The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The Court-martial on Captain Dickenson has
ended in his complete and honourable acquittal.
We certainly never perused a body of evidence
in which charges were more vaguely spoken to,
or from the looseness and generality of more
than one of which charges a precise refutation of
them appeared more difficult to establish. As a
precedent, we should have thought it Hot a little
dangerous if officers, on coming out of an
arduous service, were to be left in doubt for twd
whole years, whether they had or had not per-
formed their duty so as to exempt them from all

risk of future accusation, and for errors of at

most a secondary class; because it would be
next to impossible for such men to go into action
with any degree of confidence, that ever so lotig
a delay of censure was to be a security against
the final depreciation of their merits and de-
struction of their professional hopes. On that
ground, distinct from every personal considera-
non for Captain Dickenson, we are gratificel
by the result of his extraordinary trial. At
the same time, most people seem to have
been struck by the (somewhat unusual, perhaps)
force and severity of expression employed by
the Court in wording certain passages of
its judgment. It was not enough to affirm that
the charges had "not been proved," but they
are directly described as " frivolous," "ground-
less," and "vexatious." Whom does this
stern language hit ? and is it likely to pass with-
out producing some further consequence ? Sir
Edward Codringtoa declared a dozen times that
he had deprecated the prosecution. As prose-
cutor, therefore, in words at least, he stands un-
scathed. But the Admiralty pinned Sir Edward
to his unfavourable report of the conduct of
Captain Dickenson, which report contained the
charges pronounced by honourable men upon
their oaths, to be groundless, vexatious, and fri-
volous. We cannot say that this language gives
us any pleasure. It is uncomfortable to see a
brave and victorious officer like Sir E. Codring-
ton wounded in this manner, through the sides
of even an inconsiderate report to the Admiralty,
But there are few men so discreet as on ail oc-
casions to say just enough, and no more. The
gallant Admiral appears in the present instance
to have suffered from the recoil of his own gun,
more than did the object at which he aimed it.
Many persons speak as if they believed that
there was a great portion of matter kept behind,
and that it must be dragged forward for the sake
of perfect justice. We attach no faith to such
surmises.— Times.

We copied into our Paper of yesterday, from
the French journals of Tuesday, the following
extract from the Gazelle de France, Evening
Paper, which, speaking of the falsehood of its
morning contemporaries, and quoting, as an in-
stance, the statement of the Courier Francais,
charging it with being paid by the Minister of
the Interior at the rate of 12,000 france, or
4801. a month, adds, " This sum is in fact the
amount of the subsidy paid to the Journal des
Debals, under the preceding Administration ;
6,000 f. a month were given to that journal by
the Minister of the Interior and 6,000 f. by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs. We repeat that

the Gazette receives nothing either from one
Minister or the other. The Gazette is the de.

pendent of its principles alone,—it has no en•
gagements with any individual." Aware how
easily such charges are made, and how readily
they are believed by the enemies of the accused
party, we waited for the Journal des Dcbals of

the Mowing day, to see what reply it would
make before we directed any attention to the sub-
ject. We observe with regret that it has been
silent. We say with regret, because though we
cannot construe that silence into an admission of
guilt, we think it ill-judged to despise a charge
so specifically made by a contemporary, which
the public, on such a topic, will believe well-in-
formed. The present Ministers at least must have
given their countenance to the statement which
has been published by their organ, and which re-
lates to the employment of the public funds
placed at the disposal of their predecessors. The
public press of France was, till lately, a great
deal more liable to charges of corruption, or of
direct influence, than our own. It would be
superfluous now to recur to the time of the Em-
pire, when the Fouches and Itovigos were in
the habit of summoning the editors of journals
to their hotels,—distributing their parts as in a
green-room rehearsal,--paying them for their
services, or instructing them in the performance
of their duties, like the Police Commissaries of
districts under their charge. Since the return of
the Bourbons the Government has often felt its
want of popularity ; and being unable, like Na-
poleon, to levy the requisite supply of confidence
or admiration (monter l'esprit publique) by the
authority of the Police Minister, has been obliged
to come into the market to purchase the ap-
plause or forbearance which it could not other-
wise obtain. Hence the establishment of seve-
ral journals, like the Drapeau Blanc, which
owed their existence and support almost entirely
to the funds of the Court, or to the secret-ser-
vice money of the Cabinet, and which were
obliged to strike their flag when, by a
change of Ministry or an alteration of sys-
tem, those supplies were withdrawn. This
fact is so notorious to all persons acquainted
with the newspaper press of Paris, as to admit
of no doubt, and to require no proof. The
Ministry of Villele, having a law in force by
which no new print could be established without
Government sanction, and thinking that if they
could obtain by purchase, menaces, or force, the
direction or the silence of all the existing jour-
nals, they would command public opinion, tried
the latter experiment, and failed. The King
was therefore obliged to withdraw from several of
these refractory papers the aid which his privy
purse had afforded, (because he could not con-
sistently support by his bounty publications
which resisted his servants) ; and they were con-
sequently discontinued. Another class of jour-
nals in the mean time flourished, which, addres-
sing themselves to the popular mind, found
their best patrons in the multitude of their
readers. These, with the exception of the Jour-
nal des Debats, are of recent establishment, and
all are of opposition politics. Three of them,
the Constitutionnel, the Courier Francais, and
the Journal du Commerce, never having had
the happiness of seeing their political friends in
power, have always been able to escape the charge
of Government corruption. The Journal des
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opposed it afterwards,—having given its
countenance to the Martignac Cabinet, and be-
ing now employed daily in pouring out its vials
of wrath on that which has succeeded it. Hence
it has been exposed to the above• mentioned
charge, which we have no doubt its respectable
proprietors will be able satisfactorily to answer.

