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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. t 4. THE MAYOR. AND CORPORATION OP LIVERPOOL, V. DOLTON AND OTHERS. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) Mr. Out.r. produced a variety of hooka, in which, for a grist many years back, there were entries of the ap pointment of Treasurers and Collectors of Town's Dues, and of the auditing of the. Treasurer's, accounts. Cross-examined—He could not tell how many docks there were at Liverpool. Nearly all vessels arriving there unloaded in the docks, but Nome small vessels-- such as Welch schuvts—unloaded on the shore.— The shore is dry at low water, and at high water witness could not say how deep the water was. No foreign pro • duce was discharged there. It was no part of witness's duty to interfere with the business of the docks. Mr. John Sudlow, belonging to the Treasurer's office, Liverpool, said he had been there 17 years. The Trea surer was always in the habit of keeping books of receipts and expenditure, and they had been regularly audited every year. The first receipt-honk in his office was dated 1721, when Mr. Trafford was Treasurer. He produced that book, in which were entries of receipts and customs. They were generally audited and signed by Members of the Common Council. The. Treasurer was usually a Member of the . Common Council. The entries in that book were not signed by Mr. Trafford. Mr. Sergeant WIT.nR objected to the book being re ceived, as the entries proposed to be read were not signed by the Treasurer himself. Sir Jastes Scatterer said the hook was found in the Taessiner's office, and contained entries of business done in that department. He submitted that it was evidence that (right to be received. His LORDSHIP said the account appeared to he the ac count between Mr. Trafford and the Corporation, and it was in evidence that in 1'721 Mr. Trafford was Treasurer. He thought, Therefore, th,t it must be received. Val ious items were then read under date of 1721, of receipts of town's dues from the officer who collected them. Other items were read, showing the payment of those dues on subsequent years to 1829. Cross-examined—Had no entry in the book under the word " tolls," but all of them, relating to th;al suhyet, were called " town's dues." What were called " in gates anti outgates," wete tolls on carts and waggons. The ennual amount appeared to have been in 1721. 479/., and it gradually increased until 15129, when it a :ion n• ed to 47.0001. Mt. SUDLOW then produced the hook of Mr. Law rence Spencer, the town's dues collector. Mr. BROOKS stated that he was clerk to Mr. Lawrence, wEo was at one time collector of town's dues, anti to Mr. Hamer, who was , in that office at another time. He had seen both of those gentlemen receive the townie dues. The collector was generally a prin cipsl officer in the Custom-house, and the town's dues were paid at the same time when persons cleared out or entered a veuel at the Custom-house. Witness bad been c'erk in the Custoni-house in Liverpool for 57 years. A brass plate (now produced), on which an inscription, relating to the receipt of town's dues, was hung up in the Custom-house, witness had seen there ever since 1776. The port of Liverpool extends from the Rednattis, on the Cheshire coast, to the Ribble and up the Mersey as high as Warrington-bridge. The witness was then requested to show the improvement of the trade of Liverpool, which he did by giving the follow ing items of the customs' receipts, in that port, commencing at 1738 : In 17.13 £35,706 1750 1755 1760 170.5 1770 177 1780 1793 1793 That deer. ase, though ten years had passed, was the result t f the adoption of the bonded system on the bt raking tot of the war. In 1800 ..£734,320 1305 1 468 , 063 1810 2 . 347,049 1815 2,146,440 1820 1,2(9,115 That reduction was occasioned by the transfer of the re ceipt of duties pay ,ble on tobacco, coffre; and pepper, from the Customs to the Excise. In 1824 £1,660,971 1826 2,096,000 1827 1 113,294 1828 2 473,000 1829 3,121,758 1830. ........... .3,331,473 1801 3 183,507 1832 .3,141,383 Cross-exemitied—Witness resm mbered on one occasion. the person having collection of the town's dues, refused to pass the entries for the Customs, unless the t..wn's trues were paid. They were then in dispute. Mr. Hatmr hol done an once. There were many articles on which town's dues tyre demanded that were not enume rsted on the brass plate; on those not specified on that plate, the receiver ese: cised h;s own judgment as to what should he charged. In the present case, the defendant (Mr. Bolton) - gave directions in the month of May, 1531, that his goods should be allowed to pass without nevine the town's dues. Witness consulted with the comptreller and allowed them to pass. J hn . Glidetrone, Esq., a merchant et Liverpool, proved that for many years past the town's dues in question had been paid by merchants. Cross-examined--The town's dues cost some houses a very considerable sum yearly. He knew of no rules by which the dues were charged. On salt it atseitints to about seven or eieht per cent. on the value. The members of the Corporation thOught witness had ren dered service' to the town, and they therefore presented him with the freedom. The freedom of the town could not he purchased. Several members of the Corporation were merchants, and being freemen paid none of those dues. Mr. John Oliver Jenes produced an examined copy of the record in the trial between the Corporations of Li verpool and London. That was the action alluded to by Sr James Searlett in his opening speech. The issue was, vrl ether a person, being a freeman of London, but not re sident in London, hail a right to send goods to all ports in the kingdom free frosts all tolls and customs, except as to his Majesty's customs. The Corporation affirming that that sigh , existed. and the Co-poration of Liverpool deny ing it, the Jury found in favour of the Corporation of Liverpool. The witness also produced the proceedings in the Coto t of Exchequer, with whom tFe iesues originated. The bill was filed by the Corporation of London. claiming an xemption from payment by the citizens of London of all toll. at the port of Liverpool. Sir JAMES ScaaLurr said be had hoped to be able to get through his case to night, but he now found it im possible, and he would not therefore ask his Lordship and the Jury to sit later than was convenient. It was then agreed (at a quarter to 7) that they should atijourn until trrAnorrow (this day). (THIS DAY.) The Court resumed the hearing of the cause at half-past nine o'clock. Gaston Bradstock, 83 years of age.—Was in business in Liverpool formerly, and remembered when Mr. Calent? was Conectar of Cuatonts—that was in 1763. Mr. At kiason was his clerk, and witness wrote for Atkinson. Plavrence Spencer was receiver of the town's dues at that time, and was also deputy-collector. He perfectly recollected the Table of Dues which hung in his office. Was afterwards clerk to wine-merchants in Liverpool, and while he was there, always transacted the Cus•om-house business. As well as he recollected he paid Is. on every pipe of wine imported and half outwards. His employers were also im. porters of sugar.and the dues upon it were 6d. a hogshead, se. a tierce-, and 2d. a bare!. The export dues were ge nerally half of those charged on the imports. Was after wards in the employ of a Virginian merchant, who was a very . laree importer. He also paid the dues. He always understood that the freemen of London, who were resi denta,were free of the town's due.; ; hut he knew of chance. Never knew any dispute about them, nor knew of any refusal to pay them. Mr. Arnold Harrison had been 31 years a merchant. feui always paid the town's dues. Was not a fieeman, nor were any of his partners. Was formerly in the Portugal trade, but now in the Brazil. From the convenience af forded at the part of Liverpool, he did not think the dues charged at all burdensome. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILDE—The conve nience be spoke of was all in the docks, which were ma naged by a Dock Company. The docks were raised by matey burrowed on the tolls, and he was not aware that the Corporation had advanced a single sixpence towards them. They principally imported cotton, on which they paid.2d. a bag of 180 lbs. They also imported hides, on w hich they paid Id. eac h. R e - e xamined —Liverpool had Leen vry much improved; the streets had been greatly widened, which watch facili tated the business of the pork A vast sum of money was expended, he fault! not say how much. Mr. Gibhall, a clerk in the customs, was born in Li verpool, and was clerk to Mr. Clement, customer of the port, son of Mr. Clement, collector of the town's dues. Sometimes he twok the dues at his request. Remembered Mr.- Rushton, who was clerk to the receiver, who had been dead many years. Remembered a brass plate of the rates, and also a book of the rates ; the book was a copy of the bras plate as far as it went, but when new goods were imported, then they were added, While be was in the office tanners' waste began to lie imported, and he was p '- sent when it was agreed between the importer and the receiver that the dues should be fixed at 3d. a ton. Witness recollected a man refusing to pay dues on cattle from Ireland ; the due was a penny a head, and it was not named on the brass plate; on the plate is " a penny per hide," but it did not say whether alive or dead.—(Laugh ter.) A head of cattle was distrained, and the duty was then instantly paid. That was in 1793 or 1794. Wit. ness had seen the list of articles which Mr. Bolton had refused to pay dues upon, but as long as witness could remember they had been paid. Frodsham was between Runcorn and Warrington ; the port of Liverpool extended to Warrington bridge. Salt laden at Frodsham paid the town's dues at Liverpool; witness saw them paid in 1794, when he went there after a vessel which was expected would evade the dues ; she however paid and sailed. Upon saltpetre there was a due of a penny per bag►. Cross-examined—When he went to Frodsham, he only went to watch the vessel to see if she meant to leave the port without payment of the town's dues. He went by order of Mr. James Clements. Witness was then in the Customs. Witness was apprenticed to Mr. Clements, jun., fir the purpose of getting his freedom, and learning his duty in the Customs at Liverpool. The book of rates of town's dues contained a great many articles not on the brass-plate. One it.m, " Coasters. anchorage 15.," was a due on any coasters anchoring. Vessels from a foreign port anchoring paid Is. 3d. ; but a foreign vessel paid Is. 6d. Those sums had been collected in the same way Ns the other town's dues. There is no similar charge on vessels going outward. Witness remembered only two additional articles imported since he was in the custom-house, viz., tanners' waste and tin coil—an article used in glazing earthenware. He could not tell upon what principle ad. per ton was fixed upon tin coil; he was ordered by the receiver to charge it. The same applied to tanners' waste, but he supposed it was upon a prin ciple of value of the article. A box of gold, only a cubic foot in size, and worth 1,0001., he should charge with only a penny. He should only charge on a box of dry goods (including all such boxes as even gold) a penny, excepting boxes of candles, which were charged less, being of less value. Witness found the rates there, and why they were so fixed he could not tell. The witness was questioned as to the reasons of charges apparently disproportioned being made upon various articles, but all he could say was, that as he found the dues, so he charged them; he could not tell any specific principle upon which the charges were founded. The only instance of refusal was in the csee of the cattle. He distrained one head for the pence upon forty or fifty. Re-examined--In general the merchant came himself with a slip of paper, containing a list of the articles, with the rates attached to each. The question of rates upon articles of new importation was generally arranged with the merchants, and assimilated, as nearly as possible, to the rates upon some other articles. By Mr. KELLY (for defendant(—lron, in bars, pays ad. a ton outwards, and copper in rods, pays but 3d. per ton out wards. The iron was worth about 6!. a ton, and copper about 90!. a ton. Sir JAMES ScArtLErr then put in several Acts of Par liament. That of the Sth of Anne was for making a wet dock, or basin, at Liverpool, and empowering the Corporation to impose a duty on shipping, and appointing trustees of the dock to make by-laws. It reserved to the corporation all the rights, franchises, and liberties which they had before enjoyed. The Bth Geo. 3. (1768) which was an Act for constructing the Leeds and Liverpool canal, expressly recognised and reserved to the corporation " all their rights, franchises, liberties, town's tolls, and town's customs" which they had before enjoyed. The 39th Geo. 3 (1799) which was for making two additional docks, gave power to the Liverpool water bailiff to remove all ves sels in an improper or dangerous situation to a safe place within the harbour. John Moss had lived in Liverpool 47 years, and had been ac. quainted with the Custom-house since 1786. He was formerly clerk to Mr. John Brown, commission.merchant. Mr. Brown was connected with the Irish trade, West India trade, and other trades. Witness's duty was to attend to the entries of goods at the Custom-house. Mr. Brown was a freeman, but he did very little business on his own account. He paid no dues for his own business, but he did for all other goods. Wit ness had known of no alteration of the rates except upon coals, which was charged originally 3d. a chaldron, but now it was !M. a ton. That alteration was rather in favour of the merchant. Cross-examined—Witness had imported gold and silver. He believed both gold and silver were imported free of the dues. A barrel of tar is 2d. inwards, and a barrel of flour Id. inwards, but flour is worth more than tar. Re-examined—Gold and silver, either in bars or coin, are allowed to be imported free of all customs and dues. If manufactured in various articles, a duty is attached to them. Mr. Gibhall was re.called, and stated that town's dues were payable on gold and silver. Mr. John Potter, book-keeper, 63 years old, was acquainted with the Custom-house business since his apprenticeship, in 1785 ; was in the service of several merchants since then. He had for many years transacted the Custom.house business. He had always paid the town's dues on all goods not the pro. perty of freemen. He never knew of any changes in the dues but upon tallow, which was reduced from 3d. to Id., horse hides from Id. to id., and a alight alteration in coals. Cross-examined—Had imported tar and flour. The latter i 3 worth, perhaps, 40 per cent. more than tar. Mr. Wm .Yelverton had lived in Liverpool ever since 1795. In 1797 was apprenticed to Mr. Worthington, and had ever since been connected with mercantile business. In transacting business at the Custom-house, he always paid the town's dues except upon freemen's goods. He had exported slates from Runcorn, which was in the port of Liverpool, and he paid town's dues on them. Mr. Worthington had the Herculaneum