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the whole - proceedings he had been anxious to put his finger. upon the system, and abstain from all asperity of langudge upon individuals. But the Hon. Member for Finsbury had, in slanting language, for his language was as oblique "as his motion, endeavoured to fix on him the stigma of being actuated by other motives thin those he had distinctly avowed. He said he was desirous to promote the purity of the House, and yet he stated a case the most corrupt, according to his own phra seology, and in the most shameless and barefaced manner. Those who promoted purity ought to do so by example as well as precept, which of the two modes of proceeding, was the most straightforward opposition. The motion of the Hon. 'Baronet was plain and distinct, it questioned the propriety of inquiry at all; but the Hon. Member for Finsbury was favourable to in quiry, and yet endeavoured to prevent investigation. When it was before the world that there were nine or ten cases that might be distinctly proved, were they to _say that tke whole representation was so corrupt and so evil, that they could make no inquiry ? Were they to indulge in an esoteric morality in that House, and in dulge in sneers which they would not dare to mention out of doors ? What he desired was, to make the matter so plain as to render it necessary to legislate upon it. He trusted to the good feeling of Hon. Gentlemen around him to treat with scorn the present motion, considering that itwas not an honest and straightforward, but a round about, oblique, and factious mode of opposing his (Mr. Roebuck's) object. PAKINGTON was surprised at the intention ex pressed by the Hon. Member (Mr. T. Duncombe) of pressing his motion to a division. The sole object of the Hon. Member was to throw ridicule upon the motion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath. He be lieved the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath had done great public service by bringing forward this subject. The extent of bribery which - had taken place at the last elmtion was discreditable to that House, and discredit able to the law. He would not be a party to an attempt to defeat the object for which the Committee had been appointed. lord J. RUSSELL said he perfectly concurred in the objections which had been stated to the motion of the lIon: Member for Finsbury. He thought, that having ordered the inquiry. it would be extremely inconsistent for the House, by an extraordinary and unusual pro eeeding, to defeat the object of that inquiry. His Hon. Friend seemed to imply that the House must either agree so his motion, or make the confession that its Members had been guilty of • bribery ; but he (Lord J. Russell') - would not - admit that such was the case. • There wo-ne cases in which moderate refreshment was given to the voters; which were very different from the offering of a bribe of Ave Taineas. - For himself, he would feel it ver y unsafelp say that he had never paid any sums beyond legal eXpe*vas. Re would suggelt to the Honourable Member tIrS propriety of using words which would :ncet the difficulty. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said—ln rising to support the mo tion of the lion. Ysember for Finsbury, he would assure tyre House that be did not do so with any intention u, defeat the inquiry. But for his part, if he were included in the inquiry, he - would not consent to be tried by a per son,who hail. himself been guilty of the same practiCes of which he ryas accused.—(Loud cries of " Divide.") He did not think with the Hon. Member for Finsbury,. that corruption had so far infected the House, that this small number of persons could not sign the test. If it were so, the sooner the people knew how they were represented is that Honse—(Divide, divide.) Mr. WAKLEY ~ vas utterly at a loss to know why so much soreness of criticism was bestowed upon the motion of his Hun. Colleague. It had been said that this was propos/A to get rid of the Committee. He denied that, and ho believed that its effects would be to carry out the 4,hjera of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath. In stead of so much reproach being cast upon his Hon. Col league's courageous and honest acknowledgment, his ex am* ought to be followed. His Hon. Friend was right bringing forward his motion, and could not have an object in defeating the motion bi ought forward by the honourable and Learned Member for Bath, and prosiecuted by him with so much zeal and ability. I Did the : Right Honourable Baronet opposite think there was anything in the test which every Member • odgitz not to be able to take ? Would it not be very well for ;ray candidate to be able to point to this test. and v that if he were returned he would have to take it: He thought that the inquiry ought not to eud :with those six boroughs, fur if it did it would give no satisfaction. He did not agree with his Hon. Friend that.- . .there were 600 members who could not take the test, for 'he believed that many Members were not guilty of brilder y , or 'tiny dishonest practice. For his p a rt, h e ivoadol nut have the slightest hesitation in taking this test, for he never spent one farthing in bribery or treat ing, and he believed that many men could take the test :is safely as him. The inquiry, he asserted, could not stop -with these six boroughs, but it should go as far a.s die petitions would reach, for in most of them the alle gations of corruption and bribery were as strong as in -those which were compromised. He supported the motion. Mr. lIROTHERTo N thought that the Hon. Member for Fins'ourf should have brought forward his motion before the Committee was appointed. He was confident that the gentlemen of that Committee would do their (hay, and would neglect no means of bringing to light the corrupt practices which had prevailed at so many of our elections. For his part he should have had no hesi tation in taking the test ; but he could not support the motion of the Hon. Member for Finsbury. Mr. V. SMITH said that he should feel it his duty to vote with the Hon. 'ldember for Finsbury. It would be advisable, in his .opinion, to satisfy the public that the Members appointed to try the charges that had been made were themselves free from the practices complained ot: They were not about to call on the Members of the COMM - it:tee to subscribe the declaration. from any in vicllous Motives ; but he believed it would be more satis- factory to the public that they should be placed beyond the reach of suspicion. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that he wished to say a few words, in answer to some of those very unfounded attacks which had been made on him by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath. He had always thought that the usual Parliamentary course was, not to attribute motives to Any Member of that House when he had brought for ward any motion he had though fit. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the Member for Bath, had thought proper to attribute to him motives which were totally unjust and unfounded.—(Cries of " Order.") The lion, and Learned Gentleman had said that he had. wished, by oblique and indiscreet, and as it were underhand means, to defeat the inquiry. Now he could till the Hon. , and Learned Gentleman, that there had been nothing in his (Mr. Duncombes) conduct in that HouSe which could authorise any individual to say that hointd not always taken a direct course when any motion was brought forward.—(Hear, hear.) He was not one of those who had made attacks upon individuals in their absence, and who when called upon to justify those attacks would shrink from doing so.—(Order.) Mr. ROEBUCK said that if the Hon. Gentleman meant to make any charge against him, he begged he would- state when he had been guilty of any conduct to justify it. The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member for Bath, cenid not speak in reply ; if he spoke at all, it would only be by the special indulgence of the House. Mr. DUNCOMBE contended that he was in order; he repeated that he was nut one of those men who made nt:acks on individuals who were not there to defend themselves. Sir E. KNATCHBULL rose to order.; he deprecated this mode of one Member making attacks on another. .Mr.D UNC OM BE—I am making no attacks.- 7 (Order.) Sir E. KNATCHBULL was quite sure that discus *ions of this personal nature were not advisable. Mr. FRENCH thought if the Hon . . Member for Fins itry was personally attacked he had a right to defend himself., lie moved that the debate be adjourned. Mr. BERNAL said that as the Speaker had not given his opinion it would be indecent to adjourn the oehitte.