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ISRTTTAFJ* en" R RE- STATE OF TRADE.—The symptoms of an approaching mt A' lR)Proveinent in trade are now manifesting themselves, more fieri °r less> iQ all the great manufacturing districts of the coun- lowl ry J nor is there to be found in any of them, as we believe, thj ai)y serious want of employment., except from causes to- fyoni |ally distinct from a paralysed state of manufacturing indus- ''y- The rate of profit is, in most cases, very low, but the will better suited on that account for the competition now to be I'll, fieri °r less> iQ all the great manufacturing districts of the coun- lowl ry J nor is there to be found in any of them, as we believe, thj ai)y serious want of employment., except from causes to- fyoni |ally distinct from a paralysed state of manufacturing indus- ''y- The rate of profit is, in most cases, very low, but the will better suited on that account for the competition now to be tS|Sta'nec^ the Continental fabrics, and almost affording- 3'ent assurance, that the result will exclude foreigners from took gVe^y market where they are fairly met by English wrought idei C°uld the same principle be applied to the trade in corn, j J "ie last bar to the triumph of English manufacturing skill andindustry would probably be removed, as that step, by am- Rising the price of grain on the Continent, would place the n of rival manufacturers on the same level with regard to the pier wages of labour which has now been arrived at in the value the of the raw material, through the wise policy of the learis- oia- 'Mure. sdly These facts being fairly established, it is reasonable to e' that the improvement of our manufactures will have his 6 saine beneficial effects which have heretofore attended uc- ll' *n SraduaHy extending the demand for the staple articles sed i°^ co!onial produce, the markets for which have been so ag- on§ i11 a state of depression, and our whole system of trade ■ate ^us regain a wholesome, if not a decidedly prosperous state, ling A gentleman who is engaged largely in the woollen trade, en- and who is just returned from a visit to Leeds, mentioned a all fact yesterday on 'Change, which is worth volumes of argu- ing ment in favour of the future ascendancy of the English ha Manufacturers, viz.—that our products in articles of woollen have so essentially improved since the reduction of ^0 duty 'las ta^en place, and the fall in the value of the jaw material, that the woollens of Germany and Switzer- rty c|nd, which "bltiined a decided preference over our own ith a"°ut the year 1825, are now surpassed by us both in qua- oik an(l cheapness, and even driven out of the home market it °* those countries. English cloth is now selling at the door ,in. °' the German manufacturer, and obtains of course a still d jnore decided preference in the assortments made up here the far general exportation. This is the fruit, without doubt, :ie' of tilat enlightened policy which dictated the reduction of 3 1116 W(40l tax, which operated in this way—that it raised the to Va!ue t6 ,l'!e forejgn manufacturer at the same time that it on educed it in the English market, and thus brought the par- ties to the same level, so far as the price of the raw material jal \AS concemed. While the contrary course was pursued, ip- j t e want of a sufficient market for foreign wool made it a re. I nx-i'e drug on the spot where it was produced, and gave to ^foreign manufacturer those advantages over us, which, lie e oie the tax was reduced, were striking at the very root ng oi our national prosperity.— Times. in | 1 ue spirit of enterprise displayed within the two last rly, weeks at Liverpool, in the article of cotton, has, given an lie impulse to the London market: the sales on Friday at pub- e ic auction amounted to 4000 bales of Surats at 3d to S^d, Ift' lm% to ^he quantity offered was equal to 9976 bales. STATE OF TRADE IN DUBLIN.—We have great satisfac- :re i1C>n 'n stating'> that the concurrence of the Duchess of Noiv is lumherland in the expediency of a Ladies' Association for .jjt the wear of Irish silk and poplin has been obtained through, we believe, the mediation of our patriotic and illustrious ,e), teliow countrywoman, Lady Morgan. Her Grace has, we i, "understand, been so favourable to the design of the pro- 0 jected Association, as to justify the hope that she will ac- e cept its presidency. The object being the simple and inno- cent one of cherishing the inimitable produce of the Irish \i i?