The Sun. — London, England, 1830-12-06 00:00:00

`} i -{ . ..))`! SP/RIr:OP TIM PUBLIC JOURNALS, We do not knol that the Peculiar danger which affects the soutbere and seems to be spreaditg into the midland has existed - toany thing like the same satent in 'England,- within any period of 'tvhjelt- Yee have ..precise - and well authenticated re- Cords% One whole class, and that the most mime !cede, driven by famine, .for such is the beartsbreek tug fact,—driven by famine, to such courses of des perate violence ,and outrage, thut for their own Sakes, regarding them as a body, and for the great and permanent interests of society, they must be vi sited with punishment,. even before they can be re lieved, and provision mule, if it can be Made, for their future exemption from such cruel sufferings. Although, we repeats the general cause of those excesses which the agricultural poputation of Kent and other counties have been perpetrating, be the actual misery so long endured by themselves and their helpless families, the penalties of the law must, we fear, in some cases be resorted to, er the crimes of these poor creatures will be multiplied, the resources applicable to their aid and comfort wasted, and their Common mass of wretchedness prolonged beyond its natural duration. We - published on Saturday, and now re publish, three clauses of the. penal law 7 and 8 of Geo. IV. c. 30, which apply to the offences of these ignorant and unhappy men, That they are unhappy to such a degree, and so overwhelmed by their mi sery, as to be reckless of all inquiry into the legal risks which t h ey i ncur by their proceedings, and therefore to remain in a sort of compulsive ignorance of the predicament in which they stand, is attested by all the; firmest and impartial information which reachee 1111 from the various scenes of disturbance, We rejoice at the issue of the special commissions, noti certainly, as steps to an tinfeelitier retribution for the offences of a hungry multitude, but as means of averting them - from a repetition of unavoidabte se verity, by administering to them a clear rind simple underetaoding . of the penal consequences of their raehtiese,and of the sound and unanswerable reasons on whiCh legislative measures against the wilful de struction of property have been enacted in any civi- Ned state,—nay, in states not civilized,--stall epochs of history, and on which such laws must be conti nued and enforced in this country to ell future tiMes. Nor must the opportunity be omitted, and we trust it will be Seized with eagerness by the high officers of justice, to explain to the poor man what rights he pos sesses, according to every rule of reason, policy, and humanity, to a full relief from the terrible privations which have been inflicted upon him by institutions, or the abuse of institutions, in the establiShment and evil effects of which he iad no active concern, but both of which have had their origin in the conduct of certain classes of society, which themselves are, by the nature of things, exempt from similar cilia tnities. The moment is a fit one, and we prey— nay,' we demand-sfrom the commissioned guardians of the public peace and welfare, that it may be so emPloyed, to teach the rich the . wickedness as well as disastrous fruits of violating their dirties to their less powerful neighbours. Let the rich be taught that Providence will not suffer them to oppress their fellow -creatures with, impunity. there are tens of thottsands of Englishmen, industrious, kind-hearted, but - btoken.hearted beings, exasperated into mad ness by insufficient food and clothing,—by utter Want of necissuries for themselves and their unitive tunate families. There is no complaint any where that they Will not work, or that having undertaken .to tabour for pay, they break their contract. The complaint is on their side, that they cannot get such wages for their work as will keep them above star- Tatum. Of the speci fi c causes to which 'this dread- ~ ' ful state of the peasantry of England ought to be attributed, we have •heard many alleged 6 but no single cause will suffice. A. letter, a most ef leering . one, from a Country Surgeon," has Ifillad us with sensations so . painful, that w e should be. sorry to comm unicate .them in their full force to' our seeders.: There Is no body of men: in decent life an well entitled to cre dit for a perfect knowledge of 'the Internet aril Slition of that poor mutts Minas , as those who visit its inmates on the bed of siekness. Noth ing is then concealed; there is no time nor spirit for mystery, nor attempt at any jealous concealment of that devouring destitution which generates disease, and hastens its march, and only mitigates the agonies of the stdrertr, by inviting the band of death to smooth,,his pillow. An indi v id ua l o f this` worthy profession paints .scenes which can be tolerable only to the hard of heart to witness, — useful, perhaps, to none but those, .or torpid and inert humanity, hut-whatever, ato-we have said, may be the cruise of these deplorable distresses, one thing is sure---viz. that the relief of want is the first, grand specific which deserves the 'time of remedy., Our correspondent' visits all upon the tithe system. The tithe is, we fear; constituted or administered, and ought to be in some way commuted; but tithe, Ins not . enetigh,,rior is the enelesure of 61Mi110114 from: the poor enough, as suggested by another and tvell infOrmed correspondent, " Serutator." limit we. apprehend that tithes, and enclosures, and emu tabus rents, and . corn laws, and grinding taxes, and the general tendency ef men who derive power from property to shove off a parrot" their own bur then% upon the shoulders of the poor, who hays neither property nor power, and display no strength, but in the extremity of wretchedness—we believe 'that all these things together have coospired to break down the poor. Let us trust that the Ons ',velment, and the Magisttricy, and the rich---that all who are not driven to manual lirbees..-will w e e , learn to ,have mercy on those who are, and that a criticall'ihough tardy, perhaps a repugnant, but still, effectual exercise of even diet sordid wisdom which has self for its counsellor, may be found where hi therto it-kris not gaitied entrance, among the " con servative" (as they call themselves) orders and au thorities of Great Britnin.—Tintet. An Evening Paper, of Friday, soya... " It is tliffichlt on any principle to Justify the present lystern of English Judicature, which is in fact denial of justice, exeept in extreme cues. In India, i nn recognixall mode of reenvet big a demand is for the plaintiff to peat himself at the door ef the defendant, and ol6titiately to;re-• fuss any subliatence till ire expires, whereby he involves . Lis adversary in inexpiable religious gnat ; and the dread of tisk °identity often induce« the wrong-doer to make re paration. In the like mariner, if an Zig!Whiners is so far aggrieved that lie will oneritice himself, he CAR get very perfect justice ; but where he is not driven to this desperation, or I. very inflaeninaide by mature, lu com monly pockets his *tona-s, or iteeka to repair bit loss by some other 'means than law. ft is certainly mticb to the credit of the morality and good temper of the people that such 6 system works so well as it doer, ae that the power of doing inju-tice, which its' expeniiivenesii pita into the hands of the rich, is en'iteldom retorted to. Ono of our contemporaries (the -Chronicle) asks why the Scotch peasant is contented, ,nerd the Eng lish peasant,' with higher wages, disiatisfied ?' and , answers, that the word independence solves the diffi cult), t..