The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-13 00:00:00

MORNING. EDITION altogether such a principle—they had performed their - parts iii a manner which could not be too highly valued; but they could not abandon the cause which they had undertaken. And least of all could he ( Lord Stanley) who had been the °resin of Lord Grey's Government on the occasion, and had introduced that great measure of policy, of justice, and humanity, th , Emancipation Act—least of all would it become him to con sent to a proposition which would render their experiment a lamentable failure in the eyes of the world, and which should rivet on the present slaves, and on generations yet unborn, to be dragged into captivity, in consequence of their failure, the horrors of slavery in its most aggravated and its most odious form.--(Cheers.) Hon. Gentlemen opposite had told them that they already gave an indirect encouragement to slavery in the Brazils, by permitting slave-grown sugar to be refined in this country; but it should be remembered that they, by the proposed measure, would greatly add to that encouragement, which he, for one, would not consent to do for the purpose of patching up the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. But besides, by allowing slave sugar to be refined in this country, and afterwards sold in other markets, they did not really give any encourage ment to slave labour which it would not. otherwise receive : for if it were not refined here, it would he refined in Hol land and elsewhere. And, in addition, by permitting its sale in England they would offer it a new and most valuable market, and would give a further stimulus by its production. It was said, however, that they now imported slave-grown coffee and slave-grown cotton into this country ; but let him tell them, that if they encouraged the production of slave-grown cotton and slave-grown coffee instead of sugar,' they would still contribute much to the diminution of the horrors of slavery, if not to the abolition of the slave track. i Coffee and cotton were articles requiring little capital and little exertion for their production, and, above all, not con tinuous exertion capable of being produced by free men and in the production of which free labour might enter into favoura ble competition with slave labour, while it was impossible, ee cept under the most favourable circumstances, that, in the production of sugar, f ree l a b our cou ld succes sfully compete with slave labour ; therefore, if they could by any means en courage the cultivation of coffee and of cotton, to the exclu sion of sugar, they would be so far encobraging the repression, of the slave-trade, and the abolition of slavery. Under these circumstances he considered it especially undesirable to interfere 1 with the great experiment now going on in the West Indies. What was the present condition of the negro population ? It was impossible for any one to have listened with any testiness hut those of the highest satisfaction to the details which the Noble Lord had given the other evening of the thriving con dition of the negroes in our West India colonies. Hitherto that great experiment had succeeded beyond the expectations of its most sanguine advocates. The Noble Lord'said that the negroes were beginning to acquire property, that marriages were increasing, that population was increasing—a most impor. 'ant element of future prosperity, if they would but have pa tience—that in Jamaica alone 90,000 negroes were workine in the cultivation of sugar and dividing among them wages amounting annually to 1,750,0001. He would ask the Noble Lord if he was prepared to break in upon all that prosperity To what did the negroes owe the possession of this property except to the encouragement given to the export of a staple pro duct from the West Indies? He would say nothing of the sa crifice of the hundred millions of capital invested in machinery in our West India Colonies—(Cheers)—he would say nothine of the sacrifice of twenty millions—( Cheers) he would -ay no shing of the utter ruin which must inevitably fall upon all our :ellow-subjects holding estates end property in the West Indies —but he would say, lookat the condition of the negroes them selves, and he would ask if, when they were acquiring habits of honest industry, of working for wages, wages depending upon he export of a staple commodity from that country, were the oreoared, by encouraging a competition with the slave-growe sugar of other regions, to deprivethe negro of his wages at the moment that he had learnt to depend upon his own exer ions —( Loud cheers.) Pis Right Hen. Friend had spoken ci mercantile distress. Far be it from him to deny its existence .4- to attempt to lessen the effect which ha peen produced by the speech of his Right Hon. Friend : iar be it from him to interpose between her Mak sty's Go vernment and any new channels which they might propose to ,pen in our manufacturing industry. But let hi. Right Hon. Friend consider, if he were conferring a great advantage on our manufactures. if while opening one new channel he was dam ming up all the old streams. and depriving them of amarket, not dependent upon the caprices of other nations, not to be waken from us by war, but dependent entirely upon ourselves, and which while it furthered the prosperity of the colonies, furthered the prosperity of the mother country also.—(Cheers. ) His Right Hon. Friend had talked to the vast rivers of South America. Would he turn his eye to the other side of the globe, and look at the vast country containing millions_ of British subjects ; at the fertile valley of the Ganges, the re sources of which were incalculable; at the new inlet which had been opened by the Indus, enabling us to approach the markets of Central Asia teeming with population, and which already imported a larger quantity of our manufactures than went to the Brazils, which was capable of receiving any amount of our produce, and only wanted a remittance to make a return. That remittance they could make in sugar, the cheapest and the only remittance they could make—(Loud cheers)—and at the moment when Bri tish capital had been embarked in the great field of mercantile speculation —at the moment when it was known that an inexhaustible supply of sugar could be had from those regions, would they take that moment to de prive our manufacturers of the benefit of the Indian markets by opening the markets for Brazilian sugar, when they knew that sugar was the only article that India could grow in return ? He save his Right Hon. Friend credit fur the ability with which 'le had brought forward his statement, and also for that which had produced a great effect upon he House, that obvious air of sincerity with which ie had made it.—(Cheers.) He was firmly convinced that his Right Hon. Friend believed his view to be the right one, but he (Lord Stanley) believed it to be a one-sided view, and was oot prepared t . run the slightest risk of ruining our trade with the West Indies, of disturbing and ultimately destroying that with the East Indies, for the advantages which the Right Honourable Gentleman thought might accrue. He did not deny the financial difficulties of the country, but he did deny that our resources were failing. Although we had an annually increasing deficit. we had an annually in creasing revenue ; and when they talked of commercial . die tress, he would direct their attention to the state of affairs in America, and ask if the recently threatened interruption of our pacific relations with that one great customer, must not have the effect of producing commercial embarrasment ? He would also refer to the state of affairs in the East, and in Syria and India, to the three millions loss sustained by the seizure of opium in China,—to the state of our relations with that coun try ; and ask the country if they did not see some reason for 'he interruetion of commercial activity, and for that state of commercial lsngour which at present prevailed. But that wits ao reason for despondency.—( Cheers.) He slid not despair of he finances of the country under a due. a prudent, and a proper administration of them.--( Hear, hear, hear. ) When he looked at the state of the revenue for the last five years, and found that though it had increased from 48 millions to 50 millions, there was a deficiency in the last of those years of 2,400,000; when he saw, moreover, that for five continuous years there had been a gradually accumulating deficiency, after a gradually increasing revenue, the deficiency amounting at the end of those five years to seven millions • when he saw, too, that a great portion o f th a t d e fi c i ency i n the present year was to be accounted for by the expenditure incurred on ac count of Canada and China ; when he saw that a moment of great financial difficulty was the time which her Majesty's Go vernment had selected for taking off a tax which produced, ~ vithout injury or pressure upon the people, 1,600,000 e( ( Hear, hear)—when he saw that in these three items he could trace the whole amount of deficiency in the present year, he might be excused if he entertained some doubts of the ability of those who hart involved them in that difficulty. His Hon. Friend the Member for Halifax had said that what ever might be the issue of these debates the seed was sown which would produce its fruit in due time.—(Cheers from the Liberal benches.) He (Lord Stanley) found that the seed was sown and would produce bitter fruit, and he deeply regretted that at a moment when the Government felt themselves totter ing to their fall—(Cheers from the Conservatives)—when they saw, he would not say county by county but borough by bo rough, their hold upon the country gradually dropping away-- at a time when the common sense of the country proclaim e d l t o h n a g t t e tt e ! , y s ecodl4 to holdn longer reins ho of ldth p e ow,.. rei r n_s o ( f Lo o no power—(Loud c office i li s e e t h r s e y fr h o a m d the Tory benches)—he deeply regretted that that should be the time chosen by her Majesty's Government for throwing loose upon the country a crude and undigested scheme involving the most extensive financial changes, deeply affecting every interest in the country, and paralyzing for the time all speculations in trade and all activity in commerce, and all this under a full conviction that it was impossible that they should be able to carry that project into effect. The Hon. Member for Carlow had produced the authority of his Right Honn Friend, in a speech delivered in 1833, to show that on the mere announce ment of a great financial measure by her Majesty's Govern ment it was all but carried by the proposal, and in the end was certain of success. The principle thus laid down by his Right Hon. Friend was, as far as Parliamentary experience had then gone, perfectly true ; but they had profited by experience since that time, and the ultimate adoption of measures so pro posed was now by t.o means so certain as it had been in former days. And not only had the House learnt that lesson, but the commercial;manufacturing, and agricultural community had learnt it too. He held in his hand a very matter of fact paper, the Price Current of Liverpool of the I Ith May, 1841, siped by two gentlemen, one a C onservat i ve, and the other a Whig ; and at the end of that paper there was the fol lowing note :—" Since the development of the Ministerial plan, the bare allusion to which excited such a panic in the trade, the market has been much calmer, from a conviction that no such project can be carried."—(Loud cheers from the Conser vative benches.) The proposition of her Majesty's Go vernment was wwha ao h ne hadraet a t w e t e v a i Trl d dt e eh n d tl at y p ah act 1 1 o ea o vt k ei e d na n gauptp the p G a gt r lem wh a i n ch , of the Irish corn-gr owers , h ad expressed" his intention to An n interests wasteHon. o vote with her M a j esty ' s Government, o h n fa t e L t v h i v a e t r Da g u oo e t o a ts , . to t h h a e t was the opini on o f t h e merchants effect of a duty of it s . ? Why that ev exist as to the degree of protection requisiteer eitfftheerernfcoermEinggh_t land or Scotland, there could be no difference in the minds of persons conne c t e d w i t h I r i sh corn, for that inferior t o th e Irish, there could be no doubt that the fo re i gn gra i n would be by the amount of the duty.