Star. — London, England, 1829-11-14 00:00:00

• 1/kLill. Poo*, N Restos. 7o r, Nov. 11. Fore per Cents.lollf. 80c. . 854 Three per Cents. 83i. 7k. 70c.11Se. 78e. Rank Actions, 1915 f. 1915 f. FORMS MISS. Neapolitan Itenres Cert.. Pal. 92f. Sec. 45c. 50c. 55c. 50c. 92E Sbc. 45c. Sicilian Ronde, 96f. SOc. Spani.h Rentes 74 7. Royal Spanith Loan, so 79a a a I. rtNoNANots ON LONDON. (Inc month. 25f. 70c.—Three months, 251. 50c. ,NING STAR E STAR. 10 9 ' vtl io c iaika r ue , AT t LONDON. SATRUDAY, NOVEMBER 14. PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO 0 CLOCK. Bank Stock 2131 14 India Bonds 69 7 3 per Cent. Red. 901 1 South Sea Stock 3 per Ct. Cons. 911 1 Oid Annuldes 3) per Ct. 1818, £lOOO Exch. Bills (24.) 76 7 3) per Ct. Red. 981 9 4500 Ditto 76 7 4 per Cent. 1031 1 4100 and £2OO Ditto 76 7 4 per Ct. 1826, 105) i Commercial, Lon Ann. 19 13-16 tbs 1 Bank for Acct. India Stock 224) Cons. far D 0.91) 1 FOREIGN FUNDS. TWO O'CLOCK. Brasil Bds. S pr Cr. 66) I Do. Ace. 21) Colom. Bds. 6 per Ct. Ditto 100,21 Do. lids. 1824, Pertly. Lids. 6 p C. 14) Ditto Ace. 20) Port. Bds. S p. Ct. 49) Danish Mk. sp. Ct. 73) Itus. Bds. 1822, 5 p Ct. 106 Mexican Bds. S per Cent. Sp. Bds. S per Ct. 9) Do B. 1825, 6 p C. 21 BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO Irri.ooK. 411.4ixi • ?AIM Mk SINAI& Anglo Mexican (iss. at 43 pm) 100 100 24) 24 Brasilia , Imp. (iss. 45 pm.) 35 20 78 76 72 73 United Mex, (iss. at 41 pm.) 40 39) 15 4 TO CORRESPONDENT& We take this opportunity of apologizing to several Conan- PUNDINTS, whose valuable communications have alone been delayed for want of room. The Tama of Pose-Maas and other . Dozes shall appear on Monday. The between the Duke of Masonznas, Sir Fusels Fazat.nta, and Mr. Ddsalet t sa, is rather too voluminous for our columns, though not destitute of interest. The subject, however, shall be taken up. This morning despatches were received at the Colcaial Office from Lieut.-General Sir HILLGROTE TURNZR, Governor of Bermuda ; and from Major-General Sir P. MAITLAND, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. The despatches from Bermuda are dated the sth of October ; those from Halifax are dated the 21st. By referring to a letter from Paris which we copy from the Times of this morning, it will be seen that all our ar guments and anticipations during the last three months — but more especially within the present week—are confirmed lo the very letter. Having nothing to add to the important facts communicated in the Paris Letter, we think it enough to repeat our conviction here, that the existence of M. De Pot to NAc's Administration—as it is now con stituted, is incompatible with the tranquillity of France ; and moreover, that the experiment suggested by the Ga zette deFrance of dissolving the Chamber, might be fatal to the best interests of the reigning Family. We cannot prove our horror of revolutions, or anxiety to prevent popular excesses more sincerely, than by re minding the BOURBONS of the events of 1789 and the three succeeding years, during which the advice and councils of false friends either led them to the scaffold, or drove them into exile. When we took up the subject of Mexico, and for the first time, invited public attention to the absurd policy of allowing Spain to invade the new Republic on one side, or by our supineness, force it into the arms of the United States on the other t we were far from anticipating that we should be followed so soon by the Times. It is therefore with no common satisfaction that we assign a space foi• the remarks of our contemporary in our paper of to-day. In looking at them by the side of our own arguments, it will be perceived at a glance that there is now a perfect ac cordance in our sentiments on this subject. Without any desire to arrogate aught to ourselves for this con version of the TIMES, we do own that it is • satis factory to our feelings in a high degree, to be so closely followed, and by so influential a journal. Neither is it less creditable to the conductors of that talented paper, to see them come forward—as they have—on a question so intimately connected with the political welfare and commercial interests of England. We trust the Times will continue to press on the Noble Duke and his Col leagues the necessity of their taking immediate steps with regard to Mexico. For our own parts, we deem it superfluous to state, that our best efforts will be directed to this object. Nor—in spite of all their indifference to public opinion—can we . persuade ourselves that Minis tars will turn a deaf ear to our suggestions. The Times recommends that an " able diplomatist" should be named for Mexico : we go farther —and still more strongly advise, that SPAIN should be •told to desist from her Quixotic and unprincipled projects aga,inet the New