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sacte in the teeth of Ministm. Why revive ti e affair, it was said, But the precedent is Lot forgotten, .we, see,, _ but producing its _fruits.--- Morning Chronicle. We:noticed on Saturday last some curious information ,afforded by Mr. Cobbett, respect ing ,the mode by, which the tenants of Penn sylvania were induced to oppose the British Government, on the breaking out of the re volution. Under the circumstances, a better expedient could not, perhaps, have been hit on, than to declare that the tenants should stand fast. Mr. Cobbett thinks, that in endeavouring, to show that no such precedent could be follow ed in this country, we wish to embolden the Peers to reject the Bill. We had no such in tention ; and we are much mistaken if our ob servations had any such tendency as Mr. Cob hett ascribes to them. The state of Europe is so widely different from that of America, that what is practicable in the one is often quite im practicable in the other. The Assembly of Pennsylvania might pass an Act that the tenant , should stand fast, without much difficulty ; but in Europe, all such sweeping confiscations are unknown. Even in the French Revolution, the estates only of those Nobles who emi grated, or fought against their country, were confiscated ; and it is stated by French writers of good authority, that the greater part of the lands which belonged to the French Noblesse before the revolution still belong to that body. The estates of the Church were deemed public property. Mr. Cobbett is very much mistaken if he suppose that, in a civilized country like England, anarchy could be of long continuance, or that any persons would he allowed to occupy lands or houses merely because it was convenient for them to do so. The overthrow of one Go vernment would soon be followed by the esta blishment of another, which would enforce the laws existing at the change till they were altered in a regular way. There might be pillage and bloodshed but though in times of disorder houses may be burnt, ships plun dered. &c. land is a more stable commodity, and no man would be suffered to retain an estate in land or houses, without a legal title. It has always been customary for the party who gain in civil broils, to confiscate the property of their antagonists; but there has hitherto been no it stance of a general scramble. If the Anti- Reformers, by their folly and wickedness, should throw things into confusion, their property ought to be taken from them as an atonement to their injured country; but confiscation is quite diffe rent from allowing each man to take what suits him. What the value of the property of the landlords of Pennsylvania, transferred to their tenants in the woods, mentioned by Mr. Cob bett, may have been, we know not ; but, if his information be not more correct with regard to America, than the Church property in France, it is not worth much : " What inference," says he, in his Register of this day, " do you mean to draw from the fact, that the Church of France had most riches in Alsace, Burgundy, and Lor raine, and that this made those provinces the most staunch supporters of the Revolution ? Both facts are false. The Church had the greatest riches in the richest provinces, ;Ind the richest of all was in the north, and in Normandy. The most staunch supporter's of the Revolution were in Provence and in Normandy ; so that botch the facts are false ; and if they were both true, they make directly against your own position ; for they only show that the people were zealous fur the revolution in an exact propor tion to the quantity of property distributed amongst them. This paragraph, therefore, contains a string of statements, which, whether true or false, make against your argu ..Tient and in support of mine." What ‘ve-said was; that " it happend fortu• nately for the new order of things in France, that the provinces in which there were most Church lands were the provinces bordering upon the most powerful of the enemies of France, and the distribution of these lands made the people of Alsace, Burgundy, Lorraine, &c., the most staunch supporters of the revolution." Mr. Cobbett says the Church had the greatest riches in the richest provinces, and the richest of all was in the north and in Normandy. He is quite out in his reckoning. The Church had the greatest property iu land in the provinces added to France since 1655, called the provinces con guises. According to the work of Rozet, on ecclesiastical property, published in 1790, " the Church possessed in Le Cambresis seven•eighths of the lands, besides the tithes ; in Le Hainaut, les Trois-evechn (Lorraine), and L'Artois, the three-fourths ; in L'Alsace, la Franche- Comte, and Le Roussillon, the half ; every where sloe the third, or at least the fourth ; and the revenue of the clergy of all these pro vinces known under the name of the new clergy is estimated at the half of that of the old clergy of France." Thus the lands of the clergy of a comparatively small part of the king dom were estimated at one-half of the lands of the clergy of old France. Our object in noti cing the statement of Mr. Cobbett was not to en courage the opponents of Reform, but to expose exaggeration. The sale of Church lands and confiscated estates in France attached the pea santry to the Revolution. The provinces where there were most Church lands, were, naturally, the most liberal. If the Church lands in Spain had been sold in small lots to the peasantry, Ferdinand would not have become absolute. The inference which we meant to be drawn was, that men who possess large estates ought not to act in such a foolish manner as to force a nation for its own safety to confiscate them, and distribute them by sale to new owners. The purchasers of such confis cated estates, judging from the conduct of the inhabitants of the northern and north-eastern provinces of France, would not be the least at tached to the new order of things.