The Sun. — London, England, 1830-01-25 00:00:00

except ° I of FL; ere is ref! such bpi 17 suPP',,, nod MA . eocriptivo insaleabl' in rain' inainta, ,fly I as deg b e raker !rs. 10 ii 24; 89 - 50 0- _1 2994 LSY. AY E ~ , ell sur dull at P y bri sd. I" r the slu e vieele°. )ugla ° &LS. I. to A. "A 0 0 0 n " 0 s 5 n v 8 6 v 6 J g a 2i. each . eaciL igs. 220 Roads ; )50 fron 2 _ 100 from 'S. tot. 41 ,; 5 ) 4 4 ;:days rico of ► large prices• k, the LeavY e dur ing bY Land is y lan' trade :r the ;5e 11 , 46 0 45 0 43 0 47 0 50 :46 0 FROM LLOYD'S. 41. --- Bush. „..,... Egg toLd 290 28 0 '23 the )f the an at All m the iry it ion, 1 ! Vf 4 ,lt l -regil Skyet red a taay. N, the ,f his is fat' ❑•ted, wntoit e. coney m to it do 11. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCP,(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 24.—Wind S.E.--Arrived from London, the Macqueen, Lindsay, for China; and Duke of Roxburgh, Brown, for Madras and Bengal. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 24.—Wind N.E.—lt is re_ ported by a Pilot of this place that on the 23d, off the Needles, he saw part of a wreck floating, appa rently the stern of a north-country-built vessel of shout 150 tons, painted green inside, but could not se e her name. Passed the Abercrombie, Robinson, and General Palmer, for India. Off Holyhead, the 22d, the Monongahela, -, fwm Philad e lphi a ; an d C o r sa i r , -,'from Halifax. The Fame, Clark, from London to Inverness, was driven on shore near Aberdeen, during a heavy gale, on Thursday ; about half the cargo was in a damaged "ate ; passengers saved ; two of the crew drowned. he Grampion, of Aberdeen, was wrecked in attempting that harbour on Friday, and two of the crew drowned. The Graces, Young, from Shields to London, was driven on shore on Thursday near Evrington. The Louisa, of Aberdeen, was wrecked near Sunderland the 20th inst. The Glatton, of South Shields, was driven on shore near that port on Thursday. The Marquis of Anglesea, Stewart, from London, is lost at Swau River. W e are happy to be able to state that Mr. Tnoltas CAMPBELL is making exertions on the biography o f Sir Ttioltas LAWRENCE, commensurate with his own reputation, aad with the importance of the subje c t. M r . Cl uPstr.r. is about leaving London for Dtviz!s and Bath, where be will be able to collect some invaluable facts !elating to our illustrious Painter. THE SINKING FUND.-During the current quarter, and which terminates on the sth April next, the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt will invest on each transfer day at the Bank of England, in aid of the Sinking Fund, the sum of 12,3941. Is. 7d., which in the quarter will make a total of money laid out, of 5 70,1271. 12s. In the last quarter the daily purchases were 1 1,8481. 13e. 9d. or 521,3421. ss. Bd., so that the investments this quarter will exceed by about 48,000/. those of ths past quarter. The purchases of the Commis sioners are now almost wholly confined to 3 per Cent. Consols, or the 3 per cent. Reduced Annuities. The in vestments lately on account of the New Annuities have been ►ery limited, although the public, according to the present calculations, are decidedly the gainers by purchases in them. BIRMINGHAM.-A numerously signed re quisition, headed by the name of THOMAS ATTWOOD, has been addressed to the High Bailiff of Birming 4am (WILLIAM CHANCE, Esq.) calling upon him to con vene a meeting of the inhabitants of the town for the pur pose of forming a " General Political Union between the lower and middle classes of the people," for the promotion of " an effectual Reform in Parliament, and the redress of Public wrongs and grievances." The High Bailiff has de clined complying with the request, considering it to be no part of his duty to call a meeting of the inhabitants for hush a purpose; and in this opinion (the Birmingham Gazette observes) we are satisfied he carries with him the g r eatest majority of the respectable and re fl ec ti ng part o f hie fellow -townsmen. In consequence of this refusal the original projectors of the plan have associated others of the requisitionists with them, and have themselves con vened the meeting for Monday next (this day) at Mr. ht manswoarn's Repository. We understand (the same Paper adds) that the Proposed Union" is intended to be governed by a " political council," and the machinery and Means of support are to be assimilated to the late Catholic Association. That its chief object is the extension of the well-known views and opinions of the gentleman whose name appears at the head of the requisition, there can be no doubt. REVIVAL OP HUNGERPORD MARKET.- We mentioned some time since that the revival of this an cient mar k et was i n contemplat i on. An association has been formed for the erection of an extensive general market on the site of the present Hungerford Market, the situation of which is deemed peculiarly eligible, both from its posi tion on Vie river side, affording every facility for thesupply of all water-borne commodities, particularly fish, and the great increase of respectable dwellings in its neighbour.. hood. Another advantage calculated on from its river side situation is, that by the erection of a jetty, the steam boats, after the removal of the old London-bridge, will find it to their advantage to come there to land and re ceive passengers, which would be an immense convenience to persons residing at the west end of the town. Plans and estimates have b een f orme d , by which it appears tha she designed i mprovement may be accomplished by an ou t t lay of 210,0007., which it is proposed to raise in shares. A provisional Committee has been appointed, who have commenced their operations ; an architect has been en_ gaged, by whom a model and drawings of the proposed buildings have been prepared. An arrangement has also been made for the purchase of the whole Hungerford market estate, extending from the Strand to the river ; application is to be made to Parliament for a Bill early in the ensuing Session, and there appears no reason to doubt that the public will soon enjoy all the advantages a good market in inch an eligible situation is calculated to effect. Observer. MOST HORRIBLE MURDER.