The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-11 00:00:00

ANECDOTES, &c.

GILBERT, Archbishop of YORK, when Bishop
of Salisbury, had some dispute with the Mayor
of that town about their respective jurisdictions ;
when the mace overcame the crosier. The As-
sizes were held there soon after, and the Judge
was asked whether he would choose to have any
particular dish dressed for him.—" No," replied
his Lordship ; " but as the Bishop is to dine
with me, if there is soup, do not put any mace in
it, for the Prelate does not love mace."
Dr. ARBUTIINOT first began his practice at
Dorchester, a situation where the air is salubri-
ous, and the environs beautiful ; but he stayed
no length of time there. A neighbour met him
galloping to London, and asked him why he went
thither ? "To leave your confounded place,
where I can neither live nor die."

ATuENs.—Nothing can be more wretchedly
supplied than ATHENS with the most common
articles of use and convenience. No such thing
as a cart, a ladder, or the materials and imple-
ments for making them are known ; nor is it
possible to procure the most ordinary domestic
utensils, or a single article of cutlery.
CIIEBILLON.—Some one asked the tragic poet
C [MEI LEON, one day, which of his works he con-
sidered the best. " I scarcely know," replied
the Poet," which is my best work ; but I am
certain," pointing to his ion, who had began (0
publish some of his licentious tales, " that this is
by far my worst."

We are sorry to learn that Lord HARRINGTON
is so unwell at his house in the Stable-yard as to
be denied to all visitors.

Letters from Port-au-Prince were received
yesterday, dated the 17th of September. They
state that two Commissioners bad been named by
the President Boyer to proceed to England, for
the purpose of negociating here a loan, for the
payment of the French claims. From this it
would appear, either that the Commissioners sent
to France had not been invested with full powers
for that purpose, or that doubts were entertain-
ed of the practicability of raising the money
in that country. These letters further state,
that the reduction of duty on goods exported in
French vessels was not to take place so early as
had been at first announced. This state of inde-
cision on the part of BOYER had led some of the
English merchants to the conclusion, that his at-
tachment to his new friends, which had been so
strong during the proceedings for the recognition
of independence, had begun to suffer some abate-
ment.

ithRIMOCIII.-By the Lydia, which arrived
at Liverpool o❑ -Wednesday, accounts have been
received from this unfortunate settlement to the
21st ult. The greatest misery and distress, as
might be expected, prevailed among the miser-
able people who had escaped with only their
lives from the dreadful calamity of the 7th Octo-
ber. They continued to arrive from the more
distant districts which had been ravaged by the
awful conflagration which laid waste the country.
The inhabitants of IVliramichi had, much to their
credit, raised a subscription, and the wretched
people had received every succour which the
hand of pity could bestow. Exertions were
using to send off the sufferers to Halifax and
other British settlements. Many of them had
embarked on board the ships bound to England :
fourteen arrived at Liverpool in the Lydia.—
With respect to the number of lives lost
by this awful visitation of Providence, we
still have merely vague estimates, and it is
probable that we shall never ascertain the
' exact amount. The number was estimated
on the 20th of October, 13 days after the cala-
mity, at between 200 and 300 souls. Some lum-
bering parties had come in from the interior ;
but it was feared that many others had perished,
and of whose fate we shall never receive
any intelligence. We cherish the hope, how-
ever, that the loss of human life in this dread-
ful conflagration will be found not to have been
near so great as the fears of the settlers have
made it. An eye-witness describes the scene as
having been the most terrific he ever beheld. The
masses of fire, borne on the wings of the wind,
were very large. So intense was the heat that the
fire communicated from the north side of Mira-
michi river (which is about 1,000 feet across,
and wooded down to the water's edge), to
the trees on the opposite bank, involving the
forest in one terrible conflagration, and spread-
ing death and desolation far and wide. This
further account of one of the greatest calamities
that has occurred for a long period, arrives at
the moment for producing a proper impression in
favour of the sufferers.

