V From the New York Enquirer. ; ; .7e jSwwoi. VVe are hot very fond of visiting Courts of Justice, (civil or en rninal,) and i rarely., go tWe,r except 1 to listen to some noble exertion of the hu man intellect, or to witness some rare disDlav of human wickedness; . Saturday was ' tc Sentence 'dav.V and those who like to stady morarcuriosities will find if : a place where much amusement may be gained and some useful lessons learned vast apartment is crowded with de- legates from . every r order of society, .Men of all ages,' ; professions and classes of "every degree oh honesty and vice from the unsuspected integrity of the Judge, down through regular gradations to the convict black arid loathsome vith crime, some attraciea irom laie cunosiiy some from business some from ah. anx jousnterest in the fate of their unhappy relatives, and some from a still more fear Ail interest in the fortune of theirguilty . associates : ah" enormous throngj of all complexions, and displaying all possible varieties oi tiress, iroin me raggeu, Dinri less, shoeless mendicant ; to tne ; spruce and perfumed ' 'coxcomb-7-weeping 4 fe males, lawyers, jurors, judges, repor ters, constables,' &c. nuke up the mot ley audience of a sessious sentence day. The real business of the court is, to ;a stranger and a philanthropist, highly in teresting. The first thing is fi thedis charges.""- Fifty" or sixty miserable wretches are called up and ranged outside of tne oar, wimout any regard ; 10 sex, ,age or colour, here a thick lipped Alncan there a pallid prostitute, in faded splen dour. - there - a sturdy vagrant, - with hau like tallow candles and trowsers that dis daln their- office ; next a grey headed culprit, frying to hide his infamy behind the brawny shoulders of; a jwicked look ruffian of nineteen, with a- copious sprinkling of negro wenches exhibiting a curious specimen of the strange company into which vice and misery always bring tneir. victims.- 1 nis pan? - is men ais- charged by proclamation, and . they Van ish in an instant. Then 'come the per sons convicted of the niore henous crimes TheV are brought up in pairs, and the ' recorder very briefly recapitulates their - 'offence,- and pronounces, their sentence Occasionally the unhappy culprit makes an appeal to the mercy of the court. : Un Saturday there were two instances where the prisoners appealed very powerfully and affectingly .to the humanity of the Judge. The first was a young and good looking Irishman, who ; had pleaded g uilty " to a charge of having obtained a sum of money - by means-ot a forged draft upon the North Rivet? Bank. He admitted his crime, & gave a short histo ry of Jiis Hie, as ground for asking some , modification of' his sentence. . He had been about a year in ; the country, and had exhausted all his means in a vain at tempt tD obtain some permanent employ. His family in Ireland was respectable, and his'own .character "had hitherto barn unim peached. ; fknow,' saidhe, " that in my country, such a crime would have been expiated with my death. 1 ask no mitigation pf my sentence here. ' I de serve to be punished, and 1 submit. ; But do not oh do not send me to mingle with the-wickedness and prtfligacy of the common prison, fas my principles and heart are untainted, and I would be spar ed the temptations and the pollutions of such vyicjous communion' Put me in solitary" confinement, snd me to death, let me be shbt at once, so. that'niy nam may never! mure be heard of, and my fa mily and friends may be spared the story of .my shame." But justice was inexora ble' and the poor fellow was sentenced to seven years. 