---( Hear, hear. ) he He would repeat h ve is rn te e p rit r e egr n e t t h a is t teheeraacomunrse. tuersaguedreelthatr Majesty's Go the seed which had now been sown would produce its frui b t: tw but he feared that it would be the fruit of bitter animositgygravateeeno:.he con-, tending classes; he feared that it would a lousies and rivalries between the agricultural and (incoahleanieugrfash.c)- fea turing interests, which every former Government had rather to smooth and to heal than to aggravate. He feared that her Majesty's Government, while they were seet ie ing a popularity which they could not find—(Cheers from e Tories)—were endeavouring t o enro ll upon their banners 'the l, the fatal and revolutionary doctrine of num b ers against i)erty—(Cheers)—and he would t e ll H on. Gentlemen opposi te that he could conceive no responsibility deeper than that of a Government who in the plenitude of its power should aggra vate dissensions of this kind between great bodies a.nd classes of her Majesty's subjects. But the responsibility was fearfully increased, when the measure which was to add to this effect was brought forward by an Adliioistration which was already to! tering to its fall; and when, as the Honour able Gentleman, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, he told them that night, the principles which they were then introducing, the scheme which they were then throwing before the country, must for many long years, be the subject of keen and angry and ruthless contention.—( Loud cheers. ) On the motion of Mi. SMITH O'BRIEN, the debate was then .adjourn d to to-morrow night. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and t' House Adjourned at Ore "'Cluck. ting the general principles he had laid down, and on which • there was no dispute between himself and Hon. Gentlemen on the other side, he contended that. there were certain manufac turee which must be taken out of the range and form an exception to the general principle of commerce ; .** and. he said that at the present time and under existing circumstances, as he should say with regard to the infancy of any manufacture which they might deem it expedient to foster and encourage by a higher range of protective duties. He contended, that on the ground of analogy, the sugar trade did, for the present, require to be taken out. of the range of ordinary commercial rules, and that, for the present, they should substitute prohibition for the ge neral doctrine of protection. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer had recommended the measure to notice, because it would augment the revenue without injuring their colonial interests. The Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies said it would be an amazing boon, and a vast reduction to the poor consumer ; and in the next breath he told them, coming to figures and calculations, that the reduction would amount to ls. 6d. per cwt., or something less than half a far thing a pound. The Right Hon. Gentleman the President of the- Board of Trade said, that it would foster and en. courage the trade with the Brazils, and give no en couragement to the slave trade. (Hear, hear, hear. ) And when they were told that the commerce of Great Britain Must be a great encouragement to the slave trade and slavery, the Right on. Gentleman said, " Well, but you do at present Carry on the commerce with Brazil—you take their sugar and their exports, and do at present give encouragement to slavery and the slave trade." If this were so—if we did now, by • taking their sugar, give encouragement to slavery andohe slave trade, no more encouragement was to be given to it by the measures of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he (Lord Stan ley) should like to know where was the boon conferred on the country by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and by which he was to obtain a great revenue.—( Cheers. ) He wished that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been more communicative, and had stated on what principle he calculated to obtain it. It must be on one of the two following principles, either by a large increase of consumption beyond the productive power of British or colonial industry, or, the consumption re maining the same, to obtain a surplus by the substitution of a higher duty for colonial sugar. The Hon. Member for Hali fax last night, suffering under the silence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, desired to give an explanation for him, and -said that when sugar fell to 58s. or 595., if the consumption was in proportion to the population, as it was in 1830, there would be an increase of consumption of colonial sugar to the ' amount of 900,000 tons. But if they had it so it would not be- by the budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but by what his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Cam bridge ass taunted with last night for defending, namely, by trusting to the increase of colonial production for increasiass the revenue.—( Hear, hear.) He did not know whether the Right Hon. Gentleman calculated on any vast increase of con sumption beyond the probable increase of the East and Wesr Indies. Did the Right Hon. Gentleman calculate upon it He made no sign. —(Laughter.) He (Lord Stanley) was 'therefore obliged to trouble the House with a small number of figures, because he was obliged to conjecture the mode by which the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to raise his supplies. His Hon. Friend the Member fur Halifax had told them that at 58s. or 595. the consumption ought to increase to 220,000 tons. He ( Lord Stanley) had looked back to see what was the case in former years. The laoble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, had esti mated the probable price of the present year at 605., and 'at that price he presumed but little Brazilian sugar would be imported. At 595. 2d. the average consumption for four s years, commencing in 1821, was 158,000 tons; in the tour years succeeding 1826, at a duty of 58s. Bd., the average consumption was 14,000,000 cwt., or 175,70.9 tons; in the year succeeding 1831, when the duty was 575. 7d., the con surnption amounted to 183,374 tons. In the years 1807 and 1838, in which he concluded they did not estimate any mate rial increase in the population as bearing upon the consump tion, the duty was 58s. Id., and the average consumption for • the two years was 196,611 tons. He would assume, then, that the price fell below what the Noble Lod had said. He would assume that it had fallen to 575. dut . , pa ii and he asked th e H ouse whether they hac not, from facts and figures, reason at that price to es o• timate 195,000 or 200,000 tons of sugar in the course of the , present year ? Was there any ground to represent the pro duction of the British colonies as not likely to exceed than amount ? He had not heard that position disputed by any one except the Hon. Member for Carlow (Mr. Gisbo-ne). Th, Hon. Member said they could not calculate on more than • 26,700 tons as the produce of the Mauritius ; but he (Lord Stanley) had that day read a letter from that colony, dated January 13, 1841, from a gentleman well known to her Ma , jesty's Government, Mr. Aiken, of Liverpool, and which • stated that 20,000 tons were exported up to that lay, and that it was expected there would be about the same quantity to export. This was written be fore any person knew of the present plan of the Government. .* even if the Government were aware of it themselves. Thr s Hon. Member for Callow even doubted if the West Indies .could furnish more than 115,000 tons. Why, 110,000 ton. come from the West Indies in the course of the last year.— (Hear, bear.) That might be an incredible fact to the ton. Member, but it was a fact, and there was every reason to believe that the present crop would exceed the very deficient • ,crop of last year. The Hon. Member also said that we never had from the East Indies more than 26,000 tons, but it ad peered by Cook's Circular that they had shipped from Calcutta on the Ist January 58,300 tons, that the crop was 60,000 tons, of which 50,000 tons had arrived. Hi re then wa. 50,000 tons received without dispute.—(Loud cheers, The Hon. Member for ,tthlone (Mr. J. O'Connell) said that 6,000 tons of sugar might be exported this year from China, and expatiated on the advantages that would accrue re otironerchants from a commercial intercourse with the people of that vast empire, which was so free and unshackled.-- ( Load laughter.) He (Lord Stanley) eonsidersd for a long timewhat the Hon. Gentleman meant, but at last he supposed that the Hon. Gentleman had made a mistrake, and mentioned China instead of Cochin-China. It was true that from Co chin-China and from Manila we would obtain a supply of sugar, as we always did. There were 115,000 tons of sugar imported from the West Indies, from • the Mauritius 145,0 t and from the East Indies from 60,000 to 70,000 tons ; and there were, besibes, 35,000 tons in bond. In all there were from 240,000 to 260.000 tons, whereas tie annual consumption did not, in all probability excsed 200,000 ton:. But to recur , to the proposal of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he could not expect much from the additional duties upon foreign su,rar, over and above the supply of colonial sugar, which was inadequate to mee; the ,:errand in the market. By sub.tituting for Brt 'tish free grown sugar foreign slave grown sugar, in the market, in order to make his ( the Chancellor of she Exchequer's) estimate complore that Right Hon. Gentleman should admit 11,000 cwt. of foreign sugar into the British market, to the exclusion of that amount of British colonial sugar. The House and the country had a right to know upon which of those propositions it was that the Right Hon. Gentleman founded the financial calculations which he had Stated to the House—( Opposition cheers)—or he was in thi • dilemma, either his financial projects would fail, and he would inflict no injury on the British producer, or if-his projects succeeded, and he obtained his revenue, he inflicteo a serious injury upon the colonial growers of free labour sugar, and conferred - a large and extensive benefit en the pro ducers of slave-grown sugar.--( Hear, hear.) The Right 'Hon. Gentleman might take which alternative he pleased, but s • both advantages he could not obtain. But, supposing the ' Chancellor of :he Exchequer had made a miscalculation ?—sne there were some ominous words which fell on last evening from - thesJudge-Advocate with regard to 60s. being the highest price. .Thet Right Hon. Gentleman ( The Judge-Advocate) was of opinion that Brazil sugars might come down to 575. or 58s. the calculation of those few shillings was of great conse quence as far as regarded the competition of foreign sand colonial sugar in the market. The colonial sugar, at however unfavourable a price, must meet th e foreign sugar in the market of this country, because here it would be brought into the market at a less loss than into any other...market of Europe. He believed that the country was not prepared at the present moment, and under the present cirettin . stances, to take a step of the nature proposed by her Majesty's Government. He said at the present time, and under the present circumstances, because they were the progress of ;'most important experiment —an experiment, on the success 'of 'which the lives and happiness of hundreds of millions were "concerned—an experiment in which foreign nations were s‘dy.o.perhaps not ready enough—f r o imitate their example if they succeeded, but ready to scorn their fully, and profit by their failure, if by their naismagement that great experiment ehoulfffail.