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year. front the penalties of their neglect, and placed in the same situation as if he had com plied with the provisions of the statute. The Jews, of course, if promoted to office, enjoyed the benefit of those Bills of Indemnity. But by the change of the law, and the substitu tion of the declaration " on the trite faith or' a Christian," previous to entering on of fice, the Jews, who tatlllOt make that de claration, are met at the very threshold of office or corporate rights, and prevented from entering. There can be no doubt, therefore, that the re lief granted to other setts has been the occasion of a new disqualification of the Jews ; that in the mode of removing a mere stigma from the former, a substantial injury has been inflicted on the latter ; and that for the abolition of a gene ral grievance, which was rather imaginary than real, a partial grievance has been substituted which must be felt as a real hardship. This unfortunate blow of accidental legislation—this unexpected rebound of an ill-construeted Act of Parliament--has naturally given great uneasi ness to that more respectable class of the Hebrew religion, whose wiahos our author ex presses, and whose cause ht pleads. The remedy which lie proposes is, first, to remove any doubts that may exist as to the meaning of the Tolera tion Act, and the law of 1813; and secondly, to permit natural-born subjects of the Jewish persuasion to omit the words, " on the true faith of a Christian," on taking the abjuration oath, and subscribing the declaration of the 9th of his present Majesty. Whether this propo sition, so simple in its announcement, and ap parently so innocent in its object, will be met with that opposition and alarm which innovation so often excites, we shall not at present stop to inquire. It plain that the change would open Parliament to the professors of the Jewish faith, as well as admit them to all those offices which Christian dissenters are now enabled to fill. And though we are far from apprehending 'that, in this case, the Hebrews would leave off stock jobbing for jobbing in the House of Commons, or that the twenty-four Aldermen of the City would at the next election be chosen from the frequenters of the synagogue, we shall wait for a more decided expression of solicitude on the part of the Jews, before we shall think the subject deserving of lengthened discussion. In the mean time we must say that the author of the pamphlet to which we have alluded, has done justice to himself, to his race, and his subject.— Times, The Devil, it is generally allowed, sometimes speaks the truth ; and truth, even when it comes from the Devil, ought not to be neglected. In Blackwood's Magazine for February, there is an article headed " The Assembling of Parlia ment"—to the most of the p r i nc ipl es o f w hi c h we are decidedly opposed. It, however, con lams some truths forcibly expressed, of which we mean to avail ourselves. " The robbery of the State Creditor (says the writer) will be . loudly called for; public knavery will he extolled as a pure and prolific source of - relief from taxation. If it be pleaded that as the Government has taken away the means of paving taxes, they ought no longer to be demanded ; that the fund. holders, by sanctioning the taking away of these means have forfeited their claims, and that they ought to be treated like the rest of the commu nity—an answer will not be readily discovered. Thus one iniquity generates and sanctifies an other. Ministers will make a feeble resistance, and probably the adjustment' may be deferred until the Session of next year. In the present one, it will, however, we imagine, be proved to be a matter of right and justice, and remissions of taxes will be made, which will cause a falling off in the Revenue amply sufficient for making it in the next a matter of necessity. In 1831, if not sooner, the State will be solemnly declared bankrupt; and as a dividend of ten shillings in the pound would be far .from admitting of the repeal called for of twenty millions of taxes, we think the dividend will scarcely exceed 2s. Gd." The great problem which puzzles the politicians of this country at the pre sent moment, is akin to one which is often very distressing to children, namely, to have their cake when they have eaten it. The war against the Jacobins, following on the heels of the Ame rican war, has increased enormously our debt, and enlarged our notions respecting establishments so much that the burdens pressing on us have become intolerable. We are in the situation of a spendthrift, who, after wasting the greater part of his means in riotous living, cannot reconcile himself to the painful idea of depriving himself of any of the indulgences to which lie has been accustomed. Blackwood's panacea is Deprecia tion and Corn Laws—a panacea which has na turally enough taken possession of the Country Gentlemen, who would fain make war without feeling the inconveniences of it, and would have high prices, whatever be the consequences. Let us have Corn Laws, say they—no free trade, and a depreciation. The question of free trade is re solved in one word. Foreigners will not give us the produce of their labour for nothing: we must give them in return the produce of our own labour, for what else have we to give them in re turn for theirs ? If we take from them the pro duce of their labour, it is clear that we obtain thereby more in return for our own labour than it would otherwise yield, consequently that the amount of all that man desires is increased among us by the exchange. But the classes who cry out for this panacea are monopolists and debtors—who care not what becomes of the people, provided their own wants be relieved. At the Cumberland Meeting, of the proceedings at which we this day give a further report, this plan was very fairly exposed by Mr. Peter Dixon, who observed, " Gentlemen, if the currency were twain depreciated tomorrow, the farmers would not be benefited; rents would rise ; competition for farms would again take place, and