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NtrAl33 ER 9186.] PRICE SEVENPENCE, Ought ocession ember had not us ines mt.to be lone his ,shaken he was had not nt, that F hands cries of mfusion- stion ig did not )n bad deuce, nurder of pre obtain f ight 0 cocl -cbe hal s.coula era' , The Went-- would ,ressa t their at the t, and 7cscla- it A Y there that rt tinily' ?cted Q►t& Anar city. thows the S. F. e tile It time isap- nines * re ittiog nt of t the Her )d no itna- were rly to roost ed to i end --:.'y Baker, ten, of .wortlio of secbn cl . !steF'. 'llOl l O gusFes' ; ~, ; ~el °' le 601=7 ' .....,...., :^t:`" THE January 29, 1822. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING His 211.4JESTY's NAVY do hereby give - Notice, that on Tuesday, the 12th of February next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up) and treat for the supply (on separate Contracts), V all such quan tities of FRESH - BEEF and VEGETABLES as may be re ?mired for the use of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels ai 7P eymouth, for the space of Twelve Calendar Months from t he date of the Contracts, the Conditions of which may hr 'Teen- at the Secretary's Office, at this qffice, or by apply ing to the ColleetorS of Ms Majety's• Cuilouts at Trey 7nouth ' regard will be had to' any Tender in which the Price 41, 0 it " t be inserted in words at length, or that shall not be 46'lieerell to the Board beAre One o'Clock on the said 7'7 estloy, the 14th of February next ; nor unless the Person wrio maker the Tender, or same Person on his behalf, attends to ttris-reer when::talled for. - P;°ch Tender Must be accompanied by a Letter signed 6 !/ two reSjMnSible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Pa rty tendering, in the penal . Sum of 5001., for the due Performance of the Contract for Fresh Beef, and of 2501. r Wthe Vegetnble Contract. tYTON, Stock-Broker, 2, Cornhill, and corn •Lornbard-street, invites Public attentiuu to the un- . ,nion merits of the Present Lottery, which contains FIVE. , PRIZES of £20,000; and Seventy other Capitals.—All Mo. rY.-arNot "co Blanks to a Prize,—Begins drawing 26tb FE RUAlOl,—and the. whole to he decided in Four Days. ' £20,000 for the First-drawn Prize ! _Tickets and Sharec are selling by EYTON, at his Lucky tuffice, Cornhill and Lonibard-street, where all Business in he Public Funds is transacted with fidelity and dispatch. ....._ fro THE PUBLIC. BISH having advertised the Scheme of the • State Lottery at length, begs leave to submit to Via best aFriends, the Public, its principal Features, and I ° o 4 forward to a very extensive sale, as it appears t o b e Un iversally approved. It consists of only 20,000 Tickets, to be drawn in Four Days. It begins 26th of THIS MONTH, There are Fire £20,000 Money Prizes, There arc Seventy other Money Capitals, There are 6,650 other Money Prizes, There are not Two Blanks to One Prize, nett ate not any Classes, Every Ticket will be drawn singly, Each Ticket decides its own Fate, and no other, There are 1'=200,000 all Money Prizes, The very first Prize drawn must he £20,000 Money, Nearly 20 other Capitals may be expected First Day. Tickets and Shares are selling by T. BISH, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing Cross, London; and by his Agents- in the country. *** In the present Lottery there are 75 Capitals, being c onsiderably more than double the number the last contained, 4 ' that possessed only 33,—out of which, BISH shared and heart half, as he and_ his Agents distributed no less `"an Fift een !!! fu s ,v.* The Price of Stocks is affixed hourly against BISH'S "'" C 1 . 11 by which the Public may see the flue, Orli 11 , '"4IIS. Just published, Price 6s. 6d. Tilt, PAMPHLETEER, No. XXXVIII. published Quarterly, contains the Best Political, Lite and Miscellaneous PAMPHLETS uf the Da, on Both Itdes of every Question ; with Original, as well as y scarce old 4 'anaphi . es interspersed. CONTENTS : I. Letters of Joseph IL to some of the most celebrated Characters of his time. Now first translated for this .