The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-12 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION be felt very strongly as to the conduct of the Portu guese Government ; and he believed it would probably be found that the whole of the delay of six years was attributable to the want of good faith on the part of that Government. He thought it due to the claimants to make that observation. If the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, should find by and bye, w hen the investigation was proceeded with, that these delays and these cruel and arbitrary proceedings towards the claimants were distinctly to be traced to the Por tuguese Government, it was to be hoped that he would support, not the right to an ordinary compensation for the delay and vexation they bad suffered, but the most ample compensation fbr every loss and inconvenience they had sustained. The papers were then ordered to be granted, with the exception of the two first moved for. DESTITUTION IN THE HIGHLANDS. Mr. HENRY BAILLIE, in rising to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, for the appoint ment of a Select Committee to inquire into the condi tion of the population of the Islands and Highlands of Scotland, with a view to affording the people relief by means of emigration, felt the deep responsibility which every one must incur who brought forward a motion in which the future happiness of so many of his fellow countrymen must depend, and if he did not feel that the cause itself was so just as not to require any artificial advantages from the manner in which it should be pressed on the attention of the House, he should have hesitated in presenting himself to the house on the pre sent occasion. Flu was no enthusiast in the cause of emigration ; he was not one of those who thought the Government bound to bring forward an extensive system of emigration for the benefit of all the population of the United Kingdom. On the contrary, be believed that un less an urgent, peculiar, and special case were clearly made out, the Government would not be justified in interfering, and unless he succeeded in making out such a case, he should feel that the House would not be bound to sup port his motion. It was hardly necessary to enter into details regarding the kelp manufactory, as it had existed on all the coasts of the Islands and Highlands of Scot land. That manufactory had existed as far back as the seventeenth century, and had been fostered and en couraged by a protective system. The encouragement bad been withdrawn, the manufacture had declined, and now had nearly ceased altogether, in consequence of the reduction of the duties on salt, sulphur, and ha rilla. The duty on sulphur had been reduced, and the tax on salt had been abolished at the close of the last war. A new manufacture from these two articles bad been then established, called British alkali, which was found to be in almost all cases an efficient substi tute for kelp. Tois was the first blow the kelp manufacture had received, still it had continued to exist until the further reduction of the duty on barilla, when it ceased to exist altogether as a profitable specu lation. It was, however, he believed, still carried on, but only small quantities were manufactured, at a great loss to the manufacturer, merely for the purpose of giv ing employment to the destitute population. The con sequences of this reduction had been most ruinous to the landed proprietors. Some who had vast posses sions had been able to struggle against it, but the smaller proprietors, and those whose estates were burdened with family settlements, had been absolutely and com pletely ruined. Ile might mention many cases of hard ship, but he did not appear there as the advocate of the landed proprietors ; they did not complain, because they knew that private interests must yield to public good. They. called upon tho House, in fairness and justice, to assist them in removing the super abundant population from their estates, who, from no fault of their own, but in consequence of the legis lation of that House, had been deprived of all means of subsistence. He was aware that he might be told by some Hon. Member his motion was partial and restrictive, and that it ought to include Ireland ; but he would beg to observe that the distress which existed in Ireland did not arise from the incapabilities of the soil, but from other sources. The highlanders, how ever, had no expectation that their condition would ever be improved. No influx of capital, no ingenuity of man, could devise means by which the mountains and glens they now inhabited could be made capable of affording sufficient support to the population. In fact, they had merely a choice of two alternatives— either to remain where they were, to perish by those diseases which unhappill had latterly appeared amongst them, engendered by unwholesome, improper, or in sufficient food, or to remove to some distant country, where, by industry, they might obtain the means of existence. And, painful as might be the alternative of going far from their native country they were prepared and ready to adopt that course ; they would receive it as a boon, and all they asked was that the House would afford them the means of doing so. It was not his intention to occupy the time of the House ia reading many of the communi cations he had rece i ve d on th subject, because such evidence would more properly come before a Committee. There was one letter, however, from one of the largest manufacturers of kelp in the north of Scotland, which he should read a few passages from to the House. The sage of that gentleman was Mr. Duncan Shaw. (The 1 Hon. Member here real an extract from the letter, in which it was stated that the people were suffering under the greatest distress, and that the proprietors, having lost two-thirds of their incomes, were unable to assist them out of the country.) The only remedy, in his opi nion, was emigration, and the country hu proposed to send them to, as being the most appropriate, was Canada. —(Hear, hear.) First, with regard to expense, it ap peared that they could be sent there for one-fourth the ! charge of sending them to the remote colony of Australia. He was informed they might be conveyed at the cost of 31. a head by families. According to the best cal culations on the state of the population in the High lands, there were about 40,000 persons is an utterly destitute condition, who must be removed in order to afford those who remained a chance of obtaining sub sistence. The removal of these at 8/. a head, would cost 120,000/,, but it might be divided in a period of three years, and 40,0001. a year would effect al! he re quired from the Government. In the second place, though these people were willing to emigrate to Canada, there would be great difficulty to persuade them to emi grate to the distant colonies of Australia. in Canada there were many of their relations and friends already settled, whole districts of Highlanders, speaking their own language, and retaining their manners and customs. In that cou n t r y, th e i r own Church was established by law, and that was a matter of great consideration to them. Lastly, he thought the Government ought not to neglect so favourable an opportunity of infusing into Canada a sound, industrious, British, and, above all, loyal population. It should not be forgotten that it was to some Highlaaders, from the districts of Glengarry, we were lately indebted for the preservation of that noble province as a portion of our empire. Nor should we neglect the further opportunity of adding strength to that loyal body of men, who on all occasions had come forward so nobly and sacrificed their lives and fortunes to maintain the authority of the British Crown, and the supremacy of the mot - her-country. He was aware the Government had stated serious objections to Cana dian emigration. It had been stated that emigrants sent out from this country to Canada were in the habit of going over in large numbers to the United States, where they found a good market for their labour. But he contended this objection did not apply to these High landers. It must Le remembered that they went out from particular districts, with their wives and families, and those other ties of relationship and clanship which were known to be so peculiarly binding among High landers ; and he appealed to any in the least acquainted with the character of that people, whether under these circumstances they were likely to forsake those with whom they had left their native country, provided they were able to obtain the means of subsistence ? He wished to remind Hon. Membe rs that those people bad peculiar claims on their consideratio n . H e wou l d remind them that in spite of all the misery endured by these people—in spite of all their distress, Hon. Members heard of no outrages—no violence—no Chartism amongst them ; they only heard of the most patient endurance on their part of the worst and most intolerable evils. They were therefore entitled to the l most favourable consideration of their case. He had no doubt that the people of England, who sinctioned a vote of 20 millions sterling for the purpose of better ing the social condition of the negroes of the West In dies—he had no doubt that the Government, who only last year obtained a grant of 60,000/, of the public money, to be appropriated to the civilisation of the Afri cans, would not, in the case of a portion of the British people who were enduring the must intolerable hard ships, show themselves opposed to the measure now proposed. Not only the Government but the people of England ought