The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-11 00:00:00

'UNr „ LONDON, TITtf MORNING EDI lON . CORN-LAW CRISIS. . (From the Liverpool Journal.) Tan GREAT PROBLEM.—The great problem is now to be resolved, whether the people of England are really far enough advanced in moral courage and intellectual cultivation to see the right object of good government, and,to make efforts sufficiently strenuous to secure it. Leng and. often hits it been asserted that the Ministers were to blame .for their timidity ; that they were behind the spirit of,the age ; that they had but to put them eelveS a the head of the movement towards free trade to be bon vie nionK by the enthusiastic voices of the people - that sordid- monopoly would quail before the a roused giant of opinion,,' aa it - (64 ten years ago, on a similar occasion. :Well; the Ministers have done so. buhdecisively.at they have declared war with the three greatest monopolies with which this country is cursede—those of corn, timber and sugai. They have declared war with theta, not in the abstract, but in degree. tin the result, vast material interests depend— intereits to which. even the existence of a Liberal Go vernment is subsidiary. It will decide whether, at the same time, trade shall be revivified, the returns of capi tal and the wages of labour enhanced, and the revenue augmented ; or, whether trade shall continue to dwindle, and the people to sink lower and nearer to the zero of misery, a vast portion of our population thrown on the land, aliddother permanent property, for maintenance, and the oeticieney in the revenue supplied by a direct abstraction from every man's earnings, in the shape of an income tax. In two words, the issue is national ruin, or national prosperity. (From the Carnarvon Herald.) The most remarkable result of the step ahout to be taken by Ministers, is the liberalizing effect it seems to have produced upon certain Tory landlords. 'They begin to see that every restriction upon corn is neither more nor less than a tax ; and as it fixed duty upon foreign wheat wehld, to the extent of that duty, act as a tax upon the cimsnmer, they are determined to resist • so the very knue,• this attempt to fasten a bread-tax upon the people." So says any Lord Win chelsea So say they all ! Heaven bless them How kind they have grown ! They would, in sheer goodness of heart,- rather sell corn to the people at eighty shil lings under protection, than allow them to have it at fifty tinder a fir. It is to hoped (in order that such charity may let properly appreciated), they will condescend to explain how it is that a duty of twenty-three shillings, when pia as a protection to the g rower, is less a tax upon tee continuer, than six or seven shillings paid to It he revenue ; since, unless better instructed, there may lott people enough to prefer paying a small sum to tiovernment, rather than a large one to monopolists. (From the Lancaster Guardian.) t • seek the abolition of the bread-tax, and nothing else will ',Satisfy the people. Let this be s olemnl y gua m„t„n, -the electors of Great Britain will, wit most confidently pr.:.tliCt. carry them triumphantly throug the storm o f the Ir:wending crisis. Should our ardent. ex ... - r-,aliffed the Whigs will establish a further pec,,Ations • ••• 7 .said the proudest elairo on the gratitude of their country. hay have, aided by the hearty support of the peop . le, e ”ted a gigantic reform in the English res e entative vast ,system— t h ro wn open to general competition th ;fret -kegs of the East—annihilated the revolting slaver and y re of ' t h e ,N est, and l a id the foundation of guoti - aponsii,i'--iererninent in the towns and cities of thi s though important and gloriou kina - dt. on:. 7 4( "'e , eu nke infinitely less renown than the achievements, are abp 7t to propose, ii it only fulfils the act. which they the iniquitous tax on nation's hope by totally abo!" 111 Pg the first nee - es; aev of human exiel"neSs and thus g ivin g . lib e rty to the industrial ene r g ies of Pel'Ple. :the that their Autv of the electors is ohs ions. We doubt no. con-duct will be worthy of the 4 - we:i4on, and equal LS the reomeatoos ciaisequences at etake. Laying aside for a ,sei,;on thsir sectional differeintea, they must unite, as the Burt of one man, to secure the e,rnmercial deliverance 1:1 - 412li has so unexpectedly appeared in the prospect. (From tin Ediuburfik CProniele.) A BouTioN or THE CORN-LAW:4.—We o e nderstand that a Arle,_:her of the Committee of the Anti-Cnien-law As sosiation of , this city has left town for Louden, with the petition 2-ulrettribed by upwards of 27,000 of ''fie in habitants in supP•ort of a total abolition of these ohne xiffas laws. The petition is to be entrusted to Sir John Canepe bell for presentation. We trust that other associations throughout the country wi ll act in a similar way. We eye "happy also to be infermed, that the public bodies of the city are in motion for the came object—and for a re vision of the Import Duties:. •.The Guildry are to meet on Menday, the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, and the 3ilercliant Company on Wednesday. We believe that a public meeting of the inhabitants will be held in the beet bring of the week. (From the Goth SoutLern Reporter.) Whet: first announced, many were alarmed at any re duct, on in the corn duties, and it was not unnatural ; but it is q.-iite a mistake ; a fixed duty on corn will not atlixt prices n.aterially in Ireland, while it will work unques tionable good otherwise. Since our last publication we h a v e had an opportunity of conversing with many largely intereshal iii this question—men of high intelligence as great practical expe r i e nce, and we were agreeably sur prised to find that they were, after calm reflection, ctearly of the same opinion with ourselves, as to the beneficial, or rather harmless, operation of the proposed change. Bet not only in its agriculttaral interests, this change \will not he of immediate detriment to Ireland ; it must aiso afflict powerfully her political condition. While u will raise and augment. the popular strength of England, it hill weaken and disarm the party that bit ever unre lentiogly refused the smallest boon to Iretbzul. The peincip!e of government is changed. Ministers have adtrpti n new creed. They must henceforward govern it the pehille, and if so, they have, in answer to the Irish feo pl e , a kehnative but to grant the fullest measure 0: equality. TheT are pledged as an Administration to their new course, and it now rests with the people—the strong, united, and • invincible people—to work out this measure, and achieve their own happiness in the truth and jesiice of their laws and government. (From the Berwick Advertiser.) Out of evil cometh go:xl—out of a deficient and (le en, in , revert:le hits arisen, or is about to arise, the boon w hi t h'justice and reason, and the true interests of the counta . y, were likely long to demand in vain—a tho rough I.J-brill and remodelling of the existing system of comm ercial tariffs, beginning with the master grievances o f the ecru, the timber, and the sugar monopolies. The announcenout or the great question of tariff reform h av i ng b een t i'l*en up by the Ministry, has pleased as much as it has b s :uprised the whole community, with the exception of. the pit - rties having an interest, or believing themselves to have i en interest, in the doomed monopo lies—o. wit, the landlore 4 s, the West India planters, and that portion of the " shipcing interest" employed in the - Canadian trade—we may add, with the exce p tion also of the more rabid portion of the Tories, ;vim are-infuri ated at the Ministry having, at the very mou:ent when they seemed on the point of falling, adopted means so likely to bring them an accession, both of credit and of strength. (From the Kelso Chronicle.) .HAwicK.—The promptitude and activity displayed by the Anti-Corn-law Association here is beyond all praise. Already has the petition received hundreds of signatures and will, we doubt not, outnumber the one that was de spatched from this place last year. (From the Bolton Free Press.) The Vinistecial crisis has at length arrived. The an ouncement of Lord John Russell in the House of Com- LIAMS, and the explanation of Lord Melbourne in the of Lords, must have convinced, even the most sceptical, that the ef%rts of the .Anti-Corn-law Leag,in have not been made in rain. Tlnistruggle will, no doubt, be, a desperate one. Against us, are array ed a ' majority of the lords of the soil, and a great majo rity of the established clergy.' On our side we have the ma.nufucturing interest, the shipping interest, and a large portion of the mercantile classes. More than all these, however, is the sincere conviction, "which they of the adverse faction want," that our cause is the cau,i: of justice mad humanity. Sooner (c):- later these princi ples must prevail, and, therefore, no temporary discomfi ture can dispirit us. Meantime the duty of all Corn-law Repealers is, to tell ministers plainly . what they want. Every man who. refuges to lend a helping hand in the present struggle to obtain the ago ition of the bread, tax as accessory to the murder, by " painful extinction," o' thousands of his fellow-countrymen. (From the Ca thrian.) The Tory k3olicy•may doubtless answer well enough the purpose of the olig,arAy, which is to oppress industry. annihilate commerce, and grind the poor with taxes. ~,But the great b o d y of and grind Must infallibly, if thel comprehand their intensts, make common cause w ith al; "sting Govern m ent, which, if it be remarkabl e f or ant one thing mor e than another , is undoubtedly so tin. it: strenuous. attachment to the principle of Reform. Shetild s h oe tly , dissoiv,A, therefore, w - Parliament _list ti n . 'nation will come forward and do its duty menfitllv. ,Ministers h ave already done theirs. (From the Waterford Chronicle.) • • 'The announcement made by Li - ,rd John tiuss e ll on t h e subject of the Corn -laws has raise ahhot of friends f i oi the Ministry throw , head d rit to think a o ri r d ah , ea •e rt -, landlord in Ireland who h as a to feel is with them on the su JjeCt. foremost in, tin , rank of the friends of mankind stand m r . O'Connell; a& - )Mr. Sharm a n Crawford ; they have uncompromisingly avowed their determination to oppose the iniquitous bread tax, and need - Say - that the people of Ir4ane are preVared to think and act with those distinguisheo and enlightened patri as. The Tories are for monopoly ; they care not about the peop7e. To uphold ascendancy in every thing is their end and aim. The Tories in power, and we would nut triye one year's purchase for the whole revenues of.the Church. