Star. — London, England, 1830-06-16 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE JOURNALS. CIIRONICL E.—We rejoice toss that a disposition exists to libe. rate the country from the restraints of the Methuen Treaty. Mr. Hyde Villiers, in a masterly speech, exposed the injurious effects of which that Treaty had been productive to this country. The Oporto Company have, under it, obtained a monopoly by which, .a their own prices, they force the English to receive the worst wines:in Portugal. Mr. Courtney abated, generally speaking, the views of Mr. Villiers. and assured him that no doubt was enter. taintd as to our power to revise the Methuen Treaty, and that this would be undertaken as soon as our relations with Portugal should afford a convenient opportunity. It appears that the Treaty has been as injurious to Portugal as to England. The ex. -.minden of wine to other countries, which was once considerable, nos fallen to next to nothing ; because other nations are not bound treaty to poison themselves with bad wine ; and as was observed !.1 Mr. Villiers, "it is notorious that much o f th e w i ne pro d uce d In tht district of the Oporto Company is of an inferior quality, while :Loch of the wine produced elsewhere is first rate." Such are the dicta of monopoly. We need not be surprised, then, that "the' w::ies of Portugal have never recovered their value in the foreign ir...:ket since the establishment of the Oporto Company ;" and that, while their exports last year to this co u nt r y amounte d to 17 ,951 ; Ores, their exports to all the rest of the world amounted to only 1.232 pipes." _ _ . . tax oNicr.E.--Therc was some discussion last night about the New• Police. The general opinion of the house seemed to be that it had answered very well. Sir Richard Vyvyan, indeed, went back to the days of King Alfred, and spoke with marvellous unction of the institution which, more than any other, contributed to keep ali‘e the spirit of Liberty that which entitled every man to share in the administration of justice, and called on ban in turn to take his part in seeing that the laws were obeyed. No doubt, the old Irish watchmen, and the old stagers who served as deputies for constables, that the Sybarites of this metropolis might rot be exposed to the risk of broken heads and broken mt,were very much calculated to make us in love with our old institutions. How.l ever, declamation will not prevail against daily experience. That man must be very deficient in candour who will not allow that the state of our streets, both by day and night, is greatly improved under the new police, and the roads in the vicinity of the metropolis still more. As to the force being under the controul of the government, that is because London, being an aggregate of towns and villages, thLre is no authority to take the command of the whole, except the Secretary of State. The new police will soon bear down all oppo. sition. II E RALD.—Our colonies, in general, which ought to be the va luable appendages of the empire, seem to be governed on the prin. clple of rendering them as onerous as possible to the parent coon. ity. It sounds proudly in the ears of Englishmen to say that the British sceptre extends over dominions on which the sun never sets; but it is a boast more vain than profitable. Better would it have lieen that the limits of the empire had never extended to the remote regions of the other hemisphere, than that such vast and distant accessions of territory should have been made only to drain the resources and to increase the burdens of the British people. In the Committee of Supply, the other night, we observe that a suns of 120,0001. was moved for and voted for the civil establishment of the colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the expensed of convicts in these set. dements. The sum was exclusive of the military expenses, which, as the annual estimates showed, amounted to 150,0001. more, making together a sum of 270,0001. voted out of the pockets of the people of this country, to defray the civil and military este tlisliments of these two colonies. This is indeed but a small part of the price which England pays for the expensive glory of ruling a dominion on which " the sun never goes down !" Let us suppose any private individual was in posses s i o n o f a p ro d uct i ve patrimony, winch he increased by thousands of additional acres, and, when itsked how much his rent-roll had been enlarged by those additional acres, was to say, " They have not produced me any thing, nor do I mean that they should--they are a positive expense to me—they drain me of a great part of the income which I receive from my pa. trimonial property—they make me poor, instead of adding to my wealth—but still it is a glorious thing to say that I have extended my estate miles beyond what it was in the hands ofaome of my ancestors, though I lose money by every acre of land added to the original de. mesne." Would not anybody suppose that such amen was insane, and utterly incapable of the management of his own affairs ? Yet such is the nature of our boast with regard to our colonies: every accession to our territory becomes an accession to our burdens; and the taxes of England must be increased that the system of colonize don may be extended. As to New South Wales, it appears that, instead of becoming more able to maintain its own establishments as it advances in