The Sun. — London, England, 1832-03-28 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP TH PUBLIc JOURNALS. It is needless for us to repeat a truth already impressed upon the minds of the great bulk of our readers,—namely, that until the means of carrying through the House of Lords all those provisions of the Bill which are regarded by the country as essential to any system of solid im provement its the representation,—until such means shall be in visible existence, at the dispo sal of his Majesty's Ministers, and ready for immediate use,—no rest or satisfaction can be enjoyed by the friends of Reform. Almost every body, since Monday evening, has asked himself, " whether Reform stands in a better or worse position than before ?" Appearances, we Are bound to say, present no more favourable p-ospects, so far as the combinations of party in the House of Lords are concerned. It is al ways with pain that we find ourselves under the necessity of commenting otherwise than in terms of approval on the politics of the Duke of 'Wel lington, but really there are no expressions strong enough to convey our amazement at the views which have been taken by his Grace, both in re lation to the principle of Reform itself, and to the spirit predominant throughout the country at this moment. How a man of so much ehrewd ness and sagacity can bring himself to dream that the old berough mechanism would serve any longer to work the most ordinary purposes of civil government here, surpasses our conception. Why, the Duke of Wellington must see, that the best any advocate of nomination-Parliaments could hope for, would he a general resistance to the tithe collector and tax-gatherer, and a civil war to enforce the demands of those servants of an odious rule. His Grace must know, for he avowed it in the case of Ireland, that to employ such force as he could raise against the unani mous opinion of Englishmen, is to undertake the conquest of a mighty nation, and to maintain that unholy conquest by the unnatural and feeble instrument of a handful of' mercenary traitors. Is the power of the whole United Kingdom de- , spised by him who shrunk from a contest with the Catholic Irish ? And as a party-leader, what effect has his Grace produced by this array of miserable obstinacy ? Looking at the state into which he has thrown a strong division of the Tory interest itself, cart his Grace allege that his course on Monday evening exhibited common tact or circumspection ? Lords Harrowby and Wharncliffe saw at once that the most decent plausibiliries of political warfare required of them some apparent deference for, at least observance . of, the national feeling towards Reform. We should indeed, have wished, in our anxiety for the certain triumph of the measure, to see those noble Lords, who have affected to speak with some respect for popular position, when coqfess rilly unanimous, to see Lords Harrowby, &c., setting Ministers and people at defiance, and announcing the adverse position they had taken to be immutable, even while the earth was slip ping beneath their feet. This would have been our desire, because from various circumstances we are led to believe that the course pursued by the Duke of Wellington—the open, stern, scorn ful antipathy which he has displayed against the principles of the Bill, and on the strength of which his Grace proclaims his opposition to the second reading,—is far less dangerous to the cause of Reform, than the more wily and decep tions declaration of the noble Peers who have changed the form of their resistance for the sake of a more assured and less invi dious victory. The speech of the Duke of Wel lington was a warlike threat,—it told what he actually intended, and threw neither Govern ment nor people off their guard. Whatever, therefore, may have been the rashness ascribable to such a direct assault upon the Bill, not one can be alarmed or disgusted by its dishonesty. It is not so with the " second-reading" Peers. Their secret purpose is to lie in ambuscade, and fall upon the Ministers 2.fter have been lulled into a treacherous and fatal repose. They reckon on the success of a scheme which could prevail over none but a sanguine, credulous, and inexperienced enemy,—such, however, as, after the warnings given, we are anxious to persuade ourselves that they will not find in the councils or Cabinet of Lord Grey. As for the Duke of Wellington's extra-senatorial exertions, they are those of a veteran and determined leader. His Grace's circulars, or more private and personal importunities, are indefatigable, and in a better cause would be worthy of the highest adinira• Lion. Among them is not forgotten the charac teristic boast that " the cry for Reform is pure f - Aimbug, and if opposed with proper• skill and resolution, will be put down in a week What all but preternatural ignorance of the spirit of this country is involved in such surprising misrepresentation! My Lords the Bishops may require a little rousing, on the right side of the question : on the wrong side they have already been vigorously, not to say roughly, shaken. They are now given to under stand, it is asserted, that their adherence to their former vote against the second reading can place them in no worse a situation than that which they at present occupy. They are assured (what encouragement!) that they can sink no lower than they have done ni public respect and affection, and that should the Bill be a second time thrown out, it is not against them for being consistent, though in error, that public indigna tion will henceforth be pointed, but against the authors and professed patrons of the Bill, for the glaring inconsistency and intolerable weakness of avowing their conviction that it is e-sential to the public welfare and security, while, with the means of passing it in their hands, they miserably fail to employ them. Now, whoever holds this language to the Bishops tells them what is in c'reat part true. It is true at least that if their Right Reverend Lordships do not entirely (as no doubt they will not) escape from public exe cration, the chief weight of that execration will inevitably crush and bury under it those Mini sters, to whom, and to whom exclusivtiv, the guilt and shame of such a disaster must be im puted. We trust that no such guilt or shame will be incurred by any British Government.