The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-30 00:00:00

FRANCE. [The following, from Galignani's Messenger of Wed ne6day evening„ appeared in our Third Edition last night] The death of the Archbishop of PARIS forms a topic of mournful comment in the leading columns of several of the Paris journals of this day, but our limits do not permit us to give more than two extracts on this subject. We must be per mitted to add to them the expression of our own grief, for although the circumstances under which the ARCHBISHOP met his death were of them selves sufficient to excite the most profound sensations of veneration, we do not forget that his previous life was one continued career of piety and virtue. The character of M. AFFRE was remarkable for charity, liberality, and firmness. His entire income, after deducting the small portion that he took for his personal wants, was devoted to the poor, and it is known that after the revolution of February, when his purse was exhausted, he gave up for the use of the wounded the little plate that remained for his domestic use. M. AFFRE took little part in the politics of the day, but his opinions when expressed were always on the liberal side. He was a reformer too of the best school, and by his energy carried into effect two measures against obstacles with which few meu in his position, and with the ideas which he might have been supposed to have imbibed, would have had the courage to contend. It was M. AFFRE who, in spite of the resistance of the churchwardens of the churches of his diocese, insisted on the reduction in the price of seats, in order that the poorer classes might not be kept apart from their more fortunate fellow-wor shippers ; and he it was who also compelled the cures to bestow upon the poor a portion of what they re ceived. The Debats says— " This cruel catastrophe has plunged Paris into con sternation. Now it is that we begin to estimate the cost of civil war. Alas! only a few hours before he received his mortal blow, the courageous Archbishop passed through our streets amidst the benedictions of the people. As an apostle of the God of peace, clemency, and pardon, he bore the cross and the sign of reconciliation into the very centre of murder and carnage, and fell in the very heat of the battle. It may be said that God, in pity for mankind, concealed in darkness the hand that committed what was either a frightful crime or a most lamentable misfortune. On this sublime sacrifice, Christian hearts are di vided between a holy pride and an inconsolable ,sadness. The history of the Church does not con tain a more admirable page. On being carried bleeding over the barricades, the only thought, the only words of the martyr were, May my blood be the last that is shed !' In its flight to its Creator, the immortal soul of the jast, no doubt, demanded this as the price of his oblation and his holocaust, and his prayers arrested the work of blood and expiation. Death, atter having, among so many others, struck this innocent and holy victim, seemed to have become satiated. After two days of excruciating sufferings, the venerable pre late died full of calmness, resignation, and courage, the purest—the most admirable example of the passage of the soul of the just into the bosom of its God. We cannot describe the extent and depth of the mourning which this egregious event produced in Paris—it was universal. In every street at every corner, the priests were questioned upon the subject with the utmost anxiety, and in this great blood-stained city even those who had to mourn some of their own kindred reserved a portion of their tears for the holy martyr who died for all." The Univers says— " This death is precious in the eyes of God; it is precious also to Paris and to France. It is a death, no doubt, to be ever lamented, but which at the same time fills us with consolation. A country in which Seth devotedness is displayed cannot be a coun try under the malediction of heaven. You who have lighted or sustained an impious war—you who nourished against your del u d e d b rethren an implacable anger. Oh ! if you had been present with us at his last moments—if you had seen the tears and emotions of the priests, the soldiers, the citizens of all classes, who were in attendance upon him—if you had heard the last and solemn prayers which sustained him till the end—if you had contemplated the sere nity of that countenance, about to render its last sigh —that sigh which was for you! Oh ! we cannot doubt that you would have immediately cast away all your resentful feelings—your minds would have been elevated with a higher order of thoughts and ideas—you would at once have become what you are really in your hearts, much more than you believe—Friends, Brothers, Christians! This miracle will be accomplished. Such a saurifice cannot be sterile. God has not imposed it upon you in vain. The hour of his mercy is marked— this hour cannot be far off." The number of troops in Paris is so great, from the reinforcements constantly arriving, that all the barracks are filled to overflowing, and added to this the military precautions imposed by the alit de siege render it neces sary that part of the troops should bivouac in the open air, and hence the Boulevards, extending nearly from the Porte St. Denis to the middle of the Boulevard du Temple, is turned into a vast military station, occupied by lancers, dragoons, artillery, garde mobile, and troops of the line. The various occupations of cleaning their horses and equipments, cooking, and amusing them selves, give this part of Paris a most animated aspect, the novelty of which drew thousands to that quarter yesterday afternoon and evening. The soldiers, though much fatigued, display all that exuberant gaiety which is a marked feature in the French military character, and those of them who were asleep, with a paving stone for their pillow, seemed to enjoy a repose which the occupant of many a bed of down might envy. The whole scene gave a lively idea of life in a camp—the brighter side of civil war, the gaiety of which was in melancholy contrast to the marks of devastation left by the recent conflict in the surrounding streets. On the Place de la Concorde and at the entrance of the Champs Elys62s, troops of all descriptions are also bi vouacked, and present the appearance of a seat of war, which has not been witnessed in Paris since the memo • rable year 1815. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.)) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP No. I.—LEEDS CENTRAL STATlON.—Pream ble passed, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be re ported. STRATHTAY AND BREADALBANE.—PreambIe passed, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. DRUMPELLER.—PreambIe proved, clauses agreed to, and Bill ordered to be reported. EAST LINCOLNSHIRE (Alteration of Great Grimsby Branch).—Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK (Deviation and Abandonment of Part of the Thirsk and Melton Branch). —Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. LEEDS AND THIRSK (Harrowgate and Paetele)- Brench).—Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY ACT AMEND MENT.—PreambIe proved, and clauses agreed to. LEEDS AND THIRSK (Alteration of Levels of the Leeds and Hartlepool Railway).—Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. EDINBURGH AND FuRFAR (Additional Capital).— Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW (No. I—Branches). Preamble proved, and clauses agreed to. ELECTION COMMITTEE. DUBLIN. The scrutiny into the validity of Mr. Reynolds' majority was re sumed yesterday, and in th e course o f t h e e day the petitioner s succeede d in striking off two addi tional votes. CANADA COMPANY. c The half-yearly court of the directors and proprietors of this company was held yesterday , at one o the offices, S. Helen's-place; Mr. C . Fr a nk s ill the chai r . at The CHAIRMAN addressed some prefato r y remark s to the meeting, after which he read the following r epo r t " Since the general meeting of proprietors, held on the 23d of March last, the directors hare received fro m the Commissioners a statement of all the lands belongin g to the company remaining. unsold on the 31st of December last, and of the value thereof according to the prices at which they were selling, which is as follows:- 523,421 acres in the Huron Tract ... 43263,378 3 1 j worth (Colonial currency)... 502,738 ditto, in the Crown Reserves, worth ..: 218,490 17 0 Together To this should be added :- 306,872 acres leased for ten years, and which the lessees are at liberty to purchase, on payment of the sum of ... £481,869 0 1 ... 218,302 0 0 £700,171 0 1,333,031 acres, together worth sterling £560,136 16 By the addition of this statement to the report, made to the proprietors at the last general meeting, the whole of the assets and liabilities of the company on the 31st of Deeernlser last will be shown." The CHAIRMAN then intimated that the business be fore the court was to agree to a dividend. The court of proprietors recommended a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum for the half-year ending on.the 10th of July next. A PROPRIETOR inquired how much the company owed ? The CHAIRMAN said 125,000/. on debentures. There were, however, some other debts, but they did not amount to a larger su m . A PaoPalnToa inquired if that amount would have to be deducted from the 560,0001.? The CHAIRMAN replied in the affirmative. The whole of the company's affairs were clearly explained in the different reports of the company. Hitherto the directors bad not been enabled to give the proprietors the value of their land. They could only g i ve t h e num b er of acres. In the present report it would be seen they had been enabled to give the value of the land. The proprietors would be gratified to learn that the emi grants now going to Canada were of a superior class to those in the habit of going out. A. PROPRIETOR said it would be most desirable if numbers of the destitute poor here could be induced to emigrate to Canada and locate themselves on the land of the company. The CHAIRMAN said the class of persons referred to would be found more useful in Australia than in Canada, because an experienced class of persona were required in the latter place. The directors had no inten ti on to issue any debentures at present; there was suffi eiont money in the hands of the Commissioners to pay the .dividend. Their number of acres might have dimi- • - THE SUN, nished, but it was to the interest of the company to sell as much land as possible. The report and the proposed dividend having been agreed to, and a vote of thanks passed to the Chairman, the court adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURT, June 29. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) TAXING AN UNDERTAKER'S BILL.—HANDYSIDE V.WILSON, HANDYSIDE V. WILSON. The plaintiff in these actions is an undertaker. De fendant was in the first case sued as executor of his mother, and 90/. 3s. was claimed for funeral expenses, &c., the other was for the funeral of his wife, for which 80/. 3s. was charged. The bills were read and were rather remarkable for the terms employed, which would have been more applicable to a ticketing linen-draper. A " superfine" burial dress was charged at 21. 135., and "rich" silk scarves, and "elegant," &c., &c. were prominent items. The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said it was for the jury to say whether the charges were fair and reasonable. The jury gave a verdict for the first case, 601. for the funeral, and 101. for extra work ; and in the next for 60/. 9s. BENT V. FORSTER. The plaintiff is an attorney. Thle - action was brough to recover 91. 103. 6d. for professional services. De fondant pleaded that he was not indebted. Mr. Joyce appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hill for defendant. On the part of the plaintiff it was shown that the services were rendered in 1842 and 1843, and that the charges were fair. Mr. HILL said he would call witnesses to prove that the defendant merely retained plaintiff on behalf of his son, and that plaintiff said he would trust to the honour of the son to pay when he came of age. The Learned Counsel said he would give credit to attorneys generally for a weakness in allowing their bills to stand over for a considerable period, but he did not think their proverbial weakness would bear out the presumption that in this case plaintiff would have allowed the bill to stand over for four years. The fact was, plaintiff in the first instance undertook to bring an action on speculation. After the son came of age plaintiff wrote to defendant, and said that as " Joshua" (the son) had come of age, and had received his money, if he (defendant), who was trustee, would get the amount he (plaintiff) would make it answer his purpose. The letter was put in, and a witness called to prove the handwriting. Mr. JOYCE —Have you been insolvent? Witness-- Yes, once. _ . Mr. HILL—And how often has plaintiff been insol vent? Witness—That I can't tell lam sure, but a good many times. Mr. JOYCE—That is voluntary, and no legal proof. Witness—Then people that live in glass-houses should not throw stones.—(Great laughter and clapping of hands here occurred, but was repressed by the Under- Sheriff.) • Mr. Jcorcz said that a more respectable, high-minded, or honourable man than plaintiff did not exist in the profession. He did not believe the jury could consider such a conspiracy could have existed between plaintiff and defendant to injure a third party. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to detail a conversation between plaintiff and defendant, when Mr. HILL said he always felt pleasure in hearing his Learned Friend's eloquence in a good cause, but in this he must object to statements being made which could not be proved. His Learned Friend might say that there was a man in the moon, the jury might believe him, but he (Mr. Hill) would take an objection that, as the fact could not be legally proved, his Learned Friend would have no right to make the assertion.—(Laughter.) Mr. JOYCE —After that I will leave the case to the jury. - The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up, and said that the letter was an important feature of the case. If the plaintiff had offered to share, his costs he had acted very wrong. The question was to whom the credit had been given. The jury gave a verdict for defendant. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—It is impossible for the hop bine to look more healthy, and it may be called quite clean. A. few days ago there were a fly or two to he found, but the fly goldings are very numerous. We may, therefore, attribute to their industry the disappearance of the vermin. Speculations on the present appearance of the coming crop are very ex travagant, as they have ten weeks longer to hang on the poles, subject to all their enemies. With the refreshing showers of the last week, we may estimate an improve ment 10,0001., making the total 200,000/. duty. YALDINO, LINTON, FARLEIGH, CHART.—The bine grows rapidly and looks healthy. The high winds have driven the heads off the poles and done some mischief, but still weather will enable them to catch again. Un. fortunately many bines must be put right by ladder tying, which adds to the expense of cultivation. ULcomn.—Quite free from ♦ermin. The weak bine has not made so much progress as the planters expected. The wind and the cold night of Saturday has much bruised the strong bine. The prospect altogether is not so good as last week; if we get a continuance of showery weather and cold nights it will affect the crop most seriously. - STAPLEHURST.—Bine growing fast. Some grounds backward. BOILEY, ATLESFORD, AND BllRlll3l.—Platty in Box ley; generally good in the other parishes. Every pros pect of a good crop. EAST PECRRAM.—Bine growing very fast. No vermin. SETENOAKS.—The thunder-storm of Monday week, and the succeeding showers, have done wonders in cleansing the bine, but although the hops generally are much im proved, and divested in a great measure of the vermin, the appearance of the gardens is anything but satis factory; the bine came away at first very unequally and unevenly, and has never recovered. In the best planta tions in the neighbourhood may be observed a dozen hills with the bines nearly topping the poles, whilst close adjoining the other hills (and at places to a great extent) the bine is not above two feet high poor, spindly, and looking yellow; still, the last week has done wonders, but we do not augur a large crop. The bine on the Limestone and Blackstone Shatter is cer tainly more even than its otherwise good soil favoured neighbours. The same observations will apply to the whole of the districts through Westerham westward through Brasted, Sundrich, Chevening, and Seal, as regards the Sand and Limestone Ridge. In the Vale of Eden the hops appear to have suffered from drought; they however are much improved, but there is not (except isolated places) abundance of bine, and the gardens, as we before said, are very " platty ;" this would more parti cularly apply to the sandy clays and stiff soils of Eden bridge, llever, Chiddingstone, &c. Upon and till north of the great Chalk Ridge, the hops are perhaps as even as any we have seen, but still there is not, comparatively with the corresponding month last year, anything like so good an appearance of a crop .—Maidstone Journal. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manehester Guardian of Wednesday). MANCHESTER, JUNE 27.—The amount of business this week has been affected, to some extent, by the troubles in France, the rumours of a Russian invasion of Germany, and by the near approach of the usual period for stock-taking, and balancing accounts. Still there has been rather more business doing than might have been expected under the circumstances. Some of the home-trade heuses have been buying for delivery next month, and there has been a somewhat increased demand for the India and China markets, with a little business for the Levant; and, upon the whole, the goods market cannot be considered worse than last week. For some descriptions of yarn, however,—and particularly mule yarn, suitable to the East India trade,—lower rates have been accepted; and the market continues much de pressed. A failure, though not a very large one, has been an nounced on 'Change to-day, that of John Rhodes and Brothers, cotton-spinners, Stockport. Their liabilities are said to be about 20,0001., but we have heard no esti mate of their supposed assets. We have received& communication from a firm of very extensive business in the town, expressing a doubt at to the correctness of a statement which appeared in our last report, to the effect that " the stocks of goods in the a hands of manufacturers, drapers, and intermediate in reference are unusually light." Our correspondent says, to this statement, "In regard to the two la tter v,h l n a l ss aes it is so, but not in respect to the first, many re heavy holders." Whilst thus giving the parties exceedingly well qualified to form a j o u p d i g ni men , t f natthte point at issue, we think it right to say that o u P r Collecti ve than to the separate stocks of l e i d, f which we still believed to be warttheormer periods. We are well I rt i ha g et h h t et , hr as compared aware that some of g r: 0 0 ( 1 s e opulent manufacturers Ca _ e t but have good reason . with . the great bulk of the trade, too many of whom I :, f b o o r id do v u e b ry tin la g rg th e a s t l2l C ll° i: the of eas little power to hold large stocks, as they haveinclination to lay up the had a dull market production of their looms in a continuall y declining mar been little ket for cotton as well as for goods. pt at and it° b e u m ye A rs " h ' av j e uN n E o i 2 n 6 cl — ina W tio e n h t a o ve pureh me, exce reduced prices. In the wool market there has or nothing doing. From the very limited dema n d the manufacturers are expecting prices to be still lower . MACCLESVIELD, JUNE 27.