The Sun. — London, England, 1833-05-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. There was a numerous meeting of Members of Parliament at Lord - Attlsorp's office on Satur day, when Mr. Stanley fully explained the ob ject and details of the Ministerial plan of slave emancipation. There seemed to be a very general disposition to support it. For ourselves we are so fully aware of the difficulties which surround this important question, and are so thoroughly convinced of the sincerity with which the Ministers have addressed themselves to find a cure for an evil, the magnitude of whi c h none acknowledge more feelingly than themselves, that we should he acting a most unjust part if we should, except on the most essential grounds, do anything to impede their benevolent endea vours ; at the same time we shall not conceal the opinions which are entertained concerning their project by persons competent to form a judgment, for by such publication we shall ren der them a real service. The principal objec tion is, we find, that the details are complicated and all but impracticable. We are sure that Ministers are not so pedantically attached to all the minutia of their plan as not to take the advice of persons thoroughly conversant with the subject ; and we would recommend them, while they firmly adhere to the prin ciple of their measure, to consult the agents and proprietors of the different colonies as to the best and least vexatious mode of carrying that principle into application. The subject will be discussed in Parliament to-morrow. We have received from a correspondent, who is tho roughly acquainted' with the measure, both in its object and details, the following explanation, which we will give in his own words, merely adding that we entreat our readers, whether abolitionists or planters, to throw aside their personal prejudices and passions, and to ex amine and consider the plait with calm temper, and in the spirit of justice. If the plan is bad let it be rejected ; but let it be rejected deliberately, and not with precipitate rashness:—" In an other column will be found the outline of the Government plan for the extinction of slavery, containing some further particulars than those which were given , in our impression of Satur day. We invite the public attention to this very important subject, and we think that some further elucidation of its principles and details may be acceptable to our readers. The first and most important clause enables the slave im mediately to acquire all the rights enjoyed by his fellow men. Henceforth the slave will be a citizen of the state, with the same privi leges, the same responsibilities, the same freedom of conscience, as his white brethren. All those odious and unnatural distinctions, which have been so jealously preserved in some of our colo nies and so reluctantly modified in others, as to the testimony of the negro, are immediately and for ever to cease ; all those impediments which the narrow and selfish views of his owner have thrown in the way of his religious and moral improvement are to be instantly removed. The 9th and 10th clauses of the plan show that the Government will not be lukewarm in this im portant duty. The second clause of the plan prescribes the terms of the contract by the ac ceptance of which the negro acquires the ad vantages of freedom. The negro will enter into an engagement to work upon a particular estate for the moderate interval of seven hours and a half per diem, in return for his clothing and maintenance, and such other necessaries as he by law is now entitled to. He is thus, in the infancy of his freedom, at once secured from the evils of poverty and want, and from the still greater evils of unrestricted idleness. This labour, however, is not to be the labour of slavery, but the industry of freedom ; it is notto be wrung from the negro by the outrage of corporeal punishment, capriciously inflicted on him by the master, butit is to be secured to the master by the control of the law, in like manner as the industry of the labourer in this country who thinks fit to bind himself for a specific period. We find, too, from the eighth clause of the plan, that the law will be adminis tered, not by slave-owners or colonists, but by magistrates, selected and sent out from this coun try. The Governmett, moreover, have fixed a limited duration and a certain termination to the apprenticeship. For this purpose it is intended that the labourer shall have the right to demand labour and wages from his master for that one fourth of the working day which is left at the labourer's disposal. The difficulty of fixing the wages is removed by a novel and ingenious ex pedient. The master is to fix himself the price of the slave, and the wages are to bear a fixed proportion to that price ; consequently, if the master fixes too high a price, he will have to pay very high wages. If he fixes too low a price, the apprenticed labourer will be able to buy off his apprenticeship, as will be seen from the tenth and eleventh clauses of the second section of the plan, upon very easy terms. Again, the termination of the apprenticeship is w al l,: certain by fixing the annual wages for the labourer's surplus working time at one-twelfih o f the price, $e may, therefore, put an end to the apprenticeship in twelve years, or earlier if, by extra industry, or higher wages, or the kindness of his friends, he should be able at an earlier period to furnish the full amount of his 'Nice. The mode in which his price will thus be paid is calculated to teach forethought and self-denial to the negro ; for although the wages will be paid weekly, the tax, out of which the master will be reimbursed the uric,. 