• Work. 11. Bishop of Llandaff's Primary Charge to his Clergy. The celebratqf Pamphlet, published in 1778, entitled, " Anticipation of the King's Speech to both Houses, and of the Debate in the Lower House on the Ad dress and Amendment. By Richard Tickell." IV. Expostulation to Lord Byron, on his present pursuits ; • with animadversions on his writings. (Original.) V. A Vindication of the People from Blasphemy, and De fence of the Press. On Grammar Schools. By Vicesimus Knox, D.D. VII. Interests of the Church of England. R. V. 111 11. Defence of the Vegetable Regimen. By J. F. Newton. IX. Police of the Metropolis. By G. Mainwaring. In Nos. 56 and 57 are the following important Pamphlets, a ;, n500 2'. many others—Count Santa Rosa's detailed Account of .„L'e ris e - an d f a ll o f th e Pi e dmontese Revoluti o n in 1820—Th e '‘scessity and best mode of Striking off part of National Debt Cornaro on Legevity and correcting a bad constitution— klawles' Answer to Lord Byron about Pope—Right Hon. R. iltlair's Declaration of England against the Holy Alliance 11)".iamin Constant on the Dissolution of the Chamber of "Puties—with several on the present Agricultural Dis tresses, Corn Bill, &c. Each Number contains ten or twelve Pamphlets, and not were Extracts, as many have supposed : thus reducing the Price of each to about sixpence. The Primary Charges of Bishops are also inserted. `Sold by Longman, Simpkin, Sherwood, Black, London; nd all Booksellers, on receiving a general order. 1 , 1 i• • -.OOESS io PREVENT MILDEW in every KIND of Al's/VAS, made either of HEMP, FLAX, or COTTON. I‘terESSRS. BROWELL and CO. 23; Alder tt 1 ,: manbury, having had their Invention honoured by a " ° tuugh examination of the Society of Ship Owners of Great Ilritain, and Mr. COCK, its. Secretary, having on the 11th • 1 00ber la s t acquainteil them, " That the Committee (from :' the evidence laid before them) are perfectly satisfied that i : the Idvention pdssesses the valuable quality ascribed to it, , and consequently that it is of great iniw.artance to Ship : Owners .in general ." beg leave to acquaint the Shipping 4nterest, that Sail-Cloth of various kinds, which have under -s°lle their Process, may be had of Messrs. Chalmers and G uthrie, Idol-lane, Tower-street. Each Dolt is marked by a red stamp with a Crown sun winding the letter B.—The low Price of ss. per Bolt (or lid. per yard) occasions an expense not exceeding in any case 5 per cent., for every Ship of what "tr size, upon the whole cost of the Sail-3. VfiTIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS have obtained the sanction and •apprirhation of Gen titmen of the Medical Profession, as a safe and valuable ledicine, in removing obstructions, and relieving other i;t converliences to which the female frame is liable, especially those which at an early period of life frequently arise from avant of exercise, and general debility of the systeni. They c reate at; appetite, correct indigestion, remove giddiness and I,ervons head ache, and are eminently useful in Windy dis orders, pains in the stomach, shortness of breath, and palpi tations of the heart- Purchasers are requested to remark, that, as a testimony of 4 uthenticity, each Bill of Directions is signed with the name of U • writing. Sold wholesale and Retail, in London, by Wright Nu. 46, Fleet Street ; Barclay and: ons, Fleet Market; New 4cry and Sons, St. Paul's Chutch Yard ; Sutton and Co.• Bow Church Yard ;'• Sanger, 350, O x f or d St re et, oppos i te B on d fired; Strtreet. Evans and Sun, L ong Lane, Smithfield ; J o hn s t o n, Street Soh o ; Butler and Sons, Cheapside ; Godfre and Wind us, Bkhopsgate Street; and by all CountryTendori, y at 4. . sd. per Box. is ItiA necessary to inform the publieihat KEARSLEY'S the !kriginal and genuine Medicine; and has been pre ',aced by them tor-more than thirty years. THE LONDON JOWINALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, February 2, 1822. [THE TIMES.] Dispatches, dated the 11th of January, have been received by Government from St. Peters burgh. We learn also by advices from Paris, of Wednesday last, .that several couriers arrived there on that day, one of whom was to the Rus sian Embassy, and understood to be from the Imperial Court. The intelligence thus conveyed may not entirely remove the doubts ti entertained by many of the issue of the negociations between Russia and Turkey, but it is, we are assured; essentially, pacific. What is the precise form, too, in which the Russian Cabinet has signified its acceptance of the propositions tendered by Turkey, is