— Times. The first number of a Magazine, conducted liberal principles, has just appeared in the northern capital—Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. Considering how generally the Scotch are devoted to Reform, we ate somewhat surprised that Blackwood should so long have been allowed to keep undisputed possession of the field. As far as we can judge from the first number, it ca.t hardly fail to obtain the suffrages of the liberal part of the Scottish nation, We observe one article in this publication which, independently of literary merit, conveys some information cal culated, we should suppose, to confirm Lords Harrowby and Wharncliffe in the opinions ex pressed by them on Monday, as to the wisdom of yielding to the sense -of the nation. If the information,be correct, these Noble Lordswould do well not to allow their zeal to cripple the Reform Bill to hurry them too far. We allude to an article on the " State of the: West Coun try," a district of Scotland comprehending the shires of Lanark, Dumbarton, and Renfrew, the northern division of Ayrshire, and the southern part of Stirlingshire : " Throughout the West of Scotland," says the writer of this article, "nearly the whole of the middle, and a very great portion of the upper, are cordially united with the labouring classes of society, in the determination to see the measure of Reform proposed by Earl Grey's Adminis tration carried int:: effect. To accomplish this they are loepared to quail at no danger, to shrink from no re ponsibility aware that if it fail, consequences must ensue infinitely more dreadful than any that eau result fr,rm even ~ve,strained efforts to ensure its 5 , lCCe.e. It is certain that in the event of the present Reform Bill again rids earrying in the House of Lords, either through the in trigues olfaction or the over-delicacy of Earl Grey on the creating new Peers, we should have in the Writ a general movement of a very formida•.le nature, tacitly approved of and supported, if not op-nlv and actively participated in, by at least nine-tenths of the whole popul,tion. The or zanisation for such a movement is complete. The great ?owns, such as Glaseow, Paisley, and Greenock, have their Trades' Unions, Political Unions, or Reform Asso ciations, each perfectly aware of whatever the others are about, and ready to co operate whenever circumstances may call upon them. There are, moreover, either exist ing independently or in connection with these, innumera ble minor Unions in every village and district throughout this densely-peorded tract, whose aptitude, organization, and fearless alacrity, may be best illustr aced by a refer nce to the admirable order of the immense numbers which have lately attended the various processions got up from time, to time at differer t points, either to do honour to his Majesty, or to cistinguish the more important crisis in the progress of Reform. The rapidity with which communications circulate among these bodies, and the electric s. eed with which, on any em,rgency, a whole district could be mad,, as it were, to spring at once upon ire feet, may be inferred from the fact, that on any occa sion when news is anxiously expected, the villages and districts remote irom e., post-office station employ runners to wait the arrival of the mail at the nearest points ; by this means obtaining intellience almost as speedily as a mail driving directly to their respective localities could bring it. Nor should it here piss unnotic, d, that within Glasgow and its immediate vicinity, a body 0f30,000 men. perfectly organised, and by no means disposed to take fright at their own or other people's shadows, could be gathered together— if not ' in heavy marching order,' at least in something like it—in the very short space of nine or ten hours ! Those who may feel inclined to question this assertion, will do well never to give occasion for proving its accuracy." " Perfect as is the organisation, and strong as is the political feeling exiting over the west of Scotland, we do not believe that even in the event of the Reform Bill being again defeated, there would he any appeal made to physi cal force, unless provocation to that alternative he given by the military and other instruments of power. Were this attempted, an immediate collision with the military and who ev er supported them, would be neither feared nor shunned ; for the people, since the days of the barri cades in Paris and Brussels, have acquired confidence in their own strength. If left to themselves, however, they would prefer, and universally adopt, the more peaceable yet equally effective plan of refusing to pay all taxes except by distraint; aware that this, with out the waste of one drop of blood, would bring their oppressors to a stand still in a very few months. The general resoluti , n to avail themselves of this per f.etly constitutional resource, in pref:rence to more violent and sanguinary measures, is characteris.tic of the intelli gence that now distinguishes the majority of the inhabi tants of the district to which our statements have reference, and proves at the same time how vain is the hope either to cheat out of their tights, or argue out of their opinions, a people so far advanced in the knowledge of social, politi cal,and moral justice." So much for the feeling prevalent in a most important section of the island. We have no doubt that though this feeling might not every where show itself with the same energy, it does not the less exist in most parts of the kingdom. The people are determined on Re form, and have made up their minds as to the course they ought to pursue. On the other hand, the Government are threatened from a different quarter with force if they do not aban don the Reform Bill. The Duke of Newcastle, in his address, speaks of resisting the measure of Reform by force. This is not equivocally ex pressed in the following passage : " To be successful, the arbitrary and despotic design of forcing the House of Lords may be resorted to; but be ware ? The same arbitrary power which disfranchises a borough for no delinquency, and violates the House of Lords because it is honest, will deprive you, when it pleases, of your valued rights, laws, and liberties ! Then all you who are well affected to the Ccristitution of the country, stand forward now, at this eventful crisis of the nation's tate Ra ly round the old glorious G.nstitution ! God grant that resistance may never he required ; but if rothing else can at the last preserve to you your laws and liberties, and save the Constitution which you have sworn to defend, then, sooner than surrender these bles•iogs, meet force with resistance ! You will never permit men, who prove themselves incapable of anything else, to give you a new Constitution ! Remember that your ancestors won their liberties by their valour ; you must preserve them by your wisdom and courage !" If a General could fight without the aid of soldiers, and defend an army by his own pers.,nal valour, there might be some hope for the Duke of Newcastle. His Grace may rest assured, that, in a conflict of the nature he contemplates, he would be deserted even by the men who now eat his beef and drink his ale. Colonel Mace rone's Book, on a new and efficient mode of arming men, would be of no avail to a few Oligarchs, unaided as Lord Wharncliffe ad mitted, by any party in the country. We rejoice to think ;hat. in spite of hot-headed men like his Grace, the healing measure will be obtained without bloodshed—a measure which will make us one people instead of a nation of Castes.