2f the negro, will be collected at longer int,ervala, It would be dangerous, however, entirely to trost to the labourer's desire to termi nate his apprenticeship, and a provision has ac cordingly been devised for compelling him to attain his unconditional freedom at the end of twelve years and a half. The 9th section of the 2d clause of the plan prescribes, that if the la bourer does not regularly furnish his half-yearly quota towards buying off his apprenticeship, the master must advance it, and thereby entitle him aelf to a corresponding part of the labourer's !surplus working time during the preceding half year. is evident that the effect of this may be to protract the period of the apprenticeship one half-year, but no further, beyond the end of twelve years from the commencement of the ap prenticeship. It seems hardly necessary to advert to the other parts of the plan as respects the negro, except to point out that the contract, under which the negro will continue for twelve •years, independently of the advan tages he will demive under it, is calculated to create and strengthen in him those qualities which will most contribute to his wel fare when he is absolutely free. It remains for us to consider in what mariner the Govern ment plan affects the West India proprietor. In the present state of public feeling respecting taxation, it would have been a hopeless and pit wise attempt to have proposed to relieve that important and suffering interest by an actual grant of money, entailing a permanent charge on the nation. Justice, however, required that neither the whole loss nor the whole risk of this great national experiment should fall upon the planter. The Government meets the difficul= ties of these circumstances in a remarkably skilful manner. The continuance of sugar cul tivation for twelve years is insured by the restric tions upon the negro during that period. At the end of that time the price which the master shall himself have set on the negro will have been paid to the master, and he will be left with that sum in his pocket, as the capital from which the wages of the negroes, who by that time, it is to be hoped, will be ready to work volunta rily for wages, will be paid. Should this de sirable result arrive, it is more than probable that the value of the rest of the proprietor's property will be greatly augmented, not only in respect of its security, but because labour per formed for hire is universally admitted to be performed more effectually and cheaply than that performed by purchased slaves. L► the mean time, the Government remove a large portion of the risk from the proprietor by the loan of 15,000,0001. at 4 per cent. This sum appears to he the value of the net returns to the West India proprietors estimated at 10 years' purchase. This loan will be lent on the se curity of West India property only, and will not involve the borrower in the obligation of a per sonal loan ; so that if the plan were to fail, and the consequences were to be disasfrous to West India property, the pledge might he abandoned and the loan retained without liability of re payment. It is necessary to observe here, that some little doubt arises on the sth clause of the plan, as it does not appear what is to become of the half-yearly payments after the loan shall have been paid off. We understand it is intended that the loans will be made, not to the island communities, but to in dividuals, and the respective sums advanced to them will in effect be separate loans. If, there fore, a West India proprietor value his slaves at a larger sum than the amount of his loan, that loan will be paid off by the taxes collected from his slaves previously to the expiration of the twelve years, and the subsequent taxes will be paid over to the proprietor by the Government. It must be admitted that difficulties of no in- considerable magnitude will occur in carrying into effect the details of this measure, difficulties which will be much aggravated by the violence of the extremes of each party, but it is probable that if the plan is calmly and fairly considered by the public, they will be satisfied that nothing further could be done in th e w a y o f re li e f to thee planter or benefit to the slave without subjecting the parent country to a very heavy outlay."— Times. The Standard of Saturday observes— We cannot but think that the work is already well begun at Westminster. The single defeat of the Ministe rial candidate is something, but the example is invaluable. It:has been proved to Ministers that none of their number can dare to face any constituency in the kingdom. The Secretary for Ireland has been hawked about amongst all orders of officials, from Mr. S. Rice and Mr. C. Fer gusson, down to Mr. Abercrombie and Mr.Kennerly ; but all, after feeling the pulses of their several constituencies, have declined it, and now we hear it is proposed to confer the dangerous office upon some INer, and to have his under-secretary, whose appointment would not drive him to an election, as the Ministerial organ in the House of Commons upon all Irish affairs. At present, Ireland, the object of so much care, and such ostentatious interest, at the beginning of the session, has no official guardian of any kind in that assembly, not even a Crown lawyer. What is of not less importance, the Westminster election has, we know, demonstrated to the First Person in the realm the foundation and extent of the popularity of his servants." So the work is already well begun at West minster, is it ? But if the Westminster election has, as our contemporary says he knows it has, demonstrated to the First Person in the realm the foundation and extent of the popularity of his servants, that First Person must be under a strange delusion indeed, if he thinks that those who are dissatisfied with the Whigs, because they do not proceed with sufficient ra pidity in the way of reform and retrenchment, would be less dissatisfied with the Tories! We have already observed that a general election, in the present temper of the people, would lead, in the counties, to the return of many Conserva tives ; but it would also lead to the return of many fierce democrats, and the collision might lead to tremendous consequences. If the Whigs were out of place, and the Conserva tives in power, the latter might attempt to co erce the country ; what the result might be we know npt ; that it would be calamitous to the nation, we believe ; but we are much mistaken if they would not have cause for regretting that they had ever made the attempt. We have al ways been of opinion that Ministers were not sufficiently aware of the intensity of hatred borne to the house and window tax, and we could have wished that they had at once abandoned them. It is not merely the money which the people grudge ; the surcharges and other annoy ances keep them constantly in hot water. "It has been asked (says the Caledonian Mercury), why have ti e assessed taxes of late years become so un popular both here and elsewhere ? The answer is, first, by reason of their most unequal distribution ; and, se condly, on account of the shameful manner in which they have latterly been racked. This last is particularly appli cable to Scotland, where, by order of the Barons of Ex chequer, surveyors are compelled to make repeated charges and surcharges, awl where the taxes in question are screwed up by every possible