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.** For a:: inu.‘rzstiFig Article from India, see the Fourth Page. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. ' •Rank Stock 0" I 5 per Cent. Navy Ann... Iffigi 3'per Cent. Red. 7 7 ./i ex div. .3 per Cent. Cons-414j ex dm Bank Long Ann. ...19 7-16ths ah per Cent 88 I 9-16ths 4 - per Cent. 96 I 3 Excheq. Bills 5 pr. India Bonds 775. Cons. for Opening 7814 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 50 minutes after 2. 1 Evening, 15 minutes after 3. PUE . SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, LiNUARY 9, 1822. We received this morning the Paris Journals of Sunday, which bring no confirmation of the report from Frankfort, which stated that the Porte had accepted the Russian ultimatum; but, .on the contrary, contain an article from Peters- Aurgh, in which city it was considered that war - Was inevitable. No business of any importance lits been transacted in the French Chamber of deputies since the presentation of the Law Pro . Ject on the Periodical Press ; and it is supposed that there w ill be no Public Sitting till the close of this week, when the Committee, charged with the examination of that Project, will be ready to make their-Report. . - It is some time since we stated, on the autho rity of information entitled to credence, that the stock: of food required for the sustenance of the Irish. peasantry, is very deficient, in consequence of the failure of the potatoe crops. This alarm ing and deplorable fact is confirmed by the Cork - itiviertiser, received this morning, which attri butf?s the .scarcity to three causes :—First, that tile low prices of potatoes, during the preceding Years, not having remunerated the farmer for the labour and cost of producing them, the cultiva tion of the crop was discouraged, and a . much less quantity of land was planted than usual.- Se condly, that the productiveness of the last year, 'Ai the number of acres actually cropped, was ca nsiderably below the average of former years. 'thirdly, that the extreme wetness of the season l ied destroyed a great portion of the otherwise defective produce, by causing quantities of the Potatoes to rot in the ground before they were dug ) and afterwards in still greater quantities in the Pits. To avert as far as possible the dread ful visitation of famine, the Cork Paper recorn odds the strictest economy in the use of pota toes,—the substitution of bread, rice, and other articles, in th e place of potatoes, in the families of_ the opulent and middle classes the rigorous W ithhOlding of potatoes from swine and cattle, — "(I, above all, the extensive cultivation of early e r°Ps of this important article of colsurnption, 4 ° as to bring the resources of the current y e ar as soon as possible into action.—We beg le ave to- suggest further, that Government s hould institute an immediate inquiry for the Purpos e of ascertaining the actual extent of the `NI, and should take prompt and adequate measures for averting that frightful aggravation °l. Abe existing disorders in Ireland, which must a ttend the progress of famine. Outrages continue t° be perpetrated on an extensive scale, little or 11 0 impression having been produced on the minds the infatuated peasantry by the proceedings of th e Special Commission, and the awful spectacles presented in the executions of the convicted In .34rgents ; and we tremble to think of the conse %knees, if the disturbers should he rendered sti ll more ferocious by want and despair. Of the three causes for the scarcity noticed by the e rk Paper, it is obvious that the second and 0 ' 4 l are aggravated by th e fi rs t. Thi s , there 'tlre, is one practical illustration of the modern f a • sinonable doctrine that abundant harvests are an evi l ') and that it is an evil " against the inconve- Il kuces of which no law can provide." Ireland, tt a ppears, was of late years cursed with plenty, 414 1 th e plenty was so grievous that it has led to ise opposite curse of scarcitg.—The same process • in action, we are told, in England. The Agri-I as the Yteport points to a di m i nu ti on of' produce, the means by which the farmers can most ef fectually• obtain relief. 'Are we to suffer the t 44 ses which are leading to this disastrous result, remai9 in action, without attempting the ap- Ali e ation' of a corrective ?--If we do, we must, t: e th e p easantry o f I reland, pass. through a it son of scarcity, before many years are over, We are not doo me d t o un d ergo t h e h orrors.of l amine. 11 -ANISGATE DINNER.