The Sun. — London, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

THE SUN , LONDON, TUESDAY EVE] ..........m0...............•+acy.••••••• - •ww• .-.. • • • further to complete it to Ravenglass; about 22,0004 mere I for black; there is a good demand whilst a less quantity Pearson). He voted for the amendments to which he Ir y 012b ittott would be required to complete seven miles in addition is on offer, and prices . are on the advance. Congou of referred, because h . e believed . they would be acceptable •to beyond Bootle, on which last section 14,0001. ordinary and good ordinary sound quality realizes 8d to to a large portion of his fellow-subjects. - (Hear, ' had already been expended. There would then 9d, better kind 10d to is 2d, strong blackish leaf hear.) The question which weighed with him was SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. remain the southern ten miles of the line to be cora- is 3d to is 6d, superior Is 8d to 2s 2d, Pou- not what the law had been and was, but what __ *e ___ pleted, namely, between Bootle and the Furness Railway. chong low to fine, 4d to 9d, Souchong 8d to it should be.-(Hear, hear.) When he found that the LOMBARDY. There were, therefore, three alternatives which have oc- is 6d, and better sort is 8d to 2s 3d. There is a greater Bill had been materially amended by the House of The Ticino Gazette of the 23d inst. mentions that- cupied the attention of the Directors in considering the demand for green, and merchants decline to sell upon Lords ; that it was at last passed in an assembly in " The Directory have received a letter from the Go- question of a partial opening of the line, viz., from former terms. Gunpowder realizes for Canton is 2d to which the venerated prelates of our Church occupied vernment of the Griso ns , i n f orm i ng it th a t th e garrison Whitehaven to Braystones, being eight miles, at a cost is Bd, Hyson sort is 9d to 3s 6d, superior 3s 8d to 4s 4d, seats; that the wisdom of the Duke of Wellington had of Stelvio had abando ne d th e t own an d so ught refuge in of 9,500/. ; from Whitehaven to Ravenglass, being nine Imperial Canton, is to is 6d, Hyson kind is 8d declared su c h a measure necessary, he saw no reason the valley of Munster. The columns, which had entered miles more, at a further cost of 26,0001. ; from to 3s 4d, Twanky, ordinary and good ordinary, 4d why they should not enter into open diplomatic relations Valtelina, from the Vale of Canonica, had arrived at Por- Whitehaven to Bootle, being six miles more, to 6d, better 8d to Is, Hyson common is ld to with the only sovereign with whom they had heretofore chiavo. The refugees deposited their arms, which were at a further cost of 22,0001. The second of is 3d, middling to good is 4d to 2s, fine and very fine had no such avowed relations, though it was well removed to the interior of the Canton. The Piedmontese these alternatives was the one which, it is believed, 2s 2d to 3s 4d, Young Hyson 8d to is 4d, good and fine known th a t secret intercourse had long been were sent home by the shortest road, and the Lom- can be accomplished during the ensuing half-year, and is 6d to 3s 6d, Hyson Skin 8d to is 6d. For Pekoe Tea carried on.-.(Hear, hear.) There was no magic bards, who asked to proceed to France, were marched to the directors are of opinion that with a further call of a fair demand exists, blackish leaf at is to is 9d, Flowery in the t erm " diplomatic relations," for the Zurich. On the 17th August no less than 10,000 11 . , payable in December, the means at their disposal Is 6d to 3s 3d, Orange low and middling 8d to ls, and Bill, after all, would but extend their social relations Italians had taken refuge in the country of the Grisons, would enable them to accomplish this. Upon the good to fine Scented is 2d to 2s per lb. Public sales with the see of Rome. Hon. Members had different with 20 pieces of artillery, and many others had since southern portion of the line the directors hoped to effect will take place to-morrow, but the quan tity d ec l are d i s v i ews, an d t h e Hon. and Learned Member for Youghal arrived. The arms surrendered by the refugees had a saving of 37,0004 under an Act which they had ob- not large. believed that if the Bill Tassed the Papists of this been removed to the arsenal of Lucerne. It was reported tained this session. The balance sheet showed that the RICE.-To• day the quantity of East India Rice sub- country would be affected with Protestantism.-[Mr. that Marshal Radeteky had addressed notes to the total receipts up to the present time amounted to mitted to public sale was extensive and amounted to Anst e y_e No, no."] He believed that communication Government of Ticino relative to the refugees. 136,6791. is. ed., and the expenditure to 134,0081. 4s. 3d., 14,864 bags, and 1,073 pockets. There was a ma t er i a l w i t h R ome wou ld tend t o strengthen our Church, by The neighbouring Governments had written to leaving 2,670/. 17s. 3d. in hand. falling in the demand, and a small part only sold at a showing its great simplicity, instead of undermining it. that of the Grisons to suspend the departure of the re- The re p ort was a d o pt e d, after which thanks were decline of 6d to 9d. Madras was taken in at lOs to -(Hear, hear.) He, therefore, had no hesitation in fugees from that canton. The Directory had, moreover, voted to the Noble Chairman, and the meeting broke up lOs 6d for sound cargo. Of Sago 157 boxes were bought supporting this Bill. written to the Government of France and England to in at 21s for good large brown pearl. Mr. HENLEY opposed the Bill. grant them an asylum or obtain for them an amnesty. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(THIS DAY.) SPICES.-To-day, at public sale. 8 bags of Cloves sold Mr. SHEIL supported the Bill. If it was necessary It had also addressed a demand to that effect to the Amsterdam .......... 12 1% Gibra1tar.............. - at 6-4 d to bid for damaged Bourbon; 20 boxes Havannah i n 1832 th a t th e re should b e an unsuccess f u l attempt Austrian Government. I n t h e prov i nce of COR2O, the Di tto , at s i ght ...... 11 19 Leghorn .............. 31 60 Preserve s taken out; 11 brls Jamaica sold, fine at 81 made to have an accredited agent at Rome, on the part Austrian troops were being concentrated. Two thousand Rot tw toi e •dam .........: 2 1 5 2 15 1% ( 3 1 f e il n a o n a ... .. • ............ 26 —16 s, good 61 17s, middling 4/ 10s; 30 bags Pimento, mid- of England, it was preposterous in 1848, when Italy men were observing the corps of Garibaldi, at Varese. tlambur rP g • h • • 7.7.7..3:1 . .33. 13 9% Venice .. ...........•••• 7.7.7. - dling 3P; 7 casks Mace taken in at 2s 6d to 2s 8d for was in the state it at present was, that The latter was operating on the side of Luccino." Altona• • ........ • • .... - - Naples .............. 383 good middling and good; 4 casks Nutmegs sold, good such an accredited person should not be sent there in Paris, 3 days' sight .. —25 40 Palermo, peroz ........ 117 bold brown 3s 2d, and middling 2s 6d to 2s Bd, which order to put an end to the sectarian principles that had CHARING-CROSS-BRIDGE COM- Ditto, 3 months .... 25 70 Lisboa.. Marseilles .. .... .•.. • . 25 80 Oporto .............. .. 51% are full rates. hitherto existed between R ome an d E ng l an d . PANY.-(THIS DAY.) 80urdeaux......... .- - Rio Janeiro .. - FRUIT.-The demand for Currants has been very Mr. URQUHART opposed the third reading of the The general meeting of the shareholders was held to-day 1 1; r e a n k f t er s b ° ur r" h a 3 S r i tl i t s ls • l • e • : 121% 13 Messinae i. , *** - - - - -• 117 limited, and quotations must now be considered rather Bill, on the ground that it had been brought in under at their offices in Villiers -street, Strand, when the Earl of Berlin... g . '........ :. ----- N a ew n y a ork Yr ,2 a l a da • yVsiiht • -- lower, and vary from 34s to 395. Valentin Raisins are false pretences, and was therefore as fraudulent as it was Devon took the chair. Vienna, effee. So.. ... •11 40 Philadelphia - still inquired for, but the quality of those on hand being unconstitutional. The report, read by the SE CRET A RY , announce d th a t "th e T r i es t e , di tto .... •..... 11 40 Pawn or numaon, PER oz. very interior, prices are nominal at 44s to 465. Mr. REYNOLDS supported the Bill. tolls for the half-year ending the 31st of July, amounted to Madrid .............. 46 Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 COCHINEAL.-This 'afternoon there was more demand, Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed the Bill, although he 3,068/. 3s. 7d.; sufficient, after defraying the current Cadiz • • :: • • :• • • •• 48% poNrteitwalD GillorclaC • oin • •••• ( i ) 1(0) but the market was plentifully supplied. The public expressed a hope that his friends would not divide on penses, to enable the proprietors to declare a dividend at the Barcelona: :: .......::::: -7. Spanish Doubloons .. 314 3 sales consisted of 182 bags, about half sold at former rates, the third reading, as they had already had sufficient rate of four per cent. per annum. The receipts during the past 5avi11e...............„ - sayer in bars ........0 a 11% Honduras silvers went at 3s 9d to 4s 4d, black 4s 2d to divisions on the measure - divisions which he six months have not equalled those of the corresponding period _ ss 9d, Mexican silvers 3s 7d to 3s Bd, and black 3s 9d to asserted had not represented the voice of the people of last year, having been affected by the unfavourable nature MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. 4s Per lb. of the country with respect to it, i n consequence o f t h e of the weather, as well as by th os e genera l causes w hi c h h ave p ___....___ SALTPETRE.-To-day there was an increased desir e l a t e p er iod of the session at w hi c h i t h a d been b rought tended to diminish the revenue of all ra il wa y and steam- NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN boat companies ; but there has been a gradually increasing THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG. 26, 1848. manifested to do business in rough, and at auction 1,954 forward. bags Calcutta were all sold upon full terms, mid strong Mr. F. SCOTT was determined to divide against the income since the:,opening: of the South-Western Railway station in July last, and which will produce an im- Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 363 grey 8,1 to 9 per cent, refraction went at 24a 6d to 255, third reading of the Bill. Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... .., 47 good 4& to 5 per cent. 25s 6d to 265, fine 3to 31 per Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL opposed the Bill on behalf portant effect on the receipts of the company, al- Diseases Diseases... ... ... ... ... 139 cent. 265, and not refracted 20s to 23s 6d. British Re- of the Roman Catholics of Ireland. though they are not yet equal to those of the corresponding p er i o d o f 1847. A n arrangement for the amicable settlement Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses•- ••• 97 fined sells readily at 29s to 39s 6d. For Nitrate of Soda Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the ea l ma tt ers of difference:has been effected with the Market Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ••• ••• 31 there is a good sale, and prices are firm at 13s to 13s 6d. House divided, when ther e appeared- Company, by which that company has agreed to take 1,000/. Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of SPIRITS.-Of Brandy deliveries continue upon a large For the third reading and taxed costs, in full of all demands for damages against Respiration ... ... .. ... ... . 76 scale for home trade purposes, and holders remain firm, ' ' Against it 25 the Bridge Company, arising out of the lease of November Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs but little business has been done during the last few Majority for the third reading -63 2, 1842, in respect of the pier and float, and the access of of Digestion... ... ... 61 days. For Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. steamboat passengers thereto. Thenecessity of meeting the Diseases of the Kidney . ; &C.... - . 10 the rates asked are 4s 10d to ss, ditto 1847 3s 10d to CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. claims against the company, referred to in the report Childbirth, Diseases of the ' Uterus, ::: ::. 10 Bs, inferior 2s 6d to 3s 7d, and Bordeaux 2s The House then resolved itself into Committee on the submitted on July 12, 1847, and also in the report of the . Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles finance committee appointed on July 12, 1847, as well as in ••• 3 to 2s 4d. Geneva is much in request for ex or- Consolidated Fund Bill, Mr. BERNAL in the chair, that of the committee of accounts appointed February 29, Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ... ... 1 ration at 2s to 2s Id, and which are again advanced Mr. WAKLEY then drew the attention of the Ho use 1848, oblige the directors, as soon as they can do so Malformations... ... ... ... ... ... 1 rates. Fine is in fair request for home trade purposes at to the manner in which the assistant-surgeons in the advantageously, to issue, either to the shareholders or Premature Birth ••• ••• •• ••• ... 13 2s 9€l to 3s 6d. There continues to be an active s a le for navy were treated, and contended that they were enti the public, the quarter shares which were ordered to Atrophy ••• ..• ••• ••• ... ... 27 British made Spirit, and an advance in price is expected tledeo be placed on the same footing as the army assistant be created by the resolution of the special general Old Age ... . ... ... ... ... 28 to take place shortly. To-day a good business was con- surgeons. He thought the Board of Admiralty had meeting held on the 23d October, and confirmed on Sudden the 13th November, 1847. The retirement of Mr. Vaughan 7 eluded in Rum ; proof Leewards at is 71 to is std ; not . strictly considered the treatment of the naval Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance .•:: 29 East India Is 6 d to is 7 d, and Jamaica 30 to 38 per cent assistant surgeons, and felt convinced when they had, and Mr.' Walker from the direction, renders two seats at the Causes not specified ... ... ... ••• ••• 8 over proof 3s 6d to 4s 6d per gal. board vacant. The directors placed one seat, conditionally, a different course would be pursued towards them, and at the disposal of the directors of the Hungerford Market INDIGO. -For Spanish there is an increased'demand, that they p selves of the offer. And as two gentlemen, Mr. Tyrell and would not a g sin have to complain to the Company, but they did not think it expedient to avail them- DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... "' 951 and rather higher rates ha ve b een p a id ; S o b res, 2 s 8d House. B e h a d no mot i on t o ma k e on t h e su bj ect Population Average weekly Deaths to 4s; and Cortes, 2s to 3s. For East India the market but trusted that calling the attention of the House to the Mr. Rudall, were to be proposed for election, the directors Enumerated, Deaths, 1843-7. would not submit any other names to the meeting. Mr. 1841 Five Sommers. in the is firm; purchases to a fair extent have been made in subject would of itself be sufficient to place the case so Week, all sorts, both for home trade and shippin g p ur p oses , prominently before the Board of Admiralty as to cause Todd, the third director retiring in rotation, offered himself West Districts... 300,711 • . 142 ... 155 whilst the rates paid are rather above those of the last that board to do justice to a body of efficient but ill for re-election." North Districts.. 375,971 .. 182 ... 186 The general balance account showed the balance of shares Central Districts 373,653 East Districts .. 392,444 ::: 219 ..... quarterly sales. used men. 161 0 and revenue to be 6,100/.:145. ld. The balance of capitalOlLS.-For Southern there has been an active demand, Captain BERKELEY said the naval assistant- South Districts,.. 501,190 ... 251 ... 260 ' stock is 3,0911. 105. 6d., and balance at the bankers', 3,00/. 3s. 7d., making a total of 6,100/. 14s. ld. The :dividendand prices are still on the advance. At auction 60 tuns surgeons had nothing to complain of, they were not were sold. Seal cannot be quoted higher ; a good busi- treated with indignity, and in this opinion he was forti of four per cent. required 1,600/. --- ness has been concluded. At auction 10 tuns wer e lied by the testimony of other Boards of Admiralty and alcounter-resolution was moved, and a l mos t unan i mously M a l es On the motion being moved for the adopti on o f th e report, Totals... ..... 1,948 , 36 9 ,„ 972 ... 951 sold ; pale of inferior quality at 251., fine the report of the Committee which sat in 1840. 24/. 55., and brown 231 ss. Cod met with an in- After a few words from Mr. HOME and Colonel adopted, that the report be received and lie upon the table. Females ...• ... ... ... ... 465 creased demand at 244 and which is rather higher. THOMPSON the conversation dropped. A motion was then made that a dividend of four per cent. per annum be declared, on which a conversation ensued BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Sperm, buyers also appear more disposed to operate. added to the Bill. upon the competency of the meeting to entertain it Males unless the report wa s a p prove d an d adopted as well as Females ... ... ... ... 66 3 2 Of Fish Oils imports .have been of little moment sin ce The House r esume d, a nd the report was ordered to ... received, but it was ulti ma t e l y arrange d that the dividend our last report. Linseed Oil is in plentiful supply, and be received to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. prices are in consequence prevented from rising, but a The House at a Quarter . before Five adjourned to should be declared, and that the arrangement with the Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,325 Hungerford Market proprietors should be left for subsequent good home demand exists, and several export orders Half-past Six o'clock. arrangement. — completed. For Rapeseed Oil there is a firm market ......, The NOBLE CHAIRMAN then put a motio n th a t Mr. Todd THE LONDON GAZETTE with a good demand; pale is worth 35s 6d, and bro wn be re-elected, on which • 345 6d. Of Cocoa Nut extensive parcels are near at PRICES OF SHARES Mr. BROWN proposed that Mr. Tyrell should be elected (THIS EVENING.) hand, buyers in consequence operate with caution, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM in his stead. ____.„....._.____ and a desire is shown to sell low to fine quality at 37s to PANIES' STOCK. Mr. B. HAWES, jun., explained that Mr. Todd was the WHITEHALL, AUG. 26, 1848. 425. A small parcel of very inferior at auction went at From the Official List, gentleman whose election was arranged in conformity with The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis William 33s to 33s 6d. Palm is in excllent request for home the wishes of the Hungerford Market directors, and as Mr. Calvert, of the city of . York, Gent. to be a Master trade purposes, and a fair export demand exists. Prices PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. Tyrell was to be elected to fill up another of the vacancies, Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. are firm. Olive is wanted. LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29. this proposition appeared to be unnecessary, and that BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. TALLOW.-A brisk demand has been experienced for JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Mr. Tyrell and Mr. Rudall were the parties who were ex pressly deputed by the Market Company. This was expressly Edward Gamaliel Winthorp, underwriter, Avenue- Russian on the :spot since oar last report ; prices con denied by Dr. Moore, but Mr. Haw es an d th e N o bl e Cha i r- road, Regent's Park. tinue on the advance, and rule at 44s 9d to 45s for fine Dividend Amount of Paid. Price man:explained what the circumstan ces rea ll y were, t h e l atter BANK R U PTS. new P. Y. C., and at 44s 3d to 448 Gd for old. On the Name of Company, per Annum. 1 / 4 Share. stating that it it seemed hardly wi se or r i g ht to g i ve any Ri c h ar d D ayre ll Read, victua • eler, Stones'. end, Soush- part of merchants ther e i s a l so fi rmness, an d t h e tra d e —... cause of umbrage to the Market Company just at a time wark, to surrender Sept. 4, at half-past twelve, and Oct. for the most part are disposed to get into £s.d. X 40 s. d, when all the differences between the tw o compan i es h a d b een 13, at halt-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. stock. 