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levying tithe in kind, Any regulation which would afford relief, or even merely satisfaction to the landowners, without diminishing the endow - 'merits o(the Church,the public may unquestione ably unction." Perhaps a Parliamentary Commis sion to revise the commutation every fifty years - might be excepted as a compromise between the parties. But it would be far better at once to purchase property of the impropriatora, and fix the tithe of the other benefices permanently. To this plen the Reviewer strenuously objects. "It has been proposed," he says, " that a corn-rent should be substituted for tithes ; that tenth of the produce, or the tithe of each estate or farm, should be fixed at to invariable quantity of grain, either to be rendered in kind, or 'com pounded for upon the average market price of corn in each year. About two eentnnes ago the tithes of Scotland were 'commuted upon this principle. The owner of an estate was em powered to demand that san estimate should Is taken of the amount of its produce s raic ulated in bolls of grain ; the tenth part 'of the estimate either to be rendered in kind or compounded for in money, attached to the estate as an annual reet charge; and the property thus valued be came henceforward exonerated from any eddi tional demand on account of tithes, This ar rangement has been loudly and wa only extolled, and it must Ise admitted that it has put an end to the unseemly disputes about tithes which, in this country, too frequently interrupt the har mony that might to prevail between an incum bent and his parishioners. We, in so far, there fore, concur in the eulogies which have been bestowed upon the northern arrangement ; but our approbation of one ;nest desirable effect which has resulted from that measure must not be .permitted to blind us with respect to another part of almost espial importance to the, pub , lie, in which the scheme of our Presbyte rian neighbours h a s i n practice turned out essentially defective. It contains no provi cions for the increase of population ne cessarily consequent upon the extension and improvement of tillage. From the extent of waste land which has been reclaimed, and from the improvement which has taken place in the practice of husbandry since the period when that commutation was carried into effect, the agricultural produce of Scotland has been aug invited beyond all calculation. But although the wealth and population of that part of the umpire have been daily increasing and extending in all directions, the incumbents of Scottish benefices have made no corresponding move ment in advance; they are at the very best left in the same position which their predecessors occupied in the beginning of the reign of Charles I. Even where they receive the whole of die tiends they are only entitled to the quan tity of corn which was adjudged equal to the tenth of the produce of the land under tillage in the parish at that period. From the pro duce of bind subsequently reclaimed, or ren dered more productive by an improved system of tillage, they do not receive a gain. The Scottish Clergy are called upon to extend their ministrations over immense districts, which have been reclaimed and brought under cultivation ; for the additional duties thus devolved upon them, the laws of their country give them no right to claim the slightest compensation ; nor have we been led to understand that they derive any from the spontaneous liberality of the land owners, who have really reaped the role ad vantage of the much-vaunted arrangement of Charles's Government. If the author of that measure had proved that a fresh estimate should be taken of the produce of each parish, after the lapse of a period not exceeding twenty or thirty years, they would have secured to the public at large the full benefit of the harmony and peace expected to accrue from the perma nent settlement of the Tithe Question ; and they would, moreover, have left the rights of their Clergy entire." In this statetnent there are several inaccuracies. In the first place, though the principle was laid down on which tithes should be commuted, in the reign of Charles the First, the valuation of the tithes was far from being general there. Many Land owners neglected to do what it was open to them to do at any time, and we know that several estates had their tithes va lued within the last thirty years. In the next place, the condition of the Scotch Clergy has im proved with that of the rest of the community. In 1750 the subject of augmentation of stipends was agitated in the General Assembly of the Scotch Church, and at that time the income of the 942 Ministers ens , made to amount to 56,9911. The rental of the Scotch Landholders was then given by the Clergy at 1,570,0001. So that the Clergy had then less than one thirtieth part of the Rental. The tithes beyond the portion paid to Ministers was estimated by them at 60,0001. a year. Those who wish de tails may find them in a large Quarto Collection of all the papers published on this subject at Edinburgh, in 1751. In 1810, the income of the Scotch Clergy, according to Returns laid be fore Parliament, amounted to 263,3401. say 250,0001.