The Sun. — London, England, 1821-12-28 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM TIIF. MORNING PAPERS, • December• 28.. • r3IOIINING CIiRONICLE.] Out reade r rs will see, from the following ex 'Tract froni the Mario de Barcelona of the 10th, instant, that his Royal Highness the Duke of Yorki with a humane attention to the' sufferings .ofithe people of Barcelona, ordered Dr. loran to repair to that city to afford them the aid of his professional talents, though circumstances prevented that gentleman from arriving in ' time to be of service. The authorities of the city ap pe.ar to have been not the less sensible of the ge nerous intentions of his Royal Highness, and ex .press their warm gratitude to the nation:— " All Europe was moved at the sight of the - dreadful picture presented by the afflicted Bar celona under the rigour of-the desolating disease; and hence most cultivated nations immediately hastened to offer us aid in our distress, assigning .to us. accredited Physicians to assist our undaunt ed ProfessorS in discharging the duties under .which they were weighed down.—ln the month .of October, a" period certainly the most critical ,and fatal, there left Paris a respectable Commis ion" of five distinguished Physicians, who, ani mated with pure zeal, repaired to this city, and offered themselves with alacrity to sacrifice their existence, facing undauntedly the dangers to which they were exposed. The calm at length took place, through the influence of the cold season, and having concluded the abject-of their• mission, they proposed to return to their coun try. Scarcely had they embarked, when another commission, - composed of four of our fellow citizens from Carthagena, came to replace 'them with the same philanthropic object.— The English nation, of which the science and fame are equal to its power and wealth, was resolved not to be behind in coming also forward to the assistance of the inhabitants of this capital. With this laudable object his Royal Highness the Duke of York, Commander in Chief of the Forces of his Britannic Majesty, ordered one of his -physicians to repair to this province, to place himself at the disposition of -the Junta. The revision of a work, which was to he published in London, respecting the yellow fever of Andalusia, delayed the arrival of Dr. Thomas O'Halloran, so just a . motive, not per mitting him to accomplish his desire till the 4th current, when he presented himself to this Body of Public Safety, which could not do less than manifest to him the high sense it entertained of this-act. The extensive knowledge of this me, ..iitorious physician, his voyages to and observa tions made in the West Indies and in the South of Spain, the esteemed recommendation of our Ambassador at the Court of England, Don Luis Onis, and the ties of relationship which connect him with our immortal Lacy, form a union of circumstances which disposed the Junta to hold him in the very highest estimation. Having arrived at a period when happily there hardly re . snained any sufferers from the epidemic, he rnani. fested his regret at being unable to accelerate his voyage so as to have been useful when cir cumstances demanded. The Junta, satisfied of the generous intentions of Dr. O'Halloran, and of the just causes which prevented him from reaching this capital in time to aid our fellow citizens, delivered to him their most fervent thanks, being sincerely grateful to this worthy physician, and to the magnanimous nation which sent him. JOSEF Y MARIANO DE CABANES, • First Alcalde, President. JOSEF MOLINS Y CABANYES, Sec. Barcelona, Dec. 9, 1321." [MORNING POST.] The intelligence received from Ireland yester day informs us that the Limerick Commission was adjourned at the close of the seventh day. Se veral of the offenders found guilty bad been exe cuted, but nothing had come out in any of the trials to justify the charge of conspiracy and dis affection made by a few individuals against the mass of the Irish people. Nothing, in fact, had been proved beyond local offences, disgraceful and fatal to the individuals concerned in them, hut totally unconnected with any general sy4- te'rzi of Religious or political insubordination:— This is the 'more gratifying, as it has reduced to certainty what might otherwise have con tinued to be regarded by some as mere as sumption. The evil has been probed in its very seat, and to its very heart, and after the evidence produced on these trials, the verdicts found, and the sentences executed, they will be bold con temners of the sense and opinion of their fellow creatures, those who will venture to assert that the outrages committed in Ireland are the result of a conspiracy against Church and State. Pri vate letters announce that the disturbances "are suhsiding very much," and that " Government has done every thing to repress them." [MORNING HEIIALD.I The short sketch in the French Papers, of the -Sittings of the Cortes on the 11th and 12th, gives a clear insight into the sentiments and composi tion of that body, and the situation of the Minis try. The latter appear utterly destitute of Par liamentary support. The first part. of the Re part, which we gave a few days since, has been agreed to by a majority of 130 to 48. Now this Report, thus agreed to, is a strong. censure of their conduct. But it may be sup posed they have still the minoricy of 48--- 7 not at all. 