The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-14 00:00:00

_TOR STING EDITION L en arranged i n a - manner satisfactory to the feelings of bo th parties. The officer, who had received a reply in a taw:tient of irritation, which he (Lord G. Lennox) admitted Otlght never to have been given, had subsequently - re elver' a satisfactory explanation from the Earl of Car gan—aa e x pl anat i on w hi c h was equa ll y h onoura bl e t o th e Noble Earl who had given it and to the officer twho bad . received it.--(Cheers.) The Hon. Member had ailed t o t h e returns of the number of punishments which ti t i td taken pl ace i n t h e reg i ment s i nce i t h a d b een un d er kne command of the Earl of Cardigan. He (Lord G. L.) new not w h at t h ose pun i s h ments were, b ut h e did k now men regiments returned to the United Kingdom, after g o !! ab sence of 20 years in India, soldiers were in the habit r s quandering th e i r mone y, an d th a t th e discipline of _eganents returning from foreign stations was, generally 4Peaking, more lax than that of regiments which had P as sed the same period at home. After all, the h ell . T Y reason urged by the Honourable Member for motion was, that the Earl of Cardigan had h e lged a man on a Sunday, for all his other acts been approved by the Horse Guards, and if ZY thing wrong had been done they were the T.Ter peopl e to b e attac k e d.—(L ou d cheering.) ith regard to the flogging the soldier on a Sunday, no pla n „ ; coutu regret the occurrence of that unfortunate trenmstance more than he (Lord G. Lennox) did, and be believed that at that moment no .man regretted t more than the Earl of Cardigan himself. He F u ld ask th a t House, if it had been any other dividual than the Earl of Cardigan (Opposition b l ee r,s).---he would ask the Hon. Member for Bir o-fingnam, if it had been any other commanding sh suppose an unfortunate captain of a man-of-war, beo,..uld Hon. Members ever have had that case brought rore them ? They never would have heard of it. Such l il sta nees had occurred, and there was not a b en aber of th a t H ouse b u t was n o t awar e of the fact. maintained that the Earl of Cardigan had been a most abused man. The press would never have risen %as it did against any other man than that Noble , 1 1. The most abusive epithets had been applied " tyrant," "convicted felon," and such other op- PEebrious 'lmes ; and he had been brought before a judi cial tribunal for having done what no British officer could reuse to d o. F or l et i t b e remem b ere d t h at o ffi cers o f army were placed in a very trying situation with re tard to duels. If an officer resented an insult, it seemed it ' was liabl e t o b e tr i e d f or felony ; if he did not resent hei'ttine Horse Gu ar d s wou ld direct a cocourt-martial to be the on his conduct, and would order him to be dismissed service. Many Hon. Members knew instances of h w eers b e i ng dismissed the service, not merely for not ~,4 1: ing fought a d ue l, b u t b ecause th e y had not c a ll e d ( L‘ the individual who gave the insult soon enough. He r n u,rd G. Lennox) knew an instance where an individual "Ing fired four shots against his adversary, was re °v L ed fro m the army because he had not taken notice of . ih tu e,subject of quarrel in sufficient time.—(Hear, hear.) e Hon, and Gallant Member for Armagh (Colonel s ,' : 11101 1) could corroborate what he (Lord G. Lennox) had w'd with regard to that case. He would not detain the c ' n se any longer. Although the Earl of Cardigan (I n , uld be glad to have his conduct inquired into yet he °l 'd G. Lennox) thought that it would not be e r ight to t; r ant the a dd ress w hi c h t h e H on: M em b er f or Birming rn. (Alr. Munt z ) had moved , for. He-would therefore v a o t e against the motion. ' ir • W. 0. STANLEY differed from the Noble Lord who had just sat down. He asked what would be the i ti n f litation of officers, many of whom, without relations or a f te ne nee, had expended, perhaps, all their money, if, in r having spent a great portion of their lives active service i n th e mos t un h ea lthy cli mates, they were to be placed on their return t he mother country under the command of of l a n of such ungovernable temper as the Earl _Cardig an was. He (Mr. Stan l ey ) cou ld not concur iv h ith t h e Noble Lord (Lord George Lennox) in the v ote which he had intimated his intention of livings on the present occasion. thesir -I L VIVIAN said, that however he disapproved of ruotion then before the' House, he could not but ex sile,,s,s his unqualified censure of the case of flogging on a ...... ( 1-tay brought forward against the Earl of Cardigan. Ear l ear, hear.) He could not understand how the Noble h"' had committed such an act ; but, at the same time, I, 4 `.,was thoroughly persuaded, from a conversation he cud with the Earl of Cardigan, that that unfortunate cir tZinstance arose entirely from an error Of judgment ; and e"..e IN'oble•Earl had authorized him (Sir H. Vivian) to re4ress to the House his deep regret at what had occur to, and lie declared distinctly that it on in a mis th' of the judgment on his part, and that he hoped ni t } no one would attribute to him any or y harshness towards the soldier who th been fl o an gged.—(Hear, hear.) It had been stated aat th e E arl of Cardigan had given the lie to an officer, lit be (Sir Hussey Vivian) could not believe that such fact had occurred. He was sure that if any officer in th e h.army communicated such a circumstance to Lord 11, that he would receive from his Lordship immediate 446 , and that the Commanding Officer would have be en called to account. He should again repeat in the n ame of the Earl of Cardigan, the regret of the Noble 'arl'for the flogging on the abbath. Colonel VERNON said, that as he had been referred Eby the Noble Lord opposite (Lord G. Lennox), he 1 L gged to say that it was a fact within his own nwiedge that an officer in the army, who had fought h2nel with a civilian, and had fired four shots, had ' l dismissed from the service because he had not noticed s ti 4 o ffiele ntly early an insult he had received. An intima mitted '1 ha d been given to that officer that he would be per sold °Lit t ° quit the service, and he had accordingly Air, t s obli,„ e ',s4WAßT said it was very painful to him to be t ( ) Come forward to support a charge against an th at ''', n aL—(Hear, hear, hear.) He regretted to say hi s - I, lle had not heard such a defence from 4, 'light Honourable Friend, the Secretary at War, t s l: c m i ld convince him that that inquiry , should not op i ; I) mee• He thought the House bound to give an th'9rtunity to the Noble Earl of ascertaining whether these charses were true or false. It was admitted by th e e ili giHon. the Master-General of the Ordnance, that ea se Noble Earl had committed an error of.,udgment in one n ot why, then, should they not inquire whether he had "nrnitted a similar error in other instances? The Noble tl's!' (Lord G. Lennox) had stated that the Earl of Car ittl'ilist was a deeply injured man, and he hoped that such h g s " t be proved to be the case. If the falsehood of p ert ° charges was capable of proof, why not afford an op qa.l„tinitY of asce r t a ining that fact ? Feeling that in sh,;Pas due to th e N o ble Earl and the country, he iii" r. ~support th e m otion of his Hon. Friend. WARBURTON said, after the statement of the expres Bon. Gentleman that the Noble Earl had sh cul d sed his regret for flogging a man on Sunday, he iv ks say nothing on that point. In his opinion that Th e An ifghtest of the charges against the Noble Earl. W as "allant Officer opposite had denied that any censure h aid in the letter of the Adjutant-General, but it ett since consulted the document, and he found that p ear contai n a censure upon the Noble Earl. It ap offie(d to him that when the character of a commanding of mentioned in such terms by the Commander aft e ` :her, namely, that th e di s cipline of the regiment was t ea -e y the conduct of the commanding officer, the 4 'I let of that officer should be inquired into without 43' delayLortl . HOWICK had heard no reasons which would oe, nee him to alter the opinions he had given on a former -as ion, but still he was not prepared to concur in the wi l l!" of the lion. Member for Birmingham. He agreed th t a the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary at War, et ,: although the House had a right of advising the w n as to the exercise of power over the s „ l n s v, still that was a right which the House wsktitst to use with great caution—it was a right iulneh nothing but a very extreme. case of abuse would I h stify them' in having recourse to. He did not think l aid in the present case there had been sufficient.grounds Cl i for exercising the power, and on that ground. simply hel p refuse to vote for the motion. He could not ,ell 3 adding that he greatly regretted his Right Hon. c r 'end had in the course of his statement made an asser tion which was not called for by the circumstances of t he case, and which, if uncontradicted, might lead to in- Co nvenience, he m ean t th e statement t h at no officer of t he British a..my should under any circumstances be re nioved from his commission unless he had been guilty of som e offence which a court-martial might take cogni zance of. T o t h at propos i t i on h e entirely ode naurred. An officer might show himself gene rally unfit for command and incapable of performing his duty, and it then would be the painful duty of the Crown to remove that officer. That necessity did not appear, in his opinion, to be removed by the circum stance of the officer having purchased his commission, because in such cases he was permitted to sell out. After a few words from Sir A. DALRYMPLE, Colonel SALWEY said he rose, in discharge of a lsinful duty, to supp or t the motion of the Hon. Member Or Birmingham. The conduct of Lord Cardigan had created not only dissatisfaction but :disgust in the `has of the British army—(Hear, .hear, hear.) there any person in the House that would be bold e nough to say that the Earl of Cardigan hadnot incurred !be displeasure of the Horse Guards ? He would only Trther say that all HOn. Members who would vote for e inquiry' would show' an act of friendship. 't o th e Gallant Earl. WARBURTON and Mr. MACAULAY ex plained. General SHARPS thought that interference in the Private affairs of the Army did not become that House. „ollr.-MCNTZ, in reply; , complained that the Right •in Gentleman had misrepresented him, and put words this mouth which he had never used, and he would e t rm . it no man to put anything into his mOuth.—(4. _ 1- 01.) He had merely asked for inquiry, without sug zstings what that inquiry should be. The country de a„nded it, and it was due to the Noble Earl himself. de .The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it 135 Majority against it —77 Nell C GREY moved for Returns of all Tolls, Duties, e ._ 4 onies levied or received by the Corporation of New xs•cstle-upon-Tyne, for goods imported into the port of , ao ' w . e astle-upon-Tyne, and of the application of all Such 1 8 :„Ies, during the last eight years, namely, 1833, 1834, 1836, 1637, 1838, 1839, and 1840. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, Orders of the ti ' n, IV after the Ist ere ordered to t n ak . e precedence of Noti ces o f DI o - Jue ADJOURNED DEBATE. jo u ;, 'tie Order of the Day for the resumi ng of the Ad• o_ed Debate b e i ng r ead, fe:tr• GLADSTONE, alluding to what had fallen l ast 4l l l T Noble Lord, the Member for Northumberland, p 9 6, 1 . 1 , 1 4t 1 t, requested the House would give him an op ef 6 111 t. when the Noble Lord should be in his place, hued • Owning the circumstances to which the IN tittle Lord 4, i ` t r al l:ded, in connection with a person who was v er y dear to him—(Cheers.) - petition s , i n f avour o f the. Ministerial measure, 11 - 31 - c - vtltreiestr A sd, - • 4 fo w au tl rose ro e and said that he wished in w oad 0 Stato tl t 'iationee himhim.tenEl49 13 0 which wonted '77-7 in giving his vote on the present occasion. He had al-. ways been an opponent of slavery and the slave trade. When the great measure for the abolition of slavery had been proposed, he had been told that free labour would be cheaper than slave labour ; and in the vote which he had then given he had been influenced by his detestation of slavery ; and if he thought that the measures proposed now by the Gover ment were calculated to promote slavery or the slave trade he would not vote for it. But he heard from • those for whose opinions he had great respect, that such would not be the case. He had received that day a communication from the Anti-Slavery Committee of Manchester, stating that they did not concur in opinion with the Anti-Slavery Committee of London, that the proposed measure would have any tendency to encourage slavery or the slave trade, and he thought he was fully justified in voting with the Ministers. The great ques tion they were called on to decide was, in fact, whe ther the people of this country should have dear food and little employment, or cheap food and more employment. The plan proposed by her Majesty's Government stated a remedy, but according to the statement made by the Noble Lord, they would have to apply to the monopo list. It was his (Mr. Brotherton s) firm belief that Mammon was at the bottom of tile amendment of the Noble Lord. However doubtful the question might be as to sugar, he had no doubt as to the injustice of the Corn-laws. He thought that great injustice had been done to the people of England, and he begged to offer his meed of praise to her Majesty's Government for bringing forward the noble measures they had done. The distress of the manufacturing interest was at the present moment far crreater than ever it was known. In Manchester thousands upon thousands were out of employment ; and those who had anything to do were working for half wages.—(Hear, hear.) Many who had formerly lived in houses were now resid• ing in lodgings. The property of the manufacturer had deteriorated full a half. In Manchester and its neigh bourhood there were upwards of ten thousand houses un occupied in consequence of the distress in trade ; and it had been shown that in two thousand families in the same neighbourhood they had latterly earned not more than ls. 2.1 d. a week. Such a state of things must have a cause, and he trusted the House would provide a re medy. The present system ,of the Corn-laws was not only unjust but inhuman to the poor man. They were also injurious to the merchant and the manufacturer. He trusted, therefore, that the people would come for ward with a determination to do away with them, and that the House would respond to their call by blotting them from the Statute book. _ _ . . _ Captain HAMILTON was not, on the fourth night of the debate, going to enter into the question of the sugar duties, but he felt bound to say that it was his belief, and the belief of a great many in the country, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer never ex pected that he should be enabled to carry the Budget that he. had introduced. With respect to the speech of the Noble Lord who had introduced the present ques tion to the House he thought it far more fitting for the hustings than the. House of CommOnS. The Noble Lord had taunted the limbers on that side of the House with a new-born zeal for the -suppression of sraverY. Re thought he might . return that taunt, and' ask when it '" was thaf the Ministers" 'lied' felt a new-born zeal for the poorer classes ? If it was intended to give the people cheap bread, why not take the tax off corn altogether—(Hear, hear)—and not put on that which would act as a direct bread-tax ? He thought the measures proposed would be productive of the worst re sults, and he should therefore vote for the amendment of the Noble Lord, the Member for Liverpool. Mr. ALSTON said that her Majesty's Ministers hav ing introduced to the House a measure of finance, it was necessary that unlimited inquiry should take place with respect to it, in order that the people might see whether it would be beneficial or not. The com mercial tariff in this country, in his opinion, was ex tremely defective, and required great alteration. He approved of the principles of the Government, and was pleased that he found himself in a situation to give them his warm support on a measure which would greatly tend to increase the comfort of the people, but he would give the strongest opposition to any alteration that might be proposed in the Corn-laws.—(Cheers.) On the sugar question he would give them his unqualified support, and that without giving any support to the system of slavery. He had received a letter signed by nine members of the Society of Friends ; four of them were delegates to the Anti-Slavery Society, and they bore him out that until we were prepared to prohibit the consumption of the whole produce of slavery it would be punishing the people of this country, and without doily , any good to the slave. The country was greatly indebted ' to the Government for bringing forward in so bold a manner, a proposition of so much good to the poor, and he would give his vote for going into Committee, although he would oppose any motion, the purport of which was to alter the Corn laws.—(Cheers.) Mr. HARLAND was sorry that upon that occasion he felt himself bound to oppose the Government whom he had generally supported, because if their proposition were carried he was afraid it would put an end to the prosperity of our West India colonies.—(Hear, hear.) He thought the pressure upon the finances of the coun try was but temporary, and they ought not to be called upon to take a step that would so greatly and perma nently alter the protective system of the country. The great boon of the reduction of postage was granted, not to the demands of the colonial interest or the agricultural interest of the country—that great loss to the revenue of the kingdom was granted at the almost unanimous demand of the commercial and trading interests.— (Cheers.) Believing that it would injure the interests of the whole of our colonies, and that it would greatly interfere with the safe working of the great experiment of emancipation—that it would shake the whole of our protective system, it became his painful duty to give his vote for the amendment of the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool. Mr. HASTIE was anxious to state his entire appro bation of the proposition of the Government. As one who had been all his life engaged in the commerce of the country, he hailed the announcement made by the Right Hon.: the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Noble Lord with unqualified pleasure ; indeed he felt certain that the speech of the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies had given much pleasure to nearly the whole of the mercantile world. The Hon. Member for Beverley had stated that the whole of the merchants trading to the East Indies were opposed to the measure introduced by the Government. He did not know where that Honourable Member obtained his information ; but he, as Deputy Chairman of the East India and China Association, had an opportunity of seeing and learning the opinions of those connected with that trade, and he did not know of even one single ex ception to the general rule—the whole body concurred in the principles announced by the Right Hon. Gentle man. The Hon. Member than stated that the whole of the Directors of the East India Company were op posed to the measure—that might be so, but the House ought to receive with very great caution any representa tions made by that body. He would merely recall the attention of the House to the time when they had unli mited sway over , India, and when it was proposed to throw that immense empire open to the energies of the British merchant, how strenuously they opposed that most desirable measure—(Hear, hear)—predicting all manner of danger and failure. Now, what had been the result of that boon ? India was thrown open to the en terprise of our merchants, and now, from an export of half a million, we send upwards of five millons of our goods.—(Hear, hear.) Now, when they knew so little of a country which had been so long under their own dominion, any representation of theirs must be taken with much caution. He was sorry that the Hon. Member for Beverley was not. iu his place, for had he been present he would have liked to tell him that even upon the question of assimilating the duty upon East and West India rum, they had to be urged forward by canvassing among the Proprietors. He was very glad that the Government were going to revise the tariff of the country. We had now, undoubtedly, arrived at the maximum rate of taxation upon the imports into this country, and by wise reduction they would afford relief to the poor and the middle classes in this country, and at the same replenish the exhausted treasury. He' believed that the landed interest in this country were not aware of the injurious effect to themselves of the present Corn-laws. The landed interest he thought to be the first in importance in the country, but it could not prosper while the mercantile and manufacturing interests were depressed. They were all too closely bound up to gether for any one to flourish while the others were in a state of suffering. It would be in the recollection of Hon. Members and of every farmer in England, that last season was rather unfavourable. There were fears enter tained of a short crop. The consequence was that mer chants and corn speculators sent out their orders for grain to all parts of the Continent, and they purchased to the amount of two millions of quarters, for which they gave bills. Those bills got into all the markets of the ,Conti sent, and being too plentiful they lowered the . exchange against this country. Then came in the capitalist, who, in. order to profit by such a state of things, drained off our gold to purchase the bills. The Bank of England then was obliged to raise the rate of interest in order to stop such a drain upon their coffers. Traders could not get money to continue their purchases of our manufac tures, stocks increased, and the manufacturer was obliged to come down to work his machinery only half time, to the great distress of the working population. While these speculations were going forward, the price of corn was rising in the market, and who was benefited by it ?