The Sun. — London, England, 1833-08-05 00:00:00

TRADE. About this season of the year many strangers visit Dumfries, as a sort of centre from which they may diverge in various directions—some bent on a trip to the English Lakes, the Isle of -Man % or the Mountains of Wicklow—some bound for Glasgow and the Western Islands— some for Moffat, or, peradventure, Gillsland ; some for Dublin or Belfast, Portpatrick ; not a few who, provided they locomote, see new sights, scenery, and feces, and repair the tear and wear occasioned by continued applica tion, care little comparatively for Tourists' Guides, and continue to move forward or back ward, faster or slower, just as whim or fortune may direct. The city of Carlisle is a still greater thoroughfare of the same kind ; and at both places, it is curious, nay instructive, to Scan, even cursorily, the multifarious passengers that load the coaches and steam-vessels, as they arrive and depart ; to mark the relative interest or indifference with which they survey new ob jects ; the familiarity of some and the stiffness of others, who wrap themselves closely in the mantle of taciturnity, and seem to care more for a segar than all the Isien and women in the world ; and above all, to glean from some casual expression, %%tither they have come, whither they are using —what they hav e b een , wh a t t h ey are, area are - likely to remain to the end of the clr.pter. But these remarks, into which we have been drawn somewhat unconsciously, have little or no connection with the important affairs of trade and commerce, of which, on first lifting the pen, we meant to say a very few words. Among other strangers that visited us lately we had an opportunity of conversing with a gentleman who is intimately acquainted with the state of mat ters in England ; and more particularly in Lan cashire and Yorkshire . . The account he gave of the briskness of trade, in all its departments, proved in the highest degree cheering to all who heard him, save one individual, who hinted that the " sourt was merely temporary, and that re-actir, n would f'ollow at no distant date." This, the other distinctly denied, for reasons which he assigned, unless, as he confessed, our coun trymen spoiled all by again giving way to the mania of over - tra di ng . Of Yorkshire and Lan cashire he said, emphatically, that trade had not been so good for the last seven years ; that all who are willing to work are fully em pl o y e d at fair w ages , and that the events every day gave promise of still farther improvement. Earl Grey, on a late occasion, said emphati cally, " trade and every thing is going on well," and so far from doubting the accuracy of the fact, we devoutly believe, that the present, as re gards the revenue and many other matters, will prove in the end one of the most prosperous seasons that has stimulated and rewarded the en terprise of our countrymen, for a longer period than it would be pleasant to reckon. In Liver pool an immense amount of business has been done, and, as the phrase goes, is still doing, or being done ; the same remark applies to all our great emporiums, with the exception of London, which is suffering partially from the prosperity of the out ports; and although many seamen are out of employment, the most probable cause assigned for a state of things so distressing, is the unc er t a i n ty which still ex i s t s as t o th e final and practi ca l arrangement of the East India, \Vest India, and some other questions. But what man, it may be asked, can point to the period since our difficulties commenced, when every class has been alike prosperous, seeing that you cannot advance a single step, even in the way of improvement, but at the risk of treading on the sore heel" of some one or other, of the great interests of the country ? It is but too true that many thousands of our countrymen are still toil ing far below what has been aptly enough called the table-land of comfort, as is sufficiently proved by the increasing tide of emigration ; and all we mean to assert is, that our present course, con dition, and prospects, are upward and onward, not backward and downward. We have talked of the East India and West India questions ; but thesestumblingblocks bid fair to be removed at no distant date ; and we confess we are ro mantic enough to believe, that from the moment monopoly is forced to relax its hold, a new and better era will dawn on the weary destinies of Britain. The Judges, we observe, on nearly all the cir cuits, are congratulating the Juries on the marked and cheering diminution of crimes, whether of greater or lesser magnitude—from which consolotary fact we infer, to adopt the plainest language possible, that the people have now more to eat. Hunger, as has been often said, will break through stone walls ; and law less and lamentable as the deeds were which disgraced the country at no remote period, it may now be confessed, without indelicacy or danger, that they arose mainly from the mal administration of the English Poor Laws, and the dreadfully degraded state of the agricultural labourers. It was certainly fearful that any class of men should be so insane as to destroy the very elements of human subsistence ; but the peasantry were misled, deeply misled, at a time when the chief conspirators knew that hunger has no patience—politicians, if we may call them so, who again and again hailed as a victory what other men would have turned from with the. most . intense feelings of moral loathing.-- Dumfries Courier:" - Don PEDRO has generously settled on Col. Coma's widow the pension of a Brigadier General, dur ing her and her children's He, and promised a coininiasion to her sou, a fine youth of 15 years of age. GIIOSTS.-Ghosts commonly appear in the same dress they wore when living, though they are some times clothed all in white; but that is chiefly the church. yard gi.osts, who have no particular business, hut scent to appear pro bono publico, or to scare drunke❑ rustics from tumbling over their graves. Dragging chains is not the fashion of English ghosts, chains and black vestments being chiefly the accoutrements of foreign spectres, seen in arbitrary governments. Dead or alive, English spirits are free.— Grose. _ EELS.—Sumo time since, Mr. KERR, of Giffenmill, in the parish of Beith, took his gun in his hand, and stept up to the mill-dam, in the expectation of falling in with a wild duck; hut on his arrival at the dam, game of different species attracted his notice. He observed a great number of eels disporting close to each other at the pl ice where the dam discharges itself into the mill lead : be took aim, fired, and killed fourteen of the supple gentry, at one shot, and next morning his ser vant killed twelve in the same place by another shot. Se veral of them measured upwards of a yard in length. They were from 4 to 6 inches below the surface of the water when the shots were fired.