The Sun. — London, England, 1830-01-30 00:00:00

giIIPPING IIiTELLIGT.:Ner....(THIS DAY.) . FROM LLOYD'S. • DEAL, JAN. 29.—Wind E. S.E.—A light bark and "v 9 schooners have passed for the River this afternoon — n ames unknown. de ll oivrsuounr, JAN. 29.—Wind E.—Arrived the Un "tood, Wood, from Demerara ;. Kerswell, Armstrong. " 0 1n the Cape of Good Hppe. Art ived from London the 84 , 1a eia, Henderson, for Trinidad. LIVERPOOL JAN-28.—Arrived the Ardent , Tunman , from Savannah ; Lady of the Lake, L.Atseli, front Phila uelphia and New York ; and Prudence; Patterson, from V srn yrnk Off port the James Cropper, ' _ , from Virgini a; and Nautilus, --, from Nova Scotia. C ,,i e n E a r . x, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Edina, Murray , from Ime,4 PALIMUTH JAN. 28.--Wind N—Artived off port the Woodbine, Grand, from the Canaries. Arrived the V "us, Simon, b o from L eghoin ; Pushing, Kemp, from u• Sailed the Rockingham, lialiburtob, for the swan River. f NI - Mount, JAN. 28.—Arrived the Surprise , Egg , r em Gallipoli. Sailed the Maria, fur Sierra Lent.. timpAsT, JAN. 27.—A boat has been driven on shore at Ballyshattwon, with " Mary and Frances, of Irvine," on the stern, and inside " Adam limiter." The Palamhsng, from Bengal, i 3 arrived off Cape Clear. The Friends, from JArnaica, is arrived oil'lybead. The Julian , from Buenos Ayres, is arrived in the Channel. The Wilson, (icon Demerara to Liverpool, was spoken I vith on the 13th inst., in lat. 52., long. 27. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was an unusually great supply of Turnips at this morning's market, and that of other articles was tolerahly g"fl, hut the trade was very dull. All kinds of Vege tables were considerabiy cheaper than on this day tight, Apples dearer; in prices of Oranges, Lemons, and dry Fruit, no alteration. sd. s. d Po tatoes (cwt.) Cal balms (12 heads) 0 0 0 0 Pine Red "itto Savoy 0 9 2 0 R .. 0 adish(bund•e) 1 6 3 0 ro(oli Celery .. • ... .. .. .. ... .... ... 9 1(i Turnips • ):?.. b.ch . ...) 1 6 3 0 Coleworts or Grcens 53 6 5 0 Leeks ............. . . Carrots (per bushCl) 3 0 6 0 small Parsnip s n) 0 6 ladSa asket) 0 3 sd. s. d. Spillage (half-sieve) 0 6 tot) 9 Oni,,n.i Apples 1 6 6 0 Sweet Oranges (HO) 2 6 7 0 Seville Oranges 6 0 12 0 Lemons 4 0 12 0 English Walnuts 0 6 1 4 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4 0 6 0 Drench ditto 3 0 6 0 Spanish Ilazlenuts 5010 0 rench Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Filbcr:s (121 b.) 3 0 6 0 Eng. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 1 4 HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 3(s Trusses.) Coar l ST. JAMES'S. theavy Lowland Meadow Ilay £2 4 to £2 ew Meadow Flay . fine Old Ditto . 2 I: 8 10 ' , lnc Upland Meadow and 1t ye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 Cl over Hay 3lO 5 5 Oat Straw £2 oto£2 2) Wheat Straw... 2 4 2 8 41 . Moderate supply, and a dull trade; prices as last quoted. SITHFIELD. Newheavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 13 pew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Vectitl Old Ditto 3 3 3 10 /Ina Upland Meadow and Itye-grass Hay 315 410 Clever Hay (extra fine)...£s s.,.Generally COst Straw £1 12 to £1 101 Wheat Straw 118 2 2 Supply rather limited, trade dull, and prices stationary. COURT CIRCULAR. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at half- Past three o'clock, at the Foreign-office, which was at tended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WEI, tiNcroN, Earls BATHURST, ROSSI:YR, and ABERDEEN ; Y h iPICOIIIit MELVILLE, Lord ELLENBOROUG it, Mr. Secretary E EL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. ITERRIES, The Council sate un• th 'uallY late, not breaking up till twenty minutes past seven o'clock in the evening. The Duke of WELLINGTON, Earl BATHURST, the Earl of ABERDEEN, and Mr. Secretary PEEL, after dining with his MAJzsrr on Thursday, slept at the palace at Windsor, and came to town yesterday morning. The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at Apsley-bou.e, Piccadilly, about eleven o'clock. The other Ministers arrived in town soon afterwards. The French Ambassador had a conferense yesterday with the Earl of ABERDEEN, at the Foreign-ofilee. His Ex cellency sent off' despatches in the evening to his Govern ment. Lord LETESOI4 GOWER, the Secretary of State for Ire land, arrived in town on Thursday from Dublin ; his Lord ship visited Mr. Secretary PEEL and the CHANCELLOR. of the Exelmant yesterday. In the evening his Lordship left town for the scat of his father, the Marquis of STAF.• roRD, near Wandsworth. Dr. WARREN and Dr. SEYMOUR visited Mr. VESEY PITZGRRALD yesterday afternoon, and announced that .the Right Hon. Gentleman was considerably better. Viscount BERISFORD had an interview yesterday with the Duke of WELLINGTON, at the Treasury. FRENCH THEATRE. The English Opera-house was last night opoted, for the first time this season, in order that the French company might perform their amusing Vaudevilles, &c. Among th e actors engaged we find M. BELFORT, from the Theatre Royal, Marseilles ; ST. Auntx, from the Theatre, Lyons ; AL FELIX, from the Theatre, Bordeaux; M. GUENEE, from the Theatre des Nouveaute • M. VICTOR BACON, from th e B or d eaux Theatre ; Mademoiselle IRMA, from the Vaudeville; and Madame BAUDIN, from the Theatre, Rouen. In addition to the above, the following ladies are shortly to appear :—GossExs, from the Theatre, Rotten ; FLoavILLE, from Bordeaux ; CLARA, from Porte St. Martin, Paris ; DUMONT, from the Vaudeville ; ELIZA LAMBERT, from this Theatre of the Duchess of BEnar ; and Lisina, from Des Varieties. In the course of the season they are also to be reinforced by several of the most eminent Parisian actresses, namely, Mademoiselle LEONTINE FAY, ELIZA JACOPS, BERNARD LEON, and Mademoiselle MARS. The performances last night con sisted of L' Heritiere, a slight and amusing vaudeville, Le Centenaire, and- Le Bourguernestre de Saardam. • Po- Tux, as Le Centenaire, played with his usual matchless vivacity, and in the following piece imparted infinite force and humour to the heavy stupid burgomaster, Van Bet. The other performers went through their parts with their usual excellence, to the satisfaction of a well-filled and fashionable house. D A nNLEY, OR THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH to.xFeiGti ou). - -This spl en did pro d uct i on , w hi c h i s at present “Ricihig eli au much attent i on, from the pen of the author of , most pole evu,:fulleoyntains, among other magnificent scenes Cloth it o _ f delin ea t e d, the celebrated Field of the H Gfdd—Description of White Hall in the reign of T VIII. --The Court F e te, Banquet, and P agean t — Lad he. N bat, an d deliverance of FRANCIS I.