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) THE CORN-LAWS IN iIiELAND.—InUSC very silly — but it must, at the same time, be confessed, very disho rest—peop , who imaSined th at I re l an d wou ld rise, like le one man, for the perpet iation f the bread tax—tier the monopoly in food-for rack -rent s and depopulating land lords—have hitherto been most grievously disappointed in their Ctilettlati.uns. couuti i . . ri tutt,..ed, out it is ugairst "A(' tftrvatiol pr.nciiile of the Tories. The people are rising, Ina it is in array a ga i nst t h e wic k ed combivatian ot as base, as crud, as unprincipled meo, ~ as ever cons:tired aga:ust the liberties of a country. It Was , hoped that, Ireland being principally agricultural, , t ; ; people. might be excited to take a hostile position ugainst Ministers. Vain is the aspiration. Agricultural, Ireland is, nollouht, hilt it will take a great deal of „ r _ i gument to persuade the people that they can be injured . ..by a substitution of a liked for a fluctuating duty on corn. -' • • (From the Monmouthshire Merlin.) ;,. TWe have arrived at a.crisis. It is impossible to on coal thi4 fact. A financial, commercial, and p a. . es isis has 4appened in conjunction ; and as Reform came upon lei like a thundc;ring avalanche, so has the great • tnaw set in, hreatening to dissolve the very ground _ be neath the feet of the mono p o li s ts. Lord Joun Russell 77' has delayed to play hi s .trump card until the end of the game. It is not lost on that account, although we ad mit it might have been better had he played it spotter. Better now than never. The Ministry were not the men •" to bow beneath the ills upon them piled." With one vtorous effor., they have cut their way through the t: Tory ranks that were encompassing them, and once rrore stand in the van of the .battle, sour ding a call to !he rescue, which, we doubt not, will be answered by all England (From the Somerset County Gazette..) GOOD NEWS FOR ME COUNTRY.—Bravely have Mi nisters met the exigency of the times. The fears we expressed last week, lest they should shrink from the dif ficulties presented by the financial condition of the coun try were vain. Ministers have proposed to meet the de ficiency in the revenue, not by putting on fresh taxes, but by taking off a portion of those which already exist, and which most oppress the productive classes ;—they propose to reduce the tax on bread, on sugar, and on timber, and so to make the mass of the people more con fortable, and, at the same time, to increase the revenue by means of the increased consumption which lower prices of the necessaries of life would lead to. It is a glorious object ; may it find the su pp ort and success it deserves. Already a howl of rage has gone up from the Tory supporters of monopoly. They threaten the Mi nistry with their most uncompromising opposition. The Ministry will look to the country for support in their struggle with the public plunderers. It is more than probable that Ministers will be defeated in their endea vour. They will then appeal to the country, and leave it to the electors to say whether they prefer cheap feed or dear food ; that will be the one question, and on their decision will depend the fate of England. Can we doubt what that decision will be ? (From the Bristol Mercury.) The repeal of the Corn-laws ! What a mass of human misery will be swept from the earth by that one single measure—what germs of future prosperity will be im planted for commercial England We regard this as decidedly the most important legislative step that has been taken since the enactment of those same most odious laws a quarter of a century ago, when, in a borough mongering House of Commons, with doors guarded by the soldiery, the high-minded landlords of England proceeded to tax the poor man's loaf for the benefit of their own pockets, whilst the sabres of the military alone restrained the indignation of an outraged community from bursting into acts of popular violence, and musket-balls and cold, steel formed the barrier between the people and their representatives ! The repeal of the Corn-laws is a plain straightforward, practical measure a measure which affects at once every industrious man's cupboard-comforts —every working man's weekly marketinfr• - (Froin the Devonport Independ ent.) Ministers have thus commenced that reiorm which has so long been needed—their first steps, though few, and making but comparatively small progress, being firmly and manfully taken, and deserving the warm encourage ment of every one who has the national .prosperity at heart. (From the Liverpool Albion.) The debate on the issue of which, in all probability depends whether the Whigs or the Tories shall govern commenced on Friday evening, in the House of Commons. Lord John Russell expounded the Ministerial policy; in a very able and statesman-like speech, and moved the resolution which will be found in our ad stract of the debate. Lord Sandon met the resolu tion by an amendment, which will also be found in its proper place. The representative of this great commercial town, the inhabitants of which are more deeply concerned than those of any other towt in the kingdom in the utmost freedom of trade. stood forth the opponent of the greatest mea sure proposed in our time for the establishment of the principle, and the champion of the West India and other oppressive monopolies. We have, in another article, remarked on his Lordship's conduct, whicl, we leave to be dealt with as it ought by those o his supporters whose enlightened and. strenuous efforts te pr67note the principles of free trade he has done his ut most to frustrate. The debate was adjourned until this evening. It is not expected to close before Wednesda:t morning, when the division will take place. The division, according to the prevalent opinion, wil! be adverse to Ministers, though the majority against them will not, it is calculated, be litrge. The Tories to man will vote for Lord Sandon's amendment, reckless of the consequences which the rejection of the budget . may cause to the finances of the country, and merel, - iatent on the acquisition ef office for their party. Whip their g 5. sailants are compact and united, the Ministers axe dooms lto meet them with a weakened force. The proposal to admit sugar the produce of slave labour has frightened from their ranks the party called " saints," headed by Dr. Lushington ; while th, project for modifying the Corn-law, _by admitting fo reign corn at a fixed_duty, has driven away the agricul turtst,4 at the head of whom is Mr. Handley.. Both Dr Lushingum. and Mr. Handley - attempted, on Friday night t i justify their desertion of the Government "at it: utmost need," 4 641 they were, of course, vocifer aisly cheered by the Tories for conduct whirl is very natural, bZ7t not very creditable to tht , ;. patriotism. Under stns' circumstances, a mirae. will be required to pre'`` eat a defeat on tip. division ; and there is no 1 7ason to expect political miracle on behalf of 7,!inisters at th, present moment. Whether, if defeated, they will resign remains to be seen. Reports differ on the subjeq. opinion most prevalent in the political circles is, that the will resign instanter, and give the Tories the long am Anxiously desired opportunity of undertaking the diree don of affairs. Whatever turn things may take,—whether the Govern. ment may continue in the hands of the Whigs, or be trans. f rred to those of the Tories, the present agitation ha nade one thing certain, —monopoly is doomed. Like I viathan, when pierced and made desperate Le:' the harpoons of its assailants, it may flounder and plunge, and even, in the violence of its agony, excite temporary alarm in the breasts of its enemies ; but it , eti. is sealed : die it must, and that right soon. Should thereto. vt Lord Sandon's amendment be carried, the mo nopolists, whether home or colonial, will have little cause to rejoic7 at his Lordship's success. It will merely give them a brie ref - Tito, and timber, ant: '° l-11 ' - Tito, Against the monopolies 01 un7tho decree has gone fo r t h. aid they will, ere long, shat the fa of the once formid a'Jle and almost impregnable m: n°l3 ? lY te Cie East. The Tories, once more _ ln o h ffi ,,,,, , t h, % more save the former from destruction ice, e t o ra ul d d e n t: : ht revive the latter. They cannot, any more tia - n a t ;, _ _ Whigs, resist the force of public opinion decidedly hostile to every system which taxes the many for the benefit of the few ; while the financia. necessities of the State, which have their foundation ii. " the monumental debt of England," the work o' Tory hands, will compel them to make altera ti as in our fiscal system which shall, withou ocreasing the load of taxation under which the county; low staggers, suffice to meet the wants of the time: .:.00n will the Tories be made to feel the truth of Dry den's couplet— "'Tis easy conduct when exchequers flow, But hard the task to manage well the low." The prospect now presented to the foes of monopoly i encouraging. Their course must continue to be " Agita tion—agitation—agitation." Amidst the strifes and th,- ,truggles of party, the good cause is certain to prosper. For our part, we shall not be surprised to see the Tone: •arrying into effect the very measures of free trade for proposing which they are, according to every appearance. ,about to turn out the Whigs. (From the Wexford Independent.) The reduction of the sugar duty is such a boon to tilt .)oor—a novelty in legislation that almost compels us to deny credence to the evidence of our senses, whilst Avc read the expose of the Chancellor—that it recommends itself to the support of every wise and benevolent indi vidual in the empire ; and the repeal of the Corn-laws— the great crowning question of all—we cannot designate otherwise than a mighty revolution whose effects on the destinies of these countries time only can develope. (From the Northern TVhig.) We think it by no means unlikely, but, on the con trary, exceedingly probable, that the question of the Corn-laws will be the matter chiefly to be decided by general election, at no remote day ; for we consider it very doubtful whether any wise change will be conceded by the existing Parliament. It, therefore, becomes the :core necessary that the public mind should be familiarised . 