-- Glasgow Courier. At Louvain, a few days ago, a M. B--- having gone to the Maisie With a Mademoiselle B for the celebration of their marriage, accompanied by their ' respective friends, was surprised at finding a mob at the door, who hooted and hissed him. The cause of this unusual proceeding was soon elucidated by the discovery that four young women, who had borne children to the bridegroom, bad come to endeavour to prevent the mar riage. The preceding meetings of the gay Lothatio wiTh one of the fair frail ones would seem to have been in the dark, for upon the party coming out after the ceremony she gave a violent blow on the face to one of the witnesses, mistaking him fur the object of her vengeance,— 'tunes Mmengen FRENCH PAPERS. (From Galignani 8 Messenger.) The Augsburg Gazette of the 30th ult, contains a letter from Munich, stating that the enlistment of troops ror the service of Greece is going on well in that capital as well as at Wurtzburg. A new squadron of Huhn', which is forming, consists almost entirely of young men of rich families. This corps, it is said, will be ready to start for its destination next month. The same quotes Metalliquec, 5 per Cents., at Vienna, on the 25th, 95 ; ditto, 4 per Cents., 86 17 32; Bank Actions, 1,2321. The Frankfort Gazette gives the following under the ilite of Carlsruhe, July 30 :—Atter a long discussion the Second Chamber of the States of Baden has adopted the bill respecrine illegal associations, of which the follow ing are the principal clauses : Art. 1. The Government may at any time dissolve and interdict for the future the meetings of associations which tend to endanger the safety of the State, or the welfare of the people. No person can he condemned for taking part in such associations until after they have been interdicted by the Gov. rnment. Such interdiction must be inserted in the official journal. Art. 2. Those who, notwithstanding such interdic.ion, shall continue to form part of any such association shall be sentenced to imprisonment for one month, or to pay a fine of twenty-five florins. The insertion in the public journals of advertisements concerning such interdicted as sociations shall be punished by a fine of 10 florins. An appeal against such sentences may be brought before the the Court of Justice. Art. 3. The Government may, under the same penal ties, forbid all participation i❑ foreign associations which tnay be deemed likely to compromise the State or the public prosperity. Art. 4. It is forbidden to display publicly any flag or other insignia of any such interdicted association. Every ciolaTion of this article shall he punished by a fine of five florins." The He!retie and other Swiss journals are filled with remarks o❑ the proposed new federal compact. This project, they say, is but a half measure, which will not be sanctioned by the nation, since it bas not been con sulted. The Helvetic proposes a cons'ituent assembly, and contends that the Diet has no right to change the present compact. We hear that.M. Thiers has given orders to M. Cortot to execute a colossal statue of " Liberty," to be placed on the summit of the Pantheon. This monument is to be one if the prominent fe•stures of the fetes of July next year, as that on the column in the Place Vendelme bas been this year. Messrs Enfantin and Michel Chevalier, condemned to one year's imprisonment, in consequence of having formed the illegal society of St. Simonians, have been liberated in virtue of a Royal ordinance, which remits the remainder of their punishment. They had been in confinement six months, the former at St. Pelagie, the latter in a maison d e sante, whether he was removed on account of ill heilth. The ordinance, which sets at liberty these two heads of the St. Simonian community, includes two individuals to three years' imprisonment in consequence of the events of June, 1832. CAPTURE OF LISBON.—A telegraphic despatch has been received from Brest, announcing the arrival of the Marquis de Louie in that port, on board the Britannia, with the following important intelligence :—" Lisbon was captured, and occupied by the troops of Queen Donna Maria on the 24th ultimo. A severe action took place at A'mada, a town in Estretnadura, seated on the Tajo, nearly opposite Lisbon, in which the commander of Don Miguel's forces was killed. The Duke de Cadaval has been assassinated, and the Authorities of Lisbon have fled. The Marquis de Loule set out for Paris immediately after be had landed." A letter from Bayonne says :—" Two thousand of Don Miguel's soldiers have aaken refuge in Galicia. They were disarmed, and put under quarantine. This account needs confirmation. "—.Journal de Paris. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, At. 3. Five per Cents., 104 f. 91'c 80c. 70c. Four and a Half per Cents., 10If. 5Uc. Four per Cents., 1441. 50c. Three per Cents., 771. 35c. 15e. 77f ' Bank Actions, 1,7:".0f. .727 f. 50c. 17351. Rente de Naples, 91f. 80e. 90e. 80c. Roman Five per Cents., 92. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 16. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 427 34 %. Rova: Spanish Loan, 87. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 693 s 69 34. Belgic Loan, 18131, 97. Haytian Loan, 230 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 251. 55c. ; money, 25f. 5 1 c. Three months, paper, 25f. 45c. ; money, 2.5 f. 40c. —fours Authentioe. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, Aua. I.—The King has granted a full pardon to 262 soldiers, condemned for various offences, and the remission of half their punishment to 188. (From the Moniteur Beige.) BRUSSELS, Argo. 2.—Some Journals have Fpread a report that the King's Plenipotentiaries were not officially admitted to the Conference at London ; we are authorized to " declare that our Plenipotentiaries have been invited to the Conference; that they have been admitted to it in the character of Plenipotentiaries of the King of Belgium, and that they are received and treated on the same footing as the Dutch Plenipotentiaries." The Queen of the French is expected at Brussels to-day. De Wittercx, Cabinet messenger, arrived yesterday from London with despatches for Messrs. Goblet and Van de Weyer. • The Courrier Belie says that, according to a letter from London, of July 29, the Conference had, in its sitting on Saturday (27th) given an authentic form to the treaty hetwe ,, n the five Powers and Holland, to which the latter had previously assented. At two o'clock the deputation from the Senate presented to the King, at the palace in Brussels, the Address of Congratulation on the birth of the Pri 'lce Royal. Notice was given to both Chambers, by their Presidents, that the baptism will take place on the Sth inst., at noon precisely, in the Church of St. Gudule, where seats will be reserved for the Members. GHENT, JULY 3 I .