The Sun. — London, England, 1828-06-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUtLIC JOURNALS. The, faction so long at war with Mr. Canning and Mr. Huskisson, loses no opportunity of Inaking amends to those statesmen for the un quer.tchable fury with which it persecutes the f'2.me of one of them, and the other's tranquil- lity, by the admirable indiscretion of its rancour. Notwithstanding Lord Londonderry's disrepu table conduct at Vienna, nobody would have troubled themselves much about his Lordship, since his brother's death, if he had not taken such infatuated pains to signalize his own pre sumption and cupidity, by such attempts upon the memory of Mr. Canning as drew forth from the distinguished friends of that gentleman a thorouPia expose of the gross injustice of the ac and of the recorded merits . of his accuser. Who would now change places with the Noble Marquis, among the whole poli tical world, from right to left, except, by possibility, Lord Viscount Strangford,—an other of the political scorpions who sting themselves to death in the wantonness of blind animosity ? So it is w;:.:o the rabble of declaimers against Mr. Canning's old friend and colleague, Mr. Hipleasson. Most men had taken for granted, that so far at least as the shipping interest of the empire was concerned, no one would again have boldness enough to stir the question of Mr. Huskisson's policy in re laxing the na'igation law of England. Yet an ancient ofß•zer of the Guards, who represents the corporation of the town of. Liverpool, came for ward r,n Tuesday with certain figures and tables condemnatory of those acts of Lord Liverpool's Government which had succeeded in preventing a retaliatory policy from being adopted by foreign Powers against the ship-masters of Great Britain, and in thereby opening to our merchantmen a field of competition- in the carrying trade, of which they have richly availed themselves. But, —alas; for the. Honourable Guardsman and Legislaraihig figures were strangely meta morphosech his tables were unceremoniously turned upon him, by the legerdemain of Mr. Charles Grant, who made out a case (though it was little needed) for the Huskisse"nian policy, as triumphant as that which had long ago been esta!olished by its author, in his celebrated speech last session. Mr. Grant—unhapr;:ily, as we have said, for the discontented ex-Guardsman--showed that un der this ruinous policy of Mr. Huskisson, Bri tish shipping had got hold of the Brazilian car rying trade, which was equally open to the United States and to all the world ; that British ships passing into the Baltic had multiplied in a ratio considerably greater than that of the ships of all other nations ; that British shipping ge nerally had increased within these two years by about 300,000 tons, and British seamen above 12,000 pair of hands, while foreign ships and seamen trading with Great Britain had increased in no such proportion ; and all this under the calamitous and deplorable policy pursued by Mr. Huskisson ! Let now the instigators of the disgraceful exhibition on the river !tames, a few weeks back, give orders to hoist the flags of the merchantmen " half mast high," as a signal of mourning for the defeat of their own efforts to stigmatize their ablest benefactor.— Times. . We call the attention of our readers to our Report of the Dinner yesterday, at which his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex presided, / given by the Protestant Dissenters in honour of those to whose exertions in Parliament they are indebted for the removal of the restraints on reli gious liberty imposed by the Test and Corpora tion Acts. The assemblage was numerous and most respectable. The speeches are worthy of the occasion ; but we arc compelled to postpone all notice of them for the present. We merely wish to notice the striking and unanswerable re futation which was given by this numerous Meeting to the calumny, that the Protestant Dissenters arc generally averse to Catholic Eman cipation. To a man the Meeting were as loud in hailing every sentiment favourable to Catho lic Emancipation, as they were in cheering the achievement effected in favour of themselves.— Surely it will not be said that this assemblage did not fairly represent the property and respec tability of the Protestant Dissenters. Let us then hear no more of this calumny.—lbid. No one ever supposed that Mr. Vesey Fitz gerald, or Mr. T. Courtenay were appointed to their situations on account of any knowledge possessed by them of the important interests committed to their care. In fact, it has been so much the established practice in this country to consider the acceptableness of the office for the man, instead of the suitableness of the man for the office, that at any other time than when men like Mr. Huskisson and Mr. C. Grant were removed, to make way for two such hopeflil gen tlemen as Mr. V. Fitzgerald and Mr. T. Cour tenay, the thing would have passed as a matter of course. The truth of the maxim of Cowper is well understood in England:— " Lucrative offices are seldom lost For want of powers proportioned to the post : Given even a dunce the employment he desires, And he soon finds the talents it requires ; A business with an income at its heels Furnishes always oil for its own wheels." But what excited some surprise was . the confes sion of Mr. T. Courtenay of the ignorance of himself and Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald of all matters connected with the commerce of the country. The Duke has, it seems, received ix them two virgin politicians, on whose unspotted minds he can produce any impression he pleases. "Dur ing the ensuing recess," said Mr. T. Cot y, V. his