The Sun. — London, England, 1830-09-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF: TIM PUBLIC JOURNALS. The deallotMr tykisson will be deeply felt thrinighOiettlacriuntryoits the lost , of one who exer citied,.sithithet in opposition, a powerful fto,protecting aut ltorit yi over one great branch of 'the` n ational interests of Great Britain. Mr. Hus kiesrin, beyond all contemporary politicians, deserved the of a pitietical statesmen—one whose • knowledge'wes conversant with realities-- whose reasonings on Matters of ,political economy and finance might be taken for a 'manna] by those who desired to render, the mercantile intercourse between men and states as productive, and the fiscal regulations as little oppressive, as the nature of things would allow —one, moreover, whose industry and sagacity were made available to the kingdom by great boldness and steadiness in his measures, and whose good fortune it was to have almost lived down, within the short period of' four or five years, the loud, confident, overbearing, and dexterous— though is some cases ignorant, in others factious— clamours with which the country resounded from end to end, against the introduction of that new system of navigation laws, and of importation duties, which were falsely represented to heve for their motive a preference of foreign over ::„British ships - and goods, but which are now admitted by ninety nine out of every hundred'Svell-informed men : throughout the empire, to . 'have been diatitted by an accurate perception in the. mind of Mr. Huskisson of what 'foreign Government" had it in their power to accomplish egainet England under her former policy, and of their probable. res. luctance, as well as certain incapacity, to make:war successfully upon her maritime and commercial groat ness, should that policy be abandoned or relaxed. Mr. Huskisson has been much calumniated for a measure by which England appeared to give up her ancient defences against foreign shipping, no longer denying them, by means of prohibitory duties', ad mission to British ports. The answers of Mr. Huskisson were two, and both triumphant. lie said, that first, many neighbouring Governments were upon the point of retaliating upon England, by exclud ing her vessels from their dominions ; second, by his preventing that retaliatory system, and inviting other states to one of reciprocal hospitality and unrestraint, the shipping interest of England had not merely escaped the severe punishment then in store for them, but that British vessels had positively increased and multiplied through the accommodation afforded here to their mercantile rivals; which latter had increased likewise, though in a far less proportion. So with the silk trade. Furious and frequent—and now, as the event has proved, quite scandalous,—were the reproaches cast in the teeth of Mr. Huskisson, for breaking up the close monopoly by which that ma nufacture had been retarded, and the policy of Eng land disgraced. The public, it has for some time been acknowledged, have in consequence of the te location had better goods at lower prices than bes fiii& France, instead of furnishing our market with silks, is actually, in some instances, supplied with those of England, made to imitate completely the silks of Lyons ; and the silk-manufacturing esta blishments of this kingdom have extended into numerous districts where the article, as a home made fabric, never was beard of so long as the monopoly existed. We have selected two cases, because they are prominent and important, of Mr. Iluskisson's services to the nation in that depart ment of public affairs over which no man of the pre. bent age has presided with any thing like equal credit to himself, or solid utility to the public, Looking at the materials from which the vacancy left by this lamented gentleman is to be filled up,---we mean the vacancy in public opinion us to the ampli tude of his knowledge and resources,—we can not anticipate that ft will for I , ears be supplied. The political career of Mr. Huskisson requires but little narrative or comment. He was one of the Secretaries of the Treasury under Mr. Pitt, -and is supposed not only to have enjoyed the. confidence of that celebrated Minister, but to have drawn from Mr. Pitt's suggestions or avowed intentions the principles which Mr. Huskisson many years after wards developed in his measures for establish ing whet Is called the " free trade system." Mr. fluskisson's political intimacy with Mr. Canning, and supposed dependence on him, endured until the decease of the latter statesman. On that deplored event, it was expected by most people—undoubt edly it was by Mr. Canning's family—that Mr. Huskisson would continue to cultivate and abide by the political friends and connexions who had been united with his late friend in an attempt to carry on the Government in defiance of the Tory party. Mr. Huskisson did join the short intermediate Government of Lord Goderich ; but his junction with the Duke of Wellington, however justifiable on abstract grounds, was regarded by the Canning connexion—(perhaps the impression went much further) --as a desertion of his patron's, or rather chieftain's memory, for the paltry consideration of holding a Cabinet ogee. From that hour Mr. Hus kisson erased to be looked upon as ,a straightfor ward and trustworthy member of a political party. His reception from the House of Commons, when he addressed it, was for the most part cool for a man who seldom uttered what was not worthy of attention. Ills breach with the Duke of Welling. ton—or the Duke's desire to make a breach with him—threw Mr. Huskisson among the number of those who expressed a keen and strong dislike to many parts of the policy (foreign policy chiefly) pursued by the Duke of 'Wellington's Government. Mr. Iluskiiismi's speeches, in animadverting on the Ministry, have not been frequent, however pointed and severe. Report says that lie, and certain others Of the same views on foreign and domestic policy, were soon to have been announced as Mem tiers of the Duke of Wellington's Cabinet. We neither confirm nor deny .that rumour. If it be cors t act, the truth of it will be speedily aecertained by the destination of Mr. sp eedily surviving friends, who, if flat of equal weight with him on questions within that range to which he principally confined himself, might