to know that the portion of their countrymen to whom his motion referred had been reduced by the legislation of that House— however necessary—however advantageous that legisla tion might have been to the rest of the country—to a state of misery and destitution far greater than those to whom concessions had been hitherto made. The Hon. Member concluded by expressing a hope that the House would acquicse in his motion. Lord TEIGNMOUTII, in seconding the motion, observed that if a Committee were granted he was of opinion that such a strong case would be made out respecting the miseries endured by those people as, lie bad no doubt, would induce the Government to depart from that course of economy which the present state of the revenue seemed to indicate as indispensably neces sary. With regard to Canada being selected as the place for emigration, he thought that its climate was far better suited to natives of Scotland than to the band-loom weavers of England or to the inhabitants of Ireland. He thought a very strong case had been made out, at least for an inquiry into the destitute condition of these unfortunate people. Lord JOHN RUSSELL would he sorry to have it supposed that because he did not object to the ap pointment of a Committee, that he agreed to the ar guments of the Honourable Gentleman and the Noble Lord. As he hail said last veer, be did not think the reasons stated made out a sufficient special case for the grant of a large sum of money for the purpose of sendin g tho High landers to Canada. He did not think it could be made out that the distress which existed was owing en tirely to the change of the duties on barilla. Even if that were the case, he doubted whether Parliament ought to allow a grant of money for the purpose of re lieving those whom the landlords might find a burthen on their hands. Ile should be sorry to admit such a principle. Besides, it was a question whether, if 120,000/. were granted fur the relief of the Highlanders, they would not have claims from the lowlands of Scotland— from districts of England where particular branches of industry were greatly depressed, and from parts of Ire land where distress and famine had been peculiarly painful.—( Hear, hear.) Then there were very grave considerations with respect to sending them to Canada. The question was not a mere transfer of persons from this country to Canada, and it would be difficult to make provision for the infirm and aged and their families without burthening the Canadians. Be sides would it be judicious to follow such a course without the assent of that Assembly which had been just called into existence, and echose opinion upon matters which so deeply concerned them and the fi nances of their country, ought to be treated with real respect and regard ? Without going any farther into the discussion, he should observe, that it seemed to him that there were many reasons against the conclu sion to which the lion. Gentleman wished to come ; but, at the same time, he (Lord .1. Russell) should not refuse the proposed Committee of Inquiry. Sir R. 11. INGLIS concurred in the general views expressed by the Hon. Mover. Mr. WARBURTON objected to the motion. He thought it would he much more difficult, after the Re port was made to the House on the state of those indi viduals—that Report being probably favourable to the grant—he thought it would be more difficult to resist the grant of money in that case, than it would be to reject the motion for inquiry itself. lle believed, too, th.st if an inquiry were to be instituted, it would be much better conducted by a Commission sent to the dis tricts in question than by a Committee sitting in the House. lie should certainly object to the inquiry for this farther reason, that it would lead to expectations cn the part of the individuals which might not after wards be realized. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that on the whole he had heard with satisfaction that it was the intention of the Noble Lord opposite to acquiesce in the motion. He thought that, considering the sufferings of the in dividuals in question, who had found so fitting an advo cate in the Hon. Member—(Hear, hear)—who had in so simple and becoming a manner, stated their case without misrepresentation or exaggeration. He thought that, considering the extent of those sufferings, and the manner in which they had been borne, it would be harsh on the part of the House to refuse the proposed inquiry. lie did not anticipate from that inquiry the result apprehended by the Hon. Gentlemen opposite (Mr. Warburton). He did not think that expectations would be encouraged by the appointment of the Com mittee which could in any way injure the parties. lie felt, however, that there was great difficulty in the way of an extensive scheme of emigra tion, but he thought it would be well to point out to the parties the nature of the relief, if any, which would be in the power of the House to ex tend to them. Let them see what happened in the case of the handloom weavers, whose distress no one denied, and whose condition he (Sir R. Peel) looked upon much in the same way as he did on that of the inhabitants of the Highlands who had lost their employment in conse quence of fiscal regulations, or of new scientific discove ries. On the appointment of a Committee of the House the first impression of the handloom weavers was that emigration was a ready resource for their griev ances. They thought that nothing could be more just or advantageous than that the State should interfere to pro vide for their emigration ; but they had afterwards been in some measure disabused of that opinion. The fact was, that when they showed the artisan or the labourer that his condition, when transferred to a distant colony without capital, would be one of a very precarious na ture, he would be more ready to acquiesce in the deci sion of the Legislature than he would before any inquiry had been instituted. He thought that the inquiry would show that the sum proposed would be insufficient. They might undoubtedly transport the parties to Canada, but they might thereby be doing very little for them. He be• lieved that if they could prove to those individuals that they would have to struggle with any great dif ficulties in Canada in consequence of the want cf ca pital, and the competition they would have to contend with, as well as of the severity of the winter, they would give much more satisfaction to the sufferers than if they were at once to reject an investigation into their case. He should observe that emigration, in order to be beneficial to the emigrants, should be conducted on the most cautious principle. He was not quite sure but that a Committee of the House of Commons was a preferable means of inquiry to a mere local Commission. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded with expressing his admiration of the character of those people, and his sympathy with their sufferings. Mr. HUNIE thought that a Commission would be the best means of inquiry. If a Committee of the House of Commons were appointed it would hold out an inducement to various localities to send up persons to prove the existence of distress. If no other person opposed the motion, he would do so, on the ground that, if agreed to, it would be taken as a pledge that public money should be advanced for the purpose of emigration in Scotland alone.--(Hear.) When there should be a settled Government in Canada, he admitted there would be a fine field for emigration, but until this were the case ha thought it would be an useless expenditure of public money. He thought if there was great distress in Scotland there was also great distress in England, and that if a grant of public money were made for the purpose of emigration it should be a general grant for the whole kingdom. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER said the observations of his Hon. Friend with reference to the wording of this resolotion were worthy of attention. He thought instead of saying " with the view of afford ing relief by means of emigration," it would be better to say "to ascertain the practicability of affording re lief."—(Hear, hear.) He should not have risen but for the observations of his Hon. Friend with reference to sending an officer to Scotland to afford assistance in cases of great distress. The course which had been adopted, and which on the whole had been found the best, was not to come down to Parliament in such cases for a vote of money, but to send an officer in whom ' they had confidence, with power to give relief at discre tion out of the public funds. The present distress in Scotland was not temporary, bat of long duration, and had been borne patiently. On these grounds the Go vernment did not oppose the motion for a Committee, but it must not be thence inferred that the Govern ment would be prepared to anrd this relief should the Committee recommend it. Mr. S. O'BRIEN altogether denied and repudiated the statements respecting the removal of Canadian emigrants to the United States. Of 25,000 who emi grated last year, if a few went over at least an equal number returned to Canada. Should a Committee be granted, and that Committee recommend to Podia ment a grant of public money for this purpose, he should cheerfully contribute his vote in support of that propo• sition. All he regretted was that the principle was not carried farther.—( Hear, hear.) It was his intention to bring forward a motion every Session for the pro motion of emigration, not to one colony, or from one district alone, but to all our colonies, and from the United Kingdom in general.