'These 48 Members are Ultra-Liberals, Who . call 'for their impeachment. Among the latter We observe the name of Quiroga, the.first Chief, and author of the Spanish Revolution, but whose condiict, "since the establishment of the Consti tutional• Government, has been Marked uniformly by Moderation; also that of. M. Flores Estrada, whose talents, public services, and enlighten ed patriotism, gained him .great influence in Spain ever since the.commencement of the strug gle against Buonaparte, and procured him the highest respict during his residence in this coun try. The Minister of the Interior, in his reply to M. Flores, declined going into any justifica tion of his conduct ' but pledged himself to do so, when the second part of the Report came regularly before the Cortes. There is one sen tence of his speech, which, - if correctly reported in the French Papers, deserves attention.— " There are," he says, " occasions where the honour of a man finds itself so compromised as to impose upon him the necessity of holding his tongue—of dying, perhaps—to avoid saying things which might compromise the safety of the State." We shall hazard.no conjecture upon this myste rious sentence. Besides the dismissal of the Mi nisters, the Commission recommends to the King that he should submit to the Cortes such le gislative measures as he judged in his wisdom the occasion demanded. The next arrivals will probably bring intelligence of the ap pointment of the new Administration, and of the measures contemplated for reducing Cadiz, Se ville and Corunna, to obedience. It appears the King did not, as stated in the last Papers, retire to the Prado' during the discussion on the 11th and 12th in the Cortes. • [BRITISH PRESS. We are glad to perceive in the accounts from the East some evidence of an intention on the part of the Greek nations to ,unite themselves into one political body, under the form of a fede rative republic. Their nation of old presents the first image of such an union; but Greece in those days was a world within itself, and wanted the stimulus of •foreign hostility to give con sistency and force to the league. The wars that at once desolated and ennobled Greece in the days of its splendour, were for the most part such as now would be called civil wars, and in settling their mutual quarrels, whether aris ing from ambition or jealousy, the several States would acknowledge no power superior to their own. The States that now are said to form the Federative Republic are six, namely, the Morea, Livadia, Thessaly: Macedonia, Epirus, and the Islands, and It cannot be doubted that. they possess such capabilities, moral and phy sical, as, under the influence of a free form of Government, must render them a very formidable power, and give . them considerable importance in the general concerns of Europe. Tripolizza is appointed to be the seat of their Representatives. [TH E TIMES. It has been stated in recent letters from the lonian Islands, that a depot, consisting of 40,000 or 50,000 stand of arms, had been discovered in Zante ; and it was thence inferred that a most formidable conspiracy against the existing Go vernment had been concerted by the inhabitants of that Island. Subsequent accounts, however, have shewn the inaccuracy of the statement, while they explain from what causes it has in all 'probability arisen. It appears that after the affray which took place between a detachment of English soldiers, and the inhabitants of Zante, in the attempt to plunder a Turkish vessel which had been driven ashore in Cheri Bay, both the nasal and military force at the island were much strengthened by order of Sir Thos. Maitland.