still be desirable accessions to any (but an Ultra-Tory) administration. The loss, nevertheless ' of such 9 man, so enlightened in his d opinions, an so practised in a ff airs, must at such a time be irreperable,sseTimcs, The account which we yesterday laid before our readers of the calamitous accident whiali betel Mr. Iluskisron must have prepared them for the intelli gence or the death of that distinguished Statesman, which it is our painful duty to communicate. Our readers wilt find br another column an ample count, transmitted to .us try our reporter, of the circumstances connected with this melancholy event, es disclosed at the Coroner's Inquest, arid commit "limited .by his friends. We also lay before our readers the following observations, 'transmitted to us by a friend on the spot, and written with a view to their odoption by ourselves in our editorial cepa city:—" It is our melancholy and moat painful duty to announce the calamitous and sudden death of Mr. Huskisson, by an unfortunate coridcot. at the open ing of the Liverpool Railway, on Wedoesday. In the state of parties, and In the preterit political po sition of the commercial policy of the nation, espe. Jelatly in reference to the East India arid Dank harter ,i•tiestions, this unforeseen and unhappy itientninnit be reg.Yrded as a great national calamity. On the two latter szthjects of approaching inteßst, his loss may be said to lie irreparable. The moral effect of his principles on the aelject, of free trade had an un questionable irilluenea on the Administration, not withoomding he had ceased to he 4 member of the Councils of the Duke of Wellington t cud d it was a remarkable testimony to the integrity thou print ililes, that since t his retirement front fi•o v ir a i lu n e llic o e f `,1,7017d:47.6 termed " ha t v i e i hea ra tt ro lido of ministerial bridi th e particulars from "" q7 itn "' ac cident. The loconlotivo c hmield"le seeded *lateen miles, t o 1,1: 14 ,1, 1 :4 1 , 1 bad N i s e i route to Manchester, w i t h the s ' er 4 : l ll Lieu of carriages, when they all. Stopp e d r t- r na ing to previous arrangement, for fresh aupplZ 3l- i' water arid fuel. On this stoppage, many perso:: descended from the carriages and walked ab out. Mr. Huskisson left his seat, and perambulated b tween the two parall6led lines of railiviy. in thit act of talking to Mr. Holmes, the Member :,for' Queenborough, and some ladles in -the state ar ringer while their own engine,,,the Northumbrterit, remained stationary, an adjoining engine`on thejlip rallel railway, the Rocket, moved onwards. Me. ; Huskisson and Mr. Holmes standing in the inler. mediate ground between the two-lines of railvivay, seeing the Rocket approach, jumped on theiside railing of their c a r r i age , a pp re hending that they would be otherwise crushed. M. Huskisson, after gaining the outside partition of the carriage, re newed his effort to get within,_ instead of quietly retaining his standing. He unfortututtely took hold of the door of the carriage, which flew open, and lie fell across the railway, his right leg bent under his thigh, and the wheels of the Rocket or iti car riages passing over the calf and higher part of the thigh in that position. The sharp bite tif the wheels nearly severed his leg and thigh, and dread. fully lacerated and fractured the whole limb. He was sensible, though acutely affected by the sudden suffering of the accident. lie was taken up by Lord Wilton, Mr. Rathbone, and Mr. Parkes, of Birmingham; placed on a deal board, and put into a separate carriage. Lord Wilton applieda pocket handkerchief securely as a temporary' bandage, which succeeded in staying the bleeding ; but Mr. Huskisson expressed himself certain of the fatal consequence of the accident. He was afterwards removed rapidly towards Manches ter for surgical aid. At Zccles, five miles from that town, he was seiziwV with violent spasmodic pains, and carried ;to the Vicarage and house of Mr. Blackburn. Mr. Ransom, and other eminent medical advice,. soon arrived from Manchester, but amputation was deemed hopeless and fraught with imminent danger. At seven o'clock the intensity of his pain subsided : he was calm and resigned. A codicil was made to his will, and he received the sacrament. Ho then gradually sunk into the arms of death, and expired at nine o'clock. We need not add, that this distressing event and grievous national loss was poignantly felt in Liverpool, not only by the distinguished and nu merous visitors assembled at the opening of this great public work, but by every class of the inha bitants arid by all political parties of the town. We shall an Monday endeavour to give some particulars relative to this grievous event, and can only in the mean while express our sincere sympathy with the public for the loss of a distinguished public cha racter, whose death must at this critical juncture exercise a most unforeseen and eventful influence on _ _ party." Of the family and early history of Mr. Huskisson little itanown. He is said to have been , a native of Staffordshire, where his• father was a small farmer. Having been destined to the medical profession, he waa sent to Paris to pursue his studies, and being in that capital at the commence ment of the Revolution, he took a warm interest in the political transactions of the day. We have heard an English Nobleman say, that he well re members hearing Mr. Huskisson make a speech in the Jacobin Club, and his attention was particularly directed to him from the fair complexion and English appearance of the youth. However, this youthful enthusiasm soon gave way to the horror with which he was inspired by the revolutionary proceedings. Through the interest; of the Stafford family, he ob tained an introduction to men in power at home, to whom, it is reported, his knowledge of French affairs was of signal benefit. Mr. Pitt was singularly ill-informed respecting Continental affairs, and out in all his calculations respecting them ; and Mr. Dundas, his influential colleagne, was perhaps still more ignorant of them. Some curious details of the ignorance of these Statesmen of French affairs is given in the Memoirs of La Roche jacquelin. We can easily conceive, then, that a man of Mr. Iluskis eon's talents and persevering industry, possessed of . so much knowledge of France, would be of inesti mable advantage