The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-12 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. MANCHESTER CHAMBER Ok' COMMERCE A special general meeting of the Manchester Chamber Commerce was convened yesterday morning, for the -pose of receiving a Report of the Directors, on the in effeAs of restrictions on trade, and the necessity immediate changes in our commercial policy, arising of the Report and evidence of.the Select Committee the House of Commons on Import Duties during the . 't Session of Parliament. The meeting was announced for eleven o'clock, at which to there was a good attendance of members. A. B. SMITH, Esq., President of the Chamber, occu ni the Chair. After reading the advertisement an tncing the meeting, and the *edit proposed by it, the airman said that the question of restrictions on trade A on:: of national importance. Hitherto, the efforts of st Board had b een neutra li ze d b y the want of attention the part of Parliament, which, during the last three four years, had been engaged entirely in party ugg 1 ea. The deficiency in the revenue, however, was ely to cause something to be done on the part of Par nent to remove those restricsions, as there was no sr way of making up that deficiency but by encourag : and extending trade. There was one point in the Re which had been omitted—the great encouragement 14.11 restrictions on tradegave to smugg,ling, by which ho it traders were often injured, and the revenue robbed of a ge amount which would otherwise be obtaine3. He not know how,i under these circumstances, we, calling &elves a Christ an country, coul maintain our present -tractions ; and he did hope, that as there was a serious ticiency in the revenue, Parliament would he induced to se seine steps by which these restrictions would be re lied.. He would not detain them by any further obser rims, but would call on the Secretary to read the Report. The SECRETARY then read the following Report : The growing importance of finding such new and enlarged • irkets for the sale of our productions "as shall give the I lens of subsistence to this industrious community. and sup . 1 a profitable field of employment for our capitalists," was , aser- ted to in the Report to the Annual Meeting of the Cham s.r Es t year. This question has since engaged a large share the attention of the Board ; and the publication in August .11 ot" the valuable report and evidence taken before the Corn- Igoe of the House of Commons, on " Import Duties," pre ^ its such a body of facts confirming the views so frequently .pressed by this Chamber, and exhibiting, in so strong a -ht, the injurious effects of restrictions on trade, that the • lard have deemed it to be their duty to call the special often , 41 of the Chamber to a subject so deeply involving the future Hare of our commerce and manufactures. Before proceeding to the consideration of those reforms in .r commercial system, which have now beco me essen ti a l t o a full development o f ? our national resources, it may be in mating to the Chamber, and satisfactory to those who have a übts of the policy of further change., briefly to review those lieh hive been already made, in order to ascertain how far e partial adoption of free trade affords encouragement to *fry it out to the fullest extent. Ito first step in the march of commercial reform was made Ari 1814, when the monopoly of the East India Company was rtially relaxed, by permitting private individuals to trade th the Presidencies of Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay, and e port of Penang (the monopoly of the trade to China was ~'ntihued to the East India Company until 1834). The re ' Its of this partial opening of the trade demonstrated the fal-y of the fearful forebodings of ruin by the East India Corn ! my, as will be seen by the following comparative statement • the increase of exports from Great Britain to India and • : i otal value in 1814 (during monopoly) ...£1,874,690 itto' „ „ 1833 (after 19 years of partial free trade) 3,495,301 ...itto „ „ 1839 (5 years after the East India Com pany trade monopoly was entirely abolished) 5,600,576 In 1815, the first inroad was made upon our famous naviga ;lan laws, which, for nearly 200 years, had been referred to a , monuments of hurwan wisdom, and the foundation of our teal and commercial greatness. By these laws, all foreign 4* 'oduce imported irito Great Britain, except in a British ship , anned by a majority of British seamen, was subjected to high ' , tcriminating d' sties imposed upon both the foreign ship and • e cargo. The United States of America, equally anxious to A ter America n navigation, had adopted similar laws. The • feet of these mutual restrictions upon the trade of the two nintries we s, that it became necessary to have two sets of , ips emplo' ied ; that was to have British vessels to bring home iserican ?produce, and American ships to convey our produce • etrat coy .ntry, each beineoblieed to leave its own pert in balla s t. The los 3 attending such a sy stem' produced in both countries • desire to abandon these mischievous restrictions, and by a a eaty imi 1315 the ships of both countries were placed recipro e tly area an equal footing. He' V nation of our restrictive system, on the part of foreign min .tries, at length alarmed our Government ; and in 1823, Al Reciprocity of Duties Bill, being an extension to all coma * i. es inclined to adopt it of the reciprocity treaty with the ' - nited States in 1815, was brought forward by Mr. Huskisson. Pais innovation was vigorously opposed by the shipowners , who reilicted that it would th row th e carry i ng tra d e into the hands r foreigners. The employment of British shipping in our fo- .r.gn trade, however, instead of being diminished by this mea ,i 41e, has already m e re th an d ou bl e d, as w i ll be seen by the ' llowiiag official statement of the tonnage of British vessels en _wed and cleared from the ports of the United Kingdom. Inwards. Outwards. to the year 1815 1,372,108 tons 1,39,61t8 tons In the year 1839 3,101,650 3,096,611 In 1824 l'ar. Huskisson brought forward a Bill for the alte- Ation of the, laws relating to the silk trade, by which the abso .ef.fa prohibition of all articles of foreign manufactured silks, was ..weed, and an ad valorem duty of 30 per cent. on their im ' tiatiot.sobstituted. The duty on raw silk was reduced from ,-. s- 6d- to Id. per lb. ; and on thrown s,lk from 14s. Bd. to .4 ites 'nary ins from Is. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per lb. Toe measure wa: strongly opposed by the malority of the silk anufacturers, and their organs in Parliament predicted that, • y the end of two years, which it was proposed to allow be ' 1 :o the prohibition should finally cease, the silk trade would A ; deeAroyed." The groundleesness of these apprehens'ons is shown by the A pid jrogress of the silk trade since 1824. The average con il.paption a raw and thrown silk, in the ten years preceding t '24. under the protective system, was 1,940,9021b5. per an h.tl rill, while the average consumption of the twelve years f01.11,-ing . 11,-ing 1824, under the partial free trade system, wa54,164,444 c. per annum. The imports of raw and thrown silk had in lowed, in 1839, to 5,020,034 lbs., and the exports of silk ma-. ei'actures, in that year, amounted to 863,118/., in 'declared . alze, of which 56400/. in value, were exported to France. Mr. Hrskisson followed up the alteration in the sik trade, le ilbxt year (1825), by layng before Parliament his cele .. eated evaosition. of the colonial, commercial, and shipping iliey of 'le co'antry, and bringing forward three important oasurea. rile first—relating to 4 further extension of free * )in; in the system of our commercial policy in respect to our - . 1 -miles. •Necond—The substitution of duties fcr prohibition .1 ' foreign 7 nanufactures, and the reduction of duties payable on .w mater'als used in our manufactures Third—Relief to ~ ,ipping it derest and navigation. The extent of the alterations • the prw,ious restrictive system may be estimated by a few of e leadir,g items. The duty on per cent. Woo Ceps of from 50 to 674 was reduced to 15 per cent, ad val. Cdpt , ons s. ..... .. 50 to 75 Linens.. 4O to 180 ...0s ~ Earth.i•tiwitte ... 75 .. ......... Iron ...... Coin e r oli'm Cil i Jv es 'previously prohibited were admitted at a duty of SO per cent. "` The result of the alterations," said Mr. Huskisson, in s 'Aging forward the above measures, " which I have now • aced to the Committee, will bethis—that upon foreign menu , - Aured article= generally where the duty is imposed to protect ,i- own manufactures, and not for the purpose of collecting ' venue, that duty will in no instance exceed 30 per cent. If • ~ e article be not manufactured much cheaper or better ; mood tha nat home, such a duty is ample for protection. If .. 3 he manufactured so much cheaper or so much better abroad to rend, -r 30 pry cent. insufficient, my answer is, first, that • ;rester protection is only a premium to the smuggler ; and, ,:oridly, that there is no wisdom in attempting to bolster up a impetition which this degree of protection will not sustain." At the same time that the protective duties on manufac tree were reduced to the maximum of 30 per cent. the a, - t ies on all raw materials of manufacture were also reduced. 'he wisdom of these measures has been proved by the in- , ~, -ease in every branch of manufactures, the prosperity of which • e previously supposed to dep end upon the fostering care of ,unties and protection. The Linen Trade is a remarkable examp le that the only • al and effectual legislativ e encouragement which the menu „ ; tura has received, has been the reduction of the import ties on flax and hemp, and the relinquishing the absurd at opts to ;twee the growth of these products at home. Previously to 1825 the Linen manufacture was protected by ,`;tied amountir.g from 40 to 180 per cent., and for upwards of ' century bo•anties on the exportation of linen to foreign aotries ward granted, which only expired in 1830. In 1609 the unty, tilth.ough then very much reduced, amounted to about 0,0001-4 e to nearly one seventh part of the real or declared value the Ihien exported that year. Although the bounty afforded . arming of supplying foreign countries with linens for less ill they cost, like all other monopolies, it rendered those en led in the manufacture indifferent to improvement, and the ale continued to languish. Air. Huskisson reduced the ' t'ate, which on dressed flax was 10 1. 14s. 6d. per cwt., and O .und re s s ed flax sd. to 4d per cwt. u pon both, and this has `ten subsequently reduced to the nom inal thani d e u n ty te o r f pr l ise d. a p n e d r cwt 9 r wooer was the trade unshackled .. 