The Sun. — London, England, 1821-12-11 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. BALLY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS. December 11 . [BRITISH PRESS.] The Paris Papers contain no domestic intelli gence of any interest. Under present circum stances, however, the very absence of such intel ligence has its value. Alinisters, it seems, under stand in France, as well as elsewhere, the Wisdom of retaining their places in the teeth of a parliamentary majority, and can trust to for tune and their own dexterity for the means of proving by the result the prudence of their determination. The Chamber of Deputies is not dissolved, notwithstanding their Address to the King ; and the Ministers keep their seats, notwithstanding their minority. The first measure proposed by the defeated Cabinet is one of extreme severity, most unpopular in its nature, and which ought to proceed in ordinary circumstances only from a Cabinet confident in its Itretigth. The measure, however, was, in the present doubtful state of the Ministry, judiciously elected. The danger of the Ministers consists in the unexpected union of two parties in the Chamber which are usually most violently op posed to each other, and which, in fact, could agree only in their desire to exclude frOm power a . Ministry disliked by both. This junction is as unnatural as it was unexpected, and cannot con tinue upon any measure of great national import ance ; the law, therefore, for controlling the free dom of the press by means of a censorship must dissolve their union, and the Ultra-Royalists vot ing with the Ministers upon this question, will most probably secure to them once more the ap pearance of leading a majority in the Chamber. The reports are as vague and as contradictory as ever upon the subject of the war between Russia and Turkey. The Persian army has passed the Euphrates, formidable, at least, in numbers ; and in consequence of the previous drafting of its Asiatic troops by the Ottoman Porte for the de fence of its European possessions, the Persians will probably be enabled to advance deeply into the dominions of Turkey before they experience any serious opposition. This invasion will have, at .least, one good effect : it will compel the Porte to divert its attention in a great degree from the Grecian insurrection, and should the Greeks profit by this diversion, it may finally become a matter of grateful contemplation to the friends of Greece, that the sons of Themistocles and Leonidas should owe the freedom of their country to the policy and courage of the Persians. [MORNING HERALD.] The well known Guerilla Chief, Mina, had been removed from his command at Corunna, for Joining in the proceedings of the people of Cadiz. The Ultra. Journals say that he refused to resign tiffs command, and that he was marching w ith - 30,000 men upon Madrid. We do not believe .this statement; should it prove true, we shall mike the amende honorable to these Journals ; should it prove false, it may serve as a standard ,by which to estimate their veracity. There are no fresh accounts worth notice relative to the Greek insurrection. Letters from the lonian Islands state, that martial law had been extended from Zlante to Cerigo, and that the greatest discontent prevailed throughout that government. We shall not pretend to judge the situation of these islands, or the perpetual jarring between the inhabitants and. the Lord Protector, as they call Sir T. Maitland ; but it is clear that the people must be the most perverse, or the Administration, to say the least of it, destitute of capacity or of virtue. Accounts from Rome state, that a chivalrous spirit has suddenly manifested itself among the ladies and young men of that city. The former, with their wealth, and the latter with their swords, proposed to furnish out cruizers against the Turkish infidels. The Pope, however, has checked their ardour, by declaring that they must postpone their heroic enterprise until the rest of Christendom shall join in the crusade. • [NEW TIMES.] Every day brings intelligence of fresh advances toward a state of complete anarchy in Spain. — We yesterday mentioned the rebellious defiance of the Royal authority by the town of Cadiz. — This day we have to record a similar piece of in solence on the part of Corunna. Espoz y Mina, the military commandant at that place, sent a threatening Memorial, which was delivered into the King's own hands by a Colonel of artillery. The bearer was immediately arrested, not only on account of the language of the Memorial, but because he added to it verbal insults, addressed to the Sovereign in person. The taxes, it is alleged, are no where paid. Biscay, Navarre, and Arra goo, are menaced with