The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-15 00:00:00

MOIVNINti EDITION AMERICA. TWO D:IYS LATER FRO:iI THE -UNITED STATES. We bare receive:l New York papers to the 18th ult., inclu sive by the fast-sailing ship Fairfield. Captain Wilson. We regret to state that she brings no intelligence of the long Mlssin.,7 steam-ship the President. The following extracts em brac•.:• the principal news by this arrival Mg-cod si ill remains in prison, and th,-re appears not to have ben any fu-the r steps taken in his case up to the time of the departure of the Fairfield. She brings us no intelligence of /km s. earn-ship Preiident. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE PRESIDENT HARRISON, A T NORTH BEND. A letter from Wheeling, dated April 14, received in Balti m:re yesterday, announces that the residence of the la•e Presi dent, at North Bend, has been totally destroyed by tire, which took place on Slnday night, the 11th of April. TEXAS. The steam-ship Neptune arrived at New Orleans on the 10th ult., last from Galveston, bringing papers to the Ist of April, from which we extract the following:— " Major Howard arrived at Galveston, from San Antonio, oo the 30th tilt , and reported that the Mexicans were making preparations for another eampaiga, for the invasion of Texas. Eight thousand troops, with a train of twenty pieces of artillery, were at Mier and Carrna.rgo, ma'cing preparations far a com paign, under the pretext of chastising the Indians, who had he-n committing depredations ,on the Mexican frontier. H e had the ittformatiun from Dr. Brook, who had been in the Fe deral army, and it had been confirmed by a Mexican deserter, named Francisco Granado. Canales is attached ta the expedi tion, with 2,000 troops under his command. The moat intel ligent citizens of San Aironia were full r satisfied that the ex pedition is intended to operate against Texas. WAR IN FLORIDA. FLORIDA, Aran. 4. —An express has this morning arrived at Pilatka, from Fort King, stating that the Indians have a hostile attitude this day within one mile of Fort King. A party of seven warriors, suddenly emerging from the hammock, attacked a small party of soldiers, who had been out hunting, filed upon them, and killed private Thompson. This occurrence took place at neon. A detachment of the sotnmand at Fort King immediately left in pursuit. Another item to add to the pleasing prospe,t of closavg the ear. These Indians are supposed to be of the same party which left Fort Clinch ye,terday about the time the express rider started f om that rtation for Fort King. It is now the full of the moon, and you may expect shortly to insert in your columns an article Loaded " Bloody Massacre." • NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. CITY, SATURDAY, FOUR O'CLOCK, P.M.—No•hing worthy or record in the financial or mercantile world occurred yester day beyond which was published in the evening papers, and of wh,elt the pubic are of course already fully advised. At the Brokers' Board a la•ge amount of United States Bank Stock ch.inged hands at pr:t,es lower than b e f ore d uring t h e wee k 161f6k, 17:1-, and 18 on time. Del. and Hudson, 93 to 93k. Considerab!e sales of Indiana and Elinois Stock were made at previously reported pr:ees. Money is plenty, and to be had at reasonable ra!es, on good securi ies. Pon Anetritta, /teem 16.—The sales of Stocks to-day were Fght, and, with the exception of a slight decline in United States Bark, there was hut little variation in prices. JAMAICA. (Corres ondenes of the Sunday Morning News.) We hire now a n w case of confusion, excitement, and specu lation. A fes days since two large British steam-f igates, fully armed and equipped, arrived and anchored in Port Royal h4rbonr. Yesterday two more of there formidable viritors made their appearance, and the fiur are now anchored in close proximity off the port. 'lhe de,Vnation of this fleet is not k iown—indeed it. is kept a profound secret, I think, from even the islan I authorities. From recent demonstrations and movements. however, it is most probable that an attempt is shor ly to, be mid, to wrest the island of Cuba from the Go vernment of .pain. What wll Joaathan think of such a movement. NEWS FROM THE EAST. 110DIFtrATION OF THE HATTI-SCHERIFF OF JULY 13 BY THE SULTAN. The overdue mails from Constantinople rea-•hcd Vienna on the sth instant: The dates from the Turkish eapi , al are of the •Math of April. The Austrian official organ, the' Austrian Observer, anti4unees that the Sultan had modified the hatti scht rif of February 13 The Porte had listened to the repre s-utations of the Powers who signed the July Treaty, and had granted Mehemet :Ai the heredi•ary government in the direct line, a diadouticin of the tribute, and a right to appoint his own naval and inittary officers up to the rank of Colonel. •' his affair," adds the Vienna Observer, " has thus been ter minated to the satisfaction of all parties." The .4voliarg Gazette of the 9th confirms fully the above. . The German eapers annonnue that the Caoitan Pacha, Tahir p ac ,:s., was about 14, sail with the Turkish fleet to Candia, ti jut d 0 ,..n the rebellion in ihat island, which, up to the 25th of h g , ”isumed a formidable attitude. The accom: from the Turkish provicces generally are ve r y t uos,,tisfaeory.' , _ _ _ FROM SWITZERLAND. Letters from :1r„ atithe 9th intimate th a t th e C ounc il o f that Canton ni 1 not yield fo The decision of the Diet, and the nipinutat7e rote.; of r 1 int! is and Rome, resrecting the revoca sion of the decree of January 13, suppressing the convents. ANNIVEtiSARY FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY. The artri: -- ersary festival of the Sons of the Clergy was cele brated on Thursday in St. Paul's Cathedral, in p; csenceof the Lord Mayo the Archbishop of Canterbury, &c , &c. His Royal Highness Prince Albert als ) honoured the festival with his presence, attended by several of his equerries, &c. After the celebration of Divine service, a sermon was preached in re ference to the festival by the Venerable W. H. Hale, M.A., Archdeacon of Middlesex, and the whole ceremony conew'ed with Handel's Coronation Anthem " Zrulock the Priest." His Royal Highne-s Prince Albert was dressei in full uniform, and appeared remarkably well." THE. DINNER. AT MERCHANT TAII.ORS . -HALL. 'The anniver-ary dinner of the celebration of th's festival was held usual as at Merchant Tailor's-hall. The Lord Mayor presidod; on its right - hand was hls Royal Highness Prince Albert, and on his left the Archbishop of Canterbury. There mere also present the Archbishop of Armagh, the /bishops of London, Winclae*ter, Chester, Bangor, ‘Vor osvbiter, Ate., the 11Iarquis of Westminst , -r, the Marquis of Ilswnshire, Lord Meluou-ne, the Lord Chief Justice of the Corn son Pleas, Mr. Justice Patteson, Sir H. Inglis, M.P., Mr. G. ilyng. M. P., &c. . _ After ti , :e - usual loyal toasts, his Lordship gave, " Hi= Jtoval tiikr,hlie s Prince Albert, the Royal Steward of the year —tote Prin:Tss Royal, and the rest of the Royal Family," and th e following additional verse to the national anthem was sung y Mr. Hotatts and chorus : " Hear, Lord, a nation's prayer, Guard thou the Royal pair; God save the Queen. Scutt.: thy Idessings round, Let. Albert's days abound. And every voice resound • God save the Queen." Th e .PRltirE on rising to return tha n k s was reeei-ed with loud ann prolonged plaudits, and on their subsiding apoke as follows : " I thank you sincerely. gentlemen, for this mark of your esteem.—kCher.ra. ) It gives roe great pleasure to follow the example set n,; , - by so many members of the Ro)al Family of England, of assisting at the stewardship of this ancient and u•eful Institutirro.'—(Loud cheers.) I am the more gratified because I •ee around' me the Archinshop , , Bishops, and Clergy of the Church of 4;land—(Marked cheering)—and the Lord Mayor of the great City of London. I hope that the objects of the bounty of this Institution may derive fresh sup port and assistance from this meeting, which it gives me pleasure to attend, and that they w,ll know and feel that they 'have our sympathies and our retTect.—(Cheers.) I beg to Trepose The health of the Lord 'Mayor.'" His Itoval Highness spoke delib‘lrately, and in very good and pure English, only slightly tinged with foreign accent. On re suming his seat ii" was again loudly elieered. Among the other toasty of the evening were—" The Mer chant T . ailor's Company, and thanks for the use of their hall." and " Toe Corporaiiori of the Sons of the Clergy." To the !alter toast the Archbishop of Canterbury announced .that the united subscriptions of the festival amounted to two tshousard ireun Is, including a donation from Prince Albert of one hundred guineas. His !loyal ighness and suite, accompanied by the guests at the st--t e osi table, left the room, amid the cheers of the com pany, at. a quarter to ten o'clock, and the meeting immediately awoke up. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) Dz 4 . ,,. m . „. 13._—,Wind F.. N. E., ire...lr.—Arrived the Creole, k.layson, from Buenos Ayres, for Rotterdam ; Richards, of LiverpoLl. westward. Arrived from the Riv er and -ai sailed the Clepharta. Ross, for China ; Forth, Ba x t er , Port Phil'p; De wa, Sproat. ditto; Lavinia, Mara, Valencia. PoßTS3lou . rit, Mar 13. —Wind S. S. E.—Arrived the Farah Bell, Bell, iroor Hull for Sydney, New South Wales; Boadicea Itransport ), Coltman, London, Rio Jan* iro ; Aim, M om ,. y o ughal. Cif port, the Alexander Rain , ay. Mauritius, sailed • F e b. II ; Cape packet, Lamb, Cape of Good Hope. . .SotrrilA :UPTON, MAY 13. Arrived the SoTerrign, Finney, from Co S, rk ; Brennus, Ganden, Charente. COW Ai,,. EL—Arrived the Josephi ne , f rom Wi rtem. berg. Bahia. Daursto urn, MAY 12.—Arrived off, the Maria, Druwes, Rio Grande for H ambur g , with forealast cut away in a hurri .alu, ; s c h ro ed7 Lt l y .er i n 37_ , R ‘s i:? in . ci lan N e . ir E o ...... for A tn i t y w eder p. her Majesty' s PLY mouTa, Crfolrrkthfoer River ilk, implacable, from Malta • Prince Ruprt, Atkinson, Lon- Roden,stea Wilberforce, il er ' Lou dou for New Zealand ; , Ea:l Jots. Sailed her Majesty s steamer r mer Niger; her Majesty's s . team t c .na _ h Albert, River__ Niger; Lady A lean 1 ~ 3 ,rtin, Hamburg; Louise, Ftizherbert, Queb ec ; I Arrived off p ,rt, the Samarang, Robertson, London .. , Hambuxg. 4 ~ for Madras. F Mar 12.-- Sailed the Diana, Av e, Wind N. to N.N.E., fresh breezes. • at.atouTit, .t • for Jamaica; Wingrave, Hughes, .. ' 1%10,,n ea 1 ; Eliza Ann, Sandecombe, Newfoundland; Richard, Chambers, Sierra Leone ; Robina, NV ells, Charente. PENZANCE Mal - 12.—, rr t ived the Mary and Louisa, - Fen .sell, from Anconn. Sailed the rent, for Miramiehi. . BRISTOL, MAY 13.—Sailed the Harmony, Elder, Quebec ; Vol. Canynses, Walter, Africa. GLOUCESTER MAY I3.—The E:la and Ann, Pascoe, of Falmouth, w as hove down at Hunt's Yard , on the 11th inst., tiled and sunk. SWANSEA, MAY 12.