The Sun. — London, England, 1832-02-20 00:00:00

DISEASE: AND DEATH INDUCED BY IN FAST LABOUR. In addition to otl er medical evidence before published, Mr. C. Turner Thakrah (a surgeon practising in the midst of the fac.ory system) said at the late Lseds meeting ---" I would protest against children labouring at all, if the necessity could be obviated. The term of physieal aTowth ought not to be the term of physical exertion. The present system is, in my opinion, destructive alike to the health and comfort of the present, and the hopes of future generations. I admit that the effects of labour on chil dren are not always immediately apparent. But it has been said, can you bring one instance of its immediate effects ? Yes, I replied. Lately a lad was brought to me with scrofulous sores on his legs. He had been en gaged in a mill from tive in the morning to half-past eight at night, and he lived at a distance of a mile and a half or two miles from the place; so that he must have been up soon after four o'clock in the morning, and not have got to bed much before ten at night—thus having little more than six hours for rest, relaxation, and improvement. 'so wonder that in such cases the body was shrunk and feeble, the digestive organs impaired, and serious disease produced. Though this is by no means a solitary in stance, yet I will allow that cases of urgent disease ale not so numerous as most persons would expect; children are not often incapacitated for work. The vital principle in children is much stronger than in adults. It longer re sists the baneful effects of circumstance' and the various asents of disease. Hence children in flax and shoddy mills bear the dust much better than adults. But the vital itself suffers . the strength of the constitution is gra dually exhausted. Hence adults, who have been worked, when children, to an excessive degree, are, from the feebleness of their constitutions, particularly liable to he cut off by acute disease. Fever and epidemics are well known to attack much more frequently the weak than the strong, and to be much more frequently fatal. For one of the upper class of society attacked with typhus, there will be twenty of the lower. lam not referring to the debauched, the dirty, and the starved, hut to indus trious and respectable working people—persons who are earning fair wages, but who have been brought sp from children in nulls or factories. Another point I would re mark, that when these people are not cut off by fever and inflammation, their constitutions are so reduced that they are strangers to health They live, it is true, hut this life is not hill life. With many it is but a state of lingering disease. Ask, indeed, the people in the mills the sate of their health, and they will seldom make much complaint ; they generally say they are " pretty well," but the medical eye detects in their countenances and appearance a state very different from full health. They have at length dis ease slowly established ; their strength is eradually worn out, and they die before the natural term of human life. To me, then, it appears that the wot king of children oc casionally produces direct disease ; in more cases it so weakens the constitution, that persons are afterwards par ticularly liable to he cut off by acute disease ; and in most cases it produces chronic disorders, and a state of debility. which is often worse than fever or inflammation. In a word, the system tends to produce a weak, stunted, and short-lived race. The proposed measure of limiting the hours of labour is therefore recommended alike by patri otiam, justice, and humanity. I think ten hours an enough, and too much."' Mr. Sadler's Bill to limit actual labour to this extent, which, including meals, implies twelve hours' attendance in the mill, is expected to be dis cussed on the 27th instant. CHOLERA.—It is stated by Sir WILLIAm CaicHros, that among the most miserable peasants in the neighbourhood of St. Petersburgh, a considerable numbe, of what appeared to he the very worst cases recovered without any medical assistance ;—a common practice among them was drinking freely of warm milk.— Glasgctv Herald. We have regret in sating that typhus is very prevalent in the workhouse at Rotherham,—a son of the gevernor of that institution has fallen a victim to it, aro , two other members of his family are seriously affected with the disease.—Sheffield Courant. There have been now sixteen cases of cholera in this city and attached suburbs, whereof eight have died. There have been no cures ; none of the cases, as far as we aware, having been submitted to medical treatment in the early stages of the disease.— Glasgow Herald. NATIONAL PARTIALITIES OF CHOLERA. —At Smyrna the cholera made the round of the town, proceeding in a manner by nations. First, the Jews, who form the poorest, most timorous, worst fed, clothed, a nti lodged class, :were attacked, and amonLst these it was chiefly the females who perished. May not this be attri buted to the circumstance of their walking with their throats, mad part of their chests uncovered, while the men wear a large girdle, and a long waistcoat buttoned up to the chin ? The number of Jews that died was nut less than from SOO to 1,000, out of a (population remaining in the town) of about 12,000 persons. The disease then passed to the Greeks, of whom 2 000 out of 30 000 died. It then extended itself to the Turks and Armenians, who lost 2,500 or 3,000 out of 45,000 or 50,000. At length it reached the Franks, and although in a population of 9,000 to 10.000 souls, there are of course many persons very badly if in every way, still only 60 died, and of more than 700 or SOO individuals belonging to the families of merchants and persons in easy circumstances among these Europeans only four died !—two tht m in consequence of not having called in a physician until twelve hours after the commencement of the attack, and these were, besides, aged persons; a third, also an old man, in consequence of having neglected a diarrhea brought on by fright ; and the fourth, a lady in the family way, who had indulged her apuetite too much, from an idea that nothing was hurtful to one in her situation.—Belgian Consul's Let ter in the Medical Gazette. TRADE of GLASGOW AND THE CHOLERA. —Now that this di-ease is among us, though hitherto in a far more moderate degree than could have been expected, we feel it to he our duty to prepare all around us for what roust he its effects on our trade. Various foreign ports are already shut against us—more will undoubtedly be cloned —and it cannot be expected that merchants are to ship or purchase goods, or that manufacturers are to prepare them, while there is no quarter of the globe open for their reception. The consequence must be, that many opera eves wilt be thrown out of employment, and that the ra tges of disease will be aggravated by the evil& of poverty and idleness. In such circumstances, the first duty of all clasaae, hut more especial of those who occupy the position of creditors, is, FORBEARANCE. Kindly aid must he given, and most extensively, too, to all who are thrown out of employment—but there will be many sufferers be yond the operatives, many even of pretty high standing in the community, whose resources are wholly absorbed by their bu.iness—and to them, forbearance !lust be shown, otherwise general calamity will overtake us.