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what circumstance had mainly improved the condition of India? He would prove to them that the principle circumstance which had improved the state of India was the very alteration in the su ;ar duties, the principle of which they were then called upon to condemn—(Cries of 4 Name, Name.") He did not think he ouebt to do so—( Hear, hear)—but he would tell the Hon. Gentleman in private if he ohose. But if the Hon. Gen tleman wrote him a letter of confidence, which it was probable he might do so some d ay or ano th er —(Laughter)—he might net like his name to be mentioned, bet he would read a letter written by a firm known to be of the highest respectability; h e need only mention th a t o f Ailwin and Company, to procure it attention. In the circular issued by that house' it was stated that the alteration in the laws ...respecting sugar had opened to British merchants boundle ss mar k ets f or the distribution of their manufactures —among the lower classes of the Hindoos, many of whom, so far from wearing, had never seen, a piece of cotton cloth in their lives. The firm further stated, that when they had formerly proposed these alterations, and hinted at the advantages which would accrue from them, they were treated as visionaries, and that the effect upon Manchester would be enormous. They further show, among the poorer classes in India, that in the years 1837 and 1838 the total number of pieces that were sold of cloth were 190.000, while in the years of 1843 and It 44, years consequent to the alteration, the number of pieces amounted to 2,500,000, and that in the same years of 1837 and 38, among the richer classes, the amount of scarfs and book muslin amounted to 1,000 ; 000 of pieces, while in the years of 1843 and 44 the increase was only 3' . 0,000. However, no person could be sur prised at the result who was acquainted with India. And this was the result of a system which they were now rudely-- (Hear, hear)—called upon to alter at the end of the session, as if it were only a part of a commercial tariff.—(Hear, hear.) Nor could they be surprised, for they should bear in mind that the cultivation of sugar was the only thing which was left un restricted. Everythibg else was the subject of a monopoly, whether it was rice, maize, or indigo. The poor Hindoo was the slave of a Zemindar. This was the only privilege which the poor of the country enjoyed, who could produce it in beund less quantities, and it was this class of cultivators which had given to them so vast a number atom of sugar. The English capitalist produced about 20,000 tons of this amount, but the surplus was the produce of a people who had no Otaheitan cane —who - had no vacuum pan—who had no steam-engine. These were the people who sent them the sugar, and who offered them such a boundless market for their cotton manufac tures and Manchester goods. It was their duty to support their interest, for they offered to them a market greater than that which they would find in any of their colonies in the world.—(Hear, hear.) They had to deal with one hundred or one hundred and forty millions of people. And if every native in India would buy a turban, it would amount to more than all your foreign trade put together.—(Hear, hear.) 100,000,000 of ten shillings would return you 50,030,0.50 i. a year, and that from India, which they had always so ill-treated, and which, for the first time, they had benefited by that very alteration which they were now called upon virtually to terminate. Well, then, when he saw what British capital could produce in the valley of the Ganges—when he saw that the equalisation of duties between East and West India sugars had produced effects which had been never dreamed of-.when he saw that consignments of sugar had come from places which the most experienced mer chants had never dreamed that sugar was produced, and when he read in letters that in the valley of the Ganges there was an increase of thirty per cent. over a superficies of 70,000 ocres, could he doubt that the production of Bengal should proceed at a less ratio than that from Madras? the more especially when they remembered that there were two classes of producers, the English capitalist and the native ryot, stimulated by the markets which they offered to them ; or could he come to any ether conclusion than that his Noble Friend had formed his calculation in the most moderate man ner ? And he considered that he had a right to say that the first position of his Nt bl' Friend has been met only by an as sumption, and a sceptical assumption. And be thought that he could show that the same was the case with regard to the second point, and the Chancellor had not only given up his sceptical assumption, but had taken refuge in a credulous hypothesis. The Nobls Lord showed that under no circumstances could there be an increase above 400,000 . tons. The Chancellor, more oratorical than Chan cellors generally are, and forgetting that the total of the first Lord of the Treasury's estimate of free labour sugar was 15,000 tons, made it 20,000; but what matters it when he made the result the same? The Noble Lord the Membei for Lynn had not only shown the House and the people bl England the legitimate sources from which this country tould be supplied with sugar, and the in consistencies of the estimates which had been made with respect to the amount of the supplies and of the revenue, but he offered to the_ House a resolution which had been concurred in by his friet'tds, that if the resolutions of the Government were adopted, a great and powerful stimulus would be given to the slave trade. Often as the subject had been discussed in the House of Commons, many as the years were that elapsed since it was first brought before them, under no circumstances and at no time was this question met and brought forward in a man ner so remarkably discreet. When they remembered the Ministers who were engaged in this great question—when they recollected the public men who were called into existence by it, and who would never have been public men if they had not joined in that public cry. It was rernarkaMe the tone in which it was now discussed —it might be asked then, were the Ministers of the Crown, and those who gave their sanction to the measures brought forward by Government, the sup. porter of slavery. Oh , no ; no one was the supporter of slavery ; but they were called upon to suppose that the evils of the system could not be remedied, and that though morally wrong they were fiscally inevitable. The Noble Lord the First Mieister of the Crown, had taken up a safe position on that subject. The Noble Lord could not forget the party whom be represented—he was the leader of the Whigs, who bad caused the abolition of slavery. He had a noble spirit rand could not forget the noble heritage to which he had sue **seeded. The Noble Lord accordingly told them that he de • precated the accursed traffic. The Noble Lord would say " you cannot deny that the slave trade exists ; that notwith standing all the efforts which have been made for its suppres sion. it still continues with undiminished vigcur ; that it has baffled all the exertions we have made to put it down, and this I put before you, that notwithstanding all the efforts which have been made, notwithistandie g all the squadrons that have been equipped, notwithstandin g all the subscription lists that have boon swollen, and all the emotions and ardent aspirations that have been excited in the public mind, this is result, that what you have done is neither effective nor complete." If what England had done failed in effect and completeness, be could not take exception to the leader of a Whig Ministry coming down and telling them that such a result had followed their exertions. But let them see if that position was just. The Noble Lord said that commerce had baffled all their phi lanthropy, and all their exertions must fall before its require ments. That was all the Noble Lord said to show them that English efforts had failed to put down this system. The Noble lord said that the emergencies of commerce baffkd their en deavours. He (Mr. Disraeli) . remembered that a gentleman, who was no longer a Minister, told them one time that England had become a great commercial nation. That was a dis covery very like what he would call a mare's nest. But he would ask the Noble Lord, was there a difference now in the characterof British commerce? If there was a change with regard to commerce, it was less adventurous, and partook more of a transaction now. If there was a change, it was more ' adventurous 40 years -ago than it was at present. A cargo had then to roam about to different ports to find a customer, but it T as I rw regulott consignment in the ordinary course f trade, ro ___„ ln • one in,:ertihant to another. If the argument, however, be Ern for anything e sit showed little for the foresight of the "°°'e cord, and all those who were engaged in that great ques tior,, not to have known this result; and they had no right to in that public cry, and not be acquainted with the infallible and inevitable political consequences of the measure.—( Hear, hear.) He did not mean to impugn the motives or the inte grity of those who had passed that measure, but what he said was, that it did not tell for their foresight not to have seen the consequen cies of it, and if they did foresee them it was a stigma upon their ingenuousness not to have tried to avert them. But the Noble Lord said that their exertions were wanting not only in effect, but completeness. Hs said that the whole people of England were consuming 'produce of another kind, eso slave labour, while such an outcry was made about the admission of slave-grown sugar. He (Mr. Disraeli) asked the Noble Lord, wnen Wilberforce addressed the large public assemblies in the northern districts of England—when his burning words touched the heart of this great nation—when the horrors of this accursed traffic were first revealed—he asked the Noble Lord were not the fabrics then made in the manufacturing districts fed with cotton the produce of slave labour? He asked what statesmen—states men with all the instinct of arist-,cra c y could do?—He asked what' did:Obey :mean to do? He cared not to what party they belonged, would they 'address the populous assemblies of the agitated people of the country, who expressed in their awn uncultivated manner the right convictions of an unlettered people? He asked whether at a former time they did not smoke, and snuff, and chew, and had done for a period of 200 years, tobacco the produce of the slave-trade ? They knew that in the end that destroyed their case, but were they to believe that the people of England were not conscious of this ? Could they believe that these great statesmen were not:conscious of all this ?I Of course they were—and they now owned the circumstance. They sa id that they must move th emse l ves , an d put a n e n d to t hat abomination. Could they continually shut their eyes to that abomination ? They could control the people of England, and atop the conduct of such a system. The circumstances to 'which the Noble Lord referred were the means by which he built, his arguments against any opposition. He denied the supposition of the Noble Lord, and would tell him that if he would not argue it abstractedly or concretely he should argue it_ upon the circumstances, and he would find that because a man., was obliged to wink at certain evils he eirewnot obliged to commit greater ones. Whether the suppo sition was taken abstractedly or concretely, the Noble Lord could 'not acme,' theinevitable result. , The Noble Lord had spoken• of the opinion of the people of Englend. What good would it be for the people of England to read Jeremy Taylor,; aniteens pare him with Cicero, to ascertain what were the' greatest, hardships of the land? If the Noble Lord could not find soy means to extricate himself from any opposition, what means could he find to relieve himself from the consequences of this measure. It seemed to him that the answer which was made to his Noble Friend, on the third position of his argument, was a fallacious and flashy sophism. It might carry with ii the majority, but it could not convince them.