—A rr i ve d the Harfrye , Valparai so. g CLYDE,%IAY 11.—Arrived the Campbell. from Demerara. DUBLIN, MAY 12. lo Bocha, Mem(' ; Arrived the Oei , . Minerva, o. s • Sailed the St. Martins, New lurk. KINGST • 1, . OWN, MAT 0 A' • ithe A • • Peke Ros!ock; 1 2 , —Arrived Tub, t Aeroe, Hmnsin. Denmark.-- STtNGATE , . CREEK, Mtv 13. Arrive,' the Heiress , Ran -dell, from Mogado re ; Britishsh Queen, Evans, Naples. SHOREHAM, M AY 13 . Arrived off, the Aphr o dite, Dan mil, from Lettesand. Hu" , 31 " la—Wind, N.-. Arrived feels Rotterdam ; Reliance, Harper, H arrison, er r i rived the Elan, LIVERPOOL, MAY 13 —Wind', N ' , alermo. Arrive I th , Hugh Smallman, from Trin'dad ; Clifford J .- - Castle, Robb, 31!rseilks. Saled tl-ennes, Hailifax ; Sl.elton Lord Al•ko. lie, W bile 'side, for Valraniso ; Phillivs, Rernit'ia nett, Rio Janeiro ; Milton, Anderson' ltioiitta; Antrlla, Bur- Beeschra, ,savannah ; Jona, Morrison, v Grande ; Rapia. Boutelle, Boston ; Jessie, Harvey. Newfoun dland; ontral ; Diana, Roailans, 'ditto; Pari , , K ng, Batavia;Ro Eag;e, 4bna ; Corina, Hayden, Odessa ; Charing, Page.A.eLa-•:li.tn .4.iberty, Littledale, Genoa ; Daniel Jones, Itlessia • Na pl e s y ; "lhonses, Akiandria; Mincerto, Tregarthen, An cona - ; .talaann (Clark, Gibraltar. Arrived off port the Helen, Stuart, f ra t m a ' dlla ; Governor, Mobile; Scotia. ditto • Harmony, ditto; ..Vai4.eld, New York. The Alpha, bound to Newport, is on slime en the North Bank. Dovea, MAY 13.—Arrived off, the Norwegia , Riego, from Chnistiansand. j ' l4tErt-Nes ' MAY 13.--Arrive d off, the Caroline Walkman, ;few "::York for . Brxrge n , . Cos*, SIAT 1,1,..„4„ivul the Syren, Foster, from Leghorn. WS) t ' - 1.1 lag the agle abiLintaet, Garrick. from Monte Video lon ,----• , . , The &were* (transport), heoce to Malta, wa s .... ir . r i,,,,! .:' at anchor yesterday, west of Gallevhead, with masts cut -.-- 1 ~, -44 ) -,, i lized in a dangerous situati on. T . f. Victory (steamer) - -... \ ; , . in.l . e'thii - e " - • ' 1-- she ba lat VI!. Ob. d m ""ng, and will tow her round. /."Y**4 . '''. C, IRELAND. Duman, MAY 12. —An adjourned meeting of the Repeal As sociation was held this day, for the purpose f receivin; Mr. O'Connell's address to the people of Ireland. We subjoin the more important pm:yages of this document : TO THE PEOPLE Of IRELAND. "London, 10th May, 1841. " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ?' " Agitate, agitate, agitate! Thcfe never was a period at which it was so necessary in Ireland to stir up peaceable agita tion—agitation within the limits of the law; but to the extent that law and order permit. There is a crisis at hand ; it is in minent, it is immediate. He who does not p-reeire its instant aoprosch either has no faculties, or is culpably indifferent to the pea^e, the liberty, and the prosperity of his native land " The contest will take place immediately; within so short a space that there is si.areely time to prepare for it; everybody must be up and stirring—that is, everybody who entertains any litive of fatherland--any regard for liberty, or any wish to pro tect life and property from Orange domination. "As to the Repealeri—my brother Repealers, noble-hearted, high-minded Repealers—who love Ireland above all earthly object and pursuits—l tell them that the approaching crisis should not have for them any terrors. Shall we succeed in the approaching contest ? Why, then, human liberty will have gained-an impulse from popular agitation and a generous move ment for all extension of human rights will be cheered and en couraged in its glorious career. " Shall we fail in the approaching contest, and shall Orange Toryism obtain the ascendancy ? Shall we see tie Magiste rial Bench polluted at'ain by every angry partisan, and crowded by the multitude of Tory curates and rectors ? Shall we see every office filled, and every official person promoted in propor tion to the rancorous zeal wherewith he has hated the religion and the people of Ireland? Shall we once more see the party Sheriff arranging his partisan Jury, not for trial, but for con viction—oh ! not always for conviction, because the Orange plunderer or murderer may occasionally go through the solemn mockery of being arraigned before? Shall the time come when the superior Courts of Justice shall be filled with men whose title to judicial office will be their active participation in the exterminating system of clearing lands by driving the occu pants into the arms of famine. disease, and death ? Men who have all their lives proclaimed their hostility to anything even approaching to the semblance of free education for the Catholic children of Ireland !—men who proclaimed their conviction that the Irish Catholics are ”sternatic perjurers, and their religion a noisome idolatry !—men who are the fiery rartisans of those who familiarly call the Catholic clergy of Ireland surpliced ruffians,' and the people of Ireland ' a filthy and felonious rabble !' " Sacred heaven ! what times may be approaching ! The Tory faction in this country boast that they are strong enough to trample on the rights of the people and the prerogatives of the Crown. They boast that they have conquered the Queen. whom, may the great God bless and preserve ! They boast that they have compelled her to yield to their ruthless domination, and to abandon to their sanguinary sway, her faithful, her moral, her brave, her ever generous, and loyal people of Ireland ! Brother Repealers ! all these evils may be at hand ; but should they be realised, then—even then—we will be able to pluck out of these unhallowed circumstances—loathsome and venomous as they may be in themselves—the jewel' REPEAL.' " HUKRAH, THEN, FOR THE REPEAL! "Let us now, people of Ireland—let every one of its rowe himself into action—let every county—every city —every town every parish meet. Let them meet on or about Sundmy, the 23d instant—let them address and petition her most revered lrajesty the Queen—let them implore of her never to give power to any Administration hostile to Ireland, especially to any Administration which would leave the lives and properties of her faithful Catholic people of Ireland subject to the malig nant caprice of party Sheriffs of partisan Juries, and of Judges who sh• uld be rendered partial by their prejudices and corrupt by their bigotry. " The Tories are string in their numbers, in their combi nation, and even in the vicious malignity of their prineiples. They count amongst their ran'..s all that is selfish, all that is exclusive, all that is malignant ; all the worst vices of human na'ure are combined to give strength to the Tory faction in England. " Ist. They have with them (and it is no small portion of their strength) t , e vulgar, unrelenting antipathy and hatred to the Irish name and nation. " 2d. They have VG ith them (and it is a large portion rf their strength) the calumnious and bigoted detestation of the religion of the Irish people. . . " 3d. They are now reinforced by many classes Navin. sel-, fish and sinister interests, who would not otherwise support them. " 4th. The Tories are now joined by those who have a mo nopoly in the market for the sale of sugar. The Ministry wish to make sugar cheap, so that it may come within the reach of the poorer c'asses. The monopolists of that article, who desire to enrich themselves by rendering sugar dear, now join the Tories. and many of them join the enemies ot Ireland under the hypocritical pretext of being enemies to slavery. " sth. The Ministry desire to make not only sugar, but coffee, cheap—articles of such extreme necessity to confirm the sacred temp-ranee movement in Ireland ; and thereupon the Tories are joined by all the monopo!i4s in coffee, who have ani nterest in making that article dear to the poorer classse'. " 6th. The Ministers desire to make the price of corr. and bread as cheap as possible for the working and manufac turing classes, whil.t they would at the same time make the price as steady and as little fluctuating as possible, and thereby prevent the rapacious and grinding landlords exacting from the farmers rents which are calculated not on steady prices, but only on the highest prices which are produced in the dearest and scarcest years. " The total abolition of the Corn-laws would be most useful to the Irish artisans and operatives. To me, whose whole political life is devoted to discover means to enhance the wages and increase the reward of labour to the artisans and opera tives of Ireland, the total abolition of the Corn-laws appears to be that which would be useful to attain my great object. It would open the markets of the world for the produce of the Irish- artisan. We have abundant labour, abundant agricul tural produce, superabundant water power—all we want is fair pl.y and increased markets for. Irish manufacture. The total repeal of the Corn-laws would give our manufacturers all they can want f. om Government for their protection. " I am also convinced that the abolition of the Corn-laws would be edually useful to the farmers and farm labourers, prin cipally because it would p'ace a bar r ie r against the grinding and unrelenting exactions of tyrannical and bigoted landlords. " At all events, a fixed duty would be of unquestionable utility to the farmers, and consequently to the labourers whom they employ. It would make rents steady, but not exorbitant. It would, above all things, be of the utmost value in working out that favourite and most useful plan of combining the safety of the lan:lords' just rights with the protected continuance of the tenants' possessions. It would much facilitate the earning into operation the wise suggestions f Mr. Sharman Crawford, to prevent the tenant from being spoliated by the avarice and the opposition of the landlord. " hilt, above all other things, and before all other thing:, i s the iniquity of the tithe-rent Charge. There can be no peace for Ireland until the tithe rent-charge is abolished bylaw. Let every man. therefore, who feels the iniquitous oppression of supporting the Church of the minorirv, rouse at once for the coming contest. We apply to every village, to every parish, to every townland. Let them all prepare for the ensuing election. I.ct the shout of " JUSTICE FOR IRELAND " sound along our plains, fill our valleys, and re-echo through our mountains. " Let our motto be, Conciliation amongst Reformers of every class and of , every shade of op nion. Let the Repeal ban ner be held aloft, immediately to be brought into the thickest of 'he Constitutional struggle, the moment the less enthusiastic Reformers give way, or are defeated. " Rouse, - men of Ireland, in your peaceful might—clergy and laity. Reformers and Repeaters ! Re mem b er th at , w i t hi n one fortnight, universal Ireland ought to speak in ihe majestic soice of her peaceful and loyal miriads. " Attached to the Throne—affeetiona'ely and most respect fully attached to the reigning Sovereign—sincerely anxious to rreserve the connection—hound