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SACKED -HARMONIC SOCIE T Y; EXETER HALL. Or FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 19„,-(841, Will be performed THE DEATH DEATH OF AB 1..1 11 Oratorio, c ompose d b y Mr. G z E(S 4 LE PERRY, 4 er of the Sacred Harmonic Society, and Organist of Queb ii ?I IIRCIPAL YOC PERFO ec lERS p —Alps Birch, Aliss Ward, ;Rebs, Mr. earsall, r . Leffler, and Mr. H. Phillips. e Band and.o orus I consist o f a b ove 500 P er formers. ickets, 3s. ea • eserved Seats, 55., may be had of the oaf Mu s i c - se l lers; of Mr. Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross; Mr. Ries, 102 , S trand, opposite Exeter Hall. THOMAS BREWER, Hon. Sec. Mrile Oratorio is n ow published, and may be had, either_ en -1,11137 portion sep ara t e l y, o f the Principal Music Se llers, hell, 39, Charing -cross. CONTRACT FOR IRON HOOPS. DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR v IcTu A LLI Nc; AND TRANSPORT SER. VICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, MARCH 11, 1841. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT LANDING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of TE,, KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE NIdo hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 25th at One o'clock, they , will be ready to treat with such Ikatilh as may be willing to Contract for supplying and de tilt,Oß jut° her Majesty's'yictualling Stores at Deptford, the iiipoentiened Articles, viz. : ~alt " NEW IRON BUTT AND PLATE HOOPS.'Ith e to be delivered by the 30th April, and the remainder 30th June next. reonditions of th e C on t rac t may be seen at the said Office. 14 Tend er will be received after one o'clock, on the day of 1 41,4' „It w or any noticed, un l ess th e p a rty attends, or an agent ity,ily authorized in writinir. Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi lloopsa,n,4 bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ttillp itli and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, ac -14 bt e ,Z e by a Letter signed b • a responsible Person, engaging %t,Per bound with t h e Pe rson ten d er i ng i n th e s um of nitap,..,t • on the value, for the due performance of the KH A N A n, i ,' 4l it iI A ZI.EETING of BANKERS, ME ft "liAhei—eerS, BROKERS, SHIPOWNERS, and other litiOltdpsi'TofANbTS of LIVERPOOL, ' in the SESSIONS h.., by t h e m e Borough, the Bth itt7t../ and resof MARCH 1841, 444ietio Peetably is Borough, in compliance with . a day Requisition'nume sig,ned, to take into consideration the • i n na and Prohibitions of our Commercial Code, and to tilla %t re e i h u P e n all proper measures for obtaining such altera -1 Ilio l ; May appear expedient, 6 tria l , '''''S BOLTON, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair, ~,, mimed ' 4 Y Heats HORNRY, Esq., seconded by THOMAS iv,_" 4 4 t at l l v ! L rY, Esq., and unanimously resolved, 0(16 . e welfare and prosperitof a country are best enn ezliefteidectritribge the a vt n .a a n b t u s n o d f ant supply of those commodities eommunity, and as foreign a cts enable s it to obtain that object by the interchange 1 14,47 . ,_ . 6ons for those of other countries, differing. field or h itA _Ns tj; capabilities, so all laws tending to limit the e .or i t ' of it e fre ettens of commerce are prejudicial to the`best in hs rii PeOpl. JAMES AIKIN, Esq., seconded by HENRY it 7,tPr A f: 4B ") ESQ. and unanimously resolved, ::, 4 44 : 7 :_et . i b :e duties levied on imports, whether ,intended b„"tage of manufactures, agriculture, or colonies, k 444 Of en"'" on the public greatly diaproportioned to the t, tec r, Motion afforded or contemplated in their enact -1/41,.... st eed , most instances, having reference to . interests ill et In 0 0 need of such adventitious aid impolitic g 4., s ecr t • 4 14, frie nA ra dnig relations with foreign nations, impair- pair at,z oi p ,... - -1' feelings which would lead to reciprocal con tf t "l oi _eiir s ,„ l „ t mutual advantage ; are demoralising, by the ?stL'sivs -,‘„," they hold out to evasions of the obvious spirit N ao tt i b mat the main object of imposing duties . _on and 4 40 iat e ,..„ e r evenue, not the protection of particular d ttsb:icetw rests; and that the most successful legislation on N I ; for ll, 'etild be that by which the needful amount of re ."le - Ilse of th State should be raised at the least tall cost the consumer.e 'pb 4 6 7 THOMAS TODD, Esq., seconded by RICHARD N a at 00N,4 Esq., and unanimously resolved, kt e xe e ts.on the raw materials of our manufactures and tres; gt li b of t s h at tes of life are serious detrimental to the great 114,7 'Ni " e - country , f a impediment to its pro. 1 b.- 7 *hieh e ' by increasing ' the cost of those articles the ex „ otqlr'-‘atte logs the . main branch . of our commerce ; that 'as t ,„ a s st eu Z_such injurious policy has already driven some t lio l or kti ',oniers to manufacture for themselves, and that 4 0 1 the °l l,• °f expert workmen from Great Britain, occa itikitz th e ; ' 4 14 cost of living there, has contributed essen- N ae ll aoi lsce ess of foreign - manufactures, enabling those and our only to be independent of supplies from us, but to I t p i .,_ - " a t it i, e( taPetitors in the principal markets of the world ; ( Ili Caleabi." l „Rilly desirable to exempt from taxation, as far t iats e . s3 of I„' !it raw materials used in our manufactures, and It' ''" necessity to the industrious and labouring eio, Ili edbY C HOLLAND, Esq., secondedJ. B. ,„. ti n CHARLES L I N - ,,, 4 flall v -° RE, Esq., and unanimously resolved, N 'lrciir e ' s , se ilsible of the necessity which exists under pre- N. tet e . ' (C 1 1 ", of abstaining from any steps which might e lbre '311 . 44 60n of revenue, this meeting does not hesi- L 'lon' a a of „ D. " its Confident opinion that an early and thorough 7 itiLlYtt - th en ratnercial tariffs, with a view to the introduc ,lti -11 „ ciet t e t - . a nd simplification, in which the existing . code el e Le t1 i ,,,, - ' and having for its object a reduction in . the nt ti Von '''' articles which are essential to the necessities k „Nejoit ' ll ° : t h,e people, is imperatively called for, and far lo t icori, 8 1 1 , - ,.„ r ie,lis to the revenue, would lead to an in ne hieh - "Ptlen more than sufficient to counterbalance it 'free. tight'n be apprehended, and render the imposi he 14' unnecessary. leta e e ,tt, by WILLIAM . RATHBONE, Esq., seconded by te th e r ,` no, stimLy Esq. , and unanimously resolved, kk E Z, , goi lnlions expressed, ' and the principles involved, in S L sv alicesolutions amply supported by the evidence ~,- 4 ges e r et Committ a e r e e of th House of Commons during di „, e n of Parliament thepublication of which has tiNk(*. :a-est essent ial l by exposing the defects and bits'''. tile present system,s ervice,a 'd eliciting valuable sugges- V 3 , 4 I , lne ndinent, bwbieh n the community may be be kle4niti witnlcilefinite extent without injury to peculiar inte- L_qpro v i d • a n increase rather than a diminution of the Nriulved Providing for the exigencies of the State. 4N t ),, ,,,, b y EDWAR D MOON, ,ESQ, seconded by GEO. 41 44 p e, . lllrN, titi, ~,t, D , 'ltion be presented to the Commons House of Par- Natiti ' Zing for an immediate Revision of the Commer- LttiN a ll l l - the country, and the introduction of a system I t i h. ,l b e e spirit of the foregoing resolutions ; and that the Ih t 17 1 - f i s lftid for Signatures at the usual places, and the dl yt Ae. °f t he Borough be requested to present and support it , ;14 Icati ne ved by J. RawnoN, Esq., seconded by 0101 - t i ~: , a lri 'voil•ric, Esq., and unanimously resolved, ; It etti e4 b- "still stlini ttee be appointed to carry out . the objects of ttsi eh. .de s i r ,,w, I th power to send a deputation to London if ' ll 4 f o - Z i e ; and that the movers and seconders of the l'h. --" a part, with power to add to their number. It, • 14 4 10 , ( Signed) THOS. BOLTON, Mayor. to 1 , 40 ' c 't having left the chair, 1 14 led b 7 J. B. MoonE, Esq., seconded by WM. WAT -I‘l i t ,' t th e 13 , 1, , Esq., and unanimously resolved, ' ale .Z,ltika of this meeting be presented to the Mayor ' l itzpartial conduct in the chair. 0% li r ,. R N . EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN Vite • E ASSURANCE COMPANY. , k 0 . is hereb • qiio til e e Y given to the Shareholders in the Capital e)6 ther t " 1 1AI:1y, that a DIVIDEND of . FIVE PER O t " e n , to the 10th February last, has been declared, 'lrk „' St t i 4 YABLE on and after the 25th day of March a, (~-, T o ' l e Chief Office of the Company, between the " e arl: t ; le and Four. Ilto -r ", Mansion House, March 1. 1 `LOAti ttyl , ' 4l I_ 4 Nlslti T s- ER LIFE ASSURANCE and la ' -uli da "'TY COMPANY, 9, Chatham Place, Black 11. t l ig Established in 1826. 4 4%7A Esa DIRECTORS. Jlh"ro t► ? 1, 11 E to n ßa Yte , M.P.A Robert Palk, Esq. 4 (1 Lit',. Es John '' - - jlmLouis Prevost, Esq. 'kw " e bl . S o nnuel Smith, Esq. q . 1 4 41 L erevr e e , E s , r.R.S. Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. Thou' t TRUSTEES. ~ie,,. sq. ) John G. Shaw Lefevre, Esti., F.R. S., ~.1,4 „- 4,,,g A Charles Johnston, Esq. oit, tate ,ldiantages of this Office are— Ott f e'oli„:' P remium, without profits, or an increased marl ' e 'lo l .,•"'", with participation in the profits of the Office. e sof l ot ;ce are the annua Premiums required for the a5`,,z,.,....rii ` ,, z ,.,....rii " a healthy life in either case : tew ) %I , pit _ 4 ditt.44. ,t_zirs. ' t 11 1 d ' •Ns Il g e ` lo . AIRY . ? g 2 i, t &Z s 's— —=--- - 2 11 . 17 o d. \.