—( Cheers.) He said at this moment, and under the present circumstances, though however high and important he might view this question as connected with slavery and the slavestrade, it could not place it so high as it had been placed by. his Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Oxford -(Sits 'Robert Inglis). He could not place it so 'higlias it had been placed last year by the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, whom he (Lord Stanley) heard intended, in the-course of the present debate, to support the views of her *jetty's Government.-( Hear , hear .) H e listened with some surprise when thon. and Learned Gentlenainsiimke of an amendment in Committee to carry into effect that which he (Mr. O'Connell) must have known to be impracticable. The resolution of which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had given notice, was one for limiting the supply of foreign sugar to that which was exclusively free-grown, so as to keep out all slave-grown sugar. The Noble Lord here proceeded to read an extract from a speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, delivered in June last, on this subject, when a measure similar to that of her Majesty's Government was moved by the Hon. Member for Wigan, and which was opposed be the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, and accused that H o p s and Learned Gentleman of gr ea t i nconsistency in the co that he intended to adopt on the present occasion. What would the English people think of a man who could thus deliver a speech last year against a measure, and afterwards vote for th e se lf -same measure when introduced by her Majesty's Government? He (Lord Stanley) did not quarrel with the Government for any change which had taken place in their minds on this subject. He could see no ground for such change except th e di ff i cu l t i es and embarrassnaents in which they had plunged th e financial affairs of the count r y , and from which they knew nut how to extricate themsel ves. He could see no ground but that on which they should take a different grord. from what they held last y ear . The price of sugar was then 575• , it was now but 375. When, however, the price was at its highest the Briti s h consumer did not wish to purchase a slight relaxation by giving ..addi tional facilities and encouragement to the slave trad e ; but much less wo u ld th e people of England, whatever the Ciovern meat might do, without any necessity and without pressure, now consent to sacrifice that gre at cause, which _was emphatically not the ca use o f Lord Grey's or of any other Government, but the cause of the people of these united realms.—( Hear, hear. ) He would net place the qui-stion of slavery so high as it had b een" placed by his Hon. Friend the Member for the Univer sity of Oxford or the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin ; and he would not say that we should not admit under any circumstances slave produce. Much indignation had been expressed on the other side of the House because his Noble Friend the Member for Liverpool had brought forward a resolution containing a -plain, practical. common-sense view o f the question, and because he had not embarrassed himself or those who supported him on the sub ject itself, by asserting extreme and absolute opinions which, as a man of sense, and an inhabitant of this country; he could not hope to see carried into effect. The accusation, however, appeared to him (Lord Stanley) most unmerited. If they were never under any circumstanc es to purc h ase slave . productions they should insulate themselves from the whole world, because there was not a single article of prime necessity and general consumption which did not in some. way or other, directly or indirectly, connect itself with slavery. If they had laid down such a doctrine he could easily conceive that it would be very convenient for Hon. Gentlemen opposite to have the advantage of showing the absurdity of such &proposition, and under cove of that abstract principle to shrink from the discussion of the practical measu e before them. But while he did not adopt such an abstract and impracticable principle, a_principle which no man of sense could desire to carry into et in this country, he might be permitted to express a strong !pinion that he should view with extreme regret, and that the e might to deprecate as a great misfortune, and avoid as a great notiottal, calttnity i unnecessarily and without the press ure of *vital itecess ioyoverwlielrneng all considerations except those iof nationalinters and nati on al existence, without strata neces sity -he almald --ow • with extreme. regret a determination tab= by this " n tnteY deliberately to follow the course re :tene4wl`h•Ta th s tiL b n y @ th 4g etrumaeti tj4 der-See rotary for the Colonies,' who t , Id tlirgon, so faes so ti l os, were concerned, 1 4.1 neihint fin Aft. t 4 du in' the ca use of the atoti:ion of • tlioteiresthat we had takew tn. •• • -- guilt f ro wn our own s houlders, 1ti1et4.1114641 Nits St 111 end. He ropagod 1 . .. ~ SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONlCLE.—Throughout the whole course of the pre sent debate, one thing is most remarkable on the part of the Tories. They have cautiously and studiously abstained frani expressing any opi n i on as t o th e li ne o f pol i cy which they themselves would pu rsue if i n power. Th ey have acted throughout on the advice given by their great party organ, the Times, of avoiding discussion on the real merits of the .Minis terial measure, and treating it exclusively as a party question. In one form or other the speeches on the Opposition side have amounted in substance pretty nearly to this...." the measure may, for aught I know, be a very good measure, but—it is brought forward by a Whig Government, and therefore, I shall vote against it." I s thi s , we ask, conduct worthy of a great party, who aspire to hold the reigns of Go vernment ? Is a deficiency of two millions and upwards in the revenue a mere " bagatelle ?" Is the lose of the market in the Brazils for fuur millions worth of British manu factures a trifle unworthy of serious attention ? Are the inte tests of British commerce—of British industry—of the na tional creditor—of the labouring classes and consumers of the country—matters of such insignificance as not to weigh for a moment in the scale against the all-absorbing importance of enabling a set of men called Tories to pocket the salaries of a set of men called Whigs ? Is it fair, is it honest, when a peat auestion of policy affecting all the most important interests of the country, is brought forward by one of the great parties who are in a position to carry on the Government of the country, that the other great party should oppose it without having some coanter measure of its own to propose? Ministers say, we propose this alteration in the sugar duties, because there ,s a sum of 2,400,0001. which must be raised some how or ether, and if we do not raise it in this way, we must either have a loan or new taxes. The Tories cannot dispute the alterna tive. They say they will not have an alteration in the sugar duties. Are they not, in common honesty, bound to say what they will have —taxes or a loan ; and if so, what taxes, and ,hat number of successive loans? The certainty that the question must go to the country to be decided, renders this coil dact on the part of the Tories more palpably dishonest. They know that if they succeed in defeating the mea• sure upon any one of the three great polnts—of sugar, eorn, or timber —new taxes or a loan are inevitable ; but 'hey wish to go to the hustings without the unpopu larity which a fair statement of the case would entail upon them. There is one class of the comminity who, above el, have a right to insist upon an explicit avowal of their in tended policy from those who are abeut to engage the country in an exasperating conflict by opposing a Government mea sure brought forward for the purpose of making goad a defi eiency in the national revenue. We mean the national ere dicer. We hear a great deal of " protection to the East and s% est India Interest ;" to the " landlord's interest ;" to this nr that overgrown monopoly—ii the interest of the fundholder us interest more important than all put together, to be en. eerily overlooked? Sir Robert Peel's eupportess tell us in the streets, " Oh, if we can ony turn the Whigs Alt, we can get a vote of credit for the emer eency, and go on smoothly enough for a year." Very well, Sir Robert; now, for once in your life, have the frankness to tell us plainly whether this is your po licy or not. It is important that we should know—it is impor rant that all who held stock in the public funds of Great Bri tain should know. No doubt a vote of credit is the easiest way it shuffling off the difficulty for the present year—no doubt it re better for your interests as a party leader than going to the eountry upon a salt tax or a house tax, dear postage, or some ,f the ether new taxes, which you know very well you cannot iroid proposing, if you mean to oppose the Ministerial mea. sures, and yet keep faith witn the national creditor. But what ~f next year? Two things are clear enough :—I st, That the necessity for new taxes will be not less, but greater than t is now ; 2dly, That the difficulty of impo-iog them will lie not one whit diminished. W hen you come down to th , House with your Budget for 1842, and announce that the -tate of Ireland has rendered it necessai y to replace the to,ooo men withdrawn by the Whigs, and that the excitement tgainst the Corn-laws prevailing among the unemployed opera ives of the maeufacturing districts makes it a measure of pru et nt precaution to fortify the principal towns of the country sgainst their inhabitants; will you, as the " Citizen King" of ri l e French is LOW doing, for the greater peace arid security of his City of Paris, propose to raise new loans to cover your ex penses? Will your agriculsural supporters be more inelined hen than now to abandon their corn monopoly, or to sub mit to a property tax, or tax on the transfer of land? If you are afrael to free the town constituencies now with a house tax, will you be more in a condition to do so a-year Bence ? If you resort to the ruinous expedient of a loan now, in order to gain a little temporary relief, is it not morally cer -ain that, like the opium -eater, the power of resisting the temp tation will diminish every time you have recourse to the fatal drug? One question snore, and we have done. Are there not many instances in history of nations resorting to loans in time of peace as an habitual means of making good the defi• ciency of their ways and mi ens? Is there a single instance in which the practice once resorted to was not continued until the nation was involved in bankruptcy, ruin, and revolution ? Once more, we say, let the National Creditor watch the conduct of the Tories at the present crisis as h e va l ues his property. T 'TIMES--It is a worthy termination of a career uniformly marked by the postponement of public to party interests, for the present Ministers, on the eve of their departure from office, to aim a deadly blow at the principle s of free trade. Paving Erin by and time nothing when corn and sugar were at exor bitant prices, when they possessed the cenfidi nee of the !louse , rf Commons, when they were encouraged by Conservative as well as Liberal statesmen to reckon upon the acquiescence of all parties in just, temperate, and we 1-considered measures of com mercial reform—having neglected these great opportunitirs, and thus manifested their indifference to the principles of free ade when it was in their power to advance them effectually, they now come forward, under totally different c reum-tariees, at a season of moderate prices, when their ruinous misma nagement of the national revenue has destroyed the last. rem nant of confidence in their financial views, the country casting them off with indignation, and both Houses of Par liament rejecting their measures with contetopt—th e y now come forward and propose, in the name of free trade, an almost indiscriminate application of the spon