Star.
London, England, 1829-01-12 00:00:00

THE SHERIFFS' DINNER.

Saturday the She, ills gave their inauguration diner
at the Albion Tavern. It wrs thus late in the season
owing to the unfortunate Mr. She iff '
eshieti prevented his undertaking the duties of his office
innately. That Gentleman, however, in cowequence
his restr red health, was able to appear at the
dinner of 8 tu• day ; and hr appeareJentitely reco. ered.
Mr. Shwa Booth via• also present, and, in conjunc ion
with his colleague, was received by the company with
.the loudest tokens if cordiality and applause.
The Lord • Mayor presided, and shared with the
Sheriffs in the approbation of his fellow•citisens; he was
supootted on his right band by the Speaker of the
Hoeseirs#,•Commons, and on his lift by the Cursitor
Baron of the Exchequer. His Lordship took oeca•ion,.
in the course of the evening, to
.suealc of the valuable
servicesiliat the country had received from these Gen:
tlemen • .and on his proposing their healths, the toasts
were acknowledged with the liveliest 'demonstrations of
applause. The-Speaker, in return, proposed the health
of the Lend Mayt,r, and sprite in the highest terms of
ss hat he had witnessed of his Lordship'. conduct in .the
How of Commons, of which, as he very justly olk%
.er ved, be might be allowed to toll himself an adequtte
judge.
In the inlet vals of the speeches, Messrs. F izwilliam,
-Gouldrn, Judy, and Leer, with Master Smith. chimed
in with glees •and songs.. One of the songs of Mr. Piii-
william, pointing out the onions among the names of
the sitting Members of the HOU4 i t Commonsoreas re•
ceived with great applause, and the.S;a2 „Iter appeased
to receive with paiticular gusto the various altu•ions
to the nomenclature in 11,e trairifliarids that will be mar-
shelled under his banners on the ith of the tollowing
month; The conviviality of the evening was keen up
till a late hour, and the cheer and the amusement wet.
so conjointly agreeable, that no ore appeased to be in
dined to fusee either of tbrm, till the Lord Mayor gave
the signal fur &pat tote by tracating his teat..