4 th the subject ; and that it should be prepared, as wren as may be, for coming to a right determination. Men cf Ire and, and especially those of you—the vast mass --why Aave to toil fiir your bread, let the fact sink deep into your souls, let. it remain there as the goading reply to al the imposition that may;_ be attempted upon you—thal the object—ay, and the declared object—of the Corn-laws is, to make your bread dear, thus affording you little t eat, and leaving you little to spare for clothing and other necessaries of life. We call, most earnestly and most ,olemnly, upon every industrious man, from the mer .,hant to the daily labourer, to consider this state 01 :langs. The carpenter, the mason, the shoemaker, in short, every tradesman would have something more to spend upon his wife and children , or for his own com .ort, if this cruel law did not step in and snatch a par! of his earnings from hii hand, by compelling him to pay no much for his daily bread. THE LIBERALITY OF LORD W AL DEG RAVE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A paragraph is going the round of the Papers. which states that his Lordship is permitted to promenade' with his Lady between the gates, as her Ladyship wa:: so much annoyed by the gaze of the prisoners on her first visit to his Lordship, that she had determined not tc enter the prison again. Can you inform me, Sir, whether myself and fellow prisoners are not as much entitled to promenade outside tie gates as his Lordship ? And if so, with whom does the authority rest of granting permission ? I should like to be placed on the same footing as his Lordship in respect to locomotion, and I cannot see why every pri soner s wife might not urge the same reason as Lady Waldegrave that she should be allowed to promenade outside the gates with her husband. The paragraph also states that his Lordship has been " very liberal to the poor prisoners." As I know many of them are extremely distressed, and, in fact, often in want of a dinner, it gave me great gratification to hear that his Lordship had kindly administered to their ne cessities. It appears, however, that the person appointed by his Lordship to dispense his bounty to the poor pri soners has neglected his duty, as, upon inquiry, I can not find one recipient of his Lordship's or of her Lady ship's bounty, except that a gentleman in her suite dropped 2s. • 6d. into the poor-box on her Ladyship's departure, when she first visited the prison. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, HENRY HETHERINGTON. Queen's Bench, May 10, 1841. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—The anni ♦eraary dinner of this Society was celebrated on Saturday -at the Freemasons'-hall. About 200 gentlemen were present, Lord Mahon in the chair. The proceedings of the evening were enlivened by the sweet voioes of Messrs. Broadhurst, Hawkins, Hobbs, &c. The subveriptions amounted to a hand some sum, her Majesty's name appearing as a subscriber of 100 guineas, being her fourth donation to the same amount. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. • CHRONICLE.—The Times and the Tories uro well matched. Day after day the Times—not years ago, but within these few weeks—was urging Mr. Labouchere to attack the West Indian, Timber, and other monopolists, and boasting of the generous support he would receive from the Opposition if he threw himself fairly on the country. On the 16th March last, for instance, the Times told us that— ' " The measures introduced by Mr. Labouchere to the House cr , Commons on Friday evening for the relief of the cemnierce of the West Indies and the North American coloriies, are a very scanty application cf the principles which the Right Ho nourable Gentleman laid down, a very tardy advance in that able policy of Mr. Huskisson, which has now been ap plauded and abandoned for fifteen years, and a very slender instalment of those commercial benefits which the people of this country and of our dependencies demand from the legis lature It was justly remarked in the c ourse of thede - bate, that it is a ga'liug spectacle to see the duties of the colo nies lightened, while nothing is done to remove the most onerous and unprofitable restrictions borne by the yeople of the mother country. The Times then enters into a detail of the alterations which Mr. Labouchere's proposition would effect, after which it proceeds thus : " The erincipal motive which has guided the Board of Trade in the selection of these particular points of relief seems to be no other than the hope that they were so innocent or unimpor tant as to elude a vigorous opposition. Are the Government afraid to throw themselves on the good sense of the House of Commons and the country ? Have they not had repeated proof that the grand interests qf our commerce will not be con verted by the principal illembers of the Opposition into wea pons of offence? We await the disclosures of the Chancell r o! the Exchequer with anxious doubts — doubts not as to the financial embarrassment of the country and the msnifest defi ciency of the public revenue, but as to the principle and means by which the Exchequer is to he replenished. For the only option which the Government is Lee to use consists either in extending the bases of taxation by enlarging and relieving the class of consumers, or in narrowing that class and increasin g its actual burdens, to the great injury of all trade and of the general welfare." On the 18th March, the Times, referring to various propositions for relieving the distresses of the labouring classes, observes— " But amongst those remedies, those which are undoubtedly most secure, most ripe, and most urgent, are connected with the improvement of our commercial system, and the extension of our commercial relations with other countries. " It is no slight addition to the claims or a cause which has already so much justice and reason on its side, that thee are backed by the most appalling statements of the present deal i tion and progressive decline of our manufacturing population. The sufferings of millions demand relief, even though that re lief were not identical with the truest policy of England. But the welfare of the mass is identical with the interests of the country ; and it is because the general prevalence and the ge neral loss have not been fairly measured aga'nst the particular advantage of a protected interest that the energies of the coun try are weighed down by an unequal and injudicious system of taxation." Alluding to its former proposition to reduce the sugar duties, it observes— " With how much more weight should we have spoken, if we asked our rulers not only to benefit the planter, and to in crease the revenue, but to feed the people by diminishing the 4tuties on colonial produce—by adjusting the taxes on corn upon a system better calculated to avoid the evils of excessive fluctuation in price and entire prohibition, and by sweeping away the duties which exclude us from foreign markets with adding to our own revenue." The Times then extracts a long passage from the Re port of the Hand-loom Commissioners, recommending concessions to the United States with reference to the tariff, to Brazil, and to Northern Germany, and proceeds to observe— . . "In short, whatever. be the legitimate influence of plomacy on commerce, it is very evident that if we do not treat with other countries, other countries will treat without us, and that the extension of our trade will be impeded as long as such treaties last, since they are expressly calculated to give supreme advantages to the intercourse of those_ other countries. It is not so much the opportunity for successful commercial negotias tion that is wanting as die ability to improve it." In another laboured article, the Times reproached Ministers for not sufficienty attending to the into rest; of onsumers, and even went so far as to tell them that they were too easily frightened by the opposition of the timber monopolists when they abandoned Mr. Poulett Thomson's &theme for placing the duties on Canadian and Baltic timber on a more equitable footing. And yet this same Paper, which thus reproached Ministers with their timidity, and called on them to attack the mono polists, and assures them of the support of the Opposi ion, has the unparalleled effrontery to join with the monopolists against Ministers, and to applaud the disc itonottrable policy of the Tories. The critical conflict of parties upon the questions in volved in' the )Ministerial Budget commenced, but, as our. readers will perceive, did not terminate, yesterday evening. It might have been supposed that, in cases of this nature, where, as every body knows, the point really at issue is a dif ferent thing from the question under debate, the country might have bt en sparedthe int ction of a tedious succession of speeches. What is the use of talking about financial propositions notori ously brought forward t o serve a political and not a financial pur pose ? What rational object can be attained by prefacing with a series of dissertations on the principles of free trade and politi cal economy a division, which cannot furnish any test of the degree in which those principles are accepted in Parliament? On the other hand, we see no great advantage in expatiating e a week together upon the horror s of slavery, in an assembly which has really met to put an end to a pelit feat crisis by a vote of confidence or no-confidence in a p..or • oppressing Ministry. We do not, of course, mean, either that Lord John Rus sell, when he utters sententious maxims about the impoliey f needless or excessive cqmmercial restrictions, is playing the hypocrite, or that Lord Sandon is not perfectly si ,cere when he deprecates the Ministerial proposal, as to the s oar duties, on the' score of its tendency to encourage negro laved. But we feel that these topics are merely collateral to the point at '-sues and that they are, on both skies, chiefly re sorted to for the sa.l'ePffivin". to party struegle the imposing appearance of a conflicto: oopular principles. The arguments de rived from them weigh,nociOut; with both parties, but they are not he reasons by which their line of Oteluct has been practically determined. Free trade is thrust forward by the Whigs to cover the retreat of the New Poor-law, and to break the onset of its victo ious assailants. Meier the shadow a a banner dear to many of her opponents, and by the help of # popular watch word, despotism hopes to gain time to rally her )ffek N eri forces and to daunt her adversaries with the fear that in striping ti r down they may endanger something else which they would fain preserve. What can be said to profligate and unblushing atom lonment of principle like this ? Notorious as the Times for utter and reckless disregard of honesty, it id int ',ssible not to be struck with its systematic calls on • - •%rs to proceed boldly with its free trade principles, -^e on the support of the Opposition, and its .sound, exclaiming the principles are of ix quite etwsugh that by --ro brought on fbemsehes 4 inollopals0.; •nr office, Ipe Tu, n full relitut_ urning suddenly . to consequence whatev.. troposing them Ministers ha he enmity of the different classes , .v hose help the Tories may drive them froh. Times, we repeat, is worthy of the Tories, and ies of the sTimes. The views and honesty of the part, tre admirably represented by the most unprincipled Tournal in the world. Che..