Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-02-16

drawback off, 1t costs S4 75. In other " rls, if the duty on sugar is repealed, or reduced to one cent, family will purchase the article for domestic use for fpe cents per lb. instead of eight or with the profit of the grocer, for Zen cents.
 It is an admitted fact, that great portion of the laboring class of our country, and some farmers, use tea and coffee at theIr three meals consequently, sugaris an indispensable artlcle a teach, and the saving may be easily calcua- ted
 There is another point of view in which this subject is worthy of consideration. It is sup posed that the West India planters and nier- chants may owe debt to our merchants If nearly three millions of dollars for various sup plies this debt they are willing topay in pr5- duce, but if we cannot afford to take their su- gars in payment, in consequence of the high duty; if we are to lose by the importation, it is plain that we cannot receive what is our due, and this heavy debt remains unpaid.
 Latest from Engiaad. The Boston Cen tinel and Gazette of Monday, 17th inst. ac- knJwleages the receipt of Halifax napers. which contain English dates to the 1ith ut. as follows:
 Fatmouth Eng. Dec. 1.-The ,appre- hensions entertained of a continental War, have nearly subsded. It would appear that this alteration in public opinion throughout Europe, has been principally effected by change ot ministry in thIs country, and by their declaration of non-intervention, and of their desire to preserve universal peace, which they made on their appointment. It cannot be concealed, that considerable dis trust of the Duke of Wcllington's non-inter- vention policy was generally entertained throughout Europe. He was thought to ma- nltest too strong predecton for legitimacy for the rights of the few, in preference to the rights of the many. Our foreign details are more than usually entertaining. The incendiary outrages which have been committed over so great portion of the country, have for the most part ceased, on the strict enforcement of the law, the penal- ties of which now await the perpetrators-- The evidence on the trial ofthe prisoners, we doubt not, will show that the laborers were not alone the guilty parties. In many cases, there is good reason to believe the far mers themselves have instgated the laborers to their lawlcss deeds, and in others, that they have uetly looked on for the purpose | of arousng their landlords into sense of their distressed state, in consequence of high rents and tithes, with low prices for their produce.
 II this be correct, and we believe it is, then have they succeeded, we should think, beyond their most sanguine expectations, for nat only have the landlords consented to re- duce their rents, and the clergy their tities, but such sensation has been produced in the minds of the government and the legisla- ture, that inquiry, retrenchment, (and conse- quent reduction of taxation,) and reform of parliament will certainly follow. The insti- tutons of the country will be regenerated, and long reign of peace and happiness, will, in all probability, be the consequence. The cause of reform in parliament is gatl1- ering an irresistible, force and it must soon be granted, or as Earl Grey says, it will be tak- en. The public interests demand it, sudden ly it is dangerous. A few years since, anl the man who avowed himself a reformer, stood q self branded revolutionist in the esti- nation of men who now, through their fears, see no safety for the country, but in such q reform as would formerly have been demand. cd only by an ultra-reformst. Such is one instance of the complete revolution that sometimes takes place in the minds of the majority of a nation. Large meetings have been held at Edinburgh and Sheffield, at winch petitions for parliamentary reform were carried with exclamation.
 The majority of nearly all classes of the c- tlzens of E, ussels, Antwerp, Ghent, and even Leigc, particularly the armed burghers, are, it is said, in favor of the accession of the Prnae of Orange, or one of his sons, as the means of restoring peace and confidence.
 The man who attempted assassination in the House of Lords, has been handed over to the civil power, and was to be examined at ;. Bow street. He says, he had an account to settle wth,the Duke of Wellington.
 The Regency Bill was brought down from the House of Lords on the 9th, and was read a first time
 There is a rumor abroad that strong col- lision of sentiment has taken place between his majesty's government and the East India Company.
 ltis sad that the Austrian and Spanish go- vernments have recalled their Ambassadors residing at the Court of the King of the Ne therlands.
 The following is the list of Churches in the City of NeW-York