Under the last Ministry it certainly was liable to 1 1688, as his enemies say-or rather, in liberat- duce a favourable re-action. The Committee FALKIRK TRYST. caroteels, and sold butts at 755., a few lots at 765. ; caro-
teefs 765. a 775., and damages (butts) at 745. In other
an influence which-though of a less sordid kind ina the Protestants from the burdens imposed did institute inquiries in every quarter, and the
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than a monthly bribe from the public Treasury- on them as well as the Catholics, by Penal document alluded to is the meagre, but melon - The second, and indeed the most important of descriptions of Fruit there is scarcely any thing doing.
would have considerably impaired the effect of its Laws, for which there could no longer be a chcly, result of their labours, to be laid before a demand for them being very great from the country.
these national cattle markets, commenced on Mon- Tr:A.-Since the sale, noheas bear a small. premium, the
opinions or reasonings in this country. Its chief shadow of justification-is without the justifica- general meeting, and approved as a true and day, the 7th instant. There was not nearly the
Ous.-The accounts yesterday from the Fisheries reach
proprietor, and one of its best writers, were tion for passiveness which his predecessors had ; satisfactory statement. We shall only call atten- usual number of 'sheep brou h I.lboro‘uvtarldo,,(t)ll7o h
down to the 6th ult. ; the fishing is not of a marked cha-
ractersupply not exceeding 35,00g0-t
promoted to the lucrative and almost sinecure and it is but supposing him possessed of common tion to that part of it which states that there are the wonted number; and owing to the stormy had ;it is neither very bad or very good, and the reports
had not the slightest effect on our Market prices.
places of Councillors of State. As this receipt sense to give him credit for seeing, that having upwards of 13,000 individuals in that depart- weather, they were by no means in good condition.
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of official honours and gains, however, was pub- placed himself in a new situation with respect to went of the woollen manufacture which is termed . The morning was highly favourable, and the sheep
PRICES OF H016'3.-Sept. IS.
lielV
~known,-as it was never attempted to be Ireland, he must discharge the duties of that si- the Fancy Business, who have not more than two- were on the ground by the usual hour; but it was Kent Pockets 1 pt.7/.los. to 8/ o'.
61 its. 64 153. to 7/. Os. SiTsex Ditto -
concealed, and as every person could thus make tuation. The first thing that must strike every pence halfpennyper day each to live upon ! and tNvo o'clock before any very large sales were effected.
-. 61. 7l. 0:. to 71. 10s.
Cheviots were in the greatest request, and the bust- 1.,a-srctrlialm)it Ditto, Fine O/, Os. 0/, 151. to 11/. Os,
allowance for the Ministerial tendency of the man to whom the destinies of the empire are put it to those whop deny the existence of distress,Seconds ~.... . 0/. Os. 9/. Os. to 10/. Os.
ness began with a heavy lot of good ewes. About
Kent Rags.-----,-.- 5/. 15s. 6/. 6s. to 61, 15s.
Journal, by being acquainted with the necessary confided, is the expellee of reserving peace in whether there is not in this simple fact, the most
....... 5/. ios. 5/. Os. tO 61. 6:.
a dozen of very heavy lots soon afterwards left the Essex Ditto
bias of the parties,-nobody was deceived, and Ireland. The population of the island is but convincing proofs of it ? The subject is too field, sussax Ditto Uhf Duty laid at-- 5/. 12s.
00.6/. 6s. to 61. 10..
£37,
No fraud was committed. But to pretend to in- half that of Britain, yet it requires to be garri. plain to require proof, and too melancholy to ness and there was a complete suspension of busi-
for at least two hours. In the evening fully a
PRICE OF POTATOES.-Sept. IS
dependence, if actually bribed to speak out or soned with thirty thousand soldiers, while this bear contemplation-and yet there is no remedy third of the stock remained unsold; but a great deal New Ware.,...,.. 2/. 10s. to :V. ss. per ton.
be silent,-to allow the Ministers to win its island has not half the number. This is a great but that which will never be adopted-a reduc- of business was afterwards done in the quarters of PRICE OF OIL.
,iit holden opinions" with gold,--to have not evil in the present state of our finances, which tion of taxes-an equalization of the duties the dealers. Prices of black-faced sheep ran from Rape Oil, brown ......-- 44/. 6s. .....-...... Refined .--147 0
Linseed Oil
li year h
of
lots tree yearling
only its proprietors in the Council of State, but furnishes so many motives - for economy. But which are levied on the poor and rich, and a 12s. to 155., and a few top Linseed Oil Cake ant the Mill, per thousand 10 10
wedders sold from 16s. to I7s. Cheviots ran from Rape Cake, per to- 5 5
its editor's fingers in the public purse,-this the expense is not the worst of the business. return from our present metallic standard, to one,
17s. to 245. and com pest black-faced wed few of the good lots PRICES OF LEATHER.
would argue a degree of corruption or dishonesty By furnishing the landholders with a military less stable we allow, but more suited, we mastß remained unsold.
Butts I.:rtolbi-411b.... Icli to l()) Tanned Hl('„esrelliiiide,.. 11,i to 2i
of which we believe the parties accused to be in- force, we free ry ac. them from the necessity of obse- ld ,to our impoverished condition.-Monting from 3s. to 45., arid cheviots and crosses at from 2s. 0itt0.........-.60 to 661 b- 21 2'2 Spanish Ditto .-....„-... 21 :30
capable, and of which we expect in the next inn justice and moderation in their conduct ; for Advertiser. Dressing Hides 14 17
to 3s. under- the last year's prices, and many re- ---.. Per dozen.
Fine Coach Hides 19 21 Calf Skins". 36 to 44St 18 24
number of the Journal des Debars to find an they know that when the peasantry have recourse MANCHESTER, SEPT. 17. mained unsold. The market for black cattle com- crop Hides, 35 to 404 14) RS Ditto --,....50 to 7011;.. 23 29
Siitutoo-,.45 to 50Ib. 14 19 DM? .....- 70 to 80M. 20 22
indignant denial.-Ibid. to violence, the Government must interpose to I hold it to be of the greatest importance at menced on Tuesday morning, and the weather was
" 1 201 Stead Seals, Greenland 19) 201
reduce the refractory. The armed force is there- the present day, to collect the best authenticatad
If the published accounts of w hat took place remarkably unfavourable. About mid-day business ---
WHITECHAPEI: HAYISIARKET.-Se t 17.
fore the cause of the necessity for an armed Hay ..--...... 365. Od. to 90s. thl. 1 Clover -70 s. 1\11). to.
115 s. OA.
at the recent Anniversary of the Lincolnshire facts that may throw light upon the actual state began with the Argyleshire heifers. Mr. M'Kechnie,
Straw ~ 3.135. Od. to 455. Od.
of Corry, exhibited the best lot of three score •; they
Agricultural Society are to be credited, there is force. It has been observed that so long as any of the country. The existence of distress itself; RAW HIDES.
of the native Princes of India had no support long denied, is now admitted; but the extent were among the first sold, and brought rather above Per Stone. s.d. to 8. (1. Per Stone. •s.d.to a. d.
what may be considered an open and avowed
from us, the dread of provoking their subjects and amount of it is yet, I fear, greatly under- 31.; another lot of twenty, nearly as good, brought v.!!-!eitsers&Steersl 4 3 8 Ordinary. --,......... 2. 0 2 4
mutineer ill the Ministerial ranks, and that per- within a trifle of the same money. Inferior lots of '" g ' u 3 6 Malk"alf-- 6 eacl''
to insurrection forced them to observe some rated. There is evidently as great a dispositionSHEEP SKINS.
nonage no other than the Right Honourable the same age, namely, three-yearlings, went off ac-
measure in their tyranny; but the moment they to underrate the truth by one part of the pressWool - Os. Od. to Os. Od. 1 Shearlinga---Os. fid. to ls. Co.
John Calcraft, the Member forWarehain, and.2r,d ignogo
good
to their
had the protection of our Government, they gave as to exaggerate unfavourable appearances by thethree-yearling stots were brought forward.
who was not long since appointed to the lucrativePRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, 'lc . p 1121 b S t. 18.
