The Sun. — London, England, 1822-01-23 00:00:00

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Much, hoWever, will depend upon the conduct of the Assembly itself, whether it be actuated by a wise and useful zeal, directed earnestly.and with simplicity to the purposes which it is c apable of fulfilling, or whether it be diverted f rom its legitimate obje.:ts by a vague and vain glorious ambition: - If any assemblage of men "u at this time act usefully on behalf of the Greek s as a national Council, it must be with a constant recollection that the grand and imme diate object proposed is the independent existence of their nation ; and that all proceedings which h ave not a direct practical tendency to this end, a re at best of uncertain utility, and may, by hn Peding or distracting the course of active ope tations, become in effect a fatal treachery to the geuflal interest and safety. An important Pamphlet, entitled " The State °I the Nation at the Commencement of the Year 182 2, considered under the four Departments of li te Pinar? ce ,—Forei gn Relations,— Home I)cp art- The 'it-,—Colonies and Board of Trade," has just Le en published. It is confidently rumoured that th is Work has been sanctioned, if not absolutely digested and issued by the Government. Cer tain• lt is, that it is a very able exposition and de fence of the conduct of Ministry since the Peace, a nd that it bears internal evidence of having been drawn up, in part at least, from official sources er information. It may therefore be fairly "usidered as a Ministerial statement and v indication of the past conduct of Govern ment ; though the Writer, in all probability, ha 3 been left, at least in a great degree, to the exercise of his own sagacity, in assuming Probabilities for the future. We mean, that it not likely that Ministers have so far committed th emselves, as to communicate any of their pre sent views and intentions, respecting any of the great concerns and interests of the Empire, fo teiZn or domestic, to any Writer, as being their Positive determinations : nor do we think it pro htthie, even, that since the peace there have been e ° circumstances or occurrences in the conduct the Government, which Ministers themselves ha ve regretted, though they have not thought P r oper .to avow that regret to the Author of the,pamphlet, nor to make a frank acknowledg leeut of any errors into which they may have f allen, i n a ny part of the familiar and intelligible "Position of the " State of the Nation," with which th ey are said to have thus favoured the country. ? c hat is a part of their duty, (if a duty on their Part it must be deemed), which their political cPPonents have very amply performed for them ; and as the latter content themselves with pre seining one side of the picture only, containing a to lerably prominent representation of both the real 4141 imaginary faults committed by our Rulers,— it is surely allowable that the former should in their t urn favour us with a full view of the other side also, th °ugh it contains only all the excel ncies of their °47 11 character and conduct, and alt ugh those ex cellencies are perhaps rather Pig y coloured. — Af ter every reasonable deduct* for exaggera tion) there - is much to admit and approve,— N ech to console us for the lifst and to afford cenlfortable anticipations of -the future.—lf the Ne t -Ives and conduct of Mitiisters be held up in 4 , li ght which is rather too flattering, the mind S at least relieved from that constant contem- Pl ation of the charges of disgusting profligacy, which their opponents unceasingly bring against t t ie et and we are brought to the refreshing tenclusion that they are on the whole entitled the continued confidence and the gratitude Of t. the people, though they are not, perhaps, titi tely undeserving of censure. If the integrity 4 tid t substantial prosperousness of all the great : aur ces of n a tional wealth and happiness be °ll "hat too broadly asserted and confidently insisted upon, we are enabled to perceive, at b ea st, that our condition is not quite so bad as has eep elsewhere represented ; and that though we :a3r not have sufficient reason for unmixed joy congratulation, there is still less reason for r enl itigated despair.