8 directaxl to it; the increase of the Lininaeas Linen manufacture o ufar t u h r e e the Dundee has been even more rapid than 4ton manufacture at Manchester ; and in 1833 the exports linen C rom that port were as great as those fro m all Ireland. The P.rticle of Wool affords one of the strongest arg uments a pruce the wisdom of Mr. Huskissen's policy. A duty o. f 6d. • e: pound upon f ore ign W o ol was imposed by Mr. Vansi itta . t 1 1819, which amounted to about 50 per cent. upon the price "'la eousiderable quantity of the Wool imported, the effect of '.:'ash was to destroy . a large portion of our manufactures, 'such reeprired an admixture of British and foreign Wool, and brine; Freat distress and ruin upon the Woollen manufactur ' ~,. It is a most remarkable fact, that the price of British * " 'al, instead of advancing from the high and prohibitory 6 411 imposed on foreign Wool, continued to decline, until at Vt./ Led a lower price than had been known for a century. The revival and subsequent progress of the Woollen menu ' ture alder the reduction of the duty on the raw material. '..na 6d. to ld.per lb. by M r . H us ki sson i n 1825, excee d e d 43 most sanguine expectations. - vie imports of foreign Wool in 1820, the year after the duty of 6d. per lb. was imposed, were 9,775,6051b5. Vter the reduction of the duty to ld. per lb. in 1825, the imports gradually increased, and in 1839 they reached The bene fi ts of the reduction of the duty on foreign Wool "we not confined to the Woollen manufacturer, the British 4 ,1431 grower eijually shared the advantage. Notwithstanding 01 s enormous increase in the imports of foreign W oo l, t h e v aes of:British Wool recovered from their previous depression, 4 i have since maintained higher rates than during Mr. Van : art's protective system. Whatever doubts and fears may have been originally enter fed of the results of the great changes effected by Mr. Hus l'aen, in our restrictive commercial policy, the complete suc -4 . which, without a single exceptions has attended his men _ et ea, is decisive of the wisdom of the course pursued. The ars of alarmists and monopolists have been dissipated by the il amnion of all their predictions. Trade is proved beyond e , possibility of controversy to' have declined in eve!) , case • ; ore protected, and to have increased and flourished, in pro l'rtion to its approximation to perfect freedom. It is matter of astonishment, with such facts before us, and t an age of boasted intelligence, that there should remain on 0 r statute b oo k a single remn ant of the monopoly system - Cal experi ence has proved to be so injurious to the nationa l fifare ; yet protections still, exist, which monopolists . of the went day maintain with . e -3 guipetinations of ruin from equa l th tenacity, and with the same in the • the meriopoliits ' . Our commercial leg,islation :1 - trized, general, oreenitablea ~!:,- ye and to manufaetgres days o e f ir i%. a i bolition, that were uttered Mr, Huskisson. T ars to he founded en no re ` s , tl:a l t r F o n r i e l . es ' public Th in e te ru re le st la r it e l l d u o ir w e n s o e f n pr i ote e c t n li t a i rf d actur es exceed . gu gc„:43 nt.); the avowed uty on foreign . 41 : :in no eal& wa_ o p : oe , per cent:fa - rift tiiihrp o duty ses ..-6)_ ze., - 144 L ...... ob ject vy as to std- 1 mulate hative industry, by throwing it open to the rivalry of other nations—the sound and wholesome docttine was dealt out to the manufacturers—" that if 30 per cent. duty . will not suf ficiently protect you, there is no wisdom in bolstering your in dustry by higher duties." But the producers of Sugar, Coffee, Timber, and Corn, are exempted from the wholesome stimulus of foreign competition ; their productioniare fenced round with prohibitory duties, amounting to from 100 to 450 per cent. The object and end of alt just government being to place all on the same footing, it is inconsistent•with this object that he Legislature should impose taxation for any other than purposes of revenue. It is obvious that the Corn, Sugar, Coffee, and Timber duties are imposed, not with the view to raise revenue for public purposes, but for the solo object of enabling particu lar interests to obtain for their commodities a price beyond their real value, equal to the amount of the duty imposed—a system of legislation opposed to every principle of equity, inas much as the increase of price operates as an indirect taxation upon consumers, and diminishes their means of paying the taxation required by the State. Mr. J. D. Hulme says, "I have always considered the increase of price, in consequence of protection, amounts to a tax. If lam made to pay Is. 6d. for an article, which, in the absence of the law, I could buy for Is., I consider the 6d. a tax, and I pay it with regret, because it does not go to tbe revenue of the country." (1132)* The enormous amount levied upon the community by being obliged to pay for their Sugar, Coffee , Timber, and Corn, higher prices than the same articles may be purchased at in the markets of the world almost exceeds belief. By the evidence taken before the Committee of the House of Commons on " Import Duties," (August, 1840) it appears that we cbuld supply ourselves with foreign Sugar and Coffee at less than half the price we pay for these articles from our West India Colonies. Brazilian - Muscovado Sugar could be purchased in bond at 20s. to 225. per cwt., whilst similar qua lities from the British possessions were worth Ms. to 565. per cwt. Brazilian white Sugars were 245. to 265. equal in qua lity to British white Sugar at 62 5. to 665. p er cwt. St. Do mingo Coffee in bond was worth 445. ; the same quality of West India Coffee 925. per cwt. The duty on British colonial Sugar is 245., and on Coffee I 565. per cwt. • but the protecting duty on foreign Sugar is Ms., and on Coffee 140 s. per cwt.f The effect of this pro • hibitory duty of 63d. per lb. is entirely to exclude the use of foreign Sugar, and to give the monopoly of the supply to our Sugar colonies. The high monopoly price has also diminished the consumption. Mr. Porter, of the Board of Trade, in his evidence before the Committee on " Import Duties," says, " In 1831 the nett revenue on Sugar admitted for home con sumption into Great Britain, amounted to 4,219,049!., and in 1839 only to 4,183,2571., although the population of 1831 of 16,539,318 had increa i tied in 1839 to 18,524,036." (2688.) The monopoly of Sugar and Coffee, by raising enormously the prices, not only deprives a largs portion of the working classes of the means of purchasing These articles, but it occa sions great loss to the revenue. If foreign Sugar and Coffee were admitted at the same rates of duty as British, there is little doubt the consumption and the revenue would both in a short time be doubled. The consumption of Coffee in 1824, when the duty was Is. per ib., was 7,993,0411b5., the following year Mr. Huskisson reduced the duty to 6d. per lb., and in 1831 the consumption had increased to 22,704,6271b5., yield ing at the.low rate of duty a greater revenue by 40 per cent. per annum than at the high rate of duty. The tax imposed upon the consumers, by being obliged to give above double the prices for Sugar and Coffee to our co lonies that these articles can be purchased at from other coun tries, amounts to upwards of 6,000,0001. per annum, levied for the exclusive benefit of the colonies, to whom a few years ago the British people paid 20,000,0001. for the abolition of slavery. t The total value of British and Irish produce and manufac tures exported to the British West Indies in 1839 amounted to 3,986,598/. of which about one-fourth is re-exported to the South American and neighbouring States, so that at the pre sent time, including the interest on the slave compensation money, the British people are paying 7,000,0001. per annum to our West India Colonies for the privilege of selling them products to the vallitie of 3,000,0001. a-year. The plea set up by the. Colonies for claiming the monopoly of the British market is that they are restricted from obtaining their supplies of food, timber, and other products from the cheapest markets, and that they also pay Imperial custom duties. It seems but reasonable, that at the same time that all protection is removed on die produce of the Colonies, that they should also be relieved from all restrictions to a free in tercourse with other countries. That they may .be relieved from the payment of Imperial duties without loss to the colo nies or the mother country, appears from the astounding fact that these duties are almost entirely absorbed in the expenses of collection. From the accounts laid before Parliament in 1832, it appears that the produce of the Imperial duties in the West Indies was 75,340/. and that the charges of manage ment, and the payment of Custom-houses, amounted to the sum of 68,0281. leaving only 7,3121. for the revenue. There is perhaps no monopoly which is calculated to excite so much surprise as that of timber. It would naturally be expected that the greatest maritime country in the world would take especial care to procure, at the cheapest rate, and of the best qualities, supplies of an article necessary in the highest degree to its welfare and security ; but a striking in stance of the manner in which the interests of the country have been sacrificed by the Legislature, is afforded by the existing law, which imposes a duty of 555. a load upon the Oak and superior Timber of foreign countries, whilst for the benefit of the Timber monopolists, and a certain class of shipowners,the inferior Timber of our North American Colonies only pays a duty of 10s. a load. Sir Robert Seppings, one of the Commissioners of his Majesty's navy, stated, in his evidence before a Committee of the House of Lords, " Thr.t Canada Timber is pecoliirly subject to dry rot. That frigates built of Fir the growth of North America, did not average half the durability of other Timber ; and that the Royal Navy had suffered so much from the use of Canada or North American Timber, that its use was now altogether discontinued, except for deals and masts." The evidence of eminent Timber Merchants, Builders, and Carpenters, is to a similar effect as to its purposes for build ing. "It is not allowed (says Mr. Copeland) to be ued in Government building's, nor is it ever used in the best buildings in London. It is only speculators that use it, from the price of it being much lower (in consequence of its exemption from duty) than the Baltic timber." Mr. Porter, in 1833, estimates the annual loss to the public, through adherence to the . present system, at 1,500,0001. which is the amount of the pecuniary sacrifice we, consent to make, in order that our ships