—Th e follow ing article of intelligence has been communicated to us from a source which we cannot doubt, although it appears too horrible for belief. A whole company of Italian Players, 22 in number, who took their passage on board a Portuguese vessel, bound to Oporto, from Lisbon, were most barbarously murdered by the crew, together with two Portuguese Judges, who were also passengers. The dia bolical wretches are in custody, and have confessed the fact. --Falmouth Pack e t. FATAL EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS.— r -v est-p -- d ay, a Jury was summoned by R. N aum ann:, to bold an inquest on the body of WILLIAM Core.- a dock p orter. It appeared, in evidence, that the "eased was au habitual drunkard, and that on Thursday awest fternoon, he returned in a state of intoxication to his wife Shod fe happoojo e, a cellar, in Brick -street. His unfortunate ofeipliprieenyinboy e g ar t s o o b ld e , out at the time, he sent his sou, a for some ale, and the child brought biHn.s,uceessively four pints of it, after which his father I d e lin go out to play. On tke lad's return, he found P in cellar door closed, and, at his solicitation, a person ai ng Was induced to force it open. They had no sooner gtined admittance, than tbey found the wretched man Ittetched on his back lifeless. A small cord was fastened round his neck, with which lie had strangled himself. t:a 4,ceomplishi ng hi s purpose he must have had much (lif -414y, fo r the cord appeared to have been cut from the c,7 1 -tiek, a f ter which he tied it to the bedstead with the L e%r of h ang i ng hi mself. It broke, and his subsequent c lew must have been dreadful, before life was totally :Itinet. The Jury returned the following verdict:— :( We find that W. CoVELAND hung himself a fit of , o,Pnrary derangetnent." He has left a wife In nd four i 'dten in a st a t e o f utter destitution, and no thi ng can t conc e ived mo re wretc h ed looking and deplorable than "e cellar they are living in.—Liverpool Journal. °f ;We are glad to per ce i ve th at t h e C orporat i on 'te f l don hav e t a k en up the important subject of the state Cii i?oli;:e. That it is in a s t a t e which calls for it and and y fundamental alteration, Pp one con depi; that li t 4l aY be eff ectua ll y re-modelled, without giving it a mi- I,, t l t r Y char acter, must b e every one ' s wish : and of this of d o r P°int (if properly set about) we entertain no manner Eli tl One main defect in the City Police was but Co'lil'Y touched upon at the late m ee ti ng o f t h e C ommon all a 6 1 . Something, it is true, was acid a b ou t secur i ng Ale h - eqnitte attendance of Aldermen at Guildh a ll an d t h e cs'i 'le °.house, but not a word about the real root of the of ' t il: v iz., the non-residence in the City of the greater part strlt' Whele C our t. O u t o f six-and-twenty City Alegi eitht' e..e? not more than ten, we believe, if so many, r es id e 1 ' in or near the City; and the c on se quence nat ura ll y Po k t.l4t much of the local knowledge which they ought to they itnnet be Greatly wanting in, besides a total G,l'f that personal control and inepeetion which a re k,t'lace Within the sphere of his duties extracts from every it t il h . Next to this, the striking defect of the City Police of e e Ystetn of ward-constablee, and the inefficient state y' reti t part of the nightly watch. For this there exists (l, er Y bbvious remedy—by appointing, instead of these, ki te'Pectable description of constables to the places under hi) " ,gle, and not as now, under a divided control. In 1 , : 1 `, to adopt in the city the better part of the New evil'Ztkytstedm, rejecting . its ittil l it i ag , i c t ha s i r ß a i e n t g er, th a e nd m tl e i r a e t g el ; s 4t °re of G n o c v y ero to me e r s i p t io gi a v g es e , and ever must continue to IvotLiti Let th e C orporat i on go earnestly and wisely to p re °---let them reform the abuses of the practice, and 4/ 0 4 : 1 "re the Constit u ti ona l w i s d om o f t h e pr i nc i ple.— 4i '9 Herald. LITERATURE. QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. 83.—LoNnox, There is much fearless and intelligent plain speaking in this number, inconceivable to those who remember what the Journal professes to be, of what party it is the organ, on what principles it was founded, and by whom for years con ducted. What would Mr. Gifford say, could he by any miraculous process rise from the grave and witness the transformation that has taken place in his favourite literary foster-child ? How would the veteran shudder with amazement and indignation at hearing his own offspring unequi vocally define the House of Commons as an assembly devoid alike of independence and in tellectual worth, and the reigning Administra tion as a collection of cyphers dependent for influence with the country on the energies of one man ! Yet such is the language of the present number of the " Quarterly," and assuredly of all the changes that have taken place in our very changeable age, the change in the hitherto un. compromising politics of this Review is not the least marvellous. The first article, headed " Unlawful Disinter ment of Human Bodies," is sensible, plain spoken, and altogether of a practical character. The observations respecting the influence of medical men, when once introduced into the confidence of families, deserve to be generally known. They are full of shrewd truths—the evident suggestions of a long worldly experi ence : " The public have no notion of the power of medical men in families where sickness is going on : the monks had less in the plenitude of their influence. An ignorant man to whem a family have given possession of their con fidence (a mistake which people, with all their sagacity, are continually committing) may not only fail to do good, and inflict irreparable mischief, but may occasion a quan tity of unnecessary alarm, trouble, expense, and sacrifice, which amount to as great an evil as sickness itself. If he pronounces some hidden part to be diseased, which re quires a long, troublesome, and expensive mode of treat ment, who is to gainsay him ? The patient scarcely knows that he has such a part, or where it is placed, much less its healthy or diseased condition. The doctor