°m' n° ^°Pe can be more warranted, because no end can x,j e ™ore laudable. It is not a monopoly of the domestic M T ■■ ^at manu^actui'ers want. They are too just in in ,eir v'evvs to entertain so monstrous an absurdity—for t'e °* 1 ^°rc™§ an inferior commodity, against the current ii i o the general interest, into use and preference, would be ;-t, downright madness. i» It is satisfactory to find, that the beneficial effects of the 0 meeting at the Royal Exchange are not merely confined to x, the getting in of subscriptions. There has been a consi- p oerable and increasing demand for Irish silks and tabbinets since that meeting was held. As many may have purchased motives of benevolence, it is necessary to remind those similarly disposed, that there is a material difference, as re- ,> lates to the effect upon the condition of the great body of tne weavers, between the purchase of the ornamental pat- terns and the purchase of those that are plain. The trade <1 *n the former is in the hands of a few of the masters, who h have been able to import French machinery and looms, and h m this they may be said to have a complete monopoly, while that in the latter takes in the entire body of the opcia- tives. It is therefore evident, that these will not be greatly relieved if tlie sales be made exclusively (as certain disin- j genuous and selfish persons would have them) in the rare or ornamental article. In the woollen branch we rejoice to hear that the demand is brisk almost beyond parallel; so progressive and steady is this improvement in the respectable firm of the Messrs. 3 Willans, that those gentlemen have made several heavy ad- ditions to their machinery.—Freeman s Journal. It is pleasing to be able to state, that the disgraceful system of rioting, which so long disturbed the county of "—Merick, is entirely subsiding. At the last fair held in • bbeyfeale all was peace and harmony. The people seem ° me now sensible of their former folly. f *party papers in Ireland give a very perverted view [ ° the state of the country. The official accounts transmit- ed to the English Government differ widely from those in le ultra party journals. The country is tranquil, the har- vest has been abundant, and the public mind is no longer agitated by the meeting of rival and violent factions. EDINBURGH, October 5.-—So long ago as last February, when men's minds were filled with horror at the Edinburgh plans for furnishing the dissecting rooms, a poor woman was seized within fifty yards of her house, at ten o'clock on a Saturday night, her mouth was filled with flax, and her hands tied behind her by a cord. One shriek, which she uttered on being seized, brought a neighbour to the door Wlth a candle, and the wretches, being scared from their Prey> left her with her face in the mud, in such a position T^1 S^6 must; a few minutes have died of suffocation. e unhappy woman described two men as having assailed er'but the darkness and the confusion of her mind pre- ented her giving any distinct account. Those miserable monsters have hitherto escaped the detection of man, but, it roust be supposed, have borne with them some foretaste of -j' ro'sery that an awakened conscience will one day infal- 1 y bring them. We but now arrive at the object of giv- the above narrative. We wish to state that this poor en0?1^11' ^izabeth Gowanlock, is wife of a weaver at Wood- sh upon the Tweed, a little below Kelso, and that e is a person of most gentle, inoffensive, and correct de- I P ^ent—the mother of six children, the oldest of whom sW twelve. Since she has suffered this frightful outrage, e has lost entirely the use of one, side, and is consequently i ^U~ridden. But had she even escaped this bodily calamity, ^hich renders her a burthen, instead of a help, to her little ^nes; there is still untold a more poignant affliction. Since 'at fearful night her mind has been often entirely unsettled, an upon every small agitation, she is liable to become ab- So utely insane. We have ourselves seen her feeble and Mother toiling to fill the place of the useful housewife, miUSj!'d^ ^0W' we ^ave seen ^er affectionate, tender, and a nob-enduring husband doing every thing that kindness n patience could suggest to alleviate her misery; we have seen the whole group reduced to poverty by means of this unprovoked and unheard-of outrage; and having felt our °"vn Pity powerfully excited, and being personally convinced ° the truth of every particular above stated, we venture to ttiake this appeal to the sympathy of the benevolent. It will afford us real pleasure to be made the instrument of conveying pecuniary relief to this afflicted and deserving tamuy. Edinburgh Evening Journal. THE REVENUE of the quarter just ended, compared with e that of the corresponding quarter of the last year, exhibits a trifling increase—a falling off in the Excise having been more than compensated by an increased produce of the Customs and some of the smaller branches of the revenue. The produce of the Customs has been raised, during the quarter that has expired, by the duties received on imported grain; and it is justly observed by a Morning Paper, that an increase of revenue from this source is no matter for con- gratulation. Indeed, the money so received, being the con- sequence of the failure in quality or quantity of the crops of two successive years, is a gain of the Exchequer drawn from a calamity of the nation-yet, under all the circumstances of the last quarter, the state of the revenue