The Sun. — London, England, 1830-10-11 00:00:00

SPI RIT OF TIM: PUBLIC JOURNALS.! The Revenue accounts for the lot quarter have been made op, end present a defieiency,ats compered with the previous October quarter, of 1f38,8341, the October quarter of 1829, with W , hiek that jeer elapsed thus stands in unfaVettrable comparison, having also proved a defective qu aster. As„we are not among those who fancy that an intelligent people ought to be unfairly dealt with by attempting to mystify :them in respect of their own concerns, we shall not attempt to explain awaythe decreased pros duce of the excise duties down. to the , lOsh October, by stating a remission of the ' , beer tot which only CoMmences on the 12th. It seems evident that if the eansemption of beer during the last quarter bad been • elital to that of the el. responding quarter of 1829,, the revenue created by that consumption would have been equal :also, ' Had the quantity of beer " brewed and stored" free of duty (that is, beer duty) during the last quarter, exceeded the average amount of beer brewed while subject to the duty, the consequences would have appeared in the malt tex,and gouts to swell the gee neral average of the excise reventow We must he satisfied, therefore, to acknowledge that there' luta been a reduced enjoyment of this class of the nul tional comforts during the three months just expired. if it be asked how this evil may bey checked or tee !nettled, we answer there is no cure but in a systeM of reduced expenditure. He who cannot augment Ws means must set about contracting his expenses, and making an income out of persimony itself. But we do not agree with those country gentlemen who got up a Lincolnshire meeting for the re-; peel of the malt tax, by way of mitigating the pressure on the community. When the ree l venue is already falling, the wisdom of re ' pealing a productive tax will bear at least : some little time for consideration. But, undoubt , city,' if the malt-tax be taken off,. and the landlords, who oppress all the rest of the nation by the corn lima, be themselves released 'from any share of the impost on that manufactured corn which goes under the name of 'malt, a gross injustice will be . cense' mitted by Parliament if it do not contrive to open, the existing monopoly in the corn trade, and give some chance to the private brewer of maintaining, through the import of foreign 1)41'11', a competition with the landed interest of Eng) ind, In the article of stamps, there has been, during the last quarter, a falling off of 46,0004; nell under, the head • of miscellaneous, a decline of about 75,000/, In the Post-office there has been ri trifling improve— ment; and in the article of " Taxes," an increase of. 29,0001, Them • We last night received the rtaiiders,Papers of Saturday. Though they coetain no accounts of new or striking events, they are extremely impor-, tent as descriptive of the feelings, hopes, anti: strength of the parties which unfortunately divide' the once prosperous, but now distracted kingdom of the Netherlands. The factious truest who have put' themselves at the betel of the movemeet at Brute' eels, under the name of a Provisional Government, seem to advance in their career with greater bold nese and audacity. Though not as yet joined by n jingle Belgian of high rank or pohiuicul consequence, they net es if the whole of Relgium,'high and low, 'Orb and poor, noble and plebeian, had sworn them lallegiunee. They hive removed' their bead-quarters from the Townehall to the Palace of the Steres-Ge-' neral, and unflawed that though they hitherto opened the petitions of individuals, they will have tio leisure from weighty matters of. state to answer farther private applicetions for a , month to come.-- • The business of the courts of justice had been sus-, Petaled during the late troubles. Dt.Potter, who so recently appeared before them to . receive his sett-, tents of banishmem (a 'sentence,. we allow, excess: sively severe), has now the appointtnent of Judges and the troodeli;ng of tribunals at his disposal.— lie of cosine has dismiesed every law-officer sir judge who countenanced his prosecution, and has: nut forgotten his friends in the exercise of his high: patronage, It 'cannervfail v however, to strike the 'peopleof Belgium ma little remarkable, that in the nomination of Presidents and Judges; t ' ite,old pants of the bench are generally retained. Thus, the Ayfe Presidents of the Supreme Court of B r u s sels,' "ekth two names as odd its it they were Dutchmen, ( ( tamely, M. Onclitelgor and M.. Van .1 - loogaten,) have been maintaininftlif their places. Is this to be ascribed to the moderation of the revolutionary junta, or to the unquestionable choice of the late; Government ? To acknowledge the latter alrerna-: tire, would make out. M. Vim Welters, the lure.l Minister of Justice, to be less of a monster than De Potter has endeavoured hitherto to represent him.! The Provisional Government has not only under. taken to new madel the ('ourta of Justice, but has' made itself busy about the arrangement of military matters, and the establishtnent of a stew comititue 'l'itey haveadisrniesed .M. Van from his post as Commander-iss,Chief of tile „forces .of Brabant, with such flattering ,expressions of,Tegard as may sooth his wounded feelings, and .such an .amount of pension as May relieve his pressing wants. The promotiert of this foreign adventurer to so high a 'lnk as " General Commander-in . -Chief of the active forces of the 'new revolution," shows, more than any thing else, the total uteetice of native talent or of high rank during the contest of the its *urgent* with. the King's_ troops, and the entire abandonment of the populace, who gained the vie- Army by the person, who will shortly press forward tf reap its fruits. Van Haien saddled oe the 11e/Rie notion for a half-pay allowance of 10,0110 francs a-year, which will be pent him us Icing as the Belgic nation is ruled by the result De Pn!tei junta, rind probably not much longer. XVII) , does he riot go and light sgaiost Ferdinand, imam' of directing the ineergente of Brussels