g ee to th e ent i re system of prot ec t ive d uties. " Itis no slight evil," says Mr. fabouchere, " to bring forward measures of this kind. involv ing great changes in our complicated commercial system, un less they can brought to a successful issue." If this be true, what are we to think of a measure framed apparently for the very purpose cf concentrating upon it-ef all the opposition which a combination of the inset powerful interests, reiefereed by justice, humanity, and political prucl. nee, can muster—a measure which it would have surpassed the power yen of the strongest Ministry which this country has ever known eo carry through Parlament ? The present. Government can licit, in their widest dreams, kave contemelated its success. What, then, must have been their motive for bringing it foe ' ward ? Manifestly to throw the country into disorder ; to rally their broken forces by the help of that passion for revo lutionary exc.tement upon which they have ever relied ; to embarrass their Conservative successors by surrounding the name of free trade with the hateful aesociations of slavery, and identifying, it IS ftr a , possible with the insane and unjust principle of non-protection ; to organize against all com mercial changes the enmity and alarm of great and in fluential classes—to throw the Conservative party into the false, unpopular, and untenable position of the friends of monopoly, the advocates of commercial restrictions. Such is the game which Ministers have been playing. It is 'the obvious and only tendency of their ma nmuvre to intercept those advantages which the country had a right to expect from the gradual, but steady, development of Huskisein's principles, under a Ministry composed of Mr. Huskisson's colleaseues—to obstruct, by a device analocous to a premeditated false start in horse-racing, or the premature firing of a train in mining operations, the realization of those just and practicable views which were announced by Mr. Herries on behalf of the Conservative leaders in the debate on colonial duties before Easter. No man can doubt that Sir Robert Peel would have acted consistently upon these views, if the present Ministers had resigned on Tuesday week, when it became their duty to do so, and had not presumed to propose a budget involving a financial revolution, after they received their conge from the House of Commons in tire usual consti tutional way. If he is prevented from doing so now, it will be entirely owing to the difficulties and impediments thrown in his way by the treachery of his most unworthy pretleceesore they flattered themselves, that by yroposing to supply the de ficiency which they have caused in the revenue by a readjustment of the scale of differential and pro tective duties, they might extract some indiscre e t Sir Robert Peel. Here, too, they have failed; fir if the expectant Premier should feel sufficient confidence in the productiveness of this source of revenue to give it a place in his budget, he may, without the slightest inconsistency, have recourse to it whenever he pleases. The Conservative states men have taken their stand upon the principle of uniting the greatest possible degree of commercial freedom with bona ,fide protection to the agriculture of Great Britain, the British set tlers in Canada, the free labourers emancipated by British money in the West Indies, and the British and Indian capi talists whom public encouragement has induced to invest their 'money in the East Indian sugar trade. They are ready and desirous to reduce protection to the lowest practicable limit ; but they will never consent to break the engagements, or forget the duties, or wantonly alienate the dependencies of the British Crown. GLOBE.—Cobbett, when fishing for a subscription, used to say, " I know what will save the country ; send use to Parliament, and I will tell. If not, I am silent. Think of that, people of England !" The Opposition seem to be acting on a similar plan. They declare that the Whigs are ruining the country, and cautiously with hold their own scheme for saving it. Put us in Office, say they, and then you shall see. As Sir (Marge Grey observed, Mr. Goulburn was the first to tome forward with a definite statenient of policy. " I will first jet things alone," said the Member for Cambridge ; and a very pretty beginning that is for a new Ministry, but not one on which the national revenues can be kept up to the expenditure--a fact so well known, that we hope before the termination of the debe.de to have some authoritative tieclaration of what is to be the second great measure of Mr. Goulburn's party. Do they propose to begin busi ness by a vote of credit, a new loan, or a property tax ? These matters will not admit c 1 delay ; and if (hey really expect to come irate office they must have thought upon finance, and ha;,re a plan ready, though they now ,so cautiously wiAhhold it. Through the whole debate they have avoided the main question before the House, to ' mace a , :tivenion - about slave F...ogar which h as b ecome an object of abhorrence to those Whose fortunes were made by slavery, and who were its warmest supporters as long as it lasted. From several indications in last night's debate, we suspect that the principal portion of cant is already poured out. The curious revelation of Mr. Irving about the employment of English capital in 'mines worked by slaves, and candid admission, that " if he had squeezed thi•:.r blood, he had squeezed ceased to be useful. no gold," will, we trust, b e d u ly " improved" at the next Anti-slavery awe:Linz. When the cant shall have P o, sibly before the we probably inimettiatel) after it. Sir R. Pe should prove" • wish to encumber himself' a will not with pledges, ar said which shall find it discontinued, — a little the adoption of the Whig schemes, with tive M . -risible colouring and shifting, by a Conserva ,A a., yet nothing hae been . ...finery. The leader's versatility warrants such an exr •. _.,eceation, and it is confirmed by the_certainty that the eeories can have no hope of governing the country but upon Liberal principles. On their own policy, foreign or domestic, they have no chance of being endured. STEAMERS FOR AUSTRALIA.—Thr 4. steam- STANDARD. —The adjourned debate on Lord San whether and 280 horse power, arrive , don's resolution was resumed last night and again ad at..Hull against a journe Th ese pakers wore, for the resolution, Sir G. shi ß p ia J e u k n w o, al 7 l, oo ha to v ns ing made the passage frog sa Tuesday d strong head wind in 20 hours, which w h e be -sieve is the quickest Clerk, Sir R. laughs, Mr. Goulburn, and Mr. Irving ;on the other side, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Ward, Mr. C. Wood, et this splendid veesel + .would is to proceed forthwith to the Aus ealian colonies, and that and Sir George Grey. Three nights' debate .wou passage on record. We understand t she will be followed almost iransecr date y b y two others equal question exhaust the interest of amore fertile in power. 1 topics to .arrest attention .than that which has °mu ! pied .the House of Commons since Friday, a— , rid in One of the many appointment of Liber • A-Lord Lieutenants for Counties fact , B ' l .oaniactes derived from the such long. debates tend much more to obscure of t , L . t than to elucidate the truth. The plain question may be seen in - the a- • • ten e ent nominations Deputy nants- for lime, w' dew for • people has been perfectly understood by . all long silloe• matter or a series of years the , . and wasicept " .„ —erelt Is this—Ministers Say that they want revenue, • ' among the Tories. One of' these ap pointmentb, t' that they.willObtain .revenue by the introduction of datable to 'f' •Agtt a*r. Daiid„Salomons, if, dell: of slave- w 's ar from Brazil and 1 Cuba, lu met , Ate new LielltenAnt s orthe County, the Lail of • - g r° ug /V "r ° 4 000 gives era daily murdered, 01 ' frit. the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1841. caused to be murdered, in order to produce that qtgar. Now, it must be plain to every one, that it we are to admit this sugar, more of it must be produced, and more daily murders must be committed, in con sequence of our doing so. A thousand shuffles have attempted in order to c l ou d an d to concea l this irresistible truth. One says, "No more slave-grown sugar will be introduced ; " but the answer to that is, " Then no revenue will be obtained." Another uses the disgusting argument, which we have before exposed, that because we use som e s l ave - ra i se d art i cles, w i t h respect to which we have no alternative, then we must pretend to no delicacy in the matter of slavery, but proceed to urge slave-owners to multiply their victims, and commit murder after murder. Yet these two pre cious shifts make, in one shape or another,, the whole the whole case of Lord Sandon's opponents. COURIER.—The progress of Ministerial agitation eontinues in a downward direction throughout the cowl try in despite of resounding appeals in Parliament, and .aost urgent cries in the Press. The return for Son,iwich of that brave Conservative, Mr. Hugh Hamilton Lind say, against one of the jobbing tribe of Foxes, by a gal lant majority of 46, is the indignant defiance of the men of Kent to the appeal to the country loudly challenged by a treacherous Ministry, if not seriously designed to be carried into effect. The Treasury Press records the farce of one other packed Anti-Corn-law meeting, held in the Music Hall at Liverpool, by way of excluding the people and the Chartists, where, however, some few of the slumber gained admittance, and endeavoured to propose resolutions and amendments of their own, which, however, the Whig -knighted foreign corn-deal ing Chairman despotically refused either to put or enter tain. A couple of working men (apparent) were hired on this- occasion to libel the character and betray the interests of their own order by spouting against that protective system elf Corn-laws, to which hundreds of thousands of operative s both manufacturing and commercial, exclusively owe employment and bread, who, when deprived of labour on the land, by the repeal of Corn-laws, must either enter upon a ruinons competi tion of lower wages to eject other labourers now in employ at merely living rates of earnings, by which one unfortu nate mass of miserable men would only be cast out to pe rish to the extent instead of another, or would be thrown upon New Poor-law and workhouse mercies for temporary relief, which alone is all that could be pretended for such vast multitudes, previous to final abandonment to all the horrors of absolute want and death from starvation. Not one word did these pretended workmen utter, be it observed, against those new Poor-laws by which thr working classes are so frightfully aggrieved, which may be accepted as sufficient proof that they were specially hired for the disgraceful purpose of the day. Besides this wretched expedient of multiplying meetings in one especial town, as if Liverpool were all England, and Sir Joshua Wahnesley the only Whig knight-errant who could be found for the dirty work, let us not omit to notice that Leeds has had its hole and corner meeting also in behalf of Ministerial exigencies, held in the Cloth Ball (blue we believe) so as from scanty room to keep out the operatives, but in which becoming manoeuvre the ingenious contrivers were, as at Stockport, most signally foiled. Such, with the- small tAipplementary exploit of a clique at Kendal, is the sum Of Whig-Radical popularity triumphs to this present I writing. MONEY M K T and CITY N IV S. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHII i iNICLE.