—Some of the Maceleß eid manufacturers are doing very little business—others are as active as they have been for some time. It is a some what curious fact that when a portion of the manufac turers are doing a tolerable good amount of business uthers are doing considerably less than an average. This is only to be accounted for thus—when the season orders run short, as at present, those who have spare capital are able to speculate in the standard description of goods. The summer goods are all in the hands of the dealers, and it will be some time before it will be safe to commence for the autumn trade. Manufacturers with much caution and little cash are therefore holding back, anxious to ascertain how far the " sear and yellow leaf" of the coming season will affect the " world of fashion." Plain goods, and such as suit all seasons, are consequently the principal fabrics now on the looms, and fancy weavers will for several weeks have but little to do. The extraordinary reduc tion that has lately taken place in the price of silk (amounting during the present year to something like a third on the best qualities, or from Ms. to 12s. a pound), will no doubt have the effect of adding considerably to the consumption, and consequently to the demand for la bour, as soon as the reduction reaches the consumer, which it can be scarcely said to have done at present. On the whole, although the silk trade seems vacillating between activity and dulness, there is every probability of a good demand for most fabrics before many weeks are over. HUDDERSFIELD, JUNE 27.—We have had another dull and spiritless market. There have been a few ,buyers, but anything approaching to purchases of a •- t speculative character have not been made. In the ware houses the complaints are heavy. HALIFAX, JUNE 24.—This being holiday time (Halifax fair) the attendance in our piece hall to-day has been but slender. In fact, in every department of trade there is the same want of activity that we noticed in our last report, and we are not able to announce any prospect of amendment. It is stated that one of the largest firms in this neighbourhood is now consuming about 100 packs of wool less than its usual quantity when trade is brisk. LEEDS, JUNE 27.—Our market to-day has been quiet, without any improvement; bargains can only be effected by submitting to even lower prices than in proportion to the recent fall of the wool prices. People are apt to overlook that wool declined gradually for some time past, and that they cannot now claim the full reduction since last year's clip. The contrary notion is prevailing, and restricts business considerably. CARDIGANSHIRE GREAT LEAD BASIN. The depression which has for some time past over hung British industry induces us to lay before our readers some particulars relative to this great lead dis trict, and in doing so we cannot help calling attention to the beautiful maps recently published by the Ordnance, under the superintendence of Sir H. De la Beebe and others, in which are most accurately laid down the various lodes or veins of ore of this kingdom. The basin may be divided into two districts—the one on the north may be styled " the silver lead district," and the mere southern portion " the lead district," in asmuch as it contains but a small portion of silver com pared with the northern. The former may b e sa id t o commence w i th the River g almost i d d e u o e f north , tba that river.and the latter the aogßrcrhecoT:uuoihpndyogdowil give me env o r eatr u rhe n , :on southern smien se v eral spaceeler com p lete t h whicha n w e description cmoauyl o d f bael welll et called ll spare. dChampion lodes h a in w pouiol Therend lodes, and others which are (though not long) very im portant and valuable, frequently a number of lodes being clustered together. The first champion lode in the silver lead district is about nine miles in extent, running nearly east and west from Cefnllwyd to Esgargaled, and travels through the mines called Brynllwyd, Llechwyd dhen, Llechwyddaleg, Lletynhen, and Lower Cwmbach. The second champion lode northward commences at Elgar mine, and runs to Henbwlch mine; through Moel yglomen. The third commences near the great cluster of lodes at Talybont, and runs through the great Petosi mine, called Esgar-hir, to Avon Llechwydd Mawr, a distance of five miles. Near the first lode, close upon Lletynhen and Llechwyddaleg, is the great Cwm Symlog mine, worked by Sir Hugh Myddleton, with the profits whichof he brought the New River to London. Ad joining, near this, is Darren Cwmsebon, Cwm Erfin, Bwlch Consols, and Gogynan, all important and valua ble mines. Near the commencement of the second champion lode is the cluster of lodes forming the Peny cefu and Elgar mines. The great cluster of lodes at Taly bont have been most productive, and worked to a considerable profit. There are several valuable mines not included in this hurried description, for, as we have observed, it is impossible within the reasonable limits of an article in a daily journal to consider them all. We are obliged, there, to defer even a description of the southern portion of the basin, though we hope at some future time to enter upon them, and in the mean time we would suggest that some gentleman would give the subject his consideration, and publish an account of all the mines, statistically and otherwise, for we feel per suaded that such a production would not only be well received by the mining public, but would be productive of profit to the author. We have taken a good deal of trouble in applying to the best sources to which we could gain access for information as to most of the Cardiganshire mines, though of course it is impossible to arrive at an accurate amount or entire return for the whole of the mines of any district ; and in this there is a peculiar difficulty in that respect, in consequence of nearly the whole of them having been worked by private companies or individuals. To give some idea of the value of lead mines in this district, we may state that one company with an investment of only 2,5001., ex clusive of the purchase of grants, have made 18,000/. per annum'profit. We cannot shut our eyes to the fact that a sum of near 50,0001. has been lost by injudicious mining and mismanagement, but, on the other hand, there are mines with trifling investments, which have, within the last fifteen years yielded immense returns. For instance : Total Names of Mine Investmt. Annual Return. profit 15 yrs Lisbourne ... ... ..£2,500 ... £B,OOO ... £lOO,OOO Cwymstvrith ... 2,000 ... 7,000 ... 85,000 Gogynan ... 500 ... 8,000 ... 80,000 Esgar Galed ... 5,000 ... 5,000 ... 40,000 Thus showing that by an outlay of 10,0001., an annual income is produced of 28,0001., mid the adventurers have already received in profit, 225,0001. The old mines of this district, according to historical information, may, according to the information we have received, be set down as follows : Annual Total Names of Mines. Investment. Return. Profits. Alti Crebe £5,000 ... £5,000 £50,000 Bryn Pien ... 10,000 ... 5,000 ... 40,000 CWIn Symlog ... unknown .. 25,000 250,000 C wymst with ... 10,000 ... 7,000 ... 500,000 Danen ... unknown ... 5,000 ... 50,000 Escimrvinwya 50 ... 20,000 ... 250,000 Esqmrbrd ... 10,000 ... 10,000 ... 100,000 Grogwminn ... 3,000 ... 5,000 ... 60,000 Penycefn ... 2,000 2,000 ... 15,000 Other mines ... 150,000 ... ... 300,000 Assuming the above summary to be correct, and we believe that it is as near as it can be made, it will be sc,en that on an outlay of, say 20,0001., the adventurers have realised 112,0001. a year, and received in profits 1,920,0001. We have taken some trouble to follow out the sum mary above given, by preparing another of the mines now opening and not brought into full profit, which we believe is as nearly correct as the nature of the calcula tions will admit of, being furnished by a gentleman with local knowledge and experience i❑ Cardiganshire, pro bably equal to any one of the present day. He says, "I shall also add, that such a capital now invested, under skilful management, would in all probability produce equal results." MINES NOW OPENING, NOT BRCUGHT INTO PROFIT. Names. Capital expended. Yet required. Calculated profit per an. Cwlch Consols £lO,OOO ... £ - . . £lO,OOO Boy - ... 1,000 Cwmerfin Cwmystwith ..... - ... 10,000 C wmsymlog 20,000 ... 10,000 ... 10,000 C win Sebon lO,OOO ... 2,000 ... 2,000 Cefri Cwm Brwyna 2,000 ... 2,000 ... 1,000 Crown Mines Esgar-hir Eslym-hen Mines 4,000 ... 2,000 ... 2,000 Gwgwinim Lletyn-hen Penycefin 6,000 ... 4,000 ... 7,000 Penrhiew Tyllwyd Before the closing of this article, we believe that we may properly again subscribe to the truth of a quotation which we made from the Mi n i n g J ourna l on th e 26 t h o f April last, and which equally applies to many of the mines mentioned in the foregoing summary:-" In what other class of investments can you show such enormous profits, and how necessary it is to rid the market of any visionary adventures which so dreadfully tarnish these splendid and successful ones."-Morning Post. A SCOUNDREL.