only possesses the means of reconnoitring its state; what ever he reports, however false, is believed—and whatever he directs, must be done. Ile may tell his patient that his liver is too large, that his brain is soft (ramollissenzent de cerveau : in pathology this does not mean foolishness); or that disease has fixed on some organ, of which he never heard before, as his 'mucous membranes,'—and it is wonderful how the news will affect him. Give a disease 'a local habitation and a name,' and though it may be neither visible nor tangible, nor perceptible by any of his senses, it will fasten on his imagination, influence his feelings, and make him as docile as a lamb : the doctor may do any thing with him. Of what importance is it that persons possessed of so much power should have the knowledge necessary to use it properly ! To relate all the blunders we have seen committed by ill-informed prac titioners of medicine and surgery, lives lost, health ruined, limbs sacrificed, trifles mistaken for dangerous cases, and dangerous cases mistaken for trifles, measures employed which required the greatest sacrifices, and which turned out to be unnecessary and injurious —to relate all these would require a thousand and one nights, and days be sides." " Pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina" is in teresting and neatly written. It does justice to the late Mr. Burkhardt's account of his pil grimage to the Holy Cities. According to the Reviewer, Arabia is a tract of country less known than Africa, and presents a fine expansive field for the researches of the man of enterprise. " Scenes and Incidents in the Wilds of Ame rica," like all the notices of voyages and travels in the Quarterly Review, abounds in enter tainment and will amply reward an attentive perusal. " Amendment of Tythe Laws" treats on this important question at some length, and with ability, though theside-fling at the condition of Churchmen in Scotland, might, we think, have been dispensed with. But by a.: the most important article in the number is the one headed " Internal Policy." It sets out on the assumption that the distress of the country, if not unexampled, is severe in the extreme. In alluding to the necessity of Church Reform, it observes, " a great deal yet remains to be done, which, with the aid and direction of Parliament, we hope will gradually be accom plished." When we remember that this language proceeds from the Quarterly Review, the favourite organ of the High Church party, we cannot but look on it as one of the most eventful " Signs of the Times" yet put forth. Its opi nions on the subject of law are of the same striking character, viz., " in which ever way it is considered, nothing can be more unsatisfactory than the present state of the criminal law in this country." This remark reminds us more of the Examiner or the Edinburgh Review, than of the uncompromising champion of High Toryism. On the question of the return to Paper Currency, we have the following remarks : " The truth is, whatever may be wished or expected, the advantages of a paper currency cannot be enjoyed with out its disadvantages ; and its greatest disadvantage is, that it is subject to shocks and panics from which a me tallic currency is exempt. The more prevalent the use of paper becomes, whether in the shape of bank notes or of bills, it is to be expected that these alarms will become more frequent and injurious. But, trying as these emer gencies are, it is possible that the danger arising from the extreme restriction of paper may be still greater. While the supply of gold and silver front the American mines has been reduced to a third or fourth of what it was, the commercial transactions of Europe, and particularly of this country, have augmented in a counter-proportion...— If in these circumstances paper money were not to be re sorted to, prices would fall, until trade was either stopped altogether, or a convulsion ensued as violent as any which the most extravagant issue of paper money could occasion. We believe, then, the free use of paper money at present to be not only unavoidable, but incalculably beneficial.— At the same time, we must take the evil with the good. Paper currency allows a facility for speculation which a metallic currency does not; and when, from the folly of traders themselves, or an unforeseen change of markets, a crash comes, we ought not to be lost in amazement, as if such things were out of the chapter. Whenever such a crisis does occur, the safest course which Government can pursue, is to say and do as little as they can. Some assist ance, perhaps, they may he obliged to afliird, though it should be sparingly and reluctantly ; hut they should ab stain front every word or deed which can increase the agitation. In the mean while, combinations among per sons of wealth and influence will soon be formed in town and country ; the good sense of the public will return ; and things will gradually revert to their former channels, in which, so long as is practicable, every prudent states man will desire to keep them. If he attempts more tha❑ this, he engages in an undertaking which it requires little short of absolute power and absolute wisdom to accomplish." As further extracts from this article will be found in another column, we shall forbear to en large on the subject, but content ourselves with saying that it will create a great sensation, tnorc especially as it is put forth (we have little doubt that this is the case), as a sort of feeler to try the pulse of the public. Great fears are entertained for the safety of the Exeter mail and passengers, no tiding having been heard of them for two days,—Hants Advertiser. TIM RING. On Thursday:his Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBER LAND arrived at the Castle, at one o'clock, and after an in terview with his MAJEsTY, partook of refreshments, and it three left Windsor for Kew. On Friday the Duke of WELLINGTON had an audience of his MAJESTY fur two hours. His Grace took his departure for London at half past four. On Saturday Mr. PEEL had an audience of the Kixu, which lasted upwards of two hours. The Right Hun. Gentleman afterwards partook of refreshments, and returned to town. Mr. PEEL arrived at half-past two o'clock, and left about half-past five. It is conjectured that the Right Hon. Gentleman's visit had relation to his MAJESTY'Si Speech on the opening of Parliament. W e have the pleasure to announce that his AlA.Yrsyr continues in the enjoyment of good health. Yesterday forenoon the KING, with the members of his household, attended Divine Service in the ruusie-room, adjoining the drawing-room. The Rev. Mr. SEYMOU R officiated. His MAJESTY has been busily occupied during the whole of the last week with Government despatches, messengers continuing to arrive and depart daily. Hitherto his INIA- JitsTy has not entertained any company at the Castle, al though we are happy to state he is in the enjoyment of good health and spirits; but it is said that his MAJESTY will shortly entertain some company. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday after noon at the Foreign-office, which was attended by the LoßnCnAwcELLou, the Duke of WELuNiaroN,EarIsBATH URST,ROSSYLN, and ABERDEEN, Viscount MELVILLE, Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir G. MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. MERRIER. The Ministers assembled at two o'clock, and sat in delibera tion for neirly two hours. After the breaking up of the Council, the Russian Ambassador had a conference with the Earl of ABERDEEN at the Foreign Office. Viscount LOWTHER had an interview yes terday with the Duke of WELLINcroN. The French Ambassador, Viscount MEL VILLE, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. MER RIER, and Sir HENRY HARDINCE, had interviews on Sa turday with the Duke of WELLINGTON at the Treasury. The Duke of BEDFORD is seriously indis posed, at his residence Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. An express arrived in town yesterday morning, to fetch Sir HENRY HA LFORD. Soon after the arrival of the mes senger, Sir HENRY left town for Woburn Abbey, to attend the Noble Duke. Mr. Secretary PEEL left town on Saturday morning to attend the KING at his Palace at Windsor. The Right Honourable Gentleman called on the Duke of WELLINGTON at Apsley-house, previous to his departure from town, and had an interview with his Grace. The Right Hon. Secretary, on his arriral at Windsor, was introduced to an audience of the KING. Mr. PEEL returned to town about seven o'clock in the evening. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH arrived in town yesterday morning, from his residence in Scotland. His Grace left town in the afternoon, on a visit to Lord Mori- TAG 1.1, at his seat, Ditton-park, near Windsor. The Russian Ambassador transacted business on Saturday with the Earl of ABERDEEN, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Duke of WELLINGTON returned to town about half-past six o'clock on Friday from his MA ' aEsTy's Palace, at Windsor, where his Grace had an au thence of the KING. The Prussian Minister transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office. Despatches from Sir JAMES KEMPT, the Governor-General of the Canadas, were received at the Colonial-office on Saturday. Lord WI/ARNCLIFFE has come to town for the season. His Lordship had an interview yesterday with the Duke of WELLINGTON. Lord BEXLEY arrived in town on Friday from his seat at Foot's -Cray, Kent. His Lordship has come to town for the season. Countess and Lady GEORGIANA BA THURST arrived in town on Saturday, from Earl BATHURST'S re sidence to Cirencester, in Gloucestershire. the relapse of Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD has, we believe, destroyed all hope of his ability to resume his functions, and his successor (it is understood) is to be Mr. HERRIES, who is to be succeeded at the Mint by Lord CHANDOS. We take it for granted that so young a statesman is not likely to be a Member of the Cabinet : we hear, however, that he is a good dogged man of busi ness, and perfectly fit for the appointment allotted to him. The sister of Lord PETRE is about to be married to Lord GREY'S eldest son. KING'S THEATRE.—CimAnosn's:opera, Il Alatrimonio Segreto, was performed on Saturday evening by the pupils of the Royal Academy of Music, in the minor theatre of this establishment. SIR WALTER SCO T T.—We understand that the new Historical Romance by Mr. JAIIPS, the author of " Richelieu," entitled " Darnley," fully justifies the opinion expressed by the great magi_ chin of the North, that this very clever novelist is destined to meet with the most eminent success in the literary career which lie has chosen. " Darnley" pro mises to be the favourite book of the season with the ladies, whose sympathy will be, no doubt, powerfully ex cited by the highly.wrought love-tale which runs though_ out the story, and the enchanting picture of female excel lence that is presented in the person of the heroine. THE DUCHESS OF ST. ALBAN'S AND SIR LAWRENCE.-Sir T. LAWRENCE was informed, a few days prior to his death, that Messrs. COUTTS would de mand immediate payment of a bond for five thousand pounds. Sir THOMAS went in a state of great agitation to the banking-house, and was shown into the private room, where, to his surprise, he found the Duchess of St. ALBA N'S. Her Grace, perceiving his agitation, inquired the cause ; and having ascertained it, shook him kindly by the hand, and said, " Lay aside all anxiety ; I will be personally responsible for the amount, which you can repay at your own convenience."