The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-16 00:00:00

AMERICA. EIGHT DAYS' LATER FROM AME RICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA STEAMER. e Acadia, Royal mail steamer (Captain Miller), an red at Liverpool on Monday, shortly before three o'clock, having performed her passage in ten daysand a half, and bringing eight days later news than the ac counts received by the Columbus and Roscoe. Mr. NPLeod's trial will not take place until the last week in March, unless a special Commission be issued, which is not probable. A letter mentions that Mr. M'Leod had determined on giving bail, as it was feared by his friends that his health would be seriously impaired if be continued so long in confinement. Meetings have been held in va rious parts of the Western district, but it does net ap pear that the excitement consequent on the affair has in any great degree increased. The party in the States desirous of a rupture with England, seem to be exerting themselves in adding to the, disagreements between the two countries. It is now pretended that America is ill used and insulted, by the English blockade of Chinese ports, and recent seizures by the British of American vessels employed in the African slave trade. The movement of British troops into the Maine territory, by order of the Go vernor-General of Canada, is construed in the most hostile manner. The Garrick packet ship has been got off, and a steamer had left New York to tow her up. The packet ship North America, from Liverpool, had a fine outward run, having reached New York in 22 days. The Acadia has brought over SI passengers: United States Bank Shares has again receded from the former reduced rates, and all our private sources of in formation are moat unfavourable as to the prospects of the Bank. MONEY MARKET. (From the New York Herald of Jan. 29.) Friday, Jan. 29, 6 p.m. A startling fact has been developed to day. It is fraught with the deepest interest to many largo interests in this city, and deeply involves the existence of many l:anking concerns. The United States Bank has effected a precarious resumption by means of borrowing on this side largely to meet present wants. This was, however, acknowledged insufficient to meet her necessities, and at the very moment of a final failure, the bank received ad vices from England giving her authority to draw, it is stated, to the amount of 1,100,0001., or 5,000,000 dollars, on certain parties in London. Whether this credit was based on cotton, to be remitted from the south to meet the bills, or upon other securities, does not appear. The institution has, however, issued to the three Philadelphia banks, in payment of balances. over 200,000/. of sterling bills; she has issued 225,0001. to settle her debt due on a judgment on dishonoured notes, and other large sums, making 1,000,000/. sterling of bills drawn on the Lon don house. These bills were issued at a very low rate, and have been offering in the market for this packet at 61 freely. Sales to some extent last week were made. The permission to draw, although said to have been arranged some time before, was not given until the latest minute of the packet's sailing. The reason of this was that the Bank of England, on hearing of the negotiation, intimated in pretty strong terms to the houses concerned, that the bills would be discredited, and also Stated that it was the policy of the bank to discountenance the paper of those concerned in shipping coin. One mo moat's reflection as to the position of affairs in England, brings the conviction that this would undoubtedly be the ease. The bank had little over 3,000,0001. in its coffers at the latest dates, and the difficulties in regard to foreign exchanges were far from removed, and the bank has for some months proscribed the paper of those houses engaged In the export of bullion. The exchanges are in favour of this country, and a small actual decline would cause an import of coin from Great Britain. What course then is the bank likely to pursue in regard to a borrower that throws 1,000,000/. of sterling bills in the market in one operation with a prospect of coming for more ? Precisely that which she has followed on former occasions, particu larly in 1836, when she struck down the American trade without the slightest hesitation. If she did it then, when we were so large customers, she is far more likely to do it now, when the borrower is this instance is the only ob stacle in the way of a revival of the export trade, and who is at this moment operating, through her suspended branch in New Orleans, to raise the price of cotton upon the English manufactures, and consequently to retard the English export trade. The discrediting of these bills will be productive of the most db.astrous consequences to all connected with them. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 30, (From the Commercial Advertiser.) 50 shwa United States Bank 50 do do do 50 do do do next week 51 100 do do do s3o days 51 .75 do do do b3o days 51 43 do do do 60 do do do 50 do do do 150 (la do do. 51,1 50 do do do 514 50 do do do s3o days 501 60 do do do 100 do Delaware and Hudson Can. alO days 94 109 do do do 70 do do do ... 94 100 do do do next week 94, 125 do do do 100 do do do 50 do do do l5 days 9 375 do North American Trust Co 75 do do do 60 do do do 50 do do do 225 do do do '5 do do do 25 do Phcenix Bank 100 do Vicksburg Bank 50 do do do 150 do do do 40 do Paterson Railroad I do Boston and Providence Railroad ...... 25 do Stonington Railroad 75 do do do 75 do do do 125 do do do 50 do do do . 150 do do do s3o days 60 do do do 100 do Harlem Railroad 50 do do do 28 130 60 430 do Utica and Schenectady R. R do do do March 3 do Long Island Railroad do do do 128 127 56 56 63 do Williamsburgh Fire Ins. Co 10 do Canton Co. 10 do do do The business done at the Board this morning was to a fair extent, and nearly at yesterday's prices. The only variation we have to notice are United States B an k ad vanced a , and the sales were large; Paterson advanced 3-:; Stonington ; Harlem z ; and Canton 3 ; while North American fell offi, and Vicksburgh t !r. STATE STOCKS.-5000 dollars Ohio Sixes were sold this morning at ¶)7, and 4000 dollars Indiana Bonds at 651. EXCHANGE.—Foreign.—There is a fair demand for bills on England to go out by the Boston steamer. Southern bills can bo bought Iron, 7to 8 per cent. Sterling bills are at Bto Bk. On Paris sf. 25c. to sf. 23c. Domestic.-1000 dollars on Philadelphia sold to day at 99, 7 ,-. We quote : On Boston Philadelphia, to Baltimore . / to Richmond - to 2 Charleston 2 to 21, Savannah Augusta 5 to 51 Mobile New Orleans 2l to 21 4 North Carolina ...... . Cincinnati Louisrillc St. Louis DIVIDEND.—The Loather Manufacturers' Bank has de clared a dividend of four per cant. for the last six months, pay on Ist February. MONEY MARKET. WEEK ENDING JANUARY 30, 1841. The improvement in our money market noticed last week still continues. Prime business paper is readily dis counted by the banks, and prices out of doors do not vary materially from legal interest. The demand for money Ul4Oll other securities has been less than for some time pant, and such loans arc negotiated with mare facility and upon better terms. The rate of foreign exchange and the amount of bills which may reasonably let/ expected from the crop now going forward, form a reasonable guarantee against any export of the precious metals for some time to cure, wkis , h, with the comparatively small amount of busi ness engagements maturing, affords every prospect of a continued abundance of money. The banks of Baltimore and Virginia are expected to resume early next week ; those of Georgia are by law re quired to resume on the Ist proximo ; and the force of pablic opinion must gradually bring about a resumption by the sound banks in other parts of the country. The sea -4,94 of the year—when we are delivering the proceeds of Ott) crops—is favourable to such action, and its successful accomplishment will do much towards placing financial matters on a sound and firm basis. The improvement in Stocks noticed last week has not been maintained. Tee favourable news per Columbia had the cffe:t of raising the market for a day or two ; but since Monday prices have been on the decline, and in some de scriptions a fall of four or five per cent. has taken place. This is in part owing to Stock thrown upon the market by purchasers at law prices, fur the purpose of realising pro fits ; and in part to sonic want of confidence existing in the ability of the United States' Bank to sustain a re sumption. The first a cause which always operates upon the market after a material rise, particularly so at present, when speculators are satisfied with less profits than for spierly. The latter resulting from the extreme sensitive ness of the community engendered by the many fluctua tions and reverses of the last three or four years. We have every reason to believe that these doubts arc unfounded, and the successful negotiations of all, or nearly all, the sterling Bills drawn against the loan, which was confirmed per Columbia, afford a satisfactory evidence of the confi dence of some, and should ho sufficient to silence any doubts still remaining. At the Philadelphia Stock Board, yesterday, drafts on New' York to the amount of 10,000 dollars were sold at 4 okt.Lpit pevipternium. :4=i t 4 1 ( 'N c)' a , :cs ...... C . (Friyin til .•, Wavuuderinaud dial ~, ~ •• _ , ” ' MEETING.