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Saturday afternoon, as some waggons, heavily Ilden
with goods -front t' e Loudon Do ks, were•passieg
through Sea Smithfield. opgo.,te wirer • an ext.:tau .re,
is.goftig•r,n for the Sr. Katharine .I.):•cks, an• iturnent--
quantity' of the foundation of the sttee‘ it4V.• w y. ai:d
tell to il-depth of bet.'een 20 and -30 feet. illpptly no
person was. hurt, though greAt numbers of .men Were at
mirk on the slot.
Sm.** C!:trie—The lcf s r n our silver coin by circus.
lotion, by eteeimentil..tely made, strops that the di
minution exceeds inNopoition to the smallness of the
cell-. on account of the accumulated friction. A.penitd
of standard silver, v 4. 37 parts of fi e siver,.at d three
karts of.alloy of c,pper, was Irani factured. iiwo 06..
f oar present coins. By the itbove data it appears
that, taking of half clowns, shillings, acid 'sixpences,
each the !aloe of. 1061. half crowns have lost 4 oz..
4 dwts. 14 grains; shil!ings, 8 ozs. 16 grains; and six
pence', 19 r.z:. 6 duns. 9} gr Alps;
A Sifit;CAN foltowing curious caseappears
in the Colombian (-twine; of Dec. 3.—A 'debtor taken
by a, Sheriff in Cr.niiec6ctit; escaded into New Yolk, And
was there pursued by the Sheriff. and retaken.' While
conducting his prisoner back to Connecticut:The Sheriff
himself was arrested, and held to hail on a chirge of
felony, for abdirclion, under a new lew which grew wit
of aye Morgan excitement. Tire original prisoner was
discharged. •
The Boston and New York Pai,ers' have lately 'con-
tained. in unites of the great Speed with 'Which' Mei.
steamers and vessels glide through the water; and
among them we recollect tw.r ciramSeanCes, both' in
the. case of New York schminersL.nue of 'which was
the Exact, to Sryanriali and baelc;Thaving made the
run back in probable something- like Wire diiy.;
And tiro other, to Si.Jago de Cube, in seven days. A:
a-set.of again-t erose two vessels; we mention the fact
(Ate of them, hOwever,we relaied before), that the ship
Corinthian, Caps .Hall, of this port, winch arrived here-
list week from Callao, made the run from the equinoc-
tial line to the Capes of Virginia i r 21 .stiys; and the
sclicionerßugle Horn, Capta n Thompson, also of this
port, which likewise arrived here last week from Rio de
Janeiro, made the run from abreast Pernambuco light.
whichla .7 defrees.2o minutes-south orthe equinoctial
line, to Smiths Point, at the mouth `of Potomac" in 19
days. or 456 hours.—Baliintore Chronicle.
Saturday afternotm.while the procession of the Lord
Mayor .and Sheriffs were ,proceeding down: Ludgate
hill, a -tall genteel looking young man, who was wank-
inx quick step by the side of the band, with all. 114 air
f tin officer on half pay, a person of ,4 questionaWe
appear arise" tapped him on the shoulder,and whispered
into the eaeof the Gentleman. The exhibition of an
important looking piece of paper, conveyed tb the bye.
staodera the intimation that the Gentleman was forced
to bend to a ‘e rude Bailiff," who offered his own arm,
'which wastecapied. Oli.their aitival on tbesOuth,side
of Blackfriars bildge, the prisoner tripped up his polite
'friend, who came tit on his back, while the Gentleman
ff ran o with the utmost speed:back on the fluidic .A
cry of " stopthjef .1" was_raised. One fellow had the
temerity to make an.attempt to stop him,, when the
runner givhhim a tremendous blow on the side of the
' heid,whiChfelled-him,ta.-the earth'. A- coal !scatter next
;shared a sifnilar fate. —WWI he Arrived in Sail 'street,
F 'Bridge itteit; he- bent-his course tbroigh an atenoe
'4liading to*Printiighoust squ'are, and wade his escape.
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tXTRACTS 'PROM CORBETT'S RECHSTEIL
He will never come to the Parliament t and he is
now laying the grounTfor a ail tn.i our of it. He has
for a long time been en:cing it a smt 4 f condition, that
I number of persons should COTr with trim to give
mint to his ewe Alice into the H ; ind hr ha.alaays
ikeJ if gte•t minthe,s of Nohle•i:en a•id Gentlemen
in.king past ni three Minified pet sons to cothe and c n-
Juct him to the House. He talked just in this way
about the rei.ons to compose a mission, at which he
WAS t i be at the lie.d; but when the pinch came, a;1
the N its:etnen and Gentlemen detain d —and. therein e,
said he. 1 will not go. s:n e the.e N,iht men and Gen-
think it • matt ?. n tof tnipor:ance sufficient t 4
induce them to make the v.-fling sacrifice of leaving
home for a week. • •

j,iSt [hill, Will it he with regard to the taking et his
seat; a great i,umbei.of N ib:emen and Gentle Men will
be chosen by the Associittion to acc.:mpany the Libera-
tor to St. Stephen's; they "will refuse when ill, time
conies; they will, out of mere ntodesty, deciine .he.
honour intended theist by the gre t Liheratio ; and he,
fleeing that he will be Ira sui townies, by nothing tut
a greedy rabble of his rent-eaters, who would sun hins
up bills in London for slater and clianipags,e, and ice.,
Awl all snits of `fine things, to be raid not cf the pen-
nies r,f the miserable cieatiries of Ireland; stein,: this,
and trembling at the same time at the thoughts at Sc.
Margaret's watch-house, and its neighbouirpg
mill, and Penitentiary; will at once g tette whole thing
up in disgust; we may then tun. down the lent, and if
poetically and theatrically inclined, mai ezettias 4. heie.
pour Pitilomel gave up the ghost I"