#: 40 8 158i1 I 2 9 2 1 3 6611 14 2 )S . place, be with et 95a r bol) 11 06 . v r OE sc It r tb° obich de (' Solt' to , i lr ves d e ll ! o bi!: IP hiPj cbs° 0 1° the' s fr° ersb i t et t li" he surg°') 1' 1 SC o/ OO tii o ' o ri 313 a j o es' ijef ra, c o o, C °° Pr iu th the soot)/ Jir' shier cho , at otoe,,tsr srer h aw d . e t se ito o ; , ot , t ly se, he" y, t ge d66 ; ,x,, cys ie 0- .oiet of of ovi` a, lll suit° :LI. WITH PROFITS. Age9.o. Age 30.1 Age 40.IAge AT IoNAL MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary LIFE ASSURANCE 2, ktii SOCIETY, q W ILLIAM -STREET, LONDON. I,it t3, Establish e d 1830. „ Vi'utliT C APITAL £500,000/. e t ., t , —....0t0,,„ J° At ut nuE THOMAS NICHOLSON, Esq. tPIII I , I eNT.—JAMES BOGLE SMITH, Esq. Vet t 4: 1 1:lee, t in. DIRECTOR. .4 1. kt ti o i Esq. - .1 Patrick Cruikshank, Esq. ke r rad • John Gore, Esq. 4. N I , al e E sr , mi t t v ha lo , ~Fs t, 4 kn es i-,1 r- , sq. Ralph Ricardo, Esq. Herman Sillem, Esq. Zgol:;fth, n 7l'Per, Esq, Francis Wilson, Esq. ' 4' I t 4 -. the Divisible Profits are Annually divided Pli ed esOred for the whole term of Life, who have been 44 44 14 ti l t , th e full period of Five Years, and are wholly 1 Oe.„letluctiou of future Premiums; and the . re - of p -41 . k. 44 1 to the Proprietors of the Subscribed Capital. %t ap ‘ums for Assuring 100/. for the Whole Term of Life. At e. prert 14 I'll°. Age. 1 Premium. 18 „ 25 4:2 3 0 1 14 " 30 29 5 ° P" of e Part y I)ums for Assuring 1001. payable at the Death figltty. ut th e Annual Premium to cease at the Age 14 \ 41 20 . 17 2 '" 0 2T EL S k.:2 8 7 it „, 30 217 9 i A t , l'ltttry°fttljillt mums payable on re u ms for A ssur i ng 1 0 0 1. the ,‘ a ' log the A ge of Sixty, or Dying previously. kiurn. II Age. Premium. 35 £2 17 5 40 3 7 5 Age. I Premium. Age. £3 10 7 4 9 5 Premium, Age, Premium. II Age. is 2 , 3 It 2 2 2 8 4 11 o rui sti 25 ,, s '£2 16 10 35 £ 4 4 9 rl '") 38 6 40 58 8 t ;l 1 allowel to Solicitors bringing Assurances to C. B. SMITH, Actuary. , f'‘ A 4 .01 = " 1111110 111 01 1 kik kkl 06 -- ter /- • o. Tx r P .?. 1 % z /00i - ---- • ~. /617 7 / 6 7 - , Div. 1,6! 011 OIT No. 15,137. ON WEDNESDAY NEXT (17th Inst.), being ST. PATRICK'S DAY, A SOLEMN PON TIFICAL HIGH MASS wal be celebrated in the CATHO. LIC CHAPEL, SUTTON-STREET, SOHO, by the Right Rev. Dr. GRIFFITH. The SERMON will be preached by the Very Rev. JOHN ROLFE. Collections will be made in aid of the Funds of the Chapel. Service to begin at Eleven o'Clock precisely. 17HE BEST HAVANNAH CIGARS in LONDON to be obtained at MORISON'S, 194, STRAND, sin doors from the Crown and Anchor. FRENCH and ITALIAN ACADEMY, 30. GREEK-STREET, SOHO. Classes are now forming at the above Academy for the tuition of the French and Italian Languages. The method is simple, yet admirably adapted to facilitate the pupil's pm gress in the theory and practice of those useful branches of oducation. A portion of each lesson is exclusively devoted to conversation. TEACHERS. M. D. M. AIRD, Author of " The Student's Self-In structinq French Grammar," &c. SIGNOR .DE GRANDIS, Member of the Academies of Rome and Lucca ; and Author of "Il Viaggio al Tempio della Fama," &c. TERMS rill MONTH. Private Tuition (two lessons a week), French, 15s. ; Ita lian, 1/. In Classes, French, ss. ; Italian, Bs. Ladies' Class—Mondays and Wednesdays from Half-past Six &Clock till Eight. Gentlemen"s Class—Mondays and Wednesdays from Half past. Eight till Ten. Juvenile Glass—Mondays and Wednesdays from Ten till Twelve A.M. Schools and private Families attended. BT LACKWALL . RAILWAY. WOOLWICH BOATS. The Public are respectfully informed, that on and after SUNDAY, the 14th March, BOATS will run every Half-hour between the Brunswick Pier, Black sall, and Charlton and Woolwich. FARES. By the Railway—First Class, 6d, ; Second Class, 4d. By the Boat3-6d. on Sundays, and 4d. on every other day. In a few days arrangement. will be made for running Boats for each of the Quarter Hour Trains to and from the Railway. MANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR LOANS. The DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER and BIR MINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY are now prepared to GRANT MORTGAGES (under the powers of their Act of Parliament) of the TOLLS and WORKS of their un dertaking, as a security for Loans of Money, in sums of not less than 5001. on each mortgage, and for the periods of four, five, six, and seven years, at the option of the lender. Interest warrants, calculated at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum, and payable at the Company's bankers, in Loudon or Manchester, on the half-yearly days on which the interest will become due during the whole period of the Loan, will be de livered to the Lender with the mortgages. Particulars, explaining the peculiar eligibility of this secu rity, may be obtained at the Company's Offices, No. 43, Pic cadilly ; or at the office, of Slater and Heelis, Princess-street, Manchester. THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman. Manchester, January 12th, 1841. CHEAP AND ELEGANT LIBRARY OF ENTERTAIN- MENT. Now in course of publication, in neatly-bound pocket vo lumes, embellished with Engravings, price 6 s. each , T HE STANDARD NOVELS and RO MANCES._ The following celebrated Works of Fiction are now, among many others, comprised in this series : J. FENIMORE COOPER.—The Pilot, The Spy, The Water Witch, The Red Rover, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pioneers. The Prairie, Lionel Lincoln, The Borderers, The Bravo, The Headsm an, Heidenmauer, Precaution. G. P. R. JAMES.—Darnley, De L'Orme, Philip Augus tus, Henry Masterton. THEODORE HOOK.—The Parson's Daughter, Max well, Jack Brag. MISS AUSTEN.—Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Mans field Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (in one volume), Pride and Prejudice. MORIER.—Hajji Baba, Hajji Baba in England, Zohrab. SIR E. L. BULWER.—Eugene Aram, Paul Clifford, The Last Days of Pompeii. CAPTAIN MA RRYAT.—Peter Simple, Jacob Faithful, Japhet in Search of a Father, King's Own, Mr. Midshipman Easy, Newton Forster, The Paella of Many Tales. MISS JANE PORTER.—Thaddeus of Warsaw, The Scot tish Chiefs, The Pastor's Fireside. MAXWELL.—Stories of Waterloo, My Life, The Bivouac. MRS. TROLLOPE.—Vicar of Wrexhill, Widow Barnaby. MRS. GORE.—Mothers and Daughters, The Soldier of Lyons. *,,* Any of which may be had separately. r&-vr iroiunne ' to be published wIU the Mag d atnes at the end of the month, will comprise the celebrated Novel, MARRIAGE. By the Author of " The Inheritance," "Destiny," &o. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *," To be had also of all Booksellers. rrio BE SOLD, pursuant to an ORDER of 1 the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in certain Causes, of LIVESEY v. LIVESEY, with the approbation of JOHN EDMUND DOWDESWELL, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Clarendon Rooms, South John-street, Liverpool, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th day of March instant, between the hours of One and Two o'clock in the Afternoon, A FREEHOLD HOUSE and PREMISES. The Pre mises are in the occupation of Mr. Grapell, Bookseller, situate No. 46, Church-street, Liverpool. The House is three stories in height, and contains a frontage of 27 feet, and in depth, in cluding the yard at the back, 115 feet, and comprises—On the Ground Floor, a good shop, with private entrance, staircase, kitchen, and scullery. On the First Floor, good drawing and dining rooms, with two small bed rooms over the kitchen and scullery. On the Second Floor, three bed rooms in front, and two small ones. The yard at the back of the house opens into Brookes's-alley, and contains a stable, privy, ash-pit, and coal store. The Premises also contain good cellarage. . . Printed Particulars may be had (gratis) at the Master's Office, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane ; of Messrs. Grane and Son, Solicitors, 23, Bedford-row ; of Mr. W. W. Hastings, solicitor, 3, Harpur-street, Red Lion-square ; of Mr. Samuel Fyson, solicitor, 28, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury ; and of Mr. G. E. Gustard, solicitor, 3, Berkeley-square, Lon don ; and of Messrs. Winstanley and Sons, Auctioneers, Liver pool. GR ANE and SON, Plaintiff's Solicitors, 23, Bedford-row. COURT OF SEWERS FOR WEST MINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. A Court of Sewers for the City and Liberties of 'West minster was yesterday held at the office of the Commissioners, Greek-street, Soho, Thomas Levater Donaldson, Esq., in the Chair. Before proceeding to the regular business on the paper, it was stated that in consequence of the resolution come to by the Court on the last court-day but one, the opinion of Dr. Phillimore had been taken as to the power of the Commissioners to make a levy on ecclesiastical property. The opinion was then read as follows :—" Although the question respecting the validity of the Sewer-rate cannot be directly raised in the Ecclesiastical Courts still churches and church-yards being " inter res sacras," and the property im mediately connected with them being consecrated and set apart from all profane uses, lam of opinion that any person who for any purpose whatever might attempt to violate property of this description would render himself liable to be articled against in the Ecclesiastical Court, and to be punished by Ecclesias tical censures. Of course this immunity would not extend to proprietary or unconsecrated chapels or burial-grounds. " JOSEPH PHILLIMORE." " Doctors' Commons, March 10, 1841. " After a short discussion, it was resolved that the opinion should be printed for the use of the Commissioners, and that it should be taken into consideration by the Court on Friday next. On the question that the account for 1840 be audited, Air. LESLIE suggested that the accounts should be printed, so that each Commissioner might have an opportunity of exa. mining them bar_ re proceeding to the auLlit, which in that case would be really an efficient one. Mr. Wimmuctiny thought the present was not the time to ropose any alteration in the manner of auditing the accounts. They had been summoned for a particular purpose, and should proceed in the accustomed manner. Mr. LESLIE