—M. Van Looeke, editor of the Messager de Gand, is to appear before the Court of As sizes on the 10th and 13th of August, being accused of two violations of the laws relative to the press. BELGIUM FUNDS, Auo. 3. Actual Debt, 2 31 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 95 Loan of the City, 1832, 4 per Cent. Ditto, 1833 93 34 •Brussels Papers, Aug. 3. DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, JULY 3l.—His Royal Highness the Prince Field•lllarshal, with his sons, left Soetsdyk on the 28th, to return to his head quaters at Tilburg. One of the journals contains the following para. graph : " We hear that the London Conference meets almost every day. The proposals submitted to it on our part seem to meet with the approval of the Members, and, at all events, to be considered as a good foundation for the further negotiations. The question, has, indeed, been started, whether the proposals are to be considered as an irrevocable resolution from Government, which is said to have been answered in the negative. It is expected that the Belgian Plenipotentiaries will shortly state the opinion of their Government on the proposals that have been made. Meantime, it seems, a difficulty has lately arisen, which is submitted to the decision of the Congress, and which consists in the relieving of the present garrison of Maestricht. The Beli!i in Government will not allow a passage through Limburg, unless on condition that the troops shall piss without their arms. Our Government has refused to accede to this demand, as incompatible with the honour of the Dutch army, and so the matter is referred to the Conference for its decision." The Russian corvette Castor has sailed for Cronstadt. Bois La-Due, A en. 2.—Large purchases were made yesterday at Amsterdam in the Dutch funds both for English and Dutch account. The Actual Debt, Vr per Cent., was at 50i ; the 5 per Cents., 94k ; Amort Synd. 41, 88g. BREDA, JULY 31.—1 t is said that our Admiral and Colonel-General has completed his works for an entirely new organization of the army, and that it will begin to be carried into effect as soon as the expectations of a happy arrangement of our differences with Belgium shall be realized. As far as we can learn, the battalions are to be reduced to six companies, and the number of men in each company to be diminished. (From the Private Correspondence of the Handelsblad.) ROTTERDAM, AUG. I.—While foreign, and especially Belgian journals, state that the sickness which has pre. ',ailed here for about a month daily carries off 80,100, or even a greater number of victims. I can positively assure y,,u (as a fact that will shortly be officially declared) that during the whole month of July the number of deaths from this disorder was 862—i. e. not above 27i daily. The disorder has be.ides considerably abated, and we may hope that it will shortly disappear. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, AuG. 2. Actual Debt, 2{ per cent Amort Syndic, 4}i per cent.......... _ 7i N to ditto, 3 • , r cent. .-- 7. _ er VVoluntaryLoan, 1 p B3l, fi per cent lO2 Fo 10236 1 833, ser Cent. Ditto, 1831, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 93'4 to 94 Exchange on London 1."'9 month. ,M.lllO/11931. ....... MPERIA LPA R LILA M VANT THIS DAY, MONDAY, AUGUST 5. HOUSE OF COMMONS. - - - - The SPEAKER. took his seat at • a quarter past twelve o'clock. On the motion of Sir R. INGLIS, Cruickshank's Estate Bill was read a second time. Lord LOWTHER b rought up the report o f t h e Com mittee on Thelluson's Estate Bill, with amendments. Read a second time. Major BEAUCLERK presented a petition from Cam berwell ag iinst the Bill now in the House called the St. Giles's (Camberwell) Pool Bill; also a petition from the landholders and freeholders of Peckham to the same eff,ct. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from an attorney of Sheffield, praying for compensation in case the law for the abolition of imprisonment for debt be passed. Mr. CLAY presented a petition from the Tower Ham lets, praying that in the B .nk Charter Bill the restriction as to the num b er of partners in banks of depos i t b e omitted, and that such restriction might only apply to banks of issue. The Hon. Member, in concurring with the prayer of the petition, gave notice that, in the Committee on the Bill, he would move an amendment to the second clause to the above effect. Mr. W. BROUGHAM supported the prayer of the peti. Lion, as did Sir S. WHALLEY, WhO conceived that the restriction alluded to would he a very prejudicial one. Mr. W. FIELDEN presented a petition from Black burn in favour of church reform, and another petition from the same place, praying for an alteration of the law relating to Roman Catholic marriages. Mr. POTTER wished to know whether the petition which the Hon. Member bad last presented, was agreed to at a public meeting of the inhabitants of Blackburn ? Mr. W. FIELDEN believed that it was. THE CASE OF LIEUT.-COLONEL BRADLEY. Sir S. WHALLEY then rose, and presented a petition of which he had given notice, from Liutenant-Colonel Bradley, praying for an address to his Majesty to inquire into the circumstances of his case. From the statements of the Hon. Member it appeared that in the month of March, 1818, the petitioner, who hall attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 2d West India Regiment, became the commanding officer of the left wing of his regiment, stationed at Honduras, and in 1819 received official intelligence of the intended reduction of the York Chasseurs, the effect of which would be to place upon the shoulders of Lieutenant Colonel Bradley the whole responsibility of the military command at Honduras. The petitioner had several conversations with Lieutenant Colonel Arthur on the subject, who stated, that should his regiment be reduced his military command at Honduras would cease, and devolve on the petitioner. In June, 1819, the York Chasseurs were emhnrked at Jamaica, but the petitioner, in vain, applied to Lieut.-Col. Arthur, to know if lie had received any notification of being on half-pay, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur merely asserting that he had received letters informing him he was in full pay, and still insisting on having the command of the troops it Honduras. The petitioner urged Lieut. -Col. Arthur to state on what ground he persisted in holding the command, but being unable to get any information from him, and believ. ing that lie held the command in defiance of the notifica tion which he must have received of being on half•pay, he wrote to him on the 2d of May, 1820, calling upon him to state by what authority be still held the commaad. To this Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur re turned no answer, but convened a meeting of officers, to whom be stated that he had letters stating that he was still on full pay, and would hold the command of the troops.