— We are unwilling to dwell on this theme—it is painful, far more painful to us than the contemplation of the disease itself—out strongly impressed as we are with the im portance of what we now rec.ommend, we earnestly and solemnly adjure every merchant, manufacturer, dealer, in one word, every man whom our voice can reach, to exer cise towards his neighboui all the forbearance which his own means may enable him to show. The many thousands of operatives in and around Glasgow dependent upon our trade for their support, who must be thrown out of their employment, will require the sympathies and the aid of every one whose exertions Providence has blessed—and we trust they will obtain both—but the evils we are doomed to suffer will be incalculably increased, if sympathy and forbearance be not shown to their employers as well as themselves In fact, universal bankruptcy and universal want would invariably follow any other line of conduct than we recommend, and therefore we eirn-stly 'nape that it will be universally adopted,— Glasgow Scots Times. LABOURERS' FRIEND SOClETY.—Saturday a meeting of the members and friends of this society was held in Exeter Hall, Lord MORPETH in the chair. His Lordship stated the object of the society to be to provide plots of eround for labourers, which they might cultiva , e for themselves after their hours of labour. Mr. BRISCOE, M.P., rearl the report, which stated that the total receipts of the society were 2941., and the balance in hand 12/ The Bishop of BATH and WELLS, in moving that the re port he adopted, said, wherever the plan had been adopted hard . taken the poor m a n out of the poor-rate. From tour tolds he but allotted to the poor 275 families were now completely subsisted. Lord KENYON said he had pursued the same plan for a great number of years, and found that it was eminently advantageous. Lord NUGENT in proposing a resolution recommending the letting of land to labourers at a moderate rent, said he believed that the majority of our agricultural population was the most wretched in the world. Mr. WYSE proposed ;the third resolution, calling on the landed proprietors throughout the kingdom to support the views of the society. The Bishop of LICHFIELD and COVENTRY seconded the resolu tion. Sir T. VARINC, Mr. MacKINIvoN, Mr. M. Butt- GOYNE, Mr. 1). W. HARVEY, the Etrl of CHICHEST?.R, and Mr. Roaissom sever ,lly addressed the meeting in sup port of the objects of the society. When the resolutions were all carried Mr. Owex addressed the meeting in ex planation of the beneficial tendency of the co-operative sys tem. Some money was subscribed on plates placed to re. seive it- PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION, A LIST of the PLACES contained in SCHEDULES (C.) and (D.) of the REFORM BILL; speci f yi n g , (1.) The Parishes, Townships, or Hamlets, of which the whole or any part is recommended in the Reports of the Com. missioners as the appropriate Limits of each Place con tained in Schedules ',C.) and (D.) (‘..) ) The Population, Number of Houses, Number of Qualifying Tenements, and Amount of Assessed Taxes, within such Limits, as nearly as can be ascertained. SCHEDULE (C.) BIRMINGHAM. 1. Proposed Limits—Parish of Birmingham, parish of Edg baston, township of Bordesley, township of Deritend, township of Duddeston with Neachelsi—containing the town of Birming ham and its immediate neighbourhood. 2. Population 142,000 I Qualifying Tenements 7,000 Houses BLACKBURN. 1. Proposed Limits—the township of Blackburn ;—containing the town of Blackburn and its immediate neighbourhood. '2. Population "7,0.0 I Qualifying Tenements 600 Houses 4,900 Assessed Taxes £2,300 BOLTON, 1. Proposed Limits—The township of Great Bolton, the chapelry of Little Bolton, the township of Haulgh ; containing the town of Bolton. •i. Population 42,000 Qualifying Tenements... 1,600 Houses BRADFORD. 1. Proposed Limits—The township of Bradford, the township of Bowl•ng, the township of Little Horton; —containing the town of Bradford and its neighbourhood. 2. Population 14,000 I Qualifying Tenements I,ICA House , BRIGHTON. 1. Proposed Limits—Parish of Brighton, parish of Hove; con taining the town of Brighton with its immediate neighbour hood, wh ch includes the village of Hove. 2. Population 42,000 I Qualifying Tenements 3 , 000 H ou s es 0,0110 Assessed Taxes .£31,00 DEVONPORT. 1. Proposed Limits—The parish of Stoke Damerill, the town ship of Stonehouse •' containing the town of Devonport, with its neighbourhood, which includes the suburbs of Stoke and Morrice town. 2. Population 44,000 I Qualifying Tenements 3,000 Houses 4,60U Assessed Taxes F I N SB UR Y. 1. Proposed Limits.—Part of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, part of the parish of St. ..knarew, Holborn, part of the parish of St. James and St. John, Clcrkenwell, part of the parish of St. Sepulchre, part of Furnivars-Inn, part of Staple's-inn, Lincoln's.. inn, Gray's inn, the parish of St. Luke, the parish of St George the Martyr, the parish of St. Giles-in.the-Fields, the parish of St. George. Bloomsbury, the liberties of Saffron-hill, Hatton garden, and Ely-rents ' the liberty of Ely-place, th e lib er ty o f the Rolls, the liberty of Glasshouse-yard, the precinct called the Charter-house, containing the northern portion of the metropolis. 2. Population . - .5,000 I Qualifying Tenements 23,6.9 Houses 30,000 Assessed Taxes £211,0420 GREENWICH. 1. Proposed Limits.—The parish of St. Paul, Deptford, the parish of St. Nicholas, Deptford, part of the parish of 'Woolwich, part of the parish of Greenwich, part of the parish of Charlton, part of the parish of Greenwich, of Plumstead ;—containing the towns of Woolwich, Deptford, and the intermediate space in. chiding the village of Charlton. 2. Population... Houses HALIFAX 1. Proposed Limits.—The township of Halifax, part of the township of South Ouram, part of the township of North Ouram; containing the town of Halifax. 11.. Population... 31,00..1 Qualifying Tenements 1,300 Houses LAMBETH. 1. Proposed Limits.—Part of the parish of Lambeth, part of the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, the precinct of the Palace, the parish of St. Mi.ry, Newington —containing the southern portion of the metropolis. 2. Population 15t,000 1 Qualifying Tenements 16,4(' 0 Houses LEEDS. 1. Proposed Limits.—The uortAigh of Leeds ;--containing the town of Leeds, with its surrounding neighbourhood. 2. P0pu1ati0n........ le3,ocK , Qualifying Tenements 6,7 , 0 Houses MACCLESFIELD. I. Proposed Limits.—The borough of Macclesfield, part of the township of Sutton, part of the township of Hurdsfield ;—con taining the town of Macclesfield and its immediate neighh.,ur. hood. 2. Population %PIO Qualifying Tenements 1,100 Houses MANCHESTER. 1. Proposed Limits —Townshio of Manchester, township of Chorlton.row, township of Ardwick, township of Beswick, town ship of Hulme, township of Cheetham, township of Bradford, township of Newton, township of Harpur Hey ; containing the town of Manchester and its immediate neighbourhood, with the exception of the town and township of Salford. 2. Population 187,000 I Qu lifytng Tenement s W,700 Houses `1‘2,000 Assessed Taxes £40,600 MARYLEBONE. 