would take no part in the audit if he could not enter into certain objections he had to make as to the manner in which the accounts were kept. He objected to the dis tribution of the disbursements according to the rental ; the consequence was, that the Western District laid half the ex penses of the Commission. The CLERK had distributed the disbursements according to the plan usually adopted ; and, as an officer of the Court, he could not take upon himself to alter the system which bad been in use for so long a time, without special instructions from the Court to that effect. _ The CHAIAMAN—Do you know, Mr. Hentslet, why the plan was adopted? Air. HaNTSLET (the Clerk)—Mr. Saunders adopted it, be cause, in the long run, he was convinced it was the fairest. Mr. Wii.Louciinv did not approve of any alteration taking place in the present system. Mr. UN WIN suggested that the state of the balances should be laid on the table every month. The audit then commenced. The books having been exa mined and found correct, were signed by the Chairman and passed. A statement of the accounts of the several districts for the year 1840, with an estimate of the moneys required in the years 1841 and 1842,was ordered to be printed. A communication was read from Mr. Fox Maule, requiring the Commissioners to furnish the Home-office with copies of the decrees for imposing the rates on the Ranclagh and Coun ters Creek Districts, in order that the same might be laid be fore the House of Commons ; and the Clerk reported that copies of the decrees had been furnished to Mr. Fox Maule on the 9th March. The Court then adjourned to Tuesday next at two o'clock. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.-SHEERNESS, MARCH 10.—The greatest bustle and activity prevails in the Royal dockyard here in getting her Majesty's ships Monarch and Venus fitted out. When completed, they proceed to Spit head for orders. No doubt is entertained here but that their destination is a visit to our braggart brother "Jonathan" and the rest of the Van Buren faction, A letter received here (Sheerness) this morning states, that at Plymouth and Ports mouth the utmost activity prevails in the naval department, and our position in China is now talked about as if it were a :econdary consideration. . (11. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1841. IMPE R lAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARcin 12. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his scat on the Wool sack at the usual hour. Lord W HARNCLIFFE preseuted a petition from a place in Scotland against Church patronage. The Earl of HARDWICK presented a petition from the Board of Guardians of the Caxton and Harrington Unions, in the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, praying for certain alterations in the Poor-laws. The Noble Earl said there was a generally increasing objection to the continuance of the Commission, and though he did not think it shoul 1 be altogether immediately abolished, he thought the number of the Commissioners might be advantageously reduced. He concurred in the general sentiments of the petition. The Bishop of BANGOR presented a petition from his diocese praying for the repeal of that portion of the 6th and 7th Wm. IV., ch. 77, commonly called the Established Church Act, which united the dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor. The petitioners had strong feelings of patriotism, and they thought that their county had been slighted in the manner in which the union must be affected. It might appear strange that they should petition now against an Act which was pasted four years ago, but they did so because they were disappointed in the hope held out to them, that the surplus revenue would be appropriated ti the augmentation ef the poorer livings. The Rev. Pre late their presented petitions from the same districts against the new Poor-law Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Mr. James Carr, who had been a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench in Quebec, and also Judge of the Vice- Admiralty in Canada, stating that he had held those offices forty Tears, and had been deprived of them w ithout trial. The Noble Duke had drawn the attention of the Noble Lord the Secretary for tae Colonies to the subject, and had requested him to get one of his colleagues to be pre sent for the purpose of stating what had really taken place. The Marquis of NORM ANBY said that he had not seen his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Colonies, but as he was in the Colonial-office at the time the transaction took place, he should be able to explain it fully to the Noble Duke. He was sorry the gentleman had been so iil advised as to bring the case before the House, as it would compel him most reluctantly to state to the House whit the real facts of the case were. Mr. Carr, it was true, had been the Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench in Que bec and of the Admiralty in Lower Canada. In 1816 a sum of 1,2001. was placed in the hands of the Registrar of that Court, and Mr. Carr placed that sum to his own private account, and from that time up to 1834 Mr. Carr had given no account of that money which he had had for that long space of time at his own disposal.— ( Hear, hear.) He admitted, when questioned on the subject, that he could not replace it in consequence of his embarrassments, but ultimately, in 1834, the money was repaid. The result was that Mr. Carr was dis missed from the office of the Judge of the Admiralty, and Lord Monteagle also dismi , sed him from being a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench at Quebec. In 1839, Mr. Carr, while be (Lord N.) was at the Colonial-office, transmitted a representation, accompanied by the recommendation of the Executive Council and the Governor, to the Government, in the nature of an appeal, to their consideration ; but he ( Lord Normanby), how ever disposedhe was to attach weight to the recommendation of the Executive Council, and the Governor, could see HO reason to disturb the decision that had been come to.—The subject then (Lopped. The Bishop of LONDON wished to ask the Noble Viscount at the head of her Majesty's Government, when he expected the papers for which he had moved on the Bth of February, relative to idolatrous worship in India, would be laid upon the table. Viscount MELBOURNE would make inquiry on the subject. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the Subordinate Officers of the Gaols in England, pray ing for retiring pensions, when they became incapable of performing their duty. Lord HILL presented a petition from Ellesmere, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Lord DUNCANNON postponed the third reading of the Irish Tithe Bill till Tuesday next ; and the third read ing of the Exchequer Courts Bill (Ireland) till the Tues day following. Mr. Tidd Pratt presented at the Bar certain returns 'rom Loan Societies. On the motion of Sir BRUCE CHICHESTER the Chard Canal Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. W. MILES the Wells and High Bridge Road Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Celonel WOOD moved the second reading of the Mid dlesex Sessions Bill. The principal point raised by the Bill was whether certain cases .hould be tried at the Cen tral Criminal Court or at the Quarter Sessions. The ex pense of tr}ing cases at the Central Criminal Court was about 3/. 12s. for every prosecution, while at the Quarter Sessions it amounted only to about 1/. Bs. ; the adoption, therefore, of the latter Court would be a most material saving to the county. Mr. BY NG would not oppose the second reading of the Bill, but he thought ample time should be given for the different parishes in Middlesex to meet and discuss the prolisions of the measure. The reason why the costs of each prosecution were so great at the Central Criminal Court was that the Middlesex cases came on last, while at Hicks's Hall they were tried immediately. Mr. EASTH 0 PE supported the Bill. Mr. WAKLEY considered that it was for the benefit of the public that such a Bill should be passed into a law. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Upon the motion of Mr. WILSON PATTEN, the Ganlingay Inclosurc Bill (No. 1) was read a second time and ordered to be committed. SEVERN NAVIGATION. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET movedthat the peti tions praying that the Severn Navigation Bill may be re ferred to a Select Committee, be referred to the Select Committee on Private Business, to consider the prayer thereof, and report their.opinion thereupon to the House. Captain WINN[NGTON said he should give the motion his decided opposition, considering that the course proposed was entirely unprecedented. He thought there had been a want of courtesy in the proceeding. Mr. 0. GORE expressed , great regret at the observa tion which had fallen from iitire 4 Hon. Gentleman. He begged to assure him that the motion had not been brought forward without a communication having been made to the parties opposing the meassaa. Mr. PAKINGTON said lrs- also regretted that the motion had been submitted to the House. He could not see why they should depart from the ordinary course of business. The part of the Severn to be improved by the Bill Vl9B principally in the county of Worcester. It ap peared to him most important that Members who repre sented the commercial interests of the district should sit upon the Committee who were to investigate the subject. At the same time, as he was confident that the promoters of the Bill would desire nothing but an impartial investiga tion, and that the remit of the proceedings would be fair and satisfactory to all parties, he should not oppose the motion. _ _ . After a few works from Mr. LABOUCHERE and Mr. CLIVE, the motion was agreed to. On the motion of Col. THUS. WOOD, the South ampton Trust (St. Pancras) Paving Bill was read a second time. On the motioa of Mr. DUNDAS the Annan Fisheries Bill was read a second time. On the motion of Mr. LOCKHART the Polloc and Govan Railway Bill was read a second time. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from an inhabitant of Chelsea against the Chelsea Poor Bill. CHURCH-RATES. Mr. E ASTII OPE presented petitions from the Cam berwell Constitutional Society, for the abolition of Church-rates, from the Dissenters of Staley Bridge, from Montgomeryshire, for the Relief Congregation of Perth, from Llandovery, in Wales ; from the Independent Protestant Dissenters of Olney ; from Bury, in Lancashire ; from the Methodists of East ham, in Nottinghamshire • from the section of the Re deemed Church at Pickard; from the Baptists at Olney, Bucks ; from a Baptist Church in Yorkshire ; from the General Baptists at Eastham, Nottinghamshire ; from the Protestant Dissenters at Bangor; from the Protestant Dis senters at Dunsmore ; and from Bainbridge, Yorkshire, all praying for the abolition of Church-rates ; also a petition from the burgesses of a ward in the borough of Leicester, stating that Mr. Baines, now a prisoner for non-payment of Church-rates, had been elected a town councillor of that borough, and praying that his case might be taken into consideration, and means adopted for his liberation. Mr. HOLDSWORTH presented seven petitions against the Poor.law Amendment Bill. Mr. DUGDALE presented petitions from the rate payers of tbirLy-four parishes in the county of Warwick, complaining of the expense they were put to by the Bir mingham Riots, and praying for relief. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, numerously signed, com plaining of the expense incurred in the recovery of small debts, and praying for the extension of the jurisdiction of the local Court of St. Briavels ; also a similar petition from the Hundred of St. Brim els. Mr. KEMBLE presented a petition from Surrey, in favour of Church Extension; also a petition from medical practitioners of Croydon, praying for certain alterations in the Poor-law with respect to the employment of medical practitioners. POOR-LAWS. r•nrd nUNC.AN preaeritad w netitio from So rh. _mpton against the Poor-law Continuance Bill novr the House, and especially praying, that if the House should think prop( r to pass that Bill, they would intro duce a clause to prevent its interfering with Load Acts which have been found to work well. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Merthyr Tydvil against the New Poor-laws. Mr. BRAMSTON and Mr, 0. GORE presented similar petitions, but the designations of the petitions were not distinctly heard. he was aware that in consequence of recent circumstances in Syria, the French Government had declined ail further interference with Catholics in that country ? Lord PALMERSTON said of course he could not give any explanation on that point, but he could assure the House that the steps that had been taken by her M jest)'s Government applied to Christians of all denominations, Mr. EASTHOPE gave notice that on Thursday next he should move that the petition of Mr. Baines should be taken into consideration. The Hon. Member also sated that he would postpone his motion mith respect to Church rates until after Easter. Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice that on Thursday the 25th instant he would move for r( turns of the sums of money received by the Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt, on account of deposits paia into the Savings: Banks. Mr. MARK — PHILLIPS gate notice that on Monday next he would move that there be laid before the 1-louse such potions of the Report of the Contrnitt( e as referred to the best line of railway communication Ihtween Edin burgh and Manche ter. Mr. H. BERKELEY begged to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who her the survey instituted by the Admira'ty, at the instigwi of the Treasury, in the port of Bristol, and which had been delayed by the illness of Sir James Ward, was likely to lie brought to a completion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER W EIS happy to be able to state that the health of the Gallant Officer would enable him very soon to resume his duties, and that the survey would shortly be proceeded with. Lord F. EGERTON wished to ask the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, whether a copy of a docu ment, which appeared in the newspapers, were authentic, conveying the Packalic of Egypt to Mehemet Ali and his decendants ; and whether, if authentic, it had receved the section of the British Government, and the other Three Powers.—(Hear, hear.) He also wished to know if it was proposed to adhere to its provisions. Lord PALMERSTON said he had received through the Turkish Ambassador a copy of a firman sent by the Sultan to Mehemet Ali, conferring on him the Govern ment of Eg: - pt, with the hereditary successi in to his de scendants, subject to certain conditions. He (Lord P. ) had not compared that with the document in the newspapers, and therefore he was not able to say whe her they coin cided, but he supposed they did. The instrument was one issued by the Sultan on his own responsibility, and it was only yesterday communicated to her Maesty's Govern ment. Until some subject might arise in regard to it, which could call for notice of the Four Power., he appre beveled it was a question between the Sultan and his vassal Mehemet Ali. Sir R. PEEL said that the question was really one of great importance—( Hear, hear)—and calculated to give rise to serious consideration. It was understood that an engagement had been entered into will Mehemet Ali, conferring on him the hereditary Pachalic of Egypt. The Firman to which the Noble Lord referred confirmed that engagement, but the Porte reserved to itself the power of determining which of the sons of the Paella should succeed him. Was that, he would ask, a provision in conformity with the conditions of the quadruple treaty ? —( Hear, hear.) He also wished to know whether the Four Powers were parties to it? Lord PALMERSTON said, that he had answered the question as it had been put to him.—( Laughter.) He had been asked by the Right Hon. Baronet, whether the Four Powers had or had not, approved of that pro vision of the Firman which reserved to the Sultan the r . ght of selecting which of 'Mehemet's descendants was to succeed him in the Pachalic. Now he was sure it would be seen that it was impossible for him to say what the Four Powers might or might not think upon that particular point. He understood that the Paella had on the 23d of February last sent a remonstrance against that stipulation. But what the Sultan might reply to that— whether he might modify the provision, or whether he might think it expedient in the first instance to ask the advice of the Allies, it was impossible for him to assume beforehand. The intention of the Four Powers undoubtedly was, that he should grant a bona fide hereditary succession to the descendants of Mehemet Ali—(Hear, hear)—in as nearly a direct line as the interests of both parties would admit. They had never intended that the grant should derogate from the rights of the Sultan, that it should create a separate and independent sovereignity, but the clear TEC3II - and intention of the Allies unquestionably was that the grant should at the same time be a bona fide one to Mehemet and his descendants. In answer to an Hon. Member, Lord PALMERSTON said that what the precise communications were between the Porte and the Four Powers previously to the issuing of the firman, he really could not take upon himself to state at present. POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). Mr. DAWSON DAMER. begged to ask the Noble I Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, what was the result of the communications that had taken place between the Guardians of the Poor of Mountmilliek Union and the Poor-law Commissioners, relative to the site of a union workhouse and other matters. He had also a question to ask relative to a letter purporting to come from Mr. Nl‘Dunnell, the Noble Lord's secretary, and which appeared in the public papers. It would appear that Dr. Jacob, a gentleman of great emi nerce in his profession, had been appointed a guardian of the poor for that union, and had made himself very dis agreeable to the Prinr-Inuo Innmmiccinnorc Th. 1,,,r.” nF Al.. kA .vvosacil was to the effect, that if Dr. Jacob was again chosen a poor-law guardian, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant would feel it right to appoint another medical attendant to the Asylum. Now if that letter were authentic, he thought it was an arhitrary assump tion of power on the part of the Poor-law Commissioners. Lord MO RPETH said the differences between the Board of Guardians and the Poor-law Commissioners were chiefly with reference to a rate for the workhouse, and be had no objection to lay them on the table of the House. With respect to the letter of Mr. M‘Donnell, to which the Hon. Member referred, he believed that it was correct. In answer to a question from Lord SANDON, which was inaudible, Lord PALMERSTON said the representatives of the Four Powers had been continually in communicaiim with the Porte. If he were asked whether the hatti scheriff, in the shape in which it was issued, was communicated to our Ambassador, he really was not able to answer the question. Mr. E W ART asked whether it was understood the Pa chalic should descend hereditarily in the family of Mehemet Ali without the intervention of the Sultan. Lord PALMERSTON said the advise gven by the Four Powers did not go into minute details, but the advice given was that the Sultan should grant hereditary succes sion to the family of Mehemet Ali, but that each succeed ing Pacha should receive investiture from the sovereign act of the Sultan, and not assume it as an independent so- vereignty. Lord SAND ON inquired if tlis was known before the hatti scheriff was issueef, and whether it was made the subject of remark ? Lord PALMERSTON said he was not aware that any remonstrance had been made on the subject, but he must really put it to the House whether he should be called upon to give explanations to Hon. Gentlemen opposite as to acts arid discussions pending—( Hear, hear)—on which no offi cial communication had been received.