—(llear, }tear.) Mr. DUNCOINIBE said his object was that the Com mittee should have the confidence of the public, and he believed it would not obtain that unless this test were applied. They might think his confessions shameless and barefaced, that might be human frailty ; but he considered that frailty preferable to those professions i n to which the . self-conceit of other people led them ; namely,, the profession of superior virtue and purity, which only themselves were able to discover. Mr. FRENCH withdrew his motion of adjournment, and the House. divided ; when there appeared :-- For Mr. Duncombe's motion l7 Against it l6O Majority against the moton LIVERPOOL PETITION - ON EDUCATION. o n our admission to the gallery, we found Sir U. DOUGLAS on his legs, stating that seeing the :Right Hon. Gentleman the :Member for Tipperary in his place, he wished to infurin him that he had received :a letter from Liverpool, with respect to the petition he had presented the other night ea the subject of educa tion, and for presenting which he had been charged by the H o n. Member with a breach of the privileges of the House fir presenting a petition with fictitious signa tures The letter he had just received stated that the shrnatures were genuine. SHIEL would only observe, in reply to the Hon. and Gallant • Officer, that it was most extraordinary that in a petition casting the gravest imputation s on many in Members of the Catholic Hierarchylrela n d, the first pi, b we should contain a whole series of names wr i tten it ,mifestly by the same hand. Sir li. AEI, despaired of getting through with the 34:trilf, if these irregular discussions -were indulged i n . :Ile really must take advantage of the rules of the House. Ha did not mean for one moment to say , that the delay ocrasioned by these discussions was intentional, but he must ask the Speaker if such discussions were strictly in order. SHILL--This is a matter of privilege. The SPEAKER said that, according to the strict rules the House, no debate could take place that did not in sieve manner relate to the Orders of the Day ; but, that of 'ate, practice had sprung up, of asking questions and TaiSing discussions on them, on the motion that the Orders (A . the Day be read. According to the strict rtties of the House, however, the debate ought to relate to some of the Orders of the Day. Mr. SHIEL would just remark, that the discussion which hadjust taken place, related toa question of privilege, and was, therefore, perfectly in order. lie had charged the Hon. Member for Liverpool with having been guilty of a breach of privilege in presenting a petition to the House, many of the signatures to which had been fabri ca,,,,ed. lie had been requested by the Noble Lord, the other Member for Liverpool, to postpone calling the at tention of the House to the subject until the Hon. and Gallant Officer should have had an opportunity of com municating with Liverpool on the subject, and this was the earliest opportunity he h a d h a d of calling the Mtn- Lion of the House to the subject. IP6WICH ELECTION. 1 1 4-PAICINGTON rose, not for the - purpo se ( 4, 16 _ hying' 01(Ftariff; but,: to make a •communication to the Ifousc on . the subject of the Ipswich Election, which he • was anxious to do before the holidays ; but if the House was desirous that he should not do so—(Cries of Go on ! go on !")- It would be in the remembrance of the House that he, as Chairman of that Election Committee, had moved that the issuing of thswrit be suspended for three weeks, in order to give time for the evidence to be printed. That time would expire on Monday next, and he thought it right to inform the House that it was not his intention to move the further suspension of the issuing , of the writ. He thought it right to make this state ment in order that Honourable Members might have an opportunity of considering what course they might think it advisable to pursue. In allusion to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Montgomery the other evening, relating to the con duct of the Committee in neglecting to report whether the bribery had been committed with the cognizance of the sitting Members, without at all entering into the reasons which had induced the' Committee to avoid all allusion to the subject in the Report, and without al luding to what he considered the very vague manner in which that part of the Election Act was worded, he would, as some imputation seemed to have been cast upon the sitting Members, at once state that it was not his intention in any manner to imply more than had been stated in the Report, and that the general feeling of the Committee—a feeling in which he concurred—had been that it had not been proved that the bribery which had taken place had taken place with the cognizance or knowledge of the sitting Members. THE TARIFF. On the motion that the Order of Day for the House resolving itself into CoMmittee on the Customs Bill be read, Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented a petition from the ropemakers of London, praying that the House would not impose a less duty than BS. Upon the-importa tion of foreign cordage, or than 20s. upon the importa tion of foreign twist. ViScount HOWICK could assure the Right Hon. Ba ronet, that in bringing forward the motion of which he had given notice, delay was not his object.—(Hear, hear.) In the proposed alterations in the scale of du ties, there wore many articles on the importation of which from_ foreign countries it was proposed to levy a higher rate of duty than on their importation from the British t colonies. The Right Hon. Baronet must agree that the su.'Oject was one well worthy of the consideration of the House, and that as it involved a question of principle, it could be much more conveniently discussed by bring ing it forward in the shape'of ii, resolution before going into Committee, inasmuch as if a discussion were to be raised in Committee on every article of the tariff in which the principle was involved, such discussion, in addi tion to many other inconveniences, would inevitably oc casion great waste of time, and much unneccessarvdelay. On the other hand, to select one article for exemption,. and to take a division on that, showing the determina tion of the House with regard to the principle gene rally, would not be doing justice to the importance of the principle lie then - felt it his duty to submit to the consideration of the House; and it would also prevent that division being fairly taken, since it would be mixed up with the consideration of the proper rate of duty to be charged on the particular articles. Therefore, in moving the resolution of which he had given notice, which was in these words—" That in making a new ar rangement of the Customs duties, it is not expedient to impose different' rates of duty upon the same article, when imported from foreign countries or from British possessions, in any case where no such difference now exists; and that in those cases in which such a difference already exists, it is not expedient that it should he in creased." It was now proposed, for the first time, to reduce the duty on articles from our colonial possessions, or compared with the duty on the same kind of articles from other countries. To this 'he had the greatest ob jection. He objected to differential duties, because it would leave the consumer subject to the burdens of taxa tion, and yet deprive the Treasury - of the income which it ought to derive from those burdens, and would en. tirely fail in affording that advantage to the colonies for the purpose of which those differential duties were created. With respect to this country, it was perfectly obvious that - differential duties were contrary to the in terest of the country. Under the head of provisions he found the articles of cheese and butter. At the present time, these articles were at the same rate of duty, whe ther imported from a foreign country or a British posses sion.- Butter paid a duty of 1/. per cwt., and cheese 10s. the cwt., from whatever country. they were imported. The consequence of this had been, that none of- these articles had been imported from a British possession, but from foreign countries a very considerable revenue had been obtained upon them, realising about 370,000/. The proposal of her Majesty's Government was that the duty upon these articles from the colonies should be re duced.. Butter from foreign countries was still to re main at 1/. per cwt., - but from British possessions it was to be ss. Cheese from foreign countries would still re main at 10s. per cwt., and from British possessions it would be 2s. 6d. Now what would be the necessary ope ration of this change ? The Right Hon. Baronet told them that every article iu the tariff had been carefully considered with reference to the prices of the articles. He supposed, therefore, that it was intended by this re duction in the duty on articles from the colonies, to alloW the products of the colonies to enter into competition with articles from foreign countries. But the difference in the duty would counterbalance this a,dvantake. He would assume, for the sake of argument, that this was the case. Re might assume that in future one-half of the supply of these articles would be derived from the British colo nies, and the other half from foreign countries. It was obvious, then, that the condition of the consumer would be unaltered, because the price would be the same, there fore when the duty was changed, there would be no dif ference so far as the consumer was concerned ; but there would be this very important difference to the Treasury, that where they now received 375,000/., the duty on half the supply would continue the same as at present, viz., I 87,500 L, and the other half being for the co l on i es , t he duty would be only one quarter of what it now is, and instead of 187,500/., it would be somewhat less than 47,0001 1 ., so .that it would be a loss to the revenue of 140,000/., without a diminution of the price to the consumer. Assuming then, that one half of the supply would come from the colonies, for every cwt. of cheese the revenue imposed a duty of 2s. fid., instead of 10s., thus losing 7s. 6d. per cwt. ; and the new duty on butter would be 55., instead of 11., thus losing 15s. per cwt., at the same time no advantage would accrue to the consumer. Precisely in this manner all differential duties operate. The consumer ought not to be subjected to any burden, which was not productive to the Treasury. The answer to this no doubt would be, that the colonies must be protected. He trusted that the time would come, especially after the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet the other evening, when they would see none but revenue duties.