—Shipwreck of J STA NCI, &c. Among other historical personages we may enumerate, besides the two Alonarchs of France and .o Engl an d, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM—CardinaI esEy-.-Lord Dintsr—Earl of DEVONSHIRE—Duke of }1,01..x--Lally Cs STAXCE DE GREY—The Earl of SUEREY—Lord .T. HOWARD Lord ABIRGA'NY—Lord „Af e ,e :racux..-Si r W. CECIL, &C. &C. On Monday evening last a General Assembly of the Academicians was held at their apartments in So merset-house, when MARTIN ARCHER SHEE, Esq., was elected President of the Royal Academy of Arts, in the 'rim of Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, deceased,—which elec tion his MAJESTY has been graciously pleased to confirm. PAUL METHUEN, Esq., and his son, lately , 4 illed) within five hours, on th e manor o f C ors ham, 69 .hares, besides pheasants and partridges ! b WILD SWANS.—EDWIN A BBOTT , Esq, of and GEORGE EDMONDS, Esq., on their way rtvrt the river to Gravesend, on the 2lst inst. fell in with four wild swans off the Galleons, below Woolwich, and see ded a t th e i r fi rs t shot in bringing down thre e of them ; 'the fourth w as woun ded, and fell about two miles inland, ." 11 the Essex side. The largest bird was a perfect white, a" measured seven feet from tip to tip of the wings, and ei , 'ed 161 b. ; the others were grey, the one measuring feet one inch from wing to wing, and weighed L 111 ). ; the other measured six feet eleven inches from ping to wing, and weighed 131 b. This has not been exceeded this season in swan shooting. WILD SWAN.—A remarkably fine specimen 414 tti'e ',Wild or Whistling Swan (Anal (Ear. Cygnus Perus.P was shot a few days ago on the loch at Linton, %Y I?tutvr.s,1 ?tutvr.s, of Burntoot. The majestic bird bad S• n tltt a temporary retreat among the reeds near the mar. tt i °I the loch, where, however, it was betrayed by its 1 1 4te lY neck, which elevated above the sedge, exposed its .41, to tl f 11 • s•Oute of the s. e I x , n em h ti l ill by u no n means commonly to p be ortsma met with h in w th ild is tti te: t jY• It is only after a long continuance ot inclement '6, 3 ; tner that it sometimes leaves' its native north to visit 4 more temperate climate, and we believe it bas never t "' known to t ree d in this island, though a few rare in , „ nc es . `'* re recorded of its having nestled and reared its } l % ' l , ll g . on the Mainland, the principal of the Orkney Islands. ..efsty Mail. VI% 1 . 28, 19C : Matt- 1 with River, he re- Awn t obtain 1. 105. ed any )me to !lose of 'use at e done $d thin led till f Kiug CIE aim; at with money Market, -CCOIII !d en uld be sale. r. It )quent Ltilina- works, of an ection I add, port- MIES- Eco' ins di ablish - l ig, of inallY iractert simpli" Ewa _« to )ass of l'ro pothe. reatise. more rooglY Auced tend- bow - ,o have Nish's oineDa ntoxica - about a t (kink th jaun mtinual 1 on the getting t her to one. A ire, and At fire )ugh the I, seine ignishetl• - the re igh were kin, the um, the entirely 7 . The gat: the clotheF, body ex, ng down e . One slept till next n, found ker head of wood e. The the bodY hastened , me melt: covered .he leggy, ruing.—' pirituone the can' c, which near the screen, s woman 829. ing vo tratively n order :11 is iu atached as and 182 9, work nomel 4 lemanS is take► • awu all Irces of ing and nstanti ilimscli ocularly rus, arc CUNIBERLAND COUNTY MEETING. A meeting of tliv geNtry, clergy,. and 'reeholders of ti;.. erant . y 4 Cumberland, convened iT the nigh Shet ON 1 e requisition of a numerous body of the frechot-r=, took place at Wigton, on Tuesday, the 26th inst. A hustings was erected on the Market-hill, and 'he High Sheriff Ind most kindly provided accom modation for the persons connected with the press. On the Hustings appeared the following Gentle men :—Sr James R. G. Graham, Bart., Henry Howard, Esq., Corby Castle ; W. James, Esq., Barrack Lodge; W. Browne, Esq., Tallentine ; 111. Atkinson, Esq.,, Temple Sowerby ; P. H. Howard, Esq., Corby Castle; Rev. Mr. Benson, St. Helen's; Rev. Mr. Lowther, Distington; Rev. Mr. Heysham, Tolingliam ; R. Ferguson, Esq., Balker Lodge ; John Dixon, Esq., Knells; Peter Dixon, Esq., Warwick Bridge; James Parkin, Esq., Maiden hill; C. Parker, Esq., Petteril-green ; F. Wilson, Esq , Brigham ; W. Blarnire, Esq., Thackwood nook ; Captain Graham, Settle-house; T. Fergu son, Esq., Fisher-street, English -street, &c. A little after twelve o'clock the High Sheriff took his place upon the hustings. WILLLtst 11LAMInE, Esq., of Thackivoodnook, came forward and addressed the meeting. He, said the present distress of the country was apparent to all; and he would endeavour to explain to them the state of it, as contrasted with other years, when the expenditure of the country was not so great, and when we were not burdened with an enormous and overwhelming debt, and then draw their atten tions to the prospect of the future. He knew it was much the fashion for the philosophers and political economists of the present day—be they Scotch or others—to cant out, in their writings, that things are but settling down to their natural level as in 1792 ; and he should therefore show what the state of the country was previous to that time, and in 1813, after nineteen years of most expensive war, when it was admitted that the price of money had depreciated in value to its greatest extent. After the death of Mr. Pitt, in 1806, it was allowed that the depreciation was fully from 30 to 40 per cent. below that of 1797, when Government had to in terfere and shield it by a Bank Restriction Act. In .1797, wheat, by the Carlisle bushel, was selling at 19s. ; and in 1801, at 11. I Is. 6d. ; and yet he would maintain that for seven years fol lowing every thing went on with consistency and regularity. His object was to show what effect the prices had upon the farmer in 1792, 1813, and at this moment, and leave it to them to draw their own inferences. In 1792 Government demanded 16,000,0001. to carry on the, expenses of the State, which, supposing it had to have been paid in wheat—and it was then selling at 16s. a bush( I—would have require.] 