—(Hear, bear.) They might give them words, which they might report to their constituency, who might in their turn recoil with nausea from such phrases. Such men followed Wilberforce, and encouraged the slave-grown cotton and tobacco. The Noble Lord would deny that their measures gave a stimulus to the slave trade in any way which had been adverted to. The Hight lion. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer had informed the House officially and authori tatively that in Cuba at this moment, or very recently, such was the state of slave society that there was a general dis content in the place, and that they were near to an insurrec rection. Their answer to that was, that if there was a dis position in Cuba to put an end to slavery why did they retort. to a measure which not even possibly could injure the slave trade, and excuse it on the ground of a great commercial consideration. Before all this commerce was brought on with t h e Brazils, the subj ct was brought under the notice of the House of Commons. When he said the House of Commons, he did not mean the Ordinary use of the phrase referring to that House, because he spoke of another House of Commons, of which he had had the honour to be a member, when the question. of the Brazils trade w as fi rst broug ht forward. lie remembered when Gentlemen who 'should. be new sitting on- the Treasury bench, brought forward motions on the subject of the Brazils treaty of commerce. It was astonishing what silence prevailed in that House when the Hon. Gentlemen spoke of the treaty of -commerce The trade was then 5 millions; and LOW it was .2i it was spoken of as a commerce of considerable consequ eeme Regarding commercial and financial matters, such was the position of the Brazilian empire. Well, then, take . the W est Indies, which no one seeme d to d e f en d ; t a k e th e island which had been so picturesquely described by the Hon. Member fur Weymouth (`lr. Bernal), but which the adoption of these reso lutions would paralyse, and ho asked them to contrast it with the. Brazils. Why the trade of that island at the present mo ment greatly exceeded all the trade of- the former country.— (Hear, hear.) If you take an enlarged view of the colonial capabilities and the colonial resources, who ft r a moment can Athis very island could - eas il y d ou bl e t h e w h o l e o f es e. se bo ± 'te tettn eoe sfril transactions with the B raz il s . What was the "trade Q ' zits or of Cuba—what all the commer ce o f Porte rie cam pared Kith this single colony ?—(Cries of " Hear, her)—and they would not be acting as men of honour —they woult1• : not. be acting , as men. of sense— : they , would not be acting as men of faith, if they allowed such a principle as , tite Noble Lord, the member for the City of Lorldop, to be)established.—( [fear, hear.) Theyhad beeli told aki j k,T, 1~ ` THE SI7N, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 29, ta4e. they were hitherto moving in a vicious circle. He agreed in that. He felt that the colonies and England were placed within a vicious circle ; but he thought it would be desirable if it were so, when a Minister of the Crown (he cared not whether he acted from primal conviction or recent conversion— ( Hear, hear)--or on which side he sat) when a Minister of the Crown thoug ht it desirable to propose a law which sub jected many t o dismay and alarm, that he should furnish some detailed considerations why the measure should be supported—. that he should condescend to give some arguments—he ( Mr. Disraeli) would say facts—why the House should adopt the charge.—(Hear, hear. )--When they were so lately told that they were moving in a vicious circle, it would have been consolatory, and extremely interesting and advantageous, if the Noble Lord had given some proofs of the benefits that would flow from the adoption of his measure— that he should give some idea of this perfect system of com coerce. He should be glad to see a Minister of the Crown who was in office, or a Minister who was not, pretend to en lighten them on this point.(—Hear, hear.) No one could be insensible to the secret. influences that had been in operation to bring about the new commercial features of the country, or that they had been brought about by unknown and irresponsible persons. He would say nothing disrespectful of one man, whom he knew and respected—Alr. Deacon Hume. All he would say was, that before the report appeared of the Import-duty Committee, or evidence given upon it, he told him (Mr. Disraeli) that year after year he had, in established and respectable periodicals,'given all the evidence which had been then adduced. But the fact was, Ministers never read, and they had to he converted by Parliamentary Committees. But he would refer to another of their private influences—a respectable gentleman, and he ( Mr. Disrali) only referred to him to show the influence of his opinio; s on the Noble Lord (the First Lord of the Treasury.) The Noble Lord had told them that uncertainty was fatal to the inter eats of the West Indian eclonies, and in support of his case he referred to the opinions of men of experience —to Mr. M'Cullochand others. Would it not have been better in the Noble Lord, who he believed was incapal le of saying anything injurious —would it not have been better at the same time that he cited the opinion of Mr. M'Culloch on the question of sugar, that he had told the House that Mr. M'Culloch was an honest and undis guised advocate of slavery as all institution.—( Hear, hear. ) In the very page of the work which had been referred to by the Noble Lord, Mr. M'Culloch laid it down that there was ne greater delusion than the objection entertained to negro slavery, and that it was an institution that worked well in society— that the soil of the tropics would never have beer, cultivated without the application of slave labour. This the Noble Lord had not referred to, yet those were the opinions of a man whom the Government which had just given up office had recommended as a fit object of :royal consideration, and ti whom a pension had been granted.—( Hear, hear.) But what could the public think of this when they knew these to - be - the sentiments of the man. The Hon. Member for Bolton, whe was learned in all languages, would know a Turkish proverb he was about to quite ; it was " Fortunate is the man who has a peach that is sunned on boti sides." Mr. .M'Culloch was in this position, for though he was a supporter of slavery, his phrases were dexte rously used by Ministers on both sides of the House. —( Hear. hear.) The real question, therefore, was M'Culloch agains Clarkson, for, though the Noble Lord had plentifully supplied himself with arguments from that gentleman's writings, he had carefully kept his anti-slavery tendency in the rear ; one was left to suppose that he was an advoeatr of the institution of slavery.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.) There was another ge n tl eman connecte d w i t h the B oard of Trade who had favoured them with his opinion—( Hear, hear —a gentleman who preached peace and good-will to all men. and that was his principal argument for the achievements o' free trade. That gentleman could listen to nothing that com promised principle. That was his answer to all their (the pro tectionists') • statements—to all their reasons. There was another individual, a pedant who put up for a philosopher, who. at the eve of a great revolution, said, also, "Finish On world rather than compromise a principle ; " yet, ere twelve months passed, w ith a ll hi s sef-complacer t glory, he committed suicide, in despair of the fats of the human race and his own destinies.—( Hear, hear. ) In these circumstances he (Mr. Dcisraeli) was bound to 30.2 that he could not agree with the Noble Lord, that those colonies were prtof a vicious system. He said he did not oppose the Ministers on account of ther being antagonistic tr any previous arrangement as to slavery, but because he felt this was an act of hostility to a fragment, if such it might be called, of the colonial system of England.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) That was for the moment an old fashioned notion, but he was of the belief thst they would yet be fnrbished up by the national feeling. It was a fragment of a system, though they had been tampering with that system—though they had de prived it of its greatest advantages —though they had been following an ignis fatuus, with so fatal a result,—still it was a fragment which he believed they would have ere long to re build—a structure which they had destroyed.—( Hear, hear.) And to retrace the steps which they had heedlessly pursued.— (Hear, and cheers.) He (Mr. Disraeli) said so for tw, reasons, not merely because he believed their policy to bt wrong—though that was no sufficient reason, for all men were liable to err; but he had learned from tir history of this country that its characteristic was that it would retrace its steps ; not that it was less none. riot's in injustice, but that the people being sooner sensible re traced their steps. The history of England was a history of re- action. Why, he asked, what was it they had done on which they had not retraced their steps? They had destroyed their national church and they retraced their steps—they destroyed their monarchy and they retraced their steps—they destroyed the House of Lords and they were now daily taking up Bills for their sanction. They even destroyed the House of Com mons, yet here they were assembled to discuss a great question. Why. not more than 100 years ago, when they chose to effect one of the greatest revolutions in the world, they were warned against the course pursued by Sir Robert Walpole ; they were warned by the most gifted o. writers, by the most eloquent of advocates, that indirect taxa tion would be a bane to the people. But now, not a man rose who did not advocate direct taxation, offering them proo , that Sir William Wyndham was right, and Lord Bolingbroke a safe guide. Why, he contrasted what was now going on with the abolition of slavery. The Minister of the Crown came forward and put an end to one of the greatest struggles on which the people had entered. Having abolished slavery, their efforts were directed against the slave trade at an expenditure of 50,000,0001. He asked how, when they were on their way to the hustings, they would propose to explain this ? Fifty millions, the people would say, and all for a fai lure ! England would retrace her steps towards establishing her industry, which, if destroyed, was destroyed rashly; but if it was an error, this, at least, could be said that the peo ple had no participation in it. They did not send them to destroy the colonial system ; to them remained all the glory, and they could not experience the shame. And here he would have stopped, and would not have troubled the House at any further length, but for a speech which had been delivered in the House last night. They had heard last night a funeral oration delivered over the abolition cause by the Noble Member for Liverpool. He thought that if the subject was not choice, the oration was choice.—(Laughter.) When he remembered another speech that was made by the Member for Liverpool on the same subject, at a period not very remote. he was the last person whom he would have expected to make such a criticism on the motion of the Noble Member for Lynn.—(Hear, hear.) But that motion had not the potential parenthesis which the Noble Lord had inserted in his speech. He knew no', and he would not pre sume to say, which speech—that of 1841 or that of last night —was the opinion of the Noble Member. lint it was, perhaps, an apt conclusion to the session, to see the Noble Member on a hogshead of sugar in a white sheet, and holding the taper of penitence in his hand, crying out " Peccat,i."