speculators would again compete with real capitalists—only to put money into the pockets of the land holders." All violent changes are bad. We pity the condition of many who :have suf fered from the fall of land involved in the fall of prices, as we pitied many who, in the mercantile world, were reduced from wealth to bankruptcy by the fall in commodities. But we cannot consent to any scheme for bolstering up by artificial means any class of the commu nity at the expellee of the nation in general. The depreciation of the currency does not make the people richer or poorer—it is merely an al teration of the standard by which commodities are measured to effect another distribution of the property of the community—to take something from John to give to James. It is sheer spo liation, disguise it as we will. No nation ever yet was enriched by restrictions on trade—no nation ever was benefitted by changes in the value of the denomination of money. The trick has been tried by almost every tyrant in history. We observe in the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, No.B, a communication from Sir John Sinclair, in which lie gives some in formation derived from Mr, Dickson, who for merly occupied a farm near Edinburgh, and has for some time past cultivated a farm, called Kidbrooke, near Blackheath, in Rent, and been extensively engaged in advising landlords as to letting land throughout the country. In a let ter to Sir John, Mr. Dickson says--" There is great reason to apprehend that unless some im portant changes soon take place, the owners and. occupiers of land will be reduced to a deplorable state. I find, in most counties around Lonclo.n, that the capital of the farmers is very greatly re duced vvithin the last four years ; for in numerous instances many have paid their rents from capital, and others from borrowed money. When farms have come to be re-let, a respectable tenant can not be procured, unless at a reduction of fully from 2 to 30 per cent. This is very generally the case ; and at this next Michaelmas I know of many proprietors who will have large tracts of land given up to them." We may rest assured that tenants will not long continue to pay rents out of their capital; and that the landlords and they will, like all other persons dependent on each other, soon find what rent the one can , , ar „ ioro, to pay, and, consequently, what the other ought to take. The sooner the delusion is destroyed as to the chance of another deprecia tion, the better will it be for both landlords and tenants. Let us renounce then all ideas of spolia tion of particular classes ; and having committed the folly of contracting unnecessarily an enor mous national debt, let us submit to the burdens and privations it imposes with all the patience we can command. While, however, we say this, there can be no question that we ought to re duce our expenditure to the lowest scale consis tent with good faith and prudence. A nation like England has little to fear from enemies, and the lower we reduce our expellees the sooner we shall be able to 'surmount our difficulties. Some- thing may be done to relieve us, too, in a judi cious imposition of taxes. The Author of a series of ingenious Essays in an Evening Paper observes, f°That it is an im portant principle, and one admitting of the strictest demonstration, that taxes on vested property—on the rent of land, houses, and on money on mortgage and in the public funds, have no injurious influence upon the production of wealth, or upon the national prosperity; and that it is those taxes only which fall upon the actively productive class which reduce the rate of profit, and bring a country prematurely, first to the stationary, and then to the declining state." And further, that " the main financial alteration should be the imposition of a permanent and mode rate Property Tax, say to the extent of .5 per cent., upon the incomes derived from land, houses, funds, mortgages, annuities, and every species of invest ment made for the purpose of obtaining a revenue without directly engaging in the business of pro duction. The Act imposing this tax should contain a provision, to the effect that individuals, having fixed money charges upon dormant capital as above described, should bear their due proportion of the impost by a deduction of five per cent. from the interest while they continued to receive it, and by a like deduction from the principal when they called it in. Such a provision would be an equitable and necessary protection to landed and other property charged with mortgages and settlements. " The imposition of this Property-tax should be accompanied by every practicable dimimution of the public expenditure, and by a repeal, to the full amount of the retrenchment and Property tax, of imposts pressing upon the productive classes. No person acquainted with the nature and causes of national wealth will hesitate to admit, that these financial ar rangements would have a powerful tendency to remove the predisposing causes of decline, to relieve existing distress, and to promote permanent prosperity." We believe there is but one opinuin in the country as to the benefit which would be derived from a Property-tax, in lieu of the existing taxes. The Landholders and Fundholders would benefit in the end ; for they have a deep interest in the prosperity of the productive classes. This, too, would reach our absentees—Morning Chronicle. It has become a practice in the legal profes sion to decry the Court of Exchequer. The small quantity of business in that Court affords ample opportunity to small wits of making dull jokes and pert sarcasms at the expense of the Learned Barons who preside over that depart ment of the administration of the law. When public prejudice runs strong in any direction, reason has a difficult task to perform in endea vouring to resist it. Let us see who the Barons of the Exchequer are, and what are the grounds for impugning their capacity to discharge effec tively the high and sacred duty of dispensing justice. At the head of the Court is the Chief