—We arc desired by Mr. gi A4 E ) who acted as Vice• President at the Dinner 0t . v ,,e4 on Thursday last, at Ramsgate, in honour Jra I A,TILLIAM CURTIS, to state that he did not ; ,ti er the w or d s ascr ib e d to hi m on t h at occas i on, Ivthat cc he hoped what had been reported to uald in a short time be realised, that is, that the t ro l tri would be made a Corporate one, and distinct I 4 any other, and have an efficient Police." IRELAND. • [FROM TILE CORK ADVERTISER, JAN. 5.] The AEA you, in the course of this week, called a meeting of the Spirit Retailers at the Mansion House, to represent to them the public and .pri vate evils which it was in their power to prevent by a strict observance of good order in their houses. This most judicious conduct of our. ex cellent Mayor was attended with success. The following declaration was immediately entered into and signed lire, the undersigned Licenced Spirit Retailers of this City, anxious at all times to preserve good order and proper conduct within our City and Suburbs, and being impressed with the ex isting necessity of being more vigilant to uphold the laws, and to check disorderly and unlawful assemblies, do pledge ourselves, individually and collectively, to adhere to the following Reso lutions : Ist.' To strictly observe the Sabbath and keep our houses cloSed till two o'clock on that day. 2. To have our houses closed every night at eleven o'clock. Other Resolutions of the same import,.and equally creditable to the Major and the Meeting, were. also adopted, which it is eardestly to be hoped will be rigidly adhered to. • • DARING ATTACK ON RvE-Couwr.—Last night, between the hours of 19. and 1 o'clock, a very large number of men appeared on the lawn of Rye- Court, the seat of J. Rye, Esq. in this county, de manding arms. Finding a determination to resist them, they went to a forge adjacent, and took implements with which to force an entrance; they , were however ultimately repulsed, and it is sup posed with loss on their side ; bet we are glad to say without injury to Mr. Rye, or any of his party. 'We are sorry to perceive that a spirit of insur rection has spread into the county of Waterford (a district hitherto tranquil) ; Ardoe house, the residence of the Rev. Mr. Carew, at the other side of Youghal Ferry, has been attacked, and all the offices burned.--Mr. Carew and family have gone into Youghal fot safety. 'l'he Lord Chancellor has been pleased to ap point William Harrington, Esq. of Crosshaven, a Magistrate for the County of Cork. ADDRESS OF THE FARMING SOCIETY TO THE MARQUIS WELLESLEY_ • His Grace the Duke of LEINSTER, the Earl of MEATH, and Viscount Li sm o nE, as a deputation from the Farming Society of Ireland, attended by their Secretary, waited upon his Ex cellency the Marquis WELLESLEY on Friday, and presented the following address : To his Excellency the Most Noble Richard Marquis WEL LESLEY, Lord Lieutenant General, and General Governor of Ireland. " May it please your Exce.llency,—We; as Directors of the Farming Society of Ireland, most respectfully present to your . Excellency a copy of our Charter, by which we are entitled to the valued 'privilege of calling your Excellency our patron. " And we confidently trust, that under the guidance of such a patron, the Farming Society may be made an efficient instru ment of much advantage to this country. " Its objects and its labours have hitherto been directed (we hope successfully) to improve ploughing, draining, and irrigat ing; to the importation and growth of seed corn, the dispersion of good implementz, and the improvement of neat cattle, sheep, and swine. Whatever advancement in agriculliure Ireland can boast, has been principally effected since its institution, and by its means. " Latterly, the efforts of the Society have been fettered by the limitation of its funds, under the necessary system of general retrenchment. It looks forward with hope to better times, and to the wisdom and liberality of your Excellency's patronage. " The Society comprises amongst its members almost all the rank and respectability of the county—ready to co-operate in every exertion towards agricultural improvement which your Excellency, their respected Patron, shall do them the honour to suggest. " Your Excellency's comprehensive mind, whilst it admits . the importance of improved agriculture to every country, will intuitively apprec6te its peculiar.valne to Ireland, as the most` effectual means of providing permanent employment for a dis tressed population, and of furnishing to the State the full bene fit of her great natural resources." To which his Excellency was pleased to return the following gracious Answer : " WELLESLEY. " Under the authority of your charter, I accept the honour able charge which you have been pleased to intrust to me, with a high sense of its public importance. " It will be my anxious endeavour to afford every assistance within my power to the Farming Society, in the promotion of its useful and salutary objects; and I sincerely hope that you may continue to advance the agriculture of Ireland, and to dif fuse the