is on the whole remarkable. The distress of considerable masses of the people is well known; the reduction of their means of con- suming, and necessarily of their corisumption, unquestion- able-—the sacrifice made in order to obtain bread from fo- reign countries (involving, of course, a diminution of the means of purchasing less indispensibic commodities) obvious on the face of the accounts; yet, on the Excise, during the whole of the year, there is no diminution, and on the quarter a reduction of between seven and eight per cent. only, which has not been equivalent to the increase of the other branches of the revenue. We say this, not to diminish the import- ance of the distress which has really existed, but to draw attention to the fact that even during the suffering of large classes, who depend on the fluctuations of foreign trade or of fashions, there are large branches of industry which enjoy comparative prosperity: Of the various branches of trade which are not suffering, we hear nothing; but we see the proof of their condition in the manner in which they supply the deficiency of the contributions of those who suffer. During the last month there has also been a partial revival of activity even in those branches of trade which have suf- fered. The silk trade, in Manchester in particular, is stated in the Guardian, which has just reached us, as having been "for some time in a healthy and promising state." The cotton trade, too, is stated to have maintained its late im- provement; and the great woollen manufacture of Yorkshire is also decidedly improving. It is, however, pretty clear, that as, notwithstanding the marked increase of the popula- tion of the country, the produce of the revenue does not steadily increase in the same proportion, the taxes, from an alteration in the value of money, or some other cause, must press with increased weight on the most numerous classes of the community. Taxes have been reduced since the peace, and the benefit of the reduction has been felt-blit almost exclusively by persons above the condition of the working classes. The abolition of the property tax—the reduction of the wine tax, have been a much greater relief to the rich than the repeal of the salt tax and the reduction of a few other imposts have afforded to the poor. This is a. great national injustice, of which the community feels the'effects. The difficulty which any minister would "labour under in any attempt to re-adjust the the pressure of taxation, would be, that he would have to throw new burthens on the powerful classes in order to relieve the weak, and this is a change which nothing but very favourable circumstances, and a strong spirit of patriotism on the part of the wealthy classes, can give us any hope of seeing effected.-Globe. Abstract of the net produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended on the 10th of October, 1828, and the 10th of October, 1829, shewing the increase or decrease on each head thereof:— Years ended Oct. 10, 1828. I 1829. Increase. Decrease. Customs £ 16,358,170i £ 15,961,206 £ 396,864 Excise 17,905,978 17,904,027 1,951 Stamps. 6,575,318 6,704,792 £129,374 Post-office. 1,387,000 1,396,000 9,000 Taxes. 4,836,464 4,905,886 69,422 Miscellaneous 556,171 600,848 44,677 £ 47,619,101 i £ 47,472,659 £ 252,473 398,915 Deduct Increase 252,473 Decrease on the Year. £146,442 Quarters ended Oct. 10, 1828. 1829. Increase. Decrease. Customs £ 4^664,932 £5,028,656 £ 363,724 Excise 5,714,399 5,268,237 £446,162 Stamps 1,705,676 1,747,698 42,022 Post-office. 366,000 358,000 8,000 Taxes 466,978 501,306 34,328 Miscellaneous 101,950 179,980 78,030 £ 13,019,935 £ 13,083^877 518,104 £454,162 Deduct Decrease 454,162 Increase on the Quarter £ 63,942 NEW POLICE.-No greater proof of the activity of the new police could be given than the number of charges pre- ferred at Bow-street on Monday. The list of Mr. Thomas, superintendant of the Covent-garden district, comprised seventy-five cases. Among them was one of a man having the appearance of a labourer, who was picked up last night it in Covent-garden, in a state of cooipieie Inelorieiy. Wlien discovered, a small roll of paper was seen protruding from his pocket, which on inspection proved to be three bank- notes for a hundred pounds each, with five sovereigns en- closed. These were taken care of by the policeman (Rich- ard Thorn, No. 36, F.), and delivered by him to his super- intendant Mr. Thomas. The man himself, being too much intoxicated to give any account of himself, was conveyed to the watch-house and brought up to Bow-street. It appeared upon examination that his name was Daniel Hobbs, and that he had received a legacy of £392, which was paid to him at Child's banking-house, of which the sum in question formed a part, and that having quarrelled with his wife, he had quitted his home, carrying the money in his pocket, and contrived to place himself in the situation in which he was found. The money was now, of course, restored to him, on which he generously requited the policeman for his care with the guerdon of tivo-arid-sixpcnce. It is worthy of remark that this is the third instance in which, through the activity and honesty of the new policemen, sums amounting in the aggregate to nearly zclooo have been preserved to their owners under similar circumstances. It is singular that cases of this kind were never heard of under the old system. We have no doubt that on a proper opportunity the man whose fitness for his situation has thus been proved will be properly appreciated by the Commissioners, in addition to the magnificent recompense which he has already received. EpSOM: OCTOBER MEETING.