Baron, Alexander, who, although, before his elevation to that office, more converzant, as a Master of Chancery, with Equity practice than the principles and administration of the Com mon Law, yet possesses that natural good sense and soundness of judgment, which, united to a rigid impartiality, afford a guarantee to the public that, at all events, substantial justice will characterise his decisions. If firmness of prin ciple, united to the utmost amenity of manners, ought to make a Judge respected, the Chief Baron ought to stand high i❑ the public esteem. The next in order is Baron Gar row, one of the most acute and able advo cates that ever obtained distinction at the English Bar. His fame as a criminal law yer, indeed, seems to be more remembered than the reputation which he enjoyed for a long time in civil practice ; yet who should speak lightly of one who was, during several years, a success ful leader in the Court of King's Bench, and the eloquent rival of the immortal Erskine ? It is true he is now in the decline of life ; but age, that has silvered his hairs, has not impaired the vigour of his intellect. His judgment, like his eye, is still clear and penetrating—his attention to business prompt and active, and his reason ing powers untouched by the feebleness of years. Baron Vaughan, who ranks next to him in se niority, has the advantage of great experience and great practice in his profession. A polished gentleman in manners, he was no less a popular advocate, while for a long period a leader in the Court of Common Pleas. His quickness, sagacity, and judicious zeal for the inte rests of his client, were known and ap preciated by the suitors of that Court, where his practice produced him celebrity and af fluence. We know that, since his elevation to the Bench, lie has exerted himself with uncommon assiduity, especially upon circuit, to discharge his duties with effect, and to deserve the confi dence of the profession and the public. His habits of business are not only active but inde fatigable, being early and late at his post, and not allowing any considerations of personal con venience and comfort to interfere with the efficient execution of his judicial functions. Baron Bol land has not had time to be much tried as a Judge ; but we shall be greatly mistaken if his conduct on the Bench will not give satisfaction. He was an acute and skilful Sessional lawyer, and had a fair proportion of respectable business in the superior Courts ; where the mildness of his disposition, and his steady integrity, ob tained him universal respect. Now, why is it that Judges so well qualified to sustain the clia racter of a British Court of Justice, both for purity and intelligence, should be exposed to unpleasant observations, in consequence of the comparatively small quantity of business trans acted in the Court of Exchequer ? I hereason is simple and obvious. The Judges. bear th e blame in the opinion of those who do not reflect upon the matter, which is only attributable to the constitution of the Court. Such a monopoly has been established there that all the business must pass through the hands of four attorneys, we believe, and sixteen clerks in Court, to the total exclusion of 8,000 or 9,000 regular attor neys and solicitors in England. It is not to be wondered at that those excluded attorneys object to commence their actions in a Court where they must place the business in other hands. This close-borough system of law must be throne open—this monopoly of practice must be broken down—or the Barons of the Exchequer, unless when engaged on the circuits, will have com parative sinecures in the administration of justice. But, besides the paucity of business in the Court of Exchequer, there is a complaint of the slow ness with which the business is done. That is accounted for by the difficulty of obtaining Counsel of eminence to attend where their visits must of necessity, like those of angels, be " few and far between." It is too much the practice with the attorneys to give their Exchequer briefs to Barristers who have already more business than they can well attend to in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas. Such Barristers make the Court of Ex chequer wait upon their convenience ; and the consequence is that the Barons are often obliged to rise when there are a great many cases in the paper, merely for want of Counsel to argue them. We observe that the other day there was not a single one of the Barristers, who held briefs in the cases that stood in the paper, who appeared in Court to attend to his client's busi ness, and the Barons were under the unpleasant necessity of leaving the Bench without transact ing any business, but not before they had noticed with some warmth the circumstance of the Court being left, day after day, without Counsel to carry on the business before it. How many gentlemen of neglected and competent talent are there at the Bar who would gladly undertake, and faithfully execute, some part of the duties which the favoured few neglect, or are unable, from the multiplicity of their other engagements, to perform ! We are glad to find that the Barons have determined to strike every cause out of the paper in which Counsel do not appear. We hope such a resolution, rigidly enforced in this as well as in the other Courts, will have the effect of distributing business more generally among the members of the profession, and that thereby those delays may be prevented which arise from the non-attendance of Counsel, and which add greatly to the tediousness and ex pence of a system of justice sufficiently slow and costly in itself.