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\ • . THE .BRITISH PRESS. .• . . . • - - - . 7 . - DUTCH PAPERS. THE REVENUE. -.......-_ __ ism __ We HCHWItitiN, M A RC H 23 No. 1. hear that an English Company is aspaating , with au Go. ABSTRACT o f t h e NE T PRODUCE of the REVENUE of GREAT BRITAIN, in the Yeats ended 11th April, 1824, and eminent to make roads in this country on Adam's plan to an extent of 60 miles (270 English miles). M. Elliot, the agen t of nth April, 1625, disting u ishi ng t h e Q uarters . the Company, has resided here some day en this account, and is • expected bete wain at the end of next month, to learn the decision of the Government upon his proposals. Quarters ended Quarters ended Year ended HANOVER. MARCH 30. Vesr ended -• -.0-.... ...„ A toll 5, /---77-••----------..\ April 6, The General Assembly of the States resented on the 21st an sth July, 110th Oct. 1 nth Jan. 15th APri4 1 1t:,24. ath July, 10tb Oct. bah Jan. nth April, 1024. Address to the Ouvernor.tieneral, expressive of their gratitude fur I C 23. I 1823. 1824. IM4. I 1824. 1024. 1526. 1826. the effectual and geuereus exertions which his Royal Highness bar made to relieve the distress caused by t h e floods last week. His Z. iL. I .C. J:. f.. L. C. C. C. C. -- - Ro Highness has replied in ;he roost redoe s ma n n er , expr e ss. Customs - • 2.095,420 3 348,257 ' 2.853,30 2.137,556 10,434.578 1:997,076 3,240,272 2,014,031 2477,211 10,329,398 ins his pleasure at the testimonies of affection and attachinest con- Excise - - • 5,618.938 6.834,118 6,847.132 6.396,365 23,696.633 5,983,338 7,11Ln? 6,840,663 3,076,448 .292,366 taunt in the Addecer. Stamps - - - 1,010,011 1,811,943 1,666,810 1,663,796 5,434,51k2 1,691,888 1,719,680 ' 1,636,032 1,714,819 6,11t2,119 Texts, Fee. 1. Taxes underthe The coral As on this mast, which was hitherto carried on by manaremen to f • Italian and C orsi i Ashen:Hs, who paid as highs duty as this the Commis_ I broach of trade can bear is cow farmed for double the amo unt t h at Sinners of It bas hitherto produced to the Bey, to a company in London, Taxes, includ which had sent its agent hither for the mwpose. The annual duty, ing Arrears of . • . or rent, is axed foe ten yews at 10,00 Spanish pia stres , an d 100 Property Tax 2,081,416 . 749,814 1.946,081 633,382 5.860,495 1,918,672 481.968 1,968,448 477.396 4.888,084 pounds of chosen coral. which may be estimate - 1 at 8,000 piastres Post Ofgee - - 1131,000 363,000 361,000 336,000 1,413,800 347,000 375,000 363,000 387,004 1,475,000 more. It is conjectures that the Company will employ steam- ix- 8d• S4l. in boats, diving-bells, Sc. in this. dshery, and that in the course of th. Pound on ten years the bottom of theses will be so completely cleared of arid, Pensions - - 12,471 16,073 13,646 14 , 1, 30 36,640 21,014 11,271 14,639 17,371 64,300 that there will be none left for the Company's seamen. Hack. Coaches and Haw kers EXCHANGES. and Pedlars . 1,700 16 , 600 2 7. 34 0 3,700 52,380 8,800 18,900 28,734 3,704 17,134 AMSTERDAM, APRIL 1.-Lundoo, 31/ 7; two mouths. 39 5. and Lands . . . 486 - . 480 .466 HASIBORON, A Nat 1.-No Coons of Exchange published on Small Branches account of the Hiliday. of the King's PRTZESZUZIIII, Illeacn lit-London, 103-10; Paris, 104. Hereditaryße venue -- - 2,274 700 1,396 . . 4,289 2,277 500 2,411 W 3,210 Dales Papers, April 6. Surplus Pea, so regulated Pub. _ TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. lie Offices - 133 13,719 111.649 5,121 37,6= • 161 17,000 ' 17,406 8,383. 43,129 --NNW-- Total On!. Rev. 12,312,382 12,233,312 12,625,341 19,162,830 48,061,063 11,946920 13018004 1 Sta-At a meeting held on Monday, the nth instant, and Repayment by rot up with considerable difficulty, and which, of tho se who Austria . - . - - - 766,667 1,733,333 i ll , , , 3,0473 10,461,539' 43,936,426 2,500,000 Ni . attended, the majority felt no real interest either way, it Imprest and I • was resolved, among other resolres-" WILLIAM FARLOW, other 6100 ies - 70,188 1011,038 33,047 40,324 ! 261,607 42,360 30,936 -62,1 AC 51,020 188,726 ,4 .-•••••------ I t EN: . churchwarden and law-stationer "in the CHAIR," Total Revenue 12,360,660 13,061.550113,425,033 11,936,307 1:50,812,672 11,929,480 13,049,050 13,571,055 10,512.66'7 .49.122,152 -that if the proposed Quay "abost to be built or erected on the north bank of the River Thames, from Craven-street, Applied asCon. • Strand, to Blackfriar's Bridge," be carried into effect, ‘• This meeting feel convinced their occupations and chequer Bills trades, generally, will suffer-incalculable deterioration, by chary,' on the - drawing the more respeetaffe and wealthy part of the po pulation of London from the usual and ancient route Applied as pert through the city, along the banks of the Thames, will of the Rays diniinish trade, increase the parochial burthens, ant! ma- an d moan* of terially injure the principal part of the inhabitants of t h e+ ___ i ii i • -.- T so o l i p d t a y te o ci ff r i u ; n s d . 11,521,821 11,330,840 13,131,970 11,735,070 17,739,701 11,017,485 11,201,602 13,571,113 10,404,673 40,1N,863 • Ann. Duties -863,75 C 1,710,710 290,035 192 437 3 036 988 970038 L 043,395 the Fear . - 3,983 - - 1 : t , 1 3,000 9,000 1 16,983 1,037 3.963 . - 12 1" 3,000 894 ' 2'91 8 81 ,8/ 9 ' - - - 112.389 360 13.061.650 13 423,055 (11.936.507'1'50.812.672 11.989 480 13.049.030 13.571.033 10.612.567 49.122.152 Now, Sir, I perfectly agree with th-se wise men of the i Sta—At a meeting held on Monday, the 3th instant, and Rot up with considerable difficulty, and which, of those who attended, the majority felt no real interest either way, it was resolved, among other resnlres--" WILLIAM FA It LOW, Eq." churchwarden and law-stationer " in the CHAIR," —that if the proposed Quay "above to be built or erected on the north bank of the River Thames, from Craven-street, Strand, to Blackfriar's Bridge," be carried into effect, " This meeting feel convinced their occupations and trades, generally, will suffet-incalculahle deterioration, by drawing the more respectable and wealthy part of the po pulation of London from the usual and ancient route