population, agriculture, and commerce, it becomes more burdensome to this country. Surely it must be a strange sort of statesmanship which produces such a result. It appears that, five years ago—namely, in 1825---the revenue had been 68,0001. and the expenditure 77,0001. From that period there had been an advance in the revenue, but a still greater one in the expen. diture, and in 1829 the former amounted to 94,00001. and the latter to 134,0001. and, in addition to this, the country is now asked for 120,0001. exclusive of the military expenses before stated. It was said by Mr. Hume (whether correctly or not we have at present no means of ascertaining) that the colony might be maintained at half the expense, and the revenue, if well applied, would cover the whole expenditure within 30,0001. or 40,0001. He said he had moved, three months ago, for the accounts of the colony, in order to be prepared for this vote, but could not get them. He added that every department was under the au. preinacy of an individual, over whom there was no control, and who had three funds to draw upon, consisting of the colonial revenue, hills drawn on the Treasury, and the commissariat bills drawn on account of the military. We do not know what to think of ano ?her statement made by the honourable Member. It would seem scarcely credible but that the Secretary for the Colonies seemed to confirm it. Mr. Hume said, at the time this sum was asked for, the Secretary of State was in possession of no ac counts ; and the House was called on to vote 270,0001. with. out knowing how it wan to be expended. Sir G. Murray at. tempted to account for this by stating that the lion. member called for papers of 1829, which could not be produced, because they had rot yet arrived from the colony ; and, with respect to other returns , Or which he had asked, he (the Secretary) told him there was mach time and great labour to be employed in getting them, as some of them were connected with other departments. Never have we heard of more lame and insufficient excuses for requiring Parliament to vote away the money of the people without furnishing the requisite documents as to its necessity and application. If the papers which were to afford Parliament the intelligence on which alone its vote could be justified had not yet arrived front the colony, ;that would have been the obvious and proper course to pur. •:,e by a Government anxious to appear correct in the eyes of the public ? To postpone the vote until they did arrive. -If those who want the money do not furnish the Sc. ,aants in time, then the money ought to be kept back until they did furnish them. If that were done, we are quite confident there scald not be so much delay the next time. As to the other reason given by Sir George Murtay for not laying before the House :mother portion of documents connected with this subject—namely, the 4• much time and great labour to be employed in getting them" —one would suppose it came from a person who did the duties of offic e gratuitously for the public ; and, even so, it would not very creditable to the zeal and industry of the patriotic Minister who undertook the task of managing the colonies, and accounted for the non.production of necessary documents by :ornrlaining of the time and trouble that must be expended in procuring them. But the Right Honourable Secre "ms, as well as others in his department, is paid well for transacting the business of his office, of which we conceive the pre. paring and furnishing to Parliament the documents in question farmed no unimportant part. If, indeed, be had accounted for the *tenet: of the documents on the ground of their not being necessary, that would have involved a different question ; but he did not deny their importance : and so, because it was troublesome to procure them. Parliament must vote away the money of the people, without kilos ing whether they were doing right or wrong ! Such a mode of "olonial government is eminently calculated to engender extrav a . dance. Secretaries may be immaculate, and governors may be h o . 'towable; but it is the nature of such a system to beget prodigalit y . No wonder that in New South Wales the Press is so obnoxious to Nves, that it is found necessary to keep it in due restraint by r e . rcattal ex-officio inform:dons, and the verdicts of military juries 1 Tin: GALWAY FRANCHISE BILL.--Mr. O'Hara has 'lad ft/quoit interviews with Earl Grey, who has undertaken the ad •ocacy of the bill in the House of Lords, and has also promised to Ilk hit exertions on the occasion. We understand that 31r. O'Hara pus succeeded in overcoming the difficulties which were opposed to the J('Lks and Canal Bill in the House of Lords, in consequence of the tkcetisary for accelerating its progress.—Connaught Journal. TILE SUPPRESSION TAXES.—On Thursday the spi rited inhabitants of St. John's parish, Limerick, met to record their reprobation of the odious taxes proposed to be levied on this unfor tunate country. Francis 3lahony, Esq was unanimously called to the chair, and, in an animated speech of some length, deprecated the conduct of the ministry In attempting to crush the guardian of lie people's rights—the press of Ireland. He said it was a national irivanec, and it should be opposed by the united voice of the na t!on• It was an attempt, by putting an extinguisher on the public pass, to rob th e p eop l e o f t h e i r r i g h ts , a nd destroy the usual source information. It affected the merchant, tradesman, and farmer. It was like taking the shepherd from the fold, and leaving the Hoek to the mercy of the world. (Cheers.) &metal gentlemen poke in a similar strsin, when a series of resolutions were agreed and a petition, to be entrusted to our representative, Thomas spring Rice, Esq. in the Commons, and to the Marquis if Angle 4eal in the House of Lords. A vote of thanks was moved to the liainnAn, and the meeting separated.