Star.
London, England, 1831-06-08 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JUNI: 7.

William llaiehril, a builder, was opposed by Mr. Wm.&
roffe, on behalf or a lace-dealer named Ladd:emote ; Mr.
Cooke defended the insolvent.

It appeared that the insolvent and his cousin, a carp: titer,
named Samuel Lilward, had married two sisten,. All tl„•
parties entered into partnership, the wives as dressdrakt r•
the husbands as builders. The insolvent and I..ilwa,d Imre, d
to build several cottages, and in furtherance of the object, th •
later advanced money for materials, while ihe forma suites -
intended the erections. The cottages are now nearly com-
pleted; but a short time back the brothers.in.law had a
family quarrel, and Lilward in consequence caused die
insolvent to be arrested through the agency a lab surer.
named Thomas Humble, rtaidlng in Jobn-si re,t, Hestia 1.
green. This person war consider,d "a bit of' a oiler." abd
had, by the desite of [Award, trade an that •h••
solvent owed him (Lilwatd) 451. for in n y paid on his se.
count, and on this the insolvent trad b e.; a rest,d. In !ha
affidavit of debt the detainirg ere.l itc was wrongly
stated, and the Court in cui,stqu,nce i ir. ctz.l the am. r.
area of Lilward and Humble ; ea,li was ,r,ant:th.d whi r
other was out of court, and on th:ir cros-o xlnrination cat.
tratlicted each other in several mat;ri.,l poi;.u,
Mr. Commissioner !lawns stoi•pged the exantinwiun of
Humble, °been ing, that he thought the ease had beets
" dead" a lung while, and that there was co pretence rot th,•
claim.

Mr. Commissioner Bowie (to Hunil,!..)—You L, d bet:tr
take care that you are not indiered fOr poj,:ty feraucarrg to
a debt that you know i.n;hing
Humble attempted to explain, but V 4% cttlertd to leave the
Court.

Thomas Andrews, latc of Brighten, gereral sliopkt.pt and
soda-water manufacturer, was opposed on I.ehalr of a gt...er
namcd Willie.

The insolvent, it appeared, had erccail ie.() '.ouscs at Bel h.
ton, which he had heavily mortgaged. When great!). irk.
merited in debt, he ptoposed tiLlt the orposing creditor elsuu'll
take them and pay his creditor. a compogit ion of :Ss. in Ike
pound; tut the creditor, he said, declined cluing so, sha in it
that proper:y would be greatly deprct Lacd shortly. c: pert
at Brighton, owing to " the Reform Bill" (loud Ihughtei),
and he had in conaequece.: made an assignment of them to
a Freon named tioneysett. He h..d tlisposed of his soda.
aster machine to a person named :iloglid, and Lad apes t
the proceeds; but his lankily were still carrying on the
business with soda-water supplied from the identiml
machine.

The Cuter Cost NISSIONE It 21.^.id the insclvent had frau.
dulently made away with his property, and sentenced It m
to els c•lendar month's imprisonment.
James Fielding Street, described ss of Neekinger,
mondsey, foreman to a parchment manufacturer, was oppom d
by a butcher named Pearce, 'raiding at Doekhead.
The insolvent, it appeared, had been declared a bankru;i:
in 1818, and under drat commission all his property h.r.l
been sold. His son, John Cooke Street, putchased of the
assignees his business of parchment mantraeturer, and Ile
bad since lived with him, and his partner, William Wiggit.s
as their foreman. He had dealt with the opposing miker
for some time, and now only owed him 141. He had no fur.
niture of his own, but bad used, since the year 1818, furn.-
lure that belonged to his father, by the permission of bosh
his brothers, one a clergyman, the other a barrister. The
insolvent denied that he had ever represented himself as the
proprietor of the parchment manufactory.
The Court ordered a statement to be inserted in the scher
dule describing the person to whom the furniture belengtd,
and ordered the insolvent to be discharged.