~ We have been surprised to hear doubts ex :messed as to the course to be pursued, if the com bined and factious opposition of Tories and Monopo , lists to the financial and commercial reforms now 'afore Parliament shall bring on another crisis. That it till be so, in fact, is certain ; nor shall we be astonished if Lord Sandon's hypocritical resolution, so ably exposed by Lord John Russell, is carried by a considerable ma :ority. But we are surprised at the question of some well weaning persons in the streets, " Will the consequence be resignation or dissolution ?" Do these persons mean to affirm the Tory imputations on the Government, and to say that the propositions of Lord .J. Russell and the Chan- Aillor of the Exchequer were solely intended to cover :he retreat of the Cabinet, and to embarrass their suc _•essors ? Has it all, therefore, been mischievous child's play ? Was Lord John Russell"s feeling description of the sufferings and privations of the poor at Bolton only lrought forward to colour his picture, to justify his good intentions ; or, as his enemies would allege, to excite the itiimosity of the poor against other classes of society, and lead to ferments and tumult under the repressive policy of another Sidmouth Administration at the Home-office ? Or, were the motions for the repeal of the odious Corn !aws, the reforms in the Budget and of the Financial (;ustoms Bill, brought forward by a Government truly ,ent on relieving to the utmost of their power the pro iluctive industry of the country from the trammels tild restrictions of a vicious and antiquated com inercial code, and the oppressions of the national debt—the precious legacies to their countrymen of George Rose and William Pitt. ? If they were not pre pared for an appeal to the country on the subject of the Budget, reflecting and considerate men will doubt ex tremely whether more mischief than good may not have peen done by opening such wide and extensive schemes ;f change to the nation. They must have been aware, however strong was their own conviction of the justice of the principle on which they proceeded, however pressing were the instances of the industrious classes for its :tdoption, that there was not much chance of car-. rying their measures in the present Parliament. in fact, the present crisis :must have arisen under any Government. Either new taxation, or "a judicious alte ration of the protective and differential duties" became necessary the moment the expenditure of the country exceeded the revenue. Ministers knew that they could not depend upon a vote among their own supporters for new taxation. Even Lord Howick emphatically de clared that he would oppose either tax or loan till the re commendations of the Committee on Import Duties had been tried. His Lordship's opinion was a fair index of that of Reformers generally, and provided that Ministers even if their measures had not been founded on their own conviction of expediency, were right in their esti mate of the prevailing sentiments of their party on the subje c t. The result of an appeal to the people against Tory combination, the Carlton Club purse, its ready application in the more restricted constituencies, com bined with the efforts of bigoted land-owners, East and West Indians, monopolists of all other classes—for they boast of their general confederacy—new converts to the cause of th e N egro , the Anti-Poor-law, and No Popery cry, m a y even be doubtful. But that is the affair of the c oun t ry . Th e Ministers will ha ve done their duty, and m a y rest satisfied that, under their gui dance, whether in or out of office, if the country shall determine on the change, the truth will ultimately pre vail. There will, in any event, be a sufficient power in the House of Commons returned by the great towns, by Ireland and by Scotland, to prevent all the mischief that might have been apprehended by an unreformed Par liament, from power being transferred for a short inter val to the opponents of Reform, the abettors and sup porters of slavery, and the oppressors of Ireland. • Dr. Lushington will repent of the silly course he has adopted in supporting Lord Sandon's'reSolution. He has, indeed, added little in the way of argument to the party to Which he has . lent himself ; but a name is something with the country, and we are sorry to see him throw away his reputation. The 'W es t Indians promise great things in tho way of supplying the British market ; but in the meantime the masses of this country are referred for relief to a contingency. To a well-fed gentleman in the receipt of many thousands a year -a vegetable diet now and then may be no great evil ; but the poor spinners and weavers can ill afford to try Mier experiments in the. way of starvation. To them sugar is a necessary of life. But why arc the West In d ans to have a monopoly of our market ? It is clear t':at Dr. Lushingion is throwing obstacles in the way of the fgreat experiment now making whether free labour ern beat slave labour. It is only by supplying the la bour market adequately that we can hope to beat the slave countries, 'and. Dr. Lushington would diminish the motives to obtain a due supply of labour. In the mean time, by keeping sugar dear in the Bri tish market, while the Continental market is sup plied with low-priced sugar, he is giving a bounty to Continental trade, and enabling it to compete advan tageously with this country. This, of course, enriches the Continental consumers, and encourages the slavery by - which the additional supply of sugar is ohtainea. • The protection to our colonists is quite sufficient, if it is not wished that they should have the exclusive supp'iS,- of our markets at a monopoly price. The knowledge • that if prices rise beyond a certain sum foreign sugars will be admitted, will stimulate them to exertions they would not otherwise make. Dr. Lushington is the -real enemy of free labour, as he unquestionably is the enemy of the working population of England. POST.—Whatever indignation certain persons in the Government may affect at the supposition that the pro posed change in the Corn-law is all a trick to make an agitation in their favour, we still hold the opinion that it is a trick of that description, and nothing else. We are confirmed in that opinion by the rate of fixed duty which Lord John Russell has mentioned. It is quite ridiculous, and he cannot but know that it will thus be considered. The policy of fixing such a sum was no doubt to satisfy all persons of the Whig party connected with the land that the Ministers were not in earnest, mil that they only meant the proposition as the means of get ting up a little popularity. Had a duty of 15s. on wheat been proposed, it'might have been thought that Mini-ters really contemplated the experiment of a fixed duty, and their party in the country might have experienced something like dread of what might happen. But when such a duty as Bs. the quarter is proposed, it is seen at once to be so preposterous that no Government could really have contemplated any such thing. The Minis ters know very well that they could have no more chance of carrying this than Lord John Russell would have of carrying Lord Melbourne on his back from London to Coventry, without letting him once drop in the dirt. And this' will be, in fact, the excuse of the honest, very honest, Whig Administration to its country friends. " Pooh, pooh !" will the pleasant Premier exclaim, " Didn't you see it was ail a joke ? You couldn't really suppose that we had any idea of letting in foreign wheat on payment of Bs. a quarter. We knew you would see at once there were reasons of State for the proposal, but that the actual carrying into effect of such a change was out of the question. You could not think I was mad enonyh to do anything of that kind." Such we believe to be the trite interpretation of the absurd measure of which the Go vernment has given notice. We believe it to be—espe cially in consequence of what Lord John Russell has said—a mere trick of a factious Government, which has nothing to depend upon but shifts and stratagems, and which has now grown desperate from the wearing out of those tricks that hitherto have succeeded. BRITISH QUEEN. —The welcome sound which carried on its joyous tones the death-knell of the bread tax has reverberated through the length and breadth of the land, and its re-echo fell upon the astonished ears. of the Opposition on Friday evening in the House of Com mons. The north and the south are bristling with Anti- Cot n-law demonstratiots—the east and west are hurry ing.to the struggle. Let a disaolution come when it may, the people are prepared. The energies of a waiting nation are now lot loose, and the current flows majesti cally in one united and irresistible iiteeein, The Man chester League, with a promptitude and probity which reflects infinite credit on its members, has come nobly forward ; and while it honourably and consistently ad heres to its just and unassailable principle that the trade in the first necessary of life should be entirely free, it declares its intention of assisting the Ministerial project by whieh the iniquitous sliding scale of duties may be abolished, liitiigtPd It§ C9lllltry is—burdened with Tory debt, and steeped to the. neckfrom thp withering