—AGGRESSIONS ISEMENT OF ENGLAND. , gl3 New York Herald.) It preparations are making to call a great mass American meeting in the Park, for the purpose of taking into consideration the conduct of the British Go vernment, in relation to the burning of the Caroline—also on the north-eastern boundary question—also on the north-western territory—also on the recent seizures of American merchantmen by British cruisers in tho African seas. We learn further that the conduct of Eng'and in her aggressions and aggrandisement throughout the world, will be considered and presented to the nation in several strong points of view. We conceive that this movement will be the first of a series of movements throughout the country, of a more im portant nature than any that have taken place for the last quarter of a century. (From the New York herald of Jan. 30. ) HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM THE NIAGARA FRONTIER CASE OF IWLEOD. The intelligence from Western New York, and the Niagara frontier, begins to be highly interesting. The official correspondence between Mr. Fox, the British Mi nister, and Mr. Forsyth, respecting the burning of the Caroline, and the arrest of M'Leod, has created a flame all over the border. Public meetings have been held on the subject, in Buffalo, in Batavia, and other places, denouncing the claims and conduct of England. We have despatched a correspondent to the Niagara frontier, from whom we have received the following : " Lockport, Jan. 25, 1841. " The trial of M'Lood cannot take place until the fourth Monday in March, unless a special commission oyer and terminer should issue, which is not probable. His case will come before the Grand Jury at the County Court, to be held early in February; but that Court can only indict him. The evidence before the Grand Jury is private, of course, and not to be reported. It has been stated in some prints that he was to be tried immediately—this may have misled some. " I have not been able to obtain any information in rela tion to his history, to be depended on. There is nothing peculiar in his situation in gaol, except that be sleeps all day, and is up all night, probably expecting assistance from Canada, to enable him to escape. If I can find any one who can give any of the information asked by you I will procure it to done. " The statement that Mr. Brotherston, the cashier of the Suspension Bridge Bank, had become M'Leod's bail in 5,000 dollars is also erroneous. M'Leod xas arrested under a charge of murder, which is not a bailable offence. The excitement on this affair increases every day. Meet ings are holding all over tho western district, and if an at tempt be made to rescue him, I would not answer for the consequences. " Why don't your merchants and mariners, sailors and jack-tars, take up the conduct of the English seizures in the African seas ? We would not stand such a thing in the west one day." STATE AND PROSPECt S OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. (From the Yori Herald, Jan. 30.) The formation of the new administration, under General Harrison, both as to men and measures, goes on very slowly. They are coming into shape, principally under the management of Messrs. Clay and Webster, who are the master spirits of the movement, and candidates for the succession seriatim. The old administration seems to take things with great indifference. General Harrison will be in Washington on the Bth of February, and will take the reins on the 4th of March. Mr. Van Buren returns to New York at the same time. In the meantime the friends of the President elect, in Congress, arc shaping things as well and as rapidly as they can. The following is considered the latest and best ver sion of new Cabinet:— Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts, Secretary of State. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, Postmaster-General. John M. Clayton, of Delaware, Secretary of the Treasury. ..___ John - 8011, of Tennessee, Secretary of War. Mr. Porter, of Louisiana, Secretary of the Navy. J. J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, Attorney-General; John Sargeant, of Philadelphia, was first named for Treasury, but in consequence of the rival claims of Thad deus Stevens for Postmaster-General, both coming from the same State, they were both set aside. Francis Granger, of New York, has also been named for the Navy, but his chances of success are not so apparent. Of the Foreign Ministers not much has been said. Mr. Stevenson, now American Minister in London, will he re called in the spring ; but General Case, now in Paris, will remain for a while, at the request, it is said, of General Harrison himself, both having been fellow soldiers in the battle of the Thames. There will be a great contest among a variety of candi dates for the Collectorships—Post Offices—and other lucrative places—but nothing certain can be affirmed of any until after the 4th of March--then ‘Oll come the scramble of the lazzarone. The most important points, both for this cowry and for foreign nations, are not so much the men, as the measures and policy of the new Administra tion. On these matters new difficulty will be encoun tered in the adjustment that was contemplated —par ticularly in the financial policy. Symptoms of division among the friends of General Harrison have already ap. peered. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, a man of consider able talent and popularity, has declared opposition to two of the prominent points of Cabinet policy given out by Messrs. Clay and Webster. We allude to the project to increase the tariff on wines and silks—and to that for the division among the States of the proceeds of the public lands. Mr. Wise may be actuated by two motives in de claring opposition to these measures—one because they are bad in themselves—and the other (which gives edge to the former) because his father-in-law, John Sergeant, has been left out of the Cabinet, in consequence of fearing that his appointment might injure-Mr. Clay's popularity in Pennsylvania. Taking into view all these influences and developments, the friends of the now Administration have thus far re solved upon the following measures:-- 1. A special session of Congress in May, or as soon after as practicable. 2. Distribution to the States of the proceeds of the sales of public lands, amounting to $3,000,000, or thereabouts. This is practical agrarianism. 3. Revision and increase of the present tariff laws— particularly in the articles now free of duty—equal to $5,000,000, or more. 4. Repeal or modification of the specie clause of the Sub-Treasury law—if not the creation of a new National Bank. 5. And probably, though not so certain, a Bankrupt Law, with or without a provision embracing corporations, as the case may be. These are the leading measures that may constitute the internal policy of the new Administration. Many suppose that the existing United States Bank of Pennsylvania will resume its fiscal connection with the Government—but the opposition to such a project from New England, New York, and large financial interests in the South, would seem to present an insurmountable barrier to its accom plishment in any form. It is very evident already, that then) will be great dif ficulty and great disappointment in the adjustment of the internal policy of the new Administration. The general expectation is to raise all values by the fiscal action of the Government, so as to enable the several States, the banks, and many large stock-jobbers to stand as they did in 1836 ; but this hope will be hardly realised. The old admini stration party will oppose such projects from the jump—and they yet possess great power and influence in the couutry. Such arc the best views of the financial policy of the new Cabinet—their foreign policy has not been developed at all. We are disposed to think, however, from the ele ments in motion, that they will take a high and indepen dent ground in our relations with England. The spirit of the nation is getting excited on several subjects. The burning of the Caroline at Schlosser, and the recent arrest of M'Leod—the seizure of American merchantmen in the African seas, by British cruisers—the movement of British troops into the disputed territory of Maine, by order of the Governor-General of Canada, gives reason to believe that the British Government have adopted the views of Messrs. Mudge and Featherstonaugh, that that territory belongs to Canada—the blockade of the Chinese ports, excluding therefrom American ships—the claims of England upon the north-west territory—all these points, coupled with the aggrandizement of England throughout the world, are awakening the people of this country to the belief that they must be up and doing, in order to preserve their rights and liberties on land and on water. These very important matters will be subjects of deep consultation for the new administration ; and it is believed that General Harrison has the will and the disposition to manage our foreign affairs with the like energy and promp titude with which General Jackson settled the French claims. We will see. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) One of the greatest obstacles to the prosperity of these valuable institutions the members find in their inability to obtain scientific lecturers ; this in small towns is most se riously felt, and has been the cause of the early dissolution of perhaps hundreds of Scientific, Literary, and Mechanics Institutions. Their limited funds being unequal to pro curing gentlemen of such high scientific attainments as to attract the public generally to the, lecture-room, many well-meaning individuals have attempted by giving gra tui:ous lectures to fill up this deficiency, particularly Dis. tenting Ministers ; but, however good their intentions, from not having received scientific education, and many being bad experimentalists (numbers only reading the written lectures of others) they soon failed to attract, and the lectures were deserted. The only means to overcome this appears to be the asso ciaZinff together the institutions in the neighbouring t owns , and by their united rat , ans obtain gentlemen of ability to deliver a course of lectures to each institution on terms within their means ; by their thus mutually cooperating together for the general good, they might obtain valuable apparatus, which the funds of few institutions singly are equal to the purchase of, and perhaps the more expensive works in their libraries might be purchased and circulated between them. With a view of forming an association of the institutions in the county of Southampton, many com munications and meetings have taken place between the scientific bodies in Winchester, Romney, Southampton, Cowes, Newport, &c., but unfortunately without any beni ficial result. Better success has attended the north, and the " Manchester District Association" has just addressed all the institutions in the kingdom in a very able and spirited manner, from which we hope much good will arise, and a general co-operation be eventually obtained. The subject of the introduction of newspapers into Mechanic Institutions is handled in such a masterly way as to bring conviction home to the most obstinate, that they of all others arc most likely to increase the interest and happi ness of those for whom these institutions were originally farmed, without their possibly being productive of those baneful effects which some very foolishly suppose. The introduction of mus i c i s also a b ly advocated. Th e w h o l e deserves the serious attention of the friends to the diffusion of useful knowledge. We are authorised to contradict the report of a being ntt tho s li g h ttst pretext NI- the runwur. marriage between M r . C harles Kean and Miss Ellen Tree, there IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEE. 15. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. POOR-LAWS. Mr. EASTHOPE presented a petition from the Guardians of the Leicester Union against the Poor-law Amendment Bill. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN presented a petition from Launceston in Cornwall, praying for certain alterations in the present Poor-laws. Mr. ORMSBY GORE presented a petition from the County of Carnarvon, against the existing Poor laws. Mr. CLAY presented a petition from the Guardians of the Whitechapel Union, against the Poor-law Amend ment Bill in its present state. Mr. T. PARKER presented a petition from the at torneys and solicitors of Preston, praying for the re moval of the Courts of Law and Equity, at present held at Westminster, to the vicinity of the Inns of Court. Mr. LOCKHART presented a petition from the Association of West India merchants of Glasgow against the equalization of duty on East and West India produce. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented a petition from a bookseller at Gorce, in Ireland, against the ex isting banking system. CHURCH EXTENSION. Sir ROBERT INGLIS presented a petition from the county of Southampton praying for Church Ex tension. Mr. ORMSBY GORE presented a petition from Oswestry in the county of Salop, praying for an ex tension of the means of spiritual instruction in the Co lonies. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Manchester, praying for the pardon and restoration of Frost, Williams, and Jones ; also a petition from an in dividual named Stockdalc, against the New Poor-law Amendment Act. EXPORTATION OF MACHINERY. Mr. M. PHILLIPS presented a petition from Man chester, praying for an alteration of the laws relating to the exportation of machinery. ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION. The SPEAKER having announced that he had re ceived petitions against the late return for St. Alban's, Mr. M'KENZIE moved that the Speaker should issue his warrants for such persons, papers, and records as the parties concerned in the petitions against the re turns for Canterbury and St. Alban's shall deem ne cessary.—Ordered. COPYRIGHT OF DESIGNS BILL. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a petition from Nottingham in favour of the Copyright of Designs Bill. Mr. LA BOUCHERE presented a similar petition from Messrs. Hargreaves and Dugdale of Manchester. Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from the rate payers of Limerick against the Bill for continuing for so long a period as that proposed the power of the Poor-law Commissioners. The petitioners also com- 1 plained of that clause in the Irish Poor-law Act which threw the support of paupers on the districts in which they had been last residing previous to their going into the work-house ; the consequence of which clause was that such places as Limerick were often unfairly charged with the support of parties who had lost their tenements in the country adjoining. The Hon. Mem ber also presented a p e titi on f rom Newcastle, in Lime rick, against Lord Stanley's Irish Registration Bill. Sergeant JACKSON expressed his approval of the petition complaining of the clause in the Irish Poor law Act. Mr. LAW HODGES presented a petition signed by the members of 22 benefit societies, complaining of the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners to the mem bers of those societies. He wished to know whether he could move to have the petition printed. • The SPEAKER said that the rule was that no Hon. Member could move that a petition be printed unless he intended to found a motion thereupon. The petition must be referred to the Committee on Public Petitions. Mr. LAW HODGES then presented a similar pe tition, agreed on at a meeting of members of beneqt societies in the county of Kent, and signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting. Also a petition from some parish in the county of Kent, ex pressing the alarm of the petitioners at the Bill for continuing the powers of the Poor-law Commissioners, and praying the House not to consent to the Bill. Mr. MACAULAY presented a petition from the College of Physicians of Edinburgh, praying for a re form in medical education ; also a petition in favour of the Copyright of Designs Bill ; also a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, sealed with their common seal, praying for an alteration of the tariff. Mr. MILES presented a petition from the parish of Hinton Blewitt, in Somersetshire, in favour of Church Extension. Sir E. L. BULWER presented a petition in favour of the Copyright of Designs Bill ; also a petition pray ing for an extension of literary copyright. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH IRE LAND. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY said, seeing the Hon. Member for Carnarvonshire in his place, he begged to ask him if he intended, during the present Session, to bring forward any motion tending to impugn the Re port of the Commissioners appointed in consequence of the resolution of the House to survey the different lines of railways between London and Dublin, in order to find out the best part for the departure of the mails ? Mr. ORMSBY GORE, Jun., replied that at pre sent he had no such intention, but he reserved to him self the right of doing so at any future time. He con sidered the subject of great importance not only to the nation at large, but also especially to his constituents. He would not pledge himself that he would not bring forward such a motion at some future time, and in any course that he might adopt ho would select what he considered the most speedy and efficacious mode of car rying his views into effect. If at any time during the Session he thought proper to make such a motion, he would give notice of his intention. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY rose, and said " he must re quest," when he was met by loud cries of " Order, order," amidst which the Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat. Mr. CHALMERS presented a petition from Man chester, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir F. BURDETT presented a petition from the Operative Association of Salford against the Poor-law continuance Bill. Lord INGESTRIE gave notice that to-morrow he would call the attention of the House to the sailing of the Niger expedition. Mr. F. MA ULE gave notice on the part of the Lord Advocate, that on Monday next he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the registration of voters in Scotland. Sir G. CLERK moved for a return of all the sums issued for the payment of the Army, Navy, and Ord nance departments for the years 1839 and 1840. Mr. O'CONNELL—ReaIIy I have been treated in such a way by the Hon. Gentleman opposite that I ob ject to the motion. No notice of it has been given. Sir G. CLERK—They are already in the House. Mr. O'CONNELL, under the circumstances, would not press his objection.—Ordered. PRIVY COUNOIL. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for returns of the number of the days the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had sat during each year for tbe seven years ending 1840, the number of appeals dis posed of in each year, and the number of cases at pre sent in arrear.—Ordered. Oa the motion of Mr. W. MILES, a return was ordered of the number of men, women, and children in the several workhouses in England end Wales—the amount of the population in each Union, and the cost per head of each pauper in the workhouses. Si; S. LUSHINGTON moved for a continuation of the papers which had been laid on the table of the House respecting slavery in the East Indi es a ft er the 31st of July, 1838. FOREIGN WINES AND SPIRITS. Mr. GROTE begged to ask theßigfitl-In.Gentle man, the President of the Board of Trade, a question respecting the duty on Foreign Wines and Spirits. It would be in the recollection of the Ilouse that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in laying before the House the Budget last year re served a particular sum in conse quence o f the contemplated reduction of the duty on foreign wines and spirits. He believed it was understood at the time that negotiations were going on with the French Government, connected with the reduction of these duties. Now, the present state of uncertainty respect ing the duties on these articles had occasioned very con siderable inconvenience to the trade, and his question was whether the Hight Hon. the President of the Board of Trade still anticipated any probable completion of the arrangements with the French Government for the reduction of these duties. Mr. LABOUCHERE, More he answered the question of the Hon. 'Member, would take the liberty of setting him right upon one point in which he thought he was mistaken, with respect. to what had fallen from his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exche quer. True his Right Hon. Friend did say he thought it right to reserve a certain sum for duties which he apprehended would be diminished in consequence of ne gotiations then pending, but he thought his Right lion. Friend bad guarded the House carefully that the duties would be reduced upon wines and brandies, or any particular class of spirits. Ile quite admitted that the suspense occasioned by the protracted nature of the negotiations going on between that country and France had caused great inconvenience to the trade, and it would be very desirab!e to put an end to that suspense as speedily as possible. Under ordinary circumstances he would have felt it his duty to urge upon the French Government the speedy set tlement of the question, and he certainly should have done so were it not for motives which would obviously suggest themselves to the House. He was, how very ever, now enabled to state that he hoped in a short time to give a satisfactory answer to the Hon. Gentleman's question. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. Lord J. itU6ELL said, with respect to what had been stated on a previous night relative to the intention of her Majesty's Government to oppose the Bill of the Right lion. Gentleman (Sir E. Sugdcn) op posite, he (Lord J. Russell) was not prepared to state at what stage of the proceedings that opposition would bo made. The Noble Ldrd was also unable at present to state all the reasons and grounds— which he wished to have an opportunity of stating— for not accedin g to that Bill. Sir E. SUGDEN was understood to say, the Bill which he had the honour to bring in, had a right to go pari passu with the Bill of the Noble Lord, but he would accede to the Noble Lord's proposition of letting the discussion take place on the Bill going into Com mittee rather than on the second reading. CUSTOMS ACTS—DUTIES ON RUM. On the question being put that the Report on the Customs Duties' Act be brought up, Mr. O'CONNELL, who was but very indistinctly heard in the gallery in consequence of the great noise in the House, said (as we understood) that he wished to observe respecting this Bill, that it was one calculated to do much more good to England than to India. It was calculated to diminish the price of rum for British con sumers. It was important to manufacturers that the price of sugar should be as high as it was. It was also advantageous in this light, that it would increase the market for the British manufacturer. Thus it was peculiarly useful to the British President. Having intimated some opposition to the Bill in the first instance, he had waived that opposition in conse quence of the Right Hon. Gentleman stating that the question of slavery ought not to be brought forward in cidentally. The returns moved for by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the Tower Hamlets would afford additional light upon the subject, which was of so much importance to the well-being of India, to the ad vance of civilisation, and to the extension of Christianity. These were considerations of the utmost magnitude, and the House could not have too much information before it went into a discussion of the subject. The Session, however, ought not to pass over without a more ample discussion taking place upon those topics than had been had in preceding years. Another important topic related to the landed tenures in India, or rather to the want of landed tenures in the greater portion of India. There were portions of India under what was termed the permanent settlement. That was a sub ject of extreme magnitude, and one which he would, if no other Member did, bring before the House before the present Session closed. There were immense dis tricts not permanently settled. The landed revenue was assessed Dither on communities, upon something of the nature of corporations, or of individuals under the denomination of ryots. It was not denied that the natives had a right to the soil. It was said the India Company had no right to the soil, but they claimed the right of assessing what they termed land revenue, which in reality was rent. He did not think the right of any man to land could be valuable when another man had the right and the power to im pose whatever rent be pleased upon the premises, followed by the sale of the interest of the individual, if the rent is not sufficient, and accompanied by all the evils which must necessarily attend so unsettled a state of things. The general rule in India was that no man was proprietor of the land. In many districts in which men laid out their capital this thing was only certain, that decreased produce brought with it increased rent ; and he believed it would be found that this system was universally followed by the increase of the jungle. As cultivation decreased the jungle increased, which was inhabited by wild beasts of every description, and almost forbid the residence of men in its vicinity. He believed the people of England were not apprised of the horrible consequences of this total insecurity and absence of all title for the land. He happened to have in his hand a list of the periodical famines in India, calculated from the year 1760 and 1761, the period in which Lord Clive might be said to have established our empire in this country. In the year 1766 there was a famine, another in the year 1777, another in 1780, another in 1782, another in 1792, and another in 1803—thus giving a famine in each cycle of 10 years. But let the House mark how they had increased of late years. In the year 1804 there was a famine, in 1819 there was a famine of longer duration and greater extent than had perhaps before ever been witnessed. In 1824 there was a famine, in ,1829 there was a famine, in 1832 there was a famine, in 1833 there was a fa mine, in 1836 there was a famine, and lastly, in 1837 there was a famine, which extended to 1838, existed in 1839, and which it wasdoubtful was even now terminated. These increasing periodical famines were also increasing more horribly in extent. During that of 1837 and 1838, it was necessary to employ men to shove the dead bodies into the rapid part of the stream of the Ganges. Nothing could exceed the horror of the scene. The polluted land was covered with carcases—the ave rage destruction was 10,000 per month. He attri buted many of those famines to the state of the landed tenure there. He was sure the Company had not acted wisely even with regard to its own revenues. In the last thirty years there had been seventeen or eighteen years of famine, during which English sentinels or sepoys were placed along the banks of the rivers to pre vent mothers from drowning their infants.—( Hear, hear.) He had thought it necessary not to allow the ques tion now before the House to pass over without saying so much on behalf of the people of India. But as regarded the measure itself, he gave it his most cordial support. Mr. HOGG said that if a discussion were opened upon the subject to which the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman alluded, it would occupy more time than could be afforded on the present occasion. With respect to the per manent tenure, it could not be doubted that the Marquis of Cornwallis established it from the best of motives. But it had not been productive of the good that was expected. Its effect was to constitute the Ze mindars absolute proprietors, and to deprive the rest of the population of the rights which they had from time immemorial enjoyed.