20,000,000 of bushels. In 1813 the expenditure amounted to 81,000,0001,, and wheat was selling at that time at 2/. 10s. a bushel; anti, of course, it would have required be tween 39,000,000 and 40,000,000 bushels. Now, in 1829, since the small paper currency was taken out of circulation, and the price of money enhanced to a great degree, unaccompanied by a necessary reduction of taxation to haVe equalized it,—since the sth of April last, then, 20s. a bushel is a fair average for wheat; and by an official document, be perceived that the total revenue, including the land tax and expense in the collection of it, amounts to .57,000,0001., thus requiring 57,000,000 bushels of wheat. Thus we find that the King, in 1792, de mands 16,000,00 W., and in 1813, 40,000,0001., whilst now he dues not think 56,000,0001. burden too much for him. So much for him. Next comes the parson—(Laughter)—with his draw. He did not mean to ray that the parson had increased in his demand since then, as he only gets a tenth. Well, a tenth is only a tenth, and cannot be made any more; yet it is the easier felt when the other 9-10ths are not taxed. But now, when they are so, be meant to say that the parson demanded more of the farmer than he had hitherto done. Then comes the overseer of the poor for his items. In the year 1792, the poor-rates amounted to about 2,250,0001.; he believed he was correct; but he would not say to the quarters or thirds; in 1813, 4,000,0001., whilst in 1829 they amounted to 8.500,0001. He believed, in the former periods, the overseer returned the amount:assessed ; now only the amount which is actually levied is returned, and he had a right to assume that the former ones would not be so heavy as stated. He by no means wished to deny, that with an increase of population naturally follows an increase of poor, and want, and misery; but no reasonable man could look npon the scene without horror, and biaring evidence of the distress of the country. Next come the Bench of Magistrates and county rates ; and here we have an awful and a fearful appearance. In 1792, they demanded 16 .purveys, which were about the value of 100/. each, making the total amount of 1,600/. Now, 13,000/. a-year is demanded. Curiosity drew him to a slight inspection of one or two of the items in the expendi ture, and he found that for the bridges alone 5,4001. had been expended yearly, and no less than 72,0001. had been expended upon them for the last few years, excepting the well-remembered and costly biidges of Carlisle. He would not have been so particular here had it not been with this hope, that so long as the pre sent great distress exists, the Magistrates would be a little more frugal, and .look to the expense as well as the necessity. Then there is the road surveyor, who takes another heavy draw. In 1792 there were very few roads, and those roads were generally repaired at the spring of the year; and such was the little care shown for them, that the gulleys and ruts in them rendered them almost impassable with any vehicle for many months, and the farmers carried their goods on horseback. Lastly, though of the most import, come the labourers. Mr. Blamire went on to prove the situation of the labourer, and the many other drawbacks of the farmer, and the dreadful situation of many of them, in the loss of their capital; and afterwards proceeded to detail the hardships, the wants, the miseries of the poor mechanic; concluding with an ardent wish to see some measure for their amelioration, contending that nothing but a great reduction of taxation alone was the only apparent relief. Mr. WANNOP, of Holm-gate, said, that the gen tleman who had preceded him had proved the ex tent of the distress now existing in this country, and had pointed out the causes of that distress, and its remedies. These were a repeal of those taxes that pressed heavily upon every branch of productive in dustry, or a return to a small paper currency. It had been said that a repeal of the malt and beer taxes would afford no sensible relief to the people. That was not his opinion ; en the contrary, he thought their repeal would be beneficial to the community, and be hailed with general satisfaction. There was a tax of 17s. 3d. on every bushel of malt—in other words, 145 per cent. upon the cost of the raw ma terial. One acre would grow about twelve bushels of barley, and upon every acre, therefore, there might be said to be a tax of about 101. Were the duty taken off, the price of malt would not exceed 15s. or 165., from which sixty gallons of good table beer might be made, which might be sold for ld. a quart; or good wholesome strong ale for 2d. a quart ; or, at all events, it might be sold for half its present price, and leave a good profit to the maker and the retailer. But it bad been said, that these taxes were so heavy in amount, that it was quite impossible the Government could spare them; that they formed one-seventh of the revenue, and there fore their repeal was impracticable. His (Mr. Wan nop's) opinion was, that the Government could afford to do without them, or without an equal amount of revenue ; and then, when the reduc►ion had taken place, there could be no doubt but the re ceivers of the taxes would be still considerably better off than those who paid them.—(Applause.) WILLIAM JAMES, Esq., of Barcock-lodge (hoe M.P. for Carlisle), next presented himself to the meeting. The remedy of the gentleman who spoke before him, for the distresses of the people, reminded him of the story of the man Nybo was knocked down and robbed of all he possessed, but who received from these who - bad plundered and ill-treated him the sum of ore shilling to pay tl►e turnplie. Nothit,t would save the country but a %Try huge rem' of taxation—the knife and sponge. most both be ap. plied—the -latter par hilly, and the fol trier with :in ,insparing hand. He had long a.drocated the jug. :ice of a reform of Parrament; but no,v he was more than ever convinced of the necessity of that measure. It would be dangerous and infamous to again resort to that measure which had, in a great degree, produced all the evils we were suffering. What wipe off the old score, and commence anew? Never did he hope to see that day. The Duke of Wellington was a bold man, and, he beleved, a►► honest man ; he had accomplished a measure of great justice to the Catholic aristocracy, which no former Minister had ventured to attempt. Ile trusted he would have courage to look fearlessly at the dreadful state to which the country had been reduced ; that he would call the people to his aid ; !hat he would grant them reform, without which we never could expect indemnity for the past, nor security for the future. The national debt hung like a millstone round the necks of the people, and para lyzed their energies.