effects of half a century of Tory misrule—it is to be regretted that the exigencies of the revenue should require any assistance from the importa tion of foreign corn ; but there is none who would not rather eat the bread of industry than that of idle, ness, that would not much rather pay a regulated and un derstood duty to Government, than submit to an exorbi tant charge that the profit might go to the cash box, of the already wealthy and over-privileged. Any improve ment on the present system, if it gives clearness to the plan by which the article is to be taxed, and will give a fixedness to the market that importation may be de. ponder! on at stated times and seasons, 'nuist be accept,. able. The principle of free trade once admitted and sanctioned by. the Legislature, will work its way through all difficulties and sophisms, and ultimately become the leading feature in British legislation. To relieve the trade in corn from the thraldom of the landed interest is beginning at the right end. When Mr. Has kisson first broached his free trade principles, the landed monopolists were all complacency and acquies cense, for their ideas of reform went no further than to introduce French silks, laces, gloves, and other articles of gentle wear ; but now that the very handi crafts long injured by the partial application of free trade principles have a prospect of being benelitted by their progress, the whole political influence and anger of the Conservative banshee is supervened to prevent, if pos sible, their accomplishment. The opposition may, perhaps, for a time retard the success of the proposi tion of Ministers—as they have delayed the comple tion of other important subjects—but the Government and the people once united on a given subject, truth and justice becoine irresistible, and triumph speedy and secure. ADVERTISER.—We all recollect the instance of the West Indian compensation. At first it was to be fifteen millions, then twenty millions, and that, too, in the form of a loan, and not or a grant. Everybody must remember the hubbub that was made on that occasion—a hubbub 6t) violent, that in the benevolent enthusiasm in which the petiell was at the moment, it was quite forgotten to make the terms which it will' now cost the country so much pains and so mull cost to obtain. This forbear ance 1s MAO no account of by the West Indians, and the cry of "Unit), ruin !" is made as furiously as the cry of " wolf !" by the boy in the fable, with this differ ence, we fear, that the people of England, and not the rogues, are to be the sufferers on this, as on every other oa'eaeion. To show the very preposterous character of this opposNen pn the part of the West Indians—how fla grantly- dishnuest lee-we have only to call to mind the piet qi file relief that ha§ been etforded to them with re > F 4 to the rostrictione tippli the trade of por colonies, te en * ni g h a 4 a theen the m l e band, to /so to the titaykets tar thpiF §horee and for their fish, and tious,t4safy Inatorials of production, .of dick , labourPrit i and, on the by the ehoptv6t out tP ' markets. By 'aaen tbr other ar,. or for the subsistence, other hand, to take their prouth— the most convenient and the most prolitante the relaxation of the former the cost of production as greatly diminished, and by that of the latter the cost oe transport has also been diminished—which taken toge ther, and with the proposed difference of 50 per cent..be 7 tweet' the duties on colonial and foreign sugar, is pretty nearly, if not quite, equal to any advantage which the co lonies now possess, and which ought to suffice to enable them to compute with any and every country in the world. If this be so, the argument drawn from the ten dency of the measure to obstruct the progress of the great experiment of negro emancipation in the West Indies, is all a dishonest tram, got up to deceive the ho nest abolitionist of slavery, for these fugos of West In dians know full well that their pretences are without a shadow of foundation. GLOBE.—The period has now arrived for the people of England to show that they can be true to themselves ; for, by a prompt and powerful expression of their senti ments, they have now an opportunity of facilitating the execution of the Ministerial plan for placing on a new foundation the commercial prosperity of the country, and materially ameliorating the condition of the great mass of the community. the proposition of the Go vernment to revise the Corn-laws—even when uncon nected with any other portion of their financial scheme —may be regarded as one of the most important benefits that have occurred from the passing of the Reform Bill. When it is remembered with what anxious energy the adoption of that Bill was demanded and obtained, it may be conceived with what determination the people will insist on securing one of the most desirable of the many advantages that have been expected to result from it. After so much pains to sow the seed, it is not likely that • the great body of the nation will feet indifferent about the harvest, and the revision of the Corn-laws henceforth be the object that will be pursued with the. perseverance and energy which no people—least of al, the people of this country—can for any length of time unsuccessfully exercise. The wish of a community is one thing ; its determination that the wish shall be ac complished is quite another. While an alteration in the Corn-laws was merely desired, there was no certainty of any change ; but public opinion once being decided that a revision of the law shall take place, it becomes from that moment a matter of imperative necessity. W hatever, therefore, may be the game of the Tories, though they may snatch a temporary ,advantage from one of those side-moves in which they are so eminently expert, they will encounter ultimate defeat in their tactics on the question of the Corn-laws. STANDARD. ---- THE MINISTERI AL CRISIS. IThe following is a later view of the crisis than we have given elsewhere. Sir Robert Peel's determination may be relied on :—Ministers are understood to be desirous of protracting the debate upon Lord Sandon's motion, and do not expect a division, it is said, before Wednes day: Why they should prefer this seems odd, unless they desire to provoke a few more speeches like Dr. Lush ington's and Mr. Handley's. The amount of the majority seems uncertain, as it is impossible. to tell how many of the Ministerial men will vote against them, and how many, -in sham, and sorrow, may absent themselves. The precise extent is however indifferent, and whether it be fifteen or fifty the one effect will be the same. It is likely to be somewhere between these points, probably twenty five. The inclinati on of opinion fluctuat es as to th e probability of diss o l u tion, or resignation without dis solving. In favou r o f the former there is no one argument beyond th e despe rate character of Minis ters, and their lik e lihood to take a n y p lun g e that holds out even • a shadow of hope. It is possible that, calculating on their power to dis pose of the troops in Ireland so as to give all the scope to the violence of the priests and their mobs, and th us t o buy the retu rns b y blood shed, and hoping also to em barrass the in-com ing Ministry by f orc ing them to a second dissolution, they may advise the geteen to `t hat course. There are, however, t wo reaso ns against this. In .the first place, it is • well understood that Sir H. Peel, on suc ceding to office, will instantly. dissolve -a- second -tome,. And tints annihilate any .. gains that the Government may hope to get by hriberyi influence, or violence. He must have the power of doing so as a matter of biAr, MAY ll. 141. course, and do it he will. Thus the Whig gentry will have two general elections within the summer instead of one; the operation being to give the Conservatives the full development of their legitimate force by the second, of which the Ministers think to defraud them by the first. Tice other reason is, that an instant dissolution by the Whigs will in one way serve the Conservatives iiia tt,rially—it .will put them in an instant majority, and thus prevent all chamber plots and back-stairs after trickery. The sooner a general election comes, the sooner will the real strength of constitutional Conserva tisni be exhibited, and their tenure of power confirmed. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, May 10. HUGHES r. JENKINS. Lord DEN MAN gave judgment in this ease. It was an action brought to recover a sum of 501., being the amount of a bet alleged to have been won by the plaintiff from the defendant. The bct wa, 50 to 1 that a horse named Bhoirsbury had won the Derby, and the averment. was, that at the time of making the bet—namely, the 6:11 Slay, 11339, Bloomsbury had won the race. The defendant pleaded that the bet was illegal, being laid upon the event of a hor:v race, and the ques tion was, whether a wager upon a horse race which had been already won and decided, was illegal. It was clear that, •by the statute 9th Anne, if that statute applied to a bye-gone horse-rat e—the words were, that any person I.iyiEg any wager upon the event of any horse-race, &c., any penon so winning any sum over and above 101., shall, upon conviction, fo.feit five times the value of the sum so won. It followed that an action could not be maintained uvon a bet so won. Could it be slid truly in the present case that the plaintiff had won a sum of money on the event of a horse-race? It appeared to the Court that no latitude of construction could bring such a wager within the statute, the bet evidently de • pending upon the accuracy of the information of ei.her party, as to an event already decided. The judgment of the Court, therefore, must. be for the plaintiff. THE QUEEN V. FALL AND OTHERS. The COURT gave judgment in this case. It was an application to review the Master's taxation, on the ground that in point of fact he had no authority to tax the costs of a writ of mandamus, without. a rule being obtained from the Court especially for that pur, ose. Ihe writ had been sued out against the parish officers of Lambeth, and the return having been traversed, o ent to a jury, who found a verdict for the Crown. 