—:(Hear, hear.) It was certainly difficult to dis tinguish between protecting duties, and duties for re venue, because even those which were called pro tective duties, did of necessity product revenue. Even the corn duties themselves prOduced, in reality, a very large revenue. With respect to the argument, that the colonies should be protected against foreigners, his answer to that would be a quotation from the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet. He (Lord Howick) heard with great pleasure the opinion expressed by the Right lion. Baronet, " That if other countries did not choose to buyscheap from usthat was no reason why we should punish ourselves by refusing to buy cheap from them." He cordially agreed with him in that opinion. It might be said that it was necessary to secure our authority in the colonies, by placing alow rate of duty on their produce. But " there would arise the question, were differential duties really an advantage to the colonies or not ? The argument, he maintained, was, that the establishment of these differential duties were entirely delusive, and, instead of their being. ad vantageous, they were extremely injurious. He .enter tained this opinion on the simple grounds that he be lieved the establishment of these differential duties had the necessary effect of diverting the capital and industry of the colonies from their natural channel. Those dif ferential duties placed the colonies in a situation of con siderable danger. He was told that by these ditties a great trade would be carried on between the mother country and • the colonies, highly beneficial to both: He believed that that had been the received doctrine of a long period by many persons. Althoughthis was fortified by prescription, few gentlemen would be found to maintain it in principle, whatever they did inpractice, for he believed that principle was now very generally abandoned. He for one contended that trade of this description between the colonies was disadvantageous to both parties. He believed that instead of maintaining the connection between the mother country and th e colonies, the maintenance of this principle was of all others calculated 'to dissolve it. Because it was obvious, that if the productions of the colonies were received on more favourable terms in this country than similar productions of other countries, the colonies, in their turn, must be subject to a smaller trade in our markets and elsewhere. - This was the ground why he said these duties would weaken the connexion between the colonists and the mother country. Look to the United States of America ; it was perfectly well known that it was this system of taxation which led to the unhappy separation of the United States from the mothe'reoun - try, and that the feeling of soreness was created in the colonies by the restrictions which existed with respect - to trade, and produced that feeling in the United States which ultimately led to the separation of the two countries. He thought it was best to assimi late duties, and to leave the internal government as much as possible to the colonies themselves. He be lieved that the adoption of such a liberal policy as this, so far from weakening the connection between the mo ther country and the colonies, would contribute more than anything else to render the con nection permanently and mutually beneficial.—(Hear.) . After hearing the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet the other evening, he knew not how he (Sir R. Peel) could conscientiously object to his (Lord Howick's) motion. He heard with great satisfaction the Right Hon. Baronet lay clown the great principles of commercial freedom. He heard him express his concurrence in the views of Mr. Huskisson ; aml he (LorAi Howick) now asked the House and the Right lion. Baronet whether they 'believed that if Mr. Huskisson was now alive, and had the absolute power of disposing of this question, that the Right llon. Ba ronet had, he would create new differential duties in favour of the colonies? On a carefulexansinati on of the scale of duties proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet, h e (L ord Howick) was not able to discover the principle on which it was framed. The Right Hon. Baronet would no doubt be able to offer an explanation on that matter, but at present he ( Lord Howick) was unable to comprehend the principle on which the changes in the tariff were founded. In the case of some articles,_ the produce of th e co l on i es , p ro tection was granted, whil e in that of others it was altogether withheld. To colonial cotton they granted a protective duty of 50 per cent. against cotton the produce of foreign countries ; while with respect to linen there was no difference whatever in the rates ef duty imposed, whether it were colonial or foreign. In like manner manufacture s from goats' wool was not protected, while those from sheep's woo l was. What, he wanted to know, was the reason of all that ? There was, no doubt, some reason for such an ar rangement,but the uninitiated must feel it difficult to under stand it. To commercial restrietiens generally' he was ON posed. It was not to restrictions on commerce that we owed our prosperity. If we were desirous of carrying on an advan tageous commerce with France, 4elgitue i Sp a i n ; and the Ifni- • fiEIV*ISUN, LONDON, SATURDA . Y MORNING, MAY 14; 1842. ted State's; we must : pct them a good example. • But was this now the ease ? On the contrary, protection was given now to articles to which it had not been given before. He al luded to the case of salted provisions. Hereafter, a trade be twen this country and the United States might, in all proba bility, grow up in salted provisions, and he asked was it then right, was it politic, to give to their colonies the power of introducing into this country salt proei sions at a duty one-fourth less than that imposed on the same article when imported from foreign countries ? It was with these views, and on those grounds, that be begged leave to move as an amendment, the resolution of which he had given notice. At the same time he begged leave to thank the Right Hon. Baronet for doing as much as he had done in Miti gation of those restrictions which pressed on many , branches of our trade. He only regretted that the Right Hon. Baronet had not proceeded further in the same course. 'However, the very announcement of such principles by the Right Hon. Gen tleman gave hove--rather, gave certain indications—that many years could not elapse before those principles would be carried fully and completely into effect. The SPEAKER having put the question, Mr. GLADSTONE said that the character of the Noble Lord and the tone of his speech demonstrated that he had no motive in the proposition he made except that of the public advantage.—( Hear, hear.) And he concurred with him that the mode in which he brought forward his proposition was the most convenient he could adopt. On the other hand, he should claim from him an acknoWlec:gment that the Govern ment would not be slow to adopt those measures he now re commended, if they thought it would promote the public ad vantage. In the first place, Ath a view to lay before the House the spirit in which the Government proceeded in this matter, lie would make some remarks on those differential duties in favour of colonial produce, which were already to be found in the statute book, from which they would be better able to understand the reasons for the imposit;on of the new duties to be impessed. There were 131 different articles of colonial produce in the existing tariff, which were protected. Of these 131 articles, the existing differential duty had been re duced in no less than 98 cases ; but in no instance, however, had it been reduced by raising the duty on the article when it proceeded from the colonies, but, in every instance, by lower ing the duty, when it proceeded from foreign countries. In 21 the remaining articles, the differential duties remained unchanged. He now came to the remaining eight cases, four of these consisted of Brazil wo o d, e b on y, co ff ee , an d pitch- the other four were isinglass, cotton, silk goods, and tallow, and the principle on which they proceed: d with regard to these latter articles, was founded on the relations which subsisted between them and foreign countries, In consequence of these relations it was deemed advisable not to interfere with the duty on foreign articles, while at the same time it was considerod reasonable to reduce them to their just standard. With regard to the article of coffee, there was a reduction of the duty in this country, and also a reduction of the differential duty on this artisle ; but he did not dwell on that, because the high duty on foreign coffee fell on the class of what he might term naturalised coffee, that was, foreign coffee coming within the limits of the East India Company's Charter. But the British produce of this article had to compete in the market not only with the coffee which paid 3d. more of duty, but also with the coffee which made a second voyage. It was now proposed les take away the second voyage altogether, and to transfer the duty to the revenue.