Pottery at Liverpool, and pipe-clay and flint imported for that pottery paid the town's dues. Cross-examined—Runcorn was in Cheshire. If by any over. sight the town's dues were not paid, the receiver told him of it and then he paid them. Mr. William Hayes—Was a merchant at Frodsham for thirty years. Frodsham was always considered as being within the port of Liverpool. Witness, and his father before him, had always paid the town's dues. Frodsham was higher up than Runcorn, and on the River Weaver, which fell into the Mersey. The town's dues payable up the Mersey were paid at Liverpool previous to 1818, but in that year a re ceiver was appointed at Runcorn. Mr. William Dixon was formerly in the house of Watts and Walker, in Liverpool; was apprentice there in 1789. Watts and Walker were the most considerable West India merchants in the kingdom at that time. While he was in that house he knew of the town's dues being paid, and that house never disputed them. Witness of late years had been treasurer of the parish of Liverpool. The Cor poration are rated to the poor in the same proportion as the rest of the parish. The Corporation, to his knowledge, had been rated for a dozen years past, in respect of town's dues. The sum paid by the Corporation for rates on town's dues about five weeks ago was 587/. They were rated last year upon 47,000/. The witness gave a detail of the rates back to 1821, when they were 5,500/. The Corporation occupied Graving Docks, and some houses for their offices and the Town hall, but the latter was not assessed. They also occupied the weighing machines. Mr. T. Corrie was appointed town's customer or receiver of town's dues in February, 1821. They had been collected by him ever since that time. There had been no objection to them in his time. He collected according to a table he found in a book in the office on his appointment. Since then some new articles of importation had been brought to Liverpool. In order to charge them, he took the package rate, if they were in pack ages, and if in bulk he assimilated them to other articles, ac cordingtotheuality and uses of them ; he always consulted the merchant upon that principle, and though merchants had ac quiesced in the charge, there had been no alteration in his time, except some commutations, at the request of the mer chants, upon tallow, cow and ox hides, horse hides, and salt going to Ireland. Witness was authorized by the Common Council to accept lower rates at the request of the merchants. The lower rates had been received ever since, the merchants admitting on each entry those rates to be a composition. He knew of no rates having been raised. Witness succeeded Mr. Crosbie, who died. Witness produced a list of goods on which Mr. Bolton had refused to pay the duties. There was no article in that list upon which witness had not received dues before. The amount of dues upon those articles inwards was 3901. 7s. lid., outwards, 104!. 12s. 41d. ; and in addition there was 11. 5s Id. at Run corn. That account commenced May 22, 1830, and was carried on to Aug. 13, the same year. Cross-examined—Mr. Bolton was an Englishman, trading to America. Fifty or sixty merchants had refused paying until this question was decided. Among them were some of the most respectable merchants of Liverpool. When natron was first imported witness Inquired respecting it, and found it came very near barilla, and then he put the same rate upon one as had been paid upon the other, viz. Is, per ton. Paper was sometimes imported flom Leghorn in bundles; the rate upon that was Id. per bundle. He knew the house of Jones, Mann, and Foster, who entered a quantity of munjut last June, town's dues on which were probably Si. odd. He could not tell whether the dock dues were only 4s. 6d. on that article. The trial was proceeding when our reporter left. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY) Edward Judge, a genteel young man, was indicted for as saulting and carnally knowing Emma Gibbs, on the 17th of January last. The prosecutrix, a very delicate looking girl stated, that she was 15 years of age, and lived with her father, who is a Custom house-officer. She had been out on various occasions without her mother's leave. Once she was out all night and part of two days, when she got locked up at the station-house, from which she was taken by her sister. She had been to look at the Parks which are four miles distant from home. On another occasion she got leave to gq,out for a short time, but she kept from home until midnight. She went with a young lady of the name of Gorden to the pit of the Garrick. She had known the prisoner before this happened from his keeping company with a young lady, but she had never spoken to him till the night in question. On the previous day there was a fire near her Cither's house, and she went in to see the ruins at the solicits- tion of the prisoner. The prisoner requested her to fetch him some coffee, and she did so, when she returned he wished her to go up stairs, and he followed her. • • • The Learned Judge immediately stopped the case directing the Jury to acquit the prisoner, observing, that he left that bar With as unimpeachable character as he had before he was charged with the offence. ritICE% OF Yr 01! Ks 'rms . owl( AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent Cons. 3% yer Cent. - South Sea Stock 1,8% Ditto Red.... - New 3 14 per Cent -.94%1414% New Ditto... ..... ....- - 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... - 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - 4 per Cent. 18L..... ....... 102% iti Ex. Bills, £1,000...... 46 52 .uti. Rank Long Ann. to expire Ditt0...........50 1 ' 46 52 pm. Jan. 5,18 An 17 6-16 '4 Ditto Small ............ 46 52 pm. Oct. 10, 1359 - , Ditto Commercial • -- pm. Jan. 5, IMO ..... ....16% 15-16' Ditto Advertised - pm. 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Ditto Accotint — I Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — I Ditto Account 92,4 IDitto, 6 per cent. — Ditto Account 3%4 % 1 Neapolitan...» .......... ....... —! PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Pad. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. tif.S. at 5/. pm.' £lOO. 11% Bolanos Mining Compan .£150 140 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. Om at 51. pm ) £2O KO Ditto National 17% Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes. British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. Om at 51. pm.) 495 English Mining Company l2t i;eneral Alining Association - ..... Maxie .n Mi ing Co £44 qr.4l.tel Mont,• Mining co ..., — 18 3 4 4 15s. lAL,; 9 8 8!,,; Tlalpuxahua Mining Co -- . 330 - Unt:ed Mex. Min. to. (is, at 21. pm.) 40 10 oii 10 , 4 Ditto New Satin Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO 131fi 10 Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 45 , ,, lieneral Steam Navigation Co l'rovincial Bank of Ireland 2.5 294(4 EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAW. 23, 18:33 THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said Company's Stock will be SHUT on TUESDAY, the stb March next, at Three o'clock, and OPENED again on TUESDAY, the 11th April fol!owine. That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leaden hall-street. on WEDNESDAY, the 20th March next, at E'even o'clock in the For-noon. That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhaltstreet. ou WED NESDAY, the 10th April next, from Nine o'clock in the Morning until S;x in the Evening, for the ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the said COMPANY for FOUR YEARS. And that the LIST of the MEMBERS of the said COMPANY will be ready to he delivered at this House on MONDAY, the 25th Much next. PETER AUBER, Secretary. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' MAGA ZINE, AND WINE AND SPIRIT- AIER CHANTS' GAZETTE. On the let of March, 1833, will be published the First Number of this long-required work, essentially devoted to the protection of a highly important cliss of Society, from the destroying blast of modern innovation arising from the fallacious and misconceived principles of free trade. The proprietor+ are determined that neither pains nor expense shall be spared to render this Magazine acceptable to tr. ry branch of the trade, by ii.telligence of ut,questionable utility, so internpersc d with facetious-and entertaining sub jects as to give it interest in the most respectable family itcles. The first number will he embellished with a highly finished PORTRAIT of Mr. JAMES POORE, engraved on steel ; and every succeeding number will contain a Portrait of stone respectable Member of the Licensed Victuallers' Society, or ether gentleman intimately con nected with the trade ; together with a Comic Etching. by Cruik•hank. To be continued monthly. price 2s. Published by Thomas Griffitios : No. 13, Wellington street, Strand, where all communications for the Editor are requested to be sent. To be had 61 all Itioksellera and Newsmen in the Kingdom. „wit LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1833• Lord ALTHORP last night moved, pursuant to the notice he had given, for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the state of the ' existing corporations of England and Ireland ; but did not bring forward his promised Bill for the erection of new corporations. His Lordship said nothing which could furnish a clue to what were the views of his Majesty's Government either as regards old or new corporations, or which enables us to oppose more than the fact of common sense laying the other way to the statement of the Chronicle that corporate officers are to be elected for lite. That Ministers have fixed upon some general principles with regard to corporations, there can be no doubt, for the Bill amending those of Scotland, and that for the erection of new ones in England, are already prepared. Common sense would lead us to the conclusion that what is thought good in those cases would also be good for existing corpora tions, and that a plan would be adopted which would---after providing for the interests of par ties having just claims to..eonsideration—ulti mately lead to the establishment of uniform mu nicipal regulations throughout the United Em pire. How great. a blessing this would be— how great a saving of money, those acquainted with the thousand questions which the present state of the law, different almost in the case of every corporation, gives rise to in the Courts of Justice, can best; say. We fear, however, that the appointment of the Coinroittee moved for by Lord ALTHORP may mean, .that Ministers do not intend to proceed upon the same principle in the one "Oise as in the other. There were, perhaps, some plausible arguments in favour of a variety in the elective franchise, as long as - any principle, but that of household suffrage, was acted upon ; but there cannot be any reason why the inhabitants of Bristol. or Liverpool should not be placed upon precisely the same footing, as to the election of their Magistrates, as it is thought, fit to place those of Birmingham and Manchester. The LORD A DVOCATE assigned as a reason for the inquiry not being extended to Scotland, that the corporation abuses of that country had been already well discussed ; but, slimly, those of England and Ireland are sufficiently well known to make it safe to adopt, with respect to them, whatever principles were adopted with regard to those of the northern prat of the king dom. No inquiry was instituted on the passing of the Reform Bill into the peculiar qualifica tions of electors of Members of Parliament in different corporations. A principle thought to be'good was taken, and applied to all boroughs, old as well as new ; and we cannot see why the same course has not been adopted in bringing forward the question of corporation reform, especially as Lord ALTHORP thinks it so de sirable to have the municipal institutions of Ire land and England the. same. We do not make these observations in opposition to inquiry, for we are satisfied that the more searching inquiry is, the plainer will it be seen, that the present system is bad in almost every part of it. All our fear is, that this being so visible, the only object of appointing a Committee is to cover some departure from right, principles which Ministers are willing to make on account of having formed a false esti mate of the force opposed to them. We trust that we may be mistaken, and that the real object of Government may be—although we think needlessly—so to expose the abuses at present prevailing, as to enable them to bring in a much more liberal measure than they may suppose they could otherwise carry. At any rate, it be hoves Reformers to be upon the alert. Although the result of Mr. HUME'S motion last night, was not exactly what the advocates for economy could have wished, it being important that the House of Commons should meet the public cry for economy with something more decisive than a mere declaration of a readiness to entertain a general proposal for economy and retrenchment, it must be satisfactory to see, that, in a House of 370 Members, 138 voted with Mr. HUME; and of the 232 who voted against him, many were opposed to the motion only on the ground of its being a little out of season—the proper period for opposition being, in their opinion, that when the different items are brought under consideration. It may, perhaps, be admitted that Mr. HUME is too general in his denunciation of naval and military sinecures, and that the better way of dealing with them would be to expose them in detail ; but we are sorry that some persons, who have, in their day, male quite as general an attack upon the system as Mr. HUME has just done, should have evinced so much inconsistency in their present mode of meeting the subject. The entire system requires revision, and the country will not fail to raise a great clamour, un less a speedy opportunity be taken of revising it. There are few men in or out of the HouSe of Commons, who would recommend the adop tion of an economy injurious to the service, or unjust towards those who are fairly rewarded, although the mode of administering the reward be objectionable ; but when we see such things on the pension and sinecure list as 3,0001. per annum to a nobleman for a service rendered by one of his ancestors, and large sinecures to others who have never rendered important ser vices to the country, it is impossible not to de mand more rigid economy and retrenchment than any we have yet witnessed, although we gratefully regard what Ministers have already done as an earnest of their good intentions. The author of a recent work, alluding to the military and naval establishments, says— " The sums expended under the head of Dead Weight, consisting of retired full pay, half-pay, civil superannuation', and allowances to the army and navy, are equal to the re venue of many powerful Stites. The number of the mili tary officers, on full pay, is 6.173 ; the number of military officers, on half-pay, is 6,009. In the navy there are 5,528 officers; of this number 200 are Admirals, of whom only ten are in actual service; 803 are Captains, of whom only 79 are employed ; 836 are Comm tn.lers, of whom only '7O are employed; and 3,09 are Lieureranro, of whom only 669 are employed. The total sum annually paid in retired full pay, half pay, superannuations, pen sions, and allowances to officers in the army and ordnance; to militia-adjutants, local militia adjutants, and sergeant maks ; to foreigners on h tlf pav, and to foreigners receiving pensions, is 3,314.6321. 