spirit of honest industry. " It is painful to me to learn, that the efforts of the So ciety have been fettered by the limitation of its funds, under the system of general retrenchment lately adopted ; and I shall be happy to avail myself of any proper means of augmenting your funds, consistently with the attention which is due to the strict economy of the public finances. But I cannot omit this opportunity of declaring, that it is not less my inclination than my bounden duty to give every aid to the progress of that wise and necessary system of general' retrenchment which has been adopted by his Majesty's Government and by Parliament; and which is as essential to the true dignity of the Crown, as it is indispensably necessary for the security of the State, and for the interests and welfare of the people. '6 I am deeply impressed with the value and the importance of your institution ; and sensible, as I must be, of the utility of such establishments, in whatever country they may have been introduced, I feel that they are of more peculiar interest and advantage in Ireland, where the introduction of habits of in dustrious labour is indispensably requisite for the safety of pro perty, and for the happiness of the great body of the people. ' Extract of a Letter from Boston, Dec. B. " Last year no less than 734 vessels sailed from Alaska and the Western Coast of America, through the channel, separating America from North Georgia and Greenland. It is curious to reflect that the very existence of such a passage was a problem of. difficult solution to Europeans, from the 16th to the 18th centuries. This was then called the North-west passage, and was first discovered by a navigator of great celebrity amongst the ancient English, but his name was neither PARRY nor CROKER ; and it is impossible to ascertain, from the imperfect state of our records, his true name." Extract of a Letter-from Havanah, Nov. 20. " So many idle reports have gone forth, in re gard to the state of affairs here, communicated by silly foreigners, and founded upon Coffee house conversation, and which have found their w•ay into the American Papers, that I should not be surprised that they have made an impression in the United States that we are upon the eve of a Re volution. Now, I can assure you, that we are at present far from it, and there is nothing to appre item' on that score, as all is perfectly quiet hers t present." • _ The Earl and Countess of Coventry, in Piccadilly, from Crome, Worcestershire; Earl of Wiltshire, at the Marquess of Winchester's, Grosvenor-square; Lord Vernon, in Grosvenor , square ; Lord Granville Somerset, at the Duke of Beaufort's, Grosvenor-square ; Lord Rivers, in Grosvenor-place ; the. Hon. S. E. Eiirdley, in Hind-street, Manchester-square ; Earl Veru lam, in Grosvenor-square ; the Earl and Countess Kinnoul, in' Berkeley-square, from the North; the Lord Chief Baron Mac donald, in Duke-street, 'Westminster ; Sir "William and Lady Gordon, in Brook -street; Colonel and Mrs. M'lntyre, in Green street, Park-lane ; Hon. Dudley Macdonald, in Piccadilly ; Mr. Andrews, in Pall-mall ; Mr. Curtis, in Portland-place ; Colonel Armstrong, in Pall-mall; Colonel and Mrs. Campbell, in Grosvenor-place ; Mrs.' Orby Hunter, in Grosvenor-place; Lord Foley, in Piccadilly; Earl and Countess of Walderave, at Stevens's Hotel ; Col. Gabriel, at the Grosvenor Hotel, from Brighton; Major Perry, 7th D. G., at ditto, from Nottingham; Lieutenant Cumberlege, 4th Dragoons, at ditto ; Henry Remb hard, Esq., at ditto, from Leamington. DEPARTURES.-Sir William gouston, for Scotland ; Rev. Dr. Burton, of Christchurch t, for Brighton; Lady Theresa Dece and family, from the Cumberland Hotel, for Twicken ham Rev. Foster Piggott, from ditto ; St. John Bogle French, Esq. from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Forbes, from ditto. CHANGEs.—Lord Foley, for the Marquess of Exeter's seat, at Burleigh, from a tour ; Col. and Mrs. Lambert, from Brigh ton' to Bath ; Major and Mrs: Tornlins, from Scarborough, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert, from Nelson's-crescent, Ramsgate, for Brighton. - 216 - - te4 • , 4• • , 104 e , ! • 4.1 4, t '' ) 4.„.4;;;R," FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. F.ASIIIONABIJE PARTIES. The Countess CowPEn.—This elegant and fashionable Lady has issued cards of invitation for a Dress Party and Ball, at her seat, Pansanger, Herts, on Friday next. Great preparations are making to give effect to the delightful:scene. Lord DUDLEY and WARD.