—J.llorning Chronicle. The importance of the West Indian question cannot be denied. It is important, as affecting the well-being of a large portion of our colonies— important in relation to the interests of com merce, the support of our mercantile marine, and the rights of humanity. We have frequently adverted to some of the leading topics connected with this question—more especially that most painfsl and perplexing subject of negro slavery; but the meeting of n West Ind a planters, merchants, and others, held at the City of London Tavern, in reference to the matters at issue between the colonists and his Majesty's Ministers, calls for some observations on our part. In one of the resolutions passed at the meeting the following passage occurs, touching the master evil, which has been the root of much bitter affliction to the West India colonies, as it has been to every country in which it ever existed :—" That this meeting is anxious fcr the adoption o f suc h f urther measures of amel: oration as may, on due in quiry, be found necessary to the real welfare of the negro, and consistent with the .Parlia mentary resolutions of 1823:" The above pas sage makes it necessary to inquire " what were the Parliamentary resolutions of 1823 ?" f or , Wi bout knowing what they were, it is impossible to understand exactly the points upon which the Government and the colonists are at variance, Upon one great and essential point the colonial' express a perfect concurrence with the Govern ment. They admit that the resolutions of 1823 Ought to be carried into effect. The meeting Mates, in the resolution which we have quoted. that to adopt such measures for the amelioration of slavery as shall be found necessary to the real welfare of the negro, and consistent with the above-mentioned resolutions of Parliament, is " a feeling in which it is convinced that all the resident planters participate, while, at the same time, they protest against the harsh and unge nerous policy which would proffer relief to the acknowledged distress of the colonist only on condition of abandoning his constitutional rights." Now let us see what are the resolutions of 1823, which both Government and the co lonists admit ought to be carried into effect. Our readers will recollect that those reso lutions were moved by Mr. Canning, a friend to the planters ; and as an amendment to a mo tion of Mr. Fowell Buxton, the representative of what is called the abolitionist party. The mo tion of Mr. Buxton went to denounce slavery as repugnant to the principles of the British Con stitution and of the Christian religion, and also went to pledge the House to gradually abolish it with as much expedition as might be found consistent with a due regard to the well-being of the parties concerned. Mr. Canning considered this motion of too strong a character, and pro posed that before the House pledged itself to abolish slavery, it should take steps to insure such an improvement in the character and moral condition of the slave as should qualify him for a beneficial enjoyment of the state of freedom. This seemed very reasonable, and the resolu tions were passed which form the basis of the existing dispute between the Government and the planters—the former denying that these reso lutions have been complied with, and the latter asserting the contrary. 'We referred to those resolutions some time ago, but it becomes ne cessary now to recall them verbatim to the reader's attention. They are as follow : " That it is expedient to adopt effectual and decisive measures for ameliorating the condition of the slave popu lation in his Majesty's colonies. " That through a determined and persevering, but at the same time judicious and temperate enforcement of such measures, this House looks forward to a progressive im provement in the character of the slave population, such as may prepare them for a participation in those civil rights And privileges which are enjoyed by other classes of his Majesty's subjects. " That this House is anxious for the accomplishment of this purpose, at the earliest period that shall be compatible with the well-being of the slaves themselve, with the safety of the colonies, and with a fair and equitable con sideration of the interests of private property." If the planters concur with the Government in wishing to carry the above resolutions of Par liament into effect, why, it may be asked, are those resolutions the groundwork of the dispute between them ? It may be concisely explained. The West India colonies, being in a state of distress, have applied to Government for relief. There are two sets of colonies—the Crown and the chartered colonies. In the Crown colonies, if no treaty of capitulation stands in the way, as is stated to be the case in Demerara and Esse quibo, an order of the King in Council, making alterations in the internal government of those colonies, has the force of law ; but the char tered colenies having their own Legislative As semblies, an order of the King in Council must be adopted by the local Legislatures to be of effect, though it is otherwise with an Act of the British Parliament. Into the Crown colonies Government has introduced certain measures of amelioration respecting negro slavery by its own authority, while the char tered colonies have resisted the introduction of such measures. The latter having applied to Government for relief in their distress, Govern ment agrees to relieve them by loans of money, on condition that they adopt the measures of amelioration proposed, without which Govern ment affirms that the resolutions of 1823 are a dead letter : but the planters say it is harsh and ungenerous to take advantage of their distress by imposing such terms upon them ; and they deny that they have not acted up to the spirit of the resolutions of 1823 ; and further deny that the measuras proposed by Government are necessary to give effect to those resolutions, which they al lege to he founded in a mistaken impression of the real condition of the slave, and to be calculated to bring the West India interests to destruction. In the year 1826, three years after Mr. Canning's resolutions had been passed, the present Lord Chancellor of England made a motion, grounded