—( Hear, hear.) This far he would say, lie believed there was a misunder standing on the subject, and he thought the intention of the hatti scheriff was to preserve to the Sultan that sove reign right which must belong to biro, and that it was not intended to evade the bona fide arrangement that had been made. Lord JOHN RUSSELL begged to ask the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite whether he intended to pro ceed with his 13i11 for the abolition of the punishment of death on Wednesday. He hoped it might suit his conve nience to postpone it till another day. Mr. KELLY was glad to have the opportunity of state ing to the House that it was not his intention to go into Committee on his Bill until after Easter. He took that course because of the several Bills which had been intro duced on the same subject. He trusted that by that time all those Bills would be in the hands of Members and all fairly before the House. As connected with the same subject, he had communicated with the Under-Secretary of State, respecting some returns relating to the Criminal Law, and there was no opposition to them. Pei haps the House would then allow him to move fcr them under such circumstances, He then moved for a return of the number of persons who had been capitally indicted, convicted, and executed in the years 1837, 1838, 1839, and 1540.--Or dered. In answer to question from Sir G. CLERK, Lord J. RUSSELL said he would ocAaitily not pro pose to go on with the Registration (Scotland) Bill on Monday, if the business before it occupied the House until a late hour. He begged to state that the resolution he would have to propose on Monday in Committee would be in substance to authorise her Majesty to grant a loan from the Consolidated Fund to the amount of 210,0001. to the Commissioners of South Australia to be repaid at cer tain periods. Lord SANDON said it was understood that Sir F. Smith had reportA upon the Le3t line of railway to Scot land. lie begged to ask if that was the case, and if so, was it such as it would be desirable to put the House in pos session of ? Mr. LA BOU C HERE said, in consequence of a com munication received yesterday, lie had seen Sir F. Smith that morning, but they had not gone i,do the details of the Report. The Report itself would be on the t iblc of the House on Monday or Tuesday. Sir R. PEEL suggested that Sir F. Smith or other eminent engineers should be employed in all railway un dertakings. Last year one Company had spent no less than 70,0001., allot which [lad been absolutely thrown away. Mr. LABOUCHERE—It might be very proper that they should abandon the present system of soliciting pri vate Bills through that House. But as long as the pre sent system existed, it was of the utmost importance that they should deal out equal justice to all. WEST INDIA AND NORTH AMELZICAN COLO NIES. The House went into Committee on the Custom Du ties of the West Indian and North America colonies. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he rose, in pursuance of the notice which he had given to call the atention of the House to that system of dulias which was establi,hcd by the authority of the Im perial Parliament in the great weitern portio❑ of the dominions of her Majesty. Although the subject was not of a nature to excite any party interest, and al though he must necessarily entsr confiderahly into detail, DUELLING. Earl MOUNTCA SHE L gave notice that it was his intention, shortly after the Easter recess, to call their Lord ships' attention to the subject of duelling, and to move for a Committee to inquire into the causes of duelling, and to see if some measures could not be adopted by which that practice might be put an end to.—( Hear, hear.) In the present state of things some such course as that was absolutely necessary; and if their Lordships did not take any steps in the matter, he should move the repeal of the Act of Victoria alto gether, fcr it was quite ridiculous to allow the law to remain as it was. Individuals did not know whether they might fight a duel or not. The Act of Victoria strictly said that any man who did fight a duel was liable to be tried as a felon. The matter could not be allowed to remain as it at present stood, but something must be done. He knew the difficulties that attended the subject, but there was no reason why they should not be inquired into, and then upon a proper Report their Lord ships would be able to see whether it was feasitle or not to check the practice of duelling. ST. SULPICE. The Bishop of EXk:;*ltaiT wished to nit 400, 4!4.1.1. Marquis ( Normanby) whether he had looked into that to which he (the Bishop of Exeter) alluded yesterday, from the present Chief Justice Stewart in 1827, on legal right of the Seminary of St. Sulpice, and whether he had made up his mind to present it to the House or not? The Marquis of NORM ANB Y replied that be had looked into it and found that there was that objection to thu production of it which had struck ' him yesterday, namely, that it was the opinion of a Law Officer. According to the general rule, and he thought every praiseworthy rule, the opinion of a law officer was considered confidential, and, therefore, ought not to be laid be fore Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) On examining that Report, be did not see any special circum stances in the case to induce their Lordships to depart from that general rule. But even if it were produced he did not think it would help their Lordships at all. The opinion he admitted to be against the strict legal right to the claim, but the latest information they had on the subject was contained in the despatch of Lord Goderich—be admitted that the opinion of Mr. Stewart was against the strict legal right to the claim, but riots ithstanoing that admission he thought when the discussion came on that he should be able to convince their Lordships that the Right Rev. Prelate had no case. He believed Mr. Stewart was a Member of the General Council when the ordinance had passed. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought Mr. Stewart bad been examined before their Lordships on the subject. The Bishop of EXETER would not press his motion on the subject; but although be would net for a moment impute intentional unfairness to the Noble Marquis, yet he put it to their Lordships whether the Noble Marquis had treated him quite fairly. If he had sail absolutely that on his own respcnsibility he would refuse the production of the paper, that would have been fair ; but to say that the paper if produced would not help his argument was, as he submitted to their Lord ships, not the way in which a Secretary of State should have met a motion of that sort—( Hear, Lear)—but he was quite satisfied with the almission made by the Noble Marquis, with regard to the despatch of the Noble Earl. he Lad read that despatch, which had pleased him highlj, ; and it took up preusely the po sition which he meant to maintain before their Lordships. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that the accusa tion of unfairness was one so frequently made by tee Right Rev. Prelate, that it lost much of its force when brought forward by him.—(A laugh.) What he bad stated was, :hat he maqe the adaliisiot; that the opinion was againsi the strict legal right, but still he did not think that the opinion, if produced, would help the Right Rev. Pre late's argument. What he said was that the law officer's opinion ought not to be produced— The Bishop of EXETER—No 1 no 1 no 1 what I asked fur was the special report of the Law Officers of the Crown relating to a strictly legal question. The Noble Marquis said that the strictly legal opinion supported what I said ; but yet he said that the opinion, if produced, would not help stay argument.; Tile; Earl of MINTO rose to order. The Right Rev. Prelate had no right to interrupt a Noble Lord when speak ing, and then to commence a speech himself. The Bishop of EXETER had thought the Noble Mar quis had finished speaking. The Marquis of NORM ANBY had not fioiihed when he was interrupted by the Right Rev. Prelate—be was standing at the table, and was in the middle of a sen tence, when he was interrupted by the Right Reverend Prelate %sith " No, no, no l" Now, the Right Rev. Pre late would hardly have commenced a speech with the ra. pid articulation of those ,three monosyllables.—( A laugh.) The . Right Reverend Prelate had asked him to produce an.opinion given by Mr. Stewart, as Attorney- General of the Colony ; he bad refused on the grounds that such opinions were always considered as confidential; he had also stited his opinion that its production would not help the Right Rev. Prelate's argument, but at same time he had volunteered an admission to the Right Rev. Prelate that the opinion was, that the strict legal right was not in the Seminary. ;;;The Bishop of EXETER regretted that the Noble Lord had thought proper to say that he (the Bishop of Exeter) was in the habit of throwing out insinuations of unfairness. He did not think that he was it► such a habit, but whenever he made charges of unfairness against Noble Lords upon the benches near him he gave an opportunity to the individual to meet the charge. POOR-LAW COMMISSION OF IRELAND. Lord GLENG A LL moved that a clerk in the office 01 the Poor-law Commissioners of Ireland, and Mr. Phelan, an Assistant-Commissioner, be summoned to attend at their Lordships' bar on Tuesday next. After some discussion the Noble Earl withdrew hi motion, the Marquis of Normanby undertaking to proct;e . the attendance of the Clerk, and to agree to the summoning of Mr. Phelan, if Lord Glengall should think it necessary to press his motion on a futu:c day. The Report upon the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill was then brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. Lord Keane's Annuity Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. The House then Adjourned. MOUSE OF COMMONS, AIABoi 12. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o' Clock THE CHURCH.: Sir H. PARNELL presented petitions from Armagh, and other places in the North of Ireland, against Church patronage in Scotland. Mr. BARN E B Y presented petitions from several places in the county of Worcester, in favour of Church Extension. Mr. BAINES presented a petition from a place in Shropshire, against Church -rates. Sir R. JENKINS presented a petition from the same county, in favour of Church Extension ; also a petition from Shrewsbury, against the County Courts Bill. PRINTED PETITION. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from the medical practitioners of St. Colomb, Cornwall, praying for the union of the medical body in Great Britain and Ireland into one faculty, and generally for Medical Reform. He also presented petitions against the new Poor-law Bill from Leicester, Brompton, and other places. Some of these petitions were, he said, printed, and he wished to know whether it was a rule of the House that they could not be received ? The SPEAKER said that it was a rule of the House not to receive any petition which was either printed or lithographed. Mr. S. O'BRIEN presented several petitions from places in Ireland against the Bill for giving the Govern ment control over railways; also several petitions from dispensaries in 'Wand, praying that medical charities might not be put under the control of the Poor-law Corn miss:oners. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Aberdeen, compl a i n i ng o f the injury eur commerce received from the unjust duties levied upon it by the Hanoverian Government. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from tho Central Committee of the Religious Freedom Society against the appointment of paid chaplains to union workhouses—they considered it as an attack upon religious freedom. Also a petition from the medical practitioners of Nottingham, praying for the establishment of one Board for that pro fession. Sir R. ING LIS presented petitions from places in the counties of Lincoln, Gloucester, Hants, and Buck inghamshire, praying for Church Extension. Seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in his place, be would present the.petition from the vicar and others of Sheffield, of which be had given notice. It was with reference to the state of Christians in the Le vant, and as the question was one of very considerable im portance, he trusted the House would indulge him with liberty to say a few words upon it. For a considerable length of time the Emperor of Russia had claimed the right to take under his protection the whole of the people belonging to the Greek Church. The So vereign of France gave his protection to those belonging to the Church of Rome; but the Christian po pulation were comparatively without. The brightest jewel in the Crown of England was Protestantism, and the peti tioners prayed that the Christians might not he placed in a worse condition now than either of the other classes. The petitioners prayed the House that especial provision would be made for seeing that the Protestants in Syria might have the full and free exercise of their religion. They also asked that t hat p rotection mi g ht be extended to the population in that country.—(Hear, hear.) a r. Jew ish The B aron et, after some few observations on this portion, concluded by moving that the peti.ioa do lie on the table. Lord PA LMERSTON assured the Hon. Baronet op posite that her Majesty's Government had taken steps to urge the Porte to do precisely what the Hon. Member (Sir R. Inglis) and the petitioners recommended, namely, to take care not only that the Christians in Syria should not be worse off after the c hange which had lately taken place in the condition of that country, than they were be fore it; but also, if possible, that they should be better oil as regarded the enjoyment of their religion. With re gard to what had been called the right of protection claimed by the Emperor of Russia for the Christians of the Greek Church in those countries, it arose out of a certain, treat. long since concluded. And as to the sort of acknowledged right of the French Government in favour of Roman Ca tholient, it was also a matter of ancient date, a ri s i ng at a time long gone by, and out of circumstances very different from the present. He ( Lord Palmerston) therefore ap. prehended that it would not be easy for the British Go vernment to obtain from the Porte analogous privileges with regard to the Protestants. He would, however, assure the Honourable Baronet that care had been taken to acquire the protection sought. With re gard to the Jewish population, her Majesty's Go vernment had taken steps to obtain from the Porte security for that portion also of the inhabitants of Syria. With respect to both Christians and Jews, if the hatti scherif issued on this subject were enforced, the objects sought by the Hon. Baronet would be accomplished. In answer to a question from an HON. MEMBER, whether 6 '77' ..,,- '''' 7 ' ____' 4 i , ; , , - : 7 7: —. ._ I". e ' ',. ':,-, •'• /7 ..,......"' ~.. ......... . , . . /1 co tr ,/ stE PRICE 5d., yet, conside•i;ig its vast importance nct only to the colo nies themselves, but to the commerce of the United Kiug- dom, he confidently claimed the indulgence of the House. He would not detain the House by entering at any greet length into the f)rmer proceedings of Parliament with re ference to this subject. By our ancient colonial system, it was sought to contime the trade of our colonies exclusively to the mother country. That system was applied even to Ireland, which was considered a dependency of Great Britain, and prohibited from having any direct trade of her own to any of the British colonies, and that ancient system was maintained in all its rigour until 1780. At the close of the American ear, it became necessary for us to look at the rising spirit of discontent which then existed in Ire land, and which was notoriously extremely fomented b', the illiberal and unjust policy which this cnuory pursued to wards her. Then it was that the first relaxation i❑ the system took place; and Ireland, though she was not it first on the same footirg as England and Scotland, was yet allowed to export her own pro duce to the colonies, and to rccoive in return the co lonial produce into Ireland. The next great change that took place was in ti c year 1822, when the present Lord Ripon, then Mr. Robinson, who filled the uili;e of President of the Board of Trade, introduced some im portant measures with respect to our colonial trade. By those measures many of the prohibitory duties imposed upon all articles not of British growth and manufacture underwent altera•ion. As many of the duties existing at that time still remained, he was anxious to show what were the views which Mr. Robinson the❑ entertained, and what was his intention in proposing the scale of duties which now existed. Mr. Robinson, after alluding to the probable effects of the proposed measure, said, that that protection could in no other way be afforded them in that instance than by imposing a moderate duty on the importa tion into the West Indies of such articles as were equally the production of both countries. The duty should be so moderately calculated as not to deprive the people of the United States of a supply, or increase the price to the consumer. Those were the principles on which Mr. Robinson declared his measure IN as founded when he brought it forward to the House. He (Mr. Labouchcre) would now come to the year 1825, when another sell more important step was taken under the auspices of Mr. Hus ki-son, who introduced many measures of colonial reform in that House, and who pasted the Act which with a low exceptilns was the law that now regulated the colonial trade of this country. Mr. Huskisson relaxed the naviga tion laws, and established bonding warehouses in the colo nies—a measure of the greatest advantage both to the co. lonies and the mother country. In the third place he took off these prohibitory duties which Mr. Robinson left un touched, and he established regulations for the protection of duties that still exist. The Right Hon. Gentleman here proceeded to read extracts from the speech delivered ' in the House by Mr. Huskisson, on the occasion referred to, in which he clearly stated the views and principles on which he introduced those measures of reform in the colo nial trade. Before he (Mr. Labouchere) proceeded to state the pi inciples on which the measure he had the ho nour to introduce was founded, he could not help remark ing that every one of those measures of relaxation 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 inte rested in those colonies, aid who fancied they would be injured by those measures being adopted. The first mea sure of allowing Ireland to trade with the co lonies met with the most decided and vio- lent opposition. When Mr. Huskisson introduced his measure there were petitions from Manches ter, 131 istol, Liverpocl, and other ports, against it. Mr. Robinson's measure encountered a similar storm of opposition, and yet every step that had been taken in this course of reform had been marked with the most de cided success. It was no doubt necessary to proceed in those cases with great precaution and care ; however, when those measures had proved not only satisfactory but beneficial also, they should be carried out still further. He had stated that those duties had undergone no material al teration since 1825, and that he felt it his duty to propose some alterations in the system. Most important revolutions had