—this makes the stipend one-twentieth part of the rental of five millions. Sir John Sinclair, in his General Report, Vol. I. p. 112, observes, " that the stipend of the Clergy, though much higher in small than in large pa rishes, may be estimated at from one-twentieth to one-thirtieth of the gross rental, or from one shilling to eightpence in the pound." In the parishes in which there are unexhausted tithes there hare been frequent augmentations of the corn stipend to the Clergy. And here the Quarterly Reviewer, though he lays claim to an intimate knowledge of the Ecclesiastical state in Scotland, is in error, when he says that " the law of their country is, tha , • when a valuation of tithes has been once made, this is unalterable ; the quantity of grain due to the incumbent having been once settled, can never be increased." When the tithes have been once valued, this is, no doubt, unalterable ; but so long as the stipend does not equal the tithe, the Court of Session will order an augmentation at any time, a rea sonable cause being shown. As the subject is very imperfectly understood in England, we will show the working of the Scotch Law, by a quo tation from Mr. Robertson's Agricultural Sur vey of Kincardineshire. " However small (he observes) the fiend may be, compared with the tenth part of the actual produce, it is but in few cases that it is all demanded ; as the living of the Clergyman, which is augmented f out titne to time by the Court of Session, has not, except in a few parishes only, exhausted the whole tiends. An example will, perhaps, better illus trate this matter ; and I take it from a parish in this county, not as being more in point, but be cause I have better access to know the circum stances of the case. It is the parish of Benholm, in which I new reside. This parish was in the year 1713 valued for the purpose of ascertaining the teind, in order to augment at that time the stipend of the Clergyman, and it was found after a minute investigation, in which the proprietors were particularly eittentlVt not to 'allow any to undervalne their property, diet the rent amounted to 90chalders and five belie of victual, and 323/.158.4d. cote Money. The firth part of this, 'or eighteen chalders, one boll (289 bolls), and 641. 15s. Scots (5/. 7s. 110, sterling), is, of course, the fixed tiend fe's ?!! time coming, from which the Miiiitter's stipend falls to be paid. At t!leit period the Lords of Session ertlatecn eight chalders of this to be the etipena ; NRllich, in the year, was itegmetf,e(i with an addition in money to the extent of S. And it is at peesent in agitation tt , itikrriett le to nine thalders and . 501, ste'rlint, ; eeakiug in all, according to the a:nee:Age rate' of grain for the • last seven years, besides 8/. 6s. Bd. for commu nion elements, 1941. a year ; lea-ring tell! about one hundred bolls of ueexnaViiied teinds in the hands of the ple,prietors. The present rent ofl the latish is about 3,5001., and the annual pro duce, as may be collected from the Table of Crop, No. 6, rill be fully worth 11. 1 ,0001. Hence, accordieg, to the &elfish system of teind., the clergymen, if the teinds had not been fixed don to the rental of 1713, might have had a stipend of 7001. a year ; and, according lei the English system of tithei he Would have had 1,2001." Now, if *e were to concede to the Reviewer, t' that, with respect to the community At large, and more especially with respect to the inhabitants of the district where the retentie is derived, the necessarily resident ecclesiastic would • dispose of this se rplus increase as beneficially as the generally absent, or even as the generally resident layman," there is another consideration not to be neglected, the efficiency of the Clergy themselves. The rental of Scotland ; as we said, was in 1813 upwards of flee millions. One-fifth of the rent was laid down in the award of Charles the First, as the tithe ; but the Court of Session only adhere to this proportion ill eases between the titular or owner of the tithe, and the owner of the soil as distinct from the tithe. In family arrangements the Court has valued the tithe at one-fourth of the rent. Say then that 940 ' Clergymen bare the fourth of five millions among them, being the value of the tithe in 1813, this would give to the Scotch Cler g y an average 1,3201. a year. The Quarterly Review thinks only of a Clergyman as• a receiver and spender • of so much of the produce of the country. We would rather see an income of 1,3201. a year enjoyed by an educated and well-informed man, than by an ignorant 'Squire or a coxcombical Peer. But is the spending money every thing ? Would not an income of 3001. a year be more likely to make a Clergyman acceptable to his parishioners, as far as the discharge of spiritual duties is concerned, than an income of 1,3001. a year? " The eulogists of the Church of Scotland (says the Reviewer) seem to think that the merits of that establishment accrue from what they call its cheapness, or from the smallness of the stipends which its Ministers receive ; this is a misconception. The efficiency of that establishment arises from its discip;ine, which, by rigidly enforcing the personal mei dence of each incumbent, insures the. diligent and faithful discharge of his ministerial functions." Well, discipline be it—it is not such an easy matter to enforce discipline, when there arc thirteen hundred pounds a year in the case. With such a vigorous race of men as the Scotch Clergy are, if any of them were under the age of 45 in a country parish, and to have 1,3001. a year, we should be afraid of a very bad account of the morals of the softer sex. As jolly fellows, and excellent spenders, they would satisfy Capt. Basil Hall himself; but what would Janet and Maggy say of this transformation of their Mini ter? Let us suppose that Harry the Eighth had not made such havoc in the temporalities of the English Church, and that every parish was titheable to the fullest extent, there would be about eight millions a year to the Clergy. If this sum, and the rents of the Church lands of Bishops and Chapters were to be distributed among the Clergy, what would be the conse quence ?