—We shall, from time to e, mak e ex t rac t s f rom thi s i nterest i ng work, ellacc ompanyin g them freely and fairly with such re karks as occur to us. In the mean time, we have Pleasure in stating that the author very freely han dles the theoretical political Economists ; and if in t his respect he speaks the sentiments of Govern ment, we may congrat u l a t e t h e country on suc h an ind ication of the improbability of their visionary sc hemes being adopted in practice. If we are t o consider the work as official, i.ve may also infe r f romit . that Ministers, notwithstanding the r umours to the contrary which have been afloat, will resist any attempt to impose a tax upon funded property; and that they will on no ac count consent to any legislative measure having for its object the elevation of the price of corn.— In treating of our Foreign Relations, the Au thor very fully confirms the views which we have uniformly taken respecting the existing si tuation of Turkey. Ministers have been de sirous of upholding that Power, under the idea that its position in the European commonwealth is essential to the preservation of the actual ar rangements of Europe. It is acknowledged, however, that the Janizaries are the " absolute masters" both of the Empire and of the Sultan ; and that 44 it is scarcely possible not to feel for a Sovereign in such circumstances." It may be that the personal character of the Sultan en titles him to our commiseration ; but why con tinue to treat with a Monarch, who, it is acknow ledged, is destitute of power, and who knows that compliance with the demands of Russia would incur the forfeiture of his own head I We feel it our duty to insert this day, a reply to Sir HARCOURT LEES, by C 4 AN ENGLISHMAN AND A FREEMAN OF Corm." We still think that if some leading Gentlemen connected with Ireland come forward, the benevolence of the Public will be powerfully manifested in favour of the suffer ing Irish peasantry. A publicmeeting, however, is in our opinion indispensable to the accomplish ment of this desirable object. We are anxious to pay over the sum which has been placed in our hands to some authorized parties, in order that it may be applied to the purpose for which it was subscribed ; and if no public step be taken within eight days in this country, we shall be obliged if any benevolent Society in Cork, or Limerick, will undertake the application of the money. With regard to the fact of a scarcity existing, we think it right to strengthen the state ment of our Correspondent, by laying before our Readers the following extract from the Cork Mercantile Chronicle of the 18th instant We extract the following articles from THE SUN News paper.—We know not otherwise how we can advance here the benevolent object the promoters of the Subscription have in view, for we can assure them that distress in some degree has reached almost all ranks in this country—but among the lower torcrs it is become extreme, and threatens, without any great stretch of hyperbole, to lead to some of the evils of famine The scarcity and badness of the crop of potatoes have been very great, and it, as every one knows, forms the chief support of the poor. This fact, together with the deficiency of employ - ment, has left them in a miserable condition indeed. We trust, therefore, the benevolent views of the originators of the Sub scription will meet that success in London, where so much wealth abounds, which they deserve; at the same time any be nefactions sent to tigirr the purpose shall be duly acknowledg - ed in this Paper."—(Here follow the extracts from THE SUN 'of the 15th instant.) VICTUALLING OFFICE.—For some weeks past we understand that an inquiry has been carrying on at the Victualling Office by a Committee (Sir G. COCKBURN and Sir G. CLERK) Of the Lords of the Admiralty, respecting the manner of exa mining the accounts of Pursers, as well as into some charges of Collusion between Clerks and Pursers to increase the balances of weight of Provisions in the hands of the latter, for which they were to be paid by the Victualling Board, and also on other charges of misconduct. This inquiry ended on Saturday last, and from what we can gather front a most respectable source, though not so fully as we should wish to lay before the l'ublic, we are enabled to state, that considerable prevarication, in giving evidence upon oath before the Committee,as well as some blame attaching to several persons in the office has led to some high dismissals, and to many of an inferior description. We are, however, informed that the Chairman of the Board and two other Commissioners are im plicated, and that one or two more are likely to be dismissed ; but whether they will receive re tired allowances or not is at present uncertain. It. is said also that the Secretary, against whom there never was till now the smallest imputation, is dimissed, and that .Mr.CLIFTON, of the Admi ralty, we believe, has been appointed in his stead. The Assistant Secretary also, we are informed, has been dismissed, and other persons in the office. BOSTO.I, DEC. 9-5.