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Though that settlement had some advantages it was also attended with inconveniences, which induced the Indian Government to be cautious in extending it to other parts of the country. He would also observe to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that he should not hastily adopt every statement connected with India that might be found either in the newspaper or in pamphlets. There had been, it was true, local famines in India, but every one acquainted with India must be aware that the assertions of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman on that subject were altogether exaggerated. Mr. O'CONNELL said it should be understood that he did not mean to make an attack on the East Indian Government. Mr. HUME said that the matter was one of great importance both to England and to India ; and he would urge his Hon. and Learned Friend to select a day on which the subject would be brought before the House. He believed that any one who paid attention to the affairs of India must have heard with great regret of the statements made at different meetings respecting the proceedings in that country, and which statements he (Mr. Hume) believed to be in many instances altogether groundless. It was not true that so many famines had taken place in India as his Hon. and Learned Friend had mentioned —(Hear, hear.) There might have been much wanted in certain districts, but such cases could not be considered as general famines. With regard to the creation of the tenure in India, it 3', and one which the conveniently discuss at another was House a subject might mor great e c u d v i e l fi n e u moment. Mr. O'CONNELL had been misunderstood by his Hon. Friend. He (Mr. O'Connell) had expressly said that he did not believe these famines had been universal, that he did not believe that all of them had been general, but that he did believe that many of them had been purely local. Mr. E WART rose on account of an observation which had fallen from the Hon. and Learned Gentle man, to the effect that the measure would be of greater benefit to England than to India. Now from the evi dence taken before the Committee of last Session, it was manifest that the measure would be very benficial to India, because in the manufacture of rum and sugar they must employ the natives of India. It was the most economical plan to do so. This would be also beneficial to England, because it would increase the market for British manufactures ; he thought, therefore, that they must admit that the measure was a great boon to India as well as to England. The Report was then brought up. On the motion that the Report be agreed to, Mr. LABOUCHERE stated, in answer to a ques tion from Mr. Goulburn, that the sole object of the Bill was to place East India rum on the same footing as West India rum in England, Scotland, and Ireland. The Report was then agreed to, and a Bill founded on it ordered to be brought in. Subsequently Mr. LABOUCHERE brought in the Bill for the Equalization of duties on East and West India Rum, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. LORD KEANE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the Order of the Day for the bringing up the Report of the Committee on her Majesty's Message. On the motion that the Report be agreed to, Mr. EWART gave notice that on the Bill founded on the Report going into Committee, he should move that the pension be granted to Lord Keane for his life only, and not t o hi s h e i rs . Mr. HUNIE said that as the House had agreed by a large majority to the grant of the pension, be would not oppose the reception of the Report, but should sup , port the motion of his lion. Friend in Committee. He wished to know whether before that discussion came on, the Noble Lord would object to lay before the House all the correspondence which had taken place between the; Government and the Court of Directors, re specting the grantitv , a pension to Lord Keane. He (Mr. Hume) understood that a correspondence had taken place, and that the Court of Directors had expressed au opinion that he was amply rewarded. Now if that were the case he thought they should either have a copy of their proceedings or a denial of the fact. Lord JOHN RUSSELL could not produce any Corttlspolltkllo 011 tilU subject, because the, cations between tne Government and the Court •f Directors had an entirely different object from. that which the Hon. Member supposed.—(Hcar, hear.) But as to Lord Keane being amply rewarded, the Court of Directors had an entirely different opinion. They thought he was entitled to a signal mark of distinctiort for his services. Mr. HUME said the Noble Lord quite misundel , . stood his question. His question was, whether an application was not made to the Board of Directors to grant a pension, and whether they did not refuse to accede ? Mr. HOGG said that the Court of Directors, in reply to the application made to them, expressed, in the strongest terms, their opinion of the merits of Lord , Keane, and their opinion, as far as it could weir' a with her Majesty's Government, that Lord Kear ie was entitled to the pension to himself and his two hei r , s and successors that were usually granted to distinguish 2d soldiers who, for their gallantry and had been rail ed to the Peerage. But the Court of Directors went- tou to say, not only as a matter of finance, but becaus e they thought it honourable to Lord ;Keane, that as his services had been recognised by th e British P or nament the pension also should be co,iferred by- the British House of Commons.—(Great laughter.) The Report was then agreed to. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. COUNTY BRIDGES. Lord ELIOT obtained leave to bring in a 1311 for providing for the rebuilding and repairing o: County Bridges. The Bill was read a first time. The House then adjourned. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The Tory organs affect to be exceedingly jubilant at the results of a few single elections, while, at the same time, they begin to quaver at the rumours of a general election, which they themselves put about, as impending, in case a check should be given to Ministers in the Com mons. This exaggeration of triumph, and this betrayal of alarm, equally testify consciousness where is their real strength, where their real weakness. Napoleon was once asked how he reconciled his assertion that victory was always to numbers with the fact that his early cam paigns were a series of victories against ♦ery superior numbers. lie replied that the positions were perfectly compatible ; as he had always brought the great est numbers to bear on the points decisive of the day. So the Tories bring the greatest weight of metal to bear on single elections ; but, at a general election, they fear to figure, like Napoleon taken, by the general rising of Europe, at once in front, flank, and rear. It is candid, though scarce discreet, to let us into the secret of their apprehensions. The Times, last week, fell into Commissioner Lin's style of mixed bullying and cajolery, deprecations, and injunctions of " intense trembling :" " They had better go out quietly, and leave others to diffuse light and order over the chaotic confusion and darkness in which both public and domestic affairs are now involved. But Ministers, unfortunately, are not often either Inclined by nature, or capable by discern ment, to choose the better part. They may, therefore, perhaps, dissolve / It is said they are anxious, and think it but right, to give their friends a fair trial throughout the United Kingdom." '' Well," says the Spectator, " is not that exactly what the renovated Conservative host have been pray ing for, this year or two—a general engagement in the electoral field ?" We suspect Conservative valour is something of Falstaff's complexion—good at bullying beforehand, and demonstrations in public-houses. " Brave words 1 brave world ! Hostess 1 my breakfast, come 1 0 I could wish this tavern were my drum 1" The Times of this morning is still i❑ the same tone of alarm : " Let us earnestly press upon every Conservative to be up and stirring, so as to be prepared, in the event of such mischievous advice being tendered to the Crown, to fight the battle of the Constitution, ay, and of the Monarchy also 1" We don't believe in this rumour of an imminent dis solution ; but we are not sorry to see the sort of effect it produces on the enemy. The Tories, then, are buck ling on their armour to fight the battle of the monarchy. It must be acknowledged there is something more characteristic, than consistent with their purpose, in the preliminary skirmishes which they adventure in the cause of the monarchy. Tell me who are your com pany, says the proverb, and I will tell you who you are. (From the Standard.) The organs and dependents of the Administration re peat it with increasing confidence, that Parliament will be dissolved upon the first unfavourable divi sion on either Lord Stanley's or Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration Bill. Is this true Will Mi nisters dissolve Parliament this year upon any conceivable contingency ? We think that it is true, and that the Parliament will be dissolved upon either of the contingencies supposed. Doubt less the presumption is very strong against the truth of whatever statements are made by the organs and dependents of the Whig Ministers ; doubtless, too, the threat of a dissolution may be supposed as designed merely to influence the votes of members, who know that they have no chance of sitting beyond the present Parliament. These are con- sidcrations