The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-13 00:00:00

VENING EDITION brought it forward to the House. He (Mr. Labouchere) would no w come to the year 1625. when another tt 11 more important step was taken ueder the auspices of Mr. Huse ki,son, who introduced many measures of colonial reform in that House, and whb pawed the Act which with a few excerione was the law that now regulaeed the celenial trade f this country. Mr. Huskisson relaxed the nsvitra tion laws, and establiiired boneine warehouses io the colo niea—a measure of the greatest advantage hall to the Co lonies and the mother country. In the third place he took off theta prohibitory duties which Mr. Rotinson :eft un touched, and he established regulations for the eroteefon of duties that still exit. The Right Hon. Gentleman here proceeded to read extract.; from the speech de'ivered in the House by Mr. Huskisson, on the occasion referred to, in which be clearly stated the views and principles on which he introduced those measures of reform in the e ilo nia{ trade. Before he (Mr. Labouchere) proceeded to state the p.iacipl es on which the measure he had the ho nour to introduce was founded, he could not help ternark leg that every one of those measures of relaxa'ton in the colonial trade—every one of those advances towards a more indulgent and liberal course of policy towards the colonies, encountered the most violent opposition from those iate rested in those colonic?, and who fancied they would be injertel by those measures being adopted. The first mea sure of allowing Ireland to trade with the co lut•ies met with the most decided and vio lent opposition; - -- When Mr. Huskisson introduced his ltle-SSUre tbe..e were t eetions from Menet:es tsr, Bristol, Liverpool, and other ports., against it. Mr. Robinson's me isure encountered a similar storm of opposition, and 3et every step that hid been taken in this courted of ref.non had been marke 1 with the mist de deed success. It was no doubt necessary to proceed in those eases with great precaution and care ; however, when those measures i ted proved not only sati,feetory but beneficial ale', they sliould be carrel ota still further. lie bad stated that them duties had made gone no material al teration since 18.15, and that he felt it his duty to propose sotto aleera.ions in the system. Most important revolutious had taken place in trade since that period ; and it be , .nme the House and the Government to reflect whcher the time was not came when it was their duty to censurer that these dufes and regulati)ns should be revised. lie had cited before that Mr. Huskisson had proposed to cp n a direct train with. the colonies with foreign countries., who should give what he considered an equitable return as re garded trading with C.eir colonies. With respect to that power which teen reserved to the Crown the Gov.rn ment had exercised it in some cases, but as r -- Larded France, from the system pursued by that countrr, ie reference to to r colonies, they could only extend it to her under very great limitations. He con eciv d it tp be their duty to carry the pliociple.; of Mr. Huskisson into e ffect a 3 far as they possibly could. He cow cane to consider whet was the system ;Oriel) Mr. Iluekisran hal established. The first thing that struck kint waP, the high scale at which these coloni iI duties ee, e fixed, a id he was sure the Howe would feel that when the duties were so high as to be prohibitory it mattered very little Anther they kept up a prohibition on duties which anuouteed to i•. When he read the speech of Mr. flux kisson and iefl. , cted or. the large and c suiprebensive vlewa of trade which that lion. Gentleman entertained, and compared the n with the very inadequate manner in wl ieh shag visas were c,r,ied out, he could not help thinking that Mr. Huskisson was at that time rattier concealing the difficulties he would experience in ea-rying out thcee views than that he entertained any doubts of the . r car c,thess. Let them look at the duties imposed on v rieus articles in our West Indian and North American celeniee. In the bt place, fist, which was one of th'e most important arei cies in the West Indies, was absolutely prohibit:d. In the rest place, flour and:previsions of all kinds were sub ject to a duty which he could nit but think v,ry immode rate--a duty of from twenty to forty per cent Ile did not think that such a duty should be put on the food of the people.—( Hear, hear, lo sr.) It should be also °beer vcd, t, at tease colonies wee obliged to depend for subsistence or load grown in other couutriee Oo ioreign ruaeufact arcs he found there was, in many in stances, an ad valorem rate of thirty per cent. Bri *rah silks were protect 'd in the West India 1 lands and Cer.a to by such a duty. On f re . go cot in ti era was a du'y im posed of 20 per e.r•. and un v unenumerated dim a duty of 15 per cent. lie thought there were various .eirceneetaeces in the social and fi. atciel condition of t: e , e col mins which deser , v d at the present moment tt e se rieus attention of the [louse. Many of the o'd taxes were now no for g r productive there; while they bad entailed on them many additional expense?. Ti ee had an improed Justiciary in the c Monier, Houses of Correefon, ; and ecclesiastical Mal bailments. and many institutions dalculeted to raise tie dirndition of ti.e negroes. All these things entoled great expert! e on the c 'lonics. Ho wool not weaey the Muse by going throe g r statemeeta v. i h regard to many of thoso colonie= s bet to reel l queie the expenses of Ja , aica alone. The eximases incurred in Jamaica, under the law passed in 1839 and 1840, was, for Emigration 8e 000/., for an Improved Ju dicial-System, 50,0001., for the Clergy 8.000/, for Curates 6,000 L, for the erection of a Penitentiary 30,000/ , and for the erection of a House of Corieerion 10,0001. The colonies being calied upon to bear these expenses, very naturally complained, and stated that we were acting on a principle with regard to them wl itth made it impossible for them to raise the more . % He was satisfied that the social and financial condition of the West Indies rendered it I eaessary to revise the system under which they were at present I.licee. On the other hand, in Lower Canada It was pecu , iarle neeeseary at the present time that they tshoold apply themselv s to tie'r con p'aiqts of the man ner in whets t ,air regula i n• acted upon them An Ad dress had lately been forwarded to his Nublc Fiiend the S:oretaoir of State for the Colonies from Upper Canada, asking to be allowed to d sal wi-h these questions theno selves, not sut4ject to the lass imposed in this country, but ssuggettiog that any law they passed should be suhjec: t revision upon an Address from either House of Parlia man% In the spirit of trot Address Le agreed, arid he thought they ought to chow the calm l.'s to legislate for ntaern.e:ves, ev.th as tittle restriction a: possible. —(11, ar. ) Ilstere was also another point which he (Mb. Labouchere) =tot say struck his mind most forcibly—lie meant the to tally opposite priee'ples under which we seemed to act With regard to our -West India colonies and our Eastern pussessions..—( ins of He tr.") Nothing could form at gre:.t.o. contras', than the duties impose.' by Parliament, roe by tboCrown, in our eastern and western colonial pos ssessiouv. Ile heel stated to the House already, how great we; the discriminating duty imposed upon foreign goods in the West Jetties area Cape of Good Hope. He would 'L ew remind the House that tie duties placed on foreign goods in India, Cape of Good Hope, Australia, and saer poi 'ions of our eastern &minims, were of the almost onerous :icscri,rtion. He found that in the Cape c Good Hope there was on foreign goods imported a duty sef 10 per cent., and on British goods a duty of 3 per cent., the discrioating duties, of course, being 7 per cc it. ad valorem. Nov 7 , - tre asked .f menufaeturcts corn :daubed of this small protection ? Did it at all check im giurtation into the colony ? And if not, for what object was iii that we Leoosed these high discriminating duties in our Vest Italian and North American colonies, duties that 1.1 ere to grievous to thew, and so disadvantigeous to the mother co untry? In the Cape of Good Hope the duty on foreign . goods ,"as 10 per cent. ad valorem, and on goods 4 per tent., leaving a diserieninatirg duty of 6 per teat. In Nee; Soot's Wales the ciruty on tureigeo goods was 5 per mre. end none At all on B rt:sli goods ; and in Van Die mea's Land on fcre'gn goods i per cent., and on British goods 31. It was curious to observe bow much more fc vourahle the Crown had been to the colonies, in this rc- Jpect, than Parliament. Wherever the Crown Lad im ppc!sed defies on the coloniott, tl.ey had been moderato in a great degree ; but wherever Parliament had done se, it would be found that high duties had been impose!, with Co vain object of protecting our own goods. He said, therefore, that if the , found, where a light differential duty was imposed, the trade of this country did .not suffer—if this system was far the benefit of the ecolonie-, and not for the disadialtage of the mother reourotre, it ought to be adopted, and the same principles applied to ohe Wezt India colonic; and British North America, iestead .of continuieg those which excited so much de:satisfaction. - It was too absurd to suppose that ~whea our usenet ooures were able to compete in a third ss rke , , t'so manufecturee of other pat ti of the world, t h e y would suffer from competition in the colonies. And be said further, that if any article of foreipi ma%ufaeLoe, uots „,ee e t e .edirg this din once, was able to find its way into she co iouies, it ought to find its way there, and rise 'culot ice ought to have the advantage of that aridl •. Arid in his opinion no better course could Le taken to cement the union and good fe.ling that subsisted between the colonies and the mother country than to place the colonies in an equitable situation with regard to art cles of trade and man ufactures. Having stated the general pla oiples upon which the reltcr_atien_warishto: ,I proceed, he would state to the House the tariff itself .c. c proposed to America and the West Indian "W ith " in 13 ' itisil North o w in o ieration. Theme was 14ands in p!ace cf rise one f o forei,n i production, such as a large class of articl es o clocks, watcher, le oho', jusicaaild inastrduumver.to'f, wires, books, paper'', w I I ' was another 80 per teat. ,ad valorem; therec class which paid a duty of 0 per cent. ad valorem, .another consisting cf goods and merchandise cf dif format kinchr which pad a duty of 15 pee cent. ad valorem.a There was also a considerable class of articles w hic h pai d a duty of 71 per cent. ad valorem . B y the now tary hr proposed to substitute for the