-- hear, bear.) Mr. MARK PHILLIPS cordially agreed with tho motion, if the judicious alteration in the wording pro posed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer were made. The result of the investigation would be looked to with great interest by another class, to whom feeling allusion had been male by the Right Hon. Member for Tarn worth—he meant the handloom weavers. He had *trim frequently solicited by the handloom weavers to bring forward some motion of this sort in their behalf, and in answer to such solicitation he &sired them to wait until the Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry should be published, to sec if they would not recommend some such plan of relief. With regard to the expense, ' he trusted that the House would never let a matter of pounds shillings and pence stand between them and an attempt to procure some alleviation of suchextensive distress.—(Hear, hear.) Ile agreed with the l - I M.lnber for Bridport in thinking that a Com 'tt ° a n. not the best mode of investigatin g the suh'ect an if 3 f the Committee should find any difficulty o i a ,account the number of the witnesses, or the distance at which they they resided, in properly investigati ng the subject, thon - he hoped the Gayer:line nt would issue a Commission of I nqu i r y. The Committee on the subject of the h an d. loom weavers had experienced that difficulty, an d the Government had very properly issued a Cornmi.ision. He cordially supported the moti o n. Mr. BAILLIE, in reply, stated his willingness to accede to the alteration proposed by the Cha nce ll or o f the Exchequer; and t he motion, so altered, was agreed to. ELECTION PETITIONS, Sir GEORGE CLERK, I;.itli a view . of obviating the technical difficulty which had arisen, in the case of the Ludlow election petition last year, proposed the fol .owing resolution :—" That on or before the day on which any election petition, or any petition praying that the petitioner may be admitted as a party to defend any Return, or to oppose the prayer of any election petition, shall be presented to the House, the petitioner do lodge in the office for election petitions the name of the agent or any other person upon whom, and the place where, may he served the notices required to be served on the petitioner by the General Committee of Elections, pur suant to the Act passed in the third year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled, An Act to amend the Jurisdiction for the trial of Election Petitions." He had h a d two resolutions on the paper, but it had been suggested to him that the one resolution, with the alteration he had made in it, would effectually accom plishecovesridet it technical n' objection. the obj ect h e had in view. o iN u l s r e . oHrliemMoEve n y merely rcl asth e' e lu ct ty ion. of lie the thought, however, that the better way would be to refer the resolution to the Committee on Standing Orde rs. - 11:1r. GREE.NE said that the subject had already been under the consideration of the officer of the House, and he had d , :cided that it was not within the scope of that Committee. The resolution was then agreed to. ORDNANCE SURVEY. S'r HUSSEY VIVIAN then rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill for executing the ordnance survey of England and of Scotland, on a scale to be specified. After a few words, which were inaudible in the gallery, the Hon. Baronet proceeded to state, that in 1825 a survey was made in Ireland on a scale of six inches to the mile. That scale had been found most advantageous, and it had long been a source of regret that the English surveys were not conducted on the same scale. Great inconveniences had been suffered which would have been avoided by adopting such a scale, rind many representations had been sent from public bodies in its favour. The Hon. Baronet then read some statements made by persons whose opinions, he said, were entitled to great weight, recommending the adoption of the Irish scale of survey. Mr. Dawson, of the Royal Engineers, in a letter to the Tithe Com missioners, stated that a scale of six inches would be highly beneficial, and supply to the Legislature the means of judging as to the propriety of encouraging railroad speculations, instead of being impnsed upon, as was often the case at present, by the representations of interested parties. Mr. Chadwick,the Secretary of the Poor-la w Commissioners,had given his testimony decidedly in favour of the proposedscale. The testimony of the Phi losophical Society of Manchester had also been given most unequivocally in its favour. These opinions having been forwarded to her Majesty's Government were forwarded by them to that distinguished individual, whose opinion upon every subject was entitled to so much weight, namely, the Duke of Wellington ; and ho had stated most distinctly that he thought the survey in this coun try ought to be carried en upon a similar principle to the survey of Ireland. He (Sir Hussey Vivian) was quite certain that if the scale of six inches to the mile were adopted great benefit would result. In Ireland, whenever any new rules were laid down they could be easily added to the ordnance maps, which the House would see was a great advantage. He should be sorry to propose any increase of the public expendi ture ur.less there was an equivalent for it. Ha hoped Hon. Members would see that the present was not a demand of the public money for warlike preparations, but one that was essentially necessary, and which would be not only beneficial to the present generation but to posterity, and would promote the welfare of the land , owner, the manufacturer, and the merchant. Under these circumstances he trusted that no objection would be given to his motion for leave to bring in the 13111. Mr. WARBURTON had great pleasure in second ing the motion, and he had no doubt from the rapid sale of maps upon that extended scale, and the recent discoveries which had been effected by the electrotype, that the cost would shortly repay itself. It was well known that by the recent improvements that had been made that exact copies could be taken of the plates at any stage, and in that manner they might be applied to tithe composition, or any other subject_that might re quire it. - Mr. SHAW bore testimony to the great benefits that had been conferred on Ireland by the manner in which the Ordnance survey had been conducted in that country. Mr.HUME was ready to acknowledge the courtesy of the Right Hon. Gentleman in having considerably reduced the price of the maps to tho public, and he had no doubt the result of the recent discoveries to which his Hon. Friend had alluded would reduce the price to one-third or one-fourth the present cost. Mr. MARK PHILIPS said, that he expected great benefit would arise from the passing of the Bill now sought to be introduced—the more so as the po pulation was so rapidly increasing, and the construc tion of railways, and the operations of canals, carried on to such an extent. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved the re-appointment of the following Com mittee on Banks of Issue :—Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Hume, Mr. Labou chere, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Mark Philips, Mr. O'Con nell, Sir James Graham, Mr. Clay, Mr. Gisborne, Sir John Rae Reid, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Charles Wood, Mr. Rickford, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Puttison, Mr. Herrics, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Sergeant Jackson, Mr. Hector, Mr. Grote, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Strutt. Mr. Matthias Attwood, and Mr. Morison. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen tleman what were the objects of that Committee, He (Mr. Hume) was perfectly unaware of what were its objects; however, ho understood that the Right Hon. Gentleman was not prepared to make a statement of that nature, and though he (Mr. Halm) did not think the question premature, he would not press it. He hoped, however, that the Right Hon. Gentleman would take the first opportunity of bringing the matter before the public when it would be in his power to do so.—Motion passed. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, PAL IRISH TURNPIKE ACTS. Mr. PIGOTT moved for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Irish Turnpike Act, expiring at the end of or during this or the next Session of Parliament. —Granted. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (IRELAND) BILL, On the motion of Mr. PIGOTT the Court of Ex• chequer (Ireland) Bill was read a second time and or• dered to be committed. TITHE COMPOSITION (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. PIGOTT moved the second reading of the Tithe Composition (Ireland) Bill. After a few words from Mr. SHAW, the Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. The House adjourned at a Quarter past Eigh o'Clock. CHURCH PATRONAGE (SCOT LAND). On the motion of Mr. Fox Manic, a return has been laid before the House of Commons, of presentations by patrons to parishes within the Church of Scotland, and of cases in which the veto has been exercised between August 1834 and April 1840. The veto had been exer cised in about thirty instances, creating in some parishes violent disputes, and leading to tedious and expensive pro ceedings in the Ecclesiastical and Law Courts. The de tails are interesting, as showing the working of the Veto Act, and the extremely small numbers that are entitled to vote under the Church-law, made by the men who say no candidate shall be appointed in opposition to the will of the people. The largest number of communicants given in any of the returns is 86 for the parish of Abernethy, containing, according to a census made ten years ago, a population of 2,092. Of these 18 refused to sign the call, and 28 signed it, thus only 46 persons out of 2 092 came forward to exercise tho veto. In the parish of Glenelg, containing a population of 2,874, only 40 are entitled to vote, and of these but 6 exercised the veto. Thus in a parish containing, at a moderate calculation, about 800 heads of families and males above twenty-one years of age, but 40 were allowed to vote, and of these 6 usurped the patronage. Can there be a greater mockery of what is called by the hypocrites " the popular voice?" In the parish of Inch, with a population of 1338, the roll of communi cants contains twenty-three names, only twelve of whom were present at the moderation of the call, six signed the call, and six declined ; the first s x, according to the veto act, carried the election. In the parish of Daviot (where the presentee was rejected about two years ago, the dispute still remaining unsettled) there are just five communicants for a population of 1788 ! The Presbytery Clerk of Alford, thei dare, might well reply in answer to the:question, " For what reason was the veto exercised ?" " Reason ! the veto is neither founded on reason, nor does it admit of reasons." The Presbytery Clerk of Langholm, in reference to the veto being exercised, but without effect, on the presentation made by the Duke of Bueeleuch for Eskdalemuir, writes in a similar strain. " The veto was exercised for no reason, but from a perverse, turbulent spirit and hatred to patronage ; any presentee, there is reason to believe, would have been vetoed unless an absolute choice had been given, and in that case the very man so unjustly opposed would in all probability have been proposed in preference to any other. The presentee is now exceedingly well liked in the parish." The Presbytery Clerk of Mull makes this return. " The veto was not exercised in any of those cases, but all were contested to an extent which caused hews and animosities." So much for the famous specific of Dr. Chalmers. CHURCH lIOURS. TO THE EDITOit OF THE SUN. Sin, —During the past five years I have frequently been inconvenienced on Sundays by not being enabled to learn at the hotels the hours of Divine service at the several places of worship in towns where I stayed. 1 hare no doubt that many persons similarly engaged have been equally annoyed, and yet a very simple remedy might be adopted, which would prevent many questions being asked the waiter or boots on Sundays. Let there be placed over the chimney piece in every commercial room, each Sunday morning, a card con taining the name and situation of every church and Dis senting chapel in the town, and the hours when public worship commences at each ; the card might be removed in the evening, and if kept clean would last a long while. 'rho necessary information could be readily obtained. The wide circulation of your valuable paper in com mercial rooms iaduces me to hope that you will spare a corner for this letter. I further hope that tho proprietors of commercial hotels may accommodate some of their customers by adopting the suggestion of Yours ectful, A COMMERCIAL TspRAVEIyLLER. Feb. 9, 1841. presented e A check for 14 , 0001 ., drawn a Stock Ex change firm upon a private banking house, s on Tuesday for pay ment b y a j oint- stock bank, which refused, and the ans w e r written on the cheek was, " was to pay through the c learin g onl y ,„ Inquiry was sub. scquently made whether the chec would be paid after five o'clock, when the business of the clearing-house would be over, to which the reply wa7, that it would not be paid till the next morning. The check, it appears, was presented yesterday morning, and duly paid; but the question which arises upon the affair is, supposing the private bank to have failed in the meantime, upon whom would the loss have fallen—upon the drawer of the check, or the party to whom it was given ? This might involve a very curious point of jaw, MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (THURSDAY EVENING.) TIME S.—The impression wearing off of warlike ap pearances, the Consol-market assumed buoyancy, which was increasing in consequence of speculative purchas -a, when a check was given by the Government broker, who, taking advantage of the temporary briskness, effected another of his operations in a sale of money stock to the extent of about 30,0001. It appears by some late returns of colonial produce that in February, 1839, the stock of West India sugar in the port of London wns 20,610 hogsheads, 2,701 tierces, 1,540 barrels: in February, 1840, it was 22,234 hogs heads, 2 454 tierces, 965 barrels, while in the present month it is only 9,600 hogsheads, 775 tierces, 1,308 bar rels. This immense difference can hardly be accounted for, unless by the supposition that the West Indians arc directing their principal efforts and using a great part of their produce for the manufacture of rum, finding that arti cle the most profitable while they are in full enjoyment of the monopoly, and that therefore they send less sugar to the market. The measures proposed by the Commissioners on the French Customs' law for regulating the importation of Indian shawls seem to have excited great indignation among the French merchants The proposition is to prohibit their transit through the country, to subject them to a stamp, and to authorize search and seizure in the interior, which would involve a right to enter private dwellings. These measures ere owing, it is said by the French journals, to the makers of French shawls, and at the same time a question is raised, as to whether they have acted judiciously in enforcing measures so rigorous. Though the French manufacture is an object of the greet esas it does 65000 worhmen, and producing the value o f 20 , 000 , 000 per t interest, articlesoccu occupying annum, and though thin branch o f i n d ustry i s not pros . F Frees at present, it is doubted whether the Indian shawls are the cause of the decline, since 3,250,000 of French shawls are fabricated annually, while the number of Indian shawls imported does not exceed 1,200 or 1,500. If fear is only entertained for the French cashmeres, it is remarked that in this case it loses much of its generality, while the manufacture of this particular article suffers much more by imitations made with an inferior material and the ordinary changes of fashion. However, with respect to the prohibition of transit, the journalists, that otherwise oppose the prohibitive measures, admit the prevalence of smuggling, now that long cash meres are subject to a duty of 150 f., and sque:e ones to 80f., it having been calculated that in 1839, of 2,353 Indian shawls that entered the warehouses only 209 paid duty. The merchants carry on their contraband trade by choosing the shawls in the warehouse, and then sending them to the frontier, whence they are again introduced into France surreptitiously. A lowering of the duty to prevent smuggling would, it is considered, be found impossible, on account of the indigna tion it would excite among the French manufacturers, and therefore it is proposed that the transit through France be prohibited, which would annihilate the contraband prac tice. To this part of the proposed measure it does not seem that any objection is made, but the right of search is considered an unnecessary inquisition. CHRONICLE.—We understand that the Committee of Spanish Bondholders, at their meeting held to day, which was very fully attended, approved of the principle of capitalising the Coupons, as contained in the recent financial decrees issued by the Spanish Regency, and that they also expressed satisfaction with the exertions made by M. Gamboa to restore the credit of his country. Tho Committee at the same time agreed upon a memorial to the Spanish Minister of Finance, to be transmitted through Lord Palmerston and General Alava, suggesting the pro priety of making the interest on the Coupons 5 per cent. instead of 3 per cent. ; and of the adoption of ulterior measures to secure the payment of the monthly bank depo sits. The Committee could not with propriety, perhaps, have acquiesced at once in so low a rate of interest as 3 per cent. without having drawn the attention of the Spanish Government to the subject, and calling upon them to come forward with better terms of settlement. We can have no great difference of opinion with them on that point, as our information at first led us to believe and to state to our readers that the rate of interest, in all probability, would be three per cent., until the Coupons were cancelled by the sale of Church properties. Tire memorial also suggested the propriety of some alteration in the mode of applying the proceeds of the sales of the Church properties ; and it was stated, sse believe, by a gentleman present at the meeting, that the Spanish Government contemplated the appoint ment of a commission, consisting partly of Englishmen, to whom the whole of the secular Church properties should be assigned, in order to secure the appropriation of the proceeds fur behoof of the foreign creditors. The result of the meeting appears to be so far satisfactory, and if tho Committee can get a higher rate of interest for their constituents, so much the better. It is well for the bondholders, in the meantime, that they have admitted the fairness of the principle of settlement in the decrees, and abstained from all doubts as to the honest intentions and means of fulfilment on the part of the debtors. The points left open arc matters of detail, and