rind to all manner of oppressive acts, in the as- other. As I shall probably have .to address you Having been comparatively little injured by the Town Tallow'
425. fist. YelM.u?Soietir, .- eP745..0(4.
and honourable post of Paymaster of the Forces. 40s. Oil. Mottled Bos. Od.
surance that they could always, in cases of emer- more especially on the state of this town and im- severe weather, the owners, anxious to turn them zr,T2Lliotwe Russia
41s. Od. White---,....--. 81s. Od.
On that occasion, as might naturally be expected mediate district, in a very short time, I forbear 38s. Od. Graves ----,--- 16s. Ott.
the subject of agricultural distress formed a irin- gencY, command our force. In this way the to the best account, have kept them over till the soap Ditto
tulgl . 325. Oel. Good Dregs.--,,,,,...-... SA. uct.
to say more than that we exist without any ma- i%letittoellSo
government of the Company incurred all the October tryst. There were but few lean cows 20s. Od.
tipal topic of discussion •; for to brood over' his shown, and the small Highland cattle sold at
odium of the tyranny of the native rulers ; and terial deviation from the course which, I have PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone at 81b.-Sept. 18.
misfortunes affords to John Bull even a relish
in like manner, the English Government incurs more than once intimated in the Advertiser, • ' ' -
from 3/ to 4/ There was a good show of two-year- Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ....-2s. aid.
to his wine. On the health of Mr. Calcraftevents were forcing us upon. ling stots, and though inferior in point of competition, PRICE OF CANDLES.
all the odium of the oppressive measures of the
having been drank, the Right Hon. Gentleman they were in request, and the different lots sold before The price of Store C
antadles, in the retail shops, is as follows :-
Irish landholders, which measures owe their The important document which I subjoin willCandles. per doz. .o Os. Od. Moulds, per dozen ..,.....os. 6d.
two o'clock brought -
is stated to have returned thanks to the company
COAL M A nicrr.-Sept. 18.
existence to the confidence that the being backed show that the cotton-manufacturer is not alone considerably above the usual number of the heavy Adair's ..-. 295. Od. Walls End Carr and Co. 28, al.
in along and able speech, in which, after duly
by an English force gives them in their exactions in the career of suffering; the simple fact which Norland cattle. Last year 3,900 passed through tilleaumemt 26 0 Ditto Cramlington...- 28 0
acknowledging the honour done him, he pro- . ... 32 0 Ditto Hilda - 26 0
from a necessitous population. We have again it announces, that thirteen Piousand individuals the Perth toll, but there have been upwards of 4,200 liztr.di
_ . .... 29 3 Ditto Northumberland 29 6
seeded to a review of the late Parliamentary in the town and neighbourhood of Huddersfield, this season, and the aggregate would exceed 6,000. Eiritireri7B"tiPala- ':5 (g Rtttt°olltlirtrsa""°- :1 1
and again said, the state of Ireland is altogether
Session, asserting th.:t " his Majesty's Minis- are existing at the rate of twopence haYpenny a The exposers had not much reason to complain- Ditto re-shipped. 25 0 Ditto Ituss,ill'r-. 32 9
an anomaly ill politics,-that the existence of so
tees, not content with their neglect of the agricul- they sold, according to condition, from 6/. 10s. to f. Y:
uoeractupE,, intlsor r 7 g Ditto E7nadlkaert ton 34 !),
rural interests of the country,had - day, is an awful commentary on the condition of
that branch of the woollen trade, known as the 10 guineas. The result of the business up to three Shipcote 27 0 Walls End Lambton,- 34 3
slant verge of insurrection, could not have been so 3 Walls End 1 ins-. 31 9
thrown every obstacle in their '
power in the way o'clock on Tuesday afternoon was, that, with the .I.a"tield
Fairfield Lea.-......... .28 0 Walls hid St,wart's -34 :3 •
possible in any independent society. Long be- fancy line. The contrast between the behaviour
of all improvement." In alludina to the Act for exception of the Argyleshire heifers, the cattle have Townley. .27 6 Russell's Hetton's W.E. 33 6
fore the population had attained half its present. of the unfortunate sufferers-mostly natives of29 3 Blackboy Bean -24 0
regulating the averages (the Duke of Welling- not on an average paid above 10;. a head for stun- 'l%;?.linif Belll
31
- amount, they would have risen on their superiors the soil-and their Irish brethren at Barnsley, mering ; fully half the stock remained at that hour Dito'Be.lll Ilsoann&d. Foci.. 3 ic';:rviMi, --'-------.-..i7.) el
ton's new Corn Law be it remembered), he said Viitto Bewieke and i o.- 32 6 Walls End Elgin ......-, 31 0
and taken vengeance of them, if the Landowners in the immediate neighbourhood, will not fail to unsold; and before nightfall most of the good lots
it only promoted fraud and forgery," while it
had attempted to pursue the system which has be remarked. May it be appreciated also ! The found purchasers, arid those that stood over to Wed- wa End Boundary-
~n(s
..
'23g 9 11?=t1=7:: :4
9
furnished no adequate protection to fair dealing. situation of other classes of the community there nesday, when the weather again was favourable, were D
Dittot° I(47get°anum-7.7 3 Russell's small „--„,-. 18 6
always been acted on M Ireland. A sense of 29 This, and much more in terms equally strong,
this danger would have betimes dictated to the may be more advantageous or not ; but. satisfied taken off at prices similar to those of Tuesday. The Ships at market, 112-Ships sold, 57-Unsold, 55.
must be deemed to be somewhat unaccountable prices of the heavy Angus-shire and Aberdeenshire ---
Landowners the necessity of seeking for their of the deep interest you will feel in such a sub-
language to be held by one Member of cattle, of which the show was excellent, may he COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.
safety in the moderation of their own conduct, ject, I have personally instituted inquiries, and
the Government relative to the measure of quoted at from 121. to 131. for four-year-olds stots, 1 Wheat. i Barley. Oats. Beans.
and the well-being and interest in good order of shall continue them, with a view to ascertain the Per Quarter. ' --
his colleagues and -himself. If Mr. Cal. though superior lots brought a great deal more. One.. Ashburn..,--- 68 72 --2732 42 46
their dependents. In the feudal times, as we extent of so calamitous a visitation. The results lot indeed of ten, by far the
best, was sold as high Basingstoke -.....- 60 80 32 37 20 27 12 45
craft has been sent into the aaricultural
call them, the chief's security depended on the I shall be able to communicate within a few as 231. a head. Another lot of fifty, considerably Bath 56 76 32 :38 2.5 36 44 59
districts, as Mr. Dawson evidently was Bridgewater - 62 80 36 38 20 'lO 35 45
attachment of his followers. Any one acquainted days. The Report is drawn up to be laid be- above the averave, brought 13/. 12s. Three-year- Cristo! 65 72 36 40 16 30 36 44
last year into Ireland, to prepare his hearers for
with, the state of the borders' of England and fore the Committee appointed to receive it. I old stots of this Sescription brought from S/. to 101. Chesterfield
a change, then we can understand this kind of An excellent lot of sixty three-year ohs was sold at Deviles "......"..." 55 78 35 41 1g '3l 11 P,'
Scotland, knows that a feeling of independence have been able to procure you a copy before
apparent inconsistency; but if that be not so, 121. which could have brought 131. last year. Two Doncaster --.- 60 70 21 33 19 33 45 48
was generated there, in a degree beyond what being laid before them and formally signed by Dorchester........,-. 54 76 30 38 '24 34 - 52
!hen we must consider it as we have already three year-old stots and heifers sold according to Exeter. 64 SO 40 42 21 29 -
was known in other parts of the island, from the the Chairman. -Gloucester--. 58 7(i 30 34 18 28 42 45
characterized it, as an act of open mutiny, which, REPORT. quality from 3/. to 61. 10s.; currently about 51.
Hungerford -„. 55 82 '29 37 20 33 - 44
feeling of each individual of his importance ;an The horse market was as well attended as usual. Leicester - 72 - 36 - :30. - 45
we should imagine, the Duke of Wellinoton isHUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 10, 1829. Newbur
independence of which traces remain at this day, Good draught and saddle horses were much looked RoinseyY---• :3'oB g(.32 44F, :,/8' 41 rs