upon the allegation, that nothing had been, up to that time, done by the colonists in pursuance of the resolutions. In the month of April, last year, Mr. Fowell Buxton submitted a motion for the abolition of slavery, in which it was as serted that, " during the eight years which had elapsed since the resolutions had passed, the Co lonial Assemblies had not taken adequate means for carrying them into effect." To this motion an amendment was moved by Lord Atthorp, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which contained the following words :—" That, in those colonies where there are no Legislative Assemblies, laws have been promulgated for ameliorating and im proving the condition of the slave population ; but those which have Legislative Assemblies, though eight years have elapsed since this House passed the resolutions referred to, and though those colonies have been repeadly urged to enact similar laws, no such laws have been enacted, nor have any measures been adopted to give ef fect to the resolutions of this House, to the ur gent cpinions of the Government, or to the wishes of the Bristish nation." Thus is the Chancellor of the Exchequer directly at issue with the West India planters relative to their conduct touching the resolutions of 1823. But let us see what are the orders of ame lioration of the condition of the slave pro posed by his Majesty's Government, and which the West India proprietors describe as so harsh and oppressive towards themselves, and ruinous to their property. They are to abolish the use of the driver's whip in the field, so that in their daily labour human beings shall not be treated as cattle—to limit the use of the whip, as an instrument of punishment, to 15 lashes in the space of 24 hours, not to be in flitted until six hours after the specific offence shall have been committed—to require the nature of the offence and the amount of punishment inflicted to be recorded in a book, to which the protector of slaves shall have access—to prohibit the flogging of females altogether—to forbid the separation of families by sale—to legalize mar riages—to allow the right of compulsory manu mission, or that the slave may be enabled to pur chase his own freedom, or that of his offspring, at a fair valuation—to admit the evidence of slaves in courts of justice —to secure them the enjoyment of such property as they may honestly acquire —to provide them with competent cloth - ing and food —to limit their hours of labour, so that they may not tall the 'ictims of the cupi dity of a master who would work them be yond their strength—to secure them the rest from labour on the Sabbath which Christianity pre scribes. Surely, if such regulations are incom patible with a state of slavery, slavery cannot be •onsidcred too odious and execrable among man kind. Whether the Government have taken the fairest and most judicious means of enforcing measures which are, in themselves, only the dic tates of common humanity, is another question, upon which the length of this article forbids us at present to enter. in the last of the series of resolutions, passed at the meeting of the City of London Tavern, it is stated " that, as an act of justice to the coloni s t s , an d with the view of preventing the fatal effects of that continual ex citement which has already brought the colonies to the brink of destruction, and of removing from the public mind erroneous impressions in regard to the state of slavery in the British colonies, this meeting is of opinion that a full and impartial inquiry on oath should be imme diately instituted, for the purpose of ascertaining the laws and usages of the colonies, the actual condition and treatment of the alaves, their ha bits and dispositions, and the degree of their progressive improvement and civilization." To such an inquiry we should have no objection, and we think it would be satisfactory to the British public to know the truth through the medium of a regular inquiry, that justice may be done, on the clearest knowledge of the facts, be tween the slaves and their masters.—Morning Herald. The question now immediately before us is the second reading of the Bill. On former oc casions the second reading was looked upon to be the most critical stage of the whole proceed ing, and that which in both Houses almost in• variably determined the fate of the measure be fore Parliament. The Catholic Bill of 1813 was an exception to this rule, when Mr. Speaker Abbot moved, after the Bill was in Committee, that the clause authorizing Catholics to sit in Parliament should be expunged, and on the suc cess of his motion the Bill was abandoned. This happy precedent will no doubt be laid hold of, should the Reform Bib pass the second reading and enter upon that stage in the Lords at which in the Commons the Catholic Relief Bill of 1813 was annihilated. But will the present measure arrive at its committal during the ses sion of 1832 ? It has been the fashion for the last few days to speak with much confidence upon the subject. There is nothing, on the face of it, preposterous in the assumption, that Ministers may have a majority on the second reading, formed of those very persons who are most anxious to throw out the Bill. The possibility of such an occurrence may perhaps be, not unintentionally, strengthened, owing to the tales which are thrown into hi , urly circula tion by Anti-Reform partisans. They have got up again the old fabrication, that a great personage will not listen, without extreme re pugnance, to any proposal for augmenting the number of Peers. To this stale scandal no doubt some dupes have been made, and nothing is more likely than such persons, with a view to avert a certain share of public odium from them selves, should make a merit of voting for the second reading, on the assurance that Ministers will obtain no added numbers in the Committee, and thus that, under cover of accepting " the principle" of the Bill, its whole force and virtue may afterwards be effectually strangled. That his Majesty feels in reality a reluctance to take any or every step authorized by the