—(Great laughter.) He remember e d th a t th e N o bl e L ord at his elec tion carried a wooden bible before him—perhaps the speech of last night was the wooden bible speech.—(Great laughter.) No one understood the West India question better than the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, and well he might tell them that any system of emigration would not be at tended with succeass, unless it was accompanied with a suffi cient quantity of females.—( Hear, hear.) But great was the mortification of himself and the friends around him to find the Right Hon. Baronet's speech terminate with a resolution that was fatal to all its arguments.—(Hear, hear.) But he must say, that the reason which was given for that resolu tion was less ingenious and more surprising than many of the arguments which they had heard from the Right Hon. Baronet. ( Hear, hear.) It would seem that the Right Honourable Baronet was induced to come to that decision upon a consideration of the question of who should sit on the treasury bench. He said a few minuters sine; that if they went to the hustings, the people of England upon being told that fifty millions of their treasure had been promoting a delusion, might. perchance have something to say as to the usefulness of the Parliament of England, but when they were told it was a question not only of fifty millions, but might be of five hundred millions of countless treasures—of principles which they had prized beyond all treasure—they might perhaps be disposed to rebel against the conviction of the Right lion. Baronet. When they heard that it was for the sake of party convenience, and settling who should be Prime Minister of England, they might be almost induced to say farewell to the Parliament of Eng land. The Bight Honourable Baronet indeed told them that he could not, under the circumstances of the case, act otherwise than he did. He said he could not see how another Government was to be formed, but he (Mr. Disraeli) thought of late Honourable Members had became rather inde corous in always supposing that the Government of the country was selected, not by a high authority, but by the House itself.—(Hear, hear.) But this he could tell the Right Hon. Baronet that, in his mind, his forte lay not so much in forming a Government as in destroying one.— ( Hear, hear, and laughter.) These were the views which had in fluences! - him and his friends around him in re sisting the resolution of the Government. He was glad to believe that there was not a Member of the Govern ment, that there was not a Member of that House, who could suppose that in the course they had taken they had been influenced by any illegitimate or sinister feeling.—( Hear, hear.) He candidlyconfoned, as regarded the. Government themselves: reconciling the circumstances 'under which they acceded to office, to power, remembering-himself as a Member of the majority which placed them upon the Treasury bench, that he ought to take upon himself some of the responsibility which attached to them, but ho could not see that there was any other course open to them to adopt.—(Hear, hear) But tt was a satisfaction to know that neither the Goetvheceyronunahridentbe the y eo been a a e n t y eat .3 e l d em hy be a r ey of fa t e h t e iee n s House could l e fi o sh uld m s e u t r y po es se m tha th t had taken. They hade Wept supported hotlydithedid Wes t not ln support apbpeoctryt themupon principle, although the in the hour of need and .on the day of judgment.—(Hear, maintain their former position, and well they might, for they hear.) Tisey halclung to the hope that they might still had the memorable admission of the Right Hon. Baronet the member for Tamworth, that had he remained in office they might have been saved for another year.—( Hear, hear.) He was not sorry that the catastrophe was consummated in this way. Ile was glad that the system of protection had been put an end to under the circumstances which at present existed.—( Hear, hear.) He was glad that it had been put an end to by a protective Parliament, who had passed a re solution pledging the Commons of England to support the colonial interest.—(Hear, hear.) But he did not see why the opposition of the Right Hon. Baronet should have in duced the Noble Lord to abandon office, because the Noble Lord might have pursued the course of the Right Hon. Baronet in some tew years back, under similar circumstances; indeed upon the very subject of sugar. He might have said he was defeated on a question which was not fatal, and therefore it was not ne cessary for him to resign.—( Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—Sir, in rising towards the close of this debate, to address some observations to the House, I must in the first place most willingly declare, that my Noble Friend, whether in the motion that he has mode, or in the speech with which he accompanied it, has not id or proposed anything which he was not p'rfectly justified in doing.—(Hear, of T ea r its h . ye ) rinTeihpei Government, e o h Loanr decl a reddd, n a o s kh d ei o dm u s h e : ihfb in ;Hog; opposition the tru th o the of pl a h n i s s resolutien, to declare the coionies; but, Sir, the resolution eous in a not pre lim inarysi mp l y its opinion with respect to confine itself to the principloersooofeetdhe Noble' c l ues not I think it goes far beyond that, in fact my Noble Fiend had he said at this immediate' plan before the House. s t i o a condemnation of the latecould have understood period of the sessio n of it is impossible to alte r t h e whole systemour sugar d u ti es ,rintvlved in o without considerin g ot h er questions which them, and we, therefore must vote against the adoption edopm of n of the plan before us, and w e s h a ll b e rea d y at the: commen ce ment another session to take this pla n , or any ot h er plan Government may in the mean time mature for considerrtion—( Hear, b ean ) I could well undentaud that course had it been taken taken by the Noble Lord, and it might have been supported by the majority of the House, and Government might still have thought themselves justified in continuing in office—(Hear, hear)—for the course which my Noble Friend Las taken is widely different to this. It declares in the first place that the tneerence of this Howe was pledged to princ'nles of a particular commercial policy. It declares in the next place that the plan before the House is calculated to give a stimulus to the slave trade, and altogether condemns, upon these two allegations, the whole plan that has been submitted to the consideration of this House.—( Hear, hear.) Sir, I will endeavour, in the first place, to touch upon a few of those topic 3 to which my Noble Friend, as well as the Honourable and Learned Member who has just sat down, have adverted, and I will then ask the House to consider what may be the effect of the adoption of the resolution of the Noble Lord. Sir, my Noble Friend commenced with a statement as to the production of the colonies, and went into a calculation of the sugars to be expected this year, but I am not going at present to follow him with regard to any calculation as to the amount of sugar that may be introduced into this country from India during the present year.' I cannot, however, but say that the principle upon which my Noble Friend proceeds is, that you should endeavour to create a necessity in India for the production of sugar, by establishing actually high rrices for that sugar than it would otherwise obtain if you did not by law give them. Now, Sir, a , worse instance for the adoption of a protective policy I could not well conceive. I can well understand with respect to corn, or ev , th, respect to any production that has been long favoured by is s, that any i istry may say, this s! rte nit is difficult to tax, because there is a great portion of our popula tion whose interests are induced in the protection of this article.—(Protectionist cheers.) My Noble Friend the Mem eer for Lynn has said that we must raise up a protective interest, and give to the sugars of India an advantage in the market by raising the price by law, in the hope that at some future time the price would be again reduced to meet the exigencies and the wants of the people of England —(Cheers.) But, except this House is ready to revoke its former votes and decide that protection is neces -ary for the interestsof thi s country, and should not be inter fered with, I conceive it cannot give its consent to the resolu tions of my Noble Friend the Member for Lynn.—(Cheers.) fhe Hon. Gentleman the Member fir Shrewsbury has gone into some statements with respect to the revenue; I do no i tend to follow the Hon, Gentleman in that course. But he, and the friends who act with him, seem to forget that the cal culations upon which we rely are, that with diminished prices there will be an increased consumption, and with an in •creased consumption you will have an addi.ional importation, end from an addiconal importation 3ou must have alt increase of revenue.—(Cheers.) With reference to the last portion of the Noble Lord's resolution, that the proposed measure will give a stimulus to the slave trade, I must say that the Hoe. eteeenee -for Shrewsbury was led into the most extraordi nary aonfusion of ideas. He supposed, that because we do not think that the exclusion of slave sugar from the markets of this country could be kept up as an efficient ..ystem that we were ready to say that the abolition of slavery was a failure. Nothing could be more distinct than the two propositions.— (Cheers. ) After .he plan of Mr. Wilberforce had been adopted and carried into effect, there arose another question, which was, if you can give protection to your own colonies against all the sugar producers of the slave colonies of other countries. Upcn that arose the question whether or not it was defensible upon the principle of protection, or upon the grounds of humanity, to maintain that system of protection and exclusion.—( Cheers.) Sir, I was one of those who had :he honour of being her Majesty's advisers at the time of the abolition of the slave trade.—( Hear.) I still hold that to be a great measare—a wise and judicious measure— founded upon the sound principles of justice and humanity.— 'Cheers.) I cansider it, Sir, as a measure which experience has sanctioned, and which no House of Commons will. I venture to say, ever propose to revoke.—(Lord cheers) The question before this House is, do tou think you can put any check to the slave-trade by the proftihition of the single article of slave-grown sugar, while at the same time you admit slave grown tobacco, rice, copper, and other things? The Hop. Member for Shrewsbury has said, that to defend the practice Ton this principle, would be to do so on the principle of a person who might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. L do not admit that it is wrong to admit these articles into the country. The adoption of such a principle would not, I think, advance the cause of humanity in the world. It would leave fen to declare in your tariff, and in your customhouse books, that you would take an exact account of the means to ascer tain the products, where produced, and the different lints at which the various articles were shipped and embarked for this country. Will any man say, that if such had been the ease— that if on the gropnd of humanity, such had been the policy .f this great commercial nation, mankind would have been in a better situation in that case than they are at the present mo ment? Will any man say that the commercial intercourse If this great and civilised country with Asia and with Africa, vas not tended to mitigate those barbarous practices?