against their excellent Sovereign ? The Provisional Govern- Merit has appointed a Commission to manufe e . tura a constitution. It is composed to, pereons totally unknown ni Belgium or tummy where She, with the exception of two members of the Statesethmeral, who will most, likely decline the task. From what is ssjd of its: anticipeted provieions in the aurrier deo Pays liar whittte editors cum pose ,the new (3overnment), we can have no doubt of it* repubillan character.. But the most interest ing part of tithe proceedings of the governing junto are itefransactions with the old Government at re -I►reei6ied by - die Prince of orange. nit 'Royal Ilitehness, havinterrived at Antwerp, and issued a Plifttific proclionaltrin :of the .sth instant, In Which he annbunesuLtlait " his Majesty had granted, provi sionally, to the southern ' provinces 'a distinct Ad ministration, composed entirely of Belgians, of which he (the Prince of Orange) was the chief," would appear to have sent forward' or - confidential agent to Brussels, to sound :the eentimente of its Provisional rulers on the :possibility of a recon-. ciliation,- and the means of •an Ittijuatntent. 'Dint *agent could not, , of course, treat with. De Pot ter ; who'.: had been exiled under the' Govermnent of the King, and could not be 'supposed very favourably . inclined to compromiie with his son, but be found the two other members of the GoVeramenr equally refractory with their Colleagues. These tWorneMbers in order to remove any suspicion of their being 16 * lectid for this mark of. confidence from_ any dispositfoU to betray their trust to thepeople,have published the uitiset of the Royal message, and the attawee which it received. Their reply leaves little, hope of. an 4 " 4 o"nodution. They tell his Royal Highness dun they could not go to Antwerp eo without a special au therity from the people," as if they really had tiny authority froM'the people to make . ttieniselves a Go vernment ; and theY desire him to withdrew hitt troops beyond the Moerdyk, so as tO durrerider to insorgentti all threw 'districts; in beigitna where this !total nif dimity. is acknowledged. f hey more. over MOWS that Any thing done by-the King is now votai, soul that the only chaster: which hie :Royal Highness has of ginning any footing in Deb. gium, is to renounce the othiciyity o r hi s r at h er . I n the.,Coueriee des Pays !ta t , •where tho rism e -p ar t y speck,—but speak with less reserve thins in On uirt. sined by their liatory attempt o ldie Prince cif Wog" is ridiculed, • end calls forth a riltoll of.thc declaration that. thf family of °imp , hai ceased to reign in Belgintn. The - pacific proclamation , of the Prinee,of Orange Is not published in the Brussels papers, but we:find prominently exposed in them a second proclamtt tion of the King, dated the 7th inst., in whic his Majesty intimates that he has abandoned td their fate, or to , the counsels of his son, the did turbed . districtit, and has' concentrated his paternal eases'on_the provinces which still remain faithful t his crown end family. In this extraordinary dodu!. ment, his Majesty invites his still loyal subjects to rise en mas:te in defence of their country, as if he rather dreaded en- invasion than aimed at a re-con quest. It YWLIMS a call la arms sounded through the trumpet of_ alarm. The Jacobinigal party in Bel gium certainly employ language which, if they were supported by theAtensible-partof the nation as well as by the great bulk ot the inferior .orders, , would justify no common apprehension.- They speak it the most insullinuterme of : the,.King, and heap every possible calamity on his Dutch sUbjects. HavS. ing, by their resistance to his authority, compelled him to the use'of force, with the hope of restoring order, they ascribe to him personally all the &ilea& 0 4 ' 4 which were the consequences of their struggle with his troops; and, forgetting their own disoboe dience, accuse him of cruelty and a-sassinatioa. flip call on his Dutch subjects to arms may therefore not he useless, should the spirit which now reigns at Brussels spread over the ten southern provinces.--4 Times. We ley before our readers the accounts of the quarter ended 10th October, 1830. ThedeticiencY on the qnarter ended 10th October, 1830, as comS pared with the corremiponding quintet.. of 1829, is 188,8311. On the year ended 10th October, 1830, as compere:l with the year ended 10th Octo ber, 1829 ) ; it is 9137564 The decrease is chiefly in the Excise, 149,6021. On, the Customs ;here is iecrease of 40,6931. The Petit ,011 ice exhibits an increase of 12,006/., and the Stamps a decrease of. 46,3201. On the whole, we believe the public will be surprised that the falling off on the Quqrter's: Revenue is not greater than 188,831/. The nation. Lois been prfpared in various journala,. laying claim, to the possession of .the confidence of Cloyertheeet; for a decrease of upwards of half a million on the quarter, so that the comparatively small decrease will almost be considered as equal to an increase.: Was it intended by dwelling so often before-hand on the immense failing off in the Revenue of the quer ter, and accounting for it by' the holding buck of, the Deer Ditty, and by the repeal of other duties, to cause the small increase to be the more (nmity, taken for a considerable increase?' We confess that the accounts of the falling if in the Revenue of the quartei rather surprised us, because during the whole of the qeerter the, industry of the country has been prosperous. We hurdly remember a period when the various branches of our manufactures were in greater activity;--Marrying Chronicle. Among the rulers of the Continent, whom the present momentous crisis has thrown into alarm, the only one that seems to, have acted with that wis- Idom, which shows him not incapable of deriving instruction from the calamities which Other Princes have brought upon their own heeds, is the chief of the miniature sovereignty of Saxe-;Gotha. this conduct might well serve us an example to some of those despots who live in continual dread of the pm)oPle upon whose rights they trample. By ac