letter of the constitution, for carrying through Parliament that immortal measure which will do more to per petuate and aggrandize the monarchy than any that has been adopted since the first British Mo narch wore a crown, is a gross and infamous ca lumny. King William feels that, however valid his right to the throne of these realms, his most legitimate title to that without which no earthly throne can be secure or stable,—to wit, the devoted affections of his subjects—in his declared attachment to the cause of Reform, wherewith 24,000,000 of men conceive their rights, and liberties, and national welfare, to be altogether identified. That they are the worst enemies to King and people who put forth stories thus full of mischief; it is superfluous to affirm ; but they may help to serve the purpose of a double patri : utisin—lst, of that which delights in rendering the sovereign, as much as possible, an object of disesteem to his subjects, and a puppet de pendent on the caprice of factions ; 2d, of that which would practise contrivances akin to fraud upon a sanguine and over scrupulous Minister, by manufacturing for him a hollow majority, throwing him completely off his guard, and leading him astray from his most obvious and pressing duty. If it were true that the King had declined to make Peers, Lord Grey must at once have resigned, upon the plainest princi ples of consistency, integrity, and honour. The mere report of such au evil is sufficiently morti fying, conscious, as doubtless his Lordship must be, of the purity of those motives, which have deterred him from making even the slightest effort to disabuse his countrymen.— Times. The Revenue Accounts, which were yesterday morning laid before the public, are most satis factory ; and they will not appear less so, it more attentively considered and wore closely analysed. The public were undoubtedly prepared for a con siderable deficiency in the quarter's revenue ; and the Tories, eager to vindicate their claim to the assumed title of Conservatives, have, both in their declarations and through their news papers, endeavoured to affect public credit by proclaiming that the defalcation would amount to nearly a million. In one paper it was stated gravely that the quarter's revenue was falling off at the rate of 10,000/. in every week. Though the character of these gentlemen may suffer as prophets, we trust they may still rejoice as pa triots ; and they may, perhaps, experience here after the same agreeable disappointment when their predictions respecting Reform are as fully disproved by actual experience. We shall first examine the Excise, and shall, in order fairly to state the truth, exclude from the accounts of the corresponding quarters all re ceipts which derange the just comparison. We are bound, in the first place, to . a dd to the re ceiots of 1831 a sum of 300,0001., retained in order to meet the drawback on printed cottons ; but, on the other hand, the following sums must be deducted, being the excess of receipt, in 1831, on repealed duties, beyond what had been paid in 1832: Printed Cottons £BO,OOO Candles 123,000 making a positive increase on the Excise revenue during the quarter, after deducting the 300,000/. retained for drawbacks, of 175,000/. This increase of revenue, produced by increased consumption, has extended through every article but one. Auctions, glass, hops, licenses, malt, paper, soap, bottles, tea, sweets, and vinegar, have all been more produc tive as sources of revenue. In the article of spirits imp ortant d ecrease . y has amounted to up wards alone Under t a h s i s t h h e e r a e d b t e h e e n k a s i s t of 255,000/. But, however a Chancellor of the Exchequer may lament the loss to the Teasury, the sound part of the public will not grieve that beer is superseding gin, and Indy prefer the morals illustrated by Hogarth to the expectations of a financier. This decrease is, however, partly assignable to arrangements which there is good reason to believe has been made among the distillers, and by which they limit the supply thrown upon the market to the precise quantity which yields the largest profits to the trade. Pursuing the same course with respect to the Excise payments within the year that has been already adopted in regard to the quarter, it will be necessary to set off, as against the decrease of 1,469,0001., the following amount of repealed duties :---. Beer X1,665,000 Cider 37,000 Hides 93,0 0 Printed goods 500,000 Candles l,OOO -2,5413,000 Deducting the sum retained in 1031 for draw_ backs 300,0 2,203,000 And deducting the deficiency of 1832 1 469,000 The real increase on the Excise for the year end ing sth April, 1832, is With respect to the Customs, it will be ne. cessary to make deductions upon similar prin. ciples. - - - - The loss on the Coal Duty for the quarter has been £BO,OOO The loss on difference of Corn Duties 18,21'2 Excess in the payments of Sugar Drawbacks in the April quarter, 1332 70,000 . 168,9.12 'which leaves the real deficiency not 252,2191., but 84,007/. When it is considered how very materially quarantine regulations have interfered with our foreign trade, this falling off is not wonderful ; indeed, the wonder is, that it is not more considerable. It may, however, be antici pated that this cause of interruption to our com mercial relations will not continue. The quarantine regulations at Calais have been al ready removed, and the mitigation of disease in London, within the last few days, affords the best-grounded hopes that the trade of the metro polis may soon be permitted to resume its wonted activity. In these observations, no stress has been laid upon the effects produced upon trade and revenue by the clouds and darkness which are still considered to hang over the Reform Bill. But we believe there is no mer chant, manufacturer, or banker, in the United Kingdom, who will not state, that until that measure is settled to the satis faction of the British public, all the energies of productive industry are suspended, all commecial enterprise checked, and a limitation is im posed upon credit and