-there is not a man, however low in station, in lientiand, who does not know that he min at all timee, for a sum within his means, olatain impartial justice.— There is a justice-chop in his neighbourhood (the Shotiff'S 'Court), which be can at all times enter and detained kw tire This dote not appear to us a satisfactory mode of eiplithiiNg the difference, and we fear that we "ghoul& trwrely raise expectatious which would be disappointed, if 'Ave`inateal to the establishment of kcal courts as the means • di satisfying the poor. • We do not find that the egricul tural lebouters who best the overteers, and break thrtush-z Inc h:whine* and extort money, complain that the laws •are not edmieistered—that they are aisaulted with impu nity-.or though they have . good cause* of action, they are un Miss for want of natant, to bring actions of debt, *river, or trespass. They are diseentented for re it sons which have obrioneir nothing to du with the Ala ,nisttatiors or denial 'of l eq,el juatice ; or, itt lOW, if jillitioe is 1 " 1 a"rir"1 hy.the law t6ll land, they are clivt4titfittd) Out tititt it le, dAtkiitti, hut that it is aalministera." W .t r how,: tit cutnplain of the mode, itt which our COili6Mpotery lite repreietttod otlr • hrgurneilti • of , which trio above quotation forma *Witt part,. " If (we uneerved) had poesesied kaacal.Courts a hundred years ego, that scourge of thi,giasoary—the U n paid lilagisinteY-4the 01414 laanairoopinativotion th a t fiver disgraced a country eallioir tse 616111441 —the !twee orders would not now La i err' . prostrate condition 'ice which they, unfortunately, are. We have no hesitation in saying, that in as far as the peace and happiness of the lower orders are concerned, the Sheriffs' Courts of Scot land are of ten times more value than all the boasted in atitutione of England, the influence of NVilith pasOs over the heads of* the poor.'" And after remarking the diterence b e t ween th e mode of proceeding in Local Courts and before English Magistrates, we obiterved— " Hence Justices of Peace in Scotland have never been able to obtain more than the power to which they ought to have been confined io England—that of preserving peace 'and aiding justice in emergencies., The monstrous idea of giving to the Landholders of a country all sorts of discretionary power over the mass of the people, and to make them substitute's for local tribunals was reserved for England." ii We do not find (says our cotatetnilorttry) that the agricultural 'labourers, who treat the overseers, and break thrashing machines, and extort money, complain that the laws are not administered—that they are ahaaUlted with impunityoss.or that, though they have good causes of ac. tiOn, they are unable, for went Of means, to bring actions of debt, trovcr, or trespass." Why is it that the agricultural labours have broken out ? Because (as our contemporary has stated himself) they are ovemdministered,---because the Magistrates, by coostant interference with them, have taught them to place all their sufferings to the fteeetrot of authority,--because they conceive that the higher orders are bound to make there happy and comfortable. As mere landlords, the unpaid would have been unable to introduce that system of regulation which, whenever the neighboinhood of manufactures did nut defeat it, succeeded in destroying all connexion between labour and its reward. But for want of local • tribunals the landholders became necessarily vested with ad ministrative and judicial authority, and used that authority in a way which, with a Court of ne e-Ord, would have been impossible in combining to regulate wages, by on allowance to each child be yond u certain numher The avowed object, as May be seen from numerous communications at the time, in the proceedings of the Bath Agricultural Society, Yourig's Annals of Agrkulture (to say nothing of the resoluiions of Magistrates at Quarter Sessions), was to prevent wages from rising, for, said they, it we once allow wages to rise, we shall never be able to lower them. lf, then, this vicious system of in terference produced the superabundance of labourers and if the vesting landlords with extensive discre tionary powers, alone enabled them to give effect to this vicious system of interference, we are not, per haps, going too far when we say, that if England had had local tribunals one hundred years ago ) the lower orders would not be in the prostrate condi tion in which they now are ) slid the country would not he in its present diseased state. Li the ad mirable' tract of Burke on Scarcity, presented to Mr. Pitt in 17M, he predicted very accurately the cons sequences of the system on which the IVlagistrecy had entered. Speaking of the Drench Govern , meet, he observed, as a warning to ourselves, that " its faults furnished its enemies with means for its destruction. My dear departed friend, whose loss is even greater to the public than to me, had often remarked,, that the leading vice of the French Monarchy (which he had well studied) was a good intention ill-di rected, and a restless desire of governing too much. The hand of authority was seen in every thing, and in every place. All, therefore, that happened amiss in the course even of domestic Airs, was attributed to the Government ; and as it always happens in this kind of officious universal interference, what be gan in odious power, ended always, I noty say with. out an exception ) in contemptible imbecility." Burke, adverting to the Itesolutions of the 'Squires, observes that they " had denied when they gave it as their opinion that the price of labour ought to rise arid fall with the market price of provisions. The rate of wages, in truth, has no direct relation to that price. Labour is a commodity, like every other, and rises or falls according'to the demand.' .! lie inveighs against the arbitrary tax levied et " what is called the discretion of JUsticet of,Peuce The vulgar error he was combatting, :he said, and said truly-- " Arises Iron a total confusion in the very idea of things widely different in themselves—those of convention, and those of judicature. Itilien a contract is making, it is a Matter of discretion and of interest between the parties. Its that iritercourse and in what is to arise_ from it, the parties are the masters if they are not completely so, they are not free, and therefore their contracts are void. But this freedom has no further extent when the con tract is made then their discretionary powers expire, and new order of things take .their origin. Then, and not till then, and in a difference [between the parties, the °nice of the Judge commences. He cannot dictate the centract. It is his business to see that it he enforcedt provided , that it is not contrary to pre-existing laws, or obtained by force or fraud. If he is in any way a maker or regulator of the contract, in so much he is disqualified from being a Judge. But this sort of confused tuition of administrative and tidicial characters (of which we have already as much as ithufficient and a little more) le time only perplexity of motives and passions which trouble us in the present hour." Burke predicted that the people would turn and bite the hand that fed them.' '' To avoid that evil, Government will redouble the causes alit ; and theu it will become inveterate and incurable," Now when our contemporary says that the agri cultural population are " discontented for reasons w hich have obviously nothing