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VENINQ EDITION. 3 v i daiity of punishment. Indeed he could scarcely con -1.4 ',Ave any system which would weigh with a more unequal - -I :eecur on the different classes of offenders. Much had hee e n said against the inequality of the system of asiign .Teent, but that inequality was nothing when compared with the inequality of imprisonment at home for a term of years. Persons who were used to labour in the open fields felt the punishment of confinement In a tenfold degree compared to the artisan, who had been all his life used to sedentary occupations. To a person of a quick and sensitive mind, imprisonment was intolerable, while one of a less active disposition regarded it as no evil, if his meals were suffi cient in quantity and of regular recurrence. The same ob jections applied to the hulks that did to imprisonment, with this additional ono, that it. was impossible to introduce into the hulks the recent improvements which had been intro duced into prison discipline. The hulks system had all the evils of imprisonment without any of its advantages. An other objection to the hulks system was its expense. He admitted that in such a question as the present, economy ought not to be made a paramount consideration, but yet it ought not to be alto gether set aside. The Noble Lord had himself calcu lated that the expense attending the transportation of each convict was 151., and as on his arrival in the Colony his labour more than maintained him, that se was the whole of the expense. At the hulks the expense o f maintaining a convict amounted, during three years, to es 9/. a year. Now the Noble Lord calculated that his e a eeour was worth 10/. a year, leaving 81. a year as the a ctual expense, but that was assuming that every corselet at the hulks was able to work. Now Mr. Capper had _reported that a great number of those at present at the hulks wore wholly unfit for work of a laborious nature, therefore there could be no set off in those cases against the expenses. Again no account bad been taken of the expense of fitting up the hulks, which he understood was considerable. great misapprehension prevailed as to the comparative ex pense of transportation and confinement in the hulks. The expense of the former was 15/. whilst that of the latter was 100/. Tho Noble Lord would say perhaps that they should take into account the expense of maintaining the military and police establishments of the Colony. That argument, however, had no practical applies. Lion. The Establishment was in existence, and it • ecsuld be a long period before it could he re d abed. He came now to tke main and paramount a l ejection to the system, an objection which no improve • ent in the discipline, no reformation in the crimi al 4 could ever remove.—( Hear, hear.) How were ea , Iminals to obtain honest employment when they we re discharged ?—( Hear.) The difficulties which arose o a this point were of the most painful nature. He wa I happy to learn by the report of the Chaplains, that a gr e at reformation had taken place among the prisoners. ut , admitting the truth of such statements, and supposing ,thy . erisoner to be a reformed character, how was he to get to ? Who would give him employment? What chance t ad he of obtaining a situation for which four or five pew ens of unimpeachabie character were applicants ? It often, occurred that women who had taken one false step, who di :tested a life of prostitution, were driven to that life becaut e they had ne other means of obtaining a livelihood. The ?Coble Lord then proceeded to road portions of the evidence of the Rev. Mr. Winter and Mr. William Miles before the House of Lords, in illustration of this view. Mr. Cotton, the Ordinary of Newgate, bore testimony to the immorality of offenders after they had left the prison, in csmsequence, in most cases, of the difficulty they expo rieneed in finding employment. Mr Capper himself, the superintendent of the bulks system, gave similar testimony. ile slid not think that after such evidence the Noble Lord won Id be enamoured of the system. But the Noble Lord himself, when referring to a similar system in France, said thrt " that country was suffering from the mass of released convicts who, after having been confined in gaol, again joined the criminal part of the community, perfect adepts in thieving and house-breaking. That must," he said, "be the case in any country where crime has every temptation, and industry is abundantly employed." These were the words of the Noble Lord; and he (Lord Mahon) wondere.d bow , after the expression of such an opinion, the Noble Lord :ould sanction the introduction of a simiiar system into t lis c. u :try. He would next direct the attention of the I louse to the objections made to the system of transporta ti on. Ho should observe that he thought the Report of tl e Committee of the House on that subject was liable to to o mein objections. In the first place, :Veey teiseeed t ps r icular acts, and deduced from the genersl condu ce -as. Ho moult give, as an instatce, the fact mentioned o f a clergymen having been implicated in some gross line lerity, from which the H o n. Member for Leeds had lire -I~u seeded that the whole clergy of Australia were dome- Te e sod. Rut the Bishop of the colony bad altogether de tie the accuracy of such a statement. In the next place, i t ai ared to him that the Committee had c onfounded the alou of the system with the system itself. Notwith st ere flog all its abuses, he contended that the system pur sued in New South Wales bad reformed more criminals t h,, l could have been done in England. In order to make one 1 his assertion. the Noble Lord quoted the opinion o tl 'e Chief Justice and the Attorney-General of Irc~s South Wah s s, and also the testimony of seve ral ch neseymen who had devoted themselves to the re f er e a a tion of convicts in Van Diemen's Land.--( Hear.) 'llles•e 'were a athorities that ought not to be discarded by th•- nen' ,e, toying ss - thay re , re t' e highest in the law and thee Church. The colonies themselves were not &gains st'leee'liscontinuarce of the prere it system. Could the 11 onto believe that pecuniary considerations would out ecesesh_ ell the evils %hien were charged upon the system ? That. statement was inat'e out by resolutions passed at pub sic meetingi in all the colonies. and he did not le.11: ye thet there was a rese ectable eel:mist, except, indeed, one holding effiee under reed at the pleasure of the Crown, who approved of the system of the noble Lord. He ac e es , cseed in the abolition of the assignment system of the nAele Lord, and although he thought that the Noble Lord h, :el acted hastily and without due notice in the case of N v South \Yaks, still he thought the time had anised on convict, should not be sent to that colony; but be we decidedly cf opin ion th o the convicts might be very b ee , eEcially isercased in Van Die:nen's Land. These w s' Fis practie. I views, hut he was anxious to kayo ti, a n where they ought to ret, with the Government, Lot l ee 1, ad thought it his duty to enter so fully into the cpees• thee. Upon these grounds be called upon the House to eIE rot the rosoluti in of which he had given notice. !Vic. PAK ING "PON ascended the motion. 1,,0rd J. RUSSELL concurred in the regret expressed by this Noble Lord, that that subject did not excite more attrretien in the House. It was a most important one. But after listeningeo the speech cf the Noble Lord he (Lord J. Ru2 - -eell), did not think there existed such a diff-rence of opinion between them as the terms of the motion would appear to indicate. The Noble Lord die not deny the great evils of the assignment system. and he (Lord J.. Russell) did not believe that the Noble Lord could i• ,duce the House to Ci tab! ish a system of slavery in Am . cralia so shortly after they had abolished it i, their other colonies. The Noble Lord seemsd to thick Celt theses had been no inquiry since the Lords' Committee had. set ; in that he u a mistaken, for a Committee of that House hod set for two ye , r.; they tcok a great deal of s cvitlence, and came to re'olutions upon v, thee was no difference of oeiniore He did not beiese there was a cliviAnn in the Committee, although it was composed cf Members of various political opinions, as well as of these who had paid muck attention to the subject, Tiss..se gentlemen came to certain resolutions, the effect of villich was, that transportation, to certain parts of New :South Wales and Van Diemen's Land ought to be dis enntinued, and that it should be confined to parts net :settled. It was upon those resolutions that he had acted. 'The Noble Lord said there was a great objection to the . punishreeat of the hulks, No doubt there was; but when they had once stated that capital punishment was not to be eased as an ordinary punishment in this country, there came .a punishment to which there was another sort of objection, ,and which could not be entirely got over. This punish :meet was liable to certain disadvantage', but, moll they ehowed some better system could be established, there was no foundation on which the House c mild come to a decision os the subject. No doubt confinement affected the health of these persons, but the House must, at the same time, keen in view that the object of the punishment was to defer from crime ; and if t h e Noble Lsrd told him (Lord J. Russell) they would remedy these evils by sending them $o New South Wales, where they would get permanent cflaploymeet, with the prospect of making considerable fortunes, he replied they would then incur another objec ti at the opposite end of th e scale; they would cease to have a punishment which would have the effect of deterring from crime; and, by pre serv i ng t h e health of these p ersons, the y would is effect tell a great proportion of the population et' the country who were in want that by committing crime, they would have a good prospect of m akin g their situation better.