The Sun. — London, England, 1824-03-09 00:00:00

Somewhat more light was thrown on the state of the question with Spain and the Holy Alliance, on the subject of Spanish America, in the House of.Lortls last night. In answer to one of the Marquis of Lansdovvn's questions, Lord Liver pool stated, that " the Memorandum .of the con versation'between Mr. Secretary Canning and the Prince de Polignac, as well as the last dispatch of Mr. Secretary Canning, had been communi cated to the Allied Powers, but these communi cations neither asked nor required an answer. He could, however, inform the Noble Marquis that Nka answer whatever had . been received from any of the Allied Powers, in consequence of the com munication either of the conversation or the me morandum." Lord Holland having afterwards' asked if he was to understand that we had made a communication to the other Powers as to the course of policy pursued by this country, but those Powers had not in return made any corre sp,anding communication to us respecting the line of policy they had either pursued, or intended to pnrsue ? Lord Liverpool answered, " he was trot in possession of any official communication what ever of the nature alluded to. He did not deny, however, that the Ministers had had some conversation on the subject." To the • ob servation of Lord Holland, that the " in ference from it was quite clear," no rejoinder was Made. kdiscussion took place in the House of Conrimons, on an amendment, moved by Mr. Hume, to Mr. Huskisson's motion, proposing in a Committee of Supply the continuance of the duty of 275. the cwt. on sugar. Mr. Hume pro posed the reduction of the duty from 271. to the cwt., and judging from the decreased con sumption of wine, tobacco, &c., in consequence of an increase in the duty, he inferred that a diminution of duty in the case of sugar would lead to an increased consumption. Mr. Hus kisson again contended, that as the consumption of sugar had gone on increasing, notwithstanding the duty, it was to be inferred that the duty had not affected the consumption, and he contended that a reduction of duty would injure the re venue to the extent of 150,0001. for every shilling Without taking any more sugar out of the m prket. We confess we have some doubts as to the soundness of Mr. Huskisson's reasoning in this case. Though sugar be a necessary of life in this country, and though the consumption of it naturally increases with an increasing popu lation, it does not folloW that the lOwer ortTers can obtain in all cases as much of this necessary as they could wish to have. We believe, on the contrary, that the consumption is susceptible of very considerable increase. " The decrease of td per lb. (said Mr. Baring) would not increase the consumption." With all deference 'to so high an authority, we should suppose t a pound a very material consideration with a poor man, scarcely able when bread is dear (as it now is) to - obtain that article, which is still more ne cessary than sugar, in sufficiency for the wants of his family. [BRITISH PR Ess.] The proposed alterations in the duties on silk underwent a long and very interesting discussion in the House of Commons yesterday. _Mr. Hus kisson, in the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (who, we regret, was prevented by indisposition from attending in his place), after po i n ting out the advantages that would result from the general adoption of a liberal commercial p c ilicy, went into a detailed explanation of the motives that induced - Government to propose an alteration in the silk duties. A reduction on the raw material, and a diminution of the counter vailing prohibitory duties on foreign manufactured silk, formed the subject matter of the resolutions proposed by the Right Icon. Gentleman. He pro posed that the reduction on the raw material should take place from the 25th of this month, and that' the other part of the plan, for the admission of foreign silk into the British market on • the payment of a small duty, should not come into operation till the sth of July, 1826. i —This delay with regard to the. countervailing duties, Mr.Huskisson observed, was a concession to those who were engaged in the silk trade, many of whose. petitions had been presented to the House. Ile considered that in two years the British manufacturer would be enabled so to regulate his trade, as not to suffer from the re duction of the prohibitory duties. Mr. Baring, on the other hand, apprehended that the dread of foreign competition would be so great, as to throw a damp upon the silk trade of the country, and deter the manufacturer from pursuing it with enterprise and spirit. lie thought the only effect of the delay would be, to give those who bad embarked