The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-08 00:00:00

Propert Tax Will be taken o'ff, and thelprice of
•labOlur reduced.
It is the concurrent opinion of mo-t of the
other witnesses, that 805. per quarter is the lowest
price which would afford to the British grower an
adequate remuneration. • Their evidence is insert-
&l at length in the minutes, and their names. will
be found to include many o} the most eminent
surveyors and land agents from different paM:of
Great Britain,_ as well as some, persons who have,
been long awl very extensively engaged in the
Corn trade, and several occupiers of hind, distin-
guished fur their practical knowledge, and the
accurate- manner in which they have kept their
-farming accounts. On this part of the subject it
is very material to bear in mind that many of
these witnesses, who are very 'extensively em-
ployed-as surveyors and land agents in the letting
of estates, all concur in stating, that the calcula-
tions upon .‘vhieh they how proceeded for some
~ years have in no instance been • below 80s. a
quarter, and that they have frequently exceeded
. that price.
Several other witnesses, equally distinguished
for their knowledge and experience in matters con-
nected with the letting of 'estates, and. the agri-
culture of the country, state, that the price of,
80S. a quarter will nut afford a sufficient protee, •
tion to the British grower. The evidence and
calculations which they have given to the Com-
mittee will also be found in the,Appetidi, by a
reference to which it will appear, that several
prices, from 84s. up to 06s. have been stated by
different witnesses, as the lowest which. tinder
.the present charges and expence of—cultivation.,
Would afford a fair remuneration to the grower.
It may be proper to .obserre, that, these latter
Calculations appear, in most instances, to be fur-
nished by Witnesses whose attention and expe-
rience have been principally directed to districs
consisting chiefly of cold clay, or waste and infe
rior lands, on which wheat cannot be grown, but
at an expence exceeding the average charge of its
cultivation on better soils. - On lands of this de-
scription, however, a very considerable proportion
of wheat is now raised ; and it appears by the.
evidence, that if such lands were withdrawn from
tillage they would for many years be of very little
use as pasture, and that the loss from such a
change, as well to the occupiers as to the 4 eneral
stock of national subsistence, would be very g,.eat.

Cru be continued )

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, SEPT. 7.

BEFORE MR. SLRJEANT PALMER.

RichardSelles, renranded on a former day to
amend his schedule, by inserting the sums of Ind—
ney received by his wife, who WAS placed in the
situation of landlady at the White Hart, Rich-
mond, appeared to claim his discharge under the
53d of the king. It will be recollected, by a for-
mer report of.this case, that the prisoner was op-
posed by one of his creditors, on the ground that
he had given his brewer a warrant of attorney, on
which judgment was immediately obtained, and.
the whole of the prisoner's goods put in the him&
of the brewers, The prisoner's wife was per-
mitted to remain on toe premises and carry on the
business, and, as 'noue of the goods were re-
moved, it appeared to be an assignment of the
property to a favoured creditor, which, underibe
AAA, prevents a prisoner from obtaining his dis-
cinwgc.
Mr. PRINCE SMITH this day contended, on the
authority of two cases in the 'iserm Reports, that
the prisoner bad assigned his goods in direct vio-
lation of the Act, and that he could not be dis-
charged.

Mr. POLLOCK argued, on the other side, that
the words of the Act did not make it an assign-
:neut.

Mr. Serjeant l'AumEll was of opiniou,, that it
was such a conve'yance of property 'as the Act
would not allow?. Ile considered himself bou-n(l
to put a liberal construction on the words iu the
clause, to protect the creditor, but as he had not
seen one of the cases cited by Mr. Sudili, he post-
poned his judgment to the 14th instant, when he
will probably 'decide the point, which is cansider-
ed most important. •

EXECUTION OV THE SH PARSON.-011
Robert Peacock-, aliAs Thomas Mate, alias
Richard iFifliunascur, alias Richard Thomas, alias
Wm. Whiteficld, alias Wm. Whitmore, On idiom
sentence of death was passed at the late Assizes
at Gloucester, for \forgery, (he was found guiltvut
the last Lent Assizes, but judgment respited), and
George Spies, convicted on five separate indict-
ments—four for horse-stealing,"and one fin-steal-
ing a heifer—were executed on the. temporary
npparatus over the lodge of the county gaol.
Peacock exhibited an uniform rcpentence atuVre-
signation, from the time of his conviction to the
awful moment of higstafering. Powerful interest
bad been exerted to proeur'e ai remission of his Sen-
tence ; and there is reason to believe that he had
cherished hopes of mercy till within the last four
hours. He had, during au imprisonment of
months; daily amused himself with .writing' a:
journal of his proceedings and devotional engage-.
ments ; and this task he continued with unabated
composure till within little more than half an
hour of hiS execution ! At intervals, he had like-
wise employed himself in instructing his fellow-
pritqiners in '.their religious duties„ and made con-
siderable progresi in enlightening the minds of
some of f.hem. To his fellow-sufferer, he was
eminently useful ; and., .from great obduracy .of
heart, he brought hituto a sense' of the awful
change he was about to undergo. After coming
from Chapel, they .Were engaged for some time in
private prayer ; and about one o'clock they
ascended the platform, Nvhere they remained but
a few minutes, without the smallest inclination to
address the populace. Peacock, whose presence
of nlind and firmness never forsook him through-
out the whole of this dreadful scene, shook hands
with Svines, and with the executioner, to whom
he bequeathed a fey shillings, -which he said
xvould be found in his pocket ; ant) they . were
launched into eternity in the presence of an im-
mense number of spectators.
A man, named (;loner/, has been committed to
gaol, charged on suspicion of the murder of Mr.
REILLY..--(Westmeath Journal.)