one of the last now upon earth quietly to° sub- The long-continued difficulties of numerous
after the causes have ceased to operate. As the after, but there was little demand for inferior ani- Shaftesbury -,.. - 75 - 39 - 32 _ 55
wit to. But then what is his Grace to do ? wretched individuals in this neighbourhood, and the
old poem has it- mils. The average price of good saddle-horses :I,e,,ltoonniAclallet .... r 1 7::,) :is 44(4) r 4 Til 11 52
Mr. Calcraft iF, or was, a Whirr. Mr. Calcraft alarming consequences likely to result from their in-
t, " For rich husbands (farmers) and tenants of great might, may be quoted at from 35/. to 42/.-good draught Taunton --.. -70- 35 ',3 -2 V
is, or was, a personal friend and favourite of the creasing wants, require such particular notice at the 60 76 36 40 24 28 45 48
Help ay their Lordis to bald their right." ditto from 251. to 401. Inferior at all prices. There Yewil
present moment, that we beg to submit the follow- Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. is.d.a. d.
King. At any rate he is, we should suspect, It ' •
is, therefore, foreign interference that is the • were several droves of Highland ponies, from 5/. to Shrewsbury 9 6 11 8 5 6 66: 6 9 761 0 0 0 0
bmg statements:- old and wary a politician not to know what great cause of the misery of the Irish, because it In the months of June and Jul last various 9/. being obtained for the best. The small ones did
sun shines upon him, and therefore not very 9
(.e •d 1 pure tie people of such checks as the state meetings of the workmen, principallyyemployed or, not bring more than 3/. to 41. Upwards of 400 BIRMINGHAM MARKETS.-Scrr. 17.
likely to put either his place or his reputation in of 1 •
t ieir society from time to time would have fancy goods, took place at Almondb - (which ponies from the Western Isles were brought for-
tny, CORN MA - RI,ET.-Our supplies at to-day's market were
ward, and they met with rather a better sale than moderate, and the trade was rather dull; more money
leopardy by an after-dinner speech to the agri- afforded against oppression under the influence town forms the centre of the persons em toemployed in
rtilteirica, nf i .irienlp_ ilia. then ;r NI, Claloraft ....r...1,: _t. .I._ ........Li I._ .!..____.,...., a...,....,A. .I__ that trudol !at whirl, moptiriae cpvprfil y • •,..ohitions usual, particularly for the coal-pits round Newcastle. was demanded for all descriptions of Grain that was of a
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If the published accounts of what took place
at the recent Anniversary of the Lincolnshire
Agricultural Society are to be credited, there is
what may be considered an open and avowed
mutineer in the Ministerial ranks, and that per-
sonage no other than the Right Honourable
John Calcraft, the Member for Wareham, and
who was not long since appointed to the lucrative
and honourable post of Paymaster of the Forces.
On that occasion, as might naturally be expected
the subject of agricultural distress formed a prin-
tipal topic of discussion ; for to brood over his
misfortunes affords to John Bull even a relish
to his wine. On the health of Mr. Calcraft
having been drank, the Right Hon. Gentleman
is stated to have returned thanks to the company
in a long and able speech, in which, after duly
acknowledging the honour done him, he pro-
ceeded to a review of the late Parliamentary
Session, asserting th,:t " his Majesty's Minis-
ters, not content with their neglect of the agricul-
tural interests of the country, had wantonly
thrown every obstacle in their power in the way
of all improvement." In alluding to the Act for
regulating the averages (the Duke of Welling-
ton's new Corn Law be it remembered), he said
" it only promoted fraud and forgery," while it
furnished no adequate protection to fair dealing.
This, and much more in terms equally strong,
must be deemed to be somewhat unaccountable
language to be held by one Member of
the Government relative to the measure of
his colleagues and himself. If Mr. Cal.
craft has been sent into the agricultural
districts, as Mr. Dawson evidently was
last year into Ireland, to prepare his hearers for
a change, then we can understand this kind of
apparent inconsistency; but if that be not so,
;hen we must consider it as we have already
characterized it, as an act of open mutiny, which,
we should imagine, the Duke of Wellington is
one of the last now upon earth quietly to sub-
mit to. But then what is his Grace to do ?
Mr. Calcraft is, or was, a Whig. Mr. Calcraft
is, or was, a personal friend and favourite of the
King. At any rate he is, we should suspect,
too old and wary a politician not to know what
sun shines upon him, and therefore not very
likely to put either his place or his reputation in
jeopardy by an after-dinner speech to the agri-
culturists of Lincoln. But then if Mr. Calcraft
speaks advisedly in what he is here represented
to have said, may we not ask him why those
sentiments were reserved for a place where they
could be of little or no avail ? and why, instead
of arraigning the conduct of Parliament out of
it, he did not raise his voice within its walls, to
avert the consequences which he now deplores ?
To the country at large his conduct is any thing
but candid, and appears like one of those ap-
peals " from Philip drunk to Philip sober,"
which strikes at the root of any thing like con.
sistency, and that confidence which the public
is wont to place in the acts and sentiments of
public men. If, however, it is to be looked
upon—as we first described it to be—as an act
of mutiny, it must of course be followed by de-
sertion ; for Mr. Calcraft's language, as it is re-
presented, is by far too unmeasured and unqua-
lified to admit of any but one of these alterna-
tives. The Duke of Wellington must either
abandon his agricultural policy, or Mr. Calcraft
his place.—Morning Herald.
In another part of our Paper will be found an
account of meetings and riotings of the Riband
Weavers of Coventry. The situation of these
men is, no doubt, bad enough, but that will
not justify them in proceeding to acts of out-
rage. It appears that they formed themselves
into a sort of military array, and marched from
one manufactory to another, compelling the mas-
sters to sign a list of prices which they carried
with them. Wherever they met with a refusal
they proceeded to acts of open outrage, such as
breaking of windows, and destroying whatever
property came in their way. They do not
seem to have met with any opposition on the
part of the Magistracy, who had, certainly, suf-
ficient notice of what was likely to take place,
their own town-crier having been sent round the
city to announce the intention of the weavers to
meet in a certain field on the day following. The
meeting, under the circumstances in which it was
called together, was unquestionably illegal, and it
is surprising that the Magistrates did not
take measures to prevent the weavers from
assembling. At any rate, after they had
assembled, they ought not to have been suffered
to parade the streets of the city, compelling, by
intimidation or brute force, the manufacturers to
agree to terms which they dictated to them. The
most strange part, however, of this very extraor-
dinary affair remains to be told. It appears
that, after the rioters had proceeded as far as
they thought proper in acts of open violence,
they appointed a deputation of eight members of
their body to confer with the Magistrates, who
admitted them to an interview, which lasted an
hour and a quarter. What took place on this
occasion, between the mob authorities and those
of his Majesty, is not known, as Mr. Carter, the
Town Clerk, would not allow the reporter of
the Coventry newspaper to be present ! ! We
believe the resolution of the Committee of the
House of Commons, recommending the Magi-
strates of the county of Warwick to have a con-
current jurisdiction with the Aldermen of Co-
ventry, has never been taken into consideration
by the Legislature ; but perhaps this affair may
induce the Government to bring that resolution
before Parliament.—/bid.
We have reason to believe that the Duke of
Wellington has determined to proceed in good
earnest with the settlement of Ireland. Hitherto
the policy has been temporising. The Catholic
Question—the barrier of the glorious Protestant
Constitution of 1688—served as an apology for
the indolence or want of energy of Ministers.
The Duke of Wellington having succeeded in
breaking through the Protestant Constitution of

