The Sun. — London, England, 1833-02-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We have given a full report of the meeting on Saturday at the City of London Tavern, for the pur pose of petitioning in favour of the Ten-hours Factory Bill, about to be brought in by Lord Ash ley. It is quite a delusion to suppose that either parents or children in the lower walks of life are independent. The terms on which they agree to labour are not made by them. Their numbers place them entirely under the control of their employers. In a manufacturing district, a man must submit to the rules of a factory, or starve, or become a cri minal. In agricultural districts the poor are secured from excessive labour by the impossibility of work ing by gaslight. If men could plough or sow with out the aid of the sun, we have no doubt they would soon be compelled to overwork themselves, as they now do in the manufacturing districts. We l are glad that the subject has at length been placed before the nation in all its deformity. One of the worst parts of the system is the destructor) which it has gradually wrought of all the charities of our na ture in the case of parent and child. In a recent publication of Dr. Chalmers, in answer to an article in the Edinburgh Review, he traces the manner in which parents were gradually seduced into the prac tice of sacrificing their children in the manufacturing districts of Scotland. The time was when, in Scotland, a parent would have submitted to any sacrifice rather their injure his children. Custom has now reconciled the parent to practices, com• pared with which infanticide is venial. In Lancashire matters are still worse. There the brutalized pa rents, on marrying, count on the additional means of sensual indulgence, which the sacrifice of their chil dren will place at their disposal. The picture is altogether a dreary one. But the meeting speak, for itself...a-Morning Chronicle. The impression made by Sir R. Peel's speech on the address was, as it deserved to be, deep and powerful. The Right Hon. Baronet exerted him s,irt- to disprove by that mode of demonstration which, where it does apply, is of all others the most unanswerable—namely, by arguments drawn directly from arithmetical data, that, so far as can be judged from past experience, Ireland would gain nothing by a " repeal of the Union." Sir R. Peel asked in which of her interests Ireland bad declined since the Union, and by what facts it could be shown that the United Parliament had sacrificed her well-being to the caprices or wants of this more powerful country. The line of interrogation was judicious, and the recourse to it by. the late Home Secre ary was seasonable, at a moment when the political dominion of that pure and enlightened body the old _Trish Parliament was cried up as being fraught with unmingled blessings to the people, and wi en the resolution to bring hack those halcyon days had been made by our existing race of patriots the test of right feeling in the constituency of Ireland, and of honour and wisdom in her representatives. A pamphlet on Irish statistics has been published by Mr. Montgomery Martin, which throws no unam biguous light upon the subjects referred to in the speech of Sir Robert Peel. The period from 1782, when what is termed " free trade" had been esta blished, and when the Irish Parliament had obtained the right of legislation uncontrolled by that of Eng. land, has been often apostrophised by the " Re pealers" as the golden age of Erin. That same period presented us with two or three remarkable and edifying illustrations of what might be expected from the wisdom and good government of a native Irish Legislature. In 1789 the Irish Parliament thought proper to swing clear of Great Britain ; it appointed a Regent, without reference to the choice (then doubtful) of this country. It gave the Regent the full powers of sovereignty, while the British Parliament refused them. Amongst those power , were the right of creatinaeers ad libitum, and that of granting pensions to whomsoever the official advisers of the Regent might think proper. The consequence must have been, that the restraints which operated on this side of the water having no existence on the other, Irish coronets and Irish pensions would have rained like a thunder-shower upon the heads of needy or ambitious Englishmen, the tools of the do minant faction here; and the people of Ireland would soon have found how dearly they paid for " their whistle." The next illustration of native law-mak ing, and its results, in Ireland, was the enfranchise ment of 40s. Catholic freeholders in the year 1793. The abolition in 1829 of that class of constituents, more numerous, we believe, than the whole body of county voters row remaining in Ireland, has been made by Mr. O'Connell a topic of alternate reproach to the United Parliament, and bitter lamentation for his country. We may presume, therefore, that one of the earliest consequences of a " repeal of the Union" would be the re-establishment of that re spectable class of freeholders in all their ancient power. Now mark, that the 40a. freeholders formed a most numerous constituency in Ireland, a popular and virtuous and patriotic constituency, as described in agitation and anti-union speeches ; and, more over, let us recollect that one among many osten sible objects of the repeal would be, the restoration of the choice of an Irish Parliament to that same exemplary body. Then, what sort of native House of Commons, we pray, was that which actually did owe its existence to the popular, the national constituency of 40s. freeholders ? Was it not one under which the country flourished ? It was evidently one to the records of which we may safely turn for samples of the spirit and wisdom most likely to animate that post-repeal Pat 'lament, the idol of such fervent aspirations on the part of the patriots of 1833. Why, that Parlia ment sold itself by retail to the vice-regal Govern ments of Lords Westmoreland and Camden. It discharged the duties of legislation so beautifully,— it gained the affections of the people so entirely,— it fostered and dandled the whole island into such a paradise,—under it the political temperature be eau e so mild and balmy, the soil so fat and fruitful, that no exotic from warmer latitudes failed to strike root arid spread its branches over the favoured land. Clubs and conspiracies of unknown fashions sprung up and choked the humbler vegetation of the island, —so successful was the culture of the " native Par liament," that in four or five years from the plant ing of the 40s. freeholders an abundant crop of united Irishmen was raised and ripened, the crim son harvest of the rebellion of 1798 was gathered in, and, to crown all, the " native Parliament," which had been hired by retail under the above two Viceroys, now sold itself bodily, and the kingdom wholesale, to Lord Castlereagh, and the act cf Union was signed, sealed, and executed by the 40s. native Parliament of Ireland ! What security, then, would there be for the liish that their Parliament would not sell them again ? Were it worth the while of England, what would hinder her to buy its Members? Were it worth her while, what would binder her, with the aid of the Irish Protestants, to re-conquer the