- He then proceeded to punish the ringleaders in the affray, and afterwards to disarm the whole of the isltinders, whose custom it had previously been to wear arms of some description. as a part of their dress. This custom having existed among them from very re mote antiquity, the attempt to disarm them be came extremely odious, and some of the villagers resisted ; and it was net till troops had been sent against them, with field-pieces, that they could be induced to give them up. The surrender was effected in, all instances without bloodshed, and in the towns no opposition was made. About the middle of last month, alere had been seized in Zante about 20,000 pieces of every kind, includ ing guns, pistols, swords, and stilettoes, and it was supposed that there remained about 10,000 more to collect. It was understood to be the intention of Sir T. Maitland to disarm all the other islands, after having put the finishing hand to the measure in Zante. Our private Correspondence from Spain, as well as the public journals, which reach to the 14th instant, are of a tranquillizing character ; at least they point out the way to present peace and an arrangement. The dissolution of.the Ministry, respecting winch public distrust was excited, ap. pears to be unavoidable. The Commission ap pointed by the Cortes to exa►mine the subjects treated of in his Majesty'& Message, presented two reports—an open and a sealed one : the first being disposed of in. a way satisfactory, we should suppose to the Crown itself-the latter was opened and read in a sitting of the Uth instant. It summed up. the errors of Ministers strongly recommended their dismissal-and recommended that the Cortes should second any efforts of his Majesty to this end ; the initiation of all acts resting with the Crown during the sitting of the Extraordinary Cortes.—(lbid.) [NEW TIMES.] The internal affairs of France appear to pro ceed with the , greatest calmness. Some time must of course elapse, before the new arrange ments of a party so long and so inexorably ex cluded from intwer can be completed ; but in the mean while the nation gives its entire confidence to the new Ministers, and they proceed un impeded in their course. When , w'e say the nation, we of course mean the great majo rity of those who make politics an object of at tention there is.a very large mass of the commu nity-which takes no interest in matters of this . nature; and in such .a country as France there. Will always be, of course, an active and stirring. Opposition. If the two extreme parties in the Chamber of Deputies united for the momentary purpose of overthrowing the late Ministry, it was not in consequence of any fusion together of opi nions which are essentially hostile. They were merely agreed in the determination to put an end to the system of oscillation between the two parties, which, as it. was only the resource of weak minds, so it kept the country in a state of ;doubt and uneasiness which could pot long be endured. • PROVINCIAL JOURNAIS. Though we have not, for some time, been able to resume our attention to the opinions and rea sonings of Provincial Jouwnalists, yet we have not lost sight of thetr4 but mean to transfer their sentiments to our columns as freely, if not so re gularly,- as we do those of the London Editors. The following ob;ervations on the Ministerial changes which have been announced in the Lon don Journals, are taken from The Leeds Intel& gencer of Monday last, a paper that has long been distinguished for its political sagacity, and the manly independence of its principles, which have justly raised it to a pre-eminent rank in the large and important county through which it maintains an extensive circulation : Some further changes have taken place in the Ministry ; and the report that the accession of the Grenville party. was to strengthen the hands of administration is confirmed. Mr.' Charles Wynn, we learn, succeeds Mr. B. Bathurst as Pre sident of the Board of Controul, and Mr. Freemantle succeeds Mr. S. Bourne as a Commissioner at the Board. Mr H. Wynn is to have a diplomatic mission on the Continent, and Dr. Phil limore goes to the Admiralty. The Marquis of Buckin g h am , we also learn, is to be created a Duke.—No mention whatever is made of Lord Grenville himself in these arrangements ; in deed we do not see how his Lordship, who has committed him self far more than any of his adherents have done, could, with any regard to his character, accept of office. We respect his Lordship's talents ; we admire him for the manly support which he gave to Ministers in a late crisis of terror and alarm ; but we cannot forget his desertion of Mr. Pitt, and his union with Earl Grey—two men so opposite--and the latter of whom was .left at such an immeasurable distance by -the former, in every quality which dignifies the man, or adorns the po litic We confesS we are not disposed to be very sanguine in our expectations of any good arising from this new coalition. We are averse to all coalitions which must involve a sacrifice of principle ; and we certainly think that such a sacrifice is involy- - ed by this union of parties. The Grenyilles were a party of that Ministry, which in 1300 cut such a conspicuous figure in Bri tish history ; and the reason of their dismissal from office is well known—it was because they refused to refrain from liar rassing the conscience of our " Good old King" on a constitu tional question, which he was determined—and in our opinion was laudably- determined—never to concede. Have they now accepted-office in defiance of their repeated pledges, that Catho lic Emancipation should bo conceded, if they ever returned to power? Or have Lords Eldon and Liverpool—the Duke of • Wellington and Mr. Peel—consented to abandon the Protestant ascendancy, and to sacrifice the British constitution at the shrine of expediency ?. - Time will enable us to anawer these questions. We have heard that Mr. Charles Wynn is to be at liberty to introduce what measure he pleases or. Catholic emancipation, and to give to it all the support of the office over which he pre les ; but we cannot answer for the correctness of the report. In the mean while, however, we may congratulate our readers and the country on the mortification of the Whigs, who, in all these arrangements, find themselves unnoticed and unregardcd. In deed it was to be expected that such would be the case. What King of England wor! , l ver think of calling to his councils men who have shewn so little regard either for his personal feelings, or for the 'vapour and dignity of the crown ? 'What high-spirited Englishman would act with the subscribers to Hie, the allies of Hunt—the abettors of Carlile—and, in short, the apologists of all the traitors, and all the infidels— and the slanderers of all that is great, and good, and venerable, in our country ? The papers of the faction evince great wrath at the recent appointments, and are in high dudgeon at the neglect of their patrons; but, as we .are convinced a greater curse never can befal this country than that of having a Whig Adminis tration, we hail with joy the circumstance Which has given fresh fuel to the fire of their discontents. The voice of the country too is on our side ; every loyal man despises the Whigs for their coquetting. with the RucheAds ; and, even the Radicals themselves are ashamed of their quondam friends, and whilst they avail themselves of their aid to . promote their own ends, they vent upon them the most unsparing abuse. Is a party so degraded and so humbled fit to have the destinies of a great and mighty Nation committed to its keeping ? POLICE' INT ELLIG E` CE. DREADFUL RIOT IN CATO-STREET.-INTERFE . RENCE OF TILE MILITARY. • ManYLEDONE OFFlCE.—Yepterday the avenues leading to the above Office were completely thronged in c on seque n ce o f the apprehension of 24 persons (Irishmen), who were apprehended by the Of leers for being concerned in'a desperate riot on Wed nesday evening last, in which the ,afficers and ninny other per , sons were dreattiftilly injured. - It appears that on Christmas Day a most desperate fight took place in the neighbourhood of Peter-street, Golden-square, be tween two low Irishmen, and one of them, named Welch, was ' vanquished. The following evening, being in th e Ap o ll o public house, Paddington-street, the subject of the fight was mentioned, and some rema r k s n o t su it a bl e t o th e t as t e o f Welch made, on which he quitted the place threatening to "scree out the parties who made theM in a short time," and his con duct convinced the landlord that he intended some mischief. Information was immediately forwarded to this Office, when Staples and Stowell, active officers, were dispatched to the Apollo, where they concealed themselves, in order to apprehend any one who might disturb the peace. They had not been there 10 minutes, when a most formidable body of men, apparently Irishmen, amounting to aboUt do, arrived opposite the house, armed with tremendous bludgeons, Ste. and they commenced a most shameful attack upon the house; some went inside, while others remained out, and in a short time the whole o f the per sons in the house . were beaten dreae.fully, and the windows and front of the house destroyed. Staples and Stowell contrived to make their escape out of a window, and saved their lives. On witnessing the most brutal, conduct on the part of the despera does, who knocked down indiSeriminately every body they met with their sticks, man, woman, or child, being without their cutlasses, or other arms, they instantly went back to the office for • extra assistance, and returned with Buckeridge, Day, &c. armed with pistols and cutlasses. During this time the ruffians were exercising their