insurrection. Some gar risons cry aloud for a Republican Government, While others as loudly assert their resolution to defend the existing Constitution. The Clubbists of the Fontana de Uro are as audacious as ever : one of them i❑ a public harangue exclaimed, " that the tree of liberty must be watered with waves of blood." [MOANING POST.I We received last night Gibraltar Papers to the 20th ult. They announce the arrival of the slew Governor, the Earl of Chatham, on the 15th of November, and his landing with military honours on the evening of the same day. They also state that nearly all the neighbouring towns had followed the example of Cadiz in sendi up Addresses to the King, calling upon him to dismiss his Ministers, an threatening him, in case he should persist in retaining them, with the loss of public affection. The real purport of these Addresses has since been amply illustrated by the attitude of defiance assumed by Cadiz, Seville, and almost all the towns and cities in Andalusia. Hatred towards the Ministers has been turned into disobedience towards the King, and their pretended regard for the integrity of the Constitution has become an open violation of all that it sanctions. The Portuguese Cortes seem to have taken the care of completing the-revolu tion out of the hands of the multitude. They have now deprived the King of the effectual Veto which they had on granted him,' and have left him only the po‘‘er of stating his objections to future Legislations, after which he will be bound to give his sanction without delay, if these objections should be overruled by the majority of the Assembly ! The Algemeine Zeitung of the 29th ult. which arrived last night, contains a long article from Darmstadt, in which it is asserted that our Sove reign has promised to visit that country next year. —His motives for planning another trip to the Continent are variously stated. According to some, his Majesty wishes to become personally acquainted with several German Princes. Ac cording to others, his object is to take the waters of Pyrmont. Political views are also inter mingled with these surmises, and it is wisely stated that " the presence of the King of Eng land on the Continent next year, being an nounced in so positive a manner, an inference may be drawn that the peace of Europe will probably not be interrupted."—(lbid.) [THE TIMES.] The statements from Ireland, by yesterday's post, present smile fresh details of outrage, vary ing from former narratives only in the circum stances of time and place, but offering no new subject of remark in the apparent motives, principles, or condition of the actors. The Clonmell Advertiser announces, that notices have been posted up about the country, threaten ing with severe penalties those who pay tithe, or the arrears of tithe; and that unlawful oaths have been administered, enjoining the parties to make seizures of arms, and to keep them in rea diness to serve when called upon. The new but probable fact is also stated, that some of the smiths' forges have been at work in the repair of arms for persons not qualified to bear them. In the letter from Government to a Commandant of Dublin Yeomanry, authorizing him to make an augmentation in his corps, there appears a pas sage, forbidding, in the name of the Lord Lieu tenant, any exclusion from the ranks " on ac count of religion." Now here is another absurd half measure. In the very letter which sanc tions an increase of the Yeomanry, the King's Minister bears testimony to the vicious and provoking character which has hitherto pre vailed in its composition, and yet expects, by the use of such a force—partial, insolent, and inflammatory in its very elements—to make advances towards the pacification of a people, to which the existence of that Yeo manry has always been odious and insulting. It is not by a puny sentence in a letter, addressed to the officer of a single corps, that the rooted prejudice against the Orange spirit of the whole Yeoman establishment can be overcome or weak ened. It appears- by the Limerick Paper of the sth inst. that a man of the name of Shea was brought in prisoner, under a military escort, charged with being one of an armed party, in the night of the 9th of October, near the Glebe of Kilbreedy. Three others, described to be ring leaders, have been conveyed to Macroone, in the county of Cork : and their apprehension is said ,o be of importance. [MORNING CURONICLE.] The accounts from Spain sent to the Ultra 'apers of France, and the Ministerial Journals n England, differ materially from those which persons connected with Spain continue to receive from that country. The Courier talks of a fac tious and turbulent club, equally disclaimed by all parties in the Cortes, as if it