to do with the admi nistration or denial of /ego/ justice; or at least, if justice is measured by the law of the land, they are dissatisfied, not that it is deided, but that it is ad ministered," he does . not meet our argument in a fair mariner. We took the whole field under our v i ew . We considered Magisterial discretion to grow meessarily out el the absence of Local Courts, and the independence of the labourers to have beeo destroyed by 'discretionary power. The relation between master and labourer has never beOw free since the discretionary system corn meneed—weges never rose, and they have not fallen. A most intelligent agriculturist of Kent assures,' us, that during the war, • when wheat was selling for 71, a quarter, meat at Is. a pound, and bacon at I4d. or !bd. a pound, he never paid more than 3s. a day fbr labour. He pays a little less at present, when wheat' is 655., meat at 4d., and good batten at lid, a pound. In Stirlingshirel Agricultural Report, published iti 1812, it is stated the wages of a larm servant in the house was 28/. In England such a Servant never received more than IV/. But mark the difference. I' he Englialiman's wages remain nearly the same. The Scott :limas in a year or two fell to one-third of the sum of 1812. The substitution of discretionary power for law hay ing destroyed the independence of the agricultural labourers, they are justified in placing their misery at the door of those who would ' take charge of their happiness. We are, therefore, justified in attaching great importance to Local Courts, as a means of the preservet:on of order in a country, end we are not answered by saying that the labouring population are not disinterested because the law is not enforced, but because it is when that law has placed them in circumstances which deprive them of all free agency. We never contended that Local Courts alone will now extricate the agricul tural labourers from their difficulties.; anti it is tor turing our language to attach such a meaning to what we sail. lint if the system which has de stroyed their independence could riot have been established except by the combination of the power of landlords and magistrates growing out of the ab sence of Local Courts, we conceive we have not at tributed too much to the absence of an institution, without which the independence of the labouring people, cannot he maintained. When a man be cornea a slave, he loses half his virtue.—Morning Chronicle. Lard llroughstoPti Local Court's Bill is generally well received by the bar, a circumstsiice which tells very much in, favour of the liberality of the profession. Thercare, Inniever, strong iutereats to be opposed to it ; and we litioubt only be deluding our readers were we to lead them telieva that thlitgrand, we should say pararuouut, object of Local coedit edit he obtained without 4 severe struggle. The opponents are neither few nor unimportant from station. Ml tests of obstacles will be thrown in the way the measure ; all sorts of objections will be taken to it, Beth IA(1)011600 and iu detail. Except the public opinion by pronounced in suit a manner as to unnerve the interested, we should be alarmed for the ultimate success of the Bin. Where the object to be effected is merely the public good,. and the interests struck at by, a rocasetre Strong, compared with the interest of the - public individually, there Can be little doubt as to the side nit Which the combatants will exert themselves must keenly. We regard the Measure a. one of paramount importance to the pcior and rich. It is true the rich man at present has aceets to Courts 01 Law ' • bet the security of the rich d e p en d s grea tly on th e belief entertained by the poor na.to the protection afforded to them by the law. Law becomes inoperative when the mass of the people conceive the law affords no teciltity to them, and that they only experience its Operation as an engine of oppression, The circumstances of the present day proclaim lousily the danger Of having it great part of the population below the level of this Mw. A contempt) , racy (the Globe) greatly kmder-rates, we think, the de gree of proteetion which Local Courts would afford to even the lowest description of poor. The chronicle (observes our contemporary) says that the influence of the boasted Institutions of England pasies ober the head of the poor. We believe the Sallie thing to he nearly so true (it by the poor we mean thelliiVett nipicultn rai pool') or Local Couils, valuable as the) , may be to the corn/Untidy at large ; the chief advent* babe administratien of justiee moat be to those who have property tp protect. The fidvantage of the Local Courts will be chiefly felt by the chases above the poorest. Towards the latter the Government will have other duties to perform" That in the present depressed state of the agricultural poor, the Local Courts will be less valuable than to the labourers of countries placed in more independent circum stances, we can easily belieVe. But it is a mistake to suppose that even the most bumble labourer has not occa sionally transactions with his fellows, or with artisans, to say nothing of employers, which tender the aid of a Court necessary to him. On thle subject we perhaps possess more knowledge then our contemporary. In countries possessed of local Courts, we know that the very lowest class of the population are, in fully a greater proportion than their so. periors, applicants for redress. We must not suppose that a matter of five at ten Bidding* is unimportant to a poor man because it is unimportant to a rich man. In fart, his feelings, from being concentrated on few objects, are, in all cases of supposed injury, intense beyond what the rich man can almost conceive. Who ever doubts this, has only to enter a Local Court, where a case in which the parties are poor is tried, The County Fire-office, in their printed circular, issued the let of this month, distinctly state that the result of the re searches, made extensively and with great care, leads them to attribute the fires to depraved persons, of whom ton many, we fear, are to be found in every neighbourhood, and to persons who have either been injured, or conceive they have been injured. The very existence of vengeance proves the mint of law. A man who conscientiously believes he has been injured, would always prefer dragging his adversary before a tribunal to private vengeance ; be cause, in the latter case he loses' the gratification of a triumph. Ile wish es his friends and n, ighbours to be witnesses of his succe,s, or to condole with him on his ' failure.