—On Tuesday last a poor woman, living in a cottage on the Clock House Farm, Linton, whose husband some time since was transported for four teen years for poaching, received the pleasant news that she had obtained a free pardon and was coming home. The intelligence was brought by a man who said he was convicted with her husband, who had arrived in Eng land, but, having spent all his money, had sent him on to find her out. The poor woman gave him plenty to eat, and 6d. for his trouble. He left, saying her hus band would be with her next day. On the next day the fellow called again, and told her that her husband was waiting for her at the Bull Inn, Yalding; that he had given him a 101. note, half of which was for himself and half for her, but he could Rot get it changed. The woman gave him all the money she could scrape to gether, and set out for Yalding, to meet her husband, when of course she discovered the cruel hoax that had been practised on her. It afterwards transpired that after leaving the woman on Tuesday, he went to a beer shop kept by Clark, when he told his story so art fully as to secure a ready belief, and abundance of hos pitality. They told him where to find the woman, and gave him a night's lodging. He got up the next morning before the family were about, and repaid their kindness by stealing five rabbits, with which he made off, and, having sold them, got hastily drunk with the proceeds at another beer-shop. He had not left the latter more than an hour when the woman arrived to tell how she had been duped. It was well he had gone, or a most severe ducking in the Beacon pond, and a lodging in the cage afterwards, would assuredly have been his fate. The fellow was convicted for poaching on the estate of Mr. Alexander, at Summer-hill. Perhaps some of onr Tonbridge readers may be able to identify the villain.— Maidstone Journal. AWPULLT SUDDEN DEATH.—Thursday the Lady of Capt. Hillier, in company with Mrs. Elizabeth Bran don, left her residence in Pittyille Villas to attend the public meeting for the distribution of prizes at the Col lege. Nothing of importance took place until they reached the College, when Mrs. Hillier complained of shortness i n OLf breath. She entered the large room, but finding down ner l suffering so much immediately went out and sat was broil the ha. Se aked fo a little wter, hich tht, but she was s unable r to s mallow a w any. In a few moments her face became discoloured, she lost all power, and failing- into the arms Of her friend, imme- Chehenham Journal. JUNE 28.—Yesterday evening A M ILITARY SURGEON.—CHATHAM, d i a c t e E I y N s e u x ß p E i r e cs d N . an inquest was held at the Queen s Head rs I n, at Brompton, by J. Hinde, Esq., one of the corone for West Kent, touching, the death of Mr. William Friend, master gunner of the Royal Ar tillery. C . m. Friend, daughter of the decased, stated cco u a second mes sage that n of rheu ma ti sm . t the circumstances attending her fathe r ' s ill ness, how Dr. Quigley had been sent for , and sent a mes sage prom i s i ng his s The jury unanimou sly returned the followi ng verd i ct:— " That the deceased died by the visitation of God ; an d attendance; ten c d o a u n ld ee ; not and attendsubsequently ona ' •that _r. Quigley ought either to the jury are of opinion r ) have attended himself immediately, or sent his assistant surgeon in his stead." The deceased was a Waterloo man. . Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir John Trollops had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1818. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 29. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. CONISIONS ENCLOSURE BILL. Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of the Commons Enclosure Bill. The Bill was then read a second time. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, ~ND NEWCAS TLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved for the appointment of a Committee of inquiry into the conduct of the directors of this company. Lord BEAUMONT opposed the motion. After a short conversation the subject, as we under stood, dropped. No question was put, neither, so far as we could understand, was the motion withdrawn. The Earl of HARROWBY presented several petitions praying for the repeal of the legacy duty payable on bequests left for charitable purposes. BANKRUPTCY AMENDMENT BILL. Lord BROUGHAM laid on the table a Bill to amend the laws relating to bankruptcy, which was read a first time. The Earl of RODEN presented several petitions from the north of Ireland in favour of scriptural education. ECCLESIASTICAL UNIONS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the bringing up the report on this Bil I, Lord STANLEY, while concurring in the great ad vantage of affording facilities for the dissolution of large unions, thought it matter worthy of serious con sideration whether such dissolution should be carried 'iut without the consent of the patron of the benefice. This Bill also jiroposed to authorise the Lord-Lieutenant and the Priv; .Council of Ireland to consolidate small livings with the consent of patrons; that he thought was manifestly unjust, and he considered that no livings should be united or dissolved without the consent of the patrons. Earl FORTESCUE defended the provisions of the Bill, which had been introduced under the auspices, and with the approval, of the Most Rev. the Primate of Ire land. After a short conversation the report was received. LAW OF ENTAIL (SCOTLAND) BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the second reading of this Bill, said its object was to assimilate the law of Scotland as much as possible to the law of this country. He thought the Bill if passed would prove a great boon and benefit to Scotland. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said it was not his inten tion to oppose the Bill, but there were many points in it which required to be well considered before their Lord shipe consented to pass it. He did not think that entails were so injurious as had been represented. He was not prepared to go the whole length of the Bill with regard to heirs suPceeding to old entailed estates. The Bill did not altogether correspond with the law of England, tor it went beyond that law in come points. He would move that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee. Lord CAMPBELL said that monstrous exaggerations existed with regard to the evils of entailed estates.— (Hear, hear.) He believed that the present Bill was a most admirable one, because it assimilated the law of Scotland to the law of England, which had been much misrepresented, and which he hoped would remain un changed. The Duke of ARGYLL thought that the evils of en tail in Scotland had been much exaggerated, but he ad mitted that the law might be improved. He agreed in opinion with the Noble Duke, that the Bill ought to be referred to a Select Committee. The agitation against the principle of entail existed only in large towns where democratic opinions prevailed. The Duke of MONTROSE admitted that the pre sent law of entail in Scotland might be amended, but he considered that the Bill ought to be referred to a Select Committee. After a few worth from Lord ABINGER, The Earl of MINTO rejoiced that such a Bill was introduced, because it would remove evils which had given rise to great complaints in Scotland. The Noble Duke was mistaken in supposing that the hostility to the preient law of entail was confined to populous towns. A Select Committee was then appointed, with a view of referring the Bill to it, and the Houso adjourned at half-past Seven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 29. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'Clock. SLIGO ELECTION. The minutes of evidence taken before the Sligo Elec atm Committee was presented to the House, and or• dered to be printed. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— helmsdale, Little Ferry, and Leck Robie Harbours. Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway (Extension or Deviation Line from Silecroft to Foxfield, &c.) The report upon the Leith Municipality and Police Trusts, Markets, Paving, and Sanitary Improvement Bill was considered and agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Colonel THOMPSON presented four petitions from Manchester in favour of household suffrage, and several petitions to the same effect from Aberdecni. SELLING INTOXICATING LIQUORS. Mr. GREENE presented a petition from Lancaster against the sale of spirituous liquors on the Sabbath. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Dr. BOWRING presented forty petitions from Man chester in favour of Parliamentary reform, and two from Bolt6n coinciding with the views of the Prime Minister, and praying that universal suffrage and annual Parliaments might be adopted in lieu of the limited mo tion of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR presented petitions iu favour of Parliamentary reform. Mr. G. BERKELEY presented petitions from Bristol to the same effect. Mr. MO WATT presented forty petitions from Man chester, complaining of the public expenditure, in favour of Parliamentary reform, and stating that this would not be accomplished until the people were more fairly re presented. Lord R. GROSVENOR presented a petition from the admirers of the late Richard Cartwright, praying tor universal suffrage and the vote by ballot, and saying that if the House were so constituted that it would truly deserve the title of being a tribunal of virtue, wisdom, and justice.—( Hear.) THE ORDNANCE SURVEY. Sir B. HALL gave notice that he would to-morrow present petitions from surveyors and civil engineers resident in the metropolis, praying that the services of the Ordnance department might be confined to the national survey; end he would take that opportunity of asking his Noble Friend the Chief Commissioner. of Woods and Forests what arrangements had been made for the completion of the survey of the metropolis; and what would p r ob a bly b e th e ex p ense , including the military pay, and whether the whole ex pense was to be defray e d by th e ra t e -p ayers o f t h e metropolitan parishes? Mr. HUME presented a number of petitions from Glasgow, Berwick, and other places in the provinces, in , avour of Parliamentary reform. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Mr. G ROGAN presented a petiton against the na tional system of education. CUSTOM DUTIES. Mr. \YAWN, pursuant to the notice which he gave yesterday, asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whe ther the Right Hon. Gentleman had made any calculation what amount will have to be paid out of the consoli dated duties of customs, in the event of the navigation laws b e ing repealed, in respect of double dues on foreign shipping; and if so, what did it amount to (668,0001. hav ing already been paid on account of reciprocity treaties)? And if the Right Hon. Gentleman had not made any such calculation, whether her Majesty's Government, in the event before alluded to, intend to introduce a Bill to abolish the payment of double dues altogether? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to the question of the Hon. Member, said that the Bill that had been introduced during the present session did not make the least difference as to the question of double dues ; and as to the other question, no increase would be entailed on the Exchequer. The parties who received double dues received them by Acts of Parliament, and would continue entitled to them until those Acts were repealed. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition from the Bra zilian Association of Liverpool against any alteration in the Sugar Duties Act. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. In answer to a question from an HoN. MEMBER, Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that he proposed to bring on this Bill on Tuesday next. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, seeing the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Montrose in his place, wished to ask him whether, in the event of the adjourned debate on the Sugar question not terminating to-night, he had any objection to give up to-morrow night, and allow his re form motion to be resumed this day week ? Mr. HUME said he had no objection to give up to morrow night, but the subject of reform was one of im mense i i s m m po o r ti t n a n ec n e nn to ld th n e nt co e u e n m t e r on on Monday.—(Hear, hear.) He would take that opportunity of stating that he was sure the House had come to the conclusion that something must be done to forward the business of the House.—(Hear, hear.) They were in a condition that be never recollected to have occurred before. They had five adjourned debates.—(Hear, hear.) From the time which had elapsed since they debated the navigation laws he was quite certain a good deal of time must be wasted in renewing the subject, and he would appeal to the Chair whether something ought not to be done to get rid of this confused state of affairs.—(Hear, hear.) Formerly a rule prevailed that no debate should be adjourned, and if Hon. Gentlemen h a d no o bj ect i on tthoe dn establishmentthe tieultythey w eorfe in asim m i i l g a h r t r e u a le sily be overcome— now. he thought (Hear, hear.) At all events, if the business of the House was to be got through they must agree to one of two courses, either they must have no adjourned de bates or they must limit the length of speeches.—(Hear, hear.) The latter practice existed in another place. Several IIoN. MEMBERS —Where ? What place ? Mr. lIUME said, in America.—(Cries of " Oh, oh !") His own view was that no Member e .ght to be allowed to speak more than half an hour, except the introducer of the question or the Member who roso to reply.— (Hear, hear.) They were now about to enter July, and yet scarcely one great question had been decided . upon. Something must be done, or they would render themselves contemptible in the eyes of the country, Lord J. RUSSELL was glad the Hon. Gentleman had mooted this subject. The time had arrived when it was absolutely necessary, for the sake of the public ser vice, that the House should use more dispatch in getting rid of the business before it; and he would suggest that those Hon. Members who were in the habit of taking part in the debates should consult with the Speaker to see if any means could not be devised to effect that object.—(Hear.) • Mr. HUME—WiII you allow me to take Monday ? Lord J. RUSSELL said there was a good deal of uncertainty about Monday, and he thought it better to fix the debate at once for Thursday. Mr. HORSHAM said, formerly it was the custom to decide each question in one sitting, and he thought such a rule ought to be adopted now.—(Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY said he h,,ped the House would follow that example, and decide on the sugar question to-night. Mr. BROTHERTON quite agreed that it was neces sary something should be done to regulate the proceed. ings of the House, so as to limit the duration of the debates. He would suggest, as one remedy, that Hon. Members should be required to cut their speeches short. —(Hear, hear.) On a late occasion, for instance, three Hon. Members occupied no less than six hours in de livering their speeches, and thus prevented Members who represented large constituencies, and who were expected to give their opinions on great questions, from getting up to speak.—(Hear, and laughter.) He would recommend that a Committee should be appointed to consider the subject, and to report to the House. THB COLONIAL-OFFICE.—EXPLANATION. Lord G. BENTINCK said he wished to put a ques tion, to enable the President of the Board of Trade, the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government, and the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, to all of whom he had given notice, to give an explanation and an answer to that challenge which he had thrown out to them respectively relative to the concealment of a number of dispatches which had been received from Jamaica by the Government. In answer to a question which was put to Mr. Labouchere on the Bth of Feb ruary by Mr. Goulburn, the former stated that no dispatch had been received from Jamaica, giving any general account of the state of the island; but as soon as such document should be received it was the intention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies to communicate it without delay to the House. Now, at that time he could prove that there were in the pos session of the Colonial-office no less than five dispatches, which contained statements of great importance with respect to the general condition of Jamaica. The first three dispatches were dated on the 25th of March, the 21st September, and the 6th of November, 1847. But with respect to the last dispatch—the most im portant one in reference to the answer given by the Right llon. Gentleman—that from Governor Grey, en closing that remarkable memorial to which public atten tion had been so much directed of late, and upon which a discussion had commenced in the other House of Parliament, he wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman how he could come down to that House, on the Bth of February, and state that no such dispatch had been received, and that when it was re• ceived it would be laid on the table of the House? Mr. LABOUCHERE could not understand why any attack was made upon him in reference to the matter, since, in replying to his question, he was merely acting as the organ of the Colonial-office, and he stated at the time that he believed his Hon. Friend the Under-Se cretary of State for the Colonies would be much better able to do so, as he was, as a matter of course, more conversant with the affairs of that de partment than he could pretend to be. He (Mr. Labou chere) had made it his business to inquire at the Colonial office, and he found that what he stated with re• spect to that office—that its conduct in the matter would be found perfectly honest—was fully justified by that inquiry. He found his answer more correctly given in the Times of the 9th of February than in Han sard. The Hon. Gentleman then read the question and answer. It was to the effect that no dispatch had arrived from Jamaica containing any specific account of the island, but that dispatches had been received from some other of the West Indian islands, which, with any that might arrive from Jamaica, it was the intention of the Secretary of State to communicate immediately to the House. On the 9th the Committee made an order for the production of all papers i❑ reference to the colony, and they were prepared for presentation to the Committee before the douse, as the Committee required them immediately. It was true that it was a month before all the dispatches, which were very numerous, were communicated to the Committee, but it was not denied that the dispatch which had been so much remarked upon of late was communicated in print to the Committee. —(Hear, hear.) The only pretext of delay that the Noble Lord had was, that a month had elapsed. lie would put it to the House and the Noble Lord whether there was anything in the statement which he had made which entitled him to say, after the explanation he had made, that the course that had been adopted at the Colonial-office was in any degree inconsistent with what he had stated some time since? He had no hesitation in asserting that his Noble Friend at the head of the Colonial-office had acted on the present, as he had done on all former occasions, with undoubted honour And integrity.—(Hear, hear)______._ "F6REIGN CORRESPONDENCE. Mr. URQUH ART postponed till to-morrow the asking of the following question of which he had given notice for to-day:—Why the correspondence between Mr. Urquhart and Mr. Backhouse in the years 1837-8, moved for on the 19th day of April, does not, as laid on the table of the House, contain any letters of the year 1837, these letters being the part of the correspondence which is of importance? SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. BARELY called the attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the fact that the sugar duties would expire on Wednesday next, and wished to know what course he intended to pursue supposing that the resolu tions with respect to them had not been passed through Committee and reported on before that day. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was in hopes that the debate on the question of going into Committee would be concluded that evening, and that they would ba enabled to go into Committee to-morrow, and discuss the resolutions, and have them reported to the House on Monday or Tuesday ; in that event the usual Treasury order would be issued with respect to the duties. It the resolutions were not re ported before the expiration of the duties, he confessed he did not know what course to adopt. . . . Mr. BRIGHT said it would be in the recollection of the House, that when the corn question was under dis. eussion—when it was a matter of protection—it was held that the mere reporting of a resolution to the House was not sufficient to allow the new duties to be taken, but that had it been a question of revenue that course could have been pursued. Now, as the present was a matter of protection, he thought the same rule that was observed on the corn question ought to be prevail now. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Honourable Gentleman was perfectly correct in his statement, but in 1830 an additional duty of 6d. was levied upon rum, and that duty was immediately levied upon the resolution being reported to the House. There was, however, a stronger precedent than this, in 1831, when an additional duty was imposed upon one particular description of wine, and lowered upon another. In that case the duty was levied imme diately upon the resolutions being reported to the House, and the same course was proposed to be followed in the present instance. Mr. BRIGHT wished to ask- the Right Hon. Gentle man whether Government had made any arrangement with a number of parties who had cargoes of foreign sugar coming on their way to this country, which were expected to be entered at 18s. 6d. after the sth of July, instead of 20s. It would be re membered that only three weeks ago an intimation was given by the Government that they did not intend to alter the Act of 1846, and it was upon the faith of that declaration that these cargoes were ordered. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, according to the present regulations all cargoes afloat would have to pay 20s. Mr. ROBINSON wished to know how it was proposed to enforce payment of the 205., if on the sth of July the existing duty of 18s. 6d. were tendered. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, they should refuse to allow the cargoes to be entered. Mr. HILDYARD apprehended this was a question of law and not of precedent, and he put it to the Attorney- General whether, if a party on the sth of July tendered the duty which by law could be demanded, and Govern ment refused to receive it and detained the goods, Go vernment would not be liable to make good the loss which might result from such detention? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that case would be met by the resolutions, as reported to the House, being taken to be the existing law. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. On the motion of Mr. ANSTEY, the following papers were ordered to be laid before the House:—Copies of correspondence and papers in the Colonial-office re lating to the decisions of the two Judges con stituting the Supreme Court of Van Diemen's land, against the validity of certain acts of the Le gislative Council of that Colony, or to the removal of Algernon Montagu, Esq., the Puisne Judge of the said Court, or to any proceedings taken for the removal of Sir John Lewes Pedder, the Chief Justice of the said Court. COMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL DISTRESS. Mr. NE WDEGATE wished to know whether it was true, as reported, that the Seeret Committee on com mercial distress had refused to hear the evidence of two gentlemen who were enabled to lay some important in formation before them ? The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Member that the report of the Committee had not yet been laid on the table of the House. TRINIDAD. Mr. FAGAN inquired of the Under-Secretary for the Colonies whether Major James Fagan, who had been two years acting as stipendiary magistrate in the island of Trinidad had received his appointment from the Colonial-office ; and if so, whether under that ap pointment he had authority to adjudicate between coolies and coolies, and coolies and colonists ? Mr. HAWES replied that Mr. Fagan was nominated to the office at the instance of the East India Company, and Sir W. M‘Dougal, the Governor, at the request of that body, invested him with all the power of a magistrate, in which capacity he was acting at present. MR. HUME'S MOTION. Mr. B. OSBORNE wished to know what under standing the Government had entered into with the lion. Gentleman the Member for Montrose with re spect to the day for which the adjourned debate on his motion was to be taken, as at present he did not intend to proceed with it to-morrow, and therefore it appeared to be adjourned sine die. Lord J. RUSSELL said the debate on the Hon. Gen tleman's motion would be resumed on Thursday next. EVICTIONS (IRELAND). Mr. I'. SCROPE inquired if the Government had taken any means to ascertain the extent to which evic tion had recently been carried out by some landlords in Ireland? Also, when the Destitute Tenants' Bill, or rather the landlorde,amendments, would be taken into consideration ? Sir W. SOMERVILLE said the Government had taken no extraordinary means to do so. A Bill had been introduced for the purpose of providing for any extra amount of destitution caused by such proceedings. Sir G. GREY said 'he Bill in question had come down from the Lords with some amendments, which would be printed. SUGAR DUTIES—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Sir R. H. INGLIS complained that throughout the debates which had hitherto taken place on the subj( ct of the West India sugars, so little had been said as to the condition and prospects of the slave trade. He did not desire, after the manner of tree Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets, to revert to the stock stories about the cruelties exercised in former times in the transmission of slaves to the West Indies, and their treatment after reaching that destination, but he desired that the sub ject should not be lost sight of with reference to future events. He did not deny that the price of sugar was of importance to a large class of his poor fellow-coun trymen, but he was not prepared to give them sugar at a sacrifice which would render it dear indeed. Mr. Canning once said that he could prove anything by figures, and for that reason he would not pretend to establish any argument by quoting prices and duties, but he would merely assert that, under the pro posed duties, the protection would not amount to Id. per lb. The price of sugar was a perfect barometer in re spect to its consumption. If, therefore, he could show that the decrease of Id. per lb. in the price of sugar was purchased at a terrible sacrifice of African life and liberty, he should consider he had established sufficient grounds for the vote he intended to give. It had been said on a former night of the debate that the question of admitting slave sugar had been definitively settled. He believed this was not the case. But supposing even that it was, he should never shrink from entering his protest against a measure by which the evils of slavery were perpetuated. Unless it could be proved that the thousands of whites interested in the question had not been sacrificed by the measures of the Government, which provided cheap sugar for the multitude, he should not think that those measures could be justified. The British West Indies presented so important a por tion of the great empire with which they have been so long identified, as to justify to the full the protection that was claimed for them. His Right Hon. Colleague had indeed heard that some slave-grown sugar must always be admitted under the existing treaties with foreign countries; but could not these treaties be altered? The Braails had definitively refused to make any concessions on the score of slavery. He was quite aware that the Em peror of the Brazils was opposed to slavery, and with such a groundwork the Government might hope in a few years to effect some change in the laws of that country respecting slavery; but the measures take❑ , by the Legislature had greatly marred those ex pectations; and, moreover, the slave trade had con siderably revived since the Act of 1846, as the returns of the number of slaves imported into the Brazils since that year would prove. All the evidence that had been given upon Committees on the subject of slavery, and the facilities of procuring slaves on the coast of Africa tended to prove that the supply was always equal to the demand, and that when slaves were required war was resorted to, and the captives were sold to supply the necessary quantity. Upwards of 100,000 of these miserable creatures had annually left the coast, of whom one-third died during their transit to the colonies of Cuba and the Brazils. The Noble Lord (Palmerston) had estimated the number of deaths at from 20 to 25 per cent., but even taking it at 12 per cent., the whole world would be depopulated in less than a year, if the same rate of mortality were to prevail during that time, for the voyages only took one month. Without wishing to dwell upon the inconsisten cies of the Government, he could not help quoting an expression used by the Noble Lord (Palmerston) the other night, which, to judge by the complacency with which he uttered the sentiment, would not be dis pleasing to the Noble Lord to hear repeated. The Noble Lord said that the " Government would nut be a party to enslaving any nation." He doubtless meant to apply his observation to a particular class of nations ; but he begged him to remind the Govern ment that the Africans were a nation, and though not of the same colour as Europeans, were fully as de serving of being protected as the latter were. He feared that as little was to be expected from immigra tion. An adequate supply of labourers was out of the question, and those which had been imported, especially Kroomen, had proved unqualified for the labour. If it were true, then, that sugar could only be successfully cultivated within the tropics, if it were also true that free labour could not be imported in sufficient quantities, then the only hope of cultivating it successfully would be to give every possible encouragement to our own free labour population. His solemn conviction was, that the question before the House was not merely one of technicalities and tariffs, but in fact one of the life and blood of our fellow-men. The question was, in fact, whether they would or would not continue the slave trade. Looking at it in that view, believing that trade to be the cause of unmitigated misery to thousands, and believing also that the Government measure was calcu lated to perpetuate the evil, he felt bound to support the amendment of the Hon. Baronet the Member for Droitwich.