accommodation. Facts of the most conclusive nature might be stated in support of this opinion ; but as, on the present occasion, we have dealt rather with figures of arithmetic than with figures of speech, the pub lic may safely be left to draw their own inferences. So far with respect to the income of the country. But the financial accounts become still more satisfactory, when we combine with our review of the income an examination of the expenditure. The estimates before the House promise a saving of somewhat like a million and a half ; and there can be no doubt, therefore, that the experiment, boldly but honestly tried, of re pealing taxation, will neither be attended with risk to the public creditor, nor with inconvenience to the public. Under an economical Govern ment, and supported by a reformed House of Commons, there can be no reasonable doubt but that the British empire contains within itself resources amply sufficient to maintain her rank in the European commonwealth, to perform all her public engagements, and to insure to her people prosperity as well as constitutional free dom.—Times. Nothing has occurred of late so much deserv ing of the serious attention of reflecting men, of all parties and interests in the State, as the great meeting in the City on Thursday last. From the proceedings of that day the Whig Revolu• tionary Government and the Tory Conservative Opposition may each in their several capacities derive an impressive lesson. The former, if they rightly read the hand-writing which now blazes on the wall, will learn that they must either stay their headlong course, or look for the speedy close of their ill-starred Adtninistration ; the latter will receive a new stimulus to activity and perseverance in their endeavours to rescue the country from the wretched misgo vernment which, in the hands of the shal- lowest bunglers and the most presumptuous experimentalists that ever held sway in Eng land, has brought every department of our public affairs to the very verge of ruin. The meeting at the City of London Tavern was of such a character, in respect of the number and the description of the parties which composed it, and also with reference to the peculiar circum stances which brought together, under an urgent sense of their common danger, this most re spectable assemblage of " Merchants, Planters, Tradesmen, Manufacturers, and others," that it must, without dispute, be admitted as fairly representing the great colonial and mercantile interests of the metropolis, and as expressing the sentiments, opinions, and apprehensions of all classes connected with those interests throughout the United Kingdom. The severe, deliberate, explicit, and unqualified condem nation of the measures of the Government pronounced in the speeches and resolutions of this meeting is such as no former administra tion in the history of this country has ever been subjected to, from the enlightened and influential leaders of the greatest commercial community in the world, such as the Humans, the Hibberts, the Irvings, the Wards, the Reids, and the host of eminent mercantile men who were assembied on Thursday List. These are the true repre sentatives of the city of London ; not the Woods, the Waithmans, the Don-Keys, the Venables, candidates for city honours, and blusterers in city politics, which the great ►merchants and bankers have as little leisure as inclination to pursue. These men are seldom led, and never without great reluctance and upon very important occasions, to take a prominent part in the political occurrences of the day. Theirgeneral disposition is to give a quiet, unostentatious support to the King's Government " for the time being," to which they have hitherto been accustomed to look as the natural source of pro tection for their property, and security for the undisturbed prosecution of their industry, so important to themselves and so valuable to the State. Nothing but the extreme pressure of fla grant mal-administration upon the great interests with which they are connected could drive such men to exhibit open discontent against the King's advisers, and to pronounce a public condemna tion of their political conduct ; and nothing short of the unwise, impolitic, unjust, violent, and tyrannical conduct of the present Government towards our colonies, as exhibited in the acts and correspondence of Lord Goderich and his colleagues, could have produced the combina tion of wealth, talent, and practical knowledge which we witnessed on the occasion to which we are alluding, and where not a single hand was held up, not a single voice was raised, to defend or to palliate the measures of the Ministers. We look most anxiously for the further proceedings upon the resolutions adopted at this meeting. The subject must come under speedy and solemn discussion in Parliament. There it must be de cided, and 'without delay, whether the colonies of this country, and the incalculable interests connected with them, are to be sustained and preserved to us ; or whether, by the blindest fatuity that ever possessed the councils of a great na tion, these inestimable possessions are to be torn from us by a convulsion which will involve a sacrifice of life and property far beyond the power of our wise Ministers to form any notion of it.