—Lisserkk Post. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following urivals have taken place :—The Elizabeth, Dwyer, from Newfoundland, at Bristol; Belvidera, from . Baltimore, off Holyhead ; Boon, from Cadiz, at Hoylake ; Erse, from Gergend, off Dover; Eblana, Sunk, from Barbados, at Dublin ; James, Morgan, from Trinidad, at Cork ; Jean, Mur ray, from Riga, at Montros; and the Confidence, Wesley, from ditto, at Yarmouth. The Commerce, Brown, from St. Petersburgh, has put into Yarmouth Roads, haring struck on the Lemon Sand. DEAL. Jima 15.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E.—Arrived the Briton, Sadler, from Jamaica ; Ibis, —., from Oporto ; Mercy. Beasley, from Barbadoes ; and Fame, —, from the Cape of Good Hope. The homeward bound are getting under weigh. POSTIMOUTH, JUNZ 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrived off the port, the Nederlander, —, from Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH. JUN/ 14.—Arrived the Swallow packet, from Rio Janeiro—sailed 21st April ; and Hector, Gourley, front ditto. DUBLIN, Jots 14.—Arrived the Hercules, Vaughan, from Lon don for New South Wales ; Amity, Gray, and Asia, Blair, from London for Halifax. Livaeroot, Jumr 14.—Arrived the Mary, Grayson, from De merara • Washington, Robinson, from New Orl eans ; T wee d, Ham, from St. John'.; Colonist, M' Master, from St. Andrew's; Halifax, Finlay, from Halifax; Terra Nova, Parry, front New foundland ; Hannah, Carpenter, from Smyrna ; and United Bro thers, --., front Seville. ALEXANDRIA, April 27.—The Hugh Lindsay steamer is at last safely arrived at Suez, in thiny-three days from Bombay. She lost twelve days in taking in coals, at Aden, Ludda, and Cosseir. It appear. moreover, that she is not well adapted for the voy a ge in the Red Sea, owing to her not carrying, with ease, more than six days' coal. It Is now evident that, with a proper steamer, the Bombay despatches may be received in twenty days. A few days ago Mons. le Baron Taylor arrived here, in the Levier brig of war. He is come to carry of one of the obelisks, and to solicit the Viceroy for one of those at Luxar, which are perfect. The one which Is erect is very imperfect : the other, you know, belongs to us. It is the city of Paris which defrays the expences of removing these obe lisks.—Pour thousand infantry are just come down here from Cairo. The greatest activity in every military department continues to be observed here; and it is evident Mahommed Ali is preparing to re. pel the Sultan's forces, should he undertake to change the Govern ment of this country. The two three-deckers building here are going on rapidly, and great exertions are being made to complete them. THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE. COVENT.GARDEN THEATRE.—The following Add Yen was delivered by 1111% BARTLEY, at the closing of this theatre for the season, last night : Ladies and Gentlemen,—ln appearing before you, to offer the acknowledgments of the proprietors of this theatre for the patronage with which they have been honoured during the present season, a more than customary responsibility devolves upon me. It is due to many persons, deeply Interested In the welfare of this large property, that, upon the present occasion, some informs. Lion should be afforded of the immediate state of its finances and resources—of what, aided by the kind forbearance of its creditors, it has this season achieved, and what, under similar forbearance, it may fairly be expected to achieve hereafter. The difficulties in which this theatre was involved previously to the commencement of the season must be fresh in the recollection of my auditors. The first hope of relief from those difficulties emanated from a numerous meeting of the friends and patrons of the Drama, when liberal subscriptions were entered into, loans advanced, and recommendations proposed to the shareholders, and other cre ditors, to grant such time and indulgence as would enable the theatre once more to open, and struggle to retrieve itself. Those recom mendations were attended to—the struggle has been made, and the result has been prosperous. On the first night of performance we had the good fortune to introduce a eanditant for public favour,who, animated by the purest motives, preferred a claim to your patronage, which was at once accorded; and, under the cheering auspices of your fostering encouragement, Miss Fanny Kemble has sustained a reputation in a range of the higher characters of' the Drama which has kept alive the interest of the public throughout the season ; and to her extraordinary and uninterrupted attraction, assisted by the production of some successful novelties, we arc indebted for the results which I will take the liberty of briefly enumerating.