irreconcileable Popish party ? The whole thing would be recommenced de novo, that is all. But, at the same time, it is far mole deu.irable to show the people of Ireland, by an address to their reason, how little real motive they have for wishing to co-operate towards a repeal of the Union, than to hold up any fearful, however faithful, representation of the risks and sufferings to which it would inevitably expose them. Mr. Martin does this with great knowledge of his subject in the pamphlet before alluded to. The variety of topics and details throughou t the work is such as to put out of the question any attempt to touch upon them generally; but the introduction forming a key to the scope, purpose, and development of the author's arguments, we have extracted some passages from it, which may help to pare down a few of the repeal exaggerations. We cannot do so without strenuously recommending the p a mphlet its e lf to t h e serious and diligent attention of independent Members of Parlia ment. " IRELAND. " COMMERCIAL STATE OF IRELAND BEFORE THE UNION, SHOWING A DECREASING TRADE FROM 1732 TO 1800. - • " The powerful efforts now in progress for effecting what is speciously termed the ►4gi,lative independence of Irel.nd, and her elevation from a province to a kingdom, demand the gamest attention of every man who values the from 17. 0 to 1794 From 1795 to 1799 Decrease 5,8fi0 I 339,988 5,249 '267,748 611 1 74210 he decrease of the two last ,yLars on the two first years stands thus— Ships. Tons. " 17A1-91 2,3W 137,4 ii " 1798-99 2,024 99,214 " Decrease in two years 286 38,255 " These statements dre yet further corroborated by exa• mining the number and tonnage of vessels built in Ireland during this period. " Number of Vessels and Tonnage thereof, built in Ireland for t, the Union, at two periods of five xn Years preceding integrity of the British empire, the maintenance of peace, and the extension of civilization throughout Europa. " The leader of the project under consideration has de clared that be will effect his-object 'in spite of the British public, whether the Saxons be pleased or displeased."' For the better proiecution of the measure a special society has been formed, which the Dictator thereof declares his determination of organizing in every parish ;' that a period will shortly arrive when the members of this society (the Irish Volunteers) shall not be unarmed;' that he intents `the Volunteers shall take the place of the National Guard of other countries ;' and that Ireland cannot obtain perfect liberty, until Parliament permit the Volunteers of 1833 to take the same place held by the Volunteers of 1782 't " Without pausing here to comment on the illegality, and even treason (vide Irish Acts of Parliament, 10th of Henry VII., c. 13.) of such conduct, and reserving al'o an exposition of the unconstitutional proceedings of the Volunteers of 1782 for a sub:equent pace, I proceed to lay before the public the true state of affairs respecting Ireland before and after her legislative incorpormion with Great Britain, the most outrageous misstatements being put forth as arguments to prove the justice and p,licy of the demand which requires a repeal of the union. This is the more necessary, as the clamorous shouts of passion have almost drowned the still voice of reason; whip Mr. O'Connell, in the blindness of his ambition, seems entire'y to forget that an appeal to national prejudices was never effectual for the redress of national grievances. " It is contended that Ireland Made the most extra ordinary strides in arts, commerce, &e., during the period of what is termed ' her glorious independence,'—viz. from 1782 to 1800; that ever since her legislative union with England she has rapidly degenerated : and a corollary is thence derived, that she would again flourish were a Par liament re-established in Ireland. Three assertions are thus assumed to be proven :—the first, being considered as indisputable, is merrly referred to with extravagant panegyrism; the second is dwelt nn, as if misery exis•td in no other part of the elobe but Ireland; and the third is a sort of quod erat-dentonstrandum problem, a poll tico-mathern ,tical demonstration, that no man dare deny. Such is the reasoning of Mr. O'Connell; and the Learned Gentleman is too subtle a casuist to deny, that if his base be destroyed the superstructure must fall. " The as.zertion that all Ireland prospered so wonder fully from 1782 to 1800, rests on a very shallow founda tion; for it is built on the belief that Dublin improved during the period : in proof of which, her magnificent public buildings are pointed out as a convincing fact, not ' , fleeting that the gaudy decoration of a capital is any thing but an indication of the general weal of a country, and as if it were undeniably true that those very edifices and works originated during the Athenian age of Irish independence,' or, as it ought more properly to be termed, 'lrish anarchy.' But how stands the reality? Why, that those very buildings, referred to with so much exulta tion, and affording innumerable tropes fur agitating elo quence, were erected previous to 1782, and subsequent to the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland !' • • • s * • • • " A minute examination of official documents and pub• lie wri'ers enables me to assert wi , h confidence, thit nei ther Dublin nor Ireland in general was indebted for im provement to the turbulent assembly which sat from 1'782 to 1800 ; nay, more, I am prepared to prove, that Ireland .ectually retrograded during that far-lamed period, during the whole of which, the island, from one extremity to the ocher, was kept in the most wretched turmoil, night and day, by furious communities, under the various designations of ' Patriots, Agitators, Right Boys, Conventions, Aggregate Bodies, Peep o'-day Boys, Catholic Committees, Defen ders, Associators, Assassins, Tarring-and-Feathering Corn - mittees, 1-laughers of Men and Houghers of Cattle, Whig Clubs, St. James's Delegates, and. Exchequer-street Dele gates, National Congresses, Emancipators, United Irish men, Reformers, Revolutionists, Societies of Peace, and Societies of War,' cunt nsultis aliis. " It is not, therefore, to be wondered at, that under such auspices the country actually retrograded. About the middle of the last century all Europe, as if urged by some mysterious impulse, made rapid progress in know ledge and freedom; and where the latter (as in the case of France) did not degenerate into anarchy and despotism, an improvement in commerce necessarily ensued. Ireland participated in the general advantages of the t'ines. Mr. Arthur Young, whose remarks are cited by all men as profoundly accurate, says, that Ireland was improved more during the last 20 years—i. e., from 1755 to 1775, —than in a century before;' that the great spirit of im provement began in 1749 and 1750; that 30 years pre. vious to the time of writing (1776), the export of linen and yarn was only in value about 500,0001., but that it had risen in 1776 to the value of 1.500,0001.'" " Of Dublin even it may be stated, that by a Govern ment survey in 1753, the increase of citiz.ns from 1711 to 1753 was stated at 32,000. Immediately after the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1745, the