arid houses may be inoculated with dry rot, whilst the whole declared value of British and Irish pro duce and manufactures exported to these colonies in 1838, amounted only to 1,992,4571. § The monopoly whiil star ds at the head of all others, is the Food monopoly. Whilst the removal of restrictions on trade has bern unattended by the removal of restrictions on corn and provisions, the working classes of this country have obviously a just ground of complaint, that they are thereby exposed to an unequal competition with foreign labour. To call upon our artisans to enter into rivalry w ith foreign manufactures in our home and in foreign markets, but at the same time to compel t' em to pay a monopoly price for their food, is so manifestly unfair, that this Chamber will stand excusedin the eyes of every reasonable and just mind, if it have evinced some impatience under the continuance of such a partial system of legislation. Their opinions on this question have however been so fre quently expressed, and are so well known', that the Board will only now refer, in confirmation of their views of the magnitude of the evils produced by our corn and provision laws, to the testimony of men of official station and great experience, who were examined before the Committee of the House of Com mons on import duties in July last. The evidence of these gentlemen, unbiassed by interest, having access to the best sources of information, and therefore the best means of forming a deliberate and correct judgment of this important question, is entitled to the highest respect. Mr. James Deacon Hulme, who, for 38 years, held an official situation in the customs, and, eleven years, was Se cretary of the Board of Trade (the gentleman whose assistance in preparing his free trade measures, Mr. Huskisson said en titled him to the " lasting gratitude of the country,") in his evidence before th's Committee, says—" I consider myself that food is the last thing upon which 1 would attempt any protec tion, and is the first thing upon which I would remove the pro hibition and protective duties. We want more food than we can produce, the exclusion of supply, in such a ease, is cruel privation" (1192. 1193.) " I conceive every limitation in the importa'ion of food, and every rise in the price of food, places us at the risk of beiog surpassed by the manufactures in other countries, and if ever the day should arrive that we should be put to a severe trial as to our manufacturing power, I can hardly doubt that the prosperity of this country will recede much faster than it has gone forward (119 i.) I cannot help believing there can be no other cause for a decline in our Fosperity than other countries having cheaper food (1199.) The Corn-laws cripple and limit the industry of the country (1230.) They have a tendency to throw the people out of work, and to diminish their employment (1217.) They di minish the revenue, because having paid the private taxes on food, the people are less able to pay the public taxes" (1229. ) Speaking of the burden of the food monopoly, as computed in money, he says, " I conceive the actual money paid, and the evil effect computed in money, would be more than the whole rerenue of the country." (1231.) Sir. Mc. Gregor, the present Secretary of the Board of Trade, in his evidence before the same Committee, entirely coincides in, and expresses similar views regarding the Corn and Food monopoly with Mr. J. D. Hulme. He says, "I consider that the taxation, imposed upon the country upon the production of wealth through labour and ingenuity, by our duties on corn and the provision duties and prohibitions, are far greater, probably much more than double the amount of taxa tion paid to the treasury." (1014. ) Mr. Mc. Gregor speaks in a warning voice to the makers and, that ht p a holders of these unwise laws. "If (says he) the pre sent Corn-laws are continued, the inevitable consequence will he pr•rsons of capital and skill, in this country, will do whattheir t c h a e pi l ua n and a lorddshistry, to o cannot do ; that is, o o t o he n y t iwrielsl ,wherea sremove, h with lands cannot. be removed. The r e n t s o f th ose lands, without manufactures,would decline, as i n var i ous p arts of Germany, where rents are net one-tenth part of wkot they were one hun dred years ago, occasioned entirely by Ih wor e e reTov . al of h manu factures. e o s .f trade e Augsburg, h u th fa e ct l u an r o d s l , or l d o s to were, f p a o c r t i u t ins!mteeortoisio bt u o r d n y e d i s intoliri living in post-houses them o forthionnhsa,moor or family o o f r t h h o o s s p e i m ta ,h ls o ; finest palaces of Europe ; those palaces are now deserted, or con structed them. The same may be said of y every town where manufactures once flourished, and which bad laws and bad go vernments have been instrumental in de s t roy i ng ; _ desolatTon has been the consequence of the withdrawal of that flourishing industry ; and the same is to be found in every country in everyperiod of the histo r y of mankind unde r similar circum stances.p ( 1045.) The great neglect of the Government and the Legi s l a t ure, in not following up the commercia l re f o rm s commenced by Mr. channels, both in our own Huskisson, has been fraught with evil consequences —capital has been diverted into unnatural . . . d . te to yield up monopolies, attended with the most tem po rary inconven ie nce forced in foreign countries—lcom. and foreign countries, and an indispositioncrea —manufactures have been • our ref ia l 'to had customers—our trade has been crippled by . petitors have been raised up where we should otherwise have __------'— take in exchange for our products the products of other nations evidence Th° figures t s he re co fer nini to itto th e e o n f u t in he be H r o o n f s t e he tio of qu co es nin2 n on in s the " Import Duties." from the Cape of Good Hope, is construed to be " _ t By a curious fiction of the law, foreign Coffee, impo rt ed of a British possession East of the Cape," and as such, is ad mitted into British ports at the reduced duty of 84s. per cwt. being 6d. per lb. less duty than if the Coffee were shipped from the foreign direct to a British port. Many cargoes of foreign Coffee have been taken out of bend in Liverpool, shipped to the Cape of Good Hope, landed, and then immediately re shipped on board the same vessel and brought back to Liver pool. By this process it is purified of its foreign origin and then pays o n ly 94. i ns tead of a duty of 15d. per lb. A Liver pool merchant suggested to the President of the Board of Trade, the easier expedient of purging Coffee of its foreign origin by sending it three times round Ireland ! It is a singular anomaly that foreign Sugar, refined in bond in England, which the law prohibits the people of this country from using, is allowed to be sent to the Colonies, who thus supply themselves with refined Sugar at one half the price of the mother country. Mr. Porter says, " The Colo nies buy refined Sugar re-imported from England at a much less price than they sell their raw Sugar." (2675. ) The exports to our North American Colonies, since this period, have increased; but this arises chiefly from the in creased supplies of our military and naval establishments during the late disturbances in Canada. It is much to be feared that the increast of exports will fall much short of the increase of expenditure eeeasiened by these disturbances. —and jealousy and unfriendly Slings have been excited by our ' exclusions, in the place of kindness and good-will. The impolicy of our restrictive laws is strikingly exemplified in the consequent diminution of our commerce w►th our nearest neighbours, the rich and civilized inhabitants of Europe. Not withstanding the great increase in wealth and population since the peace, " the average annual exports to the whole of Eu rope were less in value by nearly 20 per cent. in the five years from 1832 to 1836 than they were in the five years that followed the close of the war.* Another striking fact connected with our intercourse with Europe is the change which has taken place in the nature of our exports, viz., the constant diminution of manufactured articles, and the increase of articles on which little labour has been bestowed.t Mr. Porter, in his evidence before the Com mittee on Import duties (July 31, 1840), enters into elaborate statements, showing the value of our exports, and the degree of labour bestowed on them, by which it appears that in our exports to Northern Earope, the most important part of the world as regards our foreign commerce, with the exception of the United States. the proportions were :- 1827. 1838. Much Labour Little Labour 38.22 100.- 100.- It will now be shown, from eyidence of an official charac ter, that these disastrous consequences to our trade in Eu rope, as well as those which have attended our commerce with the United States of America, have been entirely owing to our own unwise and restrictive regulations. The recent publication, by order of Parliament, of the cor respondence between the British and Prussian Governments, relating to commercial intercourse between the two countries, shows the wise and enlightened views entertained by the latter, and the desire they have always evinced to afford every poisible facility for freedom of trade. In 1823, when urging us to con cede to Prussia a reciprocity treaty similar to that we had made with the United States, the principle laid down by the Prus sian Minister, in his note, was, "that • reciprocal commercial restrictions were reciprocal nuisances, prejudicial to all nations having reciprocal interests, and particularly to those engaged in extensive commerce, and that the policy of Prussia was to substitute, in the place of reciprocal prohibitions, reciprocal facilities." ' The rejection of all equitable overtures,—the determined ex- elusion of the Corn and Timber of Prussia,—and the adop tion of the like policy towards the other nations of Europe— led to the prohibitory tariffs of Northern Europe, which have had the effect of prematurely forcing manufactures in those countries, and of replacing the exports of our manufac tures by those of ram and partially manufactured materials. The testimony of Mr. M'Gregor, Secretary of the Board of Trade, is conclusive on this point. " The argument (says lie) they made use of to me upon every occasion at Berlin, in Saxony, and in the Rhenish States, and particularly at the two Congresses held at Munich and Dresden, was this, you compelled us to become manufacturers; we have not mines of gold and silver, and you will not take what we have to give you; but if you had taken what we have to give, we should have continued to produce it; but as you would not take it, our people were intelligent enough to turn their attention ex tensively to manufactures." (312. ) Dr. Bowring's " Report to Lord Palmerston on the Prus sian Commercial Union," is to the same effect. "We have rejected (says he) the payments they have offered,—we have forced them to manufacture what they were unable to buy." " We should not have complained," says a distinguished Ger man veriter,t " that all our markets were overflowing with English manufactures,—that Germany received in British Cotton Goods alone more than the hundred millions of British subjects in the East Indies,—had not England, while she was inundating us with her productions, insisted on closing her markets to ours. The English Corn-law of 1815 had in fact excluded our Corn from the ports of Great Britain : she told us we were to buy but not to sell. We were not willing to adoptreprisals; we vainly hoped that a sense of her own interest would lead to reciprocity. But we were disappointed, and we were compelled to take care of ourselves."