— The current expenditure of the present season having been first provided for, the surplus has been so applied in the discharge of the debts of the theatre as that (in the event of continued success) a reasonable hope may be entertained by the shareholders of seeing the commencement of the liquidation of their claims next season. The liberal contributors, who gays sums to raise a fund for the re. opening and support of the theatre, will be pleased to learn that that fund has not been broken in upon beyond what the most urgent circumstances rendered necessary; and that the balance remains lodged in the hands of the trustees, to answer future emergencies. To those friends who advanced loans, Mr. Kemble declared that " the proudest day of his life would be that on which, with the grateful thanks of the numerous persons whom they were then assisting, he should be enabled to return their subacrip. Lions;' and, although the embarrassments of the theatre are far from being removed, Mr. Kemble considers that the pe riod has arrived when he is called upon to redeem his pledge ; and a notice has accordingly been sent to the subscribers of loans that the sums so advanced are ready to be returned. Such, Ladies and Gentlemen, is the brief outline of the present state of the theatre ; and It is, therefore, almost superfluous to add, that, during the recess, every possible exertion shall be made to merit a continuation of your patronage next season. In taking leave of you now, it is difficult for me to find words that will duly express the thanks of the proprietors for the kindness they have experienced ; but they request you to believe it is indelibly im pressed upon their minds. On the let of October, Ladies and Oen tlemen, we propose to meet you again—until then, in the names of the proprietors and the performers, I again offer you our general and grateful thanks, and most respectfully bid you farewell. PANORAMA OF AMSTERDAM. On Monday, for the first e visited Air. Burford's panora mic view of the City of Amsterdam, as row exhibiting in the Strand. Sir. Burford is pleased to call it a view of the City,—but we think it is rather a view of the capacious harbour, with the shipping, quays, and the buildings in front of the harbo u r , than of the whole City of Amsterdam. 'We are aware, from the nature of the ground —or rather water upon which the City is built, of the impossibi lity, from its levelness, of giving a geed pictorial view of Amster. dam : with this, no ordinary difficulty, the artist had to contend ; but, upon the hole, well did he manage and execute the task he imposed upon himself. The Panorama is taken from the New City Hotel, which may be said to be placed in the centre of the harbour, and communicates with the City by means of the Spaarndam Bridge. The first thing that will attract the eye of the visitor, on entering the room, is the trees which grow on die quays at the eastern pan of the town ;—these are represented with so much nature that one would have supposed Mr. Burford had lived all his life in a forest, and confined his art to the painting of trees: but as the eye along the south aide of the harbour, towards the Haa= es Gate, we are made to imagine that he artist bad always employed his talents in drawing elevations of high brick buildings, such as that part of the city of Amsterdam presents to the eye from the harbour. This is the only part of the whole painting which the visitor will consider as having too much sameness and crowded regularity ; but this is not the bl..me or fault of the artist, so much as the style and nature of the architecture, which he undertook to faithfully represent upon Cal vas. The steeples of the churches, and towers of the other public buildings of the city, as seen from the harbour, are given with a correctness and fidelity that will gratify and even astonish every one who ever had an opportunity of seeing the originals from the new City Hotel. From the Haarlem Gate the eye is immediately carried to the dock yards belonging to private builders, at the western end of the city : and here again Mr. Burford has shewn his power and skill in de lineating that important branch of commerce connected with Am sterdam. Here you would suppose the artist had been constantly employed in working in the docks and on board the various vessels building in them. The national colours floating on board the elf ferent ships at that extremity of the harbour, are admirably palmed, and in excellent keeping with the whole of that part of the view. The town of Zaandem is seen in the distance, about five miles to the westward, with its upwards of two thousand windmills, and is a proof of the power of perspective painting, possessed by Mr. Burford. We next turn northward, and have a view of the whole harbour or port of Amsterdam, about a mile and a half long and half a mile broad, with its double tiers of shipping and innu merable piles of wood joined together by cross beams, with the plea sure houses attached to the New City Hotel ; the new canal con aecting the harbour with the Tercel, in order to avoid the sand banks of the Zuyder Zee ;—the East India warehouses, and the Royal Dock-yard and warehouses. It is here where Mr. Burford has put forth, in a powerful degree, those talents which his former panora mic views of different celebrated cities, made the public so well ac. ' quainted with him as an artist of the first order in his particular line. His representation of the smooth water of the port, with the shadow of the shipping, piles, booms of wood, officers houses, die. Ac. is admirable, and superior to any of his previous works. At any rate, notwit hstanding the difficulty of the subject chosen by_him upon this occasion, we venture to state that he has fully up held his former reputation as a panoramic painter, and that his view if Am sterdam drawn upon 6,000 square feet of canvas, will become a fashionable lounge to thousands of individuals who admire a plc- I tarifa representation, executed in such a manner as to make the vi. sitar believe, for the time, that, instead of looking eta picture in the r Strand, he is placed in the centre of the harbour of the City of Am stadam. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, Just 15. Sir A. Chumr and others from the Commons brought up the militia ballet suspension bill, and a private bill. The Marquis of ORMOND presented a petition from Kilkenny, against the increase of taxation. Lord TRYNHAM presented a petition from a parish in Susses, against the malt and beer duty. The Earl of LIMERICK presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Limerick, against the proposed increase of duty on spirits. FORGERY. Petitions were presented by Lord LORTON and Earl OROS VENOR, against punishment of death in cases of forgery. Lord FALMOUTH presented a similar petition from the Dis senters of Truro. Lord HOLLAND also presented petitions to the same effect from various dissenting congregations. The Bishop of LONDON presented the petition of the Protest ant Dissenters of Bury St. Edmund's, and other petitions to the same effect The Marquis of LANSDOWNE also said he had several peti. tions on the suhject of alteration of the law in regard to forgery, and gate notice of his intention, •on Tuesday next, to move the second reading of the bill upon the subject which then lay on their lordships' table. The Lords were accordingly summoned for Tuesday. WOOL TRADE. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the wool. growers of Suffolk, complaining of distress. The noble duke, at the same time, gave notice that he should not bring in any measure on the subject during the present session. He did not defer his measure in the belief that the wool-growers were not entitled to re. lief. On the contraty, he believed that they had a strong claim upon parliament, but he considtsed the agricultural intereat of the country. in almost every department, rapidly on the decline. The Marquis of LONDONDERRI presented a petition from the city of Londonderry, against the proposed duty on stamps. Lord DURHAM presented a petition from Galway in favour of the Galway Franchise Bill. GREECE. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved there be laid before the house a copy of the letter front Sir E. Codrington, dated the 26th of June, 1828, and other papers mentioned by the noble marquis yesterday. The Earl of ABERDEEN was sorry to be under the necessity of saying, the papers moved for by the noble marquis could not be brought forward without the risk of injury to the public service. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY,aftet the explanation of the noble earl, withdrew his motion. The Marquis of DOWNSIIIRE presented a petition from Kil. dare, against the proposed addition to the taxes of Ireland. would have rendered the system more efficient as well .ts more agreeable. Dir. ROSS said there was a general satisfaction in the of Mary-le-bone at the conduct of the new pollee, and no discontent at the cost. Mr. R. GORDON had been a member of the Committee that recommended the new police, and from all he had heard it was an swering the expectations formed of it very well. The 03111171k sinners, he believed, were executing their trust with the greatest di ligence and impartiality.—(Hear, hear.)—He hoped, when the re• view of the City watch was to take place, his friend the Alderman would give him notice, that he might go mid see the show, which he was confident must be very entertaining. (A laugh.) Mr. BARING thought the new system of police was a great advantage to the metropolis, particularly that, in case of oecieirr, they could be brought to act with promptness on any pstticular poiet. I Sir R. VYVYAN was glad to hear that the Secretary of State did not wish to have any authority over the new police at distance fro:n the metropolis. Sir R. PEEL, said, the Secretary of State was no more fit to exercise control over the police of a town thirty miles distant from the metropolis than any other individual. Hi► wish was that all populous towns should establish a pol:ce fur themselves, to he en. tirely under their own control. He certainly wished to have r:o interference with it. (Hear.) The SPEAKER having called the name of a member from 11;r list to Fain a petition, rusetc BU SI N ESS. Sir R. PEEL said, the state of the public business in that houss was such as to require some regulation, lie would propose, a. 4 a temporaty regulation for the remainder of the session, that business bhould commence at hall.past five o'clock on four dm the week, which would leave an hour and a half for the preseniatimi of petitions on those days, and the whole of Wednesday, °the:tele it would be impossible to get through the public business. Mr. BROUGHADI said , he was greatly impressed with the itnportar.ce of the subject, and had lately expressed an opinion, that unless; tone such regulation was adopted, the house must neglect the public business entirely. (Hear, hear, hear.) The evil of occupying the time of the house on petitions lied been irertasing for years ; but this session it had needed an unpre. eedeeted height.