—Morning Chronicle. Reform and Retrenchment are in every manta mouth, and as the Ministers mean honestly, we have no doubt that Reform and Retrenchment will be obtained. Reform and Retrenchment go hand in hand ; for, as every one knows, the motives to corrupt are weakened by the diminution of the fund of corruption, while an imperfect Represents. lion is constantly adding to the expenditure. The two measures will aid each other, A pamphlet just pub. lisped, under the title of Observations on the State ot the Country, and of the proper Policy of Administra. lion, attaches too little importance to the retrenchment that_ispracticnble " Reform (says the writer) is at present sought by two classes: the middle class...or,- as Mr. Bentham would say, the interior section of the Aristocracy—and by the labourers, or those who have nothing. The motives which influence both classes in seeking it, are partly similar and partly dissimilar. Both of them imagine that the measures of retrenchment which a reformed Parliament would adopt, would have a powerful influence in lightening the pressure of the burdens by which they are Weighed down; and each class is anxious that It should have a greater direct lottuenCe over the elections. We should be most unwilling to throw discredit on any reasonable expectations; but nothing can be more mischievous than the formation of hopes in the public mind that aro sure to be disappointed. Those who affirm that the condition of the people may be materially improved by any retrenchment of expenditure that it is possible to adopt, so long as faith is kept with the public creditor, are either deceived themselves, or tire endeavouring, for no guest purpose to deceive others. Upon what are the great retrench. ments, of which we hear so much, to be made? Of fifty millions of revenue, idwaind.twenty millions go to pay the interest of the debt ; and this must be paid till Revolution and not Reform is at work ; till the title de of Netherby, and the bonds of Mr. Rothschild are involved in one common blaze. The talk that one hears about pensions is absolutely ludicious • not that we think that one-third of these pensions should ever have been granted, or that the systedi which admitted of such a misapplication 01 the public money should not be utterly abolished ; but supposing that all pensions and useless places were forthwith put down, and taxes repealed to the amount of 741001. or POO,OOOl. a year expended upon them, it would not make a diftrence of one shilling a year to each individual in the country,'.. • • Is it important, we ask, to keep down the agricultural labourers, who have lately broken out? Who doubts it? What if it can be shown that these pensions are a cause of the burning* .and outrages 't The connection, however, we suspect, is snore close than that between Tenterden Steeple and Goodwin Sands. In an excellent :pamphlet just put into our, hand., retitled " Observations on the Duty on Seaborne Coal, and on the peculiar Duties and Charges on Coal in the Port of London," we find it stated, that for this very sum of 800,0001. a year, a great section of the kingdom is plunged in great distress. " Is it to be endured," says the writer, " that the whole southern countjee should be subjected to a most oppressive tax on an indispensable necessary of life, from which those in the north are. perfectly free—that manufactures should not merely be checked, but actually driven trent very extensive districts— that thousands of workmen should be thrown out of employ. meat, and severe privations inflicted upon those that aro em ployed, for the sake of the paltry etim of SOO,OOO/. a year I" The able author toucher; on this very subject of the dis tress of the Southern Counties, on the causes of which this 800,000/. Is of snore importance than the advocate of pensions .seems to allow. Whatever dittbrence of opinion may exist as to other mat. tees, everyone ucquainted with the condition of the poor seems' to be impressed with this conviction, that unless something be done to relieve their necessities, the most disastrous come. miences may be expected to ensue, It would be inconsistent alike with our objects and limits, to enter upon any lengthened inquiries as to the causes that have led to suchdeplorable results —that have depressed the labourers of the southern countiett so far below those of the north. Perhaps a good deal of dial:ooe may be traced to the pernicious practice, so long prevalent in the south, of mixing wages anti Input-rates together. But this is not the wily cause of degradation that has been at work Isere. A great deal of the peculiar pov er ty a nd misery to be met with amongst the labouring classes of Kent, Hampshire, Sutl b lk, eke., is undoubtedly ascribable to the operation at the coal, ditty. and of the various regulations unde r w hich th e t r ade is conducted, Were there a heavy tax on the the beef, or bread, used in the southern counties, which did not extend to the north, does any one doubt that it would have a most injurious mem the individuals subjected to its operation ? Fuel, however, is quite as indispensable its either of the article's referred to ;and being so, must not a tax on it equally effect t hose on whom it falls, and depress their condition, compared with those who are exempted front such an impost ? It is not, however, by is direct etlbcts only that the coaLtex is injurious ; it is so 'nth iectly, by depriv. nig those subjected to it of wane of employment that would otherwise be at their disposal. At present one has only to take up a map of England, distniguishing the coal districts,; to learn at a tglance the seats of manufacture and employment But such Is not the natured order of things. Were the duty and the regulations that grow out of it abolished; the expence of convey. ing coal by tea would be so ninth reduced, that many branches of industry which cannot, at present, be curried on except in the vicinity of the mines, might be carried on at a distance; while many that arc now carried on in counties remote (him the Wiles, though with difficulty, would be carried on with comp*. reties: facility and success," . _ „ _ - • We may observe that the redundant populatien alluded to, which led to the payment of wages out of rates, .rnsy always be traced to the expulsion , of manufactures from the' neighbourhood.—Morning Chronicle. The plan of making small allotments of land to the la - bothers in husbandry, as a meant' of restoring them to the comfort, independence, and honeetand orderly habits, which pauperise), and its degrading dtfiteequences, have so seri ously impaired, we had often_ i,recommended, and Ave are , glad to find that in several part* of the kingdom it has been adopted. There is no doubt that its general applica tion will be attended with the moat beneficial results, al though it is direct'y in opposition to the principles of a certain clots of political quacks, who, while they declaim in layette of free trade, end against all commercial mono polies, are evermore insisting upon the national advantages of, monopolies in Imtl. The principle; of free trade, we admit, are in themselves good, hut the sto ner to carry them into effect under the particular circu , :t p t r ar: i in which this country is placed has been most mischievous. The weight of taxation which cramps and, the pen• ductive industry of ,England, and which raises the cost of production, beyond what it is in any other country, made it impossible hue her to enter with any chance o f *times into free competition in trade with other nations, taxed so, lightly as to be always able to undersell her even in the home markets. Under.a system of free trade, with tax , ation as high as it is at present, Our menufactureri could not afford to pay even scanty wages for labour, but were Obliged to have rettouree to the cheaper agency of meettanteal power s which, while it removed one evil, created a still greater one machineryicountryna lightened o aden t s h e o cost Pnu f t lrod production, g , ndle general use !'gave the English manufacturer some chance of compet ing w i t h hi s foreign rival, but it threw vast number; of imiustrious artixans,upon the poor-retes. Th u , w h at t h e country gained with 000 hand h threw away with the machines, unknown to the theta of- England, into o h t a li p e p r ier T t h h e oug in h tro loo duct p lo r n ete o n f olg. agriculture, in consequence of high rents, high tithes, and high toitt i os , exposed to .similar suffering atid wretched ness the labourers—or the