• We were up to our necks in misery, but, perhaps, not until Ire we were chin deep, cr ear deep, would all parties unite in a cry for that reform, which alone could restore the nation to a healthy and prosperous state. He was no party man, but he trusted that all parties would join in praying for reform, without which there could be no hope for the country. As the gentlemen who had gone before him had not offered any petition to the meeting, he would take the liberty of submit, tiny one which he had prepared; and should the prayer of it be granted, he had no Joubt of prospe-, tity being soon restored to the nation. The petition of Mr. James was seconded by the Rev. Mr. BENSON, the Rev. gentleman observing, that he seconded it, rather than have it fall to the ground. Mr. BLAMIRE again stepped forward, and stated, that he had wished the various facts of the petition to be proved by the different gentlemen who were to address the meeting, before proposing hiS peti tion ; hut as another course seemed now desirable, he would move a petition he had prepared. He then read the following petition : " To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. " The petition of the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, and Free holders of Cumberland, duly convened in county meeting, " Humbly showeth,—That after fifteen years of unin terrupted peace, which heretofore was wont to bring pro- • sperity and plenty, the burdens under which the people la bour become continually more oppressive, industry less profitable, trade less successful, losses more extensive, poverty more general, than at any period. " That the distress is not confined to any one branch of productive industry, but at the same time, and with equal pressure, weighs down the landowner and the manufac turer, the shipowner and the miner, the employer and the labourer; and profits decrease while wages fall, and the cost of producing is barely exceeded by the selling price of those staple commodities which, being native, are the sinews of rational strength. " That the fatal depression and general distress cannot be ascribed to any visitation of Providence, or fault com mitted by the people. Greater efforts were never made to overcome difficulties by increased exertions, and the patient endurance of privations was never more examplary ; yet property of almost every desctiption, unless arising from fixed moneyed payments, still diminishes in value; and since, in such varied instances, it is impossible to assign special causes to each, the belief cannot be deemed unreasonable that some general cause must be productive of this common disaster. " That your petitioners cannot contemplate the en hanced value of money, occasioned by the suppression of the small paper currency, and the adoption of a high gold standard, unaccompanied by a proportioned reduction of taxation, without entertaining an earliest desire that your Honourable House would be pleased to institute an inquiry whether these measures may not have caused the distress, which fills the nation with alarm ; and whether the addi tion to the value of money be not also a corresponding addition to all incomes drawn frcm the public purse, and to all taxes borne by the people. And would further pray for a repeal of the malt and beer dutii. " And your petitioners will ever pray, &c." W. BROWN, Esq., of Tallentine Hall, seconded the petition. Mr. PETER DIXON (manufacturer of Carlisle) moved, as an amendment, that the clauses in the petition which related to the currency question should be left out. _ H. HOWARD, Esq. of Corby-castle, seconded the amendment. - The Rev. Mr. BENSON, of Cockermouth, now that another petition was before the meet ing, would decline seconding the petition of Mr. James. No one having seconded Mr. James's petition, it fell to the ground of course. Mr. JAMES said, that as there was not a freeholder to second him, he would move that the petititin of Mr. Blamire be rejected, and no petition be sent up at all. The Sheriff declared this motion to be negatived by the persons on whose account the meeting was called. The amendment was then put and rejected, and the original petition carried. Sir J. GRAHAM, Bart. M.P. for the county, then came forward to move the thanks of the meeting t o the High Sheriff, for his readiness in calling the meeting, and for his upright and impartial conduct while presiding over it. He took the opportunity of saving a few words on the questions which had been discussed at the meeting. He had attended, as he conceived it to be his duty, in order to ascer tain the sentiments of his constituents, as a guide for him in the discharge of the trust they had placed in his hands. From what he had heard. he had come to the conclusion that-the distress was great, and almost unexampled. He would not hastily give an opinion which might hereafter hamper his conduct upon the remedies proposed, but wait to hear the propositions of Government, and the judg ment of men more skilled in such matters than him self—that he might come to a decision with a full knowledge of all the facts. But as he never wished to blink any great political question when put to him by his constituents, he would state candidly and explicitly his opinion on the ques don of Parliamentary Reform, which had been put prominently forward by his friend Mr. James. He did think that some reform of the representative system was necessary, but deprecated any sweeping measure of reform upon an untried theory. He would not agree, at one fell swoop, to deprive the freeholders of the country of their right of voting, and take his chance of a more honest body of elec tors, upon