— Morni►ag Chronicle. The endless discussions, which lead to nothing, regarding Belgium, Ancona, Algiers, Dun Miguel, Don Pedro, &c. have become at length a nuisance of the first magnitude. We expected that another dish of the same materiais would be served up last night, by Sir Richard Vyvyan ; but we were agreeably disappointed in the post ponement of the motion. The object of the Opposition unquestionably is to embroil England and France ; and undoubtedly, however cheap M. Perier might be inclined to hold the incessant lectures read to France, yet they tend to add very mudi to his difficulties, for the French are not less susceptible than ourselves on the subject of their national consequence. The topic which is now most in favour with the .Opposition is Ancona. Sir Robert Peel dwelt pathetically on the hard measure dealt out by the Pope, in not allowing him sufficient time to settle his dis putes with his subjects." If (said the Right Hon. Gentleman) the Government of this country hail had so much trouble, for the last twelve months, in bringing about this measure of Reform, there was but little reason for complaining that the Pope had not been able to effect the ten or eleven Reforms which he had undertaken. It was most unjustifiable fora powerful State to in terfere between the subjects and the Govern ment of a weaker State, compelling; at once, instant operation weaker Government to bring into operation measures which it contemplated effect ing by degrees." Not a word against the inter ference • by Austria ! But then, according to Sir - Robert, Austria bad been invited by the Pope to interfere. But a Sovereign alone does not make a State. Say the people invited France. In a case where a Sovereign and sub jects are at variance, is th e S overe i gn t o p as s for every thing and the subjects for nothing Austria interfered to settle the question by crushing the spirit of improvement ; France in terfered.for a good purpose. Hence, no doubt, in the eyes of Sir Robert, the interference of the Austrians was justifiable ; the interference of the French unjustifiable.—Morning Chronicle. It was generally observed by those who were present at the first reading of the Reform Bill in the House of Lords that the apathy which now prevails throughout the country on the Dur ham Bill had extended itself into the precincts of that Assembly also. The speeches of Lord Har rowby and Lord Wharncliffe, as well as of the Bishop of London, were as coldly received as they were languidly delivered. Lord Grey did not, by any fervid or effective speaking, raise the temperature of the debate, if such it might be called ; and Reform continued throughout the evening at the freezing point. The Duke of W e llington made as usual a very usetuil stwes manlike speech. He removed from his adver saries all pretext for continuing to assert that he was immoveably fixed in his opposition to all Reform of Parliament. He adopts the same course as Sir ROBERT PEEL. He adtnits that the circumstances of the country and the state of t h e public opinion may render some changes necessary, which upon higher principles of political wisdom could not be proved to be conducive to the welfare of the community : and lie, therefore, is not prepared to oppose such provided they were consistent with the mainte nance of a system of Government adequate to secure the peace and good order of this country at home, anti to sustain its honour and indepen dence among foreign nations. Under the Bill now before the House lie and others have amply shown that such could not be the case, and therefore his hostility to this Bill is undimi nished. If we may judge from the manner in which his speech was received, the feeling of the House was with the Duke ; while, on the other hand, Lords Harrowbv and Wharncliffe appeared to have made no impression by their statements in favour of the very oblique course which they proposed to pursue. They seemed to be only supported in those passages wherein their admissions were censures upon their con duct. We augur from these observations that the " Waverers" are as few in number as they are weak in purpose and in argument. The Lords will do their duty on the second reading of this Bill, as they did on the second reading of the last. There will be few converts to the miserable inconsistencies of the " Waverers ;" and the work of Reform will hereafter be exe cuted under more favourable auspices and by more skilful hands.—Morning Post. In the north of England the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to refer the Bill to regulate infant labour in factories to a Select Committee has been looked upon, as we anticipated, ill the light of an attempt to defeat the benevolent object for which that Bill has been introduced. The Hteldersfield and Holm forth Committee have marked their sense of this proceeding pretty strongly by passing a vote of thanks to Mr. Sadler, and a vote of censure upon his Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer, "in return," as it is stated, for that liberal Lord's successful efforts to delay the rescue of factory children." There is no doubt that in this matter Lord Althorp has played into the hands of the master-manufacturers and the po litical economists, who make common cause ; the former consulting only their own sense of self interest—the latter worshipping, at the expense of the rights of humanity, that spurious science which reduces cupidity to a system, and invests the most sordid doctrines of selfishness with all the pomp of erudition. The slavery of the facory system has been truly said to be as painful a sight for humanity to contemplate as that of the West Indies. In some respects it is worse, for the negro slaves of our sugar islands are better fed, and have more hours for rest and for recreation, generally speaking, than the poor infant victims of Mammon in our factories. It is true the unhappy children are not actually sold to their to-k-masters—their persons are not their absolute property ;—if they were, degrading as that sort of proprietorship is, it might, from a sense of self-interest, cause their task-masters to treat them better, and to be somewhat more care ful of their health—just as most men are more kind and considerate towards their own horses than to those they hire. We do not like, indeed, to see human beings holding their right to be well treated on the same tenure that horses do ; but, if the persons of the children in our facto ries are not the absolute property of their mas ters, the effect of the abject poverty in which their parents and themselves are placed is such as to give their emploers a complete control over their actions, without having any interest in their well being, as part of the animal machinery on his estate. He knows that, however rapidly they may be carried off, or incapacited by over-work anti want of rest, numbers will be found to sup ply their places, just as destitute and as de pendent. While we have a law to protect even the brute creation from the cruelty of man, can a Government that calls itself enlightened hesi tate for a moment as to what course it ought to take when the infant victims of an inhuman cu pidity implore their protection ? But the Government is guilty of something worse than hesitation—it actually co-operates with those who hope to defeat the Bill tor the relief of the infant slaves by a flank movement, well knowing that they have no chance of success from a di rect attack in front. There is no hope, then, for the wretched little captives of our factory bastiles but in public opinion. It the force of public opinion that must burst their prison doors, and bring tl►ern protection, in spite of the marnmuvres of political economists and a liberal Government to defeat the claims of humanity. — Morning Herald. MR. BULWER'S NEW NOVEL, 44 EUGENE ARASI."