The Express. — London, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

GEORGE LOWEST states, that merchants have suf fered a loss both upon their exports of manufactured goods to China, and upon their imports of tea to this country. A candle, thus burning at both ends, is soon consumed. Our present purpose is, however, to treat of that which is the chief recommendation of the report—a reduction in the duty on tea. That this reduction is eminently desirable, no one will question. For the comfort of the lower classes, and the extension of the use amongst them of a vdholesorne domestic beverage, rivalling and supplanting spirituous drinks, a reduo tion of the duty upon tea is a measure which strongly recommends itself. Our merchants demand it as the only means of carrying on a trade with China, and taking advantage of that noble opening which our arms have made. But, in times of financial difficulty, to meddle with those duties which produce a large portion of the revenue, is an experiment to be cautiously tried. There are duties on consumption which press, and which it would be useful to remove, but of which, after all, the pressure is little felt by those who pay them. And unfortunately, any burden on taxation, now lifted from one shoulder, must be placed on another. A reduction of the duty on tea from 2s. 21d. to Is., as proposed by the commission, could not be expected to raise the consumption more than one-third of its present amount, say to sixty mil lions of pounds, which would produce three millions of revenue. Where are the two millions and upwards thus lost to the revenue to come from ? From the, property tax, of course ; and, however desirable it may be to shift burdens from off the industrious poor to the strong back of property, cause must be shown for increasing the heavy burden, too easily shaken off by many kinds of wealth. e entered into this question very fully last year, when government meditated certain financial changes and reductions, all scattered to the winds by the ter rible advent of Irish famine. The subject now recurs to the consideration of ministers and members of the legislature, and is likely to be the subject of discus- Mon. The recommendation of the committee of the House of Commons cannot be silently set aside, nor can the pressing entreaties of the merchants engaged in the China trade be met with a careless negative. The question is, how are these desires to be met, without causing or endangering such a loss to the revenue even in the three first years, as must deter any Chancellor of the Exchequer. We repeat, what we stated and argued constantly last year, that the only way of modifying the tea-duties is by restoring the ad valorem system. We regret to see in the evidence before us, that the greater number of the witnesses and merchants, with Sir GEORGE LARPENT at their head, are de cidedly adverse to the ad valorem system, and that all concur in declaring it impracticable. We can un derstand their repugnance, and admit the force of their objections. But unfortunately there are but two alternatives, an ad valorem duty, or a great loss to the revenue. Ministers would not risk, and parliament would not vote the latter; whilst the ad valorem duty, however difficult or irksome, is at all events for the revenue a safe experiment, whilst it must increase the consumption and aid to alleviate the surcharge upon the poorer classes. Let an ad valorem duty of even so high as an hundred per cent. be fixed and graduated, on the fourteen or fifteen kinds of tea, and such a taxation would levy little more than eightpence a pound upon the poor man's congou, whilst the rich might con tinue to pay a duty approaching either half way towards, or fully equalling, that existing at present. Such a change would give a very considerable in crease to the consumption, and proportionate facilities to the China trade, without putting the revenue in jeopardy, and interfering with other excise reforms imperatively called for. The Paris journals and our own correspondence of Sunday have reached us. A royal ordonnance appears in the Moniteur authorising the emission of Three per Cent. Stock sufficient to produce a capital of two hundred and fifty millions of francs, on account of the loan of three hundred and fifty millions lately sanctioned by the Chamber. One per cent. of the capital thus created is to be appropriated to the sinking fund. The ministerial journals announce the arrival of the Duke d'Aumale at Algiers, where he was received with all the customary forms. M. Enea Bignami, a Bolognese, who has been sent to Paris to purchase arms for the national guard of Bologna, has addressed a letter to the Journal des Mate, acknowledging the prompt assistance he has received from M. Gtrizot and his colleagues. The Bordeaux courier arrived in Paris on Sunday without the Madrid mails of the sth, which were im patiently exacted. The Foment°, of Barcelona, mentions an important conflict which took place in the neighbourhood of Castello de Nuch, by which the Carlist insoments were completely routed. They bad eight killed and ten or twelve wounded. By the Levant mail we have received the journals I and oar usual letters from Constantinople to the 28th, and from Athens to the 30th ult. The cholera I had increased at Trebisonde, where, of 350 cases, there had been 1.50 deaths. The official physician reported that the disease did not offer the virulent character which it had when it last invaded Europe, and that, of the cases in which medical aid is supplied at a suf ficiently early stage, nine-tenths recover. The dis ease had nearly disappeared from Kars and Erzeroum on the 4th. Letters from Bagdad of the Ist say that the disease still prevailed there. Of sixteen cases, six died. At Athens affairs remained the same. The Chamber assembled, and voted the address almost without discussion. This document declares the absolute submission of the chamber to the ministry. In a word, the assembly . proceeds exactly as a body virtually chosen by the ministry must have proceeded. It will register the ministerial decrees. The senate was constituted. The King appointed M. Anagnosti Delyanni its president, in place of M. Conduriotti. Letters from Prevesa state that General Grivas had left for Janina, accompanied by ten of his followers. The others sought the royal clemency to return to Greece. Pharmaki, Pappacasta, and other insur gents, were reported to have assembled near the frontier at Contoyanni. What their designs were was not known. The Greco-Turkish difference remained in the same state. It will be seen, by reference to the letter of our correspondent, which we give below, that the insur gents of Albania have made their last effort, and Oat the result may be considered as finally put down. The conduct of the Turkish soldiers awards the conquered is described as brutal in the extreme. Lord Cowley censured the conduct of the British canal at Prevesa for taking Orivas under his pro tection. The course adopted by the French government in relation to the questions which now agitate the Swiss 1 confederacy has excited the most profound indigos- 1 tion on the part of the federal executive government at Berne. It appears that a train of waggons con taining arms and ammunition, and weighing so much as a hundred tons, have been lately expedited from the royal arsenal at Besancon, and destined for the canton of Fribourg, one of those of the Sonderbund. To reach its destination it must peas through the small canton of Neufchatel. The authorities there were accordingly warned by the federal executive at Berne of the necessity of intercepting such • supply of arms in obedience to the decree of the Diet to that effect. At the date of the last advice, from Berne the fear was that the cantonal government of Neuf chatel would connive at the passage of the French fourgons into Fribourg. M. Bois le Comte, the French minister, is under stood to have used his influence to induce the cantons of the league to comply with the resolution of the diet against the Sonderbund, but without effect. It was said at Berne that a collective note of the five powers would be presented to the vorort before the assembling of the diet on the 18th, conceived in a spirit to prevent internal hostilities in the confederacy. The session of the Orand Council of the Valais was signalised by a catastrophe as awful as it was remark able. This being one of the most violent cantons of the league, the president of the council (M. de Courten) who was in fact head of the cantonal government, made an intemperate harangue, exhorting the depu ties to shed the last drop of their blood in resisting the decrees of the diet. lie had hardly uttered the last word of his speech when he suddenly fell dead! He was stricken with apoplexy. The canton of Lucerne has addressed to the vorort the followiag letter, which the latter bodyhu remitted circularly to all the eantons : Lticanna, OCT. I.