-13 y the brig illorgiana, 10 days from St. Domingo for Philadelphia, we learn that on the 2d inst. the English brig of war Nautilus arrived at Turks' Island from a cruise, having captured a piratical brig near Old Providence, after a chace of 13 hours. She had 41 prisoners on board, and was hound to New Providence with them for trial. The pirate was in the act of robbing an American ship when the Nautilus hove in sight. His MAJESTY will Open the ensuing Sessions of Parliament in person. Every preparation is making for that purpose in the Department of the Horse, and at the Lord Chamberlain's Office TRADE TO MEXICO LAID OPEN.—By letters from the Havannah, dated the 11th ult. received in Glasgow this morning, we learn that a brig of war had just arrived at the former place, which brings the important advices that the following ports of Mexico, viz. Vera Cruz, Tampico, Al varado, on the east coast, Acapulco and St. Bias on the west coast, had been declared open to fo reign commerce. The duties on imports by fo reigners were fixed at 25 per cent. and by Spa niards (natives) 15 per cent. The produce of the country to be exported tree of duties, except cochineal and banilla, gold rwo per cent. and sil ver six per cent. export duties. The only pro hibited articles for import are flour and tobacco. --" We congratulate our merchants upon this intelligence. To this opening Lima sinks into insi gni ficance."—(Glusgoz; Pc:per, Jan. 19.) N, bl i I ( e - 10 1 Pi 9 AZ‘ .- .`:•,-; . ) - . A r e .:-..,".,.-- ~ tf , , , )' r•- - ;, - ~...,- . p , .... , . i! „ i - lt (it T" 'Lot', 2:4 1 0-.)N t itt ~,---;,._%-------,_,-,; , ,„,,,,,,„,,,.,.. ' , 44 . trl rt. FASHIONABLE A RRIVAI,S: Viscount Bernard, at his house in Connaught-place ; Mr. Alexander Robarts, in Hill -street, from Fitroy Farm ; Mrs. and Miss Davenport, in Lower Brook-street 1 Colonel and Mrs. Protheroe, in Grosvenor-street; Lady Juliana Annesley, at the Dowager Countess of Nlount Norris's, Orchard-street, from Lord Carrington's, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks ; Robert Buxton, Bart. from Shadwell Lodge, Norfolk - ; Lord and Lady Berwick and family, from Hattingham Hall, near Shrewshtiry, Salop ; R. Boyle, Esq. from Cheltenham. DEPARTURES.—Dowager Duchess of Buccleugh, for Long Ditton, Bucks ; Countess de Grey, for Putney Heath ; Mar chioness of Exeter, for Roehampton ; Sir Robert and Lady Liston, for Brighton : Hon. Mrs. De Blaquiere, for Bath ; Colonel and Mrs. Caldwell, for ditto; Earl of Clanricarde, for Oxford. • CHANGE,—The Earl and Countess of Coventry, from their house in Piccadilly, to Streatham. Lord and Lady Holland entertained .the Earl and Countess Cowper, Mr. George Lamb, and a distinguished party, to dinner yesterday, at their house in Old Burlington-street. The Right Hon. John Trevor gave an elegant entertainment yesterday to Viscount and Viscountess Hampden, Count Pahlin, Mr. Wynn, M. Trench, and several other fashionables, at his house in Berkeley-square. The Marquis of Cholmondeley gave an elegant dinner yes terday, at Egremont House. The Hon. General Grenville gave an elegant di4neryesterday, at his house in Hill-street. Charles William Bigge, Esq., of Linden House, Northum berland (Partner in the Banking firm of Sir 111atthew White Ridley, Bart. and Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne), has given 501. towards the new building for the Literary and Philosophical Society in that town. The Fr,s-rtyAL which is to take place on the twenty-ninth of this month, in the City of Lon don, in order to celebrate the ANNIVERSARY of Ills MAJESTY'S ACCESSION to the Throne, is highly honourable to the promoters of it, and will most probably he followed by every other great town throughout the British Dominions.--- It is likely, from all that we have heard, to prove one of the most splendid festivals of the kind which has ever been witnessed in this country.