—This venerable Nobleman, whose benevolence is proverbial, is exercising his hospitable disposition in relieving the necessitous poor in the neighbour hood of his seat, Hinley Hall, near Wolverhampton. The Countess of Stamford entertained a select party yester day at her house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. Lord Holland entertained a select number of friends to din ner yesterday in Old Burlington-street. The Duke of Argyle had a large party. to dine with him yes terday in Upper Brook-street. The Earl and Countess of Blesinton gave an elegant En tertainmentand Juvenile Ball on Monday eveningin St. James's square. The Marquess of Buckingham's Grand Ball, which has been so long in preparation, will positively take place at the Family Mansion, at Stowe, on Thursday next. The invita tions are very numerous, and a great number of the Nobility are expected to attend ; the arrangements are on the most splen did scale. Sir Benjamin and Lady Hobhouse and Misses , Hohhouse gave an elegant Evening Entertainment and Fancy . Ball last night, at their Villa, Richmond, Surrey. Preparations were made to accommodate 150 persons, and every delicacy the sea son affords provided. _ _ _ Mrs. Coults had her first fashionable dinner party yesterday for the season ; several distiguished persons were present. WINDSOR, JAN. 7.—On Saturday evening her Royal High ness the Princess Augusta, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Eger. ton, left her residence at Frogmore, and proceeded to Bagshot Park, to spend the day with her Rgyal Sister, the Duchess of Gloucester. In the evening the Princess returned to Frog_ more. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday was married by special licence, at St. George's, Hanover-square, H. Hammers.: ley, Esq. banker,. Pall-mall, to Miss Montalieu, niece to Mrs. Orby Hunter, of Bruton-street, Berkeley-square. After the ceremony, the happy couple left town ink—chariot and four, for the seat of C. Hammersley, Esq, will bridegroom's brother, at Dulwich, Surrey, where they will remain for the honey-, moon. Earl Talbot arrived at his seat at Ingestrie, in Staffordshire, on Wednesday. .- A new Club-house is forming under the auspices of a Royal Duke. Thursday Francis Jeffrey, Esq.was inducted into the offi c e of Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow. Yesterday afternoon the Duke of YORK held a Levee at the Commander in Chief's Office, in the Horse. Guards, which was numerously at tended. . The town fills very fast with persons of distinc- tion, who are coming to attend the Session of Parliament. The arrivals of the Members of the Lower House within these few 'days have been very 'numerous. Yesterday forenoon the Marquis of LONDON DERRY arrived in town from North Cray, and alighted at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, where his Lordship was joined by the Earl of LIVERPOOL, Eal4l BATHURST, and Lord SID MOUTH. In the course of the day his Highness Prince ESTERHAZY had a long interview with his Lordship, and likewise Count CARAMAN. At ten minutes after four, his Lordship left his Of fice, and returned in his travelling carriage to North Cray. His Grace the Duke of MONTROSE has resum ed the office of Killer's Lieutenant of the counties of Stirling and Dumbarton. Mr. MURRAY of Polmaise, and Mr. BUCHANAN of Ardoch, have also resumed the duties of Vice-Lieutenants of their respective counties.--( Caledonian Mercurs.) DREADFUL SurcrnE.—lt is our painful duty this (lay to record the perpetration of a crime, . . which unhappily too often stains our pages, and which, from the frequency of its commission, may well be said to be " our Island's shame,, and makes her the reproach of neighbouring states." Mr, J. SLADE, who has for many years held the high and responsible situation of Chief Clerk in the Navy Pay Office at Chatham, having lately become backward in making up his accounts, and being in arrears to Government to a )urge amount, an order was sent on Tuesday last to Commissioner Sir Robert Barlow to inspect his accounts. On - that Gentleman acquainting Mr. Slade with his business, the latter opened his desk, and pointing to several bags, said they contained the sums due to Government. The bags it was intimated held each 1000 sovereigns, and on Sir Robert's proceeding to count their contents, Mr. Slade left the room, and in a few minutes after wards the report of a pistol was heard. On inqui ry it was found to proceed from the stable, ad joining the house, whither Mr. Slade had gone, and who was there found lying on some fresh lit tered straw, weltering in his blood and lifeless, having shot himself through the heart. The cause of this dreadful act was apparent, when it was found that the greater part of the bags contained only silver instead of gold, and it is said the de falcation amounts to between 8 and 9,0001. The deceased was nearly 60 years of age, and has left a family of seven sons and daughters, to deplore the sad event. A Coroner's Inquest was taken on view of the body on Thursday. Verdict— Insanity.