'The question was whether the costs of the writ of mandamus could be included in the verdict of the jury, and that depended Nein the r•onstruc.tion of the last clause of the statute Ist William IV. fur making some further provision for costs in cases of manda mus. But that clause did not interfere with the provisions of the 9th Anne, chap. 20, which provided that where a prosecu tor traversed a return, and that the defendant took issue, and that. before a Jury the prosecutor recovered a verdict, he was in thst case entitled to such costs an if the defendant had made a false return. There was a provi o that on a proper applica • tion being made the Court had the power of depriving a party of his costs; but in the present case, in the absence of any such application, the Court was of opinion that the prosecutor having succeeded in the trial, was entitled to his costs. The rule ther, fore must be discharged. THE QUEEN V. THE illtpTQl, DOcri COMPANY. .The CovnT gave judgment in this ease. It was an appeal by the defendants from a rate made for the relief of the poor in the parish of Clifton, in which the Com pany were assessed for a certain sum in respect of Cum berland-basin, with the docks, gates, wharfs, quays, 4c. It appeared that the Company had b ee r s f i naued under the provisions of an .A.et. 43 Cleorge the Third, for the improvement of the port of Bristol. The Company purchased eleven acres of land in the parish of Clifton, on which they bad erected Cumberland-twin, The question the Court had to considor was, whether the ap pellants were to bo rated in respect of their property in that parish in the same proportion as other land in the vicinity, at its value as pasture or meadow-land, or whe ther they should, in addition, pay the increased value which the land was worth in respect of certain tolls and dues levied by the appellants. The question turned a good deal upon the con,sti,luctiss,u 641 the 64th sect}9ll the Oct, A fl 1411 t*T4Tit to tie manner in which the Company were inp t 3y their land and other taxes, After citing the provisions of the section, the Court said that, on the whole, they were of opinion that the assessment should be reduced to the sum of 3/. 7s. 6d., being at the rate of Is. in the pound upon 671. 10s., the value of the Company's property in that parish as pasture or meadow 00 pi? w 6.P GatiS:VON PLEAS, 1114 10. TRIAL AT BAR. Ber(re the LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice BOSANQUET. Mr. Justice COLTMAN, Mr. Justice ERSKINE, and a Mid. dletex Special Jury. 3'APP O P4 V. VOTIPETER An, OTHERS, . . . . . . . This action} W4a brought to recover damage; for injury done to the plaintiff's proper , y by the defendants pushing a mine and extracting coal from beds lying under the ►and near Neweastle.under -Lytle, of which the plaintiff is copyholder— the defendants being the agents of the Earl of Granville who holds under the Duchy of Lancaster. The case for the plaintiff is conducted by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Sergeant Chanuell, Mr, Sergeant Wrangham, and Mr. Sergeant Glove. The defendants' Counsel were the Solicitor, General, Mr, Sergeant Bo.npas, and Mr. Ellis, who appeared on the part of the Duchy of Lancaster, of whici. he is At torney- General. The case having occupied the whole of the day was adjourned to this day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 10. Lord ABINGER sat to-day with a Middlesex Jury, and dis posed of a great number of undefended causes. None of the tats were of any general interest. His Lordship having di.- posed of all the causes on the list, rose a little before one o'clock. BAIL COURT, Mari 10. ~ Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sat at Nisi Prins, and was engaged the whGle morning in tr)ing an uninteresting case of disputed account. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. These sessions commenced this morning, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Recorder, Alderman Carroll and the Sheriffs. As soon as the Grand Jury had been sworn, the RECORDER delivered his charge to the following effect : The cases comprehended in the calendar did not present any matter requiring particular comment from the Court. lie should, however, make a few remarks on one case. lie would first, however, lemind them, as one of the gentlemen of the Grand Jury had intimated a wish to be absent on a particular day, that the law required Grand Juries. to come to a decision by a majority of the number, and it was not absolutely necessary that the whole of the gentlemen be present at the same time, he hoped that the privilege would, not be taken advantage of unless urgent necessity re quired it. The case which he would draw their attention to, was one in which two wives were charged, as appeared from the depositions, with having re ceived stolen goods, well knowing that the articles were stolen. The law, he regretted to say, in cases of this de scription, was nut so define' eas he thought it might he. in a ease of a similar description Air. n --aren Gurney said, that generally speaking, the law did not impute to the wife offences when they were committed at the instigation of the husband; but if she acted without the knowledge of her husband, then would she be responsible as on her own account • but howeyer the ex tent of the e's liability, in cases Of stolen gesids; slid not apiolr to Lim (the Recorder) te,l:se very clear. The ease that he would draw their attention to in the present ipstanee, • was that in which twe men had swell a rensiderable quantity of linen ; and after they were in cnstody, the wife of each of them had cnnvg)ed the property away, pet perhav wikh view of turning it to their own progt, but for Piffese of eli .. eltering the husbands from a prosecution. 'ow it ap -saved to him that the conduct of these women had not control of their husbands • it would there been under - tau . ! • , • • s , , late become the duty of the Grand Jury, 14.$ 411WAg, Ist she evidence sufficient to find a true bill. - With these remarks he , would dismiss them to their duties. Souse of the other cases, • though they were heavy, required no observation, as they were • cases of fact, and involved no point of law. Henry Allshorne, 20, was indicted for stealing a quan tity of saddles, value 601., the property of his employer, Mr. Mist, a saddler, in Mot:A-fields, and James Edward Allshorne, 49, the father of the first-mentioned prisoner, was indicted for feloniously receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen. A lengthened investigation took place, and, at the lose of the evidence Mr. CHARNOCH took an objection, that the charge of receiving was not made out, inasmuch as the elder prisoner had never, except in one instance ' only, been in possession of the property itself, but merely of the duplicates referring to it. The RECOUP I 5 thought the objection valid, and di rected the Jury to acquit the Odor prisoner. The Jury found Henry Allshorne Guilty.. The prisoner, -Henry Allshorne, was then indicted for stealing one saddle, the property of his employer, and the oilier prisoner with feloniously receiving the same knowing it to have been stolen. The facts of this case were the ganin as the last, with the exception that Mr. Tollett proved that he purchased a saddle of the elder prisoner for 1/., and he told him that his son had made the saddle while he was out of work, This saddle was identified by the prosecutor, but upon hit; busing Cross-examined, he was unable to state positively that it had Lust Roost sold, and the Court directed an acquittal as regarded both prisoners. • The prisoner, henry Allshorne, was then brought up to receive judgment upon the indictment upon which he had been found guilty, and the RECORDER sentenced him to be impvisonod and Icept to hard labour for two years ; and at the same time observed that but tut' it be lief entertained by the Court that he had been induced, to commit the offence by his father, he would most cer tainly have been transported for the full term. The Recorder at the same time observed that he had no hesi tation in saving that if the father had been convicted, he should have felt it to be his duty to order him to be transported. • Joseph Osborn surrendered to take his trial upon an indictment charging him with unlawfully.driving three pigs, infected with a contagious disease, into Smithfield market, whereby the safety of the other cattle in the market was endangered. Mr. PArxE appeared for the defence. The prosecutor was a butcher, named Townsend, and it appeared that he had purchased the pigs in question of the defendant at Smithfield market, and when he got them home he found they were in a very diseased state, and one of them died soon afterwards and the other two were destroyed. The witnesses caused some merri ment by their description of the character of the malady .. - ith which the pigs were attacked. One of them said that they were " broken winded" and had the black lever, and another said that they were " measely," and they expressed their opinion that the disorder was de , cidedly an " affectionate" one. There was no actual proof in support of the allegation that the disease was contagious, and upon this ground the defendant was acquitted; - f The RECORDER took occasion to observe that although according to the form of the present indictment, the de fendant could not be convicted, yet it must be clearly understood that if parties drove diseased animals into a public market they committed a serious offence, and if this indictment had been framed in a different manner the,present defendant might have been subjected to both tine and imprisonment, EXTRAORD.INARY.IThe Cutter Fanny, when on her passage from Port Macquarrie to Sidney, last trip, iad a severe encounter with a tiger shark, who laid hold .)i* her wizen boom, and held on for-some time with his ,3 - eth, until he was frightened off by some of the men at racking him. Part of his teeth may yet be seen in the boom by any per Son desirous of inspecting it.-- , •Sydney Paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION HOUSE. A young man, named Thomas Ware, was Charged, ho fore Alderman Pirie, with having stolen a pocket-book, containing two Bank of England notes, 'the one for 201.