ferocity on ever body they came to, and even had the audacity to enter some houses, and they laid on some hackney coachmen near their stand without the least provoeation, and beat them until they were senseless and dreadfully wounded. One of them was so ill-treated, that he is placed in a precarious situation. On the return of the officers, they found that the party had increased in numbers to the amount of between 1 and 2061, all brandishing their sticks, and kidding defiance to the police, who were almost afraid to ilia terfere. However, the officers rushed in and seized Welch, who was the most active in the affair, and while taking him, to some place of safety, they were followed by the mob, and very much ill-used by them. Stowell gave one of them a severe blow with his cutlass, and the fellow immediately retreated, bleeding profusely. After securing Welch, the officers; who had endeavoured to quell the riot, found it absolutely impossi ble without the aid of the military, and the inhabitants en treated the officers to seta to the Barracks. Information was accordingly forwarded by Buckeridge, the officer, and shortly . afterivards 3 detachment of the Foot Guards, under the com mand of Captain Itena'nck, arrived ,on the spot.. Staples, on the arrival of the soldiers, was standing near the spot, watch ing the most active of the gang, when a rush was made tilt= a Cato-street, and :a desperate attack was made on 'Pay i g h and Stowell, the officers, who were at the onpOsite oia of the street; and who ware much beaten. . Stowell received a bad wound on his hand, and a number of persons were carried away fitr assistance, in consequence of the injuries they received. Staples seized on a man who ,was also active, and he was sur rounded and belaboured over the arms with sticks, until, he was necessitated to lgave go his hold : he ran into a baker's shop for safety : they followed him, and the owner of the shop was threatened for harbouring him in his house. The soldiers in a short time after the riot had been quelled, repaired to Cato- street, where they' ere informed. some of the persons were that headed the mob, and at one house they were refused a d m i ss i on . The officers, however, forced their way through the windows, followed by the military. In the apartment there were about twenty Irishmen sitting down together drinking tea with their faces and heads cat; 10 of them were reepgnised as being of the party, aid were handcuffed and brought to the Office. 'h e o faie cers afterwards returned.and apprehended 13 more of the offen ders. The whole of the prisoners were dreadfully injured, but eSpeciallyone of the name of 13radley, who was covered with wounds and bruises. • _ The officeri and several other persons gave evidence of the outrageous and brutal conduct of some of the prisoners, who 'were positively sworn to as being very active in the affray. The .prisoners denied being concerned in. it, and accounted fot their wOunds by being near the spot at the time. The Magistrates - ordered Welch and 'l4 of th e prisoners to find good bail to answer the complaint at the Sessions, but for the want of sufficient proof, discharged the others from custody, and eulogised the military and the °facers for their activity. CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. • . GUILDIMLL.—Yesterdq,. Mr. MURItAY, the Secretary to this AssocAtion, .apphod to Alderman Tiro ksow, the Sitting Magistrat:, for' •darrants to apprehend two of CarWe's shop , . men, for selling the " Addresi to the Refarnters of Great Britain." r. NE w mAN, the City Solicitor, attended as the Alderman's Assessor, and Under his opinion the warrants were granted. The officers who were sent to =Tote the first warrant that was granted, soon returned with a ~ . iddle-aged man of mean appearance, Who was placed at the bar. The first question put to him was—Are you disposed to tell your name ? To which the prisoner replied, I beg to be exmsed. The warrant and the affidavit on which it Was granted were then read. The warrant was directed to the peace officers of the City of London, and charged them to apprehend a certain per son whose name was unknown, but whose person was well known, who stood charged, on the oath of John Purton, of Cross -court, Drury-lane, with having sold the said Purton, on the 26th Dec. in s t. a t th e shop No. 55, Fleet-street, a certain book or tract, called an " Address to the Reformers of Great Britain," which book, as deponent believed, contained passages on which verdicts had been found for blasphemous and sediti ous libels ;' particularly a libel concerning the Holy Scriptures, and another libel against our Lord the King. John Purton, the deponent, who