--( Hear, hear.) The petitioner, considering it not his duty to attend a meeting of inferior officers, declined doing so, nut expressed his readiness to wait upon Col. Arthur and communicate with him. In conse• quence of this, Colonel Arthur caused the petitioner to be arrested, and appointed an offi er to the command of his detachment, and stigmatised the petitioner as an officer guilty of unmilitary and mutinous conduct, and in conse quence of the suggeetiona of his Royal Highness, the Commander-in-Chief, the petitioner was ordered to be removed from the army, as the petitioner believed, solely by the false representations of Lieut.• Colonel Arthur. The petitioner entreated an opportunity of clearing his character b •tore a courtmartial, which request was not complied with. He then brought an action for false imprisonment against Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, but was defeated by the pro duction of a pretended commission, purporting to have been granted in 1814 by General Fuller. In conclu sion, the petitioner stated that by the course he had adopted he had been only actuated by a sense of duty: The Hon. Member's opinion was, that Colonel Bradley's not succeeding in getting a verdict en the trial, did not bar his right to redress. In this case, as in many others, not even the shadow of a trial or cottrtmartial had been granted to the unhappy individual on whom this heavy punish ment had been inflicted. Eve❑ Ireland, when cursed with its Coercion Bill, had left to it the shadow of a court martial ; but British officers were placed in a worse situation than the proclaimed districts of Ireland. He hoped that Government would take the case into their favourable consideration, and that they would restore Capt. Bradley to that rank he so richly deserved. The Hon. Member concluded by giving notice that he should, on the 15th of August, move for the appointment of a Select Com mittee, to whom all the facts and documents should be referred. Colonel EVANS supported the petition. He consi dered that Colonel Arthur bad been guilty of a culpable omission in not publishing his authority. Colonel WILLIAMS took the same view of the case, founded upon some knowledge of the service. He was of opinion that Colonel Bradley had been most grossly in jured. It was a suspicious feature in the case that Colonel Arthur had not made his authority public at the proper period, but had kept Colonel Bradley in the dark upon it —disputable as it was—until it was found convenient to produce it as documentary evidence on the trial. Mr. SANFORD presented a petition from certain silk throwsters, praying to be exempted from the provisions of the Factories Bill. Mr SHAW LEFEVRE presented a petition in favour of the better observance of the Sabbath, from St. Mary Bourne. Mr. BLAMIRE presented a petition from Mr. William Augustus Kentish, of the city of London, praying that the Bank of England Charter might not be renewed, and in favour of a national bank, as the only bank of issue. The lion. Member also presented petitions from the electors of Cross Cannonby, in favour of vote by ballot; and from Mr. John Taylor, attorney-at-law, Halston, paying the House not to encourage the feverisb anxiety for alterations in the course and courts of law, at present manifested. Sir E. WILMOT presented two petitions from the riband weavers in two parishes in the county of War wick, complaining of the great distress caused by a want of employment, which they attributed to the free trade system. Mr. F. PAGET presented a petition from Bangor, against that part of the abolition of slavery Bill which related to the grant of 20 millions as compensation to the planters. Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a petition from the township of Hulme, in Manchester, complaining of the late grievous surcharges made in the house assessments. Mr. POTTER said he bad been requested to support the petition from Hulme, which he begged to do. He felt convinced that the general feeling which prevailed in the country against the asses , ed taxes arose principally from the system of surcharging which had been practised throughout the country, many of which were of the most oppressive and vexatious kind. POST-OFFICE CLERKS. The same HON. MEMBER, presented a petition from Benjamin Wheeler, a newsvender, at Manchester, com plaining that, after having been for a number of years em ployed as a newsvender, he now found great opposition in his business by the clerks of the Post-office. He stated that those clerks were enabled t o supply the news-rooms and the inhabitants with newspapers an hour and a half earlier than he could do himself ; that he was obliged to pay a heavy rent and other expenses, wh i le the clerks of the Post office had neither rent nor taxes to pay. The petitioner prayed that those persons might no longer be allowed to act as newsvenders. On a former occasion the Noble Chancellor of the Exchequer said, if that privilege were taken from the Post office clerks the public would have to allow them larger salaries. Now he (Mr. Phillips) would prefer that, to allowing them while employe d b y the public to make a traffic in newspapers. The Hon. Member also pres ente d a petition from Llandissen , i n Glamorganshire, for an alteration in the new Beer Act. now required praying might tiia Mr. D. BROW NE p resented a p etition from the gentry, clergy, be diminished —that in many cases the mere affirmation of parties mig ht be deemed sufficient, and th a t i n al l serious themagistracy, numerous oaths & ~w of o the wnty o of l i a cases the oaths in Courts of Justice he administered by the Judge, and not by the Law-officer of the Court. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from the society of writers at Edinburgh for the abolition of the tax upon writers and attorneys. Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition from Kirby, York shire, praying for some law to make clergymen resident in their parishes and against tithes ; also one tiom the dissenters of Northtown, against the present marriage h i sva, Hs bad also I number of ',elfin, genet pars of the Bank Charter plan, but as it was withdrawn for the present he would not present them. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from the Corporation of Tailors in Dublin in favour of the Kingston Railway Bill. Mr. KENNEDY presented a peti ion from a Mr. Sire. ma), of Piymouth, complaining of an order of affiliation made upon him by the district magistrates, and praying that the great power lodged in their hands should be limited, and such case sent before a Jury. Mr. LENNARD presented a petition from Norwich, signed by 3,000 respectable inhabitants, complaining of gross abuses of the Corporation of that city. On the motio❑ that it do lie on the table being put, Sir J SCARLETT said, there was one thing to be said of Warwick, its corporation was in that state to which it was wished to bring all corporations, viz. the Mayor and all other officers were popularly elected, viz. by al belonging to the corporation. One charge was a most singular one, viz, that the corporation had used their corporation patronage in order to strengthen their own party. Now, whoever heard that charge seriously brought against a Minister for giving a place to one of his partisans? After a few words from Mr. S. LEFEVRE and Sir J. SCARLETT, the petition was laid on the table. Mr. GEORGE F. YOUNG presented a petition from Wapping and Shadwell, against the Iwpre•sment Act. Also, a petition from the ship joiners of the port of London, stating the great injury they bad sustained from the practice of repairing ships in foreign ports, which was adopted to a certain extent under the Re gistry Act. The Honourable Member also presented petitions from the blacksmiths of the port of London, and several tradesmen connected with the equipment of ships, against the mortgage clause in the Registry Act. The Honourable Member next presented a petition, signed by the shipowners of the port of London, declaring that that clause in the Registry Act had been productive of the greatest possible disadvantage to them. It related principally to the charge on ships entering the port of London, known by the name of the Port of London duty. The object of the petitioners was, that that clause in the Act should be repealed, and in lieu thereof that an annual sum should be charged on shipping en tering the port of London for the payment of the harbour masters.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He had consulted his Majesty's Government and the merchants of the city of London, and there was no objection on their part to it. He regretted his attentio❑ had not been called to the circumstance in sufficient time to al low him to move for leave to bring in a Bill to that effect, but he should consider it to be one of the first duties amongst those he had to perform during the next session, to submit this question to the consideration of the House, when he was sure it would meet with a favourable reception. The Hort. MEMBER then presented a petition from the overseers of the poor and the select vestry of the town ship of North Shields, complaining of the hardship they felt from the manner in which they were assessed for the poors' rates. Also a p.-tition from the freeholders of Tynemouth, against the Registry of Deeds Act, • -•-; Mr. 'WARBURTON presented a petition from Sir Gilbert Blane and other physicians practising in the me tropolis, complaining of the by laws of the College of Physicians, and a petition front the physicians of Norwich, praying for a general inquiry into the present medical practice. He also presented a petition from Dr. John B. Gilchrist, praying for the appointment of a Com mittee of physicians, to inquire into his new system of medicine. Mr. W. BROUGHAM presented petitions from the inhabitants of the Strand, Ludgate-bill, Southwark, &c., against the renewal of the Bank Charter. Mr. POULETT SCROPE and Mr. STEWART supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. C. BULLER presented a petition from certain electors of Dover, praying for the more effective enforce ment of the law respecting the qualification of Members. An HON. MEMBER stated that the decision of the Committee was given on the ground that the onus pro bandi lay with the petitioners. Alr. H. L. BUL:WER presented a petition from the ribbon-weavers of Coventry, complaining of distress; al,o one from the representatives of Naroba Govind Outia, that the Deccan prize money should not be divided until that claim sh(lald be heard. Mr. BROCKLEHURST presented a petition from Throwsters and manufacturers of M icelesfield, complain.. ing of the introduction of foreign thrown silk. Mr. RYLE supported the petition. Mr. LEE LEE presented a petition from Cheffton Beauchamp ag,inst the tithe system. Lord AIORPETH presented a petition from Brecon in favour of the Factories Bill. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition from Brighton for an alteration in the Irish and Scotch Vagrant B►II. Sir OSWALD MOSLEY give notice for, next aession of hip intention to bring in a Bill for an alteration of the laws respecting parish apprentices. The Speaker then left the chair. MR. WILBERFORCE.—The following sketch of the Christian philanthropist, evidently drawn from the character of the late Mr. WILBERFORCE, is extracted from a work of great talent and popularity, entitled " The N au ral History of Enthusiasm." Let it, for example, have been given to a man to receive superior mental endow ments, force of understanding, solidity of judgment, and richness of imagination,—command of language, and graces of utterance,—a soul fraught with expansive kind. ness, and not more kind than courageous; and let him, thus furnished by nature, have enjoyed the advantages of rank and wealth and secular influence ; and let it have been his lot in the prime of life to be stationed just on the fortu nate centre of peculiar opportunities; and then let it have happened that a fourth part of the human family, cruelly maltreated, stood as clients at his door, imploring help; and let him, in the very teeth of ferocious selfishness, have achieved deliverance for these suffering millions, and have given a deadly blow to the Moloch of blood and rapacity; and 1,4 him have been lifted to the heavens on the loud acclamations of all civilised nations, and blessed amid the sighs and joys of the ransomed poor, and his name dif fused like a charm through every barbarous dialect of a continent ;—let all this signal felicity have belonged to the lot of a Christian, a Christian well taught in the prin ciples of his religion ; nevertheless, in the midst of his honest joy, he will find place rather for humiliation than for that vain excitement and exultation wherewith a man of merely natural benevolence would not fail, in like cir cumstances, to be intoxicated. Without st all allowing the exaggerations of an affected humility, the triumphant philanthropist confesses that he is nothing; and far from deeming himself to have surpassed the requirements of the law of CHRIST, feels that he has done less than his duty. Christ an philanthropy, thus boldly and solidly based on a sense of unlimited obligation, acquires a character essen tially differing from that of spontaneous kindness; and while, as a source of relief to the wretched, it is rendered es r o i else solemn s s e a l n f- e l t o io v e n , s o a f n d an t h u e n b e o x u c n e d s s e e d s r e o s f p o e n n : i mme nsely more copious, it is at the sam e ti me secured atLaisniasstmt,hebyfltabtte FEMALE SLAVE COSTUME.