withheld ; but it is freely asserted in the best informed circles both of London and Paris, that the new modifications, if any, are so unimportant that no further impediment remains in the way of adjustment. We have all along prepared our readers to expect this result. It is affirmed, as a set-off against the melan choly events in. Ireland. that one or two parishes contiguous to Macroom have sent deputations to the Magistrates, offering to surrender their arms. We should be gratified to hear of any proof that the bad spirit of the peasantry was really sub siding. But whatever momentary purpose the inhabitants of certain parishes may have in view by offering tokens of submission, while the head quarters of the district and a numerous garrison are in the midst of them, we are ourselves in credulous as to the point insisted on, viz. the sudden conversion of these misguided men to principles of peace and subordination. Outrages of a serious nature, we lament to find, have oc curred in the immediate neighbourhood of Kil kenny,. and proceeding manifestly from the same spirit which has set the greater part of the pro vince of Munster in commotion. What a pic ture to be laid' before Parliament does Ireland now disclose !—(lbid.) [BRITISH PRESS.] The Special Commission will shortly be opened in the city of Cork. The gaols of that city un fortunately contain many prisoners who will be made the subjects of capital indictments. The shooting of the prisoner Buckley has not yet been investigated, and undoubtedly if it should be suffered to pass without inquiry, the peasants of Ireland will have great cause to complain of the want of equal justice. The body was bu ried without the previous holding of an inquest, to ascertain the causes of the death, although it is certain that the Coroners in the city of Cork had been apprised of the melancholy occurrence in sufficient time for the proper discharge of their duty. It will belong to the Grand Jury of the county, assembled at the opening of the Special Commission, to present this instance of neglect, and the Judge will not fail to mark the circumstance in a proper manner. It would, we are convinced, contribute more towards re storing the tranquillity of the southern counties of Ireland, if those who killed Buckley were publicly brought to trial for this charge, than if fifty of the deluded peasantry were executed by Way of striking a terror into their companions.— It u ill not be easy to terrify men who venture, almost naked and without arms, to face the King's troops in the field ; but it would teach them to place a higher value than they now do upon their lives,. if they saw that they might repose upon the protection of the laws, and that they were not, in fact, reduced to the necessity which they now universally seem to feel, of forming illegal associations in defence of their persons and pro perties. _ [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Another County Meeting, that of Hertford shire, was yesterday held.—A Resolution on the subject of Reform was withdrawn in corn pliment IQ some Gentlemen who were hos tile to such : .a measure, though favourable to retrenchment. In Hertfordshire, as in every other County, the Yeomanry are decidedly in favour of Reform ; and h td the Resolution been pressed, it would, no; doubt, have be'en car ried by an overwhelming majority.—That Re trenchment without Reform will never be ob tained, is.what few reflecting persons will hesi tate to admit; for as they who oppose Reform know well that it would soon folloW in .the train of Retrenchment, they will cling to abuses' "to the last. 0h,.n0, with them -Reform and Retrench ment are synonirnous :—they hate Reform be cause it would lead. to Retrenchment, and hate Retrenchment because it would lead to . Re form.l--. Mr. Hume has.done . incalculable service to the country in shewing to demonstration that every department of the publiclervice will admit of great reductions.. We -Wish to go‘sd far , before we go farther. Before we talk of confiscations of any:kind, the most unsparing retrenchment ought to take place'at..home and-b.broad. The : Landed Gentlemen of England ought to remem ber that they had it in their power - to arrest the wasteful and profligate expenditure.when • they pleased, that they consented to..the contract with