4iard labour1 111 the state prison. The.qther wasa cast of still greater interest S '.. ; . A well dressed, well educated, and well born young nun was placed at the bar, convicted of, having been, engaged with tw o boys in the commission of some petty felony, a His address to the court ?as long, vehement, pathetic; and feh, quent. : He very skilfully reviewed the evidence, and :exmined the facts which appeared against him with the vain hope of obtaining a new trialaud then prayed the lenity of the court oh the ground of his misfortunes and his sufferings. He stated that he was actually the plaintiff in a chancery suit against his brother-in-law for the sum of $11,000, and that his aged mother had been dragged from his' arms' and confined in a mad house. His address was extremely well worded, and, vas impressively 'delivered. It evinced a large share of talents. : 1 he Court however, was deaf to his intreaties, and sentenced: him to" 3 -years in 'ihestate prison. - It seems he hasr already been there, v For one' female, we felt no' little compassion." She was an Irish woman, neatly dressed,rof a veryespectaWe ap pearance, aged 44, and the mother of eight children. The children are at Bos ton, and her husband (a sailor) is hourly expected from sea Il appeared that this woman abtamed a situation as a servant In one of those vile receptacles :of sin, vrhicb are permitted b exist even in ithe respectable streets of . our city. ? As soon Its she , discovered ; tlie cliaracter: of ; the pNce, sfieished to qM hVff jjis tress! refused to pay her wages. ' . The poQrioman then took some ai tides .of TTm-.tnrP. as a security till she would get- her money. .; This was her , crime, and the recorder in passing; sentence, rgaye tier strong hopes of a speedy pardon from the governor. One ; tail ; gaunt Hibermian, amused us a great deal. He was sentenced to six months hard 5 labor in! trpenitentiary.--- ould noty our excellency'laid hefiri perfect juncerity contrive to alter it taJreeXmbntljSAin one of ihe states' vessels??' , V,-; f TH & yRES:-WESLEYatf :JfrviW ved the rector, h is master, to be the'grea test mail in the parish if hot in the county j and himself to betheV next to . hmi i in worth aod importance. ' He had the ;ad vantage and privilege of wearing out Mrr Wesley 's cast off clothes and 1 wigs, for the latter of which rhiseadwaifarioo' small. . Theector finding him j particu larly vain of one of these, canonical : sub stitutes for hair which he had Jateiy re ceived,? formed 4thejdesigntq ; mortify mm in me presence 01 inai congrtrgauuu before which Johi wished " to . appear- in every respect what be thought ; himself. One morning before church time Mr. W. said, go John, I shall preach on a par ticular subject to day ;.and shall choose my own psalm of which I shall give the first line and yOu shall proceed as usual." John was pleased, and service went for ward as it was wont to do,tiU they came to the singing, when Mr. YW gave out the tollowing linew - .- :.. ' Like to an owl in iyy bush" This was sung and the following line, T'. i j - i -1 1 . ' ' 1 jpnn peeping out 01 ine ntige, canonical wig, ; in which his head was half lost, gave. out with an audible voice and appropri ate connecting twang --"t 1 V v l-nii''" That rueful thing am I J 'The whole congregation, struck v with John's appearance, saw and fell thesimi litude and burst into laughter. The rec tor was pleased : for John was mortified and his self-conceit humbled.' ' . A Noble ) Act.- Yesterday evening, whilst Captain Feter Pezant was conver s,ng with some v gentlemen on Price's Wharf, his son Edwaid, about, ten i years old; who was alao there, disappeared unknown to him. Soon after, the alarm of " a boy in the water !" was given; The father heard the noise, but not the words, and missing his child,. fled with the rapidity of lighting to the end of the wharf,.and then saw in the water, his son safely borne on the:surrface, by a stranger. ' 1 he noble hearted individual proved to be a Mr.! Joseph Late a ai, of New London, a seaman on board the schooner defiance. Char. S. C. Cow. Stammering. A Miss Noah, a pupil of Mrs.; Leigh, has established herself in Philadelphia, for the cure of Stammer ing. The National Gazette gives the following testimonial in favor of her sys tern ; " she ? has eltected a cure in the instance of a daughter of one of our per sonal friends, w ith whom all the ordinary methods had been tried in, vain, which; has impressed us with a very favorable opinion of her skill and kind assiduity." Common Scold. A Mrs. Minty Gra ham,- was lately tried at Hagerstown, (Md.) upon a charge of being in technical phraseology of the la w, a " common scold." . A bundant evidence of her scol ding is stated to have been produced, but the