were the people and government of Spain ; and then, after this ignorant or base misrepresentation, exclaims— " Aye, blood, blood enough will flow." " The Revolutionists are rapidly exchanging words for deeds." As far as these are predictions of that sapient Statesman, we have nothing to do with them ; we leave them to follow the destiny of his other prophecies, such as that of the Emperor of Russia's forbearance, and the general aspect of peace throughout the Continent; but if they be meant for facts, we are ready to pronounce that such representations of the state of Spain must proceed from the grossest igno rance, or from the most wilful falsehood. There has been less blood shed in Spain by the Re volutionists, and since the Revolution, than dur ing any period of the same extent for fifteen years past—less, infinitely less, either by ex ecution or assassination, than when under the immediate protection of the Duke of Well ington and England, and less than during any two years in which the legitimate autho rity of Ferdinand, in all its terrors and all its security, was established.—Whatever excesses are committed by individuals or parties in Spain are now candidly and openly avowed by the Cortes and in the public prints, and then re peated, with a thousand additional circumstances of aggravation, by those who pay their court to legitimacy, by declaiming against the calumnies of a free press in one column, and propagating die lies of a fettered one in another. There are fewer public excesses, fewer private crimes, less insecurity of person or property under the new than under the old Government of Spain ; and if there is still more disposition to the sort of anarchy and outrage which for many years, we may almost say ages, have infested that beautiful country, every ra tional man must attribute them to the prevalence of such manners as a bigotted Priesthood and a tyrannical Government never fail to produce, and which it is not the nature of things that any change in the Government, however beneficial, should at once and suddenly eradicate. Extract of a Letter from Georgia (America), I 26th Oct.—" We do not expect any decline in the price of cotton, as it is thought it will be full one-third less than last year. The rot has of late made dreadful havoc amongst it, and many of the planters, who a few weeks ago expected to make 100 bales, have discovered that they will not make 50, and others have suffered even in greater proportion. So deleterious is the effluvia from the rot, that the negroes in picking have fallen sick, and some of the planters will not risk the health of their negroes for the small quantity of good cotton that can now be ga thered; and the crop of Sea Island cotton will be atleast one-third less than last year." N'AVIGITION AC' ti A BILL To explain and amend the several Acts for the encouraging and increasing of Shipping and Navigation, and to regulate the Importation of Goods and Merchantlize into Great Britain, so far as relates to the Countries from whence, and the Ships in which, such Importation shall be made. (Concluded from our Paper of Saturday.) 49. Provided also, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to repeal or alter any clauseaprovision, or regulation with respect to licences granted by the Commissioners of Customs, for the importation of nutmegs, mace, cloves, and cinnamon, contained in a n Act made in the eighth' year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Anne, among other things, for granting to her Majesty new du ties of Excise, and upon several imported commodities ; or in an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the First, intituled, "An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the public Revenues of Excise, Customs, Stamp Duties, Post Office, and House INloney ;" or in an Act, made in the eighth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George the First, among other things, for preventing clandestine run ning of goods, and the danger of infection thereby ; but that all such clauses, provisions, and regulations, shall remain in force and effect as if this Act had not bean made. 50. Provided also, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to repeal or alter any thing contained in an Act made in the thirty-first year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the:Third, intituled. " An At for regulating the Importation and Exportation of Corn, and the payment of Daty on Foreign Corn imported, and of the Bounty on British Com exported ;" or in an Act made in the forty-fourth year of his said late Majesty's reign, in tituled, " An Act to regulate the Importation and Exportation of Corn, and the Bounties and Duties payable th er eo n ; or in an Act made in the forty-sixth year of his said late Majesty's reign, intituled, " An Act to permit the interchange of every species of Grain between Great Britain and Ireland ;" or in an Act made in the fifty-fifth year of his said late Majesty's reign, intituled, " An Act to amend the Laws now in force for regu lating the Importation of Corn ;" or in any other Act or Acts in force on or before the whereby the importation of corn, grain, rice, meal, malt, flour, ' bread or biscuit, is permitted, or regulated. 51. Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to alter or repeal any of the provisions contained in the hereinbefore re cited Act, passed in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled " An Act for pre venting Frauds and regulating Abuses in his Majesty's Cus toms ; or in an Act passed in the fifty-fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled. " An Act for granting certain Rates on the postage of Letters, to and from Great Britain, the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, and the East Indies, and for making certain regulations re specting the Postage of Ship Letters and of Letters ire Great Bri tain ;" so far as either of the said recited Acts relate to the im portation of goods or merchandize into Great Britain, in any ship, vessel, or boat appointed and employed for the carriage of Letters and packets, under the several regulations and restric tions prescribed and directed by either of the said recited Acts. 52. Provided also, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to allow the importation into Great Britain of fresh herring, fresh cod or haddock, coal fish, gull fish, or grill fish, or of any ling, her ring, cod or pilchard, fresh or salted, dried or bloated, or of any salmon, eel or congers, or of any sort of fish taken or caught by, or bought of or received from any foreigner or fo reigners, or out of any stranger or strangers bottom, in any other manner than such importation is permitted or restrained, under and by virtue of the regulations contained in an Act made in the fifteenth year of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled " An Act for the Encouragement of Trade;" and in an Act made in the eighteenth year of the reign of King Charles the Second, intituled " An Act against importing Cattle from Ireland and other parts beyond t he Seas, and Fish taken by Foreigners ;" and in an Act made in the tenth and eleventh years of the reign of King William the Third, in tituled " An Act for making Billingsgate a free market for the Sale of Fish ;" and in an Act made in the first year .of the reign of King . George the First, intituled " An Act for the better preventing fresh Fish taken by Foreigners being im ported into this Kingdom, and for the preservation of the Fry of Fish, and for the giving leave to import Lobsters and Tur bots iiti Foreign Bottoms, and for the better preservation of Salmon within several Rivers in that part of this Kingdom called England ;" or in any other Act or Acts relating to the importation of fish into Great Britain. 53. Provided also, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to repeal or alter so much of the tirlitl last-recited Act of the first year of the reign of King George the First, whereby it is enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for any person whatsoever, as well Foreigners as British, freely to import, bring into and sell in the kingdom of Great Britain, in any ship or vessel whatso ever, any quantity of lobsters or turbots, whether they be of Foreign or British catching. 54. Provided also, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend, to repeal or alter any of the provisions contained in an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to permit the free importation of certain raw hides and skins from Ireland and the British Plan tations in America for a limited time ; and for taking off the duties upon sealskins tanned or tawed in this kingdom, and for granting another duty in lieu thereof; for indemnifying all per sons with respect Ito advising or executing any of his Majesty's Orders in Council prohibiting the importation of raw hides, horns and hoofs of infected cattle, and to authorise the prohibi tion of the importation of such hides, horns and hoofs for the future," by which his Majesty is authorised from time to time, by Proclamation or Order in Council, to prohibit generally, or from any particular country, the importation into Great Britain of any hides or skins, horns or hoofs, or any other part of any cattle or beast, for such time or times, and under such regula tions, as his Majesty shall judge most expedient and effectual to prevent any contagious distemper from being brought into the kingdom. 