—" The story altogether is one of a most tragical descrip tion, while the characters who figure in it taka such a hold of the fancy as to render their fate more than ordinarily a subject of anxiety. We know not if ever we felt a more absorbing in terest and curiosity on reading any work of fiction than when we reach the fifth book of the novel before us. The prepara tions of the amiable family at Grass-dale, for the marriage of Madeline and Aram—the interruption of the ceremony by the arrival of the officers of justice to apprehend the apparently unimpeachable scholar—the bride's solemn belief of the inno cence of her lover—the committal of Aram to prison—his trial and condemnation—the death of the broken-hearted Made line—the confession and last momeuts of the criminal—all fol low in such a natural and terrible succession, as to engross the attention and excite the sympathy of the reader."_Scotsman." EXTRAORDINARY ItEVEN GE-LISBURN) MAW! I9.—A most inhuman act of revenge was perpetrated in the neighbourhood of Ballinderry on Wednesday week. It ap peared that a stone-mason, belonging to Ballinderry, had some animosity towards a respectable woman resident there, a widow, and he was determined to be revenged of her. The widow in terred her only daughter about a year since in the church-yard of Ballinderry. The man, a short time before he committed the atrocious act, went to the woman, and told her that, to satisfy his revenge, he would present to her her daughter's head. He opened the grave, broke open the coffin, pulled a quantity of the hair off the head of the corpse and laid it down on the bank beside him, and then took a spade and chopped the head off' The monster brought it to the widow's house arid laid it down before her, swearing that there was the head of her daughter, and that his revenge was satisfied. He was sum moned by the Churchwardens of Ballinderry, to appear before the Bench here on Tuesday last, but he did not appear, but the facts as stated were fully proved. The Witnesses are bound over to prosecute at the next Sessions, and the police are in search of the fellow.—Belfast Chronicle FRO! THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WAR-OFFICE, MA.Rcit 27. MEMORANDUM, The half-pay .of the undermentioned Officers has been can celled from the 27th inst., inclusive, they having received com muted allowances for their commissions:— Cornet J.. Carruthers, half-pay 12th Light Dragoons. Lieut. J. Symes, half.pay Ist root. Paymaster J. Glas, half-pay filst Foot. Ensign F. W. W. Martin, half-pay 61st Foot. I.ieut. J. H. St. John, half-pay 19th Light Dragoons. Lieut. T. Monypenny, half-pay 30th Foot. Ensign H. Bergmann, half-pay 2d Line Battalion King's Ger man Legion. Paymaster W. Armstrong, half-pay 6th Dragoons. Paymaster ti. Alison, half-pay 9 tls Foot Assistant Surgeon E. Nixon, half-pay 80th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon James Price, half-pay 100th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon C. Newby, half-pay 3,1 Foot Guards. Lieut. It. M'Kenzie, half-pay 45th Foot. Quartermaster C. Lamont, half-pay Aberdeen Fencible In fantry. WHITEHALL, MARCH The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Frederick Fair clough, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of l hancery. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Gloucester, and of the City and County of the City of Glou cester, and of the City and County of the City of Bristol. G. Stevenson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Edinburgh. The Right Hon. John Earl of Roseberry to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Hereford. Hereford Regiment of Militia—G. C. Ibbs, Gent., C. M. WU loch, Gent., J. Seward, Gent., H. Symons, Gent., 1). Evans, Gent., to be Ensigns. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon. J. A. NVyse, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stafford. J. Wrottesley, Esc! , to be Deputy Lieutenant. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. THOMAS KNIGHT, tiaslemere, Surrey, draper. ROBERT HESLEDEN, Southampton, bone-merchant. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. NICHOLAS WEEK ES, London.street, Fenchurch-street. merchant. BANKRUPTS. HAYTER NATHANIEL SCRIVENER, Palmer's Fully, Ratcliffe-highway, builder, to surrender April 10, at two, and May 8, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robinson rind Rus sell, Queen-street -place, Queen-street -bridge. GEORGE KEENE, Union.street, Southwark, victualler, April 5 and May 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Peile, Old Broad-street. WILLIAM SAMUEL AN DR AS, Adle.;tone, Surrey, brewer, April 10, at one, and May 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy Fvson and Beck, Lothbury. JAMES MARSHALL, Norwood, potter, April 3, at three, and May 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lindsay, St. Thomas's-street, Southwark. \•ILLIAM DAY, Providence-buildings, New Kent-road, Newington, plumber, April 18, at one, and May 8, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cruckshank, King's Arms-yard, Cole. man-street. SAMUEL BROOK, Sen., Mirtield, Yorkshire, banker, April 11, and May 8, at eleven, at the offices of Messrs. Jacomb and Tindale, Huddersfield. Jacomb and Tindale, Huddersfield ; A. V. Sandau, Old Jewry, London. ROBERT JAMES, Bristol, mercer,. April I‘2, and May 8, at one, at Cooper's Hotel, Bath-street, Bristol. Adlington, Gre gory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London; C. H.Walker,Bristol. LEWIS I)AVIES, Mamhilad, Pontypool, Monmouthshire miller, April 6, and May 8, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Lincoln's Inn, London; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. EDWARD and GEORGE CARTER, Northallerton, York shire, fellmongers, April 14, and May 8, at eleven, at the New InnAeeming-lane, Burneston, Yorkshire. Beverley, Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Coates and Rhodes, Ripon, Yorkshire. WILLIAM WORTS, Colchester, Essex, medicine-vender, April 6, and May 8, at twelve, at the Three Cups Inn, Colches ter. Bignold, Pulle, and Mawe, Bridge-street, Blackfriars London ; Sargeant and Cooper, Colchester. THOMAS WRIGHT, Birmingham, coach-builder, April, 10, 11, and May 8, at eleven, at the Hen and Chickens Hotel, Bir mingham. Austen and Hobson, Raymond.buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Arnold and Haines, Birmingham. RICHARD KEILY, Angel-court, Ihroginorton-street, mer chant, April 3, at ten, and May 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Young, Mark-lane JAMES WARD, Stowmarket, Suffolk, cattle-dealer, April 14, at twelve, and May 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Crosse, Surrey-street, Strand, London. ROBERT JANHESON and JAMES SANDI MAN, Ashton under-Lyne, a.ancashire, iron -founders, April 4, 9, and May 8, at nine, at the Albion Hotel, Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, and t. aulkner, Bedford-row, London ; Law, Manchester. EDWARD JARVIS, Richmond-walk, Stoke Damerel, N l ' l o o n y s i r al H e , t rail D n o e , o A r p t. i 1 )3 10 ee , r a , n D d ev M o a n } p • 0 8 r . t Barnes,eleven, a N t e L vi l 1 I n n oa n London. DIVIDENDS. J. Willis, Vauxhall-road, Pimlico, draper, April 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T