It is generally known that. prior to the Duke of
Richmond succeeding the Duke of Manchester, as Poetnias-
ter-General, and subsequent to the former Noble Duke en-
tering on the functions of that office, which he fills with such
unqualified approbation, the limits of the Twopenny Poet
did not extend to that district of the opulent parish of St.
George, Hanover-square, which includes part of Grosve-
nor-place, Belgrave-square, Eaton-square, and adjacent
streets, although persons of the highest distinction—
amongst whom are the Duke of Bedford, the Earl.
of Munster and Essex, Lords Milton, Rivers, Byron,
lalenburough, and Lord and Lady Frederick Fitzcia.
melee - arc residents in that improving quarter of the
metropolis. To remedy the inconven,ence so frequently
complained of, Mr. Cubitt suggested, that if letters
intended for the Twopenny-post were left at his office in the
immediate vicinity of Belgrave-square, he would undertake
to forward them to the Post-office every half hour. This pro-
posal was gladly accepted, and forthwith acted upon. Mr. t'.
however, apprehensive that he might be violating the Post.
office regulations if he had not the sanction of the Postmaster
General, directed one of his people to apply to the Post-
office Solicitor foe the required permission ; and, on the un-
derstanding that the Post-office acquiesced in the design,Mr.
Cubitt continued; when this arrangement had existed about
three or four months, Mr. Cubitt received an otheiel corn.
munication from the Noble Duke, informing him that be
had incurred penalties to the amount of uptards of 1,11001.
for infringing the Acts of Parliament regulating the Post:
office, being at the rate of 100 L per week. Mr. Cubitt
immediately inatituted an inquity, and it was then disco-
vered that the individual whom he had Jirected to apply to
the Post-office Solicitor had neglected to do so. Under .hesu
dreumstances, it is believed his -Grace has consented to re-
mit a moiety of the penalties so uncenselously ineureeti.
Atrangtments have since been made for including tier (1
venor-place district within the limits of the Tact ego twat.
—Morning Herald.

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I P

LITERATURE.

THE LIFE OF THOMAS MUIR.
From an .4rlk!e in Me Englishman': Magazine.

This work (his Life just published) may be
called an appeal from the grave—an emphatic one
--in favour of reform. It is a full and eloquent
comment upon the nature of a system, which, in
contradiction to reason and to fact, we have been
assured has worked so well ; but to whose salutary
(gyrations, a constitutional monarch, an enlight-
, ,ied administration, and an united people have de-
clared it to be their determination that the realm
►!:all be no longer subjected. Of the well-working
it that system, Mr. Muir was an example—a re-
honourable, enlightened, brave and loyal
man, who, because he dared to avow his disbelief
in the infallibility of the system, was selected as a
vi(!tiin, the sacrifice of whom was due to its in-
,, lted purity ; and was accordingly impeached,
hrought to trial, and immolated, at the instance of
a venal prosecutor, through the instrumentality of
corrupt and prejudiced witnesses, and under the
sanction of a despotic judge, and a packed jury !
Such was the system—such, thank GOD, we
may now assert, the system will never be again !
Tlae politics of Pitt have seen their day ! 'Tis past
—never to return ! It was a day of error—of op-
pression, persecution, and blood ! And, strange to
say, its hero had been the advocate of reform—re-
form upon a broad principle ! For three years was
William Pitt an honest minister—the avowed
enemy of the present corrupt system of representa-
tion ; but he had not the virtue to become a prac-
tical one; he found it to be incompatible with the
enjoyment of power; his colleagues, regular out
and outers—we beg pardon of the fancy—in the
eause of legitimacy, prerogative, and passive obe-
thence, were little disposed to second the views of
the young patriot; he perceived that he had no
alternative but to sacrifice his consistency, or to
break with them ; he chose the latter; stuck to
them, was utterly debauched by them, and, as is
ever the case with the swerver from high virtue,
became the most depraved among them.
These were the memorable days of expediency—
when, not what was right, but what was convenient
was the question : when the means, howsoever op-
posed to right reason, howsoever revolting to reli-
gion and humanity,were considered to be sanctified
by the end—the maintenance of things as they
were ; when to aide with power was assured im-
punity to the public criminal, protecting him not
only from the award due to his misdeeds, but even
from the exposure which must have inevitably at-
tended the permitting of an inquiry into them ;
when the spy and the informer were rife in the
land, the right-hand coadjutors of the executive ;
each too frequently combining with his official
calling, that of the instigator, or fomenter of the
crimes which he was hired to discover and bring to
punishment.
But to return to Mr. Muir. We earnestly re-
commend his life to the perusal of every man who
feels interested in the present struggle. It is a
document that speaks volumes. It is a refuta-
tion, so far as past days are concerned, of the ex-
ulting position that Britons were freemen. It is
the history of a Briton who was treated as a slave
—who endured persecution as revoltingly wanton
as the fiat of the most unblushing and insolent
despotism could inflict, and this in the face of a
station styling itself free. We shall present our
readers with a brief abstract of the work, such as
may give an idea of it, without superseding the
necessity of perusing the original.
Mr. Muir was the only son of highly respectable
parents, who bestowed the utmost care upon his
education, and whose pains were amply rewarded
in the talents, acquirements, and virtues of a young
man, who, among his contemporaries, had few com-
petitors, and was surpassed by none. At an early
period of his life it was his fate to achieve the ho-
nours of martyrdom, and to experience a foretaste
of the persecution which awaited his more advanced
years. Being an alumnus of the Glasgow College,
and having taken an active part in electing to the
office of Lord Rector a gentleman of liberal prin-
ciples, in opposition to the wishes of the professors;
by an edict of the faculty he was excluded, along
with several others, from the benefit of attending
the classes. This obliged him to change the seat
of his studies,and he accordingly repaired to Edin-
burgh, where he completed his collegiate course,
and was duly admitted a member of the faculty of
advocates.