great increase he s,Tan ; in that year no less than 1,200 homes were com menced building. After the peace of Paris, - in 1763, the augmentation was still greater; but during the whole of those periods, and until 1782, the Irish Parliament as sembled only once in two years, and even then but for a very short session. The prosperity of Ireland originated its England relaxing, her navigation laws in favour of the sister country ; in throwing open the ports of her colonies, which she had acquired by an incalculable expenditure of her blood, treasure, and wisdom, to Ireland ; by giving to Irish linens a monopoly in the British market, to the ex clusion of the Germans and others ; and by the enormous bounties which were paid on the exporta , iou of corn, &e. : and let it he remembered, that these were not concessions to fear ; they would have been made long before, had Ire land no separate Legislature,—had the wise policy of Cromwell been pursued, which was to have an identity of interests between England, Scotland, and Ireland,—to have but one ledslature and one system of laws.":l. - • a a • is • • " The Irish expenditure was annually augmented, and public and private corruption became the order of the day. " Irish t xp•nditure :- 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 'I otal.. ,X 9,195,4821 1'0ta1..X26,731,5V3 . . It was scarcely to be expected that a system built up artificially and supported by injustice, should have been productive of general and permanent advantage, and accordingly we find that, even during the period at much lauded, and notwithstanding the factitious aid of tinuntie4, the trade of lre!and, so far from progressing, ac tually declined. In illustration of this I first give the— " Tonnage belonging to Irish ports at two periods of five years each, previous to the Union. Years. Tons. 1788 1789 1790 . 1791 1792 Years. Ton. 1793 1794 1795 176 1797 1,199 9,458 12,658 16,386 T0ta1...332,173 T0ta1—'299,4861 39,701 " Here we see a decrease progressively acrelerating, and ;mounting in three years to upwards of 38,000 tons ! The editor of the Dublin Morning Register cannot avail him self of the cavil, that the tonnage entering a port is no cri.erion of trade, because they may only be carrying coals' (as if coals were no article of trade, and were pro cunible for nothing). The table exhibits the 'tonnage be longing to Irish merchants, and it evinces a strung proof of declining mercantile prosperity I have also another table of ten years previous to the Union, which has just been presented to my notice, which is fuller and more con vincing than the foregoing; its totals are as follow : . . " Registered Tonnage befonging to Ireland at two periods of five years each. Number I o 1 nnage. of Ships. lst Period 1790 17,1 1792 1793 1794 'ears each. No. of ships. No. of Ton. Ships. nage. 33 1,654 32 1,80.- 19 797 20 1,072 18 1,105 Decrease on Corresponding Years. No. of Ton- Ships. nage. 17 lig() 19 6(i2 23 832 15 587 14 346 iiPeriod. 2,334 2,464 1,629 1,6 W 1,441 I; . ; 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 " This diminution is the more striking from the fact (as * Mr. O'Connell's words, in the hearing of the writer, when proposing the formation of the Volunteers, January 2, 1833; the words were suppressed by Mr. O'Connell's reporters for the press. 1' Vide Mr. O'Connell's speech, Dublin Freeman's Journal, January 8, 1833. $ CrcimWell united the Legislature; he issued no writs for the Irish Parliament, and he assembled a Commonwealth Legisla ture, to which Ireland then sent 40 members as representatives. Ton. nage. Decrease. will be shown in the subsequent chapter) that the number of vessels built in Ireland since the Union, and the ton nage thereof, has increased, and is still progressing. " We may now proceed to examine the state of the ex ports from Ireland during the period under consideration. And here let me observe, that my tatailar s'atements are drawn from the accurate statisoics of M. Caesar Moreau, where the Parliamentary pw.rs from which his statistic,. are derived, are fully acknowledged. I quote from the copy in the Dublin Library, and which Mr. O'Connell and the editors of the Irish press ought to have examined previous to making their unfounded allegations. " Total official value cf the Exports of the Growth, Pro duce. and Manufactures, of Ireland, at two periods of fie, Years each, previous to the UICOI Ist Period. Value. 2,1 Period. • Value. 1790 ~ £4,826,360 1795 £4,700,732 1791 1792 1793 1794 Total £21,645,793 Total £23,013,63S lst Period £24,145,783 23 ditto 2 3,013,638 Decrease £l,t 32,145 " A million and a half sterling decrease on a period of only five years, is a strangejndication of growing prosplrity !" " Some of those persons who are determined to he con vinced on no point will exclaim, ' Oh ; the Irish, instead of exporting their provisions, kept them at home;' hut a little investigation will show th, , m a decrease on wool, drapery (to the extent of 1,321,572 yards), worsted yarn,.,, linen yarn, skins, tallow, kelp, rape-seed, foreign and coin nial merchandise, &e., as well as on articles of food. " Neither do we find the consumption of articles of luxury or comfort, which indicate the growing prosperity ' of a prople, on the increase during the period. Sugar, which was becoming cheaper, and directly importel from the West Indies, in exchange foe provisions, was thus en tered for home consumption at two periods of three years • each :--- 1789-1790-1791 1792.17911.1794 567,215 Decrease cwt. 50,678 "The wine rertpnrd for home con.umptinn Wag -1759-!791).1791 1796.1797-1793 Decrease gallons 1,125,818 " The con.umpfion of w:ne on two years In 1795 In 1797... Decrease gallons 2,646,832 " The tobacco entered for home consumption in Ireland was in 1794 lb. 9,426,2111 1793 1798 lb. 4,894,121 1799 5,876,172 Total lb. 17,300,6201 " A decrease 01 7,000,001 " The number of barre s of two periods of five y ars earl Ist Period. Barrels of Malt 1791 1,174,301 179 0 1793. 1,191,854 1794 1,28-1,378 1795 1,242,091 Total 6,1 9,600 j Total lb 10,770,293 r malt consumed in Irelanil at 2d l'eriod. Barrels of Malt 1796 1,197,033 1797 • 1,3';3,1-17 179. 4 1,190,875 1799 1,124.837 1800 B-13,91) Total 5,620,783 . . " A decrease of 500,000 barrels in five years. " The decrease of malt in the last year of the table was not owing to an increased consumption of spirits ; for I find, on ref-rring to my note-book, that the corn-spirit &stilled in Ir land was— In 1798 gallons 4,783,954 In 1799 In 1800 " It would, 1 fear, be tedious to proceed with statements so incontrovertible. A sufficient number have been ad duced to refute the assertion that Ireland progressed so much in commerce at the close of the last century. Not withst +lading all the factitious aid of bounties moat lavitP ly supplied, and although a vast number of En,lish tr• , ops were sent to Ireland during the years 1798, 1799, and 1800, the introduction of which has always been consi dered by the Irish as an advantage to the trade of the country, yet did commercial prosperity decline. It is not difficult to assign a cause for this event, when we reflect on the turhu'ence and rel , elion into which the agitators of the period deluded the people ; and which, although confined to one province (Leinster), had a serious effect on the mercantile condition of Ireland. But this is a subject which trill he devd,ped in another chapter ; I therefore proceed to inquire, whether the allegation of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland having caused the ruin of the latter island is as little in unison with truth as the subject now fully explained."