World. Nay, More—whatever the Cabinet of Madrid may decide—ait is our opinion that no time ought to be lost in assembling a respectable and well-• commanded squadron in the vicinity of Vera Cruz. When we said that Mexico was a natural ally for England, we ',might have added—a* • we now do— that the whole of the new Republics are entitled to the special protection of this country. We again call uponiord ABERDEEN to look at the' Correspondence of Mr. CAN KING on this momentous subject ; the Noble Earl will find lessons there of a statesmanlike and ge nerous policy, if his antipathies will but suffer him to adopt them. • MEXICO—FROM THE TIMES. The accounts. received within these few days relative to the affairs of Mexico, having excited same interest, if net alarm, amongst the friends of Spanish Americas tidepsodence, we deem it desir able to state the following particskg...allnalunicated from quarters in the highest demur respectable Io the first place, the Enutleus picket, which arrived on Thurs day last from Viva Cron, which place she left an the sth of Sept. brought no news from the seat of hostilities, at Tampico, of a date more recent than the 30th of August; whereas the accounts which were publisbedveveral days ago, and which contained Santa Anna's despatches, detailing his brave and &we'del attack upon the gar rison of Tampico, were brought in the Matilda by the way of Bel timoft and New York, which vessel left Tampico on the Ist of Sept. two days after the Emulous. The first arrival in this country' therefore, brought the latest news• By the Emulous we were told, in Vera Crux letters, that Bar tads' "was in possession of Altentire,” a loop day's march up the country from Tampico; whereas. Santa Anna's bulletin of store recent date, and which arrived by the Matilda, had previously announced to us that Barradas had been forced to abandon Ake mire, from the necessity of defending Tampico itself, which he just reached at the critical moment when his garrison had actually pitulated. and *as about to deliver up its arms and the town. Santa Anna's despatch, therefore, is the la.t authentic intelli gence which has reached London of the military occurrences at Tampico. As to the rumours about the Mexicans deserting, the forte of " 5,000 effective men" under Barradas, and so forth, we under stand it rests on no credible authority ; but, oo the contrary, there never was displayed more seal or unanimity among the Spanish Americans against the troops of Ferdinand since the very begin ning of their resistance to the Spanish yoke. The delay in bringing forward an efficient force to repel the in• vaders is accounted for as follows :--,First, the Mexicans, not having the least idea on what part d their extensive coast the ex pedition was likely to disembark, bad not felt it prudent to concen trate their troops in any given point ; and thus Tampico, as being a position most absolutely useless to an invader, and least calculated on by the Mexican :Government as the seat of warfare, was left without a garrison. Next, the country is of such vast extent, the roads so imperfect, and this being the season of the inundations, when roads always - bad bad become almost impassable, It was necessary, since Vera Cruz and Campeachy could not be left without considerable garrisons, to draw regiments from the interior, and from distances which the military men of Europe are searcely ever called upon to traverse. We may judge what time must elapse in such a country, before any formidable force could have been collected, when the greater portion of them had to march many hundred miles to the neigh bourhood of Tampico. It is not very surprising, therefore, that Santa Anna had but a feeble detachment under his command on the 19th and 30th of August, within one month of the invasion, during which period no troops could have moved above 300 miles. Reinforcements, however, wo-have been assured, were advancing from many points to moppet% the above-mentioned General. On the 9th August, 1,400 cavalry and 1,600 infantry left St. Ude de Potosi. On the 10th there moved from the same city the battalion of Guanajuato (placed en active service) and General Veldt vidlo. On the 17th there arrived at Aguacatlan the regiment of Mezdllan ; and the Ist battalion of Mexican 'militia, with the 3d regiment of regular cavalry, were expected immediately after. Colonel Montezuma was with his division, on the 16th of August, at Macs. On the 20th of August, the 10th Regiment of the Line, and 300 infantry of the Local Militia, marched for the scene of ac tion from St. Luis. As for the statement made with sock cool- nese in some quarters, that a second expedition of 2,000 men had actually sailed from the Havannab, we can only affirm that we have seen a letter from official persona at the Ha venni& to a