-- , The Funds were flat in the early part of the (I , iy, and Consols for the Account declined to 694 sellers; a purchase, however, having been effected to the extent of 6;t,ot 0/. for money, by an irfluemial broker, the market dis played More firmness. The debate of last night has done great , „:,00d. The eyes of the people are gettinat of en to the truth; they see that th se men who wore the strongest opponents of the eman ci ation of our slave popuhtion ate row the strongest ene mies of the nteduction of the sugar duties, on abolition prin ciples; and that, while they . object to the reduction on that ground, they al,o maintain that the diminution of duty proposed is so trifling that it will not benefit the con sumer above Is. 6d. per cwt. In the first case they detect gross inconsistency, and in the second they say, " if the reduc tion of duty proposed by the hovel nment be so small that. it will not benefit the consumer, why don't their opponents pre pose.to make the re,iuction of duty . greater ?" They oppose the relief which is proposed because it is so small, but they do not propo,e to remove the objection which they have advanced by making the relief not nominal but real. his salutary truth is now placed fairly before the public, p.nd they will not fail to make a proper use of it. The contradictory nature ot the esti mates of increased supply to be expected for the future is also now made manifest. So soon as the price falls the sups ly from tl e East Indies still fall also. But, supposing it shoul not ;all off, and that Air. Hogg'sestimate of 100,0;0 tons next ear should be realised. that ooly supports the case of toe consume;, a , stated 'by the opponents of the Ministerial measure; for, as according to their statement, the reduction of priee on the estimated supply of 240,000 tAss, will not exceed one penny in the pound a eight of sugar, the people are entitled to claim the benefit of full competition; so that by the increast d amount of supply the price may be brought down to a reasial able amount. Unless the Tories propose to make the differen tial duty less than the Chancellor of the Exchequer, they wia not deceise the people by arguing that the consurniTs will not be gainers by the alteration. The people, as bas been well re ma. ked by a Conterni,ottary, have got the scent of cheap sugar in their nose, and they will not give it up until the sense of taste as well as that of smell is gratified. A paper has been circulated to day in the City, without any name attached to it, containing a concise and able exposition of the case of the consumer, that is, the case of the public against the class interests. It deals ably with the ai guineas of th e E ng li s h pl an t ers , and declares this pai y ab!e and im portant truth, that " hereafter, those who shall have been in strumental in maintaining the exclusion of the produce of Br.zil and Cuba from our markets must be held ans xetable for the continuance of the African ,lave trade." The writer of the document from which this sound maxim is extracted discuses with good feeling and propriety the repugs stance entertained by many philanthropists in this Country to the use of stave produce; but he asks, with great pertinency, while the products of slave labour :,re variouQ, " why it is against sugar alone that the objection is raised?" He observes— " C:tton, tobacco, and rice, we me without c‘taripunctior. produced by staves, who toil unceasingly, hon.elessly, in coicpariaion with whose Condit on the labourer on a sugar plantation livds in bliss—goid, thus stained with hrman crime and misery, we put into our pockets without a pang, without a thought ! But even with respect to this one article— sugar—what is our conduct ? Do we refuse to buy it ? Does it offer violence to our conseieiices to encoura g e its production by furnishing the . plrnter with the i mp l ements of hmbandry and by clothing his slaves, taking pays ent in th:tt which alone he has to give —slave grown sugar? Of cotLn goods almie, made from a slave-grown product, w e sent to Brazil in 1639 to the value of 1,633,3101. Ts make C , e seventy-six millions of lards of cotton cloth sent to Brazil in that one year was the work of tens of thousands of our own industrious population, every one of whom vir tually gave encouragement to the sugar planters of Brazil. There m'ght be sane philanthropy in our giving those sevet,ty-six millions of yards of cloth to the negro labourers in that country. and this would not be so expensive an ex. ercise of that virtue by two-thirds as our present mode of de priving ourselves of the use of Brazilian sugar. But let that pass; —we do buy this sugar; and what possible difference can it make, in a moral point of view, whether we sweeten our own tea and cotlee with it, or whether we send it for sale to Germany to be used by the less scrupulous but mote con sistent populations there ?" These facts are conclusive, and must convince the abo l itionists of the untenable stature of their argument. It is in vain for them to say that we cannot exclude cotton and tobacco. There is no impossibility about the matter, and if the argument be good against sugar, it is equally so against the use ot all slave products. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per mine, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 1 / 2 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25. 36, and the ex chatike at Paris on London at short being 25. 40, it follows that gold is 0.16 per cent. dearer in Lond ,n than in Paris. By advises from Hamburgh the price of gold is 43s per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. Mid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13. Bf, and the ex. change at Hamburgh on London at short being . 13. 71, it fol lows that gold is 0.47 per cent, dearer in Hambtirgh than in London. The Ministerial measures continue to affect the Public Funds, and the market for Consols was all day in an unsettled state. There was also a demand for money at 5 per cent., which of course influenced the value of Exchequer bills. In the Continental exchanges there was no material alteration in the rates upon Hamburgh and Paris, but Amsterdam was, if anything, a trifle higher. tly the usual official return published by the Customs, the export of the precious metals from the port of London to fo reign and colonial parts for the week ending Thursdsy last was as under : Ounce. Silver coin to Rotterdam 63,000 Silver coin to Hamburgh.:. 16,000 Silver c,in to Bel Turn STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER. ---Not the slightest improvement has manifested itself in this market. On the contrary, the continued absence of demand, and the consequent pres sure of stocks, compel the holders to submit to lower and lower rates. Prices, both of goods and yarns, are now, we believe, decidedly lower on the aver age than at any former period, and there seems to be no prospect of amendment, except from a decided diminu tion of production. This week, we understand, ten of the principal firms in the neighbourhood of Muttrain and Hollingworth, whose collective produce is very con siderable, have agreed to work only four days per week ; and similar arrangements are making in various other places. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 10.— There have been more buyers in the market to-day, and rather more pi eces sold than l ast M on d a y ; b ut t h e prices have been ruinously low. There is a report in the market of another small manufacturer having stopped payment. The Wool Market still continues in a very depressed state. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, MAY 11. This was a very dull market, in nearly all descriptions of goods, there being a gen era l fl atness, quite unusua l at t hi s season , an d little prosp ec t o f an impr o v e ment. Prices are nominal. Tradesmen generally look with gat anxiety to the tits eussions in Parliament, and hope that the crisis 1\ 1;1 result in some definite measures to relieve the.pressure on commerce. The cry for a repeal of the Corn-laws, and a modification of the Import Duties, is all but uni versal. THE SHAWL MANUFACTURE IN FRANCE. (Fromm French publication.) One of the brightest productions of France, the one which has, perhaps, disp:ayed most conspicuously tile nianwacturing genius of our country, occupyii,g sixty t►,ou=_and workmen, and throwing every year into circidation a capital of 40,000,00 0 francs, the shawl industry is alarmed, and dreads an unex pected competition. It also calls upon the Government to protect it acklinst foreign countries which threaten its very ex istence. Let us first bestow a few words on the manufacture itself, it wilt enable us to . judge more correctly of the evil it labours under, and of the.enicacy of the remedy it demands. The shawl, as is well known, derives its origin from India, and the valley of Cachmere is still the head-quarters of a large manufacture which find its debouches in Southern and Western Asia. In none of those countries do the women wear shawls as clothing ; it is to them a splendid ornament, an elegant d:apery winch they twist rounu their heaus, fold upon their arms, ur gracefully throw en sautoir when it is reduced to the dimensions of a scarf. When it is of a larger size the. Ma hometans wear it as a tubau and a sash. That handsome, soft, warm and delicate tissue is soveted with a profusiuu of odd drawings ; the extravagance of the lines, the wild confusion of the subjects—flowers, fruits, vegetables, animals, articles of furniture, edifices, and figures often heaped together promiscu ously—display, nevertheless, a marvellous knowledge of colours dexterously combined, lively and excessively glaring were they not sofzened down by the artifice of a delicate lisere, w hich supplies the contours of each subject and forms imperceptible transitions. The Hindoo weavers work those subjects with the spindle. At least, it is supposed so, f..r, iu reainy, the India shawl is not a tissue such as we understand it, but a net-work (reseau), solidly stopped ; a sort of net with very tight meshes; a real ennhoictery, mace by detached portions, tnen put to ge'her, and trequently very unskilfully adupied to one another. There still prevails a well kept secret a: to the economical process of this industry. The only document that can shed a teethe light on it is a sort of estimate, drawn up in the local language, sent by Cieseral Allard to the trench Government, officially trausisted by AI. .louannin, and published by the jury of last exilibitiou in its report. The clearest thing hi that document ,is that in the country itself a long shawl requires eight months of labour, and costs the principal matiulacturer between 2,400 and 4,000 francs. Now, the !acts we are about to set forth prove either that our distinguished countryman has been mystified, or that ihe India shawl manuiacture has within a short period experienced a complete revolation. If from the valley of Cachmere—we come back 9a Europe, we find that the fit st Blida shawl made its app l ear i inee it Franc on the return of the expedition to Egypt. It produced a..great sensation in the elegant world, and among the manufacturers of woollen shawls, which were then plain, very insignificant, with wretched little borders tacked to them. They began stitching very c woolisn shawls in the India style, which then was as yet simple and endurable. but has since been ex aggerated in the most outre tkshion. Bellarige,r, Ternsux, and aft,rwaids Lugai ce, Deneirouse, Git ard, Hebert, and sonic other makers of thu first order, laboured night and day to imitate the India shawl with the first raw materials come from Asia by Moscow, and they succeeded atter overcoming incredible difficulties. 