to, them.. He soon wrought his way upwards, and as early as 1796 we find him re turned for Morpeth, when he was Under Secretary in the office of Mr. Dundas. Ile next sat for the Bormigh of Liskeard. In 1802 he stood candidate at Dover against Mr. Spencer Smith and Mr. Ire vanion, without success. He was then returned for Chichester, through the influence of the Duke of. Richmond. When Under Secretary of the Treasury in the Administration which succeeded to the Fox and Grenville one, he had the boldness to call the attention of Parliament.to the dangerous career the country was running, from the excess of expenditure beyond the income, and predicted that the most serious coneeqUences would, ensue if this system were to be persevered,in much longer. This was unusual language in those days for a man in office, and it made at the time a strong impression on us. On the retirement of Mr. Pitt, lie procured for Mr. litiskieson a pension of 1,2001. per annum from May, 1801. :On his marriage, Mr. Dundee procured for Mrs. Huskisson a, pension of 0151., to commence on the death of. her husband. lie retired front office with Mr. Canning, after the .duel of the latter with Lord :Castlereagh. . During the egitatioe of the Bullion Question, he wrote a pamphlet which pro duced a great impression, and procured for him con siderable reputation as apolitical economist. Mr. Hus kisSon retnained some years out of office, but on his return he immediately distinguished himself. He had advocated the Corn Bill of 1815, but his views on the subject soon underwent considerable alteration. He was the most active Ministerial member of the Committee which reported at such length in 1820, and is understood to have made himself unp o p u l ar With the country gentlemen at that time on account of the steadiness with which he advocated a more liberal system in opposition to them. Ile had a firm supporter in Mr. Ricardo, to whom he was, on several occasions, greatly in debted at that time. The Report is understood to have been chiefly his Work. It labours under the disadvantage of recom mending conclusions not altogether reconcileable with the premises; but for this inconsistency he was not to blame, having been obliged to give way to the agricultural Members. From that time to the d a y of his death, Mr. Huskisson's name was, in one way or other, associated with every question of itn• portauce. lie enjoyed n bight reputation with the country for the inflexible determination with which he advocated and enforced, us fur as he could, the doctrines of Free Trade, undismayed by the oppo sition of the country gentlemen, who kited him, or the complaints of the manufacturers. Mr. Canning held bins always in the highest esteem, arid in the discussion ou the Silk Question, when Mr. John Williams, the Barrister, gave utterance to some pe tulant remarks, implying that Mr. Huskisson was insensible to the distress le inflicted in the execution of big, schemes, Mr. Cunning pronounced a warm etilegium on his friend, whom be compared to Tur got.. No roan's reputation 61.00 d higher in the country than Mr. Huakisson's, when, on the dissolution of the Goderich Ministry, he unfortunately übana dotted Lord Lansdowne, and accepted office under the Duke • of. Wellington. Feeling himself that he was plaCO in un unfortunate position, the men whom he had' joined having contributed so much to shorten the days of his friend, he wept into an explanation at Liverpool, which may be stud to have led to the subsequent dis agreement with his Grace. The opposition to Mr. Canning having been combated on illiberal prin ciples, it beeeme necessary for him to expla4t to his constituente ho w he had acceded to the.,-tfOW Atl mieistration; and he intimeted to his constituents that something like a pledge had been given to him that the Admmistration would be conducted on liberal principles. This was contradicted in Parlia ment, with very little ceremony, by his Grace, and Mr, Husitisson was obliged to remain silent. He had cutoff all retreat, and the DuAtwas well . aware of this. The irritating which thislreatment caused must have been felt in the CabiOt, other wise we can hardly conceive that the g ot Potford different:4s weak' have led to the retirement of him. self and friends. We have always CilletthitCd on the return of Mr. to crflitse, horn the help. iessoent of t)ie Cabinet at the present moment.. We have little doubt that the death of this able roan must have mato-hilly deranged the filet)* of his Grace. As a Parliamentary speaker, Mr. ITuskis son was clear and vigorous. His manner was not ornate, and he was indebted to his matter chiefly for the attention which he commanded in the House. He could be severely sarcastic when he chose, and he was not a man whom any one would have wished unnecessarily to provoke, as he was always prepared both with facts and arguments. We have often thought that he did not advocate the principles of free trade very skilfully. He used to endeavour to show, that in the advanced state of our industry free trade could not be injurious to us; ,but these argu ments had a tendency to impress other nations, that as they were less advanced in industry than our selves, the restrictive system wo u ld b e more bene ficiallor them. He did not advocate the system on the true principle, that it can never be advantageous to a nation, whatever the character of its industry, to impose restrictions on trade. But we must cut short our remarks for the present.