the. Freeholders, and that- nothing can justify the violation of the contract hut utter impossibility, - after the most unsparing re trenthment, to- ~perforin ,1Y never never piece of unnecessary ,e-XpeallYtfts is attackti, the unifOrm answer is that our dignity or a due regatd to our splendour demands it, as if either dignity or respectability were compatible with a departure from justice.' But prodigals and spend thrifts hare 'notions of dignity of their The French Court, before the Revolution; could not for the sake of dignity renounce any part of the profligate expenditure which brought on the crisis under which it sunk. . [MORNING POST.] Private advices have been received from the Morea, which make 'it appear that differences had arisen among the Greeks, with respect to the form of Government to be given to their country. A - portion had proposed to declare Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti, King of Pelopon nesus ; but this plan was opposed by many, at the head of whom was a Greek Chieftain, named RObolini, who supported .the establishment of a republic. It was feareit.that this difference might lead to serious and disastrous consequences, and that one body of the Greeks might even take up arms against-the other.- Prince Ypsilanti was himself at Argos towards the close of December, where he possesSed a very considerable force; the garrison amounted to from 3000 ;to 4000 men.— Another leader of distinction, named Colcotrini, was also there, having come from Patras, which was attacked by the Turkish vessels of war.— A large number of armed vessels mere cruising in the neighbOurhood - of Argos. An English vessel near Napoli had been fired upon by them, and would probably have been captured, but for the unexpected appearance of the' Cambrian British frigate in the offing. The Greeks abandoned the attack ; and were - endeavouring to make off, but they were detained by the Cambrian, the Captain of which insisted upon being informed why the attack had -been made. The 'Greeks could give no satisfaCtory account of the trans action. What was the result we are not in formed. At Napoli di Romana the inhabitants were in total ignorance of -the state of the war between the Greeks and the Turks : they had no communication with Constantinople for some months. • LNENV ilmEsd We revert to the subject of the Suffolk Meet ing. Suffolk is a county where agricultural dis tress may naturally be exp e ct e d to fall more heavily than in many other parts of the kingdom. In extent, it is nearly similar to Somerset, Hamp shire, and Essex, to all three of which, however, it is considerably inferior in wealth. The best comparison may be instituted between Suffolk and Essex ; and we have therefore extracted from various Parliamentary documents the fol lowing short tables : SUFFOLK. ESSEX. AREA, in square miles (English) - 1,566 1,525 POPULATION, Individuals, in 1811 242,900 260,.900 Families. agricultural-. 26,406 28,517 Do. trading and handicraft 15,180 14,182 Ditto, others - - 6,048 8,944 Total Families 47,634 51,603 PRODUCE of Land per Acre, in 1800-- Wheat, bushels - 19 24 Barley, ditto - 28 32 Oats, ditto - - ' . 32 38 PROPERTY, gross assessments, in 1810-7 ,- from Land - - £694,078 N 04,893 from FIOUSNi - - 144,833 215,823 . from Trades and Professions 433,8:.10 571,393 £1,272,761 1,692,114 POOR RATES, average of two years, ending 25th March, 1820 . - 316,130 A slight inspection of these comparative state ments will suffice to shew, that though the two . counties are nearly in the same deg ree agr i cu lt u -; ral, (each employing in that pursuit consider ably more than half o its population), yet the. one is far less able to sustain a pressure on its farming resources than the . other. Essex, on 41 square milei less than Suffolk, maintains 18,000 m ore inhabitants : its greater natural fertility is shown in all the different species of grain, and from this circumstance, as well as from the greater proximity to the best market (the metro polis), the income which it draws from land exceeds that drawn from the same source . by Suffolk, as 9, to 7; and though th e p oor - ra t es of Essex are positively greater than those -of Suffolk, yet relatively to tie property on which they are charged, they are much lighter.