—(hear, hear.) He felt alarmed at this because it gave the public business no chance of being sufficiently diseumil the did not exaggerate when he said that though the house had sat on the average upwards of 30 hours a week, he could not say tI business done bore any thing like a proportion to the time t cupied. Great and important subjects had been discussed, but not at hours when it was possible to keep all the faculties awake—ere,: physically.—(a laugh.) lie knew it was of infinite implicit to that the house should hear the petitions of the people ; but it would be necessary to make some classification of businers, ti t the most important business should have precedence. He very cordially concurred in the recommendation of the right hon. gent. Mr. BRIGHT said, h•• coneidercil speaking on petitions as p es• sassing many advantages in exciting the attention of the house an I the public. He thought the private business might be postponed to the last each night. Mr. W. Wk NH thought some regulation must be adopted to enable the house to get through the regular business of the Session. He believed that even the regulation proposed by the right hen. gent. would not be sufficient; and, laborious as it must be to ti Speaker and to Ministers, he thought it might he necessary to mete in the morning--suppose at twelve o'clock. Mr. LITTLETON thought a greater number of bills might l•t allowed to originate in the other House of Parliament. Sir ROBERT PEEL wi►hed to know whether it was agreeable to the house that on Thursday next, and for the remainder of the session, no petitions should be presented after half-past five o'clock.—(Hear.) [The arrangement was understood to be agreed to. Mr. BRIGHT moved for a return of the number of persons who had compounded for their assessed taxes, and the amount.—Ordered, Dr. PH ILL I ISIOHE moved fora return of the number of suitY for divorce in the Consistory Court for the last five years.—Ordered. Mr. W. lit rIiTON presented a petition from the parish of Frame, in Stsmenictshire, stating that the parish contained fourteen thousand inhabitants, one-fourth of whom were for the last three years receiving parochial relief ; that the parish was so unable to make a sufficient provision for the poor, that many paupers were in the habit of taking opium to blunt their appetites ; that many of the poor were desirous to emigrate, and praying that the parish might be enabled to raise money to assist the paupers to emigrate. Mr. Tooke and Mr. Malthus bad both expressed to him their concurrence in his opinion in favour of enabling the poor to emigrate. There was to be a public meeting on the subject to.morrow in London, and he would venture to pro phecy, that before long the attention of the whole country would be called to it. After ten years consideration, he was convinced it w in a change of the poor laws, and a system of emigration, relief to the poor must be afforded, and the distress of the country removed. Mr. BARING said many years discussion of the subject had convinced him that the poor could never be effectually relieved but by grafting on the poor paws a system of emigra tion. He did not suppose that population was greater now than in footer periods of the history of the world ; but it was necessary that population should be encouraged to spread itself, instead of becoming redundant in particular places. Lord J. RUSSELL had no expectation that any great itoprove ment in the poor laws would take place till it was made a goven• . ment question. Sir R. PEEL felt that the house was under - obli EAST INDIA CHARTER._ Earl BATHURST laid on the table the fourth Report of the select committee upor. the trade to India._ INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. The house went into a committee on the Insolvent Debtors' Bill, when The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed to amend the bill, by leaving out the clause exempting minors from the protection and operation of the law. The Earl of MALMESBURY expressed his astonishment that such a clause had found its way through the Commons. The bill was ordered to be reported with the amendments to. morrow. The Contempt. in Equity Bill went through a committee.— Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Juxx Li. Mr. MOORE presented petitions from the corporations at wai vers and barbers of Dublin, against any increase of the Irish stamp duties. Sir ROBERT INGLIS presented a petition from the Presby. tery of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, stating that the 3lentbers of that House had all, except a few, sworn that the Catholic religion was idolatrous, and praying that no officers in the British army should suffer punishment for not assisting in the ceremonies of that reli gion. When he presented a similar petition from officers of the army for refusing to assist at such ceremonies in Malta, the learned member for Clare did himself great honour by supporting its prayer. Mr. O'CONNELL said, he did not consider it quite decorous to attribute idolatry to conscientious Christians, who would rather die than worship any person or thing besides the living GOD ; but the petitioners' want of charity should not cause him to swerve