commercial house here of the very highest respectability, and dated on the day of the last vessel's departure from that place, containing this decisive sentence : " There is hardly a word said here about sending off reinforcements to General Barradas." Indeed, we can add to this, that another letter has been shown us from an officer of high rank at the Haven nab, reprobating the Spanish Government for the violation of its repeated promises, and declaring that it had neither made prepara tions nor furnished means for sending off any even the smallest sue. cour to Ballades, who was universally held, at the Hammitt, to have been devoted with his troops to destruction. Fur Barradas himself no pity was entertained, as he bad made love to the office; but those under him were much commisserated. Such is the substance of the accounts which have been submit ted to us; and although we cannot pledge ourselves for their per fect accuracy, we are ourselves disposed to believe them. As for the state ol things at the seat of Government, it is generally sup posed that Mr. Poinsett, the Minister of the United States, has not been idle In endeavouring to embroil them, with a view to fiat tate a certain project of that friendly republic. The gentleman in , question is understood to bate a thorough knowledge of the internal condition of Mezlco,—of her parties,—her re sources.—and her wants ; whether it be quite a fair use to make of such knowledge, for a diplomatic agent to take an active part in tanning the distractions of au infant state, that a better bargain may be thereby squeezed out of her distresses by worldly-tied power, seeking to snatch from her an extensive and highlylproductive province, is a point of casuistry which we are not called upon to decide. But this we know, that it is not wisdom or sound policy in England to see the State of Mexico either crushed by a tyrant, or by a neighbour cozened. Without going deep into a delicate subject, we will say that the United States have got far enough to the southward and westward on the Gulf of Mexica, and that it is for the Interest and safety of our colonies to have Mexico rather than the United States for their neighbour. The province of Texas ought to remain Mexican u it is, and not to be swallowed up, like the Florida and the whole course of the Mississippi, by any grasping Government. There is oo pecuniary tenustationDO financial distress—no con- slderation for the support of public credit, which ought to Induces Sovereign State to sacrifice Its natural dominions ; nor do we sup _ pose that the King of Ragland would look on passively while such a transfer was negociated. In the mean time, we ought to have an able Minister at the capital of the Mexican Republic. We cannot forbear a few words of remonstrance on the facile credulity of sitting Magistrates, whenever a complaint is brought before them by females of any—or of no character—involving the liberty, and often the life, of the other sex. A case occurred yesterday at Marlborough Street, in which the complainant—" a powerful-looking young woman," named Julia Kellier— brought a charge of violation against a gentleman con siderably advanced in years, and of great infirmities. The defendant is well known to be of the very highest luepectability, and is moreover a Colonel in the Army. The plaintiff—who was a servant of all work in the house where the Colonel lodged—stated what she called the facts with great flippancy ; that she was overpow ered, partly by the strength of her assailant, and partly by the strength of her own modesty, and that " she did not call out very loud for assistance." In the course of the same day, she swore that she disclosed the mishap that had befallen her to her mistress, and her determination to oak legal redress. This part of the girl's story, how isver, the mistress—in her examination before the Magis trate—flatty contradicted: she said that the girl never complained to , her at all about the matter. The Colonel, who—in addition to his other infirmities= is quite a cripple from severe wounds, deposed that he' never used the least violence with the complain ant, who resorted to this proceeding for no other object than that of extorting money. Nevertheless, in the face of this woman's contradicted evidence, Mr. Roz—the sitting Magistrate—coeP- the , Colonel to Tuthill -fields gaol -for re-examination on the capital charge. We are really sick at witnessing the fribble bias of worshipful Jurricia, towards any female—however abandoned—who comes to make spe culative depositions against character and life in their presence : and we cannot help reflecting, that the sexual principle in these Magistrates, appears often to overpower the principles of right and justice. This day we have the Nuremberg Correspondent to the 6th, and