Star.
London, England, 1831-04-12 00:00:00

SHEFFIELD MERCURY.

Lord WhiffleWe's praise of the House of Common', as at present
constituted, is neither merited nor jmiklously betowed. According I,
his Lordship, that house is the odmiratiun of the world. We know not
how it may be looked upon by other notions. but we do know the; it has
neither the admiration nor the confidence of the people of England ;
it is a poor argument in favour of that house, or the wisdom and eflicaty
of its measures, to suppose that the nation, on whose behalf it ha; beat
so long legislating, should be blind to Its beauties and „.
grateful for its deliberations. We have been at some pain*
to form a correct opinion of that house, but we do not think
it right to deliver our opinion Upon the Borough System we
are also at issue with his Lordship. What has it done fur the country
more than load it with a heavy debt ? What for that part of the coono7
where it flourishes it all its glory ? It has reduced ,he poetical farmer
to a state bordering upon insolvency, and the hottest and irdusnious
mt4nt to beggary and wretchedness; and yet the Boromeh Member*
have been legislating all the while for themselves, under the pretence of
supporting the agricultural interest, which interest is neidna more nor
less than a systan of czot blunt rents. which the farmer, mattgre all the
advantages of the Corn Bill, is not able to pay.
A imitspatenr aelf.illuminatimr and self extinguishing dock dial is
in progicsa, and will shortly be oxeed on the south side of our Parish
Church.

The census of 1831 will, it is feared, be made under cireuoistanc„
not ar all favourable to its accuracy. The dread of the tax.gelierer
was never ,tronger than at present, and nothing has been emind more
iliGicult than to persuade the lower classes that an enumeration of
the people was not connected with so►ne plan of taxation. Add to
this, that persons who have made tike or defective returns for the mi-
litia ballot, will not be apt to risk detection by giving cornet returns
for the census.

Par. of the dyeing premises of J. Rawson, Esq. In Old-lane, Hali-
fax, wits last week destroyed by lir:. The damage is 1,4001.
CAUTIOX TO tiAXDLOODS ♦ND THEM STEMAIIOS.—We are
farour.d, by a very respc.vtalhle gentl:••tan in the law, with the follow.
ing intinmation agreemcnt to la; to rent, or in any u.her words
conaining those of ',resent *toile, v..ll:re the Intottion of the parties is
to edict such purpose, is held to be a lciesc, without any fogad to the
length of time, or duration of the term, and liable to the utloalorem
and provressinc stamp dudes, imposed on lease* by die 53 Geo. 111.
ch. 184 ; so that those constantly made by .tcword, and others on un-
stamped paper, or on twenty-shilling agrecnnen• stamps, are illegal, and
in case of dispute and litigation between landlold and tenant, might be
reductive of 'my nations cnn•egnenees to di, pude* Interested, which
it in the object of such itintniments to prevent, when calla in question.
At York Spring Anises, only the following frauds oiait special
notice