1. Proposed Limits—The parish of St7Marylebone, the parish of Paddington, part of the parish of St. Pancras ;—containing the north-western portion of the metropolis. 2. Population 234,000 I Qualifying Tenements 21,600 Houses ........... 28,000 I ssessed Taxes... ...... .£274,000 OLDHAM. 1. Proposed Limits—The township of Oldham ;—containing the town of Oldham and its neighbourhood. 32,000 I Qualifying 2. Population Tenements 1,100 Houses SHEFFIELD. 1. Proposed Limits—The township of Sheffield, the township of Attercliffe-cuni-Darnall, the township of Brightside Bierlow, the township of Netherhallam, part of the township of Eccleshall Bierlow ;—containing the town of Sheffield and its surrounding neighbourhood, which includes the v.llage of Atterclitte. :2. Population 411,000 I Qualifying Tenements 4,300 Houses STOCKPORT. 1. Proposed Limits—The borough of Stockport, part of the township of Heaton Norris, part of the township of Brinnington the hamlet of Brinksway, the hamlet of FAlgeley ;—containing the town of Stockport. 1. Population 41,0001 Qualifying Tenements 1,500 Houses STOKE-UPON 7 TRENT. I. Proposed Limits—The township of Tunstall, the township of Burslem, the vill of Rushton Grange, the hamlet of Sneyd, the township of Hanley, the township of Shelton, the township of Fenton % ivian, the township of Lane-end, part of the town ship of Penshull, part of the township of Fenton Culvert, part of the township of Longton ;—containing the district of the Potteries, including the towns of Lane-end, Stoke, Shelton, Han. lev, Burslem, and Tunstall. '2. Population 53,001) Qualifying Tenements 1,500 I Houses STROUD. 1. Proposed Limits--ParisiiJ.Sirou d, parish of Bisley, parish of Painswick, parish of Pitchcomb, parish of Randwick, parish of Stonehouse, parish of Eastington, parish of Leonard Stanley, with the exception of that part called Lorridge's Farm, parish of King's Stanley, parish of Ho borough, parish of rilinchinhamp_ ton, parish of Woodchester, parish of Avening, parish of Hors le ;—containing the Clothing District, situate on the Stroud Water, or RiVer Frome, and its tributary streams, Population 41,0001 Qualifying Ten ements 1,600 Houses £7,000 SUNDERLAND. 1. Proposed . Limits—The parish of Sunderland, the township of Bishop W ea imouth, the township of Bishop Wearmouth Panne, the township of Monks earmouth, the township. f Monk wearmouth Shore, the township' of Southwick ;—containing the town of Sunderland and its neighbourhood. 2. Population .13,000 I Qualifying Tenements 2,5n0 Houses TOWER HAMLETS. 1. Proposed Contents—Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, pa rish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, parish of Christ Church, Spitalfields, parish of All Saints, Poplar and Blackwall, parish of St. Anne, Limehouse, parish 01 St. George-in-the-East, parish of St. John, Wapping, parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, the liberty of East Smithfield, the hamlet of Mile-end Old-town, the hamlet of Mile.end New-town, the hamlet of Rat, tiff, the precinct of St. Catherine, the liberty of Nortonfalgate, the several divisions of the liberty of the Tower; containing the north-eastern suburbs of the metropolis. 2. Population I Houses 65,000 Assessed Taxes .£93,000 WOLVERHAMPTON. 1. Proposed Limits—The township of Wolverhampton, the township of Bilston, the township of Wednesfleld, the township of Willenhall, the parish of Sedgeley ; containing the towns of Vs oh-erhampton and Bilston, an. , their surro undin g neighbour hood, including the village s of Sedgeley. \\ednesfield, and Wit_ lenhall. 2. Population 67,000 I Qualifying Tenements ... ^,400 Houses SCHEDULE (D.) ASHTON-UNDER:LINE 1. Proposed Limits—Part of the parish of Ashton ;—containing the town of Ashton-under-Line, as limited by its Police Act. L. Population. 15,000 I Qualifying fenernents ... 600 H ouses BURY 1. Proposed Limits—Township of Bury, part of the township of Elton ;—containing the town of Bury and i ts immediate neigh bourhood. - • ._ . 2. Population 19,000 I Qualifying Tenements ... 7511 Houses CHATHAM. I. Proposed Limits—Part of the parish of Chatham, part of the parish of Gillingham ;—containing the towns of Chatham and Brompton. 2. Population 19,000 I Qualifying Tenements ... 1,`200 houses CHELTENH,‘M, 1. Propoieo Limits—The parish of Cheltenham ;—containing the town of Cheltenham and its neighbourhood. '2. Population 9i.1,0(10 1 Qualifying Tenements ... 2,100 Houses DUDLEY. . . 1. proposed Limit;—Theparishol Dudley ;--containing the town of Dudley and its immediate neighbourhood, which in. eludes the village of Netherton. 2. Population !: - -3,0 00 I Quaff) ing Tenements... 800 Houses FRO ME - . proposed Limits--Part of the parish of Frome;—containing the town of Frome. 4. Population 12,000 Qualifying Tenements... 400 Houses GATESHEAD. 1, Proposed Limits—The parish of Gateshead, part of the Cha peiry of jieworth ;--containing the town or Gateshead and its neighbourhood south of the river 'l'yne. 2. Population 15,00 , Qualifying Tenements... 750 Houses HUPDPWIELD. Propo.vd Limits—The iownship of liuddercfield ;—contain ing the town of liuddersfleld. 2. Population 19,0001 Qualifying Tenements... 1,100 H ous es .„... 4,000 .kssessed Taxes KID.PI3.MINSTER. 1 Proposed Limits—The Lorough of Kidderminster, part of the foreign of Kidderminster ;—containing the town of Kidder minster. ;1 . 4 population 16,000 I Qualifying Tenements.— WO liOuses KENDAL 1. Proposed Lirn.it,.---;llietownshipof Kirby Kendal, the town ship of Kirkland, the township of Nethergraveship ;—containing (be town of Kendal and its neighbourhcod. 3. bcpulation 11,6 0 QuahfyingTenements... 680 Houses ROCHDALE. 1. Proposed Limits--Part of the township of Castleton, part of the township of ‘Vandleworth, part of the township f Spotland, part Gf the township of Wuetchde, with Wardle i —containing the town of Rochdale. 2. Population 20,000 I Qualifying Tenements... 1,000 H ouses SALFORD. 1. Proposed Limits—The township of Broughton, the town of Salford, the townihip of Pendleton, part of the township ofrendlebury ;—containing the toren of Salford and itt neigh.', bourhood north-neat of the river IrwelL '2. Population 5OOOO Qualifying Tenem ents... 1,300 Houses ....... , ....... I 9,500 Assessed Taxes ............ £5,000 SOUTH SHIELDS. I. Proposed Limits—The township of South Shields, the town ship of Westoe ;—containing the town of South Shields and its neighbourhood, which includes the village of Westoe. 2. Population 18 ,04) I Qualifying Tenem ents... 1,400 Houses TY NE M UT H. I. Proposed Limits—The township of North Shields, township of Chirton, township of Tvnemouth, t ow nship of Preston, town. ship of Cuilercoats ;—coniaining the towns of North Shields Tynemouth, and their neighbourhood. 2. Population 25,000 I Qualifying Teneme nts... 1,150 Houses WAKEFIELD. 1. Proposed Limits—The township of Wakefield, part of the township of Alverthorpe, part of the township of Stanley ; con taining the town of Wakefield, and its immediate neighbourhood. 2. Population 12,500 Qualifying Tenem ents ... 80c Houses WA I.S A LL. 1. Proposed Contents—The borough of Wallsall;--containing the town of Walsall with its neighbourhood. 2. Population 13,000 Qualifying Tenements... 