some plan as yet undefined. A greater portion of the spirit of the people ought to be in fused into the House of Commons. In the first place, he would confer the elective franchise upon all large towns, such as Manchester, Birmingham, &c. He would next break up the corruptions of corporations, and throw open the right ef voting to all tax payers of a certain amount. In the coun ' ties he would open the franchise :to the copy holders. The worthy Baronet next spoke of what had been called the singular mixture of parties which the present meeting exhibited. He thought nothing was more natural than that a common calamity should induce' men to act in common, without reference to former differences of opinion. It bed been said, the Meeting had been got up to harass the Government of the Duke of Wellington. Ile knew not what were the mo tives of others, but he felt himself clear of any such imputation. Although he did not like the military aspect of the Duke's Government, and very much disapproved of the late prosecutions of the Press — (Applause)—still he could never forget the debt of gratitude this country owed to the Duke for his nob!e military achievements ; he could not forget that he was the compteror of Napoleon, and the foremost man of all the world; that prudence, fore sight, and decision, had always marked his progress; aud that now, more than ever, were these qualities requisite to save the country from ruin. He (Sir J. G.) hoped the Duke would emancipate himself from those Councillors who were wedded to parti cular theories, and revise their monitory measures 1 hich had produced a greater ebangein property than e Tievol,!! (11: of 1441, or even the great civil wars. he Duke', ( i:), crfiment rested en public opinion. It as known that i e NVil , 1I) favourite at Court; and le Aristocracy held aka from him : Sir James Ted, therefore, l!e would take timely warning, and !cure to himself the aGetions of the people, by tention to tboie mcasures of economy and re- tienchment which were recommended to him by meetings such ai that he now had the honour to - :uldress. Ihe Hon. Baronet concluded by moving the thanks of the Meeting•to the High Sheriff. Mr. BROWN seconded the motion, which was carried with applause. The HIGH SHERIFF returned thanks; and was glad to find that his exertions to discharge his duty had met the approbation of so large a body`of the enlightened freeholders of Cumberland. _ . The proceedings did not close till near four o'clock. About five o'clock near 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner at the Queen's Head Inn. W. Brown, Esq., of 'Metallic Hall, in the Chair, supported by Sir J. Graham and the High Sheriff. The company separated at eight o'clock. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 23.—0 n Tuesday the Rev. H. J. Rose, B.D. of Trinity College, Chris:ian Ad vocate in this University, was collated, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the rectory of llidleigh, Suffolk, and appointed one of the Deans of flocking. On Saturday last, George Thackeray, Esq. Fel low of King's - College, was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. The Earl of Buchan has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Edward Baines, M.A. Fellow of Christ's College, one of hii Lordship's domestic chaplains. On the 19th inst. the Rev. William Cape, B.A. of Corpus Christi College, was appointed by the ;Dean and Chapter of Peterborough Head Master Of the Grammar School of that city. The Rev. John Barlow, M.A. has been instituted, on his own petition, to the rectory of Little Bow den, in the county of Northampton, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Reynolds. OXFoRD, JAN. 30.—1 n the Convocation holden on Thursday last Wm. Rosser Willisms,_Esq. M.A. and Michel Fellow of Queen's College, was unani mously elected to the Vinerian Fellowship, vacant by the marriage of ate Hon. Philip Henry Abbot. Thursday the following Degrees were conferred: BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW (BY COMMUTATION.) Charles Barker, Trinity College. MASTERS OF ARTS. Rev. Henry William Maddock, Fellow of Brasenose. Rev. George Landon, Worcester. Rev. Thomas L. Wheeler, Scholar of Worcester. Rev. Henry Spencer Markham, Christ Church. Rev. Philip Henry Niud, Christ Church. 14ACHELORS OF ARTS. John Thomas Ord, Exeter, Grand Compounder. Charles Robert Carter Petles, St. John's. Henry Edward Knatchbull, Scholar of Wadham. At the same time Thomas Paddon, Esq. M.A. some time Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundon. In a Convocation holden the same day James Adey Ogle, M.D. F.R.S. of Trinity, was unani mously elected to the Clinical Professorship on the Foundation of the late Lord Litchfield, vacant by the death of Dr. Bourne. The Vicc.Chancellor has given notice of a Con vocation to be holden on Thursday, Feb. 11, for - - the purpose of electing a Scholar on the Foundation of Charles Viner, Esq., in the room of Mr. Williams, of Queen's. The present candidates are Mr. Giles, of Corpus, and Mr. Ormerod, of Brasenose. FEMALE FASHIONS. _ (From La Belle Assembles for February.) EVENING DRESS. A dress of gaze satinee, the ground rose-colour, the stripes of that particular shade of drab-colour which resembles unbleached cambric. The skirt, somewhat more ample than last month, is slightly gored, and trimmed rather below the knee with a fringe of uncommon breadth and beauty. It has an open-worked head, very richly wrought in lozenges. The corsage is cut very low, but not quite square round the bust, being rather higher in the shoulders than evening dresses generally are. Sleeves a la Sultana; veiy wide, fastened at the wrist by gold bracelets, and drawn round the arm just above the elbow by a row of fringe, to correspond with that - on the skirt, but narrower. The hair is arranged in loose full curls, which fall low on each side of the face, and patted in the middle to display the fore head and eyebrows. The hind hair is disposed in two very large knots on the crown of the head. A scarf of Circassian gauze, corresponding in colour with the ground of the dress, and fringed at the ends, is tastefully arranged in coque:, which are intermixed with the bows of the hair. One of the ends falls on the left side to the neck; the other forms a tuft on the right side. The neck-lace, ear rings, and braceletS, Worn with this dress, are a mix ture of pink topazes and filagree gold. A boa tip pet of the finest sable is thrown carelessly round the neck. White kid gloves. Slippers, white gros de Naples. WALKING DRESS. A robe redingote, composed of. French Cache mire, of a light shade of grenat. The corsage, made tight, turns over en sckall, so as to display very much the cambric cbemisette worn with it. 