— Court Journal. It is well known that Sir THOMAS LAW ILENCE had on his easel, at the time of his decease, a por trait of himself. This was intended as a present to the Bris tol Institution, in compliment to his native city, and will probably be of inestimable value, from its scarcity, as Sir Tuomas painted very few pictures of himself. The fol lowing letter to a gentleman of Bristol will place the in tended destination of the picture beyond doubt : " Russell-square, April 23, 1829. " beg the favour of you to convey to the gen tlemen of the Committee forming the arrangements for the present Exhibition at Bristol, my sincere thanks for the great honour they have done me, in mentioning my name in the prefatory page of their catalogue, in so generous and flattering a manner. To be thus distinguished by persons of high estimation in my native city, is one of the most pleasing rewards that my professional exertions could hare gained. " I beg them to be assured that it will always be my pride to retain their favourable opinion, and to show my respectful sense of that liberality in my townsmen, which on more occasions than one has been so freely extended to me. " I ought to apologize to you for a former silence. I must ask for peculiar indulgence from you on account of my numerous engagements, and I fear, a repugnance to writing, which, as you hare yourself experienced from me, even gratitude and respect can with diffieulty subdue I have the honour to be, Sir, your obliged and faithful servant, " THOS. LAWRENCE. " To D. W. AcnAmAN, Esq., &c. Rte. " P.S. I have been favoured with a letter from Mr. Ilikar, which I shall not fail to answer in a post or two." The following is an extract of a letter from G.MortANT, Esq. addressed to the same gentleman, and dated as re- cently as December 22, 1829 :—" I must now acquaint you, my dear Sir, that I have seen Sir THOMAS LAW /tENcg, All I can learn from him is, that he is very anxious to present his portrait to your respectable city, and feels honoured and flattered by the kind expression in his favour, but pleads, as an excuse for the non-fulfilment of his promise, and the gratification it would afford him, want of time to complete the painting. When I look around his apartments and see the immense number of pictures in an unfininialied state, it appears to me that his lire must be extended beyond the period allotted to mortals in general, if the whole are accomplished. I particularly mentioned your name to Sir THOMAS, and he was very kind in his inquiries about you."—Bristol Gazette. NEW EXPERIMENT IN PAVING.--It is said to be the intention of the Commi ss i oners of Woods and Forests to try a new experiment in pavi ng , i n one of the new streets at Charing -cross, by laying the footway pave ment with cast iron, which, at the present low price of iron, will he much cheaper than stone, and equally durable. N i VAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2:3.—0n Tuesday arrived his Majesty's cutter Span-ow ; and on Wednesday, the Arrow cutter, from a cruise. On Thursday sailed the Swipe arid Ilightlyer cutters. The Java, 52, Capt. Carroll, C. 8., will be paid uff on Wednesday, in this harbour. Ships in Harbour.—Victory, Royal George, Ganges, Java, G a l a t ea , an d N ort h S tar. Sailed on Saturday, the Anacreon, Smith, for Sierra Leone. Arrived on Monday, and sailed the same day, the Cambria, Moore, for New York. Ar rived on Tuesday, the Alexander, Anderson, and sailed yesterday for Madras and Calcutta. Passed by the Warren, Blass, for the South Seas. Arrived the Bodvel, Terry, for Bristol, with loss of main boom. It has been reported by a pilot of Portsmouth to Messrs. Garratt and Gibbon, that be yesterday saw off the Needles part of a wreck floating, apparently the stern of a north•country-built brig, about 150 tons, painted green inside; but could not see her name, or go close to the wreck, the sea being very rough. Captain W. Young-, after many years' arduous service as resident Agent for Transports at Dept ford, has been superannuated, and is succeeded by Capt. S. Warren, C.B. The Rainbow, 28, was on Thursday taken out of the dock she has for some days occupied, and on the same day removed into a covered one, the repairs she requires being more extensive than were in the first instance contemplated. A reduction of about 150 has taken place this week in the number of men and boys employed in the service of the Ordinary at this port. We re gret that the boys are reduced, because we consi der they were in this service initiated in a know ledge of part of a seaman's duty. They were taught to knot, splice, and perform work in the rigging loft. They were also instructed in rowing and managing boats, and bending, unbending, loosing, and reefing sails. By this course they were at once put to use ful work when they were discharged into men of war. On the present reduced scale there are scarcely men sufficient left on board the several ships in ordinary, to raise and lower the ports and keep them clean swept. Mr. Gill, Foreman of the Dock Yard at Dept- ford, is appointel to this Yard, in the room of Mr. Atwell, who has applied for retirement. The following workmen are ordered to be en tered in this Dock Yard from Deptford Yard : Shipwrights thirty ; caulkers three, smiths six, riggers and sawyers fourteen. The Commissioners of his Majesty's Navy have ordered the Rope-yard in his Majesty's Deck-yard at Woolwich, to be shut up in about fortnight. Twenty of the men there employed are to be su perannuated, and the other forty to be sent to the Dock Yard at Chatham. By a recent regulation of the Post-office, News papers can now be sent to Swan River, Van Die man's Land, and Sydney, on the same terms as they can be to the East Indies—that is, twopence per ounce.—Hampshire Telegraph. DEVONPORT, JAN. 23.—An experiment is to be ♦ery shortly tried at Woolwich, to fire ship guns by percussion, on a plan submitted by an officer of the Royal Navy, a resident in Hampshire. By letters from the Mediterranean, dated Dec. 23, we learn that his Majesty's ship Pelorus, 18, Commander Michael Quin, while in the act of tack ing inside the harbour of Minorca, on the 15th of December, struck the ground, and was not got off until six days after, though every possible exertion was used, and the officers and crew were zealously assisted by the French, Dutch, and American ships, then at Minorca. She was immediately towed up the harbour, where she shortly after sunk and is bilged. Her main keel, stern ports, Sze. are badly damaged, and her rudder carried away. No life was lost, nor a man hurt, and most of the articles on board were saved. Commander Quin, officers and crew, were waiting orders to proceed to Malta, where it was expected the Court Martial would be held to inquire into the circumstances attending the loss of the Pelorus. The Leveret tender, Lieut. Worth, arrived yes terday from cruising. The Tavy, dock-yard lighter, is ordered from this port to Malta. In liamoaze.—St. Vincent, Kent, Druid, Ariadne, Reindeer packet, and Meteor steam-vessel. Island.