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE AND NAPOLEON.-A
letter from Paris says, that Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, who is
at present engaged in painting the portrait of his Majesty
CHARLES X. has lately paid a visit, accompanied by several
distinguished persons, and the most celebrated anatomical
dale:, to Dr. AU•Tosrmtettl. The principal object of this
visit was to see the precious mask cast at St. Helena, by the
Doctor himself, after the death of the Emperor NAPOLEON.
The celebrated English Painter, after having attentively ex-
amined it for about an hour and a half, and having expressed
his admiration at the beauty of the forms and the regularity of
the features, frequently repeated that all the portraits of this
great man that he has hitherto seen, arc far from approaching
the model. _ _ _

We noticed on Wednesday the honours that had
been paid to Mr. MoNTGo:tiEity, of Sheffield, by
the chief people of that town and of the county.
We ought also to notice the liberal conduct of
the Editor of The Sheffield Mercury, who was
one of the most zealous friends of Mr. MONT-
GOMERY, and opened his columns to give an ample
account of the honours paid to his competitor in
the literary vineyard, and appeared to feel pe-
culiar pleasure in manifesting his respect and
esteem for Mr. MONTGOMERY, however they
might differ in political opinions. What a laud.
able example does this conduct hold forth to the
contending Editors of the Metropolitan Journals

ME CANTILE SHIPPING.
DEAL, Nov.—Wind S.S.W.—Last night the wind was
well to the eastward, but this morning and throughout the day,
it has been southerly. Passed through yesterday from the
River the Tulloch Castle, Pearce; Sarah Christina, Fisher;
Ann, Foreman, and the Eliza, Johnson, for Jamaica. The
Swgar, Pawel, has put into Ramsgate with loss of anchor and
cable. Remain the Ruth, Hone, and Redman, Bryce ; the
rest of the outward-bound have sailed.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E.—It blew
a heavy gale all day from N.E. to E.N.E., the outward-bound
could not in consequence get their anchors, except the Salacia,
Hearn, for Jamaica; Betsey and Sophia, Garraway, for Domi-
nica, and two others, all the rest appear to ride in safety. Ar-
rived his Majesty's ship Rainbow, from Chatham for the Cape
of Good Hope and India ; half-past 7p. m. very squally, with
a heavy rain.
FALMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Magnet
packet from Lisbon, sailed the 30th ult. ; on the 27th, his Ma-
jesty's brig Camelion arrived with a mail front Falmouth, and
on the 28th Sir William A'Court received the dispatches taken
out of the Dov cket at sea by the schooner Eliza. Arrived
the Mars, from the Downs for Cork and Tobago;
Unanimity, ts, from Portsmouth ; and the Diamond,
Panel, from ailed the Lady Louisa packet for Jamaica,
and Dodge , Heathorn, for Havre. Put back the Rising
Sun, Marte r St. Michael's.

LIVERPOOL, NOV. 9.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Adams,
from Buenos Ayres; Melantho, Boynton, from St. Martha ;
Isaac Hicks, , from New York; Mary and Jane, Thom-
son, from Quebec ; Lydia, Robinson, and Traveller, Penrice,
from Miramichi.

The Mary, Hutton, Dove, Bell, and Advina, Potts, all of
Sunderland, were driven on shore, near that port, on Tuesday
last.

The Transfer, of Scarborough, was lost on the Scroby Sand
on Tuesday night.
The Charles, Stoddart, from Newhaven to Sunderland, was
driven on shore, near the Texel, the 3d inst. ; crew saved.
The Union, Swatridge, Effort, Pitt, two schooners, and tire
small vessels, are on shore near Weymouth.
The Thisbe, Creed, from Newcastle to Jamaica, has put into
Harwich with loss of anchors and cables, having been on the
Whiting Sand.
The wind at Deal yesterday was southerly, and moderate at
Gravesend, and Portsmouth blowing a gale at N.B.