means, not a hole or cranny for giving admission to the light of Heaven being omitted, except through ignorance of its existence. Much of the present ferment is traceable to this cause alone." We cannot, therefore, help thinking that it would have been wiser on the part of Ministers to have repealed these taxes, and to have trusted to future retrenchments, possible increase of the revenue, and even some substitute, if these should not be sufficient. We have stated frankly our views with regard to the house and window taxes, and tl►e conduct of Ministers respecting them. But if Ministers have not made sufficient allowance for the hatred of the people towards these taxes, the people on the other hand have displayed a spirit which leads reflecting persons to feel not a little uneasy for the suture. In fact, the expectations entertained by many people that all the evils of the country ought to be remedied at once, is most irrational, and reminds us of the impatience of children. We have been pillaged by boroughmongers for upwards of a century; all essential reforms were with held ; and now, because an honest Ministry cannot at once free the country from evils which have been so long accumulating, the language used towards them is as virulent and abusive as if they were the authors of all the evils. The following extract from the Leeds Mercury of Saturday last very happily exposes the absurd complaints to which we have been "Cimplaints (says cur contemporary) have been made, both in and out of Parliament, that Ministers and the House of Commons are reluctant to inquire into the sta - e of the country, and into the public expenditure. Our thfficulty, however, would be, to find out, not the interest or the institution which is at present made the subject of but that which is not undergoing investigation. In tact, whatever else the reformtd Parliament will do fur . the nati on , i t will give inquii y without a tint. At s moment th ere are sitting or perambulating, a corn mission to inquire i nto the poor laws—..a commission to iL iuireinto the condition of the poor in Ireland--a com- mission to inquire into the state of the population em ployed in factories—a conunission to inquire into the col-. lection of the excise—commissions to inquire into the state of the law, into charitable bequests, and into ecclesiastical revenues—a Committee to inquire into the state of Corporations, a Committee to inquire into the state of agriculture, a Committee to inquire into the state of trade, manufactures, and shipping, a Committee to consider the state of the woods, forests, and crown lands, extraordinary Committees on several elections, and many other Com mittees on subjects of minor importance. The military and naval expenditure is to be submitted to a Committee. Last session there were Committees on the East India Compiny's Charter, the Bank Charter, and West India slavery, on all which subjects Ministers are now about to introduce great measures of reform. The law, the church, the bank, the colonies, the poor, the crown lands, the exei'e, the army and navy, corporations, factories, charities, agriculture, trade, elections, slavery ! What other subject could be hunted out by the keenest-scented political setter for investigation ? All and every thing is under inquiry. " but then, though you inquire so much, you do nothing.' Patience, good friend : just now the com plaint was, You won't inquire ;' confess that that at least was ill-founded►. And then as to the doing, you would nut surely act before you inquired, and you cannot inquire without time. But something has been done, something is doing, and much is likely to he done. Look at the various stiges of all the almve-mentioned inquiries and measures, and it will appear that Ministers have their hands full, even to overflowing. 'Annihilate time and space, and make two lovers happy !' was the impatient demand of a lover; and the demands of some politicia ns are about as reasonable. Such men would inquire with- out waiting the result, or act without inquiring ; they would have a revenue without paying taxes ; and they would compel a Minister, under the penalty of impeach. . . . . . . men', to bring back a golden age, in which men should eat without working, and nations should have gallant armies and navies living upon air." These are all very important reforms, and are the men who are thus honestly endeavouring to ameliorate the institutions of the country, to be loaded with all manner of abuse and contumely ? But, as we have said, let the Conservatives be ware. They are now in the back ground. The Whigs are the actors, and the vials of the public discontent are poured out on them. But if the Tories take their places, woe to them ! If they are wise, they will not place themselves in a situa tion which may lead the people to inquire who caused the evils which now press on the country. We know there are fierce spirits in this country, who would be delighted at the return of the Tories to office, on account of the fierce collision which would follow between them and the people. For our parts, we are lovers of tranquillity. We have now obtained a Constitution which will enable us to proceed in a constant career of amelioration and improvement. Do not let us hazard what we have obtained by striving after too much at once. There is much in England that requires amendment ; but we see no lack of good-will in Ministers to proceed with improve ments. We do not, of course, suppose it pos sible in the Tories to control and coerce the people, but the attempt even to recover their lost ground would be productive of incalculable mischief.— Morning- Chronicle. . The practical effects of the embargo on Dutch vessels were clearly and forcibly explained b y Mr. Ald. 