Right Hon. Colleagu e (Mr. lane raid) and himself intended to give their whole attention to this very important and controverted question. They felt it their duty to take this course, as they were aware of the difference be tween opinions formed as members of a party, and under the awful responsibility of office. It was their intention, therefore, to treat the Colonial Question, the Shipping Question, the General l'rinciples of Trade, and all the other Questions mat belonged to their department, with the same impartiality as if their minds were a • sheet of blank paper. Formerly they delivered such opinions as they were told to deliver, and voted as they were told to vote ; but their minds being perfectly a blank with regard to any k now l e d ge of the subject, they will avail themselves of their ignorance, to do nothing till that ign orance he dispelled by a course of studies in the ensuing summer. w e h ire no doubt, says a con temporary (the Globe), , 4 that the new Pre sident and Vice-President will play exceedingly well the parts they are to assume —of men ut terly ignorant of the concerns which they are to administer." But it is so much more common in the world fur ignorant men to lay cl o ann to more knowledge than they possess than to con fess their utter deficiency in the qualifications they ought to possess, that the peculiarity which this case affords is worth inquiring into. Had the admission proceeded from Mr. Veeey Fitz- gerald, we might have set it down t 4 " the match less intrepidity of face" which the poet ascribes to Hibernia ; but Mr. T. P. Courtenay inten ded the avowal as a master-stroke of political dex terity. This was, no donbt, a deeply studied manoeuvre. Every one recollects the anecdote of the affectation of Alexander's courtiers in having wry neck!, because their master's was wry. There is a curious instance in point, men tioned in 'a letter in 1616, from the Tuscan Am- bassador at Rome to the 'Grand Duke, in a col- lection of letters respecting the two persecutions of Galileo. The Pope of that day was, it seems, a great admirer of ignorance, and his courtiers took - care to appear as ignorant as possible.— " Galileo (says the Ambassador) is warmly at tached to his opinions ; he evinces extreme pas sion, and little strength of mind and prudence, in not being able to conquer this, so that he renders very dangerous to himself this climate of Rome, especially in this age in which the Pontiff, who abhors letters and men ... . , of genius, is quite indignant at these novelties and subtleties ; and every one seeks to accom modate his understanding and his inclinations to those of the master ; so that even those who knew something and possess curiosity, when they have any brains, affect to be quite the con-. trary, in order not to be objects of suspicion, and not impede their fortune."—Mr. T. P. Cour tenay, no' doubt, follows the policy of the Pope's courtiers. " The Duke (he no doubt said to himself) vaulted to the Premier's seat, with his mind quite a tabula rasa. He knew as much of the politics of the Georgium Sirius as of the politics of this Empire. His mind was like mine, a sheet of blank paper. But he instantly applied himself to the study of our various rela tions—foreign and domestic, civil and eccle siastical—took lessons from a Professor of Poli- ical Economy, and in a month or two stood forth to the admiration► of Europe and his countrymen, a proficient in every acquirement ; and over and above, a master of the highest de- scription of eloquence. His Grace is evidently persuaded that the soundest judgments are formed on all subjects by those who come to the consideration of them without any previous knowledge. The recommendation of Sir George Murray, as successor to the veteran Huskisson, was obviously his utter ignorance of Colonial of airs ; and so well was his Grace's principle _ understood, that Sir Alexander Hope, Colonel Lindsay, and other military men, instantly upheld military men as the fittest to fill civil offices. His Grace, no doubt, takes me to be as ignorant as himself, and I must be careful not to undeceive him ; and the little I do know I must conceal, that it may be produced after wards as the result of my summer's studies, and that his Grace may thereby be flattered by the success of his scheme, as affording an unques tionable proof of the nati%e greatness of his mind, which attains to every thing by new roads." So much for Mr. Thomas Peregrine Cotirtenay and his pure blank mind; and so much for the blessings of ignorance.—Morning Chronicle. We know not whether the new President and Vice-President of the Board of Trade intended to disarm public hostility against them, for hav ing presumed to fill offices which were lately oc cupied with such distinguished credit to them selves and benefit to their country, by Mr. Hus kisson and Mr. Grant ; but their avowal of in capacity at the present moment, for discharging satisfactorily the duties of their respective offices, and their promise to study them closely during the recess; and, above all, to make up their minds respecting the commercial policy which the country ought to pursue, however modest and ingenuous on their part, is not likely to be at tended with any beneficial results. We doubt much, indeed, whether it will not induce many to imagine that there are to be changes whereno changes of any moment can take place without the most serious injury to the couimunity, and those connected with the shipping interest in particular to buoy themselves up with hopes which cannot he realized. The Chancellor of the Exchequer disclaimed, indeed, all idea of change, and to him, perhaps, we ought to look rather than