'rile facings are of black velvet. Sleeve, a la Caroline, fitting close to the arm from the elbow to the wrist, and extremely full above the elbow; the fullness is divided in the middle of the arm by a broad band of black velvet. The cuff is also of black velvet; is very deep, and finished at each edge by a rich but narrow black blond lace. The trimming of the skirt consists of a bits band of black velvet of mo derate breadth. Black velvet ceinture. The che micelle is fastened in front with small gold buttons, and finished round the throat with a full ruff of the same material. Black velvet bonnet worn over a cap of the demi corvette form,which is trimmed with Valenciennes lace. The shape of the bonnet is rather close : it is ornamented on the inside of the brim with three coques of satin ribbon, figured with velvet. Two large nwuds of this ribbon adorn one side of the crown, and three ostrich feathers placed upright fall over it. Brodequins of black figured silk. Pale lavender gloves. The boa tippet is of chinchilla. (From the World of Fashion for February.) AN EVENING DRESS. A gown of plain black velvet, made something longer in the skirt than last month, and the hem is extremely deep, and a very broad rich feather fringe borders the top of it. The corsage is cut low and square, and drawn down a little in the centre of the bosom by an Egyptian brooch of massive gold, with a cameo in the centre. The narrow blond lace tucker, which stands up round the under dress, is thus partially seen. Under-sleeve of white satin perfectly tight to the arm at bottom, and finished at the hand by a very full manchette en niche of white blond net. A white tulle sleeve of a singularly novel and graceful form, partially covers the satin one. The turban is of white gauze d'lspahan. The gauze is disposed in light full folds, which are wreathed with gold beads. A bunch and ears of ripe corn in diamonds is placed on the right side of the turban; and a row of gold beads passes from it under the chin to the left side; black crape fur richly embroidered in gold. White kid gloves, and white Bros de Naples slippers, en sandales. The pendants of the ear-rings correspond with those of the brooch, but are much smaller. A BALL DRESS. A white gauze dress, over a white satin slip; the corsage is cut excessively low. The front of the bust is very nearly covered with drapery folds, ar ranged in the stomacher style. They descend from the shoulders to the waist, and are arranged in the c.ntre of the bosom by a satin rouleau ; the back is quite plain, and extremely narrow at the bottom of the waist. Very short full sleeves, ornamented with roses, three wreati s of which are inserted longitudinally on the shoulder, and descend about half way on the sleeve, spreading in a fan-like di rection. The skirt is excessively short; it is finished with a broad bias. The upper edge of which is adorned with two satin rouleaux, placed close together. A wreath of roses surmounts the ronleaux. A ttiple wreath descends from the waist in the same style as that in the -Iceves, and. meets the trimming at the bottom. We must ob serve that the flowers on the skirt are much larger than those on the sleeves. The front hair is braided across the forehead, and falls in corkscrew• ringlets at each side of the face. The hind hair, partly disposed in braids and partly in plaited bands, is dressed very high, and a bouquet of roses placed on its summit renders it still more so : two other bou quets are interwoven with the tresses on each side. (old car-rings and neckchain, the latter with a cameo in front. Ceinture embroidered i❑ gold, and fastened behind in three coques. White kid gloves. White gros de Naples slippers, en sandalcs. FASHIONABLE HEAD-DRESSES. • A toque, composed of blonde lace and velvet; the colour of the latter is a sLade of ponceau bor dering on cerise. The crown of the toque is very much of the hat shape; the front is excessively large and descends in a point on the forehead. •The blond is arranged with rouleaux of velvet round the front. The crown is finished with mends of gauze ribbon, and a profusion of ostrich feathers, which drop in different directions. A blond cap of the papillon form; it has a low crown, which is ornamented with a twisted rouleau of gauze ribbon and two very full nouds placed on each side, from whence the strings hang loose. The lace is arranged in front on satin rouleaux, which are terminated by single flowers. Nothing can be more tasteful or novel than this,cap. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. The colours most in favour are various shades of green, rose-colour, violet, blue, vapeur, and lavender. Among the shades of rose-colour, the most admired is rose die Parnasse ; it has a slight tinge of violet. GENTLEMEN'S FASHIONS. From the Gentleman's Magazine of Fashions, fur Feb.) WALKING DRESS. The coat is of a light green milled superfine cloth, and is to be worn without a great coat, as it is of a stout texture, for that purpose. It is made double breasted, but broad lappels at top to button up across the neck if required ; the length of the coat should be between that of an ordinary frock coat and a great coat; the cullar and lappels are of black Genoa velvet ; the skirts are lined Isith silk, the same colour, or black velvet, the same as the collar and lappels; the sleeve is rather full to the elbow, and from thence to the wrist it fits the arm rather tight; the pockets are in the folds behind, and a breast pocket horizontally across the left breast. The trowsers are of milled kersey, tight about the hips and waist, and of moderate width at bottom, not to cover the boot ; they are not so long at the bottom, nor so wide as last month. ADDITIONAL NOVELTIES IN GENTLEMEN'S DRESSES. The colours most in favour for gentlemen's dress coats, are dark green, black, or blue ; that is, provided the wearers are contented with the reputation of men of fashion, but if they aspire to the exquisite, they will choose a colour which has just appeared, called. Flannnes crozier. Coats of that colour must have a velvet collar to correspond as nearly as possible with the cloth. The collar must sit close to the neck, and not exceed three inches in breadth. Blue is little worn, except by - gentlernen who have never been in the habit of wearing any thing else. But the coat is not, after all, the most important article: it is the waistcoat that is considered the true touchstone of a man's taste. Those bloods who leave the choice to their tailor, wear black or watered satin, with small gold buttons, finely wrought.