from the principle, that no human being should suffer for his conscientious belief or worship, or for refusing to join in any other. Lord KILLEEN said, he perfectly concurred in the opinions and feelings of his learned friend. When he was a petitioner at the bar of that house for liberty of conscience for himself, he always pro fessed his conviction that no human being should suffer for his con scientions worship of his GoD ; front that principle he should never depart. Ale. BROWNLOW presented a petition from Armagh against any increase of taxation in Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a similar petition from Waterford; and a petition from three parishes in the county of Wexford against the Subletting Act ; and five petitions from parishes in Clare for the repeal of the Union. Mr. CHARLES GRANT presented [dons from the - petit men. - great _ tom ion to ght Mr O'CONNELL presented a petition f ro m th e chants of London and of Glasgoiir, for a reduction of duty on su. his right hon. friend for his a tt e n t i on t o t h e su bj ect. H e t h ou parish of but . great advantage might be deriv e d from inducing persons of capital ton, In the county of Wexfonl, a ga in s t th e V es try Act ; and gave to emigrate, by making them grants of land, and in that way niartieg them agents for the remov a l o f paupers. He concurredan the ge n e . notice that in the first week of the next session, if he should have cal principle of his right hon. f r i en d' s proposed measure, but must the honour of a seat, he should move in the H ouse f or l eave t o bring in a bill to repeal the present Vestry Bill. reserve himself as to the details. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the brewers of 31r. W. HORTON mid, he was confident that pauper' Dublin, for a reduction on the duty of m a lt ; an d a p et i t i on fromcould be removed by an a d vance o f t h ree years annual cost on the the parish of St. Mark, for a repeal of the duty on coal. support of the pauper. This he considered a substitution of a minor Mr. G. PONSON BY presented a petition from Youghall to on a_parish for a much greater. 2 against any increase of duty on spirits a nd s t am p s i n I re l an d. I . II UARING said, if it could be made plain to parishes that Mr. W. PEEL presented a report respecting gaols in Scotland. they could get rid of their paupers by a three years' advance of the NEW POLICE. annual charge, they would soon find out the means of doing it with. Sir E. KNATCHBULI. presented a petiti o n f rom th e f armers out the assistance of a bill. He w as conv i nce d the mode of emigre and market gardeners in the neighbo ur ho o d o f th e me t ro p o li s , tion suggested by the right hen. gent l eman (Si r R. P ee l) o f h av i ng against the extension of the new poli ce s y s t em t o th e i r di str i c t s , a middle man between the paupor and the landowner was the wor st which increased the amount of their ra t e s. that could be &doped. It would inevitably become a job. It had Mr. W. PEEL said the expense of the New Police was found to already been the ruin of Canada. be very little more than that of the former watch, and the protection After a few words from Mr. MAURICE FITZGERALD, the was much greater. petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. COLBURN said, though the charges on the whole of the RELATIONS WITH PONTCGAL. parishes might not be much greater, yet in the parish he lived the Mr. 11. VILLIEItS said he was desirous to bring on his motion rate had been raised from 5,0001. to 17,0001. and it. believed the on this subject in the early part of the Session, but was unable to parish was no better watched. do so, owing to the extreme pressure of business. He had originally Mr. W. PEEL said there were many applications from districts intended to move for a Committee, but owing to this delay Fee was to have the New Police extended to them. under the necessity of moving for such paper as might be necessary Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said the New Police was not more efficient to support the statement he was about to make. He would call the than the former watch, and it was infinitely more expensive. attention of the House to the !steatite': treaty in 1703, and the treaty Mr. BEN ETT said lie paid three timer as much for watching by of 1010 at the Brasile. The former treaty referred to the wines of the New Police as he did by the old watch. He objected to it still Portugal and the woollens of England. By that treaty this more, because it laid the foundation of a military police all over the country agreed to take the win es o f P ortuga l at a d uty one . kingdom, supported, too, priecipally at th e ex p ense o f th e land. third less than the wines of France and the other countries of Sir ROBERT PEEL said, for the last fifty or sixty years there Europe ; and by the latter treaty it was stipulated that British were frequent complaints of the inefficiency of the police, and with woollens should be admitted for fifteen years at 15 per cent. good reason, for sonic parishes actually ref use d t o t a x t hems e lves duty. Since the year 1825, it h as b een competent f or t hi s for a nightly watch, and the consequence was that s !evince,' bur. country to revise their mode of dealing with Portugal. lie did not emit% were committed in one parish in six week , . This was the wish to revive any political