. Mr. Harris, the proprietor of the Quadrant Hotel, was sent for, and on learning the nature of the charge, observed, that the prisoner, who was the principal cook in his establishment, had conducted himself with propriety during the five months he had been in hi s service. lie could not speak Eng lish so as to make himself understood. The magistrates fined the prisoner 41. for the as sault, or imprisonment for one month. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, i JAPr N• ces7:— The sales to day are reported at 2,000 bags. are steady.