— ( Hear, hear.) With regard to tobacco, he admitted the force of the Noble Lord's argument. and with regard to himselt he took blame for the indiscriminate application of a different rule to colonial productions in this article. But he must say in all good humour that the perceptions of Hon. Gentle men opposite with regard to the subject of these differential duties were quickened' in opposition. They all knew that the principal act which marked the colonial administration of the late Government was to raise up a protective interest in favour of East India sugar.—( Hear.) But he admitted that their pre sent policy had raised up against them a new body of opponents. That Government established a differential rate of duty in favour of rice and bees-wax corning from the western coast of Afriea, in 1836. In 183 S a new differential rate of duty was imposed in favour of hides coming from the Colonies, and in the same year an extensive protective duty was established in favour of wood from Honduras. In 1840 a petition was presented to the House, praying that the produce of the East Indies may be placed on the same footing with the produce of the West In dies. The article of tobacco was a part of the produce, and he was not sure that the Hon. Member for Montrose was not most vehement in urging the Government to establish a different rate of duty. The Right Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the hoard of Trade, admitted there was an objection to adopting the course prayed for by the petition, in consequence of the effect it would have upon the revenue. The same remark was ap plicable to the article of East India tea, about which a ques tion was raised at the same time. The new rates proposed were upwards of two hundred, and were subject to two limita tions. In the first place,the articles should he produced within the United Kingdom--that was the first limitation. The other was, that the article should be produced in the colonies, or im ported into some of the colonies. The Right Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to discuss the justice of imposing differential duties, and said that true principles of trade wou'd make their way in the world in the course of time, and that England, without regarding what other countries might do, would adopt such principles as she believed to be true and wise in her system of commercial policy. But, at the same time, he thought that if the House were indifferent to the importance of the colonial trade, great uneasiness would be evinced throughout the country. He con sidered the effect of giving protection to infant colonies, had been t o place the supply of those colonies in the hands of this country, and t i cheapen the price of their produce throughout the whole world. Indigo, he considered, was an example of that fact: He (lid not think, therefore, that a system of differential duties was in every case comrnerciallydisadvantageous. it created an intermediate class of prices between foreign and home produce. It did not increase the price of the article to the consumer, but it augmented the supply, and brought a new party into the field of competition -- ( Hear, hoar.) He thought that the Noble Lord was urfor tunate in his selection of salted provisions, which, he sa:( 1 , would have a bad effect in America. Now he thought that as the principal market for salted provisions was the navy, which frequented foreign ports, it was better to take salted provisions out of bond without payment of any duty.—( Hear, hear. ) The differential duty would or would not increase the cone sumption. If it increased the consumption, the additional duty which was paid was added t o th e revenue ; if i t did notincrease consumption, but displaced a portion of what was formerly consumed of articles produced at home, it still in creased the revenue; but if it injured the revenue by displacing a foreign commodity, it did so by making th.t commodity cheaper. It was an abuse of words to call the new colonial rates of duty the creation of differential duties. It was, in point of fact, admitting the colonies to commercial equality with the commercial producers. The Noble Lord had said that the creation of duties on this side had a tendency to produce re strictions in the trade of the colonies. Now, what was the particular answer to that? Why, that great reductions were taking place in the whole Western World. The Noble Lord had said that it was most important that the House should be careful, especially at the present moment, what example it afforded to foreign countries with respect to colonial legislation. He was sure that the proposition of the Government was one which foreigners never could construe unfavourably. It was approximating to the case of commercial freedom • They were doing now in the colonies what they did half a century ago in Ireland. That country was separated from this by a commercial tariff, but when it was desirable to unite her with England, the country admitted her produce free. The case of Ireland, therefore, was analogous to the colonies. He contended that the effect of these new rates of duties would be to cheapen the articles to which they related, and not to enhance their price, and that they would be the means of fostering the commercial marine, and increase the facility to commerce in the colonies. Under the existing system the colonies had certain claims in respect of justice upon the country. There were certain disadvantages under which the colonies were placed: differen• tial duties were imposed on the colonial markets. It had always been the principle of the law—it was the principle introduced by the late Government and the present one, to impose differen tial duties on all articles imported into the colonies, where they came in competition with other articles. It was true that the range of the differential duties was about to be reduced, but the ,principle of them was retained. It was also the rule of this country to prohibit the colonies from laying taxes on British manufactures ; they laid duties on the colonies, but this country would not allow them to lay duties upon it. Canada, he believed, was almost the only colony that was allowed to raise its income to the extent of 5 per cent. on the manufactures of this coun try. On the whole, he believed that the course adopted by the Government would have the most beneficial effects on the trade and commerce of the country. Mr. C. WOOD considered that it would be unjust to the Right Hon. Gentleman if he did not at once admit that great improvement had been made in the tariff since it had been first laid on the table of the House ; but he was in hopes of seeing greater improvement in it still. It was a matter of question whether those differential duties were of any benefit to to the coloinal trade. It was the general opinion of enlightened persons who were acquainted with the trade of the colonies, that they were of no benefit whatever. The case of India had been referred to ; but as the colonies did not contribute, as Ireland did, to the debt andthe other burdens of the country, they had not the same claim to have their trade, like that of Ireland, on the footing of a coasting trade. When the restrictions under which the colonial trade had before • laboured were about to be relaxed, he knew of no new claim which the colonies had to the additional advantage of differen tial duties. The proposedmeasure would raise up a new system of vested interests, which would greatly impede the efforts of this country to extend the principle of free trade amongst our colonies and dependencies. It might be very true that it would be desirable to place the colonies on the same footing as Ireland. But if that were none at once what would become of the revenue? Would it not be necessary to make up for the deficiency by increased imposts upon the pee. ple of this country? He thought it would be for the best to leave these duties as they were. Sir C. LEMON so much approved of the tariff, that it was with reluctance he offered opposition to any part of it. But he considered that the differential duties on tin would open the door to frauds which no sagacity could guard against, and they would have a most injurious effect upon the mining interests in this country.--( Divide, divide. ) Lord STANLEY would occupy the House a very short time. His Noble Friend opposite objected to the differential duties, on the ground that they would raise the price to the home consumer, and at the same time lower the revetiue. The Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir C. Lemon) objected to them on the con trary ground, that they would make tin cheap, and thereby in jure his constituents in Cornwall.—( Hear.) Now he differed from his Noble Friend, and was convinced that whilst the effect would be to lower the price to the home consumer, the revenue would he benefited. He should say, with reference to the speech of the Noble Lord, that it went altogether to the an nihilation of that system upon which we had hitherto car ried on our commercial intercourse with the widely-spread colonies of the British empire. He entered his protest against the doctrine 'of, the Noble Lord, by which he would put our trade with the colonies of Great Britain in no more advantageous position than with colonies which were bound to us by no ties of nationality.