by the golden link of the Crown e ith the British nation, but determined, one and all, that justice shall, will, and must be done to her moral and loyal people —rouse, one and all ! and let there not be one sin ale skulker or ralterer amongst us. He who is not in this struggle with the friends of Ireland, has no neutral ground to stand on. If, amongst your multitudinous laity, there can be found such a one, let the hoot of scorn, and the hiss of con tempt, meet him in every walk and at every turn. " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ?' " Your faithful servant,. " DANIEL O'CONNELL, Chairman of the Committee.', LOSS OF THE SHIP WIWAm BROWN. HAVRE, MAY 12. The 311-engrosaing conversation is the horrid massacre com mitted by the boat's crew of the William Brown of the sixteen poor creatures they threw overboard. The Crescent, which is bound fir this port, with the mate and the passengers saved, is most anxiously looked for every hour. The plea of neces sity, which the crew advance, must be made out most strongly to justify so dreadful an alternative. No lots were drawn,- but t is understo id the mate gave the order to the m en t o b eg i n the work of destruction. The loilowirig fri„ilitful statement, made by the mate, has been forwarded to the American Con sul by the Captain of the Crescent, per the Vile de Lyon. (Copy.) At Sea on board the ship Crescent, April 28, 1841. Account of the loss of the shin William Brown, of Phila delphia, Captain George L. Harris, which left Liverpool the 13th of March, having seventeer of the ship's crew, and sixty five steerage passengers, freighted f..r Philadelphia. " The passage was very rough, accompanied by squalls and loss of sails. On the night of the 19th of April, in lat. 43 30 N., and 49 39 W. long., making al sail in open sea, and running ten knots an hour, the larboard side of the upon at h an ic n e i b i er t g, w w e hi s c t h ru s: k ove up her a i n n o . the A r t. ten vesse l ininu tr te s s nk past e nine then prop ose d to the Captain, to take in- o sa n il as quickly two feet of water in the hold. On going A belowas possible, which we did; and sounding the pump, found the Captain,lfOd that the vessel was rapidly making water. to disenerage the boats, and at eleven o'clock hands set to work along side. I descended into the longboat, wi were t h ey eight of the crew and thirty-three of the passengers; Lieu tenant, a lady, and five sailors embarked inthe,jisliyboati;iaenud e remained along we fastened the boats together. At midnight . a n i d ns a ' dv C ise a d pta m in e the vessel unit, carrying with her thirty-three persons. N side each other until five o'clock in the mom' making Harris thenh Seatin foorfm Lised u w s ay o ft to is intention Newfoundland, to do the same. " My boat being full and heavy I could not it ; to pursue that route was impos s ibl e : I therefore nani :: rected my course south. In the aft ernoon we fell inwith i ‘v a large quantity of ice. Throughout th e night thewind blew with violence from the north in squalls, with rain and hail, and a very heavy sea. Finding that the boat was liter aily surrounded by small and large masses of ice, that the water was gaining open her, I thought it improbable she could hold out unless relieved of some of her weight. I then con suited the sailors, and we were all of opinion that it lea. ne cessary to throw overboard those who were nearly dead, until we had room enough to work the boat and take to our oars. The weather becoming worse, it was almost impos•ible to keep the boat afloat and disengage it from the ice. At daybreak we were still surrounded by icebergs. On count ing the passengers sixteen were missing, and the rest were in a desperate state and almost stiff from cold. At six o'clock in the morning we perceived to the westward a an easterly course. We exerted every effort to ap_ The Captain being aloft in order to steer his ship our boat, and notwithstanding the danger through the ice, saw . his own ship ma le sill for us. On Thursday morning at to ins own psaroilisetheeTti.ng . _ . we were al , ftnesi.ie of her, and before she had re ceivedseven o'clock, us eying her. Banks and al on board, 'sas struck by . the ice, which stove in the were in sight as far as the eye could reach. 1 then boat. islands of ice was the Cresent of Portsmouth (New We, however, succeeded in s ascertained that it board, and a-sist- Havre. We met the kindest on . Hampshire), Captain G. F. Ball, reception bound for New York to an c T e h i e n a t b h o e v w e a isy a o cf.clothing were lavished upon us. the loss of the William Brown, which I have been able to learn from the mate and and tate m e n tof pass( ngers. o fo rr o e d cts (Signed) S. J. BALL, Captain of the Cresent. . The Ha vre J ourn al a t las, that the most serious rumours are afloat as to the rause and nature of this horrib'e catas trophe, which, however, cannot be cleared up until the Cres cent, which is (tally expected, arrives with the surviving pas sengers. The American Consul at Havre bee interrogated the sailors of the had William Brown, brought by the Ville de Lyon, i laid has them committed to prison. Tfl P. StTN,LONDON, SATPRDAY, MAY, 15, 1A4.1. IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING COMPANY. The general meeting of the Sliareholders,of the Im perial Brazilian Mining Company was held on Thunday, being made special in consequence of a requisition dated the 4th ult., for the purpose of taking into consideration the 'propriety of emancipating the slaves held by the Company, and securing their future freedom. A circu lar had in the meanwhile been sent to the Shareholders by the signers of the requisition, greatly deprecating the system of slavery as carried .on at present. The feeling of the Directors was, however, opposed to the emancipation ; and in their circular letter calling the meeting, they stated as their opinion, that the adoption of the measure proposed would involve a winding-up of the concern, and be injurious even to the negroes them selves. This opinion was advanced to show the neces- sity of attending the meeting, which was indeed most numerous. Far from the object of the requisition being carried into effect, no more than six voices were in sup port of the emancipation, while all the rest were against it. _ This circumstance, together with the attention drawn to the slave question pending the debates on the sugar duties, will justify a reference to the last file of New York papers, which show much of the present feeling of the United States on the subject. A point that is con sidered with the utmost interest is, whether Congress possesses authority under the Constitution to prohibit the sale of slakes from one State to another, and some of the papers of the last arrival are employed in sifting the opi nions of Mr. Daniel Webster on this point, conceiving that the sentiments 'of one so high in office are well worth ascertaining. Mr. Cuthbert, the Senator for Georgia, ad dressed a letter to Mr. Webster last March, with the view of learning from that Senator himself what his views really were, but receiving no more than a denial to correspond on the subject, has published extracts from a debate in the Senate in the year 1837, and also from the report and resolutions of the Massachusetts Legislature of the same year. These resolutions were to the effect, that Congress has, by the Constitution, power to abolish the traffic in slaves between the different States, and that humanity and justice demanded the exercise of this power, and seem to have been founded on the argument contained in a memorial presented to Congress as far back as the year 1819, and signed by Daniel Webster, and others. In these arguments reference is made to the 9th section of the Ist article of the Constitution, clause I, which provides that " the migration or importation of such persons as any of the States now existing :hall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808," and the infe rence drawn from this limiting clause is, that it neces sarily assumes the power of prohibition to be vested in Congress, which, though limited for a certain definite time (that is, till the year 1808) has since that time come into full effect. Another clause in the Constitution (Art. 1, sec. 8, clause 3) empowering Congress " to regu late commerce with foreign nations, and among the se veral States," is interpreted in the same memorial as like wise giving Congress power over the slave trade in ques tion, for that clause has been considered ever since 1808, as giving power over the foreign slave trade, and it may be applied with equal force to a slave trade between the States. As this memorial, signed by Mr. Webster, was in 1838 cited by the Massachusetts Legislature in promulgating the doctrine, and be made no attempt to re tract the opinions it contained, it is argued that it is perfectly fair to assume that his opinion of the power of Conere•s in this matter remained unaitered in 18:38. Aware, however, how unpopular such a doctrine would be in the SoutLern States. the advocates of Mr. Webster say that during the Presidential canvas last autumn he manifested a change of opinion, but to this it is objected, 'hat such manifestations are but general, while 'he interpretation of the Constitution in the memorial was most specific, and can only be removed by a specific re traction. In the Senate of the United States, in 1837, Mr. Webster gave it as his opinion, that as Congress had the right, to regulate trade and commerce between the States, it hsd necessaray a right to regulate a trade in slaves, which are one of the articles of commerce, while, at the same time he de nied that Congress had any power to interfere with slavery in the States, two statements which his opponents find very diffi cult to r, concile. Although the object of the allegation that Mr. Webster really believes in the doctrine mentioned above is only to place him in an unpopular position, there is e'-ough in them' to show that the slave-holding states are beginning to feel ,serious ap prehension respecting the con, inuance of their traffic. The question at isqie is one of the many so frequently hroUght for ward as to the amount of power given by the Constitution to Congress ; but so-much importance could scarcely be attached to the assertion of a mere power posse , sed by Congre.s, with out reference to the expediency of employing that power ( for on this Mr. Webster gives no opinion), were it not felt that there is a strong party who might use their legislative influence to destroy the slave trade in every form. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE. OF LORDS, May 14. The CIIANCELLOR having taken his seat on the Wool- sack, The Exchequer Bills Bill was read a second time. Lord SONDES, presented a petition from Kent and Norfeld, praying for Church Extension ; also praying for the exclusion of. Catholics from Parliament ; and against any grant to the College of Maynooth. Also one praying for the nbulition of Tolls on Bridges.over the. Thames, •- A Message: - from the Commous brought up several Private Bills. Lord SALTOIIN presented a petition from Black friars-road praying for the removal of the Tolls on Wa terloo and the other Bridges. The Duke of ARGYLL and the Marquis of DOWN SHIRE - presented numerous petitions against lay, pa-. tronage in the Church of Scotland. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented a petition against railway travelling on, and for the better observ ance of, Sunday. The Frivolous Suits Prevention Bill went Ca...igh Cominittee with amendments. The Bankruptcy Partnership Bill went through Com mittee. The Dublin Wide Streets Bill, the Arms (Ireland), and the Slave Compensation Bill, were severally read a third tine and passed. Lord DUNCAN NON laid the Minutes of the Com mittee of the Privy Council on Education for •1840 and 1841 on the table of the House. Earl RADNOR presented numerous petitions from congregations of Protestant Dissenters in various parts of the country against Church -rates. The Noble Earl then moved for a return of all wheat and wheat flour imported from Ireland from 1820 to 1840. Lord ELLENBOROUGH suggested that as several important returns relative to wheat and other grains were made to the House last year, it would be most im portant to have them all continued up to the present time. The motion was agreed to, as were several other re turns relative to the importation of foreign grain. The School Sites Conveyance Bill was read a third time, several verbal amendments were made, and the Bill passed. The Earl of HADDINGTON presented a petition from a parish in Oxford in favour of the Corn-laws. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from the bankers, merchants, and manufacturers of Edinburgh praying for free trade in the necessaries of life.— (Hear.) One to the same effect from Forfar ; twenty from places in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The Noble Earl said as some Noble Lords objected to inci dental discussions on this question, he would give notice, without subscribing to the doctrine, that probably he would present a petition from the Corporation of Manchester; on which occasion he would take the li berty of discussing the question upon some points, more particularly respecting its relation with its foreign trade. LAW OF MARRIAGE. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from bankers . . merchants, and others, of Leeds, complaining of that portion of the new marriage laws which prohibits the marriage of a sister-in-law. The laws of the land on this subject, thay thought ought not to go further than the law of God • also from Manchester, Birmingh am , Bath,• Bristol, ieicester, Macclesfield, Hereford, and numerous other places ; also from the Dissenting Clergy of Leicester and Macclesfield, to the same effect. He also presented petitions from the solicitors of all the before-named places. He had given notice of his inten tion to bring the question under their Lordship's atten tion in the hope of inducing them to modify the ex isting law, and upon his success depended the happiness of many of their countrymen and countrywomen, so that he deeply felt all the responsibility he had undertaken. The Noble Lord went at considerable length into the history of the marriage laws, as instituted in the time of Henry the Eighth, which he said bore internal evidence of having been passed for his own unworthy purposes, and to suit his owu ease at various times. All the petitioners wanted was, that where there was no consanguinity marriage should not be prohibited—where the relationship was by marriage they thought that no prohibition. If he could only remove the prejudice against the marriage to a d ecea sed wife's sister, then the Noble Lord would have no difficulty in conceding all the rest that was asked. Who, he asked their Lord, hips, who was the most likely to make a good friend of chil dren left without the most tender parent, than the sister of their own mother. In his opinion, the state of society would be maintained in a more pure state by allowing a man to marry she who is most likely to reside in his house, and take care of his children after his wife's death. The Act of 1835 made marriages absolutely void which were contracted within the prohibited degrees. But even now such marriages did take place, for the parties had only to go abroad to some place where the marriage was legal, and he believed it- would stand good in England. He would not disturb the present laws unless the cases to be affected were numerous. Their Lordships would be as tonished to find that in Manchester alone there had been 91, and had more time been given, his informant said he would have been able to add at least 500 more. Earl FITZWILLIAM—Since when ? Lord WHARNCLIFFE could not say, but a consider able number were since 1839, and that was only one place. Many persons had gone abroad and got married who were within the prohibited degree ; they returned, and were received in society in the same manner as if they had done nothing wrong, or against the usages of society. That proved they had not carried the feeling of the people along with them. This country was the only one in which the law was so stringent. On the Continent, and in America, the prohibited degrees were not near so close as ours. In America the state of society was very healthy, yet second marriages with a deceased wife sister was very common, and they had the authority of some of the most eminent men in that country, that it worked well, and its tendeiAy was towards morality: All they asked for was inquiry upon the subject, and he would then pledge himself to prove that there were . not only hundreds but thousands of such cases. He was prepared with a Bill on the subject, but would not offer it to their notice until he saw how the proposition was received. The Bishop of LONDON said he fully believed that if the laws of the Church were overturned it would prove a heavey blow to morality. He said the parties who had married illegally, or were prepared to do so, had engaged solicitors to make inquiries, and collect evidence upon the point. That accounted for the number of petitions. The marriage of a deceased wife's sister was prohibited by the canon law, almost from the time of the apostles. He was quite sure that a very large majority of the clergy held that these prohibitions were necessary and supportable on scriptural grounds, He called upon their Lordships, before they took anothe r downward step, too many of which had been taken during the last two years with respect to marriage, steps which had materially affected the morals of the country. He was not about to enter into a discussion of the New Marriage Act, but he wonld say, that upon an inquiry it would be found, that the greater portion of the marriages within the prohibited degree had taken place under that Act. He was persuaded that the pro hibitory system had' been the safeguard of domestic society in this country. If they were to alter the pro hibition it would be impossible for a deceased wife's sister to give her maternal care to her sister's orphan children without at the same time obtaining a promise of marriage. Besides, he feared that this was sought as merely the first step for the removal of prohibition. He did not think the people of this country would look coolly upon any meddling with the law which would make it legal for an uncle to marry his neice. The evils of it would be too great, for then it would be impossible for any uncle t ► adopt his neice and treat her as a daughter. For all these reasons he was disposed to say that the mar riage laws should remain as they now stood. He trusted, therefore, their Lordships would not consent to repeal that which had been the law of the Church almost from its formation. The question then dropped. Several petitions were presented which were lost in the noise of Members leaving the House.—Adjourned HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 14. The SPEAKER took his seat at the usual time. GLASGOW AND DLTNI)YVAN RAILWAY BILL. Mr. PRAED brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Glasgow and Dundyvan Railway Bill. They reported that the preamble had not been proved to their satisfaction. Mr. CR ISTOPHER said the Hon. Member for Glasgow had a motion to make for the recommittal of the Bill. Before the motion waa made, he begged leave to present a petition from Sir John Maxwell, of Polloc, against the motion ; he also prayed, if the House should re commit the Bill, he might be heard by his counsel and agents against certain clauses. Mr. DENNISTOUN, in pursuance of the notice he had given, moved that the Bill be recommit ted, and that the Committee have leave to pro ceed on Monday next. The Committee had been unanimously of opinion that the railway would prove of vast benefit to the inhabitants of GlasgoW, —merely a majority were of opinion that certain clauses ought to be introduced ; and being on the preamble, which would have settled the whole question, they were of opinion that they could not postpone it for the purpose of introducing them. It turned out that they had been in error i n t h at op i n i on . (Hear.) They had the power of postponing the preamble , and that being the case, he b e li eve d a l arge majority of the Com mittee would no w p rocee d w i t h the Bill, if his motion were agreed to. Mr. PRAED s a id h e h a d neve r given any opinion on the Bill, nor did h e i nten d to d o so. Mr. WALLACE said the Parliamentary rule was strict that in no case should Bills be recommitted unless some special reasons were given to constitute an excep tion, The fullest opportunity was afforded to the pro moters in Committee to establish their case. Mr. OSWALD said, havingvoted against the preamble, and seeing no reason for altering his opinion, he should vote against the recommittal. Mr. ESTCOURT said that four days were given to the Council in favour of the preamble of the Bill , and the Committee were unanimous in the decision to wh i c h the y canoe, It was'perfeetly t rue that there were two or three instances iirscrn the Journal in which the rule had been de parted from, but them had, in this case , been no reasons stated why the H ouse s h ou ld d e p a rt from the ordinary course. Mr. GILLON said the preamble had been rejected, upon the ground that there had not been sufficient notice. 1 Ile believed the Committee had no right, in fact, to take that subject into consideration. But besides this the the prea ni f 4 l_, or Committee iv. Jed - -PP to suppose that they could not post poneotherwise they would Wye gone into the con sideration - of the , clauses, He wo►tld~ state, on be half of the promoters of the Bill, that iti.:7 i the Bill, which was not the fact ; duce all the were prepared to insert. clauses, which would in, Bill.. He thpug . ht it would be a . very great hardship to the promoters, if upon these grounds the house .should members of 'the Committee to vote for the refuse to roeommit-the:BilL Mr• GI EN said, after. listening four days, during . - Which 4 1 1. the portiea had i been heard, to the arguments ' in favour of the Bill, it appeared to him to be a very strong act on the part of the House to recommit it. Mr. BROTHERTON said that mistake should not be visited upon the promoters. The Committee were told by the Clerk that they had no power to postpone the :preamble. To prevent the Bill from being recom . 