jury returned a virdict of not guilty. It is related that they expressed concien- tious scruples about convicting her as a common scold, when it was proved that she was an uncommdn scold. .Of late years the British booksellers have established a fashion of publishing books so extravagantly, upon large type and thick vellum pa per, t hat it requires a moderate fortune to purchase : a library printed in that wayj and when purchased, a phce.to hold it. ;The Galignanis, at Paris, have gone into the other extreme,' and are printing standard English works in tne most oeauuiui ana economical manner imaginable.. Specimens may be seen at the bookstore of i Messrs, Carey and Lea. The whole of Moore's poetry down to the verses of the last two months, are printed in one octavo volume. ;! The typev is clear, of a good size, & extremely neat Byron's complete works are also ncluded in a volume of similar beauty. Scott's novels and puems are now print-, ing, and will not exceed five, volumes. The prices aremoderate beyond all ex1- ample.- Thus may an entire, collection of the three most eminent writers of our age be obtained for a few. dollars. ; ,r - . t 1 I s : . . . - Aurora. Medical, Profession ';m London' and Parts. In - the, London Medical and, Physical Journal Jor October,1. 1 826, it s stated that Ihe number of physicians, &c. who practise in London v and . seven miles : round, amounts la. .1,74 The whole population amounts to 1,200,000 -one physician for ey?ry 7,000 souls. upwards of 800 members ofthe ; Koy- al College of Surgeons practise - in the same capital 5 and.as byvlhe law, all me dical officers, whether of the arroy i navy, or Last India; Company, are entitled ; to practise as surgeons and apothecaries in every part of the British Dominions, ma ny of them, say 200, may be added to the 'list of surgeons! making aj total of 1000 practising surgeons,, or one to ev ery 12($0 inhabitants. r : i : " A ' ', ! 1 he whole number df apothecaries en titled from various sources to practise, as such, . probably- equals 2,000, , or one apothecary for every 600 inhabitants. V Tiui b JLoridon, the physicians are to the surgsons as one to six, to the pothecarieias one ia twelve, and to both united as one to eighteen- " - ' I In PaTisi; there were; in 1 822, 600 physicians 5 being oij a population, of 80000 one physician to;every tl333 inhabitiits- br five .times more , than in Londpr. . u . ; v r - . . In Ihe same year there were in -Paris 128 surgeons, beiog one to .125 inhabi tants or fdur-filhs less than in London.0: ; Takinglhe three branches of the me-" dicil. profession in Paris, and supposing the distribution of them in that capital to the' proper standard namely, ; 600 phy ? sicians, 128 surgeons, 18llapothecaries, they are J together, about ,900, or at the rate of oner to every 900 inhabitants ; whilst in London, if the computation ol 174 1 physicians, 1000 .surgeons, 2000 apothecaries, and 300 chemists and drug gists, be correct, the total number is 3, 474, or at the rate of one to every v 345 habitants. In 1 Paris, then, under; .a ue distribution of the three branches, the b? Dense of maintaining each individual engaged in the profession, is divided a nong 900 persons j whilst in London it iashared&mong 345 ; the actual expense td each inhabitant of the latter,' beini' ndarly treble the'expense to each inhabi tant of the former city. It .is .suppose that in Philadelphia there are about ; 200 physiciafsV surgeons, and obsterical prac tionersJ which, In a population of 150, 000 inhabitants, will give one for every 750 inlabitants. ' Nat. Gaz. Fron England. The ship ' Emerald' atiBospn, brings London papers to the 24th, And Liverpool to the 26th; March, inclusive. We are. indebted to our Bos ton (correspondents for proof-slips, em bracing alt the leading items of interest. These are given below, together with some further selections from papers by ihe William Thompson, at New York. i The; latest London pape,r speaks fa vorably of the convalescence bt both lord Liverpool and MrQ Canning 5.' the' latter was well enough " to take an airing" on the 23d. The Literary Gazette reraaiks, that thejappoihtment of Mr. Canning as Prime Minister, was