—( Hear, bear.) Against the justice, against the policy of such a system, he altogether protested. Restric tions were imposed by this country upon the colonies-;' they were prevented purchasing in the cheapest market ; and while those restrictions were imposed upon their trade, we could not in justice place them in the same position with regard to us as foreign countries. He did not say that the colonies should be treated in all respects as an integral part of the empire, although he slid not see any objections which foreign farmers could snake to our taking such a course; but they might at least claim a preference over nations with whom our trade might at any time be interrupted by the cessation of peaceful relations, or by other causes. On the grounds of policy it was important to encourage that colonial trade which was subject to no caprice, subject to no hostility, subject to none of the embarrassments arising out of the inevitable instability of our relations with countries over which we had no control, and with whose condition we could never be per fectly acquainted. Let them look to the mere amount of our exports to the British North American colonies, and they could not fail to become sensible of the importance of that branch of our trade. The total amount of our exports to the British North American colonies was, in 1837, 3,844,000/. ; ip 1838, it vi as 3,646,000/o making an average amount for these two years of 3,700,000/. The average amount of the imports into these colonies from foreign countries was, during three years, not more than 700,0001. That was the total amount of the imports hich did not come directly from the mother eountry.—( Hear, hear.) The total amount of the imports of British North Arne rims, of the West Indies, and of Australia, taken together, was iri the year 1837, no less than 10,261,000/. ; in 18:3S_ it was ; and of this amount, in neither year. were • there 2,000,000/. of these imports which did not come directly from Great Britain, or from British colonies, and which were on ........ ~ _ ~ _ . ~.. .....~ J - .. the produce of British industry and British manufactures...e. ( Hear, hear.) Our returns froth the same colonies amounted, in 1837, to 11,052,0001., and in 1838 to 12,054,0001., while this trade was carried on, net circuitously, but directly, and with mutual advantage to both parties. Let them compare their trade with their North American colonies, with their trade with their best foreign customers, the United Statei. He found, that in one year, the amount of our exports to Canada. which contained a population of only 1,340,000 souls, was 2,629,000/., which gave an amount of 395. 2d. per head ; while our exports to the United States, which contained a population of 17,000,000 souls, amounted to 7,235,0001., which gave an amount of only Bs. sd. per head. Under these circumstances, he called upon them not to deprive either Great Britain or the colonies of the advantage of the re lations now subsisting between them. He believed that by pursuing the policy of the Noble Lord they would diminish the national strength, and sink this country into a second-rate power. - Mr. BARING said, notwithstanding the able declamation of the Noble Lord, the House could not have4he slightest notion of the question before them.—( Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend proposed to take the sense of the House, as to whether it was advisable to create new differential duties; his resolution did not touch any of those at present existing; he asked no opinion upon them, all he asked was, whether they would abandon the old course they had hitherto pursued, and introduce new differential duties thatdid not now exist. The answer of the Noble Lord was a panegyric on the existing system, and yet he invoked them, in the na me o f a ll t h at was valuable, not to adhere to that old system, but to adopt a system of differential duties, now introduced fur the first time. The speech of the Noble Lord was an admirable one against the whole tariff of the tha Right Hon. Gentleman.—(Cheers:) If the Noble Lord were not now a free trader, hut remained what he was last year, hh speech would hs:ve been one of the most powerful against any change in the existing system. Eery argument he had wed would tell with effect against the proposals of the Right Hon. Gentleman. What were the differential duties that bound them to the colonies? They were 131 in number, and the Nehle Lord invoked them, on eve y commercial and political ground, not to touch them ; yet, of those 131 duties, under the new tariff, 93 were reducid, 4 were abolished, and 8 were increased, 4 from trifling, and 5 from temporary causes; twenty- one only were left untouched. The cases of rum, sugar, and coffee, had been taken and stated against the late Government ; but it was an extraordinary assertion to say that because they equalised the duties on diem they were of a different opinion then than they held now. With respect to the two articles of rough rice and bees-wax, imported from the - Coast of Africa, the differential duty was allowed by the late Government, on the belief that if they could raise a trade with that continent they would do more to abolish slavery than by any other means. With regard to timber, be would ask any one who knew anything at all of the trade in that article, what it was which regulated the price? The admission made by all must be, that the price of colonial timber was regulated by the quantity that came over for consumption. The colonists themselves recog nised that principle. So also in the case of spices ; the price was regulated by the price which the, surplus bore .in foreign markets. He found up on app l es , pears, and medlars a diffe rential- duty. It was necessary to bind the colonies in an indis solpble bond, by giving protection to those fruits • and what was remarkable, if they die the apple, if they dried the pear, if they dried the medlar, the principle ceased to be applied. There was a protecting duty upon meat—there was none upon liquids. He was at a loss to understand upon what principle these differential duties were imposed; dried apples were not protected, cider was not protected, but apples were. He really was at a loss to know upon what practical principle the imposition of these differential duties were basel.—( Cheers. ) Sir R. PEEL had hoped, until he had heard the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that the object of the Noble Lord had been to save discussion in detail on the various articles of the tariff, and to take the discussion on the general principles of the tariff, so far as the case of differential duties was con cerned; but he was afraid, from the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that they would have to go into details when the 'various articles came under the consideration of the Committee, and under those circumstances he could not but wonder that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not restrained his indignation at the article of medlars on the present occaasion.—(Cheers and laughter.) The Noble Lord must have given notice of his motion cut of regard to the Right Hon. Gentleman, be cause if the Noble Lord had not brought forward this motion, the discussion must have been taken in Committee on the first article of the tariff; the discussion must have been taken on the colonial asses which had so excited the indignation of the Right Hon. Gentleman the other evening —.( Cheers and laughter)—and had it not been for the motion of the Noble Lord, that would have been the pens asinoru:n of the Right Hon. Gentleman.—(Cheers and ,latighter. ) The Right Hon. Gentleman had given to the House au exposition of the pope sition of the Noble Lord. He ( Sir R., I-eel) besought the House to hear his (Sir R. Peel's) version of the principle con tained in the Noble Lord's motion, That principle was nei ;ther more nor less than this, that you should not in any case impose a different rate of duty upon the same articles when imported from foreign countries or from British possessions. The Noble Lord had laid down the abstract proposition that you should not in any case raise the duty on articles imported from foreign countries higher than the duty imposed on similar articles imported from British Colonies; the Noble Lord con tended that in every case, and under all circumstances, the colonies should be treated as foreign countries in all our com mercial relations. It had,c. however, been said by his Right Hon. Friend that Hon. Gentlemen opposite had not acted upon that principle when in office, and the Right Hon. Gentleman had admitted that there had been the slightest pos sible exception to the adoption of that course of policy with regard to bees-wax and rough rice, the produce of Africa, and the reason why differential duties -had been established upon those articles was, according to the Right Honourable Gentleman, because it was thought it-- would confer a benefit upon the natives of Africa, by encouraging the trade, and inducing them to devote their attention to the pursuits of peaceful industry. But what became of the argument of the Noble Lord, th at by establishing differential duties they were doing an injury to the colonies themselves ? ( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord said, that by establishing dif ferential duties they were only disturbing the application of capital, and encouraging th.t which must prove a source of great future injury. It' that argument were correct, where was the humanity of encouraging the growth of rough rice in Africa ?