their capital in this branch of ma nufacture an opportunity of withdrawing them selves from it. After several other Members had spoken on the question, the resolutions of Mr. iluskisson were carried without .a division. THE LONDON• JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, March 9. [MORNING CIIRO*NICLE:I [THE TIMES:] Attention will be powerfully attracted to the procedings of persons interested in the silk trade against the petty finance scheme of the present year. Mr. Buxton presented a petition, signed by no less than 23,000 persons of-that body,who are averse even to the abrupt remission of the duty upon imported raw silk, but most averse to the introduction of the French manufactured ar ticle. The situation of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is at present a singular, we should say an unprecedented' one, for a Finance Minis ter. He olTers a remission of taxation to a cer tain-class of individuals—at least he proposes a measure by Which the revenue is to be dimi nished--and yet they whoni'he pretends to re lieve, they for whose sakes he is content to sustain a loss, crowd around to beg he would withhold his proferred boon, which,say they, will only involve them in ruin, and In the mean time all the rest of his Majesty's subjects, who are really panting for relief, and who might be relieved with the utmost ease and promptitude, .are wholly neg lected and overlooked : their burdens are not to [MORNING POST.] In both. Houses of Parliament last night the notice of an official eiposition of the line of po licy pursued by Ministers towards the West dies, was postponed from Friday next to the en-. suing Tuesday, on account, it 'was understood, of the lamented death of Mr. Secretary Canning's nephew, the Marquis of Tichfield.—ln a Com mittee of Ways and Means, in the Commons, Mr. Iluskisson (in the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer from indisposition) moved the usual annual duty on sugar. - Mr. Hume, though professing much reluctance to press any motion upon Ministers for further reduction, after the liberal policy which they had shown, proposed to reduce that duty from 275. to 20s. on the ground that the consumption of:sugar had not augmented, or. very little, since Isl 4. Mr.. Htiskis zon,however, having proved-by official returns, that the consumption of that. article -had increased at the rate of 40 per cent. since the period alluded to, the amendment was withdrawn and the ori ginal resolution agreed to. The House then went into a Committee on the Custom Acts, when Mr. Huskisson explained at considerable length the final views of Government with respect to the silk trade. In answer to those who pre ferred the remission of direct taxes to the repeal of duties, he forcibly stated, that by encou raging onr commerce—by giving a new im pulse to the national industry, the fulness .and fecundity of our future means would enable the Minister to make large remissions of direct taxes ; or should we be again unfortunately engaged in a war, it would furnish the means of of vindicating the honour and defending the inte rests of the country. lie then st a t e d that having . heard all the parties who wished to communicate their Own case, Ministers thought the wisest course was at once to put an end to the disquietude of those who depended upon their labour for their daily bread. This they expected to do by making the remission of the duty as entire and.as hnmedi ately as possible; and instead of the 25th of July, it was proposed that the duty should be reduced the 25th of this month. The next step in favour of the trade would be to make an arrangement by: which all persons having raw silk on band, that had paid the duty, or thrown silk which was not worked, should be allowed to return it to the warehouses and receive back the duty, to take it ' out again on the 25th of March, by paying the. smaller one. But the greater concession of-all was this, that instead of expiring in a short time the prohibition upon Foreign Silks should con tinue till the month of July, 1826. In order to afford greater accommodation 'to those who had large stocks of manufactured goods on hand, it was also intended to allow that all manufactured goods now in the kingdom might be deposited in the warehouses, audi whenever they Were ex ported, although the drawbacks should be ex 7 pired in consequence of the termination of the high duties, they -should entitled to receive- . such drawbacks. These statements were received with cheers by the House, and after some obser vations by Mr. Baring, the resolutions embody ing the various measures proposed were agreed to unanimously. [MORNING HERALD.] The article from the Madrid Gazette, in the Paris Papers, looks