55. Provided also, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be cons trued to extend, to repeal or alter any of the provisions contained in an Act passed in the thirty-second year of the reign of his late Majesty :King George the Third, for allowing the importation of quercitron or black oak bark, when the price of oak bark shall be under the prices mentioned in an Act of the twelft h y ear of his said Majesty's reign, for encouraging the manufacture of leather. 56. Provided also, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to alter, re peal, or in any way affect the payment of any duties payable by law to the several Companies of Merchants of England, com monly called or known by the name of the Levant Company, or the Turkey Company , and the Russia Company ; but that all such duties shall continue and remain payable in like man ner as before the passing of this Act. 57. Provided also, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to repeal or in any wise alter the duties of package, scavage, baillage, or portage or any other duties payable to the Mayor and Com monalty of the citizens of the City of London, or to the Lord Mayor of the said City for the time being, or to any other city or town corporate within Great Britain, or any other special privilege or exemption to which any person or persons, or body or bodies pfflitic or corporate within Great Britain, is or are now entitled by law, but the same shall continue as here. tofore. 53. And be it further enacted, that all goods and merchandize which shall be imported into Great Britain pursuant to this Act, and entered for home consumption, and the importers of such goods and merchandize, shall be subject and liable to the pay. meat of all such duties of Customs and ltie Ex n cise, d and also to all such conditions, rules, regulations, penas, a forf relate to the securing the payment of thew aid duties, and as re late to the due and regular entry,lading, arehousing, securing, and delivery of such goods and merchandize, and as relate to the burthen of the ships or vesselslin whichtand the ports into which, such goods and merchandize shall be imported, and the pack ages in which the same shall be contained ; and all such goods and merchandize, and the importers thereof, shall in all other respects not especially provided for by this Act, be subject and liable to all such rules, regulations, penalties and forfeitures as any such goods and merchandize, or the importers thereof, are subject or liable to, under or by virtue of any Act or Acts in force on or immediately before the said , or as shall be in force with respect to any such goods or inerchan. dice, or the importers thereof, at the time of the importation thereof ; any thing in this Act contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. 59. And be it further enacted, t h a t all penalties and forfei tures imposed by this Act, or which shall or may be incurred for any offence aleinst this Act, shall and maymean be sued fbr, re covered, levied, or mitigated by suc h ways, as any fine, penalty, or forfeiture a gainst the sai d Act of t he s, or methos twelfth year of the reign of Kin , Charles the Second, for the encourag ement and increasing o e s hipping and navigation, may be sued for, recovered, levied, or mitigated u nder the said re cited Act, or any other Act or Ac ts in force, or as any other fine, penalty, or forfeiture may be .sued for, recovered, levied, or mitigated by any law or laws relating to the importation of goods or merchandize into Great Britain, or by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information in any of his Majesty 's Courts of Record, at Westminster, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scot land, respectively ; and that one moiety of every such penalty or forfeiture shall be to his Majesty, his heirs and executors, and the other moiety to him or them who shall infer*, discover, or sue for the same. The following are the principal Modifications proposed by the Alterations in' he Navigation Laws : L The Bth Section o f th e A c t o f N av i ga tion, 12th Charles 2d, confining the importation of all goods of Russia or Muscovy — Currants, and commodities of the growth and produce of Torsey —and masts, timber, or boards, salt, pitch, tar, rosin, hemp flax, raisins, figs, prunes, olive oils, corn or grain, sugars, pot ashes, wines, vinegar, brandy, to British built ships , or ships o f the country, or usual place of shipment for transportation—is proposed to be repealed. And the importation of all the said enumerated articles, with the addition of thrown silk, raw silk, and tobacco, being the growth, produce, or manufacture of Europe, to be allowed to be imported from any port in Europe only, in Ist, A British built ship. 2d, A ship of the build of the country or place of which the said goods are the growth. 