—(Cheers.) That was the great principle which the Noble Lord had lain down, and spin that principle they were called on to- night to decide. If die principle of the Noble Lord were correct, there was an end at once of colonial con nections.—( Hear, hear. )- The principle struck at the root of that uoink:tion.. Was it right—was it just—to say to the co lonies, ':ou shall import articles of British manufac ture on a more favoured footing than you did to the foreigner ? They were at this moment passing an Act to force the colonies to give the British manu facturers a preference, and would it, he would ask, be just to say to the colonies, we will force you to give more favourable terms to the manufacturers 9f Great Britain than the manu facturers of foreign countries, but Greet Britain will give your produce no preterenee whatever?—(Hear, hear.) That was the principle for which the Noble Lord contended.—( Signs of dissent from Lord Howick.) WoUld the Noble Lord then do away with the preference given to British manufactures in the colonies.—( Hear, hear, from Lord Howick.) If he would, he ( Sir R. P.) .would ask why maintain the colonies at all ? ( Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) Th e co l on i es were, ac cording to the Noble Lord, to have an unlimited right of buying in the cheapest market. They were to h ave a right of taking goods from the' foreigner on more fevoured terms if they thought fit than goods from this country, and this country was to show no favour to colonial produce. If, for the purposes of revenue, they imposed a duty of 30 per cent. on articles the produce of Russia or France, according to the Noble Lord's principle they were to impose the same rate of duty upon articles the pro. duce of our own colonies.—(Hear, hear, from Lord Howick.) Be it so ; but then he would ask why go to the expense of keeping the colonies ?—( Hear.) Th e N o bl e L or d h a d sa id , look at our trade with the United S tates. S ee h ow i t h a d in creased since they had become independent; but then he ( Sir Robert Peel) would - ask why retain the colonies ? ( Hear, hear.) If we were to derive no advantage in respect to commercial intercourse, if we were to derive no advantage for our shipping and navigation, if we were to have no exclusive privileges irathe colonies, what possible rea son could there be for maintaining and supporting them, aril why should We be at the at the expense of garrisons in Canada of 15,000 men? According to the Noble Lord's principle, co lonies should govern themselvei; arid ought at once to declare their independence. The Noble Lord said that Mr. Huskissun had advocated a similar principle ; but Mr. Huskisson had pro posed in tire case of Canada to admit Canadian corn into this country at a fixed duty of .ss. If the Noble Lord's resolution had passed, it would have been impossible for Mi.: Huskisson to have made that proposition. Again, with regard to Mauri tius sugar; who bad lowered the duty on Mauritius sugar 10 percent. ?—Mr. Huskisson. He had done so in 1826 or 1827. lithe Noble Lord's principle had been affirmed by the House, it would have been impossible for Mr. Huskisson to have equalised the duty on Mauritius 'and West India sugar. But what said Mr. Huskisson with respect to the East 'lndies, when a complaint had been made that the United States hail refuted to our manufactures the some privileges which they had granted to the manufactures of other countries? Why, Mr. Huskisson had raid, when speaking of the measures to which this country might resort, if the United States persisted in the adoption of that cent* of policy, that we could soon be abundantly sup plied with tobacco from the East Indies, if- we afforded encou ragement for the cultivation of it. How was that to be done, except by lowering the duty ? With regard to the rice of India, Mr. Huskisson had said that that would soon usurp the place which the rice imported from Carolina then held. With re ference to cotton, it was only necessary to give the cultivation the same encouragement and protection as the indigo trade obtained, to ensure the cultivation with equal success, rad as good and valuable an article. The result would soon be that the cotton would rival that of the western world, as the indigo of. India had excelled that of all other places, owing to the judicious encouragement of trade—the proection of the East India indigo trade by means of reduced duty. This was to have the: effect of encouraging the culti vation of that article, and diminish its price to the consnmer by transferring the trade to the colonies. This was what was stated by Mr. Huskisson, ,and yet the Noble Lord contended that Mr. Huskisson was the patron of this principle, that cole. nial articles should in all cases be subject to the same duty as foreign article , . He ( Sir R. Peel) thought this was entirely inconsistent with the fact. Let them take the case of India. They sent their cotton manufactures to India. They insisted on India receiving their goods. If India were to attempt to get revenue by subjecting. our articles of manufacture to a duty, they should take care effectually to prevent it. The Noble Lord ought to be prepared to subvert altogether the colonial interest. It was quite clear that if they insisted on the colonists being subject to a special duty for the purpose of increasing the maritime strength of this country—for the purple of increasing the consumption o f our : manu faetures in the colonies, they insisted upon their manufactures being introduced at lower rates than the manufactures of other countries, he (Sir R. Peel) put it to any rational man in that House, actuated by eqhitable princi ples; whether it would be just, concurrently with the main tenance of the dignity of the country, to contend that the colo nies should have no advantage. It appeared to him to be alto gether inconsistent and unjust. They told the colonies that they would maintain their connection with them. They had pledged themselves to the Canadae to maintain that connection. He should deeply regret if the House of Commons was pre pared for one or other of these things. Either to tell the Canadas that there would bell° distinction for British manu factures, that they were at liberty to introduce foreign goods. the manufactures of other countries, upon terms equally advantageous with British goods ; or take that, other still more impolitic course, to say to them we insist upon introducing British goods, we itasist on de priving you of the discretion of carrying on an intercourse with foreign countries which exported manufactures. They would turn round and tell them, if your goods are to be introduced in this country, they must be introduced on the same footing as the fo reigner.would not enable the m to ma i nta i n the connection between this It appear e d' to hi m (Si r R. Peel) that such a cours e country and the colonies. He could not answer to the justice of 600 or 700 articles. It was impossible to snake every discri minating duty just. If tbey,took onearticle upon which a duty of fid. was imposed, and took anoth r upon wh 9tl. was im posed, and required an explanation of the difference, he said at once that it was impossible to .give that explanation. They must judge of it as a whole. They must consider the complicated re lations of the country, the immense ex tent of capital employed in trade, the immense extent of colonial empire, and the danger of rashly shaking the, foundation of the connexion of that empire; and they must decide, as helhought they had un dertakerie to deeide a upon the whole, whether, in proposing theta financial and commercial measures, looking to the pecu liar results which were admitted, they had done all that a wise andprudent_Goverunient:could.do for the purpose of relieving the country. If that were the conclusion to which they would come, if they beliii'ved that some vigorous effort was necessary for the purpose of relieving the finances of the country, and fur the purpose of relieving the springs of industry, he appealed io their justiee to decide upon their means as a whole,'rather than scrutinise every minute part, in respect of which it would be difficult to give a satisfactory and conclusive proof of its propriety. He hoped that Hon. Gentlemen opposite, who had stated that this measure, as a whole, was excellent, were still of that opinion, and that the House would decide upon the general principle included in the resolution of the Noble Lord. (Lord Howick made some observation across the table, which was inaudible in the gallery.) This principle would be most injurious to the colonies, not speaking per sonally, but of the permanent interest of the whole people. The principle of the Noble Lord was not to introduce colonial articles on a more favourable footing than foreign. The Noble Lord wished to protect the interests which had sprung up under the present system, but. he wished to place the colonies on the same tooting as foreign nations. When they sanctioned that principle, they ought to sanction the principle that each colony should declare its own iridependence and provide for itself Mr. VILLIERS would support the motion of the Noble Lord, though he thought it was too limited. It did not go far enough towards the goal of free trade. Lord J. RUSSELL, amidst cries of " Divide," slid that he only wished to make a few observations on what had fallen from the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, and the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, who, finding, he supposed, that the motion of his Noble Friend was in itself reasonable, had applied all their arguments to other propositions—to some proposition which was not before the House—some theory which they thought they could combat, hut which had nothing to do with the proposition which the House was called on to consider. The Right Hon. Baronet proposed new differential duties on '2OO articles, with regard to which his Noble Friend said that in themselves they were obviously a loss to the re venue, while they conferred no gain on the consumer..