'I he marvellous machine of Jacquart came to their assistance, and there was so much manufaciui ing science bestowed upon that copying achievement, that it may be considered a real creation iii which neither Germany nal- England has been able to follow us. Ali elegant Europe irom that moan ut ordered of us Cachmere shawis as fine as those of India, but of a lacer price. We believe that, at present, our Pa: is manufacturers, the only ones that make the siiawl de laze can ssppiy for 600 francs articles of the most finished execu tion , they can proeuce also very handsome ones at the. prise ist 500 francs. But the shawl industry fell frem the first into an egregious error ; though obliged to create its processes, it reigned itself constantly, for all the rest, to enacting the ! art of a s=rviie copier, for the finest French shawl is, after ail, but an imita tion of its Indian fellow. No doubt this counterfeiting has nothing dishonest in it; nevertheless, like all things of that ne veithe.ess, like all things of that nature, it was accompanied with contingent dangers that could not fail to manifest them selves at a period ineie or less remote; there is DU patent that does not expii e soon or late. To encourage the French manu facture, the importation of India shawls was completely pro hibited, a measure most useless and unreasonable, for our ma nufacturers, in want of patterns, and not daring to depart from the Indian style, addr, ssed themselves to smuggling, which they have no w goo d reason to condemn. A large seizure is on record, which took place at the Custom-house of Blanc Ms..' seron, and which had a singular denountent. M. Decase, then Minister, permitted drawings of those beautiful shawls to be taken at Blanc alisseron, and they were re-exported immedi ately after. But the sketches did not suffice, and smuggling took care that the originals should not be wanting. Alt the shawls found their way back to France, and copies which bear the name of Blanc Alisseron might still be found in the trade. We know but of one orginal, or nearly original, French shawl; it is a chef d'ceuvre of the painter, Al. -Coudere, arid of M. Gaussen, the manufacturer, but that chef d'munre has not ven tured to depart from the 'lndian style ; it is always the same Oriental plants and flowers, animals, edifices, soldiers, and sultans of Italia. Ternaux, that eminent manufacturer, had indeed well perceived the radical vice of that art. With the assistance of Isatsey's graceful pencil he attempted another style, but if he did not then succeed, that (ices not impair the correctness of his judgment. The manufacturing processes were as yet very imperfect, and did not second him, and this is so true that the way of putting together the sitlon du fond with that of the broche was not yt t known. And then the Oriental shawls were sold their weight In gold ; there was, therefore, in it a question of vanity, and at least an anxiety to look opulent. This prestige has long vanished, and it may now be said that there is a satiety of the Indian style ; it is taken for want of a better one, and if the real authentic Cachmere is now preferred at an equal price, it is because, whether right or wrong, it is be;i;.verl the not curable as re gards both tissue and colours. lie F, eii..h shawl had been well received because it proved at length a substitute for the old mantelet ; but the shawl remaining mottenikss, and, as is were, steremyi ed, it could not eteina:ly please. the most ca pricious of ail goddesses; site summoned the mantle to her as sistance, and the resuscitated mantelet then came and con tinued the struggle which the ugly burn... a tit. Kabyles vi gorouq-maintams against tit poor shawl. The mi-f irtune of this industry is, therefore, that it has not bokly entered the path which Ternaux opened to it. The rather tyrsianical taste of the consumer imp-ses, no doubt, very hard laws upon the manufacturer; hut it would be easy to prove, with the as sistance of many a fact, that maiinfacturin4 genius acts upon the public with great power, arid !hat the public, after all, willingly accepts what is really fine when manufacture! s know , how to render It. And now, something myi'erious is passing in the marufac turi :g world. We Frenchmen formerly s-nt some ut our Cachnieres to Engla...d, which suit for Indian shawls so long as the trick wa. not d , teeted ; an , t at Ares nt the East India Company pu:diely se is in Lorntin genuine India shads at a ii th of their old -.ra;ue, and at a price which nearly touches th t of our Initvl.! The petition of the French mantvac ; turers a4serts ir, the Cu-to;ns' C;;mmittee avow it., and smug kers, reckless of the present duty of 80 f ancs upAn square, an , i 150 franc., o, 1 ng -bawls, import an enor,hous quantity of t.huse la into France; 2,144 of those precious tissues which had left our entrepots f r Ba;e, Geneva, :old hatnbery, renewed in the }ear 1839 the Blanc 31irerrizi adventure, and re-ent , red France every one of them ! T- remedy what they consid, r a must threatening state of things. the manufac turers, who consi'er themselves " lost" and " annihilated" unle-s tl.e Government afford them efficient assistance, would have a duty of 1,00(1 francs laid on every foreign shawl, which would be equivalent to another prohib;tion. Mote- over, they would have a stamp and number affixed to every shawl paying the duty, another stamp put to 311 those now existing in the warelvapes, and the seizure of all shawls that shall not have been stamped within a certain period. REVIEW AND SIEGE OP;- RA TIONS BY THE GARRISON Oki CIIATHAAI, IN CONCERT WITH THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. Prepiiratiens were mad.. on Monday, the 10th instant, to receive his Royal Highness the Duke of Carebrit!ge. who had expressed his intention of inspecting the estatlehmi nt for the instruction of the junior officers of the Royal Engineers, and the Royal Sappers and M ners, of which Colonel Pasley is Di rector, at Chatham; but as the inspection of paialtels, ap proaches, batteries, &c , would be very unniteresting, unless manned by infantry and artillery, the Commandaitt of the gat ri son directed that this should be done, as on former occasions. Much to tne disappointment of thousands, it was announced on the morning of that day, that his Royal ilighness was prevented from attending Isy ireii , posit.on, but as two conjunct. mint s had been prepared fur explositin, anti very extensive field-works had been perfected, and segts guns and mortars had been placed in battery, by order of Coterie' Sir William War re, Commandant of the garrison. the intexeled operatic ns were car ried into effect in the following order, commencing at I i o'clock. The troops of the garrison having manned a front of fortification, and also the parallels, approaches, lodgements, and batteries erected against it by the engineers, the operations were opened by a general fire of infantry and artillery on both ,ides. After some time an officer of engiwers was observed through the smoke moving towards a barrier gate, which closed the centre of the curtain, and having hung a bag of powder to • it, he lighted a Bickford's fuze attached to the bag, and retired. In less than a minute the pow ler exploded and blew the gate to pieces. This was the preconcerted moment at which the mines were to he fired by the Voltiiie battery, which was done in the usual manner by an engineer officer, in tie second paral lel, by rubbing one wire against another ; instantaneous ex plosion took place, and the effect was magnificent. An excel !' nt. breach was formed, and by a simuttaneous movement two as co:mutts rustiedfroat t:eir cover, one towards the gate way, and the other towards the breach, both of which, however, were obstinately contested until the defenders were obliged to retire by an escalading party who took them in flank. After some animated and skilful skirmishing on both sides, " Cease firing " was sounded. aiid the whole garrison who had brew employed in these operations to-med in front of the lines, and marched past the Commandant in review order. There were about 1,20:, men under arms on the occasion, be sides a peat number of recruits to keep the ground. The day was propitious, and no drawback to the pleasure of the specta tors occurred, excepting th arts , nee of the R-tyai Duke. Colonel sir William arre in person directed the operations of the besiegers, who were opposed by Colonel Weare, at the head of the provisional battalion as defenders. Celoeel Pasley came from Portsmouth, where he had been employed more than a week in resuming the operations against the wreek of the Royal George, in order that he might be present to receive his Royal Highness all the engineer prepa rations neces-ary for that purpose having been made in the mean time by Captain Sandhain, his second in command. 1 he breach was stormed by the 771 h, under Major Wilson, and the Reth, headed by 'Major Trevor. The gateway was carried by the 75th and 33d, forming a battalion under Alajor Westmore. The eseal tie was executed by the Roy.tl Sappers and liners. under the cummarel of Captain Sandham, ,up perted by the Royal und. r Lieutenant -Colonel Mur ton An engineer officer attended upon the command ng officer of each corps, as would be the eitse in a real assault. The mint s were prepared and fired by Captain Wulff. The officers of the garrison regretted the absence of his Royal Highness, and still more the ause of it ; but hope :o have the honour and pleasure of r. ceivi ng him with due hu uours as soon a, his health shall be te-esteblisiied. There bare been siege reviews, as we may ti rm them, of the same deste iptien at Chatham, but note very recently. As tlrey break the mono ony of the common infantry maticeuvres, they are not on'y a novelty to the spectaters. but are extremely interesti g, as well as instructive to the officers and men eat pleyed. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Michael Sullivan, 33, was indicted tor cutting aztd wounding George Fox, with ireent to murder hire. George Fox deposed, that on the 12th 11arrh last he had a warrant to distrain the goods of the prisoner for rent, and had proceeded to his house, in Cooper's-row, Rosemary-lane, for that purpOse. The prisoner came to the door with an axe in his hand, and on the witness attempting to go into the house, he struck him on the forehead with it. The Jury returned a verdict fur a common assault. Sen tence deferred. Mary Ann Bradshaw, 46, was convicted of stealing abank note, value 51., and 27 sovereigns, the property of John Buck ham, in the dwelling-house of William Bradshaw, the husband of the prisoner. The LEARNED Ju naz, in passing sentence, said he believed it to be the first Offence of the prisoner, and that she had b. en led astray by strong temptation. He should, therefore, make her sentence lighter than it oiherwise would have been. That sentence would be, that she be imprisoned for nine calendar months, the last week in solitary confinement. • NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) John Shaker, aged 36, was indicted for btealing witl violence from the person of Martha Matilde Saul, a pis . , containing 18s. Mr. Phillips defended the prisoner. . _ Th,t proseCutrix stated, that on the evening of the rob bery she was in the Robin Hood and Little John public: house, in Kensall New-town, and that she was drinking in company with her sister ; it was then between ten and eleven o'clock, and the prisoner and several others were tal:ing refreshment in the same room ; she was talking ti her sister when the prisoner took an opportunity of putting his hand into her pocket, and committed the robbery for which he stood charged, at the same time con veying the purse into the hand of a man who was standing by at the time in question:t There were lights in the room, b u t t h e w i tness could not say that her sister saw the tr ansact i on , a l t h oug h t h ey were in convbr- sation. The witness was cross-examined at great length.; and, amongst other questions, Mr. Phillips put the fol lowing :—Are you not termed by your neighbours. the Queen of Kensall New-town ?. Witness—Yes. Mr. Pitimars--Pray, what did your Majesty pay- for your coronation ? Witness (laughing)—Six Mr. PHILLIPS—Oh, that is a shilling above the Crown. —(Laughter.) Where is your Majesty's palace? Wit ness—ln Kensall New Town. Mr. PHILLIPS—What does it consist of ? Witnesi— Three bed-rooms and a kitchen.