— White Marcella waistcoats arc seen only on gentle men who, though - they have no pretensions to taste, do not choose to be dictated to by their tailors; but those dashers, who take this most important affair into their own hands, are seen in fancy materials, the colours of which are remarkably brilliant, or else in cachemere embroidered au crochet, or silks of various colours, the produce of the looms of India and Japan. Under waistcoats, of the most stylish description, are of scarlet cachemere, or bleu lapis, printed in different patterns. The pantaloons of those dashers who do not go to the extreme of fashion, are always of black cache mere, sufficiently tight to show the shape of the leg; they reach to the ancle, but do not sit quite close. The pantaloons of a dasher are quite tight, and com posed either of cachemere or black knit silk ; the last is considered most fashionable. Black or dark blue trowsers, made moderately small all the way down, with a broad stripe of velvet or silk braid up the sides of the seams, are much worn. Undress pantaloons are always of pearl grey or Spanish brown. The bosoms of chemises are ornamented with very small buttons, placed very near each other; there are generally six, which reach to the centre of the bosom. Many gentlemen are seen in white satin cravats. We see some undress cravats composed of black ,velvet, with very large ends, which entirely cover the bosom. Some of our dashers appear, in walking dress, in cravats of red merinos, with small black patterns. The chin is enveloped in the cravat, and the ends of it entirely cover the bosom. The crown of dress-hats are made to fold in the middle, so that they can be very conveniently ear -1 ried under the arm. Some are composed of black I velvet. A celebrated leader of fashion lately appeared at a ball in the costume which we are about to describe. Coat of Flammes d'enftr, waistcoat watered silk, tight pantaloons.of nut-coloured eachemere. This dress has been very generally admired, particularly the mantle worn with it, which is really remarkable for its novelty and elegance. It is eomposed of brown peluche, better known to our readers by its original name of pluche de soie. This beautiful ma terial has some resemblance to bears' fur. The hat a la William Tell, is just come into favour in undress ; it is smaller at the top than at the bottom of the crown, and has a very narrow brim, which is turned up at the sides. In half-dress a dandy wears plain white silk stockings, with black cachemere pantaloons, which hardly reach the ancle. The Court Journal of this day, Saturday, January 30, contains, amongst numerous other articles, three particularly-striking original papers. One is enti- tled "Les Chevaliers de Benne Chere," and includes a plan and proposition for the establishment of a new "order of merit," in connection with the noble and universally improved - science of eating ! Another is called " A Dowager's Diary," and presents a most edifying exposj of the amiable arts resorted to by "the most noble mothers of the world" to settle their beloved daughters. The truth of the picture, it is said, will be universally recog nised in high life, and universally relished in every other. The third paper is another of the " Conversations with an eminent Living Artist," the first of which excited so much attention in various quarters a fortnight ago. These moral pictures, thrown off unconsciously as it were, from the mind of the patriarch of English art in the present day, are certainly deserving of universal attention, no less for their fine practical wisdom than for their exquisite purity, simplicity, and truth. employed he ofoallollvveinag vjelc:afAmmLeiEsteorOlarraC!deir‘g:3oS,emE:R—inYHo.—fe could only earn 4s. per week; that he bad a wife and six young children ; that he had tasted no food from. Saturday s to Monday, except some raw turnips which he had taken t s 1 : 11- 1t1 fe t .e h itl a Yv t , ( vl l - a' ll ty e t theag in a field i❑ the neighbourhood on the Sabbath ; that his wife had lately been delivered of twins ; that unable to' move. the half-famished babes were bucking the half famished mother, till they literally drew blood instead of milk from her bosom ! ! The Clergyman, with en Eider, visited the abode—they saw—they wept--they relieved— what they were told was not a solitary case in this place. —Glasgow Courier. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We some time ago intimated our opinion, that it would be time enough to discuss the , mlicy of emancipating the Jews when the Jews themselves petitioned for emancipation. If the privileges of the Constitution are worth enjoy ing, they arc certainly worth asking for ; and it is perhaps early enough to open the door when we hear a knocking for admission. The descend ants of the chosen race arc not inactive when any thing is to be gained on which they really set a value. There is nothing stirring in 'Change alle) with which they remain unacquainted, or in which they do not sympathize ; and let there be the hint of an intended loan given in any legitimate or safe quarter of the world, from London to Pekin, and they are all in motion. Our great stock-jobbing Leviathan, the other day, would not let the French Ultras or Liberals assist their own Government, but left the Lon don Stock Exchange to its own fate in the midst of a hard winter, and hurried off to Paris to contract for a loan rendered necessary by the as sistance which France lent to the A postolicals of Spain, or the Greek Christians of the Morea. Had the same zeal been displayed in endeavours to secure an equality of civil and political privi leges to the Jewish