—(Dr. Bowring's Report.) With reference to the United States of America, we have equally strong evidence to prove that her hostile tariff was passed in retaliation of our prohibitory duties upon the Corn and Timber of that country. Mr. Addington the British Minister at Washington, in his dispatch to Mr. Canning on this subject says :—" I have only to add, that had no restric tions on the importation of foreign Corn existed in Great Britain, the Tariff would never have passed through either House of Congress, since the agricultural States, and especially. Pennsylvania, would have been opposed to its enactment." Will the Legislature learn wisdom by :this experience, or will they still persevere in a system so unjust and impolitic— so injurious to the best interests of the country ? Will they still pursue toward the United States and Brazil, the two largest consumers of our manufactures, the same course which has been pursued towards the nations of Europe, and by con tinuing to prohibit their staple productions, hazard the loss of our trade with them also? These are questions demanding the serious attention of the manufacturing and commercial com munity. Already has this important question begun to be dis cussed in the United States, in the prospect of their tariff coming into operation in July, 1842, when the duty on foreign manufactures will be reduced to a maximum of 20 per cent. It can scarcely be expected that the Corn-growing States of America,. vhicii comprise three-fourths of the population, and seven-e s of the wealth of the country, will submit to the continue exclusion of their produce from our markets, without retaliating by the prohibition, or the imposition of heavy duties on our manufactures ; but, like the Germans, they may further foster a manufacturing interest for the consumption of the food produced in their own country: Our commercial treaty with Brazil expires in 1844. Brazil admits all British produce and manufactures at a duty of 15 per cent., whilst we impose on the staple products of Brazil, Sugar and Coffee, prohibitory duties amounting to 150 per cent. more than the duties upon the same articles from the West Indies. Mr. M‘Gregor says—" That the Brazilians are anxious to break up this treaty ; and on breaking it up to give us notice that they will prohibit all our manufactures entirely, if we do not receive their sugars." (645. ) " Oar exports to the Brazils amount to 5,000,0001. annually," (646.) and she at present takes the largest amount of Cotton manufactures from us of any nation in the world. Our trade with Brazil is capable of great extension. Mr. M'Cit egor says " The general opinion expressed by the mercantile parties trading with the Brazils is this, that our trade during the last five years would have been more than doubled, both in naviga tion and in goods, if we had taken in return the produce that Brazil had to give us." (908.) It must be evident to every reflecting mind that a crisis is advancing, which unless prevented by wisdom and promptitude, may produce inextricable difficulties. Mr. Huskisson, with his accustomed sagacity, foresaw and predicted the con sequences of perseverance in our restrictive' policy. Un happily for his country that great Trade Minister was not spared to carry out the enlightened measures of which he laid the foundations; but he has bequeathed, in his last speech on this subject, warning advice, which will be listened to with the respect commensurate with his talents and wisdom. Referring to the Corn-laws he declared, " It is my unalterable conviction that we cannot uphold the Corn-laws, together with the pre sent taxation, and at the same time increase national pros perity, and preserve public contentment." Referring to the growth of manufactures in foreign countries, he sad, " There is a rivalry every day growing more formidable, with which our capital, and industry, and skill have to contend. If we meet it under some advantages, we have also great and growing dis advantages to encounter. Do not let us lose sight of the fear ful consequences which must ensue if we are distanced in the race. 1 he greatest of all follies, on such an occasion, would be .to shut our eyes to difficulties, which, taken in time, we may perhaps overcome, but which, by procrastination, we cannot evade." —Speech, March, 1830. The time has arrived when these difficulties must be calmly and seriously met. Is it fitting that we should go on sacri ficing our greatest national interests of the practice of giving protection to the private interests to a comparatively small portion of the community? Shall we look in silence and un concern on the singular anomaly of a country presenting the greatest natural advantages for commerce and manufactures— a boundless demand for its productions—the means of illimitable employment, with the most industrious, skilful, and enter prising population in the world sinking into pauperism ? The impossibility of finding profitable employment for the people, so long as the laws unjustly prohibit them from freely ex changing the products of their industry, for the products of all other countries, at once indicates a remedy for the evil. Mo nopolies can no longer be tolerated. By order, and on behalf of the Board of Directors, J. B. SMITH, President. Chamber of Commerce, Manchester, March 11, 1841. The reading of this report was followed by expressions of approbation on the part of the members of the Chamber. Mr. SMITH, having been called away to a tend the New Bailey, in his capacity of a Mrgi trate, the chair was taken by HOLLAND HOOLE, Esq., who paid a high compliment to, the talents of Mr. Smith, and the valuable services which be had conferred on the Chamber and the public at large. Mr. Alderman SHUTTLEWORTU moved the adoption of the Report, which he said had his cordial approbation. I-, indeed, entered so fully into the question of restrictive duties, that there was scarcely anything left for him. to say. The only question was when and how these restric tions could be removed. The speaker then went over some of the statements and calculations of the report, and contended that by reducing the duties, the enjoyment, the comfort, and the happiness of the people would be greatly increased, while, at the same time, a sufficiency of avenue would be secured.—( Hear, hear.) He was not prepared to go to any length into the subject; but when we con sidered that America and the Brazils, which were our best customers, were alive to our restrictions, and were deter mined to oppose them, he thought they would all agree with him in the opinion that there was no time to be lost in effecting a change.—(Hear, hear, hear.) By the ex posures which had been made that morning he had no doubt that one class of evils would soon be removed; but there was another class which he feared would not be so easily got rid of, and among that class was our Corn-laws. They presented to us the broadest and the blackest feature of the evils of which we complained._( Hew, hear.) With feelings of this sort he moved that the Report be received and entered on the minutes of the Chamber. Mr. HAFtrEs seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. be M vc consideredoi epwy to. to diffuse I v i ti o ffs t , vue r sen r ter very y ttah m ee o v v isen e grf d .oy r t m h m a aa t t o t bn h a e r oRf whiche t p h o ie r t t contained.' nh ta p ami r n i b n ee t dr e : , witha advisable.seconded e e t dh the o l R u e t i p o a n r , t w w h l a c a h t h h e a JOHN BROOKS,E very best Report which the Chamber had ever produced. It threw the Report of last year completely into the shade. • He quite agreed with Mr. Porter when he said that if e e as a nation began to decline, our declension would be much more rapid than our prosperity. He as an indivi dual felt th's, and was satiated that the only way to avoid this catastrophe was to do away with monopolies and re move res.rictions.—( Hear, be r.) With these few re marks he begged to second the resolution. Mr. WM. READ next rose and said that it having been understood that a revision of the tariff on tobacco—the business in which he was engaged—was likely to be made, he had at the request of some of the members come to the meeting to state some circumstances connected with his business. There were not more than two articles of con sumption which produced more to the revenue than the article of tobacco, and yet there was not any article in which there was so much smuggling and adulteration. About 1830 an extensive system of adulteration was com menced in the manufacture of tobacco, ao much so that at that tirde the price of manufactured tobacco would not realize more than the price of the duty—that was, that there was no profit to be made from 1830 downwards. The increase of adulteration and smuggling since that pe riod bad been carried on to such an extent that gentlemen would really be astonished when be informed them that although the duty on tobacco was 3s. 4d. per lb., it was quite possible to purchase it at from 2 s. 6d. to is. 4d. per mixed "crow with tobacco; and yellow," and also lb.---(Laughter, and hear, hear.) Mr. Read then ex plainedtu rf and hoput other ingredie nt rubbish, were called which he described as being of the most injurious tendency. At this time there was not a man in the trade who might not have a million pounds of tobacco laid down at his door with'ut the least liability to any consequences from not having paid duty, for such was the negligence of those connected with the excise. They as manufactureta were anxious to be put in such a condition ds to be able to obtain an honest livelihood by an honest calling, therefore they hoped that the tariff would either be entirely taken off or reduced to something like a shilling in the pound, by which means they would be enabled to obtain an honest livelihood, and at the same time to preserve the health and morality of- the people.