3d, In a ship of the build of the country, port, or place in Europe from whence or from any part whereof, such goods and merchandize shall be exported or shipped for the purpose of being exported to Great Britain, and wholly owned by the people of such country, port, or place. 11. AU goods and merchandize, the growth, produce, or ma nufacture of Europe, not above described, to be allowed to be imported in any ship or vessel whatever, from any port in Europe: 111. A British built ship, sold to a foreigner,_ if under any foreign flag, to be considered as a ship of the build of the coun try whose flag she bears. IV. All goods, the growth, produce or manufacture of Asia, Africa and America, to be allowed to be imported in a British built ship only from any port or place ; but not to affect the charter of the East India Company, nor the treaties with Ame rica or Portugal, by which the produce of those countries may also be imported in ships of the build or condemned as prize to those countries ; nor to affect the importation of goods the pro duce of British Colonies, &c. •V. A repeal of the 13th and 14th of Char. 2d, as far as re lates to the prohibition to import the following goods, viz.: Spicery, grocery, tobacco, potashes, pitch, tar, salt, rosin, deal boards, fir timber, olive oil, from the Netherlands or Germany. VI. Gum Senegal to he allowed to be imported from any place in Europe in a British built ship, or a ship of the build of the country, port or place in Europe, from whence, or from any part whereof, such gum Senegal shall be exported or shipped for Great Britain. VII. All ships or vessels to be relieved from forfeiture on ac count of any irregularity of importation; tbe'penalty to attach to the goods only. There are some questions of minor importance, which will be further considered when the Bills are revived. FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE DIVIDENDS. Dec. 11, J. R. Browne, New-road, St. Pancras, statuary — Dec. 29, R. W. Sheppard, Aldermanbury, Blackwell Ilan factor—Jan. 1, J. Burn, Lothbury, merchant—Jan. 1, .1. Vice, Valentine-row, Blackfriars-road, oilman—Jan. 10, .J. Shaw, Wem, Salop, victualler—Jan. 5, J. Fry, Dorset-street, Lon don, tailor—Jan. 8, A. Taylor, Kent-road, Surrey, malt-roaster Jan. 22, E. Cohen, London, merchant—Dec. 31, J. Bennett, Bristol, cabinet-maker—Dec. 29, 0. Fry, Newbury, Berk shire, mercer—Jan. 12, J. Duffill, Bromsgrove, Worcester shire, grocer—Dec. 29, W. Jarman, jun. Knightsbridge, pa per-hanger--Jan. 3, W. King, Worcester, tailor—Jan. 25 W. It. Gilbert, Leicester, woolstapler—Jan. 4, E. RobsOn, I%lor- Petb, Northumberland, saddler—Dec. 15, A. Kruse, Union court, Broad-street, merchant. • CERTIFICATES—DEC. 29. T. Gundry, Goldsithney, Cornwall, merchant—W. Elphick, West Ham, Sussex, farmer—W, •C. Wilson, London-street, merchant--J. Landles and J. Landles, Berwick-upon-Tweed, merchants—J. Young, Ware, Hertfordshire, tailor—J. Col lett, Bath, shoe-maker—W. - Webster, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, merchant—R. Tate, Market Weighton, Yorkshire, shopkeeper—J. B. Phillips, Bartlett's-buildings, jeweller—J. Bursey, jun., Goodge-street, Tottenham Court-road, book [seller—W. olfe, Teignmouth, Devonshire, builder. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. Wood and E. Johnson, Doncaster, Yorkshire, milli ners—A. Slade and J. Slade, Tottenham-court-road, butchers —G. H. Shores and S. Selby, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spinnersL--T: Day and W. Hutton, Tottenham-court-road, linen-drapers—J. C. Baker and T. Dalton, Oxford-street, cheesemongers—F. Tinney • and J. Watkin, Liverpool — W. Lomas and Co. Strangeways; Manchester, fustian and calico- • printers—G. Archer and £o.—G. Golding and W. Rhoades, Swan-yard, Knightsbridge, livery stable-keepers—J. lilassfard and Co. Prestoupans Vitriol Company, Prestanpans—D. Ro binson and G. E. Sims, Clithero, Lancashire, attorneys—W. B. Williams and J. Maggs, DAe-street, Grosvenor-square, tailors—T. Gregory and T. Newbold, Nottingham, lace-ma nufactllrers—J. P. Lloyd and R. H. Lloyd, ,dun. Southamp ton, tallow-Chandlers—J. Burrow and Co. Milnthorp, West morland; paper-makers—T. Cogan and G. J. Nicholson, Lon don-street, Fenchurch-street, ship-brokers—W. Rushton and D. Hardie, Liverpool, merchants—E. Powell and W. Russell, Ludlow, Shropshire, maltsters—A. Pons and F. Bourd o n , Gun-street, Spitalfields, dyers—P. Patmore, sen. and Co., London, silversmiths. INLAND NAVIGATION..