The Sun. — London, England, 1833-10-31 00:00:00

s. . _ , - , - ' consu lt the convenience of the Court, and hest promote they might formerly be wrong ; but does the t y in g on for g er y b y wholesale, calculatin g o n the n ot in all respects concur with the petitioners individuals wh ose a v oca ti ons ca ll t h em t o b ecome acces THE MARKETS. saries in the system of extortion and oppression ; still they the public interests. soundness of their doctrinal views form any jus- impunity which, under the law of blood, so we do not hesitate to say no body of English- cannot but express its disgust and indignation that a sys tem so utterly at variance with justice and humanity COAL MARKET.-Oct. 30. 5 4 ; I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, tification of this system of blowing hot and cold many other offenders did not calculate upon in men need be ashamed. The Ministers who Per Ton. s. d. Per Ton. ..., 17 i v "Your most obedient humble servant, pledged themselves (if the associations are not should find individuals in any society ready to perpetuate Beaumont Adair .www.r wows.... 16 0 Walls End Hotspur.— , 0 . in the same breath as it were ? It is a farce to vain.—Morning Herald. "C. MARJORIBANKS.IS 6 Walls End Killingworth i d 0 " Upper Wimpole-street, Oct. 26." call that law which may be anything which the In our article yesterday respecting Russia, we misinformed as to the fact) that the house and these evils on their suffering fellow-men. Chester Main —................ 15 0 Walls End Newmarch.... I T 16 6 Ditto Northumberland." id 0 landowners of England, in their magisterial ca- confined our observations to two • points only of window taxes should be entirely repealed two formation of the Metropolitan Associations are perfectly "2. That it is the opinion of this meeting that the t E l ast Percy....-................—. H e o l.4b w u e rT i l Ma i n .....--... 176 Walls a a l l Is s E n ng g r a i r ci e n t s h . r" I / 9. "At a Court of Directors, held on Wednesday, the . .L.% 9 o pacity, choose it to be. The peasantry are the long essay of the writer in the Edinburgh years after the ratification of peace, might have onal, and that the people possess the right of Ord's Redhugh ......-.....-. 16 0 Walls End Riddell's ...... ; 1 0 30th of October, 1833, miscalculated the expenses Shipcotepto Wind50r............... 16 0 Walls End Hetton ........ Id 0 treated by them as so many asses. They must Review—namely, • the importance of the preser- of the war, or the meeting at all times for adopting the best mode of obtain- Resolved unanimous ) y,- 15 0 Walls End Lyons.....*--'" 0 " That this Court has received with unfeigned concern obey their will, whatever it may be, and that will vation of Turks -y,in a political point of view, to fiscal resources of the country ; but it is obvious ing redress of grievances by all legal andpeaceable ' constitutional, evils to the industrious classes, and burden " 1 means, 1anhe1d......- Townln , l7 3 Walls End Lambton "''''. 21 " 15 6 W. E. Russell's Hetton , " d i 6 the communication of the cause which has led the Chair- all and, 1 1; Walls Dxon nd Stewart's..... 0 6 is made known to them by stripes. Can that Europe, commercially spea ing, to man, Ca Abell Marjoribanks, Esq., to tender his resigns- who, every year since the conclusion of the war, a which they Willington y i s Butterknowl.... 0 0 England above all other countries—and the lion of that office. be law under which a Magistrate may do what can, , n 3 o . lon g er Tiit, sustain . under Wylam gross folly of the English Cabinet—to speak of have been labouring to convince the people thate xisting circumstances, auctioneers, Mis s Etnddßcrirckaentds Co. 11,(7) 0 Walls s E E n n cl Butter Knovil 0 0 " That this Court abstains from pressing upon that ever enters his head with perfect impunity ? If brokers, appraisers, and others, are loudly called upon no W.E. Clarke and C 0...... gentleman the retention of the chair, and now accepts the Chairman of the Norfolk Sessions had dis- it in no worse terms—in refusing its aid to the the continuance of these taxes is an oppression 16 6W. E So d utT ) l3 d u o trana . ,‘, 4, 9 0 his resignation, in the confid e nt hope that, when relieved missed these four men with a reprimand, and Sultan, and allowing Russia to reap all the and an abuse. The latter, if they be men of longer to t w o l t e h n e d e =:i r d )f to this spy:ittnioefinomstit7,wlltott, Walls End Heat0n............ 19 0 Walls lls End Tees .......".."" Walls End Hilda-,............ 18 3 from his arduous and responsible duties, increased as theY said to file d t f cl• •,, a van ages o a irect conquest, wit out laving h 1 • honour and intearity are plainly bound by from sympathy to their distressed neighbours and suffering Ships arrived since last market-day, 55. b 'le overseer, you must not take advantaoe have been by the proceedings in Parliament respecting the the literal meaning of their own oft repeated fe ll ow-men, --0.----_ of your situation to hurt the feelin g s of these • incurred any of its hazards, and but little of the have totally relinquished that branch of their COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING -fag', THE ..=,.....2- - Company, his health will be both speedily and perma poor ignorant creatures, the sentence would have loss which generally accompanies such under- declarations, as tt cannot be pretended that trad i‘ e li o f . dllisutrNaiTnLinEgy,forutfhese i niquitousOakle y-s tree t , one Hesse nently re-established; and Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. -- / " This Court desires to assure Mr. Marjoribanks of the been received as a matter of course, and at- takings. The writer, however, who appears to any material change has taken place in the of the -- T ot: Per Quarter. s. to s. a. to a. s. to a. , 5 ,, , - - e• sincere regard which it bears towards him, and that, al • treated no notice. Between such a course and b e equally alive with ourselves to the danger of situation of the country since those declara- greatest proprietors of vans and carts for the re- Abingd0n.........-.... 62 81 31 43 22 30 '''. 0: though deprived of his services in presiding over its deli- the - - --* $ Birmingham—... 