to the new occupants of official situa tions, for correct information respecting the po licy of the Government ; nut when we recollect how little agreement there appears to exist, or rather how little confidence, between the head of the Government and his subaltern organs, we do not think it altogether impossible that a very dif ferent story may come out one of those days, as it lately did in the case of the Test and Corpo ration Acts, and that an attempt will be made to revert to the exploded system of our ancestors. We say an attempt, because an attempt, and a temporary attempt only it must he ; for the com mercial relations of the country have been so greatly altered within these few years, and now exhibit such signs of return* prosperity, that any important alteration of them is as impos sible as it would be impolitic. Whatever may be the result, however, we cannot refrain from expressing our regret that Mr. Charles Grant should have been removed from an office—for virtually removes he was—which he was so emi nently calculated to with all the duties of which he was so thoroughly conversant, and his place supplied by a gentleman who, according to the modest statement of his deputy, declares, that they must both go to school and study their alphabet before they can make up their minds on the all-important subject of the shipping inte rest !—Morning Advertiser. There has been of late a good deal put forth in Parliament and the Newspapers, respecting the tax on sugar. The political economists wish that some part of the tax should be taken off. They want to increase the consumption of sugar, for the benefit of the West India planters and our manufacturers. The argument is—the lower the duty the greater value of sugar will be consumed, and the greater value must the 'West India planters take back, in payment of our ma nufactures. For our part, so far as revenue is concerned —and especially as it respects the question of direct or indirect taxation, in order to revenue, and that of the two modes we shall give the palat able to the pcoplc--.-we think that th e tax on sugar is one of the fairest taxes we have ; an d consequently we do not join in the outcry for a reduction of the duty .; on the contrary, it is a question. whether sugar would not hear a still highei' tax. The tax on cotton, silk, wool, and other things, has been diminished , on p recisel y ' the same principle that it is wanted to diminish that on sugar ; but we are • of opinion that such diminiShing of duty on the articles we have enu merated has not been attended with benefit. If we must recommend the Chancellor of the Ex chequer to do any thing with respect to sugar, we would recommend him to tax it a little more; but, at. the same time, to put an equal tax on West and East India sugar. And as to cotton, silk, and sheep's Wool, we also think that he should increase the tax on those articles, parti cularly cotton wool, the produce of the United States—that is, should the United States' Tariff' Bill pass into a law. Should the latter be done, we would recommend the Ministry to increase the taxation of all United States' articles, as staves, rice, &c. &c. We mean, however, not to tax those articles so high as to cause the smugglers to step in and run away with both the tax and the trade. The political economists, when they treat of these subjects, always forget Debt, Dead Weight, and Sinking Fund, which altogether require 40 millions a year.—Morning Herald. SECOND EDITION• SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IM PE RIAL PARMA M ENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR, with Lord BEXLEY and the Earl of SHAFTEsBURY, met at four o'clock as Commissioners, and gave the Royal Assent to Mr. Canning's Pension Act Amendment Bill, the Sur plus Ways and Means Bill, the Staines' Bridge, and several other Private Bills. Their Lordships then adjourned, and the House met again at five o'clock. The Land Tax Commissioners Bill was read a third time; the London Docks a second time, and several others. Lord CLIFDEN presented a petition, praying their Lordships to compel Trustees to render Ac count of certain Charities in Kilkenny, and carry the trusts of the founder into execution. The Charities were 13 in number, founded 1818, by Joseph Evans, of Kilkenny, who at his de cease left property to support them, amounting - to 1800 a year. They were for the benefit of very poor persons, and the petitioners felt it most im portant to have the administration duly executed. The Trustees were the Dean of Ossory, Mr. Rowe, Mr. Shaw, the Rector of St. Mary, and the Vicar of St. John's. Though the petitions might revert to the Court of Chancery, yet the Noble Lord with great deference to the Noble Lord on the wool sack, would rather advise any man to thrust his hand into a furnace than his head into the Court of Chancery. (Great laughter.) It was an awful thing to enter within the portals of the Court of Chancery. It could not be doubted, that the three Rev. Gentlemen, to whom he alluded, were men of honour and integrity; yet some men were shy in either bringing their conduct, or allowing it to be brought before the public. Such persons, however, must understand that there existed such a thing as the Press now a days--the omnipotent Press— ( Hear, hear) —and that, when public statements were once made, individuals subsequently found themselves under the necessity of obeying public opi _ . Mon. It might be said that this petition hadbeen pre sented from spite, but no such feeling influenced the petitioners. The three highly respectable black coats said they had no person to render an account to. — He (the Noble Lord) however, joined with the pe