and C. Gresley, West Smithtield, clothiers, April 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy— P. Woodman, sen., Piccadilly, corn-dealer, April 19, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—NV. Peirce, Bartholomew-close, wine_ merchant, Aril 19, at half.past ten, at the Court of ;link ruptcy —H. Warder, Lewes, Sussex, china-dealer, April 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—NV. Marsh, J. H. Stracey, and C. E. Graham, Berners-street, bankers, April 2.4, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—H. Stansbie, Birmingham, paper dealer, April 1 , at twelve, at the New Royal Hotel, Birming ham—J. E. Rose, Bath, linen-draper, April IS, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn, Bath—J. Hunt, Preston, wine -merchant, April 23, at twelve, at Messrs. Winstanley and Catterall's office, Preston—A. Blackburn, l'reston, linen-draper, April 19, at ele ven, at Mr. Woodburn's ottice, Preston—A. Mackenzie, sen. Li verpool, liquor-merchant, April 17, at one, a' the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—G. Moody, Lincoln, coach-maker, April 19, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull—W. Pope, Portwood, Cheshire, cotton-spinner, April 21, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester—W. Shackles, Kingston-upon-Hull, linen.draper, April 18, at eleven, at the Kingston Hotel, King ston-upon-Hull—J. Cowper, Nloorside, within Oldham, Lanca shire, cotton-spinner, April 25, at nine, at the Star Inn, Man chester—S. Brecknell, Tything of NNhistones, Worcestershire, hop-merchant, May 14, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Worcester 'l'. Freeman and H. H. Jones, Worcester, tallow.chaedlers, April 20, at eleven, at the Star and Garter Inn, Worcester—R. Winnall, Medwardine, Worcester, miller, May 14, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Worcester—S. A. Blake, Plymouth, ironmonger, April 18, at eleven, at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Devonport. CERTIFICATES—APRIL 17. D. Horne, Manchester, woollen-draper—J. Clark, Blyth, Northumberland, miller—W. Youatt, Nassau-street, Middlesex Hospital, druggist—W. Smith, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, grocer —B. King, Charlotte-street, Itathbone-place, lithographic printer --W. Elston, Eyre-street.hill. Holborn, victualler—J. Giles, Steward.street, Spitaltields, silk-manufacturer—T. Wilkinson. Finsbury -square, upholsterer—J. G. West, Forncett St. Peter, Norfolk, shopkeeper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. Vidil and I. Verdure, K ng-street, Cheapside, merchants— J. Harrison and G. Cave, Wi-bech St. Peter's, Cambridgeshire, cabinet-makers—J NPCiitcheon and T. A. Dulcken, Finsbury circus, merchants—J. Duthoit and J. Purnell, Bishopsgate street, linen-drapers—T. Smith and W. Smth, Hertford, stone masons—H. Wingrove and W. Wingrove, Hammersmith, linen drapers—G. C okson and R Broadhurst, Congleton, Cheshire, millers—J. Woodman and J. Beard, Bristol, hatters—M. Crowe and S. Crowe, Norwich, plumbers—W. Nelson and Co., Liver. pool, silk-mercers—R. Bromley and J. Bromley, Derby, land agen ts--J . Lord and W. Holland, Rochdale Lancashire, wool_ staplers—Sir R. Graham, Bart., and Co., Condon—C. I. Biel feld and Co., Edgeware-road, manufacturers of ground paper or naments, as far as respects C. F. Bielfeld, jun.—G, Key and J. Bloyd, Tooley-street, Southwark, lead-tnerchants—W. Cory, sen., and W. Cory, jun , Bishopsgate-street Without, cheese mongers—B Theme and Co., Sherborno, Dorset shire, bankers— J. Bartrop and A. Brammer, Shepherd's-market, corn-chandlers —J. Law and R. Coates, Manchester, attorneys—J. Lilley and J. Risley, Newport Pagnel, Buckinghamshire, ironmongers—R. Harwood and W. Standage, Drypool, Holderness, Yorkshire, mustard-manufacturers—B. G. F. Pnilpot and A. T. Tanner Brabant.court, Philpot-lane, attorneys—S. Horrox and Co., Rad clitfe, Lancashire, calico-printers, as far as respects S. Horrox— J. Nathan and H. A. Campion, High-street, Poplar, taitors—S. Hopkins and W. Hopkins, Brist 1, carriers—E. W. Benson and W. Darke, Birmingham, chemists—E. Pease, sen., and Co., Dar lington, Durham, worsted-spinners—W. Percival and Schwartz, Liverpool, eiga.•-inanufacturers—W. Hamley and J. Bowser, Little Windmill-street, Westminster—H. d'Hauregard and Co., Manchester, so far as respects E. Tiberghien and (i. Cattoir—P. Wilson and C. R. Scott, Edinburgh, writers to the signet. PENNY PERIODICALS. In consequence of the recent prosecutions of some of the street vendors of several of the penny weekly periodicals, a meeting of their proprietors and editors, &c., was held yester day evening (Monday) at the Literary Saloon, in Ilolywell street, Strand, to consider what measures should be adopted at such a crisis. A petition (drawn up with much ability by Mr. Carpenter) was unanimously adopted to both Houses of Par. liament, praying to have repealed the 38 Geo. 111., and 60 Geo. 111., at least so much of them as is shown in the petition, to be of that comprehensive nature as to render amenable to prose cution all periodical publications, published weekly, contain ing any intelligence or remarks whatever on any matters of Church or State, and to be so oppressive as to prevent the diffu sion of knowledge in a cheap and useful form among those classes of society who are unable to purchase works at a high price, and unwilling to remain devoid of informatien. Subse quent to the adoption of this petition, a resolution was passed to the effect that it was very extraordinary that prosecutions should he instituted against the penny periodicals pre cisely at the time when a society established for the diffusion of useful knowledge having for its chairman the Lord Chancellor of England, and ranking among its most distin guished members several of the Cabinet Ministers and the Law Advisers of the Crown, has announced a similar publica tion, penny and weekly, obviously proving the necessity and demand for such publications ; at the same time the monopo lizing spirit of that society in its endeavour to oust from the o ri r va i l , s e , ru ln it d tin t g h e a in p e r o o i s i e s o is o t t e i n o c n y o o f f literarythe Government i it n s l s e u s I N , v o e r a t l i t n h ; penny periodicals, at the moment they are aiding and support ing a publication of a similar tendency and nature. The meeting adjourned preparatory to a general meeting; but the Members seemed resolved to prosecute the vendors of the announced publication, arid of all other weekly periodicals, of whatever price or nature, not stamped as newspapers —not for the purpose of a petulant gratification or piquant rivalry, but to bring into odium those oppressive laws, and to gain the co-operation of those whose publications may be similarly amenable to the odious Acts—if the pending prosecutions be fore the police Magistrates are continued. To prevent the ravages of arts in places' • where they sometimes abound, and do mischief, it is only necessary to place tobacco-leaves in their way; the smell is fatal to them, as is also that of the greater part ofstrong-scented plants. HORRID DEPRAVITY.