—Tbe avoyer and council of state of the canton of Lucerne to the federal directory at Berne : The decision taken on the 3rd ult., by the diet, with regard to the Jesuits, was forwarded to us by circular, in order to have it put into immediate execution. We shall merely give our reply on the subject in the following words. We contest the right whisk any majority or minority whatever may arrogate to itself, of interfering with the affairs of religion in any can- ton, and consequently in that of the canton of Lucerne, and we shall never either acknowledge or execute any decision or disposition implying such interference. The authorities of the canton of Lucerne have called the Jesuits to Lucerne u professors in theology to the seminary ; and the people, by the veto, 'base given their consent to this nomination, in virtue of a right of sovereignty inherent to the state of Lucerne. It belongs to the state of Lucerne alone to increase or diminish this right. A decision of 12 and a half states, which annuls this right, being both incompe tent and unjust, is, consequently, not obligatory for the state of Lucerne ; and it behoves the authorities not to conform to the demand to acknowledge such a decision, and to renounce this right. To this declaration, made openly, we join the Amirante of our perfect respect. It must be admitted, even by those who most de sire to uphold the authority of the federal , govern ment, that the decision respecting the Jesuits was most inexpedient, attacking as it did, at least in appearance, the full liberty of worship and public instruction which the individual cantons do and ought to possess, especially in a confederation the elements of which differ in language, religion, manners, and even in race. The Augsburg Gazette under the date of Rome, 27th ult., says that letters received in that city from Lucca affirm that a deputation had been appointed to wait upon the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to invite him to assume the regency of the Duchy of Lucca. Such a measure is rendered the more natural and probable, inasmuch as according to the existing treaties the present prince of Lucca only holds the duchy during the life of Maria Louisa, Duchess of Parma and. Piacenza. Oa her demise the latter principality falls to the present princes of Lucca, and the Duchy of Lucca will then be annexed to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. MALTA, Ocr. 4. After the arrival here of the report that a case of cholera had appeared on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, on her voyage from Trebisonde to Constantinople, and had termi nated fatally, our board of health held a consultation as to the propriety of extending the period of quaran tine against arrivals from the Black Sea. After a deliberation of two whole days the board came to a decision, as it is reported, not to alter the present re gulations until such time as a case of cholera should actually occur on board of a vessel coming to, or ac tually within, the quarantine harbour. This decision has caused no little fear that we shall be shut out from Sicily, and lose our supplies, especially as affairs are at the present moment existing in that country. Genoa and Leghorn have, indivi dually, extended the period of quarantine against all arrivals from the Levant to fifteen days. This, allowing for the greater length of the voyage to those ports than to Malta, is equal to twenty-five days. The Icing of Naples has closed the ports of the Two Sicilies in toto, against all arrivals from the same quarter. It is not, therefore, within the bounds of probability that Malta will be permitted to remain in pratique with those powers unless the termer quaran- Ise be extended. All the quarantine in the world, in its moat rigid form, will never keep out a disease that comes with a current of air: that, as we saw here in 1836, will attack one town, pass by another oa the verge of its track, and then fly off at a tangent to depopulate another. Situated as we are, iu Malta, dependent as we are upon other countries for the primary necessities of life, it behoves our government to fall in with, and give way to, any little weaknesses that less intelligent governments may show in respect to sanitary regulations, especially when by doing so ' no one is injured, and by not doing so the island may be placed in quarantine, and hundreds ruined. I hope, before I close the letter, to hear that the board has reconsidered the matter, and increased the quarantine to ten days at the least. Our winter visitors are beginning to drop in upon us. Lady Duncan and family came on the 27th ult., and several families are expected by the steamer of the 2nd. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tiger waited until Sunday morning, the 26th, for the arrival of the Flamer, with the Corfu mails. As she did not make her appearance, the Tiger left for Gibraltar at 6 a.m. The Flamer came in on Monday morning, with only . one engine work ing, one of her boilers having burst a few hours after she left Corfu. Her mails will remain until the 4th, and then be sent on in the French steamer. It is really disgraceful to the British navy, that such old worn-out tubs as the Flamer, Volcano, &c. should be allowed to run upon any line; and the more especially upon that to Mar seilles, where they are continually beaten by hours, by days, by the French steamers. If the Peninsular and Oriental Company is to have the line, let them have it at ones ; if not, the government should send oat some new boats capable of doing the work, and able to save the credit of our service. The Flamer is under repair ; she will be ready for the mid-mail of October ; her last trip to Marseilles took 108 hours ; aa her boilers are still farther patched, I give hernext time 120. The Panama French steam-frigate,which has been lying so long in our harbour, sailed on the 27th alt. for Naples. A large French government steamer came into port on the 29th from Algiers, in five days, having on board 120 hadji, or pilgrims, bound for a pilgrimage to the shrine of Mehemet. The steamer will start for Alexandria in a few days. Since Admiral Parker returned, we have been enabled to shake off a little of the ennui which was fast creeping over us. Balls and soirees are all the rage. The admiral has set the example. On the sth the Hibernia gives a ball, then the Trafalgar, next the Superb, and so on. The first intelligence of the unfortunate end of Mr. Jones, late of the 67th, was first known here through the Daily News. His father. Col. Jones, is commandant of artillery here. Major Mitford, our town major, is his son-in-law. The colonel would not at fi rst c redit the account. He has since been assured of it, for he and his daughters are in deep mourning. Colonel Jones is a worthy man, and universally esteemed by all who know him. There is, consequently, great sympathy for his bereavement. Messrs. Winthrop and Lock are prosecuting their searches amongst some tumuli near the place of their former labours. Some ancient tombs are in process of excavation. On the Ist inst., the English brig Navy arrived in the quarantine harbour, from Alexandria, with a cargo of beans. A few hours after her arrival, the master and his wife came ashore in the ship's boat, walked into the city, made some purchases at various shops, and were net discovered until they walked into the office of a ship-handler, Mr. 