-These races terminated on Friday, having afforded two days' excellent diversion. Of the meeting generally, we are enabled to speak in the most favourable terms; for if it lack the heavy betting and im- mense assemblages by which the Spring" races are distin- guished, it is more prolific of sport, and calculated to amuse those who attend races only for the enjoyment of the run- ning. From the spirit of liberality evinced in the getting up of the meeting (particularly by the inhabitants of Epsom) on the present occasion, and the zeal with which they are entering for the next, we do not hesitate to predict that the Epsom October Meeting will make a prominent feature in the history of the turf. We have only to find fault with the Committee for not having given it greater publicity; in that case the attendance would have been much more numerous; as it was, the company was highly respectable. The wea- ther was remarkably fine, but the turf was still unfavourable for the horses, being very heavy in all parts. BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIV AL.-( Saturday Even- ing .)- M Y last gave you a report of the performances at the Church on Friday, and mentioned that the second Miscel- laneous Concert, with which the Festival concludes, would take place that evening. Besides these Concerts there have been Balls on Tuesday and Friday. The rooms were lit with wax and portable gas, (from patent resin oil.) The lat- ter had a brilliant effect, and possessed no disagreeable smell. On Friday night, at the second ball, an awkward accident occurred, which might have been of a serious nature. It seems that Madame Malibran Garcia had ex- pressed a wish to waltz, and in a few minutes that very de- lightful dance became the order of the night." Several persons, wearing the costume, and moving in the stature of gentlemen," entered the ball-room, and their very tottering walk, and more tottering language, soon shewed that they r ¡; had been paying their devotions at the shrine of the rosy god, in plain words that each of them was Bacchi plenus.. One of them advanced to Madame Malibran and insisted on her treading a measure" witb: him. She was obliged to comply, but half a dozen rotary movements of the whirl- ing waltz proved too much for her inebriated partner, who fell .on the ground, dragging his fair waltzer along with him; she cried out as she was falling, and the utmost confusion arose. All fears, however, were allayed by her rising and assisting the fallen hero on his legs. He was severely hurt, and Madame Malibran had a very narrow escape. So much as a specimen of politeness in a Birmingham ball- room. Many of the light-fingered gentry attended the Festival professionally." The President (the Earl of Bradford) can confidently testify to the knowledge of their art, as he had his pocket picked of £80. On the whole, the receipts do not exceed those of the last Festival, while, it is believed, the expences are heavier. A'-damp was thrown on the Festival by a circular, attributed to a clergyman. This circular bans, as irreligious and blasphemous, all who attend Musical Festivals. So ardent, indeed, has been the zeal of the individual referred to, that he attempted to bribe the ringers at the churches, in M-der that tlip holy church bells might not be desecrated by ringing lor the Festival! As a proof that this feeling is not singular, I need only add that the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, in sending a donation of X20 to the General Hospital, expressly stated that the donation was in no way connected with the Musical Festival. Mr. Braham, Miss Paton, Miss Fanny Ayton, Mr. Thorne, Miss Coveney, and the four Bohemian brothers, made their appearance at the Theatre last evening. So full was the house, that about £ 400 was cleared by this single night. The mana- ger (Mr. Clarke, who conducted the private theatre of Kilken- ny, where Miss O'Neil made her debut) has engaged all the above performers for a short time, except Mr. Braham and Miss Paton. As the other members of his corps dramatiquc are very excellent, (particularly Messrs. Stuart and Bellamy, from the Bath Theatre), he is expected to have a successful season. Almost every song during the evening was encored, I not so much from an abstract love of music or vocal powers, but from the desire of having their money's