—Morning Chronicle. The peculiarly tragic circumstances attending the untimely death of the late Mr. fluokisson, the official announcement of whose deceaqe will be found in another pait of our columns, will not fail to excite universal syMpithr for his fate, though advanced in years to a period usually considered the decline of life, and with health seriously impaired by a long and liberiaus career of public exertion, we cannot advert to the sudden and awful stroke of calamity by which he has been in a-moment torn away.from his friends, and country, without beintdeeply 'pressed with those reflections which waken the Mind to a sense of the perishable tenura:.of 'l4ffnen existence, Ardently devoted to the improvement and universal application of machinery, Mr. Hus kisson has perished by the power of which he was the greatest admirer--and perished, too, in the hour of the triumphal celebration of a fuvourita project of practical science. One moment the joyous , spec tator of the supposed accomplishment of a gigantic novelty in mechanical enterprise, the next its bleed. ing victim 1 Nor can we fail to be struck by the curious coincidence of this dreadful fate having overtaken him while attempting to enter the carriage occupied by the Duke of Wellington, with whom, after the death of his distinguished and persecuted friend, Mr. Canning, he formed a coalition that had a fatal influence on his political character and fors tunes, and whiCh was suddenly dissolved by his abrupt dismissal from . a Cabinet, of which, with all his imperfections, he was the greatest ornament. Differing, as we did, in policy from Mr. Huskisson, we must yet do him justice in his grave. " He was a man of no ordinary talents—without those advan tages of birth or connection which confer great ad vantages upon men, at least in the earlier part of his career of political ambition, he rose to eminence by the force of intellectual powers, which, however erroneously directed, gave him a distinguished place in the British Senate, and considerable influence in the country. He was indeed more of a theorist, or what the French call a doctrinaire, than a prac tical Statesman. his principles of free trade, how ever good in the abstract, he applied to a country whose artificial condition could not admit of their being reduced into practice without being produc tive of pernicious consequences. An exact calcula tor upon paper, he had not a judgment sufficiently sound to take into consideration the actual effect of his principles upon the existing circumstances of the country. He did not distinguish between what was brilliant and what was practicable. He was capti vated himself, and seduced others by the charm of a name. Because " free-trade" was calculated to stimulate the energies, and draw forth the resources of u young and vigorous nation, unincumbered with debt, he thought the removal of established com mercial restrictions must confer immense advan tages on a people whose productive industry was bent to the earth by the feebleness and decrepi tude which financial burdens, unexampled in the history of the world, produced. He called upon a people thus shackled and constrained, to enter into free competition with nations that laboured under no such difficulties. He might as well have insisted upon a man whose legs were bound, entering into a competition in swiftness with one who had the elastic use of his free limbs. Had le first been able to knock off the fetters which the taxation required by the debt and a prodigal expen diture placed upon the industry of the people, he might then have started England in the free rivalry of commerce against the world, and her energies would have triumphed over all opposition. To Mr. Iluskisson we owe the breaking down of those Na vigation Laws, under the protection of which the commerce of this country attained to a degree of prosperity, of which the annals of nations afford no example. And if it be necessary to add to the testimony of experience the voice of enlightened authority, we should not forget that Adam Smith, who was an enemy to all unnecessary restrictions, admitted that those laws were framed in a spirit of the most deliberate wisdom. Such was Mr. Hits kisson as a Statesman ;—as a speaker in Parlia ment, he had powers that made him a most able auxiliary to any party; but he had neither the mo ral courage, or the oratorical energy that would qualify him to act as the successful leader of a po pular assembly. His style was that of calm delibe ration and dispassionate elocution. Ile could always give a fluent and luminous exposition of his own views. lie could 'go through the most complicated details of a financial question with familiar ease, and with that consecutive power which constitutes the beauty of an able statement of mere detail. His dic tion was pure, select, and such as gave evidence of a cultivated mind. Ile was occasionally verbose, and sometimes displayed too much of the laboured so lemnity of the modern diplomatic school of compo sition. In his best efforts he sought only to con vince either by fallacious or just argument. Ile made abundant use of the terms and illustrations of that political science to which he was devoted ; but he had no rich and varied eloquence. Ile did not relieve political argument by glowing imagery or irradiations of wit like Canning, nor did he enliven financial statements by caustic pleasantry, and spark ling allusions like Tierney. Ilis mind was bold arid luminous, but it gave gave out none of that splendid light which, in gifted orators, reason borrows of the: imagioation. If he could impress the under standing of his hearers with his own views, be left to others undisputed possession of those powers of eloquence which exercise a seductive influence over the feelings, or wield the passions at their will ! In the relations of private life he sustained a character of blameless purity. Amiable, upright, and sincere, he cultivated the virtues which form the happiness and ornament 'of the domestic circle, while he en deared his friends to him by the ties of no common attachment. The errors which clouded his public fume were not those which impair the felicity of the Statesman's fireside. We may find nbler politi cians and more brilliant debaters, but the deep al fiction of those who knew him best, proves that, apart from public life, it would not be easy to find a man more deserving of regret.