taken place in trade since that period ; and it became the House and the Government to reflect whether the time was not come when it was their duty to consider that these duties and regulations should be revised. He had stated before that Mr. Huskisson had proposed to open a direct trade with the colonies with foreign countries, who should give what he considered an equitable return as re garded trading with their colonies. With respect to that power which had been reserved to the Crown the Govern ment had exercised it in some cases, but as re garded France, from the system pursued by that country, in reference to her colonies, they could only extend it to her under very great limitations. He con ceived it to be their duty to carry the principles of Mr. Huskisson into effect as far as they possibly could. He now came to consider what was the system which Mr. Huskisson had established. The first thing that struck 'flim was the high scale at which these colonial duties were fixed, and he was sure the House would feel that when the duties were so high as to be prokihitory it mattered very little whether they kept up a prohibition on duties which amounted to i'. When he read the speech of Mr. Hus kisson and reflected on the large and c mprehenive views of trade which that Hon. Gentleman entertained, and compared them with the very inadequate manner in which these views were carried out, he could not help thinking that Mr. Huskisson was at that time rather concealing the ,1;fr ,, ,1t , c1 cnpc.;,..ec ;ioovc than that he entertained any doubts of the'r con cetness. Let them look at the duties imposed on various articles in our West Ineli2l - , and North American colonies. In the first place, fish, which was one of the most important arti cles in the West Indies, was absolutely prohibited. In the next place, flour and:provisions of all kinds were sub ject to a duty which he could not but think very immode rate—a duty of from twenty to forty per cent. He did not think that such a duty should be put on the food of the people.—( Hear, hear, hear.) It should be also observed, that those colonies were obliged to depend for subsistence or food grown in other countries. On foreign manufactures he found there was, in many ir stances, an ad valorem rate of thirty per cent. British silks were protected in the West India Islands and Canada by such a duty. On foreign cotton there was a duty im posed of 20 per cent. and on various unenumerated arti cles a duty of 15 per cent. He thought there were various circumstances in the social and financial condition of these colonies which deserved at the present moment the se rious attention of the House. Many of the old taxes were now no longer productive there; while they had entailed on them many additional expenses. They had an improved Justiciary in the colonies, Houses of Correction, and ecclesiastical establishments, and many institutions calculated to raise the condition of the negroes. All these things entailed great expense on the colonies. He would not weary the House by going through statements with regard to many of those colonies, but ne would quote the expenses of Jamaica alone. The expenses incurred in Jamaica, under the law passed in 1839 and 1840, was, for Emigration 84,0001., for an Improved Ju dicial-System, 50,000/., for the Clergy 8,000/, for Curates 6,0001., for the erection of a Penitentiary 30,0001, and for the erection of a House of Correction 10,000/. The colonies being called upon to bear these expenses, very naturally complained, and stated that we were acting on a principle with regard to them which made it impossible for them to raise the money. He was satisfied that the social and financial condition of the West Indies rendered it necessary to revise the system under which they were at present placed. On the other hand, in Lower Canada it was peculiarly necessary at the present time that they should apply themsely, s to the r complaints of the man ner in which tl - ,eir regula ions acted upon them. An Ad dresi had lately been forwarded to his Noble Friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies from Upper Canada, asking to be allowed to deal with these questions them• selves, not subject to the laws imposed in this country, but suggesting that any law they passed should be subject to revision upon an Address from either House of Parlia ment. In the spirit of that Address he agreed, and he thought they ought to allow the colonies to legislate for themselves, with as little restriction as possible.—(Hear.) There was also another point which he (Mr. Labouchere) must say struck his mind most forcibly—he meant the to tally opposite principles under which we seemed to act with regard to our West India colonies and our Eastern possessions.—(Cries of " Hear.") Nothing could form a greater contrast, than the duties imposed by Parliament, or by the Crown, in our eastern and western colonial pos sessions. He had stated to the House already, how great was the discriminating duty imposed upon foreign goods in the West Indies and Cape of Good Hope. He would now remind the House that the duties placed on foreign goods in India, Cape of Good Hope, Australia, and other portions of our eastern dominions, were of the most onerous description. He found that in the Cape of Good Hope there was on foreign goods imported a duty of 10 per cent., and on British goods a duty of 3 per cent., the discrinating duties, of course, being 7 per cent. ad valorem. Now, he asked if British manufacturers com plained of this small protection ? Did it at all check im portation into the colony ? And if not, for what object was it that we imposed these high discriminating duties in our West Indian and North American colonies, duties that sse'e so grievous to them, acrd so disadvantageous to the mother country ? In the Cape of Good Hope the duty . 011 foreign goods was 10 per cent. ad valorem, and on British goods,'" per cent., leaving a discriminating duty of 6 poi . cent; 'en g r New South Wales the duty on foreign oods Van Die cent., and none at all on British goods: men's Land on foreign goods 74 per centa.,nadn i d n . on British goods 31. It was curious to obser ve how much more fa vourat le the Crown had been to the colonies, in this.n re- spect, than Parliament. posed duties on the Wherevercolonies, r u the Crown had had been moderate in a hadliament been bad done so, it impored, with great degree ; but wherever , would be found that high duties the vain object of proteeting where a light our goods. He said, t herefore, that if they found, differential d ut y was imposed , th e trade ofdi d not countryid suffer—if this syste m was for the benefit of ti.e colonieF, and net for the disadvantage of the mother country, it ought to be adopted, and the same principles applied to the West India colonies and British North America, instead of continuing those which excited so much dissatisfaction. It was too aosurd to suppose that when our manufactures were able to compete in a third market, with the manufactures of other parts of the world, they would suffer from competition in the colonies. And be said further, that if any article of foreign manufacture, notw ithstanding this difference, was a bl e to find its wa into the colonies, it ought to find its way there,. and the colonies ought to have the advant age of that article. And in his opinion no better course could be taken to cement the union and good feeling that subsisted between the colonies and the mother country than to place the MORNING EDITION boles in an equitable situation with regard to art'clos of ade and mati;J:xtures. stateu the gencr.ti ;J:ia ples upon which the alt ration v,as to proceed, ::n woull ate to , th,e House the tariff its ,l which he proposed to stituteJn British North America and the West ladian iii place of the one now in operation. There was large class of articles of foreign production, such as clocks, watches, leather, linen, musical instrume..t , , wires, books; papers, &c., which paid a duty of 30 per cent, ad valorem; there was another class whiell paid a duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem, another consisting of goods and merchandise cf dif ferent kinds which paid a duty of 15 per cent. ad valorem. There was also a considerable class of articles which paid a duty of 7i per cent. ad valorem. By the new proposed to substitute for the duties of 30, 20, and 15 p r cent. a single duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem, leaving un touched the present duties of 71- per cent. He wanted eS much as possible to untie the hands of the colonists, and to leave them as much as possible to legislate for them selves, He wanted to make the duties as mode rate and as simple as possible, to settle certain financial duties, and to leave the rest to themselves. This was what he proposed with regard to ad valorem duties. lie now came to a far more important class of duties--a class far more aff cting the interests of the West lndies—tire sp ,_ rifle dute; laid upon particular aiticics. As he had be fore stated the duties imposed at present upon beef, pork, sli , ipler, and foreign ankles of that description amounted to a duty varying from 20 to 4(1 per cent. ad valorem; in many instances it was 40 per cent. When they consi,kr that some of these articles were the food of the colony ; that others, such as slaves, were absolutely necessary to con duct their only manufacture, that of sugar; they must see that thee duties were perfectly immoderate and ops res sive, especially if they considered that steps were now icing taken for placing these colonies on a footing with the East Indies. As he had upon a former occasion urged upon the House the propriety of doing justice to the East Indies by doing away with duties which were injurious to them, so now he felt bound to urge upon the House the, propriety of putting the West Indies upon . a more liberal footing with regard to the supply of provisions. He pre posed, therefore, to 'educe all these duties very much ; at the same time, he did not deal with them in the same was as lie would have done if he had been imposing them for the first time; he would in such a case have proposed them much lower, but as they had already been established, he thought it was their duty to be cautious of the interests now engaged. He proposed then to reduce the duty upon all those articles to from 12 to 15 per ennr., ad valorem; he considered that quite high enough, as a pro tecting duty upon articles which were almost it:dispensable for food. The duty upon the barrel of wheat flower now was ;he proposed to reduce it to 2s.