The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-16 00:00:00

COFFEE IMPORTED.

English Pounds.
Amsterdam 18,000,000
Rotterdam • 13,800,000,
Antwerp 54,000,008
The coffee consumed annually in the whole United
Netherlands, is, according to the latest calculations,
32,000,000 of English pounds, (29,107,800 demi-
kilogrammes), which, for a population of 5,719,000,
gives 51 pounds for each person, man, Noman, and
child—an extraordinary quantity. In Britain, the
coffee consumed- annually by. 10,000,000 of persons,
is only about 15,000,000-Bounds.

PRUSSIA.

CRIMES IN 1824.—Fire-raising, 261 ; robberies,
135; thefts, with personal violence, 1,013 ; common
thefts, 8,297 ; parricides, 3; murders of wives by
their husbands, or husbands by their wives, 7; in-
fanticides, 75; murders, with robbery, 8 ; other
murders, 48 ; homicides, 46 ; suicides, no less than
928 ! This does not include the crimes in the
Rhenish provinces.
According to Dr. Casper, of Berlin, who has
published ai.viunphlet• -on the_ aqbjeary-there were-in
18t4 nrii-ga than 5,590 medical men in Prusid, or'
•one for every 2,000 of the population, But what is
much more extraordinary, there were no less than
10,301 midwives ! The rate of mortality varies in
the provinces from I in 40} to I in 353-.
THE DANUBE.—This river is 1,790 English miles
long. Its velocity between Passau and Vienna is
five feet per second ; it begins to be navigable at
Ulm for boats of 20 to 25 tons ; at Ratisbon, for
vessels of 60 to 90 tons; and lower down, for vessels
from 100 to 300.

SUICIDES IN FARB.

M. Falret, a doctor of medicine, has prepared,
from the official records of the police, a curious me-
moir on the suicides in Paris, from 1794 to 1823.
In these 30 years the whole number of attempted
suicides, discovered by the police, was 6,782, of
which 4,720 were effected. This ampnnts to 223
per annum on an average, but the number has been
increasing; in the ten years ending 1803, it was 107.
per annum ; and in the ten years ending 18.23, it was
334. Of the 6,782 persons who attempted suicide,
only 1,695, or about one-fourth, were living in the
state of legitimate marriage ; and when we consider
how small comparatively the number of unmarried is
at those periods of life at which the act is generally
committed, it may be inferred that the prnpor:ion
of suicides among persons living single is tea times
as great as among those who are married. This
affords a hint to " celebataires." Ir. the ten years
ending 1823, the whole number was 3,340 ; and of
these it is surprising to find that 181 were under
fifteen years of age; and 479 between fifteen and
twenty ! But the age at which suicide is most
common is between thirty-five and forty-five, the
number for that period being 2,370, or two-thirds
of the whole. The modes of destruction resorted
to (in the whole thirty years) were as follows :
Drowning, 2,422 ; fire-arms, 1,125; precipitation
from a height, 872 ; strangulation, 838 ; charcoal
vapour, 455 ; poison, 390; cutting or stabbing, 634.
—1,346 cases of suicide were attr►bttted to physical
causes (disease, wounds, or bodily infirmity, we.
presume); and 476 to -drunkenness.
Of those which were attributed to moral causes,
the following is the table given by the police : •
Men. Women.
Crossed in lore
Jealousy
Mortified pride
Calumny and loss of reputation
Remorse 37 ... 12
Disappointed ambition
Reverse of fortune
Gaming l4l ... 14
Other specieS of misconduct
Domestic chagrins
Misery (Misere)
Fanaticism
Misanthropy
The author observes, that there are a number re-
gistered the causes of which were not known ; and
it may also be presumed that causes assigned were
often erroneous.

From the known effect of different seasons on the
temper and feelings of men, we are not surprised to
find that suicides are more frequent in some months
than in others. Dividing 6,782 by 12, the mean
number for each month should be 565; but in the
four cold months, November, December, January,
and February, the actual number was only 441;
while in the five warm months, between March and
September, it was 682.

PURE WATER.—It appears from a notice,
which has been regularly given at Kingston, and other
places concerned, that it is intended to apply to Pat-lilt-Dent
next session for a bill to authorze the making of a channel
or channels, with aqueducts, tunnels, &e., for the purpose
of couveying pure water from divers springs and btoulis,
aided, when requisite, by a supply from the river Thames
above Tedilington Lock to the mettopoliQ, with feeders and
bran Mies ; ur flout such other parts of the liver as shall
be above the injuri,itis effects of the tide-w,iter 3 with power
to impose rate's, fgt..

