The Sun. — London, England, 1832-03-17 00:00:00

PIRIT OF THE API3LIC JOURNALS. The Movement speakers and writers in France will rejoice at last night's conversation in the House of Lords, as it will enable them to replenish their quiver with some keener arrows aga i n s t M . C as i m i r Perier, than any which they have hitherto dis charged at that very meritorious, hut not very po pular minister. The supply comes from the Duke of Wellington, the last person in the world to be suspected of aiding such allies ; and though his Grace himself always acts according to the rules of honourable warfare, we are afraid that the faction to whom he has presented these shafts svill be able to tip them with poison. The ?mope which they will then inflict, with such weapons, on public cha rae.er in France, will not be confined to one minis try or to one minister, but extend to the king and to every (et of servants whom his Majesty has called to his councils since the late revolution. We need not remind our readers that no greater enormity in the eyes of the Movement party could have been committed by any French ministry than an attempt to stifle the Belgic revolution, or to restore the dominion of the Orange family over the Belgic provinces. M. Perier felt this so much, that in order to gain popularity for the councillors of his Sovereign, ha has lately used some freedom with edicial truth, and represented the revolution of July at Paris as always affectionate to her daughter —the revolution of September in Brussels. The Duke of Welling ton, on the contrary, speaking from official recollec tion, and confirmed by Lord Grey, speaking from official documents, shows that the French Govern ment, down to the period when his Grace left ofiice, always professed its desire to contribute to the restoration of the House of Nassau, and to revive those treaties which united Holland and Belgium under one chief. The admission of the Duke's statement, therefore, gives a double blow—it wounds the popularity of M. Leffitte's cabinet, and attacks the veracity of M. Perier. It cannot be too much regretted that so able a man as the present Prime nister of France should have given way to such a political clap-trap, and should have addressed to the Chamber, without consulting official documents, statements which the papers in his own of ice were able to disprove- At the same time, we ere not altogether convinced of the prudence or wisdom, in a professed lover of peace, of emblazoning this inaccuracy at the present moment, and thus furnish ing arms to the partisans of war. The Noble Duke's perspicuous narrative contains facts with which the world was yet imperfectly acquainted. It was generally known that Louis Philip, on his accession, wrote autographs to all the Sovereigns, declaring the resolution of his Government to ad here to existing treaties; but it was not so generally Toown that the first Ministers alert the revolution had acted so cordially to maintain inviolate or to re store those conventions which created the kingdom of the Netherlands. His Grace, therefore, has been actually obliged to acccuse them of being more up right and honest than their own colleague, who was in the King's council, though he (lid not hold a portfolio a , the early period of these transactions. The Noble Duke mentioned three periods in which the French Government offered to co operate with the British to maintain the in tegrity of the Netherlands, and to extinguish the Belgic revolt. lit, When the Prince of Orange arrived at Brussels; 2d, when he left Brussels for the Hague; and 3d, when Prince Frederick made his unsuccessful attack en that capital. These pe riods are so near each other, and two of them are so identified, that we tray conclude the offer to be only one and the same. The revolt broke out on the 26th of August ; the Prince of Orange entered 13russels on the Ist of September, and left it on the 3d, and the attack of Prince Frederick was made on the 24th and three following days of the same month, Till the disastrous iestie of this assault, no propo sition had been made by the most violent Belgic revolutionist to separate the Crowns; all would have been satisfied with a separate administration of the two sets of provinces. Even after the repulse from Brussels, the Belgic Deputies to the State-General still lingered at the Hague with Orange cockades in their hats, and consulting about the means of establishing a separate administration under the same Crown. It was therefore no great stretch of generosity in the French Government to offer aid when the Belgic revolution was not quite sure of success. But the Duke's statement does not stop here. His Grace tells us that so late as towards the end of November, when he left office, and even up to February, 1831, France held out the same offers; and here the divergence of accounts and the (Ili culty of reconciliation begin!. The bombardment of Antwerp happened on the 27th of October, the Belgic National Congress met on the Bth or 10th of November, and, after a few sittings, decreed the ex pulsion, for ever, of the family of Nassau. If France, therefore, at this time proposed to co-ope• rate in the interest of an Orange settlement, it could only be by one of those hated revolutions denomi nated "a restoration." Against this charge the French Cabinet will find it most difficult to defend its conduct. But the weight of the accusation will be diminished by the admission of his Grace and the explanation of Earl Grey, that the idea of force was from the beginning abandoned, and that the re storation contemplated roust have been one to be brought about by peaceful means and friendly inter position. In the midst of disclosures and contradic dictions, which are irritating enough in their own nature, and which faction in France may so easily inflame, it was gratifying to hear the manner in which both the Noble Speakers dwelt on the high character of the French nation, and the value of its friendship in preserving the general peace. The compliment paid to the power, the resources, and the spirit of the people, may well indemnify our gal lant neighbours for any suspicion thrown on the scrupulous veracity of their Prime Minister, though we cannot, with Eat' Grey, allow any doubt to be thrown on the authenticity of the Minister's speech, or any excuse to be drawn from the nature of the channel by which it was published to the world. We called 11. Perier's speech at the time a mani festo ; and as it was read by him, and the manu script was sent to the Monitettr, its accuracy can not be for an instant questioned.