titioners in hoping their Lordships would compel them to render an account i►► some shape and by sme means or other, in oder that the charities might not be lost and the property sink into private estates. He moved that the petition should lie upon the table. The LORD CHANCELLOR hoped the Noble Lord would allow the prayer of the petition to he read, which was done accordingly. Lord COLCHESTER called the attention of the House to the nature of this petition. It was, in point of fact, to correct the alleged abuses in charity property, and he bad no doubt their Lordships would readily agree with him, that this was by no means the proper form for bringing forward such a petition, but, that the Court below was the most fit place to look for redress. During his experience in Parliament. which he was sorry to say was considerable he had seen many petitions of this kind brought before it ; but on all occasions without exception, when the irregularity was pointed out by any Member, such petitions had been withdrawn; or if not with drawn, immediately rejected bthe House. The Noble Lord therefore hoped that the Noble Viscount who had presented this petition, would see the propriety of withdrawing it ; if not, he should feel it his duty to press their Lordships to reject it, as wholly unfit to be received by that House. Lord CLIFDEN had no doubt that the object of the petitioners, would be now accomplished, ►nas much as he had had the opportunity of making the public statement he had made, and under such cir cumstances, particularly as there seemed to be a doubt respecting the regularity of the petition, he consented to withdraw it. Lord KING presented a petition from the Catho lics of Ireland, stating that by the existing laws they were deprived of tilling Corporate offices to the number of 2,500, and praying for admission to such offices for the future. The Earl of LIMERICK, in the absence of his Noble and Learned Friend, the late Lord Chancel lor for Ireland, moved the second reading of the Bill for protectinc , Purchasers for valuable consi deration in Ireland against judgments not revived or redocketed within a certain time. The object of the Bill was to provide within five years after the passing of this Act, all judgment which had not been received, or upon which interest had not been paid for the last 20 years, should be considered as satisfied. Lord CLIFDEN supported the Bill. He said that from some cause or other a great number of judgments affecting property in Ireland were still to he found on the rolls of the Court, although they had long since been satisfied. This circumstance deterred many English gentlmen from purchasing Irish property, as they did not wish to meddle with estates upon which they appeared to be incum brances, although in fact there were none. After a few words from the Marquis of SALIS BURY, the Bill was read a second time, and or dered to he committed on Monday. On the motion of Lord MELVILLE, the pro perty in India bill, was read a second time, and on the motion of the same Noble Lord the House was ordered to be summoned for to-morrow. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition praying that facilities might be afforded for procuring subjects for anatomy; and also a petition from several places in the county of Galway, pray ing for a repeal of the Bill, limiting the number of small_ cotes. The Marquis of CLEVELAND presented a pe titron from Stockton and .Launceston, praying for the Abolition of Slavery. The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented a per tion from Eastwood and other places, for repeal of the Billimit:ng the circulation of 1/. notes. On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWN, the amendments introduced by the Commons into the Bill for Consolidating the laws for offences against the person, were agreed to, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair this day a few minutes before four o'clock, and was shortly after summoned by the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod to attend the House of Lords. On his return, the SPEAKER stated that the .Royal Assent had been given by Commission to several public aid private Bills. Mr. C. DUNDAS presented a petition from Newberry, Berks, for the abolition of West India Slavery. On the motion - of Mr. BYNG the Amendments made by the Lords in the Covent-garden Market ImproVement Bill were agreed to. SECRETARY OF IRELAND. Mr. PLANTA moved for a neW writ for the election of a Member to serve in Parliament ' 4 4 tvt .!tv, for the county of Sunderland, in the room ot Lord Leveson Gower, who accepted the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland. The write was ordered. Mr. CORI3ETT presented. a petition from Shrewsbury, for the abolition of Slavery. Lord WM. POULETT presented a similar peti tion from Stockton. Ordered to.be printed. EAST RETFORD BILL. Mr. CALVtkr postpOiibd the flirther consider ation of the report on the East Retfoid Distrait chisement, from to-morrow to to-morrow se'nnight. Mr. PELHAM presented a petition from New Romney, against the Alehouse Licensing Bill. SAVINGS' BANKS. Mr. C. PALLMER brought in a Bill to conso lidate and amend the laws relating to Savings' inks. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday next, and to be printed. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. Sir F. BURDETT postponed the motion of which he had : given notice, relative to the Commis sion appointed to inquire into the Supply of Water to the Metropolis, ►n consequence of the abse►►ce of the Secretary for the Home Department (Mr. Peel.) Mr. FYSIIE PALLMER presented a petition from Wallingford, against the Ale-house Licensing Bill. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the High Seriff of Lancaster, against the Bill for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts. Mr. Alderman, WOOD presented a petition from the Worshipful Company of Butchers, in London, against the removal of Sm►thfield Market. Lord F. OSBORNE presented a petition from Cambridge, for the Abolition of Slavery. Mr. BANKES presented a report from the Com mittee of Public Works.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. SUGDEN brought in a Bill to amend the laws relative to the transfer of property by Infants and Lunatics. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered.to be read a second time this day se'nnight. Mr. PENDARVES presented a petition from Launceston against Negro Slavery. Mr. H. GRATTAN presented a petition from Cavan respecting the state of Ireland. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from Breedock for the total abolition of slavery, and simi lar petitions from North and South Shields and two other places. Mr. ARKWRIGHT presented a petition from Derbyshire against the suppression of the Small Note Circulation. THE UNION. Mr. M. FITZGERALD postponed the motion of which he had given notice, for the production of copies of letters which passed at the time of the Union, in consequence of the unavoidable absence of the Home Secretary. Mr. PLANTA moved that there be laid before the House copies of the minutes of the Commis sioners relative to the surplus, funds to meet the claims of British subjects upon France. Mr. MONCK presented a petition from Moses Levi, Esq., relative to the present state of the Jews. The present state of the law, as it was represaated to him, exhibited a very hard case, for he was informed that Jews could not purchase estates from Roman Catholics without taking an oath in some shape in the course of the proceedings, and this oath was to be made upon the faith of a Christian. With. respect to Ireland, the Jews were placed in a still worse situation, for there the laws were almost tantamount to the exclusion of Jews. The petitioner prayed that some altera tion might be made, as the introduction of Jewish wealth and industry might be peculiarly serviceable to Ireland. The petition was ordered to be printed. Dr. PHILLIMORE gave, notice that on Tuesday next he would move for leave to bring iu a Bill for regulating the office of Registrar of the diocese of Canterbury. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Edward Favell, a drisoner in the Marshallsea of the four Courts in Dublin, praying that the House would enquire into the state of the prisons in that jail for contempt of Court. The petition stated that there were a number of prisoners who had been committed in contempt for small sums of 10/., 121., &T. for five, ten, twelve, and fourteen years. He could never hear the subject of imprisonment for debt mentioned in that House without deignating it as the most barbarous remnant of feudal policy. The petition was then ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME then moved for a return of the num ber of prisoners confined for contempt of Court in the Marshalsea of the four Courts Dublin, dis tinguishing those who were imprisoned for more then one year, the amount of their debt, the length of time they had been imprisoned, and the nature of the charge against them.—Ordered. Mr. HUME moved for a Return of the Accounts of the Receipts and Appropriation of Pew Bents in the various Churches in the parish of Lambeth. Mr. WESTERN presented a petition from the inhabitants of Coggleshall against the continuance of Negro Slavery. On the motion of Dr. PHILLIMORE the Cinque Ports Bill was read a third time, and passed. Mr. F. PALMER moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend an Act for repealing the duties on licensed brewers retailing their own beer. A Message was brought from the Lords, stating that their Lordships had agreed to the Surplus Ways and Means and other Bills. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for a Committee of the whole House' on the Ale-house Licensing Bill. The SPEAKER having lest the Chair, the 'House resolved itself into a Committee. The Clause for allowing County Magistrates to act with Magistrates of cities, boroughs, ana towns, in granting Ale-house Licences haviog, been read. Mr. BERNAL objected to the clause, because there was no ground for imputing to the Magis trates of boroughs and corporate towns the existence of such abuses in granting licenses, as rendered it necessary to infuse, as it were, fresh blood into the body of the Corporate Magistracy. He thought the House, whilst they left in the hands of Corporate Magistrates the power of life and death in criminal cases, ought certainly not to take away the ancient right of granting licences, unless cases of abuse to Justify such a proceeding were established Sir R. GORDON supported the clause, which had been brought in by the unanimous consent of the Committee which prepared the Bill. With respect to the inconsistency of abridging the power of borough magistrates in this respect, whilst the power of life and death was left in their hands, he would merely say that he believed if a preposition were now made to give the latter power to magi strates of small boroughs and towns, such proposi tion would be rejected by that House. Mr. MABERLY—Athough he was one of those who opposed the Bill originally upon the general principle that the Licensing of Public HouSes ought to be as free from the controul of the magistracy as a lly other trade, he should, if this clause were persist in, oppose the Bill in every stage, be cause he considered it an attack by a side wind upon chartered