His entrance into active life was distinguished
by the display of all those attributes of character,
which are ever the concomitants of a fine and ge-
nerous spirit—probity, benevolence, disinterested-
ness, zeal, and uncompromising independence He
was endowed with a free and vivid eloquence,which
he delighted to employ in the cause of the desolate
and oppressed. He was a man qualified to exert
an influence in society, to the effects of which the
virtuous portion of the community looked forward
with hope, and the depraved with fear. The call
for reform was then general and loud throughout
the kingdom, and Mr. Muir was a man to join in
such a call. He did so with enthusiasm : he at-
tended meetings in favour of the cause, and spoke
at them : he proposed resolutions ; he wrote ad-
dresses ; he advised and directed ; and at last be-
came an object of fatal jealousy to a government
which had set its face against all concession, and
with whom expostulation was a crime.
He was apprehended upon a charge of sedition,
taken before the Sheriff of Edinburgh for exami-
nation, but liberated upon bail. This step was
merely one of intimidation. Upon Mr. Muir it
was lost ; but upon the less robust spirits with whom
he was associated, it produced its effect in change
of demeanour, avoidance, or perfect alienation.—
Hence a feeling of disgust was generated, which
induced our young patriot to pay a visit to France;
be accordingly repaired thither, having previously
made an arrangement, by which he might receive
immediate intimation of any libel or indictment
that might be preferred against him ; being firmly
resolved, in case of such an event, to return forth-
with, and boldly confront his accusers.
What Mr. Muireanticipated occurred. He had
scarcely departed a month, when he was indicted
before the High Court of Justiciary for sedition.
The war had broken out, he could not procure his
passports, and not appearing on the day of trial—
ir the most indecent haste was
of outlawry was obtained
with the view of perpetuat-
temporary exile.' But it is
and innocence, not to avoid,
:ion. Mr. Muir returned to
of doing so was known to