like a demi-official Manifesto of i a design upon Peru and Mexico. It may be safely regarded as of French origin, dictated at Madrid. Such " notes of preparation" frequently preceded the invasion of. Spain, at the very mo ment when the French Ministers were disclaim ing hostile intentions, as earnestly as M. Chateau briand, in a recent note to Mr. Canningcdis claimed any design or possibility of again bring- FIRST REPORT OF THE . SELECT COMMITTEE Appointed to inquire into the STATE of the LAW' in the UNITED KINGDOM, and its Consequences, respecting ARTIZANS leavin4, the !SINGD9AI, and residing abroad : also, into the state of the Law, and its Consequences, respecting the Exportation of 'Machinery ; and into the state of the Law, and its effects, so far as relates to the Combina tion of Workmen and &hits to raise Vv'itges, and to regulate their Wages and Hours of Working. 31r. Joii:c I IARTI.Z7Enu examined. Are you an engineer ?_r din, Have you, in the course of your business, received orders for tools and machines front abroad ?--Frequently. the description of msel, un es ordered ; whenever they have come orders ?—That has depended upon under ia t e ll e prohibited by Act of Parlia ment, I have refused to ex ~ execute them. Why have you refuse ( ' to execute them ?—Because it would you description ° t i ll , :s a e ch i n e s c b e e i ve t h necessary e under false names, in order to de thtebeCniustot6 Could you have exported them by entering them under another name, if your scruple s of violating the law had been officerst o enter of satisfied ?—Certainly; it would have been utterly impossible for the officers of the custorr i s to detect the nature of the ma chine when it was sent away in parts. • From your own knowledge , , do you mac i consider it an easy mat ter, by breaking up 1 inery, and exporting it at different times and by other names , to send abro a d a ny thing you please ? —I think any prohibiteu ma chinery might he sent abroad by a little management; t here is one o b v i ous mo d e , w hi c h wou ld b e that of mixing two or three Inachines together in such a way, that no officer of the Customs , . or indeed any en g inee r , could detect the nature of the machine , exorted : and detection would be still further prevented by shipping these parts so mixed, at different periods. Has much machinery, that y ou might but for the law have been taking orders for, been trade in foreign parts ?—lt has either been made in foreigr, parts, or the parties ordering it, hare been under the necessity of giving up the idea of erecting it, or it has been manufactured by those who may be less scru pulous than ourselves in exporting prohibited machinery. Has it not also been made h -Y artizans being sent from this country; part of the machinery being made here and sent abroad, and arizans employed there to finish it ?—That has frequently been the case; the castings for it have been sent from this country in such a Shape, that it would be impos sible for a officer of the Customs to detect for what purpose they were intended ; and afterwards the machine has been finished in France or any other country to which it was sent. Have. not some manufactories been established in fnreign countries for the purpose of making machines and tools which the laws forbid you to export e—Manv manufactories have lately been established, and more particularly- in France ; and no doubt one of their objects was to manufacture those machines, the exportation of which from this country is prohibited ; but they likewise manufacture various machines, which are not prohibited to be'exported from this country. Are not those manufactories, or many of them, conducted by Englishmen ?—I believe almost entirely ; the three prinCipal manufactories at. Paris are conducted by Englishmen—viz. the works at Charenton, by Mr. Manby ; those at Chaillot, by Edwards, and a third, by a Mr. Steele. In the event of the ,laws remaining as they•now are, wo u ld foreign nations in Bur Ope soon be able to supply themselves, and America also, with that machinery and those tools which our laws prohibit the exportation of?—Certainly, if the laws remained unrepealed and strictly adhered to, that must neces sarily be the case. 1 CiM foreigners at present manufacture tools and machinery, generally, as cheap or as good as they can be purchased here ? —Certainly not so cheap. In the first place, their labour may be stated at least from 25 to SO per cent. higher than it is in this country, arising from the circumstance of their generally employing English workmen ; the raw material is at least or even more than cent. per amt. higher than the raw mate,:la in this country. Do you refer to iron chiefly P—l allude to iron altoge ther, the brass of the machine forms a small proportion of its value. Are you able to state what is the relative difference of wages given in the same mAnufaCtory in France, to Frenchmen and to Englishmen engaged in the same branches ?