'Morris, who having seen the captain in the morning in the quarantine, naturally stared to see him, apparently in pratique, and before him. Mr. Morris immediately reported the affair to the marine police : the Board of Health met, and declared the island of Malta in quarantine for fourteen days. This will be very seriously felt by the masters and owners of those vessels which were on the point of sailing, and which must now remain until clean bills of health are again issued. This case of negligence on the part of the fiaarantine authori ties, in not having placed a guardian on board as is usual, deserves the severest punishment. This establishment, like many others over which Englishmen have no control, requires a thorough cleansing. The merchants and other sufferers here have every right to proceed against the government few any loss or damage sustained through the miacon duet or inattention of any of its officials. It is to be hoped that they will. It will mark their opinion of the present system of government. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Hindostan came in on the Ist from Southampton. She brought twenty passengers for Malta, and upwards of a hundred for India. The Ardent came in during the night of the 2nd from Marseilles, with the overland mail of the 24th. She remained here to take up the next Bombay mail, expected on the 13th, and the Locust proceeded on the 3rd to the lonian Islands and Patras with the mails. It is really amusing to read the accounts in the continental papers that the English line-of-battle ships are at Ancona. They were, as year naval columns have shown, in Phalerim Bay, near Athens. The P. and 0. C. st eamer Sultan arrived on the 4th from Constantinople, and proceeded on to Gibraltar and Southampton the same day. There is a horrid story abroad respecting certain oc currences which are said to have happened in the Jesuit school at Citta Vecchia. I cannot relate it ;at least, not at present. Nearly all the boys have left. The government ought to investigate the affair; but, alas ! the government is the camarilla, and the THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1847. camarilla is ruled by the Jesuits. H.M. steamer Bulldog left on the 2nd, at 6, p.m., f o r G enoa , for the purpose of embarking Lord Minto. The Neapolitan steamer came in on the 3rd, but did not communicates she left on her return to Sicily and Naples, the rune day at two, p.m. The agent would not take a single letter, not knowing what the de cision of the Naples and Palermo boards may be in respect to putting a fixed period of quarantine against Malta. This is a sad injury to commerce, especially at this critical period. The French packet from Con stantinople is just come in, a day behind her time. The one from Alexandria is also in, and will start for Marseilles direct, at noon to-day, before the delivery of the Constantinople and Athens mails at the Poet office. ROME, Ocr. t. News of the final wiud-up of our peaceful revolu tion by the announced evacuation of Ferrara on the 3rd has spread gentle joy through the city. You will hear of splendid rejoicings and other results from me on the Bth, the day of my regular despatch. I write to-day merely to tell Ton that a number of British artists met last evening in Via Condutti, on receipt of the joyful intelligence, and held an extra banquet in commemoration. Hogan, the sculptor, took the chair in his costume of national guard, and the following extemporaneous song was chaunted by Robert Macpherson, Esq. (one of the Cluny bodies), who, wearing a flowing red beard, and being blessed with a strong Scotch accent, electrified the assembly with his unpremeditated melody : THE NEW OERUSALEMME LIBERATA. AlR—Malbrook s'en va-t-en guerre. The Germans are gone free Ferrara ! So ends all their tantararara! An " eagle" la now " avis rara " In Tasso's poetical town. Says the Pope, putting on his tiara, To Austria—" You're drunk mia cara t Be off from the streets of Ferrara, Or else I may' fine you a Clovra.' " Pay the wine•eellere, next, for the rack ye owe, You have got the strong place of Comacchio ; But from that, too (says Cieerowhackio), We'll bundle you out before long. Three rounds of applause my boys let's gie For General Field-marshal Radetski : May he never get wet tin he gets a key Fit to open Ferrara the strong. The Germans are gone from Ferrara, In spite of their tantararara ; Aa eagle is now aril rara In Tasso's poetical town. Two-neek'd double-crowned dark and dumb bird ! Thy days are in Iran , numbered ; Pass the Po ! from the land of the Lombard Try again—it will coat but a Caowx ! CONSTANTINOPLE, Sere 28. Since the origin o( the difference between Turkey and Greece we have always doubted the friendship which Russia in that question professed for England. The Russian government opposed Coletti because Coletti had thrown him self into the arms of France. It was well understood that this feeling was confined solely to the Greek minister, and extended not farther. The influence of Russia in Greece remained, throughout the whole of the question, as ex tended and unshaken as ever. To Russia the Greeks look as their natural protectress, to her they appeal in every diffi culty, and however appearauces might of late have been against her, their faith in her friendship was neyer for one instant shaken. The Czsr, as spiritual head of their church, must always influence the opinions of a people so eminently superstitious and fanatical as the Greeks. When the note of the Emperor Nicholas, condemning the conduct of the Greek cabinet towards the Porte, reached Athens, M. Coletti used every effort to prevent its contents from be coming known, because be was well aware that its effect upon the public mind would be most inimical to his interests. He then turned his attention towards conciliating Russia, ithout, however, throwing off his old ally, till he had made sure of success. He attempted a fusion between Russian and French interests, and for that pur pose introduced several of the Russian party into the cabinet. But as far as regarded him personally, it was then too late. Had he tried it a month before, when M. d'Oustinoff made overtures of the same kind to M. de Bourquensy, at Constantinople, he might have succeeded. Russia had then changed her line of action. The Emperor's note had the effect of inducing the British government to adopt vigorous measures towards Greece. A fleet was sent to the Pineue by Lord Palmerston, to enforce the payment of the interest due upon the loan, and Turkey , threatened a suspension of commercial relations. The seeds of all that anarchy to which Greece is now a prey were then sown by Russian emissaries. From that time Russia seemed passively to watch the progress of events. Grivas, under the English consul at Peeves., bad violated the Turkish terri tory and was threatening Greece with invasion ; an English squadron with a hostile mission was stationed in the Pirwus, and by a well planned coincidence, Grizziottis, at the:sune time escaped from prison, and prepared to march with the insurgent' who had joined him upon the capital. In all this, England has had the odium and the expense, and Russia, new that things are ripe, comes in to reap the profit. M. de Titoff, on his arrival here from Europe, laid the foundation of the settlement of the Greek question. Turkey, thwarted and threatened on all sides, was most anxious for a cessation of the difference existing between her and the Athenian cabi net, and, therefore, ' snatched eagerly at the bait thrown out by the Russian envoy. Coletti died, and thus were the plans of the government of St. Peters burg wonderfully favoured. A new ministry was formed in Greece, composed, with only the exception of Palamides, of men entirely devoted to Russia. The with drawal of the exequaturs from the Greek consuls in Turkey, and the suspension of the coasting trade, seemed to have pro- duced an effect upon an influential portion of the Greek people—namely, those engaged in trade in their own country and those established as merchants id the Ottoman empire. It was for this that Russia waited. She has been appealed to by the Athenian government to use her influence for a settlement of the difference existing between them and the Porte. M. de Lentz, the secretary to the Russian legation at Athens, arrived here on the 24th inst., with despatches for M. de Titoff, making known the wishes of the Greek government for the restoration of amicable relations between Turkey and Greece. The Russian minister has not thought fit to communicate the contents of these despatches to his colleagues. lie doubtless considers himself sufficiently strong, in his double capacity of a protector is Greece and a peace maker in Turkey, to bring the affair to a satisfactory con clusion for both parties. Thus, of the different powers con tending fee supremacy in Greece, or for an influential posi tion in Turkey, it is Russia, who apparently exerted herself the least, that is the most suctieful. The following intelligence was yesterday received from Albania. The 'snakier, after his victory in the neighbour hood of Bent, marched to Adorn, for the purpose of com municating with the blockading squadron, and devising further plans fee the entire suppression of the insurrection. The insurgents had taken up • position in the most moun tainous part of the district of Dalvino, and hither the seras kier directed his forces.' Here Djoubika and Rappo bad the fi rst time united their forces. The place is called Cor velia, and is situated in that part of Liassouria lying be tween Mies and the chain of mountains known as the Chimera. The country is everywhere intersected by dark ravines and winding valleys. On the precipitate I side of one of these Talley', through which flows the River Sontchelza, the rebels had taken up their position. Immediately on coming up, the imperial troops attacked them with halting, and after a desperate defence Djoubika and his men were forced to retire, contesting, however, each rock and puss, till they reached Coulache. This was Djoubika's stronghold, and here he determined to make his last stand. The 'laughter on both "ides was great ; no quarter was asked or given, till at length numbers and dis cipline prevailed, and the Turkish troops carried the moun tain village by assault. Djoubika set fire to his dwelling, and then fled with the few of his followers who held together. The Albanians in the pay of the Porte were hot on, the trail of the rebel chief when the last accounts left, and as they are well acquainted with the country he has but little chance of escape. When the courier darted the sneakier was at Davin° with eight battalions and 2,000 irregular troops. Dubin, Pasha has appointed Argyro-Kutro as the place where he will receive the homage of the bey. who have sent in their sub mission. Ishmael Paths, the governor of Argyro-Kutro, has again opened the road from that town to Janina, and communications between, both places are now carried on, as before. Coddo, another rebel chief, being unable to join Djoubika and Rippe, fled on hearing the news of their defeat to the mountains of Premiti, where his band dis persed. Thus far we have hid to praise the imperial troops for their discipline and courage ; but we grieve to say that no lan guage is too strong to condemn their conduct after victory. They everywhere destroyed the villages of the Insurgents, and the unfortunate inhabitants, principally compoeed of old men, women, and children, were subjected by their brutal conquerors to every horror that the foulest or most san guinary passions could inspire. Lord Cowley has strongly blamed the conduct of Mr. Sanders, the English consul at Prevesa, in taking Grins under hie protection. Mr. Sanders was doubtless impressed with the idea that he was aiding the policy of the Porte, and of his own country ; but nothing can excuse an act which calls in question that character for plain dealing which has ever distinguished the agents of the British government. The latest news from Trebizonde is of the most distressing kind. The cholera is committing dreadful ravages In that city, and its virulence has been increased, especially amongst the poorer classes, by • sudden scarcity of food. There have been already 356 cases, out of which 150 proved fatal. The festivities in celebration of the circumcision of the Sultan's two sons, Mohammed Mound and Abdul-Hamed, began on the 19th inst and will not cease till to-morrow. The Sultan and all his ministers are encamped in a plain called Ryder Pacha,situated between Scutari and Cachkuey. At least 90 guests sit down to dinner each day in the imperial tent. To-day all the embusadon and corps diplomarkrue dine at the Sultan's table, and to-morrow the principal European merchants are to have the same honour. Steamers are con stantly employed all day long in transporting the population of Constantinople, gratis, to the scene of the festivities. The cannon of the batteries and ships of war thunder salutes almost without cessation. At night the banks of the 800. plume and Golden Horn are brilliantly illuminated, and showers of fireworks are discharged from rafts anchored out in the tide. The expense occasioned to the government by these rejoicings will be something encmnons. BRAZILS. The Antelope, Captain which sailed from Rio Janeiro on the Capt ain August, O'Brien , trrived at Liverpool yesterday even ing. She, likewise, brings news from Bahia to the 6th September. The mad boat from Monte Video had arrived at Rio with much later news. She brings in specie 12,0001. Exchange at B 27i• FRANCE.—PARIS, OCT. 9.-71 IE BEACTALLON Aerata.—The trial of M. Beauvallon before the Court of Assize, the commencement of which we gave yesterday, wu concluded on Saturday. The charge against the accused was that of perjury, committed in giving his evidence on the trial of his friend, Id.d'Ecquevilley, for a like offence, of whicb.the latter was then found guilty. M. Beauvallon has also been convicted of perjury with extenuating circumstances. He has been sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment. BELGIUM.—BRUSSELS, OCT. 9.—The Indren dance (ministerial print) of this evening states that the Bel gian government have concluded with M. Bischoffsheim of Amsterdam a contract, by which that banker will take three millions of franca of treasury . bonds, at six months, at 4l per cent. per annum (not as previously stated 41), with j per cent. commission. SENEGAL.—The latest arrivals bring melancholy intelligence from Senegal, over which important colony an epidemic has lately passed. The governor, lieutenant governor, and the chief judge have all fallen victims to the fever within a few days of each other. Count Itoudet Gram mont, naval captain. and governor of the colony, was an officer of considerable runt, and devoted to his duties of administrator. He was seized with the fever while making an official circuit at Galan, and died in three days. Lieut.- Col. Caille, lieutenant-governor, was a veteran officer, long since inured to a climate by which be has hitherto been unharmed. He was specially charged with the affairs of the interior, and his death is a great loss to the colony. M. Bertin de Chateau, chief of the Marines, as the officer of ' the highest rank, assumes the government of the colony. M. Larcher, H. de Persia, procureur du roi, now elevated to the chief judgeship, and M. de Rutty Belles, were all attacked by the fever, but escaped. The visit of this fever to the colony need cause no further apprehension, it having now quitted Senegal. The deaths of MM, de Grammont and Caille were owing to the journey they made up the river, in defiance of all clietates of prudence, at the moat dangerous part of the season. REPORT ON COMMERCIAL RELATIONS Ckotts: . lss . ...... Woollens All other Articlel 67i:09 417,613 166,416 1,575,647 663,418 1,733:141 539,223 120,413 ,241,M8 439,668 11,45e,150 Is,sos,air !2.3 4,M37 I ♦ Mr. 11.0resor, Bahl& cooed at Canton, milmatm the earn to be annually drawn Mom China iff spade, to pay for opium, at nearly 2,000.0011. the esport of ELM from Mina to England in 1842 reached a nine of 1 211,2441. Irb. birthed duty imposed by the Chinese is 10 per cent., and the avenge Is from to 7 per cent. - - • 111111 , p prlio of Tr. Duty. WITH CHINA. THE SELECT