worth-an eye to the main chance is certainly one of the characteristics of this toy-shop of Europe"—and thus concluded the Musical Festival. The gross receipts of the Birmingham Festival have this week exceeded £ 10,000; those of York, last year, £ 16,000; of Manchester, £ 12,000. The proprietor of the Omnibus which runs between Ham- mersmith and Somerset-house has issued bills, in which he announces that a reading lamp has been provided for the accommodation of the passengers, and that the doors of the carriage are made wide enough to admit fashionable bon- nets without danger of crushing. After such an announce- ment (which is a fine illustration of national character as to the taciturnity of English travellers, and at the same time a gallant devotedness to the fair sex,) he cannot lack patron- age. If bonnets, to be fashionable, should become still larger than they now are, he will probably provide dress caps for the ladies when they enter the Omnibus, and build another carriage for the exclusive accommodation of the bonnets. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence, with their suite, ar- rived in a government yacht, having a steamer in company, about seven o'clock on Saturday evening off Brighton, from Dieppe. A royal salute was fired on the approach of the vessels, and the tender displayed a number of fine rockets. The chain pier was crowded to excess by company waiting to see their Royal Highnesses land': the Duke and Duchess landed soon afterwards. The ladder attached to the chain pier wa^ decorated with three rows of temps up to the- sig- nal posts. Adm. Sir Robert Otway, K. C. B. and several other naval officers, received their Royal Highnesses on landing, the company assembled greeting them with loud acclamations. The Duke and Duchess entered their car- riage, which was at the end of the pier, and proceeded to the York Hotel, where a large crowd was assembled, who cheer- ed the royal guests. Among the nobility and gentry at the York Hotel were the Lord Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst, the Marchioness of Downshire, the Master of the Rolls, the Countess of Jersey, Baron Sandys, Lady Mary Hill, Sir Robert and Lady Otway, Sir Robert and Lady Wigram, Captain and Mrs. George Seymour, Mrs. Fitzherbert, &c. Their Royal Highnesses sat down to dinner at eight o'clock. The band of the 15th hussars attended during the evening. Lord Normanby has addressed a letter from Florence to Mr. Robins, with a donation of E25 to the Covent Garden subscription. The terms in which this letter is couched reflect equal credit upon his Lordship's liberality and his taste for the drama. We are happy to see also, that the Duke of Bedford has generously added X1000 to the fund; and following this laudable example, we find the Duke of Montrose subscribing Eloo, Samuel Mace, Esq. iso, Lord Fife £50, Col. Berkeley jfmn, Lord Egremont £100, Lorrl Lonsdale £ 50, lhomas Wentworth Beaumont, iisq. M. P. too guineas, a True Friend to the Drama, £ 50, Sir C. Trot- ter, Bart. 20 guineas, with an infinity of other contributions from twenty guineas downwards. It now only remains for the proprietors of private boxes to lend their tardy assist- ance, and no doubt can then be entertained that the theatre may progress through the season successfully. The receipts from the King's Theatre added £696. 12s to the fund. AN AGED HEBREW COUPLE.—In Coventry there has lived for many years an aged couple of the name of Cohen. The poor old man is now about 100, and his wife is about 97. In his younger days he made trunks for sale, but lat- terly he has been unable to follow his usual avocations, and has been under the necessity of applying for parochial re- lief. There are but few of the descendants of Abraham in Coventry, and those few not the most affluent, consequently they are unable to render the old couple the assistance which they need. They make use of Cohen's house as their Sy- nagogue on their Sabbath. Mr. J. Grant, one of our Direc- tors, has lately been to London, and called on Mr. Roths- child to relate the history of this venerable couple, when that distinguished individual not only gave Mr. Grant two sovereigns for them, but expressed himself much obliged to that gentleman for bringing the case under his notice. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Kelly, died, after a short illness, at his residence in Waterford, on Thursday morning. The works in the new Fleet-market advance rapidly. The buildings forming the quadrangle are nearly finished. In the course of a few weeks all the old lumber and sheds in the present Fleet-market will be pulled down and sold. The opening will then present a fine spacious street, running in a line with Bridge-street. Not many years since the Thames rolled its muddy streams in Fleet Ditch, rendered famous by the author of the Dunciad," where we shall soon see a beautiful carriage way and elegant houses. Information was on Saturday given at the office of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the destruc- tion of farming property to a great amount by an incendiary. On Friday night a corn stack in the yard of Mr. W. Rogers, who is the proprietor of an extensive farm at Cuckfield, near East Grinstead, was discovered to be on fire. The neighbourhood was immediately in a state of alarm, but before it was possible to procure an engine or water to stop the progress of the flames, the fire had communicated to several other corn stacks, and it continued spreading from stack to stack, till the whole, nine or ten in number, were in a general blaze. The loss of property is very great, and facts have been elicited that cause no doubt to be entertained that it was a wilful firing. The gentlemen were referred by one of the Under Secretaries ktate to Sir R. Birnie, and he advised that one of the most active and intelligent of the police-officers on the Bow-street establishment, James John Smith, should be employed to discover the author of the atrocious crime. TEA DECLARATION.—The East India Company have is- sued their declaration for the December sale of teas. There are to be offered of Bohea l,200,000lbs.; of Congou, Cam- poi, Pekoe, and Souchong; 5>200,0001bs.; of Twankay, Hyson Skin, l,150,000lbs.; anc| of Hyson, 250,000lbs.— making in all 7,800,000lbs-> being the same as last sale. Of Hyson there are 50,00Qlbs. less, and of Twankay and Hyson Skin 50,000ibs. more, than offered at last sale. j The sudden vivacity of trade in Paisley has very agree- ably surprised the inhabitants of that active community. Drawboys are now earning more than the weavers them- selves did two months ago. Thibet shawls, which at that time could have been purchased at 30s, now sell for X- 4 or £5, with only the addition of an embroidered centre. Last week the soup kitchens were closed, for the satisfactory reason that nobody would take the soup.— Glasgow Paper. MANCHESTER.—I have now much pleasure in being able to state that the turn-out of fine spinners, which has lasted upwards of six months, and during that time has entailed incalculable distress not only upon themselves, but upon the smaller class of shopkeepers, is now completely termi- nated. At the time I dispatched my last letter (at a late hour on Saturday evening) the Masters' Association was assembled, for the purpose, principally, of considering whe- ther or not they should insist upon the signature of the ob- noxious declaration as a sine qua noil in their treaty with their penitent workmen. Many of the masters were determined to insist upon this measure being' complied with but the majority looked upon that document as one of no earthly consequence now that the difference to which it alone re- ferred was adjusted. This being the preponderating senti- ment, it was agreed to accept of the offer of the men to re- turn to their wheels. On Monday morning the men repaired to the different mills at which they had been accustomed to work, to tender their services. At most of those mills of which the owners had been sticklers for the declaration, the wheels had not been got ready for working, and the hands in these instan- ces did not go to work until yesterday morning. In the majority of the mills, however, the masters had got their machinery put in order on Saturday, in anticipation of the return of their men. Still a great disappointment was felt among the turn-outs generally, when it was found that the masters intended to retain the knobsticks" who had been working for them throughout the whole of the turn-out. The most favourably disposed of the masters, in accepting the services of their hands generally, have yet made nume- rous exceptions of those whose characters are not quite un- exceptionable, or who had taken any lead in the turn-out. From these and other causes, no less than from two to three hundred hands are still left out of employment. I am happy to say that at the market yesterday there was a slight revival in the demand for almost every description of manufactured goods. As a necessary consequence of the continued stoppage of so many mills, the demand for yarn has all along been equal to the supply. The improvement in trade, however, is not so great as has been represented, and cannot as yet be regarded as permanent. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.