the government, for it had been published to the
whole kingdom ; but the merit of a voluntary sur-
render must not be permitted him : he was expected,
was duly waited for, and, as his biographer relates,
had scarcely set toot upon his native shore, when
he was arrested and thrown into prison.
Of all the wrongs that a man can endure, the
most atrocious and the most galling is that which is
inflicted with a face of justice. To think alone of
such a wrong, is enough to give one a feeling of
th .t bitterness of spirit, which subsides into listless-
ness and despair, or corrodes all that is kindly in
the nature of a man, and sets him against his race.
The particulars of Mr. Muir's trial present such a
commentary upon the law of Scotland, in that time,
and upon the manner of administering that law, as
upsets patience, and staggers belief. The judges,
flagrantly partizans—before trial, animadverting
upon the counts of the indictment, with a spirit
which would have better become the prosecutor—
deaf to every appeal for fair play—sanctioning the
selecting of a jury composed of the avowed, political
opponents of the prisoner,—men who had put their
seals, as it were, to a document, in which he was
prejudged and denounced—the majority of whom
were pensioners, or servants of the government !
Such was trial by jury in the days of Pitt—such
were the means resorted to, to ensure the convic-
tion of a man who was obnoxious to government ;
decency flung utterly off—the character —the pro-
perty—the life of the accused in jeopardy, so im-
minent as not to leave one chance in fifty of an
acquittal! In a predicament so hopeless, one
would scarce expect a man to attempt the struggle
of a defence ; but with a manhood which cannot
be too much commended, this virtuous patriot, col-
lectedly and resolutely, conducted his own cause;
and, undismayed at the thought of the certain
wreck which awaited all his earthly hopes of for-
tune and of pride, persevered to the end in avail-
ing himself of every means of vindicating that
which was dearer to him than life—his character
—his fair, though slandered name.
The charge against him, as stated, was sedi-
tion, and that sedition, consisted in what ? In
being a Reformer, in wishing to bring about a Re-
form in the Commons' House of Parliament, by
peaceful and constitutional means, and in reading
Paine's Rights of Man and other political books,
land lending them. This was the sedition ; and upon
proof being had as to these facts, he was found
guilty, and sentenced to fourteen years' transporta-
tion. The manner of carrying his sentence into
effect was worthy of the means which were resorted
to in order to procure a conviction. Along with
Mr. Palmer, another sufferer in the cause, be was
shipped at Leith, together with a gang of felons,
one of whom had been respited from the gallows ;
and on his arrival in the Thames, was transferred
to the hulks, put in irons, and forced to work with
the rest of the convicts ! But was no notice taken
of all this—did this wanton, infamous outrage take
place in the sight and hearing of the whole nation
without exciting any comment ? 0 no,—there
were hearts in the country whose blood could boil
at the thought of so atrocious ,an abuse of power,
and perversion of principle and law. The cases
of Mr. Muir and Mr. Palmer were brought before
Parliament. Their cause was pleaded with all the
force that eloquence, humanity, and justice could
put forth—but the well-working system was then
in its glory ; and the efforts of those who would
have succoured afflicted and persecuted virtue were
baffled by a majority of 171 to 32 ! We have
done with the tale of oppression.
Upon the succeding events of Mr. Muir's life we
are induced to touch, from their exceeding singu-
larity, as well as from the impression which they
give us of his character—one that indicated a man,
qualified by nature to act no ordinary part in the
grand scene of life. He was transported to New
South Wales, where, in all probability, had his life
been spared, he would have been allowed to com-
plete the long term of his banishment. But Ame-
rica felt for the suffering patriot. An association
was formed with the view of rescuing him from
captivity. A vessel was fitted out, and despatched
for Sidney. She reached her destination and suc-
ceeded in her object. On the morning of the 11th
of February, 1796, Mr. Muir was afloat and
in full sail for the United States. But
misfortune had not done with him—she loves to
stick close to those with whom she once takes up
company. The vessel was wrecked near Nootka
Sound, and Mr. Muir having reached the land
along with two sailors, the only individuals of the
crew who escaped, was captured by a tribe of In-
diana. He subsequently traversed alone and on
foot nearly the whole of the western coast of
America, a distance of upwards of 4,000 miles :
reached Panama : thence crossed the Isthmus of
Darien, and made his way to Vera Crui, where
he sustained a severe attack of the yellow fever ;
upon his recovering from which he embarked for
the Havannah. Here he was thrown into prison,
whence, in about four weeks, he was removed to a
Spanish frigate, in order to be sent to the mo-
ther country. The frigate was attacked and
taken. Upon the British boarding her, Muir was
found stretched upon the deck in a pool of blood.
A shot had carried away his eye, with the
cheek bone, his hands were clasped upon a small
book which he held to his breast—he appeared to
be dead. The sailors were in the act of lifting
him to throw him overboard, when a sigh arrested
them. The book dropped, an officer picked it up,
and found it was a pocket bible, with the name of
Thomas Muir in the first page. They had been
school fellows ! Without breathing his name, the
officer bound up his wound and caused him to be
conveyed to the Spanish shore, which was only a
mile distant. The sufferer was subsequently re-
moved to Cadiz, where he gradually recovered. His
situation was communicated to the French Direc-
tory ; and the result was a command to their
agent to pay every attention to tha unfortunate
Briton, followed by an invitation to spend the
remainder of his days in France, of which he
availed himself as soon as he could travel with-
out danger. In France lie was received with the
most distinguished honours. A public dinner was
given him at Bourdeaux, and when he arrived in
Paris he was welcomed by a deputation from the
French Government. But kindness came too late.
The victim of the Court of Session and of the Sys-
tem, was destined, in his asylum, to 6nd an early
grave. His constitution was broken—his wounds
were incurable, and, six months after his arrival in
France, be expired at Chantilly, where be was
interred with public honours.
What a contrast between his times and those in
which we live ! Let his memory benefit by the
improvement. The lips are not all cold and mute,