—At the Bedford Assizes, last week, the new Judge, Mr. Baron Gurney, was speedily called upon for an exercise of his judicial equanimity and good temper. A fellow named Colgrave was tried before him on two indictments, on both of which he was convicted. After the verdict in the last case had been declared, the Learned Judge said, he entertained no doubt the prisoner was a common thief, and sentenced him for the first offence to seven years's transportation, and to seven further years for the second. Prisoner—" That is, fourteen years in all?" The Judge—" Yes, you are perfectly right in your arithmetic." Prisoner—" Then I wish you may have fourteen years in hell." The Judge (mildly;—" Thank TOW "—Chester Chronicle. YORK, UPPER CANADA. Extract of a letter from a cabinet-maker, dated York, Upper Canada, Bth Jan., 1832. Die writer sailed from Whitby in April, 1831 : " In my last, we gave the dark side of emiera'ion. such as it appears to all who arrive here friendless. We have low had time to look calmly around us, and to contrast .or present condition and prospects with what we left •ehind us. It is true we live only by industry, neither did we ever expect to live otherwise; we thank God we now can live by our labour, hut I would have you to notice that when I say live, I don't mean barely to exist ; we live is all industrious people ought to do, in this happy, fre , and prosperous country ; k e eat well, drink w. 11, and hive 4 comfortable dwelling-place ; the abundance of the choicest productions of the earth ate around us, not to look at, re member, but to enjoy, so that as long as it pleases the Al mighty to bless us with health, competence is our's. Since our arrival we have enjoyed uninterrupted good health, after having recovered front the unavoidable fatigue which all who wish to make up their minds to come here will have to undergo ; for my own part, I never was so clear of head ache in any summer since I grew up—so much for an easy Ind contented mind, which is the best remedy for both head and heart-ache. Our nominal friends at home, who have atli , med (perhaps secretly wished), that we were coming back, will find themselves disappointed. We never even thought of it." After noticing some family matters, heproceede— " In diming my account for the year I find I P tand thus : Earned £s3 10 3 Expended 39 0 0 Balance in cash " I do not mention this as boasting, neither should I at all, had not my first letter been considered bad, but had I said otherwise than 1 did, it would not have been as I found it. Ditficultiis all will find who come here at first, even if they have a good purse ; every thing being so different to what they are accustomed to at home; but let perseverance he their motto, and success will be the result. I have pi omised to stay with my employer as lonx as I remain in York. I like him well, and lam liked ; I have good work and good wages, mostly piece -work, by which my earnings are much augmented ; at day's work my wages are 6s. 3d. per day. At Christmas I worked nearly all the week to finish some work, and frequently- worked till midnight. A man with a family of boys will do well here, (boys are not a drug here yet). We have at our shop two apprentices—for three and a half years eich,— the first year they receive 71. 10s., second ditto 10/., third ditto 121. 10s., and the last half-year 9/. Board and washing found. " Flour is 1.. 71 per stone, beef 2id., mutton 3d., choice hams 3,41. per lb., fat gees, 2s. to 2s. 6 , 1. each, fowls 7 d. each, butter 10d., soap Gd., candles 9d. per lb. (we make our own), raisins 9d., black tea 3s. 6d., young hyson ss. to ss. 6d., coffee Is. per lb„ potatoes Is. 3d., apples Is. 3d. per bushel, firewood I le. Sd. the cord, which will last a month, good ale Is. the gallon. Respecting the winter, it has set in a nrrinth sooner than usual; it is, indeed a pleasant time, and a season of ge neral enjoyment ; all is life and bustle with us at York. The farmers are able to bring in their produce from the most distant parts, and take their cash home; all things are now cheap. This is directly the reverse of an Eng ish winter. The weather is not so severe, by far, as I expected. I work only with one extra waistcoat, without my coat, and have felt it more cold at the bench in Enelsud. I now stare it as a fact that no industrious person here may either want work or money for working for ; the future destiny of the individual depends on this, viz. in dustry, and refraining from ardent spirits, which are too cheap here." GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, MARCH 15.—A report was circulated to-day on 'Change that troubles had broken out at Lucca which c iused an extraordinary sensation. It is, however, in all probability, unfounded, as the Government appears to have received no information of the kind, though in the present state of things it would certainly have immediate notice of such an event. The funds, however, manifested a tendency to fall, but recovered subsequently on the re ceipt of the high prices of stock at Paris. The favourahle accounts from the Hague also conttiouted to the improve ment, as they still speak of King William yielding, and the opinions of the diplomatic circles confirm the hopes that peace will be preserved. The Pope, indeed, is said to be firmly resolved to let things come to extremities ; he will not a-sent to the introduction of new institutions in the Papal dominions till the French tioops have been with drawn. lie has caused several notes to be presented to Count St. Aulaire, in which complaints are made of the arrogant conduct of the French Commanders, and the greatest surprise still expressed that the territory of an ady has been violated without any just reison, and those who have been guilty of the violation assumed the character of umpires and arbitrators. Tee Declara tion of the French Cabinet was expected at Rome with much anxiety, but it was generally believed, that it would not be satisfactory. An English courier sets out this evening for London, and a Russian for Sr. Petersburgli. Sir F. Lamb, after having had his first audience of the Emperor, yesterday received the visits of the diplomatic body and the principal nobility. CONSTA NTINOPLE, FXB. 25.—Notwithstanding the crisis in which the Ottoman Empire is placed by the re hellion of its most powerful vassal, the Pacha of Egypt, there is nothing n•w here, except the armaments and the marching of troops, and business is also suspended on ac• count of the Rama , ans. The Sultan frequently visits the Marquis, and dines often with his Ministers, as he did the day before yesterday, with the is'era-kier Chosrew Pa cha. The operation+ against the Egyptian army. have not yet assumed any decisive character, as more favourable accounts are still expected from the Sultan's envoys at Alexandria. Toe laying down of the plan of the cam paigns seems to b. reserved for the Grand Visier, who has been summoned to the capital. The new Viceroy of I) ascus has arrived in that city, and was joyfully received by the inhabitants, who had returned to their obedience. There is nothin2 new from Syria. Acre still holds out. Hussein Pacha, Bey of Tunis, has sent notice to the Pone that he has introduced into his province the Sultan's system of military reform. MIT NI(7 H, MARCH 13. FROM A Lxrrse..)