56 58 30 40 16 22 0 berations, it reflects with much satisfaction that it will he industrious t he had to choose ; and having chosen a punish- attempts to defend the conduct of his Majesty's not of the house and window taxes only, but of d I and un j ust on t classes of society that B!idport -................ 56 74 32 36 26 30 -'" # ' still continue to possess his long experience and valuable he pledged himself never again to allow any of his `: 1, a rgc g e d sr .......... ttl 4 25 30 ) 20 23 -- $ counsel, which have been devoted with so much advan- meat equivalent to the galleys, who is there who Ministers, taken the pains to show in what way almost every tax which contributes its share to waggons, vans, &c., to be employed in removing Guildford .........-... 48 74 23 32 26 35 ---' 4 tags to the interests of the East India Company and to dare to say he did wrong ? We will not, at Russia may be coerced into a sense of what is due the aggregate revenue of the country, may nods distrained upon for the house and window Hereford 64 ----- '''' 'a 83 30 35 20 30 those of the people of India."— Times. all events, say- that he did wrong ; but we will to Turkey and the rest of Europe, in case that reasonably be demanded of them, unless they g • • duties. 6B 32 34 22 28 ••••• 0 . ,, Highworth ........... 62 80 32 42 28 34 -"*,,. 3 , We are glad to find that the case of the four say that it is a m ker oc yto pretend that in Eng- she should attempt to execute those nefarious are willing to come forward with a direct and This declaration was received with loud and re- Maidenhead .....-.. 56 68 34 44 22 30 Monmouth- ........ 66 68 32 36 24 28 --- # labouring men tried at the Norfolk Sessions, land there is any law for the poor.— Morning plans of aggrandizement, to the oi e comp tn o f argued l unequivocal confession that when they peated cheers, which lasted for some time. Reading .......-......... 40 66 22 36 14 26 ---_, and sentenced, three of them to eighteen months' Chronicle. which it is well known that she has, since the against every tax in succession they were con- One of the Members said that the goods of Mr. 5a1i5bury............... 44 53 26 30 20 24 50 p er southampton ...... 54 58 33 40 28 32 ""' imprisonment and hard labour, and one to a days of Catherine, of most absolute and ambi- tending, not for what they believed to be a Andergon, of Brook-street which had been seized Stroud ....-...,-......... 64 78 37 38 22 32 --• ) There have been great efforts made of late, by Tewkesbury ....... 65 74 30 42 30 38 •-'' year's imprisoment and hard labour, to which tious memory, bent all her endeavours. practicable relief to the people, but for place and upon for King's taxes, and were taken to Lloyd's Uxbridge .............. 48 74 26 34 20 26 ••• p l , certain party in the metropolis, to impress the we called attention on Tuesday last, has drawn a ~ Turkey has everything to fear from Russia," says he, pelf to themselves. Let them explicitly confess rooms, still remained there, as no purchasers could wanta g e . ,58 80 27 32 17 23 „, 34 st üblic mind with the notion that the abolition be found. Warminster ........ 46 5.9 26 30 20 25 u. P. from most of our Contemporaries an expression P "and everything to gain from this country and the more this, and their conduct, if not honourable or Windsor 59 - 21 ti of the punishment of death for forgery has led to liberal portion of Europe. Our object, as well as our in- Several other Members addressed the Chair; and Worcester--,-. 50 5 - 7 30 3 - 2 24 &I of strong and indignant animadversion. The consistent, will, at least, be intelligible. It is .........,". an increase of the crime. No charge of forgery te . rest, is to confer on her the mutual benefits of comtner- after a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting LEWES MARKET.-0et.29. Times, after detailing the leading circumstances notorious, however th , at the present Adminis- White Wheat (per quarter).......- X 2 12 0t042 18 ,!' ... t_ _ ____ _ .. VT ____ .L _l___ 1 -..:1. !Indere:meg an investkation at the Mansion-house eta! intercourse, and to aid her in the recovery of her . • I: 3 1 L 1 . rnit,st, ...••• as.. nt. •..e. -, • adjourned. Red ditto 2B 0 052,! ' ~ We are glad to find that the case of the four labouring men tried at the Norfolk Sessions, and sentenced, three of them to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour, and one to a year's imprisoment and hard labour, to which we called attention on Tuesday last, has drawn from most of our Contemporaries an expression of strong and indignant animadversion. The Times, after detailing the leading circumstances of the case, observes—" Now, the legal guilt of these unfortunate men, in striving to gain by forcible means or menaces, the co-operation of others in their own effort to procure work at better wages we should be the last to deny ; at the same time it will be recollected that the prisoners did not inflict on any man the slightest bodily harm ; nor can it be forgotten how many extenuating circumstances in the case of these poor offenders ought to have entered into the consideration of the magistrates ; although the sentence was one which we are sure could only have been justified in the minds of the people of England, had the formal breach of the law been attended on the part of the individuals found guilty by the grossest moral aggravations. But see what the present labourers of England have been brought to. The magistrates and farmers have, between them, with the assistance of the law of settlement, reduced the daily labourer to a condition of the vilest bondage. They have coalesced in half the parishes of England to fix a maximum upon the poor man's wages, that what is cribbed from the labourer may be added to the rent of the squire, and the farmer nothing the worse for it. The farmer and overseer being in many instances the same person, he has the means of enforcing upon the daily labourer this threat, which the trial we have referred to will doubtless exem plify to our readers,—" Either work for wages insufficient to support you, or you shall have no parish relief." Nay, a hard and pinching overseer, it would seem, may refuse the labourers both wages and parish allowance with impunity; and then, when the wretches join together to force the justice which they cannot otherwise hope for, he may come into Court as a witness against them, and with a favouring bench of squires may entail on them a punish. ment little, if at all inferior to the galleys." This case forms an admirable