—Morn. Herald. Mr. lfuskissou was a native of Staffordshire, and was at first destined to the medical profession, Be ing at Paris with a view to education in that line iti the first years of the French Itevolution, he became known to our Ambassador, Lord Gower, and at tracting his attention by his early promise of ability, *was subsequently recommended by hint to Mr. Pitt and the late Lord Melville. After being some time Private Secretary to the latter, and found to be a valuable - man for office business, he wi t s brought into Parliament, first for Morpeth, after wards for a Cornish borough, and subsequently for Chi c h e ster, He was in this the early part of his career, successively Under Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury ; the latter he resigned 'on the retirement from office, in 1800, of Mr. Can ning, with whom, even at that time, he considered himself united in political life. In 1816 he returned t o ji g with . Mr. Canning to office, and after being for some time First Commisiioner of the Woods and President o f t h e B: P6 oa re r B ti ts o ' f bTeeratitlinee,b:aenadrlYbefionrel:t2e3'end of that yeur a Member of the Cabinet. It was in this situation that, in concurrence with the late Lord Liverpool • and Mr. Canning, he introduced the modification of our duties on foreign goods, and that approach to free trade of which the expediency has been so strongly questioned, but which his successors in office have not thought fit to recall. In fact, the unpopularity of those measures has been owing less to any thing objectionable in their nature, than to the general depression of our trade during the last four years ;—a depression arising from very different causes. .In the autumn of 1827 Mr. Huskiseon was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, and remained in office after the resignation of Lord Goderich, and the appointment of Lord Wel lington, to the Premiership in January, 1828. Unfortunately, however, his o f f icial connexion with the Duke lasted only a few months; their views of policy were different, in regard to some material questions—such as the Corn Laws and Parliamen tary Reform ; and though the degree of difference was not so great as to threaten a separation, an un lucky concurrence of circumstances produced in the Duke a degree of irritation which led to that unfor tunate result in May, 1828. Lord Dudley, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Charles Grant, all resigned along with Mr. Huskisson, and the reflecting part of the public seemed to think that by parting with so able a financier—with a man so conversant with the commercial interests of his country, the Duke had weakened the, cabinet in the department in which it would be mosaifficult for him to find an adequate coadjutor. During the first Session of Parliament that followed, the eclat attendant on the relief of the Irish Catholids disarmed opposition and enabled Ministers to get th roug h th e public business without exposing their weakness; but last Session how different was their situation ! How feebly were our financial interests handled by Mr. Goulburn—how'injudicious his attempt to augment taxation in Ireland, and to relieve our West India 'merchants by new modelling the sugar duties, in a manner of which they disapproved Do not con siderations like these, call on us to regret the loss of Mr. Huskisson in terms far more pointed than those of the demi-official organ of Government, which, while in its remarks of last night, it admits the value of his attainments, appears to consider his loss as severe only to his relations and friends, as if the present holders of office were perfectly capable of performing _their arduous duties ! Let us hope that they will shew their respect for his judgment, by endeavouring to carry into effect the financial change recommended in hisadmirable speech of last Session, on the causes of national distress; we mean a transfer of a portion of our burdens from the poor to the rich, by the substitution of a property tax, far those imposts which press so directly on the comforts o the lower and middling classes.—Morn. Advertiser POLICE INTELLIGENCE. OUILDHALL. A man in a butcher's dress entered the office, with something which looked like a lump of rusty bacon in his hand, and, addressing the Alderman, said—" Please your Honour, I want advice about this fat, which I bought for pork fat, in Newgate market, and gave 2s. Bd. a stone for it, and, now I've got it, it's part of an old boar, and isn't worth a farthing." Here he handed up the sample he had bought. Mr. Alderman SCHOLEY asked him to what pur pose lie intended to apply the fat at the time he purchased it ? The Applicant—To put into saveloys, your Worahip, and they told me it was the best, and charged me 4d. a pound for it; but it's only fit to burn, and isn't worth anything. The Alderman told him that if he was such a blockhead as to lay out his money without looking properly at what he was buying, he must take the consequence, and not disturb the Magistrates with his trumpery complaints. The complainant left the office, carrying the lump of fat with him, and, as he has no other method of disposing of it, it is probable that the admirers of saVeloys will have an opportunity of discovering the difference in flavour between the fat of an old boar, and that of an ordinary porker. UNION-HALL. Yesterday William Wilson, a tall, thin, sickly looking young man, was brought up on a charge of being drunk, and, while in that state, assaulting a police-serjeant of letter M division. The eerjeant stated that, on going his rounds that morning, in passing Charlotte -street, he observed the defendant staggering along the pavement, until he at length fell down on the step of a door. Seeing, from the position which the defendant had taken, that he had made up his mind to make it his resting place, the serjeant went up, and, gently raising him on his feet, asked him where he lived, with a view of leading him along in the direction of his home. The defendant, however, was no sooner raised than he threw himself into a boxing attitude, and swore that it was out of the power of a dozen of the pits d'armes to prevent him from doing as he pleased in the streets ; adding, that it would not be long be fore they were served in a similar manner as those of the same stamp were served by the brave citizens of Paris. The serjeant told him that his only object in endeavouring to persuade him to go home wad to prevent his being rubbed or maltreated. The defen dant would not listen to any advice, and ultimately struck the serjeant, who, in conveying him towards the station-house, was kicked very severely on the legs. During the way thither the defendant used the most violent language towards the new police, exclaiming that he had been at Cobbett's lecture that night, and that he was prepared, like many of the auditors present, to show what he could do under such a leader. At the station-house the defendant kept raving about the French revolution the whole time he was there, and completely deprived those who were disposed to rest from having any. The Magistrate asked the defendant where he had got so drunk ? Defendant—Why, your Worship, to tell you the truth, I was present at Mr. Cobbett's lecture last night, and, after it was over, I went with a few gentlemen present, and we got drunk together. Where was the lecture you speak of delivered ? At the Rotunda, in Bluckfriars-road. What was the subject of the lecture ?