through the city, along the banks of the Thames, will diniinish trade, increase the parochial burthens, and ma terially injure the principal part of the inhabitants of the ' Now,_ Sir, I perfectly agree with time wise men of the west, that "drawing Me more respectable and wealth,, pert of the population of London along the banks of the Thamrs, is en operation which they will be all of them very unwilling to undergo, and it certainly is important, if we really are to he serred, that we should begin to look about us. But I euspect them must be some little ambi guity here. I was a little startled when I first read the re solution, but after due consideration, I feel quite satisfied that it cannot be it part of the design of the projectors of draw any of as along in the way threatened, and my fears on this score having subsided, I am in a condition to con eider coolly and at leisure, what is the nature of the evil to which, in this respect, the proposed THAMES QUAY is re- presented as likely to give rise. It is meant, I take it, to affirm that the consegnence of this magnificent improvement being completed will be, that those who otherwise pass through the Strand will be at tracted by the T HAS, as Quer, and will take its promenade in preference. This, reducing it into plain language, is the sum and substance of the objection. Now those who come to a conclusion on any subject, without any fatigue of thinking, may very easily subscribe to this Resolution ; but it Is amazing, Sir, of what advantage a little reflection is to a man's intellectuals. If I, for one, were desirous to persuade any one that the proposed structure could answer no good purpose either of utility or ornament, I should begin by attempting to show that it had nothing in it that could recommend it to any roan of taste; that, so far from being an embellishment to the capital, it would be quite the reverse ; that no one who had already the com fortable stretelt of the Strand to walk through would ever tern est of his way to bend his course along the new Quay; and that consequently it was a waste of expense, with out eny aeleguate advantage . But to take up the converse of this moele - of resirming—to contend that by the beauty of its structure and its _great accommodation, great numbers would -be led to avail themselves of it--that it would operate as a eon of lure, " both from its permanent attrac tions and its occasicnal convenience," and would therefore be retorted to as a promenade by thousands. who, but for rich a rival parade, would never have been tempted to breathe the atmosphere of Craven-street or the Adelphi ; truly any one must have an inexhaustible fund of imbe cility that could urge all this as an argument against it. I hope, Sir, it will not be understood that I bare any pique at any of my fellow-parishioners; quite the contrary; emicus PLATO, omices SOCRATES, but magis arnica Verital ; which being interpreted, means, I am the friend of Sir FRANCIS OSINI•NNEY and of Mr. TWINIKO ; but I love Truth better than tea, and reverence her ag ency be %end even that of the .14%tay ; therefore it is that I do not like to see her sacrificed either to self-interest or to want of patriotism. If the few parishioners of St. Dunstan's in the West who attititt.d the above Meting had chanced to have been shopkeerrs in Piccadilly, and Sr. JAMES'S PARK had Lcen proposed by his Majesty to be now thrown open to time public for the first time, they would no doubt have instantly called a Aleeeng to petition against this most r-rcious . free admi. , si. n • and, amongst other fruitful griev- ' :sees, it would have b een aesoeven, that "this Meeting fee: emsenced the it occupations and trades generally will suffer incalculable deterioration, by drawing the more respectable and wealthy Fart of the population of the west 47,1 from the ere a/ and ancient mute through PICCADILLY along the 31all of the Park, will diminish trade, increase the parochial laurthens, and tnaterially injure the principal pert of the inhabitants of the parish. I am, Sir, yours, &c. A PARISHIONER. 113.571.0.13 10.612.58'7 I 4 mas: No. . Abstract of the Net Produce of the Reren ue o f G reat B r i ta i n, i n the ' een and Quarters ended on the Bth of AprO, 1824, and the bth of April, 1625, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. (w.ee the British Press of Yesterday.) ..rand, April 7. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Min Foote reappeared at this Theatre last night, after a temporary absence. as Oriana, in the comedy of the fur out :tit. The public sympathy, which was so strongly excited fer this accomplished actress, appears rather to have been augmented than diminished by recent events. Her performanoe last evening was animated and judicious, end was rewarded with frequent testimonials of appro b ttion by a crowded and fashionable audience. Some pas ts:7es that were considered appliea'..le to her peculiar situ :aim brought down bursts of applause. The other per formers sur ported the high reputation they had acquired on former oceasio.ts. Charles Ketuble, as the gallant, gay Foam Miralcl, was even more than ordinarily agreeable t•nd efFeciive. Mr. Chatterley, as Bizarre, was spirited and energetic; and Jones, as the bashful Duretete, in his corn fined delineation of libertinism and mauraise Monte, was peculiarly happy. The Comedy of the inconstant, how ever objectionable it may be in language and allusion, is cite that possesses high merits, and to which the corps dra -I.,:tiltte at Covent-Garden is peculiarly well qualified to d'. justice. • Mt ;s Foot E.