commentary on the doctrine that the people of England enjoy the blessing of living under equal laws ! In the first place, a punishment, " little if at all inferior to the galleys," is inflicted on men for what we verily believe they themselves thought no crime, and were led to by the course pursued for a num ber of years by the very Magistrates who are now punishing them. In the various pamphlets published by the Rev. Mr. Brereton, of Little Massingham, in Norfolk, only seven and eight years ago, mention is made of numerous cases of this description, in which the hostility of the Magistrates is directed against the Overseers. At that time, these four men would have been pitied by the Magistrates, and the Overseer would have been loaded with abuse. But the Magistrates have changed their opinion with re spect to the proper mode of managing the poor ; and the fruits of this change appear in a sen• tence infinitely more severe than that which is usually inflicted on the man who de prives his fellow creature of his life. It is not yet three years since the Magis• trates of Kent acquitted labourers who riotously assembled for the purpose of breaking machinery and committing other acts of violence, in order to intimidate their employers. This laid the foundation of the servile war which became more than a match for the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel ; for the latter stated, in the House of Commons, that the Government were unable to protect the farmers. Have we for gotten the mandate issued by Sir Jacob Astley and some other Magistrates of this very county of Norfolk at that time, recommending to farmers to destroy their machinery, in order to pacify the labourers ? While incendiarism and destruction were ravaging the southern counties, Mr. Senior published three lectures on the rate of wages, with a preface, dated 3d of December, 1830, in which this very connexion between the conduct of the Magistrates and the riots, is forcibly pointed out. " Is not," says Mr. Senior, " the labourers' right to good wages re-echoed from all parts of the country ? Is he not told, Dwell in the land, a , 41 verily thou shalt be fed ? ' Does riot the Hon. Member, who has affixed this motto to his work, assume that the fund, out of which the labourer is to be fed, is practically inex haustible ? And can words more strongly imply that his sufferings arise from the injustice of his superiors ? Have not even magistrates and landlords recommended the destruction, or what is the same both in principle and effect, the disuse of the very machines, of which the object is to render labour more efficient in the production " of the articles consumed by the Jabourer—in the production of that very fund, on the extent of which, compared with the number to be maintained, the amount of wages depends? And is there any real digerence between this conduct and the burning of a rick yard ? T hreshing machi nes are the presen , objects of hostility, ploughs will be the next ; spades will then be found to diminish employ went ; and w hen it has been made pen a l to give advantage to labour by any tool or instru ment whatever, the last step must be to prohibit This is ng under the use of the right hand. " a Government of law 1 We see one day. the men who administer what is amusingly called law, one day encouraging the labourers to commit violent aggressions on property', and the next sentencing them to what is equiva lent to the galleys, for an offence of the same genus, no doubt, but so kilt as to bear no comparison, in point of guilt, with that which was openly recommended. The magistrates of Norfolk may abstractedly be now right in their theory of political economy, and There have been great efforts made of late, by a certain party in the metropolis, to impress the public mind with the notion that the abolition of the punishment of death for forgery has led to an increase of the crime. No charge of forgery undergoes an investigation at the Mansion-house that observations to the same effect are not thrown out ; and, indeed, to hear those talk upon the subject who have been the systematic oppo nents of the reform of the most sanguinary criminal code in the civilized world, one might be induced to think that, while the death de nouncing laws against forgery were in existence, the crime was comparatively rare—that the in genuity of the concoctors of false bills was paralyzed, and that the genius of commercial credit reposed in full security under the protect ing shade of what Lord Coke calls the " accursed tree," unvexed by alarms of fabricated paper, and undisturbed by persecuting visions of the forger's pen ! How far such a supposition would be from the truth all are aware who recollect that it was the utter inefficacy of the capital law to repress the crime of forgery, or even to prevent its increase, which led to the change which has taken place, and which substitutes a law that can be acted upon for one that could not—a law which subjects the convicted forger to the degrading punishment of transportation for life, which is a civil death—preceded by a term of hard labour in some prison at home, for a pe riod, varying according to the circumstances of the case, from one year to four. We need hardly say that forgers are a class of persons very frequently of respectable connexions, who hate labour exceedingly, and whose aversion to industrious habits generally leads to the com mission of the offence. A mode of punishment, therefore, in which hard labour is an ingredient must have something very different from an encouraging effect upon such persons, more especially as they know that where there is proof of the charge, the obtaining a conviction, which under the sanguinary law was almost impracticable of late years, is now reduced al most to a certainty, for the humane feelings l and moral compunctions of juries are no longer opposed to the enforcement of the law. That prosecutions for forgery would increase for some time after the abolition of the capital punish ment we not only calculated upon, but we used it as one of the arguments for that abolition. While the old law was in existence, the number of forgers prosecuted bore a very small proportion indeed to those who were not prosecuted. Then it was that a banker told the Legislature he knew himself of 40 instances of the crime in which, though the offenders were detected, no