greater part of the labourers... in husbandry. Here the consequences of machine-14)one and low wages would not have been so bad, if labourers, as in former timee, ~.bad those small Allotments of . land, w hi c h wo u ld beveenebled them to subtiat themselves and families without. having recourse to parochial relief. But that fatal and atrocious war to restore the Bourbon* to rt tti. , ttloe Which they bad mither the virtue to deserve nor theeontitge to defend, and which war raised the national debt to that enormoes magnitude which rentirre4 nearly oiety mil*. to pa,' the lateral, prodticed, besides other devaataling effecti, those Moral ravages which have !dripped. its a great measure, of their national virtues the 'most industrious, manly, honest, and orderly population .00 the face of the earth, and deeply tainted them with the vices of servility, turbulence, and reckleesnesi of eharacter, which spring Uut of abiect weetehednees and constions degradation: We are Meant that Conseitieneera so injurious to society canna Lie sillogelher got rid of while the etairmails debt; which is the price of military glory, drains the resoukes; and presses 1 ike an incubus on the ener gies, of the empire. But much may be done to alleviate such a state of things by judicious and comprehensive policy— that policy which acts upon intelligible principles, capable of general application; and not that miserable pateliWork of State quackery known by the Mine of " expediency," which; like ignarint superficial treatment in medicine, seems, for the moment, to effect a cure only by driving the disease in upon the nobler parts, to prey on the very sources of vitality. It was during the war that the cot tager@ of England were chiefly deprived of their little pieces of land and gardens, and made solely dependent for their subsistence on the wages of their daily labour, or the poor-rates. Lund, and the produce of It, had become so valuable, that the labourer was envied the occupation of the smallest piece of ground which he possessed, and even " the bare-worn common" was denied. The waste and poor grounds were monopolised by the owner of vast acres and nob domains ; and the cupidity of the lords of the soil, whose avarice the heartless tenets of the " poli tical economists" justified and encouraged, gradually effected the destitution of the cottage population of Eng land. The evil consequences of this were not mach felt while the demand for men which existed during the war, and a currency enlarged by vast paper issues, made the prices of produce and of labour high ; but when peace came, and a redundant population was no longer taken off to fill up the places of the victims which war commuted— when, moreover, the currency was reduced to the standard of peace, while the greater quantity sif the war taxation still remained..—then the evil of taking away from the labouring classes the portions of land which could al ways supply them with food, when out of regular employ ment, became snore apparent. Still, so callous or un reflecting had a great proportion of the wealthy pro prietors of this country become, that they resisted all warnings of future consequences, and even the demonstra tion of their senses as to the progressive decline and degrada tion of the people, rather than abandon the notion of ad vancing their own sordid interests by only letting their lands in large and overgrown farms, and excluding the labouring poor from all occupation in the soil. Hence a general spirit of insubordination and outrage which now disgraces the agricultural districts—hence the demolition of those machines which supersede human labour— hence the unnatural antipathy, the fierce contentions be tween the owners and the cultivators of the soil—hence the separation of interests and affections between the rich and poor, and all the bitter hatred and revolting circumstances of a servile war? Military force and Special Commissions may restore something like tranquillity for a time, but they cannot cure such a state of things. Above the philosophy of the school of modern theorists, who lay down rules for " grinding the faces of the poor," is the philosophy of Holy Writ, which says the " labourer is worthy of his hire." But in England the labourer must starve upon the wages of his industry, unless he submits to the alms and the degradation of the pauper! We hope that the present troubles of the country, which look like a visitation of !leaven upon the cupidity of man, will not have been sent in vain, but that the owners of the soil will derive wisdom from experience, and act as if they felt that the comfort of the labouring poor was the beat foundation of their own security.—Morning Herald. The new Ministry, notwithstanding the attempts of its enemies to cast odium on its composition, and doubts on its sincerity and good intentions, is daily reaping golden opinions from all quarters. The abolition which it has already effected of several useless, but expensive, places, is en earnest of its desire to follow up etionorny in all the departments of the public service--'he speech of the Lord Chancellor on law reform is a pledge that abuses will not be tokrated under it--and that of Earl Grey on Friday hart; in reference to Parliamentary Reform, a proof that it has professed nothing which it does not mean to carry into effect, end tlatt it comprehends distinctly, not only the difficulties with which it has to struggle, but the only mode in which they can be safely dealt with. His Grace of New castle would, no doubt, haVe been delighted had his prayer for delaying a Reform in Parliament been listened to by Earl Grey ; for, in the first place, he would have saved his , boroughs patronage, and, in the second, he would have succeeded in rendering his Majesty's advisers as odious and unpopular as they are now respected and po pular; but Earl Grey saw through the whole matter, and answered hie Grace in a manner which must satisfy the country not only of his sincerity and good faith, but of the wholesome manner in which the question of Parliamentary Reform is to he finally disposed of.—" His opinions on the subject," lie observed, " had bee; long known—they were now confirmed by experience; and what he hail said in the preceding Session, was se far front being altered by what had takeu place since, that he was more convinced than ever that the question could not be delayed. He was convinced that it must be solemnly and fairly disposed of; for, if it were delayed, he feared that it would he forced upon them in a manner that would curry destruction with it."—This is the true way of stating the question, as well AN the true state of the question itself ; and we shall be much surprised, indeed, if these few words uttered by Lord Grey have not carried more conviction into the " strong holds of the borouglanongers," than a whole volume of argument OP the reasonablenete, of the people's demands. Tire settlement of the questions can, in fact, be no longer delayed, without risking a revolution, and the over throw of every thing in the Constitution which expe rience has proved to be useful, and time rendered in it 'romper .sacred ; but in order that it may be settled Baths. factorily, the hands of his Majesty's Ministers must be strengthened by petitions from all trades and professions-- from all classes—and front ell quarters of the country in favour of it. It is one thing for them to will Reforn-- it is another to overcome ice opponents ; and Its iso way can they be overcome but by the unanimous support of the people. Scotland has already bestirred itself nobly in the canse—in this country also something hie been done ; but we do not yet witness that activity which we consider ne cessary to en effectual Reform. Not a day ought so be lost ; for in less titan two months the Scheme of Reform will be submitted to the House of Commons, and if net powerfully supported must be defeated... - -. Morn. Advertiser. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SECONDARIES' OFFICE, Dtc. 4. SMYTH V. CIIIXVIt. This was a writ of inquiry before Mr. Potran, for the assessment of damages for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, the defendant having allowed judgment to go by default, The damages were laid at 6001. The plaintiff was a respectable man, and had married the mere wasiadywsthreongthof affection. the subject Fureoetof the souse pre imsetnteact couple nfrom the lived as man and wife ought to live—but, somehow or other, the 'lady began to fancy ardent liquors, and took su te c r n ed rihoefuu r made housekeeping a matter of coast d Itiie as ty. Whenever the husband returned home a or after the fatigues of the day, it was n; dose s e o two to one that the wife was labouring under the demon of drink, and, of course, he Was obliged to look else where for the support of nature. He had no alteinative hut to live by himself, and to look out for some respec table family under whose care to place the' unfortueate woman. He accordingly advertised in the newspapers, stating the nature of the exigency, and an answer Was sent to him by the defendant, an elderly gentleman, of excee dingly sober detueanour, and strong religious propen cities, mentioning that bi resided on a s me ll f arm w i t h his daughter and her husband, and that the greatest atten tion should be paid to the lady, who required seclusion and o ;bontry sir, To the asylum of this venerable person the l a dy was sent, after due care being taken to ascertain the character of theinmates,'on the /tit of No vem b er , IS2O. The old guardian was to receive pay for the lady's diet and wo g by the month, 44e1 the gentleman appointed to pay the demand made bitn acqUainted with the , lady's appetite , fur liquor, when he called • for the drat month's money. The tt rrn te, determined arit'howevers to take advantage instead d e ofendes" o u f ri i n t for e ndeavouring He commenced a regu l ar sys t emat i c attack p u n h virtne,.sini in the mnjnent of her greatest pr t e v e e cor a ti"e kn t e e as.e vi lady s,wl s ten she was. under the influence of the fatal b eve rage, he succeeded in'seduchtt her. In the June fol. fussing the defendant e ;m lie4 yeb tl rad n Ile b t is eti p s a o y i m arpr t o ei. p ; e l :l; i th in s; h f" i r e n trau l ghlilmterthwaotul‘ldirsn'ot allow her to remain any longer in the house, there being other ladies at the time under the same roof. • " Why r " said the gentleman, "what hes she done ? You knew her infirmity, and ought to hoe taken care not to let her drink that cursed gin." ".Oh I beg your pardon, said the defendant, "it wasn't t h e ow , strong dr ink?" " Ne su c h thi ng ," o b served the old gen .. we ll , the wine, then, u r th e b ran d y, or some o th er " it WV) neither more nor less then a lump of a laughter. )...The astonishment' Was etpreseed at this intelligence, and the defendant was reqtlested to &tate the facts lie Ives acquainted with. " *hi, the truth ii;" said be,' s he fell in love with a big sailor—a regular Long Tom Coffin, and she would give him gin ; and then he thought be might be upon more familiar terms with her, and he was not disappointed." The defendant went even so far as to point out a sailor as the lover, and the plaintiff resolved to punish the person who had dishonoured him, " I can prove the criminal Intercobree," Said the defendant; " ift fact, it Was Sri bare faced that every hotly was a witness to it--indeed, it is quite a scandal to religion and morality." The plaintiff; in this emergency, threw himself upon the kindness and disinterestedness of the defendant, who said he had made arrangements for the lady, and had found a comfortable place for her at Greenwich. For this the plaintiff ex pressed his gratitude; and, being preVehted himself, by the serious injury he had sustained, from visiting his un fortunate wife, he placed the most perfect reliance upon the friendship of the defendant, who pledged himself to take the greatest care of her. Proceedings were then in stituted against the sailor, whom it was the plaintiff's in tention to compel to pay, in person, if not in puree, for the injury inflicted. One of the Jury asked whether those proceedings bad been dropped ? It was replied by the witness in support of the case, that when it was found the old gentleman was the seducer, the proceedings were dropped against the sailor, and com menced against the hoary veteran. It appeared that the latter had got so deeply entangled in love, that he found it necessary to take up his abode along with the lady and they now ate and drank, and slept together. Notice of action bad been served upon the ancient Lothario, but lie took no notice of it, and not only allowed judgment to go by default, but never applied to an attorney on the subject, leaving it quite to the impartiality of the Jury. The Jury then assessed the damages at 75/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday a deputation from a society of which the Rev. Mr. Smith is a member, instituted for the relief of poor 'sailors, waited upon the Loan Akron, in conse quence of a contradiction which appeared in the newspapers to the statement made some days ago in the justice-room, on the subject of the distress existing amongst seamen. It was stated by the deputation that there was, unhap pily, but too much cause for complaint ; that great distress existed amongst the seamen, and that in the approaching severe weather the instances would, no doubt, increase to an infinite extent. The deputation then mentioned the leading causes. The ships which traded to the Baltic and the North of Europe, were chiefly laid up during the winter, and their 'crews thrown out of employment. The same was the case with the traders to Quebec, Montreal, Miramichi, and other parts of North America, and with the North-country col liers. Ships of war were dismantled and paid off. The casualties of the sea clot thousands of seamen utterly des►i tute upon the shores of England, and those taken off wreck. in different parts of the world crowded home to this country. The deputation considered it necessary most particularly to represent to his Lordship the universal system of mari time plunder, so notoriously prevalent in the crimping eye tem of the port of London. By the operation of that sys tem, hundreds of plundered, ruined, and demoralised worsen, were cast pennylees and hounelees upon the streets of London. The East and West India fleets required to be manned at certain periods, and the crimps then made regular sale of the poor sailors, who left great part of the two months' advance in their hands. The merchant fleet. were thus provided with hands, and no room was left for the crowds who flocked from the outports. There was another fetal obstacle to the employment of sailors in London—the universal practice now adopted of engaging lumpers, or the commonest day labourers, to load and un load all ships in the port of London. But a very short time would pore, that the spprehensions of the most hitter distress amongst seamen was net unfounded. In addition to the causes already enumerated, there was the dreadful wreck of 20 Greenland