— The venerable Sir \VILLIAM Cuans, who, as the phrase is, is loyal to the back-bone, is, it seems, to take the Chair ; and no one is better qualified than the worthy Baronet to discharge the duties of it, by convivial spirit and manly firmness.— None of the GREAT FOLKS at the Court end of the town have, we understand, been specially invited, but are left to the impulse of their own feelings, if they chuse to provide themselves with tickets in due time. The reason why those customary courtesies are omitted on the present occasion is, we find, to prevent the pure expression of per sonal respect, attachment, and veneration for THE CROWN, from being supposed to be at all a Ministerial measure, rather than to give full scope to that genuine effusion of national loyalty which comes with peculiar propriety from the Metro polis of the British Empire. On such an inte resting occasion we hope that the company will be animated solely by feelings, of patriotic festivity, and zeal for that glorious Constitution which renders us the freest and the happiest People on the face of the Globe. KING'S THEATRE.—The attraction of last night at this place was a new Opera, composed by PACINI, who has some reputation abroad, though this, we understand, is the first of his works that has appeared in this country. The title is Il Barone di Dolsheint. The subject hears a strong resemblance to the Drama of The Two Pages of Frederick the Great, which was recently brought forward at Covent Gar den Theatre : we have no room to detail the plot which, however, excites attention and inte rest. The music is pleasing rather than excel lent ; several of the airs were encored. The piece was ably supported by AMBROGETTI, CARTON!, CURIONI, Signora CAMPORESE, and Signora CA. RADORI, and received the decided approbation of a numerous audience. BUONAPARTE'S WI LL.—Our Paris Correspond ent (says the Times of this morning), in a letter which we published on Monday last, stated that a pamphlet, purporting to be a copy of BUONA PA ItTE'S will, was in circulation at Paris, and was believed to be in most points correct. We trans lated the pamphlet, and it appeared in our Mon day's paper. Count MoyrnoLoN, it appears by Saturday's Moniteur, has seen the pamphlet question, and charges it with being full of errors: . he does not, however, point out the errors, nor state how much of the pretended will is really authentic. We can state, on the best authority, that the published will is essentially correct. The following is MONTHOLON'S letter : " TO THE EDITOR OF THE MONITEUR. " Paris, Jan. 18, 1822. " Stn„—Chance has brought to my bands a pamphlet, pub lished by P. Dupont, and now on sale at several booksellers, entitled, The Testament of Napoleon.' " It is my, duty to declare that this pamphlet is an incorrect fabrication, and full of errors. " I beg you will make this dechration public in one of your earliest nunibers. " Receive, Sir, the assurance of my perfect consideration, (Signed) " The Counc de iIIONTHOLON."` ROYAL ALLIANCE.--rUTGARD, JAN. .712. ; ---On the Sib instant the King gave an audience-"to General de l3eckendorf, the Russi jVlinister Plenipotentiary. His Excellency ac itted him self of a mission which he had recei d from his Court, tq demand, for his Imperial' Highness the Grand Duke Michael, the hand ; of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, eldest daughter of his Royal Highness Prince Paul, and niece of his Majesty. The General at the iame time presented. to the King the letters from the Imperial Family relative to, this demand. His M-ajesty, mire of the paternal consent,gave, with paitticular satisfaction, in quality of Chief of his family, his adhesion to an alliance which unites mor closely the ties of relationship which so happil exist between his family and the Imperial family of Russia. — Agreeably to this consent, the Russian Minister had the honour of presenting,: on the 10th inst. (the natal anniversary of the illustrious be trothed), to his Majesty, the Queen Dowager, and to her Royal Highness the Princess Char lotte, the letters of demand from his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, her Majesty the Empress Dowager, and his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael, iiOETR Y. THE MINSTREL.