prosecution followed. Another banker said he knew innumerable instances of the same sort. Thus, while the gallows was the supposed protection of the counting-house, its impotent terrors were laughed at by far the greater number of the traffickers in written fraud, to whose crimes the savage law of exter mination—the law that confounded an offence of deceit and circumvention with crimes of vio lence and blood—operated as a complete bill of indemnity ; nor even at a former time, when it was more generally carried into execution, had it the effect desired. Those who recollect the horrible immolations of five, six, or seven human beings at a time, that used to take place in front of Newgate on prosecutious of the Bank of England for the forgery of one-pound notes, also know that the forgeries of those notes, ra pidly increased, as rick-burning does, under the sanguinary law, until juries, disgusted with the work of unavailing slaughter, put an end to those disgusting and demoralising scenes by refusing to convict. As if to assist those who are labouring in the " hallowed" work of endeavouring to bring into disrepute a salutary reform of an .important branch of our Criminal Code, the following paragraph ap peared in a Morning paper of Tuesday :—" The number of forged bills of exchange lately in cir culation has been productive of severe losses to the commercial interest, and injurious, to a certain extent, to mercantile credit, especially in cases where all tbe names on the bills were not perfectly known. Further discoveries of the same kind have, it is said, been made this morning ; and that one house, believed to be sufficiently strong, however, to bear the loss, has had bills lodged in its possession, as secu rities, to the amount of 20,0001., the whole of which are forgeries." We can state, upon the authority of two eminent bill-brokers, that the whole of this statement is, to say the least of it, gross exaggeration. But we need only refer to the testimony of the same Journal, in its publi cation of yesterday, to show upon what ground less rumours or idle inventions such alarming announcements are sometimes made. It still asserts, indeed, that the prevalence of forged bills is unfortunately true, but with re gard to the house in question it re tracts its statement in the following words : —" We are assured that the house re ferred to yesterday, as holding large deposits of forged bills of exchange (viz. 20,0001. worth), has not, at this moment, any such in its posses sion. Some of that description may have passed through its hands formerly, but they were all withdrawn previous to arriving at maturity, and the firm cannot, therefore, have been subjected to any losses on that score." We know the house alluded to, and we have read the fable of " the three black crows," which illustrates very well the slender origin and monstrous growth of this frightful tale of the 20 , 0 001. worth of forged deposits. If some bills of " that description" have passed through -she house in question formerly, it is only what happened to every other house when the law was capital, for the penalty of death did not terrify such men as Fauntleroy and the Rev. Peter Fenn from car g. Turkey ha; everything to fear from Russia," says he, "and everything to gain from this country and the more liberal portion of Europe. Our object, as well as our in terest, is to confer on her the mutual benefits of commer cial intercourse, and to aid her in the recovery of her strength, and the reformation of her corrupt and oppressive Government; in short, to prevent her absorption by Russia. If she will accept these benefits and this aid—well; but if not, then it becomes our duty to search for other allies, and to construct other barriers to the fifth-monarchy dreams of the Emperor Nicholas and his semi-barbarian nobles. not in all respects concur with the petitioners we do not hesitate to say no body of English men need be ashamed. The Ministers who pledged themselves (if the associations are not misinformed as to the fact) that the house and window taxes should be entirely repealed two years after the ratification of peace, might have miscalculated die expenses of the war, or the fiscal resources of the country ; but it is obvious that no such apology can be made for those who, every year since the conclusion of the war, have been labouring to convince the people that the continuance of these taxes is an oppression and an abuse. The latter, if they be men of honour and integrity, are plainly bound by the literal meaning of their own oft repeated declarations, as it cannot be pretended that any material change has taken place in the situation of the country since those declara tions were made. And the repeal, therefore, not of the house and window taxes only, but of almost every tax which contributes its share to the aggregate revenue of the country, may reasonably be demanded of them, unless they are willing to come forward with a direct and unequivocal confession that when they argued against every tax in succession they were con tending, not for what they believed to be a practicable relief to the people, but for place and pelf to themselves. Let them explicitly confess this, and their conduct, if not honourable or consistent, will, at least, be intelligible. It is notorious, however, that the present Adminis tration have rendered the house and window taxes, of which, until they were in place, they were the declared enemies, more galling and oppressive than they ever were before. There is no part of the country in which the system of surcharges has not been established by them in its utmost rigour ; and the cases are not few, in which candidates in their interest have ob tained seats in Parliament by declaiming against those taxes; and assessors in their interest, a few weeks after the seat of their candidate has been secured, have, by means of surcharges, rendered the burden upon the inhabitants more grievous than ever. The machinery of hypo crisy and fraud has, in this particular, been ex hibited in the most odious perfection. But it is not merely in aggravating the pecuniary pressure of these taxes that the present Administration have signalized their dishonesty and their con tempt of the people. Pledged as men of honour and integrity to the repeal of these taxes, they, nevertheless, contrived, by means of the Bill which they nickname their Bill of Reform, to blend them with the new constitu ion which they presumed to force upon the ountry.