if the steps adopted in those respects do no good, they seem at all events to be innocuous, and cannot do any harm. It may be useful to remark, that by the convention of commerce entered into by her Majesty and his Highness the Imauni of Muscat, signed at Zanzcbar on the 31st of May, 1839, and lately presented to both Houses of Parlia ment, by command of her Majesty, the (rude between the dominions of her Majesty and those of his Highness the Sultaun of Muscat is declared to be perfectly free, subject only to a duty not exceeding & per cent., to be levied at the place of entry in the dominions of his Highness, on any goods the growth, produce, or manufacture of the do rainions of her Majesty, imported in British vessels, in full of every charge upon the vessels, or upon the goods so im ported or exported, and no additional duty to be levied upon the goods when transported from one place to another within the dominion of his Highness. British vessels may enter the ports of his Highness to refit or for refreshments, without being subject to any charge. The right of ap pointing Consuls is reciprocally ackeowledgod, when re quired by the interests of commerce; and the suhjacts of both countries are mutually declared to be entitled to re side in, trade with, and pass with their merchandise through the territories of the two countries, and to enjoy all the privileges and advantages, with respect to commerce or otherwise, which are or may be accorded therein to the citizens of the most favoured nations. POST.—The funds have partially recovered from the extreme depression to which they were subject yesterday, in consequence of the gloomy anticipations indu►ged in by many of the speculators, regarding the issue of the M'Leod case. Acting upon the opinions of others, to a certain extent, some of the number who had been operat ing for the fall, have, as we understand, brought back their accounts, and hence the rally to which we have al luded. The Money Market was much less practicable again to-day. It is, indeed, some time since anything like the same difficulty was experienced in procuring the necessary accommodation. This, it is considered, may have arisen in a measure from political causes, the existence of any dispute of a nature that may possibly result in hostilities being always found to have the effect of rendering capi talists thrifty in their advances ; but the scarcity is quite as likely to have been produced mainly by the placing out, for permanent objects, an excessive proportion of the sums with which the market was glutted only a fair weeks since. With reference to the remarks made by us in our City article of yesterday, on the subject of the a rres t an d deten- on of Mr. INl'Leod by the State authorities of Nov York, and the serious consequences that may by possi bility spring out of that affiir, we think it proper to throw out the hint, for the consideration of our readers, as one which may tend in some degree to allay the apprehensien that prevails upon the question, that the litigious spirit manifested by the Washington Government may very pro bably have its origin in the fact that the present men arc oil the eve of being turned out of office. The political views of the two great parties in America are so diametrically op posite, that the bitterest feelings have notoriously been en gendered in the minds of one of them by the adverse issue of the late election for the Presidentship ; and the idea is, both in the United States and here, that the die. comliced Ministry are determined that, as they are to be left to the enjoyment of tho emoluments and patronage no longer, they will, at all events, so manage matters for their successors, as that they shall find themselves as little at their ease as possible. If such be the truth the expedient of implicating them in a quarrel with this country is, it will be admitted, one that is admirably calculated to answer the purpose. It remains to be seen, however, whether the intended legacy will be accepted or not. Mr. Forsyth, we are reminded, has affirmed that the trial of Mr. M'Leod conies exclusively within the province of the State of New Yozlz, and that the matter is ono that the Supremo Court of the United States has nothin g to say to. This view of the case cannot, it is consid ere d , and will not, ho maintained. Tho Caroline steamer was, at the time of her destruction, under the flag of the United States, her papers were issued from the Government (Alec of the Custom House at Buffalo, and the vessel was her self destroyed in the navigable waters of the States, which appertain as much to one part as to another of the republic. All these circumstances being brought into review, the belief is that the case will go to the Supreme Court, and no fear whatever is entertained as to the manner in which it would be disposed of by that tribunal. The Committee of Spanish Bondholders had a length ened discussion this morning respecting the financial de crees lately issued by Senor Gamboa. Various sugges- tions were made by the different members in attendance. Some were for addressing the Lord Mayor, requesting that lie would grant the use of the Egyptian Hill, and himself be good enough to take the chair upon tits occe aion, and to lend an ear to the griavances'a number of his countrymen hare suffered at the hands of the Spanish and Portuguese Governments. Others proposed to go at once to Parliament and solicit the protection of the British Government and the Crown. It was, however, at length determined to give Senor Gamle a time and full opportunity to carry out practically the professions of an honest intention which he has made public by de crees and otherwise. One important and most essential modification in the project of the Minister was, however, unanimously felt to be called for as a sine qua non to the acceptance of it, namely, that the new fund in stock to be formed by the consolidation of the coupons accruing between the Ist of May, 1837, and the Ist of May, 1841, amounting to 201. per cent. should bear 51. per cent., instead of 31. per cent. interest per annum. It was further considered that, as the whole of the interest which had matured on the home debt, and that on an intact, or unreduced capi tal, had been paid in cash, the Treasury Bonds with the interest upon them of b per cent., should also be liqui dated by cash payments, as well as the uncinereoted cou pons which had become due on the Ist of November, 1836, the di v id en d s f or that per i od arising upon t h e home debtin Octob er an d November, 183t3, having been lo n g p ai d off in h ar d money—if any tice were to b recognised as so solemnly professed. This thatwas the mo re earnestly insisted upon, on the g round t the foreign principle of evenhanded jus_ creditor had sustained a loss of 33 per capital in 1834, cent. on hi s through the operation of the confiscatory law of Count Toreno, and that the eleven years' interest had also been thrown over heard; or what was nearly tantamount to it; for the 551. of Deferred Stock at 121. per cent. was not worth above a five-pound note. Thu other privileges proffered, of allowing the New Bonds to be taken in payment for Church property, it was contended would work favourably rather for the home creditor than for the foreigner. The Spaniard, it was urged, had every advantage over the stranger. He would be upon the spot, and could make his selection cf properties, which must naturally be the most choice and valuable, whether they should consist of houses, farms, or vineyards, orange or olive groves, or whatever other estates ; whilst it had been proved, by the experience of the past, that, however - full the intention of Senor Gamboa that the foreigner should participate in the pro posed advantages, nothing of the sort had, up to the pre sent time, proved of the least benefit to him. Not a lot was advertised in London, Paris, or Amsterdam, and the consequence was that not a single purchaser was found out of Spain. Thus, it is assumed, and we think most justly assumed, that the English and foreign creditor must lock rather to the rate of interest receivable in London and Paris for any value that may attach to the forthcoming new consolidated stock, than to the privilege of paying it in, even at par, for the Church properties of Spain. Although national and ecclesiastical estates to the value of ten mil lions sterling have been already sold, not a lot of them has been available to the foreign creditor. The Committee act well in demanding for their consti tuents an improved rate of interest on the unpaid coupons. There is nothing else than this (the interest) upon which a moment's reliance can be placed. The idea of English men colonising in the Spanish cities is quite preposterous. Protestants, or even English or Irish Catholics, neither of whom are allowed to be of the true faith, would not, espe cially after taking possession of the dwellinrs of a set of bigoted Spaniards, be secure from the cuchillo for a single night. Christian burial even was not given to an English man eight years ago, and we doubt whether it is down to the present moment. These difficulties cannot surely have escaped the vigilance of the gentlemen composing the Committee of Bondholders. The Committee du themselves credit in taking their stand, as they did this day, upon the shameful conduct of Spain with regard to the Treasury Bonds of 1836, as given for the lint lapsed coupons under the Toreno'cor version. The non-payment of these bonds was a damning infraction of a public engagement, and, until the outrage is redressed, we can assure Senor Gamboa he will never be able to accomplish the miracle he has undertaken to ac complish—the resuscitation of the fallen, the ;defunct credit of his disgraced and frithless country. The Committee will memorialise the Minister in terms founded upon the view here given of their proceediugg, for xarding their communication through General Alava and Viscount Palmerston. SUN.