It is, therefore, foreign interference that is the
great cause of the misery of the Irish, because it
deprired the people of such checks as the state
of their society from time to time would have
afforded against oppression, under the influence
of which they would have proceeded through the
various stages of civilization. Having, by our
interference with the Irish people, clone them in-
calculable wrong, the obligation is imposed on
us of endeavouring to atone for this wrong, by
using our power in favour of the people, as we
will not leave them to themselves. We must see
whether or not it be possible to make it the in-
terest of the landholders to treat the people
better. It is useless to appeal to the feelings of
men in such cases. What signifies quoting.
Wakefield on the high rents of Tipperary, or re-
commending moderation in exactions from the
tenants ? 'rhis would avail as much as a ser-
mon to the shopkeepers in London to be more
moderate in their demands from their customers,
or to their customers not to cheapen goods too
much, when the necessities of the shopkeepers
forced them to slaughtef their stock. Men will
always take what they can get for land or goods,
and the only security against over-exaction is
competition. The English tenant will not en-
gage to pay more rent than will leave to him the
usual 'profits after paying his expences ; and
the landholder, if he would, cannot avail him-
self of the competition of the poor for land as
a means of subsistence, because the poor-rates
insure to every man a subsistence. It is neces-
sity, therefore, that makes the English landlord
a good landlord, just as it is the freedom from
that necessity that makes the Irish landlord an un-
feeling oppressor. We must operate on the in-
terests of the Irish landowners if we would do
any thing in behalf of their tenants. A Poor's
Rate, as we have observed, would- make it the
interest of the landholders to guard against the
multiplication of human beings which at present
gives them the power of unlimited exaction of
rent. But many measures are besides necessary.
We understand, on what we deem good autho-
rity, that one measure on which the Duke of
Wellington places considerable reliance, is the
strengthening the police of Ireland, and com-
posing it exclusively of Englishmen and Scotch-
men, free from all local partialities and conn ec-
tions. By filling the ranks of the police with
Englishmen and Scotchmen, the Magistracy
and Squireens, who are almost all inveterate
jobbers, will be freed from one motive for exag-
gerating the disturbances, in order to obtain
offices for their connections and dependents.—
Again, it is intended that the expellee of the
police force should fall on the district call-
ing for it, so that the landholders who drive their
dependants, through desperation, to lawless
combinations and outrages, shall be made to feel
the consequences of their purses. Without
you touch the purse in this country you can
do nothing. By thus depriving the land-
holders of the military, and making them pay
fbr good order, they will have an interest in ex-
erting themselves to preserve it ; and gentlemen
of good property, who withdraw themselves front
the odium of enforcing order, while they enjoy
all the benefit of disorder, will find themselves
touched as well as the Squireens at home. We
have confidence in the energy of the Duke of
Wellington, and the plain good sense for which
he is distinguished. More is expected from him
than from any of his predecessors, and we do not
believe that he will disappoint expectation. He
must not turn his hand from the plough.--
Morning Chronicle.