—Vigilant and Leveret. NAVAL FORCE OF GREAT BRITAIN FOR 1830. Admiral of the Fleet—His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, K.G., K.T., G.C.8., D.C.L. Admirals—Of the Red, 13; White, 16; Blue, 15—Total 44. Vice-Admirals—Of the Red, 21; White, 21; Blue, 21—Total 63. Rear-Admirals—Of the Red, 25; White, 20; Blue, 22—Total 67. Superannuated Rear-Admirals, 45 ; superan nuated and retired Captains on full pay, 11. Captains—On full pay, 589; on the half-pay of 14s. W. per diem, 101; on the half-pay of 12s. per diem, 101—Total 851. Commanders—On full pay, 735; on the half-pay of 10s. per diem, 150—Total 905. Lieutenants superannuated, with the rank of Com mander, 800; Poor Knights of Wincisor (Lieute nants), 7. Lieutenants—On full pay, 2,579; on the half pay of 7s. per diem, 302; on the half-pay of Gs. per diem, 700—Totnl 3,581. Masters—On full pay, 224 ; on the half-pay of 7s. per diem, 100; on the half-pay of 69. per diem, 230; superannuated, 21—Total 524. Pursers--On full pay, 314; on the half-pay of 59. per diem, 100; on the half-pay of Is. per diem, 200--Total 644. MEDICAL OFFlcEtts.--Physicians, 12; Surgeons on full pay, 738; ditto retired on full pay,s3; As sistant-Surgeons on full pay, 738; ditto retired on full pay, 53; Assistant-Surgeons on full pay, 363 ; Dispensers of Hospitals, 13; Hospital Mates, 3-- Total 1,182. Cliaplaiiis--On full pay, 4G ; ditto on retired list, 24--Total 70.—IIampshirc.7'eleg,raph. YORKSHIRE MANUFACTURES. During the whole of the present mouth the woollen-cloth business in Leeds has been pretty steady ; all tie mills are working full hours, and the clothiers in the neighbouring- villages in this borough are better employed than is usual at this season. The London buyers, who are generally absent a few weeks at mid-winter, are now again in the woollen markets, and stocks, which had accumulated for the last four weeks, again begin to move. About two mouths ago, we intimated an opinion that foreign wools, owing to the early interruption of the navigation of the Elbe, were likely to become scarce, and the deficiency in the markets of wools from Is. td. to 2s. per lb., has esta blished the correctness of that conjecture ;—within the last three or four weeks foreign wools of this descrip tion have advanced from fire to seven and a half per cent., partly owing to the small stocks en hand, and the imi.ossibility of renewing them till the spring, and partly to the perfection now attained in Yorkshire in the finish ing department, by which woollen cloth from middle wools are made to appear nearly equal to those from Su perfine ones. The finer foreign wools, and English wools generally, are steady in price, and though the quantity of English wools consumed during the last year much ex ceeded the quantity grown, yet, while the markets are burthenrd, as at present, with a staples stock, equal at least to two years' growth, no material improvement in price can be expected. The linen trade in Leeds, which consists principally of flax spinning, continues steady, as far as the working of the mills is concerned, but the spring demand for goods his scarcely csirnmeneed.—Huddersfield market on Tuesday last was, like the four markets which preceded it, comparatively brisk, and still improving, this being the best of the five. A very considerable quantity o f goods were sold, principally of the coarse sorts. In the stuff market, at Halifax, on Saturday last (whitt has for several weeks been very flat), a little more activity prevailed ; but in Bradford market little business has been done for several weeks, and stocks are of cour3e ac cumulating, as all the work employed,..-Leed s a ll ercurg . people keep tolerably well SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, The temper displayed at the Cambridge county meeting may be useful in one respect to his Majesty's Ministers, by suggesting to them the wisdom of obviating in time the dangers which must arise out of any tende►►cy to coalition be tween reasonable men, who seek only a reform of real grievances through practicable and tem perate means, and persons ofan opposite political character, who take the opportunity of a public meeting, no matter what may be its professed object, to run wild upon all manner of debateable topics, and agitate the country for no acknow ledged or definite good. As it happened in Ireland, so it will here and every where. By conceding the demands of the upright and so,ber minded, their forced connexion with the turbu lent is at once broken up, and men of property and men of sense—let them belong to Whig, Tory, or neutral—will form an accession to the moral strength of Ministers in resisting schemes full of violence or absurdity, which can never gain proselytes but from the encouragement by Ministers of evils which ought to be corrected. If the pressure of unwise taxes were not felt, the declamations of Mr. Wells on subjects foreign to any immediate cause of public suffering would command but slight attention.—Times. We have elsewhere inserted a letter, written by a distinguished person, which expresses in strong language the sentiments of the writer on questions which for some months past have been perseveringly, if not quite dis creetly, forced upon public attention. After deprecating a return to one-pound notes, in which we may venture to say that every man whose mind is capable of profiting by experience will agree with him, the writer proceeds to touch upon the several measures which have been recommended from various quarters for meeting the distresses of the time. They all come under the title of what is called equitable adjustment in some shape or other, and begin with the return to an execrable expedient, which we can describe no otherwise than as an inquisi tion into every thing, for the enforcement of a tax out of every thing or nothing. With the name of property-tax, this precious device was to be the old income-tax, in its most odious and intolerable form. It was to embrace pictures, plate, and chattels of all denominations, to sub ject therefore the furniture of every house to an appraisement, the personal apparel to inspection, and to establish a daily spy in every dwelling throughout the land. A system like this, to be productive, must be utterly unbearable. Under