--( Hear, .ear)—to mitigate slavery while it existed in India and the other countries, and upon the whole, reviewing the state and condition, has it not produced a policy more civilised—a policy more happy in relation between man and man, than would have been the case if you had continued to sanction that exclu 3ive principle, and which was conceived to be humane, but which would have turned out to be a barbarous and injurious policy?—(Cheers.) Such, Sir, I think, is a fair de duction from the principles which the Honourable and Learned Gentleman has put forward, and is this an opinion solely of my own—is it an opinion, with regard to what is at present carried on with regard to sugar, which her Majesty 's Ministers entertain? Why, my Right Hon Friend near me quoted the opinions of an anti-slavery society in Liverpool.— ( Hear, hear.) The opinions of that anti-slavery society, as here stated, are that freedom of labour in the pro duction of sugar is promoted, not by the exclusion of slave-grown sugar, but by its free admission. They say, that from observation, they are of opinion that free labour, when brought into fair competition with slave labour, will be more effective in the abolition of slavery, and they can not but regard the continuance of the protective duties as virtually and practically promoting the continuance of the slave trade; and they say that they believe that sugar can easily be produced by free labour, and that the free labour colonist will be able to compete with the slave holding colonists. Such is the opinion of the Anti- Slavery Society. I hold in my hand a re port from a very different body, the association of the West India planters and merchants ; and what is their opinion on the present subject? They say that it is perfectly practicable to compete with the slave growing colonies by means of free labour, and that the abolition of slavery can be better effected by admitting sugar into this country free of duty; than all the high-sounding denunciations which can be used, and which they say will be fruitless. Thesimple plan of abolishing slavery they say is to follow the course pointed out by the Government. Why, Sir, those opinions are almost identical in expression, and yet they come one from the; Anti-slavery Society, and the other from a committee of the West India body, deeply inte rested in the preservation of these colonies. I say, therefore, that no one has a right to say that the plan which we propose has any tendency to increase the slave trade and slavery. But let me take another part of the argument, and show you in what manner I think that the present system does prevent. the good you labour to effect, and that argument is no other than the well-known argument which experience has re peatedly shown to be well-founded, that the effect of monopoly and protection is always to check exertion and diminish enter prise, and prevent the full and fair fruits of the capital, skill, and labour of those who are engaged in any branch of agricul ture or manufacture.--( Hear, hear and loud cheers.) Wh a t is the case with th e West Indies? We find during the last two or three years some evidence given before a Committee of the Assembly of Labour by persons who are well acquainted with the West Indies, showing that the cost of the production of sugar is very much greater than it need be if all the advantages of machinery, if all the specu lations and skill were used which moral science and moral ingenuity would dictate. I have be fore me a plan proposed by the West Indian colonists, who say that the 'plan which they proposed was generally well received. The plan which they propose to sup port the manufacture of sugar or the cultivation is such as, in their opinion, would enable fthe proprietors of estates in the colonies to produce sugar at 143. pciecwt., instead of 275., the present price.—( Hear, hear.) I do not say that this statement or that those particular figures are just, but that there would be a very great economy with regard to the manufacture of sugar, and particularly so if those colonists were exposed to competition.—,Hear, hear.) It is competition, and it is com petition only, which ever does bring out enterprise, and economy, and skill. (Hear.) I have spoken of late years with various persons engaged in the various branches of manufacture, I have asked them what it was, in their opinion, that caused the very great advances which had been made in machinery of late years, and they have all uniformly answered—" It is the great increase of competition ; it was necessity which led us to improve our machinery and resort to every species of economy that we could, to be able too into the markets of the world. —( Max, hear.) With the same stimulus—with the same unlimited exertion of the West Indian colonists, I believe and I think that you will see that they will rise and flourish more than they have done for many years on the old system (llear, hear.) From an Hun. Gentleman who spoke to-night ' I was very sorry to hear of persons who had resolved to culti vate their estates no longer. lam sorry to hear that there are persons so dispirited, but I do believe, that if these estates arc properly worked, there will be no better in vestment than the West Indian estates.—(Hear, hear.) fhe Hon. Gentleman has alluded to some other points, to which I should wish to draw attention before I sit down. Now,,Sir, one point is that with regard to the opinion of Mr. M'Culloch. That gentleman has been in the habit of sending me copies of his works, and he did send to me a copy of his last work on taxation, but with a note saying that he hoped that I would approve of the greater part of the work, but that lie was aware that there was one question of it regarding slavery with which he felt sure I would not coincide, and such was the fact. I look upon Mr. M'Culloch as a most able and well informed writer, though I do differ with him upon that point. The Honourable Gentleman with some of the fancy, of which he possesses much, says that I stated that the colonies were:on a vicious system. Now, on the contrary. I said that the colonies were a great part of the empire, and I hoped that they might flourish ; but I did say that the ancient system, by which you refused to the mbead o e f a fax o Ta o h t m h ma c t o o r r rt c e hei h e a i m r colonies permission to send its produce to other countries, was a vicious system. Now, this is a point of considerable im portance, for it said, that if you are not in favour of the ancient system, you wish to destroy the colonies ; but on the benefit egopour, nwt country the his, yacountry.ldtee veconfessg gone ets bq The aueci I kt l ef e a, anef unprepared after rot hr e contrary, I believe the colonies, under a better system, would r a n d e o a p r ied Gentlemanwya s h a t i d o the character of the country, Ido not refer to those times of violence, when the throne and Parliament was scattered by the assumption of an usurped authority, but since the accession of the house of Stuart, there was nothing more clear than that the character of the country was to adhere with firm determi nation to the conquests of reason which had been made. In those days personal liberty was at the will of the sovereign. The Habeas Corpus Act was passed. Had they slates', a wish to repeal that Act? The Bill of Rights was also obtained —had any attempt been made to repeal that Bill ?—(llear, hear.) The Act of Toleration was passed, but who had ever moved that it should be suspended—( Hear.) Ido not believe that there is any party in this House that would wish to restore the disabilities that were formerly imposed upon the Catholics. —(Cheers.) When a question had been ripened by discussion and decided, the triumph of reason ha; ever remained permanent and without even a wish being expressed to repeal er go back. Sir, my Noble Friend who began the debate, and the Hon. Gentleman alter whom I am now speaking, contemplated the passing of this resulUtion, and in terms of great courtesy to her Majesty's Ministers, contemplated that after the passing of the amendment, we might continue with benefit to admit - sister the affairs of this country. I beg to thank my Noble Friend for the manner in which he addressed us, and I have teething to find fault with in the terms of hisspeech, but the resolution itself is:one completely subversive of the pelicy which we have thought right to recommend to this House. I had hoped that in assuming with my colleagues the Government of this country, I had hoped that after a period of angry contest, after a period during which a measure was carried which bad been attended with more violent opposition than any measure ever met with in that House, I had hoped that we shouldhave had at least the acquiescence of all parties till at length affairs had assumed a settled course, that they would have waited to see whether the measure we brought forward would meet with the approbation of the coun try. With that expectation I did feel (what an Hon. Member calls) the presumption—be it so—l did feel :hat. I sbnuld undertake the adrniniatration of the affairs of this country; but I do thi n k th a t no "Ministet could COndect the dom es ti c dffairs of this country, or maintain its character in the face of foreign powers, milieu he hmi the respect of this House and the country ; and I candidly confess that if I consented to go on with the administration of the affairs of this country, after the resolution was carried, and my volley set aside, I should be exposing my Administration to conteme, I should be injuring the dignity of the Crown, whose servant lam; I should be injuring the reputation of the Go vernment, at whose head I am placed ; I ?hould be causing a diminution of the glory of this great nation, to which we all belong. I can also state that, if the resolution correctly represent the opinions of the majority of the House, and if it be a reflex of the opinion of the country, I think her Majesty would do well to place the administration of affairs in the hands of those who advise that policy. That would be a constitutional pro ceeding, and though I could not support my Noble Friend in his views. I must ;admit that he would be intitled to carry out that policy, by assuming the position which would enable him the more effectually to do so; but of one thing I am sure, that to remain in power after being degraded by the passing of the resolution of my Noble Friend, would bring a permanent injury to the constitution of this country, and I would not be doing justice to my Sovereign to continue to hold office one moment longer.—( The Noble Lord sat down amid loud cries of "Divide.") . Strangers were then ordered to withdrawn, and the House divided, when there appeared— For Lord G. Bentinck's amendment .. Against it 135 265 Majority in favour of Ministers 130 The amendment was received with considerable cheering from the Ministerial side of the House. The resolution was then agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjdurned at half-past One o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GOODWOOD RACES—YESTERDAY. The Craven Stakes. Dawdle walked over. The Gratwicke Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Joinville Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo Mr. Wreford's Wits'- End Won by a lergth. Ten ran. The Ilam Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, &c. Mr. Bowes's Epirote Mr. S. Heelert's Tantivy Duke of Richmond's Halo Sweepstakes of 300 soy=. each, Mr. Gully's Weatherbit Mr. johnstone's Annandale • Dake of Richmond's Pic Nic lor4 G. Bent hick's Pug The Welter Stakes of 20 sovs. each, &c. Miss Milner colt The Conjuror Blackbird The Lavant Stakes of 50 soya. each, &e. Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp Mr. Payne's f by Venison, out of Cobweb .. The Goodwood Club Stakes of 10 Soya. each. Best Bower 1 Naworth Alliance Eight ran. Won by a head The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 Soya. each. Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Cuckoo Mr. Maher's Perdita filly 1 2 3 week has been so great in the metropolis, that the Batavier from Rotterdam, the Antwerpen from Antwerp, and the steam-packet from Havre, have landed on our quays such an abundance of fruit, that currants, which recently sold for 10d. the quart, have been sold during the past week at 19d. the gallon. But what of all thi,, if the poor man, the decent mechanic, and the great bulk of the population, are deprived of a cheap and abundant supply of that commodity which can alone enable them to turn these advantages to account? What could more conduce to the health and com fort of a large community ?—what greater domestic luxury to the poor, than such a supply of sugar as would enable them to preserve for futare use such an abundant and cheap supply of fruit? A good Sugar Bill is a necessary, comple ment to all the reductions and reforms which we have made in our tariff. Weigh against the great public interests in volved in the measure all the arguments which are put for ward by the monopolists against it—in all of them we re cognise only one idea and one fact, which has been the con spicuous mark of our sugar legislation from time immemorial —the interests of the many sacrificed to those of the few. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 28. The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Charlemont, and the Bishop cf Oxford. BOWEN V. EVANS. The further arguments in this part-heard case occupied their Lordships the whole day. ROLLS' COURT, July 28. The Master of the Rolls sat in his Court in Chancery-lane to-day. BAINBRIDGE V. BADDELEY.—JUDGMENT. The MASTER or THE Roils gave judgment in this case to day, which was argued before his Lordship a short time since upon a demurrer put in by the defendant to the plaintiff's amended Bill. The Bill was filed for the purpose of obtain ing the direction of the Court for the t►ial of certain issues fir the purpose of ascertairiog whether the will of a trltator named Bainbridge, which was made in 1818, was valid or not, it being contended that the will was of no effect, inas much as the testator was insane at the time of making It. To this Bill a demurrer was put in by the defendant, on the ground of want of equi!y. His Lordship ordered the de murrer to be allowed. LENDOREN v. LENDGREN.-JUDGMENT. The MASTER OF THE ROLLS gave judgment in this case, in which the question was whether certain legacies left by a testatrix of the name of Standon were good or not, under the circumstances, and if they were good whether they were to be paid out of the testatrix's general estate. It appeared that the testatrix Mrs. Standon, being possessed of 1,0001., Three per Cent. Consols, sold them out for the sum of 9031, which she handed to the plaintiff, upon the understanding that he should pay her the came amount of interest (301. a year) as she had received from the stock. This was regularly done up to the period of her death, sho►tly before which she made her will, leaving a legacy to the plaintiff of 5001., and others of smaller amount to other per sons, all of which she directed to be paid out of the Three per Cent. stock. The testatrix having no Three per Cent. stock at the time of her death, it was con tended that the legacy must fail. The MASTER OF THE ROLLS was of a different opinion, and directed the legacy to be paid out of the testatrix's general estate. .IKYVES V. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.-JUDGMENT The MASTER OF THE Rotas also gave judgment in this case, which was argued before him in his court at Westminster some time since. The case came before his Lordship upon a demurrer put in by the defendant, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, as the surviving executor of his late Majesty George the Fourth, to the bill filed by the plaintiff, the re presentative of a natural daughter of the late Duke of Cum. berland, brother of George the Third, claiming a legacy of 15,0001., left by the will of that monarch to Olive, the daughter of his brother, out of consideration for her situation. George the Third died on the 29th of January, 1820, without having revoked his will, and George IV. possessed himself of his personal estate. George IV. died on the 28th of June, 1830, and by his will he appointed the Duke of Wellington and Sir William Knigh ton his executors. The legacy of 15,0001. not having been paid, and Sir William Knighton having died, the plaintiffs filed their bill against the Duke of Wellington, as the surviv, ing executor of George IV., for an account of the personal estate of that monarch, of which he had possessed himself, and also for the payment of the legacy. To that bill the Duke put in a demurrer for want of equity, on the ground that the matters contained in the will of George 111., were not cognisable in the Court, inasmuch as the will had never been proved in the proper form. His Lordship was cf opinion that the demurrer was sustainable, and ordered it to be allowed.—Demurrer allowed. VICE CHANCERY COURT, July 28. The VICE-CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND, after disposing of the short causes in his paper, and making orders for the re turn of the deposit in several railway cases, heard motions. (Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MITEDOCII. Mr. ROLT, QC. , continued his argument on behalf of the defendants, the trustees of one of those chapels built by vo luntary subscription in Scotland !in connexion with the Established Church, before the disruption. His argument yesterday proceeded on the special circumstances of the case, by which he endeavoured to show that the residuary church established by law had no claim over the cha pel by the deeds. But to-day he assumed that there might be something in the deeds apparently supporting the claim, and argued that the trustees of this chapel did no thing more than elect to follow a model, and that for this model they took the Church of Scotland as it then existed. He contended that so far as this model of a Christian church was concerned the Church of Scotland and the Free Church did not differ, in support of which he referred to the Veto Act of the Church of Scotland, as expressive of her opinion in 183.5, to the secessions which were made from her com munion in the same spirit in 1733 and 1732, and to several passages from the first and second books of Church Disci pline. He denied that they had connected themselves with the Church of Scotland or the Free Church. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 28. (Before Mr. Commissioner FAKE.) IN RE HOPKINS. This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a trader in Portman-street, Portman-square, came up to pass his last examination. A Solicitor said he attended as solicitor to the assignees. The Learned CommissioNsit asked if he was the solicitor to the fiat, and'was answered in the negative. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he never recognised any one as solicitor to the assignees, they were, if appointed, so• licitors of the Court working out the Eat. The Solicitor said he had been appointed after the choice of assignees. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he could examine the bankrupt. It appeared that the bankrupt had started in busine=:s without capital, and there would not be a shilling to his cre ditors, as he had made a post nuptial settlement on his wif e in 1844. He had net kept any cash- book, and his accounts were very imperfect. The Learned COMMISSIONER said that these were properly subjects for discussion when the bankrupt applied for his certificate. The bankrupt was then allowed to pass. another struck his hand. Whea the prisoners were ap prehended, Meek said that the gun had been fired at a lark ; and it turned out tha the waggon, at the time of the firing, was distant about 35 yarda from the prosecutor. For the defence the criminal intent was again denied, and several persons gave the prisoners an excellent character. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS told the jury to consider whether the gun had been fired at such a distance from the prosecutor as to show that the prisoners must have contemplated its taking effect; if it bad not been so fired they ought to be acquitted. The jury deliberated a few moments, and returned a verdict of Acquittal. July 25. CROWN COURT. BREAKING AND ENTERING A DWELLING •HOUSE. — George ifilia.'es was indicted for having, on the 10th of May, feloniously entered the dwelling-house of William Miles, at Beeston, and stolen fourteen pounds therefrom. Mr. Evans conducted the prosecution, and Mr. G. L. Browne defended the prisoner. It appeared that the house of the prosecutor had been en tered while the family was attending divine service, and the money taken by some person, who must have cut oat a small - latticed window from its rude framework at the back of the house, and squeezed himself through the aperture thus made, for there were the footmarks of a stranger outside the window. The window-frame was whitened, as if some per son with a whitened coat had forced himself through, and on the sill there was an impression as of whitened corduroys. The footmarks were traced to some distance, and it appeared that the thief in his retreat must have forced himself through a place where he would have to creep on his hands and knees, and, in all probability, wet his knees, and cause his dress to be marked with green staips. All these indications of guilt coincided with the state of the prisoner's dress, ex cept that the impression of his highlows did not correspond with the footmarks. It was proved, however, that the pri soner, after he bad seen the constables examining the foot prints, had drawn some nails from his highlows, and that in ngth and breadth they coincided with the impressions. None of the money, however, was found on the prisoner or traced to Lim. The defence consisted of very ingenious com ments, tending to discredit the accuracy of the witnesses. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty; and the prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. WOUNDING A MAN IN PossEssiox.— William Tennant was indicted for having, on the 30th of April, wounded John Utting on the head, with intent to do him . some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Palmer prosecuted, and Mr. W. Cooper defended the prisoner. On the day in question the prisoner went to a small farm, of which he has recently been dispos sessed in due'course of law, and I,ersisted in remaining on the premises there, notwithstanding that he was warned off by the prosecutor, who is a sheriff's follower, and had been left in possession. The prosecutor determined to eject him, and. was rising from his seat for that purpose, when the prisoner took a steno from his pocket and struck him with it a tre mendous blow on the back of the head. At that moment the son of the prrosecutor entered, and, rushing to his father's assistance, knocked the prisoner down and secured him. The blow on the prosecutor's head proved to be one of a very serious kind, and the attendance of a medical man for some time became necessary. In cross-examination it was elicited that the prosecutor had been convicted of a conspiracy to procure evidence against a man on a charge of rape. For the defence, the daughter of the prisoner proved that the prose. tutor had commenced the affray, and she also denied that her father had bad any stone in his hand. The jury Ac quitted the'prisoner. .This case concluded the assizes for this county. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Nottingham, July 25. The Crown business was finished in the course of the at'• er noon of Friday, when Mr. Justice Patteson proceeded to assist the other Learned Judge in the disposal of the causes. The business has been very light on the criminal side of the court, the only serious charges being a case of stabbing, and that of a girl of the name of Zillah Clarke, charged with firing some straw in a hovel. She was Acquitted. The Nisi Prius business, though heavier than was expected, did not present anything worthy of a report. OXFORD CIRCUIT.