of great weight against the probability of a contemplated dissolution ; but there are consider ations of at least equal, if not greater, weight on the other side. The present Parliament was elected in 1837—it will therefore have attained the age of four years next summer, a greater age than any of the four or five preceding Parliaments—a much greater age than any of the Parliaments since the passing of the Reform Bill. It could scarcely be attempted to prolong the life of the pre sent Parliament to the fifth or sixth year ; and it it were, the general effect of successive insulated elections proves that long before the termination of that time Ministers would find themselves in a mi nority. The season, therefore, seems to have fully come when they must begin to think of putting " their house in order," if we, without irreverence, may use the phrase already desecrated by a Whig Lord. The question then is, whether a dissolution this year or next year threatens least of injury to the Administration ? and all the circumstances plainly re commend the present year. The English and Scotch registrations have uniformly and rapidly inclined to the Conservative side since 1835. In 1837 they gave a British majority to the Conservative party ; they would now give a majority of more than 100 ; and next year, according to the rate of increase of Con servative electors for six years, a majority of 130. The Irish registrations, too, arc improving, though not so rapidly ; and Lord Stanley's Bill would purify them altogether, and give to the Conservatives at least 80 of the 105 Irish Members ; but if Parliament be not dissolved, Lord Stanley's Bill must pass, and if it pass the return of the Whig-Radicals to power must be an impossibility fin- ever. _ _ (From the Courier.) In our last article on the subject of the ten per cent. clause in the Standing Orders of Parliament, we in stanced the inconvenience and loss to the subscribers and public, which arise from a number of small lines, or rather companies, being instituted to complete a chain of communication between any particular termini ; and, as an example, we mentioned the route from London to York. A parallel case occurs in a north-westerly direction instead of north-east, and there we find that be tween London and Lancaster there are also four lines under four distinct Companies, one of which pays so large an interest as to render the Directors independent of all care as to the public convenience, so that if a second class passenger books to Liverpool or Manchester at the Euston-station, he is taken by a first class train in a second class carriage to Birmingham ; but the Grand Junction. will carry no second class carriages in first class trains. The poor man, therefore, (or rather the original outside passenger by the stage coach) must pay first class fare and go in a first class carriage from Birmingham by the Grand Junction to either of the places for which he is booked. Who that knows the difference of capital expended on these two companies, the Grand Junction and the Lon don and Birmingham, would suppose, with all its supe rior appointments, that the latter company provides for the poorer man his accommodation, at his own price, and yet gives him the advantage of time, and that the former company, executed in the cheapest possible manner, even at the expense of its contractors, and with appointments at best of a second rate description, refuses this boon, which has always in all travelling been conceded, of having two fares in the fastest coaches? We are in stancing these evils, or defects in the system, to show that continuous lines should be on all principle, whe t her of economy or public convenience, under one control and one company, if possible. The wreck of her Alajesty's ship Fairy, has hula discovered about four miles from Lowestoft. A fishing smack is said to have brought up one of the yards--- Ipswich Express. On the motion that the Administration of ,JusticE • Bill be read a second time. Sir E. SUGDEN said it was not his irstentioti to make a single observation in that stage of the Bill, but simply to reserve to himself the right of making in Committee the suggestions which might occur to , him, and the alterations which he might desire to en graft upon the Bill. Dr. NICHOLL begged to ask the Hon. Ge; man, the proposer of the measure, whether he w ould have any objection to propose a mode of enforcing ( :osts in eases of appeal before the Judicial Committee. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that it was a subject which deserved attention, and he should; be happy to receive any suggestion. The Bill was then read a second time, and orde red to be committed on Monday. The Administration of Justice Bill (No. 2) was read a second time and was ordered to be commit tcd on Monday. The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was then reod a second time.—To be committed to-morrow. The Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill was theo read a third time and passed. DRAINAGE OED BUILDINGS, &c. The Marquis of Normanhy has laid upon the table 'Jf the House of Lords a Bill, to present which he ob tained leave on the 29th ult., entitled '' An Act for the better Drainage and Improvement of Buildings in large Towns and Villages." The following are the principal provisions of such Bill : Preamble. —Whereas there is great need of sanatory regulations in the towns and populous places of this realm, especially by reason of the crowded and un healthy manner of building the dwellings of the work ing classes, and for want of sufficient means of drain. age, whereby disease is engendered and aggravated ; be it therefore enacted, &c. Clause 1. enacts, that after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful to build any house in any borough or market town, or in any town or village having more than thousand inhabitants, unless a brick or stone barrel drain, being not less than nine inches in diameter, and falling at least one inch in every five feet of its length, be first constructed to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Sewers having jurisdiction there, which drain shall lead from a level not higher than the level of the lowest floor of the building to such common sewer, drain, or watercourse as the Commissioners shall direct. 2. Provides regarding drains for houses already built. —That in all cases where any house built before the passing of this Act in any such town or village shall not be drained by a sufficient drain communication with some common sewer, drain, or watercourse, to the sa tisfaction of the Commissioners of Sewers, and if a com mon sewer, drain, or watercourse of sufficient size, un der the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Sewers, shall pass along any pi blic thoroughfare or way in front of any part of such house, on a lower level than the cellar or lowest floor of such house, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to give notice in writing, signed by any surveyor or officer appointed by them for that purpose, to the occupier of such house, requir ing such occupier forthwith, or within such reasonable time as shall therefore be appointed by the said Com missioners, to construct a brick or stone barrel drain, not less than nine inches in diameter, and with such fall as to the Commissioners shall seem most advisable, from the said house to the said common sewer, drain, or water course ; and if the occupier or owner of such house shall refuse or neglect, during 14 days next after the said notice shall have been delivered to such occupier or left at such house, to begin to construct such drain, or shall thereafter fail to carry it on and complete it with all reasonable despatch, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to construct the same, and to recover ete expenses to he incurred thereby by distress and sale of the goods and chattels either of the owner or of the tb c o present or any future occupier of such house as he re inafter mentioned, by warrant under the hands and sea is of six or more of the said Commissioners. 3. That whenever in any such town or village any house• shall be rebuilt on an old foundation, the level of the• lowest floor shall be raised sufficiently to allow o.t the construction of such a drain as is herein before ,vrovided in the case of houses to be built therein oiler the passing of this Act, and for that pur pose the le,,vels shall be taken and determined under the direction of the Commissioners of Sewers. 4. Empowers Commissioners to make new sewers. 5. Enacts , that the necessity for new sewers, &e., be inquired by Jury, es in 3 and 4 Willem IV., c. 22. 6. Notice of private drains to bo given to the Commissioners.,. 7. Provides for the inspection of drains, that it shall be lawful( for the Commissioners of Sewers having jurisdiction in any such town or village, or for their surveyor, or .such other person as they shall op. point, to inspect any drain or water-course made or t o be made within their jurisdiction, and for that purpose to cause the ground' to be opened in any place they shall think fit, doing as little damage as may be ; and if such drain or watercourse shall be found to be made according to the. ,direction of the Commissioners, they shall cause the same to be closed and made good as soon as may be, and the expenses of opening, closing, and making good such drain or watercourse shall be defrayed by the said Commissioners out of the rates and assessments authorized to be made by them by the laws in force relating to' sewers. 