„ tho other for 10/., the property of Mr. Richard Thorton, a merchant, of the Old Swan-stairs, in Thames-street. Mr. Thorton stated, that on the 7th of April, he came from Gravesend to London, in the Mercury steam-vessel, in the Company of which he had 200 shares; Soon afte r landing he missed his pocket-book, in which his name and address were inscribed, and in which were a 20/. note, No. 96,162, date 9th of January, 1841, and a 10/. note, No. 36,852, date 11th of January, 1841. He subsequently went into the boat and mentioned his loss, stating, at the same time, that 10/, should be given as a reward liupon the restoration of the book. He went again to the boat to inquire whether the property had been found, but could obtain no information about it. To the best of his belief the prisoner was in the cabin at the time he offered. the reward. He stopped the notes at the Bank, and after - wards traced the 10/. note to Messrs. Whitbread, who* e collecting clerk had taken it from a customer. Wilkinson, the mate of the Mercury, stated that he re collected Mr. Thornton's mention of the loss, and offer of the 101. for its recovery, and that the prisoner was pre sent at the time. A young woman, who was barmaid to Mrs. Duke, of the Francis Rodney's Head, in the Westminster-road, stated that the prisoner brought the 101. note produced, which corresponded with that which the, pocket-book had contained, to her mistress's house to be changed, and that the note was accordingly changed. WitneSs had known the prisoner for some time as a person in the habit of frequenting the house. The - prisoner was committed for trial. A lad was brought up for having attempted to obtain money for a forged check from Mr. Wilson, butcher Mason's-alley, Basinghall-street. Mr. Wilson stated that the prisoner said that he came from Mr. Storr's, in Cheapside, and produced a note, which asked, with Mr. Storr's compliments, for change. A trick was suspected immediately, and it was found that the boy, who was respectable, had been sent by a person who met him in the street, and who, no doubt, calculated from his appearance of simplicity, that ha could be easily imposed upon to deliver the message. The ALDERMAN discharged the prisoner, with the assu rance that he went from the bar without the slightest stain upon his character. He mentioned that intimation had been made to him that several tradespeople had been imposed upon by persons who, in a hurry, brought to them checks from tradesmen they knew, accompanied with letters requesting cash, -as the time was beyond banking hours. The deception succeeded, as the checks belonged to old check books of the bankers to whom they were addressed. Daniel Fortester (the officer), begged to be allowed to inform the Alderman, that a lad d lately been sen tenced to transportation for fifteen years, for having pre sented a forged cheek, and he had every reason to be lieve that the unfortunate young fellow was quite inno cent of epholnal knowledge. Alderman PIRIE asked what had bet , orne of the boy ? Daniel Forrester said that upon the representation that the lad was believed to be the dupe of others, he had been reeved from the vessel in which he was about to sail far Botany Bay, by order of the Secretary of State, until the necessary investigation should take place. He (Daniel Forrester) was perfectly convinced of the innocence of the convicted person. COLOURED POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES. axgotti• Of VIE atANAGE.MENT OF THE STATE COLONIZA 71ON rtilsai FOE THR REMOVAL OF TUX FREE PEOPLE or COLOUR. Colonization ROonlF, Baltimore, Jan. 20, 1841.. To his Excellency William Grason, Governor of Maryland. The report of the undersigned, Managers of the State Colonization Fund, under the Act of 1831, ch. 281. respectfully stories that dswing the last year they have drawn from the Treasury the sum of $lO,OOO, being the aTsAttitt limited by the Act of the Legislature of the last Session: a part of which has been appropriated through the agency of the Maryland State Colonization Society in the payment of the expenses incurred in the transportation of emigrants to Africa heretofore, and in maintaining th..'m there, as authorised by the Act above-mentioned ; and a part in the dissemination of information through the State, as also authorised by the same Act. The number of ma numission& during during the past year has been 128, making the whole number since the passage of the Act 2,300, During the past year no emigrants have been sent from the State to Africa; the current of feeling among the free coloured population having turned their attention to the British West India Islands, and diverted it wholly for the present for other quarters. The undersigned be lieve, from the event, of the last twelve months, that the feeling is increasing among the free coloured people that .., this is not their appropriate home, and that sooner or later . emigration to other lands will be to their haPPin" and well-being. Hitherto they have remained i 0 ` I n e U n i te d States with the belief that by preserving - here their num bers undiminished. they would ultimately obtain social and political equality with the whites., . This has been th e abolition doctrine that has sprt;si among them, and by which they have been inAiteuceci heretofore. It is be lieved now, how ever,.to hate lost its weight in a great measure, and there Is a restlessness among the thinking And prudent of the free coloured pele which indicat a thorough change in their feelings op with reference t re moval. That emigration to the British West Indies will le g continue in favour, the undersigned cannot bell, vo, for the persons wanted there are labourers for the sugar crops —a species of toil to which the negroes from Maryland are unaccu , tomed, and in which they must be brought into competition with the emancipated slaves of the island, whenever these last choose to return to the habits of labour from which their ernaneipation has released them. The undersigned mention this in no hostility to emigration of the free coloured people to Trinidad and Guiana, but as indi eating a probable result which, under any circumstances, it would be prudent to provide for, and which has been most fully provided for in the establishment of the colony of Maryland in Liheria, whose prosperity and success thus far is believed to be without a parallel in the whole history of ealonization. This colony is now capable of rece.ving all the persons that may choose to emigrate to it ; and when the restless feeling among the coloured population already alluded to, becomes disappointed in the 'results of the West India scheme, will furnish an alternative by which it can be gratified, In a manner promotive, not only of their heal interests, but of the best interests of the people of Maryland from whom they will go forth. In the year 1720 there were 8,043 free negroes in Maryland; the late census shows that there are 17,980 in the city of Baltimore alone, and 61,937 in the State of Maryland, 'Not poi:Wrier), which is among us, but not of tis,vvhieh has au interest in common with us—which is debarred political and social rights, and which can antici pate no change for the better, may be well dissatisfied with their position, and look abroad for a more congenial home. It is she part of a eilie policy to provide one. This has been boo a and, however the free coloured people may for w hile vacillate in the selection of their permanent abiding place, there is little doubt that they will ultimately prefer removing to a place where the coloured man fibs all the offices in the governmeht rather than to a place where *j.; vernoval still leaves them under the predominant ic fluences cf a white population, in which the coloured man is trusted with power not its his right, but as a favour. The condition gf the coloured population is of great in terest, and the undersigned see nothing yet to induce them to doubt the policy of the State in relation to it. The undersigned transmit herewith a copy of the Ninth Annual Report of the Beard of Managers of the Maryland State Coloilisation Society, being the last they have issued, which is fully explanatory of their plans and policy ; and have the honour to be, most respectfully, C, HOWARD. W. R. STUART. F. ANDERSON. NEWLY-INVENTED SPECTACLES.—The arti ficial aid afforded to the Sight by Lenses, is one of the most •alu able gifts derived from science, and it is indeed of vital importance that theadoption of Spectacles to imperfect vision, should be regu lated on proper principles. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Al. bemarle-street, Piccadilly. opposite the York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, Sank of England, having devoted their whole lives to this branch of Science, and their ►ong extensive practice have enabled them to invent Spectacle Lenses upon a new construction, which have gained universal approbation. Immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, either by day or candle-light, that milt and dn:lness which appear before the eyes is at once removed, every object becomts clear and distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sight becomes bright and brilliant, and I T , brought to its youthful, natural, and original state, Their Invisible Operative Voice Conductor for deaf persons Is not the least perceptible nor more uncomfortable than having a piece of wool in its plaae; they give immediate relief to old standing ex. treme cases of deafness. Those valuable inventions have also stained the Patronage of the Royal Family, and the unqualified approbation of above four hundred of the principal members of the medical profession, and numerous individnals of high distinction who hove been greatly benefited by their use.—No connexion with persona of the same name. 39, Albemarle-street, opposite the York Hotel and 76, King William-street, Bank of England. THE NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION OF BURE.E'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE.—In addition to the varied and interesting matter which has already ren dered " Burke's Peerage and Baronetage " so universally popular, the new edition, about to be published, has been enriched, we understand, with many novel subjects of striking interest ; among which may be mentioned, the introduction of several collateral branches of distin guished families never before published ; a complete amount of all the crowned heads of Europe, under the title of " The Royal Chronicler ;" and, finally, perfect and most accurate lists'of the Knights of the different Orders, the Knights, Bachelors, &c. , - BREACH OF PROMISE.—Among the rumours floating here, it is said that the public will he highly amused at the next assizes, by some singular disclosures and the reading of the Wye epistles between a faithless swain alid his it true love," in an action for a breach of promise of marriage between a lady residing not far from one of our celebrated watering places, and a worthy " brother batch " of this city.