the Allgemeine Zeitung to the 7th of the present month. The former gives us to understand that the States of the Kingdom of Wurtemberg are to be convoked on the 15th January,—that the Jesuits are increasing in Switzerland,—and that it is desirable to have an honest Editor of a Newspaper in the Canton of Vaud ! The Allgemeine Zeitung has a letter from Lon don, generalising—as private letters always do—on the affairs of the East, and the settlement of the Greek ter ritory,—which this document presumes to be the cause of the frequent conferences between the French Ambas sador and Lord ABERDEEN : STUTTGARD, Nov. 3. _ _ . By a resolution of his Majesty, dated the 20th of (ktober, the States of the kingdom of Wurtemburg are to be convoked for the 15th January, 1830. _ __ SWITZERLAND, Nov. 4. The sum of 50,000 francs has lately been expended in the Je suits' school at Freyburg. Above 200 new pupils are expected there. The Council of the Canton of Vaud, against whom all the Jour nals in the Canton have declared, has issued an invitation to per- sons who may be willing to undertake the dice of Editor of a Paper, which shall publish an accurate and complete view of the results of the deliberations of the Great Council, and an impartial statement of the opinions delivered, which paper shall be published three times a week, under the title of " Badlogin of the Sittings e the Great Cbtascil." Thus it seems the Council thinks of combatting its adversaries with their own arms.—Asingiewsk °wrap, Nag. 6. AUGSBURG. Nov. 6. The ifilgeassine Sailing contains a letter from London, of the 26th October, of the following tenor " The frequent conferences of the French Ambassador with Lord Aberdeen are said to relate chiefly to the affairs of Greece. The stipulations signed at Adrianople relative to the Treaty of the 6th July, and the Protocol of the 21Id March, appear to have excited some apprehensions in the Courts of England and France, and to have convinced them of the necessity of set tling, as soon as possible, and in a manner conformable to the interest of their nations, the Greek question, which has been ren dered so complex by the length of time and the atom of events.... It is said that the French Ministry has made a proposal. according to which the Greek frontier on the continent should be reduced in extent ; but. on the other hand, the new state be entirely ex empted from the Turkish supremacy. The French Ministry assumes, as a principle, that it is better to grant to Greece, with a small territory, its perfect independence, than, by a greater extent of frontier, to give it the prospect of greater politieal importance which, with the continuance of the supremacy of the Porte, would afford permanent materials for fresh troubles. A protocol, it; is stated. has already beta drawn up in conformity with this view of the ease. which, as soon as it shall have received the assent of Russia, will be presented to the Porte, a time being fixed within which it must give its answer. It it probable. however, that the Greeks will not be much edified by this new scheme, and it is mains to be seen bow the Greek Government will look upon It, and whether it win not endeavour to get Russia on its side, and the ancient Greece revived in the greatest possible extent and so• cording to the sanguine wishes of the Philhellines. The Porte,in .its present state of distress and penury, has powerful advocates here : endeavours are making to procure a loan fur it.—Allgenseine Zoittusg. 71b Nov. CITY. Tanya o'CLoca. mi. day is generally dull for speculations in the funds, as so &Wow from Paris arrives on Saturday, and as yet we do not bear of the arrival of a private express from Paris. The Consol Market is therefore inactive. Consols which left off yesterday 91i j for the account, opened at the same price this morning, and for next account 92# buyers. The Foreign Market as yet is in the same state u that of the British, nothing doing. CITY. HALF-PAST ONE We have not a feature worth observation in regard to the Funds. Consols have continued during the morning at el t for the Ac count, and 9n for next Account, consequently no speculations have been going forward up to the present hour. The Foreign Market is in the same state of stagnation ; the only transaction was in the Imperial Brazilian Mining Shares which have fallen 51. per share, supposed owing to accounts being received from Rio Janeiro of the Sth September, stating, that the Brazilian Sessions closed without reducing the duty of the Imperial Brarl Mining Company. Exchange on London, 26i. According to accounts of the United Mexican Mining Company, there appears to be a deficiency of the five weeks preceding the 25th of August of about ten thousand pounds sterling. It is reported that a brig of war has sailed from the Ilavannah for Tampico with 250 dollars; it is also said, that an expedition was forming there of 3,000 men to reinforce the Spa nish troops at Tampico. POSTED, at the North and South American Coffee house.