—As for the women, I hardly know how to describe their gala-dresses' they are so various. The wives or daughters of estates, head people, have the best, of course—if I except domes tics, who . dress still giyer. They have fine worked muslin g own., with handsome flounces scion and sareenet bo dices are very common ; their under garments are of the best materials, and they have either good cotton or silk stockings ; their kid dancing shoes are often of the gayest colours, while their expensive turbans are adjusted with a grace, that makes the dress really appear elegant. It is com mon for them to have not a hair-dresser, but a head dresser, or rather a turban putter-on, upon such occa sions; and for the mere putting on of the turban, they pay a quarter-dollar,—not less than Is. Id. sterling ! This is a custom not confined to domestics, but predominates throughout all ranks of the female-slave population. They have all beautiful handkerchiefs upon their necks; some are of IL itish manufacture, but many are costly silk ones from M irtinique—while others wear them of India mus lin. The real value of their jewellery is considerable ; it consists of massy gold earrings, and rings upon their fin. gers. Coral necklaces, and handsome gold chains, lockets, and other ornaments of this description. The more com mon field female negro, very often, if elderly, is decked out in a very large patterned chintz, or perhaps the bodice is madeof this, while the skirt is of muslin ; or. vice versa, the skirt chintz, and bodice and sleeves muslin. They all h ave one really good necklace ; but they often also wear along with it, half-a•dezen other necklaces, of co loured glass beads, such as light blue, yellow, white, and purp l e . Every negro has a garnet necklace; all have ear rings, and rings on their fingers; and at Christmas time • a handsome new turban, too, is worn. The very youngest b a by is well-dressed at such a time, and even for a child they scorn old clothes ; indeed, it rarely happens that the sa me dresses are worn twice at Christmas. I have heard them say to each other, "Look at so and so; see bow mean she be; she wore that very same dress last Christmas." White muslin frocks, and a n'ce new handkerchief for the children as a turban, are universally worn ; abundance of co h l oous whose e m d beads, e t h a e d r s s , a e r a e r f r a i n s h e i s o , n a a b n ;l e wfi finger-rings, i g t e i o r - g r . i tn n s , S Pu n t i e fe shoes, w generally coloured ones, upon their children ; but the N co untry children never wear th em .-- i s . C armichael ' s DOitleitile Manners and &clay in Mc West FINE ARTS. FISHER'S PICTURESQUE ILL USTRA- TIONS. PART XVL Several fine sketches of the most picturesque and imposing parts of the lake-scenery of Cumberland and Westmoreland are comprised in this Number which also contains a series of pertinent literary ex planations, interspersed here and there with descrip tive extracts from the poems of the Lake Poets— especially Wordsworth. LITERATURE. CHATSWORTH, THE PATRICIAN. LONDON, 1833. The name of this novel is its greatest recommen dation. Its merit stops with the title-page. Occa sionally there are specimens of pleasant dialogue; but, as a whole, the work is tame and lifeless. DEMETRI US, ANrD 0 THER POEMS. LONDON, 1833. To Miss Agnes Strickland—a lady already fa vourably known to the public as an authoress of considerable ability —we are indebted for this little volume of Poems, which is penned in a pleasing vein of fancy and feeling. The " Stanzas on the Ruins of Bungay Castle" are the best, and give fre quent evidences of a gentle and thoughtful nature alive to " the still, sad music of humanity." DOMESTIC MANNERS, 5-e. of the WEST - - 2 VOLS. LONDON, 1833. There is abundance of useful practical information in these volumes, which are the production of a Lady who was for five years a resident in St. Vin cent and Trinidad, and who, during that space of time, appears to have been no indifferent observer of the social condition of the white, coloured, and negro population of the West Indies. Her testi mony, however, is to be received, if not with abso lute incredulity, yet, at any rate, with wholesome distrust, especially where the general forbearance and mildness of the planters towards their negroe , is insisted on; for the authoress avows that she her self has belonged to that class. It follows, there fore, almost necessarily, that some little bias must exist in her mind in favour of the planters, for all (no matter how acute and well-intentioned) who view matters through the spectacles of self-interest " see them through a glass darkly." Still, through_ out her volumes, Mrs. Carmichael shows an evident desire to be impartial. Her frequent and strenuous efforts to dismember herself of the shackles of pre judice are greatly to her credit, though we fear she is only dragging " at each remove a lengthened chain." The chapter in her book which we most generally referred to, and which indeed contains the essence of the whole, is the one discussing the relations between master and slave. The spirit of this chapter is temperate, but no one can fail to perceive its tendency. In other respects the book is a useful one, as being fill fraught with matter. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. The number for this month is, if anything, below par ; but it nevertheless contains one or two good papers. The first will probably be consi dered the most valuable, although upon a subject of which we are the least competent to speak being an examination of the means of military de. fence possessed by Canada. As one of the most interesting matters we could touch upon in these days of economy, we have picked out the follow ing particulars from a paper recommending Jersey as a residence for officers on half-pay. The writer thus speaks:— " Such houses, fit for a small family, containing per haps six rooms, with kitchen and convenienc. is, and a small garden, let at from 301. to 351 Jersey money, or from 271. 