rights which ought not, his opinion to be made in the absence of proof of corruption. Although the clause was now confined to places where the number of Magistrates did not exceed six, it would probably he by-and-bye improved upon, arid a similar clause in other instances would be intro duced to apply to Corporation, Where the number of Magistrates did not exceed nine, twelve, and so on, until the chartered rights of every Corporation in the kingdom should have been destroyed. The clause cast an unfounded imputation upon Corporate Bodies, and therefore he should not con sent to any Bill containing such a clause, and if the clause were persevered in he should take the sense of the House upen it. ~7711 i!? r. 3 (LIFT SITTING.) It has been stated to us that the quantity of fish transmitted from this port to the London market is so immense, that the carriage alone amounts to nearly one thousand pounds aanually.---Bosten Gazette. EAst IMAA Itoust. A Quarterly General e ouri Ot East India Stock was held yesterday. On the motion . of the Chairman (W. Anal, Esq.) a dividend of 5i per Cent: was declared on the Company's capital stock, fdr the half year com mencing on the sth of January last, and Linging oil the sth of July next. The CHAIRMAN then moved, " That this Court do tunthin the resolution of the General Court of the 28th ult., granting to Major Cunningbame, of the Bengal retired list, ari allowance of 2001. per annnm, in addition to his present pit and allowance of 1301. per annum." The motion was carried unanimously. MR. RICKETT'S INSOLVENCY. Mt GAHAGAN wished to know whether the papers relative to the insolvency of Mr. Ricketts, which had been moved for in the House of Commons by Lord Ashley, were yet laid before the Proprietors ? The CHAIRMAN answered, that the papers Were not yet laid before Parliament. They would he sup , posed, be produced shortly ; and then, as a matter of course, they would be submitted to the pro prietors. Vtoprietors of INDIAN LICENcss. The Hon. D. KINNAIRD wished to ask a question with reference to an order, which it appeared had emanated from the Court of Directors, and which had occasioned a very strong sensation in India.— That order, signed " Hugh Molony," had appeared in the Calcutta Government Gazette, and was dated 27th of November, 1827. It purported to be an extract from a public letter of the Court of Directors of the 4th of July preceding, and it set forth, that individnals, leaving India, with an intention to return to that country, would not receive a licence from the Court of Directors for that purpose, unless they produced a certificate from the authorities abroad to !move that they had conducted themselves in a manner satisfactory to the Indian Government. He wished to have some explanation on . this point. He should like to know why persons who were not charged with any crime should be prevented from returning to India, unless they brought home with them a certificate of not guilty. The CHAIRMAN admitted that such an instruction as had been alluded to was sent out last July to India. He could see no hardship in the regula tion. In doing as they had done, the Court of Directors had only exercised the power which the Act of Parliament gave them, and which the safety of India required. Sir C. FORBES thought the regulation was not an unjust one. Mr. R. JACKSON objected to the vague way in which the order was drawn up. By it an individual was called on to produce a certificate, showing that he had conducted himself to the " satisfaction" of the Government. Now one government might be satisfied with conduct which another government would deprecate and punish. After a few words from Mr. WIGRAM, who de fended the order, and the Hon. D. KINNAIRD, who expressed himself satisfied with the explanation, the subject was dropped. BURNING OF HINDOO WIDOWS. Mr. R. JACKSON, who, with Mr.Pdynder, had formally notified his intention to the Court of Di rectors to submit to the general Court a motion on the subject of suttees, called the attention of the Proprietors to it in a very brief speech. Having alluded to the cruel . waste of human life consequent on these barbarous sacrifices, he concluded by moving, "That the Court of Directors be requested to lay before the Proprietors all proceedings which have taken place, and rill the information they may have obtained, with respect to the burning of Hindoo widows; since the resolution of the general Court of the 27th of March, 1827, calling on them to adopt such means as appeared best calculated to put an end to that horrible practice." The CHAIRMAN said, that in consequence of the resolution of the General Court, in March, 1827, the Court of Directors had sent out instructions on the 28th of July, to Bengal. In . consequence, they had received two 'communications, one from i3eu7 gal, and one fribm Bombay, on this subject, vt;hich should be read. The letters—that from Bengal of the, date of the 31st of January last, that from Bombay of the date of the 12th of December last— .were read. They both stated the anxious desire of the Government to put an end, by temperate means, to the system of suttees. After a protracted conversation, the motion was agreed to. CAPTAIN PRESCOTT'S CASE. Sir C. FORBES wished to draw the attention o .;he Court to the case of Captain Prescott, which he considered one of vary great hardship. He did not mean to find fault with any of the procch dings which had been taken by the Court of Directors with reference to Captain Prescott : on the con trary, he conceived that they were bound to adopt the measures which they had resorted to; and they would hare failed in their duty to themselves and to the public if they had