17s. 7d. Total sum annually l ar ab's under similar heads in the navy is 1 583,7971. 16.. 10d. The dead weight altogether. including the superannuations, grants, and pensions, in the Metropolitan Police, Excise, Customs. Treasury. Stamp. Tax-offices, Revenue, and Military Boards, is 5,363,6401. 7s. 11p." This statement, which is, we believe, founded on Parliamentary Returns, is quite sufficient to justify a demand for economy and retrenchment ; and Mr. HUME, although partially defeated at present, may be assured that it will not be long ere he behoitis the fruit of his persevering exer tions. Surely, when we see a dead weight of more than five millions, and hear the CHAN. CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declare that lie car.not promise a reduction of the assessed taxes, until he has ascertained the state of the revenue, we may fairly exclaim against every attempt to resist the demand for extensive economy. It will be seen by the debate that Mr. PEASE was last night admitted to take his seat in the House on his simple affirmation, instead of the usual oath administered on such occasions. An extract from the Antwerp Journal du Commerce, under the head of German Papers, in another column, contains an account of the duties proposed to be levied by the Dutch KING upon articles imported into the port of Antwerp. We must confess that we cannot see upon what principles of justice even a ton nage duty could he imposed upon the transit of ships to Antwerp; but the Dutchman's idea of levying discriminating duties, and overhauling the cargoes of vessels going into a foreign port, is one of the most ludicrous that can be imagined. It is true that Flush ing and his navy give the King of HOL LAND the command of the highway to Ant werp, but not more than our ports, along the Channel and German Ocean, with the as sistance of our ships, give us the complete command of the highway to every harbour he possesses. What would WILLIAM of Hol• land say-to our exercising our power as he now proposes to do his, and insisting upon the pay ment of duties on all merchandise carried to Amsterdam ? People, who depend upon might instead of right, should take care that there are none mightier than themselves. We trust the Dutch KING will be told that he will not be allowed to do that indirectly which directly he has failed in accomplishing. We stated a few days ago that the last note of the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs to Lord PALMFRSTON on the Belgian question was any thing but satisfactory. We now learn that it has been considered by Lord PALMERSTON and Prince TALLEYRAND as altogether inad missible, and that the question is admitted to be in as unsettled a state as ever. A reply to this note has, we believe, been transmitted to the Hague, but, in consequence of the want of accord between the British and French Cabinets as to the propriety of another strong demonstration against Holland, the reply is not of a nature to effect any material change in the French policy. The French Ministry wish to see more ener getic measures adopted than Lord PALMER STON is willing to arm to, on the grounds as he observes, of the difficulty of bringing the House of Commons and the country to a sense of .the importance of such pro ceedings. His Lordship mistakes, we think, the state of public opinion, and the strength of Ministers in the House of Commons. Any measure which would really tend to bring the Dutch and Belgian question to a termination, would be supported by a large majority of the representatives of the people ; for, although the opinion is general that there ought not to have been any interference in the first instance, ever reflecting man is aware of the mischief which may arise from keeping the question open ; and those only who have an interest in disturbing the peace of Europe are advocates for procras tination. If Lord PALMERSTON really imagines that the Dutch party in the two Houses of Parliament, and the Journals which support the pretensions of the King of HOLLAND, repre sent the feelings and opinions of the country he is wholly mistaken. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR and Lords WYNFORD and POLTIMORE sat to hear Scotch appeals to-day. MANSFIELD v. SCOTT. Their Lordships were occupied the whole of the morning with this appeal, which involved a question of Scotch law to tally uninteresting to the public. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) CHUTE v. ROSS. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morning with this case, which was a bill Sled to set aside a contract for the purchase of a large quantity of timber, on the ground of fraud. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEu. 14.—A heavy gale last night and this morn. ing from S.W., with frequent squalls, but moderated towards noon.—Several of the outward-bound drove in and let go second anchor. Arrived the Hind, Norquay, from Africa. The On tario from New York, for London, remains. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 14.—A violent gale all last night and to-day froth W.N.W.-7 p.m., more moderate. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Wind S.S.W. very squally.—Ar. rived his Majesty's ship Viper, from Lisbon, sailed 3d inst. ; the Concepcion, Segenenele, from Corunna. FALMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W. strong gales, with violent squalls.—Arrived the Plover packet, from Jamaica, saVed 9th ult. . . DOVER, FEB. 14.—Arrived off port the Maria, Daniels, from Messina. MILFORD, FEB. 13.—Arrived the Felicite, Anna, from the Clyde, with six feet water in her hold, having shipped a sea—bound to Leghorn. _ _ _ LIVERPOOL, - FEB. 13.—Arrived the Sophia, Yetts, from Hobart town, sailed 10th October; and Empire, Baker, Hera. elide, Cook, and Iris, Harding, from New Orleans. GREENOCK, FEB . 12.—Arrived the Jane, Pitcher, from New Orleans. The Union, Kerby, from Sunderland to Chatham, was totally wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand yesterday morning— crew saved. The Ann, Smith, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Liverpool, is wrecked on Grand Manan. The Crescent, Pearse, from Exeter to Newcastle, was driven on shore near Boulogne on the 10th inst—crew saved. The Heddlestone, Leake, from Stockton to Bridlington, foundered off Whitby on the 11th inst.—crew saved. His Majesty's ship Trinculo, with General Nicolay, the new Governor for the Isle of France, arrived at Bahia on the 18th December, in twenty-eight days from Plymouth, and pro. ceeded on her voyage on the 23d. The Meredith, Fullerton, of Liverpool, was totally lost on the Hockianga River (near Zealand) on the 13th July. His Majesty's ship Challenger, from Madras, arrived at Hobart Town on the 25th December. CONVENTION BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AND THE KING OF THE FRENCH. SIGNED AT LONDON, OCT. 22, 1832. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of the French, having been called upon by his Majesty the King of the Bel gians to carry into execution the stipulations of the treaty re lative to the Netherlands, concluded at London on the 15th of November, 1831, the execution whereof, by the terms of the 25th article of the said treaty, has been jointly guaranteed by their said Majesties, and by their Majesties the Emperor of Aus. tria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia; Having besides, perceived that all the efforts made in com mon by the five Powers, parties to the said treaty, to accom. plish its execution by means of negotiation, have been, up to the present time, ineffectual ; Being, moreover, convinced that any further delay in the execution of the same would seriously endanger the general peace of Europe, their said Majesties, notwithstanding the re. gret which they experience at finding that their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia, are not at present prepared to concur in the active measures which are requisite for the execution of the said treaty, have resolved to fulfil their own engagements in this respect without further delay; and it is with the view of ar. riving at that end, by immediately concerting the measures best calculated for that purpose that their Majesties the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the King of the French have named as their plenipotentiaries, viz.:— His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, the Right Hon. Henry John Viscount Pal merston, Baron Temple, a Peer of Ireland, a member of his said Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and his Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. And his Majesty the King of the French, the Sieur Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord, Prince Duke de Talleyrand, a Peer of France, his said Majesty's Ambassador Extraordi nary and Plenipotentiary at the Court of his Britannic Ma jesty, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen of Hungary, of the Order of St. Andre, of the Order of the Black Eagle, &c. Who, after having communicated to each other their respec. tive full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles : Article 1. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the King of the French, will notify to his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and to his Majesty the King of the Belgians, respectively, that it is their intention to proceed forthwith to starry into execution the said treaty of the 15th of November, 1e:11, in conformity with the engagements thereby contracted by them ; and, as a first step towards the accomplishment of that purpose, their said Majesties will require bis Majesty the King of the Netherlands to enter, on or before the 2d day of the next ensuing month of No. vember, into an engagement to withdraw, on or before the 12th day of the same month of November, all his troops from the territories which, by the first and second articles of the said treaty, are to form the kingdom of Belgium, of which kingdom the high contracting parties to that treaty have guaranteed the independence and neutrality; and their said Majesties will also require his Majesty the King of the Belgians to enter, on or before the second day of the ensuing month of November, into an engagement to withdraw, on or before the 12th day of the same month, all his troops from the territories of his Ma. jesty the King of the Netherlands ; so that after the 12th day of November next, there shall be no Netherland troops within the limits of the kingdom of Belgium, and no Belgian troops within the territories of the King of the Netherlands ; and their Majesties the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the King of the French, will, at the same time, declare to the King of the Netherlands, and to the King of the Belgians, respectively, that if this requisition shall not be complied with, their said Majesties will proceed, without further notice or delay, to take such measures as may appear to them necessary for enforcing the same. 2. If the King of the Netherlands shall refuse to enter into the engagement mentioned in the foregoing article, their Ma. jesties the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the King of the French, will immediately cause an embargo to be laid upon all Netherland vessels within the ports of their respective dominions, and will order their re. spective cruisers to detain and send in all Netherland vessels which they meet with at sea ; and a combined British and French squadron shall be stationed off the coast of Holland, for the more effectual execution of this measure. 3. If on the 15th of November next ensuing the Netherland troops should still continue within the Belgian territory, a French force shall advance into Belgium for the purpose of compelling the Netherland troops to evacuate the said terri. tories, provided that the King of the Belgians shall have pre. viously signified his wish for the entrance of such French force into his dominions for the aforesaid purpose. 4. If the measure contemplated in the preceding article shall become necessary, its object shall be confined to the expulsion of the Netherland troops from the citadel of Antwerp and from the forts and places dependent thereupon; and hi s M a j esty the King of the Frenc h, in his lively solicitude for the inde pendence of Belgium, as well as for that of ail established Go vernments, expressly engages that the French t roo p s w hi c h may be employed in such service shall not o ccu py any o f th e fort ifi e d places of the kingdom of Belgium; that when the citadel of Antwerp, and the forts and places dependent thereupon, shall have surrendered, or shall have been t a k en, or s h a ll h ave b een evacua ted by the Netherland troops, they shall be immediately delivered over to the mill: ary authorities of the King of the Belgians ; and that the French troops shall thereupon forthwith , retire within the French territories. 5. The present convention shall, be ratified, and the ratiOca. Olt Lions shall be exchanged at London in the WO _. • from the date hereof, or sooner if possible. • toe ; Ig, In witness whereof the respective plempoten „at signed the same, and have affixed thereto the saa l .d7;til, Done at London, the 22d day of October , in the Intt Lord, 1832. PALME I O 4 a I TALLSISAP" I A liMited supply ; trade with prime small somewhat brisk, but otherwise very dull. DU ETS DU 111 NG Til Barley. 33:1 B. 8. - 25 36 40 24 28 22 34 27 32. 20 32 29 37 27 37 19 30 30 34 38 38 2: 33 20 33 The n..; ' 1 'ock. 4it hr i tt - ure t kn. 4 l li r r ll. lll ett Alt 'llr. " tea th e self tt , : 41, 1 4 1 44: 60 4 I .perao : t Oriee. Am en the 46 144 11tA C 1. 0 , 4 r i „„ 4 °TT WILX a to "te e to hi hon. In 4.7 c 1 / 4 Y; C URTI •• h a d thtt nee ei th e co ", t 4 ilefor Nelf ; vtov:i . ------------- THE MARKETS.—(THIS M' . o Mi t 14 41 thero b " l r• CORN EXCHANGE . - 4v ;l *12% gel qu T en h e e e w a e t a e t nt he ud r ecroantteinnuuestnb:fisGtetraotuns,anadndsthueuraljnils!*l' , .- ...7 .1 ! the . R , Beans and atnradde Peaserem a a i t n e s duunlalltienresdalefroamt last n ti d u a n y t ' a s ti r o e n Pl 4 ", ,, 1 -‘'44 ..ittir te- hi e . .. 1 buyers slowly, but are not cheaper than Afondayr i - lit . L 4l l unvaried. , ~.),, tot 4,1 ''. h 4740, ARRIVALS. ~ ~ p , ....,. Wheat. Barley. 03t4. i :T. 1167: 1 ! 1 No English 4,910 qrs. 5.520 qrs. 2,040 9r9. I ~, i e oh e 4 loo o Irish I 175 I 3,410 I ' lr''' SR. 141 %00' Foreign — --- ,... • •: it „ 4 „ SMITHFIELD MARKET „.",'' ' 1, 1 !?. u'llee ' a ki d This day's supply of each kind of fat stock Wsi I ' ; 'in,-.- . 7* t o tk e n and chiefly of inferior quality. The trade was very , d ,Lje'i A 4P. ti t . "' I out, with prime Beef at an advance of 2d., Veal -', ' '''• ' Rab ttt •‘.li( with Mutton, Pork, and inferior Beef, at Monday s „...,,, , , r 0, 84 Milch Cows, which were numerous , went off tar,di l Y,, ' '`,`:`, ,itte, p prices, a useful Short-horns, with her small Calf, P' •. l ,Ol/. ori ~.„,„ 0t,,, • bit% h PRICES PER STONE OF SLIIS. TO SINK .