counts which we published the other day, it imp pears that the Duke of Saxe-Gotha invited a num ber of the citizens of various classes to wait on him, awl informed theM that he had called them to gether to request, them to bconsider that at ell times, but eepscially in such times tic the present, it was the - duty of goad citizens to meet their Prince. with confidence, and to communicate to him, with-1 out reserve, any well-grounded compleints and tell-', suitable Wishes .41 order that the, fernier might be removed, and t he latter, if possible, complied with. Ile therefore culled upon them to epeek to him freely, dind tell idto, withone reserve, whether their fellow-, citizen's had any wishes or requests to snake to him. This address was received with time feelings of eon- Oder* which it was calculated to inspire, for, as no popular disturbances had taken place within his little territories', it was, not the result of servile terror, but of ,manly prudence; and we are told that the citi zens, as the Duke requested, communicated their opinions and wishes in the most important points connected with their civil relations. The accounts of this interview then go,on, to say that " the Duke listened with Madness,: agreed with them in many points, corrected some misconceptions, and assured them of his willingness to, give them speedily what ever Might be for their satisfaction and ~ bdvantage. !le then desired 'they would state their wishes in writing, that he might time snore readily take them into consideration." We ,refer to the proceed ing of the puke (if Saxe-Gotha an example of the lino of conduct which every Continental So vereigh, who fears that his subjects may catch the contagion of the 'French anti Belgic revolu tions, would adopt, if wisdom presided over the cm:mot:Hs "They.see that the fatuated Charles X lest his crown, and caused the branch of the family. of which he was the head to be cut off from the succession of their ancestors, by surrounding Ills thronewith corrupt courtiers and mercenary guards, end' repelling the affections of his people. They sera that his hatred of hearing the truth, which would have. saved him, was so 'great as to lead - him to persecute the Tress for during to snake t h e wishes, the-complaints, and" the remon strances of the people:known to him, who had the ,areatest interest in knowing them. They see that lie military force and the gendarmerie, in which lie placed his trust in the last retort, became but its a rotten reed in the halide of a King whose blind and oltstinate -injustice hail excites} the storm of popular creectien, They see :that lie and his brother of the N e therlands—the one . a bigoted . Papist, time other a . p er seeuting Ptotestent—etrained time bow of save reigtity until it !napped. They see these things, As ti what its the lesson which they read in them ? N ot , like the Duke of Saxe-Gotha, the necessity of :triteliorating the cone ithni;or their people, and,im proving the civil institutions of their respective king - floms--•-not the necessity of hearing and redressing the griestancee of which their subjects complain. So, these are not the duties of, Government which t hey feel the crisis imposes upon them, bin the ex nedicimityL nf strengthening their armies—of sur rounding their thrones with denser tiles of hired bayotmetsand of keeping, if possible, at a greater distance then before, the warnings, the ,expostelu lions, and the -remonstrances of. truth. Austria pours her l eg i on s into Italy-'--Prussia collects 'her armed bands :upon the Mine—Russia calls forth iseeit'leiies of soldiers through all her unwicldly minpire. These Powers might save themselves the 'expense of governing, by modes—which is an iron mod that sometimes ,breaks--7-if they would only listen to the grievanette-whieh their subjects have to Oast,. and net with ,good faith in redrawing theirs.lt is by laying aside iheir designs of .selfish told in-., ordinate turibttiort, anti substituting justice for op. pression, that. they can save themse lves and Marl. 1 kind from calamitous strugglee.....alorn. herald. The quarterly account of the state of the Re twilit Id e must melancholy statement in therm times of commercial eMbatrassment and nntiooul discord. The falling off. amounts in the whole to about half a million sterling, or two millions none 411y, ;which, in addition to the - loss estimated to be 4tistained by the; revenue from the repeal of the tuxes on leather, cider, and beer, would muse 4 de ficiency in' the unnuttl receipts of the Treasury to the amount of four or five millions sterling,l The ilAtt deficiency in the nitiOillit of the revenue during tile quarter just c ended, is -the thipurtment -which speaks most to the prosperity or poverty of the people—the Excise; nod this deficiency is attempted to -Uu uccounted for on the ,ground of the repeal of the taxes to which we- have- alluded above, 'file articles, howevvr, from - which ne revenue has arisoi during 'the ilia quarter, - and which were charged with duty in the corresponding quarter of %verV'initigniticant t s sources of income to the Treasury ; while tbat which furnished the largest amount—Ow - Beer ceases this day. It no doubt, the duty of those who conceive the chap meter of the Government concerned in the deficiency or excess of the revenue, and who : consider them selVes charged With its defence, to put the best face upon the . matter; anti we are, accordingly, not surprised to find an evening print, which arrogates to itself the patronage of the Treasury, endeavouring to smooth the matter over in the following manner :---- " The deficiency arising in the Excise may be easily ac., counted for, if we bear in mind the financial measures adopted for the reduction of taxation,in the present,year, and which have materially affected the receipts of the pre sent quarter, in the duties on beer, leather, and eider; for though the duties on beer will not expire till the 10th instant, brewers have been permitted to brew and store beer flee of duty singe the Bth of April. _ . " The 'avera'..te prodiuu which would have accrued froM the beer