COMMITTEE appointed to take into con sideration the present state of our commercial relations with China, who were empowered to send for persons, papers, and records, and to whom several petitions praying for relief were referred, and who were empowered to re port the minutes of the evidence taken before them to the House, have considered the mattra to them referred, and have agreed to the following report : In reporting on the condition of our commercial relations with China, your committee regret to state, on undoubted evidence, that the trade with that country has been for some time in a very unsatisfactory position, and that the result of our extended intercourse has by no means realised the just , expectations which had been naturally founded on a freer access to so magnificent a market. Whether we look to the tables of exports, which mark a declension of exports in nearly every branch of manufacture, or listen to the state- ments of experienced merchants and manufacturers, we are brought to the same conclusion. We tind the exports of cot ton manufactures decline between the years 1815-6 from 1,735,1411. to 1,246,5181. in value ; those of woollens, in the same period, from 539,2231. to 139,668/.. We find th ati on a great proportion of the trade for the sante years, the loss, taken both ways, i. e., that on the manufactures sent out and on the tea brought home in payment, may be fairly stated at from 35 to 40 per cent. ; so great, indeed, that some manufacturers have abandoned the trade altogether, and that much of the tea lately sent home has been sent on Chinese account, the English merchant declining to run the risk of the venture. We find that the difficulties of the trade do not arise from any want of demand in China for articles of British manufacture, or from the increasing com petition of other nations. There is no evidence that foreign competition is to be seriously apprehended in the articles of general demand. The sole difficulty is in providing a return. . . . . . . . Strapping the question of minor detail., which may fairly be left out, as not affecting the general results, and setting aside the junk or native trade, which, though considerable, does not assist in the general adjustment of foreign accounts, the trade of China may be thus shortly described. The bulk of its transactions are with England, British India, and the United States. . . . The recognised imports into China, of which we have any account were, in 1845, as follows From ell countries 2 0 ,390,781 dol.!. In Eastigi ablim te,073,6i2 In American Alps 2,909,969 18,983,351 Leaving (or all other countries a valise of 1,413,433 dots. only. To this may be added 23,000,000 dollars, the estimated value of 38,000 chests of opium, all brought on British or American account, and from British India, making the whole imports into China 43,390,784 dollars = at 4s. 4d., to about 9,401,3361. The export from China, to all countries, for the same year, was 36,931,000 dollars = 8,001,9261., of which For England and British India 28,697,391 For the United States -- 34,959,093 Thus leaving for the exports to all other countries no more than 1,972,875 dollars in value. The returns for the year 1846 are not yet completed ; but, as far as they go, they in dicate the same result. From England, China buys largely of manufactured goods. From the United States the same articles to the extent of 170,0001. From British India opium and cotton wool to a very large amount. This import reaching, as will have been seen above, a value of nearly nine millions and a half, has to be paid for, with slight exceptions, by tea, silk, and silver, though sugar, and Chinese grass, as a substitute for hemp, may possibly be hereafter of some importance. The payment for opium, from the inordinate desire for it which prevails, and from the unrecognised nature of the transaction, which requires a prompt settlement of accounts, absorbs the silver, to the great inconvenience of the general traffic of the Chinese} ; and tea and silk must, in fact, pay the rest. Of these England and the United States are nearly the sole consumers : and thus it happens, that the advantages which were so naturally expected from commercial access to • civilised empire of above three hundred millions of people, are practically limited by the extent to which these countries am willing or able to consume these two products of the soil of China. The balance of trade will no doubt adjust itself sooner or later, in accordance with the severe lessons of lose end disappointment which the Let three years have taught; but unless we can look forward to an increased consumption of those products in which alone China has the means of paying, this adjustment can only be made at the cost of largely diminished exports, and of restricted employ ment to every branch of industry connected with them. The export of Bilk front China is steadily on the increase ; and as it labours under no heavy taxation on its entrance either into the United States or Great Britain, and as the access now opened to the port of Shanghae has brought us into closer contact with the districts most productive of it, there is every reason to hope that it will grow with the grow ing wealth and luxury of nations, and progressively become an element of greater importance amongst the means of pay ment: This, however, from the nature of the article is a slow operation, and we must look to tea mainly, and to an increased consumption of tea, for the means of maintaining, still more of extending, a profitable trade with those ram regions. For such an extended consumption, unless we are content to wait for the slow progress of an increase de pendent solely on the increasing numbers of our population, we can only look to some considerable reduction of the price ; and for such reduction, now that competition since the abolition of the monopoly of the East India Company has had its full effect, and that new sources of supply have for some time been opened, we can only . look to a reduction of the duty. On a first cost, ranging on the qualities in moat general demand, from Bd. to 10d. in theports of China, if any reduction can be effected, it might be of advantage to the merchant, but would have no important effect upon the selling prices in England. It is only through the duty, a duty on the average qualities of' about 200 per cent., and on the worst qualities, of above 350 per cent, that soy such reduction to the consumer can be effected as to stimulate consumption in any sensible degree, and such a reduction thus becomes essential to a healthy and ' an extended trade. That it is also desirable in itself, as pro moting the increased consumption of a beverage wholesome and agree able every to class of our population, and one increasingly which is desired as a substitute for intoxicating liquors, and that it would be 00 more than is doe to the Chinese, who tax our products so lightly,f while we button theirs so heavily, and with each inconvenience to their trade, your committee conceive to be equally clear. In fact the sole difficulty exists in the effect which any material reduction —and none other would be of much value—may be expected to have upon the resources of the exchequer. The revenue derived from tea in the last year amounted to 5,110,897 ti and although this amount of revenue cannot be permanently relied on, being founded on a consumption which has been carried to that extent by prices not remunerating to the important, and which are therefore not likely to be continued, yet it is no doubt so important an element in the -income of the country, that under present circumstances it cannpt be lightly dealt with. Upon this point the house itself only can determine. At the same time, although your committee will not pretend to affirm that no lose to the revenue would to Moo due 1843 hats bop as (Wows : lbs. 19,224,154 31,348,409 46,726,208 Ia 1814-15 V 319-39 C e. d. 3,570,692 n 11 3,609,X3413 7 ;UMW 17 4. 8 4 , ------- - - ,500,534 13 7 010,597 15 0 be the consequence, or to calculate nicely the probable results of any particular reduction, they cannot forbear from stating the reasons which induce them to think that though the loss might possibly for a time be considerable it would not be long continued. In the first place, tea is as article, the taste for which is widely spread and growieg among all classes; although the consumption has evidently been checked, in comparison with the similar articles of coffee and cocoa, by the want of that favour in the shape of reduction in duty, and conse quently M price to the consumer, of which they have been thrloclect. respe c l t o i d ve erl, sin w ee hill B te fr d om uty lc on to t 4 h d em per hr i l ., b s en from b. to 2d . per lt., the duty on tea has been enhanced ; but although the effect of this different treatment of articles so similar in their nature may be seen in the different rates of increase which have taken place since 1821, the consump tion of coffee having increased since that time by 500 per cent. and that of cocoa by above 1,000 per cent., while the incense in that of tea in the same period has been only 130 per cent., yet even that proportion, amounting to • positive increase of 24,000,0001 be , due only to the effect of a more open trade, fully bears out the general prof osition. That the consumption of tea has not yet received its full de velopment is further clear, if we consider the larger pro portion of tea consumed in other populations of similar tastes with those of the British islands. In these the consumption is no more than 11b. 10ox. per head; whereas it appears that in the Isle of Man it is 2165. 190 z., in Jersey and Guernsey 41bs. ton, and in Newfoundland and Australia a very con siderably larger proportion. It will be said, however, that any reduction in duty would only have the effect, by throwing a larger demand on the markets in China, of increasing the price to the Eng lish merchant; and that consequently the benefit of such reduction would rather go to the Chinese grower or merchant than to the English consumer. This would undoubtedly be the case to a considerable extent, if the market of. supply were limited, or difficult to be extended; but your committee are bound to state that they have no apprehension that this will be found to be the case with regard to tea. Although it is a point on which, from the limited acquaintance which we possess with the interior of China, it is impossible to produce distinct in formation, yet we know that the demand for tea from China has been progressively and rapidly rising for many years, with no other result than that of diminished prices; and that there is • population there, commonly assumed at above three hundred millions, at all hours of the day consuming tea, which only requires some change of preparation to be fit , for exportation; thus implying an amount of supply on which any demand that may be made for foreign export, can be, after a very short time, but slightly felt. We' know also that the market has never been drained of tea in any one year ; but that there has bees always a surplus lett to meet any extraordinary do mend. We have also every reason to believe, from the en dance before us, that the cultivation of the plant may be in definitely extended. We have, moreover, the general expe rience in all articles, the supply of which is not limited by physical or other causes (such ascotton, &c.), that an increased demand, by stimulating the industry or the enterprise of the parties interested, has the no very distant effect of producing • larger supply at a lower price, instead of permanently raising it. If, on the other hand, it should be said that to convert that into a profitable which has hitherto been an unprofitable trade, it is necessary that some part of the reduction should go to the benefit of the merchant, in increase of price ; the answer is, that the mere interest on the duty, if reduced from 2s. 21d. to le., would of itself be enough to make the whole difference between a losing and a living trade, and the whole benefit of the reduction would still be left to the consumer. tinder these circumstances, your committee have little doubt that the full effect of any reduction of duty would very shortly, if not immediately, be felt in the selling price, and thus, inns long interval of time, any defalcation which might at first appear, would be repaired by increased consumption. It must also to remembered that the increased consumption of sugar consequent on any large increase in that of tea, would assist in repairing the loss. For these reasons your committee think themselves war ranted in recommending to the house a considerable reduc tion in the duty on tea at the earliest period which in its wisdom it may see fit, as most desirable in itself with • view to the comforts and the social habits of the people, as in volving but a temporary loss to the revenue, and as essential to the extension of our trade with China, nay, even to its maintenance at the point which it has already reached.* The question of the form of the duty has been raised by various witnesses ; and by one or two it has been proposed to return either to an ad valorem duty, as in the time of the East India Company, or to • rated duty, varying with the different qualities at tea, on the principle of that which was attempted for the first eighteen mouths after the opening of the trade. But the fiscal and commercial convenience of a single fixed duty, together with its proved tendency to draw a better quality into consumption, overbear in this ease, as in many other similar cases of taxation, the apparent equity of attempting to proportion the duty to the quality of the article consumed. In regard to other points connected with our commercial relations with China, your committee have not much to sug gest. The provisions of the treaties negotiated by Sir H. Pottinger appear to have been honestly carried out by the Chinese authorities, except at Canton ; and even there the difficulties which have been experienced seem to have arisen more from the turbulent character and hostile disposition of the populace, and the weakness of a remote government, than from any or want of good faith on the part of the ruling powers. Indeed any other supposition would be totally inconsistent with the conciliatory course of policy pursued in the other ports, and more especially with the character of that distinguished statesman, Keying, who pre sides over the government of Canton, and who has on all occasions shown himself not less the friend of peaceful inter course than the enlightened supporter of his country's in terests. The port of Sbanghae being immediately adjacent to the richest districts of the Chinese empire, and especially to those which produce the principal articles of export, .pro mises to become a formidable rival to Canton, and will ine vitably draw from it a considerable portion of its traffic. It already furnishes 16,000 out of the 20,000 bales of silk, and 10,000,000 out of the 57,000,000 pounds of tea which China last year appears to have furnished to British markets t The next in importance is Amoy, which purchases to the extent of nearly half a million sterling of opium and British manufac tures, but as yet furnishes little produce in return. With regard to Ninerpo and Foochowfoo, the trade has hitherto proved but trifling ; but the period which has elapsed since they have been opened has been too short, and the attractions of the greater ports have been hitherto too powerful, to enable us to pronounce that towns so considerable, connected with provinces is populous, will not hereafter ecome important teats of British commerce. The opium trade, however, al ready flourishes at Foochowfoo with its usual demoralising influences on the population, and embarrassing effects upon the monetary condition of the place. The latter would be diminished by the legalisation of the traffic; the former, we are afraid, are incontestable, and inseparable from its ex istence. Into this question, however, complicated as it is with considerations beyond the purview of its inquiries, your committee forbear to enter further. The difficulties attendant on the navigation of the China seas generally seem to have been much mitigated by further acquaintance with them, and by the