'Thompson upon introducing his motion relative to that subject on Friday nigh t . The wretched state to which several profitable branches of the British trade have been re duced, in consequence of the sapient measures of Lord Palmerston, affords a melancholy picture of that increasing prosperity which has for its basis the " tobacco and snuff calculations" of Mr. Poulett Thomson. We, in vain, may search the history of England to find any course of policy more absurd and imbecile than that which the British Cabinet has pursued touching the quarrel between Belgium and Holland ; and when we recollect that the Whigs, before their accession to office, declared in the most emphatic terms, in both Houses of Parliament, that it was the interest and duty of the British Government to observe strictly the rule of non-intervention between the parties, we cannot but consider their conduct since they came into power as being not more destitute of wisdom than of principle. In the debate of Friday night Lord John Russell attempted an excuse—fbr it was not an argument—on behalf of the policy of Ministers, by stating that the original interven tion was not the act of the present, but the late Government. Need we refute this stale pretence once more, by reminding the public that the Whigs, just before they came into of fice, had given notice of a motion, through Sir John Hobhouse, which had for its object the compelling the Duke of Wellington's Adminis tration to desist from all further interference in the Belgico-Dutch dispute ? Now, as we said on a former occasion, the Duke of Wellington could either retrace his steps, and back out of the quarrel with honour, or he could not. If he could not, then the motion of the Whigs was a factious one, and put forward only with the view of embarrassing his Government. If he could, then the Whigs who succeeded to his power were under no political or moral obliga tion of pursuing the line of policy which they so severely condcw- ned in him. But the Whi gs did more than follow up his course of policy. The Duke of Wellington expressly declared, as the French Minister, Sebastiani did afterward s , that the interference was of a mediatorial cha racter, and, in no event, was it intended that any hostile intervention should take place. The Whigs, in conjunction with the more crafty Doc trinnaires of the FrenchCabinet,have the unenvi able merit of changing the mediatorial character, which is strictly one of peace and conciliation, into the dictatorial, accompanied and disgraced by the Anglo• Gallic convention, and its deeds of blood and rapine ; the slaughters of Antwerp, and the seizure of the private property of peace able and unoffending Dutch merchants. But Lord Palmerston says it is the policy of our Government to " protect the weak against the strong." Noble and ill-fated Poland ! what an evidence thy fate affords of the chivalrous gene rosity of the British Cabinet ! When thy hand ful of heroes were engaged in the holy struggle for national independence with the colossal em pire of the Northern barbarian, in what way did our " liberal" Ministry interfere between the strong and the weak ? To the supplications of Poland they had nothing to give but cold apathy —contemptuous neglect, or barren compassion. To Russia they gave large sums of British gold, under the pretence of a treaty which had ceased and determined, according to its own express terms, the moment a separation had taken place between Holland and Belgium. The seasonable tribute-money of our Cabinet to the haughty Czar enabled him the more readily to pour mass after mass of barbarians down upon the banks of the Vistula, until the national existence of Poland—that rampart whi c h our f ormer po li c y had raised against Russian ambition on the side of estern Europe, was swept from the face of the ea rth. Such ‘Aas th e protect i on w hi c h our Government gave the weak against the strong, that when Prussia evinced her hostility to the Poles in all but taking the field, our merchants, w h os e property on the w a y t o W arsaw wa s seized in transitu on the Prussian territory, could obtain no redress by applying to the Foreign-office. As to the acluaintance with the principles of international law, and also of the reciprocal obligations of allegiance and pro tection which Lord Palmerston evinced on that occasion, we noticed at the time, and we now leave that brilliant page in the vast volume of the Noble Viscount's diplomacy, to carry down to future ages an appropriate record of the political capacity and wisdom, which in the second quarter of the nineteenth century has, both in the west and east of Europe, raised to so high a pitch the character and honour of England ! There are still, however, some per sons of so perverse an understanding as to think that the facts stated by Alderman Thompson, re lative to the injury which our commerce and ship ping interests have sustained from the "peaceful war" against Holland, a Befrus drawback upon the diplomatic glory Inch the co untry has derived from the ex tisitely 7 inenious *ate efpapers of Lord Palm ston. N: ) iv, the gallant exploit of the British navy in sailing in all the pomp of " peaceful war" to the mud-banks of Holland, merely to sail back again, will scarcely be thought a compensation for a s t a t e o f thi ngs _ which puts out of employment about 180,000 t,;tis of British shipping, throwing the trade into American and other neutral bottoms, and dimi nishes the exports of British commodities to the annual amount of about 4,000,0001. sterling. But what is it to Ministers that there are, at the present moment, in the harbour of Sunderland alone, 340 vessels wholly unemployed that used to be engaged in the Dutch trade ? What is it to them that the inhabitants of the port of Newcastle lost a market for coal in Holland, since the embargo was laid on, in which 500 vessels used to be engaged, and which branch of trade is now transferred to Russia ? What is it to them that the British merchants have to pay 100 per cent. more than foreigners in the rate of freight and insurance, from the appre hension of approaching war, which the conti nuance of the embargo on Dutch vessels has produced ? Is not the honour of England maintained by sacrificing her commerce and the interest of her ship-owners to enable a nation of four millions of inhabitants to keep their ground for a time against one of only two mil lions—and to preserve for a season a ginger bread crown on the head of Leopold, as a regal vassal of the King of the French ? Every body recollects the ridiculous assertions of Lord Palmerston about the peaceable nature of the embargo, and the siege of Antwerp. Now, however, when it is stated that the British under writers are suffering more by the embargo than the Dutch merchants, whose cargoes they in sure, he declares such insurances illegal, on the ground that the embargo is a hostile operation ! yet the British underwriters prefer paying those losses to acting upon a doctrine which, as Mr. Baring stated, would ".utterly destroy the ho nourable confidence on which commercial transactions are based."—Morning Herald. MARINE INSURANCES. It has generally been understood that Lord Althorp, in presenting his budget to the House of Commons, declared that the reductions he proposed in the duties on marine in surances would be a relief to the shipping interests. The present rates are as follow, viz.