The ship Wellington, —, (Robert Belt, Esq. of New-
castle. owner), arrived in Shields harbour, from Quebec, on
the Pith inst., after a severe passage of six weeks.
The Launch of the first vessel ever built at Carlisle, took
place on Monday week, at one o'clock in the afternoon, near
the Canal Basin. A great number of spectators were present,
and about 40 persons were on her deck when she slid off the
stocks very beautifully, amid loud cheering—Dr. Blainlre, in
the usual way, baptising her " The City," by dashing a bottle
of wine against her bows.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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111IDDLETON HUNT RACES.
SECOND AND LAST DAY.
Sweepstakes for beaten Hunters on the first day. Handicap.
111 r. Bullock's Agnes, list. 81b. - - - 4 1 1
Mr. Roden's Dignity, list. 41b. - - - 1 3 2
Captain Goodchild's Bounce, I Ist. 4 lb. . - '2 2 3
Mr. R. Bouverie's Rose,JOst. I2lb. - . 34 dr
Mr. Howard's Gift, lost. Bib. - - - sdr
Agnes was second in the first day's race, and the favourite in
this. The last heat between the mare and Dignity was a fine
and true run race, and won by a head.
Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each. Six Subscribers.
Mr. Houlion's c. by Smolensko - - - 1
Mr. Hudson named Mermaid . - - - 2
Mr. Lake's Edgar - - - - - 3
Two others started. 6t04 on the winner ; won easy.
The Half-bred Stake was won again by Jemima beating five
others.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE ENSUING WEEK.
The Gransden Hounds, on Monday, at Childerley Gate ;
Friday, at Combe Grove.
Mr. Farquharson's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Yellow-
ham; Tuesday, at Windford ; Thursday, at Pancknole ; Fri-
day, at Melbury.
The Weymouth Harriers, on Monday, at Portesham Hill;
Thursday, at Maiden Castle.
Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on -Tuesday, at Chillington Park
Gate; Friday, at the Hem.
The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patcham ; Wednes-
day, at the Race..course.; Friday, at the Dyke.
The Brookside Harriers, on Monday, at Newmarket Hill ;
Wednesday, at Lewes Race Course; Friday, at Tellescombe
1 Tye. _
The Shropshire Hounds, on Monday, at Acton Burnell ;
Wednesday, at Sundorne ; Thursday, at Montford Bridge;
Saturday, at Shawbury Gate. •
The Cheshire Hounds, on Monday, at Ashton Hayes ;
Wednesday, at the Three Greyhounds ; Thursday, at Booth's
Obelisk; Saturday, at Lea Green.
Mr. Meynell's Hounds, on Monday, at Catton ; Thursday,
at Ingleby ; Saturday, at Rolleston.
Sir G. Sitwell's Hounds, on Tuesday, at the Gth mile-stone
on the Chesterfield and Worksop Road ; Friday, at Wood..
house Mill.

Sir T. Stanley's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Horton.
The Chester Harriers, on Monday, at Farndon Hunt; Thurs-
day, at the Black.

STEEPLE CHACE.

The match, or rather a steeple chace, between Mr. Ramsey,
on his famous hunter Zealiot, and Captain Ferguson, on Felix,
took place yesterday. for one hundred sovereigns. Ile ground
was from the Chicken Farm, a mile and a half from Chobbam,
to the lane leading to Watfield, to the north-west corner of
Windsor Forest. The equestrians started at seven o'clock in
the morning, during a tremendous hurricane of wind and rain,
and they crossed the western road together, and each had some
tbrmidable leaps to make, to get the best positions on the Fo-
rest. In the flat running west of the Dog Kennel, the horses
could only make a walk of it, and at times had difficulty to
make a move. Mr. Ramsay gallopped two miles ruund, while
Captain Ferguson kept the straight direction over very bad
ground, and he lost the match. It is not more than six miles ;
and the winner was more than half an hour doing it, which, on
good ground, he could have performed in half the time. Capt.
Hind, of sporting celebrity, was the umpire. The parties re.
tired to Salthill to dinner.

LONDON MARKETS.
CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 11.
The arrivals of all sorts of Grain this week are moderate,
chiefly owing to contrary winds. Wheat of prime quality finds
buyers, but other descriptions are very dull. Barley is
neglected, and grinding parcels are considerably lower. Beans
fully maintain last quotations. Pease are dull, and look down-
wards. Oats find buyers at full as good terms as on Monday
last.