—Morning Post. ST. PANCItAS. Yesterday another meeting of the inhabitant house holders and other rate-payers of the parish of St. Pancras, was held at the Marquis Wellesley, Cromer street, Brunswick-square. A local committee for the north-east district of the parish was appointed, to co-operate with the other local committees in the parish, preparatory to the consolidation of the associations, when a co-ope ration will take place by the parochial committee with the committees of other parishes for the ac complishment of their object. The association re solved not to be dissolved until the repeal of the as sessed taxes has been obtained. LEWES MARKET.—Oct, 29. 0 White Wheat (per quarter)—,...— X 2 12 0 to 42 IS Red ditto ..- 2 8 0 2 12 " :ii 8ar1ey—...—....—. ....... 110 0 111 g Oats, New - . 018 6 1 1 „ Pease ..... 1 19 0 2 0 ", Oil Cake, New--..—..—........,—., 12 0 0 per thou_t . .,• o " CHELTENHAM 1%1 Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Wheat 6 0 7 0 Barley 3 6 4 0 Oats 2 6 3 6 Beans, 5 0 5 6 Pease 5 0 7 0 Hay 3l. lOs " These are apparent : they are to be found in a confe deration of the Danube ; the re-establishment of the ancient kingdom of the Artnenias ; and the extension of Greece—Egypt and Persia, in the meanwhile, being con ciliated by an accession of territory, and by the rounding of their frontiers." A shorter method is thus pointed out, not for the first time, for we have mentioned it repeatedly, though we have only had laughter and scorn for our pains : " It is essential that the tone and interference of Rus sia should be abated ; she is the head and front of the absolute party, and with her it becomes us therefore to deal. Now is the time, when Italy, Germany, and Poland are in a 'state which counsels prudence to those who would wish to continue to rule them. Let then the signal of the ascendancy of a liberal policy be hoisted in Turkey, where it has been most endangered. Let the protecting intervention of Russia be withdrawn from the shores of the Bosphorus as verily in deed as in word. Let her not be permitted to forestall the rest of Europe, and to make a province of Turkey by the specious wording of a treaty; but let the advantages of commerce and of na vigation, which she would appropriate to herself, be thrown open to the world at large; and let the liberal reforms which the Sultan Mahmoud has commenced, find agents more fit to carry them into effect than the Empe ror Nicholas. " But if Russia be obstinately proud, and resolve to make a stand at Constantinople, than a vigorous appli cation of force may prevent a prolonged and general war. We have already pointed out the methods by which she and her Turkish ally may be coerced. And we have small doubt that the damming up the Baltic and the Black Sea with our fleets, the destruction of her navy, and the annihilation of her commerce, which would be the easy and not expensive result of one campaign, would bring her to reason ; and the more so, as the first shot fired in the contest, would signalize the restoration of the kingdom of Poland. " These are harsh courses, to which, as we have before said, we have no wish that Russia should compel us to resort. We prefer seeing Turkey, and Egypt, and Greece, march peaceably, and side by side on the road to social amendment." 1A RKET.—Oct. 29. , ij. Per lb. d. t° Beef 6l . Mutton Veal Pork Lamb 0 to Si. 15s. Od. per ton ,": RKETS.—Oct. 23, S. t s. d• 0 Butter, 16oz. 0 0 n Eggs, 22 .. . ..... o_ 42 9p> , 0 Ja Beef, per score • S ~ 91 91 Mutton, per lb 0 ' Veal 04 , Qaartern Loaf 0 0 i Aye—" it is essential that the tone and inter• ference of Russia should be abated ;" but al though " now is the time when Italy, Germany, and Poland counsel prudence to those who would wish to continue to rule them," there was a better time, which is past and gone, and which may not again return. That time was the period of Poland's insurrection for her deliverance from Russian tyranny, and when a Whig Ministry was cowardly enough not only to allow the infraction of a solemn treaty, but to refrain from doing that which would, in all probability, have restored Poland to much of her former independence and territory—namely, sending one fleet into the Baltic, and another into the Black Sea, to block up her ports and destroy her commerce. Nothing more, it is al lowed by the author of the article, is necessary to prevent her from carrying into effect her am bitious designs on Turkey; and if so, how much more easily might she not have been coerced in the case of Poland, where innate bravery, and a love of national independence, combined to muster thousands ready to shed the last drop of their blood in any war which had the sacri fice of Russia for its object. A golden oppor tunity, which may never return in the same fovourable guise, was then lost by the Grey Administration, not only of immortalizing itself by a great act of justice to an oppressed people, but of humbling the pride of Russia, and of extending the power and influence of England over the continent of Europe ; but let us not despair of better days and better actions. The author of the article holds out strong promises of a new era with regard to Russia, and in the hope that it may be realized, we say amen to all past errors on this subject. " Would the continental powers listen to us, we might be tempted to whisper in their ears that there is lass dan ger in this dreaded liberality, than in the encroaching intimacy of their despotic neighbour, who, by the exten t,ion of her territories, gradually tightens the coil she has formed around not the least vulnerable part of their domi" nions. They would probably scorn our suggestions, and retort upon ourselves and upon France the patienco with which we have borne the tone of authority which this remote and least interested power has assumed in the ne gotiations of the South ; while she has haughtily pre cluded us from any interference with her infractions of the treaty of Vienna in the North : they might point to Constantinople, and ask us , where was the influence which England once possessed with her, so styled, ancient ally ! In reply, we would tell them, that this country fully appreciates the blessings of peace, and of her own high station in Europe, and that, therefore, she entertains a wise repugnance to committing the happiness of millions to the tender mercies of the sword. For the integrity of her own dominions she doss not entertain the shadow of a shade of fear ; neither has she any base and foolish thought of purchasing peace at the price of submission, which never yet insured it. Therefore, whenever Russia shall make it appear that the faith of treaties, or the hooour and independence of this country, are compromised by an acquiescence in her arrogant pretensions, from that hour she will be made to feel the power of Bri , ain, even to the very core of her huge empire."