—There was more buoyancy in the public securities to-day, and better prices were realised, though the aggregate amount of business done was not considerable. The favourable adviccs from Portugal assisted the market. Consols for present transfer have alternated from 88 to 88?,- ; and for the Account from 888 to 888, each closing steadily. Exchequer Bills were at ss. to 7s. pram ; and India Bonds at 11s. to 17s. discount ; Bank Stock was at 1631 ; the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. brought On to 961 ; and the Reduced Three per Cents., 881 to 8. No improvement occurred in. the Foreign Securities, Spanish Active Stock ranged from 231 to 24 ; Portu guese New Five per Cents from ail to 1 ; and Colom bian Stock of 1824 from 22} to 22,1 ; Mex'can Stock of 1837 was dull at 271, and Buenos Ayres at 22; Danish Bonds were reduced to 78 ; Dutch Two-and-a per Cents., were worth 491 to 8 ; and Russian were rather lower, viz., 1131 to 114. There were a few bargains in Railway Shares late in the day, but without alteration in prices. Great Western were 23 to 231 ; the New 10 to 101 ; the Fifths 51; the Birmingham 85 ; and the South Western 188 premium. Brighton were 71 to 7i ; Greenwich 111; North Midland 26i ; and Cheltenham and Great Western 33 dis. London Joint Stock Bank ' Shares were 3i to 28 premium. At a meeting of the North American Colonial Com mittee, a day or two since, we are informed that Lord Mountcashel brought forward a plan for encouraging emigration to Canada, of a novel and rather important character, but of which the details are not yet to be made public. POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE MORNING JOURNALS. The Morning Post adverts in the following strain to Mr. O'Connell's letter to Mr. Ray on Lord Morpeth's Registration Bill for Ireland :—" We presented to the perusal of our readers yesterday a letter of Mr. O'Conaell to a man named Ray, in Dublin, which letter is full of real or affected exultation at the state of circumstances produced by the proposition of Lord Morpeth's measure, He dons not hold out any prospect of the certainty of its passing. He has too mush care for his prophetical repu tation to say anything so absurd of that or any other Mi nisterial measure. But he is indifferent whether the Bill succeeds or not. It it should succeed, then Radical and . Romanist influence (which he calls ' liberty ') will be in creased in Ireland, If it should not, the repeal agita tatihn will be increased, or, as he expresses it, we aug ment beyond the powers of calculation, the zeal as well as the number of the Repealers.' " On the negotiations for a commercial treaty between this country and France, the Times makes these re marks :—" The hopes which had been encouraged in this country of an agreement between France and England on the terms of a commercial treaty, calculated to benefit the great interests of industry and the bulk of the popu lation on both sides of the Channel, have been greatly damped by the recent discussions in the Chamber of De puties on the commercial tariff of France and the treaty recently concluded between that country and the Nether lands. The French Liberals exult in the destruction of that aristocratic class which affords, as we think, in the discharge of its high political duties, the best security for the maintenance and the safe improvement of the perma nent interests of the country, apart from the private or temporary interests of men of less independent fortune and dignity. But the class which has usurped the legis lative power and legitimate influence which the decayed and despised aristocracy of France never really possessed, exhibits a degree of interested prejudice and exclusive dealing in the great affairs of the nation, calculated to br:ng contempt and disgust upon their deliberations. Puseyism, or modern Popery, which we have so often described, forms the subject of a long article in the Chronicle, which concludes thus:—" But for the entire Tory party, as a party, the position is rather a ridiculous one. Its own principle is at war with its own policy. Its hard brains and its dirty fingers are in collision. Its war cry is the preservation of Protestantism, and its religion is the revival of Popery. By its unprincipledness it has fished for the alliance of Puseyism, and Puseyism comes into the alliance to denounce its unprincipledness. The incongruous compound cannot long hold together ; but its momentary existence is one of the strangest novelties of the nineteenth century." _ _ The Morning Advertiser draws the following striking cmtrast :—" While the Tories parade the most acute sync. pathy with the sufferings of the pauper population, they deny the poor free access to the most obvious means of alleviating their wants—the purchase of food at the cheap est market. The Tories are most eloquently indignant in denouncing the severe operation of the New Poor-law ; but they are still more indignantly eloquent in denouncing any interference with the atrocious Corn laws, to which is mainly attributable the great mass of pauperism and suffer ing which festers and mortifies through the very core of the working population." The Morning Herald, in denouncing the Counties Court Bill, exclaims :—" The Constitution We stumble at this word in contemplating the provisions of the Bill of Mr. Fox Maule. If ' constitutional principles' mean any thing, and the phrase is not an empty sound, we must con sent to renounce dime principles before we can embrace a plan fur reforming' the administration of justice, which recommends itself by their rej.:ction. The Benthamite origin of the measure is seen in the hostile spirit which it evinces to trial by jury—for Bentham, though eternally inveighiug against what, in his pedantic jargon, he called judge-made law,' was a' reformer,' anxious to destroy the share which the people have in the administration of the laws by means of Juries, and to transfer their powers to a single Judge." We regret to hear that the distemper stiil conti nues in John Day's stables, and in addition to the Duke of Richmond's Cx'enlivat, whose death we mentioned in ourlast, Lord G. Bentinck'e Nina, by Bay Middleton, cut of Lady Emmeline, two years old, is also dead.— York Courant. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.--Mlle Paris papers cf Tuesday afford a gratifying proof of the bone ficiid effect produced throughout France by the dignified and conciliatory tone adopted by the Duke of Wellington and Sr Robert Pccl on a late occasion, in reference to the position of that country. All the French journalists have copied from the London papers detailed accounts of the illness of the Duke of Wellington, and the Journal Wes Drbats pays the following compliment to the Duke " Wo shall not lose a moment in adding our expression of regret to that manifested by all classes of the population of London. The Dukc of Wellington is one of the me n o f . . Europe whose preservation is of the utmost importance for the general tranquillity—one of these men who, from the security which the consciousness of great militar7 renown always inspires, have the right to speak of peace with the utmost confidence and authority. The remembrance ofthe noble and dignified mariner with which be recently spoke of France adds particularly to the sincere regret which we feel and which we now express." The following anecdote is, we are assured, true :—About d 0 years ago the parish of Gilerux con tained a very scanty population, and for three successive years the parish clerk made no returns, at the annual visi tations, of the registers of either marriages, births, or bu rials. When the Court inquired the reason, suspecting him of negligence in the discharge of his parochial duties, he replied (alluding to the parishioners) that " God did not like them, the devil did not like them, and they did not like one another." Of this strange reply an explana tion was demanded. " God did not like them," said he, " else he would take some of them to himself; the devil did not like them, or he would do the same ; and they did not like one another, or thcie would bo marriages and births amongst them." It is needless to say what effect this had on the whole Court—Cumberland Packet. The two brothers, Michael and Patrick Wallace, who have been committed to Newgate, charged with felo niously losing the ship Dryad, are the sons of Andrew Wallace, long known as a respectable storekeeper in Leith. Ile was, for many years, the faithful servant of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, father of the late baronet ; and, from gratitude to his respected master, named his three sons after the family of Ardgowan. This will ac count for such names being associated with the late crimi nal proceedings against the Wallaces.