—at Thursday, the .sth ult. a Meeting took place at PETERBOROUGH, pursuan _ . to public notice, to consider of improving the navigation of the River Nene; the Duke of BEDFORD was called to the chair, and there were present the Earl Fitzwilliam, the Marquis Ta vistock, Lord Win. Bentinck, Lord Straththaven, Sir Andrew Hammond, and other persons of property interested in the ob ject in contemplation. The Noble Chairman having opened the business of the day, and Mr. Adams read the report of the Committee appointed at the Meeting held at Wisbech, the Earl Fitzwilliam rose and proposed certain resolutions for Che carry ing into execution the work, which his Lordship having read, they were duly seconded. Mr. Bellamy strongly opposed the project, stating, that it would be ruinous in the extreme, and that he and others were delegates sent to that meeting to state the opinions of the persons who were the proprietors of land in the vicinity of Wisbech, to the extent of nearly 30,000 acres. If the measure was practicable, he. asked where was the 400,0001. to be raised to carry it into execution, in the depressed state of the country ; if practicable, was it prudent to lay such an im mense burthen upon land at the present time? Mr. Usill and Mr. NickolLs supported those arguments, and remarked, that the work which was estimated at 400,0001. would, in ail proba bility, cost double that amount. The Earl Fitzwilliam ex pressed his firm belief, that the proposed measure, if adopted, would be of great advantage to the surrounding country. His Lordship said, he was fully aware of the necessity of husband ing our resources, and not to enhance the burthens of the agri culturist ; but this plan, if carried into execution, would not be the means of laying an additional burthen upon the fanner, for the tax would be paid by the land owner. The other resolutions were severally put by the Noble Chairman, and received the oppo sition of the gentlemen who had delivered their opinions against them and of others: but they were carried by a great ma. jority. Mr. Bellamy moved, as an amendment, " that from the depressed state of zgriculture, it was inexpedient now to proceed in the proposed plan," which was also put and nega tived ; and after an animated discussion upon the propriety of urging it at this time, all the Resolutions were carried by a large majority.—The details of this great and important mea sure, the merits of which are fully recognized by all persons, are confided to a Committee of Noblemen and Gentlemen of acknowledged talent and integrity, and possessing so great an interest in its execution .that we are justified in anticipating every degree of success which the promoters so confidently look for, in the improvement of the extensive Fen and Low Lands draining by the River Nene, as of the Navigation from Wis beets up to Peterborough, and thence to Northampton. SUICIDE WV A BOY.—Sunday morning, between nine and ten &Clock, CHARLES CARTWRIGHT, about fifteen years of age, who resided with his parents in Museum-street, Bloomsbury, destroy ed himself in his father's house under distressing circumstances. It appears that his father, a short time ago, procured for him a situation at a grocer's, at the west end of the town, and in the course of his employment he met with a serious accident, which caused him to leave his situa tion ; he subsequently became worse, and his spirits appeared much preyed upon. Sunday morning he was in his apartment along with his mother, who requested him to go and clean him self ; he left her, but proceeded to the kitchen, and in about half an hour afterwards, he was dis covered by the servant suspended by a thin cord ; he was instantly cut down, and a surgeon sent for, but the unfortunate youth wag quite dead. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD THIS WEEK. The highest price of the best Wheaten I.4re;d ,he Metropolis, is stated by the principal Bakers to tae. the Quartern Loaf.—Borne Bakers' sell the Quartets' Lod, front one penny to two pence lower. lb. oz. 1 b:OZ. Peck Loaf to weigh .. 17 6 Quartern Loaf to weigh 45/ Half ditto., ditto .... 811 Half Qiiartern ditto 2ti IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Foreign. Wheat .. Barley Malt Oats Rye 162 Beans Peas Tares - Rapeseed llO Mustard Serifs 413 Flour Bran Linseed. -__ 400 - 697 PRICE OF HOPS, per Cwt.,Dec. 8. Pockets. Lags. Kent.. 21 16s a3l 18s a5l Os Kent ..21 10s a3l lOs a4l 151 Sussex.. 21 4s a3l Oa a3l 8s Sussex 21 Us a2l 103 a2l 18s Essex .. 21 I4sa 31 10s a4l 4s Essex.. 21 lOsa3l6s a 31 16s Farnham, fine, 71 to 101 Os—Seconds, 41 lOs to 71 7s Ohl Duty laid at 16r1,0001. SEEDS, Dec. 8. Red Clover (Foreign)...... 