—A BALLAD: By the late Doctor Wot oT. • (Not printed in his Works.) RECITATIVE. . Beside the ruins of an ancient.pile, That once with hospitable pleasures rung; A IVlnisTnEt, long a stranger to a smile, Thus to his harp of sorrows, lonely sung AIR. How sweet was the harp and the song ; How rei.er'd was the MINSTREL of yore, His praiSei.were heard on each tongue, And WELCOME would, open each door. He knew not the finger of Scorn, lie felt not pale I/inerty's stings; His harp the old halls could adorn ; And he slept in the chamber of Kings. CIIOIIIII3. Ah ! thus then shall Pity .-othplain, Here a Minstrel is fated to lie, He, who charm'd e'en Despair with his strain, Sought the shade of the tomb with a sigh. Alit. Lo ! the Heroes in battle that shone Of Glory, who courted the rays, Deem'd the laurels of Fame but half won 'Till the Minstrel had sounded their praise: And to ! the soft empire of Love ; What a triumpli it owes to the Art, That rivals the voice of the dove, When it tells a fond tale of the heart. CHonus.—Ah ! thus then shall, &c: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAN - 13E1k INIATcti.-- , -CaptairT Smith undertook to Perrot:in twelve miles in one hour, yesterday, on the Twyford road. The wheel-horse broke into a gallop in the first quarter of a mile, and the turn was made with much dexteriq. The horses af terwards kept steady at their paces, and the ground was complished in three minutes within the given time. Betting . was 6 to 4 on time. GREAT TROTTING MATCII.—The money is all staked for the great Trotting Match, for 1000 guineas a side, to take place on the 18th of February, and one of so much interest has not been known in the sporting world for years: The match was made by Mr. Fielder offering that his black, hog-maned horse, carrying II stone, would take a stone, and trot three miles for 1001) guineas against any horse that could be produced in Eng land. The match was accepted by Mr. Dyson, who is to pick England and carry 12 stone. It is not known what Mr. D. will bring forward, but it is rumoured that a bay horse, t!..e property of a Gentleman well known in the sporting world, is likely to be the one. He is supposed to be the fastest that has ever appeared, but he gives so much weight that the current betting is 6t04 on Mr. Fielder. Mr. F.'s black horse is an American, which draws forth our national jealousy,, and makes this match one of great interest. It is expected that the winner wlll do the ground in nine minutes. A COURT Of ALDERMEN was held yesterday at Guildhall, for the purpose of hearing the peti tion of several inhabitants of the Ward Of Lang bourn, against the return -of Mr. WILTsul RE as a Common Councilman. Decision adjourned till Tuesday next. Petitions, froth the Coal-meters' men, in respect of their wages being continued as heretofore, and from sundry Fellowship Porters, praying to be employed in the delivery of coal ships in preference to non-freemen, were pr - sented, and referred , to the Committee for Gene ral Purposes. A letter received yesterday. from Spain, an. nounces the death of the celebrated RIEGo, the champion of Spanish liberty. It is ascribed to poison, and the Priests are charged as the au:h3rs of this foul deed. The hopes which they con ceived from it had, however, the letter state 5, been disappointed, and it had had a quite con trary effect. As soon as the melancholy event became generally known, the whole of Catalonia declared itself free. FRENCH CLERGY.—It appears -by the Alma= neck qf the French Clergy for 1822, that the. number of Priests employed in -France amounts to 35,286, of whom 14,878 are more than sixty years old ; 4,154 have been ordained in the course of.the year, 1,435 of whom have been ad mitted to Priest's orders. In the same space of time 1,447 have died. The number bringing up to the Church in the various parishes, colleges, and seminaries of that country is 25,437. We are informed by a Gentleman extensively connected with our West India Colonies, that the accounts from them, by the last packet, are extremely unsatisfactory, in a commercial point of view.—" The price of rum here," he ob serves, " does not pay half the cost of the cask, and several Planters have ceased to manu facture it ; the same as' to molasses. Sugar, too, is so low as to bring the estates in the Leeward Islands in debt. Formerly the ruin and molasses paid all the expences in the Island, and the nett profit on the sugar was the income of the Plan ter—now the sugar netts about 12/. per hhd.; on an estate of IRO hhds. about 1,2001. ; which, all the Island expences, the supplies fi•om home, the support of negroes, the public bur dens, all to be deducted ; so that the u hole is absorbed even where the Planter is not in debt to the Merchant ; when he is, ruin is the consequence. Formerly, within three years, the sugar averaged from 9.5/. to 301. per lihd„ or 30001., and no island charges, for they were'paid ,by the rum and molasses: the stores, about 1504 Were the only. deduction ; so that a man with 3000/. a year, three or four years ago, without having been guilty of any imprudence, becomes at once a beggar. In short, the expences absorb all profit."