-- ,:m, A M . ' pr) s. d. to s. d. fArk , ILa Inferior Beasts 242 61 Large Lambs ......... *ifit ~ „ 10„ A Second quality ditto 2 8 3 01 PriTn eaM all ditto... - 1 . 44 4 ,7 to Prime large Oxen 4(l 42; Large coarse C 4 alv e ' e ' ` 4 tilik t 7 t .tee t o Prime Scots, &c 4 4 4 6 i Prime small ditto.: .• oil . 11 I I „ h o Inferior Sheep 24 2 10, Large Hogs ........ 4"' ilo t i ti r ;:it P Second quality aitto 3 6 310 Small Porkers ..•• (yi Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Suckling Calves 12s ' t : the in ; South ß d e o a vi sts n su. W pr eth v e , rs A 4 ssh l: PEp.R s 2 l Quarter old Pigs Igs• NEWO /4 1 1'E AN 9 ITLEA 469 --- „,,,r I , Seet, inferior ....... 2 0 2 2 At per stone, by the Carcass. • . ... 1 / 4 - uRT s. d. to s. s. . , 4 2 . l'ira, had --- middling 2 2 2 6 —.- middli ng •• .. i . ~ , 71 a ii :iit no , li, CLERK ' S ENCHailA2vsri.: NMI::: ,:, t ' ..,,,.. ti ipi y ebs4; ;1 --- stsxl:Aucektftioi p rn.n r i i l m tte: e dal l sv a ue r og g p e frl . y. ... ; 2 10 3 2 —.. pri In e .... ft ; - %Pori prime small 3 4 3 8 Pork, large ........... , . e l d a* tl R e Ntl ef°ll Vea1......... - . •L 'oe lb SOUTHALL MARKET.—Feb. 1 3 .,,,,,.„,' , , , --clf t o This day's supply of Beasts and Sheep was 11 10 ` . '" -- 'ly j 9 ,144 ‘• of Calves and Porkers but limited. The market ' i , l o44o l, ted Li well attended, both by London and country buyers , i , . dov e trade, owing to an auvance being stiffly demand it,. .. S is throught•ut, at the following prices per stone 01 8 ' ---e . . '- the offals:— 0 ' ' li ke f". C oi. j 1 144, , ,,_. Mutton - 4 0 5 4 Pork -----. same as ' ttek t_ *11, 4 8eet.,......,.,.,. 3s. Od. to 4s 6d 1 Vea1................. 4 s• a •• I ill ikilli k - aim The foregoing quotations are precisely the Co l , 1.... 4 • 1... . this day se'nnight. Beasts, 289; Sheep, 1, 773 ' ly s ' "IQ Pigs, 45. But a very small proportion of the suPP :' yet I market unsold. , LEWES M A RKET.—Feb. 11 od to : , m,. SUbi l Beet ...................... 3s• 6d. to 4s. 4d. 1 Veal —................ ts , 0 i ' Iti k . -.. lit e . , Mutton ... 4 6 5; 1 P0rk..,..,.,.,...... ...L`„12 :4 .1: dt,l l lll l . •• g Supply moderately good, and trade rather . it . sup p ,I l ip ttip h. F RUMFORD MA RKET.—Feb. la S c t . . 1::t r-rtP1 P. d. tog. d. . 11 4 ) 'S. • ILL( '1 0 4 2 Veal .................. „ 0 He h ..`1.1). % 4 tirts o d.eto s 2oswit o h; i2 Po u r ar k te . 7zid ... l . 4 .... .....................0 i t i,b lasig s , und prime small Mutt' , '4 Wt.. vitt). of fO r Yet tl MARKET 601 b. 601 b. LEEDS CORN Wheat, Norfolk and Suflblk, --- York. and Lincoln. Barley, Norfolk and Sunlk - Yorkshire and Linea Grinding .—Fe — b7ii t o ........ t 0........... ........ t o ; .......... , ........... 01 , 0 ............ i o ; g. „ L.to :07214‘1. n' 25§.. 236. to . .„4„, Lgn. —I. £0 nshire Beans 63lb. Oats, Potatoe -dieahng, For. I2d. to 13d Et Shelling Rapeseed, English, 22i. to 23.. Foreii THE FUNDS.-(THIS 1)0.) CLO C CITY. T EL V E 0' His Majesty's ship Viper has arrived from LOW — the sth inst. The regular packet has been Lisbon to Oporto with despatches received from Canning, at Madrid. th A. The following is posted at the North and So u Coffee-house :—" Liverpool, Nov. 13. Extract of a 7; New York, Jan. Verplank's new tariff bill Wi ll ; another will be substituted, but no alteration Will talc our several laws this year, and the President will P . ; 00 1 a new Congress. South Carolina is fully deterbihn i t , ance, but she will, we think, be put down, bu t bloodshed." A Jamaica mail has arrived, sailed the 9th of Ja from Carthagena on the 2d of January, by which Jamaica Papers to the 9th of January have been the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Jamaica Papers.) the The packet encountered very heavy weather in nel last evening, but all is well, and every thing W ° at Carthagena when the packet left that port. t o The accounts from the Interior still continue gratifying. A letter from St. David's says— " I have never known the negroes enjoy thi• more cheerfulness ; in fact, my own negroes toot of my dining hall, and danced until twelve at nigh such a scene be permitted in England ?" p . t° Hobart Town Papers to October 6, and Launc est e icsg' 7, have been received at the North and South AO fee-house. (From the Launceston Papers.) The present system adopted by the Home dove' respect to the sale of Crown lands, is the leading: es reason of the scarcity of money which is at present out the colony, (From the Hobart Town Papers.) Of The following is published in the Sydney Nera iii T t • ult. :—" Tayhite is becoming a great place for se a l e have Dutch, English, and American; and several their attention to sugar making." THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 87 F 4 f o r the opened at 87 sB %, at which price they are at prese n , t i f The French mail is not yet arrived, conseq ue° ' lao political news from the continent. The Brussels Papers of Wednesday, contain : P o ing conversation in the Belgian Chamber, be"; toll and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, respecting " I , levied on all ships entering the Scheldt; but thie„4 dited by the well informed in the city; and it is Buie: - Osy has been imposed upon, as no decree by t he vernment can be issued before it appears i n Gazette ; besides, we have six days' later accounwt. Hague, which do not mention a word on the s ublet The private letters from Lisbon say, that th e sent from Madrid are of importance, and it was Don Pedro and Don Miguel were both to r etire . tugal, and the young Queen was to have the Crol'a said to have been arranged by Stratford Ca nal" Bermudez. 0 HALF-PA. , We have several reports respecting the despat4 o o, from Sir Stratford Canning at Madrid, sent to 1100 to the present hour we cannot give anything offleilot ject ; but the well.informed Portuguese expo c lot Ito sion of hostilities will take place between 1: 10 " brother. the lie° It is stated that the Coerrier Bclge contain! npti Tariff for the navigation of the Scheldt, but it 10 official. _ Consols, which were in the early part of th e t ;tl buyers, for the Account, at present may be 4°o with little doing. In the Foreign Market, Portuguese Stock 3 c iga improved, owing, it is said, to Spain having " Donna Maria as Queen of Portugal. ,00 THREE 0 Consols for the Account 87g. (11,0C S‘ CLOSING PRICES.—.FOUR O'- - .. ' 87 Ccnsols .. ;•? Ditto for Account 871 GreetD is h . Danish ...... .: , Brazilian Bonds 58 Mexican ........ %.* Buenos Ayres — Peruvian .. ..... .. ...., 1 Chilian Ditto l9 Russian ...... ''''..... Columbian 1824 Spanish ........ a ........ . ..... •. . BIRTHS: ---- Car ° On the 14th inst. at Leamington, the - A . of Smith On t , ug of a slahter. he 6th inst. at Southend, Kent, th e I°4l Forster, of a dauhtr. Or. the 11th in g st. e Mrs. Rodgers, of Del . ( in sbi ' daughter. of 0° On the 13th inst. at Lower Clapton, the wife bury, Esq., of a daughter. -•.- MARRIED. On the 14th inst. at St. George's, HanoVer-,sq:co tham, M.D., of Lower Grosv, nor-street, to - ( " r a re,' daughter of David Chambers, Esq., of Dorset -s 9 ° _.., in the Royal Navy. flope' On the 14th inst. at Marylebone Church, to Ward, of Gilston Park, county of Herts, J- 36 6 . ( lksffi widow of the late C. G. takeover, Esq., ° ',,, n -on , daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir George " ' 1. M.P. for Lchfield. , ire, Mtr On the 14 4 th inst. at All Souls, St. Mall , e m— t Oa ton,•surgeon i.f Swinton, to Emma, younges 6 George Backlionse, ot Manchester. er-so 3r On the 14th inst. at St. George's, Hanov,„d. Collier, of Ilford, to Miss Warwick, DIED. chelte On the 13th inst. at St. Margaret's House!. 