( Hear, hear.) Why thee, asked his Noble Friend, should those duties be imposed ? And what was the answer ? The answer was, it was not right to treat the colonies as foreign countries. But that an swer had no relation whatever to the question before the House. —( Hear.) That was a question of abstract theory, and had nothing to do with the matter now under consideration.— •( Hear. ) One would have thought that the Right Hon. Gen tleman, having devoted the greater part of the recess to the con. ' sideration of this subject, would have been prepared to state the reasons for introducing eaeh of those articles ; but having re fused to state his reasons for each artile, he at least expected to hear some reasons fel- their introduction generally ; but hr had not heard a single reason from the Noble Lord, or any of the The Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite, for the introduction of those new articles.—(Hear.) He had heard much of co lonial dependency, and much of the utility of keeping up the intercourse between this country e aud the colonies ; but that was totally tvside the question.-=( Hear, hear,) He could agree to a statement of that kind, and yet vote for the propostion of his Noble Friend, as he should do ; the whole of ' the principles laid down by the Right Hon. Gentleman this night were totally opposed to those he,propounded the other evening, when he said that great advantage would be derived by the people of this country if the duties were lowered, and if they were to have articles of consumption at a cheaper rate. —( Hear, hear.) He hoped when they came to the tariff they would not be satisfied with dealing on Lberal principles with the smaller articles, but would act in the same manner with regard to those great articles of consumption, which would confer real and substantial benefit on the people of this country. The House then divided, when there appeared— For Lord Howick's motion .. . ...... 108 Against it _ _ Majority against the motion .. —173 On our re-admission to the gallery we found the House in Committee, and Mr. S. O'BRIEN on his legs, objecting to the House pro ceeding further that night. He should move that the Chair man report progress, and ask leave to sit again. Sir R. PEEL had no objection to the course proposed, pro 7 vided the House Would allow him to proceed with the tariff on the Monday after the recess, and on the Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday in that week.—( Hear, hear.) This suggestion being agreed to, the Right Hon. Baronet stated it was his intention to proceed with the Army and Ord nance estimates on Friday next. The House then resumed, the Chairinan reported progress, and asked leave to sit again on Monday week. The other Orders of the day were then disposed ef, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'Clock. THE STRAWBERRY HILL SALE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Snt,—lt is nut a little remarkable to observe the apathy that has distinguished all the leading journals in respect to the extraordinary conduct which the Times journal has pursued iu respect to the splendid miscellany of Horace Walpole, which during the last three months has so entirely engrossed public attention. From the early period when the private view commenced, and contintien up to this period, in the place of - a learned and erudite critique on acollection renowned throughout the globe— instead of honouring its columns by a dissertation on the fine arts, of which this is the emporium—there has been a most violent tirade of abuse from beginning to end ; falsehood and slander have prevailed without intermission.; whie very few, I believe, are aware of the origin of this vituperation. I wil; endeavour to illumine you. I have been one of those who have been daily gratified by witnessing the result of this classic exhibition, and yesterday the inquiry wa very general, as to the reason which has influenced the paper which has designated itself the "leading Journal of Europe," to disgrace its columns by so much bitterness and unfair criticism, when one better acquainted than myself " with the secrets of the prison -house," and whe had overheard this disquisition, remarked that the unfor tunate scribe---the brainless agent of that journal—had been disappointed at the outset, having calculated upon his regular meals and a; bed-room through the progress of this sale ; and to this alone he said is to be traced his utter disregard of truth. If his claim had been one that could be traced to any previous example, why all the other reporters had the same claim, and yet none have complained ; and except in their forgetfulness to chastise this unworthy member of their fra 7 ternity,. they have dune their duty alike to the public and to Lord Waldegrave. This' man, however, is habi tually given' to the enjoyment of midnight revels, and in the morning is necessarily ineapacited,from the duties of his calling. He was originally ' initiated in the Church—really don't be surprised, gentle reader, but st it is—and it is said beat a retreat, somewhat unwillingly, from having been taught that the evening and morning's amusement are somewhat opposed to each other; and he was cast upon the wide world to try his handy work by earning his dailystipend as a penny-a-liner. I give you the detail as I heard it ; and his daily conduct gives strong. presumptuous evidence that it is true. By the. way, I apprehend his abuse has done no mischief ; it has been so laboured, there has been such decided evi dence that he never encountered history, and is a perFect stranger to the fine arts—in fact, it will not .be imputed to him, " that the schoolmaster is abroad ;" indeed, if we may judge from his puny efforts, his every day twaddle, he would have acted wisely, during his sojourn at the Cock and Bottle, at Twickenham, throughout the progress of the sale, t have taken advantage of the schoolmaster's leisure and assistance—he could at least have taught him English grammar, and given, him a little insight into literature and the fine arts. If the Times journal continue such brainless persons on their establishment, the supposed circulation of 10,000 papers daily would soon fall below half its number ; but to resume the, observation with which I set out : " Why is the press silent at such an unprovoked abuse upon a sanctuary which, for sixty . years, has been devoted.tci the arts and literature?" Are they all afraid of this'." apostate print ?" and, if not, surely such an opportunity to expose the malevolence, and expatiate upon the ignorance that presides over that journal, can hardly be again expected. It has been hinted that the Times indulges in the hope of a " second tribute" (Inuribug is a better term), for having fearlessly and certainly alone, volunteered to abuse by means 01 daily slander and falsehood, this sacred tribunal, wherein is congregated more of intrinsic worth connected witl. the . arts, and in taste and vertu, than could be found throughout the globe. They gulled the public and played the part with considerable tact, but in this case, disgrace must recoil upon the perpetrators of the sacrilege. Pope must have had in his inincl!s eye this venal print, when he wrote the following lines : "Disturb his web of sophistry in vain, The cur is at his dirty work again." And, in order that your readers may not impute ill nature as it regards their application, I will illustrate it, by giving a sample of only one-fortieth part of the last month's vituperation. SHORT EXTRACTS FROM THE PARSON'S DIARY IN THE " TIMES." The rubbisA throughout predominates greatly over what is not of intrinsic value. The catalogue (dull and heavy) contains few thing, about which any body cares ; indeed in the whole collet • Lion, there 'are not (out of 3,000 lots) 100 of any real valise. Nothing of the higher class of art; nor one soli-, tary object by which natural taste can be improved. The purchasers .are dealers in slaps, the retailers of rubbish from Strawberry-hill, suited to Rosemary-lane, and it is to a union of trend, bad taste, and emulation that Lai congregated this heap , cf - inexplicable absur dities, where there is nothing curious that may not be surpassed in a very ordinary collection. Public taste is now improved, and little of the leaven of the old foolery left. The company has consisted of old women, the Jews and Gentiles, dealers in teapots and platters, and from the prices produced, it is evident the reign of bad taste and of old women is not yet extinct. In the Tribune the things arc not referable to any.. .thing in art or nature. In proof of Horace Walpole's bad taste :—indeed, how little true taste lw possessed Jur the arts is to be traced io the incongruous pedestals that support the figures. These were moulded, originally, by a pastry-cook. I can quote more than 50 other observations of a similar low and vulgar minded tendency, but. I think I have already volunteered a dose, and will conclude by the emphatic observation of Mr. George Robins, during one of the days of sale,—that a man who would impugn the taste of Horace Walpole, or abuse the content of Strawberry Hill, " would pick a pocket or rob a church." Carlton Club, May 10. . VE lUT AS. COURSE" OF EXCHAT Amsterdam C F. 12 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ........:2 U l2 7} Antwerp l2 7A Hamburgh M.R. 14 0 Alton Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Frankfort on Maine... 