In the months of June and July last various
meetings of the workmen, principally employed on
fancy goods, took place at Almondhury, (which
town forms the centre of the persona employed in
that trade) : at which meetings several resolutions
were passed, expressive of the deplorable situation
of the weavers, spinners, and others engaged in
that manufacture; and calling upon their masters,
and all others who might feel interested ou their ac-
count, to assist them, if possible, in obtaining some
alleviation of their miseries.

In consequence of repeated entreaties, the prin-
cipal masters met a deputation at the Rose arid
Crown Inn, Huddersfield, on Tuesday, the 21st of
July last ; and after a patient hearing of the unex-
ampled sufferings then detailed, it was unanimously
agreed that an inquiry into their state should take
place, under the management of the Committee of
the operatives, and the several parish officers and
other respectable neighbours who might feel dis-
posed to assist the undertaking.
The meeting of the masters and the deputation
of the operatives was adjourned, from time to time,
until the returns were completed ; and, after careful
examination, it appears, that in the several town-
ships mostly occupied in the fancy business, there
are upwards of thirteen thousand individuals who
have riot more than twopence halfpenny each per
day to live upon, and find wear and tear for looms,
&c. Whatever he the cause of such distress, it is
feared, that the agonizing condition of families so
circumstanced cannot long be endured. The diffi-
culty of obtaining relief by the ordinary course,
and the aggravating circumstances of attending ap-
plications for it, have a powerful tendency to
drive the applicants ultimately to desperation.
In laying these painful statements before the Re-
presentatives of Government, and other influential
gentlemen, the master manufacturers wish to do it
respectfully ;—impelled by a sense of duty which
they owe to the Government and the
public, and
especially to their workmen, who have hitherto
borne their sufferings with extreme patience, it
would be highly satisfactory to the employers if they
could, by any means, either fully employ their work-
men, or give them higher wages;
as many of the
masters are well aware that liberal wages, if they
could be given, would be one of the first stimulants
to an improvement in trade; for it would enable the
operatives to become purchasers of both tlothing
and better food, and thereby assist the landed as well
as the trading interest.
The master manufacturers regret extremely that
the consequences of lowering wages is so little un-
derstood ;—as the proper remuneration of labour is
the main spring of all operations in trades; and the
lower that wages are made the less will be the cir-
culation of the country; consequently, returns arid
profits will be lessened in proportion.
The parties engaged in this inquiry would be
grateful if any gentleman, or number of gentlemen,
will point out any mode of relief which can be effi-
caciously applied, to the extent necessary for the
immediate wants of the workmen ; that they may
have a reasonable prospect of meeting the approach
of winter with some degree of comfort, and not be
hurried by despair to acts of insubordination.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON MARKETS.
(From the London New Price Current of yesterday.)