—(Much laughter.) Mr. PHILLIPS—Who are your subjects ? Witness— The cottagers ; 'tis but a small place, inhabited solely by cottagers. MI : . PHILLIPS—How many subjects have you ? Wit ness—Not many. Mr. PHILLIPS—Is your Majesty in the habit of dancing with your subjects ? Witness—Sometimes. Mr. PHILLIPS—Does your Majesty often dance with your subjects on the green in the night-time ? Witness —sometimes I do. Mr. PHILLIPS—Oh ! singing to the tune of " Meet toe by moonlight alone," eh ? The answer to this question was rendered inaudible by the loud laughter which followed. _ _ Mr. PHlLLlii—Pray what was your Majesty doing at the public-house between ten and eleven o'clock at night ? Were you dancing and singing ? Witness—No, I was drinking ? _ _ Mr. PHILLIPS—What was your Majesty drinking ? Witness (simpering)—Ginger-beer and half-and-half. Mr. PHILLIPS—How much did you drink ? Witness (contemptuously)—l did not measure it. Mr. PHlLLirs—Oh ! you drank without measure.— (Laughter, in which the Court joined.) Mr. PHILLIPS—And your Majesty was engaged in conversation with your Royal sister ? Witness—(draw ing herself up)—l were. Mr. Phial - PS—How came you to accuse another man of stealing you property ? Witness—l never done so. Mr. l'im,Lies—What is the reason you did not bring your royal sister here to day. Witness—l did not think it necessary. Mr. PHILLIPS informed her Majesty that he would trouble her no further, and she left the box with a very dignified air. - Another witness was called, but he only saw the pri soner run away, and a policeman after him ; they came up to the Canal and both fell in, and the witness went to rescue them, and all three got a good ducking. The policeman was called. He searched the prisoner, but only found three-half-pence upon him. Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury for the defence, dwelling on the fact that the charge again s t th e p r i soner was only supported by the evidence of the prosecutrix, whose cot;tlact, according to her own statement, to say the least of it, was very extraordinary. Witnesses were called, who proved that the prosecu trix had accused another man of robbing her of this purse, and afterwards charged the prisoner. Several witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent cha racter, and the Learned Judge having summed up, the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, MAY 12.--:Wind this day at noon blows fresh from N. to N. E., cloudy. DEAL, MA Y I 1.-- Wind S. S.W.,—Arrived the Commo dore, from Demerara; Castor, Al editerrane,:n. Arrived from the River. and sailed bo and Imp, for Launceston; David wheeler, South Australi-t ; Tyne, Honduras, Lietsy, Quebt'e; Vernon, Madci , a. and all the out ward bouod. L IVE rooL, Y k% ind S. W.—Arrived the Alpha, Turn r, Ito nos Ayres; Pet , el, ditto; BeJer I'ortena, Mao; Alexander, Tam i ico; theb,urne ' New Orleans; Mar), i tousle ; Marathon, tharl-ston ; Leila, :k.evs York; Ma, y Ca , o,ine, St. John's. Nets brun Hick; Jane Goodie, Altx andr.a ; Law ( tgiloy, Smyrna; Tyro, !tat ct lona ; Clatentia, Spillers, Malaga; A. LeopoLia, Tarragona; Lo. ks, J , ntzer, Dantzie. `ailed the Dm h• ss of Purtl nd, for Demerara ; Ke sick Wood, Airica. Arrived off, the Conqttutior., Zante, and Dahlia. 1 he Alary Scott, from Val,.airaso, to thi , port, run down at Pont Lana., on .he 9.h, by the Brooklyn of this i.ott. Mate and ,ix crew saved. PLYMOUTH, MAY 10.—There is a large smack on the eastern etql of the lir,akwater. sow board, marked 11.10n4v in lar.:e indented gilt letters, a1..0 severe, pleres of bulwark were picked up the tith ina. Arrived the i,res;ler, Mahe. Saled the Runnymede, S)dney. FA I.I4DUTIII, MAY 10.—Wind s. k 1 to S., fi esh.—Arrived the Donor, Kettle, Odessa. :Nailed the Royal Tar (steamer) Lisbon. JJxisToL, MAN . 11.—Arrived the Lewis, Palermo. Sailed the Roscoe, Trieste. CowEs, MAN 11.—Arrived the Statesman, Queller, Ma nilla. Sailed 6th December off the Start, i%Jason Barry, Atherall, .New Y..rk ; Janoren, Palermo. TORBAY, MAY W.—Arrived the Sharon, Fox, Alexandria, with loss a main gaff, &c. BRIXHAM. MAY 10.—The cask of oil brought in here the 4th inst. has been examined, on the bilge has been raved, but partly effaced, 6 .11 > f D C a, well as M and T in ink on the brad p.ece. DARTMOUTH, MAY 10.—Arrived off the Tyris, Ceylon ; Ann Parr, Carr, Algoa Bay. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 11. —Wind S.S.E. to W.—Arrived her Alajesty's warner ae, irom Jamaica, left 17th March, An tigua uth ult. ; Lusauder, t. urrie, Calcutta; Fairlie, Garrett, ditto; Duke of Becif.rd, Lay, ditto; Lieneral Woke, 011ard, Demerara, sailed 29th .;.; arch. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 11.—Arrived the Great Liverpool (steamer), from Alexandria, left 23d ult., Malta 28th, and Gibraltar 4th inst. _ _ 1.1111. r. oar), INLAY 10. - Arrived the Era, Hingson, from Alexandria. GLOUCESTER, MAY 11.--Ar r ived the Jorditie. MAY 9.—Arrived, Sovereign tram port, from Malta. SLINDEI:LAND, MAY 10.—Sailed tie Morning Star, for Quebec; Mary aid Isabella, i%liramichi. HAVRE, MAI 10.—I he William tsrown, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, with th;rty-three pas-eugers, was sunk by an iceberg the latter end of last month. The mate and eight of the crew were picked up in the long boat by the Louis Phil lippe, arrived here. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—The Prince Albert, from Malts, and Highland Lad, from Venice, lat. 3d, lon. 7 E. ; Larkins, lat. 49, lon. 6 W., by the Sharon, arrived at Torbay. Idris, London to Malta, lon. 5 E. ; John Forrester, from London ; Venilia, sierra Leone to London, 9th inst., by the Camilla, arrized at Plymouth. Montezuma, Liverpool to Valparaiso, 6th March, lat. 31, lon. 44; bellona, from Bideford, 26th ult., lat. 44, lon. 27 ; Lady Seatsn, for Montreal, 2bth, lat. 46, lon. 25; Redwing, 2tl, 14. 49, lon. 20, by the Alpha, arrived at Liverpool. One of her Ibijesty's snips (steamer) standit.g N.E. under c.:nvass, no steam, 3Uth ult., lat. 47, lon. 23, by the Petr,l, arrived at Liverpool. Wiliam sharpl&, Calcutta to London, 25th uit., lat. 3d, 23; Wasp, sierra Leone, to New York, 9th ult., lat. 23, lon. 60 ; Henry 'I hompson, Pa!erino to New York, 22d, I tt. 41, lon. s 2. by her Majesty's ship Dee, arrived at Portsmouth. Emma, Leghorn to London, 29th ult., lat. 36, lon. 42, by the iir•orge, arrived. at Pi,rts mouth. Alchymist, from Alexand.ia, 16th ult., lat. 37, lon. 15 ; Prince Albert, from Malta, 3d inst., lat. 37, lon. 9, by the Era, arrived at Milford. HOPS IN KENT AND SUSSEX. 11IA STO NE. —ln the weak grounds, even the fine growing weather of the last week has brought lithe improvement, and in many instances the owners, despairing of getting any hops, are planting pota•oes. In the better grounds of the imme diate neighb,:ut hood the bines are flouri,h,ng must tigorous!y, many ale already ti , d, and 'nest others en ptoiress. One bine in the old College ground was ascertained to hare grown, within twenty-four h..urs last week, no less than thirteen inches. _ _ _ FARLEIGH, BA RMING, TESTON, &c.—The bines have much improved here I using the last week, and appear to be in a very thi iv his condition. B .E NC IA LEY.—There is certainly some improvement in our hop plantations. Still we have a great d• al of weak bite, aid and it is now evident that many of the hills are quite dead in the grounds that were blighted last year. Cita NBKOOK.-1 - fol—poll , ng is neatly brought to a close, and the blues in some grouods are growing fast, having sustained scarcely any injury this spring from the flea. 'hovers have been treqaeot, and ad vegetation is looking luxuriantly. NORTH' tM.—The late warm weather and showers have done much to improve the appearance of the count!) ; grass is now grow•ng very fast, and everything looks rospering. The hop-poles are all up, and the bines are growing nicely. ROTIIER FIELD. The warn aher we have had of late has been very congenial to the hops (as well as other agricul tural produce), and the bines make rapid progiess. Tieing ua, commenced on so.ue limitations in this pwish several dais since; polui g is nearly comideted. COLLECTION OF HOP DUT i.—Satidwich, Saturday, May 15; Tenieruen, Monday, 17; Tuesday, Is; Go:idhurst, d nest4y, 19; ra.hrook, Thursday, 20; Ashford, Saturday, 22 ; Wye, ‘lon,lay, -24 ; Faversham, Tuesday, 25 ; Canter bury, Wednezday, `26.-- Maidstone Gazette of yesterday. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Tuesday afternoon, _ _ shortly bef, ir e f ear o ' clock, the greatest &arm and et.nfusim —.--, A PRIZE BATT LE FOR 200/. AND TH E were occasioted i n S p i taifield , by a d rea df u l fi re b urs ti ng f irt h from the premi es No 14, G eo re street. Spicer-greet, used CHAMPIONSHIP OF ENGLAND.--A fight for the above as a lucifer and congreve m a nufactory, situate at the hack of sum and the belt took place on Tuesday, at StrattOrd .on- DUBLIN, MAY B,—lttrinisitions are in pro- Messrs. Truman and Hanbur's brewery. The manufactory, Avon, between Ben Caunt and Nick Ward ; aml, after gress for meetings in all the parishes of Dublin, to support whir h bel rnged to Mr. Parsons, consisted of a brick building fighting 33 rounds in 47 minutes, Caunt was declared the ; nigers in their attempt to break down the corn, sugar, Ali threeandtim- stories high, with s. , veral small wooden sheds in the rper abutting upon the dwelling victor. ' her monopolies. The country districts are also preparing to i n Spicer-street, and also The , SALE OF CHILDREN.—In the trave!s of . as:enible. Leery where the people are getting ri a-iy for a boundary wail of Spitalfields Domestic Missionary Schools and Messrs. Alooren ft and Trebeck . iti the Himalayan provinces, : genet al election. A letter fi out Mr. Olt oneell to Mr. Ray Chapel. In less than twenty-five minutes aft ,, r the alarm had been raised the fire had obtained a firm hold of every portion it Is stated, in reference to Till, trat there is rio doubt that ; was read at the meeting at the- Corn Exchange to-day, in which of the premises, and in the suhsequent ten minutes the in- the population was always kept do , n by the practi ce w hi c h h e propo-es that there ..71Kuld be .a drouttaeeous mtet;ng of the terior of, tho premises were wholly destroyed, as were the has immemorhly prevaiied in many ul the-mountain dig, icts, various parishes in Ireland on or about the '2.3d inst., to at:dress wooden shed s at t h e back, sod t h e a djoining house, N o . 13, of the sale of ch u li ren b y t h e i r own parents, iu ti mes o f h er Alaksty. and implore h' e TZAI,-; receive into her confiden ce had cau g ht. A t length the fire was ext i ngu i s h e d, an d by s i x scarcity and distress. In some pl a ces those travelers were in- . the enemies oche r f a i t h fu l I r i s h peop l e . . • formed that persons marri, dmu - e w ives than they had the i " ....EVIEW IN HYDE l'A trc. - ---Trince Albert is o'clock most 0 tile firemen and engines had returned tit their .. r.fliteCtive stations. . - . . ' tateans of maintaining, for the purpce=e of raising money by the sa id to have expre,sed a great 'desire:l;n have a grand military ,sale of ,their rfprirg • , 1 1 h -lii , , , anwaltaoug, t... 4 may,r.ot be . strictly l ' rev i ew i ii -H . -Lard Wrottesley, — ori. Monday, • took the .oath: ' Yde Patic at. Whitstiiititle . , : z treat 4 rhich, DO (LOA; and his seat •h H - f Lords. la r e outs a for the fug tiara , - the PeoPleß there coup- -I will •be esteen u d ~.a , vtrracijept-atne tulditiOn.4o , the hi' '. • ater ;, tries e tI. . , ar spun. DIV 0 94* to the dip cial Qf thgir cbildro eJ I e sa k eemtk or ..... . • . - o vitY tie rieeti.of WI Eeriersa4 fca: . . . . MORN ENG EDITION. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETINGS. EDINBURGH; • On Monday a incein::: of the Guilefry of Edinburgh leas held in the Merchants' KM, called by requisition, for, the pur poie of petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the Corn-last and far an adjustment of the Import Duties, the Lord Dean in Guild in the Chair. Resolutions were passed, unanirnoudy expressing satisfaction at the conduct of Ministers, and prar, ing for their judi c i ous a l terat i ons i n t h e corn, sugar, 8.1°" timber duties. (Abridged trout the Edinburgh Observer.) A public meeting of the inhabi'ants, called by advertise' matt, was held yesterday in the Assembly-rooms, Georg street, to express approval of the measures proposed by 1 - 1 ° - vernm. , nt.forthe reduction of the duties on sugar and timber , and for a modification of the Corn-laws Among others we observed there Sir James Gibson Craig , and Sir William Hamilton, Barts. ; General Maine, C•ili Colonels Skene and Kinnaird, &c. Sir JAmss GIBSON-CRAIG moved that Mr. Black take th e chair, when • A workii,g man rose on the platform, and insisted that _ .. 