— Stafford, July 25. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Mintz.) FORGERY AT WOIXERHAAIPON. - Robert Mitchell, a po liceman, pleaded guilty to the charge of forging a cheque for 751. upon Captain Hatton, the chief constable of the South Staffordshire police force, and was sentenced to seven years' transportation. MANSLAUGHTER AT TlPToll.—Joseph Bale was indicted for killing a fellow-workman in the parish of Tipton, on the 24th of June. This case afforded another of the many proofs brought forward at Stafford assizes of the fatal conse quences arising out of the ungovernable conduct and ex cessive passion displayed towards each other by the men employed in the mining districts. In this case the prisoner and the deceased, a man named Cooper, were working with many others at Messrs. Benson's works in the neighbourhood of Tipton. On the day of the occurrence, they ( with others) were engaged in carrying hot metal in ladles from the fur nace to a place where a large hammer was fixed; a contest seems to hare arisen as to which should arrive at the ham mer first; the men were running along a floor the surface of which was of metal and highly polished. Ihe deceased swung the hammer round, with the view (as it appeared) to obtain first possession of an anvil; the prisoner thereupon forcibly thrust him round. The effect of this was to hurl him with violence against the hammer. consequent upon which his head came into contact with some part of the ma chinery, and he received blows upon the bead which caused death. Mr. Justice Maule, in summing up, expressed an opinion as to the impropriety of permitting the existence of floors of such a nature as had been described, and further re marked, that there did not appear to have been any ma licious intent on the part of the prisoner. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Durham, July 23. The commission was opened last night by Mr. Justice Wightman, who presides in the criminal court. Mr. Justice Cresswell sits in the civil court at this place. The cause list is not numerous. Mr. Justice Wightman, after the list of the magistrates and coroners had been called over, and a grand jury sworn, addressed them shortly upon the duties the grand juries would have to perform, and con gratulated them upon the comparative lightness of the cal lendar. PASSING COUNTERFEIT MONEY.—John Crowther, aged 46, and Harriet Johnstone, a very aged woman, were arraigned fur having, at Stockton, uttered a couterfeit half-crown, with intent to defrtud, well knowing the came to be forged. The prisoners passed at their lodgings as man and wife, and left behind them there a carpet bag, locked up, the morning before their apprehension. On the 25th of March they pro ceeded to the Market-place, where the female prisoner pur• chased with the base half-crown a pound of butter from a small farmer's wife standing in the market, and received the change. Upon their apprehension their late lodging was discovered, and in the carpet-bag was found, locked up and enveloped in several folds of wearing apparel, a rouleau of ' twenty-nine bad and counterfeit half-sovereigns, and two bad sovereigns, and three counterfeit h a lf crowns. There was a bunch oekeys found on the woman, with one of which the policeman with ease had unlocked the bag. The man had given, when taken into custody, a false name. Mr. OTTER defended the prisoners. He gave up the case of the female, but contended there was nothing in the evi dence to affect Crowther, whom the jury acquitted, and found the woman guilty of uttering the base coin, knowing it to be counterfeit. St.e was again charged upon another indictment for at tempting to pass off a counterfeit half-sovereign, similar to, and cast in the same die as those found in the earpet.bag. A second verdict of Guilty was returned, but the sentence was postponed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. - - - - Alderman Hughes Hughes was engaged during a great part of Saturday in examining witnesses in the following serious cases of robbery .by a servant, and receiving the stolen goods by the brothers of the accused. William Slater, aged between 15 and 16, was charged with having stolen a quantity of silk handkerchiefs, the property of Messrs. Keen, Tebbutt, and Rippin, of Wood street, Cheapside, and with having embezzled several sums of money, which he bad been intrusted to receive for the firm; and his brothers, Thomas and John, aged severally 17 and 19, were charged with having received the goods.and money, knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. G. E. Radford, cashier to the firm of Keen, Tebbutt, and Co., stated as follows :—lt was the duty of William Slater to account to one for the several sums of money which he had collected. I gave him a list of the debts to collect on the 10th of July, but he did not account for any money; neither did he return to the warehouse, and was apprehended the following day. This morning he told me that he had been persuaded by his brothers to steal the money, that they had previously wished him to steal on several occasions, and on the mornin g o f th e 10th he met them at their lodgings. The arrangement was then made that he was to rob on that day ; that he met them accordingly in Whitechapel-road, and gave them the whole of the money he had received up to that time, cheques and all, and that they went together to Tottenham ; that he had no portion of the money himself, nor had they, when he left them, spent so much as a sovereign of it. He also told me that he had, from time to time, stolen various silk hand kerchiefs from his employers, having been persuaded by his brothers to commit the robberies, and he received only a small portion of the proceeds, one or two shillings at a time; that he took the property early in the morning, during the time he was sweeping his portion of the warehouse, and he carried it off the premises in his hat or cap ; and that he had stolen a gold 'pencil-case, the property of a young man then living in the house, which pencil-case a pawnbroker named Cotton detained. About 12 months ago I observed one of the prisoners, whom I believe to be John Slater, walking outside the warehouse, and whistling for his brother to come out ; and in consequence of that William was prohibited from holding any intercourse with his brother John. After some. further evidence in corroboration of this state ment, William Slater. upon being asked whether he wished to say anythingcsaid, "All that Mr. Radford has stated is quite correct." The two other prisoners said, "We have nothing to say at all." The prisoners were then committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. WORSHIP-STREET. Hannah Darker was brought up for final examination be fore Mr. Broughton, charged with having feloniously admi nistered a quantity of oxalic acid to her husband, George Barker, a journeyman shoemaker, with intent to murder him. _ _ _ The facts of the case were fully detailed in this paper. The prisoner was fully committed on the capital charge. WHoLEsAr.s SwmrnunG.—George Rose Keate, alias Kean, and Richard Huggard, who stood charged with having ob tained from various tradesmen a vast quantity of property by falso representations, were placed at the bar for final ex amination. The depcsitiAng in several charges, including two cases of forgery against Keale, having been completed, both the pri soners were committed for trial. Baron and Baroness do lyingen are about leavioz town for Scarborough, Yorkshire, the Baron unfortunately being prevented from his intended journey to Germany by an accident he . . . te!y met with whilst riding, YAWING A CIIILD:L-A mother havintr parted with All her moveables to procure whiskey, resorted to the extraordinary expedient of pawning her child. aged about eight years. She was ' left in the pawnshop all night. Edi itirurfai Herald. INGENUITY.—Mr. J. Dowding, of Bristol, has, we understand, manufactured a coffee kettle, capable of boiling water, out of a " mite" of the present coinage, with sixteen grains of copper to spare. --Bristol .10tirriat.' POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—Ou Monday, the following notiedwas affixed to the walls of the General Post-office, Charing crosk :.—" A mail will be made up for the islands of Ascension, and be forwarded by her Majesty's ship Contest. All letters intended to be so forwarded must be addressed,' Her Majesty's ship Contest,' and will be liable to a packet rate of postage of ls., not exceeding half an ounce, &c. No charge will he made on newspapers. The Contest is expected to sail for Portsmouth about the 28th instant. —July 27, 1946." o sir gg a i i i i i g d, ! l i s t a t l h 4 e . CORPCRALIPUNISIDIENTS.—We believe it is the in tention of several warm frieinls iu tho cause of humanity, to esta blish themselves into a society for the abolition of fl army and navy. Mr. May, of 12, Etiekingliam-street, Assisting this desiratle object, and has proffered the usb of 114 Offickg for the fulfilment and facilitating it. Surily the late horrible affair at Hounslow will bring forward friends to aid those gentlen2CLllll , $494 014vomen oatil the evil In outtrely Oa away with, _ . __, .. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JULY 27. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena Augusta Victoria, third daughter of her Most Excellent Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was baptised on Saturdlv last the 2sth instant, in the Chapel, within Buckingha m palace, and a detailed account of the ceremonial observed at t his solemmq will appear in a Supplementary Gazette. MASTER OF THE HORSE'S-OFFICE, JULY 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Granville George Earl Granv ille to .14 Master of her Majesty's Buck Hounds, in the ro om of tu Right Honourable James Alexander Earl of Rosslyup re signed. DOWNING-STREET, JULY 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Graham and Commander George James Hay, of tbe wi hß i e t;rl Navy, to be Companions cf the most Honourable A." — Order of the Bath. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Micidleozir - car Royal 'Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia taM R. Cannon to be Major, July 24. , to Uxb • ridge Yeomanry Cavalry—Hugh Harnmerslen '- to be Cornet, July 24. a rles si Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. * Durham Militia—R. H. S. Jackson, Esq;, to be Cap" July 20. WHITEHALL, JULY 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles James r ()-1( ' cf the city of Canterbury, Gent., to be a Master Exlraordinari in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. rf eetle r Francis Barber Kettle, horse dealer, Brighton, to Aug. 4, at twelve, and Sept. 4, at one, at the Court of . 01 : eet ; ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall -04 Staniland and Long, Bouverie-street. hor Walter M'Dowall and Ralph Brown, printers, Pern row, Gough-square, City, Aug. 4, at half past twelve , 3 2 it y. Sept. 4, at half past eleven, at the Court of BankruP,.„ica Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; HolLa. Co., New Inn. , F -- march Leaden hall-street, A-1:01- arquhar Macqueen, merchant, Leaden. -.1-si. and Sept. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ,iet; lett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall -st— Ashurst, Cheapside. qout b ' Charles Burrows and John Gliddon, brewers, 1 71 Y 1 ',. art- Aug 11 and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District t-,•9_,be, Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Little and Woolco'i''. Devonport ; Stogdon, Exeter; Makinson and Co., TeinP: James Evans, silk mercer, Bristol, Aug. 11 and SeP A „ cio r ' at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acrainan , assignee, Bristol ; Savery, Clark, and Co., Bristol. John Carlisle, builder, West Derby, Aug. 7 and SeP","O.