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beaus.
Per Quarter. s. to 1. la.to s. a. to s. e. s.
Abingdon 68 84 35 42 35 42 62
Andover..... 78 30 23
Birtaingham......--. 53 81 32 30 22 36 46
Bridport 62 76 132 39 26 28 56
Cirencester 56 86 32 36 23 20 46
Faringdon...!--.. 48 75 36 38 24 31 46
Guildtord 44 Si 36 45 22 58
Henley 59 76 32 43 26 31 (70
Hereford
Highworth .- 62 80 30 36 22 34 I 59
Maidenhead 60 86 31 42 251 . 58 60
,Oakirsgri* 56 70 30 116 21 -., 23 •.7 •60
Reading 69 1413 26 40 22 35 40
Sal SO 96 36 40 26 32 60
Southampton ~—.... 52 76 37 '4O ,30 32 56
Stroud --.. 65 86 32 36 '2B 32 60
Tewkesbury 56 WI 40 42 32 39 64
Uxbridge 65 84 SO 34 24 32 50
Wautage.- . 59 78 28 32 21 28 42
Warminster
Windsor—... 56 102 36 43 24 36 53
Worcester .. 54 80 28 49 ,24 31 36
CHELTENHAM MARKET.—Oet. 14.
Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Pet lb. d. to d.
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Beans 4 9 6 6 Lamb
Pease 5 0 8 0 Pork 6 '7;

Per Bushel. e. d. to s. d.
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Beaus 4 9 6
Pease 5 0 8 0
flay 3l.

'IBA. to V.

OA. per tun.

HULL MARKET.—Oct. 14.

The late considerable advances in the prices of Wheat
caused us to liar a large shew of grain to-day from the
fennel's—this, coupled with the absence of speculators,
caused millers to buy Wheats at 4s. to ss. per qr. below
tae currency of last week; the trade was dull at the de-
cline, and but little business transacted ; in bonded Wheats
there is but little passing; prices without alteration. Good
fresh Oats sell at I s. to 2s. per qr. more money, and other
qualities are more free sale, but at no improvement in
price. Bond Oats continue in fair request at our quota-
tion. Very few free Beans offering, but some considerable
parcels under bond have changed hands during the week,
at Is. per qr. above the rates of our last market ; the de-
mand to-day not so free, but the holders are firna in prices.
Peas without alteration. There is scarcely any English
Barley offering; the best making qualities would have met
free sale at above our quotations. Bonded Barley continues
in request, and but little offering. Linseed Is. to 2s. per
qr. dearer. Rapeseed is held firmly at our quotations.
Wheat, Old flOs. t•lfis —s. Now ....... —s. 78s. 925.
-- Foreign —s. (ins. 80s.
Oats, Poland —s. 2-Is. 26.1 Old • —s, —s. Ws.
Small or Feed:— —s, IRs. 21s. ......... ............. —s 255.

-- Foreign '—'s. 246. 275• .---. ..... ~ ..... —s. —s. —s.
Barley, Norf. & Sut —s. 40s. 425. Linc. & %Vold —s. S. —s•
Beans 425. 445. 465. Foreign —s. --s. —s•
Pease, White —s 48s. 50s. Grey . ..... ....... —s. 40s. 425.
'fares —s. 425. 50s. Foreign 34s. 404. —5.
Rapeseed, in bond none. Free, per last... —l. 231. 271.

RKETS.—Oct. A.

prises tier
ivvtshaeser.
DUMFRIES MA_
s.d.
price
s.d.
s.d. s.d.
Wheat, Imp. Bush... 76 to 0 Butter, 160 z.... ooto 0 ¶1
Barley 0 0 4 3 Eggs, dozen
2 2 6 Beef, per lb.
Oats
2 0 •1 11 Hutton
Flour, 11th.
Oatmeal 1 S 1 10 Veal
to-day,
x:Ypu'efettab tei osne.co(0(8)::81dWhe-
ther000:1%
e
hPa()vtCidAt°t4elT'l CATTLE
iotl3.icsieA•es-telia.eK'st.ioE-nTfi°:.o—f:anris'ehol:m:esQuarters
elow
mistake about the He tn pton
markets, or the extent of the sales at Brough-hill, we
do not know ; but the supply altogether hot dered on
3,000 head, and may be classed as followsb :—Three-year-
olds and upwards 831 ; two-year-olds 7d•6 ; highlanders
434 ; stirks 661 ; queys and heifer 210; cows 35 ; total,
as nearly as two persons could count them, 2937. Deal-
ing in the morning was considered brisk, and at an earlier
hour than generally happens, a good many lots were tarred
with the buyer's mark, while others were driven out of
town. In these early sales last week's prices were fully
supported ; but business afterwards became more fist
when the dealers perceived the long array of beeves that
continued arriving till mid-day and after it. For
nearly two hours the dealers appeared to be resting on their
oars, but as evening approached the demand revived, and
several buyers from the ;noel being present, there was
something like competition towards the end of the market.
The sales
rent periods of the day, and those, perhaps, who sold
first and last had the greatest cause to be satisfied
with their bargains. At about two o'cloco. )I:r
but
e marked
same kind
plaint met us that prices had fallen
this we think wcs
such a redaction
eict.raae,rst,t_tpflioleeiits:sw:t:poelef,lly.tt.k.e.tu)arillpni"iata4.4re,irlatee.yr
~vig4(s;ituvlstyl.e‘a)nr daitiftel ritoernidt
may have been submitted
i texaggeration,t,.,
otet Ivrloitilk,glrl:the dealers began
ied to
les in small
to fight shy.
lotultimately remained unsold. A
en excel-
lent
drovecondition,
ci'faailn:oedwsftaeo;,:k Lori:et:li
01 two lots of two
yp, 101. per head, and from that
tleteer
quickly at
former prices; Highlanders
be a very
saleable article in the market ; three year-olds sold at from
Sticks likewise sold well, and
r)l,),oprices are supported.
sii:ole'lrln"gan.riiiel"lit'..iftec::usnst:ll;leadi:n 34 calls--ot
teans of causing a trittlne 101 l in the
mat bet. Pi ;',:o N t torr, 71, to i