—( Hear, hear.) Another effect which the Noble Lord stated was, that they could net find employment for those persons 'Olen they were leaving the hulks. That was a recessary effect its a settled country like this, and one which they could not very well remedy, but if they said that ever y person who committed a crime should be sent to a country wbere he would find employment. They would get rid indeed of tee one objection, but they would failinto the other to which he had alluded. He did net wish to enter into the great subject of transportation, because it had been pone into with great care by the Committee. With regard to tho expense, the account given by Mr. Capper of 4th Feb. 1841, stated that the expense of the felons in the hulks was 30,233/., for the total value of their labours 3274174 It was not therefore so much as the Noble Lord lead said. With regard to the whole question, he thought it wee one of degree between the Noble Lord and himself. The Noble Lord did not approvb of the old system, and was not prepared with any improvement on the present. It was one_ by whi c h we got r i d of the ev il of making a colony a depot of the c r i me o f t hi s country. Th oug h anx i ous to diminish transportation he (Lord John Russell) had not agreed with Archbishop Whateley and others that it ought abolished,to be entirely abolished, and on the contrary, a great num ber were still sent out, to the amount of 2,000 each year. He quite agreed with the Noble Lord that the sentence oadured by the felon should be such as was pronounced by the Judge, and not by the Secretary of State ; but he did not think the system of commutation was carried on in the wholesale manner which the Noble Lord bad stated. For these reasons, therefore, he should move the previous question.—( Hear.) Mr. PAKINGTON said, havi ng t h e honour to fill the situation of Chairman of Quarter Sessions he hoped to be allowed to express an opinion on the subjects He thought great praise was due to the Noble Lord for the mprovements that he had effected on these subjects, but he must say he thought the Noble Lord had given a very unsatisfactory answer to the case made out by his Noble t Friend. He was happy to hear wh t a o t h e a ff d ec fa t ll t e h n e from h sentence e Noble Lord respecting carrying into pronounced by the Judge. He thought this was essential to the ends of justice. Another objection to the present system was the great uncertainty of cart ying into effect the sentence s at Quarter Sessions. The moral effect of this was v ery bad, and the practical effect was to reverse the ejecsetinor the i l C ek ourt He threw these out as strong system of the commetaelo,:u his . mind to this wholesale ob jection was, that e punishment. Another graver the confinement of large bodies of per sons in the hulks was • . health. neeensustent with their personal nth r Po wer point t o w hi c h h e wou ld ad war exercised by lie seeratary of THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1841 State to retain persons in this country who had been sen tenced to transportation, but who were afflicted by some 1 obysical evil. He thought this power, which might be operly exercised in certain cases, was now used to excess. He could not concur with those who thought that trans portation should be altogether done away with ; but he objected to the system of assignment, and he believed the system might be further improved. The Hon. Member •oncluded by expressing his concurrence in the mceisin of nis Noble Friend. Mr. HUME could not but approve of the system of transportation, which, ho thOught, had been censured by the Committee of the House whtch had eat upon the subject upon individual cases, and eot upon general prin ciples. He did not think it advisable that commutation of sentences should be generally adopted, or that the Secre tary of State should be invested with wholesale discretion upon the subject. There could be no doubt of the evils of letting offenders loose again upon society. It appeared to him that the whole question of secondary punishment should be brought under the consideration of the House; and the law on the matter was now in a most anomalous condition. He found that, on a late occasion, Mr. Jus tice Erskine had sentenced a poor man to fifteen years' transportation for an assault , under mitigated circum stances, upon a policeman, while anot her Jud g e bad in flicted no punishment whatever upon a Noble Lord and a Captain in the army who had cut and beat a police-officer almost to death.—. (" Hear, hear," from the Ministerial benches.) He thought that the House was much indebted to the Noble Lord who bad introduced the motion, and he (Mr. Hume) only regretted that the Noble Lord had not brought forward a measure which would embrace the whole question. Mr. LAW thought that the House was much indebted to the Noble-Lord who had introduced the motion, as the subject was one of very deep and general importance. Upon an imperfect statement of facts, it was the highest injustice to those entrusted with the administration of the law to come to a hasty decision; and he knew that the Learned Judge alluded to was the last man in the world to pass an over severe sentence. It was extremely prejudi cial to the administration, that where the Judgc, after due consideration had passed a sentence of transportation, that sentence should be commuted by the Secretary of State. Wherever an option was allowed to Judges, the sentence of transportation was reserved for the worst cases. As far as his own practice went, he had ascertained the punish ment of imprisonment was almost wholly ineffectual. Fro quently on the very day of his liberation the convict again committed another offence. Imprisonment was hopeless as a means of reforming the criminal; therefore the House would not be surprised that he concurred in opinion with the Noble Lord. Transportation he thought much more effectual, and although chargeable with many defects, it was capable of improvement to an almost unlimited ex tent. If transportation did not afford the means of an effectual secondary punishment, ho was perfectly at a loss to devise any effectual means of secondary punishment. Ho entirely concurred in the motion, at the same time disclaiming any intention of casting any imputation on the Noble Lord who had recently been at the head of the Home-office, and he should not be doing his duty if he limited himself to that disclaimer; during the whole time he had been in communication with that office (a period of nearly ten years), he was bound to state that more atten tion to every representation, greater desire to do justice tempered with mercy, more indefatigable labour in inves tigation, he had never met with.—(Loud cheers.) He bore the greatest respect for the Noble Lord, both in his public and private capac'ty, and if he could entrust that discretion to any one, he would entrust it to the Noble Lord—(Cheers)—but believing, as he did, that the punishment of imprisonment was ineffectual, he should sup port the motion. Mr. FOX MAULE would confine himself strictly to the question before the House. It was no secret to the House or the country that the subject of transportation had long occupied the public attention. A Committee had been appointed to consider the syst e m o f transporta tion, and 111 their Report they had unanimously condemned the system of assignment. The N o bl e L or d oppos i te joined in that condemnation, but he had not stated what system was to be substituted. That system being con demned, it became the duty of his Noble Friend to con sider how the views of that Committee were to be carried out. He did not uphold the system of the hulks as a per fect system, but as necessary until a better one could be devised.—_( Hear, hear, hoar.) The system of assign ment being given up, there was no employment for convicts, except in public works. Norfolk Island and Tasman'. Peninsula were assigned as the places for transportation, but these could not absorb all the con victs, and it became necessary to devise some employment for those criminals. His Noble Friend was not idle in de vising some means for secondary punishment, and he ap plied for a grant for the erection of an experimental prison. With regard to transports, his Noble Friend determined to adopt the system of the hulks as a substitute for seven years' transportation, but ho (lid not take the House by , surprise—he laid on the table a document detailing fully the system he intended to adopt, and, since 1838, the hulk system had been re-established. He must say that he thought if the Noble Lord who had opened the debate had made inquiries, he would have found that the character end discipline of that system had been much improved, and that it was not ebasgeable with all the defects he had enunnel a:cd. Great attention was paid to the improvement of the convicts, an .l many who had previously been un educated had there received an elementary education, which had been of the utmost advantage to them. The most difficult question was what was to become of the con vict after its imprisonment had expired.—(Haar, hear.) It was true he might be reformed to a certain extent, but here could be no - doubt there was an impression against I in', and he coulu no: be received into society except as a person on whom there was a stain. But if he were transported tl e same stain followed him to the color,ie, fur be believed that there the instant it was disc , vered a man had been in prison the scree stain attached to him. But suppose, according to Sir Richard Burke's sugges tion, a new colony were founded, that would only get rid of the evil for a time—the same thing would recur there; and it was only by devising some means of prsividing for the prisoner after the expiration of his yen tsnce th.t the evil could be obviated. He could not give ti.e Home any hope that this Session, or even the next, the Government would be prepared to present to Parlia ment any regu'ac system of secondary punishment. He was afraid the Penitentiary of Millbank would not give any correct idea of secondary punishments. He entirely agreed with the Hon. Member, who bad said that the term of punishment should rest with the Judge, and that no in ter'erence, should take place on the part of the Govern ment, unless special grounds existed for such interference. But Kith resFect to the case which had been mentioned, of a cor.v;et who had been liberated after a commutmion of imprisonment, he wished to state that, by instructions 1 , 1,i;.:1 had been issued mthin the last two years, the con victs underwent two years of certain punishment, which was followed by a certaia number of musters; and if the l.r ter were not sati*factory, Rie term was not s',artened. WWI regard to Vie question of expense he believed the labour [er formed had realized nearly as much ai the coat of maintenance. 