the late income-tax, the receipts of trade, or pro fession, or accident, in one year, were to serve as a standard for the tax-gatherer of the year ensuing. But the income of the twelvemonth had ceased with the twelvemonth. The next season might be one of sickness, and wholly un profitable. What then ? The tax-officer called as before ; and wrung from destitution the tribute which there was no new accession of wealth to answer. This was a tax on capita/,—on capital which had not even assumed any tangible or substantial form : it was a tenth levied on the remaining nine-tenths of last year's produce, by anticipatinc , as a certainty a rich return from every unfledged adventurer of the counting house,—drawing bills against the contingent rhetoric of the lawyer, and mortgaging the in spirations of the poet's muse. An income-tax like this, we say,—and the country knows and shudders at it,—is impossible to be borne. Our letter says truly, that the attempt at it would create an insurrection ; and, with us at least, there is nothing gained by the assurance that the proposition of it was one of Mr. Ricardo's, for it was not the only one of that ingenious but perversely-minded reasoner, which in practice would be ridiculed by those whom it did not affect, and kicked against by those who were doomed substantially to feel it. This is not the occasion on which it might be proper to state the essential difference between a tax on pro perty and one on precarious income. Not until retrenchment shall have been pushed into every nook and cranny of the Government, will the substitution of any new tax for those of which the country insists on the abolition, find advo cates or apologists in us. There is a whole forest of abuses to be cleared, before the nation can ever hope to breathe freely. We shall re turn at an early day to the remaining topics of the letter above alluded to.—lbid. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Time following is an extract of a letter which has been kindly put in our hands : " I will admit that an ' equitable adjustment,' prac icable upon ' equitable' and honest principles, might be desirable. But the only ' adjustment' I can contemplate, that would not be iniquitous, would be a property-tax, embracing every species of property--land, funded property, valuable leases, jewels, pictures, goods and chattels of every de scription. This was the plan of my late excellent and able friend and honest politician, David Ricardo; but, as I repeatedly observed to him, there appears to be one little difficulty in accomplishing it, — namely, its utter impracticability ; for, in addition to other difficulties, I believe it would not be at tempted without instantly producing insurrection, and the subversion of all constituted and legal authority from one end of the country to the other. So much for equitable adjustment,' which, however, means with many who recommend it (though they do not own this meaning), the plunder of one class of the community for the be nefit of the other. " There is another nostrum—urged by Mr. Western and others,--namely, debasing the quality, or raising the nominal value, of our money, which in other words would be, enacting by law that a sovereign' should pass: for 255. or 305., or for any other sum which folly or roguery might suggest. 1 he first and immediate effect of this dishonest and barbarous expedient (practised by our Edwards and Henrys, and recently, I believe, in that enlightened country called Turkey), would be, to enable all debtors to cheat their creditors, exactly in propor tion to the advance i►► the nominal value of the sovereign.' All tenants, too, who holds leases, would in the same degree be enabled to defraud their landlords. But the classes of the community who do not come within the description of debtors, creditors, landlords, and tenants, would experience no relief from such a measure, nor be in any way affected by it, except by a participation in the uni versal confusion and intricacies resulting from the derangement of the relative value of all exchange able property. The landlord, upon graisting a lease, would no doubt get a higher nominal rent; but that increased rent would not enable him to obtain a greater quantity of the necessaries and luxuries of life than he can command at present : there would soon, too, he established two prices for all commo dities,—the one founded upon our present, the other upon the new nominal value of our currency. " I must add a word with reference to those who appear to be the most clamorous for the adoption of the expedient to which I have adverted —I mean the class called country gentlemen,' who profess to represent in Parliament the landed interest. Surely they.are the very last who have a right to complain of evils produced by a system and by a course of measures, which they, more than any other class in the community, created, and du►ing a series of years •upported by their votes and opinions in and out of Parliament. It was by their votes in Parliament ' -,-------, that Mr. Pitt and succeeding Ministers ad*.ei in 1797, and ob.itin a t e ly ma i nta i ne d t ill the yeatl i 9; the fatal m easure o f t h e B an k Restriction . - Ac" id prosecuted the war with a p ro f us i on and eictii.ltra gance that i s w i t h out examp l e i n t h e history'of ) r nations, and which has been the chief, if not the sole cause, of the pressure and evils of which they now so loudly complain. It was the country gentle men who supported and encouraged Ministers in all those operations which produced the mass of national debt which is now so severely felt by all classes; und, after having been the main cause of its creation, they are now foremost in clamouring against: the payment of it. Has .it never oc curred to these gentlemen that the title of the public creditor rests precisely upon the same founda tion es the title by which they hold their landed estates—namely, the law of the land ? that the spoliation of the fundholder would be just as iniquitous and illegal as that of the proprietors of the land? and that the robbery of the one class might, and probably would, immediately lead to the robbery of the other ? If plunder is once admitted as a principle, can these wise gentlemen limit its operation, mid foresee where it will stop ? " But I hope and believe the Duke of Wellington is long-sighted enough to be aware of the fallacies, frauds, and fooleries of these nostrums, and that he will have firmness and patriotism enough to resist all the importunities of those who, from ignorance or dishonesty, may be urging him to adopt them."