— Times. We stated some days ago that Lord Palmerston and Prince Talleyrand, finding Baron Zuylen, the resident Dutch Ambassador, intractable to their purposes of a further mystification of the affairs of Holland by fresh enterprises in diplomacy, had, after some two or three useless at tempts at conver sion, at last wholly given him the go-hy, arid ad dressed themselves directly to the Court of his master, the King of Holland. They have accord ingly caused a joint note to be presented by their diplomatic agents at the Hague, in which they en ter largely into the whole subject of the differences between Holland and Belgium, explaining their rea sons for entering again, unbidden, into the field of protocols; profess the purest and most impartial views, as respects the opposing interests of the two parties, and conclude by expressing their great re gret that purposes so well intentioned should be marred by the unreasoning arid unfair obstinacy of the Dutch King, burdening him with all the con sequences, whatever they may be, to_ which such selfish arid ill-judged conduct may lead. This document, which is of great importance, as it is in fact a luminous resume of all that has been done in Belgian diplomacy since the capture of Antwerp, will be found at length in an adjoining column, and is deserving of air attentive perusal. It is impossible riot to see that one great and leading object with the concoct era of this diplomatic paper is to make show of an intense anxiety to accommodate matters in the Ne therlands, and, by contrast, to cover the King of Holland, the only dissentient from the cause, of con ciliation, with all the reproach of a selfish and un principled litigant. They refer repeatedly invidiously to the number of attempts which they have made to bring the Dutch Minister to a discussion, the obstacles they have met with, and, lastly, evenin sinuate some jugglery with respect to the powers to negotiate avowed by M. Van Zuylen at one time and disclaimed by him at another, which amounts to an undisguised attack upon the good faith of the Dutch Councils. It would appear that very soon after the affair of Antwerp the Ministers of England and France took occasion to make advances to the Dutch Minister in London, all diplomatic commu nication with Holland during the siege having been suspended, for a renewal of the negotiations which had been rather hastily terminated by the secession of Russia and Prussia from the Confe rence. The first proposed embraced the basis of a general and final treaty, and, in substance, was but a revival of all the conditions which had been before offered but rejecied by the Dutch King. It assumed, as the abstract which we have already published will sh ow , t h e rec i proca l an d im mediate evacuation of all places, Forts Lillo and Leilkenshoek included, which the Dutch or Belgians held, the free use of the roads so long in dispute, of the right bank of the Meuse, and unrestricted navi gation of the river Scheldt to the latter. As a set off fur this reciploc , ty, which was certainly all 011 one side, the Dutch were simply offered a cessation of the embargo, and a restoration of the shipping and property up to that time detained. To this proposal M. Van Zuylen replied that he had no powers to negotiate upon a basis so ext ens i ve , an d that, in short, he was riot instructed to treat, as con cerned final arrangements, with any other parties than the whole of the five great Powers assembled in Conference. Upon the receipt of this answer, Lord Palmerston and Prince Talleyrand would ap pear to have altogether changed their tactics, and, coming to M. Van Zuylen, they say " It may be true that you have no authority to discuss the terms of a final treaty, but what do you think of a preli minary Convention ?" Allons, said he, let us hear. Arid then they suggest the outline of one, which proves unpalatable, when they fall back upon another that, in the result, proved not less so. The first intended the immediate evacuation of the occupied places on both sides, but differed from the general project first proposed, inas much as it would postpone the consideration of a final arrangement to a fitter and indefinite op portunity. This was declared inadmissible, as the Dutch Kng was known to be indisposed to surren der his halo upon Lillo and Liefkenshoek until he saw his way more clearly than he bad yet done. The second seems to have been thought beyond objection, for it conceded the retention of the places in question to Holland, and only asked an armistice until the preliminaries for a final settlement, and a disarming, could be arranged on both sides. The concessions demanded from Holland by this arrange ment, were that it should agree to the armistice, recognise the independence of Belgium, and agree to the opening of the Meuse and the freedom of the Scheldt, which were declared to be the sine qua non of the negotiation►, and, in return, the English and French Governments again offered to take off the embargo on the Dutch shipping, and to send back to Holland the prisoners taken at Antwerp, who are now detained in France. This, it is almost nee necessary to sey,was also rejected. .The" e" then proceeds to express the bitter disappointment which the subscribers felt at the failure of all (heir friendly overtures; in the first place, by the coldness of M. Van Zuylen, but principally by the receipt of a counter-project, with which the last " preliminary arrangement was met on the part of Holland ; and a considerable portion of it is devoted to the task of disclaiming and disproving the pretensions which are put forth in that counter-projec•. In this latter the right of imposing a toll on the Scheldt is contended for, on the part of the King of Holland, as irrefragable under the treaty of 1815, but denied by the Ministers of England and France—first, as unreasonable, because of the annoyance it would occasion to ships coming to Antwerp to be over hauled at Forts Bath or Flushing ; and, secondly, as illegal, as not having been chimed for the last two years, or even in 1814, before the union of Flanders with Holland took place. The counter project next requires that the Belgians shall be bound to undertake to pay their moiety of the in terest of the common debt of Belgium and Hol land, the first instalment in July ; to which it is answered now, that such an obligation is already hanging over Belgium by the treaty of the 15th Nov. 1831, but that its fulfilment depends upon a condition precedent of all other matters being en tirely and finally arranged. It would be, therefore, unfair to call upon the subjects of King Leopold to recognise this claim until their independence was unquestionably recognised. The Dutch King, it would further appear, protested against the required disband rig of his troops, unlsss simultaneously with a general European disarmament ; and for this and other reasons Lord Palmerston and Prince Talley rand complain that King William has no sincere disposition to arrange the pending differences with Belgium, hut is actuated by an irregular and selfish ambition, and therefore they put it to the world to say whether he ought not to be fairly made answer able lir all the consequences of his obstinacy which may occur. We have yet to learn what effect this last note will produce upon the Court of the lingua; but there is at present, as far as we can judge from the papers, no reason to Elea that it will be very much more successful than arty of the overtures to M. Van Zuylen, the Ambassador in London.