—( Hear. ) The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was much obliged to Mr. Read for his information, which entirely corroborated the principles recommended in the Report. Mr. STOTT, another tobacco manufacturer, corroborated the statements made by Mr. Read, and hoped that the in fluence of the Chamber might be used to effect an altera tion of the system, and an amendment of the evils which had been mentioned. J. C. DYER, Esq., rose and expressed his regret that there appeared a backwardness on the part of the members in giving an expression to their opinions on the great sub jects involved in the Report. Some of the monopolies to which it adverted were of the most monstrous character, and such he characterised the present Corn-laws. Was it at all to be tolerated that this article of food, the most important of all, should absolutely be prohibited by a duty which was nothing less than a prohibition ? The thing was most monstrous to think of. Ile kept his eye on the progress of affairs, and he would say that instead of seeing that patriotic perseverance with questions which would re sult in good to the nation at large, there was a pertinacious tamperinc , with justice by those people who called them selves the representatives of the country, which would terminate in a revolution throughout the country.—( Heir, hear.) Whatever it was the interest of the high aris tocracy to promote they had the power of chewing the people into the belief that they were carrying on the go vernment for the benefit of the whole people, and to make such men as they (the Members of the Chamber) their mere parrots, to repeat their fallacies. He had bad ample experience of this in London, and he was sorry that it was too much the case elsewhere. For instance it was argued by many, that if we depended upon foreigners for corn, the supply would be stopped in case of war. This was a most impudent fallacy, and was used to make the fears of the people operate against their sense of justice. Mr. Dyer then spoke at considerable length on the iniquity of the Corn-laws, and was hard with the greatest attention. RICHARD COBDEN, Esq., next rose, and delivered a short address, chiefly on the injurious effects of the Corn laws. _ _ _ Mr. CONSTERDINE felt exceedingly grateful to the Di rectors for their excellent Report. He conceived the country would judge slit as a Jury would judge of evi dence in a Court of Justice, and would come to the deci sion that the tariff must be revised.—( Hear, hear.) He felt satisfied that the question of free trade was one a hieb must combine the union of all parties, more particularly of this town. They hag abundance of leaders, and if the discussions were conducted without party feeling, they could not fail to result in good. If they could combine eve - y class of the community by convincing their judg ment, they would have gained half their object.—( Hear, hear.) Upon this subject we wanted the cool and delibe rate judgment of the community, and with that it was next to impossible to resist a revision of tLe tariff. A' the same time he would suggest that the interests of all par ties should be as carefully touched as possible—each en deavouring rather to conciliate than to offend. He again expressed his approbation of the excellence of the Report. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was car ried unanimously, and then announced that the busi ness of the meeting was finished. POLITICAL SUMMARY OF ,THE MORNING. JOURNALS. The Times of this morning, referring again to the question of the New Poor-law, observes:—" The spirit of Chartism has been festered and, in many remarkable instances, created by the operation of the New Poor-law ; and with the knowledge of this fact we have always felt it a difficult task to keep clear of the imputation of sympathizing, or practically cooperating, to some extent, with that evil spirit."—The Morning Herald, discussing the probability of a war with America, remarks as follows : " The universal tendency of all parties in the United States Legislature to concur in a common feeling of hostility to Great Britain at this moment enhances the fearful danger of Mr. M'Leod's position, if, happily, his fate still con tinues to be any subject of hypothesis ! In that event, which we tremble.to touch upon even for the transient purposes of our argument, we shall be among those who will never cease to urge upon the Government of this great country the stern, the intEspensable duty of demanding—and if it be withheld, of exacting — without delays or • compro mises,—signal atonement for a crime that will be with out a parallel in the history of civilised nation.."— The Morning Chronicle observes, in allusion to Mr. Gillon's motion last night in the Commons, on the subject of grants to Mechanic's Institutes :—" The Tories think the lower orders ought not to be treated as rational beings. They so far, how ever, relaxed in their contempt, that a year or two ago they began to encourage Conservative Associations of operatives, to whom they held out the lure of dinners and drinking. But they have always repudiated whatever tends to generate self respect among the working classes, and to elevate them in the scale of being."—The Morning Post thus remarks on the question of the probability of an Amcriean war : --" The people of the United States of America must be mad and wicked beyond description if they force upon Great Britain the necessity of going to war with them. If they had a Go vernment such a thing could not happen, but America unfor tunately possesses no establishment which can be called a Go vernment. Furious people do what they list, and there is no organised authority that can restrain or prevent them. But what madness to go to war ! ' 'What can they expect to gain by that? It is plain enough th•it they may lose, and cause us to lore, for we do not deny the great value of our commercial relations with them. But how can they gain ?" MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE . MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. HERALD.—The Bank broker has been again a seller of Consols to-day to the amount of about 30,000/., and as before for account of the savings' banks. These sales do not serve to encourage public confidence in the financial skill of Mr. Baring, or in the healty state of the finances, for it is taken for granted that these sales are in aid of pressing necessities of the Trea sury, which shows that the old system so weakly and discredit ably acted upon by Mr. Spring Rice, of making free with the li n u t agt h T hln, l e a i cages and accounts depositsocfeuronesut:n fresh ts sm as were tti fromsi llh a n al y pkcse telmomentlikely arising t u Lancashireop ol nea o bd f y d a trhi out ffi oei s o c tsfsuheul Joint-stock io y eori Bankernaessomu encourag ing, g s t s from the general want of confidence they were calculated to create. One large concern in the north of Lancaihire had fallen into difficulties, and it was found that one Manchester Joint-stock Bank alone was under advances to it for 120,0001. and to that amount of course a creditor. It was understood that the bank held certain securities upon the large manufac turing premises and machinery, but whether in the nature of a first mortgage, or of supplementary mortgages was not known. But in either case all the mass of ready capital involved must remain incontrovertible and as so much dead stock, as in the present depressed state of trade it would be impossible to con• vert the buildings and machinery into money by tole. Very great losses and distress consequent had been inflicted upon a considerable number of individuals and families through the embarrassments of the firm referred to, one of the partners in which, besides the handsome property with which a few years ago he entered it, is said likewise most unfortunately to have involved dia his own immediate family and friends to the extent of 40,000/. more, with which the concern was accommodated by way of loan or discounts, so sanguine was he of being able to overcome all difficulties, and of future 'prosperity. The same eeunosise-opsrertse.moencubbkra: however Manchester joint-stock bank, so deeply a loser in this instance, has latterly also, it is said, made another bad debt of 25,0001. in one line, through the failure of a bookselling firm in that town of no great standing, to whom advances had been in cautiously made to the extent. It would seem, from the intrepid styleand prodigal scale on which joint-stock bank ing operations appear to be carried on in Lancashire, notwith standing the lessons of past experience, as if banking, that is, dealing in money, were absolutely the same thing as making money, and therefore themore extensive the dealings the larger the profits. It does not appear that joint-stock banks when the most prudently managed extract more than a moderate percentage of returns upon their capital, and certainly not so much as are yielded in most trades or professions that could be named. The joint-stock banks in Scotland, which, it may be admitted, are managed with most ability and discretion, have not, as stated by persons of that part of the country, been for some time past in the habit of clearing more than about five per cent. upon their capitals employed. CHRONICLE.—The depression occasioned yesterday by the news from the United States still continues, and the Bri tish Funds have not experienced any improvement up to the termination of business. One cause, - h o wever, which has doubtless added to the fall in prices, arises in a great measure from the large extent of options lately entered into for the fall in stocks, thus compelling the jobbers to sell against these operations. make parties n hav ing fro l m t i l s ea a d r in em g amrkearbehleanctiraciunmpstainlacdee,lpthhaiat,the most recent letters access to the best information in Wasahnindgftroonn, al lusion to any apprehension of an interruption to trade from political causes. They dwell upon the suspension of specie payments by the banks, and express fears that confidence in American credit may be shaken in consequence, but do not e ti x o p n r s e o ss f a th la e rm tw o o f e a o n on yt t h r i i n e g s. connec t e d with the politic al rela- In the City the public mind has been much excited by the circumstance of Mr. Fillemore's motion for suspending the Standing Orders having been carried, to allow him to intro duce his resolutions. This is such an unusual proceeding in our Legislature, that we are not surprised it should have given rise to serious considerations ; but these fears are not expe rienced by those who are acquainted with the practice of the American Congress. The suspension of the rules of the House is a matter, we find, of common occurrence in Ame rica, toand agreed to in questions of ve r y trivial import ance, as will b e ev i dent to any, on e who takes th e trou ble of turning hi s a tt en ti on t o the reports in the Ameri can papers. F or i ns t ance , in the Washingto n Daily Inte.lligeneer of the 16th February, we find that th e suspend the rules of the House was carried by Yeas 94, Nays 39, by Mr. Turner, of Tennessee, in order to proceed with a Bill to amend an Act to authorise that State * Porter's Progress of the Nation, chap. 9, page 101. The decrease in the export of Cotton manufactured goods, and the increase in the export of Cotton Twist (a half manu factured article) to Northern Europe is remarkable, viz. : VALUE OF EXPORTS OF COTTON MANUFACTURED GOODS. Russia ..... 1820. 1 83 8 . £702,125 Germany and Prussia ...... 2,960,493 ..... 887,296 United Netherlands ..... 979,681 £4,651,299 -- £ 1 ,607.990 VALUE OF EXPORTS OF COTTON TWIST. 1820. Germ £ 1,4 4 5 94 1 5 1F 1 7 ............................................ 8 7 3 6 3 6 65 8 : 1 rt 4 pearlm goods ad e il f s o t' r37e double xBop'4stodhrss: into £1,961,554 i n The this country,quantit y Cotton o w f nilld iv Twist e employment exported, , n i f number of hand-loom, apd double the numberfYpower_inom weave.s at present engaged in making Caton Cation. The increase in the expert of other raw materials i s no l ess striking than that of Cot ton Twist, TOTAL EXPORTS FR 31 GREAT BRITAIN. 1820. 1838. Bar, Pig and Cast Iron 58,747 tons ... 192,211 tons Unwrought Strel 438 ~ ... 2,946 „ Coals 249,1 89 ,) ... 1,313,709 ~ Linen Yarn... 14,923,329 Woollen Yarn 3,924 lbs. •.. 3,085,892 lbs. Cotton Twist 23,032,325 ~ ...114,596,602 „ Machinery and AI ill:work value Nil. ~_ •.. £627,430 4 Kanke's ilistorisch—politishe Zeitscrift. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 12,• 1841 to issue. grants and perfect titles to certain lands therein de scribed. In the same paper, of the 13th ultimo, we find mo tions to suspend the rules on such questions as the appointment of a Select Committee to examine the clerk's accounts, and, indeed, a great portion of time is constantly occupied in dispos ing of similar questions. Another cause of apprehension is, that the Harrison Admi nistration may not be iufficiently strong to resist the democra tic wish for war. It is important to remember that General Harrison was chosen by a greater strength of popular ♦otes than was ever previously known in the history of the American constitution, against the Van Buren party, who had been years in office. It may be satisfactory further to state, that the American Congress necessarily expired on the 3d instant, one day before the exit of the Van Biren Administration. One third of the Senate is changed or re .elected every two years, and the whole of the House of Representatives, by the consti tution of the United States. Each State fixes its own period for the election of new members. • An animated debate took place in the Senate on the 12th of February, on the Bill for authorising the issue of Treasury notes to the amount of five millions of dollars. Mr. Clay spoke against the measure with great force, and dwelt upan the embarrassed state of the public finances with much energy. He contended that the proper way to supply the wants of the Treasury was by a loan, and observed that the Van Buren Administration had provided the means of carrying on the Government, while they remained in power, by anticipating the receipts, and throwing the burden on their successors. The anticipation was made by the issue of Trea sury notes, under the allegation that the future income would be sufficient to absorb them. That was an easy method of get ting out of the difficulty; but it was well known that the esti mates had been greatly, overstated. They were put down at nineteen millions ; and had it been necessary to put them down at twenty-five millions, to show a balance, it would have been done. They had been increased, on mere wild conjecture, from thirteen millions since last year, although, in consequence of the suspension of specie payments by the United States Bank, letters had been received from the Secretary at New' York that there would be a falling off in the Custom-house of not less than one million of dollars. SUN.—There were no arrivals all day with any news of the least public interest, but the overland came to hand in greater detail. The Funds were in a depressed condition, and gave way before the close of business to the extent of per cent. as compared with the highest value of the day, or 1 per cent. on the opening price of yesterday. Consols for money brought 88 to 871, closing at a decline to 871 /, and for the account the highest prices were 881, and the latest 871 to Exchequer Bills were marked Bs. to 10s. prem. ; an East India Bonds 17s. to 13s. prem. The New Three and-a- Half per Cents. were at 961. In the Foreign Market the transactions were rather cir cumscribed. Spanish Active Bonds dropped again full i per cent., viz., 231 and 231; Portuguese New Five per Cents. fell 1 per cent., or to 31; the Three per Cents. were at 181 to 1 only. Colombian Stock of 1824 declined 22 ii to 1 Mexican of 1837, from 271 28 to 271 to 1 ; Peruvian, to 17 161; Brazilian at a fall from 72 to 711 and 701; and Belgian Bonds at 99i ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents: were steady at 5131 to The Railway shares were dealt in to a fair extent, but at barely yesterday's quotations. Great Western New Shares were 101 ; the Fifths, 51 to A ; London and Bir mingham 751 ; South-Western, 161 to 171 premium ; Brighton were 71 to 1 ; Blackwell, 51 • North Midland, 30; and Birmingham and Derby, 36 discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 4 premium. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MARCH 11.—Consumption (if we may judge by the number of invalids daily arriving here and proceeding to the Tinder cliff) is increasing its victims. Though a great many houses were built at Ventnor and Niton last year, yet the number of unfortunate visitors crowding to that part of the island so far exceeds former years, that they must find great difficulty in ob taining accommodation. The Marquis of Conyngham has taken a house at Cowes for two months ; and several other houses have been let this week. Died, at Yafford, Isle of Wight, on the sth inst., Thomas Grimes, Esq , aged 52. His house was open to all, ;and many a rabid Tory, who has abused the farmer's politics, has been glad to accept an invitation to the bountiful board of this " gentleman," at which all were welcome ; the more numerous his guests the better he was pleased. He will be long and sincerely regret! ed by men of all parties. He has left no family, and about 30,0001. will have to be divided amongst his nephews and nieces. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARCH 10.—Lord Morpeth has transmitted to Mr. Purcell 1001. towards the funds of the new Agricultural Improvement Society; and Col. Wyndham, who has large es tates in this country, has sent a subscription to the same amount. .The conclusion of the trial of the three persons charged with the attempt on the life of Mr. Biddulph occupied the whole of Monday. The defence set up by the prisoners was an alibi, and, the Chief Justice having summed up the evidence, the Jury retired. After some delay, his Lordship sent for them, and, being told that there was no likelihood of their agreeing, they were ordered to be locked up for the night. The follow ing morning, at nine o'clock, the Chief Justice came into Court, and, the names of the Jury having been called over, they were asked, in the usual manner, whether they had agreed. The foreman replied that they had not, and never would. His Lord ship then ordered the Jury to be discharged, and the prisoners to be remanded until next assizes, when they will be again put on their trial. COUNTY OF AlAvo.—Mr. Justice Ball, in addressing the Grand Jury, congratulated them upon the lightness of the ca lendar. There were in all but twenty-nine cases for trial, and of these one half were petty larcenies, and comparatively trivial crimes of that nature. DUTCH PAPERS. The accounts from Holland possess no interest. The Rhine and Moselle Gazette, published at Cob lentz, has the following account of the diverting of the stream of the Rhine, which appears to have caused co little excitement in that quarter : 4 The Nassau Government has caused a work to be made from the upper-end of the Paauwen Island, op posite Biberick, towards the left bank of the Rhine, in order to lead the current of the Rhine between this work and the Island of Petenan, lying on the right • bank of Biberick. These operations • were looked on by Hesse Darmstadt with the more dissatisfaction, because since the construction of the iron railway between Frankfort and Wiesbaden a plan has been entertained to make a harhour at Biberick, which has been declared a free port by the act for the navigation of the Rhine, and though very useful to the general interest must greatly injure the trade of Maintz. The Estates of the Grand Duchy had therefore already petitioned the Government to take measures to prevent it ; but it seemed that nothing would be. done in it, when suddenly at an unseasonable hour of the night, above 100 vessels laden with stones, appeared off the lower end of tha island of P. tenan where two of them were sunk, and the cargo of the remainder thrown overboard ; so that the passage between the Petenan and Poaweden Island, is com pletely stopped, and the blo 4 elts of stone appear above water. As the water between the Petenan and the right bank of the river is too shallow for ships to pass, they must sail, as hitherto, along the left bank ; the steam boats that want to stop at Biberick experience a great delay, since they must go round the islands above mentioned to reach Biberick. This affair is a severe blow on the trade of this town, which has so much in creased of late." DUTCH FUNDS.-AMSTERDAM, MARCU 9 Money. Mils. ictual Debt, 234 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amor t Syndic, 4% per cent 8 ,4 83% Ditto, ditto, 3 36 per cent 7l' Z 72% Commercial Company, 4% per cent 161)6 6234 Ditto (1635 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1137, 5 per cent. •...•• 953 oj Exchange on London, One month l2 02% TWO months Dutch Papers, March 10. BELGIAN k UNDS—BaussELs, MARCH 10 Actual Debt, 2 )4 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant l9 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. B9 3 per Cent. ..... ---.