—not the farmer, because he had previously dis posed of all his crop, and could not benefit by the ad vance that had taken place—and not the consumer, who was compelled to pay that higher pride. A great deal had been said of the cruelty and oppression that was practised upon the black population, in transporting them from their own country to labour in the sugar plantations of the West Indies and Jamaica, but he could not en tirely keep out of view the sufferings and privations of the working classes of his native country.—(Hear, hear.) He could not forget that these men, although able and willing to work, were unable to earn a subsistence in their native land. He could not help anticipating that the present motion would be lost upon a division; and as it was important that the public faith of the country should be preserved, it was necessary to see what taxes should be substituted. It appeared to him that her Mk esty's Ministers should recommend an equaliza tion of the legacy duty.—(Hear, hear.) That would be a species of property tax which would bring in a large revenue; and he really did not think that the landed in terest ought to offer any opposition to such a proposi tion.—(Hear, hear.) The real property of the coun try did not, at present, contribute one farthing to the taxes, and he did not think any more judicious step, could well be taken under the circumstances. He would remind the House that there was—not grown in that country within one million of quarters of corn of the quantity required for the consumption of the popu lation, and it appeared to him that the landed interest should take into their serious consideration in what way these millions of ouarters were to be supplied. He should Ove his cordial support to the measures proposed by the (7 everam ent. —(sar, hear.) THl4', SUN; LONDON. FRIDAY, MAY 14; 1841. Mr. G. PALMER said the Government had endea voured to impress upon that House and the country the. useful state of the finances of the country, and had pointed out the manner in which they proposed to make good the deficiency by. making some alteration in the differential duties. They had, however, touched very lightly upon the effect of these measures upon the tract.; and resources of the empire, which, in his opinion, would be seriously affected by them. Attempts had been made to create division on his (Mr. Palmer's) side of the House by insinuating that if the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, was in the position of Mi nisters, he would bring forward similar measures. He was satisfied, however, that in that they would be en tirely mistaken, and that, so far from there being any division of opinion on his side of the House, on the con trary, he believed that many Hon. Membars on the other side would divide with them:—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CLAY said that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had complained that while Members on that side of the House • had strictly confined themselves to the question of the sugar duties, which was the one immediately before the House, Hon. Gentlemen on the Ministerial side .had digressed to the other propositions of her Majesty's Government on the subject of the im port duties, to which that of the suiar duties was only a prelude. It was perfectly intelligible to him (Mr. Clay) why Hon. Gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of the House should wish to confine their attention strictly to the question of the sugar duties—that they should tie desirous to look at one part. only and not at the whole of the plan of her Majesty's Government. It was with re ference to the sugar duties principally that those strange and heterogenous elements of which the alliance formed . against the present measures of Government was com posed could be best disguised, and he could easily understand that those Hon. Gentlemen should wish to sink in the war cry of charity and freedom to the slave, the less accept able watch-words, privilege, exclusion, and monopoly. The charge of digressing from the point under considei atien Was made, as he had said, against Hon. Gentlemen on the Minis terial side ; he would then confine himself as much as possible to the question of the sugar duties. The obj ?ct of the Govern ment plan was to mak good the deficiency in the revenue, by imposing sueh duties on sugar as would lead to an increase in the consumption of that commodity, and thereby to an in crease in the revenue, sufficient to make up the deficiency. He (Mr. Clay) had no doubt that there would be a consider able importation of sugar from the East Indies, but they could not reckon upon the supply generally equalling that 011840. Mr. Larkin, in his evidence before the Import Duties Committee, said that he believed there could not be a large. importation' of sugar into this country from the. East Indies, except at very high prices. Now he (Mr. Clay) could not see the wisdoni of encouraging the growth of sugar, which could only be introduced into the country at mo nopoly prices. It would be far better not to encourage the outlay of capital on the production of a commodity, the con sumption of which would only tend to support the monopoly. Some years before the termination of slavery in the %Vest In dies, those colonies produced a surplus amount of produce. It was certain that must have met foreign sugar, and have been brought to the acfual test Of value. The Hon. Member -for Beverley (Mr.. Hogg) said the saccharine value of foreign' Muscovado sugai was greater than the saccharine value. of British sugar, but he (Mr. Clay) beFeved the fact he directly the revere. At the present moment, as the House was aware, there was a large trade in England of refined foreign sugar in bond. •. This was not admitted to home consumption, but was all sold abroad, and, the fact was, under sold Havannah sugar. Therefore, while protected by no duty, our refiners took these sugars, refined them, and sent them abroad, and yet competed with the sugar c,f Havannah—a suf ficient proof that a duty of 6s. protection was more than eutli cient. The sugar refiners in London told them they were not afraid of the competition of slave sugar with our own. He thought the Hon. Niember for Beverley did not correctly understand saccharine value. 9,128 cwt. of raw sugar would produce 6,696 cwt. of refined sugar ; and the fact was, that it was far better to buy forei g n Muscavado sugar and refine it, than to pay the extra duty of Fs. on slave sugar. He thought, also, the Hon. Member for Beverley did net sufficiently at tend to the encouragement given by, differential duties to the slave trade. When it was represented by the Noble Lord that the people of this country paid 2,400,000/. a year for the pur• pose of restricting the us-' of slave ; grown sugar, he thought it could not. be wondered at. if they began to think that they had made sacrifices enough for that purpose.—( Hear. hear.) Ho was much of opinion that West India suear could successfully compete with any other, and that the price could not be less thaw 3.55. The Hon. Member had highly eulogised the views in the speech of the Noble Lord (Lord Sandon), but he thought the country would not receive the Noble Lord's counters for the bullion of the Ministry. The House was divided on this subject into two great parties, the motto of the one being freedom of trade, of the other protection of vested interests and monopoly.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord's speech indicated these principles, though the Noble Lord entitled them protection. He was much inclined to think that our merchants, who had be ii forced by the Corn-laws into a gambling trade. would perceive a considerable difference between the principle of protection as understood by Hon. Gentlemen opposite, and by those with whom he had the honour to act. He had seen with great satisfaction the party to which he belonged announce their determination to act on the principles of free trade—( Hear, hear)—and as on former occasions had been delighted to see them put themselves at the head of the movement for Parliamen tary Reform, so he was now rejoiced to see them proposing a reform which he thought was yet more important, a reform in our Commercial Code. He believed it certain that at no distant period a reform of this description must. take place, and that when it did so it would promote the comforts of the people of England, and the progressive prosperity of the empire.— (Cheers. ) Mr. A. CHAPMAN said he objected to the measure of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, believing that its ten dency would be to destroy the shipping, colonies, and commerce of the country.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He was an enemy to slavery in any shape. He did not know what the Tories might do if they come into office, but of this he was certain, that if the persons who sat now upon the Oppo sition benches were in office, they would look to the general good of the country. ( Hear, hear.) Sir E. L. BULWER said that, representing an agricultural constituency, he was bound to state to the House that the pro posed duty of Bs. was not a sufficient protection to the agricul tural interest. Still he was in favour of a protective rather than a prohibitive duty. Mr. HUME said that many Hon. Gentlemen opposite seemed to look upon the present question es a mere subject for party triumph. fhe Hon. Member for Kilmarnock had can didly admitted that. the debate was of very little importance in his eyes, unle,s it ended by placing his party in power, and re moving the present Ministers, as incompoient to manage the public business.—( Hear, hear, from the Oppot Rion benches.) Other Hon. Gentlemen opposite had entered into details as to the course which it would be advisable to follow under the present state of the country—(Hear)— and among others the Hon. Member for Cambridge, had ex pressed his opinion upon the snhject, but that opinion was merely to stand still and do nothing for the country. He showl.l observ• that, in his opinion, no measure of so much im portance as the present had ever been introduced into Parlia ment during his (Mr. IluMe's) experience. Much as he valued and earnestly as he had supported the Reform Bill, still he was persuaded that the question then before the House, if carried out to the extent of which it was capable, would produce to the mass of the country advantages greater than any individual who had not attentively considered the subject could even anticipate. He therefore co , plained that the No ble Lord who had introduced the amendment had in reality blinked the great question submitt..d by her Majesty's Govern ment, and limited it to the narrow point of slave-grown sug..r, and how far they ought to abandon the Emancipation Act by admitting such sugar for consumption into this country. For his part, he was not d•sposed ta confine himself to so narrow a view of the subject. 