'rho individual referred to is Dorsets.ir4 had undergone the proba•ion, and was re leased at the end of three years and a-haltin consequence of the satisfactory manner in which be had con d ucte d him- seq . . lie would not detain the House longer, Cu; ho would express a hope that the Judges would soon be enabled to pron,unce a more definite sentence, and he (Mr. F. Niaule) would he happy to assist in hastening that period. The House must feel grateful to the Noble Lord fcr bringing forward a subject in which the public were so deeply interested. He had the satisfaction of statirg to the House that the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, had in contemplation a Bill which would take ..—.— from the Secretary of State the power of commuting the sentence of transportation.—(Hear, beer.) Mr. ESTCOURT expressed his satisfaction at the an. nouncement that the system of commutation was under the considersti .n of the Government, and that a Bill would be brought forward for the purpose of remedying the evil. The commutation always led, to a bviicf that t..v.;ur had been shown to the criminal. Lord HO W ICK considered the system of punishment in the hulks radically vh ices, and wished to see a better cue substituted. But be trusted the House would not adopt a resolution which would, being regarded as a con demnation of that mitigated system, have the effect of reviv_ systeming of trauFportation. His Noble Friend theQ ho h olidd introduced this motion had not &tempted to de fend the system ci assignment. That system was of a most appalling nature. It was proved in Committee, by statis tical facts, that the coloui,:ts exhibited a degree of crime and demoraFsation of which there was no example. It was proved before the Committee that the feeling of the people was in favour of the criminal, and against the free settler. He hoped the great number of free settlers which had been sent out had altered that most pernicious state of thing;. If assignment was to be given up, and transpor ts ion continued, the convicts must have been kept at work under Government inspectors, so that it was slavery still. In the colony they could not get officers amongst the free men, and the expense was enormous, so that had the system of 'tra ns p ortat i on been continue), they must have been kept to forced labour under persons who were them selves convicts. The Committee on Transportation re commended-that persons after undergoing their sentence in this country, should be afforded the means of going to the colonies, but they were very decidedly of opinion that all who were convicted of crime should not be allowed to herd together, thereby only making bad worse. He hoped that the experiments on secondary punishments would be con tinued ; but, at all events, be hoped that transportation to the Australias would not be allowed to be revived. He hoped the House would .not concur in the views of the Noble Lord. replied, and expressed his determi nat i on to upon his motion. St ra ngers were then ordere d to withdraw, and the House L di o v r id d e M th A e H H ° o N use divided— 49 For the motion 28 Against it —2l Majority for the motion PROPERTY TAX. - - -- - Mr. SC HOLE FIELD then rose to bring forward his motion, which, as it bad been already placed on the order paper, must be known to Hon Members. His object was to move the following Resolution : —That the assessment of all property, real and personal, within the United King dom, would be a fit and proper substitute for Puch of the Taxes of Excise and Customs as press most heavily on the middle and industrious classes; and that such alteration in the mode of raising the public revenue would be calculated, i 4 a high degree, to enhance the value of all property, par ticularly, by 1, ailing to the fuller development of the copious siiurces of wealth in this kingdom and its vast dependencies. =The Hop. Member contended that the present system of taxation pressed unjustly upon the poor, who paid as much tax upon all the necessaries of life as the richest "portion of the community. He then proceeded to specify som a of the evils which result to the poorer classes from this system. One effect of it was to introduce a sort of civil war between debtor and creditor. The poverty under which th e poor laboured tended greatly to increase crime. Scarcely a paper could be opened which did not contain an account of suicide ; and this was one of the many evil re sults of an unjust system of taxation. The lion. Member then read a variety of documents in support of these views. The Hon. Member concluded by reading his motion. Mr. MUNTZ seconded the motion, The taxes 0 this country were principally paid by the humbler classes, and that was the source of the grievances under which they laboured. The richer portion of the population did not, he believed, pay one-third of the burdens of the nation. It is the rich who make the laws, and it was to that cir cumstance he attributed the injustice of the present state of things. Ho believed that the motion before the House would tend to diminish the evils be complained of, and he should therefore cheerfully support it. Mr. E. TURNER thought it was a lamentable thing that when motions of this nature were brought forward the great Conservative party were not to be found in their places, (there were six Members on the opposition beaches) and that there was scarcely a fuller attendance on the benches on which he sat. It was a proof that the people were not properly represented, when Members of that House were so inattentive to questions a ff ect i ng th e w elf a re of the people. Mr. WILLIAMS said the great burden of taxation was thrown upon the lower and middle classes, the tax upon spirits, malt, and hops, amounted to thirteen millions and upwards, and was paid exclusively by the middle and lower classes. The taxes on sugar, tea, and coffee were levied by weight so that the poor man paid the same tax for the coarser article that the rich man did for the best. Almost all duties were levied by weight and measure, so that the tax on the poor man was from fifty to a hundred per cent. greater than the tax on the rich man. There was the same inequality in the stamp duties, the window -tax, and in every other object of taxation. The rich were suffered to escape comparatively free, and the poor and middle class were taxed. Out of forty-three millions of taxation only five millions was laid on articles used by the rich. if they wished to keep their manufac tures from being taken from them by more lightly taxed countries, they must revise their system of taxation. A repeal of the Corn-laws would be a great relief, but that alone would not be sufficient to enable the working classes of this country to compete with foreigners. At least one half the poor man's wages was taken from him by the tax-gather. How could the working classes compete in manufactures with the United States and Switzerland while this was the case? He did not expect that anything which might be said either by himself or by the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Birmingham, would at that time have any effect upon the House ; but they would soon be compelled by a pressure from without, to alter the present system. It was this system which caused the ill-feeling and discon tent which prevailed amongst the poor. Mr. FIE LDEN supported the motion. Nothing could show more forcibly how little confidence could be placed in that House by the people of this country, than the thin state of the House at that time.—(Hear, hear.) He bad no doubt it weuld produce a great effect out of doors. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the state of the House was in his opinion to be attributed to a dislike of the subject. He considered, as no doubt many Hon. Members had done, that the motion was not one which, in its present state, could be entertained by the House. If the resolution were adopted the whole finances of the country would, until that resolution came into ope ration, be thrown into the utmost confusion and the whole trade of the country would be at a stand still. The Hon. Member was perfectly at liberty to propose a resolution, establishing a property tax ; but if that was his intention he should state principally what it was that he proposed. It was some time since there had been a pro perty tax, but when there was one in existence it was denounced in the strongest language ; and those who made the strongest objections to it were persons engaged in the pursuits of commerce and manufacture. The duties on many articles had been totally repealed during the last ten years, and many others had been reduced. They were not at present in a state to enable them to hold cut hopes of a present reduction ; but as his Hon. Friend had bad an opportunity of Frisking his speech, he trusted he would not press the resolution of which he had given notice; he had no objection to a property tax or any other tax—be was the last man in the world to complain of any one sing ing the praises of taxation, lout as the resolution could not be carried out practically, he would move the previous question. Mr. lIUME said his Hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham had scarcely done justice to the subject he had undertaken, or the Hon. Gentleman would not have treated it in so glib a manner. Take the taxation at fifty millions—it was demonstrable that the poor paid 74 per cent., and the rich only 26 per cent. Property was made the basis cf representation, yet they voted that pro perty should be exempted from taxation. If the House carried the resolution they would affirm the principle that all should pay equally to the burdens of the country ac cording to their property.or income. At present the less a man's income was, the greater proportion of taxes he paid. If the House was resolved to revise the system of taxation they ought to be pr:•pared to lay the burden upon those who were best able to beer it. His Hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham had stated that for the last 50 years there had not been such distress as now existed in that town. In Leeds, Sheffield, and the other la-ge manufacturing t)wns, the position of the working classes was equally deplorable. Under such circumstances it be hoved the Chancellor cf the Exchequer to take the subject into his serious consideration. It was hard that individuals who were walling to work and drive poverty from the doer, were prevaited obtaining employment by the mischievous ie)trictions at present in force. It appeared to him that the Government ought to be compelled to take off the re strictions pressing upon the industry of the country. Ile feared they would net interfere until that House took up the subject, or until the voice of the people compelled them to take st-ong and immediate measures to relieve the distress of the working classes.