careful and scientific surveys which have been carried on by Captain Collinson and other officers; but further security would be given to the approaches to Shanghae and Foochowfoo by the este bliahment of a few beacons, buoys, and moorings, at a mo derate cost, but of great advantage to the navigation. These surveys have been already of great service to commerce even in • pecuniary point of view, and we would recommend that they should be continued. A regular poet-office communica tion by steam-boats from Hong Kong, both to Canton and to the northern ports, would add much to the security and activity of our commerce. From Hong Kong we cannot be raid to have derived di rectly much commercial advantage, nor indeed does it seem to be likely, by its position, I. becom e the seatof an extended commerce. It has no considerable population of its own to feed or clothe, and has no right to expect to draw away the established trade of the populous town and province of Can ton, to which it is adjacent. From the only traffic for which it is fitted, that of a depot for the neighbouring coasts, it is in a great degree debarred, except in regard to the five ports, by treaties, which stipulate distinctly for the observance of this restriction. In addition, however, to these natural and necessary disadvantages, it appears to have laboured wader others, created by a system of monopolies and farms, and petty regulations, peculiarly unsuited to its position, and prejudicial to its progress. These seem to have arisen partly from an attempt to struggle with the difficulties in the way of establishing order and security in the midst of the vagabond and piratical population which frequent its waters and infest its coasts, and partly from a desire to raise a revenue in the islend in some degree adequate to the maintenance of its civil government. To this latter object, however, we think it unwise to sacrifice the real interests of the settlement, which can only prosper under the greatest amount of freedom of intercourse and traffic which is con- , sistent with the engagements of treaties and internal order ; nor do we think it right that the burthen of maintaining that which is rather • post for general influence and the protec tion of the general trade in the China seas than a colony in the ordinary sense should be thrown in any great degree on the merchants or other penning who may be resident upon it. To the revision of the whole system we would call the early attention of the government, as well as to that of the esta blishment of the settlement, which, we cannot but think, has been placed on • footing of needless expense. Inbonvenience appears to arise also from the dependence of the governor on two departments of administration at home. As governor of a colony, he is responsible to the Colonial office; as in a manner representative of the crown to • foreign court, and superintendent of trade, to the Foreign office. It would be well if this relation could be simplified. The British coral at Clotho, is bi doodah, dated 15th Feb., IM7, says, " How /aft the Ohms 'Si to abla l• =Oath this con tinual drain (Lad VS0.011•L) Otto prelim inabh to Impossible to Mannino , bat the hot bag row wad oilabilled that the export of to to llhohol amit bs bonouil other the punt spaten or dads, it la net Mak Is halos,thad mho a maw spolaghe found for a larpr adooroptles of Char aspirin Is or Weir raiolokLgradual rednetion mod tido yin% k waft W of our Imports la Oho, ulll dry am Oa pow lead. the other hand, it is boort ohmitko ghat SENO the Mum weld s = duo our vol.= eol aralrok wow 11111illed to Idat their retark opadallyada bobs attraidth• ribs anis spina trade." 8s thole Mao, awl balms& Ilr J.lnser Ants la the that It morn bos tom Nil the t *ads la regalatad mod " tholoth wholly= It the Igen troth, aoL dot then. i.p.b. dano =IN% histi ch z wale d su== way earro a sow larn= r 2rao ke t vim dot mho maw ems ha blot to tahafria the Mom • Offer ansout patriot assMlliti thin tom to to but a Undid mood d thatetio Irr thiilltnamolloaseloy Winds all throe m ad width do sow prilloave held Is do maths ecosetptent co do lab war mot Matte orprat.'".. tUrJ. Da la hie boil& of the 9ite Feb., LC, !Wm dot la bit " mot to , eetod to attrot WM, to dos dos, the hew polio oaths lltf b am* It moth, bbe ImPth.. Obis (tot tar amid koi ordbos to boar tb• ham loin atoon part ft Ontro Irma the makohmMelanabsOitwnlon se Dm to Ur pm stralesPia." We would also recommend that some short code should be drawn up for the more convenient administration of justice, as a substitute for that general reference to the laws of England, "as far u they are applicable to the cue," which in this, ea in some other colonies, is the sole rule of guidance, and create, much confusion and embarrass ment. That drafts of all new laws and regulations, un less of an urgent nature, should, as in India, be published for three or six months before they are finally enacted. That a share in the administration of the ordinary and local affairs of the bland sheuld be given, by some system of municipal government, to the British residents. A good court of review for the decisions of the con sular courts should be established, so constituted as to ensure general confidence in its decisions; and in such cue the jurisdiction of the consuls of er civil suits might be extended beyond 500 dollars. the present limit, so as more effectually to secure justice to the Chinese in their transac tions with British subjects. Facilities should also be given in Hong-Kong for the acquisition of the Chinese language and encouragement to schools for the Chinese; and the study of the Chinese language should be encouraged in the consular officers, whose efficiency in every respect is of the highest importance, especially in the present stage of our commer cial intercourse with the country. The attention of these ofll - should be vigilantly directed to the question of transit duties on the internal communications of China ' by which the effect of low duties at the ports of entry might be Effec tually defeated. On this head, however, there is not as yet much ground of complaint. A petition was referred to your committee, emanating from a highly respectable body of merchants resident at Hong-long, complaining, among other things, of the mode in which the land sales had been conducted, and that good faith bad not been kept in conveying to purchasers no more than a limited tenure of seventy-five years, in lieu of the more permanent interest which they allege to have been held out. It certainly appears that the assurances, however vague, under which some of the early settlers made pur chases and entered into engagements, and expended money, may easily have led to this expectation ; and we are there. fore not surprised at the disappointment. No charge, how ever, has been sustained against the public officers engaged in the transactions, who appear to have acted in good faith throughout. The same petition complains of a want of vigour on the part of the governor of Hong Kong in posited ing the interests of British subjects in their intercourse with the Chinese ; but on this subject, as we have only partial information, we forbear expressing an opinion. . „ We feel ourselves, however, warranted by the papers and evidence before us, as well as by general considt rations, in reminding our fellow countrymen residing in foreign coun tries, that while they are entitled to expect that the whole force and influence of their country should be put forth for their protection, when injured in property or person : yet that the interests of commerce are best consulted by study ing a conciliatory demeanour, and cultivating the good-will of the nations with which they traffic. " ' By keeping these considerations constantly in view, by com bining firmness in maintaining our own rights with a ttudions respect for the feelings and rights of others, we hope that the newly-opened intercourse with this remarkable empire may be further extend, d from time to time • and that the jealousies by which it has been so long limited and confined may, in spite of temporary misunderstandings, which are the natural result of recent differences and ancient prejudices, give way ere long to a cordial confidence, founded on a sense of mutual benefits and mutual respect. rbt court. WINDSOR, MONDAT.