--Morning Advertiser. The meetings and associations in the me tropolis to enforce the repeal of the house and w i n d ow duties, seem to have derived an increase of activity and strength from the military array, and the menacing Proclamation, by which his Majesty's Ministers have idly t h oug h t t o put an end to the efforts of a deluded and insulted people. We refer to the evidence which our columns afford that the people do not trust the present Ministers, and are determined to be no longer cajoled and defrauded by them ; above all, we refer, as an important part of this evi dence, to the petition to his Majesty, which was yesterday placed in the hands of Lord Melbourne by the delegates of the associations for procuring the repeal of the assessed taxes. It is a document of which, although we do THE ASSESSED TAXES. PETITION TO HIS MAJESTY, AND DEPUTATION FROM THE ASSOCIATIONS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Deputa tion from the Central Committee of the Associations for the repeal of the House and Window Duties assembled at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur street, for the purpose of proceeding to the office of Lord Melbourne, the Secretary of State, to de liver to him a petition to be presented to his Majesty, stating their oppression and grievances, and praying for a repeal of the house and window duties. The deputation was received in the most courteous manner by his Lordship. Dr. WADE had been appointed by the deputation to place in his Lordship's hands a petition from the inhabitant householders of the metropolis to his Majesv for the repeal of the house and window duties. Lord MELBOURNE—From what parishes ? Dr. WADE here enumerated the different places, and said that the petition was drawn up agreeably to a resolution unanimously agreed to at the great meeting of the different associations held at the Yorkshire Stingo on the 16th of October. He then handed in the petition to his Mdjes , y, which was carefully perused by his Lordship, and of which the following is a copy : " TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY--We the under signed on behalf and by the instructions of 2,000 house holders, in public meeting assembled, venture most reluctantly to lay before your Majesty their request that your Majesty will he pleased to take into your gracious consideration the propriety of convening the Parliament of the United Kingdom, in order to relieve your peti tioners of the apprehensions that the continuance of the house and window duties may endanger the peace of these realms. " Your petitioners cannot use language more appro priate, nor expi ess their sentiments not only of the public meeting, but of the householders of the metropolis, better than has been done in the fallowing resolutions, which we humbly I.y before your Majesty : " ' That this Association, having had recourse to every measure consistent with their duty as good citizens to obtain relief, without effect, ate now compelled to declare that they will no longer pay in money those iniquitous imposts, the house and window taxes, and that they will neither buy nor sell goods that may be taken from those already borne down by the non-fulfilment of a former Minister's pledge to the nation, that the entire repeal of these taxes should take place two years after the ratifica tion of peace. " ' That notwithstanding the votes and professions of the present Administration when out of office, to repeal these taxes, they have rendered them more galling and oppressive by causing the elective franchise to depend upon their payment within a limited period, thus marking and degrading an industrious portion of the community, and punishing their poverty as a crime by depriving them of their political rights. " That this meeting, impressed not only with the injustice of continuing these taxes, but also with the mi sery that enforcing their payment inflicts upon all indi viduals in arrears, feel it an imperative duty to extend to their members all the assistance in their power ; and they hereby express their admiration at the public spirit of the auctioneers and brokers who have so honourably declared their determination of acing no longer as agents and as sistants in so distressing their fellow men. That an Address to the King, embodying the fore going reso!utions, be prepared by the Committee, and signed by them on behalf of this meeting, praying him to convene the Parliament forth with, to take into conside ration the best means of averting the evils which appear to us hkely to endanger the existing institutions of our country, should these taxes be any longer enforced.' ,4 We, therefore, fervently pray that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to instruct your Ministers to devise means by which your suffering people may be relieved, and to be no longer subjected to the law of distress, and that we may have reason to bless and honour your Ma jesty for such paternal exercise of ?our Royal prerogative. " And we, your petitioners, will ever pray. " Signed by the Committee on behalf of the public meeting held at the Yorkshire Stingo Tavern, Oct. 16, 1833." Lord MELBOURNE, having read the petition, as sured the deputation in the most hanthonie manner that it should be laid before his Majesty. The deputation expressed their acknowledgments. Lord MELBOURNE—I assure you, Gertlemen, it shall be done without delay. The deputation then bowed and retired. MEETING OF TILE LAMBETH ASSOCIATION. Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock, a very full meeting of the Lambeth Association for the repeal of the house and window taxes was held at the Cornwall Arms, in Cornwall -road, Lambeth. Mr. PITT was unanimously called to the chair. About thirty new members enrolled themselves and gave their subscriptions, and more than that n umber sent their subscriptions. Deputations from various Associations were here announced, and they were each received with three rounds of applause. The following resolutions were then proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously : " 1. That this meeting disclaims attaching blame to MARYLEBONE ASSOCIATION. Last night, at eight o'clock, a very numerous meeting of the Marylebone Householders' Associa tion for the abolition of the house and window taxes was held at t he Mechanics' Institution, Circus-street, New-road, Mr. O'NEILL in the chair. Mr. BRAIN said that, from what he had heard, these taxes were literally defunct, for he was told that at Rotherhithe a tax-collector had given up all hopes of collecting these taxes, as, whenever he went he found that all refused to pay. But this was not a solitary instance, similar reports having been related of refusals in various other parts of the metropolis. —(Applause.) Mr. SAVAGE here stated that on Saturday next some of their martyrs must appear in the Court of Exchequer, on which day they and their friends proposed to go to the chambers of Lord Brougham in Lincoln's Inn, from which place it was their in tention to escort the Judges down to Westminster. He hoped they would go peaceably, and show Go vernment that they had no other intention than the repeal of these taxes. Let the issue of that day's proceedings in the Court of Law IA however deci ded. After the result they would go home quietly, and the next day, being Sunday, they would have time to cogitate.—(Applause.) Mr. DUFFIL moved that a Committee of five be appointed, to provide a suitable conveyance for the victims who were to appear at Westminster on Saturday. Mr. PAToN seconded the resolution. Mr. BIRCH objected to the resolution, as advan tage might be taken of such a course. The resolution was then withdrawn. Mr. CONSTANTINE appeared to address the meeting, but was received with hisses and loud groans. After they had subsided he said that dis cretion was the better part of valour, and that when he saw the disturbances which had taken place on the Thursday preceding he thought that he acted disc,eerly in paying those taxes. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, when, at ten o'clock the meeting broke up. ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK. Last evening a highly-respectable meeting of the inhabitant householders of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, was convened in Mr. Jones's spaci:Jus Riding School, Blackfriars-road, for the purpose of forming an Association to obtain, by every legal and constitutional means, the entire and immediate abo lition of the unjust imposts on houses and windows. The premises, which are capable of holding at lean 3,000 people, were crowded almost to suffocation. As the business of the evening was about to com mence it was announced, amid warm and respectful acclamations, that J. Humphery, Esq., the worthy and patriotic Member for Southwark, had arrived, according to promise, when on his ascending the hustings, which bad been temporarily erected for the evening, he was received with three tremendous cheers ; after which Mr. Malyon, of the Old Kent road, was unanimously voted to the Chair. No sooner had the Chairman entered into a long and able speech than the platform (on which were up wards of forty gentlemen, including Mr. Hum phery) suddenly gave way, and all persons thereon were precipitated to the ground, a height of about eight feet ; but we are happy to state that all escaped without receiving anv material injury. After several resolutions had been moved and unanimously carried,; twas announced that deputations from the Westminster, Lambeth, St. Saviour's, and Christ Church Associations had arrived, and were then present on the hustings. • Three cheers were given to each. Mr. NASH rose for the purpose of proposing an important and honourable resolution, which he would read : " That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to our highly es eemed Representative, John Humphery, Esq., for the readiness with which be acceded to the wishes of his constituents in attending the meeting this evening, and for his general Parliamentary conduc t." Mr. BIGGS seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A Voice—Where is our representative, William Brougham ? The CHAIRMAN said, in reply, that a letter had been addressed to him requesting his attendance, but he was not present.--(Hisses and groans.) Mr. HUMPHERY here rose and addressed the meeting at great length, amid much applause. The CHAIRMAN proposed that three cheers might be given previous to the worthy Gentleman's de parture, which was instantly acceded to. After which— A Gentleman proposed that three groans might be given, as a token of their respect, to their repre sentaiive, William Brougham, Esq., which was also complied with. _ Several other gentlemen having addressed the meeting at considerable length in able speeches, it separated in an orderly manner. We understand several troops of the Worces tershire yeomanry cavalry were lately under orders to hold themselves in readiness to march to Dudley, in conse. quence of the colliers in that neighhoui hood, who have recently turned out for an advance of wages, showing a disposition to commit acts of violence. Accounts, we are happy to state, have been received this morning, from which we learn that order was restored, the demands of the workmen having been acceded to by their employers. Worcester Herald. The Cork Southern Reporter says—" We are the first to announce that the twelve Judges were unanimously of opinion that Baron Pennefather was wrong —that non-resident freemen have, under the provisions of the Reform Bill, no right whatsoever to register or vote— and that the Learned Baron him•elf concurred in that judgment." DUMFRIES MA s. d. s.d. Wheat, Imp. Bush 6 0 to 7 9 Barley ......... 3 0 3 6 Oats .......... 0 0 2 6 Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal 1 6 19, Potatoes. cwt. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL.STREE" ...... (Frdm the London Gazette.) 11 , , TO-M ORROW, Nov. I. 11. 