—(Maidstone Journal, Jan. 8.) POR THE SUN. MODERN POLITICAL. ECONOMY. [LE'rTER. IV.] Ma. EDITOR-In spite . of all 'I can do my sub , ject carries me round about, in a sort of crazy style, very natural to the occasion. Mr. Rtc.titno says (p. 67.) that the high price of corn is not the effect of rent. Which short sentence, though it does not stand exactly so, has surely been over looked by his commentators. A. wise writer, and one who means to be very original and con vincing, generally either takes care to reverse his own positions somewhere in his work, or to write so obscurely in s'me passages as not to be direct ly understood. Whereupon, I beg to tell yoUr readers a short story :—There was a sort of vil lage soothsayer who lived in a straggling place, and who obtained a wonderlul reputation for foretelling the weather ; every morning early, he walked to one end of the street, and, looking to the cardinal points •Of the compass, pronounced that it would be rain ; then going to the other end of the town, he took the same view, and said it would be fair weather, taking care that somebody should hear him in both cases. At one end or the other of the town, our prognosticator - was always right ; but it ever accused of being in error, he replied, " Go, and inquire at the other end of the town." If the high price of corn be not the effect of rent, hoW should rent fall on the consumer ?- 44 If he high price of corn were the effect, and not the cause of rent (says our Prince of Philoso phers) price would be proportionally influenced as rents were high or low."—Yes, it would in deed ; nobody could ruin the farmers, although the public uii4ht be starved. In this case the populace could not too soon begin to burn the landlords' halls, and knock down their town houses, to bring them to a little moderation. The beatitude of things on earth appears to po- litical economists to consist in there being no ap propriation of any property but that which is funded, although they have not considered wisely how the taxes should then be raised. Let us hear Mr. Ricardo on this subject—" On the common principles of supply and demand, no rent:coUld be paid for such land, and in which, of course, lands of the best 'quality are always. first appropriated by the earliest settiers:—Flle is speaking in his nonsensical way of a coun try first settled]—for the reason stated why nothing is given for 'the use of air and water, or for any other of the gifts of nature which exist in boundless quantity." And much more to the same purpose (p. 53.) but because this does not go so near to the point as he cowl(' wish, he quotes from M. Say as follows The earth, as we have already seen; is not the only agent of nature which has a productive power ; but it is the only one, or nearly so, that one set . of men take to themselves, to the exclusion of others ; and - of which they can consequently appropriate the benefits.—[This is, truly, revolutionary doc trine.]—The waters of the rivers and of the sea, by the,power which they have of giving move ment to our machines, carrying boats, nourishing fish, have also a productive power ; the wind which turns our mills, and even the heat of the sun, both work for us ; but happily no one has yet been able to say, ' the and the sun are mine, and the service ‘fhich they render must be paid for.' "—Mr. Ricardo mentions steam and• the pressure of the atmosphere (having the misfor tune to come second into this sublime study) and talks about the distiller and the dyer using \rater without price, which, for the most part, is wholly false. He then adds, If all land had the same properties, if it were boundless in quantity, and uniform in quality, no charge could be made for its use." (p. 54.)—which is wholly false like wise, and foolish too ; unless he pleases to sup pose that, in such a case, mankind would go for ever naked, and live on fruits and berries (and so on)—in which case we should have had no books on political economy. In the foregoing sketch we have a fine sample of what men will do rather than be idle ; some persons with great wealth certainly spend their time worse,and therefore we are willing to think favourably of these labours. We learn above that land ought to be as free as air; and so in deed it is, for though a man pays nothing to the wind for driving his mill, yet he must own or rossess some place before he can erect his mill ; in any case he must spend money in building it, and in keeping it in attendance and repair, and could not afford to grind for no tling. It is true that every payment raises his price, or the land being his own, he makes more profit ; but still Nature supplies the wind gratis, and the consumers have the benefit of it. 