—About the French Revolution, eulogising the bravery dis played by the Parisians on the three memorable ilitys of July, and, us well as I could understand, contrasting their gallant conduct with that of the cowardly behaviour often displayed by the subjects of this as well as other nations. How long did Mr. Cobbett speak 2—About two hours, I should think, at least. Did you pay any thing for your admission to hear the, lecture 2—liach person paid twopence on his entrance. The Magistrate said that he had frequently heard the Rotunda spoken of as a most intolerable nuisance, during the period some theatrical exhibition or another was going forward there. That nuisance, however, was now done away with ; but another equally, if not worse' description of nuisance had succeeded the former one ;—he alluded to what were termed lectures delivered by Mr. Cobbett, and which were attended by the rabble. The Magiii trate then said that it was the duty of the pariah authorities to proceed against Cobbett, for illegally ta ki n g money for admission into the Rotunda, where it was notorious matter of a seditious nature was c o n stantly vomited forth by the different speakers. Such meetings were calculated to endanger the pub. lie peace. Defendant—lf you let me go this time, I'll pro mists never to listen to Cobbett again, as long as I live; it was the first time, and I s h a ll ta k e care it will be the last._ — Magistrate--What business do you follow P—l am a book-keeper. Magistrate—lf you had attended to your book keeping, instead of go i ng to t h e R otunda to listen t o t he trash of Cobbett, and those of the same kid „y, you would not have got yourself into this pre dicament; and unless you pay a fine of 51. for being drunk, and ss. for the atfault, on . the serjeant, a heavier fine will b e i n fli cte d on you, when another Magistrate comes. , • • Th e defendant said that he bad no sufficient money to pay the fines, and requested that a mes senger might be permitted to call on his aunt, who was in Ow coal trade, to make up the remainder. The Magistrate said that he supposed a meseen ger might be procured, if he paid for one, and trusted that the former night's exploits would be a lesson to him -in future, not to attend such raga muffin meetings as those now held at the Rotunda. THAMES-POLICE. Yesterday Charles .11PFarlane, an athletic Irish coal-whipper, was brought before Captain RicunaLL and Mr. TWYFORD, charged with the commission of a very brutal assault, on a lad named Andrew Sulli van, and thrusting his right eye eut of the socket with a tobacco pipe. The Magistrates committed the prisoner for trial at the next Middlesex Sessions, and bound over the witnesses to prosecute. EXECUTION OF WILLIAM GRIFFITH AT BEAUMARIS. This unfortunate man, who was convicted at the last Anglesea Great Sessions of a most brutal and inhuman attempt to murar his wife, was yesterday executed upon a scaffold projected from the east side of the new gaol, Beaumaris. From the time of condemnation, Griffith manifested - .strong fear of death, attended by occasional bursts of despair, during which be made bodily efforts, as if to escap e from confinement. On the morning of execution, having been for a few minutes left alone, he tore up the wooden bench on w hi c h hi s bed was placed, and fixed it against the door, which for some time prevented all access from without. The door being at length forced, he was secured, and every effort which humanity and Christian feeling could suggest having been in vain used to compose his miad, the requisite preparations were made for carrying the sentence of the law into execution, the criminal all the while uttering the most agonising cries and groans. A little before ten o'clock, S. Burrows, the Chester executioner, was admitted into the cell, and after a desperate struggle, succeeded in pinion ing the prisoner with a cord at the elbows. The Rev. Chaplain then commenced reading the Funeral Service, and the prisoner was led, or rather dragged, between two officers, to the scaffold, on which the javelin-men, and •others whose duty required their presence, were already placed. When arrived at the scaffold, and placed under the fatal beam, Griffith, who appears to have reserved his strength for a last struggle, made a desperate resistance to the execu tioner putting the halter round his neck; and even when this was accomplished, he made continual ef forts to displace it, till the drop was withdrawn, which was done within five minutes from the time he came upon the scaffold. His death was to all ap pearance instantaneous, and after hanging for about an hour, his body was cut down and placed in a coffin for interment, which took place in the even ing. An immense multitude was present at the execution. It is upwards of forty years since an exe cution took place before in Beaurnaris.—North Wales Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY IMPOSTURE. About thirty years since, a young man, son to an opulent yeoman in the vale of Berkeley, settled in business as a tanner in an ancient borough town in Wiltshire, where he kept a pack of hounds, and indulged in other acts of folly and extravagance.