152 i Petersburgh, 3 Us GE—(YESTERDAY. Gibraltar ........... 46 Leghorn .... 30 15 Genoa ..... 25 90 Milan ............ 31 Venice ............ 47 Naples ............. 40 Palermo, per OZ .......... 120 Lisbon ..................... 5 2 4 Oporto ............. 53 Rio Janeiro ................... 27 Bahia .............. . 26 Buenos Ayres ......... ..... . .. (New York, 21 days sight 46i Philadelphia ...... ....... 46 I PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold C0in...3 17 5 New Doubloons .0 0 0 New Dollars... ........ 4 9 Silver in Bars... ..... 0 4 113- Berlin - 7 - Vienna, effec. ft. 3 M 955 Trieste, ditto 9 56 Madrid Cadiz Bilbao ...36 Barcelona Seville ...36 THE MURDERED JANE JONES. --The unfortunate victim of Good's horrible depravity was a native of Myfod, Montgomeryshire. Her father had nut, for a period of six years, received a communication from her, or the slightest in timation of where she was. l ie is a poor, but honest and in dustrious man, much respected in bit situation in life.— sdopiars,lournal. _ _ • .;... - _.~J HER. MAJESTY'S BAL MASQUE, (Continued from The Sun of Yesterday Morning.) Never did England maintain its supremacy in female beauty more decidedly than last night, when a galaxy of lovely women, attired in the most gorgeous and becoming costumes, met to da honour to their fair and youthful Sovereign. Anxious to evince their respect towards her Majesty, no expense was spared in the dresses of her honoured guests, and when one considers thevast treasures of jewels descending, as heir-looms in hereditary line, from our proud and ancient aristocratic heuses, brought forth on this occasion, we cannot wonder that this fete was acknowledged by all present to surpass those of every other country. In vain would France, with all her taste ful elegance, compete with England for magnificence. Alas ! revolutions, and poverty, their never-failing result, have scat tered those splendid diamonds and rare gems which once apper tained to the ancient French Noblesse ; and embroidery and spangles, however admirably wrought, but ill supply their place. England has been exempted from such trials, and, con sequently, our female aristocracy outshine all others in the richness of their jewels, as much as they do in that beauty for which they ate allowed to stand pre-eminent. The costumes worn on the occasion were most splendid and magnificent, especially those in the different quadrilles of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Scotland. The gentle men and ladies forming these sets assembled in the lower suite of rooms, and, at half-past ten o'clock, having been mar shalled, passed in procession up the grand staircase to the pre sence of her Majesty and Prince Albert, who were attended by the principal ladies and officers of the Court, in most maguifi cent costumes. The general company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock; the ladies, with few exceptions, in dresses of different ages and countries, many of great splendour; and the gentlemen, in numerous instances, also in costumes of the greatest splendour and the most picturesque effect, many of them being strictly historical. The Foreign Ministers, in their respective uniforms, at tended by their Secretaries and Attaches, arrived at the Equer ries' Entrance. The members of the Royal Family, and the parties composing the different quadrilles, entered by the Gar d, n Entrance. The entire suite of Sate Rooms were opened, and most brilliantly illuminated with chandeliers, candelabra, and branches. The compeny danced in the Throne-room and Ball-room, in both which quadrille bands were stationed. The Marquis of Anglesey. Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Car ' lisle, Earl Spencer, Vise stint Melbourne, Visceunt Palmerston, Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Auto, and Sir Allan M'Nab were among the earlier arrivals. Having already given, in anticipation s every elucidation on the subject and proceedings of this gorgecUs Masque, it only now remains for us to group together ~the positives facts, and such details as would oaly become palpable when the brilliant programme was fulfilled. To meet the difficulties presented by the immense concourse of the Noble guests of truly Royal hospitality, and to allow room for scenic effect.ekteusive alterations had been made at the Palace. Walls had been thrown down, and temporary ac consmodatiun prepared with the rapidity of magic, and with the most admirable result. The body of the Throne-room was illuminated by wax candles in handsome gle.,s drop chandeliers and lustres, and the upper part of it, where the Queen was seated, surrounded by her attendants, Bx., was lighted by a body of 530 jets of gas. This light was so disposed as to throw its rays immediately upon the throne, whilst a rich star of cut glass drops encircled the light, producing a most brilliant and imposing effect. The gas was napthalised, which imparted to it additional illumi nating power. - Her Majesty, in the remarkable dress', of Queen Philippa, of which we subjoin the description, commanded universal ad miration, as much in the right of her surpassing loveliness as in that of her august rank. Prince Albert's handsome features, and noble manly carriage, set off the costume of the chivalric Edward, and added the charm of reality to that of illusion. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, as well as her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, showed excellent taste in sinking their ranks, as far as costume, on this occasion, and in appearing only as ladies .of rank in the 15th century. Vain would be the task to point out even half the ladies who drew our gaze last night; but three sisters, of a family famed for the loveliness of its daughters, attracted alt eyes. We refer •to the Countess of Chesterfield, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Miss ,Forrester, three sister graces. The Countess represented Donna Florind3, and nothing could exceed the chaste elegance 'of her costume. Her robe was of white satin, richly embrio dered in gold, and profusely ornamented with those splendid diamonds, rare emeralds, and large pearls, which have often ex cited the adniiration, if not the envy, of her Ladyship's fair and noble contem?oraries. Lady Chesterfield:betrayed a profound knowledge of the science of the toilette, and the effect to be produced by such matchless jewels as hers, by selecting a white robe, which set off to equal advantage these lustrous gems, and the bright eyes and jetty tresses of the lovely wearer. The Hon. Mrs. Anson represented La Duchess° de Laune bourg, and wore a tunic of pale blue reps velvet, embroidered in silver, and ornamented .with pearls and diamond:, over a scarlet velvet frappe, and richly trimmed with gold lace. Her coiffure was charmingly becoming, and never did a costume accord better with the peculiar character of beauty of this lovely blonde. The Hon. Miss Forrester, as Blanche de St. Pol, appeared to singular advantage, and her costume, like herself, was universally admired. The Earl of Chesterfield's costume, by its sober grandeur; and the costly diamonds with which it was ornamented, was acknowledged to be matchless ; and Philip the Second himself, so rich in jewels, could not have been more splendidly attired. Colonel George Anson, in a magnificent dress of the time, was an admirable representative of one of the haute of Medicis. Lord Maidstone, as the Duke of Launebourg, was splendidly costumed. A costume which attracted much attention was that of her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort, who appeared as Isabella de Valois, Queen of Spain. Her robe was composed of drap d'argent, embroidered with bouquets of flowers with gold stems; and the tablier, stomacher, and under sleeves, of crimson vel vet, studded with pearls and diamonds. The loose sleeves were formed of the same. costly materials, and ornamented with aiguillettes of silver. The costume of Lady Ernest Bruce was remarkable for its costliness and elegance, and admirably portrayed the orien tal style of the Jewess Rebecca, so well described by Sir Walter Scott. In addition to the above, we have .to mention the following. characters, as being most correctly and appropriately repre. sented : The Countess of Wemyss, as Lady of Honour to Queen Mary of England ; Lady Palmerston, as Anne Boleyn ; Lady Lyttelton, as the. beautiful Henrietta of England ; Mrs. Wil liam Gladstone, as Claude, wife of Francis the First ; Mrs.. Henry Bentinck, as one of Vandyke's portraits, and her beau tiful ward, Lady E. Ginkle, as Maid of Honour to Anne de Bretagne; Madame Murphy, