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seeking Mout in this eonntry.• But he begged to ask, whether the introduction .01. such ,a surplus popula tion was no deterioration of the English working P • p oor Let any man me whether, in ths districts in which Irish labourers abounded, the food of the Eng lish labourer was not deteriorated—whether bread was - - not giving place to potatoes—whether potatoe food was not gradually and generally extending itself amongst t he working classes of the country ? His Hon. Friend wished to introduce the Poor Laws into Ireland; and another Honourable Friend thought it would be ad visable to introduce a law preventing Irish labourers from coming into this country. For himself, he could only say, that he never would consent to any pre vention of a free intercourse of commodities, or a free intercourse of the King's subjects between the two countries. He thought the suggestion of his Right Hon. Friend, with respect to the introduction of the Poor Laws into Ireland, rather preposterous. If relief was /1 be afforded to Ireland, it most be by emigration. The only way to improve the condition of the people of, Ireland would be to make both landlord and tenant contribute to the expense of transporting the Irish sur plus population from misery and di•tretes to a country , in which they would enjoy comfort and happiness. If :Ministers would only take up this subject, he doubted mot that the Irish landlords and tenants would find suffi cient fonds to carry it into execution. The Honourable Member concluded by giving his warmest support to the motion. Colonel TRENCH thought this measure one of the deepest interest for Ireland. The system proposed by the Right Him. Gentleman was not like a single blood. letting to relieve a plethoric patient, but a temptation to an annual and growing recourse to emigration, which would weaken this country, the strength of which con sisted in its respectable peasantry. whom it should be our ambition to preserve. GOD forbid he should im- pute a want of feeling to any one, but he would say in that House, what he had said at his neighbours tables, that the landlords of Ireland were deeply responsible for the situatitm of their tenantry ; and he believed the statement of Lady Glengall to be tree—that the filth, degradation, and misery of the peasantry were .such, that every respectable person despaired of being able to apply a remedy to their condition. He thooght that one-fourth of the sum required for the purposes of emigration would, if applied in the way of capital to the labour of Ireland, produce results infinitely more beneficial. One of the great causes of the evils of Ire land was to be found in the system of misgovernment under which the had suffered for ages. Within the last few years that system had been changed; and until that ill-omened Society had worked upon the feelings of the people, and bad taught them to look upon that House with distrust, the humblest peasant in the most distant parts of Ireland (with whom he bad been obliged to communicate by means of. an interpreter) had felt convinced that if be suffered a wrong from a wealthy or powerful map in Ireland, he might apply to the Honourable Member tot Aberdeen, or any other Mem ber; and he would have his case laid before Parliament, and would obtain redress. The true remedy for the evils of Ireland would be, to give employment to her agricultural population, instead of looking to Poland or elsewhere for a supply of cora for the British market. If they did that, in vain would the agitators of Ireland attempt to excite the feelings of the people of that country. There were now two millions of people there, who were needy naked; and if they were employed, as he thought they might, and were taught the necessity and advantage of improved habits. the - effect produced would be better than any Legisla tine-measures could attain. If. he were to throw out erg loose suggestions tpoo the subject, he should say that - the Subletting Act was an inestimable blessing to Ireland ; and that if the 40s, freeholders were abolished, thete would not be those speculations in votes that were now carried on, in the hopes of a saes obtaining in return for his influence in the election of a County Member the place of an exciseman for a relation. He would much rather send the in dustriosss labourers from one country to another, than transport them at once to Canada. At the same time he must acknowledge that, hi should be very glad if the Right Hon. Gentleman could relieve the country from one milhon or 500,000 of the people at the present mo ment; but be thought a system of emigration, instead of encouraging a manufacture of linen, would encourage a manufacture of men for exportation. In his opinion helead wanted a small advance of capital; and it was gratifying to know, that at a meeting in Limerick, when the remnant of he magnificent sum raised in this country in 1822 was distributed, it was stated that there was no want of accuracy with respect to the payment of the advances that had been made to small dealers in the time of their distress. The people of Ireland had often been called idle, drunken, and quarrelsome, but in his experience be had found them the reverse, and they only needed a little English skill and Eoglish capital to, have their industry , beneficially and productively di rected. He feared the system of emigration would withdraw the class of small capitalists—a class which, for every reason, they should endeavour to retain. He was not so anxious to see manufactures as agriculture encouraged there; and be was quite sure that, if this was done, Ireland would be the right arm of Great Britain. Mr. MAURICE FITZGERALD observed, that the Honourable Member for Cambridge, who had just spoken, and the Hon. Member for Wicklow, claimed to have a practical knowlege . of Ireland, and on that as sumption had intimated opstrons to which he thought it accessary to make some sort of answer. The Han. Member for Wicklow had censored Lk Right Hon. Gentleman for the little progress be had made in this Matter ; but surely that Hon. Member as much deserved Unsure for the little progress he had made in getting dos plan of Poor Laws in Ireland put into practice. He ncurred with the Hon. Member for Cambridge, that Irish agriculture ought to be encouraged, and he thought the policy of England should direct her to afford that encouragement; but surely that Hon. Member Could not be so ignorant of the real state of Ireland as set to know that agriculture there was carried on by manual labour, and that by encouraging agriculture in that country, we should either increase the numbers of Ater peasantry by appearing to afford them increased means ok subsistence, or we should, by introducing the skill of England, throw out of employment a very large proportion of her agricultural population, and in either VaY increase the evil we sought to remedy. Hon. Gentlemen spoke as if emigration was by this plan re commended to small capitalists. No such thing.— Unfortunately, they were a class that in the present state of things would emigrate; and the object of this plan was to discourage their emigration, by encouraging that of the men who were a burden to them. A body of two hundred and forty Quakers, all men of respectability, had emigrated from Queen's County, because, as they stated, they bad been literally squeezed out of the country by the growth of the pauper popu lation about them. That was the evil which the pre sent plan sought to remedy. The Honourable Member for Cambridge had said, tbat the Irish landlords were ucei ty respoubib.e for the condition of their talantry; sage 1 the but the truth was, that the had condition of the latter was owing to the middlemen, who eximed in spite of the landloids, and not with their concurrence. He thought his Right Honourable Friend deserved great' credit for the talent and industry he had bestowed on this subject. which, he must say, he considered infinitely more beneficial than the casual emigration of which some Hon. Members wished to approve. If Hon. Gen tlemen, like the Gallant Colonel (Trench), would go over to Ireland, with the assistance of interpreters they Might discover that the inhabitants (whatever might be 'I thought of them from some of the specimens sent over to this country) were a very rational set of people—that they well understood the whole of this question, he could bear witness; and be had met with several moan tain political economists, who felt in common with the , rest of the people, that the great want in Ireland was the want of room to plant and cultivate potatoes. Colonel TRENCH explained. He had contended that Ireland had been reduced to her present state by ages of misgovernment. Mr. WA RBU ItTON said, the principal question was, whether by advancing a suflicieut sum to theemigrants,l the country would be at a less expense than it was in supporting the emigrants aft home? The Right Hon. Gentleman said, it would take 1,500,0001..t0 enable 100,000 persons to emigrate, and that it would cost to maintain those persons at home 51. per man. Therefore the means of employing the labourer in the succeeding year were in a less ratio than in the preceding_ one. That was unquestionably an evil, but it would not weigh with him, if he could think the Right Honourable Gen tleman had succeeded in his attempt to show that the vacuum occasioned in the population would *not mediately be filled up. The investment of a large sum 'in emigration would be a new reason with capitalists for them not to embark their money in concerns in this country. If emigration were promoted to a country producing sugar and cotton, some good effect might be produced ; but the only produce which Canada gave, was bad timber and bad corn, which were forced upon our market, and the trade in those articles could never become very advantageous. It was quite erroneous to suppose that the wilds of Canada would ever be as be neficial to this country as the newly cultivated posses sions of the United States had proved to that great Em. pine. He was favourable to emigr.t on, but it must be emigration conducted upon the guarded and moderate' plan suggested by the Hun. Membev for Limerick. Mr. SLANEY contended that the population in gee, neral would be improved by the adoption of a regular system of emigration, and that that being the case, the population would not Met ease in the same rapid Manner that it would have done had the mass of the people been left in the same reckless state that they were previous to any emigration taking place. Great good would be derived to the English labourer by the adoption of some plan of emigration. The Irish labourers were I underselling the English labourer in every direction.— The part of the country with which he was connected' suffered much. The Welsh, who had been accustomed to come into Shropshire during the harvest, were en tirely superseded by the Irish. The Irish had also pose sessed themselves of the strawberry gathering in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, to the prejudiceof the Shropshire women, who used to come to London in the season for that purpose. - Mr. Secretary PEEL acknowledged the great merit at his Right . Honourable Friend in persevering in an ibportant,s4ject, and certainly under many disadvan -Inge& He hoped, however, that his Right Honourable Friend bad proposed his Resolution rather with a view ,of drawing the attention of the House to this subject than with an intention of taking . the actual sense of the House upon it. He objected to the House pledging it self to pursue any measure during the next Session, oni less the specific measure was proposed and clearly defined. In the present instance the Resolution was extremely vague, and betruited that his Right Hon. Friend would not call upon tbeHouse to express anopinion which might unjustly cast a damp upon the hope and expectation of a' considerable portion of the community. He was not inclined to undervalue the laying the foundation of a permanent and regular system of emigration, but he did think that his Right Hon. Friend was too sanguine. He was decidedly convinced that . the Hon. Member for Bridport bad greatly undervalued the capabilities of the Canada:. He doubtecrthe policy of making any large advances from the public funds for the purpose of encouraging emigration. It was very easy to talk of granting millions of the public money to forward emi gration, but the doing so was nothing more than the abstracting the money from some kind of active employ ment to devote it to a new object, which might or might not give some return. For any scheme of emigration to be fully successful, he thought the funds must be de tived from the particular parts requiring a reduced pa. pulation, and it was for the landlords of Ireland - to see in what manner they could contribute so as ultimately to advance their own interests. In Ireland the diffi culties were peculiar. In England there were the paro chial authorities; but in Ireland there was no such thing. The local system would afford a variety of checks, which would not be in existence if the public generally advanced the money. To the proposition of his Right Hon. Friend, that the parish officers should be able to levy a rate once for all, there were many objec tions. It would be introducing the system of loans, and also burthening the landed property for an indefinite period. Me did not at once decide against the principlp. bat he was not so much enamoured of it as to espouse is without great consideration. The House would not fall to bear in mind that two Sessions since a Committee had,' proposed that 50,0001. should be granted to assist do, Scotch paupers to emigrate; but that before the close of the Sessions such a change bad taken place in the quantity of labour required, that it was not necessary to act at all upon the Report—(Hear). He attached great importance to the assistance which Government might give to Colonists. In his opinion, a scheme which would lay the foundation of a gradual, permanent, and well regulated emigration, would confer a great benefit on the Colonies, and would also afford, although not a great, certainly a beneficial outlet to the superfluous population of the northern country. Without therefore implying the slightest censure on the Resolution of his Right Honourable Friend, whose labours he greatly commended, he trusted that the Resolution would be withdrawn. and that on some tuture occasion his Right Hon. Friend would come forward with a specific plan, when, if possible, all difficulties might be overcome. Mr. WILMOT-HORTON said, his clactrice was that emigration was advantageous to individuals as well as tbe community, and if the experiment were made on a sufficient scale by Government, and the advantage proved, it would then be continued by individuals to as great an extent as could be necessary. The Right Monoutable Gentlemen then withd r ew hi s mot i on. CHURCH 07 IRSLAND. Sir JOHN NEWPORT, .after stating a number of instances in which patishes in Ireland were ,united, in many cases to the number of ten or eleven, though some of the parishes so united had an income from tithe and glebe land amounting to 1,6001. 1,7001. or even 1,8001. a year; and even in addition to su ch a union of parishes, the Reetor by whom they were held ,often held. them as pluralities ifs addition,to other he. ings; and at the same time there wefe 600 unbeneficed Curates in Ireland—moved a series of resolutions declara tory of the facts of his statement, and that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying that his Majesty would be pleased to order an inquiry to be made into the state of the Church of Ireland respecting unions and pluralities, and unbeneficed Curates. On the questien being put on the first Resolution, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he regretted the evils that had grown up in the Church of Ireland; but all the evils were in a coup e being remedied ) and many of them could not again occur. He admitted the greet unions were positive evils ; but in some cases unions were necessary, where the income of particular parishes were too small to support a Clergyman. Last Session an Act was passed to pre vent the formation of any union of parishes in Leland without the consent of the Lord Lieutenant in Council ; the units's' formed by the Bishops are to cease at the deaths of the present incumbents. The Prelates of Ireland were also anxious to get rid of the system of unions, and to place a Clergyman in every parish that could support one. The present Primate had als•' exerted an authority in repressing pluralities far beyond what was practised in this country. When he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) went to Ireland, the salary of the Curates was fixed at 751. a year; he proposed that they should be put on the footing of Citrates in this country, to which the Prelates readily agreed, and the Curates were now entitled to sal 'ries from 751. to 2501. a year, in proportion to the amount of the living and the population of the parish. As he conceived a remedy was provided for the evils complained of, be should more the previous question. Mr. M. FITZGERALD supported the original mo tion. The curates of Ireland were a well•edocated and exemplary body of men, and were now, in consequence , of unions and pleralities, condemned to poverty and degradaticin. Mr. LESLIE FOSTER said, there was no diffe rence of opinion that the unions should be dissolved as speedily as possible. The only difference was uto the mode; and he thought the case was already provided for by the Bill brought in by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir JOHN NEWPORT replied. - The House divided— Ayes for the previous question . . . ,S 9 Noes . . . - 4$ • • • . • Msjority against the Resolution . . . 11 The remainder of the Resolutions were then put and negadved. mat liriOßD. Mr. N. CALVERT Moved for leave to bring in a Bill to die. qualify certain electors of East Retford. Re had separated the electors. and meant to disqualify only those who bad been proved to have taken bribes. Oa the question being put the Home divided—. Aies —74 Non - - 26 Majority Leave was even to bring in the Bill. The House revolved itself into a Committee on the Sale o --4 S Game MIL Sir H. VlVlAN.opposed the clause enabling qualified persons to sell game, which, be said, by opening the trade, would give facilities to the poacher in the sale of his game. Sir M. W. RIDLEY and Mr. BENETT supported the clause, as highly calculated to stop poaching. Sir J. SHELLY thought the Bill would not prevent poaching, but still be thought it the best bad Bill he ever saw—(A laugh)— and therefore be gold(' support it. If game was universally pre. Served, adieu to fox hunting, and he would much rather give up shooting than fox hunting. The clause - was agreed to. I Mr. G. LAMB complained to that clause of the Bill which prevented a Gentleman from selling his game to a neighbouring licensed victualler, or a stage coach proprietor. Stage wiachmen =ban carry illegal game to the market, but they would also carry legal game. - Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that the reason why those persons were not licensed was, that they conveyed the Game to the Metropolle. After a few words frost Mr. BENETT, Mr. STUART. WORTLEY explained. The clause of the Bill did not prevent a Licensed Victualler from purchasing Game for the consumption of his own house, but not beyond it. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN thought all persons should be licensed whom the Malistrates thought ought to be licensed. Mr. Secretary PEEL could see no degradation in the sale of Game • he had himself sold his rabbits, and did not see why any degradation should attach to him for so doing. Formerly venison was prohibited to be sold, but it was now commonly sold. As fhe Bill was only a temporary one, he thought it should be allowed to pus. Mr. G. LAMB would not divide the House upon the clause; but be, nevertheleu, thought it was a most injurious clause. The clause was then agreed to. On the clause that persons occupying twenty acres of land should be allowid to kill game in their own right, being read, Sir JOHN SMELLY opposed it, and moved, as an amend ment, that the 9ualiication should be increased to fifty acres. The Gallery was then cleared for a division, when the numbers appeared— For the Amendment Against it - 21 - SI Majority in favour of the original clause - —lO The Home resumed. Report on Wednesday nett (thisday). The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at TMw O'CLOCK. MINORITY On Mr. 111. A. Tavr.on's Motion, relative to the Appropriation of £250,000 to the building of Buckingham Palace without the consent of Parliament.—June 24. Altborp, Viscount Graham, air James Poynti. W. E. Baring, A. Grattan, James Protheroe Edw. Baring; F. Grosvenor, Hon. R. Price, Robert Baring, W. B. Gordon, Robert Rice, T. S. Bernal, R. Guest, J. ' Rickford, W. Brougham, H. Heneage, G. F. Robinson, Sir G. Brougham; J. Hobbouse, J. C. Rowley, Sir W. Burdett, Sir F. Howard Henry %melt, Lord J. BIDS, G. Hume, Joseph Rowell, J. Beigrave, Viscotmt Hurst, Robert RumbOld, C. E. Benett, J. Hutchinson, John H. Robinson, O. R. Calvert, C. Howick, Viscount Sebright, Sir J. . Calvert, N. Jepbson, C. D. O. Sefton, Earl of Carter, J. Labouarre, H. Slam, R. A. Cavendish, Lord G. Lamb, Hon. G. .Smith, W. Cave, H. 0. Laster, B. L. Stuart, IL V. Clifton, Viscount Lloyd, Sir R. P. Stanley, Lord Clements, Viscount Langston, J. H. &ewarr, Sir IL Si Clive, E. B. Lumley. J. S. Talbot, R. W. Colborne, N. R. Macdonald. Sir James Thomson, C. P. Dawson, A. Marjoribanks, S. Townshend, Lord J. Davies, T. Marshall. J. Waitbman, Ald. Denison, W. Martin, John - Warburton, H. Duncannon,Vlscount Maxwell, John Webb, Edw. Dondas. Hun. T. Milbank, Mark Western, C. C. /Midas, Hon. O. Munck,J. B. . Whitbread, W. H. Duncombe, T. Normanby, Viscount Wilbraham, G. Davenport, K. D. Nugent, Lord Wad, Aid. Du Cane. P. Noel, Sir G. Wood, J. librington, Viscount Osborne, Lord F. Wood, C. Easthope. J. Palmer, C. F. Wrottesley, Sir J. Ellison, C. Pendarvis, E. W. Fazakerky, J. N., Philips, G. sen. ?SLUMS. Ferguson, Sir IL Philips, G. juo. Stanley, Hon. E. Forteseue, Hon. G. Ponsonby, Hon. W. S. Taylor, M. A. French, A. ' Ponsonby, Hon. G. LIST OF . THE MINORITY Of Twenty-six who voted against the Introduction of a Bill to Dis qualify certain Voters of East itetford. Baring, B. Euston, Lord Rumbold, E. Blake, Sir Francis Ebrington, Viscount Stewart, Sir M. Shaw Barclay, David Fyier, T. B. Pnilips, G. R. Cholmeley, M. J. Hume, Joseph Thomson, C. P. Cave, Otway Grattan, James Warburton, H. Carter, John Lamb, Hon. George Wood, John Dawson, Alexander Marjoribanits, J. Davenport, E. D. Maxwell, John TILLIIII. Dundas, Sir Thomas Monch, J. B. Graham, Sir James 1 Dundus, lion. Thos. Nugent, Lord Gurney, Hudson LIST 07 TII7 MINORITY Of Forty-eight, who voted with Sir J. Nrwroar ".for an Address to lils Majesty, that he would he pleased tit - direct an Inquiry into the State of Unions, of the Pluralities, and of the Condition of the Curates in the Church of Ireland." 1 Benett,.l. Ruston, Lord Philips, G. R. Baring. 8.. Graham, Sir J. Phillimore, Dr. • Baring, F. Grattan, J. Rice. T. S. Blake, Sir F. Grattan, H. Ridley. Sir M. W. Bentinck. Lord G.. Hume, J. Smith, W. Cave, 0. . Lamb, Hon. G. Stuart, V. Calthorpe, Hon. —. Lambert, J. Stanley. Lard Carter. J. Lumley, S. Tenni.on, C. Calvert, N. Moberly, W. L. Thom.ou. C. P. Clive, B B. Marjoribanks, S. Tmvnshend, Lord C. Colborne, R. 'Monett, J. B. Wood, J. Cholmeley, M. J. Maxwell. J. Wilson. Sir IL Davenport, E. Martin, J. Warburton, H. Dawson, A. hP Donald, Sir J. Warrender, Sir 0. Dundas. Sir T. Newport, Sir J. TZLI.IIIII4. Dundas, Hon. T. , Nvgent, Lord Stanley, F. Chrington, Lord Palmer, C. F. Fitsgetald,Rt.Hon.M. 1 HE EVENING .STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY. , JUNE 25, 1828. STOCK RXCHANGK, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Rio de Jannis Papers have arrived two days latet than those of yesterday ; but they do not mention anything about peace with Buenos Ayres. Consok opened this morning at 861 for the Account, and at pre sent may be quoted at an In the Foreign market Portuguese Stock has receded 6 per cent. being now at 606. CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The blockading system of Don Munoz. causes some anxiety in the City, and our City politicians are alimus.ing the legality of this proceeding, as our Government cannot interfere, as he has signed himself, as yet, only Prince Regent. Consols may at present be quoted at 881 4. PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Rink Stock 2111 101 India Bonds 101 2 5 per Cent. Red. 871 S 71 South Sea Stock 5 per Ct. Cons. Shut Old Annuities 56 per Cent. 956 411000 Excheq. Bills 65 4 31 per Cent. lied. 951 . 