duties in the current quarter, would amount to about 700,000/ We cannot take the deficiency arising from the holding back of duty at less than. half the 'duty ; the net, deficiency, therefore, for which credit must be al. li►wed; will be 350,000/. " The duty on Leather ceased on the sth of 'July. As the stock on hand was probably nearly sufficient to supply the consumption from the 15th of March, when the inten tion of repealing the duty was made known, till the day of the. repeal, - very little was manufactured in the mean time. tinder this bead we may safely calculate that a further de ficiency of 55,0001. has taken place. " The decrease thus arising front repeal of duties amounts to 405,000/. " If credit, therefore, be taken for a loss by repeal of duties to the extent of 400,000/., it will be seen that there is actual Increase, arising from increased consumption of other excisable articles., to the amount of 87,000/. - This increase principally arises from articles tending to shew the increasing means of the people." This is but a lame defence, or rather an apology so palpably erroneous, thut no person of the slightest reflection can place reliance on - it. The breweri have certainly been permitted to brew and store beer shice the Bib ..April; but independent of the impossibility, of finding room to store such an extra quantity as would account for n falling off of half the nmuunt:eallected, it ought to be remembered that, the 'pehlic has been consuming taxed beer, according to its means, during the. last quarter, just as it did during the - correspending quarter of 1829; and that there could not in consequence have risetLA:4o - ciency to the amount stated. The same obseAtition applies to leather, cider, &c., while with regard to - the . increase of some 10,0004, which our cotemporary states "arises principally from articles tending to show the increasing means of the • people," we are really, at as much loss to know where to fled these articles as we are astonished at the folly which could pretend, to discover, in a few thousand pounds of increase, a proof of " the increasing means of the, people." In the CustoMs there is a falling off—in the Excise, notwithstand ing the occurrence of the elections, which usually make a considerable addition to the Revenue in that department, there is a tremendous decrease, and such is also 'the case in the Miscellaneous and Stump Department ; so that the only increase is in the branehes'of the Taxes and the Post-office--an in crease utterly insignificant, and which says nothing in proof " of the increasing means of the people." The increase in the Post-office department may, in fact, be fairly attributed to the elections, and to the arcumstance.of Members of Parliament not having the privilege of franking. In making these ob servations we are not actuated ,by a spirit of hostility towards his Majesty's Government, or a desire to cast unnecessary blame upon it. If the people have not the means of con sumption, the revenue must fall off; and if they have not, it is not in the power. of the 'Gover n ment to give them to them in greater abundatice, - ,except by a reduction of taxes, and, a removal of those shackles which cramp their indtistry and commerce. The Governtrient has already done something in this way; and our object, in unveiling the Sophistry - , of our coternporary, - is to 'sliest , that they have not yet done enough—that trade must be made more free—that more pensions and sinecures must be abolished, and every department of the executive placed on the most economical footing of which its sufficiency will admit. This, at least, would be deemed the most advisable course by individuals in the management of their private affairs; and we are strongly inclined to suspect, that what would he prudence in them, would also savour of - wisdom where the public is eonceined.—Morn. Advertiser. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTsuntrilt, OcT. o.—His Majesty's ship Re venge 76, Captain the Hon. Charles O. Bridgman, arrived on Monday, from the Mediterranean, last from Gibraltar, which she left on the 17th ult., in compann with the Mosquito. She sailed from Malta the 25th of August, at which time were lying there his Majesty's ships Gloucester, Blonde, Mada pacer ' and Rifleman, and a Dutch frigate. She touched at Algiers on the Ist of September, and landed the Consa-Generara lady and family from Malta. The French fleet at anchor in the bay con issted of four line-of-battle ships, ten frigates, one corvette, eight Nip, one schooner, and an Ameri can corvette. An interchange of salutes took place between the Revenge and the French Admiral. Captain Peebles, KM., late of the Gloucester, and the gunner of the Rattlesnake, came home inva lided ; also eleven scattier) from the squadron, and two arojeants belonging to the Rifle corps at Malta. The Revenge proceeded on Wednesday to Ply moutK to be paid off into ordinary ut that pot t. His Majesty's ship Druid, from Rio Janeiro, and from a cruise, arrived at Bahia the 14th of August. The Algerine and 'Talbot were at Buenos Ayres the 21st of July. The North Star . arrived tit Havatmeh 41)61 - Jamaica the 10th of August; and the Sparrowhawk from ditto the 11th of August. The Badger sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for the Mauritius the-30th of June. The Chanti 'ulcer arrived at Barbadues frotn Falmouth previous .to the 11th of Atropin. His Majesty's ship Shannon, Captain Clement, arrived on the 24th of August, at Bermuda,. with 'Commissioner Ascough and family f rom Jammu. On Monday sailed to the Eestward the R av e n 'and Snipe cutters. On Wednesday, the Highflyer ;cutter, for Newhaven. On Thursday arrived ,the Swan cutter, with supernumerary seamen from the !Nom Yesterday, from Newhaven, the Higltflyer land; Raven cutters, 'with stores. Sailed the Swan cutter to the Eastward. • • . The Mosquito, 10, Captain Charles Bentham, sailed on Tuesday to Woolwich, to be paid off. • The Clinker, 10, Lieut. Matso n , was pa i d off on Wednesday, after four yearn' service on the African station, when the Prize Agent, \V. Helices, Erni., paid on hoard prize-money for all captures, save the last made by the Clinker in March; of 250 slaves. The first class of 'Petty Officers received His Majesty's ship Galatea, 42, Captain C.:Na pier, CM., sailed on Monday on a cruis e , • The transport Stenter is fitting at 'Deptford to take stores to Fernando Po, and to !ernove the esta blishment from Sierra Lone to that Island. A ques tion naturally arises, what becomes of all th e shows whom the British Government have paid for, email , eiPated and settled at Regent's Town, and other Colonies up the Sierra Leone River. On &Corday evening last, at e sis o'clock, his Majesty's Stag was , launched at. Pembroke pock-yord. She is 4 remarkably fine frigute of 46 guns, with a handsome round stern. .A4t soon as she is rigged and eoppered, she will proceed to Ply mouth, under the charge of Mr. Walker, the Master Attendant. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed a trial to be made on board the Excellent (fitted in this harbour for the practice of sea gunnery) of an in strument invented by, Captain Simmons, for concentrating the fire of a broadside, A similar in vention, by the carpenter of the Maser, hao, we understand, received 14 very, favourable report from Commander Smith, who was appointed to prove its ftlentl. In the Harbour—ltoyel George, Gu la g, lerley,,, Earn, Rii►how, onyx, " re d Co drington has seut, through.,Ailtiiiral De Rigny, 101. for the relief of the families of the heroes o f th e 28 t h July.— Hampshire Telegraph. DEVONPQRT, OCT. S.—His Majesty's ship Rain bow, Captain Sir John ,Tranklin, will sail from Portsmouth early in November, with Commissioner Briggs and family, for Mahn.. The Gibraltar, 80, at Milford, will, it is said, be converted into a sheer hulk. She was formerly the Phoenix, (Spanish), captured in 1783, by the gallant Lord Rodney. Hi s M a jesty's ship Slitney, '2O guns, in the West IntlieS; has been found so defective, that she is ordered to be broken up, and her officers and crew removed into other ships on the station. In Ilitmotize.--Caledonia,'Kent, Racehorse, Mos quito, Royalist, Leveret,:Pickle, Bramble, Duke of York 'packet, Columbia,. Citron and Confinnee steamers. An order in Council of the 19th July, 1830, en 7 titles every Second Master, Assistant Surgeon, Gunner; Boatswain, Carpenter, Mate, Midshipman; Master's.Asiisiant, Schoolmaster, Clerk, and Volun teers of the first or second class, who shall be di.- charged from the service, for . weitnds . or hurts re ceived, or permanent siektie.s or debility contracted in the service, and %rho shall be deeMed n fit and proper object fur relief—a penSion either for life or for a limited period, of riot lesS than one. shilling nor more than two shillings and sixpence per diem; uccording to the bodily injury sustained bythe party, Petty officers, seamen ; and marities,;aie also entitled to s pension, according to their rating and, claims,-- , p eponpo.rt Telegraph. I'MPLLESSNENT OF SEAMEN. In speaking of impressment for the King's naval service, , we have admitted that at all events the navy, must be metnnerL The only question, then, is, can seamen itr sufficient numbers be procured by any means less inhuman than nn presstnetia A short' but:able essay on this subject was published by Ridgway in 1827, and entitled Hints on the Impressment of Seenen. It is the work, we are toll, of a distinguished officer, and hears throughout the features of its- noble birth. After stating that the practice referred to can be justified no otherwise than by necessity, 'and aught therefore to be limited by that necessity, the author proceeds to examine why it is " that the seamen of England are so unwilling to serve on board his Majesty's ships ?" He avers, and proves, that it cannot be the fear of the elements or of the enemy, inasmuch as danger from the winds and waves are more imminent in merchant ships than in men of war, and the idea of an enemy is but pastime - to a tar, But the gallant author ascribes that repugnance to the indefinite period of imprisonment on board a King's ship, and to the power of aibitrirry punishment to which sailors are subject,' while so imprisoned. We quote some passages from this work, which appear to us worthy of grave attention, and especially those which mark the contrast be tween the condition of the seamen on board King's ships and those qn board merchant-ves sels, 'in respect, of the 'very important circum stances of pay, comfort, freedom, and exemption from corporal punishment. " Inhuman and unjust, must be the custom that forcibly interferes with the industrious - and peace able occupations of the poor man, disperses his hopes, piralyzes his endeavours ' steps between him and every feeling of family a ffection, and finally obliges him,to curse the service;--that of his. country —into svhieh he is forced, an unwilling victim, and which he cimnot quit without a crime! His father, mother, wife, or children,.may be in, distress, in ex treme misery, from which the ;high wages he could earn are sufficient to remove them; he knows this, and he deserts that service into which he was un justly dragged ; no man, with the commbn feelings of humanity, can blame him; and where is the man with a spark of freedom in his composition, that would not do the same ? " This picture is not fancy; such events were but too common during the late war: we recollect an instance of a seaman belonging to one of his Majesty's ships (we believe a pressed man), who happened, after some years' absence, to touch at tt)e port where he watt born ; his aged father and mother, and his sisters, came alongside 'the ship to see him with all the eagerness oflamily affection, heightened by long separation. . Unluckily, howeyer, an order had been issued to prevent any woman from ;coming on board—it was• not relaxed in their favour; he then. naked permission to go on shore with his family for as few hours, as he was on the eve of a long voyage.; was refused: upon which ,the poor man, at all lilacs, determined to pay a last ,visit to• his friends, and swam on shore that night. He returned, however, in the morni►►g, but