— Times. To the remarks which we made yesterday on the subject of Mr. Hunt's motion res•pecting the Man chester massage, 'nay tie added, that not only he by whose approbation the proceeding was chiefly stamped is no more, but that his fellow Ministers are generally beyond the reach of human tritnnals or investigation. Lord Liverpool and Mr. Canning are gone; and it is a deep-seated enmity which the death of the offenders cannot assuage. The odia in ;ongum jaciens,quce reconderet auctaque promeret, at least implies that there should be some one living, —some important and marked personage surviving, —on whom the hoarded vengeance may fall. With respect t o t h e ver di cts o b ta i ne d at t h e t i me , t h ey did not operate any change in our conviction, nor are they calculared, in our (opinion, to alter the character of the transaction ; for though a very ge neral indignation was excited in the people by the blood which was s h ed, yet we all know the power of Government, and more especially of a Govern ment so endowed with patronage as was that of the old Tories, in procuring cflicial absolution t o it self and 1:s adherents f or any act of tyranny, cruelty, or oppression. An in s t ance, i ndeed, was exhibited the other day by a hoary survivor of the faction, which lets us fully into the mi n d s o f t h e whole tribe of them. He thought it a su&icient justification of himself for having hewed place upon place, on a son who had never done anything to serve his coun try, that the offices were only in reversion, and that some of them his son had not yet obtained,—as if it were a merit on the part of the donor, that Provi dence had not swept away the lives which stood between him and the objects of his rapacity. A kind of defence was set up of the employment of spies by Government, or rather a palliation offered of the practice. Upon this we can only say, that bad Go vernroents employ them, and that spies are in requisi tion in the exact propot tion in which Governments or Administrations are bad. The great Elizabeth and tter able Ministers certainly employed them; but it was at a peculiar era, and when her hie, upon which the Protestant succession hung, was sought by the darkest arts : in ordinary times she would have, ;corned them. And, be it observed, it is not charged upon Ministers, neither was it ever charged by this journal, that the spies were employed by them for the purpose of exciting the sedition which was afterwards to be punished. They were em ployed, we will allow, simply t'^ detect the sedition; hut if none existed; what became of their trade ? The spies had, therefore, a direct and personal in terest in making the food they had to feed upon. But if such wretches as Castles are] Oliver had no right to be present at !he Manchester meeting, and other asserntelagts of the people legally convened, neither had Mr. Hunt. The people of England are an instructed people. If they have grievances to complain of, they are capable of making their complaints known in their respective districts, townships, or counties, without the assistance of aliens. What no. d to send from Man chester to L ., ndon for a man to tell the pec ple of the latter place whether they suffer ? or what they suffer ? and how they are to redress their sufferings ? It is this very intervention of strangers that render; the introduction of spies into popular assemblies practicable. If neighbour only met neighbour,—if the parishioner his fellow-pa rishioners,---and the constituents their represen tatives, there would be an end of spies and their excitement. It is, in truth, an insult upon an as sembly of Englishaten for any stranger—for any man without possession, habitation, or interest on the spot—to come among them (and more especially to attempt to direct their counsels,) and so to say, by his presence, that they are such a band of fools that they cannot express their own meaning without his aid and in-truction. We wish due regulations were always enforced in this respect. It is even an argument used by some against the existence of any grievance, that the people themselves cannot in every gieen division of the realm detect and expose it, without aid of some itinerant patriot—some dealer in public wrongs by trade.—Titnes. M. Casimir Perier has, we fear, done himself no good by his far-famed speech on the foreign relations of France. We may observe, in passing, that the came allowance is not to be made for this speech which is properly made to the reported speeches in our Parliament : it is a written document, prepared with care, and read to the Chamber. The Duke of Wellington succeeded last night in proving that the whole of the statement of M. Perier, regarding Bel gium, was false from beginning to end, if there were any truth in the language held by the French Government to the Government of this country. The gist of the statement of M. Perier is, that Frarce, by encouraging the revolution in Belgium, and declaring that she would resist an armed inter ference, was the salvation of that country. " If said the Duke of Wellington) the King of the French encouraged the revolution in Belgium, he broke a solemn treaty, not only with this country, hut with the King of the Netherlands. But the fact was directly other wise. If the Noble Earl would g rant the pipers, with a motion for which he (the Duk e of Wellington) should conclude, it would appear that from the moment at which the revolution in Belgium broke out, to the latest hour that the last Government was in office, the French Go vernment never did promote or encourage the Revolution in Belgium. On three different occasions the French nister had voluntarily declared that measures had been taken by that Government to prevent any assistance being given to the rebellious Belgians ; and no party in France had ever c:4ltemplated the fitness of affording assistance. Up to the very last moment that he (the Duke of Welling trn) was in office, the French Government was anxious to a degree, in some manner or other, to re-establish the House of Orange in Belgium. Even in the January after the dissolution of the last Cabinet, a letter from the Prince of Orange showed that an attempt had been made by the French Government to maintain the authority of the House of Orange." Earl Grey, while he resisted the production of the correspondence moved for by the Duke, on ac count of inconvenience to the public service, ad mitted the correctness of his statement. I-le said, " He could not be called on to explain the speech of the French Minister, and at tt,e same time it wa.. not ex pedient for him to make any harsh comments upon it. He might, however, say that he had looked over the correspon dence to which the Noble Duke r, (erred both before and since the notice, and that the statement in the speech of Al. Casimir Perier was not correct. He was not sure that the pass tge read by the Noble Duke positively bore the ecnstruction put open it; and if he (Earl Grey) ad mitted that France did aid the Belgian Revolution, it cer tainly followed as a consequence that the Ministry of that country had been guilty of a breach of good faith He (Earl Grey) lead no hesitation in subscribing implicitly to the statement of facts made by the Noble Duke. The French Government not only did not profess to encourage, but expressly dis claimed all interposition. The whole correspondence, as the N,ble Duke Lad stated, was conducted in an amicable spirit, and if it were not presumptuous in him (Earl Grey) to say so, he might add, that the proceeding was highly to the honour of the Government of the Noble Duke.