—All these considerations tend to prove, that the agri culturists of Suffolk have a peculiar claim on the attention of their fellow-subjects ; and when.. ever that claim is urged fairly and honestly, with no other views than those of humanity and justice, it will be sure to be regarded by the Legislature, and by the Country at large, with the most cordial coMplacency. But the case is very diffi , rent, when . clamour and faction intervene.' Then the interest of the farmer is the last thing thought of. Disappointed am bition and sellish ..vanity standing forward to ca- Inundate the Ciovei'nrrient, only pave the Way . for barefaced radicalisui to assail the established Order of society, and to bloW into the air the very fOundations of property. :While the squeaking treble pipes out " No taxes,", it . is drowned in the hoarse bass of " aiwn with the rents!" i. ; [MOIINING lIERALD.I W e have of late observed, that the ac'counts from Dundee and its neighbourhood have been particularly favourable, as relating to a great de mand for the coarse linens made in that district of Scotland. It is not, however, to he wondered at, for the prices have, within this last year or two, been lower than at any other period within the last forty years. It is an old, and a very just vetuark. on the subject of trade,' that,whom things are at the lowl-st they will mend the reason is 'obvious—the very low price of any thing will not only make it desirable for the home consumption, but will cause the article to force its way into all, parts of the- world, All people are fond of an article when it is down.; right.cheap, and they will not be afraidof holding it, nor of ordering it from the country where it has been produced. Besides, when any thing is at one-half of the usual price, one-half of the money will, of course, compass it. It may appear para doxical; but in a national point of vieW, as it re gards a manufacturing nation, it is good for its manufactures to be occasionally at very depre ciated prices; for what is the result of a very low price ? It is worth every body's money, in every part of the world, and its very lowness of price will cause it to force its way through every ob stacle. In the poorest countries people are ena bled to purchase and to get into the habit of wearing a useful article, Which, for the first time, probably, may have been introduced at a very low price; whereas, had it been introduced at a high price, their means could not have af forded it ; and when once a people adopt th e use of any thing; it becomes a custom, and then they cannot do without it. PUPJL. ACLERGYMAN. of the Established Church, residing within a:Morning's ride of London, receives into his House a FEW PUPILS, whom he prepares fur the Universities, and has at present a VACANCY. •Lettei . s to be addressed to the Rev. G. K. Mr..leffery's, Boolseller, Opera House Colonnade, Pall Mall. TO BE SOLI) BY A UCTION. By Mr. SOTHEBY, at tiisHoose, No. 3, WF.LLINGTON- - STIVET, WATERLOO BRIDGE, STRAND, bn MON DAY, February 4, 1E22, and Fite following Days, at Twelve o'Clock, THE LIBRARY of the late Rev. Sir JOHN THOROTON •, comprising his very Valuable and Fine Works on ARCHITECTURE; together with a few ancient and very rare Manuscripts on Vellum. Among them will he found, Ashinalit's Order of the Gar ter; Drake's York, Russia; Gravii et Gronorii Theasurei Antiquitatem, 33 rot. large paper ; Stephani Thesaurus, with the original Glossaria et Scotti Appendiee, matchless copy, in Russia, 7 vol.; Churchill's Voyages, 6 vol. ;. •Mat„ Parts Historia Angli, best Edition ; IVihemiir Costumes des Peoples ar l'Antitpliti% 2 r9l. ; Casa Architecture et Vues" d'Egypte, 2 torn.; airid Fragmetts d'Arehitecture - ; v,irions Works olPiranesi; Britton's Architectural Antiquities; and many others of equal value. To he viewed, and Catalogues (price is) 'bad at the place of Sale. STATE OF IRELAND. The.following is an extract of a letter dated Cork, Jan. 26 : ", It being too probable that the real state of the south or. Ireland is not understood in the metropolis, we take the litorty to lay before you a sketch of it. " The insurgents consist of a variety of men, acting in con cert at the moment,: but influenced by-very different motives; perhaps they may bp properly classed .under the following heads - :-lst, The pennyless ; 2d, The disaffected ; 3d, The superstitious. .Of the first