—if the premium do not exceed 20s. per cent., the duty is 2s. 6d. per cent., and 50. per cent, if the premium exceeds 20s. Lord Althorp proposes that where the premium shall not exceed 15s. the duty shall be ls. 3d. ; if the premium be between 15s. and 305., the duty to be 2s. 6d., and ss. if the premium exceeds 30s. Now, p ships are generally insured either by the voyage or by time, and the premium is very rarely below 30s. per cent. upon a ship policy, it is clear that the intended advantage to the shipowners will be very slight indeed, and the allusion to it in the House of Com mons was looked upon as a bitter mockery of the unex ampled distress under which British shipowners labour. Our attention has just been called to the printed votes of the House of Commons, in which will be found the following resolutions reported last night:-- " That the duty on ships, &e., insured by time, shall be, s. a. If not exceeding three months From three to six months From six to nine months 7 6 ditto. From nine to twelve months The present duty on time policies, for any period not ex ceeding twelve months, being five shillings per cent. About one. half the ships belonging to the British empire are insured by time policies, for terms varying from nine to twelve months, and rarely for shorter periods ; so that it is actually intended to double this tax upon the suffering shipowners; at the same time they are told, and the public generally are led to believe, that the alteration is a great boon to them. Here we have an overburthned trade mocked by erroneous measures of relief, showing the pal pable incapability and want of knowledge in the theorists intru ted with the administration of the Government. We recur again to the great and important question of the marine insurances, in consequence of it having been intimated to us that Lord Althorp was not the original founder of the negative plan of relief to the British ship owners, propounded in his late budget, but that he adopted it from one proposed by the Committee at Lloyd's some two or three years since, and this, corning from such a quarter, has been presumed to have induced Lord Althorp to suppose that it was in unison with the general wishes of the merchants and shipowners. We now learn this was not the case ; and if the members of Lloyd's had been consulted, a scale of duties would have been pro pounded (under their advice) which would at once have done themselves credit, and the merchants and shipowners a very great benefit. The members of Llayd's generally give th. Noble Chancellor of the Exchequer credit Ur endea vouring to meet the wishes of the public; but good inten tions cannot nullify the want of practical knowledge or neces.sary investigation. We ate aware that a plan has been submitted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by one of the ablest members of Lloyd's, which it is considered will give relief to the trade without diminishing the income which the Noble Lord stated he must have the power of calculating upon from this great commercial source. We subjoin it, in order that the attention of the members of that noble institution should be drawn to the question, and induced to take the matter up, and call the attention of our representatives to this important question. But we must be free to admit that we are astonished to learn that the proposal of a scale of duties like that to which we have previously adverted should have emanated from the Com mittee of Lloyd's:— " It is now proposed that upon insurances, when the premium does not exceed 20s. per cent., the duty shall be Is. 31. per cent. " When the premium is above 20s. per cent. the duty shall be 2s. 6d. per cent. " Insurances done for time only, to pay ss. per cent." This sc4le is considered to be founded in equity. The present income from policy duties is estimated at £220,000 Of which the coasting duties and time risk duties pay (which duties are still to remain the same) 30,003 190,000 The duties proposed to be reduced one-half, say from 2s. (id to Is. 3d., and ss, to 2s. fid. per cent., will take off the sum 0f...... £93,000 B e ing 5,0001. less than the Chancellor of the Exchequer is agreeable to give up. It tnust now be remarked that this reduction of the policy duties will tend to increase the in surance business of this miritione country ; therefore it may be fairly presumed that the actual loss to the revenue will only amount to 50,0001., which is half of what Lord A. calculates upon giving up. . If this plan be adopted it will give this year £95,000 'En which add the coasting and time duties as usual Which will leave to the revenue £123,000 Whilst the probable increase, in consequence of the reduced duties, will amount to a large sum.—Morning Paper. FACTORY COMMISSION.—We understand that some of the occupis.rs of manufactories have hesitated about answering the questions sent to them by virtue of the Factory Commission, on account of the trouble attend ing the inquiries that are necessary in order to obtain satis factory information, and such as they can, if required, verify upon oath. But this must be considered a very in sufficient reason for declining to furnish Parliament with the information required. Such a refusal would be open to the observation that the parties have something to con ceal, and that they are afraid of meeting the subject fairly. We hope this is not the case in any instance ; but if it is, it only shows more clearly the propriety of investigation, and of legislation too, upon the subject...