'Let us go now to the, rivers :—As they run through land, they belong to the Landowner, and the mill-seats must be hired or purchased. The sea cannot be fished without craft and tackle ; steam cannot be appropriated without ex pensive prepara tion ; the distiller and the dyer pay for their water, if they live in town ; if in the country, they• hire the situations. Thus every thing con ceivable is appropriated in consequence of civ►li zation, and it is the employment only of empty heads, or foolish ones, to consider how it might be otherwise. It is to no purpose to say how man kind might be happier, or how they would have lived j land were boundless and all alike; it has pleased COD to make it as it is, and us to inhabit it ; and I verily believe that, in our imperfect state, there is as much good attainable as human nature will admit, provided that we are not in fected with the poison of. Political Economy, or more properly speaking Politic or impolitic knavery. The Rights of Man, and the Age of Reason, and the Perfectibility of Human Nature, have had their turn, and have grown stale and ridiculous ; so now we have picked up a new farce to amuse the studious, and impose on the ignorant.—l remain, Sir, *Tour's', &C. • APERT THE ARMY. -~•,~-. It ig reported that 10,000 troops are to be sent out immediately to India ; and that ships are al ready: engaged for that purpose.. . The-payment of :three months half-pay to . the reduced Offiteri of his Majesty's . land forces, to 2 , lth December lasts will commence on Thursday the•l7th.instant. ~: • - : • It having been found that the sword now used by Officers of Infantry is of little or no use, it is intended to adOpt the Light . Infantry *sabre throughout the service; . An order has been issued from the Horse Guards for the adoption of the keyed bugle in all regiments of Infantry, instead of the common bugle, now in uses The 10th Veteran Battalion is now assembling at Templemore, under the command of Colonel HOOPER. They will consist of. 1000 men. On Wednesday last, 250 picked Veterans marbhed from Cork Barracks: for that place.—(Dublin Patriot.) ii'iERCANTII,L.StIIPNING, &c. DEAL, JAN. 8.-- - -Wind N.W..—Arrived and sailed for the .River the, Edward,, Heather, from Belf as t, an d a vessel from St. John's, N. B. natue notknowzr... Came down frorn4he Ricer and sailed the Earnest, Beatson, for Bahia ; Salmon River;. Waters, for Teneriffe ; .Ester, Gibbons, for Cardiff•and .Oporto ; Symmetry, fox Genoa and Leghorn ; r.nsd, 'Maria CrOU'ther, Walsh, for Naples. The following anchors have been landed here.;--.)ne of 13. 1. 17. marked " P. Flenn and Co." on the crown ; one of 2. 13. marked both sides-on.tlie shank; one of 16 cwi.,.Dutch made, - fir stock; one of 7. 6,14. marked " DAW" on the crown; one marked " E. P. IRIS" on the stock ; and one belonging to the Eagle of Plymouth. One belonging to the Briton, Berry, is-expected to be landed here to-day. POIITSMOUTII, JAN. 8.----Wind the Prince William, Bothwell, from Dantzig ; and Glatton, from London for the Bay of Honduras. Sailed the• Apollo Russian frigate on a voyage of discoveiy. JERSEY, ' JAN. 7. --The Speedy packet, from Southampton, passed on the.night of the 2nd inst., about 6 leagues N.E. of the Gaskets, the hull : of 4 _vessel, with the deck carried away. • FA LMOUT H, JAN. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived . the :lanes ley, Heron, from London for St. Michael's; Trial, Jenkins ; and Active, Quarai, from London.. Sailed the General Graham, for .Jamaica ; Young . Proteus, for : . St. Domingo • Hamoaze, Gomery, for Cork ; and Olive Braneh, ngel, for Dublin., KINSALE, .JAN. 4.. Arrived the Horsley Castle, Weaf,' of Sunderland, for Philadelphia ; on 7th ult., encountered a tre mendous gale at S.W., which washed away her boats, bul warks, stancheons, sails, comp a nio n , & c . ; s h e mus t di sc harge to repair. - " " • PI:YAWL/Tit, JAN.7,—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Endeavour, Hunt?}tries, from London for Dublin, having lost an anchor and cable in the Downs ; Louisa, Lang,'from St. Petersburgh ; Levant, 111‘Kibbon, from Belfast; B ebe,• Bachouse,• front Copenhagen, with loss of anchor and cable ; and. his Majesty's ship Vigo, from Portsmouth. Sailed the Tyne for St. Michael's ; the Amity, Prout, in coming in got on the Breakwater, but.gct off without damage. - NORTH SHIELDS ' J. 7.—As the Princess of Or ange , from Petersburgh to London, wus putting to sea, she struck -upon the bar and knocked off her rudder. She was afterwards seen standing out to sea with her people apparently at Work with the rudder, and as she was not in sight this morning, it is thought she has gone to the southward. The Pilot and FOy boat that went to sea with her have not yet returned. MARGATE, JAY. U.—Sailed the Apollo, Tennant, for the river. The Anna Christiana, front Stockholm for St. Malo, has been got off the Long Sand, with loss of rudder, anchor, and cable, and will be brought. in here to-night. IMPORTANT TO AI ILTSTERS.