duties of 30, 20, and 15 pc gent. a single duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem, leaving un touched ate proseat duties of 71 per cent. He wanted to much as passib!e to untie the bands of the colonists, and so leave them as much as possible to legislate for them selves. He wanted to make the duties as mode st** and as simple as possible, to settle certain financrel duties, and to leave the rest to themselves. This was what 42 proposed with regard to ad valorem duties. He now came to a far more important class of duties—a class far mare affecting the interests of the West Indies--the spe cific duties laid upon particular mticler. As he bad be fore incited the duties imposed at present upon beef, pork, shingles, and foreign ar.ieles of that description amounted from 20to 40 per cent, adraloreni; in many to aduty riving instances it pas 40 per cent. When they cousider that some of these articles were the food of the colony ; that ot h ers, su pb as slaver, were absolutely necessary to eon ...duct their only manufacture, that of aug r; they must see brat these duti e s were perfectly immoderate and opi,res sive, especially if they considered that stees we re n ow beis.l taken f,,r placing these colonies on a footing with Ate E a st Ind:ee As he had upon a former occasion urged upon the llouse the p ro p riet y ( f doit g justice the East Indies by doing away will' duties which werikipjur:ous to them, so now he felt bound. to urge upon the H o u s e th e propripty of putting W th e e st Indies upon k more liberal %atsag with regard to the supp l y of provisions. He pro !posed, therefore, to fsiduce all these duties very much ; at slits same time, he did not deal with them in the same way he would have done if he had been imposing them for *the lint time; he would ire such a case have proposed !them much lower,but as theybad already been established, the thought it was their duty mow engaged. Re to be cautious of the interests proposed then to reduc.i the duty upon all those articles to from 12 to 15 per cent., ad valorem; :he considered that quite high enough, as a pro sceting duty upon articles which were almost i n n ispensablo for food. The duty upon the barrel of who at flower now was _s'. ; he proposed to reduce it to 2g. —C Hear, hear.) On beef and pork the duty was now I 12s. per cwt. ; lie proposed to reduce it to 4s. Shio&s, which now paid per 1,000, of 12 inched, 125., and above 12 inches, 145., he proposed to reduce both to 33. 6d. Oak staves and healng which now paid, red, per 1,000, 15F., and white, 12s. 6d., he proposed to reduce both to 7F.—( Her, hear.) He now came an article of the utmost importance to the population of :he West Indies— an article which was now pre liii;ited—he Inca t fish, the ; roduce of foreign countries. He proposed to do away with that prohibition.—( Cheers.) He was no friend to prohibition—( Hear, hear)—he wished the word was erased from our S'atut?.-book altogether.—(Hear, hear.) He was most happy that a step Lai been taken towards that point, and he wished to see it pushed to its fullest extent. —( Hear, hear.) As fish constituted the principal supply of food for the Negro population, it was in the higheet de gree unjust to limit that supply to one single, and fre quently a very narrow market. He was prepared to ad mit that the most impel-tent interests were connected with the fisheries of Gnat Britain and the dependencies, which could not be disturbed ; and thst if prohibiting duties were at all to be justified, that justification must be allowed for the protection of the fisheries. Although he should pre pose to subst:tute a duty fell. the prohibition, he should put that duty much higher than on any other article. He was satisfied th t Vie duty he was about t i propose would be pracAcaly equal to an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent. He proposed a duty of 2s. 64. ; er cwt. upon fish, dry and salted, now probitite , l, and upon picklA fish a duty of ss. per barrel. In rE gard to wine, which was now sub jected to duties of an extremely capricious desetiplon, he proposed a duty of 71 per cent., ad valorem, upon all kinds, without distinction. In addition to those altare.- tions, there were certain peculiar points, to which be meant to take that opportunity of bringing the attention of the Committee. The fir st wa ' , the sub ject of tea. Ac cordirg to the navigation laws, tea could not be i nported into the North American colonies or the West Indies, ex cept from Great Britain, or from countries east of the Cape of Good Hope. The object of that provision was to gi,e encouragement to the British commercial nave, in making long voyages. But ci , cumstances wer; stronger tl.aa laws.—(Hear, hear ) From information received from Lord Sydenham, ho learned that three fourths a the tea consumed in Canada was smuggled from the United States, with great loss to the rev nue of the province. Now was the loss to the teseaue the worst consequence ? A system of smuggling was rained along the frontier, which demoralised the whole country, and produced the set , / worst results. It might be thought that there could be no reason why Canada could not be supplied with tea from England as well as New York. But there was a circumstance of which the Government had bees iacormed by Lord Sydenham, which overturned the calculations that might naturally be made upon the subject. It appeared that the tea used in Canada consi to almost etirely of the which was scarcely at all con coarser kind of green to , , sumed in this country; so that the London market was but very little supplied with it, while it happere I on the eon!r,ry that it was much used in America, which caused it to be largely impertei into New York. It after‘i ards found its way across the frontiers is sp.td of fiscal regulations. The proposition be would make am that recommended by Lord Sydenham, and which was to allow tea to be iutroluced from North Arrerica by land at an additional duty of one teath over that coming by sea. He would substitute such a duty for the present prohibitory one, and Lord Sydenhim had assured them that smuggling would by that means be put an end to, and the revenue would be tre blot'. The rext artele he would a :yen to was rum ; and his proposition would be to reduce ;he duty on East India rum to the same duty now paid on rum from the West Indies. There were many other subjects which he thought might he hest discaised seriatim on a fAture occasion. He wiih,,d to adv,rt to the case of the Channel Islands, w Yell were at priser.t ; e:mitted t) export their productions into Great B r it a i n , b u t no t into the British Islands. could not conee - Vc any good r axon for thi; distincti in. It was an old remnant of our col mil jealcuq, whi.:ll would have been long ago repealed if it had not been forgotten. lie proposed, the:t fore, to put the Channel Islands on the same footing with regard to the coLnics that they were will regard to the mother coun'rv, to permit them to export their own produce and manufactures to the colonies in the same manner as they at present did to Gua.... Britain. He should not detain the House much lerg,r. The main principle by which he ba I been Letaate I in proposing these alterations was, that he believed they were calculated extensively to ben, fit the colonier.—( Cheers.) He had always maintained that England ought to possess the exclusive right of regulating the trade of her colonies, but that tig'At ought to be exer cised with the greatest liberality, justice, and impariality. They were sent to that House to represent their own cot . stituents, but they had also higher and more important functions. The immense Colonial s Empire of this ecun ry could rever be maintained un!ess the authority of Legis lating for the cornmetce of those colonies ware excreied by the mother country not in a spirit of jeelous.minded exclusiveness, but in a spi tic f lib , rality equally bene ficial to all parties. He could not forget that under the system of rigid exclusivereis, wher grew Colonial Em pires had fallen to pieces. A get at colonial ercpiie was a glorious thing, but it was also a most precat ions thing, and could only be held together by actieg in a spirit of impartia'ity, justice, and kindness. They should show the colonies that in legislating for them there was no favouritism, and that they consideted that the greatness, prosperity, and happiness of the mother country depended upon thc great nets, prosperity, and happiness of the colonies.—( Cheers.) It was on th S 2 grounds that he wished to place the mea sure he was about to propose to the House—(Cheers)—and he was satisfici that no British in.orests would be n.a.e. rially injured by the measure.—(Ch.e s.) He would al. lade to one point—fm pruvi.i iu t That was a trade which deeply aff,eted the south of I , clsnd, and he hail al ready r,cenicd several mern,rials on the subject from that part of the country. Now he wish.d to call the attention of the House to the immense alteration which had taken place in the circumstances affecting that trade since those duties had been first impoEe 1. Not long ago the south of Ireland ant the cheapest place in the world for provisions. They had no means of disposirg of their stock.. The communication with this c 'un try was uncertain, and unless the grazier salted Li lag provisions far ex portation, he _had no means whatev,r of dispos- ing of them. Let them look at the immense alteraPion which had taken plate is consequence of the introduction of steam navigation.—( Hear, hear.) The agriculturists of Ireland were now able to send tl eir provi3ions to the markets of South IVale , •, of Bristol, and even London— the result bad been most advantag:2ous both f r Ireland and England; but what had been the effect produced on the south of Ireland ? why, instead of being a cheip place, it had become comparatively a dear one ; within the last four years pork bad risea from 20s. and 255. a cwt. to 30s. and 359., and beef had risen in the same proportion, so that by now forcing the West Indians to obtain their provisions from the south of Ireland exclusively, we were in fact lev!ing upoa them a heavy tax cf a most objectimab!c chnracter.