— Morning Herald. Ministers have not yet made known their inten tions on the question of slavery to the West India body, but we have learnt from authority that we cannot doubt that immediate emancipation (!) is determined on; but there is at present a difference of opinion in the Cabinet as to whether compensa tion shall be given to the extent of twenty or that sum advanced by way of mortgage, at three per cent., to enable the planters to pay off the pre sent mortgagees. It is -proposed also to give them the entire monopoly of the English market. An armed police force is to be sent out, for the double purpose of protecting life and property, and com pelling the freemen to work in the fields. We cannot believe that another week will elapse with out some communication from Government in re ference to this momentous affair. The Govern ment cannot much longer insult the West India body by withholding from them that information which tiny have so freely communicated to others, and in the meantime we will offer a remark upon the proposed measure, and first, we would ask, how are the negroes, in old age and sickness, and bodily and mental infirmity, to be supported ? There is scarcely an estate that has not more negroes upon it than can be profitably employed. In an instance within our own knowledge there are 1,500 negroes upon an estate where 500 are amply sufficient to do the work. The owner of that estate, under the present system, is bound to maintain them ; but what will be the case when those freemen are buffetted with constables' staves ? The extra I,oot must turnout and get employment where they can, or, in failing to obtain it, they must s'arve. Where are the free negroes to be located ? Their old masters cannot be expected to retain more upon their estates, than they absolutely re quire. But they are to be compelled to work, whether they can meet with work or not, by the excitement of the constable's bludgeon and the tread-mill. The tread-mill in a tropical climate ! The humanity of the Anii-Slavery Society recom mended field-stocks, which have produced more real suffering to the negroes than any other punishment they could endure, and the tread-mill will be an excellent accompaniment to them ; but the Minis ters are caught wish the pseudo-philanthropy of the Anti-Slavery Society, and the negroes are to be reduced to destitution and suffering to gratify the wishes of wild theorists, whilst the measures of ame lioration that have been commenced, mid for some time in progress, which would produce ultitnate emancipation without a struggle on the part of the slaves, or resistance on the part of the planters and proprietors, are to he discarded as being much too slow in their operation for the revolutionary spirit of the age.—Morning Post. CORONERS' INQUESTS. LOVE AND SUICIDE.---011 Saturday last an inquest was held at the residence of Mr. Daniel Cooke, No. 63, in the Quadrant. The deceased, who was about 35, and a furrier in a large way of business, lately experienced a cool reception from a young lady at Ashford, Kent, to whom he paid his addiesses. Being convinced that a for tunate rival had supplanted him, he returned to town in a very dejected mood. A day or two after he observed to a married friend of his, '• See how happy you are, with your little cherubs climbing your knees, and all emulous to please you ; but, alas ! this can never be my envied lot; I am doomed to wretchedness for ever !" While he said this he shed tears in abundance, and appeared completely heart broken ; h s friend endeavoured, but in vain, to rouse him from his gloomy reverie. He continued in this state until Wednesday night, when he retired to rest early, and on the following morning the servant discovered him suspend ed by a cord to the bed-post, and quite dead. Verdict— Insanity. CFJILD AIUItDEII.-On Saturday evening last, an in quest was held at the H• ro of Waterloo, Lambeth, o❑ the body of a fine male infant, which was found in the Thames, on the previous day, by a Waterman, with a piece of lead tied round its neck, and the hands and feet tie.l togeti,er with strong thread. The surgeon gave it as his opinion that the infant was about a month old, and had not been in the water more titan three or tour hours. The Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person unknown, and the parish intend to offer a reward for the detection of the party. On Thursday an Inquest was held before Mr. Baker, Coroner, at the Lord Nelson public-house, Nelson -street, City-road, on the body of Nicholas Byres, or Biers, aged 35 years, who was suspected to have been poisoned by some friends of Coney, the convict, now lying uuder sentence of death in Newgate for committing the extensive burglary in B a rtlett's-buildings. Verdict, " Natural Death." A Coroner's Inquest was yesterday held in the gaol of Newgate, before Mr. Payne and a hi_hiy-respectable jury, touching the dealt of Henry Channels, aged 35, a prisoner under sentence of death for the wilful murder of the captain of a vessel on the high seas.—Veldict, " Died by the visitation of God." Yesterday an inquest was held at the Goat and Com passes, in the New Road, on the body of Airs. Sarah Draper, aged 87, companion to Dowager Lady Dillon, of 4, Fitzroy-square. Colonel Dillon deposed that the de ceased was sitting in a chair after dinner, at the end of which she had taken a glass of wine, when she suddenly utte' ed a piercing shriek ; witness asked if she had swallowed a bone ? She replied, with great difficulty, " No," and then fell back in her chair and expired. Air. Tusou, surgeon, was of opinion that she had died of an ossification of the heart.--Verdict, " Died by the visita tion of God." COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 23. HEISH V. CARRINGTON. This was an action to recover the price of a cargo of barley. In December, 1831, a broker of the name of Gthson sold for the plaintiff to the defendant a quantity of barley, the price of which was paid by the defendant to Gibson, about a fortnight after th e sa l e , d e d uct i ng discount. The plaintiff. not knowing that the payment had b. en made, gave notice shortly afterwards to the defendant not to pay , to any one but himself (the plaintiff). The defendant then informed him that the money had been paid to Gib son, the broker. Gibson afterwards failed, without havinz paid over the money to the plaintiff, who now biought his action to recover the price of the barley from the de• fendant.