the most popular statement of the day. ( Parliament, -hi the House of Lords, Mar. 23, several petitions from the Catho lics of Ireland for relief from-disabilities, were presented by Lord King ; and remonstrances , rom - several, frottsiant parishes " against any further concessions to the Catholics,?' were' presented by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishops of Chichester and Clopher, and Earl of Shaftsbury. .Lord King remarked, on presenting ids petitions., that he did not now . entertain the - least hope that any thing would be done to reneve the "most wretched and most ill-used people of Lu rope.'' The Duke of Buckingham re plied, that " he was convinced there was yet good hope, and that the measure for the relief of the Catholics, was one which must and would be carried." ' Mr. Peel fixed (on Monday, 7th May, for the discussion of four bills, by which e purposed to effect the amendment of th criminal Iawi- n ' .vr': i ;A The Traveller of the 14th states,' that private letters from Manchester, repre sent all business in that great manufac turing town to be completely at a stand. Commercial prospects weremost gloomy, and fewior no orders' of' any moment had been ieceived from Germany.. The fact is, (adds fbe Editor,) that Germany and the neighbouring countries are now inanufacturing for themselves,' and able, not only to supply their domestic. wants, but to export largely to foreign markets, jrhes. day of our monopoly has passed, and we must be prepared for all the coh sequences, 1 " . ) " Upon "the subject of the Cora Laws, the London Morning Chronicle remarks : ;" As the debate proceeds, the powerful land owners are altering the scale of do ties brought in ' by the Minister,' and it clearly appears, to us, that by the time the proceedings oh this bill are terminated in theHouse o Lor hardly knowis Swi mean time, it is curious to observe how ihe House receives any intimation from members who think ihe scale of duties al ready too high. We understand that it is exceedingly , difficult for any member opposed to the Corn Laws,- to obtain a hearing, and then he is in, danger; to use the words of MrV Hobhbuse, either of be ing 'J knocked down or coughed ddwri.'f Oh a motion to take up the " annual duties bt II ,' : M r. ; VV h it in ore complained of the great difference upon W. II and E. I. Sugars, to the injury of the '"growers of the latter. 1 Hewas at a loss to? ima gine any reason why, the production of free labor Should be loaded with an addi tional duty of 10s.- per cwt while the pro duction of.skve'labdr Was not exposed to the same diiad van tagel Mr Hume re ma rked iq reply h a t; the W. Ihd ia suga r growers had no material advantages over t hose Xo f-the E. In d i esY; Th e question Was merely one ofrevehueV-1 Other mem bers ha ving spoken to the question, Mr.C Palmer maintained, that as the Coloniel System inflicted great disadvantages upon the W. Tndies, they were entitled o the protectiod r of this " counterv ailing - duty. The colonists had submitted, to various privations without j : murmur for the benefit ofi the mother country. Since the " geon-house; to! forward 5,0db onri suspension of their intercourse with the U. States, not a complaint had been ut-. tered. rj he bill was then "postponed to the next Monday. , - ! -' y The decision upon the Catholic Ques tion has created a stroSg; sensation; in Ireland. 'The packet," says one letter, has just arrived no language can con vey to you' the impression made upon the public ; mind by its -contehtsi' Crowds surrounded;1 the 15 mail jdn its arrival, and gloom and horror appeared depicted in eyery countenance, on ascertaining the result of the debateon Sir; Francis Bur dett,i'moiion.,;;Mee lie Association were" held ' for, several days following, and the language' was not of the most moderate kind. v ; ; S. , Among other measures said; to be - in agitation it has been proposed to send a deputation of the most powerful ;Catho lies in Ireland to England, in order to ob tain a personal interview, with the King, and to implore his. Majesty to grant his powerful aid to tjie Catholic cause. ; In England a meeting of Catholics has been heldin