—I will state an instance of a smith, which may serve as a criterion for all . ; a smith in France would receive about four francs per day, while the rate of wages paid to an expert English smith at Pa ris wouldbe ten or elev en f rancs per d ay. Do you think, if the trade was free, English engineers would nippily the greater part of the world with tools and machinery ? —I have no doubt but they would. Can you state any rules for forming that opinion ?—My reasons for it principally consist in the natural advantages that England possesses, from the circumstances of the ironstone and coal being invariably found in the same spot, and thus affording a means of manufacturing iron at a cheap rate ; the talent and ingenuity of the workmen : the immense spare, ca. pital we have in, this country ; the circumstance of our canals and rail-roads already established, enabling us to bring the raw material from the interior of the country at a very low rate : it would of course take a considerable time before France or any other country could possess any of these advantages, even those. which cannot be considered as peculiar only to us, such as canals and rail-roads. Can you state what additional price you calculate is put on the machinery which.is sent out of this country, by the risk of smuggling ?—I thinit that would not amount to much, fr.= own men ; about Can you state any cases' in point ?--I havetilyself had re peatedmy men enticed 3 years instances a o d f attempts considerable teinp ts to entice number away n o i t y on work which I me e as the subject of a away for the works at Cheaxil4lmotp,ltehsewy where e e ofa ythaettbemespttdseshcraivpe tmi.oisnhoefdwfoorrkamteinn,leatnodkmeeepn e r m ri p va to t y e, ed for by it patent. stating, that two Eng ftaorind' P tl a ia r t is 'one of their objects in been navme made e u to an e y nt r i a ce te your men ?.,I have received, within if any of them were see, offered itself, i th ish es m e e f n ew ha d d ay c s o , m a e letter from Lonon was to entice men from our 'manufactory in par ticular;going ; the I immediately sent this letter into the manufac tory,aani disposed 0t hs i ea n dt order d o e dg r iod t htaot not France,the i nt enindttohmpaitrgeahvnte prevent Ot e; t .11 a i r conse quence was, not a single man left me, though I had reason to believe that the terms offered were very high, and very advan tageous to them. suppose the law now existing to be repealed, what descrip tion of men would be the most likely to go abroad ?—I have no doubt but that the inferior workmen would be the first to go • th o se, in fact, who found it difficult to get empl o y men t i n this country ; I am persuaded that our superiorclass of work men would never leave their country, if attempts were not made under the existing laws to entice them away by high bribes. _ _ DO you think that many of the best workmen who go abroad now from a freak, or perhaps to see the country, would be dispOsed very soon to return, but for the penalties of the law which now prevent them ?—I think that very few would leave the country, but that those few who did leave it from the cir cumstances referred to, would be very glad to return. 'Would not perfect freedom to go or stay, render the men more satisfied, and less likely to make a permanent emigration that,. now am persuaded if the law were repealed, very few of them, or at any rate, of such as are worth keeping here, would go; from my own knowledge of the habits of the men, I am persuaded they would be quite satisfied if they only had the.right to do so. Have you any fear that the country would suffer by the rival ry of other countries, if perfect freedom was given to the arti zans to go abroad ?—I am satisfied that it would not suffer, for the reasons I have already given —viz. the inferior workmen going instead of the superior. Have you seen any men who have returned, and can you state what report they made of the establishments abroad, or of their liking the situations they are in ?—Not of my own knowledge, but my partner was residing at Paris about two years since, and had opportunities of, convening with English artizans there, and most of those he saw expressed a strong desire to return to England, but their passports were refused them. What evil do you apprehend from the repeal of the Combi nation Laws ?