—Greenock Ad vertiser. NEWS FROM THE LEVANT. AIAUMORICE BAY, HER MAJESTY'S SIIIP BRITANNIA, JAN. 8. The Mcgmra sails to-morrow morning for Malta. The Britannia, Howe, and Castor arrived off the entrance to this bay yesterday morning, 'but having got becalmed out. side, were successively towed in by the Hydra, which Sir R. Stopford sent out for that purpose. All the ships mentioned in your last are here still, except the Benbow at Beyrout, and the Gorgon and Stromboli, which have since proceeded, the former to Acre, for the purpose of assisting to bring away the marines who were left there to garrison the fortress, but have suffered most severely from sickness, and the latter to Alexandria, with Commodore Sir Charles Napier. Lieutenunt-Colonel M'Callum is now left in the chief command of the Royal Marines in the Mediterranean The rewards for the late arduous service on the coast of Syria have been most liberally distributed in the shape of promotion. All the commanders arc made post-captains, all the senior lieutenants, commanders; five mates of the flag. ship, three of the commodore's, and the two senior of each of the other ships, are made lieutenants ; all the s econ d masters, masters, and five assistant surgeons are made sur geons. Captain Arthur Morison, of the Royal Marines, is promoted to the brevet rank of major in the army, for his gallantry at the storming of Sidon ; and Captain Whylock, of the same corps, has received a similar honour; Vice- Admiral Walker Paeha is made a Knight Commander of the Bath, and arrived here to. day in a Turkish steamer from Constantinople. ( From the Malta Chronicle of Jan. 21. ) Her Majesty's troop-ship Sapphire, Cole master, in command, having on board the 59th Regiment from the lonian Hands, bound to one of the West India posses sions, put into Malta on the 13th last., and will, together with the Cornwall transport, J. Young commander, con vey to the same destination the head-quarters of the 92d Highlanders, from this garrison, about Saturday next. The Ottoman fleet will be refitted at Marmorice Bay by the crews of the British ships of war before pro ceeding to Constantinople. On its arrival in safety at Marmorice, Sir Robert Stopford will, it is said, run clown to Malta in the Cyclops steam-frigate, leaving in command Sir John On - mammy, who arrived at Marmorice on tho 7tb, in his flag-ship, the Britannia, with the Howe and Castor in company. The Cyclops had also arrived from Malta. The Benbow was st Beyrout ; the Edinburgh is on her way to Malta from Marmorice, and will, it is supposed, be shortly followed by the. Belle rophon, Princess Charlotte, and Implacable, all of which vessels, it is expected, will be sent to England to be paid off. The Asia and Pique will shortly leave Malta also for England. The Locust, steam-tender, Lieut. Lunn, left for Marmorice with the London mails for the fleet of the 31st of December an I the 4th of January, and despatches for the Admiral. The Wasp followed on the 15th, and the Hastings on the 18th. A rumour prevails that the Sultan Lai decorated the officers of the navy and marines lately promoted for their services on the coast of Syria with a five piastre gold medal, and that it is in contemplation by the Ottoman Go vernment to grant a year's pay to all the officers, seamen, and marines who have assisted in the late operations against the Pacha of Egypt. SCOTLAND. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.—FEn. 8. Henry _Kinnear was brought before the Court, charged with the murder of John Blyth, tailor, having, on the 23d of October last, in the street called the Green, in St. Clairtowu, in the parish of Dysart and county of Fife, at tacked the said John Blytb, and with his fist or some weapon struck him one or more severe blows on the head, and knocked him to the ground, whereby his skull was fractured, and he died of the injuries so received on the 28th of October. It appeared from the evidence that the daceascd had been for some time " a teetotaller," but had broken through the rules three months prior to his decease. One of the witnesses stated that he knew this, and that Blyth had been " on the ball" for several days ; that he, along with the prisoner and a person named Smith, had met deceased between three and four in the after noon of the previous day, and went to several public houses in Kirkcaldy and Pathhead. They purchased two bottles of whisky in Kirkcaldy, which they took to a pri vate house at Pathhead, and drank it. They purchased other two bo:tles in a house in Pathhead, by which time all were worse of liquor ; and in going from house to house deceased said to one of his companions that he would try a fight if he liked. The individual pointedly refused. He then offered to fight the prisoner, who said he would not, and had got nothing to do with him. De cooed put himself in a fighting attitude, and continued squ a i -ing at Kinnear for a considerable time, applying a great !teal of insulting language towards him; but the pri. saner kcpt his temper so well, that one of the witnesses sa id h e 'Lever saw a man get more provocation, or keep his temper better. When they bad got to the east end of Pathhead, Ninnear parted with deceased and anothe r , and went towards his own house, leaving deceased and the other, who , wanted to get into Kirk's public-h ouse . A voice like Kinnear's, and in the direction he went, called to Blyth, b - vhe ran towards him ; the sound of a blow was iminediatei," heard by a witness, about the time Blyth might have read'ed Kinnear, and the fall of a body in consequence, and then a person was heard running northward from the body. The witness went up, and found the deceased lying on the road insensible. With the assistance of two chaise-drivers, and Mr. Kirk, the publican, the deceased was got upon his legs, and coming to himself a little, walked home " rather smartly" with one of his companions. His wife heard him come to the door, and - a voice say, " Can you make in now, John?" She got out of bed, but be opened the door himself, and came in ; he said, " Kirsty, take off my clothes and put me to bed, for lam murdered." She took off his neckerchief, and tied it round his head, as he complained of pain there, but he was unable to bear it tied. He was attended by Dr. Williams (who is since dead). His wife asked what had happened, but he made no answer, and scaraely spoke after. He died on the Sunday morning. The prisoner's mother stated that he was engajed in marriage to a young woman, who, on hearing of the ccarge of murder being brought against him, took ill and died, it was believed, in consequence. The Solicitor-General admitted that he had failed to make out the charge, and could not call upon the Jury to give a verdict, even of the lesser crime of culpable homicide. The Jury, notwithstanding the statements of the Coun sel and the Court, at first gave a verdict of not proven, which the Court refused to receive; and which they after wards, apparently with reluctance, altered to not guilty, and the prisoner was dismissed. FRENCH CUSTOMS BILL. The Commerce of Thursday has the tollowing on the new Customs Bill: '° The most important parts of the Bill are those re specting the admission of coal, machinery, thread, and linen. The object of the clause respecting foreign coal is to give the legislative sanction to the ordonnanco of Na vember, 1837, by which reductions in the duty were made. The towns of 'Nantes and Rouen have addressed peti tions to the Chambers, praying for a further reduction. The object of this petition is opposed by the proprie tors of coal mines in France, who state that the im portation of English coal, which was five years ago only a few hundred thousand metrical quintals, now amounts to more than 3,000,000 quintals, and that if the duty be still further reduced, the importers of Eng lish coal will be able, with that saving, to transport their coal a greater distance, and thus compete with the proprietors of coal mines in the interior. The ques tion as to the introduction of machinery is at length about to undergo a solution highly favourable to mari time navigation. The present tariff imposes an ad va lorem duty of thirty per cent. upon all steam-engines of foreign manufacture, without distinction, in favour of those which are not used in France, and are merely used for steamers between the ports of France and other countries. The ports have petitioned against this duty, and the Government, in accord with the Committee on the Bill, have recognised that foreign steam-engines, under these eirceimstances, should be exempted from duty. We must here observe that the more machinery of this kind is indispensable, the more it becomes important to encourage our own manufactures, to compete successfully with those of other nations. In order to attain this object, it is proposed by the Committee to grant a premium of 30 per cent. on the value of French engines employed on board vessels in international navigation. This premium would comprise, at the same time, a drawback on the raw material, and an encouragement for the constructors. The article respecting thread and manufactured goods pf hemp and flat will undoubtedly give rise to the longest and most serious discussion. This question arises out of a revolution in manufactures, by which machinery has been substituted for manual labour. England, where this revolution had its birth, has availed herself of it to introduce everywhere, and prin cipally into France, the thread made by machinery, and against which it is impossible for that made by hand to compete, either as regards price or quality. The importation of linen thread into France represents an an nual sum of 25,000,000 f. What is to be dons ? Shall we, as is proposed, increase the duty, and adopt a protec tive system ? We have all the elements for making thread by machinery as cheaply as the English ; for if they have some advantages over us, we have others over them—such, for instance, as the price of labour, and the production of the raw material on our own soil. Cannot we imitate the English, and compete with them, without having recourse to an increase of duty ? As this is proposed the