0. daughter of Colonel Carringtoti Smith, age" of Romp, 0 IM PRINTED AND PUBLISH MURDO Ir°llj. °FfICS S 112, Svcastr, LOOS' P. 'SiY vr " Ith°4l mah 'kty, it I ALM It E 0 1 , 4 i n wc 'Jeer, -14, 0 h Ihd iro n arg r 01 1%It t o 4 4% ;tNFp • ii ti 14 6. h at eit hi,, t), 4ftgla11 7;11 1 11IL!lj -"'4'"e LEEDS CORN M A RKET.—Feb. )2 ' -.4 til 516. to ),.. 116 (11 Wheat, Norfolk and Stiflblk, 601 b. ..... York. and Lincoln. 601b.t 0 w t ‘ 4l Barley, Norfolk and Sunlk SN. to 11 % kW Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe o3 ,* rj. %t.b 11 —Mealing, For. 12d. to 13d Shelling Eng. 2 l 3 i stto t°ol ,4 22l „ it 6 " . "o ' %, 6e THE Rapeseed, English, 22c to 23.. Foreign, --1. CO I . '. ne i ' % lit Ste ) ' s i THE FUNDS.—(THIS I)Ai r • . 4 1 % one b o I wb r , 0 h ... 1%,.. 01, CITY. TWELVE o' o ' n: I'N, in Y., His Majesty's ship Viper has arrived from Ust i ; ITC, t o lt ttr 1 the sth inst. The regular packet has been delr w- st . i t 't c tith t Lisbon to Oporto with despatches received from SW I 'IL .1%, 103 Canning, at Madrid. h i, A t . It% k li tty The following is posted at the North and SOw.",.,tig r ltt o i l'At i l Coffce.house :—" Liverpool, Nov. 13. Extract of Set a , ititi ti II I C New York, Jan. Z:—.' Verplank's new tariff bill wk . %ti t akt 4 another will be substituted, but no alteration Will tai‘- k sit, o f ' 44 tic e : , 4 b it our several laws this year, and the President will n , 0 ..je a new Congress. South Carolina is fully deterinin` - ti t ' 00 14414411 ' - " 0 ance, but she will, we think, be put down , bu t not . 4 11 d bloodshed." i 4 1 4 :0 A Jamaica mail has arrived, sailed the 9th of A n o a , 4 t),, h from Carthagena on the 2d of January, by which n fal 4.4 %tt : i t ; the , Jamaica Papers to the 9th of January have bee n • 41 %P.,. the North and South American Coffee-house. ' 11 1 4'i Id il lti 1 (From the Jamaica Papers.) the ' , i n str The packet encountered very heavy weather in ', t itV AI nel last evening, but all is well, and every thing eral 1 1 44 i, 111 at Carthagena when the packet le ft that port. t o , Su ,6. The accounts from the Interior still continue NO 4 7 gratifying. A letter from St. David's 5ay5.....,1 .... .,1 Ilt iLt'll ti ld ka " I have never known the negroes enjoy th e r . t.,,,- 1, . ''' more cheerfulness ; in fact, my own negroes toos . ' , I tot ‘a 44 of my dining hall, and danced until twelve at nigh t * ;. ‘K 'up such a scene be permitted in England I , itlel too t° 'IC I or 44t Hobart Town Papers to October 6, and Launce s e icalt A l iv be 7, have been received at the North and South An t 4 '''' h e 4,,,,th.. fee-house. ' - 14 - 1 6 7 to (From the Launceston Papers.) 0 0 . f to4Zi t , The present system adopted by the Home Gove rn ,. pt ", respect to the sale of Crown lands, is the leading Loll ~". 61 ; 111;1,, reason of the scarcity of money which is at present I— m itsakkj -.' out the colony. 4 11 lI R 11 '4 4% r° (From the Hobart Town Papers.) ~, of t • t. r The following is published in the Sydney IleraT t legi• tii,,(il i :' l 9 I ult. :—" Tayhite is becoming a great place for oe`,e to k:, IC % have Dutch, English, and American; and several "" to 'v h. " 4, 1 their attention to sugar making." zn 1 .5; (1 THE FUNDS. ' N t 'I .I,e° - i t it. 'll Consols, which le ft off yesterday at 87 5.4 for 1 Otsr of , opened at 87 %%, at which price they are at presen,if ire ":"Qtr tv %4 b, The French mail is not yet arrived, conseotte rr. * 4 4 t t, o . tao political news from the continent. The Brussels Papers of Wednesday, contain 2 fa iP ' * t 4 4, t1:111% , itic , : ing conversation in the Belgian Chamber, ke t° ' tell . .: 1 1 t . tit , 4 and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, respecting , , ;.', ~,,, levied on all ships entering the Scheldt ; but tbi°, e 4 4 1 -1 4( dited by the well informed in the city; and it is stiPrip - ql t, q 1 Osy has been imposed upon, as no decree by ° f li er '! . ltit !qv] vernment can be issued before it appears iil ',. , . ~, fait) Gazette ; besides, we have six days' later accour't. , %.r4 i . Hague, which do not mention a word on the subj ec .. ' ° " hZ ( tl ' the . • ~1 11 The private letters from Lisbon say, that ep or l " '11:1,• tj, sent from Madrid are of importance, and it was. r e fto ° ' Nti,,hs - C I Don Pedro and Don Miguel were both to reti e . i t 'te ttt ut tugal, and the young Queen was to have the CO, ' ~r t t ~,. I i said to have been arranged by Stratford CVO' :74,"tt , Bermudez. ir Ol tri 'll " 'N 4 t HALF-PAS h e ' loly . 111 0 We have several reports respecting the despatF o o, ' :P. i ll tl from Sir Stratford Canning at Madrid, sent to I' l l e a t . 0144' Fi to the present hour we cannot give anything (al i o a , . YO 4 6 P e. ' I jest; but the well.informed Portuguese expect it dr° ' -04 r lt sion of hostilities will take place between Don , i ; It, *ti t brother. the g iet U. b toi lt It is stated that the Codrrier Beige contains not o' ;. th. ‘4 er e Tariff for the navigation of the Scheldt, but it iS ' 1 official. Consols, which were in the early part of t- -e eit etl ' ..01 41 f ' t4 1 4 6 h d i ' . kk_ It buyers, for the Account, at present may be l i tt- ' ' %t with little doing. n d O S° l4 the .) In the Foreign Market, Portuguese Stock 3 7,40 0 tp t 4 tk"P' improved, owing, it is said, to Spain having ''' • "NCR , A ati oa Donna Maria as Queen of Portugal. r ,r,o , lir Pty . 1 Consols for the Account 87i. CLOSING PRICES. T — .FOUR o ° ': l ' ..-°C .. S . ' 51 ' 3'14 4 4 44:"-Z4l :.A ltd i Ccnsols .. ,4:i Ditto for Account 87 Greek ...... . ..... .. • , • 4 61 4 : 1 4, ,' Brazilian Bonds 58 Mexican ........ .., .; , 4 1itt . . 1 / 4 ) , , - Buenos Ayres — Peruvian .. ..... '' . t4p t -t tif . ..." .. 4 ' ati 4 Chilian Ditto l9 Busman ...... .. a . 4 ! oi ... " . 041 44 % Columbian 1824 . Spanish • .... ,„ re ..... , : -1 r 'ticr rd 44 I tltl4 BIRTHS. „f C 1 ' ..h 4 On the 14th inst. at Leamington, the lar l l - j° , - ti ln k. Smith, of a daughter. Ay "-.- PPM - N. ~,, he la — .4, . qt ' On the 6th inst. at Southend, Kent, t or• - .% th . h,„ Forster, of a daughter. • • ire -14 A . 1 at t l i .41,4 On the 11th inst. Mrs. Rodgers, of Devonb k daughter. itor: ' 'au., 4 tr. •e of ' • - s 4 t " On the 13th inst. at Lower Clapton, the wit . t0414 t , t tai bury, Esq., of a daughter. 0 ' O Pe. °*ti MARRIED. u sr 1 i n I,+ On the 14th inst. at St. George's, Hanover.nee , 1 -- ,ce. • ti tham, M.D., of Lower Grosvt nor-street to o r ; r e, Attie t , grtd daughter of David Chambers, Esq., of Dorset - s 9 A l a la t red if th in the Royal Navy. Wi rt - ill tir On the 14th inst. at Marylebone Churc.h, to . r . a . t Ward, of Gilston Park, county or Herts, 1 1 1 '; t 4fro g,,,, 7, sit Al widow of the late C. G. Okeover, Esq., ° ,, n soo , - r L : 4 , . daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir George " .1, , 1, 114 1 - I Sr UN 411 M.P. for Lichfield. ipbonot gh .' -4,, On the 14th inst. at All Souls, St. MarY — s t Ot t .r. co wt ton,•surgeon i.f Swinton, to Emma, younge irsr• ; l uld George liackliouse, ot Manchester. _ er . s qua re4 r.i t 11, 11 On the 14th inst. at St. George's, lian u „ v o r d. )( ni t 44 C OI Collier, of Mid, to Miss Warwick, of R ut " . ko ilu 4 444, DIED. c hettenr ' d i A fe t On the 13th inst. at St. Margaret's House,. 0. . LAt it 4 daughter of Colonel Carrington Smith, age d . 0" / 91 ; 1 ki d Pe -- ---- ,rn_ 1.1 141i' ' . l , 81t s VIP COUN PRY CORN MARK Per Quarter. Blandford Chard Huntingdon Long Sutton Louth Lynn.— Yewark Nottingham —. Peterborough —... Plymouth —.... Sleaforl Vi.pingham ....... be ch--..—... W heat 8. to 8. - 52. 52 60 50 56 58 63 56 64 50 55 46 56 55 59 • 45 61 52 54 50 64 85 70 44 57 44 48 IM] Oats.