—Morning Herald. We consider it our duty to inform the public, and especially that part of it who have taken so deep an interest in the Mo4-ning Journal, that the proprietors of this paper have received notice to appear before the Court of King's Bench on Thursday next, the 4th instant, the very, day on which Parliament meets, to receive the sentence of the Court for the various constitutional articles and alleged libels of which they have - been found guilty ! It will be recollected that when the proceedings which led to these convictions were instituted by the Attorney-General, Sir James Scarlett, he stated that they were advised by the Croy n in order to administer a little whole some correction to the press. The wholesome correction, it would appear, is confined to one individual—to him who has dared in this free country to express his opinions on public mea sures and public men—we mean Mr. Alexander. He, it would appear, is the sole object whom the law officers of the Crown wish to make a victim to military tyranny and modern liberalism. It is his ruin which has been contemplated by these unconstitutioal proceedings. If this be not the case why is the Standard spared—why is the Age passed by—why is the Times passed by— why is the Quarterly Review not prosecuted— why is Blackwood's Magazine not visited with the riaour of Scotch law ? These are questions which Sir James Scarlett and the Executive Government will be compelled to answer in Parliament. The proceeding is invidious, per sonal, and oppressive. It evinces meanness, ma lignity, and despicable irritation. It is the dying effort of despotism to trample upon private opinions and public rights. It is the vengeance of the detected hypocrite and the ferocious apos tate. It evinces the cold blood of the political recreant, directed against him who has dared be honest in the worst of times. lint let the law take its course, and let those who thus abuse the law stand by the consequences. The defendant is prepared to suffer the judgment ; but let those who have thus invoked the law beware its inno vations or its counteracting force. There is a time for all things ; and we may safely predict, judging of passing events, that Sir James Scarlett, and even the Duke of Wellington, will bitterly lament these prosecutions. We speak not the words of prophecy, but we warn them to be pre pared for coming events, even . for those events which have already cast their shadows before us. —Morning Journal. The late election of a President of the Royal Academy is beginning to excite a sensation which will not, we suspect, pass away without producing a developement of some strange truths. The election of Mr. Shee astonished every one, and must, we.think, have astonished himself ; for Mr. Shee is a sensible man, and must be aware that there is as great a difference between him and Wilkie as between a sign-painter and himself. A Morning Paper states " that the members of the Academy felt extremely indig nant at the appointment of Mr. Wilkie as prin cipal Portrait Painter to his Majesty on the very eve of the election, which appeared to them in the light of an attempt to overawe them ;" and in consequence, of course, that they secretly determined to show his Majesty that they not only would not be overawed by him, but that in order to prove their independence of royal favour they would elect as President one who was not only not the first in his line, but who was in every respect so inferior to Wilkie that the public should entertain no doubt on the subject. Good. His Majesty, we believe, who is unquestionably the most liberal pa tron of the fine arts in the present day, cares as little about the twaddling resolutions of the Royal Academicians as they do respecting his wishes—or rather, we have some reason to believe, entertains a thorough contempt for the whole body ; but the Academicians need not, therefore, like spoiled children, have quarrelled with their bread and butter, and thereby rendered themselves more contemptible in his sight than they previously were. We repeat it—The Royal Academy has lone itself no honour by its choice. Portrait painting is essentially a mechanical art, and had the Academicians been desirous of electing the first in this line, they ought to have sent one of their brethren on a voyage to Canton, where they would have found the art in perfection. Wilkie has spurned the occupation, and gathered his laurels from the great book of nature.—Morn hag Advertiser. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 29. LUSHINGTON V. SEWELL. This was an appeal from a decision of Sir An thony Hart, when Vice-Chancellor in this country, in a cause instituted for the purpose of settling va rious questions that arose upon the construction of the will and codicils of the late M. G. Lewis, Esq., of literary celebrity. He devised his estate to trustees, to be divided among his sisters, Lady Lushington and Mrs. Sheddon, subject to certain charges; and annexed a condition, that the persons who should become entitled to the estates should reside upon them for a period of three months in every third year. This condition being an attempt to create a perpetual obligation, was held to be bad. The other questions under the will were disposed of, with the exception of one, respecting which Sir Anthony Hart gave judgment after lie had heard the cause, and after he had quitted England. In one of the codicils Mr. Lewis had expressed himself in these terms,—" Whether I possess the whole or only the half of Hordley at the time of my death, I declare that the more or less shall make no diffe rence. In that case, I bequeath the whole of Hord ley to my youngest sister, and to her children after her death; but I charge it with 15,000/. to be equally divided between the children of my eldest sister ; to which purpose, one half of the clear profits of Hordley shall be devoted till the whole 15,0001. shall have been discharged." It appeared that the testator had entered into a contract for the purchase of the other half of the Hordley estate, to which he thus referred, but that he died without making a valid disposition of that moiety, which therefore descended to the heir at law. The ques tion then arose whether the heir took that moiety discharged of the 15,0001., or whether, although the devise of the whole, as made by the testator, was bad, yet that according to the doctrine of election the charge would include the whole of the estate. Sir Anthony Hart had decided the affirmative of the latter point, and