-Thirty.seven— (l.:4o) 9:l LOan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent ........... Society of Commerce, 4;.iper Cent lO2 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 87% National Society . - Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, March 10. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.VIIIHNA, MARCH 2 Five per Cents. Metalliques • ........ ........." ..... 10fi% Foar per Cents. ............" ....... .....•.............. ........ 9 % Three per Cents. Bank Shares IC3B .Allgemeine Zeitung, March 8. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, MARCH S. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. ........ lO5 1013¢ Bank Shares 1625 1815 Anglo-Russian Loan 106% 10636 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, let Series lOl --. Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 49% 49 Ditto 5 per Cent • Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 74 73% Norwegian Loan, '1834, 4 per Cent. — Spanish, New 5 per Cents. lB% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. a ____ . - CHRISTIANIA FEB. 24.—Three months, 4 52. STOCKHOLM, FEB. 26.—Seventy-five days, 11. 42. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, MARCH 5. Biils. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. lo3lfi 103% Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 100% 100% Xxchange on Lendon, three months 6 17% —Prussian Stale Gazelle, March G. THE SPAS OF ENGLAND. BY DR. GRAN vILLE.—IIe author of this work is so well known, from his populai work on the Spas of Germany, that it is scarcely necessary for us to say more than that this, his new publication upon the Spas, &c. &c. of England, is every way worthy of his pen. Dr. Granville in this volume gives most gr a phi c an d true accounts of Harrogate, with the attractions of its neighbourhood, Studley, with Fountain's Abbey, Ripon, Knaresborough, Thorpe Arch, New Melton Spa, Scarborough, Hovingham Spa, Croft, and Dinsdale, Gainaborough and Red Car, But terby Spa, Durham, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Tynemouth, Newcastle, Shortley Bridge Spa, Gilsland, Walter Scott's wooing-place, Blackpool, Shapwells, Southport, Clithero and the Craven, Horley Green, Lockwood Spa, Slaithwaite, Askerne, Halifax, Leeds, &c. &c. The au thor has made his book more than merely topographically excellent, for the analysis of the different waters, the hints as to their usefulness respectively in the cure of dis eases, and the professional remarks generally, cannot but prove of the highest value. The work is illustrated by numerous views from the graver of Orrin Smith, and contains an elaborate map.—Age. *: . THE NEW POOR-LAW BILL.-A meeting was held y ester d ay at the Crown and Anc h or , to petition the Legi s l ature aga i nst this Bill. Mr. W a l ter was in the chair, an d i n an i ntroductory speech denounce d th e Bill. Resolutions against it were proposed and seconded. Counter- re s o l ut i ons were a l so pro p ose d and seconded, in favour of U n i versa l S u ff rage , w hi c h the Chairman refused to put, he fin a lly l e ft th e Chair, amidst uproar. The Chartists appointed a row Chairmanland carried their reselutious by a great majority. IIER MAJESTY'S OPERA. Her Majesty's Theatre opened last evening for the 'season with Cimarosa's opera seria GU! Orazij i Curazy. The compositions of Cima rosa are not so well known to many of our mo dern opera-goers as they ought to be. He was the father of the modern brilliant school of music, and prepared the public taste to appre ciate the works of his great successor Rossini. We hail, therefore, this revival of one of his best operas, and hope that it is not the only one of Cimarosa's compositions which M. Laporte intends to revive during the season. Madame Pauline Viardot (late Pauline Garcia) was the Horatia. This lady has improved vastly in her acting since she made her appearance on these boards two years since ; and now bids fair to .rival in acting, as well as in singing, the fame of her sister, poor Madame Malibran. Her grand scena in the second act " Quegli Suoni," was a perfect triumph of art. Nothing could exceed the thrilling effect which she threw into the concluding words of the scena, "Oh teatro d'orrere." Mario was the Marco Orazio, and had the, part been written for him, it could not by possibility have suited him bet ter; his exquisite falsetto notes came beautifully into play in the aria " Se alla patria," in the first act, and he sang the whole of the air, in it self a most beautiful composition, in a style of such exquisite taste as to force loud applause from what appeared to us to be rather an unenthusiastic house . The duett at the close of the close of the piece, " Svenami ormai crudele " was most effectively given by Mario and Madame Viardot, who were called for at the fall of the curtain, and received with the usual honours. We are glad to perceive that this very talentedyoung man is increasing in public favour in this country. Whenever Ru bini shall have put his often-threatened design: of retiring from the stage into execution, w© know of no one so fitting to become his successor as Mario. Curiazzo found a very efficient representative in Miss A. Nunn, who made her first appearance at this theatre last evening, but whose perform ances at various concerts during the winter have .made a favourable impression on the public. After the opera, the National Anthem was sung, the solo parts by Miss Nunn and Madame Viardot. The audience seemed quite taken by surprise by the energy and enthusiasm with which Madame Viardot gave her part of " God save the Queen," and which contrasted strongly and most favourably with the careless manner i which this fine composition, is usually sloven:A over. The new ballet of Le Diable Amoureta followed—a very splendid affair, and much sup.; - nor to the general run of pieces of this sort. Mademoiselle Guy Stephani made her first appearance -in England in •the character o Uriele. She is not only a clever, graceful dancer of the Cerito school, but she is also a most ac complished, arch, and espiegle actress. She was loudly and deservedly applauded, and .M. La porte will, no doubt, find her a most efficient ad dition to his corps. Albert made his first ap pearance here these two years; during the inter val he has lost nibthing of his grace or agility ; he was loudly applauded on his first appearance. The house was well filled. --- COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Chapter of the Most Noble Order d the Garter yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Knight Companions of the Order were robed in their mantles and collars by Mr. Hunter and Mr. Ede, in the Equerries' Room. The following were present :—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Anglesea, the Duke of Norfolk, Marquis of Hertford, the Duke of Somerset, and the Marquis' of Lansdowne. The Knights were attended by the under-named officers of the Order, in their mantles, chains, and badges—viz., the Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of the Order; the Bishop of Oxford, Chancellor of the Order ; the Rev. Dr. Hobart (Dean of Windsor), Registrar of the Order ; Sir W lliam Woods, K. H. Garter Principal King of Arms ; and Sir Augustus William James Clifford, Knt., Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. Shortly before three o'clock, the Knights Companions were called over in the Green Drawing-room by Garter, and, with the officers of the Order, were then ushered to the presence of the Sovereign, in the Throne Room. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert wore the Mantles and Collars of the Order. Her Majesty sat in the Chair of State, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took his seat at the table on the right of the Queen. The other Knights Companions took their respective seats at the table according to the order of their Stalls. The Chancellor of the Order signified t ) the Chapter the Sovere'gn's Royal will and pleasure that the vacant Stall in the Royal Chapel of St. George, at Windsor, be filled, and as by the Stitutes none but a Knight can he elected, his Grac2 the Duke of Sutherland was introduced, and the Queei, baying received the Sword of State from Sir Will'am Martin, the Gentleman Usher in Waiting, was graciously pleased to .Knight his Grace therewith. The Knights Companions then proceeded to the Elec tion, and the Suffrages having been collected by the Chancellor of the Order, were by him presented to the Sovereign, who was. pleased to command him to declare, and he accordi-gly declared, that the Most Noble the Duke of Sutherland had Mean duly elected a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. By the Sovereign's command his Grace was received at the door of the Chapel Room by the Marquis of Lans downe and the Duke of Somerbet, the two junior Knights Companions present, preceded by Garter (bearing the en signs of the Order upon a crimson velvet cushion) and by Black Rod, the Duke of Sutherland kneeling near the Sovereign, and Garter presenting on his knee the garter, her Majesty, assisted by their Royal Highnesses l'rince Albert and the Duke of Sussex, buckled it on his Grace's left leg, the usual admonition being pronounced. Garter next presented in like manner the riband with the George, and her Majesty. with the assistance cf their Royal Highnesses, put the same over the Duke of Suther land's left shoulder, the customary admonition being at the same time pronounced, after which his Grace had again the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand, and having received the congratulations of each of the Knights Companions, withdrew. Aft:r the Investiture of the Duke of Sutherland with tht. Ens;gns of the Order, the Marquis of Westminster was introduced, and had the honour of Knighthood con feirod upon him by the Queen with the sword of State. The Knights Companions then proceeded to the Elec tion to - fill the vacant Stall in the Royal Chapel of Sr. George, and the Marquis of Westminster was declared to have been duly elected a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. The Noble Marquis was introduced by the two Junior Knights, and was invested with the Garter, Riband, and George of the Order, by her Majesty, assisted by their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and the Duke of Sus sex. The Noble Marquis afterwards received the congra tulations of all the Knight Compactions. The Chapter being ended the Knights and Officers re tired. The Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and the Countess of Charlemont, Lady in Waiting, were in attendance on the Queen. The following Mini.ters and Great Officers of State were present at the august ceremony, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. At the Celia, Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Mini ster, had an audience of her Majesty. Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, had an audi ence of her Majesty to deliver a letter of congratulation. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Vis count Palmerston, G. C. 8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. Her Majesty gave audiences to the Marquis of Nor manby, Earl of Uxbridge, and Viscount Melbourne. The Court Has attended by the Earl of Listoe el, Lord in Wailing ; the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; Sir Edwin Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Hon. Sir William Lumley, Groom in Waiting ; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom to Prince Albert; Lord Alfred Page., Equerry in Waiting ; Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry to Prince Albert ; Mr. Blackwood, Gentlemen Usher in Waiting ; Masters Byng and Wilson. Pages of Honour is Waiting ; and the Groom of the Robes. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Grand Hall, commanded by Captain Seymour Sadleir, the Exon in Waiting. The Queen's Guard of the First Regiment of Foot Guards, was on duty with the band of that Regiment on the Palace Lawn, and received the Members of the Royal family with the usual honours. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. The Agent for Jamaica had an interview with the Char cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, in Downing street ...""` Despatches from the Governor of Trinidad were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. A deputation, including Sir M. Wood, Bart., the City Remembrancer, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Hall, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord Lyndhurst, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and Sir J. Littledale. Sir Herbert Jenner gave judgment, on the part of their Lordships, in " The Dean of Jersey v. Rev. E. Durell," to the effect that the prohibition of the Royal Court could not be sustained ; the sentence of that Court was therefore reversed, and with coat'. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Addams appeared for the parties in the cause. After the delivery of the judg ment the Court adjourned. The Dinner Party at Viscount Melbourne'P, on Wed. nesday, included the Marquis of Normanby, Lords Hol land, Fitzalan, and Sherborne, Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Messrs. Craven Berkeley, Ellice, Stanley, Basset, B. W a ll Caylsy, DuneoreLe, Easthope, Duff, Blake, C. Buller, and W. Cooper. The Earl and Countess of Kenmore have left Farrance's Hotel for their new mansion in Belgravc-square, lately occupied by the Marquis of Tweeddale. The dinner party at Viscount Melbourne's on Wednesday included the Marquis of Normanby ; Lords Hol. land, Fitralan, and Sherborne ; Sir E. Lytton Bulwer ; Messia. Cra♦en Berkeley, Ellice, Stanley, Basset, B. Wall, Cayley, Duneornbe, Easthope, Duff, Blake, C. Buller, and W. Cowter. EVEN INC; EDITION. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "G. A." To the Police Commissioner, we believe, in first instance. THE CHINA SUN" Which was lately RE-PUBLISHED, IS NOV, ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at The Sun Office, No. 11 Strand. IN PROGRESS, rn E RAILWAY SU N• With a MAP of all the RAILWAYS in the United Kingdom ; containing all the STA LIONS on each Railway, and a great variety of Information and other particulars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD! WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF FIER MAJESTY THE QUEEN' Gan be sent by post free to all parts of the Enl" pire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. MR. PLUMER WARD'S NEW W ORK. Just rea l dy, • F E C LFORD; 'OR, THE CONSTANT MAN. By the Author of " Tremaine," " De Vere," Sze. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post B vo ., MRS. G 0 RE'S GREVILLE; Or, A SEASON IN PARIS. " Greville is the most delightful, the most original, tine most exciting book of the season."—Sunday Times. " Another of those delightful pictures of society of the fir t; class for which English imaginative literature stands so ratic i t* indebted to Mrs. Gore."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street., THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIO.• THIS EVENING, MARCH 12, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max /104k away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anders() 03). Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle Mr. '" Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace liarkawisli Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisb ett ; 10' Pert, Mrs. Humbv. After which, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, MrN. AO , Farren ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Har le y ; -111,„ Peachum, Mrs C. Jones ; Polly Peachum, Miss Rainfort"' Lucy Lockit, Madame Vestris To-morrow, Loudon Assurance, with Brother Ben. a. n Monday, London Assurance, with the NevrliPant. onjoi s Doors to 1?a opened at half-past Six—the perform ace ° o at Se7en o'Clock. Dress Boxes 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Sr - A , Circles, ss. ; Jecond Price, as. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; &coal IP d ; Gallery Is. Tinkets and plac OS for the Boxc to be taken of Mr. ?GI% at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season. Ti c may De had upon application. Ilert Private Boat s to be had seely of Mr, Andr SKS, be do e '67. New Bond-street. _ OYAL UREY THEATRE. „ D el Triumphant R su S ccess of " Po ß or Jack," equal to " My 1 !gu ilt , my Partner Joe." Mr. T. P. Cooke in Two Piece: t.•"'" traordinary attraction, and crowded houses. THIS EVENING, MARCH 12. Will be acted a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, calls° POOR JACK ; OR THE WIFE OF A SAIL O 1 eho In which Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength . 01 Company, will perform. After which, • BLACK EYED SUSAN. William by Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with THE RIEVER'S RANSOM ; OR, GILDERO 'HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORE;Or'S. %liming 15 minutes after 5 I Evening minutes a 1..! The Publication of the Evening Edition of Taz Sex, o°l ' menced at 10 minutes after Three . LONDON: FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1841. In the House of Lords, last night, the recor ds of the Poor-law Commissioners, relating to th e Unions of Clonmel, Naas, &c., were, on the 111°- tion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, ordered to h e laid before the House. The Marquis of NORMANBY, in assenting to the motion, admitted some irregularity, but de' nied that there had been any deception. On his motion, Mr. STANLEY, the gentleroali implicated, who is connected with the adnaio ir d tration of the Poor-law in Ireland, was order t° to attend their Lordships on Tuesday next) explain the matter. On the motion of the Marquis of Nonmi o l some further papers connected with Canada al!, the affair of St. Sulpice were ordered to be la on the table, including a despatch of the Earl RIPON, dated ten years ago, and letters patear' granted by Lord BATHURST, in 1821, to the P. man Catholic Seminary of St. Nicolah Canada. The 'motion gave rise to a little conversati° about the motion of the Bishop of Ex°,,/11 l' ' which did stand for this day, Lord BOROUGH and the Earl of RIPON both dePre; cated bringing it on so soon after these pal: o were submitted to their Lordships. The Bis."°.`, of EXETER himself seemed to admit that thb..l' should be time to examine them, but he wa s sil o pcenaed to a trial at Exeter. He had to g ° Worcester on business, and he was afraid ,1, could not put off his motion. The Right Pei Prelate, however, ultimately gave way, and b motion was postponed from this day till Mon c i We are inclined to infer from what transPi.r last night, that the more rational of the Torrol. such as Lord ELLENBOROUGH and the 'Ear the RIPON, are not inclined to go all lengths /I , l h e the Bishop of EXETER. We hope such ls , - se case, for we believe with Lord SYDENHAIV, W e j7 be despatch we publish, that the disallowance o f ordinance would be most disastrous, pa rt Tht larly ifit were caused by the motion of a Prote st %, Bishop incited by an avowed hatred of the ref ligion of the great majority of the Pe ° P i • e o til Canada. The small minority in which the big . were left in the House of Commons on W ed r a y day evening, ought to be a -lesson to the Peers; over Spiritual Peers, who are deaf t o p l i i t dence, deaf to reason, and act from th e lige ; of faith alone, it can havie no influel le ow but Lay Peers may learn from it 11 .. n. small is the support they will receive in fol low l the lead of the Bishop of EXETER. 'U n der t P to mask and name of religion the scheme P e t he commit what, when applied to themselves/ ._ll Anglicanpriests call sacrilege. They want t ° ju o .. the Catholic priesthoodinCanada to enrich therf_, rli. testant priesthood; and the country, let us inf o an i c the Duke of WELLINGTON, is not ready W. . 00 the bigots in executing the scheme of sacriliglin plunder at the expense of involving a colony rebellion, and the empire in confusion. f The Tithe Composition, and the Court o cool chequer (Ireland) Bills went through 3 mittee. Their Lordships then adjourned. In the Commons, Mr. ESTCOURT mov ed to dir charge the order for referriwr the S e vern 1: 13 c ; gation Bill to the Committee of Selection, oie had reported that to examine the B ill was yond its power; and Lord G. SOMERSET gtt:to notice that he would move to refer the Big der the Committee on Private Business. The or was discharged, arid the Bill is as it was. Mr. WAR winu te BURTON moved that the of Ord the proceedings of the Committee o n the Staftbr and Rugby Railway Bill be laid o n the table suggestion of Mr and printed, but withdrew the motion at tb According toe the Hon. Member L , the depo s its required by the Standing Orders had been paid in thi s case by o ,se borrowed money, and he wished t hat thd }l . ABouenERE. might understand the working of the Stan d il3s Orders. Several notices were give n, which are brie" stated in our Report. noor is tot' Lord STANLEY postponed his Irish f u ll tion Bill from March 24th to April 28th, in ' the April _ e • f confidence, as he said, that on Government will proceed with the discussr.oa.ce. their Parliamentary Voters' Bill in Co lllllllt . t e p , The Noble Lord's Bill is therefore CO'rie! ;2 , s h e l ve d tillafter the Ministeria l Bill is dispose: Mr. GILLON moved an ad dress to her MA/ / . 2,. ke t ilt 4 , 4' , • • .:.,..„ -ft . i*-6 ,, ' :4 ~"' 4:, o`i: -‘ Fi::,*--4;„ ; „ 1 2 22„, 0 •", - ..- ' .4,14 - 4 ,,„'„, ...;), ,1 •:" • •11 7 ".44 4.:. ~... - 4 4 UAL