If. any one can have a doubt of the present degra.
dation, and of the approachiog fall and rstingoi:rment
of O'Connell, the traits,. t in the Catholic Assi'cia. -
tom of abtlut a week ago w °nisi *emote Chet docibt
'completely. The reader cannot go ilisnosh the trans.
actions without being convinced OA the impo.toi sees
the appriach tf • his tall. Like the Tarti.ff, he bep,Ms..
to look wildly about km, in circle, to discover in ha ts'
some h de through which t t. make his
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Of Ireland, he says—" I graritudetohcr public men'
is her crime." The con•riry of this is almost her crime.
If the poor Catholics of Ireland lad never given Gir-
t:in forty thousand pounds of her money, he never wi,uld
have had an opportunity of being the author of a Bill,
to stint them up in their houses born suniret to sunrise;
And, as a punistimeni of 15 m' ittes 4bletice,
portaiion for seven years, 'without JUdge or Jury. The.
lair Giattan was the aotlior and Invent:it of t is Bill;
anitthis matt received About forty incu-and pounds
'from the porir'and oppressed Cifiolies of lid cod. The
fault cf is!.men (and it is alisinst a crime) the hada'
itig.of a willing ear to every noisy, and what they call,
eloquent, impostor. This Wearier has had more success
An 4tc.tvuig them thin any mail that ever lived before
I,inti, but at !sq. roue' body by succesr; tattlit by
iense that .no %lc hision,no iniposture,w is ton gross.
he proceeJed tol he'raine in contact w ith the law.. If
he_ carried on a sham sic ction Jot Glares it he had made
it a, matter of joke at the chise tbe election; if he had
adoFted sot:m.(l.l4k which Mquld have afforded ground
for isturning the other Member, and shut ing him nut,
nntwithttinding his inaj.,tity,• he might still have tar-
si Al on the imrstine ; but the vaniay of the fellow
would not suffer him to do this ; e devil and he must
need fraiik I. tits: together ;•anil this has blow ed him
.up, like the frog—isicii Irsetis ly like the frog ; except,
in oTotmell's case, these was political fraud as well as
.1 4:
personal vaulty. W3l. COBBETT. . sq.

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The cons lidati 111 l of the two coda n' stamp laws, at -
presthit rn truce in Grit l 3 tiaiii and lielasiti, has Writ
lately completed according to the retomniendatinn of
the,Cortirsossintiets of Revalue 1 quiry. Ti.is impious:a
•inittettakinr.was announced by the Chan.eilus If yt e
s'
Et chequer in the list session, and has beenertecutedl‘r
,Vlr.,Robert Ty t whin, the banister. and Mr. Sykes; dui
S Eicitoy to the Board of Stamps England, lately def.. !..-
ceased, with the assistance of alr.llunms es, who holds
the like office in Ireland. More than two hundred'Stamp
Acts !Leh at preient exist In Great Britarn'and Ireland
10,111 be repealed.; and the stamp law ol both countries
will be aeriiiilated in a set ies tif new Bills, r ecupying
a comparatively small space, and emhtacisig many
•niendments.. In 1826, a similar ma use took place
respecting laws of etp.ton s.

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CORN-EXCHANGE.,AIARK CAVE, JAV I. •