SUGAR.-The demand for Muscovado; this week has
been steady and considerable, but the purchases arc not on
an extensive scale; the prices are without variation.
The estimated purchases are 2,700 hhds. and tcs. In the
Refine., Market the scarcity of low and mid. export goods
continues, and the low lumps to be ready in two or three
weeks are still contracted for at nearly the present cur-
rency ; the Market prices are a shade higher. Fine goods
for the home trade are not in great request; Molasses
steady. The demand for low and middling goods continues
this afternoon, the prices of Lumps 6d. to Is. higher, and
a brisk Market.

FOREIGN SUGARS..—The market is again cleared of
White Havannah Sugars, but about 200 boxes will be im-
mediately landed. The only purchases of Foreign this
week are about 300 chests low yellow Havanna!) 255. a
265. ; 50 chests low to mid. white Pernams 275. to 315.,
30 chests very low brown 168.
EAST INDIA SUGARS.—The public sale of Tuesday,
2,922 bags Mauritius of a fine quality sold freely at very
high prices, fine yellow 635., good brown 495.
WEST INDIA MOLASSES.—The prices are unvaried.

COFFEE.-The holders of Coffee are rather sanguine in
their expectations of an improved demand, and higher
prices for Coffee; the quantity brought forward to public
sale is nut extensive: the Jamaica fine and clean Coffee-
continues to go off freely at still improving prices ; the
other descriptions of British Plantation also go off more
freely, and at rather higher rates. The Foreign is with-
out alteration ; 200 bags of good ordinary Brazil yester••
day taken in at 345.
This day by public sale above 6,000 bags East India
Coffee, all Batavia and Sumatra, and of neatly every de-
scription, the whole sold, good to fine ordinal.), Cheribon,
375. 6d. a 38s. ; Batavia and Ceylon mixed, 31s. ; for
good Batavia, 345. refused ; ordinary Sumatra, 31s. ; the
latter is 6d. to ls. higher: the former sold at very full
prices.
Rom, BRANDY, AND HoLLANns.—The Rum Market
is rather languid, small purchases of Leewar•ds are reported
one over at Is. 9d., two and three over Is. 10d. ; some
limited parcels free on hoard are also taken on nearly the
same proportion as to prices. In Jamaica very few pur-
chases are lately reported. Brandy is still improving, both
in demand and in prices..—Geneva is unvaried.
The latest accounts from France give a disastrous ac-
count of the vintage, and state a rise in Brandies; several
of the letters desire that the Brandy laying in Eng-
land, should not be sold under an advance of 4d. to 6d. per
gallon, and several are prohibited from selling on any
terms. The purchases within the last two weeks here,
are about 500 to 600 puncheons; the best marks sell off
the quay, at 3s. 3d. and 3s. 4d. ; seconds 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. ;
Bourdeaux, 2s. ld. ; the advance is 3d. to 4d. on the best
marks, and 2d. per gallon on the inferior descriptions.
HEatr, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The Tallow Market has
been very steady.—Hemp maintains the late advance.
Flax is unvaried.

CORN MARKET.-Our supplies at
moderate, and the trridei sc as rathei
was demanded for all descriptions of
good aptality, and in some instances 01
part of the New Grain being in midd
was but little business done.