not before his abseneewas taken notice of. • . _ _ " The Captain, who was one of those who think the eat-o'nine-tails a sovereign remedy, determined to try him by a Court-martial, in order to make a severe example; .ha was„sentenced to—we don't know how , many lashes, by, the Court; but.as few es could well he given for the offence, all circum stances considered; sued the Commo dore, a man of humanity., ordered the prisoner on board his own. ship, where the sentence never was put in execu tion.: This man's behaviour waaiinvariably good during the whole time he remained on board the Commodore.' . " It will be readily admitted, that,gie compe tition for labour should be as free,,a t h'iegard, to seamen, - as with tiny other trade or prilestion4 and even were it granted, that, in t ties of peci'dial: emergency, the Government should be armed with the power of compelling the service of Certain classes, the doctrine of its right to avail itaeli,ofiltat „service at less than the market price, can. never surely be maintained with any appearance of justice or good policy, when;the obvious alias attach tieysteavere aversion, flight, and concealment. in the. United States' navy, where - the discipline is generally con sidered more severe than in ours, there is no swarthy of men; they•tairer loft climited time, and: the sea- Mun's pay is regulated by the fluctuation a the met chent's wages, or, in other words, it follows the market price; though, we'believe, never is fully up to its level. From 1800 to 1816, it varied from 10 t o 17 dollars ii month; the smallest of these sums la nearly one-third, more titan th e fa x of en able seaman in the British navy;: and the largest a great deal mote than. double,, while the ncoeasarlee of lif e are generally much cheaper in fba(tountry than this*. • _ , ••• . • • 4, We are told that, were it no tor impressment, we shnuldost the commencemenqof 4 war, be in want of MOW to equip our ships that they would' r e main sailorlesa— inert masses,eating on the face of the waters : in short, that 'while out Beets con. tinued stagnating in port, those of our enemlis would be riding triumphant over the ocean. In the first place, it is by no means apparent why our ad versaries should be before-hand with us, Unless their system be preferable to ours; and if so, let us profit . by their example. Let us change this illiberal that a conduct- em i nent l y open system ; after this narrow and penurious policy; g i v e the maritime part of the Community, fair play; troops b e y on d t he Nuerdyk, the return of our prison er'' , an d ot h er ipinredssiieeertao4th_titsmitmr:thoeft retreat of the popular acts, might ;perhaps lessen the public indig make the only difference between a. man-of war and pepys tells tui, in his Diary, that it seaman's pay, in ;662, was V4‘. per month . ;; it is now only 84s. Wheat wa s about 64. blishel at that time ; i t tr naw b atwou is, and 8 0., A. seaman then culti itt pay and.viptuals, 48s. a mooch, aeciiiiiiiig to Sir William_ p e t t y, whil e a l a . hourel'a pay, was ts. a week withouthi4 board, or 2e. with juttlie4nialeit pay and victual. amount., Inowlks6 . 6*. a, a merchant-man the superior discipline of the former; and let the restraints necessary to ensure that discipline be no greater than will 'effect that object. .You will then find little difficulty in giving animation to those splendid bulwarks of the Britiih em'pire, and they will become"more like palaces than prisons. " Let us now endeavour to discover • the reason that occasions such unwilliegatess in the seamen of England to serve on board his Majesty's ships. ." It cannot be either the fear of hinds, or of waves, nor yet of the enemy; for the dangers of the former are still more imminent and threatening in the 'mer chant-ships ; and it is hardly necessary to say that the latter is tinthought of: besides, the marines have no difficulty in recruiting, and are even pre ferred to the line. Neither is it altogether the dis cipline, for that applies equally to the marines; and its severity, if impartially considered, is verbal), greater in that corps and in the regithus, than in the navy;' but it is there carried on with infinitely more form, with a more visible appearance of justice, if tio; with more real equity than • in: the latter service because, however revolting : corporeal puitiehment may be to the natural disposition and feelings of a captain of a man-of-war, however anxious he may he to dispense strict and impartial justice, 'let him be ever so much convinced of the rectitude of his intentions, of the purity of his motives, or the ne ceseity o f hi s acts, he is still a human being, sub, ject to error, passion, and partialities, and, conse quently, in his weaker moments, liable to let the warmth of his own feelings warp and bias his cooler judgment, and the more so if he feels his mo tives to be good end his, ends tiseful. It requires no common exertion of mind to ,bear cote radiction and crossing ; to see plans, undertaken with the purest intentions, and leading to the best results, Thwarted; to find orders, issued for the general gool, unheeded, or languidly obeyed; to observe a favourite scheme, the object of much labour and anxiety, confused and disordered by some unpardon able neglect; , and all this : when 'power • is in his hands, and punishment follows .his nod. " Experience dictates what is here said; and nit appeal is made to any and every officer who has commanded a man-of-war candidly to declare wile .ther,on cool review of his own conduct, he has not been sometimes forced to acknowledge that the feelings of the moment have, at times, materially influenced his decision in the infliction of punish ment; unconsciously, perhaps, at the moment, bet, even nit that account, the more dangerous; and though:many officers lay it down as a rule never to punish until 21 , hours after a crime has been com mitted, still so salutary a regulation does not always protect a man front the effects of his own passions and weakness. the army, an investigation on oath inva riably takes place previous to sentence being passed