— (Cheers.) Not only was there no evidence of intention to interfere, but the evidence was most complete that, on an application from the Government of the Netherlands for military assistance fr m this country, it was immediately and at once refused." We are glad to find that the Duke of Wellington comes out so clear in the affair of Belgium ; for the language in the speech from the throne, and, still more, his own speech on the address, led to a gene ral suspicion that foul play was in contemplation with regard to Belgium. We shared with many the belief, that the change of Ministry deranged the plan of the alliance, and led to the independence of Belgium. Injustice, however, has, it seems, been done to the Noble Duke, and we ale now bound to look upon him in another light. In his Grace's reply, he very properly discriminated between the speech of M. Perier and common speeches, observing that it was the written speech of the Minister, and had been circulated by authority. In that reply, his Grace, in order to deprive the French Minister of the benefit of a sort of hypothetical apology of fered for his mis-statement by Earl Grey, declared roundly, that " it would be found that at the mo ment the supposed threats were made, we were on !he most friendly footing with the French Govern ment, and on the most friendly footing with all the Ministers of Foreign Powers at Paris, and all the Ministers of Foreign Powers here; and if there had been any intention of an armed interference against France in any quarter whatever, the Government here must have known of it, and so they must had there been any jealousy shown towards that Go vernment. He took that opportunity of declaring most distinctly, that he did not know of the inten tion of any Power to employ an armed interference with the Belgian revolution ; nor did he know any thing whatever of any threat of France directed against any Power that might be inclined so to in terfere." These revelations will neither serve to raise the character of M. Perier, nor will they tend to make Louis Philip popular with the French nation. It is now generally believed that Louis Philip betrayed the Italian Patriots, but it has not certainly been hitherto understood in France that he was from the beginning so eager for the success of the King of the Netherlands. To speak in homely language, the Duke has fairly let the cat out of the bag. " They were fully convinced of the sincerity of the French Cabinet, for the Ambassador in London had expressed his fears that his Court would not be able to maintain peace if there were any armed interference by other natiotis in the affairs of Belgium." This is Prince Talleyrand all over. You see, Gentlemen, however eager we are for the success of the King of the Netherlands (and we have all along left no doubt on this point), were there to be an armed interference by other nations in the affairs of Belgium, the people of France might take it into their heads that the interference would not stop with Belgium, and reduce Louis Philip to the alternativ e of either abandoning his throne or going to war with his allies. By such an armed interference you would only give the ascendancy to the republicans, from whom you have much to dread, while you have nothing to dread from 11F. We are well disposed towards the King of the Netherlands, arid would gladly see an end I put to the independence of Belgium.; but we must Jat he same time take care not to allow our par. tiality to the houst-01-Naserau___to prove destructive to ourselves. This is the plain English of the ob. nervation of the wily old FOx. But why this anx iety to damage M. Perier just now ? We cannot help thinking that a strong suspicion is at this time entertained that he is now on a uew tack. The object of the Duke's speech is to destroy his credit with the liberals; and Earl Grey's apology for him reminded us of the proverb, " save me from my friends." The European aristi;cracy must deem the French Minister a firma' frere. The Duke of Wellington did riot like the part of the speech which related to Ancona. It smells of propagandism. In the mean time it is clear that M. Casimir Perier has given to the world a view of the conduct of France in the case of Belgium, which the facts do not bear out.—Morning Chronicle. Though Mr, Hunt's motion on Thursday night respecting the massacre was, in our judgment, ill timed, having been brought forward at a period when Ministers had already enough to contend with, sse think it will not be without its use. The motion, it is true, was negatived, and by a large majority; but one thing was very clearly manifested in the course of the discussion, and that is, that opinion has undergone a very cmsiderable change within the walls of Parliament since they used to echo with the praises of those valiant persons who had proved their valour upon an unarmed, defenceless, and peaceable multitude, whose only crime consireed in their numerical display. We hail this change of tone as the harbinger of better feelings and better times. It now appears that the "Heroes of Peterloo" must henceforward be satis fied with a very different appellation. The most that could be done for them was to appeal to the length of time that had elapsed, and invoke the Christian spirit of forgiveness to interpose be tween them and the punishment due to their atroci ties. This invocation we cannot, as Christians, disapprove, but great outrages live long in the minds and in the passions of men, and though the trans actions at Manchester may possibly be forgiven, they never will be forgotten by those who hate the wan ton and wicked effusion of human blood. It is far from our wish to revive angry feelings, but the fact is, that the feelings produced by the affair of Man chester have never been buried, and the tone of the late discussion in Parliament will do more to ap-. pease them, by showing that they are held in proper abhorrence, than if the sufferers or their surviving friends were left solely to their own reflections. The time, we think, is not far distant when Parliament will deem it necessary to take some further step, not, perhaps, with a view to the punishment of in dividuals, but in order to pronounce an opinion upon the transaction which shall stamp it with its proper character. The Legislature can only wash its hands of the pollution by denouncing it to the world.— Morning Herald. Our readers will perceive, on referring to the Parliamentary report, that the Duke of Wellington brought forward his motion last night with respect to the speech of the French Minister, M. Casimir Perier. It will scarcely fail to strike them in the perusal of this debate how differently the Duke of Wellington treats the momentous question of our foreign affairs from his bilious colleague Lord Aber deen. Upon this question, as upon all others, the Duke of Wellington went directly to the point. He detailed the conduct of his own Govenment in con junction with that of France, and, in reference to the transactions alluded to, with the candour that be came him, toe proud (though he beats not to be the descendant of Kings) to indulge in a perpetual snarl at those who have succeeded him in office. Bat the report will do more credit to his Grace as a politician than any thing we could say of him. It will be difficult for the French Minister to get him self out of the dilemma in which he is placed, unless there was some mistake in the published account of Iris statement.--I.llorning Herald. Thanks to the upright spirit which is now begin ning to pervade the Magistracy of the metropolis, its inhabitants are likely to be soon freed from one of the most noxious pests with which it was ever assailed— -we mean the pest of those wretches known as common informers, who play tricks in order to enable themselves to lay informations with some grace of truth, but whose only object is to extort money at all hazards, and who, when they happen to be exposed by the press, are actually the first, in the teeth of the decision of the Magistracy, to seek out vagabond pettifogging attorneys, who will undertake, for the mere chance of bare costs, to bi ig actions in their name against it. There was a tolerable show-up of these gentlemen at Bow-street on Thursday; and one almost equally satisfactory yesterday; but both together are only a salving of the sore from which the community suffers. The law, which authorises informations on the part of persons who have an interest in them, is, in all cases a bad law, as well as a libel upon the community ; and until that law, or rather that principle of many laws, has been altered, the Magistrates will exert themselves in vain to put down false informations and false swearing. The law is the spirit which gives them birth, and nothing but the extinction of its principle of reward will relieve the holiest part of the community from the dreadful scourge of unjust informations from the dishonest part of it. — Morning Adverliier. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. FALMOUTH PACKET ESTABLISHMENT. REPORT FROM VICE-ADMIRAL SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM, K.C.B. TO THE ADMIRALTY, RESPECT. ING THE PACKET SERVICE AT FALMOUTH, DATED JANUARY 16, 1832. Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm having proceeded to Falmouth, in compliance with the instructions of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated 24th Dec., 1831, to visit the Packet Station at that port, and to make a particular and rigid inquiry into the whole system of the Packet Service concentrated there, makes the fol lowing report of his inspection and inquiries for their Lordships' information. 1. The Vice-Admiral having examined into the num ber of packets employed for carrying the mails to the several stations, and having inspected the logs of the packets in port, and conversed with their officers, is of opinion, that, if the present system be continued (upon which the Vice-Admiral will by-and-bye offer his obser vations), a reduction cannot he made in their number con sistently with the punctual despatch and return of the mails. 2. The expense, on ler all circumstances, of a hired packet, and of a ten-gun brig, or King's packet, having been ascertained, the difference is shown in the annexed statements; and the Vice-Admiral having mustered the crews of and inspect e d all the Kin g 's pack e ts i n p or t, considers that a second master on board each vessel, in ad dition to her present officers, is much wanted ; that they are in other respects properly manned, and that neither their officers nor crews are capable of reduction, with out hazarding their safety, or retarding their equipment or passages; hut he is of opinion that they are rather too small for packets. 3. The Vice -Admiral having made a minute inquiry into the whole scale of public expenditure at Falmouth relating to the Packet Service, both as regards the establishment of the Astraea ; the repairs of the packet vessels ; the expenditure of stores and materials, and the number and rhscription of artificers employed; and having carefully investigated these several points, he has no llesitation in stating that the establishment of the Astrce I is efficient as well as economical ; that with the highly judicious arrangement of Captain King, the re pairs' of the packets are made considerably cheaper than they could be effected by sending the vessels to Ply mouth, for their defects to be completed ; that the ex penditure of stores and materials is comparatively small (the strictest economy being observed in their consump tion) ; that the keeping of thirty-four packets in good condition with so few artificers, who are paid no extra wages for their work, is very satisfactory ; and that it is not possible to make any alteration or reduction in this system without detriment to the public service. 4. The Vice-Admiral, having made every inquiry with reference to the e mployment of steam p.ckets to convey the Mediterranean mails, as to the skill of the engineers resident in the neighbourhood of Fahnouth, and their competency for the repairs of steam-engines and machinery connected with them, and having also visited the foundry at Perran, within a short distance of the port, is enabled to state distinctly, that the engineers are very skilful, and quite competent for their repairs to any extent, which could be executed for full one-third leas than the chargeis made at Portsmouth or in the River Thames. They could aka make excellent boilers at several places in Cornwall ; but although they always manufacture all their engines and machinery for the mines, it would be neces sary that they should have some experience in putting up marine machinery, before they could be con sidered quite equal to the making of every thing complete for a steam vessel. In the event of their Lord ships deciding upon the repairs of the steam packets being inaee at Falmouth, the Vice• Admiral begs to recommend Mr. Thomas Ward for the appointment of superintendent of the machinery, this person being a particularly skilful engineer, and being well known to Captain King, who has had many opportunities of estimating his usefulness. 5. With regard to the question, whether the two King's packets, and the three hired packets exclusively appropriated to the Lisbon station, might not, with equal efficacy, be superseded, by substituting two steam packets in lieu, taking into consideration the delay occasioned to sailing packets, by contrary winds and had weather ; and also whether by combining the Lisbon and the Mediter ranean stations, three, or at most four, good steaming packets might not he sufficient for the due performance of both services ; the Vice-Admiral suggests, that four steam packets, of between 100 and 500 tons, and of 140-horse power each vessel, would be quite sufficient for these services, if the communication with Lisbon he established for every alternate Friday, instead of weekly; that the packet, however, going to the Mediterranean should not take the Lisbon mail, nor should she any loop call at Cadiz, her touching there being attended with mucti inconvenience and delay; but she should proceed direct to Gibraltar, and stop there two days to fill up her coals ; thence to Malta and Corfu, and stop three days at the former and two at the latter place, and three again at Malta on her return, and two at Gibraltar ; her stay at Malta for three days would be necessary, to clean and to make good any defects in her boilers and machinery. The stations for supplies of coals should not, at present, be changed ; but when each vessel, from her improved capa city, could conveniently carry a quantity for twenty days consumption, then Gibraltar should be the only depot far them, which would be much more convenient for the steamers, and would cause a considerable saving of ex pense ; and thu Vice-Admiral understands, that if the ex periments now on trial in the Echo and Flamer, succeed, the consumption of coal will be lessened nearly one-third. The steamer for Lisbon should go no further than that station ; stopping there three days, and then returning to Falmouth. She would carry an ample soppy of coals for her voyage out and home. By allowing fifty days for the Mediterranean packet, and twelre for the Lisbon vessel to be absent from Fal mouth, the two services could be performed efficiently with fiJur steamers, each steamer taking her chance of station, as shown in the scheme marked (E.) It may not, however, be thought advisable at present to stop the steamers communicating with Cadiz, still there can he no doubt, that even with her calling there, four perfectly efficiently vessels would be equal to the perform. ance of the ditties of both stations. But the Vic,-Admiral begs to submit for their Lordships' consideration another arrangement, which, under all eircumatanc-s, could not fail to be advantageous to the public service. A s peedy communication now, between England and Greece, is cer tainly very desirable ; and it is not improbable that it will