1 4 working man should take the c h a i r , an d therefore pror9. Mr. John Watson Here the noise and confusion redoubled. Mr. Black at tempted once or twice to speak, but was unable to obtain & hearing. Mr. Aytoun also attempted to speak, but in rain' After some farther clamouring, Mr. Black, seeing that no further discussion could go on, adjourned the meetata to another room. There about 300 pe , sons, ender his Preli dency, unanim ous ly pa•=sed resolutions in f avour o f t h e a b o lition the Corn-laws and a revision of the import duties. The r" sons who remained in the large room proceeded to pais resnla• tions condemning most severely the conduct of the Ministers; They declared themselves the enemies of the Corn-laws and the the enemies of all mo no p o li es , b ut the speakers ex patiate. with most fervour o n th eir h atre d to the Whigs, and tt e total want of confide nce i n t h em. M r. Lowry, the Chart : uis orator from Newcastl e , move d t h e resolutions, and had it all own way, the people passing the resolutions by a considers. majority, giving at the end three cheers for Mr. Lowry. DREADFUL SHIP WRECK. LQS OF THE SHIP WILLIAM BROWN, Far LIVERPOiq., TO PHILADELPHI HAVRE, MAY 10.—The Louis Philippe, New York packet ship, has this momen t arrived. Info mation having re a c h the town, that some s hip wrec k e d seamen were on b oar d, tu e , report became general that they belonged to the Preside:et and the exciteme n t was b eyon d all description. On arrived in dock, however, a strong body of the gendanne r were in wailing, and immediately took into custody the mate and. eight of the cr ew o f t h e s hi p W illiam Brown, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, which was sunk by an ice; berg in the later part of last month, f or a s yet '1 carts give ,you preci s e_ d a te s f or anyt hi ng except that three lee' , sere taken ,from the Crescent, which vessel had picked tbeq up in their long-boat. h u t a t a l e ' of horror is to be told ab ° them. •It a: pears, wh en t h e ve - se l struc k , t hi r ty-du ,,eu passengers, the mate, and night of the crew took to the log; boat ; the captain, three of the crew, and eleven lasseng ti r e took to the jolly-boat, al! the re , t sunk with the vessel. boats parted in. the night. Some days after the mats anti crew determined (as th e y sa y i n or d er t o light the. boat) 'to throVi seventeen of the patsengers eve t board, which the acc omp li s h e d, an d some of the In°s,,„ horrid and revolting scenes t oo k p l ace . Th ere we re O' re brothers. and a sister of one f am il y ; t h e b rot h ers 1, thrown over; and the sister jumped in after them. One el boy beggedlor a few minute% to say his prayers ; they re fe l e s and hurled him into the sea at once. S ome clung to t h e so it of the boat, prayin g f or mercy ; b ut t h e i r hands were cu t and they were pushed into the deep. Fifteen , adiec and 1 1 ; men remained in th e b oa t. One hour after this massacre t il l, Crescent fell in with t h e b oa t , an d save d the survivo r s o f t horrid deed. The passengers remained on board the Cresclo the crew arrived in the' Ville de Lyon ; they are now 01 1 ) ,0 0 examination befo re th e A mer i can C onsul. The jellYlos has not been h e a r d o f. Th e d ates o f t h e Vill e de L yon 1" been anticipated by the Acadia. THE MARKETS.-YESTEKDAY CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English grain since Monday have lie-en S tp _,„; and of Irish o. 4 ts fair. The trade still in a stagnant s tain Monday's prices were demanded, but the buyers appesT, quite indisposed to purchase. The flour trade extremely ues NEWGA l'E AND LEADENfIALL. t be Town and Country killed meat was in fair s upply,' but trade bought but little, and at ra th er l ower rates. Beef , t o 2d. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton, ;Is 6d. to 4s. 4d. • Pork 45 .,, t. 55. ; Veal 4s. 2d. to ss. 4d ; Lamb, ss. 6tl. to 65. per stone of 81b. V ery lit t l e d o i ng i n P oultry, the 1 1; plies rather large, and prices as follow:-Rabbits Is. .is Is. 9d. ; Pea Fowl s 7 s . t o 10 s . ; G u i nea F owls 4s. to 55 . ; F n s g e 6s. to Bs. ; Go s li ngs 6 s . t o 10 s. ; D uckl i ngs 6s. to 95. ; la • Surrey Fowls Ss. to 10s. ; Sussex Chickens, 4s. 6d. to 65 'i Barn t toor do. 3s. to ss. ; Turkey Poults 4s. to ss. ; Turkeys ss. to Bs. ; Rgeons 6d. to Bd. each ; Larks Is. r dozen ; Eggs in good supply at previous prices. COLONIAL MARKET. w ee Prices were firm, a n d th ere was a f a i r b us i ness done for consumption, but f ur ex p or t t h e transact i ons were trivial.. le, principal hart of the goods offered at public sale found W e ' . TEA MARKE r. There was little b us i ness d one i n Tree Trade, but . ) 10 . -- tA. O were firm, and former rates were supported. But few p.m. were offering fur sale. C ompany ' s C ongou was fl at a t Is. Ivg ea sh. TALLOW MARKET. rket Prices of Rus.i an T a ll ow did not give way, but the 133 _, 1 31 st was in a dull st a t e , an d P. Y. C. m i g h t have been perchanast 475. td . on the spot. Th e s t oc k i s 2 , 00 0 cas k s l arg er than year. FRUIT MARKET. •There was a fair business done in most kinds of flint , prices were firmer. }lie New Cur, ants 70s. per Mgt. C OAL 51A ItKET. • Ships arrived since last market day, 67. 3. q Adair's ....... 15 d.l 19 ti Wails End East Hetton •••• 0 Ches.er ..,... 1 1 5 9, Wails End Hetton ....... .••• 2 ., 2 0 °can's Prnnroce l6 W Walk End Lalnbtoo ---- scw lantleld VoOr Ord'. liedhugh • I HI Walls End Whltwell .... r.. r, 5 Oirglna• ‘Vituisor's Pontop 17 3, Walls End Car.:det: ........... 21 - 0. P‘mu,), 1N indsor J. ~ Te. , nanos Hartlepool•••• -- 20 a Wyiana ....... ............. _.. 16 6Walls End Adchule ..... .••• ~ 0 Wal.s F.t,,l Reiland Brown 19 feWalls , lid lti p,n ............ J. 0 W,,lis Er,d Hay , ey Walls Eon Hnda L " 3 61 U V 'a a l i s s E E l nl lB 'ree tit s h ......... r .. b .. ara ::: t i l°9 6 6 0 Eden Main l:i 0, Walls End T - -- Hetton .••• - 0 W. E. Bratlayll'sHettod—nt :ees. ... 21 s,(Hartley Lt V ER POOL CO R N AI ts it:i Er.--Itlay 11 9 , 6.1 WHEAT, English, Whit e , per 70Ib. ... --.--- Rest ----- scotch, Welch, and Manx --- Irish, White 7 2 4 $ -------. Red ----- Foreign OATS, English, Wehth, and Scotch, per 451 b. ..... S •—..... Irish Foreign .. 0 0 6 1 MARLEY, Engl is h, M a l t i ng, per luip. quarter ... 34 0 ' 4 4 q ---- s;critch and Irish, per 601iis. Feeling • 3 6 3 5 0 HEAN.,, English, p er I mperia l quarter 43 0 " 0-- irisii, &c. ' 4 •---- Foreign ...... , PEASE, Eriglocri, per Imperial quarter 4ll 0 4. -- 9 43 Foreign ' mi 0 3 „ 0 ecotot, English, per 2.W.h. 46 0 V. 0 ----- Irish 41 0 '''' A 4ATNEAL, English and Irish. per '24010 a .. 26 0 27 ; IN WAN CORN, Ns 4siilli. :17 ' . (Via, per Imperi a l quarter .... 3 , 3 - ;,,, NISI.T. per Imperi a l quar t er ----- IRISH MARKETS. • OUBLIN /MET NOTE for the Wcelc - enclint r y --- $ .OllO l . , From To 6 , m 2 319 Wheat,perbarrel at. stofie......f 28 0 31 0 - .or, 0 4 0 Bere .. . 5 Barley ............... 10 sioir. ..... ifi t ilfs '4 zterm ll r 14 6 " 0 Pour, per cwt' „91 stooo - 0 -, 0 ; I. 542 Oatmeal...—. 8 stooe„ l2 6 14 6 .'" q --' Sold to Bakers otily . , 1.6":1, Cwt: 1 , tour • •, 10 0 24 0 21 I • Average price Jt 14 heaf ant. 'lour 51. 8,1 per .iiclt, m Pint. from 2 '5. Od to ' 1 , s - Receipt& of Hour, 9 03 . 1 - - .Jetl,ll.ii. . . from 17s. od. to •.:1 14 .„ A "" t'faf. Of Do. 14,6./3 • Pont.' ......," front 10s. Od. co 1.5 4 "- PILICR to* :mewl). . Quartern Loa Cottk MARKETS.—.May 8 Ba Whert (per 20. t.) 70f , Oa. r. al, 01. 1 ,:ati , , per 1 isr. ...11 , . ed. t 0 12L a Rarley (per Hist.ll4 0 13 9 11.10. (per ewt ..; 11 0 14 Oattreat ;per ewt.).., ..... ......., Oct. to Irns Od Meet, 4d. to 74.1.-81uttru„ !xl. v.. &i....-Veal, Id to H. .Lark, 40. to 5d.--Fresh Flontre, 10(1. ~.i• lid per lb. PRO,E OF BUTTER. ' To the Merchants. To the Co* intil • first Quality... ..... ............ !o4= ................•..••••••-•...!% .lecond ........ lO4 —... . ....... ..... 1 0 "l'hird ....11,6•60.00,.. a. •••• .... • , ~. Fourth ...... ......... .BO _.....„. ,„..,.., ....".dt , Fifth Sixth 00000000000000 7 2 : : ..- :: : N~ CLONAI.ELL al A RKETS..-111ay G Per 4 wt s. (V a. .t. . . a d. 0 New Butter 1 ,5 0 tr. 109 U ki.uee traw) ...,. ' ~ ta If; 0 Oatrues' - ...... l2 0 14 3 IsaroriP.go..... ....... - 42 C q- l Renclereo Lard 0 52 ~.) rieada.................. is '' . I't t BaL. di 0 rleur, Second -.. e PR I, I t :mu, t ",..14, 1 „... ~,_ 0 , 4" 0 —l - I(..iisehohl U 36 0 :--- / . .suitiii...... 29 0 Per Berrel. 3 e ,I"tpeseed 21; 0 01 floritv ................12 u ' 19 0 Here le r' 4e. N.. 15 .................._ 0 -- KILKENN Y ..41AitiiELS. 0 , od.t. g i. g t .i v a : ;. e e .i y tdier barrel)2B l; i. Od o .to : l ir. t o ld. ir m eel v ; e ;e , r . 1 4 .......... 0 5 . 0 7 ....ts - ...... .........1 I 0 i 3 ' Pork ...... H 4 r p four (rer bag)....20 0 "o 8 0 %erg , .....,.._,... 4 0 6 ' (), 0 8 itter(petcwt.)...mi 0 10.. 0 t resr Bolter ~.. 0 0 . 43.1e0i I Pigs -;.9 0 42 6 t4oit Ditto ..- .0 6 • 0 1 $ Coals 1 0 1 2 Pot at o e s ;pe r ir., 4) It 'U II ERRATUNL—Mr. Briscoe (nos Mr. WilbrahaM as erroneously stated in Tues , ay's report), presented three peti• tions on Monday Irons Westbury against tie Corn -laws PATENT LEVER TCHEb; With silver double-bott om cases With silver hunting eases - This celebrated construction (the most acettrate on whic h watch can be made) is now offered, with the latest inapre/e .. ments i, e. the detachecrescapement, jewelled' in tour hal°' capped, hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and all" fr . taring power to continue going chile winding up, at dui al )° price. A printed warranty is given, with fixed terms, ern which t h Watehes will always receive any attention needed. T. Cox SAVORY, Watchmaker, Silver and'Goldamith, 47, Cernkill (Sleep door° from Gracech..ach-street). Loudon. N. B.—Second-hand Wstches purchased in %exchsni* , SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to Silver 14 r do' rability, equal in appearance. Table Spoons er Forks. P 2 1 1; Dessert, 10s. ; T ea Sp oons , 5 5. per dozen; ' Table Candlettiel: $ inches high, 7 s . p er p a i r; t h e particular metal of whigiti these articles are made is so like silver, that it can only lirst from it by the eta up ; every article made in silver a snatqlf" .. (sired in this msterial by [tIPPON and BURTON, VVells-street, Oxford-street , Who, to prevent imposition, confine the sale of it,,te themselves' Catalogues of prices gratis. MARRIED. On, the 11 th inst., at t. Pancras Church, the Rev. Genrffe Lanle,,, 11. A., ProiohPr of Cashel Cathedral, to Susan Ale n, ' leest dauglver of William Carr, Esti., Camden Cottage* near Camden -torn. On the 4th inst., at t h e H o ly Trinity Church, Hull, r• John Shepard, of Leeds, merchant, to Mary, daughter of 3 Henry Croft, of the former place.. DIED. On the 3d (I March, at Bombay, Wil liam Charles 111on' tagut. BON en, Lieutenant in the 26th gt giment of Native In fantry. O the 21st ult., at Florence, Lelija, second daughter of R- D. Tennant, E,q., late of London. aged 15. On the 25th ult., at Brussels, Mad...me Veuve nourjot. On the •,9th u,t., iniantes->treet, Buckingham-gate, Jacm Chalmers, E!..q., aged 70 _ And P 011.31104 MOrtge() VOTING, ! ) f No. 112; Strand, at The Sun 0E4131167 142, Strad, tit the county of Middletez.--Tbutodei, Nay 13 ) Iff!, MI to ( S Ind THI k!inv Fc 11E1 GE( CIT bef,i will Mill will Po tol t, Lond Liver Min g ] R. nai g l KW, Ru e 1 N, 1 .T1)11 • 11. A. bur St J. H. • C. Eii Edwa By it , Wat t ), fh jestie vlessp be e r( thi, A Mau fro m -- - Mark, 10 1-tru Ipcid • Risk ! sub)o +Mac, Th q u o AMI N Th 111 44„1 tab, tqi 0 11µ.1 htl. 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