---I apprehend no evil whatsoever ; on the con trary, I think that in the course of time all the evils that the Combination Laws have brought on would be done away with, and the effect produced by them has been •so very injurious, that it would also require the greatest care and management on the part of the masters to do away with the bad feeling excited by them. Is not one effect arising from combination on the part of the men when successful, that they interfere with their masters respecting the number of apprentices they shall take, and various other minor regulations in the manufacture ?—That is generally one of the sources of dispute between the masters and the men : the men obliging the masters, or endeavouring to oblige them, to take a smaller number; and , the masters, on the con trary, wishing to extend their number as much as possible, in order that they may not be so much at the mercy of their men. Does not that condition which is so often imposed upon masters mainly depend upon the men succeeding in their com bination against the masters I?—Certainly. Then that which you consider an inconvenience, would per haps be done away, or much lessened, if combinations did not take place ?—I conceive so. _ In your opinion, should not the men and masters be allowed to make what bargain they please, as to the amount of wages, the, hours of working, and mode of payment, provided a speedy method of enforcing contracts was established ?—I should have no 'question but that such an arrangement would be good both for masters and men : with respect to the method of enforcing contracts, I am not prepared to s p ea k decidedly, but I think that should be left open also. Do you not know that by the law as it now exists, any man refusing to complete his work, may be comthitted to prison and flogged ?—Yes, lam aware of that ; but I am not prepared to say that such a law is politic. Do not you think there should be some summary,way of en forcino• the fulfilment of a contract ?—No good workman in a manufactory properly conducted, would be inclined to leave his work 'unfinished : and as a manufacturer, I should say, that if I had men of a different description, the sooner they were gone the better. Can you state, whether the combinations amongst ship wrights and sawyers at Liverpool, are not attended frequently with very serious consequences ?—Very frequently ; I believe in no part of the kingdom are combinations so strict and close as they are at Liverpool. What has been the effect of those combinations in Liver pool ; has it been to obtain the mastery over their masters, or otherwise ?- 7 -I believe almost invariably to obtain the ascend ancy over their masters ; I believe at the present time they are almost under the dominion of the men. Bo you think that if the Combination Laws were all repeal ed,"there would be no combination among workmen against their masters ?—I should not go to the extent of saying that ; I think a repeal of them would have a tendency to prevent com bination, but it would be going too far to say it would prevent it altogether. [To be continued.] Letters from Madrid, according to the French Papers, speak of the almost incessant failure of Spanish .corn , mereial -houses, owing to the very depressed state of the CPWltry. PRICES OF 'FALLOW, MO Al', p1121b.--March 6•- Town TallOW 393 Od. —s Oil Yellow Soap _703 Yellow Russia 35s Od od Mottl e d 7g' White ditto .. sis 04 Curd • sec Soap ditto.... Sts . .o(l- 1 Od Grares .... . 165.0 d Melting Stuff 99s — s Od . Good Dr ......... ug's ....... . 6s Ditto Rough.. 16s od —s• Od PRICE OF CA-NDLES, FRON) Price of Caddies, per dozen 6d per.dozcii TALt.oWCHANTocEn's H A LL. ); 8s 6 d--Moulds, los Od. !d for ready money. PRICE OF ItAIIT FAT, per Stone of.6lb.—March 6. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow !Welters), 2s lid COUNTRY GUI LDFORD Wheat per 1. 141 Os to 191 is Old Wheat 181 Os to 811 —s Oats, per qr '... 11 4s to 11 12s Old ditto .. 01 416 to 01 Os MARKET.. kRKET, Feb. 14. Barley, it 141 s to 11 18; Beans, per qr.2l Os to 3l IOA Pease, per qr. 11 16s to 212 5 Rye, per qr .11 17s to 21 25 COAL MAItKET, March G. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. 