that pleaded for him on the 24th of February,)
1794, when he lay in irons on board the hulks.
Lord Grey, then Mr. Grey, was the last speaker
on that occasion, and in reply to Mr. Pitt, who
stated, that " he saw nothing of promoting a par-
liamentary Reform charged in the indictment
against Mr. Muir," he uttered those memorable
words—" Had the Right Hon. Gentleman conde-
scended to read the indictment and the trial, lie
could not have been ignorant, that whatever words
might be introduced, the substantial part of the
charge, in both cases, was promoting parliamentary
Reform, and that, too, on principles much less ex-
ceptionable than those held by persons with whom
the Right Hon. Gentleman himself had acted in
concert !" The sentence passed upon Mr. Muir
should be reversed. It is due to him as a
martyr in the cause, which has now the King
himself to back it. Lord Grey has the
power to reverse that sentence. It will be a just
and graceful act, to obliterate the wanton brand of
guilt, and vindicate innocence and virtue. The ten-
derness which forbids us to speak ill of the dead,
though merited, gives the wronged and virtuous
dead a double—treble claim to vindication. It will
be an act of justice to the relations of the illus-
trious victim—persons of high respectability and
bigher worth. It is expected from an enlightened
administration—the avowed and active enemies of
corruption—men faithful to their principles—who
know that public abuses are not to be repressed by
pruning, and boldly pluck them up by the roots.
The government of France inscribed the name of
Citizen upon the tomb of Thomas Muir.—Let that
of Britain do its part, and add the name of Patriot.

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SUSSEX ADVERTIZER, JUNE 6.
Last Monday, the overseen In the different parishes of
Lewes proceeded to take the census.—
'ln 1831.
Male.. Females. Total.
St. Peter and St. Mary . - 362 379 741
St. Michael's - - - 501 573 1074
&. John's . • - 1198 1179 2377
All Saints - • - 924 1186 2110
Extra-Parochial - . - 19 14 39
St. Thomas a Becket - - 614 722 1408
St. John the Baptist . . 407 424 831
South Mailing - - - 362 360 718

4487 48311 9290
Total in 1821 - - 7703

Total Increase • 1587
The population census of Brighton was taken this day
se'nnight—that Is, the town having been divided into oue
hundred and twenty-two sections, or districts, with two per.
sons, making on the whole, two hundred and forty.four,
appointed to number the persons in each, the task was com-
menced, and apparently finished. Enough has been per-
fected to show that our population is little short of Forty
Thousand, though the number at present has only been made
up to 37,993—via 17,018 males, and 20,975 females_
giving a majority to the latter of 3,957. In 1801 the
number of persons residing in the town was 7514 ; in 1811,
15,012 ; and in 1821, 24,429. The present population,
therefore, will show an increase of more than 15,000 during
the last ten years.
Mr. H. Blackman's statement of the growing poor rates of
the parish of Ringmer.