ABRlVATs—English 'Wheat, 4,300; Barley, 3,800; Oats,
7,100 ; Irish Oats, 4,080 ; Foreign Wheat, 1,150 ; Barley,
150 qrs. ; Flour, 8,200 sacks.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Nov. 11.
The following is an accurate Report of the number% and
prices at Smithfield Market this morning:—

CATTLE AT MARKET
Beasts 792 I Sheep
Calves
To sink the Offal, r stone of Bth.
Beef 4s 6d to 5s Od I Veal ss 2d to fs 2d
Mutton 4s tkl to 5s 4e, j Pork ss Od to 6s Od
Lamb Os Od to Os Od.
HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD.

Hay £3 0 to £5 0 Clover £4 Os to .E 5 15s
Straw .421 16s to IV Os.

A GHOST !—Considerable alarm has been ex-
cited among the credulous in the vicinity of Pipe,
in this county, by the reported appearance of one
of those unearthly visitors 'yclept a ghost, which
some assert comes in the enticing garb of " a fair
lady in white," veiled and adorned as a bride, but
sometimes her shoulders are decorated with a
pig's head, instead of the " human face divine ;"
other reports give still stranger shapes to
the disquiet spirit. The favourite resort of
the visitant is near the yew and ash, on the
high road between Holmer and Pipe Church,
where it was lately most positively seen in the
shape of a donkey. It is probable some mis-
chievous wag has been playing his pranks to
create all this nonsensical apprehension, and we
hope measures will be adopted to discover and
punish him for his folly.—(llereford Journal.)

THE LONDOT JOWL S.

DAILY
XxtractSfrom the Morning Papers, Nov.ll, 182 b.

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.)
The Etoile of Tuesday gives dippinted contra-
diction to a paragraph in another Journal, stat-
ing that an armament of a most important des-
cription was in a state of preparation in the
French ports; that its destination was said to be
the Pacific Ocean, and that the command was to
he given to Admiral Duperre, with unlimited
powers. In all these assertions, the Etoile de-
clares that there is not a word of truth ; whilst
it rather equivocally adds, " that if there are any
preparation in our ports, they can ►ly be for
the ordinary stations, which are re about
this time ; and if Admiral Duper com-
mand, it is doubtless for one of tl ratime
stations." From this equivocating , one
would be inclined to suppose that there is more
truth in the original statement than the Etoile may
think it discreet to admit ; and we should not be in
the least surpized were we to learn that France
was determined to assimilate her policy to ours,
in her relations to the New States' of America.
In this case, she might think that a strong
naval force would give additional lustre as well
as increased effect to her diplomatic proceedings ;
and after the change that has taken place in the
Spanish Government, hostile as it is to her in-
terests, she must feel perfectly indifferent whe-
ther her conduct be agreeable or not to the views
of that Power. In the meikti time, the change
that has taken place in th Spanish Cabinet is
as complete as possible ; or, in other words, as
incompatible with the influence hitherto exercised
by the French as the most hot-headed Servile
could wish. The whole of that faction are said
to have been ever since drunk with joy,which they
manifest by committing the most outrageous ex-
cesses ; and as the Spanish Government seems
determined on violating all obligation towards its
own subjects, or towards foreign States, it would
be too much to suppose that the latter would re-
gulate their most important interests, according
to its whims or supposed convenience.