—Monday afternoon the Com- missioners of the Victualling Board were engaged in taking contracts for sugar, rum, &c, The quantity of rum adver- tised to be contracted for was 100,000 gallons, which, in addition to the contracts taken within the last month, makes a total of 2.50,000 gallons required for the use of the navy, or 50,000 gallons more than was contracted for last autumn. There were several tenders sent in for the rum. The con- tract prices of this article, as well as of sugar, have not yet publicly transpired; but we are given to understand, that the rum and sugar are to be delivered into his Majesty's stores at prices within a mere fraction of those at which the last contracts were taken. The last contract for rum was at Is 9id per gallon, and for sugar 57s 6d per cwt. One house has taken both the contracts for rum and sugar to- day. Contracts followed for butter, cheese, &c. The King's Bench and Common Pleas Nisi Prius sittings recommence at Guildhall on Monday next. In the King's Bench there are upwards of 600 cases entered for trial. The first day (Monday) will be occupied exclusively in the trial of undefended actions on bills of exchange and pro- missory notes, of which there are no less than 110 in the day's list. Special jury cases will be tried on Thursday the 22d, Friday the 23d, Saturday the 24th, and Monday the 26th inst. Among these is the action at the suit of M. de la Chaumette against the Bank of England, which has been tried once already, and in which a very important question arises with respect to the right of a bona fide holder of a stolen Bank of England note to recover its value. There is also a curious libel case, Watts v. Lawson, for an article published in the Times. The trial of this is fixed for Sa- turday the 24th instant. The adjournment day in Middle sex is Tuesday the 27th: on that day, and until Saturday the 31st, inclusive, common jury cases will be tried: after which special jury cases will be taken until the term. The crim. con. case of Lord Brandon v. Lord Vise. Melbourne, is fixed, specially, for Tuesday the 3d of November. It is understood that a great number of witnesses are to be brought from Ireland on the part of the noble defendant: several of them are members of the Irish bar. Mr. Gurney is retained for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General for the defendant. A second trial of the case of Brett v Beale and :) i u 1111<-]■ \v]> ii ]< it iu> ( 'n nilir\ 11/-n tn! Is, is f 'i YfvJ for Wednesday the 4th November. There are in an dUuui 200 cases entered for Trial in Middlesex. The ex officio informations against the Morning Journal, and some other papers, will not come on until the sittings after Michaelmas Term. ELOPEMENT.-An elopement took place from Waterside- street, Strathaven, on Tuesday last, with a stout Kirkintil- loch knight of the shuttle, who had the gallantry to captivate the heart of an old lady who had had seven husbands before, and has sold her last husband's property in order to clothe and deck her cully appropriately, as became him who was joining himself to such a lady, so old, and yet so young in inclination. She is only seventy-eight, and he is not above half that age. They returned upon the coach from Glasgow on Wednesday night, and when taking her in his arms from the coach he exclaimed, "AVhat a lump of joy have I got!" How long she may enjoy her eighth husband, is a tale that no man can tell.—She is smirky, ticklish, and happy; and he, a jolly and free companion.— Glasgow Free Press. The Quebec Paper of the 8th September says that the past month was one of the finest ever remembered for get- ting in the fruits of the earth. Thousands of loads of hay and grain have been housed in the finest condition, without one drop of rain; and the wheat harvest begins about the middle of the month, and in many places is a good average crop, and the quality generally good. Barley is a good crop, but the grain is not of the finest quality. THE SWAN RIVER.—In consequence of a representation having been made to Government of the great benefit the new colony at the Swan River will derive from a steam vessel to run between that Settlement and Sydney, in New South Wales, a large steamer is now building,' and will shortly be sent out for the above purpose. Steam naviga- tion applied to the creeks and inlets of the islands in those seas would no doubt produce beneficial results. The coasts might be explored with more accuracy than they have hitherto been able to obtain. -eøet<l+- FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, OCTOBER 9. BANKRUPTS. Benjamin Richards, Bognor, Sussex, innkeeper. Richard Packer, Bath, timber merchant. William Knott, Rhodes Bank, Lancashire, innkeeper. Thomas Sykes, Accrington, Lancashire, cotton spinner. Samuel Farmer, Atherstone, Warwickshire, mercer. Charles Taylor Clark, Gildersome, Batley, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturer. Jonathan Broadnurst, Buglawton, Astbury, Cheshire, corn dealer. Thomas Whitaker, Holderness, Yorkshire, horse dealer. William Smith, Grove Cottage, Lodge-road, St. John's Wood, builder. William Randall Summerland, Ratcliffe Highway, publican. Lewis Harris, Wyndham-street, Bryanstone-square, coal mer- chant. Henry Warren, Belgrave-place, Middlesex, builder. John Cuthbertsoa, Borough-road, Surrey, linen draper. William Marshall, Church-street, Spitalfields, brushmaker. William Martin, Buckingham, draper. William and John Terry, Bath, hardwaremen. Benjamin Severn, Frederick Benjamin King, and John Severn, Church-lane, Whitechapel, grocers. John Smith, Caroline-mews, Bedford-square, livery stable keeper.

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