'ratted, that they might rectify the mistake, he did think would be a very great hardship. • Mr. LOCKHART said the House would act with its usual discretion it it refused to yecommit the. Bill upon the. opinions which had been urg e d against the motion. Nearlyevery Member on .the Committee hactrisen in his place . and stated that he had acted under a misconcep tion of their powers, and he believed would now support the Bill. Lord J. STUART understood that several- clauses, without the introduction of which he would _mit support the Bill, could not be introduced because of tbe want of notice. He, therefore, could not support the present motion. Colonel SALWEY must, as one of the selected Mem bers, set the Hon. Member for Salford right upon the subject. The Committee had sat mos t patiently listen ing to evidence for four days, and they divided five to two against the preamble. They had the assistance of able Counsel both for and against the Bill, they there fore did not act under any misconception at all. Se lected Members would be put in a most awkward posi tion if their judgment were to be appealed from to that House. • Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it 7O Majority a g ainst the motion —3o On the.motion of Lord SANDON, the Lords' amend ments to the Liverpool Docks Bill were considered and agreed to. Mr. BROTHERTON presented several petitions from Lancashire and Cheshire, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws ; and petitions from Baptist congregations, praying that they might be allowed to make affirmations instead of taking oaths. Mr. BAINES presented a number of petitions in fa vour of the plan of her Majesty's Ministers for relieving the public burthens of the people. One of the petitions complained that in consequence of the high price of food, and the difficulty of providing proper clothing for their children, they were unable to send them to school, to ob tain the necessary education, and they prayed that the Corn laws might be repealed. Mr. TURNER presented petitions from Blackburn, signed by 6,700 inhabitanta ; from Chorley, signed by 3,000 ; and from several other places, praying a repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord WOESLEY presented petitions from places in Lincolnshire, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. BAILEY presented a petition from Inverness, to the same effect. Sir C. BURRELL presented a petition to the same effect, from a place in Sussex. Sir G. STRICKLAND " presented twenty petitions from Bradford, and other places in the West Riding of Yorkshire, for the abolition of the Corn-laws, and a re duction of the import duties. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Denbigh in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and a petition from Kidder minster, to the same effect. Major AGLIONBY presented, two petitions from places in Cumberland, and twelve petitions from the metropolis to the same effect. Mr. LABOUCHERE presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, in favour of the abolition of the Corn-laws, and for the alteration in the tariff. Similar petitions were also presented by Mr. Oswald, from Glasgow ; Mr. M. Philips, from Lancashire : Sir Matthew Wood, from a parish in London ; Mr. B. Wood, from Southwark ; and Mr. Ainsworth, from Bolton. Colonel SALWEY presented petitions for the total and entire abolition of the Corn-laws from 1,632 me chanics, miners, and workmen employed i n th e i ron an d coal works at olebrook-dale, Horsehay, Dawley, Light moor, Salop ; and from the inhabitants of Mabley, in the same county. Mr. BLACKETT presented a petition in favour of the three propositions of Ministers for the reduction of Sugar, Timber, and Corn Duties ; but the names of the petitioners were not heard in the gallery. Mr. MACAULAY presented petitions from the Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, in favour of the proposed alteration of the differential and prohibition duties. Mr. GILLON presented similar petitions from places in Lancashire.' General SHARP moved for returns connected with General and Field-officers, promoted, and on half-pay. Mr. LABOUCHERE gave notice, that on the 27th of May he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for im proving the navigation of harbours in the County Kerry. Mr. FOX MAULE moved the first reading of the Rill brought clown from the Lords—a Bill for removing doubts as to the liability of Peers in Parliament to pu nishment in cases of felony. The Bill was read a first time. The Woodside and Hoy - lake Road Bill was read a se cond time. The Vaccination Bill was read a second time. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the Order of the Day for resuming the Adjourned Debate being read, Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE said that it was with great reluctance he felt it necessary to request the attention of the House for a few moments on their return to the impor tant business which stood for this evening, in order that he might call their notice to a matter of personal interest. The personal discussion to which he referred related not to himself but to his father, whom he was bound most. dearly to love, and with whom he considered it the highest honour to be connected. In the debate of the preceding evening, the Noble Lord the Member for Northumberland had thought fit, in the discharge of his Parliamentary duty, to throw out some imputations, and make an attack upon his father. --(Hear, hear.) Before he proceeded further, he could say, although it was difficult to answer for one's feelings on such an occasion, he trusted that while he would fairly state the ground of complaint, which he thought the House would consider a fair subject of com plaint against the Noble Lord, he should endeavour to do so without saying anything offensive. The Noble Lord said he would not follow the example of the lion. Member for Newark, by imputing low and degrading motives to individuals. The House would (rive him credit for never having unn ecessar il y wearied' it with personal explanations, which appeared to him to be a great waste of public time, and he would rather trust to the good sense of the House and the country, to vindicate him from such imputations. He denied that he had imputed low and degrading motives to the promoters of the measure. The Noble Lord observed that it was im possible to forget the part which the Hon. Member for Newark had undertaken in the debates of 1833, on the sub ject of the abolition of slavery.—(Hear.) He challen g ed the Noble Lord to state to w h a t h e re f erre d. Did the Noble Lord mean to impute to him, that he had said any thing opposed to the great m easure o f emanc i pat i on ? The Noble Lord could state no such thing. The most material portion of the Noble Lord's speech was what follows : —"lt was impossible, 'also, to forget who was, before that time, the owner of the Bran den-hoop estate in Demerara. It was clearly shown," the Noble Lord proceeds, " that the rate of over-working and mortality on that estate was remarkably high even for Demerara, where, unfortunately, both those evils prevailed in an eminent degree. In three or four years an enormous quantity of sugar was produced on the estate, and the number of slaves who died was no less than eighty-one, being one seventh of the whole number. Now, he asked the House whether so grave a charge as that should be made, unless the Noble Lord was prepared to substantiate it. The charge was that the great mortality was produced on the estate by the over-production of sugar, and this the Noble said was clearly shown. He (Mr. Gladstone) denied that it was ever shown at all. The Noble Lord, after he had made an allegation to this effect, gave notice of a motion in 1833 for a return, which would exhibit a return of the mortality on the estate. He (Mr. Gladstone) in his place, said he should object to the production of such a return as that, because there was a great deal of other evidence which was absolutely necessary to set the matter in its true light. Upon that the Noble Lord then at the head of the Government rose in his place and recommended the Noble Lord to withdraw his motion. He did withdraw it, and thereby abandoned the investigation. Now, undoubtedly there had been a great mortality on the estate. But at that period there was a great mortality through the whole colony of Demerara. Nor could anything be more natural. It was not the course of the slave trade to introd uce en ti re families into the colonies, but adults only who were fit for labour. The consequence was, that twenty years after there was a great mortality. During the short time that lie (Mr. Gladstone) was in the Colonial-office, a document was prepared, by the protector of slaves in Demerara, stating that looking to the state of the popu lation, and considering the circumstances under which it was imported, it was evident that there must be a conside rable mortality in the population for many years to come. But the whole force of the Noble Lord's accusation rested upon this, that he connected the fact of the popu lation with the production of an enormous quantity of sugar. He (Mr. Gladstone) met this by a simple and unequivocal denial. He denied that there was any pro duction of sugar that could by the Noble Lord or any other person properly be called enormous. He could show by returns from other estates that it was a common ozcurrence that 40 or 50 per cent. more sugar was pro duced from them than on that estate. This matter depended upon the Noble Lord's own imagination. At this dis tance of time he could not recur to the facts, but he be lieved that there were 560 persons in the first instance, and that the quantity produced was about 680 hogs heads a year. He said, that taking into consideration what the Noble Lord would seem to have forgotten. considering the means and facilities it possessed, the production of sugar on the estate was below that which might have been expected. Unless the Noble Lord could prove to the contrary, the House would believe the accusation made was not made on good grounds. But if these things were true, he asked how did the Noble Lord show the connection between the mortality of the population and the production, which was not enorm op, but under all the circumstances of the case a mode rate production comidered with respect to the capacity of the estate ? He did not know what the Noble Lord said, having nothing but the record before him, but he did complain of the Noble Lord making any such accu• sation in the first place, on grounds on which he did not rely much. This was not the first time this statement had been made ; it was made in the year 1933. He (Mr. Gladstone) then complained of the Noble 1 - 4;.1'4 1 4.144ing an attack on the feelings of Members• of that House, Wi4llAut ally intimation that he was about to make such an attack ; and th, Noble Lord replied that he 'could assure the Hoil. Member, meaning himself (Mr. Gladstone), that if could have conceived that the statement he (Lord Howiek) had . made would have been considered by him 'r'h6. ~'. ~~ BANKS IN GREECE PATRAS, APRIL 24, 1841.