—Extract of a letter from Liverpo..4, dated 19ellnestlay evening :— " Miss Foment-.iced here with her welter on Sondnv l . ut . On • I • !..ty ste ea at the eighth and last Subscription Concert v• t.' , vestal, ; iirdity evening at an extra Concert. On • !ay event • , rt: was crowded with our lashionables, male • ! s • wits was greeted on her entering the orchestra .tartn and general applause. Hcr singing, at least on that was not what fold here been wished in a Concert Room. was clorrd *lave is a mischievous ar.d • Where ." going, my pretty Mairl.' She also mug the first part of Yetcator,' with English words, to which Signora Marmon' 1•:1‘: second. Yesterday evening the company was not so Mks Focve was again cordially received, and sang • , te ap,tit and In a better taste. Iler selection was • Home, • lime.' the • Maiden's Dream,' st.d 6 Tell roe where is ith Mr. Phillips. Report sue t that Mr. !Igoe • I ."'crinid ; if he was. he did :iot make his appca .inn 50 as wn or noticed. After the Concert of yesterdly evening, Liverpool for London. It is to be feared that ,• tholiberal Manager of our Subscription Concerts, has • :Ra e speculation, for the united trit. tnts of the two otss Mr. Phillips, and Alr..3lori, with the novelty and at ot MUsa F00t , ., did not eutcted in filling the ram on :tie No. An Ac aunt of the Produce of the Excise Dudes of Great Britain. in the Tears and Quarters ended 6th Apr 11,18244 and sth April,lB23, showing the Increase or Decrease on each head thereof. Anctlons - . Bricks and Tiles . Cardin - - Cefee and Cocoa Cider, Perry, and Verjuice Glass . . Hides and Skins Bops Licences Malt Paper Pepper - Printed Goode Salt . Soap Spirits, British Foreign Starch Stone Bottles Sweets - Tea Tobacco and Stu, Vinegar Wire Wire . herniae. Qr*. ended 6th April. Inane. 71.536 178,487 `fare ended kb ApriLl NU. 1823. • r. 2.15.7118 2.999.41* 399.749 3116.176 419.798 41 9271 48a:7Ri 321,C76 _444.424 2,986.211 5A6.81/1 148.858 44.1391 268145 1.104,t101 4.644,563 2,277,317 84,2119 11.462 3,402.317 2,616.32/1 46.130 1,033 950 7.74 c 23,1198.5531 lust llecre•, oern the 309,897 3,113,172 472.791 409.029 387.941 X 76.16 186.114 854.616 3,476.883 683,694 151.472 1184.981 128,709 1,138, 3,012, 2,687.660 3,998:1114 , 2,5111931 41.054 924.749 8,1111 25,291, 73.915 , 1 113.876 73.04 Z 3,661 0,481 14:41 487.871 48.1131 2.811 210,84! 1824. 441)57 772.674 52,950 133.677 imms 9,480 128.827 83,176 74,522 97.790 130.034 41.377 11.5.931 70.777 2f91.410 9113015 594,932 15,411 1,3iil 8.58.468 682.1A8 247.141 1,760 5,M,5t51 1825. 84.01! 873.9.11 151.07 61.194 8,157 149, 98.067 114.3, 309 187.90 1 137,21 33.3112 132, 277.441 955,1117 6E2.731 15,979 1.611 fr 74.361 610.6.51 1,9541 5,575,4481 (Deduct Decrease - ITTICTeItSe on the arters "rled 5:11 April, 1824 and 1825. "esterday.) 29,0:1 101.277 5.067 16,1 20.770 12.011 111.320 40,1141 116,41; ILO: 38,9: No. Income ald aur g e on the Consolidated Fund, (See the British SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL E. &UPI Stranack, from Ostend ; Alida Clasina, Tiktak, from Antwerp ; Wubbina, Klein, from Rotterdam; 31arilower, Rigden. from Dunkirk; Hannah Carolita Wilhelmins, Pedersen, firm Hatiersleven ; Iris, Butcher, from Larzsrotte ' • Femmcgina, Darner ' from Amsterdam ; Bell. uncle, Hall, fro froth gst Stande Creek ; Busy, Penfold, from St. Michael's. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The Elizabeth. Sky, for Drontheim Carl, Hammer, for Elsinettr and Dantzic; Iris, Zimmerman, for Koningsburg, and Elbing; Orient, White, for Madeira, Madras, and Calcutta; London, Rurnbeit. for Hamburgh; Fa. Burmester, for Archangel; Orpheus, Findlay, for the Isle of France, Ceylon, and Madras; Mary, Mann, for Quebec and Montreal; Sisters, Havoc for Demerara; Eliza,Wildy, for Pillau, Koningsburg„ and Elbing ; Jane, Williams, for Limerick ; Ain, Spence, for Hamburgh. CutattED OUTWARDS FINALLY AT GRAVESEND.—The Quebec Packet. Atkinson, for Quebec; Sir William Congreve, Davidson, for Porto Rico ; Percy, Morris, for Quebec and Mon. treal ; An:onie, Brandt, far Stettin ; Jane, Hauxwell, for Malta and Corfu; Vricndschap, Bakker, for Rotterda:n ; Jane, Bullock, fur Oporto ; Africa, Skelton. for Madeira, the Isle of France, and Calcutta; Earl Welli”gton, Potts, for Lima and Teneritic ; Prince Save Coburg. Ladd, for Rotterdam. CLRARINO OUTWAR ns.—The New Drop, IVokes, for Quebec and Montreal; Emperor Alexander, Armstrong, for St. John's, New Ilrurswick ; Ilimpton„ Hamlyn, for Grenada; Claremont, Rowe. for Naples ; Carron, Strachan, for Prince Edward's Island and Richehucto ; 31irialll and Jane. Henley, for Quebec and Mon. treal ; Mountaineer, Herbert, for Van Diemen's Lattd, New South Wales, Tenerife. anti the Cape of Good Hope; Robert Edwards, Sherburne, for Pl•ilartelphia; 3lelantho, Ba nton , for Ja male& and Carthagena; Caliticort Castle, Hick, for Quebec ; Lad Nelson, Thompson, for Dantzic ; Calypso, Ilutchinson. for Tenerife; Cora, Bouitint, for &raiz; Arive, Ritzerna, for Quebec. FROM I.lk/FIFS LIST. FAL NOV Tit, A pall. 3.—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet from Lisbon, sailed 19th March—passed on the 2d inst. oft' Scilly, six British ships of war (Experimental aquadrnn), steering southward : also the Sandwich packet from Lisbon, sailed 27th 31arch—left in the Tagus his Maj..sty's ships Wellesley, Ocean, Superb, Active, Tribune, Thetis, Bramble cotter, and Magnet packet. Arrived the 3larchioness of Queensberry packet front the 31editerrancm, sailed from Corfu fl&ii February, Malta Bth harsh, Gibraltar 2lst. and Cadiz 23(1. Arrived the Hibernia steam packet from Liver. pool. bound to the Brazils. Put back the Cyrus, Ditu son, kr bcmlun. _ . Iff PLYmotnit, Aran.: --The boats of the Harpy, revenue cruiser, captured last night near Penlee Point, the spritsail boat Friend's Endeavour, of Cawsand. Her cargo, consisting of 13 linkers of spirits, was thrown overboard, but afterwards picked up by the Harpy's boats. Powys mot: v tt, Arms e.—ailed the Prince of Orange, Jo meson, and Hannah, Pliallipc„ for Miran.ielti; and Hannah,Dison, fur Quebec. The Acesta, from London fur New York, passed by for Cowes, to lake on boar,' passengers. DEAL, Arum 6.—Arrivi.4 the New Harriet, Sande. from Mes.ina —Passed tlircugh from the River, the Alx:ona., David son: Arethusa, Jameson r Postlewaite, --, and Mary, Grundin. it AMSOATE, A rils 11.—The Lord Nelson, Chaney, from Dartmouth for Lori,:on, got on the Goodwin Sand this Inorniiig, but tioatel all the following tide, without damage, and pro . ceeled. _ _ Alanoart, Aran. 6.—An anchor, 13 cwt., branded on the stock, Itambkr. of I lull, Lila arils, 13," with about 32 fathoms chain, has been tarn ilp in our roads, about • mile and a half within the East Limy of Margate Sand, and landed here yesterday. tt ay rsex u, d.