—Lit E a POO r. Nov. 12.- Out Cotton Market Thecontinues lively. i sales this day are about 4,000 bags, at steady prices. The accounts from Glasgow state, that the calico printing is very brisk there, and tis satisfactory to state, that after the comparative slackness of the early part of the year, the quantity of finished.goods or stock on hand was never known to be smaller; and such is the quan tity of orders on hand, that it is a push to execute them within the time given. A Mail has arrived from Halifax by the Spey, sailed on the 21st October, and from Bermuda the sth Oct. By this conveyance , Halifax Papers of the 20th October, Demerara Papers to the 26th September, and Prince Edward's Island Papers to 15th October, have been re ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Halifax Papers say " The Ann, Amelia, and Wellington transports brought the 34th Regiment, which relieves the Rifle Corps in this garrison; the transports are to take the Rifle Corps to St. John's, New Brunswick—conveying 81st Regiment from thence to Bermuda, and the 74th from that . Island to England. His Excelleney Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lady, and family, take their departure to-morrow morning, should the wind' permit, in the Hazer, for Barbadoes. An Address was presented to his Excellency on his depar ture, by the Inhabitants and Magistrates of Halifax. To which his Excellency returned the following an swer :—" Gentlemen• —lt could not but gratify me to receive from you, and the other inhabitants of the town of Halifax, the assurance that you have so kindly and fatourably appreciated my conduct. The cordial and af fectionate manner in which you have expressed to me your good wishes demand my warmest acknowledgments; and you must permit me to add the thanks of Lady Sarah Maitland to my own, for the mention you have made of her. I request you to be assured that we take leave of you impressed with a most grateful sense of the kind and friendly attention we have experienced in our intercoms with the inhabitants of the town of Halifax." THE KING. Wiwnson, Nov. 13.—His MAJNIITT continues in the enjoyment of good health, and every afternoon, when the weather permits, takes his drives in the pony phaeton. Yesterday, after taking an airing in the Great Park, his MAJISTY nrove to the Castle, accompanied by the Lord Steward, and followed in a second phaeton by Sir E. NAGLE and Colonel THORNTON. He made but a short stay at the Castle, and did not alight from the phae ton ; but after driving round the quadrangle, and visiting the pleasure grounds, returned to the Royal Lodge. It is now finally settled that Windsor Castle will be the residence of the Kix° during the winter, and that he will take up his abode there on Thursday or Friday next. On the following Monday a splendid entertainment will be given to numerous distinguished individuals. It k now some months since the KING has given any enter- tainment of magnitude, in consequence of the space at the Royal Lodge being too confined for the conve nience and comfort of visitors; at the Castle every accommodation is afforded. We understand that numerous splendid entertainments will be given by the KING throughout the winter. The new Music-room has been covered with thick drugget, which adds to the softness of the sound and the general effect of the band. His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND is expected to morrow on a visit to his MAJESTY at the Royal Lodge. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. Lord Stowell, in Grafton-street, Bond -street, from Berkshire; Viscount Althorp. at his seat, Wiseton Hall, in Yorkshire, from Northamptonshire ; the Earl and Countess of Cavan, from 1. Delafield. &l.'s. in Bryanston-square, for Ragichurst, in H an t s ; the Earl of Stair, from Paris, for the South of France ; MalOr and Mrs. Gwynne, fmnt Paris. for Nice ; Lieut.-Col. and Mr.. Hale. from Paris, for Mc* ; Major and Mrs. Scott, from the Hague. Inc Florence ; Lord Wriothesley Amen, from Brighton, to the Duke of Bedford's mansion in Beigrave-square ; Col. and Mrs. Maynard, from Tunbridge Wells, for Bath. Lord MARYBOROUGH, we are happy to state, is fast covering from his late severe accident. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND entertained the Russian Ambassador and Princess LI EV Ell, Count and Countess MUNSTER, and a select party to dinner, yesterday evening, at their residence at Kew. Prince GEORGE of CUMBERLAND honoured the Fancy Ball given by Mr. WIcKHAM, at his residence at Kew, on Thursday evening, with his presence. The Cabinet Council which was held yesterday after noon, at the Foreign Office, was attended by the Lord CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WELLirwrow, Earls BATHURST, BM/MTN, and ABERDEEN, Viscount MEL VILLE, Lord ELLEN sonounu, Mr. Secretary PEEL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, Mr. HERRIESAIId Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD. ......The Ministers assembled at three o'clock, and remain ed in deliberation till half-past five o'clock, when the Council broke up. Several of the Ministers came to town for the purpose of attending the Cabinet---the Duke of WELLINGTON arrived about one o'clock, from his seat at Strathfieldsay, Hants--Viscount MELvILLE arrived at the Admiralty previous to the Meeting of the Council, from Brighton— Mr. VEstir FITZGERALD arrived about the same time, from the residence of the Duke of WELLINGTON, at Strathfieldsay—Sir GEORGE MURRAY arrived in the course of the morning from Tonbridge Wells. Mr. Secretary PEEL had a long interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON, after the arrival of his Grace in town.—Earl BATHURST and Lord ELLENBOROUGH also visited the Duke at the Treasury, Despatches were sent off yesterday evening, by a mes senger from the Foreign and Colonial Offices, for Mr. Dswiiiws, our resident in Greece ; for Sir Fazpaatcx ADAM, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands; and the Hon. General PONSONBY, the Lieut.- Governor of Malta. Despatches from the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland were brought to Mr. Secretary PEEL, by a messenger from Dublin, on Thursday night. ' It appears from the Liberal Journals of Wednesday, that the article in the Gazette de France of Tuesday, to which we alluded yesterday, is considered in Paris as a threatening Ministerial manifesto. It could, indeed, be regarded in no other light than as a direct menace of dissolution, addressed to the Chamber of Deputies should it prove obstinate or refractory in opposing the present measures of the Court. The great body of electors being looked upon as unshaken in their liberal principles, the appeal about to be made to their opinion, in order to be successful for the Ministry, must not, it is con cluded, be intended to be a fair one; and accordingly the nation is warned against the manoeuvres which the authorities may employ to restrict or to falsify their suffrages. So far from expressing any apprehensions that a ge neral election would diminish their power, or place the national liberties in a worse situation by reducing the number of their champions in the legislature, the consti tutional journals declare that they are desirous of nothing so much as of a fresh decision from the electoral urn. The Gazette still persists in its former declarations. We have given in another column extracts both from the French and German papers, neither of which seem to require any particular comment. Times. The returns of the duties chargeable on the growth of hops for the current year have just been made up, from which it Appears that the estimate for some time past has been accurately drawn. The amount of the duty is 39,8661105. sid, being a smaller sum than in any year since 1802, when the duty collected was 33,6161.75. 11 d. In 1825 the crop of hops was exceedingly bad, but the duty then reached £42,290 10s. 4iti. The largest amount paid for hap duties since 1802, when the new duty was laid on, was in the year 1826, when the returns were made up for £468,401 16e. 2d. The following are the largest amounts received for hop duties since the new duty was imposed. In 1803 the duty paid was 433,0541. 11 s. in 1804, 386,1241. 19s. sd. in 1808, 437,6971.75. 3d. in 1822, 354,303/. 17s. 1 lid. in 1818, 346,8961. 16s. 6d. in 1819, 411,5291.75. 10d. in last year, 299,1781.65. 11d. in 1806, 266,265/. 14s. 6d. in 1811, 273,1921.195. in 1814, 243,9861. 12s. 4d. in 1821, 268,8861.25. lid. in 1824, 258,8381. se. 31d. in 1827, 244,953/. 11s. Bd. in 1815, 215,441/. Bs. 4d. in 1813, 228,6651. 3s. 2d. The years in which a failure of the crops took place are this year and 1825 ; in 1823, when only 45,3171. 10s. lid. was paid ; in 1812, when 53,1511. 4s. 10d. was paid ; in 1805, 'when 57,1581. 17s. 7d. was paid ; and in 1816, when the duty charged was 80,5261. 11 s. 10d. Previously to the new duty being imposed, the highest amount received as duty on hops, from 1736 to 1801, was 241,2271. in the year last-mentioned; and the lowest sum paid within the same period was in 1782, when only 14,8951. was received. The total amount of duty now paid on hops is 18s. Bd. per cwt..vis.--the original duty was Id. per pound, to which is added three - fifths pa cent. and the new duty of 1 8-20ths per pound le id on in 1802, from which is taken off Id. per lb. according to the regulation of July 10,1805,