question, as it could only tend to the greatest injury to these who were willing to pay for the protection prejudice of his motion. lie was fully of opinion that the present of property; in many instances the inhabitants were obliged to sit was a most favourable opportunity to enter upon a reconsideration up for their own protection. A new system was absolutely neces. of those treaties. Circumstances were greatly altered since the sary, and it ci uld only be supported by an additional expense, treaty of Methuen, for at that time Frai:cc was so powerful an which, however, did not exceed the necessity of the case. He had opponent to this country, and the King of Portugal was so no wish to include lituipliee separated front the metropolis contrary boringly inclined to join with France, that this treaty might be to their wish ; bu: the apehaitioa s were nmerrotie to have parishes considered as a bribe to Portugal to give the preference to an included in the system. The u,!tv ',Lee had exceeded his expecte- alliance with this country. He believed the case he was about Lion, and in three or four yeats he was coufideitt the metropolis to urfold was not very generally known, for few instances would congratulate itself' on the twabliaament of a system so could be found in history where two nations conferred to give efficient. ( Ilear.) mutual concessions for:such ohm's benefit, and in which they Mr. W. WYNN thought the New Police was a great improve. had done so much towards injuring each other ' as had been mcnt, and ought to be support e d. Il e w i s h e d the 'poem to be done in this case, by the nioroi.oly granted to the Wire Company carried further, and military force for cii it purposes entirely done of Portugal. The hon. member then entered into a detail of the away with. lie hope-el, before another veto elapsed, to sae the inimenee powers granted to this Contrary, anti which operated in. duties in the metropolis, now performed 'oy the military, assigned juriouely towards British subjects, until the Act of 1754 placed to the New Police. them beyond the power of the niutoeolizing company, as far as it Sir R. V I'V VAN hoped he should not live to see the day whoa could be exercised directly ; but there were a varsity el indirect the present system of police would be all o wed to extend all over the measures resorted to by the Company, which effectually kept up its errantry and he was Flat' the Corporation of London had resisted monopoly until the year 1810, when it was agreed to give it up. sin its extension to the City of London. lie could not consent to see condition that this country should repeal its navigation laws as tar an armed police extended all over the kingdom, subj. et to the con. as they related to Portugal. After this treaty had been agreed to, trend of a Secretary of State. they refused at Lisbon to sanction what had been done at the Court Mr. Alderman WOOD said, the adoption of the new system was of Brazil, on the ground that it mild not refer to the Wine Cutnptiny, under consideration of the Corporation for the last four months. The it not being mentioned by name in the whole treaty. In case. present watch cost the City of London 38 0001. a year, and the esti. qusace of this, Mr. Canning sent a memorial to the Ciotti of Brasil, mate of the new system was but 30 WA. He thought the new tl:rough the medium of Lord Strangfora, complaining art the breach system much to be 1-inferred, and had pro used calling all the cld of the treaty : and lie further caused it to b e intimated, that If the watch together in Guildh a ll, f or a rev i ew , that they might be seen ; treaty were not immediately enforced, his Majesty the Prince Re. bat their supporters had resisted such an exhibition.—(Hear, and gent of England w ou ld i mmed i ate l y punish Portugal, by giving a laugh). every encouragement to French and other foreic he wines. He would Sir IL PEEL said the w h o l e o f t hi s conversat i on on t h e su bj ect mov e fo r t h e pro d uct i on of these documents. company would had come on him by surprise. He never wished to interfere with not allow the British subjects to purehme any wines except what the City of London. He want e d no control over the police ; but grew within their district, though far superior wine might be pr. he hoped every populous place would establish an efficient police for chased beyond the district belonging to the company. Indepen. its protection. So far from his wishing for power or patronage by dent of this, they grossly adulterated their wines also, so that the new police, he had never made one single appointment, but it was impossible to say to what an extent the injury might told the commissioners he would hold them responsible for every have extended in this country. Some of these adulterations were person they recommended to be appointed. carried on in Guernsey, as was elided by the fact that in one Mr. THANT said the commissioners of police refused to cam. year there was imported from that island no iris than 4,450 municate with the parish authorities. He thought some control pipes of wine into the London Docks. It wee not difacuirto prove should be given to the established parish autheri. Such a plan that the quantity of artificial wins used in this country was far would have prevented the constitutional jealousy now felt, and greater than the whole amount ot Preach and Rhenish wines taken