class there are many, who, by the depression of farming produce, have been reduced from the -rank of substantial 'yeomanry - to downright indigence. By the custom of letting lands in perpetuity, or for very long periods" of years, many farmers were. induced to expend upon build ings and improvements their whole property : calculating up on a permanent interest in their -farms, which, hoivever, arc now at rack-rents, or worse. These men fall in readily with any project likely to embroil the country ; and, by the share of edu cation they possess, unaccompanied by correct religions senti tments become at once the abl e an d unres t ra i n ed p romo t ers o f • mischief. The second, and least numerous class, consists of the survivors since the rebellion of 1793, anti their disciples, whose 'principles are jacobinical. In the open country these are extremely few ; but in , populous towns, , where sedi tious publications find admission, they are also found. Of this description some, it is said, have left - this city to join the insurgents upon . the mountains,. 15 or, 20 miles westward. The third class is a formidable mass of ignorance and bigotry, diffused through the whole•south •• of Ireland. It consists of persons who have withstood every attempt to introthice• strip , tural knowledge ; and . who blindly follow a few fanatical leaders, 'incited, - like them Selves, by artful predictions of the overthrow of our Protestant. Church and Constitution. Simi lar publications were circulated many, .yesrs ago, and one such in the year 1817, foretelling' the extirpation of Protestants to• take place on the following year; a copy of, which was' 'sent by-our Cummins to Mr.. Vansittart, for the purpose of being communicated to Government. It is remarkable that these infatuated devotees•tO Popery have not been Undeceived by the notorious falsificatiOn •of the prophecies formerly ploya for their delusion ; and that they are this day quite con fident that the Protestant name is on the eve of its final extinc tion. The Prelates and upper Clergy of the Itomish Church hold these things in utter contempt ; and are sufficiently acute to see then, best security in a steady adherenee, to'. the Govern ment, and 'maintenance of strict subordination ; they do not shut their eyes to the fallen condition of their Spanish brethren. But what can they do ?. Superstition, pretended. miracles, and legendary impostures, are most unhappily interwoven into their ecclesiastical system ; and some of the Clergy; it is to be feared; countenance abuses to a much:greater. extent than their .publi6 ritual renders necessary. Against there men the prelates dare not . lift their voices, well knowing that an infallible chinch can.; not disown thatupon which it- lies once pronounced the-'sen. tenee of orthodoxy • and that the least attempt to displace one stone in the edifice would inevitably tend to its total de struction. ; - " I will not pretend that there are no grievances endured nor that those which affect the country are all beyond lt!gis. lative remedy. • But we - lcnbw that in' England our grievances are mistaken. There is an outcry against tithes and laxts ; but the former were. paid nearly a thousand years ago; and ever, one hundred' Years ago, were much heavier than at pie sea ; for about - - fifty or. way years - .since 'the agistment tithe was abolished by. the _lrish Parliament ; anti . now no tithe is paid of calves, larabs, pigs, or any other live stock ; which tithe was formerly immense • Further, the tithable articles; vi - z. corn, potatoes, and. hay, are not charged, - as far as our experiL ence reaches, at any thing like their fall value. Yet it is desir, able that the Clergy were otherwise paid, for tithe is an impo litic tax, and the source of incalculable distress to the consclen - - tious minister, and vexation to the people. With regard to Go vernment taxes, our hushandrnen pay none directly ; and the few indirect ones fall, 'with but one exception; upon luxhries ; whereas, if our memory .serves rightly, they were subject in the' poorest hovel to hearth-money, in Charles the Second's time, and down to reign - of our late Sovereign GeO. when it was taken off. And at this day our most comfortable . farmers (having no more thAn six windows) 'do not •contribute one shilling to the state ; nor, unless they think fit to use to- . bacco-or liquor, do they even pay an indirecttax—the small one on shoe-leather alone excepted:, " Yet, after all this, the clamour about taxes is not grOund.. less ; for, owing to the: absence of our great landed proprietor;i, the important. -office-of Grand, Juror 'and Justice of Peace is so often filled by inferior persons, that • jobbing is practised to a shameful extent, and local charges are laid on without Mercy. 