—A letter, the .con tents of which we conceive to be of great impor tance to the numerous maltsters resident in this county, has just been received by our worthy representative, Mr. Goocu ; who, it is untteces,- sary for us to say, is always _amongst the most forward to promote the interests of Agriculture in all its branches. Of the letter alluded to, we have been favoured with the following extract, which we have much pleasure in communicating to our readers : " Treasury Chambers, Jan. 4, 1322; MY DEAR Srn—ln consequence of and other re presentations, it •has been determined by their Lordships, this morning, to allow the time for soaking the barley in the pro cess of malting to be s'a or tened, until' the let of June next, under such regulations as may be deemed necessary for the protection of the revenue. The rules will . probably be the same as those adopted in the wet season of 1816. The order will go to the Board of Taxes this night. " Ever your's, " S. R. LUSIIINGTON. . To T. S. Goomr, Esq. ALP." ;Bury Gazette, Jan. 6.) BOSTON, DEc. 6.—The sloop packet, REF.O, frormWiscasset for this port, went on shore dur ing a gale. Two female passengers, a mcitliei and daughter, Were saved by lashing thernsel . vPi to the quarter-deck, while the sea made a .fair 'breach over them, and were not relieved from their perilouS situation till the tide, left her; she has bilged, but the cargo is saved. Houain AluanEa.—On .Tuesday night lait, ahout twelve o'clock, as W. Thomas, a lad, abcut 15 years of age, together with his brother, were returning from a chilifeast in Carmarthen, they called at a public-house in that town, from which they were quietly going home, when the former was assaulted and beat in such a manner by Jtihr Davies, a taylor, that he died on the spot. The Coroner's Inquest returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against John Davies, and also against T. Miller, as accessary to the fact." The deceased was a most quiet, inoffensive lad, and by his assiduity was the support of his poor mother, who is now almost dis tracted.—(Gloucester Journal.) _ . " Church - yards . yawn," hut the ‘g graves" of married folks will not " give' up their 'dead." The town of Sleaford, Isle of Man, presented on Monday and Tuesday week a scene of bustle and confusion hardly to be conceived, occasioned by a report that a woman, who had been buried.a fortnight, was heard groaning. Numbers flocked to the chtiref:- yard, and so firmly were many of them persuaded, of the truth. of the report, that they actually applied to the Vicar for permis sion to disinter the body. The woman's husband, wiser than his neighbours, when applied to for leave .to open the grave; fused, saying it cost him so much to place her in the *round, that he was determined not to be at any expence to take her out again—he therefore desired his officious friends to let his. wife rest in peace and quietness.—(Glasgow Chronicle.) . KIDNAPPING.—A letter which we have . ri`- ceiveci from Keslick says:—" From a circumstance' which be curred here a few nights ago, it appears that kidnapping is not totally laid aside; for as a boy (now residing with Sir. Gideon Dare, of Chesnut-hill, in this vicinity) was passing a lodziljg house at the lower end of liesVeiok, two unknown ruffians seized hint ; and had it not been for a man who came to his assistance in consequence of his cries, they would have succeeded, in 'all probability, in forcing him into a sack, which they were endesi vouring to effect. --(Carlisle Patriot) CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 9. We have further supplies in since Monday, whit h make a great quantity far beyond the demand, which is smar t , only for the best sorts, the ordinary continuing (for Wheat) not in a grinding state, and the stained samples of Barley generally much sprouted and not fit for malting causes that not saleable ; in Peas and Beans not much doing, but the price full as dear as on Monday ; Oats a large supply, and about ls ‘ lower this week than last. HOP INTELLIGENCE. SOUTICWARK, JAN. 7.—Our trade is not, very brisk jUst now, because there are not many hops on sale;, Sussex and Weald of Kent Pockets are most in demand. MAIDSTONE, JAN. B.—We have had within the last week a good demand for our second run of hops, and at a small improvement in price ; a house here has purchased several hundred bags ; the quantity now left is very trifling. —The accounts from the Weald of Kent and Sussex, as well as from our own low lands, are of a most alarming nature, all the hop gardens have been under water for a considerable time ; the stock, in a great many instances, is literally rotten, and we much fear it will be found generally so in the spring off the year, as we have, in many instances, the same complaint in our .own immediate neighbourhood.