800 Houses WARRINGTON. I. Proposed Limits—Township of Warrington, township of Latchford, part of the township of Thelwall ; containing the town of Warrington and its immediate neighbourhood. 2. Population l B ,O OO I Qualifying Tene ments... 1,000 Houses VIIITEHAVEN. I. Proposed Limits—Township; of Whitehaven, part of the township of Preston Quarter —containing the township of Whitehaven. 2. Population 15,700 Qualifying Tenements... 90(1I Houses WHITBY. 1. Proposed Limits—Township of Whitby, the township of Ruswarp, the township of Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre —including the town of Whitby and its neighbourhood, which includes the villages of Hawker, Ruswarp, and Stainsacre. 2. Population 10,:300 Qualifying Tenements._ 500 I Houses PAY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. A great deal has of late been said by one of our daily contemporaries, re-petting the pay that the gentlemen comprising the Central Board of Health receive for their labours, and in particular respecting the sum given to Dr. Daun, who, the same Paper confidently asserts, is in the receipt of 201. per day for his professional attend ance. Upon the highest authority, we give the moat unqualified contradiction to this unfounded statement. There are six professional gentlemen, exclusive of the Chairman, comprising the Board of Health, who d. vote the whole of their time to discover persons afflicted with the cholera, for the purpose of administering to their relief, and the whole of their salaries amounts on'y to about 160/. per month. Each gentlem in has his assistant or inspector, and then, auxiliaries are allowsd is. 61. per day, and 10s. a week for their lodgiags. The Chair man gives his attendauce gratuitously, as also does another gentleman connected with the Board. An estimate to the above effect has been drawn up by order of the Lords of the Privy Council, and will be laid before the House of Commons in a day or two. SHIPPING IN'IELLIGENcE—(rws DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEL 19.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived from the river and sailed, the Jan.t, Gibb 4, for the Cape of Good Hope; Claudine, Heathorn, for Madras ; and his M 4. jesty's ship Onyx, from Cork, and sailed for Shields. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. IS AND 19.—Wind N.E.—Ar rived the Henry, Miller, from Legt.orn ; and Bromston from Charente. Off port, the Renown, Henderson, from Sydney, sailed the 6th October. PLYMOUTH, FIB 17 AND IS —Wind N.E. light.— Arrived the Orestes. from the Mauritius, sailed 25th of October, and C.pe of Good Hope 25th November ; Thale, Barnes, fr. , m rceiri. FALMOUTH, FEB. 17 AND 18.—Wind N. variable.-- Arrived the Mutine packet, fern Jamaica, sailed from Cartha ena 14th Dee., and Jamaica 7th ult. ; sailed the Duke of Marlborough packet, for L sbon. LIYERPO“L, FEB. 16. arrived the Bristol, Riches from Alesanoria. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Anne, Fouzel, from Bengal, sailed the 28th of August ; Jane, White, from Maranham ; Elizabeth, Ross, and Sandbach, Bing ham, from Detnerar t; Washington, Thompson, from New York ; Marquis of Queensberry, Crawford, from St. .I , ,hn's, N. B. ; Diana, Frankland, and Active, Reeve, from St. Michael's ; Susannah, Carpenter, fr•m Smyrna ; George and Mary, Ashton, from Alexandria ; and Christo pher, Columbus, from the Mediterranean. GREENOCK, FES. 15.—Arrived the Jane, Ritchie, from New Orleans. BELFAST, FEB. 14.—1 n consequence of the cholera having broken out at Glasgow, ye...els from throne and Gieenock, will hare to perform ten days' quarantine. DOVER, FEB. 17.-- Ve•sels from hence, with goods or passengers, are still admitted at Calais, on the production of a bill of health from the French Vice-Consul here, without any restraint. SCILLY, FEB. J6.—Arrived tLe Arab, transport, from the Mauritius. Extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Dover, datid the 19th instant :—" The following is the latest advice as to quar an ti ne on t h e oppos i te p or t s . C a l a is— Vessels from Dover continue to be admitted with passen gers and goods without restraint, on producing a clean bill from the French Vice-Consul here. Vessels from London are subject to a quarantine of five days, and it was fully believed this morning that no alteration would take place in these arrangements. " Boulogne.—On the 15th instant, it was determined that vessels from London (the Thames to Margate inclu sive) should not be admitted. That vessels from Rams gate to Portsmouth, inclusive, be admitted, s ubject to a quarantine of five days. These arrangements to be in force until orders were received from Paris, and none have been up to yesterday." Arrived off Tortola, the Thomas Burrows, Dawson, from Lancaster. Arrived at Berhice, the Sylph, Trundle, from London ; and Tickler, Llewellyn, from Liverpool. Arrived at St. Croix, the Jonge Henrick, Dicken, and Diana, Benson, from Flensburg ; a nd Ladwing, ordingio, from Copenhagen. It is stated in the .illorntng Chronicle that the general impression at the Westminster Medical Society was, that there has existed a new disease, termed Asiatic cholera, in London lor the last week or ten days• We learn, on the contrary, front good authority, that the members of the society are all but on initnous in th it be lief that the present epidemic has existed in England from time immemorial. Colonel FAUNCE, late of the 4th Regiment, is appointed to the Bristol Recruiting District, vacant by the death of Colonel BRIRETON. Sir BALDWIN LEIGHTON, son of the late Gallant General of that name, has just formed an alliance with a daughter of T. PARKER, Esq. of Sweeney Hail, in Shropshire. The ceremony took place at Oswestry. The Earl of DEVON (Viscount Courtenav) has been for some time staying at a magnificent chateau, which his Lordship has purchased, between Paris and Fontainebleau, and where the Noble Earl lives in the tit. must splendour. The E►rldom of Devon, to which, it will be recollected, his Lordship succeeded in sstahlist►ing his claim soon after the accession of the present Ministry, will descend, on his Lordship's death, to Mr. WILLIAM COURTENAY, Assistant Clerk of the Parliament, whose eldest son, Mr. REGINALD COUItTENAY, has recently uni , e , l himself to Lady ELIZABETH FuRTESCUIC, youngest daughter of Earl FORTESCUE, and sister of Lord ERRING TON. E►rl FORTESCUE has purchased some of the extal sive estates of Lord Dp.vos in the West of England ; but the latter Noh:etnan still possesses Powilertiam Castle, and other domains of great annual value, in the S,,tith of De vonshire. Sir WILLIAM KNIGHTON, we are assured, has no int- ntion of reswoing practice as an accourlaur , as some chartering worn , n have thought fit t 4 give out. .ir WILLIAM hold. two valuable patent offices, ha , amassed an immense fortune, and has (according to the gossip of the CONY NO HA3I clique) chelishe , l long and ard-nt hopes of a coronet. Titre is no p rospect, h owe ver, of t he Knight's immediate elevation to the Peerage ; 169 name, we believe, is not even among tl.e 170 candidates who have given in tenders to E tri GREY. —Morning Advertiser. e to ol s . e g ve s r u The following extraordinary and disgusting instance of s uperstition actually occurred at the viii ge a week. Some female., L b p o rl d ve y eu : rd: b