Z. s. dr.
1824, April.—Weekly Pays .. 216 1 0
Labour .. ... 162 0 641
Casual Relief .. .. 164 7 8

41541 10 111
1825, April.—Weekly Pays .. 901 10 0
Labour ... .. 54 10 4
Casual Relief .. ... 165 7 8

£421 8 0
1826, April.—Weekly Pays ... .. 186 11 6
Labour .. .. 258 10 8i
Casual Relief .. .. 207 5 0

aITBSI 7 2i
1827, ApriL—Weekly Pays .. .. 188 18 0
Labour • • ... 271 0 1
Casual Relief .. .. 226 6 4

£687 4 6
1818, April.—Weekly Pays .. .. 230 10 0
Labour _ .. 201 311

Casual Reid ...
.. 322 14 8

.1754 8 5
1829, April.—Weekly Pays .. ... 283 15 8
Labour ... ... 365 3 8
Casual Relief ... .. 422 13 4

£lO7l 12 4
1830, April,} Weekly Pays ... .. 308 196
to Lady- Labour 583 4 11
Day,lB3l Casual Relief .. ... 441 15 6

.C 1338 19 11
The Shoreham Bridge tolls have again been let by auction
to Mr. John Snow of this plate, for one year, at an increased
rent of 151.—i. e. from 1925. to 19401.
At Brighton Market on Saturday there waa a good supply
of green peas at 2s. Bd. per peck, and new potatoes at aid
per lb. Vegetables proportionally cheap. Brocoli and fresh
greens in abundance. Fish rather dear for the season.
Last Saturday, Mr. Gold, Secretary to the Bundle of
Sticks Society, Lewes, received a very elegant and massive
silver vase, forwarded from London by Sir C. R. Blunt,
Bart. M.P. for this Borough, to be presented to that
society as a token of the Hon. Baronet's admiration of the
disintetested and ludependent part they took in the late elec-
tion. The vase will contain three imperial quarts, and is
of the most exquisite wcrkmanship.
Mr. Nlantellis preparing for the press Records of Prac-
tice in Medicine and Surgery," from notes of cues taken
during twenty years of extensive practice. Also " Popular
illustrations of the Geology of Sussex," In one volume, Bvo.
intended to give a familiar view of the Geological Pheno-
mena of the County, and an account of the discoveries made
by the author since the publication of his former geological
works.

On Monday week, &boat noon, a fire was discovered in a
barn, at Bexhill, belonging to the parish, situate in a very
public part of the street, which, with other premises, was
shortly burnt down. There is no doubt bat it was the web
of an incendiary, an attempt having been made some time
previously to set fire to the same premises. A reward of
3001. is offered tor the discovery of the offender.
Another Bre occured in this county, on Thursday night
last, on the premises of Mr. Thomas Arkcoll, near the

village of Gardener-street, by which a barn, containing
about 30 quartets of oats, and other property, was entirely
consumed.