—Exeter FlNiny Post. The Leipsic Gazelle announces the death of Galvini, the musical professor, at the age of 104. He wos a son of the celebrated singer Galvini, who died at Rome in 1825, having reached the patriarchal age of 138. He was attached to the chapel of rope Benedict XIV., and lived nearly tkough the whole era of the modern 4rt of music. 'He had sung the productions of Carissimi and Paer, had listened to Corelli and Paga nini, Farinelli, and Rubini, and applauded at the operas of Rossini, as he had done at those of Handel, At Bow-street yesterday, Joneq, the father of the boy who was committee f9f thvee month s for bein g found in Iluekinghugi Palace, was charged with stealing some lilac from one of the plantations in the enclosure of St. James's Park on Sunday. One of the constables proved seeing him come out of the plantation with the lilac, and then took him into custody. In his clefenee he said he was very sorry for wlnt he h a d done. Mr. Hall asked hi m if he had - any money ? He said he had not. Mr. Hall said I know you have a large family to support, and that you are poor, and under all the circumstances yon may be discharged, but mind you never do it again , The old man promised he would not, Awl Wl;4 liberated. ,TIVIORNING EDITION. I ri HE MARKETS.—YESTE BJA . / COR' CH ;INGE. The arrivals of grain last week w.-re molerato, and the fresh supplies were small. The pr )posed Corn du s IT° made the buyers very indifferent about purchas:ng. with difficulty found sale at is. to 2e. per quarte. d. cline 1 : co last Monday's rate. Barley ratli , ir lower. Beans and 1 € 49 unaltered. There was a moderate eemand for Oats at re° vious prices. The flour trade wa; very In a 'y, and ship I° . eels were lower. St 1 eat PRIORS OS BOARD OF SPIP, Wheat,Red (old) • —s. .—s. i Beans, &R00:Mi.... g• 41 ; * ----. White ( old) —s. —Li (old .........--' „,' ..---- Red(1840) 525. 55s Tick new ..... ....35 3 ".: Fine 565. Ws. I (old) •.........-- 1 •,,,,,17 .----. Superfine 60a. 625. , Barrow e1ew)......3 7, ••;' --White (1840) sss. 58s. - 1. ----- rine (03. 645. Branlc ....-- o .'"t -- - Superfine 66s 68s. Oats, Feed ....1,-- ...----Foreignfree 545. :Os. --- New 18i.0 1 ' Ryc .38s 40s. Poland .....g... 44 Barley 255. 365. New 21• 954 . --- Grinding -6s 28s. --Potatoe — 6 ••••• g• Malting `Oa. 33. Malt 565. 60s, Scotch ~6,. s. .--- Fine New 62s 63a. Irish 178.... 203.22 g. Pease, Grey, New -- Maple New .......40.. 425. -- Seconds , ~.........46 ' .,1• White .345. 565. --...• North Country.... 4 85 "'' Boilers 171. 38s, Bran 9. I ° l ' ARRIVALS OF G RAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST NV EEC, `Wheat. Barley. O at ., Flour. English Irish — 10,488 ....-- Foreign 15,604 1,820 WO 12,55 9 brio. SMITHFIELD. The supply of cattle, Sheep, La. , and Calves,. Wa s short, with a brisk demand, the best q t ities fully realls,l ow present quotations. The middling and ordinary sort with a good sale. Of Pig.; our supply as good, with a Dr. P demand. Beasts, 2,618; Sheep and Lambs, 19,740; Pt b7O ; Calves, 82. Beef, 33. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Mutton, 4 . 1 ', A to ss. ; Veal, bs. 2d. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. 6d. to 55. ?`"' Lamb, 6s. to 7s. • TEA MARKET. The demand was very excited, and the cash price for Of pany's Congou advanced to ls. lid. per lb. F r e e Traku; scriptions were also more sought after by the trade, as wet d speculators, and considerable business was done, with few the importers inclined to sell. The deliveries were very)arg" and the stock fast reducing. TALLOW MARKET. Prices of P. Y. C. on the decline, and the transacti ons 14 0 ,11 to the actual wants of the buyers, at 47 5 . 6d. per cwt., vik.„ i , much larger stock than f u r m an y y ears past at t hi s period' '- 18,500 casks. PROVISION MARKET. la In Irish Butter no chan ge can b e quote d ; t h ere was s o h in the market, that it is difficult to give t rices a t a ll. P utc t , batter in good supply, and prices lower—fine, 9 8s. per cic Lard dull, and fine bladdered at 70 s . p er coq t. Bacon WI inquired after, and prices firmer. Prime p arce l s o f w a terOr sold at 58s to 60s. per cwt. . HOP MARKET. Prices very firm, with a good demand for all descriptil especially for the brown kinds, whichokwing to the scarc and comparati - rely high rate of the b e t te i ki n d s , attrac t A tte ,, tion, and are expected to be higher. PRILE UP i. , ItEAD. The highes• t ri, e of .re.‘ , : I . , he Nitt:orAis is 9!4d. for the 1111 Loaf. Gold Brew may be had at "IV. PRICES OE SEEDS. Per Cwt. I Per Quarter .. 4 Sew Engl•sh Re.; C10ver....!,65 84s St. Fein --9 .." 1 ...I Old i it. , Div° -s -s - s Rye 0: a 55......... ...s -IS . .„1 New Foreign Di to -5 565 SOs Pocey Grass .....„ ...... ~,,.-s ..- 4 511 011 Di to pi to -s -s -s Lirseed, for to di:,g ...-s !') ., (l' f 4 s r• ew White Clover 40s 5, s 03.5•Dit 0, fo, sowing ...3 5 % . pil Old Ditto Diete ...-5 423 465D4 itto, for crushi ng ....-s ,"; stl ,l .ew Tre oil -s 201 41s fkm .................--s .- .lo o i Old Litt° • -5 ICs :it's Canary ......„ ... ... ..-s s n.. Jr' folium... s 4:..4705; Per ........ E,glish Carraway -s 50s 5-s White Must:ad....2s Od to %fa Foreign Ditto 44s SOs Brown Ditt o 1 4s Od 0100 Coriander ... -s -s -siTores ... - - - - - P•iICE OF OIL. Rape oil, brown, per tau. ... .45 48 CP Ditto, refined Linseed Oil ... ... .4 le Lins.ed Oil Cake at the Mill (per I OW) l2 1 0 Ita-.e ake, per to o PRI, E OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c . : per 11Sib. D low» Tallow X2 Lb 6 Melting Stuff . 15i 4 0 0 Yellow Itussi4 White Soap Ditto ~„ „ 0 0 0 Good D regs 0 6 PitiCli OF RAW FAT, per stone of albs , yd. Price of Tallow .:is stated by the T a ll ow M e l ters) .:.& COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last market day, 5!. ~ gs. d.' Ig 5 Dell, Robson P. Co. Hartley 16 6 Walls End Hilda. ...... • ••• 1 0 Carr's Hartley Marley Hi 11... (ird's lledhugh 2 .1 0 Pontop Windsor Smith's Pontop l4 6 ‘Nallft End Lambro 2,, . ...... ~, 0' l'ovvii:ey ••• West Hartley ........... l4 6 Walls End Varpdoe ............ ..a 6' Walls E..d Lewic..ear.d C . 1! 9, Wal s Lieall leek ............... COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. 01 , _,. s. to e. 46 , 41 I Bailey. 11. tO 15. 4ti - 3. to 6. :30 IP Beans. s. tO s. Per Quarter.' s. to s. k:arlisle ' 1S - ilexharo 52, i 6 . - Morpeth 5O 64 . 32 Penrith , - .24 ti 7 Sheffield j 68 - 3.2 67 Wincheste. - - 31 p er 8.. .i 59 64 .. - :8 :.. , 1 Ca,. ..shel. s.d. s.d. s.d. sd. ..earthen i • i. 7 8 0 0 3 7 clowbri,lge !7 9 8(1 0 0 4 . iwansea !80 88 4U 48 Per 8011. I . Barnardcastl 15 3 18 0 8 0 9 3 6 4 7 6 9 0 10 6' Durham 136: 10 It 80 90 63 73 00 1011 Richmond 'l -, 0 1801 70 8 6 o 6 8C 96 120 Stockton !lb 01_0! 9 0 90 5 0 6tsBo 10 01 WAKEFIELD CORN lARKEI • fis t (a. Waeat, Red, Notions .itiu Stiffink . ....s. 106. to fi2, p a ---- Lin. and Cam. -s. fit/s. to 6 1 , - 6 , 13 ; eV - -- Yorkshire -s. -s. is 55-• , 1, 11 65 - . , - white .----- Foreign; tied -,. -s. to 5:3 , 61 ., lei -,-.. White -s. -s. to 64i• g ne 3s.. Barley, Norfolk ang Sufihik -. Lincolnshires. to 30, one :I.". ..6s. to 30$ t i n e 50 9 - Yorkshire Weld . 26s. to •-'• e 3:1 1 --- Foreign Beans, New,. Oss. to 44k. ,','e "' - 1 ----- Old Oats, Potato -..-••• Poland ...-m -s. tc 286. fi n 0,, -- vrierlan.l and Sin Al. -- 0...,a1ing ... ShAing 2ds. to --s.. 04.1' 1 '; i eV Malt Rapeseed .......... ............ . -1 0+ 351.05. 341. ni. 1- NE WC A ST . LE CORN EXCHANOE. Red. white. Wheat, Northumberland s4s -s lo' ,„s. - Norfolk and Suffolk... ......... ... 65 5 . (i 75,,,,., 67 , .;,.. 1 w - Berick and Scotch...... ...... ... 61, 654. -'• ',', g , " ---- Foreign 626. 1i7,.., ... 63,•. (qv, Norfolk and Snitolk I 6 -- Foreign 295.3:1: .... ... --s. .....1. ' • . • . I3arley, Malting, Norfolk and Suilink 3s s. -s ....b• 365 0 4 - Grintlitill sod Feeding 2Bs. 30s. Malt, Norfolk and Suniilk 5 44 6i/5 .-5..- "e • 7 . • Brans, Small '1 '6 406 .....4. - - Tick 4l --- .4 ........ . .... . 5. -P2s. - , Pease, White 405. M..... - 4 . -_ -. i --- Gray asts, Northumberland, Potatoe ...... ... kbs. 261....... -.--- Feed S s - ...• • , 453. 480. "' L'-'. 21/ 21 - 24 I. d. •. d.. 00 2 3 00 3c. 0 34 —F oreign Flour (per sack) 34 36 33 Al , 40 4 s. d. e. d 5K 00 . 50 53 '. 50 G 0 Wheat. ITCH MARKETS. Barley. I Oat.. - 41' - 54 35 $ L LI -;, 0 0 v iT 0 J 9 t'O CI 0 y 0 0 ,0 0 8 A Beans. .bcrdecn Berwick likt ream Cuper Ile) Dunbar Elgin Inverness Kelso Kirkaldy Perth The 5C to 60 124t0 26 18 to 22 —to 40 45 !8 t 3 I 7 22 25 27 4.: 511 24 20 17 18 SO '4S 65 2tl 31 18 22 22 26 59 65 25 ::14 21 24 37 33 55 56 26 27 20 24 IA 5. 43 CO 21 23 21 24 32 33 36 50 18 2.1 15 22 31 33 02 67 36 33 45 48 (Ii '4 30 40 25 •35 41 44 lac of the measure varies throughout the c HADIMNGION CORN MARKET. Wheat. Barley. Oats. )te:bns 70, 0.1 315 02 29, 04 39s Od C 3: Od 31s Od 25s 0.1 37, Od J sis Od 30s Ott 23s Od 26s Od .v ',rage 3t. 2J. 0.1 10.12ths. DALKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat , Barbey. 1 Oats. Pease. 71, i u 244 (1.1 : 26A 84 41s Od 65s Ott I 3ls Od 1 !i3l Od 40s Od 045 Od 1 25a 6d 181 tkl 35s 041 GLASGOW CORN Mt IIKET. Wheat, per 24016. s. d. s. d. Oats. per ' ‘264lh * 14 0 0 tlritish, old 32 6t035 0 Iri.b .—..—., new 5 0 Canada, free — 0 0 Beans. perlifirlb. , a Irish Barley, per 32016 Scottish. ... 1 ..... Li ' ( 0 :41 , English 27 0 21 0 Pease, 5Cati5 .4 11 . ....... w . l a . 1! i Scottish 23 0 25 0 Oatmeal, per 1 f01b.... Ji, ', P Irish Firtt Second Third 41 1 To 4P e .) 35. First Second Third The General Steam Navigation CoMP 3 f ilY 4 - vessel the Colu m bin e , W. N orwoo d, from Rotter d a m, gr t ; i t .l3(' off the Custom Hou se a t 2 o ' c l oc k, rat ., yesterday, /lit Dutch mail. . . [ADVERTISEMENT.] g ul HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND piLL- er if be found an infallible cure for bad legs, inveterate ow e di' and dangerous wounds. These justly renowned In io ef eines, if used together, are a certskln remedy for allY ir c hei however long standi ng or 6sperate it m a y be. " ev il' are used with complete success by many of the most or nent medical men of llte age. Her Majesty's Ser,g. e ,ai' 4 Surgeon Sir B. C. 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