London,' at which His Grace the. Duke of Norfolk presided. ' Oh that occasion . a ! resolution was passed, of which the following is a copy : t -l That We are in no way disheartened by our late defeat (if a minority of four in a division of 548,' can be fairly so desig nated,) that while, we acknowledge with gratitud te : support which bur rightful claims have received for many -years, irom the: Commons House of Parliament, we owe it to ourselves, to the memory of our forefathers, to our posterity, and to all who value the rights of Englishmen, or who, like ourselves, are subjected by law to penalties or privations for religious opinions never to desist from the prose cution of our claims to all the benefits of the Constitution, till success have crown ed our efibits." . '"' ; The question, will be again discussed on the 1st of May. i ; , Ireland The recent rejection of the Catholic Question in the House of Com mons has, as might have been expected, produced a strong sensation in Ireland and, froni the proceedings in all parts of mat country, a pretty good criterion is afforded! of the state of the national fee lings The discussions at the. different meetings bear a hostile complexion j and t the power, equalled, the win, no doubt d have ample cause to regret the to ; wliich the Legislature has At a numerous' meeting held at Ennis, on Sunday last, after mass, a ma gistratein the chair strong resolutions were passed and five petitions, and. a " Liberator County Club'? were resolved upon. !rhe petitions were -1st. For Catholic Emancipation ; 2d, for the re peal of the vestry bill ; 3d, for the repeal of the tenantry act 5 4lh, for the repeal of the union ; and, 5th, for a reform in parliament.; '.,:;.'.: The County is to be divided into dis tricts, for various purposes tending to the Hdvanceimeiit of the cause of Ireland; for the col lection of the ren t, , for the per fee ting of tne census, forthe suppression of outrage and crime ; for the extinction of local feuds ; for. the frustration of biblir cism, and tor the propogation of what Mr. O'Connell ' calls, the " " mutual co-opera- iion - system a system teaching Irish men to discriminate, friends from foes and to do what the disciples of Dr. Ma- gee boast they do that is, to " seek for" ana DacR' each other, recollecting to give pre-eminent encouragement .to all the friends of toleration and justice; who may happen to be of a religion differing from that of the'natioh. ; . A . r ; ; The Dublin -Morning Register says, mat me n.ngnsn are 4now the oppressors of the Catholics," and 1 expresses a wish for "the discouragement of every thine jruiu lugiauu, aim peanng tne name .01 r nnlieh 77 . Wa man . iL. it t uHgu.iKi . .. v ;..ajr t ki am uic lira l oi these positions, without1 approving of the other The Irish have tried the discoura ging system underv circumstances much mure favorable than those of the present day, we mean during the armed volunteer period, when, the nation was united, and the success was every thing but encoura ging. Ihe idea of mixing up patriotism and trade is exceedingly silly ; and the giving expression to such, nonsense, only serves o throw ridicule 4n Irish writers. now jar u is pussioie 10 proscrioe tne Protestants r in the districts of which the population is almosL exclusive Catholic, we are unable to say. It is of . course much more easy to put Protestants under the ban, English what is cheapest vt e snou decision come. u rounds of musket ball-catridges to the " different garrisons throughout therms u ry." Freeman's' Journal. ; Here, then, is the commentary on that text which the Orgahemen have delivered to Parliament forf the guidance of its po. licy towards the Irish nation; ( Men de mand their rights, and the answer is fiv&. millions of leaden bullets ! Almost a ball-cartridge a piece for the jCattholics ' of Ireland. God help them. , . . So gireat has been the importation into England 'of French silks, that persons engaged in the silk trade contemplaKd a memorial to ministers,1; representing the ruin ' that must ensue unless measures were taken. to lessen the importation. . complete stagnation in the trade was pro. duced in London, and the distress among the weavers J in I ' Spitalfields had beea scarcely exceeded, t" 1 : 'j ; . ; The k reported distribution of five mi), lions of cartriges to the troops in Ireland, contemporaneously with the promulgation of the failure of the Catholic claims, is a forcible comment on the Justice of the present system if true, and I; very, good satire if false It will be seenK however, that the Catholics have not lost courage. The Austrian army, which, to the great joy of the Neapolitans, has been with drawn from their country,. :s to be domi ciliated with the j good people of Milan. 