soon be important, that a direct conveyance to and from that country should he established. The plan, therefore, should he, that the present strain packet from England should go no further than Malta, should stop there three days, and then return to Falmouth ;th a steamer of 100 horse power should be stationed at Malta, to take on the mails and despatches arriving by the packet, as well those for the lonian Islands, as those for Greece ; and that her route should be from Malta, to Zante, Patras or Corinth (the latter place in pref-rence, it being only a six hours journey from Napoli, where his Majesty's Resident real 'es), Ce phalonia, Santa Ahura and Cortia ; returning by the same route, so as to ensure her being again at Malta in time to meet the following month's packet from England. A comparative estimate of the expenses between steam ing and sailing vessels for the Lisbon and Meditterranean services, the Vice-Admiral has been able to form, pretty accurately, from the documents he has had before him, from the informa'ion be has obtained, and from his own personal observations ; and lie has no doubt of the result being in favour of a steam communication. • - - - 6. The regulation now in force, by which the officer commanding one of the Mediterranean steam packets, lurnishes the vessel at his own cost, and draws a large portion of the passage money even from King's offi cers taking passages on board King's ships, and proceeding on the King's service, is only fair towards the officer, and is not disadvantageous to the public service ; but the Vice- Admiral submits, that their Lordships should reserve to themselves the authority of ordering a passage in each ves sel, for two officers, upon their (the officers) payin ,, at the rate of his. a day for the time they may be embarked ; and this authority should also be given to the Commander in-chief, or senior officer in the Mediterranean, and it should be applied likewise to all the King's sailing packets; it should extend also to the Lisbon steamers (when they are established), and their Commanders should pay to the Government one-half of the whole amount of the passage money received on each voyage, as is required from the Commanders of the Mediterranean vessel. It is desirable, too, that it should be understood that quarter-deck petty officers may always be afforded passages in the King's packets, and be victualled according to the King's regu lations. The manner ire which bullion is generally stowed away in the packets front South America is the best adapted to their capacity ; and the Vice-Admiral is of opinion that 18 tons (about 692,300 dollars) is the greatest weight of treasure a packet, whether a King's or hired packet, may with safety convey across the Atlantic. It appearing that these packets often take out from Falmouth, each ten tons of quicksilver, the Vice-Admiral thinks it too large a quantity, and that they should not take more than seven tons ;'considering that the vessels are quite full of provi sions and stores on their sailing to last for their whole ab sence from England; while on their voyage home, how ever, their stock is but just enough fur the passage. 7. The Vice-Admiral having made a rigid inquiry as to what extent a contraband trade is carried on through means of the Picket Service, is satisfied, that with the exception of a few boxes of cigars, and small quantities of arrow root and tapioca found amongst the seamen occa sionally, and which are almost always seized on board the vessels immediately on their arrival, there is nothing con traband brought home in the packets ; and it is a fact, that the value of the seizures altogether made in the dis• trict of Falmouth, and lodged in the Custom-house, does not exceed 3801. at each quarter's sale. 8. Having informed himself thoi.mghly on the several points connected with the system of the Packet Service, as it now stands, and as it existed prior to the change, the Vice-Admiral has no difficulty in showing, that the pre sent mode is far from being more expensive than the old plan of conducting the service by hired packets. It is true that, taking the King's packet, individually, she will appear to cost a little more than the hired vessel ; but it is known that the whole of the Picket Service is now per formed by 34 sailing vessels and three strainers ; that the packet stations have been considerably extended since the transfer, thereby causing a very great increase of duty; and that there were no less than 39 hired packets em ployed prior to the change, it must be evident, that the present system is less expensive than the former mode to a large amount. Contrasting, also, the extraordinary de ' lays frequently in the sailing of the hired packets, with the degree of great punctuality, and rapid despatch observed now in the delivery of the marls at home and abroad, and looking likewise to the almost entire suppression of smug gling, which existed to an alarming extent, on Captain King's arrival at Falmouth, to enter upon the duties of his appointment, even large quantities of gunpowder having, in several instances, been found stowed away in different places e l s e e t a t ea tl e i e s i n nn t e h n e t packet decks, over rt heold s t y h s e t e rnar are advantages too of obv i t o h u e sex istingtto be questioned. The Vice-Admiral feels it his duty now to state to their Lordships that to Captain King's unwearied and praise worthy exertions, and to his excellent regulations (wit's the whole of which even the commanders of the few re maining hired packets speak in the strongest terms of satisfaction) , is to be attributed the perfect efficiency of the Packet Service, and the check to the contraband trade which existed in it; and that that officer's superior judg ment and through knowledge of the duties of his situation, cannot fail to be highly beneficial to the public service on all occasions. The whole of the points alluded to in their Lordships' instructions being now fully answered, the Vice-Admiral begs to suggest the following changes in the disposition of several of the packets, which he presumes will not only improve the system of communication, but will also cause a large saving of expense. In the first place, there arc no less than 1 4 sailing packets employed to convey the mails from Falmouth to the Brazils anti Buenos Ayres; now, if a steam-vessel of 120-horse power were stationed to run between Rio and Buenos Ayres, she would immediately, on the packet's ar rival at Rio, take down the mail to Buenos Ayres (a dis tance of about 700 miles), and return to Rio in very' good time, with the letter bags for the packet, upon which that vessel would sail for England without further delay. By this arrangement six sailing packets might be dispensed with, and an annual saving caused of 8,0001. Paltangers going in the sailing packet from England to Buenos Ayres, as well as those embarking at that place to return in the packet to England, should have their pas- Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County cij Kent. West Kent Regiment of Militia. Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. K. Shaw, Bart., to be Colonel, vice the Mat quis Camden, resigned. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. RICHARD THORNTON, Horsham, Sussex, common brewer. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. HENRY JOHNSON, Oaklands, Sussex, timber-merchant. JAMES JENNER, Southtown, Suffolk, miller. BANKRUPTS. JOHN LOUND, Hooper-street, Westminster-road, victualler, to surrender, March 24, at eleven, and April 27, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fry, Child's-place, Temple-bar. J OLIN GOATEE, High Holborn, victualler, March 27, at one, and April 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrnptcy. Willis Sloane-square, Chelsea. JOIIN EDAI AN'S, Strand, cheesemonger, March 23, at one, and April 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cole, Ser jeant's Inn Fleet-street. GEORGE JAMES DEPREE, Savoy Wharf, Strand, paviour, March 22, at eleven, and April 27, at one, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy. Watson and Broughton, Falcon-square. t - a s t t r eleven,eet B adt- thetree t o mercer, urt m S ir A ct :N , l 23 U , EL at of B an k ruptc y. Turner, Basing - Lane , Cheapside. THO M A S WOODFIELI), White-street, Moorfields, horse dealer, March 27, at two , a nd A p ril 27, at twelve, at the Court of i lA three,l t E and rT N' April(7o'l Conduit-street, Bankruptcy. Waller, Finsbury-Circus. JAMES FISHER, Regent-street, Marylebone, hatter, April 5, and 27, at half-past ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Scott, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. JONATHAN REYNOLDS, Union-street, New Hoxton, coal. dealer, April 5, and 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Scott, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. PHILIP COPE,West Bromwich, Staffordshire, chemist, March 31, and April TI, at eleven, at Itadenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Whitehouse, Castle-street, Holborn; Weston, Birmingham. WILLIAM BODMIN and JOHN CARI 4 ARDINE, Bris tol, soap-manufacturers, March 26, and April 27, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. WILLIAM CRISP, Bath, innkeeper, April 10, and 17, at one, at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath. Stothert, Bath ; Wood house and Weston, King's-Bench-walk, London. THOMAS SALT, Birmingham livery-stable-keeper, April 4,5, and 27, at one, at the Globe Tavern, Birmingham. Bigg, Southampton-buildings, London ; Haywood, Birmingham. JOHN TAYLOR, Nottingham, boot-maker, March 27, and April 17, at eleven, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Wood, Nottingham ; Haslam and Bischoff, Copthall-court, London. DIVIDENDS. J. Davis, Chelsea, Middl esex , t a ll ow - c h a ndler, April Cl, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Fellowes, Aldersgate-street, broker, March 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Shirly, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, w ine-merchant, April 9, at one, at the Cou r t of B a nkruptcy—J. Bennell, Kennington lane, Surrey, boarding house-keeper, April 9, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Backhouse, Great St. Helen's, insurance -broker, April 9, at ten, at the Court of Bank ruptcy-1. Marsh, Tutbury, Staftbrdshire, grocer, April 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—E.R. Buchanan, Stow market, Suffolk, malster, corn-merchant, April 7, at eleven, at the Suffolk Hotel, Ipswich—R. Vann, B rauns tone, Northampton , coal-merchant, April 9, at eleven, at the Office of Wratislaw, Rugby—W. Farr, Bristol, silversmith, April 11, at one, at the offices of Messrs. Savery and Clark, Bristol —W. C. and J. Daughtrey, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, carpet.manufac turers, April 9, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Hartlebury— T. Dobsn, sen , John Dbson, and T. Dobson, jun.,ider minster,o Worc'estershire,o carpet-nianurACCUrerg, April 9 d at two, at the 'White Hart Inn, Hartlebury—R. Jhnson, Liverpool, painter, April 16, at one, at the Clarendon Ro o oms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES —APRIL G. J. Tonge, Grappenhall, Cheshire, dealer—C. F. Davis, Nail, worth, Gloucestershire, clothier —W. Emans, Birmingham, Warwickshire, bookseller —W. J. de Buck, Broad-street-build ings, merchant—J. Van Zeller, New Broad-street, City, m u , chant—J. Lloyd, Liverpool, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Israel and J. Brunning, WhitechaPel High-street, but. chers—T. Heath and R. Court, Clack, Wiltshire, tailors—R. Clarke and W. Bailey, Stockton, Durham, attorneys—J. and II Macintyre, Liverpool, provision-merchants—.W. Bartleet and J. Clarke, Redditch, Vs orcestershire, needle.manufacturers—C. Donne, sen., and C. Donne, jun., Castle Cary, Somersetshire, flax-spinners—W. Heath and W. Watson, Aldgate , er.3— W. Morley and J. Smith, Sheffield sawyers—ll. Ro senberg and G. I. Ascher, York, jewellers—'r. Smith and .1. Gower, Batter, StivieX, blacksmiths—J, and J, Hope, Manchei. sage free in the steamer; but any taking a passage in her, merely from one place to the other, should pay 201. for the cabin, and 101. for steerage accommod•.tion, one-half of which the commander of the steamer should retain, to cover his expenses, and the other half he should remit to Captain King on the Government account; and the com mander of the sailing packet should pay to the commander of the steamer 101. cabin, 5/. steerage, for each passenger removed from his vessel, and for each one brought to him from Buenos Ayres. . The North American packet which now proceeds from Falmouth, first to Halifax, thence to Bermuda, and back to Halifax, and thence returns home, has too much work to execute, and in the winter months a very hazardotn service to perform. Her going to Bermuda at all (and she cannot go there and return to Halifax in less than twenty five days) seems to answer no important purpose; and her further detention too, of ten days at Rrlifax for the Washington mail-boat, appears to be quite unnecessary; the Vic. , Admiral proposes, in consequence, that this packet should go only to Halifax, wait there eight days for all letters coming for her in that time, and then return to Falmouth direct. On her arrival at Halifax, the Wash ington mail-i,oat and a small schooner from Bermuda should he there to take on their mails; and the answers from those places would be brought home by the succeed ing packet, and would certainly reach England in about the same time as they do under the present arrangement. This change would enab'e Captain King to execute the service with duce instead of f, or packets. Now with regard to the Mexican packet, there can be no doubt that her going front Vera Cruz to Tampico, and back to Vera Cruz is a complete waste of time; the Vice- Admiral therefore submits, that she should wait at Vera Cruz long enough for the mail from Mexico, and then go to Tampico; thence to the Havannah, and from the latter place sail for England. This packet calls also at Belize, and in doing so loses a great deal of time and risks her safety, the coast about it being extremely dangerous; the Vice-Admiral has not been able, however, to ascertain satiss factorily the importance of her touching there; but it is clear to him, that instead of her doing so, a small vessel from Jamaica should take down the mail, and return with the answers. By this arrangement, and by the change proposed in her route, five instead of six packets would perform the service cleverly, and would cause a further saving of expense. In addition to the various papers already referred to the Vice-Admiral annexes several others relating to the Packet Service, which may be useful and interesting to their Lordships. (Signed) PUTNEY MALCOLM, London, Jan. 16, 1832. Vice-Admiral. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. ST. JAMES'S PALACE,MAscH 14. This day the Baron de Langsdortf, 'Minister Plenipotentiary from his Royal Highness the Gram! Duke of Hesse, and from his Highness the Electoral Prince and Co-Regent of Hesse Cassel, had a private audience of his Majesty to take leave pro fonor : to which he was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir H. Chester, Knt., Master of the Ceremonies. WHITEHALL, FEB. 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Atkins, of Tor [uay, in the county of Devon, Gent. to be a Master Extraor linary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MARcti 10. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John William Butterton, of Drayton in Hales, in the county of Salop, Gent, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, Martcri 16, 1812. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain William Warbur ton Huntley, from the half-pay of the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, paying the difference between the full-pay of Ca valry and Infantry, vice Warrington, dated March 16, ir?:3.2. I:ffh Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet G. J. Walker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tnurold, appointed to the Ts3d Regiment. J. Cox, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Walker, March 16. 15th Light Dragoons—Lieut -Col. J T. Lord Brudenell, from the half-pay, to be Lieut -Colonel, vice J. Thackwell, who ex changes, receiving the difference, March 16. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guarcs—Capt. P. S. Stan hope to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Charle wood, who retires ; Lieut. Hon. A. F. Foley to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Stanhope ; Hon. J. Lindsay to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Foley, March 16. 35th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. H. D. Griffith, from the half. pay, to be Lieutenant, vice D. L. Cox, who exchanges, receiv ing the difference, March 16. 41st Foot—Ensign E Darvall, from the half-pay of the 60th Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Kemble, appointed to the 67th Regiment, March 16. 56th Foot—Captain T. 0. Partridge, from the 77th Regiment, to be Captain, vice Nelley, who exchanges, March 16. 63d Foot—Lieut It. Lane to be Captain, by purchase, vice Vicary, who retires ; Lieut. F. Thorold, from the 13th Light Dra goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Lane, March 16. 66th Foot—Lieut. J. M. Russell, from the Sikh Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Healey, who exchanges, March 16. 67th Foot—Ensign G. A. Currie to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Thomson, appointed Adjutant of a Recruiting Dis trict ; Ensign H. Kemble, from the 41st Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Currie ; March 16. 70th Foot—Lieut. S. Whyte to be Captain, without purchase, vice Samson, deceased Ensign J. L. Vvilton to be Lieutenant, vice Whyte; T. C. Timins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilton; Lieut. J. G. Corry to be Adjutant, vice Whyte ; March 16. 73d Foot.—Gentleman Cadet W. B. J. O'Connell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice O'Brien, promoted to the 74th Regiment, March 16. 74th Foot.—Ensign A. O'Brien, from the 73d Regiment, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pocock, who retires, March 16. 77th Foot. —Capt. J. P. Nelley, from the 56th Regiment, to be Captain, vice Partridge, who exchanges, March 16. 79th Foot —Ensign T. !sham, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fulton, promoted •; Henry Lord Cardross to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Isham, March 16. 81st Foot—Major C. F. Maclean to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Creagh, who retires; Capt. R. H. Willcocks to be Major, by purchase, vice Maclean; Lieut. A. Splaine, to i.e Captain, by purchase, vice Willcocks ; Engign J. Gilby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Splaine ; E. Bowyer, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gilby, March 16. 89th Foot—Lieut. R. T. Healey, from 66th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Russell ; Ensign and Adjutaut C. Lee to have the rank of Lieutenant, March 17. 96th Foot—l'. W. Taylor, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blencowe, promoted, March 16. UNATTACHED.—Brevet Lieut.-Col. Lord A. W. M. Hill, from the 2cl Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur chase ; Lieut. It. Fulton, from the 79th Regiment, to be Captain, by purchase; Ensign E. W. Blencowe, from the 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant of Infantry, by purchase. STAFF.—Lieut. J. Thomson, from the 67th Regiment, to be Adjutant of a Recruiting District, vice Hill, deceased. GARRISONS.—Captain A. Halfhide, on the half-pay, to be Fort Adjutant at Honduras. MEMORANDUM.—Lieut. W. Mackenzie, half-pay Nova Scotia Fencible Infantry, has been allowed to retire from the ser vice, by the sale of an Unattached commission. ter, hat-manufaturers—H. Adams and T. Peacock, Toweester, Northamptonshire, grocers—T. Herring and G. Barry, Pulteney bridge, Bath, grocers—W. Wade and R. Wade, POttlea, Southampton, painters. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. • LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) . , SUGAR—The demand for Muscovades this week has been general and extensive, and as only a few thousand hogsheads are on sale, the prices have been forced up 2s. a 3s. the lowest browns in the Market are held at 51s. a 325. the loth6lC sales of the week do not exceed 1,700 hogsheads and tierces. The Refined Market has been in a nominal state, on accurst of the rapid advance of the Raw Sugars; there are, however . , few buyers of Refined, and they only offer 62e. and 635. but the purchases reported are on the most limited scale. For ex portation scarcely any business has taken place, the prices asked being much beyond the limits of the buyers ; some par, eels of large and small Lumps have changed hands about 2s, above the nominal prices of last week, the former having been bought at 625., and the latter at 665. a 68s. by the home trade ; for fine crashed 355. a:t is demanded, but there are no buyers of this description above 30s. a 315., at which price several large orders remain unexecuted. Molasses 265. 6d. a 275. EAST INDIA SUGARS.—The only parcel at public sale thii week was offered yesterday, and consisted of 199 bags Ben. gal, which sold at steady prices ; middling to fine white froitt 265. a 275. 61, damp 255. Since last week there are no arrivals. The sales today, 1,147 bags East India, chiefly da maged, were sold at full prices. FOREIGN SUGARS.—There has only been one small pub lic tale since our last, which consisted of 79 boxes yellow Ha vannah ; this small parcel did not draw much attention, and the prices paid were about Is. under previous transactions, mid. filing to good strong yellow selling from lls. a 245. 6d. ; for white Havannah, as well as Brazils, there is still a good demand, and about 1,500 boxes of the former have been sold from 28s. * 365. for low to good quality; 1,500 boxes white Havannah arc advertised for Friday, the t. ) .