the soundness of that decision was questioned by the present appeal. The Lon]) CHANCELLOR having heard the argu ments of counsel to a conclusion, had no doubt that the decision of the Vice-Chancellor was right, and he therefore affirmed the decision. COMM OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 29. BURGE V. -. This was an application involving a point of prac tice of considerable importance. A motion had been made by Mr. COMYN to set aside a judgment and execution for irregularity. The irregularity complained of was, that common bail had been filed " according to the statute" in the second term after that in which the writ was returnable. The statute, it appeared, was silent as to the time within which common hail should be filed, and there was no dis• tinct rule raid down in the books of practice. The Court having yesterday directed the Master to in qu're as to the practice, that officer now reported that from inquiries at the Common Bail office, he found that common bail " according to the statute" was frequently filed after the term next following that in which the process was returnable, but that it was considered irregular, and the attornies were told that they did it at their peril. The C OURT, upon this report, decided that the judgment NI as irregular, and ordered it and the exe cution to be set aside. Mr. LANGSLOW, for the plaintiff, hoped the rule would not be made absolute with costs; but on Mr. Comyn hinting at an action, stating that the execu tion had been in the defendant's house since December last, the Learned Counsel agreed to a sug gestion of the Court that the plaintiff should pay the costs, the defendant undertaking to bring no action. IN RE SPENCER. Mr. DENMAN moved for a rule to show cause why John Spencer, who had been admitted an attorney of the Court in Michaelmas term last, should not be struck off the roll on the ground that he had not properly served the term of his clerkship. The Learned Counsel stated, that the party was articled to an attorney at Nottingham, of the name of Clark, who was in partnership with a Mr. Fluker at Derby. Rule nisi granted. COURT OF. EXCHEQUER, JAN. 29. ATTORNEY-GENERAL AGAINST.BMNIE AND lIIOFFATT, This was an information filed by the ATTORNEY.. GENERAL against Wm. Birnie and Wm. Moffatt, to recover a sum of 3,450/., legacy-duty upon the resi due of a testator's property, bequeathed to the de fendants as executors of the will in trust for the benefit of the testator's son, his wife, and their children. A verdict had been taken for the Crown by consent, for the amount claimed, subject to a special case. Mr. Antos, for the Crown, stated that the testa tor made his will on the 21st of November, 1820, by whiCh, after various other bequests, he directed the remainder of his property to be invested in the public funds, and the interest thereof to go to the use of his son William Moffatt, and Jane his wife, for their lives, with remainder to their children. The deceased died on the 28th of January, 1822; arid the will was proved by the defendants. The duty claimed by the Crown on the residuary pro perty amounted to 3,450/., on a calculation of one per cent. upon the husband's moiety, and 10 per cent. upon that of the wife; in accordance with the provisions of 56 George 111., cap. 184, schedule part 3. Mr. ALDERSON argued contra, that the legacy was only chargeable with a duty of 580/. calculated at the rate of one per cent. upon the entire bequest. Mr. Amos having briefly replied, The Court took time to consider the case. LIMERICK COUNTY ELECTION.—On Mon day the election commenced, when, after the High Sheriff bad declared the hustings open, Colonel O'GRADY was proposed by JAMES LYONS, Esq., and seconded by JOHN TUTHILL, Esq.; J. M. Dawsosr, Esq. was proposed by Sir Annan - DE VERB HUNT, Bart., and seconded by EDWARD CROKER, Esq., after which the candidates polled one each; when the polling was adjourned to Tues day. When the candidates were returning from the hus tings the mob expressed much disapprobation to Mr. Dawsosr, and proceeded to throw stones, one of which struck Mr. CROKER, of Croom, and another hit Mr. FITZGERALD.—DubIin Morning Register. TITHE OF SHEEP ! ! !—Tithe of this kind has been lately claimed—and with success—in the parish of Clontoskert, county Longford. There was a process for its recovery tried before the Assistant Barrister. A question arose as to whether this sort of tithe had ever be fore been claimed or paid in the parish. On this head there was contradictory swearing, but there was a decree for the plaintiff, entitling him to sixpence per head on sheep for the last two years —Dublin Morn. Register. TRADE IN PAISLEY.—In the month of September, when detailing the deplorable state of trade in p a i s l e y, we mentioned that there was no grea t pro b a bili ty of any substantial revival till early in th e s p r i ng , W e h ave i som e pleasure n . stating, that i m p rovement h as ta k en place. The Pa i sley Advertiser of S a t ur d a y says , on this subject , " Silk imitation trimmings are brisker, and that an advance from a penny to twopence has taken place on the cover. Several manufacturers are increasing their Bands, and the prospects of those engaged in this branch of our trade, are more favourable. The demand for zebras and dresses still continues ; but we have not heard that any rise. has taken place in the weaving price. A small rise has taken place in petticoats ; and we understand that more activity prevails in the silk gauze department, several weavers having been engaged by more than one house it that line. The other branches of the trade remain in the same depressed state,— Scotsman. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Captain Warren, whose appointment is mentioned below, is to reside in the house lately occupied by the builder at Deptford Dock-yard, and will, it is suppOsed, have charge of the yard. Lieut. F. P. Blackwood, of the Ariadne, is ap pointed'to the Alligator, vice Lieut. D. de Sau:na rez, who exchanges. Mr. Thomas M'Knight, Purser (1812), is ap pointed to the Trinculo, 18, on the Irish station, vice Barrett, at sick quarters. Mr. John Ansel!, foreman of the shipwrights in his Majesty's dock-yard at Portsmouth, after an honourable service of upwards of twenty-five years, received the order for his superannuation on Friday. He will be succeeded by Mr. John Gill, foreman of the new works at Deptford dock-yard. The Leveret brig, Lieut. Worth, tender to the Kent, returned from cruizing on Friday morning ; and she sailed again to the westward .on Saturday morning. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Commander William Morier, of his Majesty's sloop Childers, is promoted to the rank of Captain. Mr. William Folds, Assistant-Surgeon of the Java, is promoted to the rank of Surgeon. Captain Samuel Warren is appointed Resident Agent for transports at Deptford, in the room of Captain Young, who re tires after a service of upwards of upwards of 20 years. Mr. Lang, foreman at this Dock-yard, , is appointed Assistant---Master -Shipwright at Dept ford Dock-yard, the situation of Master Shipwright in that yard having been discontinued, in con sequence of the reduction which has taken place there. The Bramble cutter, Lieut. W. H. Haswell, came in on Sunday from Lisbon and Falmouth, having landed a mail at the latter place on Saturday. She brings a confirmation of the report of the death of the old Queen of Portugal, who it was stated had left all her property to the Church, in order that her son should have no controul over it. The Bramble left the Tagus on the 17th instant. . The Britomart, 10, Commander E. J. Johnson, and the Royalist tender, Lieut. Nash, came in on Monday from the Westward, where they have been cruising for the relief of the homeward-bound trade. The Royalist sailed again on Tuesday morning, to the Westward, and the Britomart yesterday. The Vigilant ketch, Lieut. Loney, sailed yester day to the West ward. . . The Diligence navy transport, came in also on Monday from the Eastward; and the Supply navy transport, sailed from Ilamoaze on the same day, for Portsmouth. The Onyx transport, Lieut. Decordceux, agent, arrived on Monday from the Mediterranean, with invalids and returned stores. She sailed yesterday for Portsmouth. In Hamoaze.—St. Vincent, Kent, Druid, Ariadne, Reindeer packet, and Meteor steam• vessel. At the Island.—Bramble. The John End Mary, Swaffin, of this port, was driven on shore at St. Michael's 26th December, land totally wrecked, crew saved. The Dutch brig Adele, frotn Antwerp, was lost on the Prawle on Thursday night last, with all the crew. Six bodies have been washed on e, and a large quantity of hides have been saved In a da maged condition. MARK ET IN lEL LIG ENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) &MAR.—The demand for Muscovades has continued general and extensive, notwithstanding the large parcels of St. Lucia, Mauritius, and Barbadoes Sugars brought for ward at public sale ; the total estimated purchases this week are 3,200 hlids. and trs. ; the late advance in the prices is fully supported. This day by public sales 415 'ids., 40 trs., 30 brls. St. Lucia, and 40 bhds. Jamaica Muscovades, the whole sold rather lower, but they were chiefly of the inferior qualities, and soft, for which there was scarcely an offer by private contract. Towards the close of the week, and this day, there has been more busi ness doing in Refined, both for the home trade and for exportation, and the prices of some of the mid. and good shipping qualities and tine grocery descriptions are rather higher, but the prices of the low descriptions of Lumps for packing are without alteration, although there is still a good demand for them, and offers continue to be made for delivery in a fprtnight, three weeks, and a month, is. above the quotations. Several parcels, however, have been taken out of the Market for crashing; some contracts have been made for low crashed at about 31s. 6d. a 325. ; for the middling and good qualities of crashed also there is a good deal of inquiry, and several parcels have been Enid. Fine Hamburg and Powder loaves for the double refined bounty continue in demand, but nearly all the parcels on show have been taken out of the Market, and rather higher prices are now being offered for the next parcels coming forward. EAST INDIA SUGAR.—By public sale this week 4,079 bags Mauritius Sugar, being the last of the old crop, the whole sold at nearly former prices, brown 435. a 455., grey 435. a 475., mid. and good yellow Ms. a 555. ; the purchases of Bengal and other East India Sugars are too inconsiderable for enumeration. FoßErcrr SUGAR.—There are no purchases by private contract. By public pale 848 boxes brown and yellow Ha vannah were offered this week, nearly the whole sold ; brown low 235., good 245. and 25s , yellow mid. to good 265. to 28s. COFFEE.—The Coffee Market continues uninteresting; very small parcels for the home consumption being re ported, sold at full prices. This day's sale 53 casks Jamaica ; full prices were offered, but the holders took a considerable proportion in at prices 2s. above the present currency. Rust, BRANDY, AND ITOLLANDS.-The Ruin Market continues firm, and a further advance of ld. per gallon may be quoted, Leewards, proofs and one over, being sold at ls. 10d. ; the purchases of Jamaica considerable, 33 over, common quality at 2s. 10d. Brandy is without al teration. There is no Geneva at market. IlEmr, FLAX, aND TALLOW.-The Tallow Market, from the lowest price 335., has had a considerable and firm improvement of 9d. to Is. per cwt. In Hemp and Flax there is no material improvement. This day 844 casks St. Petersburgh yellow candle Tallow, second quality, 325. a 335. The market is brisk, 335. 9d. a 445. IRISH PuovisioNs -The holders are asking higher prices for India Beef ; in the other descriptions, and in Pork, there is no change. Butters are dull. Bacon is heavy, and rather lower ; parcels are offered at 355. shipped next month, free on board, and few buyers. Tierce India Beef, 42 pieces, Slb. each, 61. ss. ; Tierce Mess Beef, 38 pieces, Slb. each, 4/. 