not instituted an inquiry into the facts of the case. But Captain Prescott having been aerritted by a special jury of his country, after a most hull and patient ihvestigation, he conceived that he ought to be considered, at this moment, as free from all imputation. He understood that Cap tain Prescott, not by an agreement of the Court of Directors generally, but by a resolution of the Com mittee of Correspondence, had been deprived of the privilege, at least for a time, of participating in the Company's patronage. Now, for his own part, he thought the Court of Directors would have been justified, after Captain Prescott's acquittal on the charge of having used this patronage cor ruptly, if they had gone no farther. The lion. ' Baronet concluded by moving, " That the 6)iirt of Proprietors fully approve of the measures adopted by the Court of Directors in bringing the recent case of the abuse of patronage before a legal tribunal; and although Captain Prescott appears !o have acted incautiously and imprudently, yet, having been ac quitted by the verdict of a jury of the charge of delinquency preferred against him, and the Proprie tors being satisfied that he acttd from no corrupt m otives, they are not disposed to withdraw their con fidence from him as a member of the executive body." Captain MAXFIELD felt perfectly justified in seconding the motion. The Hon. D. KINNAIRD inquired whether Capt. Prescott's patronage was still withheld from him. The CHAIRMAN said, that the conduct pursued with respect to the patronage was not founded on a resolution of the Committee of Correspondence, but arose from the circumstance that a certain number of Directors hid declared, pending the trial, that if a question as to the disposal of patronage by Capt. Prescott came before them, they would oppose it. This was communicated in the most kind and friendly manner. The Hon. D. KINNAIRD was of opinion that Captain Prescott had been acquitted of every thing but weakness. He called on the Proprietors, by agreeing to this motion to rescue the Directors from the unpleasant situation in which they were placed. Mr. POYNDER had not read the papers, and there fore lie could not vote for a propesition which went positively to acquit Captain Prescott. Mr. B. JACKSON said he would blame Captain Prescott AS gently as he could; but he would not suffer himself to be betrayed into this wholesale kind of acquittal. The CHAIRMAN observed, that as this was a Quarterly General Court, it was competent for any gentleman to bring forward a motion at it,-without ' giving previous notice. Mr. STEWART supported the resolution• Mr. GAIIAGAN thought the Ho n. Baronet would best consult the object he had in view by postponing I his motion to a future day. FRESIIFIELD was also desirous that the mo tion should be postponed. Mr. PATTERSON moved, " That this debat, be ad journed until Wednesday fortnight." I After a few words from Sir C. FortnEs Nod the Hon. D. KINNAIRD, the motion for adjonts..n, the debate was agreed to, and the Court broke TATTERSALL's THIS DAY Most of the members being at Ascot or Cheltenham Itaces, there was scarcely any business done ; the odds consequently must stand nearly as last quoted. The only offers were-3 to lon the field for the St. Leger, sto I agst Bessy Bedlam, and 25 to 1 aget Alcaston. ASCOT RACES THIS DAY His Majesty arrived on the course at two o'clock, ac companied by the Duke of Wellington and suite, 'as yes terday, fur the p a rticulars of which see our third page . A Free Plate of 100 gs., given by the Town of Windsor, for horses of all ages (2-yr. olds excepted), handicap. Twd miles and a half. Mr. Dickessern's P en gander, 5 yrs. Sgt. 101 b. ...... 1 beat Sir John Lord Brabason's The Vi car, 5 y rs. Sst. '7lb. 2 half of the Mr. Weatheral la l' i s ih Ogilvy's Rainbow, aged ; Sst e.:` Ch• list t ,i,hefor...pFoiffrtyy, Psouynedasr.s, The New Mile. Won by a length. THE MARKETS. Adair's CC AL MAR] . 3i•. Oil, 3•L 6 .F.T.—June 18. Walls Eud Newmarch— Ditto Bidden's.« Ditto Russell's Mite Walker Nesham Main.— w a llg ):nd Walls `Ad Lyons, Ditto Ste‘:•al's - Russell's He In'sW Allea Hartley —. Adalr's Trailer Carr and Co.'s Trader, East Percy Trader Lambton small ......, 'Pantield Trader— Old Etherley small Walls End ton All 335. r),C;* Heaton ..—...... 33 !~ Holyw•elL .T 7 0 Jetonontl New _ Killingworth 31 9 20 ti Percy 27 3 ?claw 30 0 PontopWindsor 29 0 0 Shipcote . ‘ Tantield 35 33 3 :33 6 3h 6 E. :14 9 26 0 Y 1 9 6 Townley_ Willington 32 6 WallsEndßewicke&Co. 34 6 Ditto Bell II °Won & Co. 32 6 Ditto Brown'b----..• 0 Cramlington-. 28 6 Ditto lievforth 'A 00 Ditto Hilda3l 0 Ditto Jesmond 33 6 Ditto Perkins and Co. 32 6 Ships at market,B9lA..--Sh Ips sold, 28---Unio74l, 50%. COUNTRY CORN• NIARICETS DURING THE' WIJOK Oats. Per Quarter. Bridport Cirencester Guildford ---- Henley. -- Hereford Highworth Maidenhead ....... Oakinghara Reacting ----. Southampton Stroud _ Tewkesbury --. Uxbridge Wantage.--. Warminster --. Worccster,--..,. s. to s. 35 42 r. CPX. 42 36 26 • 28 2.1 28 24 3I 22 30 26 S 261 26 36 21 31 22 26 30 32 20 32 3:2 38 21 32 ;7 24 It - 32 24 - soy - 44 - GIL - SS - et sr - 29 31 0 31 6 A 3 ,s 7 0 _ 31 • • 20 0 22 Wheat. 1 Barley, S. to S. 5 9 GS 4. to 4. :i5 42 46 58 52 56 30 56 48 5t 44 (4 50 60 64 66 .46 62 co 68 - 60 55 •:. 4 50 60 52 55 56 eo at ('U 55 74 49 65 46 60 66 73 53 56 32 36 32 39 '213 32 36 3i 36 45 St 43 46 30 30 :36 :01 42 30 36 28 33 30 32 28 se 30 9t 20 28 29 34 33 st 24 31 HULL MARKET.