—Arrived Bebe, Foreman, from 'Er ; from St. 3lichaers; New Harriet. Smith:, from slis.ina ; Hudson, Champlin, from New York ; l'omoni. Smith, from Charleston ; 31 , xican, Adkins, from Ha vanna?). Sail rd 31argaret, Johnson, for Quebec; Jean, Noes, for Qui bic ; ‘'ertunitnis. Quebec; Abolva. Douglas, for Minerva, Pridtyn, for India; Emporium, Croft, for 3lotima I ; Spring. Hackman, for Batavia; Jessie, Al-Kenzie, for St. John's, New Brunswii ; Michael, Chadwick, for Illamburgh. The Anna Sophie. Haven, from London to Rouen, pot into Ilonfleur on the 2d instant, having touched on a bark at the mouth of the Seine, end ' , timid be obliged to discharge to repair. the Courier, Climans, front Antwerp to Rio Janeiro and Muenos Ayro'. ij IJs' on the Isle of St. A:ltonio, Cape d; V:rds. Crew •,‘. . * IF . 61.857 0 1 2,94 .... 82,304 A 4 CY '4, 331 1 8891 1Z,201 M 6,0 1 ,7; 2,111,910 M 6.09771 1.L9.1. 1 11 IV. in the I; ' , en of 5u3,3781 324,2951 1741.0631 L/VERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVEN INC. Wind, S.S.E.,light airs.—high water, 8 minutes past 1. Arrived, the Edward, from Virginia; Lydia, from Savannah; Rambler, Shicla, from Wexford ; James Srott, Dully, from Dub lin ; Edward, from Bristol ; Mersey, Williams, from Dublin; Thomvons, from Chilrieston ; Triton foil'), from ditto ; Activite, T. Guichon, from Havre; Lam, Dorman, from B• east ; Fa vourite, Parkinson, for ditto ; Dale, from Limerick ; Clyde. Hall, front Glasgow ; Fame, from Drogheda ; Friends, from Water ford ; Active, dl•Culloch. from Dundalk ; Sally, Moore, from Strangford; Newry, O'Neill,l.from Dublin; Jantina, Grammangh. from Dordt ; Paris, 3loore, from Waterford; Diligence, from Newry. The Fubseription for a piece of plate for the Rt. Hon. W. Has kisson, amounts this evening to I.=/4 Our ('n.ton Market has been extremely dull and languid the three first days of this week, and of course loner ; but this day it was more animated, and prices recovered a little ; and about 10,000 bags changed hands, which, with 6,000 the other three days, makes 15.000 up to this evening. Plantation produce dull, and nothing doing ; waiting to know when the new duties will commence operation. The Excise transferred all the Import Busineu over to the Cus toms yesterday. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. ARRIVAL AT MATISTRA.—The Coromandel, Bores, from Lon don, on the &h Match, and was to sail for 31adras and Bengal the 13th Atarch. Strip SPOKEN WITH.—The Guardian, Sutherland, from Lon don to Batavia, was spoken with on the oth March, in lat. 41 N. long. 13 W. ARRIVALS AT TIM CAPE DE WIDEL—The Harvey. Peache, from London, the 22d January; the Prince Regcnt. Row, the 24th January; and the Echo, Dunlop, the 27th January, front London. SAILING' THOM TnE CAPE GE VENDS —The Prudent, Gul liver, for the South Sea*, the Bth January; the Harvey, Peache, for New South IValowebe Prince Regent, Row, for ditto; and the Echo, Dunlop, for the Cape of Good Hop., the 28th January ; the Lady Campbell, Irvine, for .Madras and Il oal , the 7th Itb. HORRIBLE MURDER. OPORTO, MARCH 17. ' This city has been the theatre of an extraordinary and horrible crime, the authors of which are not yet discovered, On Saturday, the 12th, at eight in the sr:ening, a barrel was observed in a remote street, without any person near it, term which a twilit smell proceeded. The Police, being informed of this, imme diately came to the spot, and opened the barrel, in which they found the body of • man in a complete state of decomposition, in his clothes, and covered with salt. It was wholly impossible to recognise the features, and even the clothes were so affected by the salt and the dissolution of the body, that their origienl colour could not be octet:air:ed. There was a *handkerchief in the coat I.'9cl:et, and in a purse two hundred pieces of silver coin, with the initials S. and F. The body was publicly shown, on the morning el Sun day, the 13th. The horror and indignation which animated the immense crowd that Mocked to see this shockiro' sight, may be con ceived, hut cannot be described. After the necessary depositions haul been taken, and the body examined by the surgeons, it was buried in the church-yard of St. lidefonso. It was discovered the stone morning that the barrel in question had been brought from a magazine at Co great distance from the spot where it was found, as appeared by the declaration of one or the porters, who was hired to curry it, and the deposition of rinoiner, who accompanied it. It appears front the declaration of the sur geons that the skull was fractured, the head severed from the body by a sharp instrument, and both the thighs broken in the middle. Senor Jose Antonio de Aranjo e Silva, merchant, in the street dos Layadouros, in the city of Oporto; Antonio de Souris maraca, his clerk ; and Antonio la whams, his porter ; all of whom absconded on the 13th, as soon as the examinations were cam menced, and, notwithstanding every inquiry, have not b een h ear d of, are summoned to appear, in older to be legal/y interrogated ; 'ami all persons are warned again,t harbouring or &misting them in leaving the kingdom, either by sea or land : they are, on the contrary, to prevent their escape. and to gist information to the Justice if they knole where they a:e concealed ; en the pain of their yernnal ee.2nrsibili!y. !