—The Government has at length published its law for the edablishment of a Na'ional Bank by shares, with a capital of five millions of drachmes, of which three are to be hard cash, and two paper money. This law is sent round to all the capitalists in Eur3pe, in the hope of in ducing them to furnish the funds requisite to put the flank in operation, for not a single share is yet taken, nor likely to be taken, so long as the affairs of Greece are in the hands of a swarm of hungry foreigners, who alone possess the King's confidence. But the Commercial Bank established by our countrymen at this place and the Pirmus, with two millions of drachmes capital in cash, and conducted on honest and independent principles, free from all political bias, and asking no privilege of the Court, is in ac• ive operation, although scarcely two months have elapsed since the Royal charter was signed. It is both popu ar with the Greeks, and will becomehighly beneficial to the country and pro fitable to the shareholders. The success of this Briti.h bank has ex cited the envy of NI. Eynard, the el-decant banker o , Capo cl' Is trias, and of the Intendant of Finance, Beg ny, both of whom hoped that King Otho would have granted them a monopoly of banking in Greece, by which they might inundate the coun try with raper money, and have an opportunity of converting the old Greek bonds (of which Al. Eynard is a large holder) on favourable terms. I will not recount all the intrigues practised by M. Regny and the Court clique to bring about their views. M. Eynard at length, unable longer to stifle his ill humour at the Royal char:er to the Commercial Bank, accuses the Pirmus manager in :he Journal des Debuts of being an usurer, to which caluminous attack that gentleman has gken an able contradiction in the Greek papers. Mr. Eynard and his Bavarian, French, and Russian friends in Greece, cannot bear to sea British enterprise successful and popular : they hate England and Englishmen, because we will not quietly put up with their impertinence. They will do us all the harm they can. but fortunately their power of doing harm is dispro portionate to the will. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEVERLEY RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Holderness Stakes of 10 goys. each • T.Y C. Mr. S. K ng'o Lattorite (Templeman) 1 Mr. 7•ineleton's Smike . The folowing also started :—Mr. Bell's Frea : Mr. Robin son's f. by Belshazzar, out. of Melbourne's dam ; and Lord Chesterfield's AL-my-Eye. Ihe Gold Cup Stakes of 15 soya. each, 10ft., and 5 only if declared, the second to save his stake. (2 miles.) Mr. Richardson's Kip gton Robin, 4 year , . (Templeman) 1 Mr. Wormald's Millepede, 3 yrs The following were not placed :—Mr. Allen's Antigua, 5 yrs ; Mr. Fox's Sandy, 5 ps ; Mr. Robinson's Nebuchad nezzar, 3 yrs ; Mr. Peek's Tournament, and Mr. Haworth's Hull Bank, 3 yrs. Plate of 60 Foy:. Mile and a quarter heats. Mr. Hobson's Cainby, 4 yrs (Marsden) 0 1 1 Mr. Rubinson's Cato, 3 yrs Mr. Cohinson'• mby Falcon, dby tLe Phantom 0 0 0 Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatre, 3 yrs 2 dr Mr. Bell's Mary O'More, 3 yrs KELSO SPRING MEETING.-TUESDAY. The Border St Leger Sweei stakes of 20 so:s.each, h. ft., with :i0 added. Ma., and half. Mr. Ramsay's Sheriff and Fulton (Noble) 1 M. Daw-on ud Eu. erve Tyco.vrs-old SlseepstAcett of 20 sovs. each, h. ft., with 50 added. Half mile. _ _ _ Mr. Ramsay's Whistle Biukie (Noble) 1 Sir J. Bo.well's Mo,arch sir W. Scott's Tafilet TheJerri , wolde Plate of 1551: Heats, two miles. Mr. Ramsay's Neptune, 4 yrs Mr. Lambert s St. Bennett. aged Three othersstarted. The Oats Stakes were won by Sir W. Scott's Lilliard. BEVERLEY RACES.—WznNEsDAy. Ihe HolderneEs, of 10 soy s. each, for two yrs old. T. Y. C. Seven subs. Mr. S. King's b c Cattonite, Brt 31b ( Templeman) 1 Mr. Singleton's Smike, Bst 31b The following also started :—Mr. Bell's f Frea, Bst, Mr. H. Robinson's f by Belshazzar, out of Melbourne's dam, Bst, and Lord Chesterfield's All-my-Eye. The Gold Cup Stakes of 15 sues. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared; with 50 added by the Town ; the second saves his stake. Two miles. Twelve subs. Mr. Richardson's ch c Kingston Robin, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 1 Mr. Wormald's Millepede, 3 yrs, 7st The following also star*. but were not placed :--Mr. Allen's Antigua, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b, Mr. Fox's b h sandy, 5 yrs, 7st 51b, Mr. Robinson's Nebuchadnezzar, 3 yrs, Est 71b, Mr. Pick's Tournament, 3 yrs . sst 21b, and Mr. Haworth's Hull Bank, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (bolted). Plate of 50/., given by S. L. Fox, Esq., for horses that never won 501. ; 3 yrs, Bst ; 4 yrs. 9st ; 5,6, and aged. 9st 41b ; mares, &c. allowed 31bs., and half-bred horses 71bs. Mile and quarter heats. Mr. Hobson's br c Cainby, 4 yrs (Marsden) 0 1 I Mr. H. Robinson's Ca.o, 3 yrs Mr. Collinson's br in by Falcon, 4 yr 5...... Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatre, :3 yrs... 2 0 dr Mr. Bell's Mary O'More, 3 yrs KELSO SPRING MEETING.--TuEsDAY. The Border St. I.eger of 20 soya. each, h ft., with 50 sous. added by Capt. Inces, for 3 yrs old; colts Bst 61b ; and fil lies Bst 31b. Mile and a half. (4 Subs. ) Mr. Ramsay's c Sheriff 1111 ton (late Swipes) (Noble) I Mr. G. Dawson's Euterpe .. Won very easily. The Two_Yea•s OH Stakes of . 20 soya. each, hft fir Colts 8-t 61b, and fillies Bst 31b. Half a mile. (4 Subs. ) Mr. Ramsay's c Whistle Binkie... ...( Noble) 1 Si! J. B o-well's Monarch Sir W. Scott's 'l'afilat 3 Won easy. The Jerriswohle Plate of 1551. Heats, 2 miles. 'Ramsay's Neptune, 4 yrs, 9:t 21b... ..... ...(Noble) 1 1 2 2 Larnbeit's St. Bennett, aged, lOst 51b... •• R. ra.ford's Centurion, aged, lOst 31b...... ... . ... 5 3 A. 'Waugh's Al onance, 5 yrs. 9st 1 21b Barclay's Tviee !side, a ge d, lO s t :31b 4 dr. A goal race. The Oats Stakes, mile-amt half, were won in two heats by Sir W. Scott's Lilliard, beating three others. Mr. Nlr. Mr. Mr. AI r. HE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The late rains have nriter:ailv improved the appearance of the crops of corn and grass i n n. iAb ,, urboo i t. Wheat, and the vane tie; of spring corn, give promise of an abundant harvest; and the hopes of the farmers were scarcely ever brighter at this period of the year. The cultivation of the Italian Rye-grass will probably he attempted to some extent during the prevent year ; its prolific and frequent crops, and its nutritious nature as an article of food for cows, render its growth most impor tant to the occupiers of mil farms; and as it has been success fully cultivated in the neighbourhood of Halifax, it is to be hoped that many will be induced to give it a trial in this neighbourhood.-Bradford Observer. Lusus NATuttiE.— Last w ee k, a chicken was hatched at Mr. Denbigh's, " Shipley, which had three bilis and three eye s . I t was alive when foun d , b ut died very soon, and is now keptiin spirits.—Brudford Observer, pr any other Hon. Gentleman as an attack upon the chcracter of those with whom he was connected, he would not fail to have communicated his intentions before hand. With that he (Mr. Gladstone) was contented at the time, and he did not expect after the lapse of eight years that the Noble Lord would have repeated precisely the same imputation on the character of his (Mr. Gladstone's) father in his absence, and without givint , him notice.—(H ear , h ear , h ear .) At the same time he did not mean to accuse the Noble Lord of having violated his pledge. He was perk:,!ctly convinced he had entirely forgotten that pledge, no less than the feelings of those who were interested in the matter. He should say that a more absurd and irrele vant attack than the one in question was never made in that House. What did the Noble Lord do ? The . Noble Lord said that the Hon. Member for Newark had no riA-lit to speak upon the subject, because his father had possessed a certain estate on which according to the Noble Lord, abuses had taken place. But what if those abuses had taken place ? Would it follow that he (Mr. Gladstone) should be responsib:e for them ? And did the Noble Lord think that his liberty of speech should be abridged, because another had been guilty of abuses over which he had no more control than the Noble Lord himself? He there fore contended that the attack of the Noble Lord was totally irrelevant and unjust. He did not, however, mean to say, that the misconduct of any man was to be safe from investigation. On the contrary, he admitted that that House was the grand inquest of the nation, and he should say, when there was a subject of complaint, let it,. by all means, be brought forward there—let it be sifted to the bottom—but let it not be merely used as a weapon of debate—let not that kind of attack be made with which the worst of men might amuse themselves, and against which it was inipossible for the best to make a defence. He was aware that he had no right to claim a freedom from animadversion in that House—he did not mean to set himself up as a model on which discussion should be conducted—and he knew that some had found fault with the remarks he had ad dressed to his Right Hon. Friend the Al ember for Edin burgh with reference to one who had preceded him: But what he did was this :—lf he made an attack he made it, not by assailing the memo r y Of th ose i n w h om hi s Right Hon. Mend felt deeply interested, but by pro nouncing on the memory of the dead a eulogy which if it was feeble, was at least sincere —(Cheers)—and then calling on his Right Hon: Friend to vindicate his consis tency, which he did in a manner worthy of himself, — (Hear, hear.) But if he was to be punished for his. Parliamentary delinquencies, or if, other lion, Gentle men were 'to 'be punished for excesses in debate by at tacks, having no reference whatever to themselves or their own conduct, but merely aiming, through the son, at the absent and the innocent—then he would tell the Noble Lord that such a description of warfare was of a nature of which he would much rather be the object than the agent.