dn u 4 : :3:::::::::'':ooantttl:ieinexpertness of its bi utal execu tioners, a vi,w to the Wednesday peiform p a t n e, c i p th po e s h ei e l a l d ove fr c o t n ia l r t t , condition. It was pursued and retaken, and its heart, while vet warm, ' tioners, the poor a nimal escaped, in a frightful mutilated ' taken out and roasted in a candle'" We ate assured that one of the parties so sunk in igno r4tice and its companion cruelty, was a married wo msn. If we had not receveii this story from a correspondent, in whose veracity tee have reason to confide most implicitly, we certainly s hould not have believed that 4; the rinereentli century there could ti“ve been found persona capable of ena,•iing so brutal a drama. It is worthy of the very worst days vf witchcraft. ---Northamptvn Mercury. TIRISTOL, F, n, 14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,--W•• have much pleasure in transmitting to the Editor of The Sun the unanimous resolution of the Com• mittee of Inquiry, passed at their meeting yesterday ; and we think it right to add, that by direction of the Com. mittee we have transmitted a copy of this resolution to the editors of the following Papers :—The Mercury, Liberal, and Journal, Bristol Papers. Times, Herald, Chro nicle, Morning Advertiser, Courier, Globe, British Traveller, News, Spectator, Examiner, Observer, and the Weekly Dispatch, London Papers. We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, W. B. CROSS, Solicitors. FRANCIS JARMAN, } COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY, FEB. I'7, 1832 " Resolved unanimowdy,—That the thanks of this Committee be presented to those gentlemen connected with the public Press in this City and in the Me tropolis, who have, with well disinterested energy and zeal, urged the object sought to be attained by this Com mittee. namely,—a full and impartial inquiry into all the circumstances connected with the calamitous riots which took place in this City in the month of October last, and that Messrs. Cross and Jarman be requested to for ward a copy of this minute to the Editor of The Sun. " W. HARWOOD. Chairman." TO THE EDITOR ()F THE SUN. Sta,—One of my men rents part of a house, No. 5, Were -street, Clare-market, and he has stated to me that in consequence of the landlord's neglect the hack part of the prem.ses are in a most filthy state, and the nuisance arising from certain drains being stopped is at times almost in tolerable. As I know of no other p'an by which such an evil can be remedied, I have taken the liberty of addres sing you. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Strand, Feb. 16, 1832. T. S. A• TO THE EDITOR OF THE RUN. SIR,-From the general accuracy of the reporters for the Public Press, I feel it necessary to correct two mis takes that have accidentally occurred respecting my vine in the proceedings of last night. lam reported as being in the majority against Mr. Hunt's call for certain returns, whereas, had I been present, I should have voted with the minority. Again, upon the presentation of the peti tions from Hacketstown and Kilkenny, praying for the total abolition of the present tithe system, my name is omitted, although I had expressed my cordial support in favour of both. But from the length and heat of the de late, I was obliged to consult the temper of the House, and be as short as was consistent with my duty to my con stituents. I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, United Service Club. Pall-mall, J. M. DOYLE. Feb. 17, 1932. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-The day approaches when the great battle of constitutional liberty is once more to be fought in the House of Peers ; the day approaches when the Peers of England must once more deride on the most important t , pic ever yet submitted to their attention. This, then, may not he an inopportune nor improper time to consider a f ew o f t h e l ea ding points of the question, and to impress a:whicl,hythtehedeAc:atsraotf io W n il t l h ia a t t n i in th d e A p l e it i r p y le t: them again on public attention. And, first, let me allude to the great, the fundarro Mal principle on which the whole ques , ion rests. It is simply this—thatit is the undoubted right and privilege of the people of England to be taxed only by their representatives ; that taxation rind re• presentation jf:ah: att:hti Int, ehgeeb s:t: or aou m nag d(hiu .roughs at are affords in o d cp. i pra h il evas private to d :nr t righti an which (hi hand. cc a oah n nn d ei . s lt uhpse irs va, T ,eypv, h ,ea i hrn s ft::::vre i ;s s eo , tsr,hiut ebht i yo n_ , the arguments of our oppone r n dige ts ch . ltareo T ar h fi e pr y srto boast of the excellent " working" of the systerr ; but individuals has h been property tty; in e that Great how i.epr e can st. n , a ti any o o C p h p a o r n t e e r n , ts and e e next that be the sole right of the people of England ? Do not o ur England have a right to be fully, freely, and fairly repre sented," is a full and decisive bar to the claims which any individuals may advance ? Do they not see that all claims to property in boroughs must be advanced in the teeth of the first principles of the Constitution, and the express de clarations of the statute law ? And what strange incon sistency is it that the advocates of the Constitution, the defend, rs of our lows against innovation, should themselves advance doctrines at variance with the principles of the Constitution, and in contradiction to the laws of the realm ! Again, we are told, that the system " works Well ;" but the question is not, " Does the system work well?" but "is this the system of the Constitution of England ?" That is the real question. I will not stop to inquire whether the system has worked well ; I will not here discuss whether it of F worked wel many other l, when the kindred talents of Chatham, of Burke , spirits were lost to their country because they had not borough-interest; when this borough-interest had grown into a fourth estate too powerful for the Crown to contend against ; too strong for any honest Minister to combat. I will not stop to inquire whether this " working" be de serving of a pprobation, but I maintain that, let it be con• sidered good or bad• it was not the " working" of the Constitution of Great Britain; and highly eulogizing as I do the signal p r owess eu o n f twr o iou u rm r thpy fl h e ss e o t n s t h and eof in his t n c i o i ~8, splendid,vi n a g r w m ; l to admiring as I do t he noble and heroic spirit with which they have so often ba ffl ed the enemies of England, 'et x sh cl p i t a ie, n er g is victories the most gloir,intubse, manior the w hprinciples b uo a fn r t t Er e ) r - l o . n o e r v i liber ty w o ul doul II do nPosteorei! fitrnnoa,w.ctuhteti)eo:ensur,laolyi,kf,rfeoi,ogftuhhohrutearssac bravest ars n datt s eiv t o i ee t sd u at ti brilliant i;s, nct o odh n a l i nd e ! These p : n trophiesle n c for weret ro p h indeed, obtained by the borough s y s t em ; th a t s y s t em , m e hn l a i ls e a a nt l b re ory commanders. c cu t oitonns hadt a o n f tth e e v o b e r r se y t va de partmentecrl se es been the case, had it contributed to as much as it impeded their success, had things triumphed, not in despite or; but in consequence of this borough