—( Eear, hear.) On beef and pork the duty was erow 12s. per cwt. ;he proposed to reduce it to 45. Shingles - , ahich now paid per 1,000, of 12 inches, 125., and above 12 inches, 145., lie proposed to reduce both to 3s. 6d. Oak staves and heading which now paid, red, per 1,000, 154., and white, 12s. 6d., he proposed to reduce both to e s ._( Hear, hear.) He now came to an article of the utmost importance to the population of the West Indies — an article which was now prohibited—he meant fish, the produce of foreign, countries, He proposed to do away with that prohibeion.—( Cheers. ) He was no friend to prohibition—( Hear, hear)—he wished the word was erased from our S'atutc-book altogether.—( Hear, hear.) Ile was most happy that a step had 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 highest 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 important interests were connected with the fisheries of Gnat Britain and the dependencies, which could not be disturbed ; and that if prohibiting duties were at all to be justified, that justification must be allowed for the protection of the fisheries. Although lie should prc pose to substitute a duty fur the prohibition, he should put that duty much higher than on any other article. He seas satisfied that the duty he was about t r propose would be radically equal to an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent. He proposed a duty of 2s. 6d. per cwt. upon fish, dry and salted, now prohibited, and upon pickled fish a duty of ss. per barrel. In regard to wine, which was now sub , jected to duties of an extremely capricious description, he proposed a duty of 7,1 per cent., ad valorem, upon all kinds, without distinction. In addition to those altera tions, there were certain peculiar points, to which he meant to take that opportunity of bringing the attention of the Committee. The first was, the subject of tea. Ac cording to the navigation laws, tea could not be imported into the North American colonies or the West Indies, ex cept from Great Britain, or from countries cast of the Cape of Good Hope. The object of that provision was to give encouragement to the British commercial navy, in making long voyages. But circumstances were stronger than laws. —( Hear, hear.) From information received from Lord Sydenham, he learned that three fourths cf the tea consumed in Canada was smuggled from the United States, with great loss to the revenue of the province. Now was the loss to the revenue the worst consequence? A system of smuggling was raised along the frontier, which demoralised the whole country, and produced the very worst results. It might be thought that there could be no reason why Canada could not be supplied with tea from England as welt as New York. But there was a circumstance of which the Government had been informed by Lord Sydenham, which overturned the calculations that might naturally be made upon the subject. It appeared that the tea used in Canada consists almost entirely of the coarser kind of green ten, which was scarcely at all con sumed is this country ; so that the London market was but eery little supplied with it, while it happened on the contrary Chet it was much used in America, whieli caused it to be largely importel into New York. It rotereards found its way across the frontiers in spite of fiscal regulations. Tire proposition he would make was that recommended by Lord Sydenham, and which was to allow tea to be introduced from North America by land at an additional duty of one tenth over that coming by sea. He would substitute such a duty for the present prohibitory one, and Lord Sydenham Lee asssaneettiessm that smut!,-Eling !soul by that eat put an end to, and the revenue would be trebled. The next article he would advert to was runt ; and his proposition would be to reduce the duty on East India rum to the saute duty now paid on rum from the West Indies. There were many other subjects which he thotight might be best discussed seriatim on a future occasion. He wished to advert to the case of the Channel Islands, which were at present permitted to export their productions into Great Britain, but not into the British Islands. He could not conceive any good reason fur this distinction. It was an old remnant of cur colonial jealousy, which would have been long ago repealed if it had not been forgotten. Ile proposed, therefore, to put the Channel Islands on the same footing with regard to the colonies that they were with regard to the mother country, to permit them to export their own produce and manufactures to the colonies in the same manner as they at present did to Great Britain. Ile should not detain the House much longer. The main principle by wither he had been actuated in proposing these alterations was, that he believed they were calculated extensively to benefit the colonise.—(Cheers.) He had always maintained that England ought to possess the exclusive right of regulating the trade of her colonies, but that rig'st ought to be exer cised with the greatest liberality, justice, and impartiality. They were sent to that House to represent their Gan col a stituents, but they had also higher and more important functions. The immense Colonial Empire of tins country could never be maintained unless the authority of Legis lating for the commerce of those colonies were exercised by the mother country not in a spirit of jealous-minded exclusiveness, but in a spirit of lily rality equally bene ficial to all parties. He could not forget that under the system of rigid exclusiveness, other great Colonial Eat , pires had fallen to pieces. A great colonial empire was a glorious thing, hut it was also a most precarious thing, and could only be ire Id together by acting in a spirit o fimpartiaiite, justice, and kindne:s. They should show the colonies that in legislating for them there ass no favouritism, and that they considered that the greatness, prosperity, and happiness of the mother country depended upon the great ness, prosperity, and happiness cf the colonies.—( Cheers.) It was on th :se grounds that he vtilied to place the mea sure be was about to propose to the House—(Cheers)--and he eves satisfie that no British iii erects would be mate rially injured by the measure.—(Cheers.) lie woulsl lurk to one point—the provisien ter dc. That was a trade which deeply affected the south of Ireland, and lie hard al ready received oreu several soeootoot rtiyr.imN m mo c ,xe m , nh o s r ee i al;lltslits:intrneadttihoteon callsubject Ny hi which e h f fr om ,I,, t tk l i t eo a n : of f ar t t h o e f place in the circumstances affecting that trade since these duties had been first imposed. Not long ago the south of Ireland was the cheapest place in the world for provisions. They had no means of disposing of their stock. The communication with this ceuntry was uncertain, and unless the grazier salted in his provisions for ex portation, he had no means whatever of dispos ing of them. Let them look at the immense altderai.oo: which had taken place in consequence of the intr , o olt ti o e r , , ri ts cf steam navigation.—( Hear, hear.) The s . F a r i, l , l ' os to t i le cf Ireland were now able to send thcoedr p e r v o e ' n London— markets of South Wales, of Bristol, England ; but what had been d tb c being &new e r h o e a3 m r i a. n oe t g nt h ,B :7 ; e s o ° u"u(ltdCh He effeoeLst's )h the ou d b e colonies of place is instead f south of Ireland? Idear one ; within the last the result had been most advantageeoeuffs:hcotthprfordiflroeeldatordoatnhdo it had become compar" o 'i s : e- Y from a eOs. and 255. a cwt. to aoe. four years pork had risen diserisen in the same proportion, so that f r ia ry ova t ' ,) oe ( o i t o nt and New had Indians to obtain their provisions a h r y id oo 3 w ss. fo , r a c n in d gt b h e ieb e me i f h Ireland exclusively, we were in feet a heavy tax cf a most o jeceloneb!e som c e , of the c. b. proposed . al.. c aerations g that wou ld injure colonies that the painfulsub subject t h him tu t e o t o be b e obliged diseu o d ss h te ed d wtohuoldsebde"erv.p deserved e o 0 .,11 of the country by their unis aem . wools ty—it g t t ho c u o g lo h n' t ie h t o , f r 'a r o o d d h r naluenc the ed With an y r m niat turns wlhseh i n e o w effecting that the n o such interest eff effect c o t f a cb e ou g ut ard to many classes of lumber, so far t) lie believed that they them sd S e t i a v t e e s s toi r i e t g obliged g aol d v a i t i o ta g g o e ' , 103 ,,0 the New B - unswiele and , hina th t e h r e e e N la o s y s a in S w e h ° i t C a h th i r n e ar L k l' e n ts. il State: with regard to that class, the West Indies were now obliged to obtain its s ad " v a a s n teragnel, another supplies from the United States, .if not directly, in a addi tional expense of circuitoustra manner, which imposed addl. sideration he could give He believed, upon the b s e c s i t , c o n o e i duties, and the alterationsgv t o h t e h e subject, ,o t , h e a d t the wite they would greatly benefit the W es n t c" l v ne l l ' i r e ° s l , and relieve the North American Colonies from a great burthen, would not effect great or permanen t injury to any class eithe r i n t h e colonies or in the mother country. 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