—(Hear, hear.) He would next refer to a statement made by his Honour able Friend, the trunder-Secretary for the Colonies, on the debate on Tuesday, with respect to the Hill Coolies. He had never heard that there was any mortality among the Coolies beyond what was natural. He had never heard that there was any extraordinary mor tality amongst them, and he had never heard any complaint except by one Cooly against another. He held in his hand a document which was in the possession of the Noble Lord, which he had most courteously supplied, showing that the Coolies were satisfied with the treatment they re ceived, and that they had declared themselves that they should prefer continuing in the employment in which they were. He had now only to thank the House for the patience with which they had listened to what he said. Lord lIOWICK was convinced that the House would think it imperative on him to answer the statements of the Hon. ..i.:ember, and in doing so, in the first place, he would state to the House what it was he did say.— (Hear.) On a former evening on which he had . made the statement, he thought and he appealed to the Gentlemen who were in the House at the time—he thought the Honourable Member for New ark in the course of his speech did bring this heavy charge, not only against the Government but against those who supported them, that, for some mere party purpose, or at least with a view to over come some financial difficulty, they were prepared wilfully and deliberately to incur all the evils and all the horror of increasing the slave-trade.—(Hear, hear.) When he (Lord Howick) said he imputed low and de grading motives, what he meant was this, that lie thought the Hon. Member for Newark did impute to the Government and to those who supported them an indifference to the vast amount of human suffering which the encouragement of the slave trade involved. The Hon. Gentleman might view this question dif ferently from him (Lord Howick), but he could assure the House that there was no imputation of motives which he felt more deeply, and sensi bly than that. He thought that to suppose a Member capable, for patty purposes, of overlooking all the sufferings of the slave-trade—he thought that would indeed show that that man had an extremely black heart. What he said expressly was this, " That he would not impute such motives to his opponents." His object was to show that the Hon. Member for Newark ought to have the same charity for others, which himself, and those connected with him, required for their own persons.—(Cheers.) He (Lord Howick) did not impute to Mr. Gladstone, the owner of the Braden-hoop estate, the horrors which he recited.—(Hear, hear.) He had not attributed to that gentleman that he had wilfully and frightfully sacrificed human life for the purpose of in creasing his own wealth.—(Hear.) What he wanted to show was that it was important for men to put a charitable construction upon the actions and motives of others who differed from them. He had asserted before, and he repeated the assertion, that Mr. Gladstone could not be supposed to approve of the treatment of his slaves, but it was the tendency of the system itself. He wished to show how important it was for Mr. Gladstone and his son (the Hon. Member for Newark) that they should make allowances for the motives of others, and not put the harsher and more uncharitable interpreta tion upon their conduct. He would repeat the statement which he had made as to this fact, that where there was a large production of sugar, there was also a large mortality.—(Hear, hear.) In 1833, when he argued this question with the Hon. Member for Newark, that Hon. Gentleman did not dispute his facts, although he drew a different conclusion from them. The mop,' tality upon the sugar estates was vastly greater than upon the cotton plantations. In both classes of cultivation the proportion of births to numbers was the same, the dif-' ference was in the great mortality upon the sugar estates. And that was a mortality which fell not upon the old and infirm, but upon those on whom all the burden of the sugar cultivation devolved. That was the statement which he (Lord Howick) made in 1833—that was the statement which he had then with him. It was a very long paper containing a list of deaths, and it was hardly possi ble he could make it intelligible to the House. But it the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gladstone) wished, he would re peat the motion which he (Lord H.) made in 1833 ; and, let him state, that Hon. Gentleman's account of what had taken place on that occasion was not strictly correct, On the occasion referred to, he (Lord H.) moved for re turns, showing the number of deaths which had taken place on that estate. The . Hon. Gentleman objected to the motion, because he said the House could not come to a fair conclusion from the return, because sufficient means of information did not exist in the colony for that purpose. He (Lord H.) did not withdraw his motion. He still conceived that the return would elicit all the informa tion which he thought necessary, and he only abstained from pressing his motion to a division, because Earl Spencer, then at the head of her Majesty's Government, stated his intention of not granting the return, and he (Lord Howick) was then aware, accord ing to the usages of the House, that there was no possible object in requiring the information. But to say, as the lion. Gentleman now said, that he (Lord H.) had withdrawn his motion, because he had departed from the statement which he had made—(" No. no," from Mr. Gladstone.) He (Lord Howick) would appeal to the recol lection of the House whether the Hon. Member had not ten minutes ago, in stating that he (Lord Howick) had, in withdrawing his motion, said„ " And by so doing he in fact gave up the • case." He (Lord Howick) totally denied that he gave up the case. He gave up the inquiry, because he was not allowed to proceed with it ; that was the explanation which he (Lord Howick) wished to make, and he begged to say that he did not mean anything offensive to him, but he wanted to show that it was the Hon. Member and those with whom he was connected, that required the in dulgent consideration of the House for their conduct, as much so at least as lion. Members on that side of the House, who supported the - proposition of her Majesty's Govern ment. That was the explanation which he had to offer. He could sincerely assure the Hon. Gentleman that he was sorry to have given him pain, but he had thought that it was not unimportant he should, when so great an at tempt had been made to excite a cry in the country of inhumanity against those with whom he was connected, that others should suffer not less than themselves for the practice of imputing the worst motives to men's conduct. Mr. GLADSTONE said that the Noble Lord's state ment, as he understood it, was very different from that which he made the other night. If he meant to argue that the cultivation of sugar was more destructive to hu man life than the cultivation of cotton, that was a general proposition which he was ready to admit. But he could not agree with the conclu s i on w hi c h was drawn from it. Lord HOWICK said the - Hon. Gentleman had just reminded him that he had omitted one point, which he intended to mention. He would repeat what had been asserted, that the produce upon that estate was consider ably above the average produce in the colony. The ave rage produce for every negro employed was greater than usual. The documents showed that there were .some where about 2,000 lbs. of sugar produced for every negro employed on that estate ; and that upon another estate, on which there had been no decrease of population, the production had not been e than a half. Mr. GLADSTONE, taking into consideration the im provement of machinery, unequivocally, distinctly-, and broadly denied that statement of the Noble Lord. Mr. VERNON SMITH said the mismanagement of the Hill Coolies in British Guiana was the cause of the objection to their introduction into she Mauritius. As explanations were the order of the day, he wished to correct a misstatement of his argument by the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancaster. The Noble ' Lord would lead the House to infer that his (Mr. V.' Smith's) argument was, that the main object of 'eman cipation was to put an end to slavery in other coun tries ; now, what he really meant to state was, that the object Pr emancipation was to put an end to slavery in their own colonies. • The Order of the Day having been read, Mr. P. HOWARD rose and said, that after the lengthened discussion the subject had already under genet, he would not trespass for any time on the atten tion of the House. Some Hon. Gentlemen opposite had seemed to treat the question as if it merely regarded the introduction of sugar into this country t but his opinion it euibrac4 In:►:ui' other . - tions of a higher nature. With' K41:41. however,' even to the question of sugar he believed.. it was errone neously supposed. that the supply of sugar_froin the: west MORN 'v ED In ON. Indies would be inadequate to the, demand in-the Briti market for th e ensu i ng year. He did not think tie° the question, as regarded those colonies, had. been fairly argued. During the past year the West India jiroprie" tors had, been aided out of the Consolidated Fund , t° the amount of nearly 80,0001., and such being the case , and the value of the slaves having been .paid for, he did not think they ' could stand in '.:the sval of •tneasures in whieh the-interests of the country Wer e involved. He thought the House would be Wong, after the great advantages they had:given to the West Indians, if they were to refuse a great commercial treaty. Th e exports to the B raz il s i n 1839, even under the present, unfavourable circumstances, amounted to more than two' thirds of the exports to the West Indies, and if by enter ing into a commercial treaty with the Brazils, and by that means opening the markets of South America to oat commerce, we should realise the proud boast of Mr. Carr ning, we should have called a new world . into ex istence.—(Loud cheers.) With regard to the - timbee duties, he thought that that was perhaps the weakest point of the proposition of the Rig b y Honourable Gentleman, bteause he had not carried ea his principles on that subject with the same boldiiess he had manifested with regard to sugar and corns-(1W , hear.) He disapproved of the augmentation of the &IQ' on Canadian timber, and he thought it would have bee n batter to have further reduced the duty on Baltic timber , and to have left Canadian timber liable to the same duty at present. With r es p ec t t o t h e d uty on corn the Mi nisters, by the proposal of a fixed duty, placed them' s selves in the p os i t i on th ey oug h t to occupy—that e' umpires between the two contending parties in the State . They had ad o pt e d a course which, while it would give satisfaction to the country, would obviate many e t the evils of the present system. The Ministerial mea sure would tend to make the tr a d e i n corn a fixe d , and regular trade an d wou ld con d uce to the prosperity of the manufactures of the country. It was the ()poi ° of Mr. Blamire, a high authority on the subject, that e fixed duty as a protection to agriculture was preferable to the sliding scale. Many agriculturists would. ha ve preferred a duty of 10s. to one of Bs., but he thought tha t in order to obtain a fi na l settlement of the question that agriculturists would be acting wisely to accept the pr o ' position of the Chancellor of the Eichequer.