-Leeds Mercury. WINDSOR, MAY 11. (From the Windsor Express.) This week it is again our pleasing duty to report that our beloved KING and QUEEN are in the enjoyment of their accustomed health and spirits, her MAJESTY having com pletely recovered from her late severe attack of influenza. The KING has, indeed, continued remarkably well through out this unusually trying season, and has even been more than usually free from those periodical returns of rheuma tic gout in the hands and feet to which he had for a long time previously been subject. His MaJEsTar's active mode of life, being continually engaged in the affairs of state, his daily drives about this delightful neighbourhood, and his frequent journeys to town—at least once a week to hold the Levees—when his MAJESTY, we believe, inva riably dispenses with a formal dinner, merely taking a sandwich lunch at St. James's, and tea after his arrival at Windsor,—these active and moderate habits enable his MAJESTY, no doubt, to preserve his health and equable flow of spirits unabated, notwithstanding the cares and anxieties inseparably attendant on the kingly office. The Court returned to Windsor this evening, and ar rived at 'he Castle at a quarter to six. The Duke of ORLEANS and suite are expected on Tues. day, and will remain on a visit to their MAJESTIES until Thursday. The principal Ministers and Officers of State have been invited to the Castle to meet his Royal High ness i and the KING'S levee has been postponed from Wednesday to Thursday, in consequence. On that day, however, the Court will again go to town, to remain for the rest of the week. COURT CIRCULAR. Their MAJESTIES gave a grand dinner on Friday evening, at St. James's, to the Duke of ORLEANS, the members of the Royal family, and a select party. The Yeomen Guard lined the Portrait Gallery, through which the company passed to the Banquetting-room, where the dinner was served on splendid services of gold and silver plate. At the end of the Gallery were stationed the band of the Life Guards, who received the Royal and illustrious party with" God save the King." The Banquet ting.room was brilliantly illuminated with large ormolu chandeliers, and also with candelabra on the table, all of them embellished with allegories. On dinner being served the Duke of ORLEANS led the way, having the QUEEN on his arm, preceded by the Treasurer and Comptroller of the Household, and by the Lord Chamberlain. His MAJESTY followed with the Princess AUGUSTA, and the Duke of CUMBERLAND with the Duchess of KENT, the other Royal Dukes, the Prince of LEIN INGEN, and the other guests followed. The Queen's band were in attendance in the evening in the drawing-room, and performed several pieces. Mr. HERE performed before their MAJESTIES and party on one of Erard's grand pianofortes. Among the company were, _ _ _ _ _ - The Duke of Cumberland, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Augusta,the Duke of Sussex,the Duke of Gloucester, the Prince of Leiningen, Prince Talleyrand and the Duchess de Dino, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Gordon, the Duchess of Sutherland, Marquis and Marchioness of Win chester, Marchioness Wellesley, Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, Earl and Countess Granville, and Lady G. Leve son Gower, Earl and Countess Grey, Earl and Countess Albe marle, Earls of Denbigh, Erroll, and Brownlow, Lord Hill, Lord Elphinstone, the Treasurer, Comptroller, and Master of the Household, the Duke de Valencay, the Duke de Mont morency, General Baudrand, and General Marbot, M. Bois Milor (of the suite of the Duke of Orleans), Lady Charlotte St. Maur (in waiting upon the Duchess of Kent), the Princi pal Equerry, and Colonel Horace Seymour Equerry in Waiting. The KING gave audie n c e on Friday to the Hanoverian Minister and Earl GREY. The Duke of CUMBERLAND, the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Princess AUGUSTA, and the Princess SOPHIA MATILDA lunched with their MAJESTIES onFriday. Senhor GOROSTIZA, the Mexican Minister, had an in terview with Viscount PALMERSTON on Friday, at the Foreign-office, to take leave; bis Excellency presented M. GARRO as Charge d'Aff4ires. Prince TA LLEYRA ND visited Viscount PALMERSTON en Friday. The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA rode at Mr. FOZA RD'S school on Friday forenoon. Earl GREY had an interview with Viscount PALMIER. STON on Friday at the Foreign. office. The Princess AUGUSTA, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, and the Princess SOPHIA, visited their MAJESTIES on Saturday. Earl GREY bad an audience of the KING. Their MAJESTIES left town about half past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Light Horse, for the Palace at Windsor. The Duchess of CUMBERLAND and Prince GEORGE of Cumberland, accompanied by his Receptor, the Rev. Mr. JRLF, arrived at their residence at Kew, on Saturday evening, from Hastings. The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA, and their Royal Highnesses' Household, attended Divine Ser vice yesterday at the Palace at Kensington. The service was performed by the Rev. WILLIAM FISHER. The Princess AUGUSTA attended Divine Service yester day morning, at the Chapel Royal. The Duke of CUMBERLAND honoured Lord KENYON with his company at dinner on Saturday evening, at his residence in Portman• square. His Royal Highness after wards left town for Kew. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday afternoon at the residence of Viscount ALTHORP, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Elrl of RzeoN, Earl GREY, the Duke of RICHMOND, the Earl of CARLISLE, Viscounts MELBOURNE and ALTHORP, Mr. Secretary STANLEY, the Right Hon. C. GRANT, and Sir J. GRAHAM. The Council sat until past six o'clock. Despatches from Sir R. ADAIR, Minister at Brussels,. were yesterday received at the Foreign-office. At the QUEEN'S Drawing-room on Thursday, Lady HALL was presented to her MAJESTY by the Cour t,ss of HADDINGTON, and Sir JOHN HALL, by the Earl of HAD. DINGTON. At the grand banquet given by their MAJEsms on Friday, to the Prince Royal of France, the Duke of OR LEANS, a State service of Worcester porcelain was dis played for the first time, prepared by Messrs. FLIGHT, Balm, and BARR. It has a Royal blue ground, with the Royal arms in full in the centre, with mantling, &e., surrounded by the insignia of six different orders of Knighthood, viz.—the Garter, the Guelphic or Hanove. rian, Patrick,- St. Michael, or the lonian Isles, the Thistle or St. Andrew, and the Bath, on a ground of straw or buff colour ; the whole in pannels of superb embossed and chased gold scrolls, and imitation of pearls. A meeting, numerously attended by Members of the House of Commons, was held at the Foreign-office on Sa turday afternoon. The Members were met by the fol lowing Members of the Ministry, viz.: Viscount AL THORP, Mr. Secretary STANLEY, Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT, Right Hon. POULETT THOMSON, and Lord J. RUSSELL. The West India question was understood to be the subject respecting which the meeting was held. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the residence of Viscount ALTHORP, in Downing-street, which was attended by all the Cabinet Ministers, except the Earl of RIPON and Sir JAMES GRAHAM. The Ministers sat in deliberation about an hour and a half. Prince DE TALLEYRAND, MODSieUr VAN DE WEYER, the Belgian Minister, and Earl GREY, visited Viscount PALMERSTON on Saturday, at the Foreign-office. Viscount ALTHORP gave a Parliamentary dinner to Members of the House of Commons on Saturday, at his residence in Downing -street. Lord FOLEY, as Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, has appointed Mr. B. SMITH his Secretary. It is said that not one solitary picture was sold to any of the visiters at the dinner given by the Members of the Royal Academy at Somerset House, previous to the opening. We regret to observe, that painting, like the drama, seems to be poorly remunerated. - - INVERNESS COUNTY COURT.-RAPE.- JAMES NEWLANDS, from Speymoutb, Morayshire, was put to the bar, charged with having violated the person of a young woman, named JANE Ross, servant to Join; liscus, farmer at Westerton. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. The case was, as usual, tried with closed doors. The unfortunate woman is only 17 years of age. It ap pears the prisoner had, in company with JANE Ross, and several other young persons, been returning from Elgin Feeing Market. They stopped at a public-house, and had a glass or two of spitits. NEWLANDS (who is about 39 years of age, and unmarried,) then advised JANE Ross to walk on before with hint, and take a different road from the rest of the party, stating that they would spaedily ro join them at a place where the two roads met. tie had nu intention of rejoining the company, but violated the person of the poor girl, and brutally attacked her three different times. On reaching her master's house, she in formed her mistress of the ill treatment she experienced, and next morning she acquainted her relations with the fact. The case was fully established by the evidence of the young woman and other witnesses. It engaged the Court from about three o'clock to half-past two o'clock on the Sabbath morning, The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of the crime libelled, but from the previous good character of the prisoner, unanimously recommended him to mercy.-- Glasgow Herald, REPORT OP MR. KEAN'g 011 Mr. Kean, to the astonishment of all his more particularly to two of his medical adfor Thursday night, alive; and, after the e xtraca produced upon his shattered system, by the of medical skill and a naturally powerful nothing short of a prophet can possibly prel le torn of his life. He has remained much in since our last report. with this exception, " 1 _ becomes more f e eble, and his fits of d elir i u T frequent a n d o f l onge r duration. Personal al kindly and constantly made by Miss Darre ll. Park,' the young Burd. tts (sons of S ir Van; Captain Riley, Mrs. Sibbald, of Saunders, Mr. Garrick (nephew of the Garrick), Mr. Horatio Claggett, Mr. A. F. Sheridan Knowles, Mr. John Harley, of Dr Frank Mathews, of Covent-garden comply': (friend of Mr. Sherid an Knowles), Mr . Smith, of H a ns-pl ace , Mr. W. Chapman , S' e ' C. Kea n visited his dying parent early on and scarcely quitted his chamber until called sianal duty. Mr. Charles Kean, Mr. Foste r, and an old friend of Ke a n's earlier day s, Richmond on Thursday, and found the poor ing under strong convulsive twitcliings, ' long, but not (apparently) painful duration; violent like the hollow winds, then sinki n g gentle breezes dying on the undulating very somniferous, but that may be accoi not having slept a wink during the When he talked, his observations were 0 0 ! and it was some time before he recognised him. He talked of " fire, hell, and Lord his friend, with the view of diverting hi' him he hid nothing to fear from the fc always been good, generous, humane, sod, worldly transactions ; and asked him if be a Lord Byron would have made a good actor? which he said, Yes—yes —yes.—certain' thinly;" whole m and relapsed un t i e n n t a o n a ce reverie, assu mg i with n anda pect. Poor Kean was, at eight o'clock on lingering, but reduced to an extremely person greatly attenuated. In the course noon, a visible and unfavourable alteration his appearance, which arose from an cif° upon the brain, and which produced alarmiol N.B.—We request our readers' attention striking poetic peculiarities (which we ha ve distinguished by Italics) in the above plssag: has evidently transplantcd them f rom s ome 1 31° 1 ' —possibly of his own composition. Then, tto about poor Kean's somniferousness, with & ll ' 41 0 it' Irish ' 22 0 27 0 Barley, per 3201 b. English 0 e Scottish 22 0 24 0 Irish _....4 I.- .... p English ......... , . 4 0 Scottish ......••••' , 17,0 Tauao—Wheat —"e'-- ra W ge) A 2 l d .. ot FlOPs l ea . lf — a'tAumsr ß eße: a a: ; Se :l 'E e rPe y 7at -- ; t:S N I.1 1 4u4::::'° I.: 1; 1 ° Sr.AusTat.t.—Wheat, — s. to 21s.—Barley. Ip l. 10 i 7s. to 7s. 6d. 9o• t° °l d PENZANCE—Wheat , 20s. to 21s .— Barley, vorilt Os. to 7s. Od.—Beef and Mutton, Od. to om"*"' Butter, 12d. per lb. icLrhleit 90' mo LAuNcesToN—Wheat (average) 195.6,1.--A,-- ss. 33. —Beef, sd.—Mutton, 6d. as (0,- 4, 0 , . LisKEAßD—Wheat, —5. to 20s. od.. —Barley, , to 6s. 6d. lt" Boomm—Wheat (average) 22s.—Barley, go. °°' 10P HELSTON—Wheat, 203. Od.—Barley, 9s 2d. 0 ,, to ~ ST. CoLumil—Wheat, 20s. to —s .— Barley, '' P I and Mutton, sd. to 6c1.--Veal, Dd.—Lamb. Od. 2 95 31 MINING INTELLIGENCE' - , OI L , Quantity uantity o o t f C fine op c pet;; pp Or e e r soldatßedruth last T e0,.... ,,..15 ej f , Quantity —.10, 11 , 4 Average Produce .-- ;tan Fr Amount of &Ile, 148. 6d.—Average SI We understand that an epidenve f .,d th9 its appearance among horses in several Par t ' ye 0 01 , Riding, and that several very valuable ono " 00 0 It manifests itself by swellings as large as A 0 21 sOi ° ware basin on all p ar t s o f th e b o dies of t " 4 1 Sheffield Courant. LIVERPOOL COTTON MAR K— • i f :t tIoL 11 0:, —There has been no change in the M ar ' — bot, prj week ; the demand has b e en moderat e; ijoiteobril quantity of cotton on sale continuing t° be 0,1 remain steady. The sales of the week, 1 % 0 0, 1 !, halts American, 900 Maranham, 70 0 r e o r o o be c Y Surats, taken for export, amount to 14 ' 0 bale* et a / port 10,702. To-day the sales are %I d. hat b ed American cottons, fur which 6id- t° l „gd, to tained, and 300 Brazils, in Pernams at Maranhams 9 1 0. to 941. Lo di o°° ' I D_e t rbY o kh at i i r i, On the Bth inst,in Arlington-street , the „tile of a son and heir. tb tvvh 0 0 ei an t t enit h vi e e . HH9lotuehtnnhitrneiyrsntsßL.t,..:atttilireiße.GwrEereidq:.ts:aplaeusißownencetoyr.: ;re,. , of a daughter. w O o n th t a h m e st 92 , i Es ns s t. e , x a , t to G j r 2il a at e 's ß • sar gh l a u h Er , Dc d h a , Z g a h Tn te s r Esq., of Belmont Castle, in the same county.,,. Gratitd, On the 11th inst. at Hornsey, AlexancT„hter Newington Green, to'Frances Julia, second od" Brooksbank Heyner, Esq., of Stoke Newington. DIED. L ady lia leii i On the Bth inst., after two days' illnes. s L.,,ter, ag. ed , e .." -f o S r Philip Hales, Bart. of Brymore, Brius" - : the IS'i t ter" On the Uth inst., Lady Farnaby, wen t ant daUg Farnaby, Bart., of Wickham Court, Ke°t, Aoth p 1ace,.... , ger. late Samnel Lennard, Esq., of the same On the 29th ult., at Munie, of a nervous te,U,'„ ....00 , son of J. Wood Nelson, Esq., merchant, Lohnum,CatP On the Bth inst., Mary, wife of Mr. JoseP'" mont-row, lslington. FAINTS] , AND rUBLISIIED EY 1111 1 jt D 0 SUN 011 , 104 112, STROM, 1,0141"- r eteiN ~.Pu ,141,„, 4, $lll It ~~ll e ~ ttt tn p .4_,to N..t:.. m. 