—(Hear, hear.) On V.e.:e ground=, and being satisfied that the present system of taxation was unjust and unequal, he should support the motion of his Hon. Friend. Mr. GO UL BURN confessei that he required stroeger arguments than those brought forward by the Hen. Mover of the resolution, or those Hon. Members who had suc ceeded him, before ho could give his assent to it. There was no man who knew how that system of taxation was carriei on in that country who must not be awere of the great inconvenience and danger which would result from unsetling, and effecting so total and sweeping a change in that system. He believed such a step would, without ef fecting the objects which the Hon. Mover had in view, throw the financial and commercial affairs of the country into inextricable confusion.--( Hear, hear.) He believed the Hon. Member had not very accurately stated the pro portionate amount of taxation paid by the higher and hum bler classes of society. Taxation could not be measured by the mere amount paid by each individual to the tax-cel lector. There were numerous branches of indirect tataion which the wealthier classes contributed largely to, and which the lion. Gentleman had not taken into his calculation. He did not conceive it possible that the House could consent to such a motion as that under con sideration—a motion of so unusual and partial a natere. Mr. WA KL EY did not think with his Hoe. Friend the Member fir Kilkenny, that the motion, how ever good in itself; would convince the labouring classes that the Members of that House were disposed to inquire into the to tl state of their sufferings, and apply to them a proper remedy. The Right Hen. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Ex: hequer, wishe Ito lead his Hon. Friend, the intro ducer of the motion, to suppose, that because he had en tered into a statement on the subject of taxation, he ought after that to withdraw his motion. In that ca che ( Mr. Waklev, should say that his Hen. Friend was one of small expeclationa.—(A laugh.) It appeared that there was no intention to change the present condition of things. The state of the House showed him thee insen sibility felt by the majority of its Members on •questions of the highest importance. He looked around him for Noble and testy Lords, but he looked in vain ; he would not, however, say what might be the nature of the loss if they never returned again.--(A laugh.) Ho did not see the leaders of either of the great parties present on the oc. casion, and he certainly very much doubted whether any thing could be expected from such an Assembly. Colonel SIBTHORP was always surprised to hear f-om the Hon. Member such a speech as that which he had just delivered. The Hen. Gentleman did not evi dently approve of the conduct of Ministers, and yet, on all important occasions, he invariably gave them Lis sup port. lie (Colonel Sibthorp) then saw but one member of the Ministry present (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) —a solitary outcast—while his colleagues were enjoying the luxuries of life elsewhere.—(A laugh.) But why did the Hon. Member for Finebury support such tmen ? Tell your company, and one can tell who you are—( Laugh. ter)—was a proverb which he would apply on the occasion. He hoped the Honourable Gentleman would always de claim as eloquently agaiust her Majesty's Govern mcnt in the House as ho frequently did out. Again he asked, why did he sit there ?—(A laugh.) With regard to tho question before the lietve be denied that the agri cultural interest did not bear its fair share of taxation. Under all the circumstances he thought he should best discharge his duty by voting against the motion. Mr. MARK PHILIPS would advise his friend to withdraw his motion, and to bring forward the question when they went into Committee on the Budget. He had no wish to get rid of it, but was anxious it should be de bated in a full House. He had attended much to the subject, and had always been of opinion that the present system pressed tao much on the industry, and too little on the property of the olountry. In 1834 when Lcrd Al thorp said that if the malt-tax were repealed a property tax must be imposed, he had placed his opinion on re cord by voting fur the repeal of the malt tax. He thought the imposition cf a property tax would make a fair ad justment of the burdens of the country. He should vote with his Hon. Friend if he wont to a division, but he ad vised him to withdraw his motion. General JOiiiiSTol4would not advise his lion. Friend to withdraw his motion, but to divide by all means. Mr. SC HOLEFIEL D sa i d he was greatly puzzled, among the multitudeofeouns!llors, to know what to do. -(Loud cri es o f " Divide, dlvide.") Then he most cer tainly would divide. Strangers were the n i ordered to withdraw, and the House di v id e d, when tiier For the Resolution appeared-- against the resolution... 27 Again s t i t Mr. JAS. MajoritySTEWART moved for leave to bring in a i n ta t t r e ust th f e or p ß o i r l t l to y, h f o a l c d il i charitable purposes. transferoi;ar of real and personal pro- The ATTORNEY_G E Leave was then given to bring RA L supported the motion. thoefpMrobr.ibitio of dog -carts. EAST,in the Bill. leave was given to i n t hoe Billm o t f i o o r n UME moved for certain returns relating to Savings' Bankr.— Agreed to. bring in Mr. G. W. HOPE moved that the H res olve itself into a Committee House should, o n to morrow, and ttee of the whol e H ouse, to make prov ision for salaries allowances to persons to be employed in ca rr y in g into eff ect the provisions . . of the Copyhold and Customary Tenures Bill. Sir R. H. INGLIS objected to a motion of such im. portance on so short a notice. The Bill had bees read second time last nigh t, but in an unusua lly thin Hous a e Mr. G. W. HOPE said t hat his onl y wish was to mak° . the Bill complete, which had come down f rom the House of Lords in an imperfect state. He intended that the whole measure should be considered afterwards fully in detail. When it was considered that the Bill had been be fore Par liament for two or three sessions, and had been discussed for some months in the House of Lords, and referred there to a Select Committee, he could not see how it could be complained that the country had been taken by surprise. Mr. GO ULBURN said if blame attached to any one it was to his Right Hon. Friend and himself, who had been consulted by the Hon. Gentleman on the occasion. After a few words from Mr. P. HOWARD, the motion was agreed to. The other Orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House Adjourned at a Quarter after Twelve o'Clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 23. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool.. sack at Fire o'Clock. __ The Bishop of LINCOLN presented petitions from Hertfordshire, against any public grant to the College of Maynooth, and against idolatrous worship in India. The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petittion, praying for an alteration in the existing Corn-laws. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented petitions from parishes in Antrim, Tyrone, Derry, and Monaghan, praying for the abolition of Church patronage in Scotland. Lord S TRAFFORD presented a petition from Tyrone against the intrusion of ministers in the Church of Scot land. On the motion of Viscount DUNCANNON, the Mutiny Bill, and the Marine Mutiny Bill, were read a third time and passed. TITHE COMPOSITION (IRELAND). Viscount DUNGANNON moved the further considera tion of the Report of the Tithe Composition (Ireland) Bill. After a few observations from Lord DUNCANNON and Earl WICKLOW, the amendments to the clause were agreed to, and the Bill passed. Lord DUNC ANN ON laid on the table certain corres. pondence relative to the slave -trade. TOLLS ON THE METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. Lord REDESDA LE presented a petition from the in habitants of the Strand and its vicinity, praying the House to adopt some means, by a duty on coals or otherwise, for the purpose of extinguishing the tolls upon Southwark, Waterloo, and Vauxhall Bridges. Lord ROSEBERY presented a petition for the abolition of Church patronage. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from the Baptist Communion Church in the borough of Cupar, county of Fife, imploring their Lordships to take efficient measures for the abolition of idolatry in India. DRAINAGE OF BUILDINGS BILL. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition from the inhabitants of All saints, at Mile End New Town, and adjacent parts, signed by 2,000 persons, in fa vour of the Drainage of Buildings Bill. The petitioners expressed their gratitude for the care taken with respect to their religious and moral education, but stated that much of the value of that care would be diminished if sufficient attention were not paid to the condition of their health. BOROUGH IMPROVEMENT BILL. The NOBLE MARQUIS then moved the second reading of the Borough Improvement Bill, which gave power, under special circumstances, to corporate bodies to make improvements out of the corporate funds as was necessary for the health of towns. He would move that it be re ferred to the Committee on the Drainage of Buildings Bill, as ho wished to have the opinion of that Committee on it. _ _ The Bill was then read a second time and referred to the above Committee. A message from the Commons brought up the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenook Railway Bill, which was read a first time. _ who were opposed to these laws. On the one hand, if I anything could tend to damp the ardour of those engagel in the repeal of the Corn-laws, it would be telling them they had to contend for so great a sum as 100,000,0001., while, on the other hand, nothing would tend to strengthenthe opposition to the repeal so much as telling the agri cultural interest that they had to contend for a prize equal to that sum. His Noble Friend had also adverted to the question of the sugar duties. Upon that subject the ex travagance had been equally great ; for it had been said that this was the greatest consuming sugar country on the face of the earth, and that financial regulations had limited and abridged the comforts of the population in the con sumption of sugar to a degree that was not to be found in Austria or Russia. Nothing could be more extravagant or absurd than all these statements. He had stated these things, in order that parties might cau tiously weigh and consider the subject, because, in the event of their calculations not being confirmed, they would be obliged to have recourse to a property tax or some similar measure, in order to make good the enormous defi ciency of the revenue which would occur. He believed that the principles laid down in the Report would be most injurious, if generally adopted ; and at the same time he was convinced that the principles of free trade, as they were termed, were those upon which their great commer cial country could mainly rely for the extension of its trade. He should decidedly object to the principles in that Report being generally adopted. Lord ELLENBOROUGH expressed his great satis faction at the measure that had been introduced by the Noble Marquis. It had come sooner than he expected, but not sooner than he desired.—( Hear.) It was a nice• sure of justice to India, but not a measure of injustice to the West India Colonies. It would tend materially, in his opinion, to reduce the price of sugar, which was extremely high at present, and ho did not think it would be desirable to introduce any measure with regard to the intro duction of foreign sugar at a lower duty, until they had ascertained what would be the working of the present Bill. He believed it would be found eventually to obviate the necessity of any legislative measure as regarded the introduction of foreign sugar. He would now call the attention of the Noble Marquis to the Bill itself, and it appeared to him that the 3d clause of that Bill was founded upon error. It was supposed by some of the wit nesses examined before the Committee that the Local Act passed by the Indian Government for the prohibition of foreign sugar into the British settlements of India would not be found practically to effect that object, and from the wording of the clause any party who went before the Privy Council and declared that that Local Act was inoperative might prevent the introduction of rum, the produce of the East Indies, from being imported into that country. Now, he hoped the clause would be so amended as to prevent the object of the Government being defeated in that way. There were other details, but not of any very great importance, which could be better referred to when the Bill was in Committee. The Marquis of LANSDO WNE had no hesitation in stating that the interpretation of the clause to which the Noble Baron had referred was that which ho wished to have attached to it, and if any verbal alteration was neces sary to make that more distinct he had no objection to adopt it. Ho certainly never meant that the Privy Council should have the power of putting a veto upon the inten tions of the Government, with respect to the introduction of Eaat India sum. All the Privy Council could require was that it should be proved to their satisfaction that the prohibition of the importation of foreign sugar had been legally carried into effect. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). The Marquis of NOR MANBY said Mr. Phelan was in attendance, if any Noble Lord wished to have him ex amined further. The Duke of WELLINGTON wished to know if the Noble Marquis had any objection to the production of the correspondence that had taken place relative to the ap pointment of Richard Egan as returning officer for the Bandon Union. The Marquis of NORMANBY had no objection to the motion. He wished to state, further, that Mr. Phelan would remain in town for a few days ; if any Noble Lord wished to put any further questions to him, he should be in att , sndanee on Friday. The House then adjourned till Thursday. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE WHITEHALL, 111A.Rcii 22, 1841. Her Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and- Ireland unto Randolph Isham Routh. Esq., Commissary-General to her Majesty's Forces in Canada. EAST INDIA RUM BILL, The Marquis of NV - NE, in moving the second reading of this Bill, stated that it was a measure of some irrportance; and, after stating the object of the Bill, said the Committee which had been appointed on the subject had presented a mass of important evidence exhibiting the state of Indian produce and Indian commerce. It ap peared to him at that time, although be did not then think it necessary to say so until he saw an opportunity of carry ing the view into effect, that the most advantageous mea sure of relief that could be given to the Indian cultiva tion, considering sugar as one of the most important arti cles of produce, would be, after reducing the duty on sugar, to effect a corresponding diminution on rum. The Committee undoubtedly, in the Report, expressed an opi nion that they were not prepared at that moment to recommend such nn alteration to take place. Ho was not himself the author of the words so inserted in that Report, but he did not oppose their introduction, because he was not at that time prepared to propose any such measure to their Lordships. He did not think, however, that the Noble Baron who eras the Chairman of the Committee, at all intended they should bar relief to the Indian cultivator. All the in.. quiries made by the Government, had tended to convince the Government that there would be no danger whatever of the introduction of rum, the produce of rice, or other substance, by allowing the free introduction of rum the produce of the sugar cane, and the date tree. The equa lisation of the duties on East and West Lelia sugars in 1836, had proved of essential benefit, not only to India but also to England. Without troubling their Lordships with details, he might state that the importation of sugar from India in 1836, was only 50,000 cwts. ; in 1840 it bad risen to 400,000 cwts., and had it not beer for such increased importation from the East, the alarming rise which had taken place in sugar during the last two or three years, an 4 t`-,e most alarming decrease in its consumption in the same period, would have been much greeter. It had been thought necessary to facilitate the introduction of rum, the produce of that most useful production of nature—the date tree. He was not prepared to state the respective quantities of sugar produced from the cane, and the date, but he believed a very consid -rsble portion of it was Vie produce of the latter, and it was thought necessary to afford the same facility to its intro ducti in as to that the produce of the cane. The fin , l re gulations to be adopted by the Governor-General, and sent to this country before bring acted upon, would effec tually prevent the introduction of a spirit produced from rice or any other prohibited article. He would not take tha' occasion to dwell upon the act of fairness, of justice, and of liberality their Lordships were then called upon to perform towards the natives of India, from whom they had taken the most valuable branch of their industry and trade. They had beet, the cause of actual depoppla:lon in India by the extinction of their manufacture of muslin by the introduction of our manufactured goods, and had refused any adequate redress by refusing to take their pro ducts upon the same terms as the other colonies bound to us by the same ties. There must remain a difference in favour of the WeA Incites. Nature bad drawn a prraia neat line for their advantage mer those to whom, never thelese, we owed the same duties, and felt the same inte rest. The Noble Marquis then moved tho second reading of the Bill. Lord ASHBURTON rose, but was almost altogether inaudible in the gallery. We understood the Noble Lord to say that circumstances were in favour of the measure. The only doubt was, whether, from recent events in the West Indies, the altered condition of the population was such as would admit of such a change ; but he took it for gtantcd the Government had looked carefully into the subject. lie wished to know whether it was the inte 1- tiou of the Government to let in fot eien sugar also. There were great apprehensions as to the intentien of the Go verment on this subject. He was the more induced to refer to it in consequence of a Report of a Committee of the other House of Parliament, which bad been commu nicated to their Lorships, and which had been circulated through the country at the expense of certain persons who had formed themselves into a society. This Committee , but it did not sit until July. was appointed in May last They summoned before them some three or four great free-trade philosophers, some of whom were connected with the Board of Trade, and who had made the most ex travagant, exaggerated, and absurd statements that could t Comm featittee h, owy and specially b of e lis persons listened d pg t eo o rt . s oo nps T fao h sr e ns c o dc u ot l mo d opko t a st k he d e e evidence of these it, but refused to hear evidence on the other side ; and thus their proceedings were as unfair and as absurd as could well be conceived. Their proceedings were founded upon vague theories of free trade. The Noble Lord was then understood to comment upon the subj , cts comprised in the Report, and particu larly upon the opinions expressed respecting the Corn laws, and said that such theories, if carried into practice, would completely overturn the principles upon which the commercial wealth and greatness of this country was founded, and introduce the wildest and most ruinous changes. A strong opinion was expressed in the Report with respect to the subject to which he had just alluded, namely, that of letting in the sugar of the Brazils, and other foreign sugar, at a considerable reduction of duty. It was this circumstance which induced him to put the question, which he would thank the Noble Marquis to answer, respecting the intentions of the Government on the subject. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that although his Noble Friend had an undoubted right to enter into any statement of his opinions with respect to the Report of a Committee of the other House of Parliament which had sat last year, he was sure their Lordships would not ex pect him (the Marquis of Lansdowne) to enter into any discussion as to the merits of the Report, or the great variety of topics introduced into it, comprising, as it did, almost all subjects connected with the revenue and economy of the country, each of which would require long and full consideration. He was aware that the Committee had sat at a late period of the Session. It was not a Committee proposed by the Government, but one in which th e y acqu i sce d. It had bestowed consider able attention on the subject, but circumstances made it inconvenient for them to receive evidence which would have been of a different nature to that which they should have received. But at the same time he considered a Committee extremely fitted to consider the subject. H e did not feel himself called upon to enter into any general discussion upon that subject. He could assure his Noble Friend that the Bill was totally disconnected with any other measure, and did not grow out of the Report to to which he alluded. The measure was proposed upon its own merits, and was merely an accompaniment to the measure of 1836, and, in order to give that measure full effect , he was convinced their Lordships ought not to hesitate in passing the Bill. Lord ASHBURTON made a few observations that were not heard in the gallery. Lord MONTEAGLE rejoiced that the attention of the House and the public had been drawn to the Report on which the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Ashburton) had observed. No doubt it was a very popular argument to say tha t if taxation is reduce d t i nt revenue will be increase d, but people out of doors were very apt to take a one-sided view, and to say give us a reduction, and take your chance of an increase of re_ venue. The extravagance of some of the suggestions that had been made before that Committee were impediments in the way of improvement. He would allude to one, being the great question on whi ch his Noble Friend bad observed, the c o rn question. What was the evidence g i ven by some of those gentlemen on the subject of the protec tive duties on corn? It was that the existence of those protective duties caused a charge upon thepeople of En g _ land which was equal to twice the whole amount levied by taxation for the treasury—namely, an annual amount of 1 00,000,0001. produced by those protective duties. H e was not a friend to the existing system of the. Corn_ laws, but he thought that those exaggerated views /Mid rather defeat than further the object of those OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARcH 22. Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieut. W. T. Renwick to he Second Catain, vice Boteler, retired on half-pay ; Second Lie - at. T. B. Lollinson to be First Lieutenant, vice Renwick, March 9. Commi,sions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding o YoAshire. Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Ca valry—A. Brown, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Vavasour, resigned, March 5. South West Regiment of West Riding Yeommry Cavalry-- Major the lion. J. S. Wortl ey to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Fullerton, resigned; Captain J. E. G. Elmsall to be Major, vice Wortley, promoted; Lieutenant C. Jackson to be Cap tain, vice Elmsall, promoted ; Cornet C. Preston to be Lieu tenant, vice Jackson, promoted, March 16. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. THOMAS BURNARD, merchant, Bideford, Devonshire. FRANCIS HOSKINS, wine-merchant, Birmingham. - BANKRUPTS. FREDERICK SANDERS, licensed victualler, lioxton Old Town, Middlesex, to surrender March 30, and May 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee; Ware, Blackman-street, Southwark. HENRY LAMB, grocer, Manchester, April 14, and May 4, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Adling ton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett., Bedford-row, London ; Claigh and Thompson, Manchester. JOHN BRADSHAW, draper, Oswestry, Salop, April 6 and May 4, at eleven, at the Shire-hall, Shrewsbury. Baxters, Linco'n s Inn-fields, London ; Sale and Worthington, Man chester ; Hayward, Oswestry. EDWARD BLOODWORTH, miller, Loughborough, March 30 and May 4, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Loughborough. Emmett and Allen, Bloomsbury-square; Hucknall, Loughborough. HENtY HUNT, victualler, Birmingham, March 31 and May 4, at two, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Harrison, Birmingham. WILLIAM SPENCER, tanner, Clarebrongh, Notting_ hamshire, April 2, and May 4, at eleven o'clock, at the White Bart Inn, East Ret ford. Fox and Lowe, Nottingham; Mce and Rigsby, East Retford ; Campbell and Witty, Essex-street, Strand, London. JAMES HARGREAVES, worsted spinner, Farnhill-hall, Yorkshire, April 1, and May 4, at one, at the Black Horse inn, Skipton, Yorkshire: Cragg, Harpur-street, Red Lion square, London Alcock, Skipton. PETER ROBINSON, brewer, Warrington, Lancashire, April 6 and May 4, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver pool. Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, Hol born, London • Bayley, Warrington. W ILLIAIII SPENCER, brush manufacturer, Leamington, April 6, at one, and May 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Basinghall-street. Graham, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Baylis, Devonshire-squ a re, London. JAMES LEA, butcher, Gloucester, April 12 and May 4, at eleven, at the King's Head Hotel, Gloucester. King and Son, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street, London; Dowling,Gloucester. HENRY WARD, builder, Stafford, April 7, and May 4, at twelve, at the Swan In n , Stafford. Clowes and Wedlake, King's-bench-walk, Temple, London ; Hiern, Stafford. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. H. Channon, haberdasher, Burton-street, Berkeley-square, April 23, at twelve—G. Davies, grocer, Knightsbridge, April 13, at two—C. Hawkins, draper, Tottenham-court road, April 14, at eleven—G. 11. Simkin, grocer, Redcross-street, April 14, at twelve—J. Griffin, wine merchant, Windsor, April 14, at one. _ _ _ In the Country. P. Brooke, grocer, Leeds, April 16, at one, at the Com mis,ioners'-rooms, Leeds—T. Elliott, lace manufacturer, Not tingham' April 14,at one, at the Ram Hall, Nottingham —T. R. Mosely, cotton spinner, Pyes Mill, Cheshire, April 23, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—W. J. Holt, wine merchant, Grantham, Lincolnshire, April 14, at twelve, at J. Gilstrap's Hotel, Newark, Nottinghamshire—B. Thompson, steam packet proprietor, Great Yarmouth, April 15, at twelve, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Great Yarmouth—W. G robe, malleable iron founder, Birmingham, April 19, at twelve, at the Acorn Tavern, Birmingham—J. Gisborne, cattle sales man, Brynderry, Monmouthshire, April 27, at eleven, at the Beaufort Arms Hotel, Monmouthshire—H. Holmes, attorney at-law, Leeds, April 13, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—E. Edwards, iron founder, Menai-bridge iron foundry, Carnarvonshire, Sept. 14, at eleven, at the Britannia Tavern, Carnarvon—D. Nyman, furrier, Bath, April 17, at one, at the Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath—H. Nicholson and T. Baylis, coal merchants, Canterbury, April 13, at one, at the Guildhall, Canterbury—G. W. Wentworth, R. Chaloner, T. Rishworth, T. Rishw , rth, jun., and J. Hartley, bankers, York, April 17, at twelve, at the Sessions-house, Wakefield—C. G. Holdforth and J. Bald, commission merchants, Liverpool, April 16, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms Liverpool—N. Hedges, tailor, Downend, Gloucestershire, April 20, at twelve, at the Can mereial-rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES-APRIL 13. G. Burnett, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tine—S. and W. Mead, iron merchants, Liverpool—G. T. Brow n , corn mer chant, Mark-lane—H. W. Hayman, merchant, Liverpool —W. Bradley, manufacturing chemist, Selly Oak, Worcestershire— J. Strickland, T. P. Shaw, and F. Mattock, cheesemongers, Newgate-market—J. Page, engraver, Horseferry-road, West minster. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. I. Abbott and T. Dyer, woolstaplers, Piddletrenthide, Dor setshire—W. Bagnall, T. Bagnall, J. Bagnall, R. Bagnall, T. Jesson, and H. Smith, coal ma s t ers , R owley Regis (so far as regards H. Smith)—W. Heap, S. Naylor, L. Goodyear, G. Spensley, and J. Broadhead, stone delvers, Thornton, York shire (so far as regards G. Spensley and J. Broadhead)—J. Kendall and W. Laundon, grocers, Leicester—G. Davenport, G. R. Walker, and J. M. Davenport, bankers, Oxford (so far as regards J. M. Davenport) —E. Milton and W. Fletcher, Birmingham—D. Owens and D. Richardson, ship bread bakers, Liverpool—E. F. Ireland, F. Ireland, W. Ireland, and R. J. Ireland, farmers, Plaistow, Essex (so far as regards F. Ireland) —J. Vigurs, T. Flight, L. Vigurs, J. Brown, J. Batten, P. Batten, T. James, and W. Gilbertson, Cwm Avon, Glamor ganshire (so far as regards J. Brown and T. Flight)—E. and H. Payne, drapers, Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire—H. Bloxam and J. Panting, attorneys, Shrewsbury—J. Williams and J. Severne, plumbers, Anley Kings, Worcestershire—S. C. Fisher and J. Smith, corn dealers, Preston, Lancashire—J. J. Robinson and W. Brown, goldsmiths, Leadenhall.street—W. D. and T. B a t es , corn merchants, Whitechapel-road—M. Mil lard, C. Ching, H. Ching, and J. Millard,livery-stable keepers, Montague-mews, Montague-street, Russell-square—R. and J. Norris, attorneys, Liverpool---W. Good and W. Good, jun., linen drapers, Lymington, Hampshire—T. A. Phillips and J. J. Jones, paper stainers, Penton-row, Walworth-road—T. and E. Parfitt, farmers, Thornford, Dorsetshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A. and 4. WALKER, boot makers, Cupar Fife; March 27 and Aprill7, at twelve, at M , Nab's Inn, Cupar Fife. WILLIAM LUTTED, pianoforte manufacturer, Glasgow, March 26 and April 16, at one, at the Commercial Hotel, Glasgow. ALEXANDER BRODIE SETON and CO., merchants, Glasgow, March 26 and April 16, at two, at the Royal Ex change Sale Rooms; Glasgow. It has been decided to open the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway as far as Ciro:me:ter on April 26.... Cheltenham Gan*. HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON A General Court of this Corporation, to celebrate the anni versary of the Battle of Alexandria, was held on Monday even ing at the Freemasons' Tavern. The attendance was very nu merous, and comprised " a large array of the fellow-country men of the distinguished soldier whose stirring memory" was a large and exciting influence, connected with the occasion of Monday evening's meeting. There was, as usual, a very con siderable number of the members of boih services present, and many gentlemen appeared arrayed in the Highland costume of their several clans. The assembly was presided over by The Chisholm, who diseharged the duties of President in a manner that elicited the most deserved praise. Amongst the principal present, besides the Chairman, were the following :—Sir Geo. Murray, G.C.8., Sir Hudson Lowe, Sir John Webb, Sir John Macra, Sir John M. Wilson, General Pereira, Captain Kelly, R.N., Captain Fead, Major Stephens, Major Annesley, H. Longlands, Esq., Divie Robertson, Esq., Dr.. Rolph, Col. Thornhill, Major Macdonald, &c. &c. The Coldstream band was in attendance, and played several fine pieces of mu sic during the evening.: Dinner having concluded, The CHAIRMAN, in an appropriate speech, proposed The Queen." The toast was received with the most unbounded enthusiasm, and with reiterated cheering—the band playing " God save the Queen." The CHAIRMAN next proposed "Prince Albert and the Princess Royal." This toast was received with the most warns and cordial feeling, and with great acclamations. The CILAIRAIAN prefixed to the next toast the name of one who, besides being conspicuous for the benevolence and charity of her disposition, was distinguished by every virtue that could grace the woman or adorn the Queen. He proposed " The Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family."—(Loud and pro longed cheering.) The toast was drunk with the utmost en thusiasm. The Ctrantma 14 said that he next wished to propose the health of an illustrious member of the Royal Family. He would point to the portrait of that Noble Duke which hung in that hall, and which displayed him in the costume of his adopted country.--(Loud cheers.) But besides this, his Royal Highness had shown further his attachment to his adopted country, for he had married a Scottish lady.—( Cheers. ) He, therefore, in giving to them the health of his Royal High ness the Earl of Inverness and Chief of the Highland Society, would propose that the toast should be drunk with Highland honours. The toast was accordingly drunk with Highland honours and great cheering. The CHAIRMAN stated that he had received a letter from his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, expressing his regret that a recent and sudden attack of illness had pre vented him from being present on the occasion ; but express ing a desire to become a member of the Highland Society. He proposed that they should suspend the standing order, and he jnoved that his Royal highness the Duke of Cam bridge should be admitted a member of their Society.—(Loud cheers.) Sir GEORGE MURRAY, K. C. 8., seconded the proposition, which was agreed to with acclamation. The CHISHOLM then proposed the " Health of the Duke of Cambridge," which was drunk with Highland honours. The next toast was " The Duke of Richmond and Lennox." Drunk with all the Highland honours. On proposing the Army and Navy, the CHAIRMAN said— There exists a custom not more sanctioned by usage than it is congenial with our best feelings, to remember at all festive meetings like the present, the gallant services of those whose courage and conduct in war have secured to us the blessings of peace, and whose high character throughout the world is the best guarantee for their continuance. If, however, circum stances can furnish us with one occasion more fitting than an other to pay this just tribute to the merits of our Army and our Navy, surely the anniversary of the Battle of Alexandria supplies such an occasion; for if we look at the army under Aber cromby, from the moment of its landing in Egypt up to what I must call the great crowning victory of the 21st, we shall find it one continued, unbroken series of the most brilliant military . achievements; and if we call to mind whence that sunny dis embarked—from the Bay of Aboukir—we are forcibly re minded that on those very waters, three short years before, the immortal Nelson had asserted and maintained, in the Battle of the Nile, the supremacy of Britain's flag " O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea"—" Far as the breeze can bear the billows foam." But although we have among us this even ing some veterans who witnessed these achievements, their hair grown scant and grey in the service of their country bids us recollect that these are not tales of yesterday, and the enemies of England would fondly hope that in a long protracted peace our Army has degenerated, and our Navy is not what it was. Iu the spirit of peace I would urge them riot to lay this flattering unction to their souls. Has our army degenerated ? Jam glad to see some officers of the Indian service present this evening, for I would point to Affghanistan, and bid Ghuznee answer the question. Is our Navy not what it was ? Let the coast of Syria reply. Her echoes have scarcely yet ceased to ring back the triumphant peals of British broadsides. And since I have touched upon the coast of Syria, I cannot forbear claim ing the gallant Napier as our fellow-countryman. I speak of him as a straight forward,clashing, fighting sailor. I speak not of him as a diplomatist; yet at the same time / am free to confess that in these days I have heard cf worse diplomacy, at least to my mind, than sailing into the harbour of a refractory Paella, with guns double-shotted, and decks cleared for action, and using some such language as this—pointing to his guns :—" Here are my credentials ;.' pointing to the ultimatum of his Sovereign—" Here are my terms. Take them, consider of them ; and if at the expiration of a given time you assent to them—well. I will extend to you the right hand of friendship, and show you the hospitality of a British man-of-war. But if not—Beyrout has been bom barded—Sidon is taken—Acre has fallen. The walls of Alex: ndria shall crumble about your cars." Such is the lan guage, such the diplomacy of a Scottish sailor. May such long continue to he the proud bearing of every British soldier and every British seaman. Gentlemen, let us drink to the pros perity of our Army and our Navy.—( The speech of the lion. Chairman was received throughout with enthusiastic bursts of applause.) " The Army and Navy," drunk with the customary honours. Sir G. MURRAY returned thanks. He said that the best feeling subsisted between both services. Whenever he had had the honour of serving with the Navy he had always expe rienced from them the best feeling and the greatest kindness. With respect to these services, he was proud to say that in whatever part of the globe their exertions might be called for they would always be found ready to maintain the character that had always distinguished them.—(Loud cheers.) With regard to that branch of the service with which he was more immediately connected, he would say, let them never permit any injudicions friend or insidious foe to attempt to un dermine the discipline of the army, for that discipline was an essential element of their strength and efficiency.