6y this time, it may be supposed, the' Neapolitans have unlearned their consti tutional notions. .. In the Peninsula, the Spanish government apparently discoun tenances the Portuguese rebels, 'whil the English force is nevertheless to be increased by fresh troops. J".'- 'I . Bait. Amer. PRICES CURRENT. NewbepJ May 12, 1827. Articles. Per D. C. . D. C gall. than to abstain ff om buying goodsMen will always, buy :heapest and : best ; but as the entering the shop pf a, Protestant, or the giving employment to a Protestant, ,is open tot observation and remark, we are not sure that the system of excommu nication may not be successfully pursued to a very great extent. v. A general un derstanding' among the catholics, to make the, situation of a Protestant as uncomfortable as possible, in those places in wuicniney nave tne ascenaancy, may make the country too hat to hold :hem. :t :u K Zfltidoh Paper. ' : v jr rom;iue Xionuon simes.j - We copy from a Dublin paper the foN lowing extraordinary paragraph i ;; ! Dobmn,. March 2: " Friday, after the arrival of the pack- "et bringing the account of the defeat of the "Catholic Question fa.the House v of V Corhmons, orders were sent to the i. Bacon, lb. Beef, . - s ' Butter, ! Bees Wax, . Bruudy French, , - Apple. , - Peach, ! , Corn, bbl. r Cotton, 100 lb. Coffee, lb. Cordage, ICO Jb. v Candles, lb. Flour, bbl . s Flaxseed, ' bush Feathers; lb. Gin, Holland, " g-all. Country, Glass 10 by 121 60 ft 8 by 10 s Iron, Pie, ; lb "f none country, Bar, : Russia, ; ! Swedes, .Wail Rods, Castings; j - Lumber Flooring M ft Inch Boards, Squnre Timber, Pine Scantling, Shingles, 22 inch, 10UO, Staves, w. o. hhd. t do. red oak do. 1 do. white oak,1 bbl Heading,w o.hhd I.ard, lb , : . . Lead, bar, cwt , ; white, dry, ,. ground in oil, "i Leather, soa) -' lb v '-. upper, . V 'I Meal, bush ; ;; ; Molasses gall j - Oil, Castor, bottle, Linseed, gall Fish, ;. t : Naval Stores, .Tar, . . , Pitch, 1 . 'Rosin, '..'. Turpentine, Spirits do. gall Pork, cargo bblx . Mess ' j i . h. . Peas, black eyed bush ' Rice, - cwt ' '; ' .-: ' Rum, Jamaica "1 gall ... W. I. ; 'I . American, ' j .Salt, T.I wbush V . Fine ; ... Sugar, Loaf lb f ' ? , - Lump ' ' Brown.' 100. lb Havana, White Steel, Blistered, lb . ' ' 'German;' ',. : Tallow, 1 Wine, Madeira i ., Teneriffe . , t :, ; Sherry ;.: . . Country Whiskey' gall , bbl 4 ,2S 50 40 .75' 1W) S : is 14 15 50 70 35 1 UO 45 " 6 00 3 50 00 00 6 0 .7 6 . 14 00 12. 18 00 8 00 ' 1 25 16 00 8 , 7 00 17 00 .I '--8 " 10 00 16 00 16 00 20 2 00 I 60 i 29 1 00 '1 ' 30 "j 75 1 00 1 tK) 1 50 40' JO 00 13 i 60 3 90 85 ;40 60 18 9 none 10 13 gall bbl. j 10 ! 18 ! 10 ;3 1 60 12,'.' 15 80 20 3 73 1 2' 2 50 : Balsam cAPEvr, eALCINED MAGNESIA, in large bottles, Henry's Calcined Magne sia, in small bottles, Spirits df Hartshornr Kheubarb,"-Smelling Bottles, -Hard Soap, Turner's (Cerate, 'Diachylon, Marsh's Mallow Ointment. Rasilicon. &c. Just received and for sale by , I HU'S. W. M ACH EN. May 12. " : i: fv ;.. v.. GROCERIES.;' . TVST RECEIVED per schr. Marthn, fjr -and for saleatthesuhscriher's iitorfi 10 Barrels Superfine Flour, ,, v VVhite'Havana Sugar, . ' 1 Muscatel Raisins,' ; ; ! , Drum Figgs,v 5 v ;;: '. ; Prunes, . . -. ': Crackers, ; . . ! ; Goshen Butter, (No. 1st Quality,)' ' London Mustard, v 1 Brandy, Whiskey .Gin, Rum, ' . Albany Ale, (No. 1st Quality,) Brooins&c. ALSO 150 Bottles of Fresh Lime If u ice. May 5th,182r. :x;aykr6yd, 13 I i : 8 50 : 7 SO 40 1 25 50 4 50 00 00 8 I. 8- l .'- 15 00 I' . ; 20 00 10 00 1 50 18 00 10 ., 20 00 l: y i 1 oo 17 00 . 27 3 oo 70 1 25 . 50 ;-.80. 125 H , 75 3 25 1 00 in) 45 4i 23 2o .1 -v