104. to 321. sterling. In the outskirts of the town, in some directions, houses of five rooms and kitchen, and with a very small garden, let as low as about 241. sterling. •-• • • • " Leaving rent and furniture, I now come to the price of the necessaries of life. Beef, mutton, and veal-the beef no way inferior to English beef-sells at irom 6d. to 61d. per lb. of 17 oz. ; pork, during the winter, of the very finest quality, 41d. to 51d. ; bread, of an excellent qualify, finer or coarser, from lid. to 2d. per lb. ; but ter, superior to what is generally found iu England, about 10d. during the summer months, 2d. more during the winter; eggs, during the summer, sd. to 6d. per dozen, in winter at least a third dearer; milk, lid. to 2d. per quart; best loaf sugar, 6id. per lb. ; goad moist sugar, Sid. to 41d. ; excellent black tea, nowise in'erior to that which sells in England at 75.,35. 4d. ; best green tea, 6s. All kinds of vegetables are to be purchased at a very low rate. Oysters, during the season, are sold at Is. per hundred ; it must be admitted, however, that they are coarser than the oysters generally eaten in England. Jamaica rum sells at 4s. 4d. per gallon ; Hollands at 3% 4d. These prices are all stated in Jersey money ; that is, if an article costs a shilling, and you give ls. British, you get a penny back. 1/. British is worth 1/. Is. Bd. Jersey. • • • " Excellent Port and Sherry may be purchased, for ready money, at about 225. sterling per dozen ; Marsala, certainly superior to the common run of this wine in Eng land, and beyond all comparison better than the whole family of Brontes and Capes, costs I Is. sterling per dozen ; light Grave and Barsac are sold at from 10a. to 15s. ; good Burgundy, at 225. sterling; Rhine wine at some thing less than 161. Clarets, of course, are at all prices, but a very pleasant wine may be bought for 131. 9d. ster ling. Vin du p iys of France costs 6d. per bottle. Rum and Holland, have already been mentioned ; but as we speak at present of luxuries, we must not omit mention of Cognac, which, of a quality far superior to any that is usua ly to be met with in England, costs 7s. per gallon, Jersey currency. But besides the article of drink, there are various other luxuries to be commanded in Jersey by an income which, in England, contents itself with the purchase of little beyond necessaries. Among these, I would mention fruit in the first place-grapes, for example, which may be currently purchased at 4d. and 6d. per lb., while the best qualities, such as the black Hamburg, and even the Muscat, reared under glass, but witt.out artificial beat, costs from bd. to Is. Melons also may be had at Bd. or 9d. a-piece; while, if we descend to the com. sooner fruits, baking apples are sold for literally next to nothing ; and vegetables of all kinds, especially the finer sorts, are sold for one half of what they cost in England. In the article of fish, too, there is something for luxur y to cull from. The John Dory, th e re d an d grey mu l let the base, the lobster, and occasionally the turbot, may all' be purchased at a price which brings them within the reach of the most moderate income. There is another luxury which must not be otnitted r --the power of keeping a little vehicle. The keep of a poney to one who has a stable, will not exceed 171. or 18/. sterling; and there are no taxes eith e r on horses or vehicles, neither are there any toll-bars. It is evident, then, from these details, that as one who in England can barely command the ne cessaries of life, can live at least comfortably in Jersey, so one who, in England, can live merely comfortably, may command very many luxuries in Jersey, • • • • a • " As another advantage, let me mention climate,- which, to persons of feeble or injured constitutions (as many who have seen foreign service are), is no slight con sideration. Tbe climite of Jersey is warmer than the warmest part of England; while the vicinity to the sea, at the saute time that in winter it tempers the cold, mode rates also in summer the intensity of heat. It has beers acertained, too, by authentic tables, that the mortality of Jersey is lower than in any part of England ; and in no population of the same extent that I have ever seen, have I ob,erved so few who exhibit in their aspect the ravages of din-ate. • • * • • • " To those who have families, it is important to be known, that education in Jersey is good and cheap. 'I he best masters in French, music, and drawing, may be ob tained at from one-third to one half of their cost in Eng land; and for the chief branches of male education, there are many eligib'e schools, presided over by able masters. " These details may serve as some guide to the officers on as to their choice of r t me h ys e i dboeapnlicfn-eipo;any, and otfh that Iht shalle thosear mc conclude chlandnavy,ouedee i incomes am es paper with offering range from 100/ . to 4001. per annum, cannot anywhere spend (barn to so mach advanssic a. in tin island of Jams" FRANKFORT PAPERS• WARSAW, JULY 21.—The Prince GoYer n°r ° kingdom has issued the following notice „ fOro.oh' c°!; His Majesty the Emp e r or an d Kin g, sidering the situ &dons of those Generals of t i l os sil t Rajah army w h o were pr i soners i n R uss i a , and W ro ief ar ' the amnesty graciously granted to them, with, ,b e rO l : f to return to th e ki ng d om o f P o l an d , ma y findoi under the necessity of applying to the Govern relief, has been pleased to order— !. There shall be paid, as an annual pensile florins to a General of infantry or cavalry, iie to a Lieutenant-General, and 3,500 florins to General. 0 0e 2, This relief shall be granted only to those , 0 0 0 who have not an i ncome o f t h e i r own of twice !bel;toir of the sum assi gne d. E very General, there f o re, l e plies for relief is bound to annex to his applicatioe tificate respecti ng hi s pecun i ary circumstances. tioot 3. The Commi ss i oners , to w h om all apPliele assistance are t o b e ma d e , are to procee d accor d'ia Ordinance of 27th Dec., 1831. The sums granted to each applicant is to be fr three successive years from the date of the granto" . fort Papers, July 29. LISBON. GO , F ri WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, EIGHT O'CL- u pj Before the sun ro se thi s morn i ng many o f the in o sl i r of Lisbon were u p on th e l oo k -out, with the mos t an% I pectation. All seemed quiet in the fortress of Alrnadto, the flag of Miguel was still seen; but on directing the ' , to / the coast to C ac ilh as, t o j u d ge o f the nature of the 1°,01) disturbance, a small flag was s e en on th e t op ofthe fer rre the character of which was at first scarcely discernible' 10 sun rising, confirmed with Heaven's own light the bea tt rr ifti of Liberty. A party o f G uer ill as, i t seems, had a time, on the pr ece di ng even i ng, to dispute the e" n ~,0 landing of the reinforcement sent by Governme nt ' ,0 strength sufficient to put them entirely to the retdo ci o seven o'clock, a.m. we learned from the Aid-de - foe General Telles Jordao, the commander of Aligner° s' which Aid-de-Camp had made his escape across they in the middle o f th e n i g h t, t h at the troops of Alga ph been beaten on the pr ece di ng even i ng, that Telle°,4l was killed by a p ar ty o f Constitutionalists, who en te house where he wa s wr iti ng dispatches, in corn?'"