system, what would it prove ? That the system might have been productive of glory, of power, of honour ; hut it would be a system that Britons never would recognise—for what glory, power, or honour, could compensate them for the loss of their constitutional rights? Let, then, the advocates of the system point to our standards of victory ; let them appeal to the records of our glory ; from them I turn to the chirters of our liberties and the records of our rights ; and turn with no unfriendly feeling, for God be praised ! our liberties and our victories, our rights and our glories, have been proved to be inseparable ! It was not till the free spirit of Chatham shook off the yoke of the borough faction at home, that he was enabled to make the powers of his country respected abroad. It was not till sympathy with Spanish freedom had kindled the popular fervour here, that the energies of the country were fully displayed in the last war ; it was not till the decision arid firmness of the Duke of Wellington had confirmed the fal- tering resolution of the borough-heroes at home, that any prospect appeared of a successful termination of the COl/- test. But if such were the " working" of the system in war, what shall we say of its effects in peace '1 What shall we say of its effects on the trade, the commerce, the agri cultural interests of this mighty empire? Shall Ibe told that these great interests have flourished and prospered in c onsequence of this system ? Shall I be told that it is not to our Watts, our Arkwrights, our spirit of enterprise, our national character for honesty, but to Old Sarum and Gat ton, that Manchester, Birmingham, and Glasgow owe their prospe , ity anti affluence? Oh for the pen of Cervantes to lash such folly ? N., ! It is to the march of human in tellect; it is to that stirring spirit of our countrymen, ' which no form of Government could ever repress; it is to these master-s,irits of the age, whose inventive mints have wrought for their country such advantage, for themselves immortal fame, that these results are attrittutable ; and it is to preserve the effects of their exertions ; it is to in corporate with the Government the wealth and talent which has arisen, that Reform is now required. Who can contemplate the changes that constantly occur, who can consider those alt rations which in the social as in the physical world are daily occurring, and yet maintain that law, which should regulate the action, and direct the course of these changes, should alone remain stationary and un moved ? Toe excellence of laws depends on their change, and their gradual adoption to the circumstances of the tunes; and the wise 'egislater will precede the course of even's. It is for weak minds to waste their strength in im potent efforts against the tide of time; the wise man will mak its progress, and float triumphant on the torrent which would overwhelm others—thus acted th it wise Queen Elia shed' ; she was not, perhaps, any great friend of the liberties of the people ; hut she knew the power of public opinion, and instead of being driven to concession, she With far foresight give as a boon to the people what they might always have demanded as a right. Such was not the conduct of her unfortunate successors; and whilst Elizabeth by provident gifts maintained her power undisputed, they by 'obstinate opposition to the wisi,es of the nation, lost the one his life, the other his crown. But what are the dangers, what the frightful perils, which await us if this Reform Bill be carried ? Will any privilege of the aristocracy, any prerogative of the crown, .a i i ppairea Will not the r. at interest of the aristotrary, the interest dependent ou then superior talents and virtues, he increased tenfold? This interest they ❑eed not fear to lose "if they be to themselves but true ;" this interest is in their own keeping, anti can be lost only by their own fault. The absentee, the sensualist, the slave of luxury and pleasure, they will indeed lose an interest which they are disqualifi d from exercising properly, and which they ought never to have enjoyed ; but the landlord who lives on his property, and consults the interest of his tenantry, who, by the example of his conduct, benefits his country, or who, by the display of his talents, proves himself worthy of a place in her councils, will retain that influence which worth and merit always will have over the minds of Englishmen. Viewed i❑ this light, I consider the Reform Bill as likely not to injure, not to de grade, but to improve, to strengthen, and establish on a surer basis the English aristocr ,cy. The Peers and gen tlemen of England, who, in other days, headed her forces in the field, are now called on to take the lead in the pro gress of intellect and civilization. To their ambition a new and a nobler sphere of action is opened by this Bill. They are called on to maintain their superiority by the display of superior ability ; they are called on to conquer by benefiting mankind ; to insure support by shielding the liberties of their fellow-countrymen. And is it a gre it hardship, is it a severe oppression, to enable them to m iintain their influence by virtue rather than corruption ; to exclude them, iuthed, from the alleys and by-lanes, hut to enable them to reach the doors of the Legislature by the broad way of public merit?—l am, Sir, Your obedient servant, ALPHA. GERMAN PAPERS. BERLIN, FEB. 11.—The arrival of Count Orloff, whose mission to the Hague is represented by the Peters burgh Journals as entirely pacific, has had a favourable in fluence on the Funds, especially on Russian stock, which has risen per cent. We hear, however, that the decla ration of the Russian Court is pretty remote from a ratifi cation of the London Protocol, and we are very anxious for the turn the affair may take in case of a change of Ministry in England, which diplomatic reports give reason to suppose to be near at hand. Count Orloff, who has already set out for the Hague, is supposed to he invested with the fullest powers to act without applying for further instructions. HAMBURG, FEB. 13.—According to private accounts from Berlin, the treaty of London, of Nov. 15., was rati fi d by Prussia at the beginning of this month, but with some modifications. This step is presumed to be con nected with the fact that on the Bth instant the resolution was taken, and for the execution of which the neces sary orders have since been given out that the whole of the infantry, with the exception of the number of troops necessary for garrison duty, shall be disembodied by the month of June and that the latter shall he reduced to the minimum Such a measure, an essential step to wards the general disarming so much talked of, would be a strong pledge for the continued preservation of the gene ral peace. The B , ard of Police for the harbour of Pillau issued a notice on the 3d inst., stating, that no case of cholera h lying occurred for above two months, that place had been declared perfectly healthy by the superior authorities, conformably to the existing laws. STOCKHOLM, FEB. S.—According to the last accounts from Abu, which are to the 27th of December, there bad been 52 cases of cholera from the 20th to the 27th. HAMBURG Fee 13.