linen manufacturers, in their turn, petition for relief ; and, to satisfy them, it is proposed also to increase the duty on ma nufactured goods. There is, however, another important question, as to agriculture and commerce, connected with that of the duty on thread. If we receive English thread, :t must be on the condition that England shall receive our brandy and wines. And what is to become of the promised reduction of duties on these productions? We put these questions in the hope that they will be fully discussed on the occasion of the Customs Bill, and that every necessary explanation will be given by the Government." We have no other observation to make upon the above extract than that the Commerce is in error in supposin g . that the manufacturers of thread England are entirely indebted to foreign countries for their raw material. his raised in abundance within Scotland and Ireland ; and not long ago an important company was formed in Stafford.. shire for the cultivation of flax and hemp in that county. We may, however, also add, that it is only in the manu facture of thread of the finer description that Ligh wages are paid. In the north of Ireland, a here tho commoner description of thread is made, the wages arc quite as low as they can be in any part of France ; for, with a redun dant population like that of Ireland, and the unity and cheapness of potato food, there are too many thousands of persons glad to obtain employment at a rate o f wages which is so low that it is hardly possible for the popula tion of any country, however miserable, to work for a slighter remuneration. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has remitted the handsome donation of 1001, to the Lichfield Diocesan Society for the Wilding of churches. EVENING EDATION. THE FUNERAL OF ;NAPOLEON' (From Galignani's Mes.tehwer). The removal of the coffin of the Eniperor Nepali from the dome of the Inv a lides into the side ch a p el Saint Jerome, was effected on Saturell:y, in the presage of Marshal Moncey, the Governor of the InvaUdell General Petit, the C omman da n t of the Staff of d tb. Hotel ; the division of officers, and the thirteen sions of the pensioners. Gen. Gourgeud, ,Las Case s, jun., M. March a nd, and s o me f ew of the other tge tnbe r of the Commission sent t o St. H e lena, were the 01 1 1 persons, besides those connected with the Hospite l,w l were admitted. A mass wa s performed by the Co re % the Invalides and his clergy. Marshal Moncey, alth °4 so infirm as to reqnire b e i ng su pported by both arinh remained till the end of th e ceremon y. The pall wash outs by four superior officers of the Invalidcs. After the the coffin, decorated as it was on the 15th of Dseen ber, and surmounted t owar d s th e h ea d by the ImP era Crown, and having on the foot the sword and bat, el s placed, by means of an inclined plane of woodtvotk,:si the chapel. This f rame was ta k en d ow n and ear ri away with great expedition, and the coffin was at W e to be seen in th e p os i t i on i n w hi c h it w ill remain Wal d its final tomb is ready to receive it. The Marsh al as l the other persons in attendance were then ad eeitts j into the chapel, where a " De Profundis" was chant s ,. by the clergy, accomp an i e d by th e band of the H ole' Holy water wa s aga i n s p r i n kl e d on th e coflin,and all re; tired in deep s il ence . Th e c h a p e l, w hi c h, as ere ha L l o already stated, is or na m en t e d i n a magnificent b ee, chaste style, is wo r thy it s t em p o rary destin sti ti It is hung with violet-coloured velvet, relieved wild gold, between columns with gilt capitals, an e d the frieze is draped in like manner, enrich a with a deep gold fringe ; the pavement 113 Wr t ; 3 o with a carpet of the s ame co l our . At the end of ith chapel, facing the entrance, is the coffin, covered W rof its imperial pall, and raised upon an estrade ; a high, likewise covered with vi o l e t ve l v et. Behind t i° ,o trophy, composed of forty-eight s t an dards taken lr s o the enemy, before which a pp ears an imperial eag le i gold. Between the wall and the trophy is a itirv f d :. silver cross, wrought on black velvet. In the fou r inte columniations a re an ti que t rop hi es f orme d of aria s e r e palm branches, with shields in the centres, on which 31. inscribed the fou r ce l e b rate d names o f M a rengo, A ll : terlitz, Wagram, an d J ena . A guar d o f h on our, e a ";: posed of Invalid es w h o h ave b een d ecorate d, will co stand) , watch over the chapel. The King h as con f erre d t h e d ecorat i on o f the ti e g oe i°ll of Honour on M. M arc h an d , f ormerly va l e t to sing leon, and who a ccompan i e d t h e expe di t i on f o r bring" back the hotly, . THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKETS. ~---- .4 rot; o" Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beane. „......-,, , ---- --- ..--___, ----.--.- J Per Quarter.' s. to s. s. t s. s. to a . s. to I. 4 4 Bath . ...... ~...1 60 72 30 40 25 35 41 50 Blandford ........ 56 e 4 29 23 25 27 41 47 - 1 Bridport ...-....... 68 —.- ii I Chard 54 62 23 32 18 24 40 44 34 I Gloucester...... 56 64 28 37 20 28 48 5 0 i'g Exeter - Guildford 68 71 31 37 32 5( 46 50 -46 , o! , 4 Newbury ...., 150 60 26 31 18 33 33 4IA , 06 9 Reading..,...., 5•'72 27 37 j 22 t 0 42 5. Salisbury Slterborne 5l 60 28 35 24 28 i4l 4 °, 4 0 SheptonMallet 52 64 30 38 ,20 25 40 Y.' Uxbridge —..1 37 43 123 23 —r, Warminster «, 41 62 29 40 24 20 41 0" '- ...., Winchester t r eovil 1 56 60 30 32 :22 26 142 5 . LEEDS CORN MARKET.' , 041 1 Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk , York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Sullblk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 12s. to 5 4 ; Grinding Beans 63lb. `334. t ° 20 160. t° r otil /lets, l'otatoe —Bleating, For. --d. to—d %belling DEVIZES CORN A E IA ng R . K ll :l d ' 2 .. Bl°tl°3‘29cl.lcF-Clll7l. ° Per Sack. a. d. a. d. P er Q um d. 5 4 ter. ' 4 0 w to ... 0 First Wheat '32 0 to 34 0 Oats Second 2 ••• 40 28 6 30 ( , Bean s (per sack)... 1 - 0 • 1 Third darley 2B 0 90 0 Br ea d ( perga ll on ). ' MARKETS. AIN. 50 to a m ° Barley, Mccklenburgh I to Magdeburgh... Ir : to lr' d --- Holstein ........ t o l;", -- Summer ........ , 0 is& Oats, Eider .. Ivu • JP ....... to -- Mecklenburg -- Holstein ........... 1. t '; I-- East Friesland..• l e i ! too l Poase, Mecklenburg zr" Beans t.)25 . 1 , 0 , 01 Buck Wheat Rapeseed, Hanover Malt Tares TON. Maranham ................ Madras .................... Surats Domingo ............ FEE. 7 1 4 - o j b 034 4% Domingo .... ............... La Guayra ........... .. ..... Porto ttico ........... .. ..... Ilavannah .................. 4g t o tO 61 4* , 5g 4 6 /4 t .11 83 Discount.) tot Bahia, White ........ ~. ..... Sli* - * Brown .. . ............ .. .5., 1 Pernambuco, White 7 . 0 Brown ...5 'n. sto 634 HAMBUR G It Wheat, Marks 312 to 339, --- Magdeburg 315 to 339 - Anhalt, white 313 to $39 red -- Brunswick 2:e.4 to 342 Mecklenburg 276 to 339 Polish "110 to -- Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg - Dantzic - Elbing and Ko nigsburg 225 to 246 - Upland -- Riga COT] Carolina and Tennessee 7ito 9% Georgia, Ist edit . 14 1. 3 i 1 2d 6 34 7 3d and 4th COF Mocha 13 to 13%, Batavia Sumatra — Rio 4% 5% Bahia 4% 5% SUGAR.—(Wit; Havannah, White 6 to 9 j Brown 5 Rio, White 5 14 654 Brown Manila, Brol ADELPHI THEATRE.--A new 6 ' operg' l , - ,'„de• mantic, ballet, burletta sp ec t ac l e ," as i t was r eset - 1 011 d ay signated in the bills, entitled Satanas, and being a n p i rig , tation of the grand b a ll e t at the Academia Royale, 100 Le Diable Amo reux , was l ast n i g h t pro d uc ed 011 " s ia. boards. It was plac e d secon d i n or d er i n the ent e ldip ment, and was appropri a t e ly p re l u d e d b y a piece ° s ei turbanee in the house o f a ver y unce l est i a l quality, I to caused by a very long delay i n ra i s i ng t h e c urtain (jii set novelty. Our space will not permit us to enter int:is4 detailed account of the plot of the Satanas. It colon i es the adventures of a gay Lotha r i o , w h o a lmost sac'" sal himself to the father of all d e m ons , b u t w ho, after - par Tare adventures, is saved through the grace of a For e i °r ietf si.on of love to which be has b een f a i t hf u l. A great f 51 rfr of characters are conn ec t e d w i t h t hi s ma i n line 0 0 0 amongst which that of the imp Flick, by Wielon a ' oe rf very conspicuous. There is a great deal of ballet W h oa and show introduced into the whole affair, and it has 4 0 got up with a degree of splendour which does gran t sa se. to the theatre. For this it was much applauded, an opiS nounced for repetition, by Mr. Yates, with the moat 11 concurrence of his audience. k_ GOLD WATCHES, LONDON- MA P ro s bah A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, ' 1 76001 London, opposite the Bank of England, submit for iloP e 4l o °: very large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES, the ",no which are made and finished under the ca reful inspe , „""or experienced workmen on their own premises, and each ranted for correct performance. _ . 'SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, in engine-turned 1 0 Xl° gold cases and gold dials, warranted •• Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double backed engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, 19 19 ° warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four 0 holes, with double-backed gold c ases and r id 14 14 dials, warranted ..... SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. 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