Benjamin Cutts, 51, wait plat:trot the bar, mum a charge of 'uttering
several forged notes of the ll'irksworth Bank, and " Not
Guilty."—Witnessi:s u ore called to pore that the prisoner ;tail away
duce notes to trades: um In 110 ma-ner, all of the Il'irkstetirth :lank, in
paymeat for ar.idca of triflio; value. recivin.; change in rcaitn. Other
r.itattrses were called to prove that .hr netes were forgeries. The de.
dime set up was, act, the prisonet had meta a b.:. OD the I itS,CaSterTICC
course, of 121. taking tile field against. Priam and Muss Rose. He
received the money immediately on tit.: conclusion of the race, tak-
ing two sovereigns mid two 51. notes. fie wait subsequendy appre.
liended Alt his house in Cliesterdeltl, by Bishop, or Jaindms, anti Eccles,
of IMumster. The learn. Judge SUlibile.ll up, abd the Jury. after being
absent for three hours, found a verdict of Guilty; but recommended him
.n mercy.—Judgement of Deuth eecortled.
&Lemon Goldiltorpo. 34. charged with it tterinA at Haithill, a forged
ante, purporting to be of the Wirkswm ill and Ashnorne and Derbyshire
Banks, of the value of 51. No Guilty.
11 r.thant Davy pleaded guilty to 'an intlictmzrt, cliargin4 hint with
harirg stolen hoot the we:l'omm of his enipe 1 tye is 51 ess tic Rodgers
awl Sons, of Sheffield, thirteen dozen of pen and nooket knives, and a
great number of ai ticks of Idle; r and cs,Jery. TI .e prisoner persisted
in his plea, aftet receiving it caution from the Cour., and again pleaded
:tidily to a second indictman., charging him with having obtained under
false pretences, and embezzlial front divers pi:Polls, a telescope. a brass
render and fire-brasses, a quantity of silver nom»teil jugs, a rosewood
dressing-case. and a 'lair ot gravy P /Old a soup lade.
Rol,ert ler.nll.y, 18, Joint Bc.iislonl, 16. and Lake Sadler, 17,
were charged with having, on the aight or the 13,1 i of January, set fire
ton stack or can, the property of Mr. IV. Tetylor, of Sheffield. Mr.
Williams and Mr. Elsley conducted the prio.et %Ilion. Tre loaned
Counsel said, chat the prosecutor was it resp,mahlr Inokeeper at Shef.
field, ha this county ; and had per, of u stuck of Oats Mardi.% in u field
rear that town, the value of which was estimated at aboot 301. This
stack was discovered to be on fire, ahout eleven nelock tilt die night of
the 13tb Jan. anal it was consorted before any assistanc. conl,l he pro.
cured. The pritamers at the bar, who were loitering cbout, being out
of employ. and dissatisfied whit their situation, first imposed to anus
init several ileptedattione, and utternartla to set fire to the stack, which
was ultimately detenuireil upon. They did iiM know to short It
belonged ; SO that he was happy to say. that they were not actuated by
malice and revenge, which bud actuated inceittliaries in other counties.—
The jury Mond rermlley and &Idler guilty of setting fine to the stack ;
and tirailstord of heing an uccessury beti.re the fact. The learned judge
said that die venlict in the case of Bruilsford, was tantamount to an
kr Downing, 16, wni charged with setting fire to a barn and stable
heloogiii„., to Mr. T. Mitchell, of Denby. 'Fite prosecutor is a fanner,
and loath:reel his cattle as visual, on the likli of blotch. and left his
:tern and stable safe. About el. yen o'clock they were discovered to be
in droves. flit. neighbours came .o his a.s.istunce, but the property was
nearly destroyed before the lire was got under. The prixoner is a pa-
rish apprentice Ins neighbouring fanner ; and it appeared quite evi-
dent that he had set lire to the ham ; as, however. he appeared to be
insane, tie was acquitted on the. ground. thvleral to be kept in custody.
Clarks Irhitc was cbolged with the manslaughter of Jonathan Beau-
mont.— It optioned, ilia, on the 14,11 of Feinuary, lacing Collop Mon-
day, the prisoner. the decetwed, at moo mimed William Oelimatait, and
mane other persons, were drinking at Joint Mellor's, who keeps a
n 'tom iti,d Jerry shop" at do nun hnlu,e, iii the West Riding. A
di: putt: commenced between Irilliunt Beaumont and Aaron White,
about a mare. and during the quarrel, White WWI something about
striking Jonollmn Beaumont. Chafes White, who bud been out
for a few ntioutea, now returned, and pulling ell' his coat, he
.aid that be would tight may on: pies: nt. He struck William
Beaumont, and knocked hit., flown. When he goe up, lie ran away.
He next attacked Jonathan Beaumont, whom be ulso kuu.ked down,
and then bruised in 111 c most dreadful niaimei about his beet! and face.
The other prisoners v,ithitetil die panics who wale present from inter-
fering—and struck several also attempted in its so. It was with diff-
milty that lie was am uway.--liia hold and face were toy, red with blood.
Two surgeons described the injuries die deceased pm bed ; arid said
they were the cause of his death. Some wititessea gore the prisoner a
good cliaracter. The Jury litunil the prisoner Guilty. The Judge
said, the practice of striking people whet. demo in a fish. must be pat
an end to; it was a otos, unlit:ally practice.
WAKEFIELD MARKET.—Wc had a fair show of Stick at market
to-dry, particularly of Beasts, and a good attendance of buyers, which
mused it briskness in the monintg, but there was a Ealing off towards
own. Beef, Gs Gil to per stone ; Mutton, 6id to 7.1 pet lb.
StIEFFIELI)./14:01; Go to fki per lb; Mutton, Gil to 74 ; Veal, 7d
to 1111 ; Pink, 641 to 7d; Botta. Is fkl to Is Bd. Eggs, 10 fur rid.
RUT itEnitisw.—if 'heat . 26. a. 30. pet load. (his, 253 to 31s per
quarter. Batley, 4&s to 40s per qr. &AWN 166 to 18s per load. PM/
141 to 161 per haul.
i)/BD.—Friutees, wife of Mr. Samuel Blackburn.—Dirs. Dyson,
wife of Mr. William Dyson. of Mill-sunds.—At Ilighfieltl, near Chew
terfield, Sarah, the wife of W. H. Tryouts, Esq—At Cl.tttatield, Jdrti
Alice Renshaw, Gil, formerly of Calow.—Joitti Harrison, Eq. 76, of
Alunkgaite, York, many years a princial proprictot in the armor Dea-
con, Harrison, and Co.—Wm. Walter, 37, of the firm of T. and W.
W. White, of Wakefield.—At Itiildittgs, near Alfretoo. Eliza, wife of
Mr. Thomas Goodwin.—Mrs. Fisher, 03, relict of Thomas Fisher.
Rag. of Bawuy.-111rr. flowitt, 39, wire of ktnannel llowitt.
earnsfiehl. It, Su.negate, York, hlta. Jaime Tibhala, of Chelmsford,
r:itsex, 00, niece of Sir Thomas Hung:tie, Bart. She arrived is Yost
on the pretedicg %itedneaday, to give evidence for het nephew the pre-
bent Baronet, on the trial coming on at the present SWAMI, relating to
the Hoopoe claims.