—The Jury found for the defendant. WOODBRIDGE AND OTHERS v. SWAN AND OTHERS. This was an action by the assignees of Messrs. Elk and Parker, wine•merchants at York, against Messrs. Swan and Co., bankers, in that city, to recover a sum of 9001. as money had and received by the defendants ti the plaintiffs' use. In 1827 a separate commission of bankrupt was sued out against Ellis. Parker continued to carry on the bu. siness for two years afterwards, and in 1829 a com:Eission of bankrupt was taken out against him. Ellis's assignees, and Parker before his bankruptcy, had kept an account with the defendants, and had deposited with them tie money collected for the payment of Ellis and Pat e ditors. The defendants had retained part of this money (amounting to 9001.) on account of the balance due to them from the partnership, and the assignees Low claimed it as money belonging to the bankrupts' estate. The Jury found for the defendants. The Learned JUDGE gave the plaintiffs leave to move on the question of law, whether or not the act of Parker was binding upon the assignees. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 23. FRENCH V. BENTON. A verdict for forty shillings WAY taken by consent in this action, which was for a libel inserted in the courier newspaper. Two verdicts for the same libel have. we believe, been already obtained aga'nst metropolitan j.mrnals. LIBELS IN THE SATIRIST NEWSPAPER. DICAS V. GREGORY AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover damages for certain libels in the Satirist concerning I , lln Dicas, styling himself an attorney in the three Courts at Westminster, by which plaintiff said he had sustained injury in his professional character. The action was of a comprehensive character, and ap peared to be based on an entirely new principle —one which, if permitted to obtain, might be of a very alarm ing character to a respon-ible and most use'ul p , ofession. I grasped one Thompson, the certificated proprietor of the Satirist at the Stamp-office—Barnard Gregory, the bona fide proprietor I_according to the verdict) ; sod it attempted to grasp Andrew Spottiswoode, the King's minter, as the supposed proprietor of the machine by which the lihels were print.d—Salmou and Cunningham, in whose office and with whose type the papers at the time were " composed "—Alaric Watts, the proprietor of the Alfred newspaper, which was printed by the same opt-rative, and occasionaliy at the same machine—Henry Hanshall Be'grave, the certificated printer of the Alfred —and ether individuals, to the number of eight or nine; on all of whom writs had been served, and by all of whom, however unconnected with the gross matter which occasioned the action, the costs of defence were thus necessaril incurred. Tbe usual evidence from the Stamp-office having been gone in.o, JHmes Mearney, a compositor, was eximined, and proved that he had been in th.i employ of M. ssrs. Silmon and Cunningham, at the time the Satirist mit; "set up" there. Witness stated that he knew Barnard Gregory, and had seen him at " Thompson's office," in Fleet street, and at the Satirist publishing-offic-, in the Strand. Gregory had given him "copy" for the Satirist paper, and he was on and off the spot every week. Mr. Richard Johnson, who supplied the Satirist office with paper, was c Wed to prove Gregory's connection with it. To quote the Learned Judge's words, in his summing up, " he was rather an unwilling witness ; he would not say he kept anything back, but he volunteered nothing." Witness deposed to having been with Gregory when the size of the paper was to be altered; to having seen him at the Satirist office, and in his own private house, on the object of orders for paper--demands for money—and arrangements about bills. Looked upon him, from his own language, as "general conductor," .but had never heard him admit himself as general proprietor. E intaid Little was then called, and his evidence proved that he was engaged by a deceased gentleman (Mr. Hanshall, father to one of the defendants) to machine the Alfred newspaper, and that the Satirist newspaper was also machine' by him on the same prtinises, aril some times on the same machine. Mr. Fux Cooper proved that he entered into an " ex perimental" engagement for a month with Mr. Gregory, as sub editor and advertisement emvasser for the Satirist. Mr. James Chatileigh, the tenant of the premises in the Strand, in a portion of which the Alfred was at the time composed, p int• d, an d p u bli s h e d, an d toe Sati r i s t printed (the Satirist being published close by), deposed that he seized the machines for rent, in the name of Andrew Spottiswoode, in the beginning of October, 1832, and got his money through it, 291. 2s. In cross-examination by Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, who ap peared tor Spottiswoode and Watts, this witness stated that no ie4al tender had been made; that he refused to take the rent when ofLred, except in the name of Spottis woode, at all events except "for proprietors of the Alfred" of which number Spottiswoode was one. This was evidently the gist of the whole affair—to fasten Spottiswoode as the proposed proprietor of the ma chine; Watts as under-tenant of the premises, and pro prietor of the Alfred, which he was not at that time; Salmon and Cuuningh no as the " letter press" delin quents ; and the others as connected with the two publi cations in such a manner as to justify the action. At this stage of the proceedings Sergeant Boxras s..id he thought the matter could not be brought home to Spot tiswoode, Wets, or H nshall. Lord LYNDIIURST-There certainly has been no evi dence to implicate them. The case then proceeded against Gregory and Thomp son. The libels wre put in and rea..l, and the Jury brought in a verdict that Gregory and Thompson were partners, giving 3001. damages, and 40s. costs. Mr. Clowes, Alr. Mills, and several other most respect able gentlemen i7onneeted with the press, were in Court, ready to prove the disuetude of a liability on the part of proprietors of machines, for what they might print. The case lasted several hours, and excited a good deal ef interest. PARTRIDGE V • EVANS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the father of Miss Frances Partridg-, against the defendant, a professor of music, for damages occa:toned by the breach of the de fercilne, covtnant, in neglecting to teach singing to the plaintiff's daughter, who was apprenticed to him, accord ing to the terms of the articles of apprenticeship. . . Mr. MANSELL opened the pleadings, anti - Mr. HUTCHINSON stated the case. The plaintiff had articled his daughter to the defendant for 51 years. The premiuni was 701., of which 50/. had been paid, and a bill given for 201. The defendant had covenanted to teach the young lady, or cause her to be taught, by the best means in his power, in the art of singing; this he had failed to do, and therefore the present action was brought. Miss Frances Partridge was articled to the defendant in October, 1829. She lived with her parents, attended the defendant to. receive instructions in singing. He played to her. She had since received instructions from several masters. From her present knowledge she could state he was not c ipable of instructing her. She attended him a year and four months. He brought her out at the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel-road. She could never have acquired any knowledge of music from the mode he