--eNo rich man is fond of working ; and it will not be contended that there ought not to be a working Clergy. With the substitution of low-paid Curates and Vicars, to run a race of Evangelism with the Methodists, it is all that they can do to counteract the influence of the rich livings in alienating the people from the Church. In every country but England the Parish Clergy have always been part of the people. In England they ere partly Gentlemen, partly Me thodists; but it is to the latter alone that the Church is indebted for what hold it possesses of the lower orders. It is really almost demonstrable that the sta bility of the Church would be promoted by a per manent commutation of tithes. If we suppose the population of this country to increase as it has done, the tithe will always bear a higher and higher proportion to the net produce ; and a time may come when the Clergy will receive so much as to be utterly inefficient. If the tithe of the Scotch Church had been left unfixed to the Clergy, that Church, instead of being efficient, would have been a monstrous nuisance to the country, corrupting t.ln people by the perpetual spectacle of a set of men living in direct opposi tion to the doctrines they inculcated. At pre sent, in England, it would not be difficult to show that there is a tolerably intimate connection between the state of Church property and the general hypocrisy of the nation. But to enter on this point at present would lead us further than we can go.-Morning Chronicle. We have on former occasions, our readers will recollect, alluded to the manner in which the Bankes family, of Code Castle, have shown their regard for the Church ; but we this day present a very singular document, illustrative of that important fact. It is entitled " Particulars of Wimborn Minster, in the County of Dorset," &c., and speaks so forcibly for itself, that it needs no illustration from us. But what can the Bishops of Bristol, present and antecedent, have meant by suffering such a system ? It is only recently that the Clergymen's salaries have been raised to the noble pittance of 1001.— perhaps in consequence of our allusions to the subject : but the head schoolmaster's salary re mains at 401. per annum, and the second master's at 251. What, we again ask, can the Bishops of Bristol have meant ? But this neglect springs from the detestable and illegal habit of transla tions : a Bishop never lives long enough in one See to know all the particulars of his duty ; and whilst he does remain, he is always looking forward to removal and advancement : " Particulars of Wimborn Minster, in the County of Dor set,,extracted from the Charter : the Original Record, in Latin, is in the Chapel of the Rolls, and a Transla tion of it was published in Hutchins's History of Dorset, last edition. " Ist. The Church of Wimborn Minster was ' orig,inally a Collegiate Church, containing a cer tain College, called King's College, in Wimborn, of one Dean, four Prebendaries ; which Dean and Prebendaries, time beyond the memory of man, used to sustain and maintain four Parish Priests and four Clerks, to celebrate Divine Service, and to discharge the cure of souls within the bait! parish,' . . A Rua wris cmlowvd Will divas hthds, tithes, &0., for shat mrpose. 'ithin the College_ a_certain chantry waj founded, with one Chaplain, who was to teach gram mar, according to .the Eton aid sytem, to all boys, from all. 14rt:.. of v.ngland, gratis. It was footOstl oy the Princess Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby. " ally. This collegiate establishment was dis mantled in the reign of Ilenry " A ;rant watt mad, by ir.'4tlwat'd VI;; and coda - Med by charter froth Queen ligabethi to 12 of the inost discreet and most honest inhabitants of Wimborn and its parish,' making them a corporate body, with a common seal . , and endowing them with the great tithe and other propert . k,- of the said Min ter and College, in trust for the following pstr porn " To support three Priests and Clerks for Divine Worship. "To pay the Head Master of the Grammar School, which was to be thenceforth tuned queen Elizabeth's Cr:ohm:lr School.' The Corporation also to be entitled ' Governors of the Possessions, &c. of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School.' . _ " Zithly. The Corporation has power to limit and regulate the salaries of the raid Priest, and Clerks, and Head Maltal., subject to the advice and appro bation of the Bishop of Bristol, the appointed visitor. " Gthly. The above Charter, after being forfeited (for abuse of trust), was restored and confirmed to the Corporation by King James le, on payment of a fine of 0004 " althly. It was afterwards forfeited again, by a process of a - cire facias against the Governors, for mismanagement and abuse of trust, in the reign of Charles 1., but restored on payment of a fine of 1,0001. The revenues were also restored, on trust, for the following purposes :—To support— " Ist. One head master and one under master, to educate in grammar, gratis, on the Eton or 'Win chester plan, all boys from all England. " 2d. To pay three priests, three clerks, four choristers, two singers, and one organist. " Bthly. This is the last charter, which now re gulates the corporation." REMARKS BY THE WRITER OF THIS. Ist. The value of the tithes (if collected) is sup posed. to be 3,500/. per annum, while the sum ac tually collected is 8001. per annum. 2dly. The head master's salary is 4.01. per annum !! Second master's salary is 251. per-annum I ! Three priests hare 100/. per annum each ! 3,11 y. The members of the corporation are at present—Mr. Bankes and sons, and Rev. Sir James Hanham's son, and eight other persons, more or less dependent on Mr. Bankes ; and the Rev. Sir James Hanham. 