1 here was, in reality, no part of the world which might not be sail to be more or less intimately connected with the com mercial policy proposed by the Governme-t. In all that Hon. Gentlemen opposite had said, they seemed to forget, in their anxiety for staves abroad, the miseri s endured by the white slaves at home ; and it was because the plans of the Government would diminish the misery, and because they would extend commerce, and, by affording employment to the labouring population, put an end to their distress, that he (Mr. Hume) supported those measures. He had been surprised at the line taken by the Right. Hon. Member for Cambridge, and the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire, on the present subject. He had expected to find that those Hon. Members would admit that if there was one question which was more important than another, it was the faith which' should be main tained with the public er editor, and that the expenses of the country shoUld be liquidated. He would not enter into the sources of those expenses; no one lamented more than he did that course which had changed a surplus revenue into a defi cient one; but it was the House in general, and not one s de only or the other, that had urged on these lavish undertakings, which had led to our present difficulties. He would take that opportunity of noticing what had fallen front some Hon. Gen tleman opposite, who blamed her Majesty's Ministers for the deficiency which had taken place in the Post office.—(Cries of ,‘ Hear, hear,") It was quite evident that those Hon. Gentlemen were ignorant of the facts. The penny-postage bad been brought forward without causing any reduction in the revenue of the country.—(Heir, hear, and laughter, from the O a r osition Benches.) Why the revenue was higher last year than during any of the three preceding years by the sum of 675,0001., taking into account the Post ofke also.—( Hear, hear.) Hon. Gentlemen opposite did not seem to know what an aggregate account wss; they seemed to thihk that because this was a reduction in one account, it could not be made up in another.—(Loud laughter. ) Before he sat down he would show them that there was a defi ciency of the revenue in sugar to the amount of 1,000,0001. in consequence of the prohibition of the article. Yet such had been the elasticity of the country that that which was lost in one article had been more than compensated for in another. He would venture to say that no reduction of taxes could be of so much value to the country at large as a revision of our com mercial code in a commercial, moral, or scientific point of view. —(Hear ) Honourable Gentlemen opposite did not perhaps know that under tl.e reduced system of postage one hundred millions of letters more had passed than under the former system ; and he would ask theta whether it was possible that such an increase in communication could take place with _ out great benefit to the nation in every way. It reflected great discredit, in his opinion, on the House, that it allowed the re venue to be exceeded by the expenditure during the last three years. The deficiency amounted to 6.000,0001., and he did expect that under such circumstances the Right Honourable Member for Cambridge and the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire would admit that the time was ccme for considering how that defi ciency was to be made up. He had also heard with regret the taunts directed against the Government fer having changed their sentiments on the question then under the con sideration of the House. He (Mr. Hume) looked to measures, and cared not whether they were the result ot the deliberations of a day, or a week, or a yea-. Wl , en the Right Honourable Baron-t the Menther for Tamworth assisted, much to his honour, although contrary to his previous convictions, in bringing forward the Catholic Emaneipatun Act, he (Mr. H.) had never blamed the Right Hon. Baronet becau e he had yielded to the preFsingeme , gency of the time. The charge, however, against Ministets had been mainly insisted on by the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire, who should have been the last man to bi ing forward a charge of inconsistency against others. No Me mber of that House had varied more in his political life than the Noble Lord him self. But he (Mr. Hume) did not blame the Noble Lord for that; he blarnedhim, however,for censuring others for doing what be had done himself .—( Hear.) Hot,. Gentlemen oppo site had charged Ministers with brinv.ing forward these mea sures at an improper time. But some means should now be ailopted for meeting the deficiency in the revenue; and there never was a period when our manufactures and commerce were in so perilous a situation. That was the milk of tiro false toolicy pursued by the House; but after having caused these, calamities ' they re us ed to allow our labouring population the means of retrieving their losses by increased employment, and cheaper articles for Consumption. The Lte" Governor' Of the Bank of England (Sir John Rae Reid) had denied last night that the country was in a s t ate of tintisital depression ; but at the same time the Hon. Baronet Ind admitted that in the City there was neither buying, torselling, selling, and that no money was inves te d in 4.113 , way, Surt.lje j that wag, not aa =usual Mate of thins, arid it was, liot it) that ' .- : . ~ •-.:::e- .., r....~ w'J . t. t; e• ~ • , way that the interests of the country were to be main ( taine d. protection ; let -them' do .ie gradually, if they pleased. He therefore said that considering the state of the country i but let them - get out . of .a . . bad system, . and the time had come for the measures proposed by Ministers. j into a good one, and adopt those measures which If they had, at the commencement of the Session, been as well would promote and extend the commerce of the acquainted with the difficulties of the country as they now were, t country. The Ministers were fortified in the course they he did not doubt but that they would then have come down svere taking by the opinion of practical men and the with thee measures to Parliament—(Cheers) —but now that opinion of the country at large.—( Hear, hear.) Various they had brought forward these measures for meeting the finan- manufacturers had testified their willingness to abandon cial difficulties of the country and for removin g the causes all protection for their own inter es t s . provided our I which had produced the present existing state of distress, he coin mercial code was r ev i se d. He wouldrevert to an thought they were entitled to praiie.—( Cheers.) The Oppo- obsei•vation which had fallen last night from the Noble sition had never attempted to say how these difficulties were to Lord the Member fer North Lancashire.—( Hear.) The be met—they had merely made this a pretext for turning out Noble Lord had. said that the seed which the Government the Alinisters and leaving the question to itself.—(Cheers.) He had sown would, produce its fruit of bitterness, and would be did not doubt but that the Right Hon. Baronet the Member come a subject of discord for many years. He (Mr. Hume) for Tamworth would, in accordance with his speeches of last differed from the Noble Lord ; and he begged to assure him year, declare for free trade, as most of those who had taken that he would find that famine was not to be restrained.-- a part in the present debate had done. He entirely agreed (Laughter.) H o n. G en tl eman o ppO s it e seeme d t o think little with the definition of free trade given by the Noble Lord, the of the wants of the people which they themselves had created. Member for North Lancashire, that free trade consisted in the With regard to the Government measure he would power of baying at the cheapest market, of selling where best tell the Ministry that though they had begun late they could, of having no taxation, except for the purposes of ' they had begun well, and that they should persevere in revenue, and that the smallest possible amount of taxation only the cause they had undertaken. Let them admit ,of no corn ought to be placed on articles of the first necessity, such as promise. Our people were now ground to the earth, and it food; he considered that taking money by taxation from any was the duty of Ministers to come to their assistance. Let one class of of the community to place it in the pockets of any them discharge their duty towards the people of England. other class, was unfair and unjust. Now, what had the Noble ; Let them do justice to the millions, and take away Lord, the Member for North Lancashire, said? After admit. the fetters which bound their industry. ( Hear, hear. ) ting these doctrines of free trade, he had said that the landed He had always been anxious for Reform, but h a d a l w ays been I interest was in a situation of difficulty, that it re q uired some willing to accept of a compromise by way of instalment. .On protection, and he knew nothing more. And he must say those who now called out for no compromise, let the respon that the Noble Lord had been rather unfair in taunting sibility rest. It was impossible we could continue long in our the Government as free traders. Ss. a quarter duty upon wheat present situation, with a discontented population,. which could was not free trade, it was only an approximation to it. The only be kept down by an enormous military and police force. plan of the Noble Lord was only for the reduction of high —(lronical cheersfrom the Opposition.) If Hon. Gentlemen duties to a small amount. " The Government was not entitled opposite doubted what he had stated, let them try the experi to the merit of having brought forward a measure of free ment of calling a public meeting in any of the large trade.—( Hear, hear.) But a• the same time the Noble Lord towns in England and Scotland.—( Cheers.) He had the Secretary for the Colonies, had made so candid an expla- been told that the Noble Lord and the Government would be nation on the subject, that he was surprised that the Noble beaten in that House ; but let him not be alarmed—(Cheers) Lord the Member for North Lancash re, had not recollected it. — let the Noble Lord st and by his ow n words, . and he had The Noble Lord had said that he did ' not bring forward his nothing to fear. the Noble Lord had said that the Cabinet measures as a new proposition. He said that he was merely were intent on these measures of commercial reform ; following out the plans of Mr. Huskisson, and that he would that they had done their duty by proposing them be content to allow all the merit to Mr. Huskisson and his to the House ; and that, if the House rejected the m , colleagues, if the House would but pass the measu re.—(Loud on the House would rest the responsibility—(Loud cheers ) cheers.) The plan of the Noble Lord had not been Let the Noble Lord not recede from that declaration; let him fairly dealt with. The Noble Lord himself, in nail his colours to the mast, and there would then be no cause a speech which had been properly described as for alarm.—(Cheers.) a masterpiece of eloquence and philosophy , had described the On the motion of Mr. P. HOWARD, the debate was ad• objects which the Government had in view to be to raise the , journed till to-morrow (this day). revenue to the amount required without the addition of any The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the new taxes—without having recourse to any loan, and that. he House Adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'Clock. hoped to effect this by a revision of the tariff, by a reduction of the duties, to promote increased consumption, and then to add to the comforts of the people, while at the same time the revenue would be increased.—(Cheers.) There was nothing about free trade there. He wished there had been, for he was satisfied they must come to free trade at last.