[Bums!' ritEss.]
We have received Papers from Buenos Ayres
to the 7th of September inclusive. They reached
us at so late an hour last night, and our columns
are already so full, that we cannot give any ex-
tracts to-day. On the 26th of August the House
of Representatives of the Banda Oriental assem-
bled at Florida, issued a declaration of independ-
ence, in which they expressly renounce all obe-
dience to the King of Portugal, the Emperor of
Brazil, or any other person or State in the world.
The declaration is signed by all the Deputies. By
another legislative act, the Provincia Oriental is
declared to belong, by the most sacred ties, to the
united provinces of the Rio de la Plata : Deputies
were immediately to besent to the national congress.
The Patriots had been successful in every encoun-
ter with the Brazilian troops : and there seemed to
be no doubt at Buenos Ayres that they would be
fully competent to maintain their independence.
What effect the union of the Banda Oriental with
the States of La Plata mny have on the Brazilian
Government, it remains for time to develope.—
We- hope, however, that Don Pedro has been
persuaded to relinquish his pretensions, which
are not better founded with respect to Monte
Video than they were with respect to Chu-
quisaca. The Congress of Buenos Ayres has
authorized the National Government to send
Deputies to the Assembly of States at Panama.
The treaty with Great Britain was ratified ou the
30th of August.

[THE TIMES.]
The Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday ar-
rived yesterday. Those of Tuesday are still
due. The Journal des DObats of Monday makes
some statements respecting the late negociation
of the Haytian loan, which it behoves the Com-
missioners and Contractors to disprove if untrue.
It states that the public biddings were, from the
beginning, intended to be a mere nullity ; that
the Commissioners had previously entered into an
agreement with the present Contractors to give
them the contract at 25 centimes above the highest
public bidding ; that a treaty was negociated be-
tween these parties for that object, through the
medium of a broker, on the 29th of October;
that the Commissioners fixed their minimum at the
extravagant rate of 90, that they might always
be above the highest public offer, and thus be en-
abled to-fulfil the stipulations of their private
conventions ; that the intended bidders heard of
this manoeuvre, and had resolved to defeat it by
staying away ; that they were only induced at
last to attend and present their sealed tenders,
en the positive assurance that the private treaty
had been cancelled in favour of frank conduct
and fair dealing ; and that having come forward
fairly and honourably, they were finally defeated
by the faithless stratagem which they had at first
denounced, and which they were afterwards as.
sured had been abandoned. Having no informa-
tion on the subject but what is communicated by
the paper in question, we cannot decide on the
truth or falsehood of the above assertion ; though
we must say, that by the acceptance of 80 from
private contractors, when they had publicly
fixed their minimum at 90, the Commissioners
have exposed themselves to a just suspicion of
trick and manoeuvre. Nothing,it must be owned,
could be more dishonourable than the conduct
above described, if the facts be correctly stated.
When a prospectus for a loan was issued, and
public biddings announced, capitalists had a right
to, expect that as the competition was free and
open, adjudication would be fair. To have a
Secret engagement with parties out of doors, and
to employ the tenders of the public bidders only
as a means of ascertaining the rate at which they
might adjudge the contract to their private friends,
was an unworthy farce on a solemn proceeding,
and an insult on the respectable parties who were
unconsciously made actors in the scene.

[MORNING POST.j
At a late hour last night we received, by Ex-
press, French Papers to the 9th inst., and the

Etoile of Wednesday. Their contents possess
but little importance. Communications from
Constantinople, received through Germany, state
that the Russian Charge d'Affaires, M. Alin-
ziacki, had had much difficulty to calm the
anxiety and alarm of the Reis Effendi and of the
Members of the Divan, when they learned by
dispatches from the Hospodar of Moldavia that
the Empere Alexander was on his way to visit
the coasts of the Black Sea, and afterwards to
review the Russian army of the South, as well as
the division in Bessarabia under Gen. Sabanieff.
This feeling of alarm was what we anticipated,
and what the Emperor of Russia himself
must have well known would result from his
visit to the provinces bordering upon the Turkish
dominions. As he knew the sure effect of the
step which he was taking, it is not going too far
to suppose that he wished that effect to be pro-
duced.—lt is the conviction of this which in-
creases the apprehensions and displeasure of the
Divan, and creates a degree of hesitation in the
Councils of the Porte which cannot fail to prove
highly advantageous to the Greeks, at a moment
when decision and unity of action on the part of
their enemies might be fatal to their cause.—
The other contents of these Papers are totally
without interest. The ltioniteur publishes three
Royal Ordinances, appointing the Marquis of
liedouvilie, Count de Noe, and Mr. Frenilly,
Members of the Commission for the liquidation of
the Indemnity, in the room of other Members,
who withdrew under the plea of illness. The
Etoile contradicts the assertions of the Quoti-
dienne, that a fleet was arming at Brest, and that
two Regiments were raising for the service of the
French Colonies.

[NEW TIMES.]
We have received the French Papers of the
Bth, the contents of which are generally unin-'
teresting. Their foreign intelligence is chiefly
composed of tales of the Greek contest (whicl►,
whether they come from the partizans of the
Greeks or Turks, are equally devoid of authen-
ticity), and shallow speculations on the state of
Spain and her Colonies. In a late Etoile an ar-
ticle appeared which bears marks of having been
transmitted from Ireland. It was a long lamenta-
tion over the oppression practised by England
against that country, told with a minuteness of de-
tail which, to those who are aware of the great
ignorance on all foreign subjects that charac-
terises the French Papers, sufficiently betrayed
its design. The Irish Catholic Association has,
in gratitude for inserting their article, subscribed
for the Etoile. We may at once plainly tell
both parties—the Irish demagogues, that this
open courting of foreign interference will not do
them good—and the French Royalists, that it
is neither wise nor honourable in them to insult
a power to whose aid all the Bourbon family owe
restoration to their Thrones. The writer in the
Etoile may depend upon it, that his describing
the Church of England us " the fantastic
Christianity of a lustful and atrocious tyrant," and
hinting at the close orginization of the Roman
Catholics, and their certainty of support frpm
abroad, will be of no effect. These things will
but retard the success of Roman Catholic Eman-
cipation, which will be granted when the people
of England think it just that it should be granted,
and not an hour before. In a Brussels Paper it
is stated that a change is to take place in the
French Ministry, of whom M. de Villelle is
alone to be retained. We must look for better
authority before we belive this.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
ft has been said that the cause of Catholic
Emancipation has Web/ retrograded in England.
This we do not believe. The grounds on which
it received the support of the most eminent
Bankers and Merchants of the Metropolis, of the
English Bar, of the individuals most distinguish.
ed for their talents and independence throughout
the country a few short months ago, remain.
in full force now, and it would be libelling
the nation to say that a change in the in-
terim had taken place without any intelligible
cause. The opposition to the Catholics was the
work of the Church, and the High Aristocracy
interested in the distribution of its wealth, who
knew, that though all the well-informed part of
the community had been gained over to emanci-
pation, no small portion of the lower orders„and
the ill-educated of the middle classes, still-re-
tained the notions which were entertained
respecting the Catholics in former ages,, and
that by a little management these preju-
dices could be brought into action. If the
Cabinet were to determine in favour, of
Emancipation, the opposition to it would
not be deserving of a moment's regard ; but
as long as it is not made a Cabinet measure, and
the Church is allowed to array itself against the
Catholics, many of the advocates of emancipa-
tion, who represent open boroughs, are subjected
to considerable inconvenience from a part of their
constituents, who, though the least intelligent,
are not the least pertinacious. The cause
of the Catholics is one which will always
receive the support of the best-infarmed
and most respectable part of the people of
England. But it is a question which every person
will support by words without making any great
exertion in its favour. If the Silk manufaCture,
or Iron manufacture, or Woolen manufacture, or
Agriculture, be threatened by any measure, the
respective classes will stir heaven and earth for
that sacred cause which affects the pocket. But
the fate of six millions of Irish Catholks is,
in England, every body's question and nobody's
question. It is only in a financial point of view
that it could be deeply felt in this country-. A
new tax to furnish means for reducing our dearifish
brethren to order would be felt a thousand times
more ou this side of the water than all the argu-
ments which Irish orators could possibly urge.
The people of England are cold and phlegmatic ;
their nerves are not easily shaken ; and so long
as they retain a persuasion that the Irish Catho-
lics can only complain of oppression, they will
not be much moved by all the vehemence of ora-
tory. The Government, on the other hand, see
nothing in the present state of Europe which
threatens to disturb its tranquillity, and as they
know that, except in the case of war with some

powerful enemy, they have nothing to dread
from the Catholics; they, no doubt, imagine that
they may safely postpone Emancipation till that

time.