is a young man of very decent appearance, deposed that the prisoner was the _person from whom he bought the book ref e rred to in hi s affidavit, which he identified on being , produced. The prisoner was again asked whether he would tell his name, . or whether he wished to say any thing in his defence, or was provided with bail Hp persisted in refusing to tell his name, said he did not wish to stiy any thing in his defence, and that lie was not provided with bait The Magistrate informed him that when he could give bail he should be liberated ; but he must tell his name before bail could be taken. The prisoner bowed, said I thank you, Sir, and left the bar. The second person apprehended was then put to the bar. He was a very young man, was more decently dressed than the first prisoner, and; like his colleague, refused to tell his name. The warrant, and affidavit on which it was granted, were read, as in the former case. The affidavit was made by a per son named William Smith, and'stated, that he had on that day, the 27th of December instant, bought. from a person, whose name was unknown, &c. at the shop, No. 55, Fleet-street, a book, called au " Address to the Reformers of Great Britain," &c. reciting the allegations of the former affidavit. William Smith, being sworn, stated, that the prisoner was the person from whom he bought the book referred to in his affidavit, for which he paid sixpence: He had no particular conversation with the prisoner at the time of buying the book. The prisoner being asked whether he was prepared with hail said he had not time to be . prepared, and inquired what bail 'would be necessary. He was informed, his own recognizance in 401. and two sureties in 201. each, would be taken for his ap pearance. He replied, " Very well; I only want justice. •If I have justice, I'm right, and have nothing to fear." He then left the bar. • GIOVANNI IN IRELAND. Bow-STB.EF.T.—Yesterday Th..lnas I3aker Ciix, Esq. of No. I,Soho-square, attended to prefer a complaint against Win. Bond, a Constable of this Office, who does duty at Drury-lane Theatre, for assaulting him. Bond having been sent for, by order of the Magistrate, Mr. Cox stated, that lie went on Wednesday evening to the Pit of Drury-lane Theatre, and during some part of the repre sentation of the piece, called " Giovanni in Ireland," he thought proper (as he conceived he had an undoubted right to do) to ex press disapprobation in the usual way, by crying " Off, off," and hissing. While doing so, the defendant suddenly seized him by the collar, dragged him from his seat, and in doing so, tore his shirt. He remonstrated, and the defendant produced his staff, said he was a Bow-street officer, and gave his name. But for the interference of the audience, who cried " Shaine," at the - conduct of the Constable, he would have been. put out of - the Theatre, but the latter let him go. Ile should observe, that he had previously seen Bond applauding very vehemently. Sir R. Max IE —Well, there is no great harm in that, surely —one man may be much pleased with a piece, with which an other is highly displeased. Mr. Cox said, that was undoubtedly true, and by that very rule, the officer ought not to have interfered with him. Sir R. Btaxre said, Bond was there to keep the peace, and he was right to interfere, if he saw any conduct which was likely to create a breach of the peace. • Mi. Cox said, he Yas expressing his opinion only in the le gitimate way. Bond, in his defence, said, Mr. Cok had no sooner taken his seat than he commenced hooting, and crying " Off," before he could have had time to know whether there was any thing to approve or disapprove;. and he continued so long and loudly, that many of the audience cried " Turn him out." He was the only person who so hOoted, and cried " Off." When he took him into custody, he called him (Bond) a rascal, &c.; he denied tearing his shirt. Mr. Cox declared, that a_great number joined in the crylof dis approbation; the scene which particularly disgusted him was that in which singing wasintroauced in a Court of Justice.-_a thing, which, as the Worthy Magistrate must know, was never yet heard of, and was a gross outrage upon propriety and de cency. Ile applauded sonic scenes, though he expressed his dis approbation at others ; he begged to deny calling Bond a rascal, and to assert that he did tear his shirt. ' Bond said,-he had witnesses who Would bear him out in all he had said. • . Sir R. BritstE said, he was desirous that the charge should --be fully investigated, and - he would, therefore, postpone the hearing-until eleven o'clock to-morrow (this day), and then each . party would bring what witnesses he chose. EXTEISSME RORBERY.