_ ,, the Spanish Ambassador! and his own Aid-de-Can i l:;00 Ambassador and the Aid - d e- C amp were ma de Pr h if the former was afterwards liberated on account 0 plomatic character, and the latter made his escape , stated. 6 11' " Maitland Transport, J° oo <, I may truly say the Lisbon affair is over; Donnsvii colours now fly at the citadel, and all the forts Tagus ; nothing but saluting, cheering, illurnina t° the Miguelites running oft' without bag or baggag e ' accomplished the n i g ht b efore last, by a division °t army from the south, under Villa Flor, who had t a ; the forts on th e sout h shores were carried a fter of skirmishing. Yesterday morning they took possesslo rnada, and in an hour or two Lisbon hoisted the cp , white flag; the t roops i mmediately passed over (I,l'ctO are now quartered in the Castle. This morning th e of despatches the Confiance steamer to England, witb, ,„ portant news. Nothi ng th at Pedro can do will be '—entt for Napier ; he h as saved Portugal ; he has this mon' nil in sight, and they are saluting him from St. Julian'S' t o Bugio. Admiral Parker intends to receive hint honour he can b es t ow, mann i ng yards, saluting, and lr 71 ,4 him as he passes. We have a guard on the Maitiarw o il and the rest o f th e men arranged along the ship's 000 with the drummers to play " See the conquering hero as he passes. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY• . ,1 CORN EXCHANGE. od f°4 The return of all kinds of Grain last w• ek was 00 fp , season, especially of s' heat. Of Flour the quantitY.6 pl o t The trade dull throughout last week. The supply th „ j ricl i , 4 was moderate. Fine Wheat obtained last Monday's Pr FC'e other sorts were Is to 2s. per quarter cheaper. Barley i f , 0 maintained late quotations. Beans are plentiful, 3 , 1 '0 , 0 per quarter cheaper. New Pease are considerably . 0 le o 0 , 0 1 are dull at last prices. Flour slow sale. Several sarriPms.. Wheat, chiefly of middling quality, sold to.day at per quarter. • PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) --White (old) —g. —B. ----Red 1832.) ... 465. 48s. -- Tick (new)•••',..f.; __-- Fine sos. 555. - (old) •••• 0l•,----- , s!)•_I, --- Superfine., 575. 603 : Harrow - ne "..-- , ---.White (1832). 465. 525. ...y . ---- Fine s4s 588. Brank: ................ ...,tio. ------ Superfine 6os. 625. O a t s , F ee d . ......... ..... . 1 ,, --Foreign free 425. 655. ------- New ....... 11.3 e - Poland , ......... 5,, Barley ,1 --- Grinding 2ss. 275. Potatoe ........... ... , i, i ---- Malting •• New , Malt 44s. 50s. Scotch ............ is y line New s4s. 625. Irish 1 6L,,01, Pease, Grey New '3` , B 345. Flour Town (per sack) A v. , Maple New..., 345. 3 6 5 . Seconds .......•• : 0 ,4 White 34s. 365. NorthCountrY' L d y Boilers ~,, ARRIVALS OF , NDON DURING LAST/ From Whence. 40 92 11 200 --f •. . I . 2'2 2 1 160 _ I Aldboroligh Boston Bridlington Cowes Dartmouth Colchester ' ~, Harwich 1 :?', Leigh Maldon Exeter Gi imsby Hastings Hull Ipswich Kent Lynn Milford Newcastle Newhaven Penryn Plymouth Poole Rye Scarborough I Shoreham Southwold Spalding Stock ton Whitby Wisbeach Woodbridge Yarmouth Aberdeen Arbroath Banff Berwick -I 1' . - 5 I Dundee Glasgow Inverness I RISH. Cork , Killala . Limerick Sligo Watertord ioughall FOREIGN. Altwerp Eckenforde Greifswalde Hamburg Hooksiel Kiel _ i . 346 I Prestoe Coastways Total . .1. - 534 115168 118 91 1 QUANTITY Of OTHER KINDS Of 10—Linseed, 1168—Rapeseed, Mustard, 15—Seeds, 175. AGGREGATE Rye, o —Tares, SMITHFIELD Al AitK E 1 bie 0 „ 1 ,171 4 This day's supply of Beasts was rather good, bot, c . sliS c P ferior quality ; of Sheep and Lambs moderately gon4c ll ,ot Calves and Porkers rather limited The trade with d, pet meat was rather brisk, at an advance of from ''2d. to a ' 0. i, with other kinds of m ea t d u l l at Friday's prices. 0f.0,1 PRICES PER STONE OF 81.11 S. TO SINK TUX " - j 4 1.- i r 0 Inferior Beasts s. d. toe. d. ° 6 91 ti_ 0 2 2 Large Lambe ....••••' 4 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 0 Primesmall ditto ... 3 6 8 • A Prime large Ox en 4 0 4 2 Large coarse C a lve' 4. i, Prime Scots, &c 4 4 4' 4 Prime small ditto ., 3 1 I Inferior Sheep 2 8 3 (1 Large Hogs . ......... 4 /JP.? Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Small Porkers •''] g ‘o ro4e r Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 8 Suckling Calves l',',,to+' Southdown Wethers 4 10 i 5 0 Quarter old Pigs 4- il e, ilti / 2,373 I 22,110 Beasts s . uPP l L S Y hec A p S an P d E 1110 ~,ros ' Ai About 1150 of the beasts came up the St. Alban 09 , p% 1000 up the other northern roads ; l about 180 ( in , 00,... tr 0 0 1 , , from the western and midland districts; about 3 0 P.pr'' Lambs. Calved. CLERK'S CS.ThriteTrizs W" folk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about_ 00 0 and Sussex • and most of the remainder from the in the neighbourhood of London. 00' I A O , a l.l NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL ~.. 0, , , 1 At per stone, by the Carcass. 6 , g ; s. d. to s. d' ' . ;,,r •.• 4 6 6 41 Beef, inferior ....... 2 0 2 '2 Mutton, infor.r - ,.. °ill 9 il. —middling 0 6 2 8 middl ll, . .3 0 i —. prime large 3 4 3 6 —. pr ime •'„'.. : . prime small 3 8 310 Pork,large. ....... Veal 3 0 4 8 —5ma11.....' Lamb ...-__ _ 3s. 6d. to 50. NEWCASTLE CORN MA RKET. -- ' Auk °11:1 /" New. ...4 , , , * Who it, Northumberland 46. 5 ,9 '"* .." ,5 ,./ P --- Norfolk and Suffolk 54, sEls• .. ' ...—',...., 4 Berwick and Scotch 465. 53s••'•' ° , ...A ,f , $ Foreign , —...e... , ' .... 4 ' , . Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk 3os. 36 '"" *" ' 4. '/ I :' ; F ore i gn 3 0 5 . 355.• ...... ..-- 0 '.,• Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk —s. -- -4 '''''' '"'l . . e ? Grinding and Feeding 235. 2.5 1 ''''''' %fait, Norfolk and Suffblk Beans, Small _s. •••• . ~. • 501. 54:: ........... . 0 0 1 : , 6 4 ....., 5. . ........... 0. 4. , ---- Tick !'ease, White 35 5 . 386••••'" ,i" , ----- Gray 2 8., 30s ....... / I ' Data, Northumberland, Potatoe Ig4 .2:14 ..... ... „.4. ~00 -- Feed lB5 W' ......•'.‘ 0 * Foreign 61 " To R r IC 4 ,41 RCN ..... moms ....... nis 7014. ! .11:::::;; j" , RAIN IN L, 116 114 3381 4 , i0 1231 163 61120 60 668 597 11176 I 431 250 16085 750 19 1497 534 64 670 4565 2130 472 610 1 - 3425 1179,0 11\--.............T:Nenr1z (tint.. L rkitE6 or i t k St.t. p e , _ca i kr ent. Rd .. Cenr.c o ,.* .. bits, °". 0, 1 , 1.. ' " "" Red ***** - ..... :7 1" t ,r cent. 182 R . ih t , 143 4 Ann t ' .5, • f .4i i lk i. In i r r4' i .R5ll ..... S. IR6O „ N A 51 ~. 181.141"" r. " . ' i l . . ..........! L t .. .._,70.:::, tro_ 4° NDAIi