•;,. ; "%el. • COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Vesenday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, when the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR informed the Court, Chit, pursuant to requisition, it had been made special, for the purpose of considerin g the p ro p r i et y o f pet i t i on i ng Parka meat for a revision and alteration of the laws relative to the impor talon or foreign grain. . • DISTRESS IN HANOVER. The minutes of the last Court having been read, Alderman Bacon x presented a petition from the Secretary of the Committee foe relieving Distress in Hanover, which, on the motion of the worthy Alderman, was read. It detailed the late awful visitation of Providence, and prayed melt aid from the Ilononurable Court as it should feel disposed to t. gr Alderman BROWN moved the reference of the petition to the Committee of General Purposes. After a few observations from Messrs. Taylor, Dixon, and Old ham, the motion was agreed to. EQUITA !ILE LOAN COMPANY. Several petitions on private business having been received and disposed ot, a Report was presented from the Committee of Gene nerd Purposes, on the proceedings of a Committee of the House of Commons relative to the' Bill proposed to be introduced into the Honourable House by the Equitable Loan Company. The Report in question complained of the conduct of the House of Commons Committee, in refusing to allow Alderman Width man, an agent to the City Corporation, to enter into the general merits of the Bill, and protested against the partiality of such Committee, u eleven of the twenty Members being p e c un i ar ily in terested in favour of the Rill. • On the motion that the Report be printed. Mr. S. Dixow commended the conduct of Alderman Welch. man in reusing to waive his right, as their agent, to enter Into an opposition to the Bill on it; general MetitS.. .51r. Etym.e congratulated the Court on the acquisition of so promising a recruit to its corps of Parliamentary Reformera. Mr. S. DIXON would set for the future as he had ever done— conscientiously. After some farther observations by different members, Alr. Alderman WAITII3IAN, considering the circumstances in which he stood with reference to the subject before the Court, would say . ..met:Ping respecting the' em'*se he' had taken. On the occasion in question he certainly would :,ot have put himself for. ward if better talent at the time could here been had. There was not tote to obtain the aid of Counsel, and in the absence of that advantage, he thought it as well to state a few plain facts, and thus perhaps some pecuniary expense was saved. He wished partiht. July to call the attention of the Court to the fact, that on the Com. mittee of the House of Commons there were to less than eleven in. wrested persons, Directors of the Company. The Committee no doubt was an open Committee, and oche: Members of the House might have attended, but it happened that they did not. He kept a narrow look-out, and-could my front his own observation, that such was the fact. It was, he thought, rather extraordinary, that when he came before that Committee an objection should be taken to his being heard, as also an objection to thtiir pe tition. Counsel was heard in support of the objection, but toes was heard - in favour of their tight, and the Committee took upon itself to make its decision, bearing only one side. lie earnestly requested their attention, (much noise prevailed at the rime,) for the subject was really of mioth importance. It was, he repeated, very extraordinary that the Committee should have heard Counsel, and witnesses for two days on one aide, and yet refuse an opportunity to the other side of baying one wor d In mak. ing one statement to rebut that of the opposite ratty. However, in the end, they did agree to hear that, as a matter of favour, which they ought at once to have conwded as a matter of right, for it was contrary to the acknowledged principles of justice to make a deci sion w ithout hearing both sides. In that place, he meant in the business of the Corporation of London, they could conceive nothing more partial and unjust than such a course of proceeding. In his attempts to be heard before that Committee he was interrupted not less than thirty times, yet, under all the circumstances, be deemed it better not to accept that as a matter of favour which they were justly entitled to claim as a matter of right, and though, even af terwards offend as a right, still he would not have it piecemeal. It could be of no value unless yielded uninterruptedly, and ii as to produce its natural effect. It was, he could not help saying, very extraordinary, that in the House of Commons they should have had but twelve to support the petition of the Corporation of the city of London. The individuals who assumed the management in this Company were connected with no less than 20 different Companies. The treatment the Bill received in the Home of Commons we', that it passed through all its stages without observe. pion, and as to the way in which it had gone thro ug h t h e Committee,i the particulars of that was already before them. But be trusted that Its course would be arrested in another place; he looked to the Upper House for a rejection of this Bill; and would observe that their opinion on this subject was likely to prove to the country the value and importance of the hereditary branch of the Legislature. lie trusted to the honour of the Lords for saving in this emergency the public interest. He was not to be understood as an eases to Joint Stock Companies; on the contrary, ' he thought them highl y y advantageous when applied to objects too great for the efforts of individual capital and industry ; bet when they are used only for the purpose of overpowering private exertion, no one could doubt of the sordid and interested views of those who make themselves active ; more especially, when It was recollected that twenty or thirty names are to be found concocted with not Wm than fifty different companies. Ile would recommend gentlemen to attend some of the Committees of the House of Commons, and they would see there, es be did, much that would make ill= better satisfied with their 01b11 Committees in the Corporation. After Mr. W•ITIMAN had concluded the preceding observa tions, a short conversation ensued between him and one or two other Members, relative to printing the minutes which had b een ma d e respecting this subject, and t he printing was ordered accordingly. CORN LAWS. Mr. PaotLL thought no apolrgy was necessary for bringing under the consideration of the Court a subject so important as the state of the existing laws and regulations with respect to the impor tation and ()Timor grain in this country. If. on the contrary, he were to continue a silent witness of the operation of the present per nicious and unnecessary Corn