—The churches of Hamburg were yesterday unable to contain the multitudes that thronged to offer up their thanksgivings to God for their happy de liverance from the mal a dy with which the city was for nearly four months visi ed. The ringing of bells, the firing of artillery, and the presence of throngs of cheerful citizens on the ramparts, gave an air of festivity to th scene such as we have not for many years witnessed. HAMBURG, FEB• 11.---BORSEN..HALLK , HALF-PAST fwo O'CLOCK The mission of Count Orloff to the tbHruaatng 'actions ts h ii raised sss h arrs of e h f e p late general n rie er c al s of the become opinion Funds,,extremelyo n t a j n limited. n e led f,v o t o u o r s ab re ine, Discount 2/ per cent. Money abundant and hills rare. End of February. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 62% Anglo- Rus,ian Loan Hamburg ditto Russian Inscription, 5 per cent. B:4,i Ditto Polish Bowls ll5 Austrian Bank Shares Ditto Metalliques New Austrian 4 uer Cents 75 NAPLES, JAN. 27.—Among numerous promotions in the army on his Majesty's birth-day, there is a great number of officers restored to the rank which they had lost, in c•insequence of political events. The Spanish Ambassador, Marquis de Bassecourt, had on the 15th an and ence at Court, in which he solicited, in the usual form, the hand of the Princess Amelia for tliA infant Don Sebastian. VieNNA, Feb. 7. 8. Five per Cents. 8 5% Four per Cents 7515-16 754 Bank Shares 1105 VIENNA, FEB. 6.—On the 3il inst. seven cholera pa tients remaining, two of them have recovered and one died, so that there are now four in the city and suburbs. COURT CIRCULAR. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday acternoon at the Foreign-office, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Maiquis of LA NSDOWNE, Eatl GREY, Lord DURHAM, Viscounts MELBOURNE, PAL MERSTON, GODERICH, and ALTHORP ; the Right Hon. C. GRANT, Sir J GRAHAM, Lord HOLLAND, Lord JAIN RUSSELL, the Duke of RICHMOND, and Mr. STANLEY. The Ministers remained in deliberation till half- past six o'clock. The Earl of CARLISLE, the only Minister absent from the Council, was prevented from a ttendin g by Indispo• sition. Despatches for Viscount GODERICII were yesterday re ceived at the Colonial-office, from the Earl of BELAIORE, the Governor of Jamaica. Despatches were also received yesterday at the Colonial offic,, from Sir LOWRY COLE, the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope; and from Sir C. SMYTH, the Governor of the Bahama Islands. Toe Mexican Minister transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Despatches from our Minister at Colombia were re ceived ,h en o yesterday nCHANCELLOR, HjiN at the e E Ltrß th e Foreign -office. ti -office. The Duke of RICHMOND, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, and the Se cretary at War, had interviews with Viscount AL THOM' on Saturday, at the Treasury. Their MAJESTIES will, it is expected, honour Druty lane and Covent-garden Theatres with their presence, next week, on Monday and Thursday evenings. BRIGHTON, FEB. 19. Divine service was performed this morning in the Pa lace Chapel. Their MAJESTIES, her Royal Highness the Princess AUCH7STA, his Royal Highness Prince GEORGE of CA3IBRIDGE, her Highness the Princess Louise of SANE WEIMAR, Lsdy KENNEDY ERSKINE, HOD. Mr. ASHLEY, MAtie. D'ESTE, and Miss BOYLE (Maio of Ho nour to the Qc EEN), were present. Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. WAGNER. A most eloquent sermon was preached by the R.-v. Dr. EVERARD. On Friday their MAJESTIES took a carriage •airing to Rottingdean, and back to the Palace; previous to which his MAJESTY gave audience to Admiral Sir THOMAS OT WAY and Colonel WALTON. In the evening the following distinguished persons had the honour of dining with their MAJESTIES The Princess Augusta, Prince George of Cambridge, the Princess Louise, Lady Kennedy Erskine, Earl and Countess of Kinnoul, Colonel and Lady Charlotte Cavendish, Hon. Mr. Ashley, Madlle d'Este, Lieutenant-General Bayley, Sir Andrew Barnard, Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Miss Boyle, Mar quis of Northampton, the Dowager Marchioness of Northamp ton, Miss Wynyard, Mr. and Lady E. Dickens, Colonel Sir Charles Thornton, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, Miss Bentinck, Sir Herbert Taylor, Sir James Reynett, and the , Rev. Mr. Wood. )(ester , liy his MAJESTY left the Palace in a carriage aid tour, accompanied by his daughter (Lady KENNEDY EasKINE), proceeded through Eaq-street, along the West Cliff to Hove, from thence to near Shoreham, and returned to the Palace atter four o'clock. - Her MAJESTY (lid not take her usual carriage airing. Sir BENJAMIN STEPHENSON and Mrs. liorE. have ar rived at the Palace, and joined the Royal suite. Lady SOPHIA SIDNEY took leave of their MAJESTIES yes erday ❑corning, and lett tor London. Baro❑ OMPTEDA had the honour of an audience of the K.ING on Thur. , ,ay, and Lieut.-Colonel (TREY yesterda, , , Their MAJESTIES and Royal relatives will leave the Pavilion on Tuesday (to-morrow) morning for St. Ja.nes's Palace, and, atter a tew days' stay in town, will proceed to Windsor. EXTRAORDINARY LARGE HALIBUT.-OD Saturday last a halibut was caught at Staiths, near Whitby, of the remarkable weight of 13 , t. Sib and which measured two yards in length. This fine fist) has been dis played for sale at the shop of Mr. DAVID JONES. situate at Silver-street-head,during t ,, e past week- effield OUT- REVOLT or SLAVES AT .TAMATCA By despatches which reached the Colonial office on Saturday from the Governor of Ja maica, intelligence has been received of a partial insurrection of the slaves, principally those of St. James's, Portland, and Trelawney parishes. Shortly after the '2oth December the slaves on several estates refused to go to their work, and large bodies of them met together and set fire to many plantation buildings. On the 30th De cember martial law was proclaimed, the several corps of militia were called out, and Sir Wil loughby Cotton, the Commander of the forces, proceeded with three or four hundred troops of the line to Montego Bay, accompanied by Com modore Farquhar, in his Majesty's ship Blanche. In the meanwhile two conflicts had taken place between militia corps and the insurgents, who had lost on one occasion about twenty men killed, on the other, about ten, with twenty-five wounded ; with the loss of only two men on the part of the whites. The insurgents were dis persed on both occasions, but the militia corps had nevertheless retired to Montego Bay, •as it was apprehended that large numbers of negroes were approaching from other quarters. The ar rival of Sir Willoughby Cotton, however, seems to have had an immediate effect in discouraging and suppressing the insurrection. Two negroes were executed under sentence of a court-martial ; and after the issue of a proclamation of pardon fur all but ringleaders, the negroes came in in great numbers ; and on the sth January, which is the date of Sir Willoughby's latest despatch, tranquillity was fast returning, and many pro prietors and attorneys were proceeding to visit their estates. The New York Papers, which reached us last night, contain the following accounts of this in surrection : Fitom JAMAICA.