[MORNING HERALD.]
The system of local taxation, which has long
existed in this country, has of late years grown
up, especially in the metropolis, to an extent
which cannot much longer be endured. At a pe-
riod of profound peace, when the Government
has been enabled, year after year, to reduce the
public taxes, those precious compounds of job-
bing imbecility, yclept Select Vestries, have
chosen, in the plenitude of power which they
ought not to possess, to increase in almost every
district every kind of rate ; so that what the in-
habitants are relieved from in the House and
other public Taxes, they find taken from them,
and that even in a higher ratio in some cases, in
the shape of Poor, Watch, Church, and other pa-
rochial burdens. We saw a few days since a
very sensible letter in one of the Morning Papers
upon this subject, from an inhabitant of one of
the parishes where this kind of petty legislature
seems to revel in a degree of power more extra-
vagant and offensive than any other, and should
be glad to see appeals from those who feel and
witness the evil more frequent than they are.—
We have often recommended, and we again most
earnestly do so, that Parliament would call for a
return of the nature and amount of the sums thus
raised upon the inhabitants of the metropolis by
these most arbitrary, yet insignificant authorities.
We will not venture to guess at the amount,
though we have some data before us which might
enable us to do so ; but we are quite sure that
it would surprise the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer to see with what ease and to what an ex-
tent this system of local taxation is carried.—
In fact, it seems as if it would know no bounds
while it is permitted to exist, as it now does, un-
checked. Palaces are built for these petty Kings
more sumptuous that our Courts of Justice, or
even than the House of Commons itself ; and the
inhabitants in many parishes, while they see new
squares and streets continually erecting, and of
course brought into charge, and are therefore
naturally entitled to expect that as the number
of prayers increase, the rate of payment should
diminsh, find the very reverse to be the case; and
not only at the rates upon them increased,
but scarcely a day passes when sums of money by
way of loans are not advertised for, to meet the
demands which even these enormous rates will
not discharge. So that the system of borrowing,
by which the country at large has been saddled
with a never-ending burden of debt, is in-
troduced into parishes, with a view, as
is imagined, that while the debt remains,
the bodies which have incurred it, and
the machinery of patronage which it en-
genders are surf. to last. And while all this is
going on, we hear of the poor in some of the
workhouses being worse fed than.felons i❑ gaols;
we see the streets ill paved, the mud and
filth allowed to accumulate in them ; the
watchmen old, decrepit, and corrupt ; and
.churches built with the money of people,
most of whom can find no accommodation
in them, and those who can, being first compel-
led to pay high rents for sittings in the very
place which their own money has paid for erect-
, ing. We do not at all exaggerate in this short
summary of parochial abuses ; nor do we ex.
aggerate when we say, that the system is one
wholly at variance with the spirit of our free
Constitution, and calls either for complete re-
form or entire suppression.

Between four and five o'clock on the morning
of Sunday last, a fire broke out in a house in Gal-
lowgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, occupied by a
Mr. CHARLTON, a tallow-chandler. The flames
for some time spread in an alarming manner, till
their progress was arrested by the engines from
the Fire Offices. WILLIAM WOODS, Esq., one
of the Directors of and Secretary to the New-
castle Insurance Company, was promptly on the
spot; and by his exertions and skill continued
most effectually to subdue the raging element.
It is deeply to be regretted, however, that be-
sides the injury sustained by Mr. CHARLTON,
whose loss in tallow, &c. is full 300/., two poor
men have been deprived of their all, by the
burning of the adjoining dwelling-house, and a
stable which contained two horses, both of which
perished. The buildings, the property of a
prudent man, were insured, but nothing more.
Friday evening, at Wells, a lad having filled
his pockets with squibs, &c. was amusing himself
with them, when some person set fire to a pro-
jecting rocket, which communicating with the
rest, the boy was so dreadfully burnt that he
died On Monday.