--Little is said here about the choice of Prince Otto to he King of Greece under the guarantee of the Powers. It is not thought to be a great piece of good fortune to obtain the throne of a people wholly without discipline and pecuniary resources. When the Press of Dr. Wirth, Editor of the Tribune, was to be sealed up, two squa drons of light horse, commanded by Major Maca reaux, were drawn up in front of the house to preserve order. A young man came forward and addressed the commander of the men ; he spoke of brother., friends, re lations, citizens—of the glorious heroes of the Bava rian army being made mercenary slaves in defence of despotism—and other similar phrases borrowed from the tribune. When he had finished his speech, Major Macareaux said to him very composedly, " My lad, it is almost three o'clock, it is time for you to go to school ;" on which he withdrew amidst the general laughter of the persons present. CA SSELS, MARcif IS.—Our periodicals now appear without being suotnitt-d to the censorship, as nobody will undertake the office of censor, and the new law on the Press is not passed. COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF EXCISE. IMPORTANT TO AUCTIONEERS. The Court sat this day to hear what are technically termed " complaints," or applications from auctioneers claiming the return of auction duty paid by them to the revenue on account of sales in which the purchases had not been completed. Mr. G•orge Rob ns, the auctioneer, claimed back the sum of 237/. Ss. hi., the amount of Excise duty paid by him according to the revenue laws, which compel the duty to be paid in a certain time after the sale. From the statement of Mr. Robins, the auctioneer, and of the solicitor of the vender of the property, it app ared that in June la.t a freehold estate in Mount-street, West minster-road, was sold at the Mart for 5,8251., and the auction duty of id. in the pound was duly paid thereon. Subsequently the title to the property was proved to be defective, and the purchaser relused to complete his pur chase, and demanded back the deposit-money. Counsel's opinion was then taken on the subject, aria it was decided that there was not a good or legal title to the estate, and consequently the sale was not completed. After considerable discussion between Mr. Mayew, the trdicitor for the Crown, Mr. Robins, and the solicit► r ter the estate, who produced a number of documents in sni p ,rt of the claim, the Hon. Commissioners decided that the ca e was proved in favour of the applicants. The amount fought tor was consequently to be returned. In four other similar cases, where a bad title was proved, the Court decided in favour of Mr. Robin's ciaigi. OPENING TO ST. BRIDE'S CHUR P CII.—The wealthy parishioners of St. Bride's, Fleet-street, are at last about to complete the avenue to their splendid church by a handsome new entrance at the southern side. A public vestry, to take the subject into immediate consideration, ise xpected to be held shortly MANCHESTER, March 24. Wheat, per 701 b. 9s. 3d. to 9s. 6(1. Red 9s. O. to 98. 3d. Barley, per 601 b 5 0 5 3 Oats 3 9 4 0 Beaus, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 6 6 Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels 42 0 47 0 Flour, per Sack ~.f 2801 b 45 0 ' 52 0 RKETS. PE.—FRIDAY, March From To Average. 2,482 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 2'2 (1 33 0 28 • 9 46 Bele l6 stone 14 0 15 6 15 3 Jl2 Barley*. 16 stone 13 6 16 6 14 8 4,572 Oats 12,836 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 5 0 22 0 0 0 1,088 Oatmeal 8 stone 9 0 14 6 11 1 Sold to Rakers only. 114,342 Cwt. Flour l5 0 22 0 17 4N. Average price of Wheat and Flour 455. Od. per sack. Firsts, from 191. Od. to 225. Od , lieceipts of Flour, 9,454 Seconds , from 15,. Od.to 183. ad. Sales of Do. 12,836 Thirds,-- from ss. Od. to 10s. Od, IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET NOI PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern L0af..,... 834 d. 1 Half Quartern ......--.......414d. 1 Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour. per cw t. per barrel per barrel per barrel r ---_—_A--, 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. 2d. ----------- ---1 s. 0. as . d. s. d. as. d. s. d . a s.d. ! s. d. as. d. s. d. as. --,; C0rk..,..—. 24) 30 0 13 0 14 6 92 10 8 13 0 18 6 50 13 0 Limerick it 6 3 0 0 13 0 14 012 0 13 6 16 0 19 II- 0 0 15 Y, Waterford '26 0 26 013 0 15 0 9 0 10 017 0 19 010 0 16 0, Clonmel —29 4 300 12 0 160 1 16 139 17 0 1 9 013 0 16,., Carlow —... 27 0 29 014 0 15 6 90 10 000 6 210 0 0 — 0 " Beef, I Mutton,' Pork, flutter. per lb. per lb. per cwt. I Ist. 12d. 1 :kl. 114E10 --•••••• . ••••• ••• ..-•• ••• """". I. d. a s. d. s. d. 8. d. s. d. 2 ••••• . d.. 16--:::,. ,290 32 0960920 82 0 70 1660 340 350i80 72 064056 0 48 0 320 38 099 80 0700 66 010 C 330 36 678 751 —o A , a 00 0 0 86074064 0— o—° d. a d. d. a d. Cork 41 631 5 Limerick— 3 431 4 Waterford 3 6 3 5 Clonmel 4 5 5 6 Carlow-- 4 51,0 0 KlLKEtitili.—ltu;ter to —s. per ;wt. ; Wheat 2fls. to ' 4 "" per barrel ; Flour 20s. to 345. per bag; Oats 9s. to I Is. per b.sr: rel ; Barley 13s. to Iss. ; Beef 44. to 54. per lb. ; Mutton 4d• to sd. ; Potatoes 2d. per stone; Coals Is. 2d. per cwt. ; Bacon , I'igs 3s2s. to 335. per cwt. -0! BIRTH. On the 26th inst. in Duke-street, Westminster, Mrs. G. 13 ' Cumming, of a son. . -- MARRIED. On the 27th inst. at St. Margaret's Church, Westminstel; Lieut.-Colonel John Geddes, of the Unattached Half-pal, be Miss Magdelina Hessing, of Stockwell, Surrey, d aug ht er of t': is late Colonel George William He s si ng , o f D eega h, near Fattish,' the East Indies. (In the 27th inst. at St. Margaret's, Westminster, George Smith, of the East India Company's Service, to ra' - if Anne, eldest daughter of the late John Smith Braine, Es(l 4 . his Majesty's Navy Office, Somerset House. On the 27th inst. at St. Mary s, Islington, Alfred Taylor, rf: 4 s of Highbury-tcrrace, to Jane, eldest daughter of the late Tow Wilson, Esq., of Islington-green. - DIED. On the 15th inst. at Beardeville, A in the 70th year of his V Edmund Alexander M . Naghten, Esq., for many years one l ' ri d Representatives in Parliament for the county of Antrim, a one of the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury. pt On the 22d inst. at Aber-Hirnant, M e rionethshire, the seat• l4 her nhardson, Esq., after &lingering illd Esther, Arthur y Lemuel Shouldham Esq., of Dunln w a'. ziys, ocountywifea(, , o c l o l Henrynr i r e. k, Ireland, an d l a t e o f D ee r P a rk, Devonstil r . At Tipperek, Beng a l, i n the 23t1 year of his age, Charles (;.° l r i t don Drummond, Esq., of th e H on . E as t India Company's CI„„ Service, fifth son of Rear-Ad m i ra l a nd Lady Charlotte DrU . ' mond, • On the 25th inst. at Sandhills after an illness of.twelve da) A Harriet, third da ug ht er o f th e Earl and Countess of Morton , ag'" three years. be Gentlemen ( O n t t h h e e 2 .,7 ls ut t hs i h n i rts lost. ( 0 ' t a is p pu t i a sr i i : 511, 1 j i te e hs n et r yi y : J rai o ,n h rti n vsy H o nt a : h t o t a o fm n ;bie ß r. r. . N R . 