—(Cheers.) Again, some of the prop°, ed al terations would affect the colonies of Nava:Scotia and New Brunswick. He should be sorry to do anythi g that would injure colonies that had deserved so well of the country by their uniform 1 iyalty—it would he painful t , him to I.e obliged to adopt any mea sures aff. eting the interest of those deserving coloni_.s, but when t' e subject c vine to be discusse 1, he thought ho cool i show that no such effect would be produced. With regard to n avy classes of lumber, so far from the United States having any advantage, he believed that they them selves were obliged to go to the New Bruns% i:k and Nova &e.t . a markets. Tiuc, there was anothcr class in which the United States had the advantag.', but with regard to tint clad, the West Indies were now obliged t' obtain its suppl'es from the United States, if not eirectly, in a circuitous manner, which imposed adci tional expense of transit. He helieved, upon the best con siderati he cou'd give to the subject, that the sca'e of duties, and the I:lterations he now proposed, while they would greatly bete it the West Indies, and relieve the North American Colonies from a great burthen, would not eifoct great or permanent injury to any class either in the colonies or in the mother country. Believing he felt it to be his duty to bring them before the House, and he hoped they would receive from the House impartial conskefation. He had stated ths objets he h.d in view, and he had also ttited the principle upon wl the tables had been framed. A pzraon in his situ , - tion h,.d great difficulty in obtainieg i firmation on subjec . .3 of this description, and he had been o b!iged to obtain it in the best manner he cool l ; it was therefore possYe that in some instances be rni;ht hive fallen into error, and if such w3s the case he should not have the slight ‘st scruple to correct it. He need not, in conclusion, say that it was not his intention to ask the House to express any opinion on the resolutions at ID e;ent, he only wished to lay them on the table, giving the House I time to consider them. Mr. J. PALMER did net now mean to say anythirg in opposition to the Right Honourable Gentleman, but he thought that iinee 1825 plenty of opportuai•y had been at:Ueda of proving the effcct of the rinelaure that was then passed. The Right Hon. Gentleman had taken credit to himself in every instance to which he had al luded, and among these with respect to shipping. Now he must say, that since that measure passed the loss of property in shipping at Newcastle had heen most disas trous. The Right Honourable Gentleman had stated the scale of duties he proposed. Now, the fact was, that the scale of duties that would protect one colony would not protect anuther. The subject was of vital importance. to the interests of this country, and ought to to fully and fairly inquired into before any further steps were taken. He hoped that the Hon. Gentleman would refer the sub ject to a Select Committee. If free trade would be in every instenc,-, a blessing, for God's sake let them all vote fur it; but, if not, let them continue th t protection t l ll s a b t ie h h is ha n d ig ju li s t t Hon. b' e h every Enelishman had a right to expect. Friend would m t fo llow' , been EWART earnestly given. IY the d e e Right Hon. Gentleman tread in the foot- He could not but express his sincere gratification at seeing the Rig steps of a man like M r. Huskisson. He regretted, how ever, Hon ever, that the Right • Gentleman had not extended l on that article a." extent. The reduction of t he dut grt the principle to t iboc co, which was now smuggled t 3 a I not e po•sible begun this would remove one great cause t f dernoral zatior h . Flaying • eve n the propofei long to eclay commercial reform is the tariff of our own colony. He doubted whet e, amount to to 10 per cent. woul l be sufficient. The duty oft 25 per cent. on fish appra - e d to him to to a prohibi'ion. The only way of pie3onying tl.e connection between the mother country and the colonies was gradually to liberate them from oppressive burdens. By gradual, but bold and constant alterations in the old system they could preserve that amicable connec tion which a restrictive system was calculated to destroy. Be lieving that this was the real colonial pol'ey of this country, and that the colonies, like families, gradually demanded emancipation, he hailed this measure as a great improve • meat in our colonial system; and his belief Ives that it would be followed by alterations of equal importance in the commercial system of our own country. Mr. A. WHITE would not have said a word upon the present occasion bad it not been f r the remarks which fell frern the Right Hon. Gentleman respecting the Re ciproc:ty Acts. He would assure them that those Acts had greatly injared the shipping interest. Had it not bean for a very great increase in LUg.trade—(Cheers)— he repeated it, had it not been for increase, the ship ping interest would have been greatly distressed. Tile B i could nct build their strips so cheaply, nor with our prosent Corn-laws—(Chcfr)—could we keep them s 9 cheaply, therefore we could not compete with foreigners. Af . er a fc.r. , remalks from Mr. GOULBURN the de bate was adjourred. CII AIR:AAN reportei progress, and asked leve t sit pgain THE SUN. LONDON, SATEIRDA Y. MARCH 13, 1841. Council. They had been well done, and the House might safely leave all the posters of the Bill to be exereseci by him. He congratulated the House upon no appr:)ach to do even tardy justice to India. CI ies of " Divide.") Mr. LA BO LTC II ERE sail a few words, but io quenee of the confusion caused by the influx of Members consequent on the naging cf tLe division hell, he Ira - -; not hrard in the gallery. Mr. HOGG did not think that any one would have di. vided tha House on such a proposition; but Fhoutd any ouc do so, he had no feu' for the result. Why were the au thorities and population of the Eaq Indies to be Fo di-- trusted ? Were they not as honest as those a the West h i di cs ? What could the Pr:v) Counc I know of t:e ex cise regulations? were they to be raised into a tribuoil of appeal upon such a question ? Strangers were then orde el to s.ti,hdra r, but Mr. GOULBURN withdrew his amends - ent, and the clause was agreed t". The rennaining clauses were then agreed to ; ahl the Chairman reported; the BM to be further consider e I en Monday next. COUNTY COURTS' BILL. Mr. F. MA ULE moved thesecond — rea,lieg of the County Courts' Bill. Sir F. POLLOCK did not ri-e for the purpose cf o; - posing the Bel, hut, et the same time, he thought it teat , due to the Government and to the House to state ti ae. he entertained considerable objection to many of the clatems, and some of them the principal ones. It was necessary, he had almost said, for the honour of Parliameht, that a Bill on this subject should he passed. It was so lone ago as 1823, when Lord Althorp proposed a Bill, which was read a first time. It was introduced in the next year, and passed, but was thrown out by the Lords, bee alio of the want of compeesation claims.. It was intro duced the following year, but file l in a Cenardttee. But in 1827 the Right Hun. Member for Tarnwmte, brought in a Bill founded upon the same princii le as Lord Althorp'e, which was read a first time only. Next year it was read a first and second time, but was de: el in consequence of the appointment of a Committee ; it was not tuitaer proceeded with. It. 1830 it was introduced by Mr. Brougham, but net passed. Ia 1830 and 1831 they were all too busy with the Reform Bill to case much ebout it, and in 1832 it wet supeneded by the Com mission of which he had the honour to be a Me 'Ace In 1832 a Bill was iatcoducee into the House of Lurie, but it was not successful ; in 1834 he lelieved nothing was done; and in 1835, when he ( Sir F. Pollock) was on the opposite side of the House, he st ted, in answer to a question from his Hor. and Lzarned Friend the Att r ney-General, that it was his intention to bring in a 13i11 to facilitate the recovery of small debts. In consequence of the appropriation clause havimg been carried in that Session his Hon. and Learned ItYend decline At tornay- General, but he seemed to have quite for gotten the question he had put to him (Sir Frederick Pollock) in the early part of the Session, for he brought is no measure on the subject. In 1838 anoth r similar measure was hrougeit forward, but was ultimately withdrawn, All those various Bills conetered is c.rtein pointy, and it might be taken as the concurrent oeicion of various Parliaments and Governments, that something was nccessa-r to be done upon the subject. They concurred in the extension of the jurisdiatian of the County or Local Couits—in the reduction of expense, and in giving a summary jurisdiction. But they differed a good deal in other t els; and, first, vti It regard to the manner in eltich the Judge should be appointed Now, unfit r the present Bill, a power etas placed in tie hands of the Ge vernment to en tee not less than fifty cfiic es, at rem salary of 1,500/ a year etch, and that he thought a !rmit monstrous and uncalled for exercise of Goma:mni. In.- trenage.—(flesr, hear.) The 13111 of his Right Hoe. Friend, on the contrary, left the Judges of the Couity Couits as they at present existed, but me.e'y gave the n more extereice jurisdiction. It apps aef to him that it was much better to improve the extstirg inaliteti ,n than to introduce an entirely new principle. In ell the Bills that hid been introduced into that House it was provided tFe.t the Judges should he barristers of a ce, t tin s are'ing. The 1.1.11 of 1839 provided that tie batri•t.:r should be of seven years' standing. but after the Bill came out of the Select Committee to which it had been ref, rred, a barrister of any stan_iiag might be appointed the Judge, and ie like manner any :et rr.e . ; t f any of the Superior Courts night be selected. These pre visions weic emb el'od in the pies(' t Nil, and tie y t him very ohjectiona'sle. Thee Was en:eller clause connected with the examii atiun of the parties to a suit, which he should ray reqei , ed amendmen'. Thee, was no objection is cases where there were only small sums of money in dispute to examiee the phiiiitiff and (la fendant, but the House would recollect that the present Bill xtended the jurisdiction of these Couits to cases of slat - de-, libel, seduction, and criminal conversation, an 1 in such cases it wauld be most injudicious and oljee tienable to have the parties called forward and put into the witness box to undergo the cross-examination of the opposite party.—( Hear, hear.) At present he ex - pressad no opinion one way or the other, but he enter tained considerable doubt whether the clause with refer ence to cases cf seduction would be found to work well. There was also another detail of the rite tsure which ap peared to him of rather questionable utility, namely, the power of imprisoning the person, which they all knee was liable to great &awe. Now there was no use i I the . suit unless the money was recovered, and he confessed 1 e was decidedly opposed to the prit,ciple of imprisoning a party until time debt was paid.