—(Morning Paper.) IMPROVEMENT IN TRADE.----Several of the prin cipal manufacturers in this town, last Week ad vanced the price of weaving 3d. and 6d. per cut or piece ;,and we, feel pleasure in stating, that the trade is, at present, in an improving condition, and that all hands are in full em ploy. We trust, the present revival is only a prelude of that desirable period, when the sun of prosperity shall again shine upon our land, and • when all murmuring and wretchedness will hap pily be banished from our streets.—( Blackburn _ _ The trade of Dundee never was so brisk as it has been these last twelve months. All the weavers, indeed all the labouring classes, are fully employed. Four or five spinning-mills have been built within these few months, and as many more contracted tor. The quantity of flax and hemp imported last year exceeds that of any former year by about 1:500 tons, the quantity of the former (flax) being nearly 7500 tons, which is a larger quantity than has been im ported into any other place in Britain. This extra quantity is not more than sufficient for the demand of our manufactures, which are eagerly bought up as soon as the webs are out of the looms. Indeed, if there were double the num ber of looms going, the produce of them would be no more than sufficient to supply the demand. —(D.lndec Courier.) tliE ARMY. The .ilst Regiment is ordered to be conveyed from Scotland to Chatham, by water, • for the. purpose of embarking in March, at Gravesend, on board the East India Company's ship London and Asia, for Madras lletacliments of the 56th and 82d Regiment will arrive at Deptford from Albany Barracks, on the 2d of February, to enibark on board the ship Woodbridge, in the City Canal, for - the Mauritius. The 4th Dragoon Guards, now at ROmfordi are under immediate orders to embark for Madras, in order to relieve the 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons, who will return to , Eurok: - ~tIEItCANT!IE SHIPPING, &C. A Letter retelve( l . by the Owner, at Newcastle on-Tine, from the master of the Quebec of that port, dated off the Isle of 01..r0n, December 28, states, that on that day a tremendous gale came on from the S.W., that out of 20 vessels which were exposed to its fury, 11 were lost With all hands !'of the other 8 he can give no account : his own was the only vessel thatrode Out the gale. DEAL, JAf4. 22.—Wind W.—Arrived and sailed for the Rivet the Bombay Merchant, Clarkson, from Bombay; and Northumbrian, Lawsen, from Batavia. Sailed the Electra, Robinson, for Philadelithia. Came down from the River and remain the Orwell, Sanders, for St. Helena, Bombay and China; and Fortitude, Butcher, for Barbadoes. An anchor has been landed here marked 14. 1. 3. 40. A.D. RAMSGATE, JAN. 22.—The cross of an anchor (new) of 11. 0. 4. marked G and B, 1818, has been landed here. Hutt., JAN. 21.—An anchor of about 6 cwt. buoy and buoy rope, have been picked up in the Humber ; the buoy tnark2d Diligence.T. J.' PLYMOUTH, N. 21.----Wind W.--Artived the Robert Edwards, Sherbarne, from London for New York ; Speculator, Sinclair, from St. Michael's ; and Burleigh, &antics, from Latidon for Tobago. - On 26th December, in lat, 39. 27. long. 17. the Speculat:r lost her bulwarks, chain plates and stancheons on the starboard side ; stove the boat and sprung the fore-yard • and on 28th hove part of the cargo overboard-. The Burleigh' left the Downs on 7th December, and on 28th, in lat. 454. long. 7. lost every thing off deck except the stump ortinmast. The bowsprit, foremast, maintop-mast, boat, &c. all went by the board. FALMOUTH, JAN. 21._—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived • isse Walsinglusni packet, with mails from the Mediterranean'• 12 days from Gibraltar ; and Stanmer p ac k e t, with a mail flora Lisbon, in nine days : on her passage out the Stanmer rienced dreadful weather, and was thrown on her beans ends ; her boats, bulwarks, &c. were carried away ; two lower deck beams sprung, &c. • DART MOU T If, J.N. 21—The Indiana, from Viana, saw yesterday off Falmouth a large ship dismasted, and under jury masts, steerint ' , for Plymouth. - PADSTOW,JAN. 21.