471 Nev%ca,tir 151 Sunda' lsoll D- k meet - IL - _ing took, place at seven o'ock yesterday morning, at the Broad-gap, within about three quarters of a mile of Islington-green, between J. CoorEn, Esq., and Capt. Monttis, late of the Royal Navy; the former attended by HERBERT FITZMAURICE, Esq., the latter by Lieutenant WAINWRIGHT, Royal Marines. At the first fire, Mi. C.'s ball slightly grazed his an tagoniit's pistol arm, passing through the coat sleeve ; on the second discharge, Captain Mow- RIS'S ball dangerously wounded Mr. COOPER in the gullet, who fell immediately ; on being ra ised from the 'ground by his second and another Gen tleman, he could scarcely articulate a word from the great effusion of blood in the throat ; however; his wishes being at length interpreted by his looksr Capt. Mounts, who had not left the ground, was called towards him, when Mr. COOPER. squeezed the hand of his antagonist in an affectionate man ner, and feebly exclaimed, " I only am to blame." A professional Gentleman, who attende ed on the part of Capt. M., examined a u& dressed the wound, which, though extremely dangerous, still admits some faint hope of reco— very. The origin of the dispute we have not been able precisely to ascertain. BIRTH. On Saturday. last, in Devonshire-place, the Lady of Johrt'• Barclay, Esq., of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at St. Sepulchre's, Mr. Hine, of Charter -- house-square, to Mrs. Smither, of Lamb's Conduit-street. ___ DIED. In the Tower, on Ash-Wednesday, Susanna Elizabeth, th 4. infant daughter of Edmund Lenthal Swift, Esq., Keeper of the" Jewel House. On Sunday, at Hastings, Mary Frances, the wife of Captauv . M. Andrews, of the 30th Regiment. On the 6th inst., of apoplexy, Flower Freeman, Esq., ° f: Kennington-lane, late of the Island of Barbadoes. At Berlin, on the 11th ult., aged 59, Mr. P r of essor St u tzer4. a celebrated teacher in th e Royal military school, in that. capital. At Amsterdam, on the 26th ult. Admiral Blois Van Tres long, He was a gallant seaman, and had lost his right arm in fighting the battles of his country. Lately at Saint Petersburgh M. Von Demidow, one of the greatest landed proprietors in Russia. He was besides largely interested in the great Ural Mines, On the 4th instant at his house in th e B a il ey , Durham, aged ~ 55 years, the Rev. Jam es Blackburn, A.M. Rector of Rornal" - kirk, in the county of Y or k, an d vicar of Gainford, in the count; of Dunham : heretofore, a fellow of Trinity College, Cam" bridge, domestic chaplain to the late Earl of Strathmore , and lecturer of the church of Saint Nicholas (under the corporation) Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The integrity, the kind' ness and courteousness of disposition and manners, the literary Acquirements, and the extensive but unostentatious charities of this Gentleman w ill cause hi s decease to be not more deeply r egretted by the poor, then by those who had the happi ness of his acquaintanc e an d friendship. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the S.V(' OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. 13. CARSTAIRS. be touched. And this is not the case in one in stance only, but in two : the wool dealers being as averse to the experiment to be .made upon their interests, as the silk-manufacturers to that by which their existence is put to thehazard.— Notwithstanding the debate of last night, we scarcely think that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will persevere in his new propositions. Why has he not gone on un burdening us of our heavy taxes? Acknowledging as he does that we need further relief, and pro fessing his readiness to administer it, he could have found no difticulty.in his course, had he not created one himself by offering a confused, puny, insufficient measure, when solid, substantial, and intelligible ones , were within reach. He is like a man who attempts to finesse with a small card, when he has a sure winner i❑ his hand. He should have played off the window-tax at once, and the game would have been his own. This tricky fantastic mode of proceeding looks monstrously like playing_ booty with the enemy, and wishing to deceive his friends, the people. [NEW Times.] A successful effort was made yesterday to de press our Funds ; but continued but for a short time. It was reported that a material fall had taken place in the French . Rentes on Saturday, which account was received by the Expresses from Paris. Consols, which opened at 94k, sud denly fell _to 93:1. The price of the Rentes soon became known to be 102 f. 10 c., exclusive of the Dividend, and which, with the Divi dend, would be 104 f. 60 c.,..making an alteration of wot quite one per cent. from the previous prices. Our Funds gradually recovered, and at the close of business Consols were 941 for the Ac count. A considerable fall has taken place in Spanish Bonds, from two causes which became known yesterday. The first is the intelligence, that the Royal Bonds of Guebhard's Loan have been purchased extensively in Paris at the price they bear in the authorised list, viz. 632. — The other more immediate cause is a con fident belief that the ensuing Dividend will not be paid on the Loan of 1821 ;- the Con tractors, it is stated, upon application being made to ascertain the fact, having declared that there were no funds in their hands for the pur pose. The prices of . the Old Bonds (1821) fell to 20, and closed at 202; those of the last issue from 18 to 16i. The South American Securities left off rather lower, in consequence of the in telligence from that quarter. Colombian Bonds, 674- to 8; Chilean, 802 ; Mexican Scrip, 61. 