4tilly. The Rev. Sir James Ilanham and one of his sous are two of the priests also. sthly. The two great landholders, Mr. Bankes and the Rev. Sir James Hatibam, by the great tithes being collected infinitely below their real value, in demnify themselves by raising the rent of their lands, as being nearly tithe-free. The Bishop of Bristol is still the visitor, at gpio, with absolute power. Jar. IS, IS3O. (Timcs ) The Duke of Wellington, in his answer to the representation of the Sussex Magistrates, re lative to the distressed state of the county, " both commercial and agricultural," after ac knowledging its receipt, says, he " will draw the attention of the King's servants to it." Were we inclined to quarrel with mere modes of expression, we should say that the language of his Grace's letter is not only cold and formal in the extreme, but neither very statesmanlike nor diplomatic in its terms. But what we regret is, that his Grace should intimate that the atten tion of the King's servants remains to be drawn to this awful subject. We rather wish that his Grace had been able to tell his correspondents that the subject was one to which the attention of himself and his colleagues had been long and anxiously directed. But then, to be sure, this awkward dilemma would have arisen, " if such be the case, why has not Parliament long since been assembled to take the distressed state of the country into its consideration ?" However, the country may console itself with the assurance, that now that it begins to speak out, the Go vernment is inclined to listen. We may also add, without taking credit to ourselves for any superior sagacity, that if the feelings of the country were expressed in more determined lan guage, the Ministers would not only listen, but act. We do not approve of violent and in temperate harangues—but if people meet to talk over their sufferings and grievances, and are afraid to speak their minds with firmness and becoming force, they had better stay at home and droop over their sorrows in secret. It was not by tameness and indecision, any more than by rashness, that our finefathers established that free Constitution, which it is the duty, and ought to be the pride, of their posterity to defend. How can Ministers believe that distress exists in the country to the extent it does, if the people do not tell them so in the hold and Con stitutional language which English subjects ought to use, and English Statesmen ought to hear? When the Athenian suitor feebly detailed his wrongs to Demosthenes, he would not believe him ; but when he spoke with the indignant energy which the repulse inspired, the orator exclaimed, " Ah ! now, indeed, I give credit to your story, for you speak like an injured man."—Morning Herald. However it may suit the politics of certain prints to cast doubts on the existence of exten sive distress throughout the country, and treat with ridicule those who, in perfect accordance with one of the most valuable privileges of our Constitution, assemble to consider its causes and petition for their removal, the fact of the distress, and the imperative necessity of apply ing a timely remedy, no longer'rest upon mere newspaper authority. The " Men of Kent" have met and vouched for it—the people of Nor folk, and Sussex, and Devonshire, have done the same—numerous district meetings, of the highest respectability, have also set their seal to the same record ; and i : n another part of our paper will be found an account of a meet ing of the freeholders of the county of Cambridge, expressly convened for considering a part of the same subject. That the repeal of the Malt or the Beer Tax only would relieve the country from its present difficulties, it does not require much sagacity to perceive that it would not, nor, we believe, has any one been senseless enough to assert that it would; but assuredly it is a more effective, as well as ob vious, remedy than the introduction of foreign barley, which, at the present price of grain, and 'the generally low price of all kinds of agricul tural produce, could only tend to throw a consi derably greater portion of land out of cultiva tion than has hitherto been the case, and to make bankrupts of those who are already impove rished. The existing distress must be dealt with in quite a different fashion when any attempt is made to remedy it. Its numerous and increas ing causes must be probed to the bottom, and the most proper remedies applied, with a firm, unflinching, and impartial hand. There must be a return to the small note currency, and a re duction of taxes----a thorough removal of the nu merous shackles which prevent our manufactures from finding their way to the foreign market, and also of the obstructions thrown in the way of the ! trade of foreigners wan this C01111fty! for not withstanding the outcry that has been raised against the COnun'6reitil systaniiiitioduced by Mr; a beliig a system of free trade, there is no fact more certain, as may be gathered by an inspection of the 'rates of duty levied on arti cles of foreign production, than that it is only a modification of our old commercial code. — The twaddle on .this subject must be throWn o';rerboard before any effectual good can be accorriplished, and tha subject viewed, not As it may affect this particular class, or that indi- Vidual interest, but as it May injure or benefit the community generally. "The landlords, if they wish to preserve their property, must weigh the matter well, and consider the signs of the times, before they consent to support the pre • sent extravagant rate of taxation and expendi turc, and the fundholdcrs, and etminierciai part of the community, the inevitable ruin which must result to them from a sacrifice of the in terests of their country to those of a more con , tracted end individual character. The subject presses daily more and more upon the attention of every one who has property to lose—not to say upon their humanity ; and if deferred or ne glected much longer, may press uponjit:iu a man lier which every friend to his country would deplore.—Morning Advertiser. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OP KING'S BENCH, J. 22. TAYLOR V. TRUEILAN AND OTHERS. This was an action of trover, to recover the value of ten chests of indigo. The plaintiffs were mer chants et Liverpool, and had employed a Mr. Nevett, of the firm of William Nevett and Son, commission agents, to purchase for them a quantity of indigo. The money for the purchase was remitted to Mr. Nevett in London, and he obtained possession of the warrants. Being in pecuniary difficulties, Mr. Ne vett had previously procured an advance of money from the defendants (who were brokers in London) on the pledge of other warrants belonging to the house of Maxwell and Co.; and the latter having called on him to hand over the warrants to them, he applied to the defendants to take the plaintiff's warrants in substitution for the others. This ry as agreed to, and the warrants in question having been deposited with the defendants, they obtained pos session of the indigo, and sold it. Under these cir cumstances, the present action was brought to re cover the value. A verdict was entered for the plaintiffs. Lo►d TENTERDEN said, if all who had dealings with those persons called commission-agents would treat them as persons such as he (Lord Tenterden) deemed them to be, no such cases as those would be heard of. SIIFILD, ESQ., V. NOEL, BART. This was an action to recover damages for a breach of covenant. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the plaintiff, Mr. Henry Shedd, complained of a breach of contract, on the part of the defendant, Sir Gerard Noel, of whom he had purchased a small estate in the county of Leicester; and the question was, whether a covenant which Sir Gerard had entered into in the purelatse-deed to the plaintiff, had or bad not been broken. Mr. Sheik' had an uncle who, some time before the purchase in question, had made a pur chase of Sir Gerard of a large property, .conti guous to which were some cottages, which Mr. Sheild, the plaintiff, was desirous of purchasing, thinking, probably, that one of these days the whole property would come into his hands. He accord ingly made application to the solicitor of Sir Gerard Noel, and through him entered into a contract for the purchase of the cottages, at the price of 2144 The deeds of conveyance were afterwards prepared, and certain persone , who were mortgagees of the estate, and otliers ‘.s.lto were trustees, were nude panics." Among the covenants which Sir Gerard Noel entered into with the plaintiff, was one to the effect, that notwithstanding any act or deed, by him or any of his ancestors, or any persons deriving title under him or them done or executed, or knowingly permitted to the contrary, the conveying parties had in them full power and absolute authority to convey the piemises. The estate, it would appear, had been the property of Sir Gerard's father, who had permitted the cottages to be. occupied, first, by several poor persons, and afterwards by the over seers of the parish, who had placed some of their paupers in them, and they had been permitted to eons bare the occupation for more than 20 years, with out any payment of rent or acknowledgment of title. By this means an adverse title had been ac quired; arid when the plaintiff's agent went to-re ceive the rents , he was told that no rent had bean formerly paid, and none would be paid now. An action of ejectment was accordingly brought for the purpose of trying the question of title. The trial took place at the Assizes at Leicester, before - Mr; Justice Holroyd, when, on the part of the plaintiff, a title was adduced us far back as the year 1750, and a deed of conveyance in 1774 was produced, showing that the title to the cottages was rested in the family of Sir Gerard Noel ; bur Air did not appear that after that time Sir Gerard's father had received any rent, or had any acknowledgment of title from the tenants. The action was defended on the ground that an adverse title had been acquired by a possession of upwards of 20 years, and the plaintiff, not being able to make out a case in oppo sition to the tenants, the Learned Judge held that he was not entitled to recover. The present action, therefore, was brought to recover damages against Sir Gerard Noel, on his covenant to the plaintiff contained in the purchase-deed. Lord TENTERDEN reserved leave to the defendant to move for a nonsuit.—A verdict was then taken for 56W. DUCARRIY V. GILL. This was an action by Mr. Ducarrey, a merchant at Nantes, to recover 1,1751., with interest, on three bills of exchange, under the following circum stances :—At Abe Litter end of the year 1825, the plaintiff fitted out a ship with a cargo, on a voyage to South America ; and his agent, having sold the goods, advanced to Messrs. Bagnold and Andrews, the agents of the Chilian and Peruvian Mining Company in South America, 1,1751. on the bills is question, which were drawn by the agents on Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., in London, payable at 60 days' sight. The bills, being remitted to the plaintiff, were forwarded to London, and presented for acceptance. and afterwards for pay ment; but were refused. The defendant (Mr. Gill) who resided at Tavistock, in Devonshire, was sued as a Director of the Chilian and Peruvian Mining Company. It appeared that Messrs. Bag nold and Andrews were acting as the agents of the Company in South America, under a power of at torney from three of the Directors, as trustees. Mr. CAmrnnu, conducted the plainti ff 's case. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the defendant, raised several objections to the plaintiff's right to recover; after which A verdict was entered for the plaintiff, on the money counts, for 1,1751. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 22. PITMAN V. JACKMAN. Mr. Sergeant WILDE stated the case. The plain tiff complained of certain slanderous expressions uttered by the defendant with respect to his cha racter as a man of busitics:. The plaintiff, who was in the wine-trade, had occupied a house which be longed to the defendant. Becoming rather em barrassed, he got in arrear with his landlord, whose house he quitted. It was upon occasion of some persons calling at the defendant's house to inquire for the plaintiff, that the slanderous words were spoken. Defendant entered into conversation 'with these individuals, and told one of them that plaintiff " was connected with a bad set ;" and said to others that " lie was a complete swindler." The conse quence was that the plaintiff sustained considerable Ittinry in his Intsines, persons refusing to trust I; to after these I!presentations. It was to oh' ain coin pefilltion ifi &triages for the injury that the present proceeding had been instituted. The .Jury returned a verdict for the defendant. PROVIDENTIAL DISCOVERYOF MOST BARBAROUS MURDER. Tanta, JA,!I 7 IG,—Ott the morning of the 7th inst. the body of a man named John Connell, of the island of Valentia i was foetid near low water-mark, on the opposite snore, having all the appearance of being drowned j which being reported to the nearest magistrate by Captain Creagh, C.C.P., a policeman was despatched to Valentia, for the wife of the de ceased, who underwent an examination, and was then let go. On the following morning, in consequence 01 some circumstances which came to light in the interval, Captain Crag!) again waited on the Mn• gstrate, who agreed with him that there wet.