—Morning Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-HALL. Yesterday William Thompson, the chief officer of an Indiaman, was charged with unlawfully carrying off M.ss Amelia Wigmore, a young lady under age. From the statement of the witnesses, it appeared that Miss Wigmore, whose parents live in the Kent road, absconded from home on Sunday last. Soon after her departure she was missed, and upon in quiry it was ascertained that the prisoner had a horse and gig in waiting, into which she stepped and was driven off by him. Although immediate pursuit was given to the fugitives, yet they contrived to elude those who were despatched after them; and as the rung lady's parents suspected that it was the in tention of the prisoner to take their daughter to India, they forthwith applied for a warrant against him, and he was taken by Pople, the officer. When brought to this office the accused was asked whether he would disclose where Miss Wigmore was ; and after considerable reluctance on his parr, he at length said, that she had placed herself tinder his protection in consequence of the ill treatment she experienced from her parents, and that she was then at the residence of a gentleman, his friend, who was the father of a family. He (the accused) was un willing, under the circumstances, to disclose the place of her present retreat; but he could declare, that he had no intention of taking her abroad, as had been insinuated. Mrs. Wigmore, the young lady's mother, said, that her daughter, when of age, would come into the possession of 500/. a-year; and that she was satisfied in her own mind that the prisoner had it contemplation to take her to India and abandon his wife, who was also one of her daughters. To his wife, Mrs. Wigmore said, that the accused behaved very badly, and as to his assertion that either she or her husband acted with any degree of unkindness towards her daughter, there was no truth in it. She added, that the only cause of uneasiness their daugh ter Amelia gave her parents was owing to the inti macy that existed between her and the accused, who neglected his own wife, and caused dissension in the family. Mr. CIIA3IIICRS said, that Miss Wigmore being under age, the prisoner was liable to heavy punish ment if he did not disclose the place of her abode, and deliver her up to her parents. If he refused to do so on the present occasion, he should be remanded. The prisoner at length consented to yield to the advice of the magistrate, and Miss Wigmore was brought to the office. When questioned on the subject of her leaving home, she stated that it was in consequence of the ill usage of her father and mother. In reply to Mr. Murray, she admitted that the cause of dissension between her and her parents was attiibutable to the intimacy between her and Mr. Thompson, who was married to her sister. Her sister and she were not on terms of friendship now, and it was owing to the same cause. • . Mr. CHAMBERS said that Mr. Thompson should refrain from see►ng the young lady if it caused so much unhappiness in the family. " lf," said the magistrate, "you will put in bail to answer what ever may be objected against you at the ensuing sessions by the parents of the young lady, who has acknowledged that you took her from home, and in the mean t►me keep away from her, you will then be at liberty to leave this office." _ _ shall see her. I don't know why I am to be deprived from such an indulgence; she is my sist.-r,and I considered that I had a rght to pro tect her from ill usage." Mr. CHAMBERS said, that if it gave offence to the young lady's parents, he should absent himself, and not throw himself in the way of seeing her. It was evident that the intimacy said to exist between hi and Miss Wigmore gave dlspleasure to her own sister, his wife, and cAused great unhappiness in the family. He should, therefore, way away, and be srow that attention on his wife that it was his duty to do. The Magistratess then decided that the accused should enter into his own recogn'zance in the sum of 100/. and find two sureties of 40/. each, to appear at the Sessions to answer airy complaint that the parents of Miss Wigmore might bring against him. It was also arranged that the young lady was to he given into the care of a gentleman connected with the family, until proceedings were taken to make her a ward in Chancery. The accused evinced great reluctance to make any promise to keep away from Miss \Vigmore,and it was not until he was threatened to be remanded that he consented. lie then put in the necessary bail, and was set at large. The young lady, who wept a good deal during time extraordinary proceed ings above described, was conveyed away by her friends in a coach. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The Sugar Market has been languid, notwith standing the small supplies on sale ; the buyers only purchase for their immediate wants, in the expectation that the change of weather will bring large arrivals, the maket in the mean time being well supplied with Mauritius Sugar; the estimated sales of West India Muscovades this week are only 1,600 hhds. and trs. In Refined Goods there is little doing; the prices advanced Is. a 2s. early in the week, but the market is since dull at the improvement. The purchases of low goods for shipping have been continued, and prices are again higher, large lumps fetching 645. a 655., but there are scarcely any of_ fering in the market ; in fine goods, also entitled to bounty on double-refined, rather snore business has been done for pack ing, and the refiners demand a further advance. EAST INDIA SUGARS.-There is more inquiry for this article, and some business done at improving prices ; on Wed nesday about 2,000 bags good strong grey Manilla were done at 255.; a great proportion of the large arrivals of Mauritius no ticed last week have been been brought to public sale, which has had the effect of depreciating the value of mid. and tine yellow sorts about Is.; browns, from their comparative scar city, have maintained their value. The total quantity put up by auction amounts to 21,361 bags, 2,500 of which were for exportation only ; the following are the prices of those for home consumption-fine brown, 595. a 51s. ; ord. grey 51s. a 528. ; mid, grey, 525. a 535. ; fine, 545. a 555.; mid. yellow, 528. 6d. a 535. 6d. ; good yellow, 545.; fine yellow, 555. a 565. ; fine tine yellow, 595. a 595. 