0 , b o e n r e t oft Gentlemen Ushers othis Majesty's Privy Chamber. On the 27th inst. Muriel, the infant son of Mr. Robert flrs ll field monthc Sanders, On t.:hees ti Chester-place, eh t solicitor, iki ea nr Hart-street, a i r i ge t e thet, youngest ue m , ofi s g b e u sm r t y saqHuugzehrnter:yr i t; nd of Mansell, King-street, Westminster tl On the'-7th inst. at the residence of her niece, Mrs. Stanilat o i o f in Foley-terrace, Clarem o n t-s qu a re , Pentonville, Mrs. Charito Robins, many years an inhabitant of Abingdon, at the advanv7 , age of 87 Oa the `...'sth inst. Mrs. Luke, the wife of J. Luke, Esq., Br .r street -buildings. On the '2.sth inst. I%lr. William Cousins, of the spasmodic e tem ' many years resident in th e p ar i s h ofLambeth, eldest O a the late 31r. William Cousins, of Maidstone, Kent. PRINTED ►ND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, Al l 4 Sw OFFICE, 11'2, STRAND, LONDON, MARKET INTEI.LMENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) - • • ' The Ministers have not yet declared the means they are about to adopt for the relief of the West India interests, but it is un derstood that Exchequer Bills will be given on loan, and that the Islands adopting the measures of Government respecting the treatment of the slaves will have, as a bonus, a lesser duty to pay on the import of Sugar into England, than where the)' refuse to accede to the wishes of the English Ministers. SUGAR.—Towards the close of ►ast week the Sugar Market had a dull appearance, but the prices were maintained; the estimated sales were only 1;200 hhds. and try. The stock of West India Sugar is now 0,269 hhds. and trs., which is 3,511 less than last year, The stock of Mauritius 29,249 bags, being 10,667 less than last year. The delivery of West India Sugar last week 1,735 hhds. and trs., being 690 less than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 8,398 bags, being 1,010 less than the corresponding week of 1831. The market opened heavily this morning, and notwithstanding that few good Sugars are offer ing, consisting chiefly of Demerara just arrived, yet the trade is very dull, and where sales have been effected the prices are Is. lower; the purchases at the close of the market were only 400 hhds. and trs. There was some little business done last week in low Lumps at 635., but generally the Refined Market remained in a nominal state; some small Lumps sold 665. a 70s. In the export trade and for the home consumption the business reported was on the most confined scale. The Refined Market this afternoon is still very dull, and the prices are again on the decline; Lumps Is. lower, sales being reported at 625. 6d. and 625. Molasses dull at 275. EAST INDIA SUGARS.—There have been few , sales of East India Sugars; some Siam have been sold rather higher, good white ::As. 6d. 6d. ; the Mauritius sold last week was rather higher for the brown and other low descriptions; the finer qualities were without variation. FOREIGN SUGARS.—The Foreign Sugars at Market are held with firmness, but the purchasers are still inconsiderable ; Bahia sold rather higher, ordinary to good white 23. 6d. a '26e, 6d., yellow 21s. a 225. ikl., brown fine 18s. 6d. a 19s. fid.; Pernams 17s. a 18s. Average price of Sugar.!!. 10s. 6d. per cwt. FOREIGN SUGAR REFINERY.—This question is yet unsettled; we believe experiment No. I only is reported. COFFEE.—The demand for Coffee on Saturday last became very brisk, St. Domingo sold sfis. 575., and some small parcels were reported at 375. fid. ; ord Brazil sold at 535. ; Ceylon Ms. a 555. fxl. The prices generally are ,Is. higher. The British Plantation sold also Is. a '.!s. higher. This day's public sale,a 554 bags good ord Brazil sold at steady prices 555. a 555. fid. ; 34 bags 76 cask Jamaica, chiefly mid to good mid, sold at Market prices, RSs. a 965. ; 154 bags ord Batavia taken in at 565. RUM, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS—The Rum Market ha: become less active, but the late advanced prices are main. tained. Brandy is unvaried. There has been more businees in Geneva, pale :21. 6d. a I.'s. Bd. HEMP, FLAX, and TALLOW—The Tallow Market ham become rather dull, and the prices a shade lower.—ln Hemp or Flax there is little alteration. IRISH PROVISIONS—In the last week the import of Fo. reign Butter was 2,260 casks, of Irish, 1,215 firkins, and of Bacon 2,608 bales. The Butter Market continues very heavy, and all descriptions are offering at lower prices ; fine Friesland at the quay we quote 108 s ; Cork and Limerick 88s ; Waterford T's a Bis ; Newry 765. a 80s ; and Carlow (as to quality) 86s. to Nis. landed. Bacon is also offeringfor less money ; prime singed Waterford has been sold at 475. although the price generally demanded is 48s. a 495. landed ; there are not any forward sales for shipment making. Bale Middles sell slowly, at 465. a 48s. but for Tierce Middles there is a fair sale at 461. a 50s, landed. Fine Irish Hams, as to weight and quality, we quote 60s. a 68s. and Bladder Lard 60s. to 655. landed. In Beef and Pork the transactions are still very limited, but late quoted prices are fully maintained. TOBACCO.—There is no alteration in Tobacco. COTTON—There is no alteration in the Cotton Market. The purchases consist of 400 Surat, mid. 4 % d., good. 5 d. ; 110 ditto, public sale, good 5 Nd. to 7d. curious; 1,750 Madras, ditto, good fair sd. good SIA d. a 5% d. ; 90 Bengal, good sd. ; 1,000 Egyptian, mid. 6 %d., fine 7 lid.; 150 Bowed, good 5?4 d., good fair 6 ix d. WOOL.—The Market remains rather dull. INDIGO.—The Market looks firm, but the purchases arc inconsiderable. SPlCES.—Spices are very dull. TEA.—Since the sale the delivery has been very great, and the demand from the country has caused Boheas at 2s, and Con. gous at 2s. 0 #y d. and 2s. Id., to bear Id. advance. FRUlT.—There is more demand for Fruit, particularly for the 'i'urkey descriptions. The fine Figs are scarce, and in re. quest, and large parcels ord. pulled:have been sold at 375. a 40s. Red Smyrna Raisins in demand, fine Eleme sold at 50s. fine Patras Currants at 745. OlLS.—Fish Oiles are a shade lower, South Seas at public sale last week sold at '241. a 29/. In Linseed Oil large export business has been done during the last week. In Rape Oil for future delivery large sales have been made at 38/. for Refined, though on the spot it is heavy at 371. _ _ _ SALTPETRE.—SaItpetre is very dull, and the late quota. tions could not be realised. RlCE—Rice is rather lower ; some inferior quality Bengal sold last week 13s, t3d. at 14s. SILK.—No sales whatever are effected in Silk : the trade are waiting the result of the Parliamentary Commission now sitting; prices are therefore nominal. COUNTRY CORN 51/.RKEIS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. ' Barley. I Oata. Beans. ----- Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to a. s. to a. Boston . 57 34 19 33 Gamsborough .. 61 38 19 ' 39 Grant ham ........... 58 65 38 45 18 25 35 37 Urirasby 5O 61 25 35 16 22 26 at Horncastle , 50 58 30 34 15 22 30 34 Lincoln Spilsby . 52 :8 26 36 18 22 30 34 Stamford . 53 63 i 34 37 24 24 98 31 York-- . 52 64 i3O 42 15 25 32 42 CANTERBURY. Marcl Wheat, white----- 555. to Css. Ul , - red Barley, Malting - 50s. to 60s ......... 01 345. to 385........ GI t2O. to :213,6 01 345. to 34s 01 38s. to 40, -- GI Oats Beans Pease h J 4. -5. tO —4. —s. to —s. nnding.. 245. to 30s. —s. to —s. 38s. to 4's. rey 335. to 375.