—By the brig Lawrence, from Ja maica, we have been favoured with a Courant of the 30th ult., giving the particulars of an insurrection among the slaves of the island. Captain Fowler states that martial law had been proclaimed—that the slaves had burnt a number of buildings—and that —Jackson, Esq. an emi nent barrister of Old Harbour, bad been murdered in his house by the insurgents. Two companies of the Sith Regiment were marched yesterday morning from Spanish .town to Port Henderson, and embarked on board his Majes'y's ship Blanche, Com modore Farquhar, which will proceed this day to Mon tego-b iv, to assist in maintaining order and tranquillity in the parishes of St. James and Trelawney. The work of destruction has commenced. We now see two fires, evidently in the direction of St. James's. Ten o'clock.—We have just received intelligence that the fire at Palmyra estate was extinguished, after burning down one trash-house. The head driver and three negroes belonging to the property have been secured. A company of the St. James's militia, under the command of Captain Cleghorn, moved from Adtlphi on the first notice of the fire, and remains there. We understand that the drivers on the neighbouring estates, instead of going to their over seers fur orders, as usual, this being the * last day of the holidays, have taken their mascheats and gone off, as they say, to their grounds. Eleven o'clock at Night.--The work of destruction is going on. The whole sky in the south-west is illumi nated. From our office we at this moment perceive five distii,ct fires, one apparently in this parish, the others in St. James's, and at no great distance from us. Midnight.—One fire is raging with unabated fury. We apprehend it to be the whole of the works and buildings on York estate, in this p arish.—Cornwall Courier. We extract the following trom the Inquirer:— " We have received by the brig Lawrence, from Kings ton, Papers to the 31st of December. Considerable alarm prevailed in consequence of insurrectionary movements among the negroes in some parts of the island, and mar tial law had been proclaimed by the Governor with the unanimous advice of a Council of War. According to accounts from Montego bay, the officer commanding there had thought it prudent to cali in all his outposts, and con• centrate his whole force in the place itself. On many of the esta.es in that vicinity the negroes had refused to work ; and one is mentioned on which there were 700 negroes. The parishes of St. James and trelawney were particularly in a state of excitement. The Cornwall Courier says, that at the time of their going to press, five distinct fires were perceptible, and that the whole sky in the s.iuth-west was illuminated—the negroes are said to be the incen diaries. The militia were called out, and the King's troops moving to the scene of danger. The alarm, it is however observed, is greater than any thing that had yet occurred Justified, and a full belief is expressed that the measures taken will be fully adequate to any emergency which may ensue." (From the Second Edition of the Falmouth Packet.) INSURRECTION OF SLAVES IN THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA. The Mutine, which arrived yesterday evening from Ja maica, was ciftained some days at that island for the pur pose of enabling Lord Belnaote to forward to his Majesty's Government intelligence of an alarming insurrection of the negroes in that island, which commenced at the close of the year 1831. By this conveyance we have received Jimaica Papers to the 6th of January, but the accounts contained in them are so wildly and unconnectedly given, that we have found much difficulty in gleaning the fol -I..wing particulars of the dreadful proceedings which have taken place. It appears that a spirit of insubordination was first dis played by the negroes in the parishes of St. James and Trelawny. The slaves of the former parish destroyed the trash-houses, and set fire to all the buildings and works on fifteen estates, the whole of which were consumed. Ict Trelawny similar exc sses were committed. All the estates in the neighb our h oo d of Montego Bay were lik ew i se fired. , Intelligence of these proceedings having been communicated to his Excellency the Governor, the Earl of 13elmot e, be proclaimed martial law throughout the island, and de spatched Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, with a body of troops, to the scene of action. Sir Willoughby established his head-quarters at Montego Bay. The militia of the island were also called out. On the 2d of J tn. Capt. Smith, with a detachment of the 22d Regt. came up with a party of rebels, and drove them in all directions, killing 30, and wounding several. On the 4th, a detachment of the 84th Regt. also fell in with a large party, sonic of whom they killed, and the rest dispersed. Colonel Grignon was attacked by a con siderable force of rebels, who advanced upon the troops under his command in four columns. The soldiers re turned the attack by a rapid fire, and the enemy were dispersed with the loss of ten killed and twenty-five wounded , bat still Colonel Grignon felt it necessary to retire to Mon.- tego Bay. These discomfitures of the rebels, and the arrest of some of the leaders and others, who were immediately tried and shot, appears to have produced an impression email the slaves of the impossibility of accomplishing their object , and mins of them returned to their duty. Others, ho'X' ever, took to the interior and other commanding heights', and held communication with the negroes by m e ans 0 : signals. Among the rebels that were shot was a man an' his wife ; in the possession of the latter was found a (11 10' tity of gunpowder and other combustibles, which were iu tended to he used in destroying the town of Montego Beii The burnings were conducted by regular parties, dreO e t , in blue jackets and black cross b e lt s . Capt. Barnet,virn advanced up the hills, address e d severa l o f the rebels WP-1 were standing in groups, to which they replied " Ni r o 4 . War !" The exertions, however, of the regular troops, the litia, and the maroons, had heea so far crowned with suc cess, that it was confidently anticipated the rebels would be brought to surrender. Throughout the accounts we do not find that the lives of the whi.e inhabitants were at all an object of sacrifice. The destruction of property alone seems to have been the 4 intention of the rebels, whose minds, it is said, had b e en led astray by individual+ possessing much more knowledge than negroes in general can be possessed of. The above account is the best which we can gather from our communications, for the glowing and exaggerated style in whi c h the West Indians describe every occurenee almost precludes the po ssibility of coming at the te nth. That the insurrection was of a serious and formidabl e character there can be no question, and that much valu able prop T ry has been destroyed is equally true ; but e ven these circumstances will not justify the use of Linguae like the followiliy, which we quote from the Jamaic a Courant:— " Three Baptist preachers are now in custody, and a s we are satisfied they would no t have been taken into et": tody upon s light grounds by Su. Willoughby Cottons hope he will award them fair and impartial justice. S ll , u° j ug i s , h o wever, too honourable a death for wen viP°l-,..-