pursued. Cross-examined--She went to him every day before she went to the Pavilion. On her return to him, after leav ing the Favidon, he would have struck her if her mother had not got before her. She never went to him after that. higher Miss Isabella Emery, daughter of the comedian —Was a pupil of the defendant for four years , ending last Septem ber twe!vemonth. He gave lessons to M iss Par, rid g e. His was theorys not of music, the usual andmode of was t n e ac h t skilled in taughtinHe the branches. o none of the Mr. Balls, a music-seller, who had taught music, de cidePy thought the defenda nt incom p etent to teach sing ing ; he taught his pupils to make a noise, and nothin g else. John Baker, professor of music—From the manner Miss Partridgeplays and sings she has not been well taught, but has sbeen taught by a person of reasonable skill. Verdict fur the defendant. Several tradesmen, during the late elections, have positively voted for Reformers merely because it in duced their Conservative customers to order them to on the p ir t o f man y o f n as it is gratifying. :,,seerricluriithaeipe uncommonr(b)cielles,,:ngwahsichis, Many shopkeepers say, that " the only way to get an account settled by a Conservative is to vote against him." —Figaro. COURT OF EXCISE, FEB• 23• A* - EXTENSIVE SEIZURE.-THE KING V. DAVID I do T e defendant was charged on an Evise in f96lls lo l with being unlawfully in possessien of a private still% manufacture conducting an illegal ,nufacture of wines and 11'1 Th,. penalt:es were laid at 2001. The d.-fendant did not appear when called IV"' eV Mr. MAYow proved the case by Excise officer* os deposed that in consequence of informition that therem an illegal dsstillery which bad leng been carried 0 0, _. 0 ,1 went to the house, No. 8, Field-lane, and ercupied by the defendant. There was 3 fro° iioo an -f a quantity of potatoes and salt fish, and the b" t he in those al tic'es appeared to be carried on as a blind 0 0 en . illegal traffic in the rear premises. The officer , o h t o tared by the front way, was stopped by the defer s A h t t iv ; who exclaimed his house was his castle, search should be made there, and further sit , o,is no still on the premises. At that instt p lier e, officer, who bad effected an entrance, cried out. oo gb the trap-door is open." The witnesses then passed throe the trap entrance into a cellar, and thence through Oslo r ineous passages into a cave dug undergroun d, r af eol' they found a copper still of unusually large dim"" l°- efi . culated to cant in and work 45 gallons. The still bed i 0 e ki° dently just been wo• k e,, and a quantity o f was o r. state of fermentation. There was all the necessary rllif ratus for distilling to a great extent. In ano ther ; ber g were two nine-gallon casks buried in the ear th ', ti chirk was also a reservoir and pipes to carry off the was` e ' lle ssk' led to the Fleetsditcb. The officers found 5 W l 00 Holborn. tre; r, plain spirits in a manislictured state 24 d e gree' k or proof, and SO gallons of was h i n p re p ara tion, t he . Wh° which they seizA. rt i b er The wife of the d e f e nd an t assure d th e ir ss° : n : 04 4 husband was as innocent as anv of them, brgg' l3 ,7 gbd Honours' pardon ; h e was an h onest I r i s hman, P;i i in- Sb e , living by hon e st means , an d s h e so ld tatoes and u los , never knew of the still, and the cellar where it an, 11 1 I l r o s :ig ß er r s i — an w t t l o en ali c t %ll ,o ed re s t e i v ut e t ial t r e it d n t e . was not under her house, and she did not know tbere a way to it. igbb° 6° :A 5.^ . " have known of the still, and that from his " il k ° manners he could not have been concerned in w" -ing : They all gave hint a most excellent character. set e j The Court gave judgment against the defendlijotel donning the goods seiztd, and adjudged a 113 nalty of 501. fs:nedantnec-; COUNTRY G 'RN MI AST WEE: KET_b Barley. Oats. Per Quarter. Ashburn 50 44 !21 26 05 27 !16 2 °, 38 24 4 0 28 !19 24 3 .i 32 !16 2 ° 40 38 !21 ")9.••• ■ 21 , 40 36 14 2 ' 4 00 25 'lB „„,- t ' 14 '‘u 15 2 2 - 31 34 uu_lo 30 /6 5 2;2 27 2;_ ‘ , 17 32 16 7, j 14 20 e 6 36 22 24 , 03 32 17 26 09 34 18 22 && s. d. s. d. B.& r , 0 0 48 ! 4 0 5% B.isingstoke Bridgewater ---. Chesterfield ---. Derby • • Doncaster Gloucester fiungerford gewbury-s. lte►asey ....----. Shaftesbury --.. Shepton Mallet ... Sherborne.--,--. ['a , I n ton .....--.......... Yarmouth-. Yeovil Per Bushel. Shrewsbury - 4T. DURING Wheat. 56 62 47 57 44 57 50 60 48 56 46 60 56 59 48 60 48 54 46 62 40 56 46 56 40 58 56 62 54 48 54 50 56 57 (;3 52 53 54 56 s. d. s. d. 76 82 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—Feh 2 '' 2 f inte:, Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suflblk —s. 445. to s: o ' finer., Lin. and Cam. —s. 89s. to 5_ 15 f ine ,Y" Yorkshire —s. 365. to 4a• fin e ',..,,, White Foreign, Red —s. 455. to V.! . finer i d —s. —s. to 4%."'• .0e 'Ad White —s. —S. to ~,,...""4 " iple V . ,,,c Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Lincolnshire 2os. to ri B. 00'1' Yorkshire Wold Foreign —s. to --O' 60 °'''. i Beans, Small -- Tick 2Bs. to 3ltu 60 2 ,- Oats, Potato l l. ' Poland —s 16s. to I9i , one, , - - •1 Friezland and Small —s. 15,. to 18$_:, 1 .5toal Healing ~e r • 1 Shelling "Oa. to 2.45. Od• ~,r" La.' Malt 32s. 395. fine 425.•17, L , - .__A Itapeseed ‘ , 21 O. 241. Os. 251. G ; * ' . : DEVIZES CORN MA RKET......Feb. 9 . 1 6 'l Per Sack. s. d. S. d Per Quarter. S. d e to 6 1 ] Best Wheat 23 0 to 30 0 Barley 2O ° g i 'l Second 25 0 266 Oats l6 40 Thirds ., 0 24 0 Beans (per sack) 15 0 733 Sacks of Wheat sold] 25 10 r lour (per bag).. 40 3 at the average of Bread (per gall.) 1 ' SCOTCH M . ,RKETS. Oat — s7 - 73W -15 . 2.'0 44 47 1 23 26 15 17 ---,, 96 I 32 :35 17 19 I`2 14 22 '-',.,; / I 34 36 19 21 13 15 14 •<,,i, ~ I 49 70 28 32 20 24 `_'ll '‘'' / I 50 60 30 33 20 25 30 „,,at .. 4 , 40 49 24 26 16 20 23 ju, s , 45 '4 40 46 24 '27 16 20 '22 '''',,,. ./_„ 0 31 36 17 19 13 14 23 :‘,3 .11' I 40 45 27 39 25 32 45 9 ' / p ot 54 57 29 31 21 24 26 31 1._ , of the measure varies throtthout tn EDINBURGH CORN RI ARK E'" —Feb. 911 Se. We had a middling supply of all kinds of Grain t 041334 .4,H Wheat, and the sales in general were very heavy. OP'01; Wheat. Barley. Oats. rease. 50 1 0,1 First s9s Od 34s Od 22s Od 30. ad 2 4 (0, Second s6s Od 32s Od 196 Od 23s OJ 0 0 ~ Third 46s Od 26s fu! 14s 4d 26s Od 0 ' PRICES OF PROVISIONS, t0,. 6 0' Beef, per lb. ... Os. 4d. to Os.fxl. Fresh Butter, lb.s.lr, • by 11 Mutton —...--.. 0 5 0 7 Salt Ditt0—....... 0 v by 0 Vea1....................... 0 8 0 Ditto, per cs t. 70 1 1 ; I P0rk.,..,,,.,.,.,....,.0 4 0 6 Eggs, per dos. 0 A A i Lamb, per or. 2 0 3 0 OatStraw(kpl.) 6 ; Fallow, cwt.... 37 0 40 0 Wheat Ditto * 5 f ,' ii Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 0 Barley Ditto* 5 ''', Potatoes, 17/Ih. 0 4 0 0 Hay, per 5t........ 0 .9, Wheat. Barley A berdeen Berwick Coldstream Cupar Dundee .M..,... Elgin Inverness....,, Kelso Perth The sire ----- D..,... h. I ii. EDINBURGH MEAL MAIIKET..-Te-0— The supply of Oatmeal at this day's market was - 1 the sale heavy, at last week's prices. ,„ fel , Per Sack of 280Ib. Imp. Per Stone of 1 41. •• .AO I First Oatmeal £l 1(1 0 First Oatmeal ......... 0 , li Second ditto 1 8 0 Second ditto ............ I' I - Barleymeal 1 4 0 Barleymeal ......... . ..... "'C, 0 Peasemeal . 1 3 0 Peasemeal . .. . ................ Pot Barley—No. I, pet cwt. 125.-241, 148.-3d,16 9 . 41 GLASGOW CORN MA 11KET.—Feb. r be • 0 1 # The arrivals of Grain have been moderate, and M i dull, at the late prices. . ' l 'o o l Wheat, per 2401 n. s. d. s. d. O a ts, per 2641 b. 8- / British, old 25 010 31 0 Irish .. .,13 . I new „ is 'Av." Canada, free 27 0 30 0 Be a ns, per , u li. , Irish Ern Barley, per 3201 b. lash — 0 0 uttish 2l 0 23 0 ish Scottish ........ . ..... Pease, Scottish ... l g 0 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 b• 4 50 Flour, per 2801 b...• CORNWALL MARKETS. Fatto—Wheat (average) 20s. Od.-llarley, 103.--A in 'os! c iT AUSTELL—.Wheat, to 205.--Barley, ---s• to 76. 6d. OJ. t o'o *NZANCE—Wheat, 21s. to ..2s.—Barley, Os. to to 7s. 61—Beef and Mutton, Od. to 6d . —Por k t tter, 12d. per lb. 99. 61.' .AUNCEST6N—Wheat (average) 19s. 6.l.—BarleY. 3d.—Beef, sd.—Mutton, 6d. '' OA th [AstiEsan—Wheat, —s. to 19s. W.—Barley, 9 3 . , 6f 6s. d. Bon 6 suri—Wheat (averagel2Os.—Barley, 81.6,1,-9St* HELSTON—Wheat, 20s. 6d.—Barley, 9s 6d. 10 3 " ST. COLUMN—Wheat, 20s. to —s.—Barley, 9a. t° id Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Veal, W.—Lamb, Od. MINING IN TELLIG ENCE. ~fi 9 Ii .antity of Copper Ore sold atßedruth last ThurdaY Lantity of fine 'erage Produce 14 , ' nount of Sale, 16,1481. 64. Ckl.--AveragestandArd. co 014 COACHING. - Some idea of the -r e ,,bC d uncertain nature of the coaching trade, 0 7 1 for om the fact, that within the last ten years n° 3 of those engaged in r unn in g s tage-coach eg urOl dinburgh and Aberdeen hav e b ee n reduced to b in „, i , rue of them oftener than once. Excessive c ° : o . , no doubt, in a gr ea t d egree , th e cause of 1 :i 0o r trties engage in the contest with all the and lit hich a sportsman enters upon the chase, an in each other down. FATAL PREDICTION.—Ca taio l • cot on sh ore at G orse , to a tt en d the P furi e " - hve ler officer who had di; d on board. Some 0 0 ,iar" ins, who were ernplo)ed to dig thc gr ave, r e itness the melan c holy and impressive cereman9op,l ent. On e o f th em approached Captain B l A ,, r stA° uking anxiously in his face, gave to un' g bere, gns, that all th e whit e m e n who had " rne r , my would soon h e there—pointing t o the g• v oes pr •ediction w as t ru ly and fatally f u lfilled, f o i r e al , hole of th e 75 t h we re buried in that w retche d no t lan which nut even the hat ful Sierra Le°ll,-;01 ilusive Fernando Pa, is more baneful a nd rb .: uropeas eJusritutions.—Life of Sir Doe' IRTHS. , n the 22d inst., at Nottin ß g-hill-terrace, the laclY °I o )n the chnhie , inst., i R.N of a son f Joh ° oc 23d ~ n Chando.s-street, the Lady 0 tyton, of a son. MARRIED. of J the '2lst inst., at Dartford John TaS.e.i:, to ig., n to Harriot Susan, youngest, 6 daug hter of ilbot, Esq., of Stono-castle, o f DIED. O am n e t n h , e . 2 f l c st or in n s h t ii in Camberwell-grove, DlarY, t lie trao lf :. ) 0 0 ey t s e t r l. , • e 2 e d t inst. Bor o l u 'o g b h y : s t h h i e p. f: c o h u a r n t fourth ship-chandler T s t h a or g. a e l c , rer to the King and Royal Family. g_ 'ILINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WIRD° y 0 u SUN OFFIGS, 112, ST&ASD, LOOS. 4. 4 41*1:‘' 1h lb & le t ,: 4i aph ' Y , : tl itir e Is ihip e - 4tl 11 4 4 r, 4 11 °fiipi f c rib e • Poo. _ g 1 ' l. ONF 4 t a ,o,„ to ...., :a: U 2/ u r...nglisn .......... ••• p. )4 . . C.. Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish .............. 0 0 pi I t, •it. English - 0 - C Pease, Scottish ..• 0. 0 4 $ 1, 1 /ks .) Scottish 2l 6 23 0 Oatmeal, per 140 1 b• 45 0 •-4 10 Irish az. ,,,,5),, CORNWALL. MARKETS. tot a OP . . Mils Talmo-Wheat (average) 20s. Oil.-Barley, 103.--0 10 ,..e ~ ST AUSTELL-Wheat, -s. to 205.-Barley, --s.: 0 0 03. to 1 , ~ I to Os. to 7s. 60. 104 1 ' t PINZANCE-Wheat, 21s. to Ws.-Barley, 9s. 7s. to 7s. 60.-Beef and Mutton, Od. to 6c1.-Por k, i., ..".' , ~ Butter, 120. per lb. &V a 4., LatmcasToar-Wheat (average) 19s. 60.-BarleYs 9s. ' I '. ' 4l s'. 30.-Beef, 50.-Mutton, 60. ~Sth ,tlti. Lisaeatto-Wheat, -s. to 19s. 00.-Barley, 0 3 . #3a. o ,l ' , ' ,l I,' to 6s. 6d. 0 ' r ..; 2 0 14 tilt Bowing-Wheat (average) 205.-Barley, Bs. 6tl.-- - v .• : HELSTON-Wheat, 20s. 6d.-Barley, Os 6d. 10 3 ' , '. 4 4 Sr. Cows" tt-Wheat, and Mutton, sd. to 6d.-Veal, 00.-Lamb, Od. C - ''' ' 1 / 4 11 1 ___.....-_____ ro d' $ ' tO „ d , . t MINING 1N I'ELLIG ENCE , afil„' 1". s l i p. 20s. to ---5.-Barley, g s . 10 Quantity ot Copper Ore sold atßedruth last ThurdaY 10 .. Quantity of fine Copper.-.....---................-..........,.... 0 ,4, 1 N',, 'ly. 0 Average Produce -....- --•""" *. 101 1 . ' , i ' tvi t t ‘ te i t l l ,i • Amount of Sale, 16,1481.65. Od.-Average Standard. • • ell asowcii Aliiii 1 1;13 . ' N ... COACHING.-Some idea of the sPe ,be ,' 1 / 4 ; 4 "Riv i . . Y '- and uncertain nature of the coaching trade. 1°,8_0( • lifllLtil ~. I. - ..th from the fact, that within the last ten years -- bet',, 1, '.l ~, s .- Erkk_ 28 of those engaged in running stage-coac hes „irrv.' -- 1,, Edinburgh and Aberdeen have been reduced fir ° 3 " oet l' ‘, I. 4 0 , y some of them oftener than once. Excessive e bo . . .. t , is, no doubt, in a great degree, the cause o f l oaf ' parties engage in the contest with all the n a n r d lite i : 1 ,,,., vA which a sportsman enters upon the chase , - , ' l s: - ";-• 9 run each other down. IP ' ' ' '' k • FATAL PREDICTION.-Captalo I I* went on shore at Goree, to attend the foo eta at ° ire j '. 4 ? ~' 4 tiler officer who had di; d on board. Some ° o , o 3iOr p , 4 I ,NI cans, who were employed to dig the gro ve ' ~r , .• of pti 1 witness the melancholy and impressive cereell%oVt(k/ItAttlt7 ment. One of them approached Captain P i 0 0 0 it looking anxiously in his face, gave :iiin toil"' e t hereff o :eit 4 SF] signs, that all the white men who bad e e ' n r oe• 0 . , i lto . ' 4! 1 day would soon he there-pointing to the r g , oei r ' , livi' N prediction was truly and fatally fulfilled , I°' nettle f l 1 % 1 : 4 4 whole of the 7501 were buried in that wretched - ve t 01 11. t!ti Leone' ties b it 14 t than which nut even the hat ful Sierra , i .,,c , nt e Itr n d A d' B ....4if y t 4 t delusive Fernando Po, is more baneful an d .2 pc- 'll. hit t %I European cJustitutions. -Life of Sir . 0 " "' -- 4 14 4 ty it th, I S li ----________=_-_____ BIRTHS. lad' o f tabde ,„d of P " ' I t 31 AN mo,74,ottlirde,iinnßsstt...N:.:oNthaoatstnoidnnog.:_shitlrte.tectr:tahcee, ....._the , ..--- 5 :1i1 .. 14: elf "Perk 1 Clayton, of a son. fart ki , 4 4p i I MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at Dartford, - "N Esq., to Harriot Susan, youngest daughter oz ' pas:, Talbot, Esq., of Stono.castle, Kent.__--- - of • 6 th e DIED. Marv, the °fe el ki1 • 14 4; 4 On the 21st inst. in Camberwell-gro ve s ' Var'' l , "44 4 r Y 1 Seamen, of Cornhill. of Thome' c loth" '04, 4 41 John Tacker, o we . I ho!lioth On the 22d inst. Toby, the fourth son s. 'AtC 4 he . of ' • % hrt --- ,„--, tl yOLi '- PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY IVuRD,.. T , x pori. • tiu.oraelrei:.streekilizolizivahmanildyl.er and stack-. 40, SUN OfFIGS, 112, STRAW), my • _-- Pr''' Period.