BI RTII.
At Painter's Green, the 10th inst. the lady of Isaac Walker, Esq• of
a daughter.

MARRIED.

Recently, as St. John's, Wesaninster, George Pugh, Esq. of Brixton
to Anne, dcughter a the late Mr. James Pugh of Lambeth.
Alonclay, the llth inst. by the Rev. Cl. P. bandilands, Charles Ralph
Bigland, Rsq. son of Ralph Diglaml, Eecq• Clarencieux King of Arnie
of the Herald'. College, lls*etors' Commons, to Itachael, youngest
diughier of Mr. Crane, of Creeting, St. Mary's, Suffolk.

DIED.
Th? 11th inst. Mr. C. F. Baxter. of the Om of Beaters and Pearn•
coat !makers, Long-rcre.— The 10t,, inst. in Wignenre.street, Caren.
dish-square, Mr. Jts-las Hotry Lloyd, in the 36th rear of his see.

SMITH FIELD HAY-MARKET—THIS DAY.
Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, Xs 1011. to A'S 161• Useful
ditto, ,C 5 Os. to £.l 184. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grua Hay.
£4 Os to £4 41. Clover Hay, .e 5 Ss. to £5 101.1 Oat. Stew'
£1 12. to XI 16a. Wheat Straw, Z 1 ISt. to LI Us. per load.

CUMBERLAND HAY-MARKET—THIS DAY.
Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, £4 31. to AI 101. Useful
ditto, CB 10s. to ZS lie. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye 6r161
Hay, £4 4s. to £4 101. Clover Hay. £3 Ss. to in Si, Vat Straw.
£.l 12a. to XI 16s. Wheat Straw, £2 Os. to Eit 4s. per load.

LHIGH

WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW
gm. g7m. I Akernoon '9tl• 47°

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