—A handspike has been picked up at New Quay, with " Minerva, of Shields," marked on it, and a boat supposed to belong to the same vessel, but no mark on it, part of the stern being broken off'. Lis; En.roor., JAN. 21.—Arrived the Brothers, Sowerby, from Buenos Ayres ; on 6th January, an lat. 38. 47. long. 28. 23. spoke the Mary Ann, of Portsmouth, N., and from Smyrna, out 83 days, with loss of boats and foremast, aed short of bread and water, but blowing hard, could rot rer..l:!r them any ussiszance. TURNPIKE ROADS. From the Parliamentary Report on the Turn pike Roads of the United Kingdom, we select the followin_q, particulars:— _ _ In Lanarkshire there arc 371 miles of Turnpike ::dads ; an nual income, 27,7441: ; income per mile, 741. ; amount of debt 269,2601.; debt per mile 7251...;_annual expenditure, 25,5791. ; expenditure per mile, 631. ; excess of inconie, 2,1651. ; interest 0f.debt,21,M451. The annual income of all the turnpike roads in Scotland is 129,6351. ; the total debt, 1,124,2731.; the annual expenditure, 152,8201. ;. the excess of expenditure, 6,6711 ; the interest, 140,8261.; and the total number of miles turnpike roads in -Scot land, completed and not completed, 3,611. The following roods in England afford a remarkable contrast:— Gloucestershire-897 miles road ; annual income, 51,55311; income per mile, 5721. ; amount of debt, 212,6091. ; debt per mile, 21161. ; annual expenditure, 31,4941. ; expenditure per mile, 351. ; excess of income, 19,7341. • interest o, debt, 4,3461. Middlesex, which we believe includes London and its vicl-• nity, north of the Thames, 157 miles road : annual income, 96,5451. ; income per mile, 6081.: arn , :unt of debt, 186,4751. ; debt per mile, 1131. ; annual expenditure, 66,0501. ; expendi, ture per mile, 5481.; excess of income, 9,4951. : interest of debt, 1,8021. EXECUTI ()N.—This morning Richard Jago, for a burglary in the house of W. Ord, E Berkeley-square, and Henry Thompson, for ut tering forged cheques on the house of Jones, Lloyd, and Co., were executed at' the Old Bailey. Thompson, while his irons were knock ing off, breathed the most pious ejaculations: On Jago, who met his fate with indifference, being pinioned, Thompson delivered an extem pore prayer with much fluetFy, emphasis, and composure, which lasted some time, recommend ing himself and companion to the supreme Dis - - poser of Events. Whilst the executioner was tying up Thompson, Mr. BAKER was most assi duous in his pious exhortations to Jago, to which he attended with great fervour. Thompson has filled some respectable mercantile situations, but had once before been in custody, and tried for an offence similar to the one for which his life was forfeited. Jago, it will be recollected, married the servant of Mr. Ord, and by making her the involuntary instrument of his villainy, formed a widely ramified conspiracy to rob the house of her master. LAMENTABLE SUICIDE.-Yesterday morninz, about eight o'clock, a melancholy event took place at the house of George Glasspool, Esq. No. 9, Lant-st,reet, Borough. Mr. G. who held a situation in the Victualling department, arose at his usual hour, and proceeded down stairs from his chamber into the kitchen ; shortly after the bed-room bell 'rang, and the maid servant went up stairs to attend on Mrs. G. Almost im mediately after they had left the kitchen,a loud re port of a pistol was heard, followed by a horrid groan. The servants lost no time in going down stairs, when on entering the kitchen they disco vered their unfortunate master lying on the floor weltering in his blood. A large horse pistol was lying by his side, with which he had shot him,. self completely through the heart. Mr. Baylis, a surgeon, was prompt in attendance., but the unfortunate Gentleman was quite dead. On the tragical event being communicated to Mrs. G. she swooned, and continues in a - very precarious state. CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 23. What fcw fresh arrivals we have had in our Market this day have consisted chiefly of land samples from Essex anti Kent, and the supply altogether not large ; our trade of Corn in ge neral this day is very dull at Monday's prices, and little de wand. aid that only for prime Corn, and but little clearance could be made with the inferior quality at a reduction.