—Yesterday Henry Brown, aged 14, Henry Brookes, Mary Bates, Thos. Stokes, alias Williams. and Moses Lyons, alias " Ike}" Nathan, Were brought be fore Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, and underwent a long exlmina tion, charged with being concerned (as . principals and acces wales before and after the fact) hi a robbery to the amount of :12,001. committed upon Ntr.John Frost, a respectable jeweji in Arundel-street, Strand. It appeared that the prisoner, Henry Brown, lived in the service of Mr. Frost as an errand-boy, and that lie let the parties in who committed the robbery. The gold and silver were melted down and sold for 401)1. • ThT.prisoners were remanded till Monday 'next for a final examination. SHOCKING CATASTROPHE.-The following me lancholy event took place a few days ago in this neighbourhood.. A person of the name of Hunt recently went to reside in a new-built house at Rainhill, and for several nights his three sons, who slept in an upper room, in which there was a fire-place but no grate; had a fire kindled in it : on Sunday, the 9th instant, they did not come down to breakfast at the usual hour, but as they had no.business to do on that morning, it excited no surprise. In a short time, however, Mrs. Mitt went to their bedrooth, and, dreadftil to relate, had the heart-rending affliction of behold ing them all lifeless ! Their death had been pro duced by suffocation. It appeared that the door of the room, which had been formerly left open, was on this night closed, and the humidity of the room, it is supposed, preVented the smoke from ascending by the chimney. From the posture in which the bodies were found, only •one of them appears to have been awoke to their terrible situ ation, and he, so overpo.,vered from the effects of the effluvia, that his head was only partly raised. They were of the respective ages of 14, 19, and 9.4. They were interred at Farnworth church, and their funeral was attended by the most nu merous concourse of spectators ever witnessed in that part of the country.—(Liverpool Ad7er tiser.) An appalling occurrence,' the effect of de bauchery, happened at Lochee, near Dundee, on Wednesday week. Two men having betaken themselves to a course of hard drinking, formed the wild resolution of trying their powers at originality in swearing, or .who•could give utter ance-to the most horrific oath. The one having given vent to his conception, the other Stood up, and 'protested that his comrade's oath vms a mere trifle ; said, he would give him a specimen ; but just as . his lips were in progress to-mould the ut terance, his mouth being stretched to. the widest, and his right arm raised on high, he was struck with dumbness and delirium, his fact, and his figure exhibiting a frightful spectacle. lie was carried to the. Infirmary in the evening, and has, since been discharged somewhat relieved.— (Caledoniqn Mercury.) roR THE SUN. MODERN POLITICAL ECONO3IY.-(LEril:lt . li.) . Ma. Ebirrort.— The next of these sound prin., ciples is, that a rise in wages is a fall in profits. Here is a plain demonstration ; if a man with the same demand, the same hands, the same market, i and the same quantity of goods, raise his work man's wages, his profits will be less;—all this we know—bUt then why should he raise wages ? 'Answer—because of the high price of the ne- cessaries of life.—But let the high prices come, before they are complained of ;----and then, if the market for manufactures, and the genera! demand for industry,should be in proportion, the wages will naturally rise, and without loacring i . profits ; if the master can sell his goods, I will warrant him to set a living profit upon them.— All the time that we have been talking of the evil of good and fair prices for corn and butcher's meat, the value of them has been getting lower and lower, and the nation becoming more mis erable and distressed. At this very instant, when the price of meat upon an as erage is about four pence-halfpenny 'a pound, there Is not a market for cattle at all. I should hope that this is enough to make every one begin to think that the ruin of Agriculture can never benefit the community. I come now to a principle which is one of the newest and most excellenf in the Itlcanoo-School, namely, Rent falls on tire Consumer. This enlight ened and most liberal oniuion is levelled at the whole Landed Interest ; it is not enough that more than a reasonable proportion of the indtistry of the people, and 'of the products of commerce, are now in the power of the monied men, but they must also attack the respectability of the Land holder, and attempt to make his property (which is the source of all -value and wealth), an invi dious thing iu public estimation, because rent falls on the Consumer! Of course it must be inferred. that if there were no rent bread would be cheaper, and the people would be better off : secondly, that the Landlords' power to raise their rents, or set them high, (and so on) augments the price of bread. This must be an intolerable state : of things in a free country I If the Landholders, finding themselves lik e ly t o b e ruined at this time, were to take it into their heads to advance their rents to save themselves,. regardless of the consequences to the people, I shudder to think of the consequences.