vessels in Melville Bay. All the crews were returning home. It was here stated to the Lord Meyor, that by whatever circumstance the change was produced, the most palpable alteration had taken place in the character of the sailor. Shesmen were now to be found begging as perseveringly as the most experienced and inveterate mendicants. The Loin Iklavoit believed that the genend distress would receive a great allevittion from the active and en lightened exertions of the Government. The deputation thought it peculiarly nereesary to esta blish an asylum for the seamen. The most desirable plan would be to obtain an old sloop of war from the Admi • ralty, in which 300 or 400 destitute sailors might be sheltered, and from which they might be shipped daily. The deputation, after having stated the above cireum gunge*, retired. . _ _ QUILDHALL On Saturday Georpe Martin and JAI% Wagstaff, two lads, aged about 17 years. were examined on a charge of stealing a quantity of decanters, wine-gleams, and other articles, the property of Mr. Pellatt, the glass•man, in St. Paul's church-yard. They were both committed for trial. WARYLEBONE. Saturday a gentleman named Chadwick was brought before Mr. Gatrrtrit, charged with " outing" a gas lamp in Fitsropoquare, even early hour on Saturday morning. A police constable saw the gentleman ascend the lamp post and " out" the gas. When he perceived the con stable approaching he set otT at full speed, and it was not until after a chase of nearly half a mile that be wits apprehended. 'The gentlemen did not deny the charge, but pleaded in mitigation that he had been with some friends, two or three of whom accompanied him on his way home. One offered to bet him a bottle that he would net climb the l a mp. post and turn off the gas. The bet was accepted and won by Mr. Chadwick. Mr. GRIFFITH cautioned him against performing such feats in future, and fined him Ss. for being drunk. Mr. Chadwick seemed highly delighted at the lenity of the worthy Magistrate, and hastily made his exit front the bar; but just as he quitted the office a man mounted the witness•box, and, stated himself to be an agent belong ing to the Os. Company, and he attended by order of the Company to press the penalty incurred by the prisoner for his offence. By the Act of the 4th of Geo. IV, a fin. of not less than V., and not more than 5./ . , is directed to be impOsed on any peraon convicted of extinguishing a public light, without being duly authorised so to do. _ _ Mr. Gaterrrtt despatched an officer after the amateur lampluencher, who maintained that it was contrary to the spirit of British law to be put a second time on his trial for the same offence ; but the officer insisted, and the lamp-quencher again graced the bar, when a fine of 40e. was substitute 4 for the one of toi.—an ezchange appa rently but very little relished by him. A young man, of highly-fashionable appsaraoce, named Harrison, whose outward man seemed prepared rather for a ballroom then the bar of a police-office, was charged with assaulting his own father. The charge against the prisoner in the police-sheet was " felony," but his father, a venerable old gentleman, said that on Friday evening the prisoner forced his way into his parlour in.a state of intoxication. He repeatedly re quested him to leave the room, but his eon refused to do so, when the old gentleman attempted to put him out ; in doing which the assaultwite committed, " It is the first time," said the young f man, " my father gave me in charge for such en Offena l . " But not the first time you deserved, it," rejoined the father, and added, greatly af f ected, " Do yon not rocol» lect when your brother held me while you beat me upon the heed?" Mr. GILIFFITH said such conduct was most unnatural, and ordered the priponer to be locked up until be should find good bail to keep the peace towards hie father. MA lILTIOROUGH-STRZrr. On Saturday Mr. Drittt, Mr. Btu°, Sir B. Base scour, Dr. PATICK4OX,II3I4I Mr. DyKp jun., assembled to adjudicate the claims of Mr. Moore, army cap-maker, against the county of 'Middlesex, . for the damage dons to his premises on the afternoon of the 2d of November, after the return of his Majesty from opening:the present Session of Parliament. Peorge Almond, shopman to Mr. Moore, stated the nature of the attack which was made upon Mr. illeonis house no the afternoon of the 2d of November, whin 95 panes of glass were broken, lig well as the fiance-work. Mr. Oliver, glazier, who was sent for is repair the damage done to Mr. Moore's premises, put in 95 purrs of glass, and 4111 bill mounted to 25!. 6s. Bd. TWO other trademen proved having done repairs, which amounted to 31. 16s. 6d. The Magiatrates were, of opinion that this waft I case to nllow the compensation sought for, and therefore it was allowed, This is the first time that the Magistrates, at any of the police-officee, have bran called upon to adjudicste be tween 411 individual and a county, since the dote °eel eioard by the Corn Laws. John Cook, who stood remanded on a charge of pick ing the pocket of the Earl of Winchilies, on the evening of the lgth of last month, was brought' tip (ortild# o am4.hation. The evidence wal conchisive Against tht prrirk it was deemed necessary that the Noble or elm. A • tend. A letter was accordingly sent to the Noble who on that occasion appointed the followiii &Ark, Owing to his Lordship's non-attendance, the Flowt v. Oat remanded until Saturday, when Mr. DYAD, observell he had no doubt his Lordship's time was too vaiusbleto ' be lost at A polite-Act, especislty as the disturbed stated Kent engrossed the whole of his Loiaililp l s tittles The prisoner was then fully committed for trill. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS• "R"------ '-----221 " -- r Wig" ---- . Whoa'', Berle 0 ts. Bea I Lt 1=40,w. ....../... Per Quarter. Is.to L s. to I. s. to i. k , Vi I ' Carlitle.--.......-..., - 7•2 - 36 -- 2 5 ..."'" --, Carmarthen —......1 65 -, 40 -- 26 -• "' 66 Hexharn............... i 59 72 i 33 31 21 29 100 • 5f0rpeth.........-... 1 50 02 30 34 20 3 * Pcnnth ..-......-..1 - e 9 I - 37 --• .„2 6 ''' ~A ,l Sheffield .-----.1 - 07 -. 42 --t wl , ' - " A A Wiochester '4B 65 i sit. 38 21 96 4 1 .7 1 _ Per Bushel. cd. s.d. s.d. s.d. 11.0. so' 'll Coventry ...,........... 7 0 9 0 4 8 5 4 6 6 4'o b 0 : 0 Newcastle (Stet) ;10 9 11 5 5 0 5 0 01 4 ~t ,V 1 6 6 Northollerton ..-..1 7 0 9 3 3 8 4 3 3 4u RI 1 6 Buford .-............. ,90 94 5 9 64 3 6 40 7 0 0 5wan5ea.....,.......... 79 64 48 50 9 0 , 2 2 ° I) Warwick 9 0 10 0 4 8 6 0 9 2 0 6 7 3 7 0 Per iloll. 1 -Barnardcattle 6 9 0 1, 2 1 6 6 Durham to oigogolo 6 50 8 0 1 _ _ ....--........ , 00 80 106 1% 0 Richmond '''''''''.'" 05 3 19 0 8 6 9 0 811 00 , 0 2 Stockton ............-..- ils 9 17 622 B) (_ . l ' . _ 7 2,____...„,............. -- 3. - WAKEFIELD CORN Id ARKET....DeC. uot ~ There is a moderate supply of Wheat to thl!elgiiiii good dry New and fine Old being scares inelop,„ r ead y nild4llll advance of fat. per quarter, and there is mare , 4 4, af t in descriptions at an improvement of Is. Alt 41 1 14 0.04 a' . n i riei Is better demand and rather dearer. . The supp l : pel . _ 0 _ 14 10„ large; the best samples go off slowliat A decline of S.F. •••, t ter, and other sorts are extreinelrdhll 5a14 81 ),...,_ „,,a mbar a great reduction. Good Old Beal 11",,i'''''Weiritilh Soft dearer—hard New are in fair demand; OW 11, t r LwO, and condition meet dull sale. There are WIMP , ' .. prices are nominally the same. ~ A., t e a. tov 14b Wheat, Red, Norfolk and SO0.1; 1. as. '"• , ` 1,740,.fifte 71i. Lin. and Cunt .