—The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Holstein Glucksburg, Prince William of Holstein, Count de Reventlow, Lord J. Russell, Viscount end Viscountess Palmerston, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lord E. Howard, Miss L. D. Darner, and Sir G. Cooper. Earl Grey arrived in town last evening, from the soot of Earl FitrwiDiana, near Rotherham, Yorkshire. Sir (3. Grey arrived fa town yesterday evening, from his seat FallodOn, Northumberland. The Duke and Duches. of Buccleuch returned to town on Saturday night, from Gos port. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo. nial-office, from the Governors of New South Wales and Cape Coast Castle. ACCIDENT TO TILE. PRINCE. OF WALES AND THE PRINCESS ALICE.—A Lilliputian Java pony, not more than 27 inches in height, generally accompanies the royal family during their rides in the Rome-park. Yesterday morning, while the Prince and Princess were taking their exercise, at tended by the grooms and one of their governesses, the Java pony having displayed tome curious antics, the two Shetland poniee, ridden by the l'rince of Wales and the Princess Royal, started off at full speed before the grooms had power to secure them, each bolting across the park in a different direction. The Prince of Wales fortunately retained his seat, showing great skill in the management of his steed. The Princess Royal, however, not having the same command over her pony, was thrown from her seat, providentially alighting upon the turf without sustaining the least injury. The royal children lost no time in proceeding to the Castle, arriving :there before the news of the accident had reached her Majesty or the Prince Consort. Not the least blame is attached to the grooms in attendance. TILE QUEEN DOWAGER AND JENNY LIND.- Shortly before the departure of the Swedish prints donna the Queen Dowager gave a small party to her moat intimate friends, at Marlborough-house. During the evening an apartment, which had been previously prepared as a concert room, was thrown open, into which the guests were intro duced, and where they beheld the whole of her Majesty's household assembled. Presently Jenny Lind made her appearance, and delighted the auditory with her Swedish melodies. Other performers also contributed to the amuse ment of the evening. It was thus that her Majesty—with a kindness which has rendered her so unusually respected and admired—gave those in her service an opportunity of hearing the greatest of living singers, who would otherwise have been deprived of thatgranflos__ , non. A NEV LEADER OF TILE OPPOSITION.—In obedience to the advice put forth in the Quarterly—that the conserva tives should content themselves with criticising the measures of the government, rather than originate measures of their own—that party have resolved on changing their leader. Lord George Bentinck is, we understand, to be superseded by Mr. Merrier in the unenviable post of leader of the appo sition in the new parliament. DEATH OF CAPTAIN JAMES BOXER, R.N.—Capt. J. Boxer expired at his residence, Snargateetreet, Dover, on Tuesday morning last, aged 69. Capt. Boxer had seen much hard lighting in early life. lie entered the navy about the year 1791, and retired from it on half-pay at the close of the late French war. He was made a post captain in the year 1813, and was one of the retired captains whose pay was lately increased to 20s. per diem. When a boy Capt. Boxer sailed with Sir Sydney Smith, and woo taken prisoner by the French, along with that gallant officer. He was mate of the Tigre, and commanded a gun-boat at the siege of St. Jean d'Acre (by Bonaparte), and in the expedition to Egypt was lieutenant of the Pompeii at Copenhagen ; commanded the Skylark at Walcheren; and, in company with the Locust, engaged a flotilla near Calais, destroyed one vessel, and captured another, in 1811. THE REGISTRATIONS. FiNsntritv.--Tbe revision of the lists for this bo rough took place yesterday at the court of the Vice-Chan teller of England, Lincoln's-inn, before T. Y. M‘Christie, Esq., the barrister appointed to conduct the revision. No agents appeared on either &de, and the business consequently went off very flatly. In the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, there were neither claims nor objections ; but the overseer tested the barrister's patience by submitting to him a long list of verbal corrections. In one cue, that of Wm. Welch, the alteration asked for was something more than verbal, being, in feet, a change of the description of qualification.— The Barrister said he could not make such an alteration ; the party ought to have claimed in respect of his new qualifica tion, and as he had not done so the name must be struck out —The Overseer said it was entirely his fault —Mr. M•Chtistie Then the man must bring an action against you. There is a clear ground for it. You ought to be very parti cular about three things. I am not sure whether I ought not to fine you for neglect. —ln St. Gilee's-in-the-Fields there were two claims ; but, neither of the parties appearing, they were disallowed.—ln St. James, Clerkenwell, four out of about a doyen claims were allowed, the overseer proving the necessary facts. A long list of verbal alterations was sub mitted by the overseen, several of which relating to the qualification were rejected and the names struck oat. Three were expunged, owing, as the overseer stated, toe mistake of the printer.—The Barrister said he had nothing to do with the printer, bat he should floe the overseers U. These errors might not be intentional, hot in the eye of the law they amounted to wilful neglect —The Overseer urged the length of the list, and the extremely short time in which it had to be prepared.—The Barrister was in flexible, and told the overseers, in addition, that each of the parties who had been struck out had a right of action against them. lie hoped it would make them more attentive next year. He was strictly precluded by the act from making any Alteration in the description of qualification, and, on this account, the overseers ought to be more careful to state it correctly.—ln St. Luke's, Thomas Forrest claimed for part of a house, of which the landlord occupied the remainder, there being only one outer door.—The Barrister said he had considered this question minutely, in connexion with some cases in the City, and, as the law stood, be must hold that the claimant was merely a lodger, and consequently disallow the claim.—The Overseer of this parish complained of the ex tremely sheet time, not more than nine days, which the a mt act allowed for the preparation of the lists ; and said that, in so large a parish as St. Luke's, containing about 6,000 houses, it was impossible to make out correct lista in so short a time. It was extremely hard on the overseen, after doing their best to secure security, that they should be eub jeeted to a fine.—The Barrister said, if he did not inflict the fine, the neglect would be greeter next year. It was his in tention, then, to inflict a fine for every individual eau of °miasma or neglect. The act was most imperative as to no alteration being made in the qualification.—The Overseer said that Mr. Moyle°, who revised these lists last year, had made such alterations.—Mr. M.Christie thought he could not do it legally.—ln the perish of St. Mary, Is lington, the Barrister said that great credit was due to the overseers for having made out so extensive a list with so few errors.—The Overseer said it was the largest list in the bo rough, containing 5,020 names. Ha also complained of the short time allowed for preps*" the lists. Twenty claims, chieflyy of change of residenee, were allowed in this parish. — The Bereister said he had had as lit biker him at all to be compared with this ms in pistol weesstaaa, considering its grad azteat. la the at Os Etas It appeared that the list, although duly had wet be seat in time to the arttadalas ester s an Nei el ail iatil • maid precept 2. d. 3 el 2 si 1 4