-1 at eleven, at the Liverpool District - Court. Turner, oml e i, assignee, Liverpool ; Rogerson, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Da Liverpool. John Smith Chadwick, calico printer, Manchester, . 0 ,4 12 and September 2, at twelve, at the Manchester Pipp o * Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, " and Weatherall, Temple, London, Blair, Manchm`en.,. o ter Edward James Inchley, corn dealer, Drayton, 2"1;: e shire, August 15 and September 10, at twelve, at , ".,., f iser mingham ..District Court. Whitmore, official ass' jr Birmingham; Rawlings, Market Harborough, James, mirighatn. William Inchley, coal dealer, Drayton, Leicestery,hiiireci Aug. 15 and Sept. 10, at twelve, at the Bi rm i n gbain r t ni t o, Court. Bittleson, official assignee, Birmingham; 1 W Market Harborough ; James, Birmingham. James Coates, tailor, Leominster, Herefordshire , n Alig tric gt ' r at one, and Sept. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham look Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; house, Leominster Bartlett, Bi buirmingham. Alfred William John Mason, lder, Edgbaston, ‘• 3 at e the shire, Aug. 7, at half - past ten, and Sept. 1, at te n, Birmingham District Court. Christie, offi c i a l assigne e, minghani ; Ryland, Birmingham. ta ffott: 'Thomas Small Smith, carpenter, Wednesbniv, 'vistrio shire, Aug. 7, and Sept. 1, at ten, at the Birminglug n w a lke r ' Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Wolverhampton. Aug' Thomas Charles Fletcher, glass dealer, Nottingluat i ', 'oor t. 7, and Sept. 1, at ten, at the Birmingham District — ,10 1 % Valpy, official assignee, Waterloo-street, Birmini3 h ` Brown, Nottingham; Smith, Birmingham; , tA tt , I ( illiain George Wale Tayler, surgeon, Tyyritru lq pir Cornwall, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Exeter t, ti trict Court. Hirtzell. official assignee, P au l-street, Elf e r, t Coodes and Shilson, St. Austel, Corn Wall • Stogdon, met _ . TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUN. think a knowledge of the starting horses for the principal stakes run at Goodwood this week would be of some service to your sporting readers. Below bill be found as correct a list as it is possible to obtain. GOODWOOD STAKES.—Akbar, Maid of Lynne, Jenny Wren, Giantess, Vol-au-rent, Conjuror, Teetotaller, Pe titioner, Camera Obscure, Alatnode, Glossy, Orion, Brother to Sir Henry, The Druid, Red Robin, Mongrel, St. Demetri, Bold Archer, Morella filly, Newcourt, Con naught Ranger, Wilford, The Hero, My Mary, As-you like-it, Jack Clyde, Jonathan Wild, Sister to Pergularia. ORANGE PltlZE.—Alarm, Leaconfield, Lothario, Jeri cho, The Cure, Grimston, Wolfdog. GoonwcoD CUP.—The Cure, Weatherbit, Sutlej, Lo thario, Kedger, Grimston, Wolfdog, Winchester, Hum drum. 200 Sovs. STAKES.—Maid of Saragossa, Wee-bi Thernis, Little Nell, Miss Whip filly, Sister to Sorella. RACING STARES.—Tago, Collingwood, Nannette co Green Pea, King Charles, Arkwright. The last thr doubtful. 200 Sous. STAKES.—Crozier, Mathematician, Chain bearer, Mistress Jean. 25 Suvs. STAKES. —PIanet, filly by Lanercost. SUSSEX STAKES.—A walk over by Red Hart, or Gabbier. 50 SOVS. STAKES.—Blackbird, and perhaps Dance away. MOLECOMBE STAKES.— Slander, Ran vile tte colt, Van Tromp, Cobweb filly, Galata filly, Halo, Little Julia, or Joyful. NASSAU STAKES.—Princess Alice, Flitch, Mowerina, Fair Helen, Guaracha, Cuckoo. A large field is expected to start for the Chesterfield Cup, including Idas, Alamode, Refraction, Dexterous, St. Demetri, Petitioner, and Leaconfield. I am, Sir, yours, &c., TH6' SPIRIT OF THE TURF. THE SUGAR DUTIES. (From the Morning Chronicle of Monday.) It is expected, we believe, that the divisioa upon the Sugar Duties will take place to-morrow night, and the ma jority in favour of the measure will, it is anticipated, be even larger than that upon the second reading of the Corn Bill. Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham will support the Mi nisterial measure. The opinion gains ground too that it is not likely to encounter any serious opposition in the House of Lords. The more this question is looked at, the more the facts which bear upon it and the interests of the community are considered, the more must our amazement be excited that so monstrous an abuse should so long have been suffered to exist‘ that so great an economical error should have remained so long unredressed. The facts connected with the Sugar Duties,' awl their effect upon the consumer, constitute no' finely balanced question, on which, when once they are known, any dispute can be maintained ; they are so • palpable as at once to bring home conviction to the mind of the absurdity of the system we have hitherto pursued. And this is the more striking when we consider that in other articles intimately connected, both in their sources of production and in their actual uses, with sugar, a policy the reverse of that now under consideration has been pursued for the last quarter of a century, and with such success that statesman after statesman has referred to it as conclusive evidence of the wisdom cf relaxing commercial restrictions, and of the fact that exorbitant duties are alike inconsistent with the true interests of the consumer and the fiscal policy of the State. Our surprise at the pertinacky with which statesmen have adhered to this absurd system is greatly increased when we consider the character of the article which has been so long the object of this most unwise policy. With the exceptions only of bread and salt, there is proba bly no other article capable of such an extended and beneficial consumption as sugar, or by the aid of w hi c h th e use f u l pro perties of so many other articles of every-day consumption are developed. It is worth while to look back for twenty or thirty years, and to see the anxiety displayed by commercial re formers to bring the articles of coffee, and tea, and fruits more within the reach of the poorer classes of our consumers, while, until last year, little or nothing has been attempted to secure a corresponding increase of sugar. Since 1821 the reductions which have taken place in the duties on coffee may be thus stated : - Duty on Duty on Duty on Colonial East India Foreign Coffee Coffee. Coffee. per lb. per lb. per lb. s. d. s. d. s. d. 1821 1825 1835 184'2 1844 _ Under these reductions the consumption of coffee has in creased so rapidly as to yield a revenue at the present time much more than double the amount that -it did in 1821. The progress of consumption may be thus stated : In 1821 1831 .. ... 22,740,000 • 1841 ..... 1845 Again, the opening of our trade to China, by the abolition of the monopoly of the East India Company, has had great effect upon the price, and consequently upon the consump tion of tea. The consumption of tea was in 1821 1831 - 1841 1845 From 1821 to 1846 the consumption of coffee, udder the reductions of duty to which we have referred, increased nearly fivefold; and during - the same period the consump tion of tea increased twofold. But while these extraordinary changes have been taking place, what has been the progress of all those supplies of sugar from which the consumption of the country could be drawn ? The entire importations at the periods quoted have been as follow :—ln 1821 1831 1841 .. 1844 But of the quantity imported in 1844 no Las than 777,000 cwts. were of that class of sugar practically prohibit e d f rom consumption by a duty of 635. per cwt., while in 1821 of th at class the supply included only 197,000 cwts. So that in reality the actual available supply of sugar in 1844 was only 4,110,000 cwts., while in 1821 it was 4,176,000 cwts. Seeing how uniformly the supply and consumption of coffee in creased with every reduction of duty, we shall be less sur prised at the stationary character of the supplies of sugar when we consider the scale of duties to which during the same period that article has been subjected. They were as follows: SUGAR DUTIES. _ P Colonial. ..,.,_ Foreign. 1821 - 275. per cwt. ... G3s. • 1831 245. „ 63s. 1841 249. and 5 per cent. ......... 635. and 5 per cent. 1844 9 43. Nothing can, therefore, be more conclusive than the evi dence of these facts as to the influence of duties upon the amount of consumption; showing, on the one hand, the rapid increase which immediately follows a reduction of duty and a removal of restrictions; and, on the other, the sta tionary character of our supplies as long as restrictions and high d u ti es are ma i nta i ne d . B u t, with the rapid in crease which h as t a k en p l ace i n th e population of the coun try, what appears in figures as a stationary supply is, in effect, an actual ditninution. In 1801 the consumption of sugar in thi s country was 300bs. to each individual ; i n 1821 it was 1941b 5 . to each individual ; and in 1844 the average consumption of th e w h o l e population was only IGlbs. and a small fraction t o eac h i n di v i dua l . While of coffee, in 1801 the i consumption per h ea d, i n G rea t Britain, was little above loz. ; in 1821 it was Boz. ; in 1814, it was more than 111 h. to eAch person. So that while the establidled allowance of sugar for each , person in the navy is more than 3 fibs., and consumption of each eua,lihlepoauuri:wv‘r-oriktilitoitiieseyereagr,ultahteionasvperraogveide inure than 221bs. to person in the whole country, at the latest date to which our figures extend, very little exceeds 161bz. Surely these ine faeta.which must silence all the objections which can be pug, forward against increasing the supply of this necessary at . tiele of • human food. What avails it that our coffeo duties have been reduced, if the supply of sugar remains stationary ? What avails it that we increase our trade with the Chinese, and bring to the consumer double the present quantity of tea, if no more sugar is to be admitted? How can the poor get the benefit of those relaxations of the tariff which have opened to. their use the fresh, fruits from the gardenso . f Flatp.tera 011 ::111bIlaha, - IC / We ' axe.' stiff to be stinted to exactly the same quantity of sugar, the I share of each person decreasing annually as the population , &two? iye Art Ma rho the lupply 0 fruit daring Oa hiot MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. GAMING nousEs.—On Saturday, Philip William Saunders, James Cutforth Field, Richard Bradshaw, and James Adkins, were indicted, charged with having kept a common gaming house:at 31, St. James's Street, between the months of May, 1840, and the same month in the year 1845. In a second count they were charged with having kept a common gaming-room at 26, St. James's-street. During the last two years there have been several trials and motions in the various courts at 'Westminster relative to the recovery of 2,0004 upon two promissory notes or cheques given by Mr. John Simeon, the son of Sir R. Simeon, Bart. The defence has been, that these documents were given for the payment of money lost at hazard, and that there had been cheat ing in the transaction. The first trial was appointed for December, 1844, but the day preceding the defendants consented to a judge's order for the payment of debt and costs in fourteen days. That judge's order was subsequently set aside upon the affidavits made by the above defendants, wherein they stated that Mr. Simeon was under the influence of wine upon the occasions when he played, and that he had played with loaded dice. In these affidavits, Saunders stated himself to have been employed as waiter to the establish. meat, and that he had handed the loaded dice to Mr. Simeon. The other defendants declared themselves to have been partners in the concern with a party of the name of Davies, who eventually had obtained possession of the notes or cheques, and that he had refused to give them their proportion. Upon these affidavits the present indictment was brought. The Learned Counsel for the prosecution (Mr. BALLArr- TINE), however, failed to give evidence as to the parish wherein the houses were situated, and wherein the money was alleged to have been lost and won, and also in his proof of identifying the defendants with the houses. Mr. CLARKSON and Mr. BODKIN, on behalf of the defen dants, submitted under this state of things that there was no case to go to the jury. The Learned JUDGE being of opinion that there was not, directed the jury to acquit the defendants, which was accord ingly done. STRAND SESSIONS. DESERTION AND CRIM. CO:.