sect or nation, there is oome chance that we should have heard more or the subject in the Parliamentary discussions of last session. In making our former remarks on this subject, we were far from thinking that the reproach of religious indifference extended to the whole body of the Jews in this country, and we are happy now to have before us an evidence to the contrary. We allude to a well-written pamphlet, entitled Remarks on the Civil Dis abilities of British Jews. The question of Jewish emancipation has always been rendered complicated in this country by the double cha racter under which the Jews are considered,—as a nation, and a religious sect. In the forther they are viewed as aliens ; in the latter as here tics. The waters of baptism can only wash out the former taint ; and subscription to the Thirty nine Articles is necessary to remove the other. While a Swedenborgian or a Jumper, a Hindoo or a Mussulman, by being born in England, are considered natural-born subjects, the Jew, though sprang from ancestors who have resided in this country ever since the Conquest, is vul garly looked upon as a foreigner. He may ac cidentally have seen the light of day among us, but still we cannot help regarding him as an alien. His bounden duty was to have been born at Jeru salem, or in some other strange land beyond the narrow seas; and if he has neglected it, he • is not supposed entitled to take advantage of his own wrong. This idea, we have no doubt, entered at one time into the construction of our laws, and still maintains its ground among the num ber of our prejudices. Hence the notion,which has hitherto been general, that Jews could not inherit, purchase, devise, or transmit landed property. Had this people merely been consi dered as a body of men legally undistinguishable from their brethren but by the profession of cer tain religious tenets, no reason can be con ceived why they should be disabled from the enjoyment of any of those civil rights which other Unitarians enjoy. The latter, though called Christians by courtesy, have as few ar ticles in their creed as the adherents of the Mosaic law and the. frequenters of the syna gogue. The writer of the pamphlet before us, who seems well acquainted with the law, if not himself a lawyer, scouts the idea that a Jew, if a native of this country, can be considered as an alien, or is disqualified from holding landed property. " It may be sufficient," says he, " on this sub ject to refer to the authorities on which I rely. They are ample and: unimpeachable; there will scarcely be found among my renders any who will he disposed to contend against them,.—any who will continue to maintain that Jews are aliens, and in capacitated from holding land, when they are in formed that early in the last century, eleven lawyers, the most eminent of their age,—among whom were a Solicitor-General, two ChieJustices, and a Chan cellor,* -unanimously pronounced those ideas ground less,—that in our own day, such men as the pre sent Solicitor-General, Mr. Butler, Mr. Preston, and Mr. Humphreys, have declared themselves of the same opinion,—and lastly, that the late Chief Justice, Lord Ellenborough, gave a practical proof of his concurrence in this belief, by purchasing with out hesitation of Mr. Benjamin Goldsnsid a valuable freehold estate at Roehampton." What, then, are the penalties to which the Jews are confessedly liable, and from which the more respectable portion of their race wish to be relieved? The following enumeration of them appears in the pamphlet to which we have al luded:— " The Abjuration Oath, in consequence of its containing this phrase (upon the faith of a Chris tian), may be employed, so . as to occasion the re jection of his vote at elections; for the same reason it utterly incapacitates him from sitting in Parlia ment. In conjunction, perhaps, with the form re quired in taking the oaths, it disables him from practising the law, whether as a barrister, attorney, or notary, and from acting as schoolmaster, or even as constable, unless so far as he is protected in any of these employments by an annual indemnity bill; which seems sufficient while it lasts, except in those cases where it is usual that the oaths should be taken before admission, and where it is strictly in sisted ,on, that the gospel should be employed in administering them. By reason of the same phrase, the declaration recently established renders it im possible for him to exercise any corporate office.— The Abjuration Oath, the declaration, and possibly the form of administering the oaths, combine to dis able him from holding places under Government.— Here again he is partially relieved, but against the effect of the first and third causes only by the Bill of Indemnity. One instance has been alluded to, in which a comparatively important in capacity of the Jews springs out of a source distinct from any particular mode of administering the oaths, and from the words upon the true faith of a Chris tian: An Act of Car. 11. requires persons teaching youth in pris ate houses to procure from the Bishop of the diocese a license, which would probably be refused, unless to a member of the Church. From this law, among others, Protestant Dissenters and Catholics are now relieved. But those who are neither Protestants nor Catholics remelt) subject to its operation." It is not a little remarkable that the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts in 1828, in tended for the relief of all Dissenters, has ac tually, in consequence of the declaration substi tuted in lieu of them, imposed additional penal ties on the Jews ; or, in other words, has de , prived them of privileges previously enjoyed. Previously to that liberal measure, the law re quired that all members of the legal profession should take the oath of abjuration within six months after their admission,—that all persons holding offices under Government should take the same oaths, together with the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; and that all corporate officers should join the communion, and subscribe the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, within the same period of six months. But by the Indem nity Bill, passed every Session of Parliament, those who had neglected to comply with the law in this respect were exempted for the ensuing I CK. ;ES.