—(Cheers.) He would request the Noble Lord to study the view which Hon. Gentlemen opposite took of protection. He held in his hand a document well deserving of attention. It was an address to her Majesty from the Colonial Assembly of Jamaica, declaring that, should the prohibitory duty, be reduced—and he begged the House to mark that they admitted it was prohibitory, and that the Hon. Member for Antrim the other night had declared that prohibition, and nothing but prohibition, could satisfy the West Indians, and in that he was borne out by this ,de claration of the Jamaica Assembly—that - should the prohibitory duty on foreign sugar be reduced, all competition on their part wth the slave-grown sugar .of foreign colonies must be hopeless.—(Cheers.) . The Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets had, the other evening, stated the Same thing; but nn reason had been given, and he challenged that Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman to give a reason for his change in opinion on that subject. It was but last year that Exeter-hall had rung with his speeches on the subject of the superiority as to cheapness of free labour over slave labour.—(Cheers.) What had occurred since March 1840, to induce him to change his opinion? At that period the Anti-slavery Convention had come to a resolution that it had been satisfactorily established, as a general .axiom, that free labour was morn profitable and considerabls cheaper than slave labour, and that of all kinds of slave labour that of recently im ported slaves was the most costly and the least productive.— (Cheers.) What now became of the Hon. Member for New ark's position of the advantages possessed by Brazil and Cuba, in the labour of newly imported negroes ?—( Loud cheers. ) His new ally and Exeter Hall were against him.—( Cheers. ) The lion. Member for Newark had not a foot to stand upon for it had been taken from under him by his new ally the Right Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets. He said, therefore, that some most important change must have taken place to produce the change in the Right Honourable Member's mind, because he was one of the Committee who drew tip the resolutions. The new ally of the Hon. Member for Newark had sunk the Hon. Member and his speech together, and he wished him joy of him. •But, perhaps, he was acting unjustly in saying that the opinion of the Right Hon. Member fur the Tower Hamlets had been so strangely changed, but he must confess it appeared to him an infatuation, and he could not account for it. He (Mr. Hume) had received protests from five Slave Societies against the conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman.—( Hear, hear.) In what situation were they now placed ? Ministers had not come forward to make this ques tion a sugar, or timber, or corn question, but they had not told them what they intended. He could not tell what the Presi dent of the Board of Trade had been about. He admitted that the tariff contained items that ought to be altered, and he (Mr. Hume) hoped that they intended to strike a good many of them off. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman, before the debate closed, would state what he in tended to do. The Government had said they intended to go into Committee; if they did so, he (Mr. Hume) had no doubt he should not agree with these propositions, either with re spect to sugar, or timber, or corn, as he did not think they went far enough. What situation did they stand in on both sides of the House? The Government said they meant to raise the 700,000/. without taxation, and on the other side they said all they wanted was protection. , Now, what was protection? It was a tax upon the consumer— upon the community, not a tax for the revenue, but a tax to ge into the pocket of the party who' was to be benefited at the expense of the people of the country.— (Mr. Hoeg here entereJ the House.) He was glad to see the Member for Beverley come into the House, as he had only waited for him coming for the purpose of showing the absur dity of his proceedings.—( A laugh.) He had declared man fully that he wished to see the price of all articles low, but: he had taken an Irish way of showing it, because he wished to keep on a high tax. He thought the conduct of the Hon. Mem ber was most inconsistent when he wanted to place the people of India on a more superior footing to the people of England. The Hon. Member for Aylesbury had stated that if they wished to have cheap labour they must have cheap corn. In every year when corn had been low, trade had flourished, and the working men of this country had then both good food and comfortable lodging. '1 he Blue Book, to which so frequent allusion, had been made, showed that every man who consumed a quarter of wheat paid a tax of 23s.—not to the State, be it remembered—not for the general purposes of the country but for protection to the landed interest. Now he did not blame those who benefited by the protection, he blamed the law. We had a wealthy aristocracy in this country, and they said they were deeply concesned for the condition of the poor. One of them the other night had cried out—" God forbid that you should tax the bread of the people"—yet that Noble Lord, as well as Hon. Gentlemen opposite, could not deny that the pro- ' tection afforded by the present laws took a large, an enormous sum of money out of the pockets of thepsople and put it in those of the landlords. Five millions of men were suffering great privation—they were not even represented in that House, but they were taxed for the support of the rich. It was clearly proved that the landed interest took from the people as much as the whole taxation of the country—even at las. the protection cost no less than fifty millions annually. It - had been said that, in forrrier times, the bones and sinews of the negro were ground into the pockets of the planters—he would say that the bones, and the sinews, and the muscles of the poor in this country were ground into rent for the landowner. The Hon. Member for Newark now professeda great sympathy for the negro—it was rather late to express it now, but had he no sympathy for the poor of this country? But the country was beginning to see through the system ; even the farmers now foun - I that when . high prices were maintained, and their leases fell in, taeir rents were raised. He would ask when the people were called upon to pay so much to support private monopolies could they be so able to meet the demands of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ? High prices was the cause of the failure of the Budget of last year, and he could assure the Hon. Gentle • man opposite that increased taxation would not now be pro ductive. He. had . shown that protection meant n dhing more nor less than taxation, and he trusted the country would be informed of the fact. The plan of the Government, if car ried into effect, would be extremely beneficial to the best in terests of the country. In the last year, a tax upon sugar and coffee alone amounted to six millions sterling, and it was not surprising that the manufacturing districts Of the country should be in the greatest distress when they were obliged to pay that sum in addition to the fifty millions upon corn. It appeared that while the price of colonial sugar was 51s. 6d. per cwt., the price of foreign sugar was only 215., making. in round numbers, 30s. per cwt. What, then, be came of the Noble Lord's argument, that they . were contend ing for the infinitetessirnal fraction of a farthing per pound ? The people of that country were paying . at least 3d. per pound over and above the duty to the West Indian proprietors. The duty upon molasses amounted to 196,0001., being at the rate of 14s. 6d. per cwt. The duty on coffee, at 6d. per pound, amounted to 700.000/. ; making an aggregate upon these three articles of sugar, corn, and molasses, of 6,315,0001 , which the people of Englind paid by way of protection He had not introduced - the article of timber, which would add a million or 1,500,0001. to the amount. He wished to show the House how the weight of taxation had fallen upon the con sumption of sugar. In 11621 the consumption of sugar amounted 26 ; 000,000 of pounds, and in 1640 it amounted to 30,000,000 of pounds. In 1821 the quantity of coffee amounted to 7,500,600 pounds, and in 1840 it was 8,700,000 pounds. The aggregate of tea and coffee in 1821 was 33,973 pounds, while in 1640 it had increased to 60,000,000 of pounds. 'l'here was .an increase of eighty per cent. in the articles of tea and coffee, whereas the increase in sugar amounted only to 15 per cent. In 1821 the popula tion being eleven millions, and the duty on sugar '2os. per cwt. the quantity consumed by each individual was calculated at 28bs., whereas in 1840 the population being twenty-eight millions, the quantity consumed by each individual in conse quence of the increased duty was only 141bs. He would there fore press upon the House the necessity of reducing the duty upon these important articles of consumption. In order to show the advantages of such a step, he need only remind the House that the amount of duty Irum coffee had greatly in creased of late, in consequeace of the admission of foreign coffee at a reduced duty, if no foreign coffee had been admitted the revenue would have been deficient 700,0001. In 1840 the consumption of colonial sugar had been 18,000 tons leas than in the preceding year, and if those 18,000 tons had been allowed to be supplied by slave grown sugar, as they allowed slave grown coffee to come into the market, they would nut only have the required re venue but also 5,272,0001• in addition. If that plan were adopted there would be no deficiency in the revenue whatever, and therefore it was that he held the Government were warran'ed in taking the course which the Chancellor of the Exchequer now pointed out.. By advises from Demerara and several of the West Indian islands, it appeared that the supply of sugar in the present year would be two-thirds less than in the preceding )ear; now how was that deficiency to be made up? The price must tiece,sarily be raised in conse quence of the limited supply, and it was for the Governinent to the any House en tn ° that dit'Y p tsoo ro thn v e i e d c e e aagrayiasnt protection, article r any htiee increase levi,,oasf rea ready in y consumption t t h o p p rao r s i s c e,s e u sugar cent.ad h e .A. g l o d e e r r Alderson, He said that they ought to be satisfied with 81i per cent. pro dl.l., d and. i inn 1337, 1840, 1 2 3 7 5 5 .. 4 7 d d .. ;, o i nr I COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 13. ' , Gurney, and Rolfe sat in Chamber, and disposed of se i t amounted to eighty p f e ri r onm c p rn rii t cB . e2 i t y e e c a t t i , o w n. on Ihee averages s ce the period when there was . a surplus to be exported, was ss. 7d. ; 1 se 3d. per l b . . n' ie average ler the whole period was His. Bd. • sera' cases standing in the special paper. i 1 n 8 3 1 80 3. 6 12 , st.hes.dd.itl:eiroenic:3w9,asl7s. Its. i The quantity consumed wss 18,700,000, the duty paid on which I MUNTZ V. 6TURGE. it ought was 15,236,0001. more than -to have been. If , Mr. BarOnPARILE delivered the judgment of nt the Court that was not taxation, if. that was not oppression, l t his case, which was let them tell him if that was not , plunder, . what was plunder, • 2 1 . se Our readers will recollectthe plaintiff - el ca •,that what was oppression --(Cheerl.) He held in his hand a was the Mayor of Birmingham sauce Baronsin the Exchequer calculation framed by an intelligent gentleman in Leeds, whichat the late election for which he had tested and found to be nearly correct, and by which it that town' at te„ Two d shebe defendant was proposed as fore the appeared that the sum laid for Protection dutini in Leeds alone a candida-- 1 ' ti a ti : day of nomination amounted to one million .