'For delivery in the last three months of irit lus t rlasia .......... • . - 40 0 0 0 0 - 1 ii a llorth A.merican 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - brought to an amicable conclusion. Whitmore, official assignee, Easinghall-street •; Rush- the yea; a good business has b een conc l u d e d . H ome Ceylon ......•••••••• 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Further conversation ensued respecting the bearing of Mr. bury, Howard-street, Strand..:omoterchtl of London 61.1 per cent. 100 0020 0 0 - Todd in the course of the proceedings between the two com- Thomas Richards brewer, Folkestone, Sept. 4at one, madera t e s met of with a brisk demand, and realised the enhanced '2olonial. •....••.• • •• 1 50 per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -45 s to 46s nett cash. At public sale 68 casks Gloucestershire •••. • • ' 15/per cent. - anies, which Mr. Brown alleged to have been hostile to the - - and Oct. 13 at tw ' elve . , at the Court of Bankruptcy. old P.Y. Candle were sold. Rough Fat is now quot e d l on e,. .... ..... ..... et. per cent. 25 0 0 25 o o - Bridge Company. This Mr. Christie and Mr. Seeger, who Whitmore, Official assignee, Basinghall.street; Bower at 2s 7d per stone. For auction 300 casks of Tallow stated themselves to have been precisely in the same position and Son, Chancery-lane; Hart, Folkestone. Louth), and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 lt: 0 c 0 21 as Mr. Todd, emphatically denied, both expressing them-are declared. ° - London Joint-Stock ... Cl. per cent. so o 0 10 o o - selves highly in favour of that gentleman. On the show of John Evans, wine merchant, Gilbert -street, Oxford- Provincialof Ireland- Si. per cent. 100 o 0 25 0 0 38 hands being taken Mr. Tyrell was elected by a considerable street, Sept. 6, at two, and Oc'f.. 10, at half-past twelve, ELECTION COMMITTEES, Ditto, New.- ••• • • • 8/. per cent. to 00io 0 0 .- majority. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, (THIS DAY.) National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat, Provncial of Eng. , G/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Mr. Taughan's re-election was then proposed by one of th e Ab c h urc h-l ane; R o b erts, Spr i ng-gardens. HORSHAM. Ditto, New. .......• 1,51, per cent. 20 o e 10 0 0 - directors, when Thomas Miller, grocer, Cornmercial•place, Kentish- This Committee were again occupied the whole of the south Australia ..,!.• 5/. per cent. - . 22 10 0 Mr. BROWN repeated his former opposition, and proposed town, Sept. 6, at one, and Oct.. 10, at half-past eleven, day with receiving rebutting evidence on behalf of Mr. Union of Australia.... .60 per cent. 25 0025 0 0 - - 2 10 0 - - Mr. Rudall in his place, and that gentleman was unanimously at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fitzgerald, the sitting Member. Union of London. •. - 61. per cent, 50 0 0 10 0 0 - elected. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Jervis, Lawrence fount- won of Madrid .•• • • , - Mr. BZOWN then proposed the election of Dr. Moore in the ney-hill. BRIDGES place of Ms. Walker, who retires by rotation, believing that gentleman to be a true friend of both companies. James Buckland, laceman, Grosvenor-street. Gros- IMPERIA - L - 1 3- AR -- - LIAA - 'ENT. ' - Mr. B. HAWES, jun., in reply s t a t e d th a t th e t erms i n venor -square, Sept. 13, a t half-'past two, and Oct. 10, at (THIS EVENING.) -- Dividend Amount Name of Company- per of P a id. Pr i ce. which Dr. Moore was in the h a bit o f express i ng hi mse lf were two, at the C our t o f Bankrupes le Groom, official as- _ ea _ Annum. Share. such as must certainly prevent anythi ng lik e an h armon i ous signee, Ab c h urc h-l ane, L ome a rd-street; Justice, Ber- II OUSE OF LORDS. _______ —__— working of the directions of both c om p an i es . H e propose d ners - street, O x f or d -street. 4 , s. d. . s . d. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Charing-cross. •••• • •• - - 25 0 0 19% that Mr. Todd should be elected instead. Frederick Davis, merchant, Luton, Bedfordshire ' The Sheep and Cattle Importation Prohibition Bill Southwrk, Nw Sub.A.v. _, - 632 12 8 - 3 A question of order having arisen as to the competency of Sept. 12, at ole, and Oct. 10s, at half-past one, at the Ditto Nw of 7% P• c• 3 's• Per cent. 50 0 O - 15 repeating the proposition of Mr. Todd, and it being decided Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, went through Committee. Waterloo .. ••••• • • • • • - 100 0 0 - 4 in the affirmative, the show of hands was taken, when Dr. church-lane, Lombard-street; - Wilkinson officiai a a s n si d G ee 's ' rnAeby, The Sheep and Cattle Contagious Disorders Bill Ditto Old Ann. old/. 11. ss. 4d. - GO 00 27 Moore was elected by a considerable majority. Dr. MooRE then stated that the Act of Pa r li amen t re - Nicholas.lane, L om b ar d- street.. went through Committee. Ditt o N w ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 25 The Poor-law Auditors' Proceedings Restrictions Bill Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11 . 17 5. 70 10 .3 26 quired that there should be twelve directors, altho ug h th e William Bradshaw, builder, Birmingham, Sept. 12 - _ Et T custom bad been only to have eight; he the re f ore ( propose d and Oct. 10, at half-past t en, a t A b e Birmingham Dis- was read a second time, and the st a ndin g or d e rs having xNstr3LANC33 COMP. a lES. four gentlemen to complete the number. District Court. Christie, officialassignee, assignee, Birmi ng h am; suspended _________________ g; Hill athews, been previously the Bill went through Com- , Bray and Bridges, Birminham and M 1 The Earl of DEVON, on reference to th e A c t, conce i ved mittee, was reported, and read a third ti me an d p asse d. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price that, although when the company was constitut e d t h e e l ec- St . M ary A xe, London. The Commons Inclosure Amendment Bill was read a Annum. Share. tion of twelve directors was necessary, yet that obligation Charles Turk, innholder, Gloucester, September 14, second time, and ordered to be committed. -------- -______. _.--__ — and October 10, at eleven, at the ; Bris o t r o g l District X R. d 4 s. d did not bind any subsequent meeting. The Reproductive Loan Fund Institution (Ireland) Albion • • ...• •••• • • • • 3/. 10s. 500 0 6500 0 * 75 ' Mr. Brown and several other shareholders combated this Hutton, official assignee, Bristol • M Stow on the C ou rt. Bill was read a third time and passed. Alliance Brit. and For. 60 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17k view, and it was ultimately decided that the election should Wold ; Leman, Bristol. The Controverted Elections Bill was read a second time Ditto Marine. •• •• •• •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 o•V 50 0 - Thomas Andrews, cattle dealer, Gloucester, September be postponed, that counsel's opinion should be taken, and Mies ......• • • ....... 135.6 d, pr sh. 50 0 0 5 6 5 13 that a special meeting should be called after that opinion 7, and October 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District and ordered to be committed. DUBLIN POLICE ACT. British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 - had been taken, the Earl of Devon asserting that, unless a Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Yearsley Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life spr et& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 ........ 6 ' l. per cent. 2 5 0 0 special meeting was assented to, he would not put the ques ( Cheltenham ; Mitten and Co., Southampton-buildings. ' Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from County Dublin, signed by 2,441 persons against the Dublin crown •••• •• • • :.....• 5 p , :x. l4s Cent. 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 11 p o aid o . _ 12!;:, 31. 100 o o to 0 0 - lion of the election of the four additional directors. George Dover, builder, Cheltenham, Sept. 12, andoo e -o 3 5 o o o o _ Mr. Muriel was then elected auditor of the company. Police Act. E Lord CANRICARDE said the Bill only proposed 4.8 t Scot.LaW et . s . o •: . 5, 4 • 1 17 8, re b e . n . t. 10 50 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 06E - It was arranged that a special meeting should be called at Oct. 13, at twelve, at the Bristol Distrixt Court. Miller, to extend the provisions of the existing Act, and con- F ir a u .e m r e o m i p ly e as a E n c n n i 'd s o i . f wm e . a future time, a fortnight's notice being given. Thanks were official assignee, Bristol; Wilkes, Gloucester; Lewis, tained no new principle. The Noble Lord moved the then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting was dissolved. Essex-street, Strand, London, second reading of the Bill, which was agreed to. (n e th e ......... ••• • • • 61 . Per cent. Stock. George Law, card manufacturer, CarTerley, Yorkshire LONDONDERRY andENNISKILLEN Sept. 8 and 29, at ten, at the Leeds District Court: fbmsdo Sugar as t s h ri e opnu, order tiiens of which Bill.tl the e day for going SUGAR DUTIES BILL. Glardian .... •••• • • • • 51. Per cent. 100 0 0 36 - 10 0 - Young, official assignee, Leeds; Clarke Chancery-lane,lmperial Fire •••• • • • • 12 per cent. 500 0 )0 50 0 0 207 RAIL WAY .-(TIIIS DAY.)I2s. 100 0.010 0 0 - The half-yearly meeting of the above company was London; Terry and Co, Bradford; Bond and Barwick Earl Granville, Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - held:this afternoon at the offices, Guildhall-passage; Mr. Leeds. ar ere grocers, Bury,Law Fire .. ••••• • • • • • Earl Grey, Lord Redesdale, and Lord Monteagle took Legal and General Life - CO l E m: i m t r e l i r t Gt tee a e ß o b E n r Y i e t Part, the Bill went through Committee. - 100 0 0 210 0 - Law Life ............ 1/. 168. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - J. G. Frith in the, chair. John Clarke and Edward De d Per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 410 s. The report stated that an Act had been passed by Lancashire, Sept. 13, and Oct. 4, at twelve, at th Man-London Fire .••• • • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 13 which the line was limited to Omagh, and the capital ehester District Court. Pott, official: assignee, Man- Radnor Lord Redes-moved the third reading of the London Ship •••• - • • Os. 25 0012 10 0 13 reduced to 340,000/. The claims of Mr. Leishman, cheater ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Tem I • Lord CAMPBELL Commissioners of Metropolitan Sewers Bill, Pe , After a few remarks from Lord Marine •• •••••• • • • • • 100 0 0 15 0 0 - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2, 5/ amounting to 43,737/. 