15s. a 4/. 17s. 6d. ; tierce India Pork, 53 pieces, 61b. each, 5/. 2s. 6d. ; tierce Navy Pork, SO pieces, 41b. each, Si. 2s. 6d. ; barrel Navy Pork, 52 pieces, V. each, 31. 7s. ; barrel Mess Pork, 50 pieces, 41b. each, Si. ; Bacon Pork, 21. 10s. a 21. 12s. 6d. OILS.-In Oils there is little alteration. Seed Oils are in more demand for shipping. RICE-In Rice there is no alteration. COTTON.-The Market has been steady ; the purchase reported by private contractors are not on an extensive scale, as the attention of the trade has been directed to this day's sales. The public sales of Cotton to—day attracted much attention ; they consisted of 8,400 bags Surats, a great proportion sold, the good and fine at former sales, the ord. d. to id. lower, extra fine 6d., fine bid, good ord. to good mid. 31d. a 4id. Tobacco.-Tobacco continues neglected. INnloo.—The East India Company's sale of Indigo, which commenced on the 19th inst. finished the 27th inst. ; it consisted originally of 5,663 chests, of which 289 chests having been withdrawn, and 7 chests refused at taxation, the quantity that actually passed the sale was 5,367 chews. The proprietors have bought in about 900 chests. The sale contained a large proportion of Indigo suitable for home use, which attracted the attention of our consumers, who bought very largely ; and the shipping houses having likewise made considera ble p urchases, not only in the bet ter sorts, but likewise in descriptions formerly used but in this country, much animation was evinced, and latices were fully maintained throughout. The whole presented the following assortment :—About 100 chests fine Bengal, 440 good shipping qualities, 1,085 middling ditto and fine consuming ditto, 1,750 consuming and ordinary ditto, 1.300 Oude (decided), 460 ditto good and fine, and 4701 !Madras. Compared with the last sale, prices have ruled as follow :—Ordinary and middling qualities of Bengal at 3d. advance; good middling and good ditto from 3d. a 6d. higher, whilst the fine qualities have gone at last sale's prices. The proportion of Oude was very large, and the quality much improved, many marks being as good as those of regular Bengal ; they sold with spirit at an advance of 3d. a 4d. on the prices of last sale. Of the Madras about 240 chests were withdrawn and bought in, the remainder ssdd very unevenly at from lag sale's prices for good sortg::, to 3d. and (sd. advance on middling and ordinary. FRUlT.—There is very little demand at present, and only small parcels continue to be taken off for the home • trade ; prices are unvaried. For export there have been . a few orders for new red S:nyrna Raisins and Currants , hut at low prices. Of red Smyrna Raisins there are two or three arrivals. SeicF.s,—There are m.re inquiries after Pepper, hut few actual sales reported, on account of the firmness of the holders. The purchases of Pimento lately are ex tensive. This day 293 hags Pimento sold at an advance of id. aid. per lb., mid. 51,41., good 60. PRICES OF IlOPS.—Jan. 29. Kent W 03. V. Os. to 10/ O. SVrFCX Ditto FFFVX Ditto. 6/. Os. 61. 16s. to 8/, 84. [wham Ditto, 01. Os. 1 1. Os. to 131 13. Seconds —0/. Os. 91. Os to 101 10s. Kent I.lags i . 12s. (it. 10s. to 8/, Os. Essex Ditto 51. ss. 6/. Os. to (i/. 6s. Sussex I)itto 5!. 123. 6/. 6.4. to 71. 75 PRICE OF POTATOM —Jan. 29. Kidneys 41. ss. to V. I - os. per ton. Scotch Reds 41. us. to 01. Os. ditto. Oxnobles and Shaws 2/. ss. to 3/. 3s. ditto. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 411. O. Refined 0 Linseed Oil •••••MNI. 2O 10 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per tiousan7 Itape Cake, per ton ------- 5 0 Lk:ATHEIt. PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. __. ........ Per lb. d. to d. 11titt5....,.......50 to 5131 b..... I& 191 Tanned Horse Hides.. 16 1 8 Ditto....--60 to (i61b..... 21 22 Sp.tnisb Ditto ............ 19 21 Dressing Ilides---. I t I( Per dozen. ... . ...._. Fine Coach 1.11(loA IS 19 Calf Skins... - 36 to 4111 b. 16 2 1 Clop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 16 Di! to 50 to 701 b. 22 2 4 Ditto to 50lb 16 18 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 19 2 1 D;tto _ .18 20 Small Seals, Greenland 20 21 WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKUr.—Jan. 23. H:y Od. to 88;. Od. t lover Od. to 11(4.0d. Straw---.....,.....—..:ki.. Od. to 324. Od. RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to A. (I. tip at I TeiNrsk'Stocrb3 03 4 I Ordinary 20 2 4 Middlings «2 6 219 Market Calf 6 ()each. SHEEP SKI NS. Os. Od. to Os. Od. I Polled 2s. 01 to 3s. 6J. Downs Is. 6d. to 28 .Od. Wool. PRICE. OF TALLOW, SI Town Tallow 38s. 0(1. Yellow Russia—.--. 3.55. 6d. 375. Od. Soap Ditto Od. Melted 295. O. Ditto hough, 21s. Od. AP, &c. per 1121b.—Jan. 29. Yellow '72s. 0(1. Alottled 7B, O White •.• • Oil. Graves W....ft 16s. od. Good Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone et Ellb.—Jan. 29. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow 2s. 2d• PRICE OF The price of Store Candles. in t Candles, per doz. Bs. Oti. to Os. Od. CANDLES. COAL MAU Adair's 3(s. 3d. Charlotte East 32 0 tiolywell Killingworth 38 6 'l'anfield 31. 6 Willington 39 6 Wylain Ships at market, 184-SI he retail shops, is as follows :--• I Moulds, per dozew ........9s. 6d. ET.—Jan. 29. Walls Ent Brown's 375. 3d. Walls End Carr and Co. 36 0 Ditto Ili Itla 37 9 Ditto Russell's „ 4O 0 Ditto Walker 40 6 Russell's Lyon's...—. 37 0 Culm Drim.— 27 6 Culm Cox Warde's Llanelly COUNTRY CORN MARK ips ;old, 93A-linsol Per Quarter. Ashburn * . Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater Bristol- Chesterfield Derby Devizes Doncaster Dorchester, - Exeter...».--... Gloucester-. Hungerford Newbury Itonisey Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet Sherborne Taunton Yeovil Per Bushel. Shrewsbury .....«,,, I.:l'S DURING TH 33 6 WEEK. Beans. 42 46 35 46 33 48 36 50 36 64 40 4t 42 44 32 46 45 41 40 4 8 36 4 5 - 44 30 40 - 611 40 56 „ 42 ." 