-Id inst. This day's sale of Havan. nah Sugar, 150 chests, sold at former prices, 545. for the fine white. WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—There are sales of good De merara Molasses at 265., and this evening %s. Gd. a 275. paid. COFFER—The Coffee Market has been apparently heavy, and the quantity brought forward at public sale has been chief_ ly taken in, yet after the sale yesterday of 4,006 bags Batavia, a considerable proportion was disposed of at 545., which is at full Market prices ; Jamaica descriptions are again Is. a 2s. higher ; coloury St. Domingo and Brazil have been sold in large parcels at 565., a few lots 5Gs. tid. There has been a general improve ment in this article, commencing from last Saturday, when 400 bags good St. Domingo brought 565., being Is. Gd. higher than could have been obtained about a fortnight previously. Some parcels of Brazils have also changed hands privately at a similar advance. The public sales consisted of 81 casks, 147 bags British Plantation, 1,290 bags foreign, and 4,006 bags East India ; Jamaica good ordinary sold from 82s. to 84s. ; Dominica triage 78s. a &Is., fine ordinary 825., middling 87s. a Shy. ; Berbice, middling 888., good mid dling 935., being about 2s. dearer ; St. Domingo coloury good ordinary sold from 565. a 56e. 6d. ; Batavia was bought from .545. to 545. Gd., and partly sold after the sale at the taking.in prices : first class damaged sold from 51s. to 525. ; second class, 48s. a 51s. Gd Late accounts received from the Continent being of an encouraging nature, it is very probable that the present improving state of the Market will be supported. The arrivals only bring 539 bags foreign. This day's sales 631 bags Brazil, of an uncommon good quality, sold 5Gs. a 58s. for fine ordinary coloury, and 625. for ex ra fine. 1,147 bags East India also sold Is. a Is. 6d. higher. RUM, BRANDY, axis HOLLANDS.—The Rum Market is still very brisk, and a further advance of Id. per gallon ob tained ; proof Leewards Is. 7d., asd no large purchases could even be made at that price ; Jamaicas, from the lowest point, are 2d. and 4d. per gallon higher, and yesterday the chief de mand was for the latter, on account of the reduced stock of Leewards. In Brandy or Geneva there is little variation. TALLOW.—The Tallow Market has been very heavy all the week, arid the prices are again rather lower. TOBACCO.—The sales of Tobacco are confined to the home trade. INDIGO.—The Indigo Market is very firm, but there is not quite so much business doing, as the brokers are engaged in in_ spectir g the samples of the next East India salt, which are chiefly of the good and fine qualities ; the sale is not expected to exceed 3,5U0 chests. SILK.—On account of Government not coming to any de. termination, we cannot quote any alteration since our lad. FRUIT.—Some extensive sales of red Smyrna Raisins have been made at about the quotations, which are Is. lower than last week ; Eleme Raisins also (in barrels and drums), just ar rived, have been taken off freely, upw&rds of 600 brls having been sold at the quotatio is, 46-3. a 48s. ; in other descriptions there is no alteration. RlCK—Rice is without alteration. SPlCES.—Spices continue much inquired after, particularly Pepper ; the prices are higher. COTTON.—This day's public sales 1,036 bales 29 half bales Surat Cotton sold at the extreme prices of the Market, ord. to good fair 4 %d. a sd. ; all sold with bri:kness Iha sales are 90 Bengal, good 5d.; 650 Surat, ord. to good 4%d. a 5 d. ; 200 Bowed, mid, to good 5 3 4 d. a 6 d. ;30 Egyptian, good fair 7d. SALTPETRE.—SaItpetre has been in demaud, and the prices are again higher. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the week ending the 13th day of March, 1532, is 275. swd. per Hundred Weight, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. I RICES OF HOPS.—March 18. Kent Pockets 4. la, 6. Os. to 8/. Os. SpFsex Ditto IfFB.X I)ittO _ _ • 41. 10s, 51. 15*. to 61. 15s. Fainliam Ditto, 9/. Os. 121. Os. to 01 Os. Seconds 0/. Os. 71. Os to 91. Os. Kent 41. Os. 5/. 101 to 61. 10s. Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto 3/. 15s 51. Os. to 51. 12s. ,pr It ipe Oil, brown defined L 7 6 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 12 0 Rape Cake, per ton 6 0 PRICES a Per lb. cl. Buttp, English 16 21 Ditto, Foreign 14 18 Dressing Hrdea 13 15i i 6 18 Ditto, light Crop aides, 12 13 to 451 b. 1:1i 15 Ditto l5 lei LEATHER. Per lb. d. to el_ English Horse Hides.. 12 13 Spanish Ditto ................. 14 16 _ Per dozen. __. Calf Skim.. 36 to 4.11 b. 15 23 Ditto ..,...... 50 to 701 b. 17 21 Ditto ..........., 70 to 801 b. Small Seals, Greenland 184 19 Large ditto l2 15 WH 'TECH APEI, HAY AR K. ET.—March 15. Hay Od. to SO,. Od. I 65g Od. to 115 i. Od. 28i. Od. to 5Si. Od. PRICE OF POTATOES—March 16. Ware.w.............., ................, 2/. 54. to 3/. .os. per ton. kidneys ...... Scotch Reds 0/. Os. to U. 10s. ditto. 21. 15s. to 3/. Os. ditto. RAW HIDES. rer Stone. e. d. to s. d. Per Stone. I. d. to e. d. best Heiters&Steere2 2 '2 6 Ordinary 1 6 1 8 10 2 0 Market 6 0 eftch. SHEEP SKINS. 53. 6d. to 7s. Od. I Downs 3s. Od. to 4s. 6d. Shearlings.......... Os. Od. to Os. Bd. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows Candles, per doz. 7s. NI. to Bs. Od. I Moulds, per dozen—.-9s. 6d. Polled PRICE OF TALLOV Town 'fallow 48s. NI Yellow Russia 4ss. Od 445. 6d. Soap Ditto 435. Od. Melted Stuff _ 355. 6d. Ditto Rough 2ls. Od. ', SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Yellow 60a. Od. Mottled 6615• Od. White 74m. Od. Graves 145. Od. Good Graves C9AI. MARK Per Ton. Idair t g ow•Rowevro I Ss. 6d. Bensham Main 16 6 17 6 liolywell, - ..... 19 6 Ord's Redhugh 16 6 Kenton We5t...,..,,..,,,,, 17 0 Pontop Windsor......—. 17 0 St. Lawrence Main 19 6 Canfield l'ownley IS 0 West Hartley 19 0 ‘Villington 20 0 18 0 Walls End Bell & Co.— 20 0 Dittoßell,Robson,&Co. 19 0 Ditto Bewicke and Co. 21 6 Walls End Brown's , 18 0 EniCallerton ...... 17 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0.... 18 0 Walls End Goaforth ...... 21 3 Walls End Hotspur.... 19 0 Ships arrived since ET.—March 16. Per Ton. Walls End 16s. Od. Ditto Killingworth 20 6 Walls End Newmarch.. 20 6 Ditto Northumberland 19 9 Ditto Perkins and C 0.... 20 3 Walls End Riddell's* 21 0 Lambton's Primrose* 20 9 Walls r.nd Hetton 22 9 Walls End Lyons 20 0 Walls End Lainbton...... 29. 9 Walls End Stewart's 23 0 Walls End Adelaide...... 19 6 Walls End Butter Knoll 21 0 W lie End Endon 21 0 Norwood's Hett0n........ 20 6 Walls End 22 0 Hartley 20 0 New klockton, Milne — and Co. 17 6 Old Haigh Moor --... 15 0 Silkstone Field and Co. 18 6 ast market-day, 60. t OUN'lltli CORN MARKETS DURING IHE w,;Ek. Per Quarter. A shburn Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater Bristol Chesterfield Derby Devizes Doncaster Dorchester Hungerford ey.'bury Romsey Shaftesbury Sheldon IVfallet Sherburne._ faunton . Yeovil Beans. 40 48 40 47 40 45 28 '.60 36 42 46 62 42 44 30 43 40 44 48 - 44 36 46 33 44 as ... 32 40 8. d. e. d. ,0 0 00 Per Bushel. Shrewsbury Wheat. I Barley. ; Oats. 62 72 54 70 45 65 54 70 56 60 64 70 61 64 66 70 57 63 54 75 61 64 54 66 46 64 - 75 40 70 55 64 52 62 56 62 58 72 56 s. d. s. d. 89 92 34 40 28 37 32 40 26 t 9 34 33 - - 38 44 28 40 32 43 30 38 28 37 26 39 27 36 27 38 30 36 - 37 34 43 32 38 34 40 4 . d. N. d. 58 60 20 25 24 30 26 ' 20 23 26 32 25 27 21 28 17 26 27 34 18 21) 18 25 20 20 20 32 - 21 28 20 26 22 27 'N) 24 s. d. I. d. 50 00 BIRTHS. On the 13th inst. at Fintray House, Aberdeenshire, the Hen. Lady Forbes, of Craigievar a daughter. On the 15th inst. in Montague-Place, the lady of J. IL Turner, Esq., of a daughter. ()n the 7th inst. at No. 49, Great King -greet, Edinburgh, the a Su o l ' e lady of Lieut.-Colonel F airf a x, of a son . MARRIED. On the 13th inst. J . I C. T y rell O akes, only eon of the Kee. child of o'ffaihstoce Rev. William tx‘l,7lucoatinin4 To of fn 11, Suffolk, B k r t g o h °t , i n Catherine the same county. JamesAnn,° only ak h PHINTFD AND PUBLISHED BY M U RDO YOUNG, AT TAB SW Orrics, 112, STRAND, LONDON,