—flut let us see Whether there he not some circumstances which render their fears somewhat chimerical. The Landholders cannot get their. present_ rents paid by produce tion, and where they. are paid, the money con Lea from the capital of the tenant ; Well then,. if the tenants could raise the price of Cori), would theY . keep it high enough to 'pa ---tire landlords ?. Doubtless they would ;- ergo, the tenants cannot sell their products high in consequence of Mgt' rents ; for if they could, and enforce the sale, then would rents, tithes, taxes, -poor-rates, and i all other expellees, fall on the consumers, and ' not otherwise. If farmers could set the price of wheat, as mealmen do that of flour ; or E like either them or the bakers, could col league together, and. say the best flour or bread (wheat) ought not to .bp ;puler so much, then that must be the price ; and I ivarrant you it would not only cover the expellees, but leave a swing ing profit behind, as the state of the 'Bread mar ket ~. now testifies. Of the other two classes, .I wish -'-.; in my heart and conscience that the public were - .'. as Well rid of the power and combination of the ,1 trades in and about town, a s th e y are safe y, from suffering any 'thing by the extortion of Landholders, (where that ,may exist) or the , collusion of farmers, which is impracticable.— There Was a man in the Committee of the Cori owns on Agricultural distress, w ho asked almost all the Country witnesses whether tithes did not 'hill on the Consumer . 2 And they could not tell. God bless them ! The country lye )ple are a very honest, industrious ? simple race of men, and are easily put out of countenance by a Member of , Parliainent. Theyknew that the tithes Went off their land, or. the composition in money out of their pockets ; and they knew that at the year's. end, if they had not enough to discharge the de mands I have mentioned before, they must make up the difference out of 'their own property, as long as it might last, or as far as it would go ; but they had not studied Political Economy ; there was something sudden 'in 'the question, and a doubt or mystery seemed to 'hang about it, and they could not..tell. The pro-,• pounder of this wise question was of the Ricaa no- School, and as he did net knew any better than the others, he remained convinced that . tithes as well.as rent fall on Vie consumers of bread. I am, Sir`, your's &c. APERTUS. , We swartaa..efaVal n.ratir.Sitrao7l 1, We are happy to be able to state, for the sa tisfaction of Mr. WALLAcK's friends, that the ac count of the accident which had befallen him, extracted from the Nev York Papers, is greatly exagg'ratetl. Mr. W.t.i . .LAciz has had tin. mis fortune to break his lig, hot not in two p!..ce • The report of the sur,feon was highly.favourt.bio when the last accounts came otl (t wu days after the accident), and there was eveTy reason to ati ticipate a speedy recovery and resumption of his professitinal pursuits. Zl::'L lii+. Yesterday, the 27th instant, in '..C.nr Park -street, Southwaxkt Mrs. Thomas Saunders, of a daughter. On the 26th instant, at anbe:r-cottage, the Lady of Robert Taylor, jun.. Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. Pan,l-as Church, G. Moulting. EeQ' of the NeW Legacy Duty-Office, Somerset-place, to Illss T4Ol - second daughter of 0. Bellamy, Esq. of St. Paul's square, Birmingham • .to which place the happy pair proc w ecdol to pass the honey-moon. Yesterday, at Marylebone New Church, Robert Augusta` Cottle, Esq., of Aldermanbury, to Henrietta, eldest daughter of the late John Sargeaunt, Esq., of Gower-street, and of hill, Bucks. • DIED. On the 26th instant, at hiS sister's residence, Assembly_rolv+ Mile-end, the Rev. Wm. Wood s late FelloW of St. John's Cat lege, Cambridge, and Rector of Lawford, Essex,. in the 7 5 °' year of his age. On Tti. - .sday, the 2Stli instant, at his father's (T. Pal(e.r , Esq.), Rodin; Lodge, Barking, Essex, the Rev. Alfred Rake' in the 33d year of his age. Printed and Published, for the PROPRIETORS, at the ;4 11 OFFICE, 12,,,Strand, by J. B. CAILSTAIRS. ,