—( dear, hear.) He obj c also to their extending these Courts to places where they already had local Courts of a concurrent jurisdictior, and he was satisfied the painies in these towns and districts would by no means thank them for interfering with the established and rect gaited Courts in their localieee HI would now draw time art mina of the House to aeotLe clause, by which the Lord Chancellor would be trub'el i to, apps ant 25 avr? Judges. That power was a most dangerous one, and io that r erf.ect the present Bill w s, he coece'ved, e most dangerous and unconstitutional en.. The object of the Bill seemed to he to give to the Crown the power of creating the patroett;e which it was to exrrnse. With the exception of the power that was give-i to the Poor-law Commissioners of making edict; which s' euld have the free of an Act of Parliament, he did not know of a more unconstitutional Bill than the prescn', which would give to Vac Crown the power of creating front time to time places which were to he used as the Crown thought fit. Mitiaters were evidently induced to bring in this Bill at the present tine with a vista to sty fleets at a general e'cction which was likely soon to occur, for a dissolu'ion of Parliameet was im o i.ient. The distribution of those fifty places, at 1,500/. a y ear, gave, ha conceived, more than double the patronage cf tits bestowal 'of tituatiens in ell tit e regiments of cavalry and infantry in the army. 112 would not content to a'ay measure of this sort, which would undoubtedly cast suspicion on the motives of the Government. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the course adopted by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman oppesi.e was a most extraordinary one. He ( Sir F. Pollock) began by say ing that he entirely agreed to the principle ef the and reproached Ministers wit'n not having long :i :co brought forward a sneesure t f this sort, and then he sud denly turned round and did all i t his power to show Elea the motives which actuetel the Government in le ieg forwarJ that B 11 were inTroper ones, not having in view the eublic good but the extension of the patronage of the Crowe. With regard to the charge of delay, he ( the Attorney Ge neral) must app, at to that House and the country whether, since the pa: 1835, tine Members of the Government had not exerted themselves to improve tic law and the inn Coo 'ions of the country. The lion. and Learned Genie ran then instanced the 11.11 with respect to the execution of wills, and several other excellent measures passed since that period. The Bill now before the House was intro duced in the year 1839. It oat then rthrred to a Select Committee of Members, who were taken from both sides of the !Luse. That Committee devoted much time to the consideration of the several clauses of the Bill, which were, as he was it formed, unaeimoutly adopted, with the ex-ep tiun of the clause which refer:el to the manner in which the Judges should be appciated. That clause was modi fied, and the 8,11 was now introduced inn its amended see-, such as it carne from the Commitec. A more gratuieets and unfounded charge was never made than that which was brought against the Gus ernment by the lionoureble and Learned Member opposite, inn attempting to im pugn the motives which urged them to bring inn tints BLI. It seemed to him, at that stage, to he unneceFeaey t cn'er into the deteils of the Bill ; but, with respect t • Vie power cf imprisonmen', the clause was instreed out of respect to the Committee, otherwi:e be (the Attorr Geleral) was disposed to object to it. He thought the House and the public would he of opinion that it was a measure calculated to prOnacto the administration of juF lice, and to supply a defect tin .t bad lorg been fe't. He believed that the insinuations which had been thrown cut by Lit Learned Friend would be considered as unfounded, except by those of his own party —( Hear, hear, hear.) He (the Attorney-General) was sorry to hear them in the speech of his Learned Friend, and he thought if he (Sir F. Pollock) wished to make an attack upon the Government he might have found a more fitting opportunity.—( Hear, hear.) He thought nis Learaed Friend had little displayed his good taste in se lecine this Bill as the ground of a panty attack. It wes a Bill which embodi.el 'all the m. in priecieles of the Bill of the Bight Hon. Memi cr for Tamworth, and which had been approv e d o f by a ll those who had fur years pest sought to impr ove our l a ws. He hop ed, the refore , it would go into C omm i t t ee , when, if there was any objec tion to a particular clause it could be i. iscussed, and be believed that if it was carried, as he did not doubt it would be, it would be considered as a boon to the country, Sir E. SIM DE N said a Law Bill was always con sidered a party question, and therefore he was sur e eised at the surprise expressA by the Learned Attorney-Ge neral at what had falleu from his Learned Friend. Ili; Leaned Friend (Sir F. Pollock) had said nothing of a His Learned Friend had panty character.—( Laughter.) not made charges ageiest the Government, but said he feared the charges he mentioned would be brought agaithe against ti em by people out ef doors.—( Laughter.) Hi s Gevernrrent te whi h be courage in spealleg c f. t i ne l e gislative efforts t.c Hon. and Learned Friend (the At torne y -Gene. al) had a (Sir E. Sugden) could not pre_ tend. He would proce t o diieuss Iles measure, and to show how it would operate, and V.e abuses to which it was liable ; but he would first a dvert to another me .sure before the House, the Administration of Justice Bile He thought the House ought to knew what the G. verarrent intended to do with this me stee before they were (nil:A upon to discuss the one then before them. Her Majesty's Government had also issued a commission to inquire into bankruptcy and insolvency, and the Commissioner.:, with one exception, made a report. The et her Commiision ers also made a report, and it was upon the report of that single Commissioner that the Government measure was funded, The majority of the Commissioners had re_ commended the abolition of a rrest for debt under all cir cumstances. But in this Bill , t he p ower of im p risonment was given in an indefinite mann er. The Bill was one in favour of the middle classes and tradesmen, againstthe humblest part of the working c lasses. He was ver y muc h disposed to think that in a Smal l Debts Court, there shoul d debtor'. E Bell b fo o r dy establishing was agreed only be a means of recovery aga lnst the g oods ei,hou t .r ay tpowerha. h overie reshould he m theperson o s f o th e egeneral Courts for the recovery darnel] debts, In order to Judge EAST INDIA RUM. The Older of the Day bring read for the further con sideration of the Report of the abcve Bill. Mr. H AWE S presented a petition from landowners, ma nufacturers cf sugar, and others, of British India, complain ing that tie Biel ha] been so altered that it would fail:ir effecting tie objects it was intended to carry out, and praying that it should not be so clogged with r.strictions as it at present was. Mr. LABOUCHERE movel that tie: Report le now received. Mr. GO ULBURN suggertcd that as there were seve ral verbal amendments to be male it would be much let ter to re-commit the Bill. lie did not mean it for the purpose of dely, but tEe amendments would be cash r understood. Lora J RUSSELL Lai no objection, and if no im portant aherations were made, probably there woull be no obje(tim to the Report beirg brought up that right. Tic Eloise then went into committee. On dame 1 being read, Mr. GOULBURN thought it would he:ricc ereary to make some a'teration in the wording of the clause in order to render it effective. It repealed all the existing duties on rum, old substituted a duty of 94. 4d., which was to be paid under certain conditions ; but it ap peared to him that where these conditions were not corn- Flied with no provision wha'e er was made by the Bil'. Mr. LA BOUCHERE contended that the wordirg of the clause we: seffieiently ext licit. Sir ED \VA RD SUGDEN thought the all, as it ttood, would meet all difficulties, without any alteration being required. After a few wcrls from Mr. HOGG, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he quite approved of the propriety of altering the words, if any doubt existed respecting them. The clause was then ag ecd to. Oa clause 2 being proposed, Mr. HAWES said he rose to propose an amendment. The former Bill did not require the Qucea in Council to approve the regulations, and the effect of the elteration would be t- bring about a delay, of which he csrnpleined. That de'ay was until the Queen in Council here could ap prove of regulations that were made in India. Again, the 7um to be imported was the produce of sugar. From whatever the sugar was obtained, when it was in a state of sugar, it would produce rum, and that rum would come into this country at the lower rate cf euty. Now an attempt had been made to make a distinction between sugar pro duce] from the sugar cane, and sugar !roduced from any thirg 41 .e. In the West Indies it was not produced from anytnieg but the sugar-cane, but in the East Indies it was produced from two teings, the sugar cane and the daee, and it would he imposible to decide from which the sugar was made. It' no rum, the product of any other sugar than that of the care, were to he admitted under this Bill, it, would shut out a great quantity of the rum of the East Indies. It would throw great difficulty in the way c f the manufacture of rum, and also of sugar, in the East.— ( Hear, hear.) In the first Bi 1 introduced on this subject by his R'ght. lion. Friend, there was no such distinction as ir, this; and he believed that the distinctive words we e introduced at the suggestion of West India merchants, without giving to those who were connected with the East Indies an opportunity of pointing out the unfei.