2500 Ditto 65 4 4 par Ct. New, Shut • .2100 and 1200 Ditto 65 6 4 per Cent. 1826, 1041 1 1 Advertised Long Ann. 19 11.16 1 Bank for Acet. India Stock Consols for Acct. 881 1 1 'OREM N. FUNDS. TWO tEeI.oCK. Brazilian Bds. 5 pet. 641 i Do. Ace. 591 40 Do Acet.646 Portug. Bds. 5p C. Buenos Ayrts Bds. 6p C. 4$ DoAcct 601 60 Guatimala Bch. 6 p C. 31 1 Span. Bds. 1825.4'5 p. C. 7e b1ez.8d5,11125,6 pCt. 40 1 Do. Acct. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SH A HRS. TWO O'CLOCK. Anglo Mexican Brazilian British Iron United Mexican SHAM PAID. 100 90 22k 35 40 89 50 45 101 t 40 141 15i i There was no business of importance before the House of Lords last night. In the House of Commons Mr. WILMOT-HORTOIe moved a Resolution, pledging the House, in the course of next 'Session, to take into consideration the propriety of promoting emigration on an extended scale, with a view to the relief of pau perism in Ireland, and to relieve this country from the emigra tion of Irish paupers. After a long discussion, in which the prin cipal speakers were Mr. H. Gaarran, Colonel Tamen, Mr. May. nice FITSGIMALD, Mr. Stainer, and Mr. Secretary Pszt., the Re solution was withdrawn. Sir ions NZWPOST then brought forward his motion for an inquiry into the state of the Church of Ireland, in respect to the union of benefices. After a conversation, In which the Cmsticatwa of the EZeNIQOI[II, Mr. MAUSICE FITZGZPALD, and Mr.l.lsXlr. Foam joined, the first ResOluttion was negatived by 59 to 48; the rest were negatived without a division. Mr. N. Catminv obtained leave to bring in a NU to disfranchise certain Freeholders of East Bedard, by a majority of 74 to 26, the House having divided on the motion. The Sale of Game BiU went through a Committee. Some conversation took piece in consequence of certain questions pat to his Majesty's Ministers by Lord Joan Russiu.t., respecting the relations with Portugal, arising out of the extraordinary con duct of Don Idiom. Mr. Secretary Pin., in answer to the clues dons of the Noble Lord, stated that the British Government .o entirely disapproved of the measures pursued by that person, that they bad instructed the British Ambassador to cease his functions, considering that the conduct of Don Mitteat was so diametrically opposite to fair dealing, and that solemn pledge which he had given to support the Constitutional Charter—a departure from which this country could not recognise. It appears by the Circulars of the Brokers, that the import of Cotton int) Liverpool during the first five months of the present, is less by 113,000 bags than , the import during the first five months of the past year.— The import up to the end of May, 1828, amounts to 249,685 bags, against $63,645 up to the same period in 1827. The stock in Liverpool on the 31st of May last was less by 27,000 bags than the stock in the port at the corresponding period of the preceding year. We heartily wish the proportion between the two years had been the other way—considering, as we do, the cotton manufacture as the main stay of this country, and viewing with alarm any probability of its declen sion. The decrease of 113,000 bags is certainly no t calculated to excite an alarm of such a kind, but it is worthy of attention as a hint which cannot be given too often—that without an alteration• in the Corn Laws, and without some alleviation being made in the cost of production and labour, our Monopoly of the cotton and other manufactures cannot be permanently secured. The tendency of the new American Tariff is not to be mistaken ; it is to encourage the home manufacture of the raw material, which they now send across the Atlantic to be spun. The accounts from Germany and all parts of the Continent speak of the continual increase of factories in quarters formerly supplied by Great Britain. Let us then take warning in time, and not, by keeping up a system of high prices for the pretended benefit of the landed interest, run the fearful risk of ruining interests of threefold more importance. A Jamaica mail has arrived this morning—left on the 14th of May, and Carthagena the 2d of May. FROM THE JAMAICA COURANT, MAT 9. TRADE WITH COLOMBIA. We understand from a merchant in correspondence with Bogota, that two days after the sailing of the Cygnet Packet a duty of three per cent, was imposed on the export of gold coins, and six per cent. on that of silver. On the 15th of May, the old Spanish Royal Tariff comes into effect on merchandise imported from the American Colonies, and the same law will be in Ifoice against vessels from Europe on the 15th of July next. The conseqdence of this increased taxation on commerce must.bey to restore the old habits of smog- I 1. , S. is :h w le he I the cal *hi gIMII..