'ing Spanish America under the dominion of the mother country. There is something ludicrous in the complaint. with which the article to which we allude commences : " The Powers," it seems, " hinder the King of Spain from being also King of the Indies." Our private letter from Madrid sufficiently shows whatcondition the King Of Sp a i n is i n , an d h ow f ar h e is capa ble of making himself King of a cabbage gar den-4y his single power. We verily believe he might be safely defied by the ci-devant Re public of St. Marino, if it existed at the present day. Never was any country or Government in a wore abandoned and hopeless state of disor ganization and poverty. An attempt appears to in process for raising revenue by a tax on in come. Its probable success may be judged, from the sapient exemption of all ecclesiastical property_the very property, of all others, at all capable of contributing. Another expedient adopted by the Government is usurping a mono poly in the trade of salt-fish. 'low far the scru ples of " the faithful," by their consumption of fish on maigre days, may render this productive, we will not determine ; but a G overnmen t be coming a monopolizing trader —or i ndeed a trader at alt—does a n act of equally bes o tt e d d es potism and ignorance, considering the stat e o f k no wledge, and the general, power of reason in the preSent age. The Madrid ,Gazette, however, thinks that the Powers are not only unkind to Ferdinand, but do injury to themselves, by not allowing him " to be King also of the Indies"—and the principal ground of this assertion is nota little paradoxical, viz. that unless Mexico and Peru are again placed under the paternal dominion of Ferdinand, there can be no trade for the European Powers, and no. precious metals from the American mines.— Most likely the mines were better worked before the revolution, or rather revolutions—but cer tainly with little benefit to the Ilispano- Americans—who now appear inclined to work them more immediately on their own --ac count. The question is, whether the French, in their loving kindness for the Americans and for the Powers of Europe, will allow of this. It would be nothing surprising that by and by some pretext were found by the French Cabinet to send out an armament--not for invasion—no, God forbid—but for purposes of protection and peace—and that finally the Mexican mines were worked by French capital and machinery, to the disappointment of those Gentlemen in this coun try, who have been and are calculating a harvest of golden speculation in the new state of Mexico. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. its being so very seldom detected ; the risk is not considered great. You mean that the laws are so very easily etaded?.L-Yes. If a man will take an oath, or makeup his Mind to violate the law, your opinion is that there is no great difficulty in do; ing it ?—Certainly. Cannot specifications of every new machine with drawings and models,•be obtained front this country ?—I! have no doubt they may be, and are daily proc ure d ; I was conversing last week with a large cotton manufacturer from France, who stated distinctly, that there was no model or machine in existence in England, of which he could not obtain a model or drawing by paying for it. It is understood that Mr. Manby has established iron steam boats on almost every river in France ; was not that machinery E exported three exclusively principal from E places ngl England d? ot i ?—Entirely. y. manufacture of iron in the neighbourhood of Paris, do you know what number of English men are employed at each ?—I think there are at least from three to five hundred in each of the two principal manu factories. Those are at Chaillot and Charenton ?—They are. Are not those two establishments principally for the manu facture of iron, and not of machinery ?—Almost exclusively for the manufacture of machinery ; the works at Chaillot are exclusively for the manufacture of machinery ; lately at Cha renton they have erected rolling mills for making bar iron. Have you seen any of the machinery that has been manu factured at those works in France ?—I have not. I have seen machines manufactured in France, but not at those works. You cannot state, even from report, what is its merit, as com pared with machinery manufactured in England ?