•••""liatiiia. e , telt Yorkshire .........,....k7L 66, t o o vs., e &. ~ --- White ... **** •••••• , r•ww"" -- ' It tO ri fine 1411 ' . '; -- Foreign, - kg ......... .......... 34 *_,,_ . g : to 0 4 : gol white ...............Paa. . ‘, in 4 2 11 .1 iiii•A , • Barley, NOrfolk and Suff olk ~..1....••••••• ~,,,, ' t i,:ol4, al ' --- Lincolnshire --- Yorkshire Wold ..............". . "u`F• ' t ° o 7l4:: Foreign ........... ......... „ .......... .- 4 • gi e 34. 0 34 b. 14 Beans, ...v.,. o, ; . Small ........ "...... . . ... ..„ ..... •••,.. •" 1 /: -,` • is, Oats, Potato , ... .. ...... ir••••• ...,.. vi, .47 Poland ........ ... .." .............. .- 1 . w" "" —. Friesland andSraall .........,• - •••,r . .................".••••vsz . Issf, S s l i l i t . n! ...............::::::........ ........ ..............itelia:it ...040014 ''''''.:X . m.:364 011. 4 0 11 . 1 - . • niPOWECU 0 000000 SCOTCn saner Olt* , s t Aberdeen .... 42 66 22 66 2 23 s ; 35 , 2C ali Berwick...—. 36 53 91 15 gi Coldstream » 37 44 20 23 17 01 Cupar ....A.. 50 72 27 31 21 t.t: "" Dundee....... 50 70 w• 27 30 2 2 " 50 53 2 4 31 17 ~...so 4VI . Invernu.... 44 62 211 2FI 10 Kelso e 38 45 21 16 1 1, lo Kirkahly....... 60 72 76 33 , 3FI 'D 08 .34 ." Perth .—..... 44 10 21 15 tThe wet , of the measure varlet th 1 0 1 40.- -- - -• . it ens-Pe!: n ' 4#7, -------,------"."....--."--n EDINBURGH coo; m A aluer...-reit W 4" We had rather a small supply of all kind , ,_ 01 : 1 ;%iillie osring to the heavy tall of rain durint the ntivt,.. sloe init. Wheat3s. down on the top, and 10. P a wi, nisi Oats Si. up on the top, and U. bd. en Oa verapp Is. :►d. down on the top, And Bd. up oath, akralle. licat►s *Anse as last week. Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats. 1 i i _eat Irt First .._ ... 171 Od SSa Sd 3, ed ei "iii ; Second . ... ies Od Ola Od Os dl ava Third .... 46a &I 964 Od .90a ea os• Oil i Reef, per ib. _ brcaLcsratbober.eratovisrost:C:lttoilp. el, Mutt0n.......... 0 3 0 6 Fresh. Vea1..—............. 0 6 0 0 1)Itto, per Ott 1, 0 Prk,... 0 4 0 6 Egfs l per oos. O. Lamb, per qr. 1 0 2 6 Oa S raw(kpl.) 6y , Tallow, twt....35 0 37 0 Wheat Ditto,. ov. Qualm like 0 7 0 9 Barley Ditto .. 5 I Potatoes, 17110. 0 5 0 0 flay, p e r it.... 0P ' thl al° whrh m hliad e l t ii wi al4"ltallAnlCEr th ‘mall a gore:L i re .. , , , Retail the c ame ss formerly. Per of tilolb. Imp. Per Stone of SW. latil First Oatmeal ...... ~..£1 19 0 First Oatmeal..., ..... a ,vl° Second ditto ...... w... .. 1 17 0 Second ditto .......o.c , fi. "' -411 Rarleymeal... .. . ....... .. 1 11 0 115r1eyra5a1.......,,00" 4.1 I Pessenseal .... , .... . . III 0 Peasemeal . ....,.....41. , at °anatmeadvillansit:".tohill:FOlS Pot parlep-.:IsTo. 1, per met. 144.....t1, 104.41.p.,..,,'.,1:,',-.;creir a • 01.-ASOOW CORN YARFL-1_ ,_ ~...4 • have :it%viArglif:lr: :;:rllll.;saetllidv4rthl 4 ulst,,,horautt.alpeterritaiationt,insfrlceed. iot , ,12404 : or it o. dlo S i ii British, 01d,..„ 33 0t033 0 fri5......,w.w 30 2 g so ""'"""--- new wee 900 110 Widen ~...., 0 ...., L. 00 u Canada, free ...... ,310 S 3 Beans, per v. , ,.„ Amo Irish ~. .. 90 030 0 04 11 0 h ...... •••-•• '''' u 0 iimyty we .. ro b. Scottlth ~,..„...„, 91 . tuitsla f 1 7 ..... . 30 0 350 reale, Scottish ... 20 v ; Scottith. ... . .27 0 %) 0 Oatottabriefl4oll4 1 7 0 0 Irish ...we.. .. .... .."..... 24 0..........r.t1e5evieur1... 0b.... 6 0 0 R 'r 1 1411 ' SUDDEN' DEATII OF TEE Ii 100 ~ AtAfer".ol Henn ELL;OTT. LATIC GOTICIXOI. Of MA.,17-4,Ktihir Friday afternoon Mr, ktat,tuo, the Coroners 10'11;70, respectable Jury, assembled at No. 911 Str i l i joble l'ortman-square, the residence of the Aii,%,-;lit: 14 volt ELt.tcrer, late tiovernor.of Madrees,ppli.`ll4o corning the death of that gentleman. .Is*.l sOch• _A. 79 years °rage, and in geaeral enjoyttsel',iLA b e 'roam* On Wednesday sight last, about elevinoo7„, 0 lig ell to rest in his usual health and spirits. ir" , ba r 0010 1 hour after one of his daiighters, aceOrdittid isfeld practice on retiring to betli bade st . 'n, 10`14tt . night," and on receiving no In'we line 1 "," , tibe . side, and found hint apparently dead or if,04.0004101.. mediately alarmed the inmates,. and gelliferbo, 114 i r sistaaae. A surgeon promptly tt#ll44". 611011. ceased was beyond the power of hums* aid/ as .id , ap. at'diately after bit arrival. It was, the oin ni o d e pe• medical gentleman that the deceased ilea i°, 6 o f 0 41 !" PieltY• The Jury, after viewing She 111001,1000 f "seed, returned a verdict Died 1 1 gbe211:11100#11 God. The deceased has left ainetstenAo.;."-vvole; behind him. A ISittileNelfttlekrLitAitoceoEticn;qPkLye°7::F:rrisidgi-e'wetwr"..l::_or '7L'':,iiiiiii:libij,:: t P h i e liG co n n t tents of a large p ickage ?which 174 0 11 ° - all threw out pieces of copper, currys ii , 0 10 i. J o 4oinhef an rseo 1/r articles of iron and steel ; very fortuitt% t he etPr,, horse was passing in the direction IIT“ v .10 ars* # b 7t r d t e h e a s t t : i t i f en an si d i y hr s . : n n i f' S w ia h n o i f :r ee h t : l ne y h mal i b m a bi r m te nae r: i se titi t e : t er tall:est :i lir t bdral : 6lo°°ll l l;i: Contents took. The possible destructiveooi;i: pn bi t hn joigolo given is charge of the po'liee, and th• le rt io b°llllr ffo il : to the police station-house in Cos e n h o d faSP L tzi statement of the attendant, w ho egg ..- ,'-' ego Pse Packages, it appeared that a short 'llltlitrowass.vt, packages were put on board a vessel i n ",, d , 1/ 1 .• ' it. beor forwarded to Cornwall; but ovlioltir dol. 1, !4" h hv i ineteu:Y;itinntrwitklribriJoienenin:itoiwinal,:mtl_n:WfYtitrt:ol::::Ptl:lech:rpire:Padirt;:t iutiteseldheeedcallitil'ipPiS:soilti•f4:l6oi':7l:ll44::l7ll9t:ft:ti,,,il...,ol...l''S'4l?°j:tererel t ire:m oto g o u ri n.eaps, which, owing '° Si t' l l , t i n ilw :. , : n t f g t h l thoy l e e t ti, hn bem i swy es ed tustt,thewartedrcoiejata.takitortfd:ttsh:eitostrln ~,,l p s h il a g o cen , !iar r e,Li g i ve i gs e," : - I, 7l : i nh coo kOtt e go ; theta copper couw scales : the weight rir „"I.i . ocir " v -ts - in totally ignorant t io h r f o e i i i , t l sr h y :l e c i i , contents , k e h t e l lr b lv vl o dith ei r a l t a u n t i i : Ii' d i: t4 : 111 : 111:1 401.40. io 4 0 0 0, -V i '' s 4 '1:17 ;f:r1: %tat; the: 4l/• eumstallec ecf7rlredsc:::uitlpolairsil:lll;rithl-1-; "I'—irtiiil:rd' stagers, it might have proved of very enr iGue ' 1-otiegh' :........—......---1.:::__ On the ad ins, th lad! o,:edllevog.hDteri 00$1:115 ji D o :O i be v a . n t d c h g e h rY uSdrlady of : b f in , M a t t E l.. taimt:iSlpsftretsargod;seuldolibieCollarP.t.age, 1 , 1)1 41. C 1514 4: On the 4th ins t. at Downshire.hill, IlatoPstes4 at MARRIED. "„ Pl' On the 4th inst. at lloston, John StOwPs,ooo4' rlnsburr Circus, and of iVirxira, to Elisabeth ;toot Reeond d a ughter of Mr. J. M'artin, of Haberdasher . Holton. of ~,,Aod On the 80th ult. at Edinhtivith Welter , —li the late Thorns' Riddell. Esq., of cessito ll ' - 1 ts '''''' *hire , to Elisabeth Riddell, only daughter of dor 0 M‘Lachlan, of the 10th Regitieut of Foot. f On the Sd inst. aged gi)%lE.F.riw. W. p. MAP tide' l " --4 P W. Kin& Ego of Hainaseremish. i MO' ,79 Anni On the Ist inst. at itantsgate art ''', jo 1 0 0' relict of J. P. Ince, EN. On the let inst. a t Sion College . 1 t Mr. , hhi 90th year. , 9 1 ' On the inst. Anna .Maria, the Wiled todoliP;bliti Jerrnyn, Vicarage, Swafthatn Prior, ,C, l o,va l o daughter of the Rev. Dr. Fly, of St, Jainlltt 110 f° ljl" Pluogn AND PUMLIESSO MY MV -Witt viz SVS Orrici, 112, OstilD,