The great necromancer of this destructive
system has indeed, by his own rash but tbrtn-
nate petulance, been excluded from the British
Cabinet, and is now residing in that country
where he imbibed those principles, and which it
appears have absorbed both his intellect and his
affections hi favour of a kingdom whose dupes
we are, and which has ever been the rival and
natural enemy of British prosperity.
Under the fatal influence of those prejudices,
and what we beg leave to call a complete dere-
liction of principle, we see the commerce and
general trade of the nation rapidly sinking into a
vortex of destruction, and the tide of prosperity
flowing from the British shores into the port€ of
our enemies and rivals on the continents of both
• Europe and America. The penetrating and
patriotic spirit of the Duke of Wellington is
neither blind, nor insensible of the disastrous
consequences which we both feel and anti-
ticipate, from the political errors at which
we have glanced. The fidelity anti energy
of that spirit we cannot call in question, but We
must express our fears of its ability to meet and
counteract those consequences, without the full
and cordial assistance of every branch of the
Administration. Could our feeble voice be
heard in the British Cabinet, we. would resound
in the ears of its recreant members, the wild
phrensy, the ignorance, the-mis-statements, and
political blunders which have hitherto marked
their feeble progress, and caution them against
the ruinous and destructive measures they have
adopted.
We are enemies to all time-serving4aetions,
who blinded by party feeling, follow and sup-
port their leaders in any measures they may pro-
pose, however inimical to the obvious interests
of the country ; and. which have long been the
curse of Old England.
We have, indeed, been ever taught to believe
that the House. of Commons was to be consi-
dered as the grand emporiu.n of British liberty,
and the guardian of our dearest interests ; thas
in that House the voice of the nation was heard,
advocating its rights and preserving its privileg
—its Members being supposed to he the legiti-
mate representatives of the people. In this point
of view the Constitution contemplates that House,
and it is upon this solid ground that we plead
for the representation of Birmingham therein.
With a population of one hundred and fort-
thousand inhabitants ; with a manufacture equal
in importance and extent to that of any other
town in the kingdom, and contributing im-
mensely to the support of the government un-
der the present system of taxation, we ask, is it
fair, is it equitable, is it constitutional, to deprive
such a town of the benefit of representation in
the popular legislative assembly of the country ?
We answer, it is not ; and we fearlessly add,
the privation is as unjust as it is unconstitu-
tional.

this iniquitous
?
it
anomaly
that
ilaovth
eisiliiraraleplfaet‘lv,vietlywaeoctcroottitine ourt (irvil interests Is
t v for
aristocr tcv
unitingits influence with the agricultorat
department, madly institutes a rivalship of
- . •,.,
interests therein, as opposed to the manu-
facturing and commercial establishments of
Great Britain ? Preposterous absurdity ! finely
illustrated by the Roman fable of the dis-
pute between the belly and the limbs of the
department, to
human body, which must have ended in the de-
struction of both. Such infatuated conduct we
can only ascribe to the ignorance and miserable
cupidity of its authors, and its sanction by the
Government,te ti and incompe,
gave it their slippy
ft.,
o fthe t
Ministerso the incapacity,i o
True political wisdom would dictate a very cliff,t.,
procity
ent line of conduct, and labour to establish a mi.
the mutual and general benefit of the whole. e
W
plead for no monopoly in favour of any par-_
mount interot, but we firmly Claim our
proper
share in the representation of the country,
where the ingenious and industrious manufac-
turer shall be
of interests between every
placed upon an equal footing
with
the agriculturist. Our title to 1•t us cannot be
disputed, and hence we trust in
of Parliament the voice of
triotic will advocates prevail over the nefari.o.
principle that would rob us of our just an,3 itn:A-
lienable privilege. Until we, in common with
Manchester, •
Sheffield, and other important ma-
nufacturing towns, shall recover our national
rights, we maintain that the House of Commons
is not what the Constitution intends it to be,
the Representative of the People.—We remaiu
Four ever faithful servant,

ARGUS,

A report is in circulation, and said to he well
founded, of an intended elopement of a young heiress, noL
a score miles distant from Bury, planned, but not executo,
and that entirely owing to the mistake of the post-boy,
who, either through ignorance or incorrect instructions,
went to the wrung end of the lane where the expectant pair
wrre to he taken up, and thereby caueed a discovery, which
ended in the lady, who has a large fortune when of age,
being taken back to her friends, and the gentleman left to
mourn sad disappoiritillolt,—,Bury !Jerald, -