- tffeet which would be thereby produced upon their i ite re,ts. He would move his amendments, and take the sense of the Home upon them; and if they were rejected he would, at. another stage, take the sense of the House upon the win le He concluded by mooing—That. in the ,hird clause. all the words after the word "operreiem" in the second line, down to the word " nor," in the seventh liar, be omitted :—Af.cr the words " sug sr-cane," ie the eleventh iii to to insert there word!, ":le other substances from whico sugar is made, and alloreed to be impor.el, under the Act of 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 2 1. ; " After a f a words from M. GOULBURN, Mr. LABOUC HERE observed, that h hod no wish that the question should m t he fairly discussed ; :eel it was for that purpose he had ollowe I cf the delay in I r,. cee.lirg with the measure. Ili: floe. Friend :he Mem ber fur Lambeth secure i to labour under an erroneous impression with regard to the power of the Governor- Gerieral of India, in making out certain rules and regula tione. That provision would not cot fx on the Governor- Gcnera: a y undue authority, as it was merely proposed by it that he should construct such regulations a; he might think adsisable, subject afterwards t r the approval of Parliamert The real demand made by the East Indians was, that the produce of the sugar-cane, whether rum or sugar, should be admitted on ( - limit terms to the Engl,sh market. The Bill was brought in as a sugar Bill and as a rum Bill, but nut as a spirit Bill. It eves true, sugar and spirit might 'ec made frsm beet-root, or potato, or date, but no one ever called that spirit rum. He could rot admit spirit from date, for if he did he did not see where he was to draw the line. The object t f the Bill was net to admit all East India spirit, but merely to admit rum, the producer of the sugar-cane ; and he should be unwilling to depart from that principle. Mr. HOGG had called the attention of the R'ght Hon. Gentleman to the fact that the Bill would have the effect of excluding rum, the produce of the date. He con'endtd that everything was runs that was made from the refuse of sugar. The manufacturer of sugar in the East ladies cou'd not tel whether the goor brought to his rra nuf..ctory was tie pt oduce of the date or the cane, so that it was utterly impossible that any conscientious man could make the declaration required. The Hon. Gentl roan must stand upon the broad principle sugar that was good and whe t emme must be admi,ted. They nr el riot lin in themselves to the produce of the sugar care, leeau,e in ti e West Indi:s, they might make the ir sugar front whet they please and maple suga- might he import d from Canada. Rum was not made from the raw material, but from the refuse of sugar. If the ram from India was not good, people would not buy it, and that was their best security.—( Hear, hear.) The iatroducti in of the manuractur e cf sugar from the date was very rec ,nt, and he trusted the House would not check the ingenuity of the Indian manufacturer. Mr. GL ADSTONE th: , ,ug'at that some delay ought to take place, as the We,t Indians hal be ea led t) expect that no change would take place for some time; therefore he must vote against the first motion. With regard to the second motion, he could not imagine upon what ground it was sought to make a distinction between cane and date sugar. For years past the Customs had been in the habit of admitting spirit the produce cf the date, as rum. He had known rum cf the very first quality brought to this country which had been made from the date. The Right Hon. Getit'emm had announced an alteration of great importance, and that was with respect to the dis criminating duties on rum in Canada. Ile thought he was right is that alteration. Afer the statement of his Hon. Friend he coull not conceive it possible for the Right lion. Gentleman to hesitate as to the course he ought to pursue. If ate Right Hon. Gtnileman suc ceeded in carrying his proposition through the Committ e it was impossible anything so inconsistent could 11:.aly Perm part of the permanent commercial system of the country. Mr. LABOUCHERE said if the Committee would allow him to consider this question he would on the Lext st ‘ge of the Bill sta e the cs:urse he was prepared to t:ke. As to the first amends ent cf his Hon. Fr:end he muA g ye it his most d &sled °p i :o66°n. Mr. WARBURTON hoped his Hon. Fsi nd would withdraw his first amendment. S:'r A. GRANT was of opkian that the aevantae of equalizing tl.e (Mies on East and West India rum hsd bc...n very much exaggerated. Ile hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would conduct the investigation he had in:- mised wi It perfect fairness. Mr JOHN O'CONNELL rz.gr(ttel ;hat the proont Bill I a I no s'ngle prcvLien besting open haman a:very in the East Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE thought the qurstion that had betn raised with resptct to slavery in the East Indies by the Hon Gentleman, was of far too great importance to be introduced into the clause of a Rum all Mr. HA WES bad no objPcti nto itadrAw. . Lit first amecdom,t. Tire first. amendment tars then vs ithdrawr GOULBURN would suggest to the Right Hn'. of stating aftr )ee i of bi si s v c i o e n ws e , eli in g the ord(r t G ba e t nt f l a e i m r o an pp t o h r e tur i : Y t o y pty might ile L pr rri.iorts of t' e Bill. Mr. L ABOUC HE RE said he had no objection to re port the Bill on Monday, in order to give ample opportu nity fur consideration. Mr. GOULBURN said that by the third clause of the Act it was provided that it should not be lawful to import any foreign sugar, or any sugar the growth of any British possession, into which foreign sugar could ho legilly ire per e , . Ceylon was slose to the Indian coast. If they allowed the rum as spirit of Ceylon to be brought into India, and exported thence to England, in any sugar grown in Ceylon exported into India, sad made ir,t, rum to be exported to England, they would viol:to their own print iplcs. Rum should be put precisely u; on the san.c f)oting as sugar. Mr. HOGG said that under :le third clause rum could not be imported into any country, but that from which the i nportation uf foreign sugar was prohibited. GOULBURN said the alteration which he pro. posed to make in the third clause was this—that insteatt of ‘g rum and foreign rum shrub," it should read, " tha• rum and rum-shrub, the produce of any foreign country, or any British possession into which fel e'ga sugar can be legally impoi Mr. LABOUC HERE had no objection to the alter:, tion. The amendment was then agreed to. Mr. GOULBURN then proposed to inrent, Instead of the words " Until the Guvernor-Generil its C.mneil 01,11 have passed an Act contair.ing those reffulations," the words, " And adequate regulations have "b , es made by law in such B itish pcsses,ions " Ha Ind before sta. Li; %i •ws upon this point. Ella objet naa to give to the parties who i a l griLvances the power of obtaining spec !y redresr, e I E , it ob ,r j .eo ee at t l e d d eatouseth! and bee; ui alteration be cause M r. LAB 0 U C li w iz i , ,i lt e great ai empire like India at a e. it lad a very exc e ile n t re ee, me down the pi inciple, they of tte delay excise regul a ti ons o f I n di a was impossible to treat a . sm all colony. Th , IC was in e:teiliihinent , w . .d Laving m i g ht safely t . ave the details to the objccted t o t h e c l ause, Government of India. Mr. fl AW E S said the owuerrmeorw.r,,,Gme.oorukutiat,Ll)yß.. s u tr ß in N gan s t a tqu h i e te as stringe n t as t h ose o f because, it it pa3sed, there would be no power of obtaining redress except from the Governor-General in Co uncil. They were giving certain advantages to India, and they had a right to impose an efficient control. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE obsetved that if any in jur y were unreJressed a final a pp eal could at an y time b e lad to the British Parliament, who could revise the proceed_ iags of the Indian Government and correct any error that might have occurred. Of late years great fiscal change s had been left to be wade by the Governor-General in of the merits of the Bill now before the House, the pre v siens of the other Bill. upon a part of the same sehject ought to be before the House. He thorght that Gentle:oen upon his side had a right to complain of the course Which Ministers had pursued in respect to the sepa-ate advance ment of tl e two Bills. This Bill did not propose to atm flab the Courts of Baron and the Lea Court?, and he did not see why it proposed to abolish the Courts of Request. He did not tee why this measure was to be forced upon districts which were already satisfied with the new laws %%Well bad so recently been passed for there. There was on his side of the House, every disposition to g.ve every facility to the estThlishment of Small Debts Courts; but they objected to this measure as having none of the good principles whish the other measures, intended to be superseded by ie actually contained. The House of Lords had rejected a Bill of much the same nature as the present, which was introduced by Lord Brougham. —( A laugh.) Ho asked, did Hon. Members opposite laugh at the Bill of their own Lord Chancellor, ?—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) That Bill contaired crrttinly one phantssy —one folly--( A laugh)—the project cf a Court of R conci . emeno—(fleae, and a laugh.) That was a fully, but the Bill, on the eh was lees foolish than tiii Bi 1. Let tile House look for a moment at what the Go v •rnment now required. They wanted two addriorial Equity ledges, with a salary of 5,000/. a-year each, be sides the pa) meat of secre aries, clerks, and ether officers. They had also a Bill before the House for the est eblish. meat of twenty-feur nes Judges of Appeal, to be ap pointed by the Speaker, if not by the Government itself ; arid now they came and ale I for the appointment of fifty-four Judges more. Tho Commissioners whom they had themselves entrusted %1 i h the duty of reporting on the subject, had stated that it would be difficult to find tee enty three lawyers of eminence at the bar to fill the office of Judger. The object of the Gover-nmeat would seem to have been to find two Judges of great eminerce, and twenty-nine Judges of i iferior, but high character, while they would have fifty of less consideration, so that they would, in reali-y, require in all seventy-nix Judges.— Teat was a bold experiment, a wholesale system of lrgislatien on the subject. The expe sea which would attend the proposed system would, he should venture to say, amount to beteeet. 300,000/. and 400,000/. a 3 sear.— (Hear, hest-. ) No doubt this wan a time at which it %sae supposed such an Licreasecl expense could be incur ed ; this must have bran, in the eyes of Government, a terser, of prospe ity, when we were in no danger from f reign egg ession, and when all was quiet at home.—( He ir, b ee r.) He did not wish to speak harshly of the Govern ment, but he remembered that when they had accepts d effice, they declsred their determination of adopting the no-patronage principle. How painful it must be to them to have forced on them, by the necessity of the linos, no doubt, a degree cf patronage of which the most rapacious Government .had never dreamt.