< grounds for arresting a man named M'Carthy La ney, and the wife of the deceased. lie then oh rained a warrant, and succeeded the same ni t zht apprehending the woman, who made a voliintar confession of being aceeAsory to the murder of het husband; and that M'Carthy Lawney was t!.:e per pctrator of the said murder. M`Carthy has b< en apprehended by the country people. COB.ONER'S INQL EST. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, a Jur) assembled at the King's Head, Orchard-strec Westminster, to inveirtikate the circumstances cot. neeted with the death of a new-born m a le infant whose parents reside at No. 41, Orchard-street Westminster. Mr. Joseph Oilier, No. 5, Charles -street, West minster, sworn. I hare this day examined the body of the deceased infant, by direction of the parish officers of St. Margaret's, to which palish I am surgeon. In doing so I could not discover any thing to lead me to an opinion as to the cause of its death. Nathaniel Jones, asictant to Mr. Elliott, surgeon Westminster, sworn—l was called in to attend the deceased child on Wednesday morning, the 20th instant. I went immediately, and found the deceased child ill. There was another medical man, Dr. Patrick Bride, there before me, and we both agreed that it would be proper to administer an emetic. I made the emetic up in the house, having brought the necessary ingredients with me, in consequence of hearing a rumour that laudanum had been given to the infant. Dr. Bride saw me prepare it, and it was administered by the nurse. I remained in the house for one hour afterwards. The emetic took a proper effect. When I quitted I considered the infant rather worse. I saw the deceased infant again about eleven o'clock on Thursday morning-, and then prescribed for it a little warm castor oil. I did not after see the deceased alive. I was in formed the child died about one o'clock. CORONER—Can ynu at all account for its death ? Witness—l cannot, Sir. CORONER—Do you believe the chill died a natural death ? Witness—No, I do not.—(The witness qualified his opinion so far as to say that the child had not died from any intentional violence or ill-usage.)-,Witness continued—Dr. Bride told me that the 'mother of the deceased infant had taken an •ovet,doee.- of laudanum, and part of the dose intended • for , the mother had been administered to the child. , Dr. Patrick Bride; of No. 3, Queen-square, de• posed "es reirisined in the house about half an hour after-the last witness had left. The child appeared to me to be recovering. I h;ul pre scribed some tincture of opium for the mother of. the deceased infant, very early on the morning of Mon day, the 18:h of January, when she was delivered. The child when born was a very healthy child. A messenger came to me in the evening of the next day (the 19th instant) for some medicine far the mother, who, it was stated, was very ill, and corn• plaining of pains. I sent some castor oil, and tinc ture of opium, with directions' how to be used. The messenger asked me if any part of it was to be given to the infant. I said " Most certainly not." The messenger was a female. She was very pressing about the infant, and I told her if she would bring me a cup, 'I would give her some plain cAstor-oil for the itifant. She asked me again if she might not give some of the laudanum to the infant, w ben I at length said, " If you do, it trust not be more that a quarter of a tea-spoonful diluted with gruel, •and,theu one tea-spoonful so mixed," A Juror—Did you send any written directions with the bottle containing the medicine ? Witness—No, I did not. We do not giro bottles at our establishment. ..... Witness continued—The nurse told me the -mother had taken some of the medicine. The Symptoms I observed were such as would be pro duced by an over -doge of laudanum, which I think had been given to the infant. The female who acted as nurse to the mother of the infant, was closely questioned by the Coroner as to the way in which she had administered the tincture of opium to the infant. She at length ad mitted that she was told by Dr. Bride if she gave it at all, to mix it with gruel, which she did not do. The quantity given was about half a tea-spoonful. Mr. Oilier, in reply.to further questions by the Coroner, said, that nothing would induce him to give so young an infant laudanum in any shape whatever. In his opinion a single drop of undiluted laudanum was sufficient to jcauee the death of such a tender infant. The CORONER briefly addressed the Jury on the evidence laid before them, when, after a short de liberation, they returned the following verdict : " The deceased came to his death either by an orer•dose of laudanum, or from the effects of the emetics administered to counteract it, or by the combined effects of both ; and we are of opinion that Dr. Bride did not display any judgment as a medical man in ordering laudanum for so young an. infant, and that the practice of the establishment where he resides, in sending out medicines contain ing opium without written directions for their use, is highly improper, and contrary to the general rules of the medical profession." MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Prite Current of yeste-day.) Sonan.