Laws, be did not think he should be acting In the discharge of his duty, satisfied as he was that those regulations were of an imutie,us tendency, and that the present ears the time moat favourable for their alteration and revision. Ten years ago the Worthy Alderman near the Chair had taken an active part in the opposition which the Bill, to regulate the price of corn, then introduced into the House of Commons, had received . and he (Alderman Waithman) brought the matter before the Council, it the shape of a petition to Parliament, against the proposed mea sures. The result of their exertions on that occasion was known, but ought not to influence their conduct at the present time, when so much greater opportunities existed for carrying titeir old prin. ciple into effect than formerly. True it was, that some interested parties might be still found who were disposed to cling to the old system, but their opposition should not be regarded. Looking at the relative situations of the agriculturist of England, the mer chant of England, the manufacturer of England, and the artisan of England—he thought them all equally entitled to encourage. ! ment and support ; and it was on the ground of forwardi ng t h e v i ta l interests of the latter, without (as he thought) inflicting injury upon the first class, that he wished for a revision o f the Corn Laws We were certainly bound to take no rep . that would de. price the landed interests of a fair remunerating price for their pro.. duce ; but it was no less right to enable our manufacturers to compete with foreigners on something like equal terms, which could only be done by the repeal of the existing Corn Laws. It was the wise disposition of Providence that, while a great diversity existed In the climate and circumstances of different countries, what one na tion stood in need of could be supplied by the superfluities of another. Notwithstanding this apparently self-evident principle, , it had been difficult, or. more properly speaking, impossible, to convince our ancestors of its truth. By the .ith and 6th of Edward the Sixth, persons purchasing corn or grain, for the purpose of selling it again, were rendered liable to three months ' imprison. merit and r. tine to the amount of the merchandire so purchases!, for the first offenee; and for the second they were sentenced to sic months' imprisonment, and to pay double the amount; and tor' the third breach of the statute they were to be placed in the pillory, imprisoned during the King's pleasure, and all their property was ' forfeited to the Crown. Such were the provisions seggested by the wisdom of uur ancestors against forestalling corn. Ploy years ago, the opinion of * very enlightened economist, Adam Smith, was ; that the rota trade was restricted and encumbered by many absurd regulations. The author whose authority he had cited thought that if all countries were to consent to the removal of commercial restrictions, and establish a ptrrecey free and fair trade. peeled by . any duties whatsoever, then would the whole world de rive infinite advantage, inasmuch as every country in it would be placed in the situation of provinces of one great empire. These were the literal and enlightened sentiments of the author of T.'tc or Natbirs tiny years ago; and wet such prejudices had continued to exist up to a eery late peretti, that the present Chan cellor of the Es:cheerier had been m danger of having his home destroyed over his head, hit indulging in the expression of what were considered too liberal str.timents stn tins subject, a few years ago. A beut the same period that this attack had been made upon Mr. Rouinson, Sir Francis Burdett himself, a country rentlernan, and of course interested in the soccese of' agriculture, dtd,rered en enlightened and manly speech in I'm - ha:ion: up, a the same sub. ject. The arguments which had been ueeil against the then anti present state of the Corn Laws, could net fail to carry coneicsion siting with then. Hewers, that there night he no doubt or tii,- egrcealevt upon so iniperant a subject, he would confine himself to tact.. and briefly Advert to rite practical evils which had restdod train the sy.'em he complained of. lie was quite ready to admit that, in tile year Ill• 22, the prices of grain were much lower than they ought to be„ to :need a t.rir remunerating price to the agriculturist. But he would ask, did Lot various measures connected with commerce and manufactures (such a. the Na. legation Act) tenth directly to assist the landed interests F— lit coneerpietice of the adoption of such measure., prices rose, and the agriculturist wax relieved. In the present period the removal of commercial restrictiore, winch firmed a part of the policy of his Majesty's Government, and the opening of the poets, could not tail to be highly beneficial to the best interests of the State, by doing natty with the commercial and national jealousies nt other ',mimeo, and creating in their stead a liberal and fraternal feel. lag among the nation, of Europe. Such a state of things would fat farther promoted by permitting the importation of foreign grids. and he trusted the consideration of those advantages would convince the upholders of the Corn Lairs of their mistake, and that the dictates of sound policy were in accordance with the revision pro. posed. Another striking evil of the Corn Laws was the fluctuation of price and fallacious averages which were observable in spite of thew. By means of the speculations of a few individuals who had togensed the whole trade into their own hands, ports which ought • to be shut were kept open, and thou plaids abowiti he open were dosed. Thai abuses were equally WIWI= to lin pa l& and &MI agriculturists, As for the bonding system, the leercistais were groaning under it :. and as at moat power' It lad lig a dlPlal"s of the market, wl.ieh must be also inprrious to the landed wieneve. He felt particular satisfactiqn that ibis was a time the Imo coke. culsted to discuss this quertion. There was a paled *ha lies bare mention of it would be enough to rake a deaseeir, but we held it now in our power to review those re fog a preeperwat , situation. If the subject of the Corn were set reearesl, the manufactu r ers of England . woul d N 1111 11/111111filt T his capital to other countries &d situated.”