upon an offender. Whether it really diminishes the amount of punishment, is not here 'of consequence: it is sufficient that the mind is soothed by the forms and appearance of justice; for, let a man feel him:. self ever so guilty, he still likes to give his officers the trouble of proving him so; the crime, more over, is made apparent to his 'companions, and the murmurs of secret discontent arc dispersed by the publicity of the inquiry, and clearness of the proof. " The natural desire of bettering our condition by hottest industry, is the inducement to a seafaring life, in common with other professions; and this is,of course, equallY'applicable to the king's end the merchant service. In time of war, the flatter ing, but often delusive hope of prize -money,—th e natural desire of glory,---the personal spirit of en terprise', -so. conspicuous throughout our maritime districts, together with the prospect of a p en si on after a zed period of service," ire additional incen tives to enter the Royel , Navy in peace, most of these lose their farce, or, indeed, no looger exist; and Consequently the two services are more nearly ou it par, while the prospective advantagei are father in fitiour of that of the merchant. There a man may; with well-grounded hope, look for Ward to be mate, 'miter, and, eventually, even part-oweer of the vessel in which he embarks; but excepting thiti„ he has nothing to which he may look forward beyond his present contract; these, however, are no trifling inducements, and naturally attach the steadiest and beat seamen to that service in which their fair and honest expectations have the most probable and earliest chance of consummation, unless prematurely blighted by their own misconduct. • • • • • • • " i irhrei 'y-; a ahrne asingrenintaersoti cont r ac t liotaordperaform merchantman stipulated voluntarily; duties for a specified remuneration, and subjects nl a himself to certain penalties in cue of nOn-perform once ; he can discontinue his services when the contract is ended, or previously, if he choose to for.; feit his wages; he in a word, completely un• fettered, and entirely master of hi s own movements . He is, moreover, well fed, and, receives high wages; or,'at least, wages equal to the value of his skill and industry ; his engagements are rarely of long dura tion, and he is not subject to. corporal punishment. " Should he feel himselluncotnfortably situated, or fancy that he can improve his condition, he is free to change; but be is not - subject to be shifted from ship to ship, at the pleasure of the master or owner, except in a case of mutiny, or extreme insubordina tion, when he may be sent on boaid a man-of-war, w hich it is unfortunately so much the custom, in England, to consider as the proper 'receptacle for every thing that is infamous; and then there are wonderand clamour at the necessity of flogging, and the general severity of the discipline. " The merchant-seaman's prospects are not visionary, nor very remote : they are the probable result of a reasonable calculation, founded on the basis of his own industry and zeal, unmixed with the adventitious aid of birth and great' connections. The inclinations are unconfined, the energies unshackled, and the man is left at full liberty to reach the level of his own powers. It may even be said, that met chant-seamen,haie more freedom of action than the Irilieiduals of Moat other trades, for they can seek end find employment amongst the surrounding nations with 411 the tools they want, their knife and marline-spike, tekthout running risk of violating the laws of their country. , " It ief neeittbeleas, far from our intention to set up the merchanwervice as a sort of nonpareil; on the contrary, the' seamen' are" frequently ill-treated and imposed upon; and the instances of their pre ferring a man-of-war, particularly in foreign coun tries, are too numerous, and too well known by pro fessional men, to he here mentioned. " This, however, rather strengthens than weakens the Argument ; for it is this very power of chino, that attaches them; bitsidea, in these instances they are generally moved by resentment, by the fear of imprisontrient for "'tome real or alleged rnileonduet, i b eh y oamt t e strong- hope oollurrd antagonist,' ns f aeg, getting on is their inherent t:,c os arrears nwohuart ta o t f wu ;oaf:rid over-' t'bhy; t ill. one service they may often be most abominably_ oiled ; it frequently happens that they_ are so; but they are free to r ehung e : i n the.other, injustice is now rare, but freedom of will , is Antknown. It bas been asked, what are the peculiarities that disfigure the King's service, and render it .sit disgusting to the merchant-seamen ? The general answer may be, the severity of the discipline,--the impossibility of quitting it without committing a erinie,-;.-the *com paratively low rate of pay,--and the positive eon finement. • , . , of respect to th a t m ons t rous no d internal mo e Of ptimsliment, common to both arm and navy,—we mean the cat , o'-uitte-tails,—the y no tice which we have already bestowed upon it has drawn upon us a crowd of favotirs front corres pondents, from which we have taken, almost at haphazard, a few for publication. It is really time that the Legislature ahould revise a system So utterly abhorrent to .the.feelings of the Eng lish nation. But the whole question of naval discipline is handled by this author with so much truth and ability, that we shall take further opportunitiex of extracting from his may, or of commenting Ai elta i tgA Q T a. " ' re'vm as , 71111 t 1$ 1 4 ,„ c e„,,i I 3.r. upon it, convinced that a ,greater benefit cannot be conferred on the naval service, or the empire at large, .than by promoting the objects of the gallant officer.— Timm COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. DURING LAST W VICK WlicAL . Barley. OaU. Per Quarter. F. to F. 8. to S. t 42 Carruarthen......- 71 33 11 Murpeth 46 65 30 34 Pentith 71 38 Sheffield 7t— 41 Winchtiter '56 64 28 37 Per Bushel. s.d. s. d. r. d. Coventry --- T 0 9 0 4 8 5 . 4 Newcastle (Stair) 9 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 ‘torthallerton..