'When the constable of a barony 'Comes to levy these: rates, the poor cottier-tenant, neither remembering the-mode of its. assessment, nor. the uses .to which it is applied, - (sorne of which are most unjustifiable), considers 'himself oppressed by' taxes; and, feeling that the levy is made by legal authority, draws no kind of distinction,. - between • this proceeding, and the direct act of the Government. Moreover, owing per haps to the facts before alluded to, th:tt the country is widowed of its natural guardians, -thert;is no modern survey of baronies or townlands ; so that it happens that a farm of 300 acres will' pay as.muelveounty-end'barOny 'rate as one of 1,200 - acres; both int qual state of culture, and equally contiguous to the market, &c. • _ _ " do that there undoubtedly exists some cause of com plaint, and the- prop*: rentedies' ought long ago to' huve . bden applied. The bulk of our people have but little- interest i* what you are often made to believe oar seat national geiev ante—the inadmissibility of Roman Catholics to certain Ofiiees of State. . . • . We must not omit to notice an opinion entertained tir Some, - and net • withont reason - , that discontents are fontepted; and the peasantry stirred up toinsurrecdon, by the unprincipled men - who carry on a-contraband, trade in -.tobacco, Fee.. ;poll our Western coast ; and by the ProprietorS of unlicensed distil leries in riome rent4te parts of the. County of Cork, sylio,it IS thought, have furriiihed the peasantry with arms - and ammuni • don, in order that: the ArMy may be kept in play in the.inte rior, and that their nefarious trade may, go on With kss.intei ruption. The Smuggling trade has been carried On with an effrontery unniatched at any farmer period : its agents are ;men who have made up their minds upon, perjury and .murder alid" who have nuinberless - Opportunitiet4 of bringing in from Hollao.' and Francs supplies of military stores, which they may - land in the deep bays of our western ,coast, where the country is nearly Uninhabited, as large portions of Bantry Bay, &c., undoubt . 'edly are. • " In the action between the Ride Brigade and the peasantry On Thursday last, . there were seven of the latter killed, atiout thirty wounded, and twenty-one prisoners : , An express . has this inotnent been received of three other skirmishes; upon re ceipt of which, General , Sir J. Lambert has a.second tithe set. 4 ,. itfor the mountains. .Someof • the insurgents advanced last. night to Lehena,' within two English miles of this city, and: succeeded in carrying off arms from that place. But, for the most part, they are miserably armed. " It is scarcely needful to observe, that the slow process of the ciVil law would by no means answer in the existing state of our affairs : it may be wished, however, that the Executive were strengthened by . a timely enactment of the Legislature ; and that we should not be driven too much to bills of indein.- nity. Our garrisons are so weak, that the very jails; lying close to the city, are threatened with an attack, anerare quito full.— This, also, calls for the immediate attention of Government ; and it is worthy of deliberation, whether the loyal ought not to be associated as an armed police or guard, for the preservation. of peace in the city of Co k, (V. The upper ranks of the Mb, man Catholics, may, we think, be safely united with the 'ro testants in these associations, their interest in upholding the constitution being the same, and their mutual cordiality much greater than O'er: Of the lower orders we dare not affirin sn ranch ; the less they are trained to arms, perhaps the better ; unless, indeed, the militia of the United Kingdom be embo died and then, by their interchange, the Irish may be relied on in Greatßritain,,and the British in Ireland. If we have trespassed on your patience, we hope you will