—June 17. The show of wheat from the farmer to thief days market is only limited, the best samples of which are taken off at higher prices by the millers than the tattlers CILO afford to give, we therefore quote prices without.tlieratiolf in value on the hest runs, with a trifling demand for other sorts, the sale of which may be noted dull at last wesefi currency. Oats for feed are in sinne request, bet tge • prices offered are so low that but little business can be• transacted, the holders not being willing to submit to leer prices. Good dry parcels of beans are taken off as offered' at our quotations. Soft pareels bad to quit. We have no malting barley offering ; there is an inquiry after grinding parcels, but scarcely any quantity in the market. Rapeseed and linseed are both dull, but prices without alteration. +.4 Wheat, Old 325. 51s. New —6. 48s. Foreign —a 506. 546. Oats. Poland —a. 20s. gls Old 466.2t'. Small or Feed.... —s. 10s. 166. ......... 24e --- Foreign —a. 21s. 225. Barley, Norf.'& Suf —a. 325. 335. Line. & `Vold Ng, 336- - Foreign —if. —4. —6- Beans 386. 40s. 42a. Foreign ...... -4. --1.• Pease, White —6 -.6 —6 Orey —6. 326. 346. Tares —a. 3155. 40s. Foreign ' - 6 . 306 . 34 Rapeseed, in p er last none . CEI E LTEN HA M MA RKET.—June 17. Per Bushel. e. d. to s. d. Per lb. d. to d• Wheat Barley Oats Beans 4 9 6 6 Lamb ....... ............ 8 4 Pease . 5 0 S 0 Pork 0 Hay 3 4 Os. to 4/. Os. per ton. ......... . ' LEWES MARKET.—June 17. White Wheat (per quarter)...„ A 3 0 0 to XS 4- 17., s Bed dab"' -2 12 0 ' 2 16 0 Barley - • ao' 0 00 0 Oats, New 1 0 6 0 0 0 Pease 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oil Cake, NC KETS.—June 11, DUMFRIES MA..._ s.d. s. d. s. d. 0. d. Wheat, Imp. Bush 7 oto7 Butter,l6oz.... ...... 0 tO ° B a rley 0 0 I 0 Eggs, dozen 5 0 tr Oats 9 2 8 Beef, per lb. Flour, Illb. Oatmeal Potatoes, cwt. CATTLi MARKET.—Our market exhibited a very esti mated appearance this week, both in point of number' an& condition—they counted as follows, viz. 339 three years' olds and upwards; 407 two-year-o 1 tla ; 172 highlanders ;. 298 stirke; 160 sitieys ; 38 cows, and three bulls—total 1417. The show, as we have stated, was a fine one in every respect; the Galloways, especially, were in excellen t order, and many of the heavy ones were nearly fat 50010 fur the knife; dealing in them, however, was very late in the day of beginning, and prices were considered low those lots which found purchasers, went off at from 8/. to, 12/. per head. The heaviness of deeding for drove cattle at this day's market, and indeed for many weeks past, is tin' doubt attributable to the depressed state in which the Southron markets (particularly Smithfield) have been ja for four or five months back. Small cattle, on the other hand, are considered brisk of sale, and a great many were disposed of by an early hour ; prices were, of course, satis factory, and may he considered the same as last week, f(n . both sticks and two-years-olds. The highlanders exposed were mostly year-olds ; they sold very well, awl prices rated from 2/. lbs. to 4/. per head. The brisknon of sale in small cattle is easily accounted for by the abun dance of grass in the country. Nearly the half of the cows met with purchasers; but as they were mostly in peor condition, prices are low. It is in contemplation to establish two steam boats to ply between this city and London for the convey" ante of goods and pa. , sengers. Thirty-six hours are men tioned as the probable length of time of each voyage.-- - Exeter Alfred. BIRTHS. On the 18th inst. Mrs. Murray, Burton-crescent, of a daughter. On the ISth inst. at Turret-house, South Lambeth► Mrs. W. Heseltine, of a daughter. On the 18th instant, in Lower Belgrave-street, Eaton squrre, the wife of the Rev. Percival Sandilands, of a son. On the 17th inst. in Lower Seymour-street, the lady of Henry Arundell, Esq. of a son. On the 16th inst. at Eltham, the lady of Capt H. W. Gordon, Royal Artillery, of a daughter. On the 26th ult. at Corfu, the lady of Major-Getteria Woodford, of a daughter. On the 17th inst. Mrs. Daniel Bailey, of Holborn, of a son. MARRIED. On the ISth inst. at the Friends' Meeting-borass, Trle worth, Thomas Letchworth, of Reading, so Ha rr iet, the youngest daughter of Joseph Beck Witt, of Eghstd" Ilythe, near St.tinee. .t- On the 16th inst. at St. John's, lioxton, by the Bey' William 11. parker , Isleworth, Mr. W m . A. Pantos, , Cannlen-town, surgeon, to Grace, eldest daughter of tho late Mr. Stephen WillobYy, of his Majesty's Custotns. On the 15th inst. at St. Saviour's, Southwark, by tt'' Rev. 1)1.. Harrison, Jeßings Blow, Esq. to Jane Lonira , daughter of John Body, Esq. ti f tßhae o nal f i t i l a i eb el 'a i n h E in nu s i: t l . is a h t ed St d . Hll George's Church, Bleomshury' by the Rev. INlarinadulie Sealy, Jolla Edward Buller, Esq. of Lineolu's-inn, to Mary Anne, second daughter of the late Jonathan Ttashleigh, Esq. of Lincoln's-inn. On the the 17th inst. at Shalford, Surrey, by the Re v ' `G. Sivewrigkt, William Vivian, Esq. of the 52d Light Infantry, to Anne, second daughter of the late J. Sive 'right, Esq. DIED. _ At Knutsford, Mr. Holburt, that place. Also a boy. being the father and on of Mrs. Ellis, of Manchester. On the 18th inst. at East Bourn, Sussex, in conse quence of a fill from his gig two days before, the Rev. Alexander Brodie, D.D. Vicar of that parish. On the 16th inst. Elizabeth Cockburn, wife of the Dean of York, and daughter of .sir Robert Peel, Bart. Os the Pith inst. Henry, youngest son of the late Air. John Calvert, Fleet-street. On the 17th inst. in Park-street, aged 87. the Hon• Ann Robinson, sister of the late Lord Grantham. PRINTEn an 3 FusLiir Da lt ra YO l UNG, d at i the SUN OFFIC.V. ( Kir THIS EV and to Mr. CI R. night Hot for this D Jane, and This di IVIOI Prime ....___ AIM Pride; ST. 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