--Thid. Who is there who has not derived pleasure from the productions of George Colman the Younger? This ingenious and facetious gen tleman has just published the " Random Re cords" of a life which, we trust, will be pro longed many years, in the dedication of NVIliCh "to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by gracious permission," we are informed that " from his Majesty's long continued patronage and favour, he now chiefly derives the means whereby he lives." Considering the powerful motives Mr. Colman has for gratitude and loyalty, it would be very unreasonable to demand of that he should not be both grateful and loyal, and we certainly quarrel not with his gra titude and loyalty. It will always, besides, give us great pleasure to learn that Mr. Colman lives well and comfortably ; and as he is of a joyous and convivial spirit, we will do him the justice to say that we have no doubt his joy would be increased by knowing that all his coun trymen were in the enjoyment of all happiness of which our nature is capable. But we fear Mr. George Colman has committed the trifling mis take of confounding his wishes with the results. His introduction, and we have not yet had time to proceed further, brought forcibly to our recol lection the dialogue between Sganarelle and his wife, in the illedecin Malgre Liti of Moliere : Martine—l have four little children on my hands. Sganarelle—Pot them on the ground. Martine—Who are continually calling to me for bread. Sganarelle—Whip them. When I have.drunk and ate my fill, I insist upon every person being fall in my house. There can be no hungry person in England so long as George Colman the younger is not hungry—no person clothed in rags so long as lie is warmly clothed, and comfortably seated in his arm chair. Let us hear his account of the matter :—" What revolutionary wars, dismem berment of states, with " Moving accidents by flood and field" at home, what shocks, front within and without, has our little island proudly sustained, while scoundrel traitors croak of the ruin which they wish, but are usable to effect !—ruined are we ? Then what merry undone dogs are Englishmen!! Ride through our laughing land, and what is now to be observed ? The residences, parks, and wide domains of the noble and the rich ; gay boxes of the tradesmen, snug tenements of the yeomanry, and comfortable cottages of the peasants; morasses drained, and wastes cultivated ; excellent roads and canals intersecting the country in every direction ; commodious vehicles, high fed horses, and luxurious inns; hills bored or levelled, and bridges stretching from bank to bank, where lately the traveller was forced to climb the steep and ford the torrent, in peril of his life. Then drive to the metropolis—be quick, or be fore you have got within twenty miles of it, it will have met you half way ; there you behold art and science improved, with a rapidity beyond the most sanguine expectation ; new spacious, streets and squares, thronged with equipages ; mansions, whose external grandeur betokens the gorgeous decorations to be found within ; public offices rebuilt or beautified ; even hospitals or other structures of charity, towering like palaces; churches multiplied, theatres enlarged, clubs in clusters, hotels in swarms, brilliant assemblies, and Lucullan feasts. Shops, too, where the costliest articles of home and foreign fabrication are displayed, while the worth of many thousand pounds lies glittering in a show-glass ; and in vari ous districts of the town, where not longsinee a few miserable lamps winked at dismal distances, to make darkness visible,' a joyous blaze of ~, t ts now gladdens the passing population, and ifln, initiates the night scene. If this be ruin, thank; to him who under Providence has thus ruined us I Thanks to the King of England, who, during his regency and his reign, has evinced energies, and pursued measures, which, by en• dearing him to his people, have doubly fortified him in the power of guarding his dominions' Thanks to the illustrious George the Fourth, and the wisdom of those counsellors whom judgment selected, in the midst of convulsions which shook the world to its centre, for not only preserving our constitution, When the storm, was at its height, but for enabling es to quell tfi k? tempest, and dictate peace to Europe ! Tempo, rary pressure upon certain classes is the unavoid able consequence of a glorious struggle which has, saved the country; and men may firmly endure that transient national evil which is the alternative- a national annihilation." There have been writers who endeavoured to prove that Alexander and, Julius CEesar could not have gained hatt6 without soldiers ; but Mr. Colman has not; deemed it necessary to follow their footsteps, foe he admits that the King did not save us with-. out the Minister-) and naval and military officers, and men who co-operated wish hint. "It is al most redundant to observe some people, how ever, might have thought the King did it all himself) how greatly and triumphantly the ze l a and talent of the E xecut i ve GovernmerA, t h e skill and gall a nt r y o f our nava l officers, and the pr over bi a l va l our o f our we n , have co operated with the Monarch mid his Mini sters in establishing th e pre-eminence of Great Britain during time difficulties we have surmounted." " Men may firmly endure that transient national evil Which is the alternative of eational annihilation " Hear this, ye cla morous Grand Juries, and Noblemen and Gen tlemen who vote at county meetings that the distress is too great to be borne, that order can no longer be preserved. Mr. Colman tells you. that men may firmly endure what you endufo, Mr. Colman endures it firmly, and we trust his, Majesty endures it firmly. Now that he is, fairly recovered from his late sever.„ attack, Wl' should griae to think that he otuld not bear the