6d. ; the 2,500 bags for exportation were in very brisk demand, and went from Is. a Is. fal. above the general valuations; low brown, 18s. ; mid. brown, Ills. ; fine brown, 21s. 6d. ; washed ditto, 17s. tid. a 18s. 6d. ; soft yel low, 20s. tid. a 2'2s. 6d. ; washed ditto, 20s. a 20s. 6d. The above parcel for exportation only was of inferior colour, and generally of soft quality. This day's sale, 4,306 bags Manilla, was all taken in ; some soft grey sold afterwards at 266. This day's sale of Mauritius Sugar sold Is. lower, making a decline of per cwt. this week. FOREIGN SUGARS—By private contract there is at present nothing offered for sale : consequently the business of the week has been confined to one public sale of 21S chests and 40 barrels white Pernams; the colour and quality of this parcel was very superior, and the sale went off briskly, though at prices below their real value when compared with other descriptions, such as Mauritius, Manilla, &c. ; a few lots of soft low white sold at 21s. 6d. ; mid white strong, 22.5.6 d.; good white, 255. 6d. a 265. tidy; fine white brought in from 28s. 6d. 295. &1., and sold after the sale at ‘295., being 3s. a 4s. higher than the end of last year. This day's sale, 610 bags Havannah, the sound was all taken in. . . COFFEE—EarIy in the week we had an animated demand for Coffee, and prices advanced Is. a 2s ; the market has since been dull, and a considerable proportion of the public sales have been taken in. The prices of British Plantation Coffee have been advancing during the week, especially for the ordinary qualities. In Foreign there is no alteration to notiee, except_ ing that the demand is not quite so brisk as at the end of last week, when some coloury Brazils were sold by private contract at GOs. On Wednesday about 400 bags of gold ordinary Bra zil were sold from 5 5 5. a 565. bein g about ls. low er. The pub lic sales consisted of 241 c asks of British Plant ation, 2,260 bags Foreign, and 550 bags Ea st India. Jamaica so ld from 83 s. a 85 s. goodfineo ro rd id ,n d ar lin y. g, B7 9 s ti. a . 6d BSa; ;Berbice middling bought in fro m 90 s. a 90 s . 6d. middling bought in from ills a 93s ; Brazil, good ordinary, sold fro m 55 , , a 57.: fine ordinary, .595. 6d. a 6641. 6d : St. Domingo good ordinary coloury, about 550 bags, mostly bought in from 576. a 38g. 6d. ; Ceylon good ord. sold from 555. 6d. a 566., being rather dearer; Batavia yellow sold at Ms. This day's salee, '2,777 bags East 'lndia, 555 bags Brasil—the latter were all taken in at market prices; large parcels Ceylon sold 55e. 6d. a 565. 6d.; superior green Java, large bean, even sold 60s. 6d. and 61s. ; Batavia, good ord., 535. 6d. a 555. ; Mocha, 117 bales sold, low good, 745. to 76a. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The Rum market has been rather dull, but the prices are supported; some Ja maica's 30 over, sold at as. Brandy is still very firm. In Geneva there is no alteration. TALLOW.—The prices are 6d to ls. lower, and the mar ket is heavy at the reductioa. FRUIT.—At a public sale yesterday, 9,988 boxes and 400 half-boxes Vaientia Raisins were offered, about half appeared to be sold at 4-Is., being a reduction of 12s per cwt. upon the last price obtained ; several of the importers, however, would not sell, and withdrew them. Old Valentia raisins sold at 355. Of Red Smyrna Raisins for exportation, • there have been several parcels at 6d. per cwt. less, but which is refused. Turkey Figs of good quality for the home trade are rather more in demand. The last cargo of new Patrass Currants, being of fine quality, continues to be taken off steadily at 745. ; in Zante or Cepha. lonia there is no alteration. SALTPETRE.-400 bags, not refracted, from Madras, of an inferior quality, were put up and sold from 245. a 20s. 6d. The business in other sorts is but very limited. INDIGO.—The Market looks very firm. The accounts from Bengal yesterday state the crop will be nearly the same as on the previous year. RICE. —Rice continues dull. COTTON.—This day, by public sales, 2,778 bales to half_ bales Surats, very ord. to good, 4 Wd. a 5 IA d., all sold ; 290 bags 443 bales Egyptain, fair to good fair, 7 %d. a 7 d. duty paid 20 good, Bd. The sales by private contract are—l6o Bengal, sd. ; 1,400 Surat, 4N, d. a 5 d. ; 30 Madras, 5 Md. ; 30 Per narns, 7 N,d.; 120 Para, 5 'Y d. ; 40 Bowed, 6 d. ; 200 Egyp tian,.7d.. a 7 %,d. OlLS.—This day 99 tuns of Sperm Oil and Head Matter, 66/. 10s. and 67/. ; Head Matter, 651. SPICES. —There is no alteration in Spices. TEA.—Theze are more sellers of Bohea and low Congous, and at prices a shade under the last advance. TOBACCO.—There are no transactions in Tobacco to any extent. PRICE OF R. The Average Pri ce o f Brown or SUG Musco A vado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the week 'ending the 3d day of April, 1832, is 2.95. Mid. per Hundred 'Weight, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. PRICES OF HOPS.-April 6. 41 18s. 6/. O. to 81. O. 41 las. 5/. ss. to 51. 16s. 4/ 121. 51. 12s. to 71. O. 91. 08. 121. Os. to 01 Oa. 0/. Os. 71. Os to 91 Os. 4!. 10s. 51. 151 to 61. 151. 4/. 4s. 4/. 15s. to 5/. ss. 15s. 51. Os- to 51. 12s. Kent Pockei Sussex Ditto Lissex Ditto, Farnham Ditto, Fine Seconds Kent liiagsw..•••••*• - - Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto. PRICE OF OIL. Ripe Oil, brown Refined 0 Linseed Oil 23 12 0 6 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton WIIITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—ApriI 5 1-13 y 525. Od. to 843. Od. I Clover—..... 68s Od. to 120 s. Od. 304. Od. to 38:. Od. PRICE OF POTATO ES.—April 6. Kidneys Scotch Reds Oxnobles and Shaws 21. 54. to 21. 10s. ditto. LEATHER Per lb. (I. to d. English Horse Hides— 12 15 Spanish Ditto 14 16 Per dozen. Calf Skins... 36 to 4111 b. 15 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 17 21 Ditto 70 to HOib. small Seals, Greenland IN 19 Large ditto.-- 12 15 PRICES a Per lb. -d, to d. Butts, English 16 21 Ditto, Foreign 14 18 Dressing litdee 13 15{ Ditto —l6 18 Ditto, light Clop Hides, fight,..,.., 12 13 Ditto 40 to 4511, 131 15 Ditto 15 16i rtA W HIDES. ter Stone. I. el, to g. d. I Per Stone. a. d. to e, d. Best Heifers& Steera2 4 2 8 Ordinary 1 6 I 9 0 2 2 7 1 Mat ket Ca1f.,,..,, 6 0 each. SHEEP SKINS. Od. to 'ls. Od. I Downs as. Od. to 4s. 6d. Os. Ou. to Os. Od. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows : Candles, per doz. 7s. (U. to B€. Od. Moulds, 6d. PR" Polled ', SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Yellow Od. • Od. ...v.v. 74m. Od. Od. itICE OF TALLO Gown Tallow ........—..—. 