— This was a . question in which tbs • of Leaden peeseseell no private interest. It was a most t object, and be enamel they would be enabled to give an en opinion it. it filgi: would be advisable to do everything that was hi pre vent the fluctuations of the market. It wu likewise debit/hie to ( N adopt such regulations as would enable the importer to hew the price of the article with more certainty, and on what tame he could advantageously bring foreign corn into this country. At 1 / a ntrie he understood the price of corn to be only 28s. and ille pet quertern. The wisest policy would certainly lie, to impose a a rt y on fo r eign corn, which duty would go into the pockets of the fio vernment, to the increase of the revenue. That would be as **ex ceptionable reintlntion t but he thought It right there should be es fret imports:him c f c ord at certain regulated duties. By this omens every article of Britieh manufacture *cull become mare is de mand, and all interests would be proportionately bandied and advanced. He did not pretend to any great familiarity with the details of the subject, but he had made it his tnielat mm o converse with gentlemen well acquainted with the state of market, and we.: convinced, from the information he cell ' , that such a revision of the Corn Laws as he had out was absolutely necessary.. The Honourable Member b y . moving a Re solution (For which see Advertisement), and proposing diat apeu. tior. founded thereon be prepared and presented to the two Houses coi a i of Peril intent. Mr. ROUT., recorded the Resolution. lie thought the adovs tion . of Ilse alteration i n th e C orn L aws wou ld d o an important fiery::: to the manufacteling interest, and not peon injunims to the agriculturist. It was unnecessary to go at length Mee the reasons which induced him to support the Resolutions of his Honourable Friend, am; the more so from the very able speech of that4ientleman in prorniring them. However, he would advert to one or two points which be thought worthy of nttention. It sp. peered that the price of corn in many parts of Europe was bat half the price of corn in this country. It might be inferred from that tact, that were our ports to be opened to foeelgo grei a;„ it would de stroy the agricultural interests. This seemed s plausiblenbjection, but was net to be relied on, when the fact was considered, that the granaries in all the ports of Europe never contained a greater quantity of coin then would be sufficient to supply this Country for a month. That being the ase, the effect of throwing open our ports to foreign corn would be to raise the price of that atticleebroad to proport.on to the demand. That was the very object which it was desirable to effect, because we did not want cheap bread, but only as cheap as it could be procured in other countries. If the price of provisions were to be forced up abroad, the English manufacturer and agriculturist would both be protected, and the flamer enabled i to compete on equal terms with foreign productions. Another point to which he eras desirous of referring was, the practice ol making false returns, which rendered the Act of Parhament in operative. There could be no doubt of the existence of the nil, for the st.bject was now under the consideration of Government. with • a view to the prosecution of the parties who had been detected an those practices. He was not much in the habit of supporting the measures of his Majesty's Government. but be felt sattsfactioo in going (ar..he believed) hand in hand with them in the prawn ill stance, when they were decidedly right. Itlr. Alderman THOMPSON_ The court had found it its duty to oppose the Corn Hill introduced into Parliament in Hill They had row the satisfaction to see that the occurrences of the last ten years bore them out in the course then adopted. He was sure they could have ho wish to injure the agriculturist ; they must be aware that all the interests of the country were intimately cameeted, prosperity attended one, it would be experienced by all t and In ad. verity they must suffer together. The time had attired when an alteration upon this subject was called for. It was evident that food was the basis by which the rate of wages was to be regulated. The machinery and industry of our manufacturers would be vain without a corresponding . advantage in the rate of wages. The position of duty on grain was no better than a novel Innovation. Up to the year 1773 its importation had been permitted free of duty ; and from that period to 101 S it was allowed, subject to a specific duty. Ile wished every fair protection to be tuTeeded to the agri culturist. Ilia object was, to render the price of corn regular, and not subject to its present fluctuations. The alteration of the Na vigation Laws and the lVarek.use System had not only assisted the commercial but also the agricultural interests. He could not understand the principle of permitting corn to rot in warehouses, as was at present the ease, while the market price was 675. and the owners of the corn in granaries were satisfied to sell theirs at half that price, at a loss of 66 per cent. Ile concurred ix the spirit and tenor of the resolution. Mr. Alderman Woos/ supposed he would be instructed to give his support to the petition to be pm...elated to the Home of Conte mons. lie fully concurred in the resolution on which the peskiest was founded sod he was happy to my he believed it would not have to contend with the strong opposition that might be mar. plated in Parliament. Ile thought h would be reduced to a matter ' of pounds. shillings, and penes, am! that the gelatin' weashi principally whet should be the amount of duty to be laid on loteign corn when imported into this country. alr. OLDHAM did not pretend to be as competent as ether gentlemen to enter into all the details of the subject; but ties wished to bring to the recollection of the Court a few general principles applicable to the subject. Mr. Malthus had laid down the position, that