—. 7 0 9 3 8 6 4 6 &fford 90" 94 50 62 Swansea 76 B'4 46 50 Warwick .—..--. $1 0 10 0 4 6 5 0 Per Roll. Barnardeastle...... 14 0 18 0 7 0 8 6 Durham l5 0 18 6 7 0 9 6 Richmond ; 14 0206 90 6 Stockton 9 15 0 9 0 10 0 1. ttv d. 27 22 xJ 24 32 35 50 52 40 41 0 se 6 ° 38 V) 27 2t v. 41. a. 4. 3 4 4 0 3A 40 33 4' o 36 40 14 8 33 40 fro 7fl 70 00 70 la 0 74 8 0 0 13A 11 0 I" 00 I"" 0 NVAXEFIELD CORN MARKET. —Oat. R. There. is a very large supply of Whrat bath from the firmer.) and up the river to thie day's market; Old OW his sold slowly at a decline of Is. per.tittartrr ; New h" t ma l le t s ' a i l ev : t a .: [l i e pdt : u t lin s 4 n it y lt4 ; n o t Te t ra l'na h isre l l e I l i iin r cir ii t • i v an . tnid ° Th 'faYrn r iP. . P:Fl r itr P nl Y igdurd:frs"°:e.a"ti"P;iYns f l i a i rg i kr e t , er s . nd B t . l .a te ns s il a e re ho: ff b e e r e!o ng htivY at a b.r,tin„e o af I : . rr heavy Wheat, sde. Red,rit a lq( r p e r d fo t l i k ef a i 4 n 4n d s o u f ffli:t.:;..ermier 14:11:1:17rteit.utruo.i...111: ate67 t.in. and Cam. ......... Ms. Als. to tine , _ . Yorkshire .. .. b 44. btls. to ON. Om 1 4 . .----- White . ............ b7s fISJ. to Alb, doe Me_ ----- Foreign, Red. ..... . ..bla tea. to fits alue,‘,ll7 .. ,........... liarley, N u o n r eo fol l lt n. a h n i t re i N S: h . 44 i ftb te . :l . lc .. .: ........................... ......5....7..4.... ,acs. to Pia,., O gin -- 414°L ..---- Yorkshire Wo kt i, Ws, tom. , .., ......"" —• to ...I. sne • Foreign neon', —a • 2 - 21: i. t t °lt i 4214 13 /4 ' 17:5:e: 47 s . 31 1: Small Oats, Potato Poland Friesland and Small -.4 tils. to 2tle. One' ... Mealing Shelling Malt • Ms. 454. One ' l %. Pe e f o x Rapeseed —. . BIRMINGHAM, CORN )1 11 1 1 :, '.1 :1 a. RIE : :31 :1 1 '.. 4 -. ( ) :(4'' '.5 1 7: : ::16dr : 111:139 : 11nil l We h , ve hod a goal supply of Ge•atil. At to.daY 's - ket. The trade for Wheat waft flat at lot week ri ces, hut there a good demand 6)r II irley and Brans j. F ill:ea t : m :7 pe tbll r b s . ;, . r .. k ...-. 1 ....... .. ... . .. ............... b 3 ,7 l oa s 4 4 .. 1 .. :1 . 4 t° ' ip Barley, per Imperial quarter.. .................. . 38 0 6 4 0 Beans, per bag of 10 score gross .......... ..... 17 _ g£l It ...... .. bol 0 a i ._ __ ....... . ............. .. .......... .. ......... ... 4., 0 ga t,c i.e.... ....... - ............................ . ............ .0 ii i s Oats, lier:tnib. .. .............""."."". 0.. 8 Strands I i r Hsl.A : tT t : *o o tl: : ::jT : lL7 7 A ZA Na s l E ":"'" Urr N j : 4d °d: :C iee o... W : " ... .l :r :""'" h ; " : .e' i: ' ,e l':t i ea.CV : ". : e e . . ( : th . h :: i n t, e E it2a d e : t:l 2 rt: lm a(t i: :tl :.. °d u r: ot :A l r t t,O Es'age) m lit' t b: o :r : : : 2 : ' oj r : l4. 4 .: " .l , .. ;. . A7l' 9d ttßn:Wheat -''e: :IC l ' j ,...A ll.:elb:';:ll::'' :; ; E ' : ': .. l°:°'":la : 2gAd:4 ' :lltL'b:°:°d.::'"a't'l' - Booms... Wheat faverage)22l.od.--,,801L0r,,,, 14 4 , 0....0 104 . Butter, Ild. per lb. ' '00% 44 Baal IN-- u" s , c ` ...e lk otume—Wheat, Its. to '214.--Barlel. I°l ' l° 111...1411 , ' and Mutton, Oct. to bd.—Veal and Lamb, 441. to Od. POLICE INTELLIGENCg' A youg , niallni#,TTffsriloGnAaßbry4l4d.ressetlt ~1.1"le.„(1, Fredericka Afiddleton, was charged with hi vin g' ,1 a moat gross and indelicate manlier. *Waited 61'4 named Burton. tinder the follots ing circumstance° ~-; The complainant stated, that on Fii , isy oe n 'T' between the' hours of seven and eight o'cloill,a“;:e was walking along Gray's-iiimiroad,, accompanied " 1 1 , her sister, the defendant came bp and rudely eoui o ; hold of her round the Waist,' anditego 01 ",,: great deal of a bsurd nonserssr, and 41440 .000;7' compxu~•int; witness and tier state ' h o me. 1 .4 . 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This caution, however, vetoed to hare vtrY little companying . com p la i nant and her sister, but Also dr _te mast disgusting de►criptio", 0 11(10 tiv " tus / ' s i t e !alit hold of her in a most WO. and indelic division her sister, and a police-constable of the let 0 ; 11 $jiii 011 1 coming up at the time, the de fend° dinin • •ach'ur him . much wine.'whieh operated s o ni , ~ e gr . $ that he scarcely knew what he ilid.-". 111 . gistrate ordered him to fi nd bail, and to g irl hours' notice. . . bwnherorshiihe t.ielean:di Linilot:l:y. \ " • 410 4 14 --•' .40 • in WilmingtPon:nastrre,lalatiterl shrunkscribed kl. t ‘0 8 v: : e t r h i : aht friend:t dBeEret:,:n't,° td James Curvy, an Jrigh labourer si`": 4l , t ocriTptil pit iirbwt. 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On the 9th inst. at hi' h Sr. 'P hs' ' risorir. - 11 4 Y of 11. Caitoisell • I (we' it"t"ha , lA+ •of a 0 0 ; but la short time. ' . s, 104 MARRIED. __,,,,5„ b r tme 1 On t..e 9th inst. at St. Jarnee's Lit:„ the "" It % Crewl‘;:s Vicar of Steeple Ashton, lasiriage' John Oriffit 4 , Fellow of Emmaneirl C0 114 :' b e tlis 11 and Prebend iry o f Itoche,6, in Mity Piion, Wig an/Otter of the Rev . Amps 13arker, of 11° „ in the county of C am . j ) id, -- ' pa t 's . . go , On the " 'no. a r t 'S t.. t. °rage's Ilsonverl, a 4 Lieut.. Col. A. Mae Donald,. Royal , ArtilkrYl 0 4 llffe Fox Strangways, eldest daughter of the ' ' C. Strangvisys. I ks, Pr On the 7th init . . 0 flarat near ford, --.„..orpvi timus, son of the late M. Turner, Esq., of -r t ioefs Kent, to Ca ohne, eldest daughter of (I . E'. 1431)" Eaq., of Twyford, Bake. DIED. ~ dr° On the 6th inst. at Hambie Cliff, Haas, Jwi; a 0401' • get' slaughter of the Right Hon ourable Sir Mik4 17 year& o rtli. l ' On she 9th , inst. at Garrett.lana, VlA°""' i Coleman, Eeq., aged 67. sbil" 0 In ' 1 r..lwara, the ~, On the Bth inst. his ISto year, L, tfi. s. ono of Edviard Leolie, Esq., of thes Hort. PenY'l Hone Service, . ' 1 f". 1 rch i On the 9th inst. sit Whybridge Horne su I Tyler, Fel., in his 96th yor. a geil ?491 Ou the 7tit inst. at Brantley, Mrs. fel l , 01 relict of S. Acton, Esq. late of Stan ~ I , V On the 26th of Marc ' h, In the East 'Wit*, '''..,Jost l bimon, Lieutesont of the second Native CaValrYs P'•- of Sir J. Robinson, Bert. i • ~,,,....,-1'