-Year. - " 411,044 4. 0 ,x , 1 31 The, propor. he gave ' the p au3 notice that he would not , , tiou was doubtless the same in ether place}:.: die i g air then go to the - poll unless‘ the show of bands were in his fa that he wished to press upon.! , he-gP. I 4! !AI to .. put .a 0.04. p l , v gur.":,,T4o 7 Ouptili eke, cd a hustings, and made pre- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. - The betting was confined to a small number of Derby horses, and in three or four respects varied from the New market quotations of Wednesday night. Ralph was first fa vourite at the commencement of business, bat the Van Am burgh partly rallied about five o'clock, and both were backed freely at 6to 1, with offers from the takers to go on. Mar. shal &tilt was also in great force at 12, 10, and lastly, 8 to 1, leaving off third favourite, 84 to 1 having been laid and after wards offered against Coronation. Prince Caradoe was backed for 150!. at 14 to 1,. and Galaor and Belgrade at 1,000 to 60 and 17 to 1, the last biddings exhibiting an improvement iu each. Sir Hans was entirely out of . favour, and the offers agst Eringo and E. 0. did not sustain the Newmarket prices. Nothing done on the - Oaks.• " - Minn". • • 6 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Van . Amburgh—taken 6 to 1 agst Lord Albermarle's Ralph—taken 8 to 1 ag!t Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult—taken 84 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Goodham's Belgrave 16 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Galaor 22 to 1 agst Colonel Crawford's Ermengardis 35 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans 50 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Eringo 100 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's E. 0. 700 to 200 agst Van Amburgh and Marshal Soult—taken 1200 to 1000 on Ralph and Coronation agst Van Amburgh and Marshal Soult—taken NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. (FURTHER PARTICULARS or WEDNESDAY.) Suffolk Stakes.—The three started nearly abreast and kept so to the plantations, where Bob Peel fell astern ; the other two went on and made a fine race, Langolee winning by a head. Plate.—Joujou made running to the end of the T. Y.C., whore Jeffy went in front, and made strong play, Joujou and. E. 0. lying up ; Jonjou declined at the cords, and E. 0. chal lenging Jeffy, a few strides from the chair. defeated him cleverly by a length. The third and fourth were beaten off. BETTING AFTER THE RACES : DERBY. 3 to I agst Scott's lot 4 to 1 agst Coronation and Marshal Soult—taken 11.0 2 agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh 6 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Ralph 8 to I agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation—taken 10 to I agst Lord Westminster's Marshal Soult • • 14 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Belgrade - • • 16 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Galaor 25 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans 50 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Potentia 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Thornbill's E. O. Offers to back E. 0. agst' Cameleon, and to take 50 to 1 about Eringo 2000 to 1000 on Sir Hans agst the Duke of Wellington 500 to 400 en Mongolian apt Eringo 1000 even on Sir Hans agst Eringo and Duke of Wellington OAKS. 17 to 2 agst Mr. Batson's Potentia ST. LEGER. 9 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Van Amburgh—taken 500 to 30 agst Mr. Bell's The Squire—taken NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY.-Mr. W. S. Stanley's Minx,2Bst 71b (Robin son), beat Lord Exeter's Syria, Bst 11b. First half Ab. M. 501. 5t0•2 on Minx, who made the running, and won by a length. Handicap Plate of 501., given from the Town Racing Fund, for three yrs old, &c. T.Y. C. Mr. Petit's Langolee, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 801. Peel's Hawk's-eye. 3 yrs, 7st 61b . ... 2 Mr. Beresford's Bob Peel, 4 yrs, Bst 10th The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr W. Ridsdale's . Yaratilda, 3 yrs, Est 61b ; Mr. S. Cooper's Cuiras sier, 3 yrs, 6st 71b; and Mr. Stephenson's Blanche, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b. Betting-5 to 2 agst Langolee, 3to 1 agst Hawk's-eye, 3to 1 agst Yaratilda, 3 to 1 agst Bob Peel, and 4 to 1 agst Blanche. Won by three parts of a length. DERBY. —The only bets we heard during the morning were -16 to 1 Pgst Prince Caradoc (taken). 25 to 1 agst Ermengar dis (taken), 30 to 1 agst Sir Hans (taken), and 1100 to 800 on Soult agst Galaor (taken). . .. _. •-_.._. ,».,,, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, attended by Lady Portman and Lord Alfred Paget, paid a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager yester day afternoon at Marlborough House. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord Ro bert Grosvenor, Groom of the Stole; Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer; Earl of Morley, Gentleman in Waiting; Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting ; and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting ; went to St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday afternoon, to the Festival of the Sons of the Clergy. His Royal Highness, attended b' his Suite, afterwards went to the Dinner at Merchant Tailors Hall. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. The Princess Royal was taken an airing yesterday, in a barouche and four. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yes terday. The Royal Dinner Party, at Buckingham Palace, last even ing, included her Ruyal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Prince ,and Princess of Leiningen, Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Earl of Albemarle, Lord Byron, Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, and the Baroness Spaeth. The Hon. Miss .tfurray and the Hon. 1114,s Lister have suc ceeded Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Cavendish as the Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace, on Wednes day evening, included her. Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leinirigen, Lady Anne Maria Dawson ' Earl of Uxbridge, Earl of Morley, Vicount Melbourne, Lady Barham, Lord and Lady Jocelyn, Baroness Spaeth, Right Hon. George Stevens Byng, and Mr. George Edward Anson. '1 he Band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards Was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. Her Royal Highness Princess gOphia Matilda, attended by Lady Alicia Gordon and Miss Cotes, did Mr. Hayter • the honour to sit to him yesterday for the picture of her Majesty's marriage. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Fo reign-office. It was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat two hours and a half. The Duke of Cleveland and Mr. Alston, M.P., had inter views with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, at his official re.ti deuce in Downing-street. Mr. Cnarles Kerry Nicholls and Mr. Horton had an inter view with Mr. Wyse at the Treasury on Wednesday. Mr. Alston, M.P., had an interview with Lord John Rus sell yesterday at the Colonial-office. Desp Aches from the Governors of Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope, and Sierra Leone, was received yesterday at the Co lonial-office. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 13, THE HASTINGS BAkONY. The LORD CHANCELLOR delivered his opinion on this case this morning, but in so low a tone that few of his Lord ship's observations were heard below the bar. We understow his Lordship to say, that the claim came before their Lordships under a reference from her Majesty, upOn the petition of Sir Simon L'Estrange and Sir Jacob Astley, claim ing the barony of Hastings, stated to have been created. or at least to have subsisted, in the 49th Henry 111. The pedigree, so far as it derived descent from the party uncles whom it existed, appeared to him, atter a laborious investiga tion, to have been made out; but at the same time there existe , i that degree of doubt which must always exist in coming to conclusion on facts of such ancient date. It, however, hap pened in this case, that the pedigree was so supporter. y public documents as to leave no reasonable doubt on the subject. His Lordship then proceeded to trace the pedigree of the respective claimants from Sir Henry De Hastings, who was summoned to Parliament in the 49th of Hen , y 111., and said, that though there was clear proof that Sir Henry de Hastings had been summoned, there was no proof of that which was also necessary to create a legal title, that he had ever sat, while it was proved that hi son had sat in 'Parliament, but proof was wanting that he has ever been summoned. His Lordship then commented upon the evidence, and said, that under all the circumstances, he thought their Lordships would be justified in coming tot's conclusion that the writ of sansmons had been issued, which alone would have entitled him to a seat in their Lordships' House. This being established, and the claimants, with a Mr. Brown. who doe; not claim, being proved to be co-hei rs o f th e b arony, it was his opinion that Sir Simon L'Estrange, Sir Jacob Ast ley, and Mr. Brown, were entitled to the barony of Hastings, and - that the barony must remain in abeyance between the three until it should be the pleasure of the Crown to exercise its pre roAtive, and determine which of the parties should enjoy the dignity. The Loan CHANCELLOR having concluded, their Lordships decided in conformity with it, and ordered their decision tobe recorded upon the Journals of the House. parations for a contest, but the show of hands being against the defendant he declined a poll, and, not thinking himself liable, he refused to pay one-third of the ex penses charged against hith by the returning-officer. The judgment of the Court was in favour of the defendant. SHERIFFS' COURT, May 13. EVANS V. UPTON. The plaintiff in this case is commonly known as Young' Dutch Sam, the pugilist, and is landlord of the Black Bul. public-house, Vinegar-yard, Covent-garden. The action was brought to recover of defendant the sum of 131., monies al leged to have been lent to defendant at plaintiff's house on the 24th of March last. A numberOfWitnesses were examined, who saw the money handed to defendant, and .two 1 0 U's, one for 81., and the other for 5/., given as acknowledgments for the same. It, however, appeared that the defendant had lost the whole of the cash at the game of " toss" before he let the house. which was construed into a gambling transaction ; and the Jur , returned a verdict for defendant. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, MAY 13.—Wind this day at noon light breeze from the eastward, fine clear weather. DEAL, MAY 12.