—(Hear, hear.) At the conclusion of the Hon. Baronet's speech about thirty Members on the Conservative side rose simulta neously, but at last gave way to Mr.BARKLY, who observed that the question before the House lay between a five-shilling duty for ten years and a ten-shilling duty for a shorter period. In his opinion the adoption of the higher protection for a few years would cost the country less than would the measure of the Government; whilst, by giving them efficient pro• tection for a short time, they might enable many of the planters, who had been ruined by vacillating legislation, to retrieve to some extent their position. It had been said that the wages of free labour were as low as those of slave labour, but even suppose they were, the man who employed slave labour could make his slaves work from twelve to fourteen hours per day, while those who employed free labour could not do so above five or six , hours at one time. The Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Ripon had also commented on the necessity for improvements in machinery, on the part of the West India interest, and from dispatches received from British Guiana and other islands, it would be found that these had taken place to a considerable extent. He would remark, in regard to the latter colony, that he found it stated in a dispatch of Mr. Stipendiary Strutt, lately received, that no improvement whatever in machinery or in land had taken place for the last thirty years. The credit, however, to be at tached to the dispatches of this functionary would, no doubt, be considerably shaken, when he found it stated in another dispatch of his, received in 1841, that the work previously performed by hand was then performed by machinery, and that the hands formerly taken up with it were sent to other employment, so that a great improvement had been effected.—(Hear, hear.) The one statement certainly refuted the other, and yet Mr. Stipendiary Strutt still held office. Then, i❑ regard to these improvements, the Right Hon. Baronet went on to say, that were they more generally and extensively effected, sugar would yield a much greater price ; but he forgot to take into account the expenses which attended the making of those improvements. He knew himself one estate where an expense of 3,0001. had been incurred in the erection of machinery. In conse quence of that improvement there was an increase in the cost of production of the sugar of three shillings per cwt. and a complement of seven additional labourers was re quired.—(Hear, hear.) Nov, in the present state of the colonies, these improvements could not be carried, then the additional amount of labour consequent upon such improvements, could not be obtained; and to show that, he might state that the proprietor of the estate be had referred to, was the individual from whom he had received the letter he read to the Committee when he gave his evidence before it, complaining of the ruinous state to which the colonies had been reduced by the com petition the measures of the Government had sub jected them to.—(Hear, hear.) He had also received a letter from a gentleman who had laid out 7,0001. on machinery on his estate, in the island of Trinidad, but who was suffering in a lamentable degree from the system adopted. Lord Harris had also mentioned many instances of a like nature, and from all the evidence ho could gather, he came to the conclusion that competition in present circumstances was impossible. He could not, therefore, but feel regret at the speech which was delivered the other night by the Hon. Gen tleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, as the effect upon the colonists and upon their friends in this country must indeed be mortifying, when they found that those who ought to be the guardians of their rights and their interests had so shamefully deserted them.—(Hear, hear.) He had himself seen the mise rable state to which some of those colonies had been re duced, and could therefore speak with confidence as to ,he state of them. One remarkable instance of the evils their legislation had entailed on these colonies he would state to the House. When in Berbice last winter, he at tended a sale of the property of a gentleman who had pos sessed it for the previous 50 years, and who, not seven years previous to its sale last winter, had refused 60,0001. for it, but such was the state to which property in that island was reduced, that it was knocked down for 2001 —(Hear, hear.) The question he naturally put to those present was, what will become of the poor old man who spent the better part of his day in the colony, and whose property had now gone off at such a sacrifice. Oh, it was said, he had a son-in-law, who for a considerable time managed the estate along with him, but who several years ago went to Surinam and established a business there, and such was the impetus given to business in that colony, and such the additional value given to property by the Bill of 1846, that he was now able to keep his own family as well as his poor old father-in-law com fortably. Now, what a bad state of things was that which caused ruin to our own colonists, while a man crossing the river and commencing business in a Dutch colony was enabled to make a fortune by the legislation of this country.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gen tleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies had, as a means of showing that the colonies could not have suf fered from the operation of the Act of 1846, stated that the importation of sugar to this country from them_ wa7 larger last year than in any previous year ; but did, notlast the Honourable Gentleman know that the c year, and of which the sugar imported was s . t ? was planted previous to the passing of th ell —(Hear, hear.) So that, so far as it was ytee of produce,.lB46cu operations of the Act could not be f, concerned, the 4t. The Bight se Honourable deprecated Baronet legi s l t a h t e i v , 11:I r e e m a cbtii,orn for and lt i p w o h n i l e h a he ( dI T i t :: wi Barkly) reprobated reaction i n as mu c h as legislation the Honourable Baronet could do, yet he feared th at the system now pursued towards these colonies w ou ld a s s h n ou o l t d as compose to the the stabilityc ofnet a, have the effect of withdr awin g the confidence o f the colonists from this count r y , and create a reacti on which would be anything but desirable. — (Hear, hea r .) Th e Cabinet, but Government, or as to but it was whether that system of negro emancip a ti on for which they bad paid thirty million s s t er li ng was a in his opinion, who Should mero chimera, and whether the slave trade was now to be strengthened a nd supported after all the blood and treasure this c ountry had sacrificed in endeavouring to put it down.—(Cheers.) Mr. LABOUCHERE said, having been a Member of the West India Committee, he could not give a silent voto on the questions but after the length at which tho . subject had been argued, and as he could wish that a de cision should be come to before the House rose that night, he would not trespass long on the time of the House. He thought it due to that Committee in the first place to state that he believed no Committee of tbst House ever met under a stronger desire to arrive at the truth, and throwing aside all party feeling and party objects, to do the best they could for the interests of the colonists, whose case was before them.—(Hear, hear.) He could not, however, say that the recommendations of the Committee were satisfactory; and if they were looked into, it would be found that they were not so practicable as the course the Government had pointed out; and he must remind the House that it was almost impossible for the Committee to come to any decision, as between the party in the Committee who would have carried protection to its utmost bounds and the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford (Mr. Gladstone) and the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Liverpool (Mr Cardwell), who was in favour of protection in the abstract, but on a graduated scale, the Committee was likely not to come to any recommendation on the sub ject. When they did not decide upon a differential duty of sos. for six years, it was far from the general feeling of the Committee that such was the proper decision, and he believed had the vote been properly taken, there would have been a majority .—(Hear.) He objected to the proposal of a differential duty of 10s. for six years, on the ground that it would be injurious both to the consumer and the revenue, and he did not believe that it would benefit in the least the West India interests themselves. All the most important witnesses ex amined before the Committee had said, that the best mode of encouraging the cultivation of sugar would be to bring the rate ef wages to a reasonable level, and that nothing would be so certain to bring that about as the struggle " Iv going on for competition, and the allowing those colonies a small protection, in order to fit them for that state, when all protection must be withdrawn, and when com petition would be general.