—(Hesr, hear.) The prese n t system h ad been tried for well" years, and during seven of those years there had. bee n a considerable importation of foreign, corn, ,therefore they had failed in their object of insuring a perw a ; nent supply from the home - grower.-(re ar , ) . He'wa" glad to see that -the Government did not mean t° deny to the manufacturers of corn that protection to which he thought they were entitl e d. H e shou ld he sorry to expose th e British husbandman unprotected tt° competition with the corn-grower of Poland and the Cr y mea. He considered the absolute repeal of the Core' laws a measure w hi c h wou ld lead to vast mischief an d hardship, and he was glad to see the Goverument, in . stead of giving into the opinions of theorists, Pursuing middle course, and he was sure the scheme they h a d sub' mitted to the House would be approved -of by the co up' try, and that on an a p pea l to t h e country, a swum' would be given in their favour.—(Cheers.) He ga ve them full credit for that dignified disregard of the ein ° ' luments of office which had impelled then to declare,that whether in or ou t of office, they would maintsw the principles they had propounded, and he was ce ll. vinoed the country would wish to see these measure car' vied out 'by the Ministers who had propounded the m and not by those w h o , now seated on the Oppositi° ° benches, might hereaft er fi n d it co n venient to a d o pt them. He was sure the country wished to see these raeasurf s carried out by its friends, and not by those who were is opposition to it. The country was anxious to see re ; forms carried ou t b y Reformers.—(Hear, hear.) that the Ministers should resign office without appew . ' to the country, h e cou ld not for a moment contemplate',„: That the H ouse an d t h e country should see the measure carried out by single-hearted Reformers was not only his wish b u t th at o f every right-minded-man in t he country.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman COPELAND totally dissented from the proposition brought f orwar d b y t h e C hancellor o ft , Exchequer. He thought the budget, if carried out, wt prove the total r u i n o f th e commerce of the • Colint.;. As to the Co rn -l aws , t h e i r total reed would not 'ame liorate, in any way, the condition of the Men"; of th e coun t r y. S ee i ng the Hon, sue'"; tier for Paisley in hi s pl ace , he wished to call h is attention to what h e s t a t e d last t4it relative to th e India and China Association. He stated, as Deputy' Chairman of th a t A ssoc i at i on, t h at that Society w! f i , e !- favour of th e p ro p os i t i ons of the Chancellor of th:3.01; chequer. N ow , h e (M r. Alderman Copeland) fe l t bound most uneq u i voca ll y to state that such was not th e fact, but that they were most decidedly opposed to it. Mr. HASTIE f e l t o bli ged to the Hon. Member for Coleraine for giving him an opportunity of putting him self right. What he had stated was that all but a 'ea ,jority of the people connected with India approved.o f 3 moderate differential duty, not a prohibitory duty, a n d in that the Hon. Member cordially concurred. He *.,1 1 ., a also to state, that w h en h e ment i oned that he was me; puty-Chairman of th a t Association, he mentioned with the view o f conv i nc i ng the House that he ha d grounds for the statements he made. Sir H. VIVIAN was always unwilling to trespass 0 .0 the indulgence of th e House , _ and especially was . - I _l so at the present time, when the discussion .had proceeded for s i x d ays ; b ut h av i ng alwa ys been strenuous advocate f or f ree tra d e, and having' nay's d spoken in f avour o f t h e Corn-laws:he thought he,sho u be wanting to himself and the House, if he hesitate d ; te state his entir e concurrence with the views Of the Government. With respect to the Corn; laws, he would ask his Honourable .Frien d the Member for Coleraine whether they had '!" 1 ' swered the purposes for which they , wore not, tended ? He would venture to say' that they but that they had deranged the whole monetary syshteere of the country, and they had made it appear as if there were two parties and two interests in the country. ; interestforhis o andwm p t a h r e t, c h o he had me r c a i always r f e e l s t o tihnattertt interwoven t a l could not flourish without the other.—(Hear, hear.) would venture to say that as long as the Corn - law s isted, there would be nothing but distress in the cotta' e try. Ai an instance of the effect of the Corn-lawss would state that some time since he had oecasolo, to go to Liege to see if in case of necessity he could tarn arms there. He found the manufactory there busily employed in getting up goods that had been ordered:l. that He onea. • Birmingham but refused there ; and upon making: .0 1 quiries he (Si r H . Vi v i an) found that the anus for wield 3/. 10s. were usually given in this country, he 0 : 4 . 1 „, get there f or 21. Upon going to Birmin g h a m and 1 " quiring the reason of this, he was told by for a manufiletnr e el. 'there, while th e C orn -l aws ex i ste d it was impossible 0 , them to compete with foreigners.—(Hear, hear.) -A- 3 . a the sugar duties it was said if that measure was' came out out it would increase slavery. He was as decided a s p c s enemy to slavery as ever existed, and being such he in e , t. state his belief that it would have no such effi c i In considering the reduction of Is. 6d., th e y sho al look not only to the reduction itself but to the eft which it would have upon consumption. The . Lord concluded by saying that borough after linr°oba had slipp e d out o f t h e i r hands. Was the Noble L' -i a t 2,d those who sa t w ith hi m p repare d to approve o f the Taans by whi c h th at had b een done ?—(Cheers _ the Liberal Benches.) Were they prepared to go e r the Cha r ti s t s ?—(Here Kane observati o n i n an in tone was made from the Opposition benclie 3 ; i ) . It was p oss ibl e t h at suc h a change as Ge s s o " tlemen contemplated might tak e place. —(Hear.) would not admit that though.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh from th e O ppos i t i on b enches.) When that change 'A take pl ace , d epen d upon i t we shall see the Hon. Barne' and Ho n . G ent l emen oppos i te coining down to the ; r House to p ro p ose measures very s i milar to those t inde r the con s id erat i on o f t h e House.—(Hear.) It must off so. The time was come when it was not safe to put he the consid erat i on o f t hi s great question any longer. *be time was come w h en E ng l an d would see the cause o f t a opposition which had been made to these measures, ae when it w ou ld b e a d m i tted that England, of all countries on the face of th e eart h—E ngland, rich in its product i o ns' rich in its m i nera l pro d uctions, rich in its merchan ts, rich in its a r ti sans — t h at England, above all coun tr ies on • the earth, o ug ht to h ave every possible facility given to the extension of its trade. Sir C. DOUGLAS said as lie had been a Member i ° d the Committee on Import Duties to which allusion been made, he begged to tell th e H ouse t h at the anaklif.'-o-s presented to the House was not a correct statensf e ' bk , what occurred i n th a t C omm i ttee. The Honoura, • Member then r e f e r re d t o t ransact i ons which 114 during occurred in reference to th e s l ave tra d e ' the Administration of th e D u k e o f W e lli ngto n ; and n lie contended from the meas ures w hi c h h a d b een ailopted by that Government, they h a d b een oppose d to a nd had taken steps for preventing the slave trade by the ve i l means which were opposed by Hon. Gentlemen opposite' : In his opinion the m easures un d er consideration were 0 ` a very recent date, and proceeded entirely from an un' constitutional tenacity of, office. The Government, cam e in with a great cry of " Peace, retrenehment, and re form." He c o n t en d e d t h at. the Government ha d entirely. - deceived the country with respect t° , all those objects.(Cheers.) They never thought , t . ) ; these thin gs , except when they found th a t th e y we— losing ground.--s(Cheers.) He had no wish to say ail; • thing person a l or o ff ens i ve, h e spoke of the Government as a Governm en t, no t as i n di v i duals. But he would , j 0 make one quotation from what Mr. Fox had said, on the motion of Lord George Cavendish against Lord North''. Administration in 1782 : "He would be an infamoo' man who Should, on coming into place, abandon the P r°- fessions which he made when out of place." If the Pre sent Government should, .by the course they were P e t i : suing, ren d e r i t a l most i mposs i ble for any other party e hold.the. re i ns of office, he' would l eave i t to the kr"tis to say how that expression would then be applicabl e t° i them. • Sir H. PARNELL sa id the Hon. Member hadiln a fault with th e R eport made by the Committee on Ainr‘et Duties, h u t h e b e li eve d that they had named it. Al•st *i ) .conformity v i t h t h e ev id ence laid before it, and that the witnesses were those who were best qualified to P' ll , 1) nounce an o pi n i on upon the subject. .lle believed Report o f th e C omm i ttee had one, fir to enlighten file public as t o th e l arge sums which were pail, not bY: "r/ r of revenue but for the purpose of protecting paractlic;-Is intereSts.--(llear, hear.) \Vhy there Were " t than 84 articles of colonial produce on which protect duties were laid. It also showed how the- iflet e t - cr . duties and the consequently' enhanced price ha4.- dt od fered with the consumption of various artickts" country had now obtained the most authentic evidence as to the immense sums paid an nu l t i e lt in the way of indirect taxation, and the manner:in ;val id the System had crippled their commerce and in 3 t tw it ttluieresa.mot b p P a ii i e d v bl INtV:htyad been clearly establislW4 the ent i re sum pad by. wa ° 3 l o i f lu r i e if v e e C n t u t e a ,. x a a n ti d °4 tia :l ll quenc . ,' was that the people were- paying 4 0 ,9k ) g,' d •to aloce th:ta they li g ht lt.appei.kr_ . % d y eatYyi4; out the ,m9asurei; .reconaniftt!' ent i ti l ;he Report of that. Committee, b.)* revising they 4-Atierce and protective deities, they would promote the eert, n ,_, nt of the country, place it on a s9und .. aqd more Perw"' h u Jo ot 1,; 817th Slrid -0, „ t" , i tr tta t 3 to hlt, ha 1 3 C 9i f ad 118 pr do _ qtf ;" qf 11; th • , sti th • ' • - 4,0 / 41 CE z , j l{,s E \',lll3tte, ,rti * 4411) I , l l . i) b by 'WI