ruse - us, when you refnember that the dearest interests of Ire land are at stake ; and• that no newspaper will venture to telt the plain truth, which, - we indulge. a hope, will, through some channel or other, find its way to those who are able and willing to apply the remedy." The following letter, addressed to a Distin guished Character in Ireland, has been transmit- ted to us for publication : • " DEAR SIR—I was favoured with your letter of the 22i1 inst this day, and though it is not in my power to answer your inquiries as to the prices technically quoted in the districts alluded. to,• yet I have spared no exertion throughout the. day to collect information from the most experi.: enced people in the .mercantile and provision business, on whom I could depend ; and on whose information I would myself much rather•depend, than on the vague quotations of most Newspapers, which I have often detected to have been wrong. I think I may, in the ge • • neral view, previous to particular quotatioM l such as 1 could' Collect, - confidently assure yin, on the united opinions • of all whom I have-con suited, that the circulation of the rumour of scar city, much less famine, is a finesse. It is rumour ed here, too, that notices were posted in coun try places, to prevent country people from bring ing in provisions to Cork; and that the convey ance of corn and potatoes was attempted to be impeded. This, however, has not succeeded; for the glut has been actually increased within the few last days. r The following are the Cork prices :- 11", neat - Os. Bd. to ls. 3d. per stone. Oats - Os. 7d. Os. lid. Barley . Os. Bd. Os. 9d. Potatoes - Os. 3d. Os. 4d. Beef - Os. 3d. .7- Os. &l. per lb Mutton - Os. 3d. Os. 41. Pork -16 s. Od. 19s. Od. per cwt. .Flour -14 s. Od. —18 s.. Od. The, prices in Limerick and . Waterford are pretty closeiy on this average. As tO' the 'other country towns, the result of the most gen..!.n . .1 inquiries I'ebuld make this (market) day, is that P'otatoe's are lower in such places than the Cork prices. • Coal is 245. per ton. • Turf is ls. per kish. This I have from a mercantile house which consumes quitn- tities of it for stamping brands on provision and butter casks ; and I am instructed to particularize, that each kish is 2 feet deep.; 2 wide, and 4 low , h . The districts adjacent to Cork are in a state of flaming disorganization; and--a rebel camp of several thousands is formed at Inchigeelagh. As. to the former part of your letter, I have only to assure you that•l am glad you have pub lished my letters ; and feel happy that any thing from my pen should deserve the compli ment from the Editor of The (Dublin) Antidote in. the same number." Cork, January 26. • • QtIiptTER.LY REVIEW.—In the last Quarterly Review there , is an elaborate, and certainly in teresting article,, on the Novels by the author of Waverley ; but it affords the following unlucky specimen of hypercriticism:— " Before we quit this scene," says the Reviewer, " we must observe, that it contains an heraldic error, remarkable in itself, when we consider the • antiquarian knowledge of our author, and still more from its coincidence witha similar mistake in his great rival, ,Sir Water:Scott. The Black Knight bears what Rcbec,:a calls a bar and padlock painted blue, or as Ivanhoe corrects her, a fetterlock and shackle bolt azure on a 'lick shield ; that is, azure . upon sable. This, we believe, as colour upon colour, to be false heraldry. Now on the shield ci Sir 'Walter's Marniion, a falcon,' soared sable on an uzure.fie/d.' The same fault .reversed. It is a curious addition to the coin cidences of these two great writer?., that, with all their,nlinnte learning on chii:alrous pmnts, they should both have been guilty of the same oversight." - The critic evidently flatters himself that he has made an eNcellent hit. Unfortunately, how ever, for the credit of the _Reviewer's rnirrit learning , : on chivalrous points, Sir Walter and the Author of Waveiky are neither of theca guilty of any oversight in this instance. • It is true„ that heralds do not allow the - placing 'a colour on a _colour, fur .on fur, or metal on metal, but though azure is a colour, sable is 'a fur as the .Re i vjewer.roay learn at the Heralds' Oflit'e, at the nearest furrier's, or at a military, or limey dress-maker's. X. X.