—Ellen Hughes attended be fore the bench to support a summons which had been taken out against her husband, Mr. John Hughes, lately an engi neer in the service of the Birmingham and Gloucester Rail way Company, by the guardians of the Strand union, for allowing her to become chargeable to the parish of St. Giles. It was not denied that the defendant had not fulfilled the pecuniary arrangements entered into by him for the support of his wife since their separation. Defendant was also charged with having formed a criminal connexion with a female ser vant, and that this was the original cause of the separation. The wife had formerly been in the service of Captain O'Don nell, and the defence was criminal intercourse on her part with that officer, to prove which several witnesses were called. Captain O'Donnell admitted that he had frequently visited complainant, and had relieved her want?, but denied that any improper intercourse had taken place between them. The Bench refused to grant the order. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norun'cli, .14 24. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. justice WILLIAMS.) ARSON.—Henry Warren was indicted for having, on the 20th of June, set fire to a stable in the parish of Rockland. Mr. EVANS conducted the prosecution; the prisoner was not defended by. counsel. was allowed to in the indictment, and before the tire he bad asked at a pub lic-house for two or three lucifer matches, which had been refused him. • About half an hour afterwards the stable was discovered to be on lire by two young women, who were passing along a road, at the side of which the stable stands. They gave an alarm, and soon after heard a noise as of the shutting of a gate in the direction of the stable ; and saw the prisoner advancing thence, who first said, " Are vim all right?" and, on one ecreamiog, told them to hold their tongues. lie afterwards assisted those who attempted to ex tinguish the fire; suspicion, however, was directed to him, and he was seized. As he was in the act of being led away, he was seen to take a Lucifer match from his pocket, bite off the end, and then throw it away-. The prisoner, in his defence, suggested the improbability of his setting fire to the only place of refuge he had, - for •no one would give a chimney-sweep a bed; and commented on the - omission to produce the fragments of the lucifer match, which it had been said he had thrown away. • The jury, alter some deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentence was deferred. SHOOTING.—TEST OF INTENT BY DISTANCE.—John Meek ' and William Dodman were indicted for having, on the Ist of July, shot at Charles Godbolt, with intent to maim, &c. It appeared that on the day in question the prisoners drove in a waggon past a field - in which the'prosecutor was mowing some vetches. They were lying on the top of the waggon,. and 'on the prosecutor looking up-at them they ffrst.auused him, and then one of them, seizing a gun, fired it at him, saying, " Take that." The shot tool( effect on various parts 9( ha Perm; WoPetwtatte.4 Wee skin Wader the eye, slid [Dividends, &c:, in our 1460,]. MARKET NE WS.—(YESTERDA Ji WAY 111.15:7415ET8. 2 Sarrranfax..—Old Meadow Hay, 31 to 4t; New ditto,36 to to 3/ 12s ; Old Clover, 4/ Os to 5/ 15s ; New ditto, 31 0 JO 4/ 15s ;.,Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s ; Wheat Straw , de , LO 1/ 1 . 6 s per load: A full average supply, and a dull l O W CETAIEERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 41 4s; dit to ditto, 215 s to 31 15s; Old Clover, 4/ to 5/ 14s; Ne ll 0 1, 3/ 5s to 41 16s; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s; Wheat 11 15s to 1118 s per load. Supply good, and trade da 10 WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 4 1 ; ( 00 ditto, 2l 5s to 3l 15s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 51 17s ; N ew q 4 ' 313 s to 4116 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to t ro / 14s ; Wheat .-,034, 11 14s to 1/ 16s per load. Trade dull, at the above q uotavg - CONIAL. - Stioim—The market for OL British Pl an t a tion is ye* , t es• five, only about 300 hhds having been sold at previoutrbo The Public Sales have offered 74 hhds Trinidad , 1,33 0• Bengal, 9,510 bags Madras, and 500 hhds Cuba Mo s t raid The Trinidad sold at 46s to 46s Gd for good brown , 1 20 0 yellow, being again rather cheaper. Scarcely one-halls6a Bengal or Madras was disposed of , the former at "" t he to 53s for fine yellow to middling white Benar/ i, 0 3, latter at' 39s to 43 s for low to good . 1 " 1 pa' 44s 6d to 53s 6d, for low to very fine yellow, and a 8143 7 en ¢ tion of white at 54s 6d to 575, which prices are t O2- CabA' par with the reductio n no ti ce d on other sorts. All tte,, 65 for was taken in much above the value, viz., at 2 5 s to hid; mid greyish to fine yellow. The only transactions 11-09 have transpired privately, consists of about 2,000 fey yellow Havannab, which ha v e b e en sold at 23s tO 2 65, id low to fine quality, and 600 chests Bahia at 265, .be n ing,i he previous value ; both parcels were for quantity of British plantation landed .as hhds 217 tierce9 the East and West India Docks was 2,62 9 "- -8 502 barrels. There were taken for home consamptiot:l hhds 76 tierces ati N c ve . ek Thy barrels.- The stock in the same plact° expiortt 10,521 hhds 1,151 tierces 2,310 barrels. , t ) 2 ,81 COFFEE.— 141 bags Ceylon (British plantation kin-/.1 0 1. 0 bags La Guayra were offered by auction. Only part 01 co " 100/ Guayra sold at 41s Gd to 55s for fine, and to Int,' vt iar quality; being about previous rates. The St. v ° o lo brought only 28s to 28s 6d for low good ord mixed 9 00 which are comparatively very low prices. )J O 3 lO /1 RUJI.—The quantity landed last week at the t , 0 West India Docks was 710 pans 36 hhds. There Wor e t i 1' for home consumption 101 puns 1 hhd, and exp orted so ° puns 7 hhds. The stock in the same places is 11,0 9 2,30 Ric 8 hhds. bsg g E. —2,864 bags, 500 pockets Bengal, and , 1,3 7, 0 0 1 Madras, were offered by auction. All the Bengal IV S 6a for in (excepting the pockets, which sold at 145 to 14 bit e ' good mid white,) at las to 15s 6d for good to 608 , 159 to being above the value. The Madras found buyers l a de' „ 14s, being a further advance of 6(.1 per cwt. upon t ° ' description. 8 per SALTPETRE.-160 bags Madras brought 25s for refraction, which is, comparatively, about the value. A TO/i ll TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 4ls Gd per cwt on the spot, ai d 43D13 er cwt. per cwt. TaA.—The public sales being on, there is not much privately, but the consumption increases. (From the London New Price Current of July 28 '/pre' SUGAR.—To-day the market for all kinds of Colonial SngefOrf aented a very dull appearance, and further reduced ra t fr accepted. A 111 0 • REFINED To-day, although Refined Sugar was offere d duced terms, still the home trade operated with much cauti°s;rifti MAURlTiuS.—Thera has been little business transacted ET 'O ll 7 contract in any description, although there are sellers nPo n reduced terms. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal sugar met with litt le i t P li tion ;at public sale 2,766 bags were offered, but a very I nn 6 4 only sold at rather lower rates. _,,doce„o FOREIGN.—To-clay there was no public sale of sugar the In °e, slave labour, but privately more desire was shown - to °P t 8 0 kinds ; business of moment was however prevented by the as r 9 r9 j f C required. attest to orrEE..—This afternoon Ceylon coffee met with more 4lO private contract, and good ordinary pale native was sold 41s Gd per cwt. Of La Guayra 354 bags were offered at atlas' llat %C? went upon further reduced terms. t ear SPIRITS. —To-day all kinds of Jamaica Rum were in „ e te , ' quest, and fetched further advanced rates. Leeward Island ss and prices are looking up. Calcutta wanted , and prices hig" — c• 0 1 ' TEA . —At the public sal es h e ld t o- d ay there was little cl ot , evinced to operate in any description of Tea, although In er , generally were inclined to m a k e some concess i on i n pr ices. V'; RloE.—ln Bengal of every d escr i pt i on an ex t ensiv e busine s ~d S., been transacted by pri va t e con t rac t s i nce this day week, n , t o I prices showing an adva nce on th ose previously current of 9° per cwt. CINNAMON.—There has been a much better demand for CEy l pt°, first quality, and the parcels offered at the quarterly sales po le chased with eagerness ; the quantity brought forward 0° 0• e 0 large, merchants were enabled to obtain an advance on tile,' the last April sale. CO; INDIGO. —The quarterly sale of East India was brought to is O elusion this afternoon. The quantity for sale was 15,622 elle' ,40 , which 4,675 chests were withdrawn, and 3,223 bought in, ica about 8,000 actually sold. e tint e.• TALLOW.--Russian is dull of sale on the spot, and not Me r c oll t . 41s 6d per cwt can be obtained for fine Petersburg Yellow,cuersi:, For delivery in the last three months of the year there are,' Pe e t 41s to 4ls 3d per cwt. Home made on the spot, however , on , , 0 In excellent request at 40s to 40s 6d nett cash, and the suPP I ' so large as it was. Other descriptions have been purchitsed caution. 10 At the last concert of the Royal Academy of flo es a young and accomplished vocalist, Miss Anninelll man, made her debut; of whose future position on the 1)); cal stage—for which, after visiting . ltaly, she i s intello‘t t ie her friends—both amateurs and cognoscenti entertain a D OI' estimate. Besides a vocal organ of much sweetness, 0 45 liancy, and extensive r eg i s t er , s h e i s distinguished bYfoioliif qualities fitted for s t age e ff ec t , hi str i on i c ta l ent, u ntve. regular features, and handsome person. r The MARY OF MODENA, C ONSORT OF J AME S T -L.' og °- Ninth Volume of Mi s s St r i c kl an d' s " Li ves o f the Qu e ,, e England" is to be published with the Magazines at I.. rf pf of the present month. It will com p r i se th e Life of •E' . ` . ., 0 Modena, the amiable Consort o f th e un f or t una te Ja s. ' 1 0 0S ' The Life of this Queen is likely to prove one of th e valuable of the series, the materials being derive" pa; sources hitherto clo se d t o t h e E ng li s h rea d er. A large b efit tion of them has b een ta k en f rom an unpublished Pi 3 , t r / , o dee t fi by one of the N uns o f Ch a ill ot, with whom Mary of o th e ' was in: constant and friendly communication. M al lerv e ,, a important details are derived from manuscripts Pr is s among the Royal Archives of France, access to whi c d' e 'd t he various other valuable privileges, have been far" [ authoress by M. Guizot. s 4 ADVERTISEMENT.j—THE RAJAH OF TRA ,t gest , ' AND HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.—On the llth of July, 1846, pot, Holloway was honoured with an order for six of the large7 lig pili Holloway's Ointment, from no less a . person than his Roya l ~. o nah ic i, the Rajah, or reigning sovereign of Travancore, through t ` l '; .L‘th, n o firm of Messrs. J. Cockburn and Co., East India merchau7: for „ New Broad-street, London. The ointment, it appears , surd personal use of the Rajah, and will be employed under 1 ,1 5 so] intendence of his private physician. Holloway's ointineTabgegt,.. over India, being a certain cure for ulcers, wounds, sores, 0' 4 4 t he even if of twenty years' standing, and may be obtained '„ r , prietor, 244, Strand, London, and of every medicine BIRTHS. 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