—The demand for Muscovades has been general all the week, and, taking into 'calculation the small show of Sugars on sale the purchases may be considered exten t sive; they are 3,000 hh d s. and trs. during the week. There is no alteration in the prices. The Refined Market has been very firm all the week, and the wholesale Grocers have taken large parcels of fine for home consumption ; little alteration in the currency can be stated.—Molasses are dull. This afternoon low goods, ready for delivery, may be purchased on lower terms., about 70s. ; pateele for distant delivery are fully as high as formerly. The purchases of crashed for the Mediterranean are rather ex tensive. Foam's Susafts.—By public sale 413 'aids. Porto Rico Sugars, about 160 hhds. brown sold 19s. 6d. a 21s. the yellow was all taken in at 21s. 6d. a 245. 6d., and remains on sale at the withdrawing prices. 340 bags Havannah lying at Cowes, and all damaged, sold at very high prices, white 275. a 331., yellow 17s. a 235. EAST INDIA SUGAIt —The purchases are confined to small parcels Bengal and Siam at former prices. The first cargo of the new crop of Mauritius Sugar is advertised for Wednesday. Coerse.—The Coffeellarkeecontinues without a lt era . tion ; the parcels of Berkice and 'Jamaica suitable for home consun - ption got off freely at full prices; the other quali. ties of British Plantation arc neglected. We bel'eve there are no sales in Foreign Coffee. There were no puhl4 sales of Coffee this forenoon. There is some inquiry fof good ordinary Brazil 325. 6d. • Rust, BRANDT, AND HOLLANDS. - The Rum Marke continues firm ; the principal sales are 1M) puns. under proof Lee Wards Is. 9d. and sonic 3 and 5 over Is. 10d. • several parcels of Jamaica 28 to 31 over at 21. 7d. a 381 In Brandy or Geneva there is little alteration. HEMP ? FLAX,-ANA TALLOW.—The Tallow Market 4 very heavy, and a fortlier reduction of 61. to 19. per cwt. natoit he anted. I . l.ftnp is a shade lower. Flax witlion t variation. SA LTPE RE..—The Market is very firm ; Rvngl► 213..6 ,4 4 Refined 3'z't. SPICES.-In Spices there is no alteration. RlCE.—There are more infinities after Hire, but no purchases to any , txtent rspart,d. Fattrv.—Tlwre is little variation to state in Fi nit ; tie sales are (Loire inconsiderable. A public sale of inferior red Smyrna Raisins and Figs was brought forts-Aid n s Tuesday ; only a few lots of the latter were sold. ToliaCcd.lti Tobacco the only sales are a fCW . tucky, which afford no criterlan of the Market. CorroN.—The Cotton "Market is ateii r rni, hat 10 transactions are not Extensive ; the pnrelisses for the wee 4 i ending last night inclusive, consist of -2,4400 Swats, 3} l . a 4td. ; 120 Bowed, bial. a 6d. ; 00 West India, 6dt 1 6id. ; 70 Egyptian, 6k-!. Isoroo.-3,630 chests hare passed the sale, inelnding 'll9 withdrawn before the opening. The spirit has con" t.nued unabated ; importers having met the demand (reel'' , a very stnag proportion, say about bOO chests, have bought in, and there is every reason to think the sub' oantione at the sAtne;:rate. Prices, compared with the tit sale, may lie considered as follow i-30. advance on ui Idling and ordinary Bengal and %wires ; 311.. a 031 nn goad middling and good ditto ; for the fine qualities lo t ~ ale's prices ; 3d. a tld. advance on Gales; a 6d. ad' v..ince on Madras. PROVISION3d—In Beef ktrid Pork there is Hai. dtcrati , ,n. /bitters are dull, except fine Carlos!., whirth is rather higher. Bacon to ho shipped next month is wifcrilig on rather lower term*. 'fierce India Beet 44 pieces, 8 1ir. 'each, 61. Tierce Navy Beef, 38 pieces, Si t ' . each, none. Tierce Mees Beef, 38 pieces, 81b. e selt• 11. 15m. Tierce India Pork, 53 pieces, 61h. eash, 61. ro• Tierce Navy Pork, SO pieces, 41b. each, AL 2a. ; 6+l', Barrel Navy Pork, 52 pieces, 41h. each, $l. 7s. Bar: eel Mcni Pork, 50 pieces, 41h. eacli, SI. 2s. 6d. Bole' Bacon Pork, 21. 10s. a 21. 15s. PRICES OF HOPS.—Jan. iSent Pockets•.,.... 6l 64. 71. 10s. 1.. 9/ 9`• Sur%ex Ditto —.......—.......,...... Cl. Os. a 11,4: iit 71. 04 • fiTIPX I)it tO .... ......... 61. 134 7/. Os, to 9/. O"'• F.ltchron Ditto, Fine...........—....... 0/. Os. 131. 0 , . to 151 W''' ...1-1, Seconds ...---,...... 01. Us. 101. Os to 14/. 'Os' Kent ]1ag5.,.,,, ......—. 6/. Os. 71. is. to 8/. 14 ' Essex I)it to . hi. 15s. 61. Os. to 61. 10 4 . Suxsox Ditto —..—.. 6/. Os. 7!. Os. to 8/. Oi. PRICE OF ES —Jan. 22. Kidneys - 'as. to 61. Ins. per ton. Scotch Reds 4!. 0.. to 01. Os. ditto. Oznotles MO Shan•s V. Ss. to N. 3s. ditto. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 411. O. Refined Linseed Oil 24 iv Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand II 0 Rape Cake, per ton _ 5 0 1'1:10ES OF LEATLIEM Per 11% d. to d. Per lb. d. to ( , 1 1 tiritt5...........50 to 561 b... 181 19/ Tanned Horse Hides... IR .7 . Ditt0—........40 to fitia).... 21 22 Spanish Ditt o W t• Dressing Hides-- 1 16 Vez dozen. Fine Coach Hides ..... 18 19 Calf Skina,..36 to 411 b. 16 'L i Crop Hides, 35 to 9Th. I I 16 Ditto ...........60 to ittlb. 22 2 .; Ditt0.......—....45 to 5011) 16 18 Ditto —....—. 70 to 9011% 19 .1; Ditto..., lB 20 Small Seals, Greenl an d 20 z' WIIITECIIAPEL IL Hay 50, to M ARK F.T.—Jan. 21. Clover tat. to 112*."" 0(1. to 40s. Oil PAW HIDES. Per Stone. et. to d. I Per Stone. R. d. te 0 . 0 Best Heifors& Steers 3 0 $ 4 Ordinary 110 0 210 I Maikct 6 prat SKINS. Os. 01. to Os. Ott. I 2.. CU. to Ss. 64 ' Downs. Is. &Ito Is. 9d. Wool. PRICE OF TALLOW, S( Town Tallow 40s. (kl. Yellow Russia....„--- Nis. 6d. White----- 38s. rd. Soap Ditto • 355. Od. Melted Stoll' 3ls. Ditto Od. AP, Ac. per 11216.—Jan. 22., 0 _ Yellow 1"0. Mottled . 80s. U l, Whlte„ _ SO. '" G Goo rav d c bregSorwroenr= I 5. 15'6 4.°dV"'A: PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 91b.—Jan. 2E. Price of Tann,- (a, ,tatett by the Fallow HeHers) PaICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail slieps, is as follows Candles. per doL. Ss. Od. to Os. tid. I Moulds, per dozes COAL 51,111 Charlotte 34 ft Kilhogworth 35 9 33 0 W} lam 33 9 WallsEndliewicke&Co. 38 6 Ditto fieatoti---. 