—(Cheers. ) Captain KELLY, IL N„ returned thanks on the part of the Navy. On proposing the principal toast of the evening, " The Memory of Sir Ralph Abercromby, and the Heroes who fell with him in Egypt," The Citisnciee t said The toasts which I have hitherto had the lionour of proposing, have been well calculated to call forth your joyous and tri umphant shouts. It now becomes my duty to touch a more tender chord. We have met this evening to celebrate the victory of Alexandria ; and it well becomes us as Britons, and as Hielanders, to remember with pride the . glorious deeds of our fellon -countrymen on that occasion. But it no less becomes us as men to recollect the price which that victory cost us. Aber cromby fell. Early in the action was winged " the far hissing globe of death," charged with the fatal message to sever the spirit that conceived, from the frame that carried out that v i c e tory. The same frigate which brought to these shores the standard of " The Invincible Legion," emblazoned with the names of all those battles in which, till then, it had glanced unconquered and unconquerable—that same frigate bore the lifeless body of the conqueror to his sea-girt grave. Aber cromby fell, and he fell not alone. Of the hearts that, on the morning of that day beat high for praise, hundreds, ere the sun went down, could feel that pulse no more. " There is something of pride in the perilous hour, Whate'er be the shape in which death may lower; For Fame is there to say who bleeds, And Honour's eye on daring deeds; But when all is past, it is humbling to tread O'er the weltering field of the tombless dead, And see worms of the earth, and fowls of the air,. Beasts of the forest, all gathering there; All regarding man as their prey, All rejoicing in his decay.'' Yes, it is humbling, but to those who have loved the fallen, " there is," in the words of Abereromby's successor, " this conso lation, that their memory wiel be sacred to every soldier, and em balmed in the bosoms of a grateful posterity." And to Aber cromby was afforded a still greater consolation, for he lived to see what he died to gain ; he saw Victory, that Lad long hoe vercd, eagle-like, with uncertain flight, over the dubious battle, at length (dose her weary wings, and perch triumphant over the meteor flag of Britain. Well might Abercromby, and those who fell with him, have said what, I trust, will be this evening verified:— " For us, even banquets fond regret supply In the red cup that crowns our memory, And the brief epitaph in danger's day, When those - who win at length divide the prey, And cry—remembrance sadd'ning o'er each brow— How had the brave who fell exulted now !" Let us then drink in solemn silence " To the Memory of Sir Ralph Abercromby and the Heroes who fell with him in Egypt." the toast was drunk in solomn silence. Song—" To England's renown we gave one laurel more." Sir GEORGE Mu many said—l have obtained the permission of the Chairman to propose the next toast, and I would beg you to drink to the health of our President. It is most appro priate to see the Chair of the Highland Society filled by an hereditary chief, and one, tos, of so ancient a family as The Chisholm, and the able manner in which he has performed the duties of the evening show that he is, in all respects, qualified for the position in which he is placed. You must have ob served the gentlemanly suavity of manner, the graceful elocu tion, the commanding eloquence, and the hearty feeling with which he has introduced the subjects of the evening. You must remember with what loyalty he called upon us to do honour to our Royal Family, with what martial feeling he was animated when he recounted the glories of our Army and Navy, from the battle of the Nile to their recent splendid achievements on the coast of Syria, and the tact with which he introduced the bold diplomacy of our fellow-countryman, Sir Charles Napier. You must have perceived, too, with what depth of feeling he touched upon the - death of the gallant Abercromby. I can only speak for myself. Forcibly was that illustrious man brought back to my mind ; for, being on the Staff, I received from the lips of the General the order for the formation of the troops on their landing, and was in the boat with the distingushed naval officer to whose care was en trusted the debarcation of the army. When, too, Sir Ralph Abercrombie received his mortal wound, he resigned himself into the arms of the gallant regiment which I now have the honour to command—the Old Black Watch.—(Great cheer ing.) The toast was received with great enthusiasm, and drunk with the Highland honours. In returning thanks, The Cirisnour said my heart I thank you for the manner in which you have drank m' health. The flattering and unmerited terms in which it has been proposed might well nigh make me forget myself ;'but, while I aim proud of the high position to which your kindness has raised me, I am not vain enough to attri- ' bute this proud station to any other than its true cause. lam here because you are Highlanders, and because I am, by my inalienable birthright, a Highland chieftain. lam painfully to fulfil the duties that then, I said th a t I f e lt no diffidence in sensible of my incompete n cy , adequately devolve upon me. If , taking your chair, I should err widely from the truth ; and that diffidence was much increased when I re- 1 mem b er ed that this station wa s , a t your last an-- '~~~. EVENING niversary, so ably cecupled by my Gallant 11 5 „1. on my right, Sir George - Murray, at once a Highlander, t dier, a statesman, and a scholar. To assert , however, Oslo felt a shrinking or nervousness would be no less wide et chie f truth ; for I know that I come among you as a Highland 01- among Highlanders. I know that thie proper place of .4 is at the head of Highlanders, whether it be at the fesui board, or in the dark hour of danger and of 'battle ; 8 . 0 , 1' 10 that, so long as the, Chief shrinks not from h is P o lio will never be without Highlanders to back and to supee rt Gentlemen, I again thank you for the kind manner in e you have received this toast. t The CHAIRMAN said there was one toast wh ich he ka„s. would be only necessary to name to call forth their utraoo", thusiasm. It was the health of the Duke of Wel lin g:l ° e 0' (Great and prolonged and reiterated acclamation.) "- g ot gretted that the Duke was not a Highlander, but that ica, s le i his fault. His son, however, had made up for this clefie;,`o for he had married the daughter of a Hi cheering.) Duke of Wellington." ea° The toast was drunk with all honours, and with the enthusiasm. of Shortly after this Sir George Murray and several principal guests retired. ular itits Highlande r. Several other national toasts were drunk, and the the of the evening were prolonged, occasionally cntivene",. dancing of Scotch reels, &c., in the true CaleiGllian 135" RATING OF RAILWAYS' At the late meeting of the Bench of Magit teste :ol ll Croydon, a question of very grave importa nce to el, parish in the kingdom in which rails. ay works are in () f o to tion, was brought forward, and should the decision to to by:the Bench prove correct in law, it will bo foe affect their interests most materially. The Directors of the London and Brighton Renall were called upon to show cause why they neglect ed 41 ,a, the sum of 161. 12s. .11d. the amount of a poor.rate at' ?p p upon property in their occupation in the parish of Croy ?pp G. PENFOLD appeared in support of the rateed d Mr SUTTON, the solicitor to the Company, ttend their behalf. Mr. PENFOLD said that he appeared in support ef.;tisid made by the parish officers of Croydon upon the•111:10, other works of the Brighton Railway CompanY , rish of Croydon, and the question fot the Bence ."°fthi whether the Company hr d such a beneficial occelotietojur property in accordancs with the Act of Parliament 5 0 , 0 tify its assessment, and lie was prepared to contend tL,d had a really beneficial occupation. They had purcb7,44 land which was Iformerly a3sessed to the poor-rate iify ht ere poor-ratio bad laid down rails, and used locomotives upon soil, bricks, &c. ; and he submitted Oat this could "" construed other wise than as a beneficial occupationtso he reminded the Bench that it was not at all t le rbeiri that there should be any profitable occupation , tu a ;, quite distinct from a beneficial occupation , such to 0 1 required by the Act of Parliament, to be as sessd. . p eal' poor-rate. Mr. Penfold then cited several catee„„°olo port of his argument, and concluded by calling Apo Bench to make an order for the amount. doe Mr. SUTTON, then, on behalf of the Co c rn o p l i tu n c Y li i rdoe - dle is t i that, while the works of the railway were they were not liable to be rated • and he until they were completed, and the railway T: t oo df , of in a way likely to realize profit or advantage , was no beneficial occupation, and that conseclee" could not be assessed to the Poor-rate. A r, Mr. WARRINGTON said the question app eare " o f P" whether the using of the rails for the purpose° t. railway itself in the progress of the works, :idol , construed as such a beneficial occupation as rende 'Ol liable to pay the poor-rate. t , boa Mr. SUTHERLAND and Mr. ELYARD said 00 : o not. They considered that a railway while beL,%b OF was like the case of a house while being buil t, vlui not assessed until it was occupied. ibe Mr. REID, the Chairman, inquired where the line be drawn. e c° lo Mr. SUTHERLAND considered that the worse- - t i b e a l te- - veyed a single passenger, the first fare they call tbe them table. as s Mr. REID remarked that if this was to be takc Ag bt true in: erpretation of the law, the whole couetr,Y,Tbylvi, cut up and whole parishes, in some instances, ta . " - t vere ways, and tkey would got no rates while thef [ !ogress. ,0 riw Mr. PENFOLD said that a case might arise vi m° lo G o k way could not be completed at all, and in this parish would - lcse its rates altogether. tbe Sr s; Afton some further discussion, the majority 0 f gistrates expressed their opinion ' that the o° lll dt o present not liable to pay any poor-rates. lO4 O, Mr. PENFOLD said he felt strongly upon the P e e °l P the liability of the Company. It was a very g r e patc ship upon the otbe rate payers that so large l i , 11 ;11 0 , 1 1. 0 property should be excluded from the rate, anu t lgist":„ l l stracted by the parish officers to say that if the r t 9 would make the order they should be idemni 6 '4o l l any proceedings that might be taken by the tic'" try the legality of the proceeding.. Babe Mr. g o leo Mr. SALTER having addressed the Berleu, - „ ted to them that they ought not to make the ore e e 'hde ha ` v they were clearly satisfied of its legality, the , s tag berated upon the matter, and decided upon disit/w -ra. e. IRISH :MARKETS. ,112/,e JIJB LI N MARKET NOTE for the WEEK ending /v et 9 3 1 1 From 38 T40 ' 0 , 513 Wheat,perbarreP4l stone 2S' 0 , 0 0 ; 0 Bore ........ ........ .. 16 stole 0 0 1 17 6 J I i/ :38, Barley ,A a 0 0. Il 502 Oat, - a ty o Four, per cwt. 572 Oatmeal S stone l3 0 I. 0 Sold to Bakers only. 10,332 Cwt. 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