—es, from report I certainly car ; the machines manufactured at both those works are of exceedingly good quality, at least the work manship of them is ; I should make a decided distinction be tween the workmanship and the raw material, the raw material in France being much inferior to the English ; but as they were manufactured by English artizans, the work is equal to what would be manufactured in this country. You state that an English smith will receive ten or eleven francs a day in france, what would be the average wages that man would receive in this country !—A first-rate smith in Lon don would receive from 6s. 6d. a day to is. In the instance of a seizure of machinery for spinning cotton, are you aware whether the usual modes were resorted to for evading the vigilance of the Custom-house officers ?—I am not able to speak to that ; but it appears that the mode adopted was not sufficiently efficacious, and I apprehend the usual precau tions were not taken. You think that species of machinery might be so broken up into parts that it might easily evade the vigilance of the Cus tom-house ?—I have no doubt of it. Have any persons, consuls, or others connected with foreign countries, sent any machinery and plans and models abroad ? I have sent myself a considerable quantity of machinery to Russia for the Emperor's use, but they were none of them prohibited articles, nor am I aware that any prohibited ar ticles were sent, though I may perhaps have an opinion upon that subject. Is it necessary for you to send artizans abroad to carry on your own business ?—Uertainly, when we send machinery abroad we are under the necessity of sending men to erect it ; that generally forms part of the contract which we enter into with the parties for whom we construct it. What kind of workmen is it that are generally enticed to go abroad ?—They invariably entice the best workmen ; a consi derable risk and expence is incurred in getting workmen over from this country, and added to - this a large bribe is necessary, so that it would not be worth while to incur all this risk and ex pence for the sake of obtaining inferior workmen. LONDON MARKETS. - PRICE OF BREAD. The piicerof.ths4lbAorif is stated at rid. by the fall-priced baksrs. --There are others of the trade who -still film a half penny to three halfpence below that rate. 114.1 PORTATIONS Or GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. for4g9 Wheat Bay ley 3,367 ---- • • Alalt Ottt4 Rye.. . _ 4,407 • - 41,064 1,430 ... —......-- . 13041.0 s . . Peas 1,933 80 ; , . 1,099 ...__ 56 Tares 389 ___ 360 ..- 340 • .-- ____... Rapeseed. Mustard Seeds Flour . Brunk Li I) Plaid. 9,105 62 2.2 --- 1,775 ~... New Eng. R. C 49s 73. 88s—tIne, 102: jore . r ,EDS, March Old Ditto 355 53s 7 6 s—fine,.93s —s —1 New FOreign ditto,..ei7s 74s 90s—fine, 104 s Old ditto ditto,— 3,3 s 45s 60s; fine,.,B7s New Whiteditto .646 78 5. 8 2,--fine, 9 Trefoil .. p er cwt.. 6s 17s 19s—fine 211 Os per cw2st. Ribgrass ..... Carraway Seeds • 461 48s 50 s —fine, 5311 ~ Coriander do ..8s 9s 1f5....5nr, 136 -Tares .....per bushel 6s 7s—fine, 8s od St.Foin 436 to,433—fine 48s per qr. Rye-Grass.., 24s to 3 6s—fine, 40s —s -s per 9f , Canary ...... per qr 49s 52s—fine, 54: per. .ir. White Mustard Seed 7s lOs to 12s Brown ditto - • 10s 14s 16: Od Rape Seed New Turnip Seeds los to 13s Od pr. bush. Linseed , . . 50s 51s--- , fine, 54s p e r qr. _ .„ NEll'6 , 4ll'll: AND LEADENHALL By the Bsaf es 411 to ss 4d .. 3s 4d to 5s 4 Mutton . Bd to Hs 8d 1 P or k 2 s B L I t o z s 04 Lamb, Os Od t o Os Od. Si'. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, March 6. 0. Hay. 31 lOs Od to el Os ad I Clover, 4110 s Od to 610 s od . New Hay 010 s 01 to 01 Os.Od 1 Straw 21 2s Od la il 145-0 J SMITHFIELD. Old Hay 4l_ 10s (id to 51 Os g ad-Average 41 159 Od --- Straw Clover 5l 10s Od lto 61.0 s 00- Average, 51 15 9 rd IVHITE CHAVEL. Hay 4l 10s Od to 5! 8s Od—Average, 51 Os Od New ditt o Ol Os Od to 01 As Od --Aver us Oa' Straw A 2s Od cior.l- 5l Os Od t o 6! 10s Od--,—A verage, 21 varaKe, Si tes Od PlitC;E OF HOPti; per Cwt., March 5. New Hops, 81 8s to 141 —Yearling- Bags, - 01 to 71 Yearly Pockets, 71 7s to 91 9s. RAW HIDES. Best. Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... 2s 6d tons 8d 3s 2il to 3s l i t Market Calf .. each.. 6s ed Middlings Qs 10d to 3s Od. Lairilis...., Os 04 to Os ad SHEEP SKINS'. Par(' - 4s Od to 5s 64 I Shearlings .. 0 4 to 0 4 Downs ----- ---- - PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, SO to 56lbs each per lb 0 2d to 23d Ditto, bq to 661bs each Dressing Hides lqd to 20 dCoach Hides 2 Crop Hides, 15 to 401bs for cu t t ; ng 2od to .17d t o Ise d , Ditto .... 45. to 5.01bs - 18d t o ,20,1 Cnlf Shins..o 6 t o 4011 )s Ditto 7O to 80Ib s . 24d to 27d Small Seals (Greenland)... . - . }:?d t o 191 d Large ditto • • - ' ltd Tanned Horse H ltid to ides l4d to 16d Spanish Horse Hides - •- . - 14)1 to 201. t I