The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-16 00:00:00

BRITISH EXPORTS.

Statement of the Quantities of the under-mentioned Arti-
cles of British Manufacture Exported • from Liverpool,
from the btli to the l'eti, inst. inclusive.
Cotton 99,180 Pieces. 68,767 Yards.
Linen
Blanketing - ••• 1,876 ...
Carpeting ' 314 •• • 6,920 ...
Flannel , — ... 1,836,051
Woollen Stuffs 5,197 •• •
Worsted Stuffs 7,903 ...
Baize
Inferior Woollens
Cotton Tarn ....
Cotton Thread 2,170 ' --
Sail Cloth
Cotton Hose
Eartlkenware £1,759 •
Harchirare . £1,789
Salt, White
Salt, Rock 40,103 •.•
Coals.. lBB Tons, Cwt. 0 Chid.
Iron 760 ... 83 ...

-- Ends.

2,000
100
A.:-..

EXPORTS OF COTTON, CALICOES, AND PUS'
FOP. TILE WEEK ENDING JULY 8.
Cottons. Twist. I Calicoes.
2'-:0,467 Abu, 80:',U49 lbs. 50;t,920 yards.

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1828.

The Game Bill was thrown out last night in
the House of Lords by a majority of Proxies—
thus verifying the adage, that, whether sleeping
or awake, their Lordships have an eye to their
privileges—leaving the public to shift for them-
selves. There is no argument so strong in their
Lordships' minds as self-love, nor any so con-
vincing as self-interest. But the march of mind
keeps moving, and may yet overtake their Lord-
ships, unless it be arrested in its progress by
hereditary man-traps and spring-guns.

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The French Papers of Sunday and the Ga-
zette de Fiance of Monday contain some news
from the East, which is merely confirmatory of
what we have already laid before the public. It
appears that on Saturday a tumultuous scene
took place in the Chamber of Deputies, on a
motion for the re-establishment of the National
Guard, which was opposed by the Ministers
as an infringement upon the Royal Pre-
rogative. The question excited the most lively
sensation in the Chamber—so much so, that such
an explosion of public feeling had not taken place
during the present Session. The Chamber
separated in confusion, and the question was left
to stand over till Monday.

German and Dutch Papers, received this
morning, have been anticipated by the Ham-
burgh Reporter to the 12th inst., which we-re-
ceived at a late hour yesterday afternoon. The
Storthing of Norway have agreed to remedy the
existing scarcity of money by a loan of 300,000
dollars.

New Orleans Papers to the sth June have
been received at the North and South American
Coffee-house ; the Paper of the 4th contains a
very curious article on the subject of Messrs.
BARING's purchase of a million of acres in the
province of Texas, Mexico. They take the state-
ment from the English prints, and observe that
they believe it to be correct, the same having
been purchased of a Mr. MILAM, who, it is
said, left New Orleans a few days since to close
the transaction. The title of MILAM is not to
be questioned, but it is matter, they say, of some
consequence to the people of that State to en-
quire why such a large quantity of first-rate
land, lying in their vicinity, should be passing
into the hands of the Capitalists of London ;
lands capable of producing in abundance sugar
and cotton, not inferior to the staples of Lou isania;
and being in the Gulf of Mexico, with as fine a cli-
mate as any in the world, it holds forth the richest
temptations to the. people of all countries for
permanent settlements. Not far from the Gulf
the country is high, and the atmosphere very
fine. This article seems to entertain extremely
jealous 'notions on the subject of this important
purchase, and then goes on to add the manner
iii which such an immense grant of land (an ob-
long square of 300 miles by 60) has been ac-
quired. MILAM is stated to be a Kentuckian
by birth. After the late war, in which he fought
bravelY, finding the prosperity of his native State
on the decline, he resolved to seek the post of dan-
ger under the revolutionary banners of Mexico ;
he distinguished himself as a private soldier only,
in the battles fought in the provinces, butdid not
stop there ; he marched boldly forward to the
city of Mexico itself, relying on his own valour
for safety. In that turbulent population he •soou
became conspicuous, and rendered that republic
eminent services when the tyrant ITURBIDE was
proclaimed Emperor. MILANI, unconscious of
fear, was the first who called aloud for his de-
thronement, in consequence of which, he was im-
prisoned for a while, but the populace broke the
gaol, and delivered him. has lived long
enough to avenge the injury, and to assist in
bringing the tyrant to the block, and as a reward
for his services he obtained the large grant al-
luded to. He was born of humble parents,
and reared without education ; but he has a
mind unfettered by any of the prejudices of
birth and 'country, • and would 'be as ready
to cast lot with the Seythians or the
,New
Hollanders, as with the Kentuckians. In
other words Colonel MILAM is a citizen of the
world, and an example. of the hardy and enter-
prising character of the peasantry of the State

from which he dates his birth. We have since
heard that C►o'.:.+nf•l MILAM is now in London,
Aiid that the present description of this extraor-
dinary man is perfectly correct. Possessing
such an immense territory in America, the
BARINGS ►nay now be denominated Kings of
the New World; and the rich Merchants—the
Princes of Tyre, of the Old.

tt aft'ords us great pleasure to observe that
another shark of the law, who has been fishing
in troubled waters; has been caught to his own
serious cOst, and the-infinite surprise of all the loose
fish of the metropolis. Poor fellow !—we can
really find it in our hearts to be charitable to
him, seeing that he has this time come off
second best in a cause of such a sporting cha-
racter, and so full of promise too But
alas ! for the glorious uncertainty of the law—
so seductive are its paths that even its most cun-
ning practitioners—the attorneys—with all their
modesty of invention—cannot sometimes fish
out a golden libel, though they have all their
former luck and reputation to boot. This, it
must be confessed, is somewhat consolatory to
less finished people, who may really have a
good case, but are " floored". for want
of . dextrous management. It was but the
other:day that we had " lots of libels," as they
are now termed, with sundry farthing verdicts,
as a. precious coMpensatien for loss of character,
but since that coin has becothe rather scarce of
late, Juries have thought proper to return verdicts
for the defendants, thereby implying that the
plaintiffs had no characters at all—or at least none
to spare, and consequently none to lose. Now
all this taight be borne with a little philosophy—
but to lose the costs—aye, and the double costs
too !—what fortitude can stand against such a
double visitation of the miseries of the law of
libel ? HAMAN was not more astonished
when he was ordered to be exalted to that very
honour which he had fondly designed for his
enemy. It is said that surgeons, how-
ever light they affect to make of cutting
up their patients, are yet the greatest cowards in
the world when the knife is applied to themselves.
But this comes of knowing the profession.—
On the same principle the attorneys abominate
the infliction of those costs which they prepared
for their clients. But it is in this manner
that Justice restores the equilibrium of the
law of libel—much to the satisfaction of the
" Licentious Press." We congratulate those of
our contemporaries who have lately conic out of
this fiery ordeal with such flying colours ; and we
trust, for their own benefit, that the mere hunters
of costs will, in future, take warning by the
" lucky" examples set them by the Morning
Herald, the Times, and lastly by Bell's Life in
London.