30s 4-2 s 55s 60s 64s per cwt. Ditto English - GSs White ditto 44s Gas Ms to S4s Rye-Grass Turnip Seeds. Od 32s 40s to 4.4 s pr. such. White Mustard Seed Os 5s 9s 10s Brown ditto a Red and Green .. —s otl to —s od Carraway Seeds Coriander do Cinque Foin —s Od 38s to 4is ad per qr. Trcfoil Ribu,lass iiary per qr 4ss 50s to 52s Od per Linseed Rape Seed Winter Tares 3s 4s to 4s 6d •per qr. SM H FIELD MARKET.—Dec. to. (To sins the Offal—per Stone of Sibs.) Beef 2s Od to 3s 8d [Veal Glutton as Oct to 3s 4ti Perk is 84 to 41 Oil _ . Lamb • Os od to os Od DEAD OF CATTLE THIS DAY. Beasts 3,164 1 Calves - 172 Sheep 19,60 k.) Pigs 2lO NEIVGATE AND LEADENIZALL MARKETS. By the Carcase. Beef Is 8(1 to 2s Bii I Veal 2s 0d to 4s 4d Mutton...—. 2s oil to 9.s 8d Pork i s sti, to as 8,1 i.:1110), Os Od to Os od. I. AAII , ,Z3'I ts. 31 us od to 41 Os od Clov:r, 3t 145 to 41 lOs Straw SMITHFIELD. Hay Straw Clover 4l Os Od to 51 Os Ou--Actrage, 41 10s ad NVIIITECHAPEL. Hay Si lOs Oil to 41 4s New ditto 01 Os Oil to 01 Gs Strum Clover 4l Os 04.1 to el Os Od--Average, 41 6s Ott od---Average, 01 Oc od ud--Average, 11 lls od Od-Avvrage, 41 lOs Od RAW I Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary ....2s Ad to Rs 10d 3s 4d to 3s 6d Market 'Calf .. cacti .. 9s Od Nliddlings as Od to 33 2d Eng. Horse. ,04 Oil to Os Od SHEEP SKINS. Polled Downs Sheep Lambs Os od to o%od PRICE OF LF.,XIII Butts, 50 to 561bs each per lb 2id to 22d Ditto, 5(; to 6Glbs each ied to 24d Dressing Hides ITO to triki Fine Coach Hides lBltl to 2.0t1 Crop Elides, :35 to 40lbs for cutting • ..171 , 1 to- 131t1 Ditto 45 to 5011 is I sid to 11d. Call Skins ;:0 to 4016. 24d to 30d. Ditto 5O to 70Ibs 2Bd to 354 Ditto 7O to 80Ibs 26(1 to Vitt Small Seals (Greenland) ISd to 2011 Large ditto Tanned Horse Hides Sploish Horse Hides l'id to 200 rittuEs UP' . 12r1 LIA.)IV iimr Town Tallow 46s t —s Od Yellow S o ap bOs Yellow Russia 45s 0(1—s 0(1 I Mottled White ditto —s i Cord Soap ditto.... 39s Od —s Od Graves • • .•l s 4 ►Melting Stott' 39's Od —s Od Good Dregs Ditto Roos li.. 25s ud —s Od ►'RICE the CANDLES, FRO 3 ►'rice of Candles, per dozer 6d per dozen allow ;1 Ll.ow C ILI AN I) LE R'S ki ai i. 9; 61-Moulds, I is Ud, ed fur ready mousey. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of sib.—Dec. 8. Price of Tallow (a, stated icy the Tallow Mekers), 2s 70 FOREIGN W Span. Sheep. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Leonega 3 6 a 4 6 Saxony, ht 6 a 7 3 Segovia 3 0 a 3 9 2d .. 4 0 a 5 3 Soria 2 9 a 3 3 'Bohm. Ist .. 4 9 a 7 6 Seville OOLS, per lb. I'kULE u ~l:l~_ili. REFINED. Single Loaves.... 73s a Os Double du 1413s a L 10i l~arnbro' Ells a 83$ ards l‘lobmes Candy, 11 ,- own LUAL MAtt.ts...E - 1, Dec. l ..-1 . Ships at Market. Ships sold. - Price. 59/ Newcastle 4 111 Sunderland COUNTRY GumwonD M Al A KE'. t'. 181( Et, I)rC. 8. Wheat per I. 14i Os to 161 Os Barley, law, 01 IPstoll Ss New Wheat.. 81 Os to 151 Os 1 . 1 eat's, p,r tir.ll 2s to 11 itis Oats, per qr. 01 IGs to 11 8s Pease, per qr. 11 7s to 11 IIS New ditto.... 01 Os to 01 Os Rye,oew• peril 01 Os to 01 OS BIRTHS.- At Marino, near Cork, the Lady of Thomas George French, E sq., an d daughter of Pasch° Greural, k;sq. M. P., of a daughter. At South Stoneham House, on Monday, the 3d inst. the Lady of John Fleming, Esq. .',I.P. fcrr the County of Hants, of a daughter. On the Bth inst. at his house, in Unity-place, Woolwich, the wife of James Thomson, Esq. R. of a daughter. On the 6th instant, at Frankfort-place, Plymouth, Mrs. Gil, of a daughter. - MAR R IE D. Yesterday, at Lewisham, Mr. Charles Rice, of the Borough of Southwark, to Miss Catherine, youngest daughter of James Robinson, Esq., of Syclenhain, in the parish of Lewisham, Kent. On the 2d of July last, at St. George's church, Madras, by the Rev. William Roy, Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall, Pay" master at the Presidency, to Maria Lvetitia, second daughter of Evelyn J. Gaseoigne, Esq., Deputy •11l aster Attendant. ,+ DIED. On the 9th inst. Ann, wife of the Rev. John Nisbitt Nl'Evq?. vicar of Kineton, in the county of Warwick, in the 53{1 year 01 her age. Yesterday morning, after a long and severe illness, Maria, wife of John Forster, Esq., of Upper Thames-street. On the 27th ult. at 31archwood, near Southampton, Jam e Coster, Esq. At Mile-End Terrace, Portsea, of Pulmonary Phthisis, the prime of life, Mr. Charles Mears Snooke, Surgeon', RtV 7 ,O. Navy, aged 33; a humane, intelligent, and zealous (=I Ices. At Newport, Isle of Wight, on Friday se'nnight,'EusiL;ll I".f Williams, of the 47th Foot, eldest son of Colonel - Willi2.m s, Albany Barracks.—Also, on the same day', Alfred• of the much respected Minister, ltev. Virilli am Geary, i - G u five years. Printed and Published, fur the PROPRIETORS, at the Sk il4- OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS. RAW. Jamaica, Brown sss a 60s ithiling Good Antigua, Brown 3:3s a 58s diddling 67: a 70s