—(hoar.) The Bill required no standing, no degree of eminence on the part of those who were to act as Judger under it. It also coetained many i ijurious details. The atoornry, for in:t Ince, who might appear for a party was net allowed to reee've more than 102. for his remuneration on the reco very of a sum under 201. Such a remuneration was insuf ficient, and that system would only tend to induce attor neys to make up in the number of cases, by creating litiga tion, for the smallness of the reward allotted to them. In the vast majority of cases at present the opir.ion cf counsel given decided the csse without its coming into Court a' ell, because the law was certain; but by this Bill there would be fifty different Courts without any appeal t bring About uniformity in their deci , ione, and however good the Courts might be at their commencement this would infallibly make _them bad in the progress of t: me. ( Heae. ) Was the House aware of the present mode of pruceeci gin the Courts of Requests. It was impossible that anv 1 iwyer could address himself to administer the I ever in Nuns of that sort, and therefore they ought to be left as they ace cat prefeet. These were not mere Small Debts Court; &one, but they were to have jurisdiction in cases of slander, libel, false imprisonment, seduction, cri minal conversation—cast's the most important as involving questions of law and charactee and these were to be de ei.e I ie Courts where attorneys and not counsel were to attend. Nov, to keep a Judge to his duty, it was eeces sary he should have an. intelligent bar to watch h's conduct, and a Coma of Appeal over him. These Courts would to a vast extent etc :urrge actions among the lower orde,s which they would never have thought of bring ing but fir toe Bill, and it would cr, aee bound less confu.lix t and litigarion throughout the country. The second Bill contained powers to a great extent. Those Commissioners and Judges who in the first Bill were merely suboreieatee, had in the second Bill cast upon them the most important duties. They were made County Comn i:sioncrs of Benkruptcy, and a power was given to the Lord Chancellor to enable them to transact any busi r ess which the Court of Review now performed ; in f .c•, there was no question of lv.v that they might not becal.e I upon to decide, however important it might he. A more important jurisdiction could not be given to the highest Judges cf the land, than was going to be given to these Judges, these Pie Poudre Courts. Besides that arse Judges were to be Commissioners of 'Lunacy, and, inde pznclent of that, they were to execute all inquiries directed by the Lord Chancellor. The resu t wes, that duties were thrown upon them which they r.ever could fulfil. A more ill considered n ensure than the present he had never seen, and he believed it to be a measure that would be repro bated from one end of the country to the other. In fact it was impossible the thing could work. He had much mo re to say upon tie Bill, but considering the lateness of the hour he would not trouble the House further than to say he would give all the provisions of the Bill his mast strenuous , opposition. • 'Mr. F. MAUL E sail Le would not at that late hour enter into any lengthened discussion upon the subject of the Bill teen before the lleuse, more especially as the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen 'on the other side of the House had declared their approbation of its principle, hut while they did so they endeaveured, as far as was i r their power, to overthrew that principle, and they had gi‘oe their approbation m, re frt.m a fe ling that they dared not refute the principle that from ail love they bore to that mea ur-. T, e Right Hon. and Learned Meml er seemed to treat with ridicule and de rision the object of tie Bill, namely, to bring home to the doer cf the poor man justice. —( Hear, hear.) TI e Right Honourable Gentleman had touched upon mar y matters which he was not competent to discuss, hut several remarks had fallen from him, to which he felt bound to say something. In talking of the qualific ition of the Judge?, the Horsourable Gentleman had drawn the worst possible picture of what might be the operation of the Bill, lie had supposed the ma chinery to ho selected of the worst materials, and had complained of the period of praefce required i s order to become a Judge. When this Bill was first istrc duced the limit fixed was seven years. It want into Com mite e up stairs and came ba-k in the precise form in which it tea came Lefore the House. Members of both sides of the House were members of that Committee. It was in entire coosonanco with the opinion of the Com mittee. The Hon. Gentleman had said tl at the number of Judges was a bold proposition. He ( Mr. F. Maule) admitted that it was se. But the evils to be remedied ace as vast as that proposition was bold. No owe could deny that a vast mass of grit VATICO3 existed under the pre sent administration. The ohj,:et of the Bill was to assimilate aild amend the administration of the law throughout the whole kingdom. For that purpose, a very great change must be made ; and those who proposed that change must lie prepared to be attacked for making a large and exten sive, and, as the lion. Gentleman had termed it, a bold change. He (Mr. F. Maul .) was quite ready to take his shat eof the blame. There had been no attemj.t to con ceal the numbers proposed—it was stated in the very first page in the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman s rid th. t ;hey had been afraid to state at once, and in one Bid, the whole number cf Judges which they contem plated. The reason why he had brought in two Bills was this. He was quite aware that if the se cond Bill were mixed up with the first, it would have been otjeetted th.t tile matters aa e.e per!'eetly differeat, and that endeeveurs would have brew ma le by objec t ions to the s. cond, to throw out the first of his Bills. He had thought it Lest to avoid ri king such a re su:t. Now, by the first Bi 1 he proposed to establish Local Courts throughout England, to the number of 25. The Hon. Member had statei that the expense attendant upon them would be enormous. He ( Mr. F. Mau!e) would, when the question came on again for discussion, prove to the House that instead cf brirging a vast expen diture Ilion the country, the Bill would actually effect a considerable saving—( Hear, hear)—both with reference to the country court', and to bankruptcy, insolvency, and lunacy. As to the complaint of the Honourable Member that the House had been taken by sun. pri.e, he begged to remind him that the Report of the Committee was laid upon the table of the House in the July of last Sea inn ; and the Bid was in troduced on the recommoulation contained in that Re port. The Hon. Member had, in speaking of . the Smell D,lsts Bills which had be on passed within the last two or three Sessions, Worsted to the very difficult question of compensation to the present holders of office. He ( Mr. F. Massie) believed that that was in fact the rock upon which these Bills mere made to split.—( Hear, hear.) Every year, when a fresh measure was proposed, it was stopped by claims for compensation; and the Right Honourable Gentleman by the course which he was pursuing did in fact encourage such claims.—( Hear.) He would not fellow the Right Hon. Gentleman through the whole of his observations, aid it would net be fair to the house to do so, when he was told that the principle of the Bill was not opposed. He was not so wedded to any of the clauses of the Bill as to insist on the retention deny in particular; but when they came to discuss the measure in Committee, he trusted they would do so without any party feeling whatevee—( Hear.) Lot them place the patronage in whatever hands they might, he still trusted the measure would te.earried through with the consent of all parties ; and he would not hesitate to give way aed make any amendments which were likely to meet the views of the House. He trusted there would be no objection now to read the Bill a st cond time. After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP, Mr. lIA WES thought the great principle they should keep in vew was that tr. ey were (re eing a number of Local Courts, in which jcnfce would be cheaply aid speedily administ 3e -1 . He regretted to find that the lion. and Learned Gentlemen opposite had confined them selves to finding fault with the details of the Bill, alesough they dated not st'ack its p inciple. They had complained' f tie enormous amount of the patronage which the Go- veinment was assuming to itself, but they could not forget that there were at present 7uo Commissioners scattered a 1 user the country, and that there were 140 Courts of vmri ous sorts for the recovery of small debts, and if be mist HA not there was not a great deal of reliance placed upon the decisions of the majority of these Courts. If the Gov,ru. merit was not to appoint the Judges in these Courts, he wished to know in whose bands the appointment was to be ph iced? Did the opposite party wish to delay the passing of the measure till themselves came into power that they might obtain the patronage which they objected to see exercised by the present Ministers ?,—( Hear, hear.) Was it, be would ask, a small benefit to the pubic to have a cheap mode of recovering debts? The Right Hon. Gentleman bad said that the Bill was a Bill for the middle classes, and not for the poor man. Now he (Mr. H elee ,) was at a loss to know how it could be said that it would not have the egect of bringing home ittetitte to the door of the poor man. Then the Hon. Gentleman hsd stated ti at in the recommendation of the Commi,;:ione:s there was no appeal, that was not the case, because an ap peal was recommended by the Commissioners to the Lord Chancellor. He hoped if the struggle upon the Bill was to be carried on by legal gentlemen, that there were those in that House who were conneeted with commerce who would stand up and defend the measure. He bored also that they would not be le l away or Lightened by the d -- nunciations of lawyers. Mr. SHAW considered the great defect cf the 13111 to be the want of any provi.ion to secure uniformity and cer tainty of decision. Ni-. ENNIS VIVIAN wished to know how fa- ilia Bill would interfere with the Stannarles Court, which was both a court of liov and a court of equity. Mr. FOX MAULE replied that the Bill would nct inter fere with the jurisdiction of that Court at all. The Bill was then real a second time, and ordered to be committed, pro l‘nna, on Fii.lay next. The Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Lunacy Bills weie read a e , ccond time and ordered t le committed on Friday. The Orinance Sul vey Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Ti e House then went into CommiVee on the Leal - e and Release 131!1, which was ordeted to be read a third ti eon Monday. The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mminy Bill passed through Commit•ce, and the Reports were ordered t ) be received on Monday. The House then Adjourned at a Quarter p ,st Oue o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. hloNn.tv, Maactt 15. 1. Herculaneum Docks (No. 2). 2. Oakwood and Argoed Coal and Iron Company. 3. British India Sugar Company. • 4. Mersey Dock Dues Exemption. 5. Drogheda Harbour. 6. St. Marylebone Paving, &c. 7. Olveston Inclosure.. S. South Western Railway sNo. 2). 9. Great Leinster and Munster Railway. TUESDAY, MARCH 16. I. Liverpool Docks (Runcorn Exemption). . 2. Bedingham Inclosure. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17. 1. Herculaneum Docks (No. I). 2. Lordon and Greenwich Railway. 3. Lough Foyle Drainage. 4. Lough Swilly Drainage. 5. Strensall Inclosure. 6. Liverpool and Crosby Road. 7. Tramore and Duckspool Embankment. FRIDAY, MARCII 19. Belfast and Cavehill Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. FRIDAY, MARCH 12. 1. Bogdan's Naturalization,—Second Reading, March 16. 2. Waningtore Inclosure,—Second Reading, March 16.: 3. Patent Rolling and Compressing Iron Company,—Second Reading, March 16. 4. Britannia Life Assurance Company,—Report, March 16. 5. Stumpeross Roads,—Second Reading, March 16. 6. Whitby Improvement,—.Report, March 16. 7. Stafford and Rugby Railway,—Second Reading, March 17. 8. Northern and Eastern Railway,—Second Reading, March 16. 9. Northern and Eastern Railway (Hertford and Ware Branch), — Second Reading, March 16. 10. South Western Railway,—Report, Mardi 16. 11. Barnstaple Ronds,—Report, March 15. 12. Southorpe Inclosure,—Third Reading, March 15. 13. Callyweston Inclosuic, —Third Reading,—March 15. 14. Slough and Colebrook Road,—Second Reading,—March 16. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, 111AncH 11. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Levee at St. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 24th instant, at two o'clock. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE QUERN'S LEVEES, AT ST. J A MPS' S- PALAC B. The Noblemen and Gentlemen who propose to attend her Majesty's Levees at St. James's-Palace, are requested to bring with them two cards with their names thereon written, one to be left with the Queen's Page in attendance in the Presence Chamber, and the other to be delivered to the Lord in Wait ing, who will announce the name to her Majesty. Those Gentlemen who are to be presented are hereby in formed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, with.the name of the Nobleman or Gentleman who is to present them (not that of the Lord in Waiting), should be sent to the Lord Chamberlain's office, before twelve o'clock on the day but one previous to each Levee, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's ap probation ; it being her Majesty's command, that no presen tation shall hereafter be made at the Levees, but in conformity with the above regulations ; and further, that no person shall be admitted, on any pretence whatever, who has not been so pt esented. It is particularly requested that gentlemen, who are to be pre sented at the Levees, will have their names distinctly written upon the card to be delivered to the Lord in Waiting, in order that there may be no mistake in announcing them to the Queen. - The state apartments will not be open for the reception of Company coming to Court, until half-past one o'clock. BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY. NOTICE is hereby given, that all persons having Peti tions or Addresses to present to her Majesty at the Levees, are to write on two cards, with their names, a statement of the object of such Petitions or Addresses, and of the persons from whom they come; one card to be delivered to the Page in the Ante-room, and the other to the Lord in Waiting, who will read its contents, at the time of presentation, to her Majesty and, on these occasions, no other statement is to be addressed to her Majesty. WAR-OFFICE, AlkucH 12. sth Reg:ment t f Foot—G. M.D., to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice M‘Bean, appointed to the Staff, March 12. 20th Font—Lieut. F. C. Evelagh to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Campbell, who retires ; Ensign H. 0 de Crespigny to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Evelagh ; W. P. Radcliffe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice de Crespigny, March 12. 32d Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. P. Yale, from the half pay Unattached, to be Major, vice J. Birtwh.stle, who ex changes ; Captain J. T. Hill to be Major, by purchase, vice Yale, who rcti. es ; Lieut. J. Dillon to be Captain, by pur chase, vice 11111; Ensign E. W. D. Lowe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dihon ; F. Yard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vii e Loss e, March 12. 33d Foot—Captain A. L. Macleod, from half-pay Unat • tached, to be Captain, vice A. Robertson, who) exchanges ; Lieutenant H. K. Erskine to be Captain, by purchase, vice Macleod, who retires ; Ensign J. B. Neil to he Lieutena n t, by purchase, vice Erskine ; F. - .J. W. Knollys, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Neil, March 12. 36th Foot-11. A. Cubitt, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jennings, promoted in the 91st Foot, March 12. 42d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. M‘Gregor, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Dr. M'Gregor, promoted, March 12. both Foot—Lieut. H. Stapleton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Montgomery, who retires ; Ensign C. Green to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Stapleton ; It. 11. Beller', Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Green, March 12. ' 60th Foot—Second Lieut. H. Holbech to be First Lieute nant, vice El'is, deceased, March 4; G. W. Thigh, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Holbech, March 12. 73d Foot—W. C. Bisse, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nugent, who retires, March 12. 91st Foot—Ensign E. W. Jennings, from the 36th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Barnes, promoted, March 12. 94th Foot—Lieutenant G. Dorehill, from the 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bruce, who exchanges, March 12. 97th Foot—Lieutenant R. Bruce, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dorehill, who exchanges, March 12. 93th Foot—Lieut C. J. Brandling, from half-pay of the 3d Font, to be Lieutenant (repaying the difference), vice Harri son, promoted ; Ensign J. .Montresor to be Lieutenant, by pur cha=e, vice Brandling, who retires ; Henry Dallas, Gent. to be En‘ign, by purchase, vice Montresor, March 12. floserrAL STAFF.—AsAstant-Surgeon I. A. D. M`Bean, from the sth Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice M'Gregor appointed to the 42d Foot, March 12. MEMORANDU3I.—The date of the Commission of Fnsign G. C. Urmston, 3d West India Regiment, is the 6th, and not the sth, March, 1841. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry— T. G. A. Perkyns ' Gent., to he Lieutenant, vice T. 1. Wright resigned : R. kelllam, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice J. Rol leston, deceased; J. Morley, Gent., to be Cornet, vice T. G. A. Parkyns, promoted. FOREIGN OFFICE, Fan. 20. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint Walter William Lewis, Esq., in the room of William Henry Macaulay, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissary Judge ; Michael Lin ning Melville, Esq , in the room of Walter William Lewis, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioner of Arbitration ; and Charles Brook Bidwell, Esq., in the room of Michael Linning Melville, Esq. ; to be Registrar, t. the Mixed British and Fo reign Courts of Commission established at Sierra Leone under the Treaties and Conventions concluded with Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Brazil, for the suppression of the Slave Trade. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. THOMAS HOWELL, builder, Brighton. JAMES LONG, butcher, Bulley, Gloucestershire. ROBERT WEBBER and THOMAS BLAND, attorneys at-law, Bedfsrd-row. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JOHN MANSHIP MILLS, brewer, Berkhampitead. RICHARD ABRAM, wine-merebant, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. JOHN PHILPOT, ROBERT MARRIOTT, and BEN JAMIN BURNELL, cod merchants, Sandal Magna, York shire, March 10, at twelve, and April 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, offic.al assignee, Basinghal street; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford row, London. ANTHONY RUSSELL, builder, Greenwich, March 29, at one, and April 23, at eleven, at the Court cf Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Driver, South square, Gray's Inn. WILLIAM HASLAM, draper, Epping, Essex, March 27, at one, and April 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Sele, Aldermanbury. HENRY JEFVERD, builder, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, April 1 ar.d 23, at - eleven, at the Bull Inn, Bridport. Templer, Lyme Regis; Clowes and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, tem ple, London. JOHN PIGG, carpenter, Norwich, March 26 and April 23, at twelve, at the Bowling-green Inn, Norwich. White and Boi rett, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. MARTIN STONE, draper, Lane-end, Staffordsh;re, March '26 and April 23, at twelve, at the Globe Inn, Newcastle-. .under-Lyme. Abbott and Arney, Cheri itte-street, Bedford square London; Bennetts, Manchester; Janes, Newcastle under-Lyme. JOSEPH FISHER, coal-dealer, Bilm:ngham, March 31 and April 23, at eleven, ar Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chapin, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Ingleby and Wrag ge , Birmingham. WILLIAM DAGLISH, joiner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 1, at eleven, and April 23, at one, t the Bankrupt Com mission Room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Forsters, or Watson, Newcastle•upon-Tyne ; Shield and Harwood, Quecurstreet, Cheapside, London. DIVIDENDS, At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. A. Redford, printer, London-road, S ou th wark, April 2, at half-past eleven—R. Swansworth and H. alke, warehowe men, Bread-street, City, April 2, at one—J. Hearn, jun., bookseller, Salisbury, Wiltshire, March 27, at twelve—W. Meorey, ironmonger, Peckham, April 3, at twelve. In the Country. R. Hancock, brush manufacturer, Bath, April 5, at twelve, EVENING EDITION•---- at the Castle and Bull Inn, Bath—B. Smith, liaciP r 'g - t a - I(ioe,u Rooms,,per,Sout. LivhpneriTt, G G rol_nea,,h. H ire a , rt jrn Anvil 8e and ,at aetaiteh,cirtola nufacturers, Kinver, Staffordshire, April 3. at e!ercn, atdtZ: Vine Inn, Stourbridge, Worcestershire—C. Pitt, sev. , an the Pitt, jun., druggists, Canterbury, April 13, at Nelve, Guildhall, Canterbury—N. A. Atvlen, ranker , 1 1 1. gate, April 12. at eight, at the Albion Hotel, flaut3pte-- Reed, ship builder, Sunderland, April 9, at eleven, at fici'er Commercial Hotel, Sunderland. - CERTIFICATES—APRIL 2. t. G. Simmonds, builder, bear-y , rd, Lincoln's lon_ ter~J Barnes, cutler, Sheffield—J. Holt, banker, anc he Waddel, druggist., Birmingham—W. Clark , lesd raerch,o, Upper Thames-street, London—H. Joseph, arti ,t, square, London —T. Treherne,upholsterer, Oxfor,l-streeti,cf;i, don—E. D. Hall, currier, Walsall, Staffordshire —T. P. builder, Chesterfield. Derbyshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. l a ncbest et A. Gordon and R. Townsend, engravers, R. H. and A. Beedle, drapers, Crown-street, Finsburll,ider and N. Clode, wine merchants, 'ark-lane, City —T ; a d T. Outhwaite, attorneys, Preston, Lancash ire —J• J. Tweedale, and J. Tweedal-?, flannel manufacturers, .gb street, Cheapside (so far as regards J. Tweedale) —E • 13 : 1 1 and J. Hayward, linen drapers, Strand—H. R. NOlth n " a nd Baker, coal merchants, Silver-street, Gold,n-sgt_tare—''' J. S. Woodroffe, ironmongers, New Mahon, Walker and C. Horsley, attorneys, Staple Inn, Y lfo ilkb°l:.in ?P': l‘k:.d and J. Slower, timber merchants, Kingsbury EPhl'`r°,,s Somersetshire—A. aid W. White. bakers—F. J. 1-11 ' 1 Y: u c re- - and J. Ayling, coach joiners, Mercer-street, Long — oh W. C.. Fuller and E. Levet, dress'ng-case manhufainct6rbool Brownlow-street, &Ilford row—G. and C. SY'le n , n 'd and shoe makers, New Sarum, Witt,hire—G. ' Attu Bromfield, brush manufacturers, Itlackfriars-roa d--P• and J. Oxley, merchants. Sheffield—M. Wicking ,an,b,w, George, drap Ludgate-II: City—E. and J. woollen carders ers, ond fulling IL millers, Rochdale, Lene's.eourt, E. How and H. Cleaver, stock brokers, shorter's ,or,, Throgmorton-street, City—J. Fidlin and R. 11Iurve l, Portsea—G. Taylor, W. Harrison, W. Dibb, and P. sttl earthenware manufacturers, Featherstone, Yorkshire—`" W. Ho,garth, provision ern ers, A berdeen. SEQ . e al ARCHIBA SCOTCH LD MORRISO UESTRATIONS N FIFE and CO. , linen th t r the m triu'acturers, Glasgow, March 16 and April 6, at t‘'°' chambers of Andrew S. Ogle, Glasgow. we' f,'% 0100' ALEXANDER BRODIE SETON a d C O , "„ a l Glasgow, March 16 and April 6, at two, at the change Sale Rooms Glas o. WILLIAM SMITH, grocer, Edinburgh , M arch 17 an W April 7, at one, at the Old Signet Hall, Edinburgh. „oat JOHN MITCHELL, wine merchant, Edinberobt• 16 and Aprdone, at the Old nerdet Hall, JACOB SMITH and CO , hants, Grovl,. March 19 and April 9, at twelve . , at !Malcolm's Inn, Da kir , car The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado 043,6'00 puted from the Returns made in the week (nig en ' t'osu• Ul4l, is 49e. 03 1 . per cwt., exclusive of the v u-l- int o orns paid or payable thereon on the im • t . th e " ' pot•ta ton Great Britain. EtlMrlarrgand CHINA. ; 0 4 (Extract from a Letter date i Chusan, 17th October from an Officer servirg on the Expeditio.) r pra J must try and give you some account of 011„ ceedings since my last letter, which was dated t''''Na' of Jaly last, at that time blockading the porno ense po, and hour by hour expecting heetilities to 1 tbe We continued off that port till the end of Ju':ce' Chinese tre Sting us with great civility in ell " re ) ; oe' nications with them, until they rendere d t „ t ete; v . gation of the river impracticable, -by ein k , il4 , urn!: seas vessels, erecting butteries, &c., t when h e r round and tell us they would hold no fut: e t e v i tercourse e with us ; after which, upon our utfe„ bred t ring the river with a flag of truce everts the ly , to cu e e eatid upon them. We confined our operations stopping all vessels leaving or enterin the eith kindness; and were not even e lloseed ti t° ,, t , ports tr c oot e e impertinences, by the posit's e orders of the 'ct ve! nment. I assure you we were not sorry "°, t"" Ning-po, the dutiee were very monotonous, al the tides so strong as to render them very o'd u , ° e ur. o ° accordingly returned to this place, and 6 8 " e ;4 be' r ' 30th of July,.in company with the Wellesley, 'owe ing the Admiral's flag ; the Blonde, 42 ; th e deep s ! 26 ; the Pyl gles and the Modeste, IG-gu n e o ° l f; two t-ansports and an armed. steamer , fOrin"for the letle squadron, and a very effective one to bot mouth of tl.e Pei.ho riser, in tie Gulf of r:ics fro ° upon which Pekin is situated, some 60 or 80 u l : e t - es; 3t ; its embouchure, and off which we a nchorod, °,. .ieee, ° ' of August, but at such a distance front not to era it from deck, the sea being se v er ze s eieil ill ' Here ell our communications were received o'it" fou r and were direct to the Court of Pekia iteelf, o°loo, to folo o to six days only being required to tend and an answer in return. Procrastination, bow s the obi e° : the basis of their proceedire, and this, with t j'e e e ooh ) ; ', of gaining time, which they employed in th e " t hiocs '- up of batteries, collecting troops, and pu tting the best possiele position to resist any force ore I t(.00 ' 00 11 our part to land a hostile force. F r om everyt hiog t reat ] 00 0 l•arn, the Emperor showed every d' too t° 00 0, s the great difficulty being the payment of th °s ' ee- 1 P r ; for the opium destroyed. The squadron rece:c p t ; cents of bullock-, sheep, fowls, fruits (aPPl ejno eate b° er &e., without payment. A definite arraeg eu t i gi ietl ever, did not take place; but a commission s — , r e t oefj Calton, to inquire into the whole of the eire u3l : - es set a so d d and we arc shortly to sail for that piece, to , or , , anseer. If unfevourable, war will be declared, e 001 first affair will be to knock the forts of the r s °gu ° their cars, and afterwards, possibly, e traek trr e th e ; Centen itself. Daring our st ty in ' ;he Gu lf o '4 t :te entered the Gulf of Leotong ; 3 r, e : commencement of the Great Wail of Cbi n ," s i e divides China Proper. film Chieem TartarY. ' t he P u e '' wards crossed ose'r - td the 'fa-ter coast, fo r , he se; poses of wateringilid procuring bullocks fu r lil'Sr dron, in which we succe._ded ; but only bY sc o foraging party on shore and surrounding t.l4hipe'. which we marched down to the beach 1 0 /11 , it e The natives were afterwards E °A, and were 41- „ e tbioS' ot isrie r ' fled. They would, hoevever, sell us so completely under the authority who keep them utter subjection. On l utl e o ad ths f the il og fre t° Pe-t bele, we were detached to examine a P r ' l O EI coast of Leot ing, never previously visited bY ode s peen ship. This was all new ground, and e °l3 : o taer n i interesting, The coast we found hilly, buts —sbe°/.;',11 t einouv, exceedingly barren, and the rock o f ell'', everywhere, with scanty herbage for oi ttle ' o' l° l there are lenty of a diminetive breed. T b° old it 'es almost devoid of wood ; the valleys, hoWev i e ,,. e st 4;; o grounds are highly cultivated a nd fertile, a, e' e ,„ o ; bring yon.in mind of ext nsive ktehen gig ue .; y 2 se t thing growing in small petehes ; eOr 's kinds of millet, as also of kidney bolos' re ' tie i sr ei• potatoes, turnip-radishes, turnips, and t he P: 1 ties of salad, and c titer vegetechlce, seer' e - „ b s c t, t ch pal articles of culture; Tteey also grow teu — t ee e el.l saw none. I was agreeably pleased to sec f her P 'e t es ash, dwarf and forest oak., - aid one or two °'; se,e P u lt peen tees. After coasting about 100 In l e le :tillu c e - st entangled amongst ienumerable islands, wit e nte °° o , and dangerous navigation, which we eieezig ge ,one rll l, ° ' r cit for another 100 mi:cs, when we found eursel",:oe,bie ing off the coast of Choree, nearly on 3 u - rc „00 1 , 20 1 satisfied the captain that our ship might v, c i ' v to , leave her ribs upon on ) o: them, and czo b s a c e l V t i- o C ip b e u t , i t e l to set, and make the most of our way where we rejoined the Adi I forget& t errat°beir bd. that the whole of the ships (one ex cepte`.,' t be been twelve months ir: the China Sees)i i -e 1 1 ') 1° u t iaßly sickly. At Gee titre the Blonde be" t te se°„ o l sick-list, but fortunately the disease did ° ° ,l So r ' e es fatal character, and all the men recorerf Vu ,elf deaths, howe..er, oceurred in other chirp of from m esh pedition cruise, during which we e n i o - 'oo ll ' fe t e p vt l e e a n t t h y e r felltorii arc, way of recovery ; and at this momen t w e t ly ° I4 cIP health:est ship of the squadron, having tbbece,7hapnugte ourof the 0 3 - -n i n a t be to- fr ' y toi roo on tie sick-ii:t. The troops also, I am so n e°' jot° have suffered dreadfully, and continue t 4 dysentery and ague. Indeed, they coei° u- be re• u s et the field 1,000 out of the 4,000 troops on a t 't weather is now delicious, and we trot - , t "" ep j ot° 0 - 0 4 us all on our legs and fit for fight. It Ig ae r itha t t li e lis‘ the Admiral w.ll sail shortly for MaC e ' l oc cc° of the squadron will spend the Ning-po, and prcve: ting the embarkali.Un Nita t he w i n ter i n o f C du ty s troops for the recapture of Chino. doriog will be very monotonous, and the elitu°tc— winter very severe. , n ee ; REGISTER STOVES, 3 It. Poles for Window Curtains, Is. 3d. per foot. Bd. per inch; elliptic stoves 4 I. fer inch ; reri oc olol' et ert with bright fronts, 'aright ttnd'hl t •It -l hars , br ( , )n f i . t .ll a r i teet 6 100 s. ; brass poles for window . curtains,, 1.11 1 9s• Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, I Si • a 2 "" te f or . e inches long, with cods, ring s a . tl'br'aelots, ce n " . •s* . c Catalogues ; L a atis, contaiu'ing n the pre* le. 'tr i-onmo •t• n b ur ON y. BIPP and BURTON, Wells-Wells-sheet' o%l°"i :,ter ~..-........... - . On the 2.-Ith ult._ 4,-.,,,......r", - retie, I BIRTHS. G. C On the bth • - Esq., solicitor, of a ; on , to,cesley, th e , ilik‘ lady caop tna o i f iihi the R• , at . s t lady of uth, pf "'' ( e P 9 e a th rsp i n n s , t• l ' 6t a h t • ana on, inst. at 'll d near Plyal o _, 0- in:A. eN. J. 11. P•irlby, of daug. hter.., ~.e _ t he I°l t m lli Hinckley, th -r' On the 9th log o ca nce r s, s .. of a daughter. C. P " BO' chard, the 10th inst., at Clapham, the lady o f the of a daughter )o,fmaLesetcoteineifsete, r s ,, Ar n a n n : 1, a Ca r ter ' MARIUS!). • tie' On the 9th ' ~„ Rev. Jo . , nst., at Chailey, Sussex, II .0 1 &t. ,0 to E' . .izabeth, youngest daughter of the Hon. Goo' Calh o r u On the 11th inst., at St. Mary's, Mrylebooui2,c,alog ofA ldje, of Bryanston-square to Faniiv Louisa. ...„,,s_ John Royds, 1' -IN, of 'Gloucester -place' Portinal •'''s ___________---- ect, a-str DIRT.% , O'er or On the 11th inst Lis • 1 No. 1 3, ''''''' 111, ' Blael.f.' in ~ at resti.e.nee,,., ~n m a n :, o _ &Jars, the 5801 year of his ago, J'' • ?lapin • oto the eminent author of '. Statistics ofthe British ~ , fol ., On the 29th of Janua• 11 J (4 ' 111'411" 66' y, at ome , . of Staindrop Hall, Durham. i nt jete On the 14th ult, at liosebank, near Kelio , . 1 - . M I neral Henry Elliot. j. 0011% to On tha 19th ult., at Poole , Dorset, the Pe v • , p c1ia1', 13. 4 sistant Minister of St. James's Church, and la.' _...., 4 10 , :,bt the House of Correction, Coldhath-fields, L0nd0.,n,,,,46the Sib On the sth lust., at Stafford-street, Eciiiiburtscinprous•d76o, Rev. J. Walker, D.D., Bishop in Ediribur,.;ll.!,,do,o, ag e • $ .O On the Bth inst. at Bromley, in Ke Robert s. 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