2 A t li l ' J. S Gadd, linen-draper ? Woolwich R. L. Laws, master-mariner, Greenwich 2 2 10 G. Owles, grocer, Great Yarmouth G. Southall and W. Mimes, n coal-merchants, Pedlar's- ~ 11 1 .. acre-wharf, Lambeth l,. P. Wright, bookseller, High-street, St. Giles's . .. . . . ..... . C. Gregory, maltster, Luton, Bedfordshire 1 E. Denman, watch-maker, Mark-lane 1 W. M. Porter, merchant, Great Winchester- s troet DIVIDENDS. tO .gi 11 J. Saunders. nurseryman, Abergavenny . R. C. Battyll, tavern-keeper, Doctors' Commons ,a, P. Barratt, jeweller, New Bond-street ......................... • .... T. Woodhouse, jun., hosier, Milk-street, Cheapside ......... PARISH RATES IN MARYLEBONE.'` rates in 1688 were 24/. ; in 1788, 28,0001.; aus" A 1831, 150,000/. ; and in 1832, 142,0001. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 0 . —Our Cotton Market continues drooping, and prices down id. to id. below our pric e s of F r id a y last. floi de a are more timid. Sales merely 1,000 bales, consisting ; 250 Pernams, 10/d. to 111 d. ; 100 Maranhants, ; 100 Surats, sid. to bid. ; 500 Arneri" a ' lB to 10d. per lb. THE NATIVES OF NEW SOUTH WALES 1` There is one feature in the appearance of Sydney Wh i tto gives a novel tone to the mind of a fresh visitant to colony: it is groups of strolling blacks which are W A , met with at every corner. The appearance of these b", is distinct from whatever the imagination may have !lel to itself of deformed and degraded in the human They are often in a state of perfect nudity, and their "; most inborn in facial conformation and expression- - t bel d dark and coarse texture of skin and frightful contuurerH limb, produce upon the mind the most revolting iloP r ol sion. These unfortunate beings are, however, the IP O interesting, in other respects, of the savage tribes. disposition they are artless, confiding, and sociable, s u m without the slightest exaggeration of term., they maY eg i i said to possess the kindliest affections. They .pe , k with surprising volubility and enchanting s weetn€ ol :l o and are as full of mimicry as monkeys.--Bust In a Magazine. —.Oll MARRIED. A olr ei t On the 22d inst., at Blairvaddoch, Dumbartonshire, 4 fel Bonar, Esq., banker in Edinburgh, to Marcelly, daug hter °, late Colonel Ranaldson hfacdonell of Glengarry and Clanr ° o l On the 22d inst., at Rosneath Manse, F. D. Sternber l6 , Manchester, to Sarah, second daughter of the late %,'" Edleston, Esq., of Liverpool. 0 h On the 21st inst., in Edinburgh, Mr. Geo. Hodges, mere 100- 6 Glasgow, to Bethia Lillie, eldest daughter of the late Re l ' . Campbell, minister of Nicholson.street Secession Churcyol On the 21st inst., in Ayr, the Rev. James Julius iite j minister of Newton upon Ayr, to Christian Ingles, da" Mr. James Henderson. t do On the 15th inst., at Cromarty House, Alexander 0:011- Graham, Esq., Hanoverian Guards, to Nancy, daughter late Francis Graham, Esq. k isf e6 On the 17th inst., at Manchester, the R ev . ThomaS at* 8.A., curate of Barnoldswick, York s hi re , t o Mi ss Ann lr of Salford. On the 21st inst., at St. Mary's Church, Dublin, It' e gt, Esq., M.D., to Mary, only daughter of the late Wm BO Cheltenham, Esq. pf On the 24th inst., at Helleston, the Rev. Thomas i kie f venen, of St . Ewe Rectory, to Mary Ann, eldest daug" James Plomer, Esq., of the former place. f r o, On the 22d inst., at Chaddesley Corbett (having "`",„ t itr viously married according to the rites of the Catholic W. Acton, Esq., of Wolverton, to Mary, relict of to Trafford, Esq., of Pleremore, Worcestershire. On the 24th inst., at Preston, Paul Catterall, jun., 7 Harriet Susanna, third daughter of the late John VO' Esq., all of Preston. DIED., Yesterday morning, in Upper Glou ces t er-s tree, 1 ,41 0 ,F square, after a severe and protracted illness, Mrs. Je an , wife of Colonel Jones, and youngest daughter of the late Miller, Esq., of Dalswinted, Dumfriesshire. A most i $ lady, beloved and regretted by all w h o k new her, a i On the 26th inst., at Skellbrook Park, Yorkshire, of the Rev. Thomas Cator, aged nine months. ctlei ld On the 29th inst., at his house in Devonshire.ot-r e pt. land-place, in his 69th year, Sir William Franklin' 0 40 1 A to principal Inspector. General of the Army Medical DeP nc or On the 20th inst., at Bishopstone, Sussex, Major F at of late of the 76th Regiment. ti l. On the 9th inst., in London, William, third On of "0 B. B. Nembhard, Es q., of the Island of Jamaica. osie r On the 29th inst., at her residence, Albany.strec t, tto t, Park, Miss Butler. for° On the 30th inst., at his residence in Upper Sta.. - ~,,, Mr. Hamilton Fulton. On the 29th inst., suddenly, of apoplexy, Mrs. .- gd Afa r° of Farringdon.street. ..., P li On the 29th inst., at his house at Epsom, the o•e'' 0 0 Richards, aged 74. iii On the 29th inst., in Devonshire-street, Bishop o S ae, of 75th year, Mr. Benjamin Biles. „.,„oce d 100 Last week, at Dunbar, Allan Cameron, at the an'''. n y 0 00 in"" of 102. Allan was a fiddler by profession, and for ile to year exercised his calling before gentle and sienPle• to reo o , o lC musician to the Dunbar Castle Lodge, and the 13 . r t e h 03 0 0 0 straw their respect for his memory, buried biro W 1 „ief',o ll honours, the master delivering, in an energetic inlopoo oration over his tomb. Poor Allan has been thus n iece in his death inst ever he was in his life. for most L alt learned the ed rrLoefaers Professors s On the 15th ,at Perth, the Rev. J. Aiktnan , ou minister of the South Congregation of the Secession ( e, Perth. i, pe n o O a ; age of 82, having filled the chair of Historian of To 0: the year 1784. it , CC e p le , At Croome, near Sledmere, aged 75, the Rev;_ ed o ,o oo o€ Vicar of Wetwang, Yorkshire. His coffin men°. e . __r.. lii'lhetrehUilnuisvejrasmitesyofPlanc." 'clell' P OS n A f ~.1 .4 v/ five inches, and weighed, including the corpse6,l:-11e°.141 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED Bti MU RD 0 Y U SDN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, ........... - ________•... BIRTHS. Ile' On the 25th inst., at Glasgow, the lady of Major Henri bert Farquharson, Royal Regiment, of a daughter. r iclu On the 29th inst., at Bisham-cottage, Berks, Lady I . " of a daughter. f, , ° On the 29th inst., in Hanger.lane, Stamford-hill , Thomas Bridges, of a daughter.' Bs On the 28th inst., at Richmond, the lady of Colonel of the E. 1. C. service, of a daughter. the On the 29th inst., in Great James-street, Bedford.ro vb lady of B. Bishop, Esq., of a son. 0; fit' On the 29th inst., in Eaton-square, the lady A g nes of a daughter. f. k L tltt e tht eq, Ag Th e 11. i„. i Yet Si ° l, of NI: , 'III I: , 4'►tt 'Z, G