8. Enforces that private drains, &c., be cleansed by occupiers, and that if the owner or occupier of any land or tenement to which any private draia, watercourse, cess pool, or privy shall belong, shall neglect to repair or cleanse the same in the simmer required by the said Commissioners, during 14 days after notice in writing for that purpose, signed by any such surveyor or officer, shall have been given to such occupier, or left upon the premises, it shall be lawful f or th e sa id Commissioner s to order such private drain, watercourse, cesspool, or privy to be repaired and cleansed, and to levy and re cover the costs and expenses thereof by distress and sale of the goods and chattels either of tite owners or of the occupiers so neglecting to repair an d cleanse the same, by warrant under the hands and sods of any six or more of the said Commissioners, and ma . v otherwise punish such o ff en d er b y fine or amerciam ent in such manner and form as any fine or amerciament inay be set or imposed by the said Commissioners of Se wers ac cording to the laws of this realm relating to the autho rity of Commissioners of Sewers. 9. Provides that occupiers at rack rent are Lof to pay more than rent due from them. 10. Enacts that tenants may deduct rates from ren,t -11. Specifies who arc owners, that, for the purpose.g of this Act, any person receiving any rent for the use and occupation of any land or tenement, either on his own account or as agent for any other person, shall be deemed an owner thereof, and shall be liable to be dis trained by his goods and chattels for such sums as are herein declared to be payable by such owner : provided always, that if any owner shall have paid a greater pro portion of the whole sum charged against the owners and occupiers of such lands and tenements than accord ing to the provisions of this Act is authorized to be deducted out of the rent payable to him, if such sum had been paid by his tenant or lessee, it shall be lawful for such owner to recover the surplus from his tenant or lessee by action of debt in any of her Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, and for s u c h t enan t or lessee, in hi s t urn , t o rec over, in like manner, from his sub-tenant or sub-lessee, if any, so much of the sur plus which he shall have so made good to his landlord as exceeds the sum authorized by this Act to be de• ducted from any rent payable to him by such sub -tenant or sub-lessee. 12. Act to be construed with 3 and 4 William IV., c. 13. Repeals part of 3 and 4 William IV., c. 22 S 1 61. 14. Repeals 3 and 4 William IV., c. 22, SS G. 13 provides that the qualification of Commissioners in the city of London not to be affected by 3 and 4 William IV., c. 22 : and powers. given by any local or private Act not to bu abridged. 16. Surveyors to be appointed. 17. Notice of buildings to be given to surveyor.— That before beginning to build any house in such town or village, the master workmen or other person causing. such house to be built shall give twenty-five days' no tice to the surveyor within whose district the same shall he, and such surveyor shall view the house, and see that all the rules in this Act which It is his duty to enforce arc well and truly observed ; and such sum of money shall be paid by the master workman or other person causing the house to be built, to the surveyor, for his trouble therein, as he shall be entitled to receive ac cording to a table of fees to be settled by the Council of the borough at a quarterly meeting, where the district is within an incorporated borough, or else by the Justices in general or quarter sessions assembled of the county or other jurisdiction within which the district is situated, but so nevertheless that the highest fee to be allowed by such table shall not be more than 31. 10s., nor shall the lowest fee thereby allowed be less than 155.; and in default of payment of any such foe, the same shall be levied, by warrant of any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction within the district, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of such master workman or other Person causing the house to be built, with the reason able costs and charges of such distress and sale. 18. Imposes treble fees on default of notice. 19. Enacts that houses arc not to be built below the level of the ground without areas. 20; Houses not to be built in close alleys.—That it shall not be lawful to build any house in any such town or village in any court or alley through which there shall not be an open space at each end thereof at least 20 feet wide, and entirely open from the ground upwards. 21. Enacts that houses be not built hack to back. 22. Regulating width of streets.—That it shall not be lawful to build any two opposite rows of houses in any such town or village which shall be separated from each other, by a space of not less than 25 feet wide where there is a carriageway between such houses, or ❑ot less than 20 feet in the case of alleys and foot pas sages where there is no carriage-way. `3. Enacts that walls be founded on concrete. 24. Level of the ground-floors.—That the level of ' ground floor of every house to be built after this Act in any such town or village shall be at least 18 inches above the level of the footway or road adjoining such house, and air bricks shall be built in the front and back walls J inches below the level of the floor, so as to allow the free circulation of air beneath it. 25. Regulating size of rooms.—That no room in any house built after the passing of this Act in any such town or village, having only one room on the ground floor, or having only four rooms in all, shall be less than 8 feet in height from the floor to the ceiling ; and in every such house there shall be at least one room of not less dimensions than 12 feet from the back to the front in the clear thereof, and 12 feet from one side to the other side in the clear thereof, exclusive of any space which may be taken off for any closet or staircase. 26. Regulating windows.—That in every room con taining 141 square feet of flooring in any house built after the passing of this Act in any such town or village, there shall be at least one window, the dimensions of which shall be not Tess than 4 feet 9 inches in height, and not less than 3 feet wide in the clear of the sash frame ; and every such window shall be either a case tneat window opening on hinges, or the sashes shall be double hung, opening both at the top and bottom 27. Regulations as to yards and outhouses. „ 28. Provides that cellars be not occupied as ed've l li' g- / ,' 29. Every building contrary declared nuisance.—That if any person, after the passir 4 °, ll : s Act, shall begin to build or cause ' to be built ally ' el° in any such town or village in any respect contrary to the provisions of this Act, and be thereof COOricted 00 the oaths of two or more crcdiblo witnesses before anY two or more Justices of the Peace having a cowl. where such house shall be situated, then the usariidsdbicotai7s, so irregularly built, or begun to be built, shs II be deal oanceoomfmthoennni,uissuanacien,satnidietshaeidbuilder or owner ther e°l;e 3 enter into a recognizance, in s j u u e s h tic s e u s n s i h and &mh; fishing shall respectively appoint, for abating the same, within such convenient time as i t , shall rtettqeuisraeiitisib.:l, said justices shall appoint, or otherwise to amend same a ccor d ing to such rules as arc her ein containet,l e and in default of entering into Such recognizance, !'_ person so making default shall be committed to the common gaol of the county, city, or other jurisdicoo,° where th e o ff ence s h a ll be committed , the re to rems'e without bail or main prize until he shall have abatesit demolished, or oth erw i s e amended the s ame, or eat such irregular h ouse s h a ll be abated or demolished by order oEnahf te said jces. :30.Enacts that u b sti uildings deemed nuisances sha ll be taken down. 31. Provides how payment of expenses MaY b e err. forced against owner. !):2. Imposes SOs. penalty on workmen offendioF. 33. Provides that surveyor give iolormation Of I rre gular buildings. • 34. 14 d ov a i;e s s a t f theart coveredl ouses i n hereafter and o abtuhi t b i d e o ! 0 0 f r, v t e r e within ir conformity to thi s Act. oath, and be filed. a rod to 3 3 b0 5 e. . nl S ,c u rao r py v a e i db y cl o es r ot o ti n iba te m i tn i r s l i b sr e e lia pe v p i t o ol u i: r at ye t o db. b e be a d m i s c e d a o r g d e ol re. pealed the present session of Parliament. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT' (FRobt OUR OWN CORRESPoNDENTJ "41, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Feb. 14, b t ircf In my communication yesterday I expressed oq that the Russian chip Castor, rt shore at Atherouc, would, ere this, have gone to pieces, but, being l a w, !hip, she still braves the storm, and her cargo Othit),tern mg washed out, she has driven well up the br B e"'„, g ra o in n e , n ‘jith her bow to the sea. The mate and the tvc' b re , roned yesterday still remain on board her, th °4l ,b t r a d tedly requested to land. She is now so nea r "„,: s ts rigging g s raellpeaattaenddlyingb,cebnutthrznsocna bsooarbde;arhyenfo'.itirsols,t and a dare put off. Orders, I hear have been sent to th e ct , to to the ship sian Consul at Cowes to forward some men dismantle her. The captain, and Captain Abbe'te the Consulate, are at Atherlield, securing h er fn s h a ed r ° P • continues to w n a ig sh h e t s , o a n nd sh w or a e s . da ? h n e e d o t f o he! boa o io t d r Ple ee roe to blow very hard from the IS. W. 28 'vrt.oitltrha westward a ewleeasrsakrdy,. The ads n andaprsospeacttofaitihtein tf be i7 l, r o d ott further the deck. THE 11-IARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. j for Lii. The highest tri t e of tread ia the Maroons is 9 • La at'. Good Bread may be had at 71 New English Rea Clove l r 3 . ll .. l 6 C Os E Per Cwt. Per Quarter...4ss 30, Foreign Ditto : 00s St. . S F E O E i n D . S . ... ... . .. . .... ........ .... 5 18, , ,, 66 , Old Ditto Dino I, s —a —s Rye Grass .............. .„ 1;5 New . 01.1 Ditto Di, to New Old Dittu Ditto Ne w Trefoil ... —s 30i 45s Hem, - .................. ....1 ~ Old Ditto s 20s 30s Canary . ...... I is , ' Tr folitnn - . ....... ........ 'j te 1 ,„(R1 —s 48s 70s' —s —s s'Ditto, for cru5hi:!...::....„,‘..t0—, 90 English Carraway —s 50a sls White Mustard ...... 1 . . 1, o d t c a 1,7,0 Foreign Ditto Coriander —s 14a 'Ss:Pares ..... .... ........ I. PRICE OF ()IL. • .£ 45 g Rape Oil, brown, per ton .......... •••• 4(5 - Ditto, refined ................................. g d lo ...................... 10 Linseed 0i1...... .. . ...... 13 .............. .... ........... Lins,ed Oil Cake at tlic Min( .. 7'000) ............ e /tape a ake, per toil P r ......... " I .............................. pia ,. ... 11 I PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &e• Pe r I A' 4 ' ...... .. . fown Tallow £2 9 6 Melting Stuff ...... .... I ~ Yellow Russia White 2 8 0 Ditto Rough ........... ~.......... , q i 5 0 il t) (I Graves ................... u Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs ........... j, PRICE OF RAW FAT, pe r stone of 0 = l ' v Price of Tallow (as states! by the TallowM e ltars) .......... COAT, MARKET. I. 0 Ships arrived sin ce l as t market day. i' J. ' It a. -tl. ....... ...0.0. ai Adair'; (7arr'a Hartley Ord's Redhugh ()Id Axwell Malts ...... .„ 1 5 . Willington .91 0 IVal s Ent Tees ............. -' ) 0 Walls Era! 15ewic1te and Co 25 0 Con ' ........... la , Ten ......... oi Ns Polito') Windsor _„,.. i. -- LAST Iv% AN - --- .-,,, , rt 'NG — •e• . COUNTR COR Wheat. Barley. Oats. 'ROL ......------- , to 0. Per Quarter Carlisle Hexham Morpeth Benrith Sheffield Winchester S. to S. S. to S. PA 0 ,ts 4 32 3 , 3 '2;6 28 1 _.- ..... 31 03 Per Bushel Carmarthen Cowbridge Swansea 26 31 s. d. s. d. 00 38 50 56 40 44 20 26 s. d. s. d. 00 2 1 3 6 4 0 24 26, 40 PA 0 5b " 50 63 0 56 Per 8011. Barnardcastl Durham ' Richmond Stockton B 0 93 s 0 9 0, 70 9 90 90j 74 8 t; 56 6 6' 56 80 70 80 11 0 8 0 0 " n :;) 76 861 S. to S. 52 68 50 62 6:1 54 s. d. s. d. Ir '7 0 10 0 —0 74 60 16 0 18 9 13 6 16 6 14 6 18 0 13 0 16 0 APPREHENSION adTe rus llwill oeil : farmer,ec o O il t e ' e A t O u Alexanderrre the 17th of October last. The son-in-law of t he , ass le . Peter Cameron, who lived in the same I llls :frora h - of petted of the murder, but succeeded in 0100 1 , 5 . patl l ' c a B S t a h l U e li P n b P t a o rl s a b E r i o ll i u n s M iv lr o lltir r : d y ci e s r e bj e r f it e s y S e : hands of the officers. He had lurked about 1 " - deecl , _I, Knockando ever since the date of the atrocious f co ccel os i n telligence having been received of his Pla ce ° Cl e b er ,if me.it, a party of officers went to the plac°' bu t a -° • agaitt escaped by a back window in the house , s desP e o of frotn ten to fifteen men followed hint, and s ite : los no, rate ra'ec of about twelve miles the unbaP L l: l 4lo - he taken oo Saturday last, on the moor near OP e d to , r , on the banks of the Findhorn. He was Elan,cons e Y obe town of Fo,-res, and thence to the town of ,„ r ier• ,; he was fully Committed for trial.—lnverness t-' °- 0 1 1 3 " ' 1 9 f o re e LIBERTY OF TIIE SUBJECT. --1 ‘ bt V- - a soned twenty-one days without being broug _llO De ii Magistrate.—On Thursday a man named I.ll°Pittorouog_ nett, was brought before Mr. Maude, at tbscerter ( VI; Court, charged on suspicion with being A de said do the army. Sergeant M'Donnell, of the polic l e t " , s nd or prisoner had been appr,Aended on the 2 2 d t. li be Oa s d , $ head-quarters of the regiment from sale". fret° s to posed to have deserted being at Youghally A l e ve t con% t o letter had been sent there, but no answer ba",', cool cll t - or ; hand. Maude (to the prisoner) : Bon Yet--11 re-suedese'ci being a deserter 7—Prisoner:, No, Sir, 1 e loa I never was in the army.-11PDennell : 11 d o oscfe r ibo him till to-morrow, Sir, perhaps we may hav e li p sio ce ha t ; Mr. Maude : N o , no , if h e h as b e en in cust°A for ti• sp , 22d January there has been q t rite time en °l ' hast il y' or • he is discharged.—The prisoner left the baraft his . : ex tra parently very glad to regai n his liberty 11 115 dinary incarceration. —Manchester Times. Wet 'n Mr. Henry Currie, of West Horsler_Pri ,id o; in addressed the electors of Guildford on the ' o l : 6o J rjo etlel et , his address he states that he does SO il l C . v . ita ll : ficiy having received a requisition. Mr. nos al • pr inol l whose father represented the borough on Libe l. t i•fr is also mentioned as a candidate. 1 COLD JO t pe 36, OLD 130 ND-STREET, AND +9 - , pfAje .ti n Aler CIIILAPSIDE.—Patronised by the Royal Family', :, c e - of Sev' f c ,,,, e l• Queen of Hanover, the Duchess of Richmond, 1 11 3 torq uis ° „ T eti Duke of Leeds, the late Duke of Buckingham, thealingtoe'so,oo lesley, &c. ; Sir J. E. Anderson, M.D., 11, N CW 13 sir l', ll it „ti.p Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., F.R.S. Saville.roW ; ,)13 ,,, r. ret , Carlisle, F.R.S., Langham-place ; J. T. Coliquest\hiwoje-eO5OO to 13, Finsbory_square ; Jos. Copland, M.D., F.R' S .,;' i l s , S i ., °l : l; g l o. Manchester-square ; Bransby B. Cooper, F. ' ..-3- 1:4, '''',lhl late Guy's hospitalDuni, M.D., F.rt•C'''''. ail to - ii c A rlr place ; James Johnson, M.D., Physician Extraord'n,.s, . A IDO , to ; King ; It. Keats, Sergeant Surgeon to the Quec0!,,,11,3110,31:!0.0 street ; C. Aston Key, Km; , Senior Surgeon tog o' senior M edica l Martin Ware, New Bridge street ; J. G. A.dre W ' s o ther I„,tiitter to the London Hospital. The above and nunicrou he ~o s t / ow e Practitioners of pre-eminent standing have g iwe " t of I ' 3 ' S° r °I. ing certificates to the superior value and iniportancee_.,iiar pl o te and Co.'s Patent Spectacles, testifying to their i d ) c t ' he in tle the ir softening the light to weak and irritable eYes , a " i A fror o— oor 4 and contingent relief that its chastened transroissioo; io c ,,, freedom from the pernicious attributes of ordinary gin:%virlstooes, to a combination of properties which render the % re d . o l •on the eV° e t pre-eminent in preserving the powers of cis. , os t , Of treme old a g e. Their Voice Conductors extend c ',„ is e r „ c o relief in cases of Deafness, and additional satisfa..itr7oo,ol.4:o;s, from the fact that they are worn entirly u nseen. . 1 0e I , o o od 1, of the mistakes arising from a similarity of names( ' d.erc et, a 06 , old 13 °I 1 addles should he particularly noted, Old Jewry, City. cig __----- - ------ --- 0° - -- ---- t• STEEL FIRE-IRONS, with Bronzed i ty o f cj i g 15s. per Set, 13ronzed Fenders, 9g. A , y v ri, e c h Fri_ tr eg, terns and prices, from the above to 30s, a`,.`,l and cee"so fenders are particularly handsome, with splendid ~u 1 t :co o richly intermixed with steel, the ends are Ace'', 0 1 bte of re porters for the lire-irons bronzed. Tensile( a rticl e „ aro from 4s. per set. of o'e r ' Catalogues gratis, containing the prices l eet' Furnishing Ironmongery. o x ford -4- f 'UPTON and BURTON, Wells -street, Established 1820. • .__ ----- E s q., BIRTHS. Treachery On the 31st of January, the lady o f Jose? " , isr 0,0 t of Home, of a daughter. ho 124 of L ' On the 12th inst., at Cye, Aleicaruler Nairne, of a son,amberwell-gro 'ck, the la dy of On the 12th inst., at Adare Manor, Limon Viscount Adore, M.P., of a son and heir. of Wotton-under-Ldge, to Mary MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at lloawell Gloucester, Mr. I ,_. ‘ ,.hter enl J. Morse, Esq.. of Leighterton, in the sane c ounty . 0n the 13th inst., at Meynell Langley, near DerVl;Ater min Dean, Esq., of Camberwell, to Mary Grace, °a the late William Coka.yne, Esq., of Derby. 'Alithea, youngest (auk, --,..,_ - DIED. ott he At Westwood House, Sydenham, Mrs. Lawrie, late A. Lawrie, of the Adelphi, and of Benham, l'ir;.o%. On the 13th ult., T. Hodgson, Esq., of Wanstecl, " i , the On the 25th of November last, at Orange-grcwe'r,street' Island of Jamaica, T. B. Williams, Esq., late of Govre Bedford-square, aged 52. Jahn e r On the 9th inst., in Hinde-street, Alanchester-squo Mathew Perrier, Esq. WI Crp• On the 10th inst., in London, Maria, relict of the fain J. Taylor of the 54th Regiment of Foot. ~,, . 4 00 On the 10th inst., Mr. R. Pollett, late of Saran-. Horndon-on-the-Hill, aged 63 _.....1 0 wi,!loneit, s s4• YO London: Printed and Published by MURDO Istood. No. 112, St r and, at The Sun Ofice,_No. 129, tho cowity of 3liddlesex;—Tuesday, February I°l < 7 ?: Rilli ER; to ti loan Br ei Log ; in g I EVENING EDITION THl4] SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY l6, 1841. EV EN ING EDITICq_I , I' f ro the 1 1