465. Od. Yellow Russia. .445. Od ih- White—..... 43s. Od. White.. Soap Ditto .425. 6d. Graves ....- Melted Stuff' 35:. Od. Good Graves Ditto R0ugh.........:—.....221. Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone ot 81b. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Meltersl 2= 70. COAL MAR Per Ton. iclair's Beaumont l7 0 Bensham Main ---.. 16 0 Bishop's Main l6 6 Hebburn Main 19 0 18 0 Kenton West 18 6 dlitigworth -- 19 6 Pew _ 18 0 St. Lawrence Main 20 0 17 6 Walls End Bell &Co.— 21 0 Ditto Bewicke and Co. 21 0 Walls End Boundary... 18 6 Wall En Callerion 17 6 Walls End Gosrorth 2l 6 Walls End Heaton—.....,, 21 6 Ships arrived since ET.-April 4. Per Ton. Walls End Hilda ........ 184 6d. Walls End Hotspur.... 19 6 Ditto Northumberland 20 0 Ditto Perkins and Co 20 6 Walls End Riddell's— 20 t Lambton's Primrose.... 21 6 Walls End Hetton ..... 24 3 Walls End Lambion..., 23 6 W. E. Russell's Hetton 22 6 Walls 1.;„,1 '..wart's 0 Norwood's Hetton—.., 19 6 Walls End Tees—...... 19 6 Cewpen l7 6 Hartley ........................ 19 0 liangennech 27 0 Silkstone Field and Co. 18 0 Scremerston 16 0 ast market-day, 43. CuUNTRY COHN MARKhi's DUIcING IHE WEEK, Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. Ashburn 62 72 34 40 26 34 40 48 Basingstoke 52 70 28 38 20 25 48 4-4 bath • 45 65 32 40 24 30 40 50 Hriflgewater 54 70 26 29 22 26 28 36 Bristol 56 60 34 39 ;20 23 36 42 Chesterfield 64 70 26 32 46 52 Derby 62 65 38 41 24 27 38 40 Devizes 66 70 23 42 21 28 39 43 Doncaster 57 68 32 47 16 26 40 44 Dorchester---.... 54 64 30 35 20 23 36 42 Exeter 6l 64 28 37 18 20 48 Oloucester—....—.... 52 66 26 39 18 25 34 44 Hungerford 48 66 27 36 20 29 34 44 75 44 —. 29 48 ewbury.....—.-- 44 70 24 39 20 32 32 42 Ramsey 56 64 30 36 21 2g 56 Shaftesbury 56 37 27 44 Shepton Mallet 52 62 34 43 20 26 36 46 sherborne 56 62 32 38 21 26 35 44 Taunton 59 72 35 20 38 Yeovil----..... 54 58 34 40 24) 24 32 40 Per Bushel. s. d s, d . 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. cl. s. d. s. cl. Shrewsbury 8 9 9 3 5 8 6 0 5 0 60, 0 0 0 0 The total amount of effective troops in Great Britain is 25,083, and in Ireland 20,077. The total 45,160. Since the peace of 1815, the greatest number was 52,040 (in 1817)s and 52,494 (in 1820). The lowest number was 32,990 in 18Z. In consequence of the diminished number of cholera patients, an order was yesterday issued from the Trea sury to reduce the number of the Medical Board. The ser vices, therefore, of several of the inspectors will no longer he required or paid for. This of course will not relax the zeal of the local Boards to apply the necessary remedies to the existing malady, or of the charitable public to provide funds to relieve the wants of the poor, and to prevent the extension of a disease which seems to attack chiefly the more destitute portion of o ur brethren, Last week was embarked from the London Docks, on board the ship Eamont tbr Egypt, an English stage coach, improved, by fixing lattices in the side panels, and by a raised roof, to admit of ventilation and make it better adapted for a hot climate. It is intended to run between Alexandria and Cairo. Two sets of harness for four horses accompanied it. A respectable English coachman, inured to tropical cli mates, has been engaged to superintend the establishment in Egypt, anti lie went out in the Eamont. This is the first step to the introduction of public coaches for travelling in Egypt, It has been undertaken with the sanction of the Pacha, by one of his officers, who visited England many years ago. Orders have been given to make carriage -roads between Alexandria and Cairo ; and between Alexandria, Rosetta, and Damietta. BUITIIS. sc O ooi n nes tZ t: n ast i u n gu s i t il.c r ih :o, la N d V y ild o e f ri N i ‘ e , s i s- lli r a o m w. A th b e bo l t a , dy E : lk j f u r n ,J . : h o ll f Doctors' Commons, of a daughter. On the 4th inst. the lady of B. T. Goodwin, Esq., of York place, Baker-street, of a daughter. Bar On ing the27th of daughte r February, at the isl an d of Madeira, Mrs. Henry , of a . of a On so n the 6th ;Wit. in Devonshi re-p l ace, Mrs Laugh= Christie, MARRIED. On the 29th ult. at Lancaster, Charles Parr Montagu, Esq. Foil of Basil Montagu, Esq., to MISS Clark, daughter of J. Clark, r-stl' , of Cross Hall, in that county. On the sth inst. at St. Mary's, Islington, F. NV, Rosier, F- 8, 1 , of Hackney, to Miss Dunn, of Islington.• On the sth inst. at Woodbridge, Suffolk, Benjamin Philips, Esq., of Wimpole-street Cavendish -square, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of William Wood Page, E hu sq. tin the sth hist at the arise; Church of St. Nicholas, Dept ford, William Preller, Esq., of St. John's-grove, North Brixton, Surrey, to Mary Sophia, second daughter of Charles Lang, FAQ , of his Majesty's Dock yard, Deptford. DIED. On the sth inst. at Claughton Hall, Lancashire, Mary, the widow of the l ate William Fitzherbert Brockholes, Esq. ag 73 years. On the sth inst., aged eight months, Robert Furley, son of Mr' Thomas Oxt o b y, of the Parade, Islington te p l yricae. surgeon, t C a in'tison Cain's-cross, oss o near fth e S tl late Hobertud,.Gloee p s treircseh, Es i re,:,q of If: le e: worth, Middlesex. on tile -all inst. at his residence, York-row, Kennington, Thomas Burkitt, Esq., in his 77th year. On the 4th lust. at his house near Uxbridge, after 24 hours, illness, caused by a fall from his horse, Alfred Rutter, in the 311 0 year of his age, son of Joseph Rutter, of Hillingdon -heath. Mres.nsthl-•eephsteharan,isrte.liactt o C f a t m h b e e l r a m t • e el k ir M s. t h e , 7 ph ls e t ar y d e , ar of of il h ac e k r n a r g i e l . President-street West, aged 54. On the "Sth ult. at Chiswick, Mary, the wife of C. Whiffing' ham, Esq. On the ttlni:stthn iinnsTinaftMeronatalgoun-gplaillce7Bry3ainrs.toGteleo-srqguearHea, Hayes, ander Callender Burn, Esq , in his 29th year On the sth inst., aged seven years William, only son of Mr' J. Harvey, Grand Juncti on Wharf, Whitefriars. Pamrsu AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO yOXING, AT T" SUN OFBILB, 112, STRAND, LONDON.