36 9 Ditto Fieworth 34 0 Ditto Northlunkrlatid 26 9 Ditto l'eareth---.—. 33 0 F. l'.—Jan. 22 Walll End Carr and Co. 's'• Ditto Hidden's. _ ICT ‘," Walls f int ~" Walls End I vans—. 2.5 Walls End Stewart's 35 6 131ackbny _ SO Cannel (per lof! ) 5 0 0 Ilangetinech Coal 41 Stone Coal.—~ ° Walls End small 20 6 1 , sold , 103i-Unsol4, 115114• Ships at market, 72`-Shii ( - 0 UNTRY CO - wsisic:, Per Quarter. A shburn Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater Bristol *M.., OWN.. Chesterfield Derby Devises Doncaster , _ Derchester--.. Hitngerford Newbury.-- Itonasey ---- Shafted+nry Sliepton Mallet Slierborne--- Taunton YCOT i I Per 1311thel. Shrewsbury ..—... Dean , . 44 44 35 46 38 48 36 50 36 46 40 46 4 5 42 49 32 A i 45 's "4 9 40 s 26 fit 30 1 4 , 1 , #4 5( 1 40 .b 4 5 1 40 - a s. d• .• p XOO '0 N MARKZI'S DURING Tli Wheat. 51 63 40 72 46 70 40 7 50 64 50 62 60 6 56 72 60 70• 54 76 68 72 56 '76 40 '74 -- 58 40 72 48 64 52 44 56 64 60 68 s. d„ s. d„ 9(1 910 Barley. :44 33 20 37 24 39 34 40 34 40 24 SO 33 38 23 39 23 35 30 33 38 43 23 38 18 n 24S 32 30 ."42 S 8 .its 30 35 s. d. R. (1. 40 b Oats. 24 25 17 27 t 2 •30 14 22 16 26 IS 2S 24 28 15 28, 16 20 24 84 24 2ri 20 28 16 28 - 24.. 11 SY 20 24 93 21 21 28 IV 28 22 26 5: d. s. d. 47 78 RCOTCII MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.--Jan. !O. We had a large supply of all kinds of Grain to-4110 and the quality of Wheat being rather better, the so? price reached G2a. ; one parcel of Oki Wheat brought 6 6 ' 4 Tie supply of Barley eras less, and 60. down on the toP' Oats, Pease, and Beans, sold freely at last week's price , . Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beau , : First 62s 0,1 I 5.3 s 6tl 216 546 01 34 , ; A l Verond Obi rict 32c 0,1 23, 6:! Od 326 ai Third 48a 01 27s 01 205 04 SOs Od 306 1,1. rBmX OF raovisiowg, ke. Reef, per lb. Oa. 4tl. to 03.6,1. Freak Ilutter,lb.o.ffl. to o. 111;itt0n.....—.... 0 4 0 ri Salt Ditto— 0 7 0- Ve 0 R 1 0 Ditto, per CA t.f3o 08 1 0 4 OIS Eggs, per dot. 1 0 0. 0 o Limb, per qr. 1 G 0 0 O n tStr aw (kp'.) . 00 ;; Tallow, cwt.... 33 0 0 0 Wheat Ditto.. 7 0 8 `o Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 9 Barley Ditto,. 0 0 8" a l'otatoo, 1711 b. 0 4 0 II Hay, per at...... 0 5 0 " 1,11/I . NBUItG DIL'AI We bad a middling supply which sold readily at last we Per Sack of 28011 , . Imp. First Oatmeal .£l 13 0 Second ditto 1 13 0 Barleymeal 1 8 0 PC3Acmcal 1 8 0 Pot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 121 E. MA liKET..—Jan. 10. if Oatmeal at to-day's ma rke , ck's prices. Per Stone of 141 b First Oatmeal 'o Second ditto Barleymeal ft I 6 Peaaemeal ......... 0 1 .- 2 d, 141.-34. 18s —lNiat 12 AI A RKET.—das. O. Grain, and the market 1/86 GLASGOW CORN We Lira small supplies of firm for all descriptions. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. 0. Oats, per 204113. s. d. o British, old 320 to 34 0 Irish . .... 10 oto 10 .—...—.. new Canada, free 3l 0 33 0 Beans, per 911011. 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish Scottish ......... ...". 2 2 2 2 45 0 0 0 2 272 3 5 6 00 Flour, per r Pe tttA ttris il h t n. E 1 1 14 455 ) 00 0 _S e 'l4l.l6 I°l BIRTIT S. At the Crescent, Clifton, Mrs. Marßoyne, of a son. On the 17th inst. the lady of the Chevalier de MO" fermata, Substitute Member of the House of itepresent s ' tires of Brazil, of a son. On the 19th inst. at Heusill, the lady of John.Rolleo Esq., of a son. •• On the I 1 th inst. the lady of Alexander Turnbu ll ' Esq , his Britsunic Majesty's Consul at that plate a eon. On the 21st inst. the lady of C. Lever, Esq. Guilfor d ' street, of a 'laughter. • On the 22d inst. at Lewisham-bridge, Mrs. J. Oswald' of a daughter. MARRIED. At Paris, George Washington Greene, Esq. o f Rls lB Island, (grandson of the late distinguished American Oe' nrral of that name), to Mite Carlotta, daughter of Loaf. Slot-nisi, Esq., of Rome. On the 19th inst. at Carnegie-park, near Port Glang'o°l George Carter, Eng. of Queen's College, Cambridge, t° Elizabeth, daughter of the late J. Carncgy, Esq. of PenaflP in the East Indies. On the 21st iust. at Clapham, the Rev. T. A. Rickarttri vicar f Cosby, Leicestershire, to Miss E. S. Spice r ' daughter of the late Robert Spicer, Esq. of Vt'oobortit Bucks. DIED. On the 16th inst. at Boulogne-sur-Mer, the Rev C. St. John Ifildmay, fourth son of the lite Sir H. Pilu le St. Julio Mildmay, Bart. On the 21st inet. et Reading; Bcrks, S e well, for sncrly of Holyport. On the IStlf inst. in Charlotte-streot, Portland-rW e ' Misr S. Cocker, aged 64. On the 20th inst. at Brandon, Suffolk, J, P. BL keno yon, late of the 2d Regiment of Life °futile; in ' tlv i 40th year of hie age. - ----- PAlNtrld AND PUBI.MIED BY /IMMO YOUNG, A la *vs OPtICIS, 112, Of4AND 1.11*0014 .i UNDER PA THE , ate P PrebideL it of Bfelni) •Cataiuing i '.Lit is Must! ~Court and R CONTRACT DOES, B RALTAR, Nu r n n O el vNe r iD c ° Ae iit ...... 22 I at. e S roialykee.sui.ec t i i.o,pa e ra.ti IhrtgtL ti lat.ie_AttweuNrdt : it the H ours of sealed up aur , ' u PPliee, mar or befor e nun reeeived aft er Prop osa l b e no Parti cu l ar, am - P e rvone of k no r the p arty tends OFFICE THE P MAJ I) 'Nous as ma) tity of Bran, and ether Met, ha the Royal A Ire; Glans an Shells, Old V and Lead, Stt Articles, the 1 and may be 1 Storekeeper at It the Royal 11 " 4 for the di A Catalogue Persons willin the Secry....ry's the whole or ai rind on or be: TO THE PR( I.ADIVS A AVACA _ ing occ Mr. PloWien, licitatiou of yoi to proceed to tl SLe• roult of success, an prospect. Permit me, former oreasio honourable situ exertions shall I hal 15, Harley., )URGE pwrpottes the demand foi GESS and SO best auknowled trallAfe of the elienaes hql fontign sonneeti eon talendation.. Pleyentiog die af Wes resorted to With %heir firm their eiguntare JOHN B u i l inuelt-eit4med t ° pr e p Ared lily.* the grekte War t h o , e. Leadort. 'll