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Venetia, Boston, from Sierra Leone ; Queen Victoria, Teneriffe. Ar rived from 'he River and sailed, the Malcolm, for Madras ; African, Africa • Marquis of Douro, Bermuda ; C ana di an , Montreal ; Zealous, Newfoundland ; Sovereign, St. Sebas tian ; Othello, Jersey. • LIVERPOOL, MAY 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Plutus, from Manilla; Zante, Masters, Tobago, sailed March 22; Constitution, Neil, Charleston ; Dahlia, Brelmson, Malta ; Eliza, Rathlin, laden with cotton from the Matthew Bell. Sailed the Adam, Lodge, for Sydney ; Thalia, Bombay Grace, Brown; Baltimore ; Symmetry, New York. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 12. Wind N. N.E.—Arrived her Ma jesty's ship Monarch, from Sheerness; Josephine, Westerbury, Bahia, sailed 19th March ; Robert Bonne, London, for New York. Sailed her Majesty's ship Dee, for the eastward ; her Majesty's ship Volege, ditto. Arrived off port the Mainstone, Wimble, Calcutta. BRIGHTON, MAY 12.—Arrived off port the Malcolm, Sim, Singapore—sailed Bth January ; Sumatra, Duncan, Ceylon. PLYMOUTH, MAY I2.—Arrived her Majesty's ships Belle rophon and Edinburgh, from Malta ; Alicia, Nichols, Sierra Leone , May, Tate, ditto: Colombia, Rio Janeira, for Hamburgh. Cuwcs, MAY 12.—Arrived th e Com e t f rom B uenos A yres , and sailed for Antwerp ; Rapid, Tooke, Bahia. Toattiv, MAY 11.—Arrived the Bertha, Bovay, St. Mi chael's, with loss of mainmast and oiler damage. Sailed the Hand of Providence, Consiantinople; Sister, Newfoundland. NICWHAVIN ' MAY 10.—Arrived off port the Mathilda, So derburg, from Rio Janeiro, for Stockholm. VESSELS SPOKEN wil-I.—The Brothers, from Newcastle to Alexandria, 17th ult., by the Christian Elizabeth, arrived off Newhaven; Eliza, of Jersey, and Gilmore, of London, 28th ult., lat. 44,.10n. 31, by the Catherine Elizabeth, arrived off 'the Start-:; Frisk. Buenos Ayres to Liverpool, 3d tit., lat. 3 N., lon. 30 W., by the Juno, arrived at Falmouth; Voyager, Newcastle to Oporto, Bth 'inst., lat. 47, lon. 10, by the Sul tana and Selina, arrived in the Cm, k ; Sir Colin Campbell, New Orleans to Liverpool, 17th ult., lat. 27, lon. 80; Treton, Sr. Croix to C..penhagen, 29th ult., lat. 40, Ion: 45;' Sea flower, Jesey to Quebec, with loss of bulwarks, &c., Ist ult., lat. 41, lon. 41 ; Robert Parkin, Portsmouth N. H. to Cork, 7th ult., lat. 45, lon. 23, by the packet, arrived at Fal mouth; Baros, Batavia to AMsterdaM, 25th Feb., lat. 35 S., lon. 22 E. ; Admiral Jan Evertsen, Amsterdam to Batavia, 25th March, lat. 2 N., lon. 22 W. ; Vanguard, from Singa pore, by the 111em)leQ, arrived in the Downs; Columbian, bound to Sydney, 27th Dec., in the Straits 'of Sunda. The pazket from the Cape of Good Hope, 18th Feb., lat 36, lon. 21; Bombay, London to Hobart Town, 25th slarcb, lat. 3, lon. 21 ; Star packet, Falmouth to Rio Janeiro. REGULATIONS FOR THE CAR RIAGES AT THE BALL IN THE OPERA HOUSE, ON THE 19th OF MAY, 1841. The carriages of her Majesty and suite, and the carrbgos of the Ro l al Family only, will be allowed to set down in Charles street. Carriages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Ladies Patronesses, and Members of the Committee, will proceed along the north side of Pall-mall, and set down with the horses' Leads to the east end of the Opera Arcade ; after set ting down, they till turn and retire along the centre of Pall mall and St. James's-street. The company will enter at the small entrance in the Arcade. Carriages for the ball, from the north and west of Piccadilly, will proceed by Piccadilly (south side), and down the Hay market (west side), in tile, and close to the side pavement, and will set down with the horses' heads to the south, at the great door in front of the Opera House; after setting down they will turn round and retire by the centre of the Haymarket, Picca dilly, &c. The company will enter at the usual pit and box doors. Carriages for the ball fro.i the east will proceed along the Strand, 'I rafalgar-square (south side), Cockspur street, and wilt set down in front of the Opera House, in the Haymarket, with the horses' heads to the north; after ,setting down they will turn and retire by Pall-mall East, Trafalgar-square (north side), Duncannon-street, Strand, &c. 'The company will enter at the box-offi c e door. Carriages for the ball coming by Whitehall will fall into the line with th,,so from the East, in Cockspur-street (alternately, it numerous), and after setting down they will return also by Pall:mall East, Trafalgar-square (North side and East side), and Whitehall, leaving the Statue at Charing-eross 011 the right hand. The Company will enter at the Box-office door. The East end of Charles-street, St. James's•square, will be closed at nine o'clock. Carriages will take up in the same order as they set down. Those to come down the Haymarket to stand in St. James's square, Regent-street, belo.v Piccadilly, Jermyn-street, &c. Those to take up for the east or the south to stand is Tra falgar-square, Cockspur -street, &c. The ponce will not permit any person whatever to stand un der the Colonnade of the Opera House at any time during the night. in order to prevent obstructions, the police will, if neces sary, occasionally stop the file (1 carriages proceeding to the ball, in order that the public thoroughfares may be kept open. 100 del.y in setting down will be caused by thi,, as no carriage will be permitted to cut in before the carriage so stopped. Persons going to the gallery and upper boxes to enter at the gallery door. C. ROWAN. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Brighton Gazette.) PORTSMOUTH, MAY 12.—1 t is confidently rumoured that the appourment of Commander-in-Chief in the Pacifie, has been given to Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas, of the Blue Squadron, as successor to Rear-Admiral Ross, and that the Dublin, 50, is to be commissioned to bear his flag. The brig tender Rapid, 10, Lieut. Tryon, has teturned from the eastward from protecting the fisheries. The new steamer Geyser, built at Milford, has passed by for Woolwich, under convoy of the Driver steamer, and in charge of the Master of the Ocean, guardship at Sheerness. '1 he iron steamers, Albert and Wilberforee, were still at Plymouth on the 7th instant, waiting final orders to proceed to the coast. The troop-ship Athol, Mr. Bellamy, Master, may be shortly lool.ed for, from l3arbadoes, to which island she conveyed the 59th regiment from Corfu. The new brig Bittern, 16. is at length to be commissioned, and to be commanded by Commander the Hon. B. C. Cary, brother of Viscount Falkland. The steam vessel, Confiance, is ordered home from the Me diterranean to be paid off. The corvette Iris, 26, Captain Nurse, touched at Madeira from Plymouth on the 4th April, and sailed for the Cape of Good Dope on the 7th of the same mouth. The Volage, 28, Captain G. Elliot, remains at Spithead waiting orders. She brought home Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Elliot, C. 8., late Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, and, it is thought, will go to Chatham to be paid off. 't he new brig Siren, 16, according to report, will be commis sioned by Commander Lord F. Beauelerck. The Woolverine, 16, Captain Tucker, is ordered home, from the coast of Africa, to he paid off. She was at Prince's Is and on , he '2d April, all well. The steam frigate, Dee, Commander Sherer, is hourly ex from the West Indies, to be paid off. The Monarch, 84, Caytain Chambers, is hourly expected at Spithead from Sheerness, our pilots having left her at the Nore. AT :51'1TM:A D.—lndus, 84, Vernon, 50, Pelican, 16, Volage, 26, and Nautilus, 10. IN llAanoun.—Queen, Victory, Excelent, Royal George yacht, Bittern, Fair Rosamond, and flag tenders. MEXICO. Her Majesty's packet Petrel, Lieutenant Crooke, arrived on Tuesday morning at Falmouth, from Mexico. Her sa ilin g dates—Vera Cruz, March 28; Tampico, April 3; Havannah, 15. Passengers Alessrs. Graham, L'Eduard, Schetter, Pelsford, Alolinaro, Holt, Fernandez, Perez, Ansetague. Barno, Dr. Martinez, and three miners. Her freight 290,000 dollars At Vera Cruz, the Exchange &A. On March 26, a grand ball was given in the city of Mexico to Bustamente, to which the British and Frenoh diplomatic representatives were invited. Prior to its coming on, it was rumoured that an insuA as intended to the English, by placing on the right side of the Mexican republican emblems in the bail room, the flag of the French nation, and that of the British on the left. A strong representation was made to the persons concerned, on the impropriety of the arrangement, but it was of no avail. On the party being assembled, we are informed that Mr. Pakenham with a penknife cut down the British en sign, and left the room, taking it with him; all the Englishmen e,ent followed. A great deal of conversation had arisen therefrom. Intrigue, on the part of the French, presented itself everywhere. --- Trade Continued excessively dull, both at Mexico and Vera Cruz ; and no one contemilated a change in commerce until a political revolution had taken ilace, anti Bustamente had been thrown aside, which the merchants thought would occur in two of three months. The 15 per cent. on importations acted as a direct prohibition. The right of concession by Arista. rela tive to the twist monopolies, we apprehend, was being disputed ; it was, therefore, uncertain how long that privilege would be enjoyed. The Comus remained at Vera Cruz, but it was probable that as the Vestal had gone down there likewise, the freight in tended for the firmer would be shipped by the latter, on the commissariat account. The Government were in treaty for a steamer wherewith to commence operations against the Texians. A gun-brig was cruising off Vera Cruz, annoying the Mexican small coasting craft. In order to prevent the intrusion of this vessel at Sa crafidos. the sum of 6,000 dollars had been expended to raise a fort at that place. THE WIDOW OP THE Duc D'ENGHIEN.— The Princess Charlotte of Rohan Rochefort ded a few days since, after a long and painful illness. " The life of this admi rable woman," says the Sleek, in noticing the event, " was marked with a cruel fatality. Belonging by birth to one of the most ancient noble taraiies of Ft ance, she was, when young, mar ried to the unfortunate Duke d'Etighten ; but this union, though the result of a mutual affection, did not obtain the sanc tion of the Duke de Bourbon, and, consequently, the Princess never publely bore. the name of her illustrious hu,band. It It has been stated that, after the etecution of the Duke de En ghien at Vincennes, his father offered to confirm the mar riage, and thus render the Princess heiress of the immense wealth of the house of Conde ; but the Princess, with great ness of mind, refused to accept the fortune of the man whose name she had not been allowed to bear. She devoted the rest of her life to cherishing the memory of her last .consort ; but such was the pure spirit of her soul, that, bitter its erre her regrets, she never was brought to bear maltee towards those who were the causes of her misery. Her mild and tolerant piety could only be appreciated by those who surrounded her, and her existence was only made known the numerous ben e . Scent acts which emanated from her to t e last day of her life, and which she diffused without distuictiotief part/ and opinion.! —Galignani's Messenger. P ALARMING DECLINE 14 I 7, 1 41 7i.t4,11 ;N e Y ; O vti o reec L ules iE do N erprites E ss1 :: Pou,Ts.