13s. 10d. had been reduced Sutton, Manchester. Per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - to 34,8741. 12a. 3d. The balance-sheet represented the Alexander Hodgkinson, builder, Little Bolton, Lan- dale, Lord Campbell, and Lord Lansdowne, the Bill . 8/. per cent 100 005 0 o National Life • • • • • • • •• _. ._ • including 385/ 13s. 9d. carried from the last receipts, . cashire, Sept. 13, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Man- read third time and was a passed, o'clock. Palladium Life • • at. Per cent. 50 002 0 0 - (LEFT SITTING.) OFFENDERS. 111,,,,aetdi pal leas & Fun .Li . f . e 4 5 1 . 1. - Pelican • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - - - - account, to be 4,266/. 128. 6d., and the expenditure to chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man .he should earl et-ice:ex .... .....••••• 3 r. P. sh• & bs. - - 154 be 3,896/. 16e. Bd., leaving a balance in hand amounting chaster; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple ; ,111., HOUSE OF COMmi Pz otector Life.. ••. • • 51. per cent. 20 0 .0 1 0 0 - Knowles, Bolton-le-Moors. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve ON S. Provident Life.. ••• • • • 11. 58, 100 0)0 10 0 0 - t 0 369/. 15s. 10d. William Ashley, underwriter, Sept. 13 and Oct. 9, at ßock Life.. .... ••• • • • 4s. 5 0 )0 010 0 4a , The report was adopted; after which the meeting was ' • REFORMATION OF JUVENILE next session move for leave to bring in a Bill to establish t4o3'al Exchange • • 5/. per cent. Stock. - 165 -, adjourned till the 19th of September, when it is pro- eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, offs- - - 197 cial assignee. Liverpool; Humphrys :Ind Co., Gray's Mr, M. MILNES gave notice that E county asylums, for the reception and reformation of Life 6 1 1 1 ..1 6 0 8 ,.. posed to take the opinion of the shareholders as to the y niersal Life.... •• • • 10% pr cut. 100 - 0 Ci 9 - 0 0 25 - mode in which the powers of the new Act should be put Inn-square, London; Stockley and Co., Liverpool. Victoria Life ••••• • • • • - - 40 0 4 in force for re-arranging the capital. Christopher Robson, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, such offenders, - WATER-VT °RICE ;. Sept. 13 and Oct. 19, at half-past one, at, the Newcastle-ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM BILL. . NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, This Bill was read a third time. POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS (CHANNEL , Dividend Amount Name of company. per of raid. Price, HEREFORD RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Hill and Matleews, St. Mary i Annum. Share. I—_____ The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders Axe, London; Hodge, Newcastle-upon -' Fyne. ISLANDS, &c.) BILL. , x a. d.. X s. d. in the above railway company was held this afternoon, This Bill was also read a third time. Birmingham. .. •••• • • , 18s. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - at the London Tavern; Mr. W. E. Fitzmaurice in the MARKET INTELLIGENCE TAXING-MASTERS, COURT OF CHANCERY East London.... .• •• • • a/. 100 0 0 - 172 , chair. (From the London New Price Current of Aug. 29.) BILL. , Grand Jun c tion ••• •• ••• • 1 2/, 10s, 41 13 4 - 81 Kent.. .... .. .. .• •• • • 31. 100 0 0 - 75 The report stated That the works had been suspended; SUGAR.-To•day the market exhibits el a firm appear- On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, New Rivr Lndn Brdge ' 21. 10s. - - 55 I a further instalment of the purchase money of the ance for both free and slave-labour Sugar; on the part Mr. HENLEY moved the insertion of words in th e Vauxhall ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - Hereford, Grasmont, and Llanv e h ange l T ramroa d C om - of exporters and home buyers there was a desire shown second clause to the effect that the third taxing-master West Middlesex .. . 61.05, fir cnt. - - 1 7 6 panies had been paid. The balance sheet show e d th a t th e to operate. West India Muscovado was not in good de- to be appointed under this Bill should only hold his i ' receipts of the past half year had exceeded the expenditure mend both for scale and pan whilst the tastes paid are fully Di v id e nd Amount t office for three years. DOCKS. 1 by 1,783/. 2s. 9d. The total expenditure up to the present equal to those o f F r id a y. The quantity sold amou n t e d Sir W. SOMERVILLE defended the clause. If the time amounted to 79,647/. I is. Bd., and the receipts to to 1,100 hhds, &c., including a public sake of 150 hhds of services of the additional taxing-master were not found Name of Company, Southampton :: •-• :: :: per of Paid. Price. 1 A nnum . Share. 83,275/. 7s. Bd., leaving 5,627/. 16s. in the coffers of the Barbadoes which realised full terms, fine yellow fetched absolutely necessary his services would be dispeesed ----______ -—-- - ---- t company. The arrears of calls received during the past 41s 6d to 42s 6d, good 39s 6d to 41s, middling 38s to 395, with. The salary of the officer had been reduced to the .x s. •d. £s. d. ( and low 37s to 37s 6d per cwt. The market for all sorts lowest possible amount. hall- year amounted to 10,446/. Cnnmereial • - _ The report was unanimously adopted, and the meeting c l oses w i t h a f i rm tone. REFINED.-To-day goods were in excellent demand was M readr. Fast County c an o d un W tr e y st India... 61. pr cent. Stock. 258. per sh. 100 0 0 - - 118 21 terminated after passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman liE a N th L i E rd Y ti w m i e t . hdrew his amendment, and the Bill N E London 5/. pr cant. Stock. - 104 t and directors. for home trade purposes, and rates are firm, brown POST-HORSES LICENSES BILL. Ditto Bonds:. -.• • . 41. per cent. - St.Kathar•- - - - g grocery lumps at 51e, and Standards at 5 2s. In Bonded The report this Bill brought and received. Ditto B _ e on wasup nd5........ 4%/. pr cent. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTS- Crushed Sugar extensive sales were made for exporta- . The Bill to be read a third time to-morrow at twelve. - o o, - i MOUTH RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) lion, and prices closed with firmness, first sort at 27s to LOCK-UP HOUSES BILL. 2 4 1. p p e o r r cent. cent. 50 S t o o cit . 0 50 __________. t The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro- 27s 6d, and second ditto at 26s 6d per c wt. The report on this Bill was also brought up. GILS-LIGNT AND COKE 0 02 VIPANIES. _____________ _ e prietors of the above line was held this afternoon, at the MAtrarrens.-This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE COURT Dividend Amour it eLondon Tavern, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson in the chair- dealt in with greater freedom , and 1,178 bags at auction OF ROME BILL. Name of Company. per of Annum. Share . Paid. Price. c The r e p or t expresse d regret at t h e l oss o f t h e ' rea li se d the full value ; good yellow 38s t o 38 s 6d , mid On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, r Bill to enable the London, Brighton and South 378 to 37s 6d, low 36s to 36s 6d, fine brown 35s 6d, low Mr. NAPIER rose and moved Bill be read that the a British .............. X. s. d. X. s. d. i n 1/. 40 (1. 0 is 0 0 16 f Coast Railway Company to hold shares in this 31s, washed 25s 37s 6d. third time this day three months. The Hon. and Ditto Provincial.... 1/, Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 23 f undertaking ,- accordance there eras an increased Learned s in with the arrangement EAST INDIA.-This afternoon . Gentleman said, as he believed the Bill would Bristol .............. 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - - ~. which had received and three 'reels at übl c be a heavy blo w Brighton ............ 16 . the sanction of the proprietors of demand for Bengal Sugar, ix, . p i against rho Constitution, he was justi- 5/. percent, cent. 20 0 0 - both companies; tbe id at tCity of London ...... 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 5 , might still beable directors, however, hoped that they sale, amounting to 2,364 bags, were all said full rates. fled in opposing it by every constitutional means placed Continental Consolidat • 92spr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 - a istin to effect some arrangement under ex- FOREIGN.-For e xportation there has again been an at his disposal. He admitted that, before the Reforma- Ditto, New ...... •85 * r share; 50 Go 7 10 0 - e g powers, which would •enableextensive demand for most descriptions of Foreign tion, intercourse with the Pope as temporal prince Equitable.. • • ... ... :: 45:: pr P share' 50 0 0 50 3 00 36 ' this company to a was 69 d commence the const • those of allowable, but since that Imperial ............ 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 the line, namely,ruction of the first portion of Sugar, and the rates paid are fully equal to . great event no intercourse of that b her advance can be re- the kind could take Oalndependent ......... 6/ per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 64 n Dorking, upon etween Epsom and this day week, but no fart . place without acting in opposition to L0nd0n......., - . . - Constitution.•• Wh ' this Bill 50 0 0 50 0 0 - _. terms which would afford the corded as there is a more abundant supply. By pre- the y, if - 50 0050 0 - al proprietors a remuneration_ yellow Havananh have been was well to pass, was he, a Roman 3l vv they amount which uti ht no b t only for any fur- vete treaty 7,000 chests of - f . c quality, a cargo upon to swear at the table of the Ratcliff •••••-• • • • • • 5/ and bps. 100 0 0 90 0 0 73 purpose, but also for the capitalg e !equired for such sold, in bond, at 19s to 19s 6d for good _ had no s iritual jurisdiction • House that the Pope United General •• •• • ,“‘*/ pr nt. 50 00500 0 15 ti expended. The proprietors were they had already of white 2,800 chests 28s 6d, one of fine yellow _ es P ed the on other r n this realm!-(Hear, hear.) Westminster Chartered - • "3/, ce 50 co 0 - 55 0 10% hi heavy claims against the Comerae aware that several 600 chests at 21s. For refining on bond a fair a ll p opos ground. The tha constitutional grounds Ditto, New - - -... 128. 50 0 0 10 0 w tracts for the purchase of land, ny existed under con- demand exists, and 400 cases of brown h eve been soldreligious Noble Lord at the head of end compon s • rs the Government was about to visit his CANALS. were made during th , ‘ progress of the - ' Billat!on which at 18s per cwt. On the part of the home. trade buye . He begged him (Mr. Napier's) - ment, the conditions of - which the Com in Portia • little desire is. however, h to and which is native land. s own operate, pany were bound whilst there that those who had been the Names of 7; Dividend Names c ' st to fulfil within a certain period of the phasing to be ascribed to prices of Foreign ruling above those greatest op- c r Price, ~..,,, . c per Price. Companies. . per ^ Coral" .'"' '' n Annum. B onents of the primitive Roman Catholic faith were the ° • ie Act. It would be satisfactory to the pro ' of the current for colonial Sugar. At auction, 305 pkgs of St. P ,L Annum. proprietor;; to learn monarchs of this country in conjunction with the Po_ _____ pr that the directors had succeeded in conaprorn' • Croix, duty paid, were sold. Pe- _ - £ t o Croix, the CoSSTE T • Mocha (Laughter)-and not to cause greater ill-feeling in the £he mi st important of these claims, upon favourable terms. Coffee •- his afternoon at auction 18 bales Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. p 0 go Maccles 50d . 100 - ____ th The balance sheet represented the expenditure of the west sold at 45s for good ord; csks 11 brls 1 1 I bags of t han existed. matterM e . ANSTEY seconded the amendment. Barnsley'. ••• 160 121. 180 Neath .••• • • 100 18/. ‘3llt.nk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Oxford.. -• • • 100 20/. 190 N, past half year to be 14,1'084 15s. 5d., and the balance into 4 st India went at easier rates; Jamaica, low mid 43s -16 ES MILN it supported the Bill, and believed that Birmingham 35 41, so Peak Foi 'et t• 78 - - pr hand to be 32,495/. I Is. Bd. ss, fine fine ord 35 to 40s; fine ord 303 6d to 32s 6d Mr. M. Coventry.. •• 100 251. - Regent's -• • 33 11. 5 3 . 18% wi good or dho o posed were actuated by undue prejudice. 28s 6d to 298 l 6d, ow 24s 6d, ord and low ord those w p Lierbv ••• • • 100 61, 63 Rochdale 4 - ••_ 85 at, 54 The report was adopted after a short discussion, and 21 t Noble Lord the the meeting closed with a rote of thanks to the chairman. s o 26s 6d; Demerara good , g ord 283 4d to 21141. Of He thought when the ISecretary of Lllsmre&Chs 133 41, 48 Somrset , ~o al 150 71.105. 130 Pr was engaged in agreat w ErOA ash ••• 100 32 - Do.Lk 1 'titit 12 6/. p. c. - su Plantation Ceylon 832 bags were offered and sold at State for Foreign Affairs • GrandJunctn 100 50 77 Stffrd &V Tare 140 281. 290 Si; WHITEHAYEN AND FURNESS Jos, low mid 44s to ~ rates; good mid 51s to 535, mid 47s 6d to of pacification, it would Grandsurrey 100 - 35 Shrewsbi try•• 125 M. by refusing to allow him to enter openly Grand Union 100 11.10 s . 25 Stourbrid lge-• 145) 20/ 28' be JUNCTION RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) ord 345, dama 46s, fine fine ord 36a 6d to 40s, fine benign labours . le P tif S • f ged 24s to 42s 6d, pea berry sound 47s into diplomatic relations with t e on i overeign o Grantham •• 150 121 Severn tu 2 1 • 26 1/. 8 . car; The usual half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in Per cwt. Kennt & Ave 39, 7s. Gd, 4% Wye Ra IL I s 26 in( CecoA.-Thi the Roman States. Leeds& Livrp 100, 341. - Warwicl ,&"/ 1 the above company was held this afternoon at the dad Cocoa s afternoon at auction 120 bags of Trini. M C• ANSTEY repeated at some length his ob r. . Leicester.... 140; • 10/ 75 liirmin' t'.• iOO 51. 65 He officea of the company, Guildhall-buildings. The Earl sold at full rat - Leiestr &Nth 83' 41.. 36 W arwic. 1 100 tri, of Lonsdale in the chair. 4ls, red 41s to 42s _e, ord to good grey at 39s to jection to the Bill. 6d, and TALFOURD stated the grounds op 1 Lough borogh 142 701 - Napto a.. - 46 Mi per cwt. damaged 33s to 38s 6d Mr. Sergeant Monmouthsh 100 1 8/. • - Worcstr &} The report stated, that to complete the line to Bray- . 78 2/. 39 ore stones there remained to be expended 9,500/. and 26,000/. TEA.-The state of the market which ho now supported the Bill, and had voted for the is more ,satisfaetory amendments of the Hon. Member for Lambeth (Mr, C. BfeltnMwOry Mutgemrysla 10() 50 1 - Birmi ag• 100, 101. Wilts & Wks - • 11 11 wit Dividend 1 Amount Nana() of Company, per of Paid. Price Annum. 1 / 4 Share. —,.. —' Z a. d. X a. d. Australasia .......... • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 Brash—North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Ceylon •••••••• •••• • • . 7/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 .lonaniercial of London 1 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 :lolonial. • .... ••.•• —' W. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Gloucestershir •-• • • • 15/per cent. - lonian Loud), and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 21 Ditto . 13 0 0 London Joint-Stock ... Cl. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Provincialof Ireland— Bi. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 38 Ditto, New... ••• • • • 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 . National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provncial of Eng. , G/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New........• 1 ,51. per cent. 20 0 e 10 0 0 South Australia .. . . ..Si. per cent. . 22 10 0 Union of Australia ;: .. .CL per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto .............. . 210 0 Union of London.•... 61. per cent., 50 0 0 10 0 0 Usaion of Madrid .•• • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 • BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of CompsnY• per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------. X. s. d. X. s. d. Charing-cross. •••• • •• 25 0 0 19.74 Southwrk, NwSub.Av. 632 12 8 3 DittoNw .. :. . . of 7 4 .. P....c.. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 -- is Waterloo 100 0 0 4 Ditto Old Ann. old/. IL ss. 4d. GO 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. ..._. 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall .... -• • A v • 11.175. 70 10 3 26 TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1848. of 475. In spite of all discouragement, he found that there had been an increase of production in Demerara during the first six months of this year, as compared with the corresponding period in 1847. In the latter year the produce had been 19,120 hogsheads, whilst in the first six months of this year it had increased to 21,528 hogsheads. The export of rum in the same pe riod in 1848 had bee n 11,600 punc h eons, an d i n 1847 it had been 7,200 puncheons. The export of molasses for the first six months of 1848 had been 4,167 casks, and iu 1847, 6,552 casks, being a decrease of 2,385 casks, which was a strong proof of the adoption of an im proved process in making sugar.—(Hear, hear.) The Governor of Trinidad stated, in a dispatch dated the 19th 01 June in the present year, that matters had reached the worst, that there was great improvement in the ma nufacture of sugar, and that things were beginning to look better. He had stated, moreover, that tip to July, 1847, there was great facility in obtaining money and bills in Trinidad—a fact which he (Earl Grey) merely mentioned to show the inconsistency of the statement of those who attributed to the Act of 1846 the ruin of the West India colonies. The Governor of Antigua was also of opinion that the worst was passed, and, although himself in favour of protection, he admitted that its withdrawal was not an unmixed evil, as it would lead the planters to look for more extraneous assistance in improved modes of cultivation and manufacture.— (Hear.) The editor of a Barbadoes newspaper spoke in cheering terms of the spirit which prevailed in that co lony among all classes of society and their determination to use active exertions for the restoration of prosperity. The establishment of central sugar works in the colonies was spoken of, and he (Earl Grey) thought such a plan would be very desirable, with a view to afford every facility to improved manufacture. There was no ground, then, for despairing as to the future prospects of these colonies. He had succeeded in proving that the former system was essentially unsound, and the return to a bet ter, although netessarily attended with considerable pressure and difficulty, during the time of transition, (lid yet afford fair grounds for hope.—(Hear, hear.) The object of the Bill, as he had before said, was to grant a longer period of protection to the sugar grower; and he thought, notwithstanding the sentiments which he had just expressed, that the Government were jus tified in bringing forward such a measure, partly on account of the panic which had existed amongst the planters, and which it w4s necessary to check. They had been taught to look to protection as their sheet anchor by their injudicious friends in this country, and by the practice of Parliament; and unless the pre sent Bill had been brought forward to extend that protection a little longer, sugar cultivation might have been discontinued to a considerable extent; and if abandoned for a year or two, it could not easily have been resumed.—(Hear, bear.) Another reason in favour of the measure was that the amount of advantage in tended to be secured by the Act of 1846 had not been practically enjoyed by the planters.