— His career, as might have been anticipated, was brief; he soon became involved in difficulties, quitted his home, and nothing further was heard of him by his family until about two years since, when he returned to his native village, in the garb and character of a private soldier. He was, however, affectionately welcomed by his only surviving sister, who had, during his absence, become the wife of a most respectable farmer, and the happy mother of several blooming and lovely daughters. Soon after his return he begun to play off the " old soldier;" not contented, like Othello, with merely recounting " the battles, sieges, fortunes," that h e h a d passed ,- he pretended that, during a service of fifteen years in the East Indies, he had so completely obtained the confidence and esteem of one of his officers, that he had made him his heir; and as the gentleman could not long survive, he was in constant expecta tion of coining into the possession of immense wealth. Among many other instances of liberality, which this " soldier of fortune" intended to evince, when he became rich, he promised to give his nieces 30,0001. each; and with the prospect of so much wealth being added to many personal attractions, the young ladies soon obtained a host of admirers. At length he gave out that his friend was dead, and that, on a certain day, he should receive 170,0001. as part of his fortune. Accordingly, about a fortnight ago, coaches were provided to convey-the hero, his nieces, and their inamoratos, and numerous other expectant., to Bristol, where the money was to be paid, and where also a valuable stud of hunters, dogs, &c., were said to be awaiti ng hi s comman d s . On their arrival in Bristol, a sumptuous dinner was bespoke at one of the most celebrated hotels; and large orders were freely given to various drapers, milliners, &c. Just as the dinner hour arrived, " the principal personage in the drama" suddenly recollected that he ought to order a double-bar relled gun to be made by the Ist of September, he therefore begged that his presence might be excused for a few minutes—and to he has never been heard of since ! The dinner, of course, was cheerless, for the party could not be otherwise titan chagrined: they not only found themselves suddenly deprived of all hopes of the wealth which had been long promised, but soon learned that they had to pay for the feast, and that the wary shopkeepers had taken care to have better security for the goods they had furnished than the empty promises of "my uncle."—Bath Chronicle. MARKET IN TEL LIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (Prom the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUOAR.—The Sugar Market has become quiet ; the sales on a more limited scale than what we have been lately accustomed to ; they are estimated at 2,600 hhds. and tis. fur the week; the late prices, are, however, very fully supported. The prices of low Lumps are 6d. to Is. higher than last week, on account of the scarcity of stock, and the eagerness of the pureltaaerss, early in the week, to get goods shipped previously to the alteration of the bounty on the 6th of October. This evening the buyers have continued their purchases of low goods for packing, and have this week given a further advance of ad. to Is. per cwt. upon the prices of large and small lumps, 725. 6d. and 731. having been paid in many instances for the for mer, and 74‘ to 74e. 6d. for the latter, and at these prices it would he difficult to buy to any extent, as there are scarcely any parcels remaining on hand in the Market; in the better descriptions of shipping qualities, however, there is scarcely any thing doing, and the prices of PM. sian Lumps and single loaves, are barely mentioned, and rank much cheaper in proportion to those of the lower descriptions; fine goods entitled to the double.refined bounty are rather scarce, but the inquiries this week have been limited, and the quotations remain the same; for crashed of the middling descriptions at 84e. a 35c, there is a little demand, but scarcely any has beets sold; the Re finers have disposed of their lumps at better prices for pack ing ; the fine grocery goods continue very scarce, but prices are without alteration. Molaises dull. FailtaN SVGA R. —The public sa l es o f Havanna]) Sugar t week -866 boxes yellow,. 633 of white; the latter were all taken in 40a. a 425. ; the yellow sold briskly at IS. advance, 235. a 265. 6d. ; a few brown sold at former price, 20s. a 225. 6d. By private contract a large parcel of White Havannah was bought is. lower, we believe 118 s, Na 41s. There have been no sales of Brasil Sugars. EAST INDIA SUCIAR.--Ey public sale 8,976 bags Blau thins Suay, of rather inferior quality: the whole sold rather hirer, but without briskness: good brown 47a. tid. a 495.4 very low 461. and 465. thl. Bengal. of the late sale 1c 64. profit. Covnti...-.The public sales.of Coffee this week have `not gone off with the former briskness, but the late ad vance has bye maintained. By private contract some good ord. St. Domingo realised 345. The actual sales of Coffee this week are only 200 casks Jamaica, chiefly fine to fine ord. 425. to COs. ; about 600 packs. Demerara sad Bmbice chiefly 42a. to 48e.; Havannah 260 bap fine ord. told Is. a 2s. higher, chiefly 391.6 d. a 40s. ofss bags East India a small proportion only sold, and Mat a rather lower, they were good ord. Sumatra and Bearia. , mixed. By private contract very few sabot were rortilnlit The market is rather dull, but the late 44111449 slaili supported. This day there were no public or private Wel 1 of Coffee. . .. Rux, BRANDY, AND HOLLANvs.--Thent are ,nos., , ' siderable sales of Leeward Island proof Rums at 100 , 94:i several contracts for Jamaica descriptions are also repartee t one parcel 160 puns. sold Ss. a 3s. Id. Brody is mill' held for very high prices. Geneva continues neglectsd.,-; Several purchases of Brandy are to-day reported let narks 4s. Sd. a 4s. 9.1. HEMP, FLAX, AND TA LLow..—Tallow is very bearb and again fully 6d. per cwt. lower. In Flax or Hop there is no material alteration. TOBACCO.—A cargo of Tobacco, 300 hhds. has beta sold about 3d. FRUlT.—Scarcely any thing has been done in thin article this week, and prices are without alteration. Importers of Currants hold firmly for the quotations. . TaA.—The Tea sale finished on Tuesday; our VA" tions are regulated by the prices obtained. SIaN do sale there has been some demand for the loge•nbests of Bohea at /A. per lb. advance on the cheap *Olt ° ll . l owing to the great delivery of them. ,_, Conots.—The Cotton market is very quiet, Nit Pr is no reduction in the currency. The purch v" week ending last night inclosive, consist of ord. 40., good 4P., a bid. ; 550 Sante 04, . 1 good fair SP. ; 130 New Orleans fine 7d., edit& ' ' 8 11 Ku sTi et. T P D "ki tt l io ioti-11- ICES OF 11-7—al ir like 7 ll7 9 / 11:iii :: ::16"— t ta o1 *7:7 1 1 1. 11111r#—'-14411101 . -- " Farnham Ditto, Fine us. Ur. ‘,." OL Seconds 01. Os. 114 al. 04. Oh dit to 6/. Os Kent Essex Ditto. Sussex Ditto Old Duty laid at XII PRICE OF OIJ.. j4ii 0 Rape Oil brown 48i. 06. KOMP '"". 