'T N itt ,C CJ ~. 1; NA: 11 (lt i Cc I ) St t,,q,1 IIg AL COW/ agi lk DEPAR. hie a do' „ . o crar M '' tor diaorr_ i C t he uoir• ‘ „! r oa. L. o f t t MN an( r ill the otib4y, that b e t° treat t for at i ns of H roll, °I A : f N it I b e tieli thl el blew' tt• io lta imat or ei , T an; to ar MOn ' Dl lll l . PO N of pslll, Teatl er fr• ',' tY, a ot In, B ' c ' I '4ll, on Su re ' el rY Te n , c alled , he acttt ter, I % lr. t4 e p 'w e pm ioor (" 1 • ' ' l eaden hie resP • ' e t of el l . a tioo inking wavis• te ' pu ßj punteb.,4 eced i • A t pr to th e tooli t „ d ' th e n ' ae d tb" - , nTti ~2 „ 00 - ; , ,th t ird MA t i ra? 1 forme r ! I.4rarti an d J • I 4 44. Yr be ickg did Si 141 • ictot ] ? • • - 0 e ,alOl/ le str R a on sa • I • l int 10W rSe - 1r tic on k, d o f e ff ug yv.- ei ravn tion bag:. to AOth t 'sag' Load !I.llSe. tko ea, toad the 1 0 ..40 - • reason assigned for it ! It is as rich and cone' 9 'o 141 )ss' l k , way as Lord Grizzle's apology for standing, ~b if i b mortal Tom Thumb requested him to take i" , I AT, , ~,. cannot sit, because I have no seat." . . le kt r i l t4i 'si MARKET lit e AD COUNTRY CORN MARP- .- A - I3k L .......... DURING LAST WEEK. , P r / 11 4 pu Wheat. Barley. Ost . t„, j, j I lb,s oi Os% ------ --- ,„ s. 06 / 1 '‘..... 4 ,.. , 0 Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to 5. s. tv 0 Carlisle--............ 59 - 26 - 18 • 51 ' O l 0 Hexham.................. 48 58 24 27 18 09 „ 0 I Morpeth....--.-..... 44 50 25 27 16 i i ) , Penrith ............. - 58 - 26 - 19 49 . 4) 1.1, 8 11ei Sheffield ....-,........ - 55 - 30 22 -- 0 ‘ ,O, j - `411,, Winchester 48 56 22 26 • .ti. IV r ) 114, p , Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s. d. 0. d. s. d• 444 !Orli Carmarthen...... 6 0 661 2 6 29 1 4 40 / 0 r Uri.. Coventry 7 0 901 4 8 54 3 6 5104 i kt,, 14 Newcastle (Staff.) 8 0 861 4 6 5 0 2 9 4001 I ' Northallerton -..... 7 0 93; 3 6 4 6 3 3 3 6 0 1 I „ Stone....---. 80 8 6 4 0 48 30 a 0 f 1 01 44 4 L 0 - s Swansea .................... 69 70, 36 39 18 i 6 0 4 0 „, ' i Warwick 901001 4 6 50 2 2 41 I ", IN Per 8011. 9 4 'T i ll Barnardeastle ....... 11 0 17 6; 8 0 8 6 4 8 5901 I ~ N 24 1 ,_ Durham 120 14 3 70 80 46 6 9 el .k , , Richmond ---..... 11 6 16 6 1 6 6 7 0 4 6 4 4 ~ .rk,2,111 Stockton ............. 12 6 14 01 9 6 10 0 4 0 .: A k it7rs or ........„/ 314 11 1 4 '3, 4 ' 4 4 a l WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET , '" -, r \ Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suftblk...-s. 46s- t ° 555 pit s's "I rs ai Lin. and Cam. ... ..... .-s. 40s. 1° 514. 40d4 1 0 th Yorkshire -6 38s. t to ° 56/S. r i f f S 111 - White ...s. 455. s ,gs. $ 11 I, - Foreign, Red -s. 425. to 5/1. s tet io l l r 1 White s. 525 341 . 151. ,ts •to r r 4 ^ Barley, Norfolk and Suffblk 2°'• 0 01. V 1 4 4 8 4 - Lincolnshire 2oa. t o ss, A *. - Yorkshire Wold 50s. w::,,, Ar N Inv - Foreign 345..... A tO s i, 1 It N . . R i Beans, Old - New 28s. to, , vt t Oats, Potato 3Bs. tO;; J : Is 4 "' - Poland s 16s. t° ism. % lt, 4poi - Friezland and Small O. iss. to ~. pif , 4tile - Mealing - 7> lls Shelling 205. to 2 44 ' r Malt 308.355. fi ne ... ,, P. 141 'I t 4 4 ll kr ik t, Rapeseed 2ll. Os. 231. Os. w... ........_,.....----- 11 ~ llt1441: , SCOTCH MARKETS. f i ii I i lind l i Wheat. Barley Oats . Bea l* # • L i till - - ------. ,I , A._ e Aberdeen - 40 50 22 24 16 19 --• 0 Ninni 8erwick........... 34 37 18 20 12 14 18 91 A 4 11 40 ° , ki Coldstream ... 36 38 18 19 13 14 19 0 A A, k. , Cupar --.. 48 56 26 31 18 22 ,_„V 51 / 1tp,',,,", 0 Dundee......... 50 60 30 a 3 20 25 lui, 50 0' Aces Elgin .......-...... 40 49 24 26 16 20 F., , 0 / is Illbj Inverness...... 40 46 24 27 16 20 w 0 k ;Rai Kelso ............ 36 38 19 21 12 14 20 0 / k tht is Kirkaldy........ 40 45 27 39 25 32 ...,,, 0 411, Perth ...- 50 56 23 26 20 22 ,_ ,4•4 „ 0 the 1 114 1 51, 14 fit ~..}le;. . The size of the measure varies througn°; f, j .A k ,a. EDINBURGH CORN MARKE' . .-",,,W ,.. 4 , ifl li - .4 We had a small supply of all kinds of Grain ' sales were very heavy. ,0. FO k A Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pea Od yi 0 0 4 -i, First 64s Od 33s Od 22s ild 3 '2' 0 d 0 1 41 1 Second sBs Od 303 Od 20s Od au,..s 0,3 r lit P! Third 5OB Od 23s Od 18s Od x°' 0 , Ili , 0. PRICES OF PROVISIONS , B, C*._ 0.9" 'all, 1 ()Ii Beef, per lb. - Os. 3d. to 08.6 d. Freshßutter,lu . o 8 0 0 1 !so 041 Mutt0n.............. 0 5 0 6 Salt Ditto.. . , . 0 0 9 1 4 1‘ Vea1.............., 0 4 0 7 Ditto, per cvl t ' 6 o 6 9 1 4 °I it P0rk.....-..... 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doL, 8 6 ~ I lik Lamb, per . qr. 4 6 5 6 OatStraw(kPL/ 8 6 V "p , I "Fallow, cwt.... 35 6 38 0 Wheat Ditto , / 0 . 14 Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 0 Barley Ditto .+ 0 6 Potatoes. 1711 b . 0 4 0 0 Hay, per 5t.... , 1. Ail • • ,NI 6 V iqt 1 1 , EDINBURGH MEAL MARKEL - _,, a5 1.1 ~ ~- n s k .11 1 The supply of Oatmeal at this day's market " IFII li Ni_ the sales very dull, at last week's prices. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone ° . ...° v ' ljk. ~ I I A First Oatmeal £1 10 0 First Oatmeal ..... , 0 ..' 0 Lk itt l itN i i % Second ditto 1 8 0 Second ditto . .... 9 Barleymeal l6 0 . . „....:,slu Ilk Barleymeal ........ .1 41 : h ; 0 . 0 , 1'4 i ti k: :ts t ; I, "vt Peaseraeal 1 3 0 Peasemeal ..... V„,..4 • '. . N"' Pot Barley-No. I, per cwt. 125.-2 d. 145.- 34 . h 8. '' WI os ii„„ 1 10,, GLASGOW CORN MARKET , '" a i 95., The supplies of Grain have been moderate, a ° tf• IVII M 0 0 / i .e I limited ;li tie alteration in prices. olb• 19. 1 4 0 1 Wheat, per 2401 b. a. d. s. d. Oats, per „,u British, old 25 oto 31 0 Irish ... ....... -...." , . 4 lli - new 25 0 27 0 British ...... . ... -X511;. , ,,(1 , !I'll' Canada, free 27 0 30 0 Beans, 1 0 '71., , 9 0 N ~, 1