Oai .rrivals of Flour and Foreign Wheat for this morning's
market was immeno:—larger than any,hitherto known- yet, strange
to say, the factors refused to sell, although 'offered within 21. per
.quarter of the prices of t his day week ; this refusal was tieing to these
being many country huyets at market, who naturally expected a
great rcdurtioil in price frti'm the m lgnitude of our supplies. Making
13 aley was sis.• per quarter cheaper, btit the Grinding sorts were
unaaleahle. Beans and Peas 01 both kinds wet( from Is. to Is. per
(patter lower. The Oat Trade was be-..y sale; 6ne heavy Cons,
hOwever, supported last Monday's. quotations. In other articles no
alteration.
Wheat, Kint & F.ssex, 80s als Peas, Giry 56s 3118
50.85. Beans, Small 3als 40s
Norfolk, 70. The Tick 34. 311. •
Rye 36. Sis .'Oats, Put aide 30s 33s
Barley 50e•504 • Poland ills 318
Malt 64s 70. Feed 94s Os
NU, White VD 40s flour, per sack, 70s. 755.
Boilers 42* 46s Rapeseed 265 28. per last.
IMPORTATIONS LAST wear..
Wheat. Engirds quitter. 2,960 In.ll Oats
Do. Foreign • 117,756 Rye, English
Irish Vitro 420 Ditto. Foreign
Baxley, With& • 12,278 Beans, English
Do. Foreign . 29.856 Ditto Foreign
Irish • -.-- Peas. English
Malt, English' • 6.737 Vino, Foreign
.English Oats • 20,814 Ksiglish Flour, sacks
Foreign Ditto, .. 28,161 American ditto. brie.
_SMITHFIELD MARKET, Jag. It..
•• • • CATTLE AT MARXIST.
Beasts, EMI I Sheep 21000 I Pigs 'l4O I Calves 120
Beef . e. 4, 0.1 to 4s 6.1 Veal . . Ss 4.1 to 6s 04
Mutton . 4s 411 • 5. 0.1 I Pork . . its 6d is lad
Hay per Mid; .C 2 Os. to .84 Os. (lover 412 10s. to AO Oar.
Straw gel ss. to Al 16.. •
LIVERPOOL. Jam 10.
The Corn Trade has continued exceedingly dull throughout tai
week. The immense importation of lociien Grain into London,
and the large (mocks of Flour. induce the millets to Petal foe lower
rates. Prices of hoe Wh'eats bare. however, been supported, and
it is only the secondary and inferior qu.lines in which there is any
'variation; these we must {tote Id. to 2d. cheaper. The value s
Oaisis also reduced Id. per 451 h. Seine large perches. have been
matte in Barley for shipment to Ireland, and at flret•ptices Moor
and -0-ttmeal are each rattier lower. In value of Beaus, Pea_•,* and
Indian Corn no &alike. United States sweet Flour may be bought
Is. per batrelteheapty. a. . •
Corros.—Tbe Import this. wish fs 1,584 bags, and the sale are
8.780 bagi, at about Du-week's sates. Advices from New York,
of 13th December, quote prices of Uplands 91 to 11. and Premiunt
of Exchange gi to 10, winch, on 6th December, bad been quoted
•9I to 111, and 91 to Itireapeefively.
Saguia, &c.—About 600 hbds. RP. Seger have been taken Bile
week at steady OBS, with 500 bags good brown Mauritius at Mk:
129 casks JsotairatToffee leave been sold at fair rates ; 50 puns. of
Rum, and a few small parcels of Ginger, have etchanetni hands at
Lai-Miss; 40 tees. of Carolina, and 230 bags East India Rim ha',
been disposed of, the former at 16s. sd. aid the latter at lis.
to 20s. . •
Pativisicata—Owing to severe
.weather this week, priest Batten
have been. in good demand, and at ragbag issuer pikes,. s here the
I low and inferior qualities are a &Mule, and prices notiabiala -

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AMERICAN POETRY.
-TAR BRIDAL MORNING.—H: Ides. Somme.
Tears on thy bridal morning! .Tears, my love !
It ought not thus to be. Why, my full heart
Is like the gladsome, long imprisoned bird,
Cleaving its way through the blue liquid arch
With liberty and song. Those dropping pestle
Waste but thy bosom's wealth. 'Twice well to keep
Such treasures for those long arrears which grief
Demands from the brief summer of our time.
I'll turn magician, dearest, and compute
What moves thy spirit thus. Remembered joys,
Clustering so thickly round thy parents' hearth,
Pa' on bright robes at parting, aud, perchance,
A mother's sympathy, or the fond cleats
Of thy young sister's snowy arias, do Mad
Thine innocent soul in durance. Oh! my love! •
Cast thy heart's gold into the furnsee.flarne, •
And, if it come not thence retsweind pure,
I'll be a bankrupt to tby hope, and Heaves .
Shall shut its gate on me. Come, sweetest, camel
The holy vow shall tremble on thy lip,
And at GOD'S blessed altar shalt thou kneel
So meek and beautiful,' that men will dean
Some angel there doth pray. Thou shalt then be
The dovelet of my green and fragrant bowii,• ' •
Trilling soft lays; and I will toodt thy beast • •
With such strong warmth of deaddesi teedunieV,•
That all thy pictures of remembered joy' •
Shall-fie as, faded things. So be at rest,
• Sly souri beloved! and let thy rest-bud lip
Smile, u 'twas wont, in eloquent delight. • •