24 0 Liflited Gil tO 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per 6 0 Rape Cake, per PRICE OF POTATOESO—Se_PL 11 ' New Pot:does IOX. to 10 11 . PO . Wil• ---------- WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET...Ir 104 a Hay 50s. Od. to 90s. Od. P l over ....ON. to I Od. to SU RAW S. mi Per Stone. s.d. to s. d. I HIDE Per Stone. e 4 0 I . 41. Best Heifers & Steers 2 10 3 0 Ordinary „ 00 1. • 6 2 8 Market Os. O. to 0/ , Od SHEE NS.P SKI d'a.spli Polled . I 1 0 1 8 I LEATH Per ES. jo t lb. Is Tanned Hone Mdse. ds Spanish Ditto Per dosso. s Ca m l a f il Sk sYs e.7zins....SSorsesonto Ditto Ditto 70 to t't IAP, *C. per I14ltv•" 80. 02., Od. 's Yellow 50ap........•° ° eer. Mottled 1 ,2 0‘. pd. 144, Od. Graves bc od. Good PRICES OF Per lb. - d. tb ri. - 13utt5.........50 to 561 b... 16 23 Ditt0—....60 to 661 b.... 25 28 Dressing 14i 18 Fine Coach 14id05...... 16 18 Crop Hides. 35 to 401 b. 14 16 Ditto to 451 b. 15 171 Ditto PRICE OF TALLOW, SO . Town Tallow Od. Yellow Ad. White 3l is. Ad. Soap Ditto ads . Melted 295. Oil Ditto Od. • PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 8 1 b. — PbeP I• 24„ Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow PILICE OF CNDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the A retail shops, la as 11:1101,0". „...10 4. Candles, per dos. 7s. Od. to Ss. Od. j Moulds, per duss: COAL MAR Bentham Main 291.0 d. Bishop's I.N 0 Dean's 30 6 Fast Percy 28 Ditto (unscreened) ...... 27 8 liebisurn Main 32 3 Holy wel I 31 6 Kenton West. 32 3 Ord's Redhugh tn 8 Percy Bentham...-. 32 3 Canfield Townley Willingtou .33 3 Wylam 32 WallsEndllewicke&Co. 33 9 Ditto Bell Rolston &Co. 32 Walls End Brown's 32 3 Ditto Burraton 32 3 Ditto Callerton ............ 3) 9 Walls End Carr and Co. 31 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0... 31 3 Ditto Ciosforth ................ 33 6 Ditto 34 0 Ships MAME& 75.....5hipi KWalET.—Sept. 17. 0 4,- ls aul Newmarchw ..'"" 0 Ditto Hilda ...................,,.. 0 Ditto Northumberland 0 2, 1 . Ditto Peareth...............2. ~ Ditto Perkins and ClL** 4 . k °' ' Ditto Russell's .........• ~,,,‘• A Ditto Walker ...............1 i Larubton's Prinaunt 0. 0 ,, 0 Walls End liettOil ...wig • • i Walls End Lamblonwo 0, Walls End 1.y0nt , .. 0 Walls End Stowarl's w -4,, W. E. Russell's Hetl9n 511 •-,'' Ditto Russell's LYVII"' Ditto Norwood's 1110 1/ • a I.langenneeb Coal owo al 0 5iiiL1t0ne............... st 0 Tenbi .........--.....ww . . 1 0 Old Etherley (unser I.:: 0 Eden Trader...........wr t ri 0 WalkAarader...... ° 2l 0 Callefrsll 5mat1...... 0 ' si 0 fiebburn small ........1_.., mi. sold. 59% ......I.lnanwo £r B DURING TO WWI. COUNTRY CORN MARKE'IIII DUB1141"5 , Dana Wheat. Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. --- a 448 Ashburn 68 74 34 36 27 33 4 „, Basingstoke 48 70 26 35 2 7 33 f a 54 ilath 4B 70 28 34 21 94 „ a "' $ 1 Bridgewater 72 84 24 28 ,22 24 i v" 44 Bristol „ 62 68 36 93 20 2 3 44 Chesterfield 64 70 30 35 23 32 f a 0 Derby , 63 R 3— 25 30 42 Devizes 66 72 27 37 19 32 47 Doncaster, 6O 70 29 38 20 27 91 ea m Dorchester 54 64 27 30 7 2 4 " 44 Exeter 72 74 28 32 'l4 32 7 0 . 4 4 1 60 70 36 40 21 1 1 , Hungettord 48 70 I 82 35 *— 4 0 50 74 24 91 25 ;.,C . 1 0 Itonwey 40 64 aa 35 21 ,7 2 Shaftesbury 72 31 94 P P th Sheldon Mallet «. 48 62 26 33 20 4 0 w", 64 70 24 34 2 0 „,,z. 3 0 40 „ Taunton 40 74 18 38 1 6 44 r, Yeovil 60 84 SO 32 24 au. 00 1 :, Per Bushel. s. d. a. d.s.d. s. d. fl• 7,0 v Shrewsbury 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 6d I SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET.--SePt• kitlr i nsr We had a large supply of Oatmeal at tu-daY" which met with a dull sale, at lAst week's pricti* and foreign Oatmeal sold at 395. per sack. Per Sack of 2001 b. Imp. Per Stone 01 14 :.50 g First Oatmeal 42 5 0 First Oatmeal ..•. ••• 0 • .IO Second ditto 2 3 0 Second ditto ..... 1. 0 Barleymeal P P e rt e ß m a e rl i e l y—No. I. perlcwilt.:o4)l.-IBialinesei.--Cl'''..:::::ll°°4l".--1* GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—SePt :I4. I O WA Wheat and Oats have been in good demsnds • val rather dearer. Barley has a moderate sale. Be i° Pease without alteration. Wheat, per...1401b a. d. s. d. British, old 320t0340 I r is ° h ati ~ • •••»•' al 0 ...' British ............ ....i...- .•0 Beans, per 8riti5h......... ; 0 r.:O English ........ ..... ~ n r 5 _ Scottish . . ............ '.!! ',', 0 i t r , Pease Scottish ..• :•4,1,4; fri 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 : ro' 0 , per lb• o f. diolltalot Flour. per? new Canada, tree ..... Irish Buley„ per 3301 b. English 3O 0 31 C Scottish 4 .S 0 29 0 Irish.... JO 0 ELECTION OF CORONER FOR M DLESEX.-EIGHTH DAY. --- At the close of the poll yesterday, the nu mber. °err' For Baker For Wakley V ag Majority for Mr. Baker .... , g 4 e The following was the state of the day's inb!" A s,' F" For akley favo ur Leavinga Baker .. .. ******* ********* W sos * '' t hi. " of Mr. Baker, of 12 votes.---Adjourned to Forbes, 4 7 .( 0 ,)an n iulgt i til l ietu e eersq 1 11. 8 66. 1 h 1 mi inst,t inst . at aat Leeds,l3lll:il Welwyn, l y t y l S l nw e . , - l ini i — o htt n nr . . e - t :: : 1 1 E 11 . 00 1 : : : : ° : “ 1 : 1 1: of a son. Af of i' "Wua O gin n hwt t er h rig e ol l f : T th E. e i l li. boll a n t rld S l; : Esile P rß: Tn E cr :f a . P to Ef . i°iTl Ch ni‘bet a rglri'llP r illsvel ler .:: e l:ll°:l son of E. l'oker, Esq., of the Oaks, near OlPr•-•iejsur Eliza Jeannette, only child of the late Colle si° Branthsvayt. of . li•il. On the 15th inst. at St. James's, S. WigliPr a '', 110 1 Serjeant's Inn, fourth son of the late J. Wiggins. l'lt'„hor !louse, Danbury, Essex, to Misr Le Voi, the only ilo'l of Mr. M. Le Voi, Brampton. DIED. tr. of $ r ` 1 On the 15th inst. Sarah Eli zabeth, the ali,,,w , by W Stone, of the East Pavilion, Mere v rortb. 1 " P " tabe O t rt h, th s e ern ls nd th d i a n u st g . hu in r doting taking fire. Whitton, Middlesex , and Upper Bruolostreett _ square. re lict -G I On the 15th inst. is her '7sth year. Surkdisl°4l4 the late George Hubbard, Esq. of Bury and sister of the late Bishop of Wincheste.r. ~v no , tit On the Oth inst. at Bordeaux, Alersedst u• tcl and s° l4 VOA sea., of the fi rm of Messrs. oowli- f Fri elt On the 16th ult. Mr. George SO) o' Rawly, Manta, in his 65th year. LoafaitthiaewBlae-cry _ - P RINTED AND PUBLISHED NY IVIVItDO Ylpv, &Wm, Lcall4 rtilda' Sus Orrics, 110.