ail nations had • right to procure the articles of life as cheap as possible. T::e alteration of the Coro Lars, as pre. posed, would go to erect this, sad thereby enable our manufac turers to compete with threign merchants. If food were dearer in this country than abroad, manufacturers would be compelled to pay higher wages than foreigners, and in that manner be presentee! from coming into the market on equal terms. He could not tee any injury likely to be inflicted upon the agricultural Mutest'. The ebject of the Legislature should be, to lower the prices of all tom. !noddies. If this were effected, landholders could afford to lowee their rents without any loss to themselves or real diminution of their income. Ile wished to strengthen the hands of the Government, and he thought it could not be done more effectually than by as alteration in the existing Corn Laws. Mr. Alderman WainstataS bad not changed his opinion on this subject. Ilis mind had undergone no alteration with respect to the impolicy of the Corn Laws. Ten years ago he had taken an attire pant in the opposition then given to the measure. He had on that occasion drawn up a petition to Parliament on the subject. which received 10,000 signatures in a few hours, and 60,000 in a very f,w days. The question bad agitated the public mind, and the City of London had petitioned Parliament against the adoption of the law. They had said, that if the landed interest was at tUt me. went under the pressure of difficulties, it arose from • causes, and they were not entitled to remuneration. Mr. Has kisson admitted the principle ; but, as he conceived slits country was in an artificial situation, be did not see the impropriety of legislating on the subject. He was glad to observe that administration was proceeding on jest petheipiss I respecting the trade and commerce of the country, bet the part of their course which they had already run would be un met in its operation if it were not followed by • modification of' the Corn Laws. Such a modification ought, in justice and sound policy, to tollow what has gone before, and he could not doubt due such was in contemplation. That being the case, he was persuaded the Court would agree with him that it was right and proper that they should, in the manner now proposed, strengthen the hands of Government, second their wishes, and shoe that the whole cone ! try was with them. ; /qr. DixoN thought that any one rising to oppose the present measure ought not to do so unless he differed materially from those who gore it their support. For his part, though many years in trade, he felt no private interests in the matter before them t at the same tine he must confess tint he did feels strong bias, whien urged him to go with the mercantile and manufacturing inmost% as far as he could. The present Athitinisuatioa bad made mans and considerable alterations in matters regarding commerce; ano he was happy to bear testimony to the uprightness of their an. tensions, and the sincerity of their gond wishes for the prosperity and happiness of the country; but with regard to the sapient then before the Court, he felt bound to say, that he differed entirely from the lion. Mover; and though he might stand alone, be neverthelem thought it but right to ex press his opinion. He certainly sokutelediso the wisdom anti expediency of the alterations already made, but we should be cautious haw we ran into extremes, and vo involve ear. celves in difficulties unforeseen. As to himself. he was • perfectly uninterested party, at least when he spoke in favour of the lande.i proprietors, for he did not possess a pennyworth of land in tt world ; and in making the observations which he did, be looked to nothing but the true interests of the State. Notwithstanding a i that the country had to contend against, he would ethnic that we enjoyed a state of unexampled prosperity—but prosperity, gee/Tali. i speaking, should rot be estimated by the quantity of beam«, done, but by the amount of individual happiness and ooeofort. L might be it ith nations as with individuals, that those who we: content with moderate gnins in the regular course of businem, wt:e more likely to realise a fortune than those bolder speculatoess wl wore impatient to grow rich suddenly. Excessive wealth, so Li from licimz a test of rational happiness, was otlea the forertianet ruin. ills decided opinion was, that the true interests of the tour. try at large were best consulted when the comfort and happiness 4 . 0 r. the agricultural classes were effectually promote!; and tf this wished well to the country, they would rot be too miter to son s roe, of wild seemilat.on, cachet than the more moderate eour, which prudence suggested. They s L euld remember that the ay: - et:hurls:a of this c..untry could not grow corn as cheap as those the Continent could, basing to pay wires of a notch larger anion. This coneary lie thought, rather cultivate commercial - tercourse with its colonies in every part of the world. We wr well as we Inrt, and his adrice was to let well alone; and 1 trusted that it was not the wish of any one to reduce the profits. . to injut: the interests, of Cho agricultural aux*. lie or:included • expressing an inn cat wish that a thati:a . ole construction would rc put upon the ser.tinients he hid expressed. Mt. SLanit: con•endexl, tlee: the ill * iCcent of individual see, 11. late , was not b; urged as an arituine . lt against a measinc g;ner,ll alrantte;e ta the no ;01 at large. lie denied the &planes thin of the maxim wade use of by the lion. Gentleman oppesiss ( Mr. Dixon). Tlii.)es as thy atuod wee not " ;" they were • n saying " let charity—many i r t e i 3 : . l w — t e i r , th a e n t r n y e a . e. 7 many e ' oltiCieirghteefxdol therefore, ° m t e nus now pot a to es i of joetted a l O ces mi la popeskiai allise : g e c 0 0 ,... /le denied that it was dangerous to agricultural inters:eft n. ;codify the Corn Laws. seett,g that such alteration WI wY oantern , plated would hose tie effect of Rating an increased drama foi -a 44,1- I I 1~ 1 1 i~ 1- 38.901 1,329 1,684 1,886 7,816 70,777 12,201 324,295 1 \ • 1. , .~ 1 ~~ . • ii, fie