—(Hear. hear.) The consumption of sugar on the continent of Europe, and even in this country, was diminished, in consequence of what had taken place in several continental states within the last few months. For these reasons he thought that they were justified in affording protection for some time longer to the %Vest Indies. The Noble Lord then pro ceeded to read the proposed scale of duties, by which the duties were lowered at the same time that protection was continued to the West Indies. He believed that the effect of this general reduction of duties would be of the utmost importance to the British growers. He did not believe that it would injuriously affect the revenue, because the reduction of the duties was to be gradual, and therefore time would be given to allow for that in crease of consumption which would make up any loss that might be at first occasioned by the reduction of duty. A great advantage was also given to the West Indians in the reduction of the duties on rum. He be lieved that if they had attempted more for the benefit of the West Indians they would have effected less. He hoped that the colonists would accept this measure in the spirit in which it was proposed, and that they would not be led away by those who told them that their wel fare and prosperity was not an object of interest to the Government. If he believed that protection was for their real benefit, he for one would be for retracing their steps, notwithstanding that all his opinions were against that,system. It was because he believed it to be for the real benefit of the colonists themselves, that they should not go back to a system of protection, that he refused to do so. They must not depend on what the Legisla ture could do for them, they must rely on their own exertions for prosperity; and if they put forth all their energies as they ought, he believed that prosperity would be the consequence. He was persuaded that any agitation in the colonies on the question of protection might have a powerful effect in preventing the influx of further capital from this country. It might have a powerful effect in keeping up alarm and uneasiness; it might have the most fatal effect in this manner; but there were blind observers of passing events, who for a moment believed that such proceedings could have the effect which was hoped from them, of inducing Parlia ment to alter that policy which it had deliberately adopted. He was convinced that that policy was the right and the true one; it was one to which Parliament was finally and_ rrevocably pledged, and one from which he believed they would never depart.—(Hear, bear.) Even those of their Lordships who might differ from him on this point would agree with him that even if this policy was to be altered it was not to be done by ill advised measures intended to sow discontent and dis satisfaction in the colonies.—(Hear, hear.) With these observations he begged leave to move the second reading of the Bill. Lord REDESDALE thought that many of their Lord ships must have heard the latter portion of the Noble Lord's speech with regret. He thought it was rather a heartless proceeding, on the part of the Noble Lord, to speak as he did in the latter part of his address, see ing that he was the Minister who proposed that sys tem which brought upon the colonists irremediable, and he believed, irretrievable distress. The Noble Lord said that the former system was a bad one; but, at all events, that system had enabled the colonists to produce a very large quantity of sugar, and led to a very large immi gration. The Noble Lord said that the new system was much better; but he was inclined to view with suspicion a system which began by lending 500,0001. which never would be repaid. He thought it was a very bad system to reduce the duties to the lowest possible amount. It seemed that they had a deficiency of 2,000,0001. which they were to meet by borrowing to that amount. But how was that deficiency produced? He believed it was produced by the reductions which had been made in va rious articles. He thought that the Government were greatly to blame for not bringing this measure under the notice of their Lordships at an earlier period. At the present late period of the session he would not di vide the House. Earl GRANVILLE was of opinion that the anti ci paled loss to the revenue wou ld b e ma d e up byin creased consumption. He agreed generally in the re marks which had fallen f rom t h e N o bl e L or d opposite respecting the lateness of the time that the measure was brought under the n o ti ce o f th e i r Lordships. He admitted that the West Indians were suffering great dis tress, and that they were placed under disadvantages with regard to labour. They were also placed under dis • advantage by the measures which were adopted under the influence of the anti-slavery advocates in this coun try. For these reasons he thought they had a claim to some favour, but he would cot support a system o f pro tection to the injury of the people of this country. Lord DENMAN was glad liat this measure was about to pass without oppos ition, because it was in direct opposition to that measure which was introduced two years ago, and which he looked upon as a most dis graceful one. It was said that that measure was to be a final measure, and was to last for ever, but he was glad to find that it had only an eternity of two years and seven days.—(Laughter.) He hoped that this measure would be the forerunner o f t h e abolition of slavery, without which the W est Indies could not prosper. This was a questio n o f vital importance, tend was pressing more and more every day. It might be said that he had a strong feeling on this subject, because a person nearly related to him was con cerned. The professional reputation of that individual was able to take care of itself, and his feelings were cer tainly not engaged in the question on that account. The Noble and Learned Lord then defended himself from an attack whi c h h a d b een made upon him for injustice and illiberality on this subject by a daily paper. The Noble and Learned Lord said he could not believe that Mr. Cliff had ceased to be a slave trader from motives of humanity. He would not refuse to hear the evidence of such a man, but he certainly would not take his counsel as to the best means of suppressing the slave trade. In alluding to the proceedings of the Committee of the other House, he said he knew that many papers offered by those witnesses who were anxious to put down the slave trade were refused. It was of immense im portance that the nation at large should rightly esti mate the character of the evidence by which the Com mittee had been guided. He had called Mr. Cliff a pirate because he was a slave-trader, but he (might to apologise to pirates f or pl ac i ng t h em i n the same category with slave-traders, who were guilty of a more atrocious crime. The question returned, how was this infamous traffic to be put down? Not by our remaining passive spectators. There were serious grounds for apprehend ing a general insurrection of the slaves, and the mas sacre of all the whites—a catastrophe which could only be averted by the timely extinction of the slave trade. Till that was e ff ec t e d th ere wou ld b e no prosperity for the colonies. The Duke of ARGYLL said that free trade was not the only element in this question; the slave trade ought also to be considered; and in this respect there had been a great omission in the speech of the Noble Earl (Grey). The protection had been taken away . from our colonies solely to make sugar cheaper; and it the colo nies succeeded in competing with the slave states, they would owe no thanks to the Government, who had aban doned them to the fiercest competition. Viscount ST. VINCENT regretted that the Govern ment h lo a r d iis n t o s t b t u a d ke i n n o i b a t t a o in a in cc g ou a ntte supplyh o difficultylabour. Till our that c d o ifficulty was removed there could be no fair com petition. Earl GREY, in reply, denied that there was any o p. position between this measure and that of 1846. The difference was only one of time. The measure of 1846 proposed that our colonies should be put on the same tooting as other countries in 1851. This measure de ferred that equality for three years longer. There was no difference of principle whatever in the two measures. The main object of the Bill of 1846 was not, as had been represented, to cheapen sugar, though undoubtedly that had been a collateral result. So far from the revenue being sacrificed, it had been increased by the Bill of 1846. In the last year of protection, 1845, the total amount received from sugar of all kinds was 3,574,0001., while in 1847 it was 4 ,404,0001, being an increase of nearly 900,000/., and that too in a year of great commer cial depression. The system of protection had held out false hopes to the colonists. Under this system they had largely mortgaged their estates, and the result had been disappointment and loss. After a few words from Lord REDESDALE, in ex planation, LIST or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --••• £ s. d. I £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 195 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11 1 ,6 Clydesdale Bank •••• :• 63% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 123 Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 -0 0 100 0 0 150 Eadtern Bank.... •• • • 6/. per cent. 25 v 0 10 0 C 1 91. 19 s . Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5% Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank ...... • • 634 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13% Northof Scotland Bank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3/.155. North British Bank • • 50 0 0 10 0 0 3 Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1183% lTnion Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 81 Western Bank .••. • • • • 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Aberdeen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 (I 2% B. Accord. Life and Fire 20 0 0 011 0 9s Od British Guarantee Ins. 10 0 0 1 0 0 9s Od Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 4s Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17 East of Scotland Life lO 0 0 0 15 0 118.0 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 46s 6d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 11 incur. Co. of Scotlnd• • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 7o Mercantile Life 10 0 0 0 10 0 ss. Od. National Fire and Life Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s Cd North British Insur. •• 5% I I.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 22 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 176.0 d. Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 0 11 0 ss. Scot. Dias. and Gen. Life 1 0 0 0 15 0 10s. Od Scottish Union Inarnce. 6141. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. is Standard Life • ... • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 9 0 A ['lilted Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,125.0,1 MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount i Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price Annum. Share. s. d. X. s. d. Australian Agriculturl 100 0 0 30 0 0 - Anglo-Mexican Mint ll. 48. 10 0 0 10 0 0 16 Ditto, Half Shares 2 10 0 - Canada ... • • • - Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per cent. - - City Bonds.. - - 82 Comp.Cppr Mars Eng 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest sp. c.& bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversionry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 9134 Gen. Steam Navigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 19 London Institution - I - 10 Peninslr & Orient.Stm B/. per cent. 50 0 0 1 50 0 0 533{ Reversionary Int. Soc 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Royal Mall Steam 3311. pr cent. 100 0 0 60 0 0 44 South Australian l/. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 Van Dieman's Land lOO 0 0 23 0 0 - Universal Salvage •. • • - , 25 0 0 1 5 0 0 - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Dan was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having stabbed John Conway with a knife. From the statement of Conway, it appeared that he had been employed on Saturday, in Upper Thames street, to unload a van, a job which the prisoner, if sober, would have had to perform. He afterwards went into a public-house, in the tap-room of which sat the pri soner, who immediately culled him an undermining vil lain, and at length proceeded to the use of such language as was quite intolerable. Conway found it necessary to give the prisoner a blow, which he supposed put an end to the disagreement. He was mistaken. The prisoner let loose at him again with a still fouler tongue; and, after having been earnestly expostulated with on the danger of using such language, received another blow, which was returned with a stick of a knife. The instru• went penetrated Conway's arm to a considerable depth, and completely disabled kim. The prisoner had been cutting bread and meat just before the transaction. The words used by him were just such as might be expected from a dissolute man who had been cut out of his work by a sober man. A policeman who was passing walked into the house, and seeing the blood pouring from Con way's arm, asked the prisoner why he committed so des perate an act, to which the latter, who was cutting meat with his knife, replied that the complainant had struck him three times, and he had used the knife in his own defence. The prisoner—So he did strike me. Tho LORD MAYOR—You deserve to be struck for baying used such horrible language. The prisoner—lt was undermining conduct i❑ him, and I am a much older and a smaller man, and he should not have struck me. The LORD MAYOR—That will not excuse the use of the knife. lam sorry to see that such an un-English practice is gaining ground. If you are the smaller man that is no reason you should have struck at the man with a knife. The prisoner --After he had struck me twice I held up my hand to defend myself, and then he struck the knife and wounded himself. The LORD MAYOR-It is an offence which must be dealt with in the most serious manner. I shall commit yodfor trial at the Central Criminal Court. The prisoner was accordingly committed. John Henry was brought up for final examination upon the charge of having attempted a burglary in the house of Mr. Willey, cutler, of Fish-street. The prisoner had been seen a few nights ago endea vouring to openithe door of the house by turning a key of his own in the lock, while a confederate acted as a blind by standing before him. Upon being taken into custody a skeleton key was found upon him, and he dropped in the station-house a piece of black wax, such as housebreakers are in the habit of using in taking im pressions of keys for their own purposes. Two nights previously an attempt had been made by three persons to get into the same house, but they were disturbed by a neighbour, who, however, could not swear to the identity of the prisoner as one of the gang. The prisoner had been two years ago charged at Worship -street with hav ing broken into a house. lie now adhered to the reso lution he had formed upon being first brought before the Lord Mayor, not to disclose his address, from what he called tenderness for the feelings of his mother, who never could bear the idea of such a shameful accusation; and upon being reminded that he had before laboured under a similar charge, he declared that he was as in nocent of the one as of the other.—(A laugh.) Sentenced to imprisonment for two months. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 28. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo] sack at Five o'clock. __ SUGAR DUTIES BILL. .._ . Earl GREY moved the second reading of this Bill, the object of which was to alter the existing sugar duties as they were settled in 1846. The measure, which had been fully debated in the other House of Parliament, arose out of the present condition of the West India planters, and it was intended to extend the period of protection to the sugar grower beyond the time limited by the Act passed in that year. The Noble Earl said at this late period of the session it was unne cessary that he should enter at length into the subject, and proceeded to refer to dispatches from Sir Henry Light, the Governor of British Guiana, and other docu ments, to show that undue extension of cultivation under the stimulus of protecting duties had produced an artificial competition for wages, and raised them to an extravagant amount ; and contended that such wages instead of promoting the real welfare of the negro, had rather tended to his demoralisation. It was proved also that such an extent of cultivation arising from the system of mutual compe tition among each other by the planters, and stimulated by protecting duties, had been carried on under enormous charges which returned an ordinary and usual mercantile profit, but altogether insufficient to preserve the planters from ruin. The same observations applied to the Mauritius, where the protection had been increased more than sixfold in 25 years. There had been au in crease in the last two or three years in the Mauritius of 66 per cent.; and while this enormous increase was going on—during the whole time from the year 1822 to the present period—there had been constant complaints on the part of the planters and merchants of that colony, of extreme distress and embarrassment. He had no doubt that such complaints were well grounded, and why had they arisen? Simply from this circumstance: by the existence of protecting duties in this country the producers in the Mauritius were taught to expect that they should obtain extraordinary profits, and therefore capital was sent out from this country to a great amount, and cultivation was pushed, not to a natural, bat a spe culative increase, by parties who calculated upon the profit that would arise from the protecting duties which existed. And in this manner wages had increased, in spite of the enormous importation of labourers, to the number of 890,000 within the last few years. The demands for their services, however, were increasing in more than an equal ratio. Employers were bidding against each other, and by doing so were raising the cost of production, and at the same time exceeding the quantity which this market could carry off at the price which they calculated on for their remuneration—and the consequence was their ruin. This increase had been going on not only in the Mauritius, but in Malacca, Sin gapore, India, and elsewhere, and it had been carried on principally by borrowed capital, the merchants at home trading to a great extent upon credit. He did not, how ever, blame these parties, but the two Houses of Parlia ment, for having fostered this unnatural system, which could lead to no other result.—(Hear, hear.) With reference to the prospects of the future, there was no reason for despondency. There was no ground for assuming that slave labour was cheaper than free labour. He believed, on the contrary, the reverse to be true. He admitted, and deeply deplored, the extreme severity of the existing distress of so many respect able parties; but he saw the p rospect of improvement in the tuture. The Noble Earl then referred to v ri a ous documents, in order to show that free labour was cheaper than slave labour in the Mauritius. In referring to tthe subject in February last h e h a d sa id that when things were placed on a mere natural footing wages would fall, and his prediction had partially been realised; but they had decreased less in the colonies, where the highest amount had been p a id f or labour, than in others where the remuneration bad been more moderate—thus moving the bad policy of the system to which he had referred. In Demerara, for instance, the negroes had strenuously resisted a reduction of their wages; but in Barbadoes, Antigua, and some of those colonies which possessed greater natural advantages, and where wages had not been forced up to such au extraordinary height, the reduction had been effected most amicably. The Noble Earl read extracts from various dispatches to prove these facts, and also to show that the reduction of wages had brought more labour into the market. Im provements in the cultivation and manufacture of sugar had been carried on more vigorously than before Sir H. Light stated that from an experiment which had been tried in Demerara, it had been proved that by good drainage the land would produce one hundred per cent. more than by the old system of cultivation, and Lord Harris stated that in Trinidad experiments had been tried in the manufacture of sugar, and that by Dr. Mitchell's process the quantity of raw material, which ordinarily produced sugar to the value of 365., would, without additional expense, produce sugar to the value The Bill was read a second time. POOR-LAW UNION CHARGES (No. 2) Bill. The Marquis of LANSUOWNE moved the resump tion of the adjourned debate o❑ the third reading of this Bill. After a conversation, the Bill was read a third time, and passed. The House then adjourned at Nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 28. SPIRIT (DEALERS IN) BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the House should resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Captain PECHELL complained of the delay of the Government with respect to this measure, and then forcing it on at the present late period of the session. From the 9th of June to the 28th of August not the slightest statement had been given by the Government with respect to a measure that affected so large a body as the licensed victuallers and wine merchants of this country. lie had endeavoured to extract from the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the objects of the Bill, but his attempts had been unsuccessful. Be trusted that the Government would now give some ex planation with respect to the measure. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had stated, on the introduction of the Bill, what its mein provisions were, and the reason of its delay was to meet the suggestions that the Government had received from the licensed victuallers in different parts of the country. He believed that the Hon arid Gallant Member was the only person who objected to the measure. Mr. MACGREGOR trusted that no further opposi tion would be given to a measure which every one seemed to approve of, and bore testimony to the saes' Lion that had been given by the Chancellor of the Ex' chequer to the deputations that had waited upon him on the subject of the Bill. Mr. BERNAL also bore similar testimony to the kind manner in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had received deputations on the subject of the Bill. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. The clauses were agreed to after a short discussion , with the exception of clause 7, which was struck out. Clause 25 was then read, whereby a penalty of 251. is imposed on any person found carrying one gallon of spirits without a permit, and authorising a policeman to apprehend and carry before a magistrate any one 'ee offending, and on conviction imposing the above fine or six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Mr. HUME objected to the creation of so many thou sand excise officers as the present clause called into er istence. Lord G. BENTINCK said that the penalty oethe alternative confinement was intolerable and ought to be, reduced. •. The CHANCELLOR of th e EXCHEQUER e%.. pressed his willingn ess t o re d uce the penalty to 104 r. with three months' imprisonment. Mn HUME moved that the penalty be fixed at Oar with liberty to the magistrate to reduce it according to his discretion. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the original clause For the amendment Majority —lB The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 10°' posed that the minimum penalty of 101. be imposed ee each conviction. Mr. HUME moved that the justice be empowered to mitigate the penalty to any amount at his discretion. Mr. HENLEY said that the system of minimal penalties was a very bad one, and ought to be abolished. Magistrates ought to have a discretionary power of nit' tigating penalties. He entirely agreed with the HO. Member for Montrose that it was a monstrous thing t ° create so many thousand excise officers out of a class of persons certainly not qualified to exercise the duties of excise officers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said tbst the amendment now proposed had been already decided on by the previous division. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the original clause For the amendment 3l Majority —25 Mr. HUME would reta i n the maximum of punish ' ment, but thought the minimum should be struck 011 ,ti There might be case s i n w hi c h the magistrates would wish to dispense with punishment altogether. Mr. HENLEY was of a similar opinion. Mr. FORBES moved that as a minimum " on e hour be inserted. The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place. On our return we found that the clause had been agreed to. The remaining clauses were agreed to, and the House resumed. BRITISH SPIRITS WAREHOUSING BILL. On the order of the day for the Committee on thi° Bill, Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, in the absence of Afr• Moffatt, moved as an instruction to the Committee , " That they have power to extend the provisions of. the Bill, so far as to apply t o s pi r it s di st ill e d i n the Un i ted Kingdom, the privileges at present enjoyed by the owners of foreign and colonial spirits, in respect of the mod e and time of levying the duties chargeable thereon." Ilia ob ject was to give to the British distiller the same indul gence as was enjoyed by the foreign and colonial pro ducer. When the privilege of paying duty out of bond was being granted to the latter it was ascertained that of 350 gallons of foreign brandy bonded, only 299 remained on being taken out of bond at the expiration of five years. From that calculation the House might guess what were the losses suffered by the British distillers under the present system.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequers when asked before to concede this boon, had Tr fused, on the ground that the British dis tiller had equivalent advantages in the excise ree; lations. This w as strange d octr i ne t h at esc il i regulations!were an advantage to the dealer. Sir R. f. ee . thought differently, f or , on remov i ng t h e glass datle" he considered the advantage of freeing the trade fr 7 restrictions greater than the amount o f d uty repealed' The only feasible ground on which the alteration was opposed was pa th ss a a t ge it of w t o h u o ld spi b ri e t f i r m om p fraud in the os th si e b w le orm to 's P fu rev on ell3ll to the bonded warehouse, but the chairmen both of es cise and customs had given their opinion that proper security might be taken against f raud. One other groun d on which he asked the Right Hon. Gentleman to accede to his proposition was that the consumer would be muc h benefited by the alteration. A t present the interest o f the distiller was to get his spirits into consumption 0 , soon as possible, whereas, if allowed to pay duty oatpuri:: bond he could allow it t o remain and acquire that which was only attainable by age. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it was not h e who attached any value, as regarded the distiller, t o excise regulations, but his predeceel“ ),„ in office. With regard to the motion, his Hon. Frient: in propo s i ng i t, sought to put the excise regulations °" 4 , the same f oot i ng as the customs, while the tact was tilt they w ere essentially different. With regard to customs, the policy of this country had always been t ° encourage in every way the importation of foreign good in transitu, so as to make our warehouses as far as pos sible a depot for the rest of Europe. In the case of th e excise a precisely contrary principle was in operation . The duty was levied on articles of home manufactur e and for home consumption, and the great object was 1° levy the duty at the earliest possible period, so as to re lieve the trade from all restrictions as soon as p o ssible; The boon had been as k e d b e f ore and bad been refuse d on the opinion of two emi nent distillers, who had de clared that if it were conced e d t h e prevention of frau d would be impossible. On th ese grounds he felt bonedto resist the motion of his H on. F r i end. The maximam loss to the revenue, were th e d uty collected as propose d by the Hon. Gentleman's m o ti on, might be as much ss 118,0001. in a year. Thi s was a loss which he co not risk.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the advantag e to the consumer in e na bli ng him to consume old instea d of new spirits, it wa s on l y j ust, if a better article Wer'' given, that a higher duty should be paid. In every ether respect but the period of levying the duty the Bill w° from one end to the other a Bill of relaxation, and a re moval of restrictions f rom t h e British distillers, by al lowing the full amount of duty as drawback, the sweet ening and flavouring in the warehouse, the transfer 01 spirits in bond, ar.d giving other facilities which here tofore bad not existed. Mr. MONSELL admitted that the relaxations Nail this Bill would eff e ct were i mportant, and that they 11,11_ given great sati s f ac ti on , espec i a l ly in Ireland ; but th e question was whether the arrangements which bad been, made this session did give a protective duty i n favour o; colonial and against Irish a n d Scotch spirits or 1 101 He contended that they did to th e amount of at least 3ci. or 4d. a gallon, and the Irish an d S cotch distillers wo °o much rather be placed in the same position as the colo nial distiller in regard to the duty on the decreases and waste than have a prot ec ti on which was merely n ominal . Mr. D. CALLAGHAN supported the amendmen t. The only difference between the Chancellor of the Ex chequer was as to the duty on the decreases. It wa s great tax on the distiller, who depended on the hot/ trade, to be compelled to pay duty on that portion e o the spirit which evaporated and.waa lost. He could W.% danger to the revenue in levying the duty on the 8 .1 )1 1 0 when it came out of the warehouse instead of at t. 5 worm's -end. The alteration in the duties on colonial spirits h a d p l aced the Irish and Scotch distillersin _ worse position in regard to this waste than they were lu before. Chancellor Mr. j 0 0 f ' C N e N E E x l c i h L e said uer t a n d e a d only e a d r g a u g m a iennstt the motion was that in his opinion it was an advantage ° o r b d b e u d 13 ( E A N I a l u l g N h . c the revenue th a t t h e I r i sh and Scotch distillers shouldb e 1 Lord ) 1i: expressed his surprise at the extraordinary statement which had been made by t " Chancellor of th e E xc h equer w i t h re f erence t o the dis tinction between the duties of the customs and the duties of the exc i se . It might be true in the case of soap, malt, g l ass , printed cotton, and some other articles, that it was desirable the duty should be paid wa st st 3 e ' n early stage, because in those cases there was no and the duty was thus paid upon the amount of thes e various arti c l e s th a t finally came into consumption. B ut the complaint here was that the distillers were charge" a duty upon what might never come into consumption. (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that, as spirits improved by being kept in bond, and be came more valuable, it was right that a higher duty should be paid upon the article; but did not the same rule apply equally to colonial spirits—to foreigngi9 , hollands, and brandy, for instance? All that the Irish and British distillers sued for was to have equal justice dealt to them as was given to the foreigner; to be released from the grinding extortion of the excise, and brought under the regulations of the Custom-house ; and anything more rea sonable than that he could not conceive. Such was the opinion of Sir H. Parnell's Excise Inquiry Commission in 1833. The Noble Lord then quoted a passage from the report of the Commissioners, stating that in their opinion it would be but just that the mode of eetigutting • it th ba th be GI 1g Etl( ac An 341 i, r