—The quantity of clothe 41?1ported last year was 215,746 pieces; now the export the yettr previous was 392 ,854 cerapiectey Tshboisuriaaastrfaikiliingfig off proo of f under which the . Yorkshire trade has peen- and te still I W I" • 1 a ur _ ing,—rAcdf , . rir 11:101110 , •ft =s MORN IN u EDITION. CANDIA. We publish the following proclamation of the In surgent Cretans, or Candiots, without comment. Proclamation of the Cretan Exiles on returning to Crete.—(Translatiou.) Cretan Fellow-Countrymen !—Ten whole years have already passed since the time when breathing the air of freedom, and masters of all our native land, except a few fortresses, with joy and gladness we saw that at last our silent enduranee and our inappreciable, and inde scribable sacrifices were rewarded by our emancipation. That joy and satisfaction caused us then to forget the great and unheard of woes we suffered during the period of the long and bloody war, we no longer called to mind the atrocious murdering of our bishops and priests at the commencement of the Revolution, nor the slaughter of our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, re latines, and friends ; nor the enslavement and dishonour of our wives and children, nor indeed the other mists r;es, which, with unexamuled fortitude, we endured in the mountains and caves, though sinkieg daily under the weight of our woes. That sole sensation of joy possessed cur souls, when suddenly, and against the ex pectation of ourselves, and all who had known our suf ferings, the feeling of delight was changed to unutter able affliction and despair. The voice of nations who, like ourselves, ECiVit the Prince of Justice and Freedom, Jesus Christ, of nations who sacrifice all for their independence arid their rights and who are ready to incur any danger rather than see these attacked, the voice of these nations commanded us again to bow the neck to the yoke of shameful sla very after our own hands alone had broken it asunder. This voice was so mlglAy that we were of necessity obliged to obey, but in yielding to force, we never re nounced our recovered rights; these rights are and remain inalienable, as long as one alone of us remain slice ,and ore drop of blood circulate in our veins ; and for this reason we protested in the clearest manner aga;nst the measure in the well-known acts of the Certen Council dated `tad November 1830.: Theisee begins an epoch of new woes for our unfor tunate countrymen in the interval of these ten years, we have seen and suffered much both front Christians and Turks. We have seen nearly introduced into Clete the system of monopoly which has rendered the Eg) ps tians the most wretched people of the earth ; we have seen fifty-two of our most distinguished and worthiest fellow-countrymen executed by hanging at one time, when in the most peaceable and lawful manner we met together to ask a remedy for these evils ; we hove seen forcible conscriptions in Crete, arid nearly all the conscripts were sacrificed in the war, to gratify the insatiable avarice and ambition of the Satrap of Egypt. But why attempt to tell what is indescribable! The poverty and nakedness which during this period has been spread over our country, naturally so rich—do they not proclaim, more clearly than any other voice, the lawlessness, violence, and inhumanity of the Turkish Government? All these things, however, we paneatly suffered in the constant hope that the 'eighty of the earth would at length feel sensible of the great injus tice which they had committed against a Cbrhfan and long-sefFering people. But alas ! the voice, it seems, of the injured, either has not force to reach their cars, or it is not strong enough to touch their hearts. As if we were African slaves, they take us from the one and sell us to the other despofe master, without being moved by our sufferings, without regarding ou rights, and without even giving us the smallest notice. Finding ourselves then in this condition, most unjustly used, most contemptuously treated, thrown aside as if of no value, and menaced moreover with the pro spects of seeing again renewed in our country, the tragic scenes previous to 1821, through which Crete was made to resemble a butchery, where the Chris tians were daily slain without pity by the Turks, ti flee ting further on the moral and physical condition of ourselves and our ch !dreg, as every rational man has a right ; we now take for the fourth time our arms in our hands, with the view not of revenging the insults and tyranny, and murders, before the revolution, not of seeking to expiate the innocent blood ,of our Clergy. and of so many other honourable men of Crete which' in the beginning and continuance of the In surrection, was shed in streams by lawless and brutal hands, without resistance and without cause ; net to seek plunder by seizing the property of another, of whatever race or religion he may be, not to attack the final decision of the Five Great Powers (for the ques tion is of Rights which were now before those decisio rs were come to, and which were indirectly recognised by the Powers themselves, when they made us over, not to the Government of the Sultan against which we fought, hut to that of the Satrap of Egypt). No! for none of the above objects do we now take up arms, but we take them, and with them in our hands to unite our cry for justice, for humanity, and for political exiistence ; full of confidence that the great Powers of Europe, and particularly the three Powers who rendered justice to our Greek brothers and fellow combatants, and who raised Greece into a Kingdom, the three Allies, Great Britain, France, and Russia, will at least acknowlege our indisputable rights, and will intervene where it be hoves, so that we may be relieved from our present hu miliating position, and that our freedom and self-go vernment may be granted to us. Having now stated the strong and just reasons which compel us once again to take arms, we tuns to you, fellow-countrymen, to say, that in undertaking the great work of freedom with arms in hand, it is neces sary in order to obtain an object, that we be bound to gether by the holy bond of unanimity ; that we under take the contest for our religion and country, with ea gerness and sincerity ; that we show the greatest sub mission and obedience to the superior military and poli tical chiefs and to their just commands, that we respect the honour, the life, and the property, not only of our brother Christians, but also of our fellow-citizens, the Turks, so long as these latter, comprehending their own true interests, shall not oppose our undertaking, which has in view, not only our good, but their advantage also, when properly considered. By the step we now take, we have no other object but that we should ail live as brothers, under laws which shall secure the honour, the lite, and the property of all the inhabitants of Crete without exception. Be assured, fellow-countrymen, that in following such a line of conduct, our enterprise will be crowned with the most brilliant success, through the interme diation of the three Allied Powers—England, France, and Russia. The true cause and the real object of our under taking, the truth of which we solemnly avow, we hope we shall not find our fellow countrymen, the Turks, opposed to us, if they reason rightly, nor coy other person whomsoever, for what we desire is most just and lawful. But against all expectntisn we find the certeary, we declare from this moment, that rather than tall for the fourth time under the Turkish )ok-, where the honour of our children was unrestrainedly outraged. thousands of us slaughtered like cattle, where our pro perty and our labour served only to supply the food of laziness, turpitude, and iniquity, we prefer to tacit our destruction to the last man, choosing rather to die a glorious death in our country's cause, than to live a- life of dishonour arid reproach. Yes, fellow countrymen, a a glorious death is by honourable souls a thousand times preferable to a life of servitude and disgrace--servitude is for the brute, but man is made for freedom, and for freedom he should be prepared to suffer anything, even to death itself. Cretans! we are Greeks, and it is our proper and he reditary virtue, to fight, to conquer, and to die, if ncces ary, for freedom, and good government.. Cretans! It was our country that first promulgatei just laws, which being spread abroad, carried civilisa tion and prosperit; - to the rest of the world. Is it then just that she, the motl.er of laws, should be now the habitation of lawlessness and despotism ? ‘• Fight for thy faith and country" is a religious and political maxim, and death in such a cause, r enders men enviable here, a n d bl esse d i n e ternity. But in going to join these brave warriors who have fallen for their countrymen, the Protapapadukies,the Delijanakines, the Kourdies, the Kourmouhes, the Tzelibi T t"e the Bu somareces, Zepannes Siphacas, Catzo Mies e lids, and so many other brave and g Crete, r t ill t e ce w sell e will our nutr own ea t e o t u h 1 ) a s e t o :7 ) 1 ) their may : flood r ° Ba u ttn s : a fer heroes assistancecr r e: i e ut e . " s t : S l:Y t l rs a(aseigenagainst us. o F the cl L " o .- r e d ° , uLt and rY neither me n Our Divine,tcrnPorri sh:ul wil l l n be cr w e , t in ; ti F ng eb t . o l u 7 s ; IGB4odi.be with us, atures.) PORTUGU ESE BONDS. .fidl i o t w i i s ng ., melancholy tale, yet w hile thousands have been ruined let l te V r e , andadvreer6secedntor:qAule:rto' Morning t o P Conte ub m l i s p h o r t a h r e y in a similar manner, there are yet pat tics wicked enough great pecuniary difficulties, and its to concoct new.loaus tor the bankrupt Governments of the Peninsula :--- doubtSihßoi--w roegoCened with regard to my little Portu- ' gueso stock. may I ask the favour of )our opinion on the subject. You have great experience thereon, and have k i n ,,i y grantel to the public the benefit of the same. A f ew years ago I held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in h er Aljesty's service, but as age was fast me ping on ni : and iavin l g re a seld t e mily o n disposing (a son a of and dtwo my co mmission. I daughters)coiis on o provide f or, ) . I did sn, and the proceeds, added to my own private property, produced me a capital of 9,50001. In one fatal hour, and under the advice of my friends, I in vested the whole in Portuguese Fire per Cents., a t 99i„ Wnen the Govtrnment first, to my surprise and great di:tress, cease d to pay ti c dividends,, I declined titling out any of my stuck at the reduced prices (between 40 and 50) t o meet m‘ pecun ia r y eng a 2 efrients, but raised money on my hills at 5 pet cent., pledging my stock as security. My bids w eie so frequently renewed that I found my se lf com paled,, in 1639, to dispose of 4,0001. Stock, at 82 per cent., to pay them and meet my cur- , rent expenses, as well as an unfortunate liability for . winch - 1 bad made myself responsible. A few months afterwards my • son was th:zetted to a commission (by purchase). in the army. Although the Tor. tuguese Stock was at ,:?.8, I w as o bli ge d to se ll ou t 2,5001., which • procured me only 700/. Finding the Steck s till-deereasieg in value; and distressed beyond description for the fate of my daughter”e TI. ' • . . .., .. • •