,:o-day's market were
dull ; more money
Grain that was of a
ibtained ; the greater
!ling condition, there

a. d. to a. d.
Wheat, per 621 b. 8 2 9 8
Barley, per Imperial quarter 37 0 46 0
56 0 6t 0
Pease 4O 0 46 0

Beans, per bag of 10 score gross
Oats, per 391 b.
Fine Flour, per sack of 2901 b. 57 0 !,S 0
Seconds L2 0 M 0

SMITIIFIELD.-The supply of prime Beasts and Sheep
was greater to-day than it has been of late, bilt the trade
was generally flat, and last well's prices could not be ob-
tained. There was also a good supply of Lich Porkers,
but the demand for them was very trifling.

Beef (per lb.) 4O. to sd. Veal (per lb.)
Mutton -1. 'Lamb
Porkers 7s. Ott to Os. Od. per score.

SCOTCH MARKETS.
EDINBURGH CORN Al ARKET.—SeIet. 16.

We had a large supply of Wheat in to-day's market,
which met a dull sale ; top 4s. higher than last day; best
865., current 50s. to 84s. Barley a full supply; best
408., current from 325. to 355. A large supply of Oats,
and a brisk sale, bent 28s. 6d., current 23s to 265. A
small ►upply of Peat and Beans, best 426., current
from 365. to 40s.

The Committee will gladly afford any informa•
tion in their power that may be required, to those
who feel interested in this momentous subject.
Signed, on behalf of the Meeting.

Wheat.
First B6s Od
Vecond S•?s Od
Third

Barley. Oats. Pease.
40s Od 28s 6d 42s Od
38s Od 26s Od 4n6 Od
3ts Od 23s Od 36 Od
PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C.

The letteri from St. Petersburgh are dated Ist instant.
Exchange 101. Tallow 101. Bought 5,000. Shipped
I'lo,ooo. Hemp 109 a 110. Flax 94 a 95. Ships ar-
rived 510. Ditto sailed 448.

Beans.
42s 0.1
40s 01
36s IXI

- -
SPICES.-The demand for Pepper continues; but there
are still few transactions of any kind, as the buyers will
not purchase except where parcels can be bought a shade
under the market rates.

Beef, per lb. Os. 3d. to Os. 6d,
Mutton ~......0 31 0 6
Veal 0 4 0 9
Pork 0 0 0 0
Lamb, per qr. 0 9 3 0
Tallow, cwt.... 30 0 31 3
Quartern Loaf 0 11 1 0
Potatoes, 17-11 b. 0 4 0 0

Fresh Butter, 113.05.8,1. to s. 10,1.
Salt 0 7 0 8
Ditto, per o% t. 60 0 70 0
Eggs, per dos. 0 10 0 0
OatStraw(kp%) 6 0 10 0
Wheat Ditto— 9 0 11 0
Barley Ditto ~. 9 0 9 6
Hay, per at.,.... 0 5 0 7

INnico.—The quantity of Indigo declared for next sale
is about 5,800 chests; it is expected to be increased to be-
tween 7,000 and 8,000 chests, as there are about 11,000
chests in the warehouses. There has been some demand
for Indigo this week, but still on a limited scale ; there is
no alteration in the prices.
RICE. —ln Rice there is no alteration.
SALTPETRE.-The demand is not so brisk or extensive,
but the prices are firm.
TonAcco.—There is more doing in Tobacco ; the pur-
chases consist of about 100 hhds. strips at 4p. a 6id. ;
some Virginia 3d. a 3-id., and some Irish about sd.

CAUTION WHEN EATING FRUIT.—A few
days ego a lady in Castle Connell, after eating a few plums,
was attacked with a violent pain in the stomach; and at-
tended with a universal heat of the body ; scarcely had
this been in effect when a swelling took place in the body
and the neck. Alarming apprehensi,ms were the natural
result, when medical assistance was called in, and having
learned the only cause for such an accident, an emetic w,:s
instantly resorted to, which had the happy effect of pre-
during the cause of such violent torture—a live bee!—
Limerick Evening Post.
NV WK.—lt is painful to be obliged to state,
that this season a dangerous, and indeed a fatal distemper,
broke out among the Cellardyke fishermen in Pultney.
One man was seized by a fever ; his friends and relations
visited bins of course, the disease spread, and, besides
those who were sent home sick, three men belonging to
Cellardyke, and one man belonging to Crail, have died.
Our informants attribute the origin of the disease to the
great quantity of cod .heads, fish-guts, and fulzie of every
description, which, according to their statement, lie in
health•destroying, wasteful, and disgraceful profusion in
that quarter..•-Scotsman.

lasso PaovisroNs.:_There is no alteration in Beef or
Pork.—Butters are still very heavy.—Bacon is rather
giving way, the holders being anxious to effect sales, pre-
viously to the new supplies coming to market.
Corrox.—The Cotton Market is steady, but without
briskness; the sales for the week ending last night inclu-
sive, consist of 850 Bengal, 3d. a 4+l. ; 540 Surat, 3d.
a 4Z-d•
20 Madras, 4p. 30 Pernams, bid. ; 100 Ma-
ranhani, 6 d. ; 60 New Orleans, kid. ; 230 Bowed, sid.
a 6id. ; 70 Egyptian, 6411.
Fiturr.—A parcel of about 50 butts Cephalonia Cur-
rants was divided privately last week at 755. ; and the cargo
of the Bingdove from Cephalonia, was brought to public
eale on Wednesday, consisting of about 100 butts and 20

In another part of our Paper will be found a
copy of a forthcoming Report of Manufacturers
and others, who were appointed at a public
meeting some time back to investigate the causes
of the extreme distress which prevails through-
out the manufacturing districts, and to report
what remedies they conceived most likely to pro-