—(Hear.) The Honourable Gentleman who last spoke had stated before the Cola' tnittee, that he would recommend a pro t e ctive duty of ten shillings for three years, and then allow a dropping scale of duties, but he was of opini on that of the two proposals the West India interests would rather accept that of the Government. It was not alone upon the West Indies that the course proposed by the Hon. Members would operate, as it would also operate upon the East Indies, as it would for a time give an impetus of cultivation there, an d which would lead in the end, when the competition became general, to the most disastrous consequences. He ad mated that he long hesitated as to making any in the Act of 1846. but he had now come to the conclu sion that the House would do wisely should they adopt an alteration in that measure within the limits proposed by Government. He did not think that the spirit or the proposed measure It was inconsistent with the Act of 1846.—(Hear') was true that the hopes and expectations created in 1846 had not been realised—(Hear) — b ut their no t being so was not to be attributed to the Act passed ill that year, for the general convulsion which had fallen on trade generally, had also fallen on the sugar-growing interests, who were so much bound up iu the interest! of the country. They were all aware moreover, that long previous to the passing of the Act of 1846, the cry of distress from the colonies had been on many n e f li ; sions loud and deep ; and while he did not as)? that they should not make efforts to relieve it, think it fair to attribute all the misfortunes of these colonies to the Act of 1846, while they had for out years, and at very different times, been calling out I assistance and support.—(Hear, hear.) It would' how.- he did not ever, have been a most ungracious thing when the West. Indian interest came before the House, to have refused, them that sympathy which their case demanded' and to show that while the House was not prepared as abandon the spirit of the settlement of 1846, it was t, least prepared to reconsider the letter of that settlemen lit a and as far as possible afford relief. H e believed the p of the Government would give more relief than and other that had been proposed, and that the more it a been considered by the West Indian interest, the more satisfactory it had become. He believed that it wo' s afford relief without preventing the settlement of vi t a.g e ,, f on a satisfactory footing, which would be the result any any large measure of protection, and he attach Se greatest importance to that point.—(Hear, heardunrat: believed the Government measure would lay the afoul a tion for a better state of cultivation, and, conseotiltaYika larger amount of production. This would be P r° scan s to the planter, and it would at the same time be a" .., tageous to the revenue of this country, thus obviatingtonvi objections which had been taken to the G°v ernra ts e s f measure on that ground. As regarded the interesaa. the consumers in this country, on which some cool i Gentleman had thrown contempt—(No, no) --he not but attach great importance to an abundant la cheap supply of what had now become one of the dal y necessaries of a poor man's family.—(Hear, hear.? With respect to the bearing of the measure on the grea_ question of slavery and the slave trade, he could not concur in the views expressed by the Hon. Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford. The 111 Baronet appeared to think that slavery was a patriarch'. institution which might in certain cases be tolerated ada upheld. Sir R. INGLIS—What I said was, that as the state, of slavery was recognised by the Book of God, I would not be a party to any proposition for declaring it un lawful. Mr. LABOUCHERE would not enter into a Scrip' tural argument on the subject, but having seen song' thing of slavery, he must state his utter abho rrence of it as a system which killed at once tb e body and the soul—(Hear)—and he was most anxious that this country should wash its hands of th e moral guilt of such a traffic, or the crime of encouraging others in such an atrocious trade iris that which reeW nized man as the property of man.—(Cheers.) Wh ile ' therefore, he was prepared to give every fair facility for the importation of free labourers into the colonies , and to amend the laws relating to vagrancy, it would he upon the understanding that the one should not lead t° the establishment of slavery, nor the other to the Cal ' r forcement of compulsory labour by the police. — (flea r i il He hoped the House would calmly and dispassi oaate g consider the proposals of her Majesty's Government. * , was time that they did not hold out to the colonists tu large and brilliant promises of relief which had be e° made in other quarters. But he believed tha t in The end they would be truly beneficial to the colonies. Th, colonists had great claims upon us. They had elve,' been faithful to us.—(Hear, hear.) They were our felloir subjects, and ho believed that if the House gave its stl c i port to the propositions of the Government, that it wan, be showing its sympathy and desire to aid ou r colonies in the least objectionable and most beneficial manner. Mr. GOULBURN said, he would detain the House 0 shortly as possible by the remarks he had to m ake aPna t . the question. By giving his support to the motion 0 the Hon. Member for Droitwich, he did not pledge bit ; ha self as to the amount of protection he might afterwar _ vote for. He must state at the outset, however, that he felt the Government, who had the whole case before t here , were the really responsible parties to deal with the uer, tion, and that he thought should be done on the broaa principle laid down in the report of 1833, that compe l ; sation should be in proportion to the enhanced cost of production caused by the legislation of that House. (Hear, hear.) Reference had been made by the Noble, Lord at the head of the Government, to the state . 0 ! prosperity in which it was alleged nine-tenths of t.n l ; population in our colonies were, and that it was only tn i .. one-tenth, composed of landed proprietors, who were sti t t r fering. But by reports of publiclmeetings, held in vatic). a_ portions of the colonies, and attended by all classes, a i. : found that the distress existed not only among tn . ., landed proprietors, but also among the bankers, a 3 9,... chants, middle classes, and working classes. Of tav free negrues only one-third were addicted to constant_, labour, the other two-thirds taking advantage of a fel . tile soil and fine climate, had entirely divorced there; selves from labour, and were living a l ife of idleness o'l_ ease, amidst circumstances which were causing tise.! rapid demoralization.—(Hear.) Th e result must 04: that, even as regarded cheapness of price, unless sonitt thing was done to relieve the planters, this counP, would sutler severely. If the island of Jamaica, for.in., stance, were thrown out of cultivation, thousand tons now produced by it abstracted from T o market, the immediate consequence would be a _,,g 1 ,7 00 and the thine rise iu price. They had an instance in point. wu o f St. Domingo ceased to be a sugar colony the priei,4 o sugar rose from 255. to 75s a cwt.—(Elear, hews) " . 4 , Hon. Gentleman the Member for Westbury had o r° , some extraordinary statements as to the relative cost free-labour and slave-labour which bad much surP r so . him. The Hon. Gentleman had stated the cost :ifslids. , ducing sugar in Cuba by slave labour was 17 ' obi I cwt. .Well, they knew that Cuban sugar had bee n a l, in our market at 21s. a cwt., and, therefore, if they ur , • lowed the very smallest amount for freightage , ll! s , b0 ante, and other charges, it would be seen that it :, statement as to the cost of labour was correct the Citus; ! proprietor was selling at a great loss. But so far fro', o this being the case, it was is evidence that the photo, of Cuba realised a profit of i7s. a cwt.—(Hear, heir./ He thought it was only necessary to put these to_ facts together in order t o arrive at a j ust conclustoa t on the subject. He admitted that there was a grel l s scarcity some years, owing to the climate, but " other years there was a plentiful abandance of sugar' and he thought it but just to take the mean of ta; ° such years. The House had been favoured during this I debate, why the colonies should not have the relief r e' qu ired by them. In one case the Right Hon. Ge an ntl wan (Mr. Labouchere) says that the Act of 1846 wa s Act of benefit and advantage to the West Indies, an that because of those advant ages i t wou ld b e injudici ous altert ti o onofh the e altogether. H e t h oug h t that t h e consider s ' House should not be turned only to sugar , but to other circu mstances connected w i t h those colonies, and particularly connected with her Majesty's O nverfl' now tin rel a ti on to t h ose colonies. He then, well thought il , that that the Government . of o 1846 sho uld take at the very least three or four months to consid er the alterations they were about to make, and he strongli recommended that opinion then; but he regrette d L l° say that such was not acted upon, and that after tog; lapse of a few days—only fourteen days—they Parliament to support them in that injurious Ine° 6llre i He should, however, say, that he gave his assent to that measure, because he thought that the colonies Inigbt escape the injuries, which an Hon. Member of tbii 1 House had foretold, and he did not think that the wen - I sure had received that due consideration which a mea sure of such importance merited. The want of delibers calle don on the part of the Government was the ca use of 0 loss of seven or eight hundred thousand pou nds to th us ! particular colonies, which future exper ience strong i pointed out to all who know anything of the stat e of the West Indian Colonies. He would ask was not t his oa° element of distress? Again, he would say that th at vell Act was the sole and only cause of slave-grown sugar be. ing brought into this country, because of its being_eanc'el, aged according to the evidence of Captain Mau r : s ol o That gentleman, who gave the last evidence, ear that