51 2 4 d . s. I. d' , 00 00, EDINBI We had a full supply of all kinds of Grain to-daYt . and the price of Wheat was down Is. on the top. Bar ley was 6d. up on the top. Pease and Beans sold (reel,' at last week's prices. As no return for Oats was m ade, except a few parcels for seed, which brought from 255. Sd. to 275. 4d. no average for that article can be stated. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beallt First . 61s Od \ 31s 6d —s Od 34s Od ' 34s tu Second... 60s 6d 33s Od —s Od 31s Od 31s Od Third .... 47s Od 21s Od — s 0,1 28 S Ott 29. Od • PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &e. Beef, per 1b... Os. 3id. to 00.6,1. Fresh Butter, 1b.5.8(1. to 0. 1 0, L : Mutt0n,,,,..... 0 4 0 6 Salt Ditto.._._,. 0 7 0 8 Vea1.............. 0 8 1 0 Ditto, per cu t. 60 0 66 0 Pork, 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per doz. I 0 0 0 , Lamb, per qr. 1 6 2 6 OatStraw(kv.) 6 0 0 ,0, Tallow, cwt.... 30 0 31 3 Wh eat Ditto... 7 0 8'; Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 9 B arley Ditto ~. 0 0 0 " Potatoes. 1711 b. 0 4 0 0 H ay, per 01,— a . 0 5 0 u EDINI3U11(311 MEAL We had a small supply of which sold readily at last we( Per Sack of 2801b.‘ Imp. First Oatmeal CI 15 0 Second ditto 1 13 0 Barleyincal 1 8 0 re3SCilleal 1 8 0 Pot Barley—No. I, per cwt. 12: L MARKET.- —Jan. 26. Oatmeal at to—day's market , At's prices. Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. , o First Oatmeal £o I • Second ditto Harleymoal Peasemeal 145.-3 d, 186.—Pantl 226. GLASGOW CORN MA RKET.—Jari. 27. A good deal of business I as been done in Wheat, at fullY last week's rates. The change of wind has brought in $ large supply of Oats and Barley from Ireland. The buyers are rather disposed to hold off until they see the effect i$ his on the market; we therefore cannot note any alters - , tion on the prices. Beans and Pease same as last week. • Wheat, per 2101 b. s. (1. s. d. Oats, per 2641 b. s. d. s. d ,,, A ' British, old 32 u 0t033 0 Irish lO oto 10 ............ new Canada, free 3l 0 34 0 Beans, per 2601 b. Irish Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish English Pease, Scottish ... —0 l''' " Scottish Oatmeal, per 140113. 16 0 18 0 25 0 27 0 2LO 250 220 210 Irish Flour. per 2801 b.... 50 0 52 On Saturday evening, about ten o'clock, a gentleman, residing in South Wellington-place, Hutche. sontown, hearing cries of a person in distress, pulled IV the window ; when lie heard a gurgling noise proceeding from the river, as if from a person drowning. He imme diately hurried out, but before he reached the spot the cries had ceased, and the water become still. He, how. ever, found a hat and a bundle, containing a pair of blue trousers, which were on Sunday sent to the Gorbals' lice office. Anxious to render every assistance, he, afoul': with another gentleman, proceeded up the river till type', site the Humane Soci e ty House, and b y l ou d an d repea ted cries, attempted to alarm the keeper ; but in this they were unsuccessful, and dragging was not had recourse to till Sunday morning. The body, however, was not recovered till Monday forenoon. The deceased is rather coarse fear tured, dark complexioned, about five feet six inches 0 1 height and appears to be nearly 45 years of age. He is dressed in a long olive brown coat with a velvet collier two light vests, and corduroy trousers. When found, one of his shoes was off, but the other is heavy, and strongly mounted with iron. In one of his pockets a one-pound , note was found. It was ascertained yesterday, after the body bad been claimed by the relatives, that.the deeeieeti was a weaver, named Thomson, residing for some time past in Rutherg:en, who left that place on Saturday event' ing with the intention, it was supposed, of visiting hif brother in Tradeston.— Glasgow Free Press. . BIRTHS. On the 28th inst. in Montagu-place, the lady of Fred- Thesiger, of a daughter. On the 24th inst. at Edinburgh, Lady E. Thackerak of a son. On the 25th inst. at Clare Priory, Suffolk, the lady of J. Barker, Esq. of a son, still-born. At Brixton-hill, the wife of Mr. Frederick BlacksWl of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 25th inst. at Old Radnor, F. Whinyatea, Doe' of the Royal Engineers, to Marianne, second daughter . d 1 the late C. Whalley, Esq. of Calcutta. On the 13th inst. at Newbattle Abbey, Mid-Lothia4 Colonel Sir W. M. Gomm, K.C.8., of the Coldstreell Guards, to Elizabeth Anne, eldest daughter of the Rigs * . $ Hon. Lord Robert Kerr. DIED. On the 26th inst. at Clifton, in Gloucestershire, the Mint son of L. Macllayne, Esq. born on the 15th 5 ,,,,,,. On the 25th inst. at \% hireford-house, Lady L, ouisa eke wife of Sir W. P. Call, Bart. On the 26th inst on the Marine Parade, Brightt.-' Richard, eldest son of Henry Budd, Esq. of Russell-IN..re, London, in his 24th year. On the 9th of November, at Vienna, General VDU Pe' tersdoiff, aged 84. On the 27th inst. at St. James's Palace, Sir F. A. Bar nard, K.C.H., aged 87. On the 28th inst. suddenly, in Bedford-square, Miss Pike, after many years of severe suffering. PAINTED AND PUBLISHED BY AIURDO YOUNG, ♦S WIZ Sux Or/ ICE, 112, &MAN D LONDON Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 53 64 40 72 46 70 40 7E 50 64 50 CO 60 6t 56 72 60 70 51 76 68 72 56 '76 40 74 31 36 20 37 24 38 34 40 34 40 26 34 82 30 21 40 26 35 30 38 24 29 17 27 22 30 14 22 16 26 16 23 21 27 17 28 15 29 24 34 22 28 20 28 16 28 - 22 I'7 32 20 24 36 46 18 38 - 30 17 34 26 32 40 70 48 64 5'2 64 56 61 65 60 68 s. d. g. d. 99 9 8 30 42 23 36 22 28 21 28 20 28 22 26 s. d• s. d. 47 78 30 36 s. d. s. d. 40 52 SCOTCH MARKETS. 'RGI-1 CORN MARKET—Jan. 27. the B E°AIPAN '°IISE — Nary i 'rid s day 1. SIC 2. ty the Apito(ut --_______ This day m AD V W ill be pi tA S 1 DEI to the Mun , third ( e ON! TEll 1(111 P F4 1 4 , C HURCII of the Sty By Fellow of HIS ' I L 1414 and Gore! Versity of &ate Fella In the THREE ..............____ i llis day , P 1 prixt k . I ane. --------- I bis day 'FBI ED 14 Litre. Plea. Ti Wth e M( , To I .r rinted f ....._______ Thia (Ix •Secon; the M Oiogy, 2 on the El Piloted i XT( WELLI: A s SPEEC Memoir James bookselli po, upon th, GRES. 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