firm COON MARKETS, MAY 31.—White Wheat,
31 6s to 31 18s ; Mixed Wheat, 31 10. to 31 14. ; Rai
Wheat, S 1 to 31 14s; Barley, 11 12. to 11 13s; Oats, 11 les
Se 11 lls ; Beans, 21; Oil ake per M. 121.
MARRIED.—At Brighton, Charles Rawlinson, Esq. of
=ty-street, to Louisa, only daughter of the late Almelo
1, Esq. of Great Corans.street.
DlED.En.—AtofßtihnegmHeorrn,
eTt;aCoon
activekson Cookson,
glistraatgeedforBom—jrany.
=the Western Division of this county.
FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, JUNE 4.
A deputation, consisting of gentlemen and clergy of both
religious denominations, arrived in town yesterday evening,
'from the Mayo Central Committee, for the purpose of laying
the state of the sufferers before the Irish Government.
The deputation consists of the Right Rev. Doctor Machete;
John Browne, Esq. M.P. for Mayo; the Rev. Mr. Stock
Protestant Rector of Crosamolina; the Rev. B. Burke, C.R.
of Westport ; the Rev. Mr. Lyons, C. R. of Kilmore Erris ;
G. V. Jackson, Esq. and Captain Stewart. We have heard
one of those gentlemen declare, that if they fail in their mis.
sion, he is afraid to return home ; that, if relief be withheld,
it is impossible, unless by the miraculous interposition of
Providence, for thousands to escape death by famine for tee
days. According to the authenticated reports laid before the
last general meeting of the central committee, the number he
absolute want then was, one hundred and six thousand four
hundred and one !! ! We have, amongst many others, sew
• document from Galway, signed by the Right Rev. me
French, and all the respectable gentlemen of that town, de.
scribing most afilictiog distress there also ; and a portian•ed
Donegal is likewise reduced to want and misery.
The Mail is in high dudgeon, because the Attorney.
General has been directed to discontinue his proceedings fa
the King's Bench, and boldly asserts that the moat ill.
advised and disgraceful prosecutions that were ever instituted
in this country, since the days of Saurin and Lord Manners,
have been abandoned by the Government, in order to give a
civil "go by" to Mr. Blackburne. Meanly as we think of
the Irish portion of the administration, we do not believe
that they were influenced by so low • motive in the aban.
donment of these odious proceedings. Reiurned reason and
a sense of shame we think it was, that led to this—the only
wise seep Lord Anglesey has taken since he returned to thb
country.
CASTLEPOLLARD SLemourza.—Another policeman of
the name of Smyth has been identified as one of the cripple.
and-woman.shooters, and is accordingly committed for trial.
Two of the policemen now in prison for these alleged mur.
ders at Castlepollard, were lately tried upon charges of
murder. One Sherwood was tried for killing a man at the
fair of Kinnegad, on the oth of May, 1830; another, Cody,
for killing a man at Tyrrelpass, both in the county. We
are astonished they were not raised for their tried merits to
the dignity of chiefs.
MELANCHOLY Occu ausrecx.— On Wednesday even.
ins the Rathkeale day-coach was upset, near Balinacurra
tollgate; many of the passengers, nineteen in number,
were slightly injured, but the greatest sufferer was Mr. W.
Corneal, postmaster, of Adare, and part owner of the coach,
who had both his legs broken, one of which has been since
amputated, and of his recovery great fears are entertained.
Value of the Export of Provisions from the Port of Wa-
terford for the year ending the 30th April, 1831.
71 Tierces Beef at 115.
623 Tierces Pork ... 110 s
2,811 Barrels do .. 604
436,684 Flitches Bacon 28.
137,103 Cats. Butter 85s

26,837 Do Lard

129,599 Barrels Wheat 35s
104,576 Do Ums 14s

33,0 Do Barley
320.224 Cwts Flour

408
3,426
8,433
611,357
585,790
62,571
226.798
73,203
30,420
320,224
10,325
1,054
108,497
52,933
26,195

14.242 Do Oatmeal 133 611
1,454 Do Bread 14. 6d
48,221 Live Pig. 45.
6,887 Head Cattle 180 s
14,066 Live Sheep 36.

Total 9,121,687
Do. 1830, £1,175,824 Do. 1820, 1,468,489
Do. 1829, 2,136,938 Do. 1819, 1,581,377
Do. 1828, 2,006,340 Do. 1818, 1,564,291
Do. 1827, 1,503,040 Do. 1817, 1,542,993
Do. 1828, 1,540,283 Do. 1816, 1,181,239
Do. 1825, 2,044,351 Do. 1815, 1,616,815
Do. 1824, 1,480,797 Do. 1814, 2,097,005
Do. 1823, 1,314,126 Do. 1813, 2,200,454
Do. 1822, 1,511,064 De. 1812, 2,021,143
Do. 1821. 1,891,230 Do. 1811, 1,733,184
MARRIED.—WaIter Hussey Hill, Esq. son of the Wei
Archdeacon Hill, to Emily, youngest daughter of Thomas
Quinan, Esq. of Leeson-street—Capt. Drummond, late of
the 93d Highlanders, to the Baroness Albertine de Rotberg
Rheinweild.—Joseph Francis Hopkins, Seq. of Priorland,
county Louth, to Eleanor, youngest daughter of the Rev.
T. Forster. of Kilmainham Wood.
DlED.—Henry Leland, Esq. son of the late Counsel.
be J. Leland, of North Frederick.street.—ln Belfast, 23,
Mr. James Wallace, Student of the Belfast College.

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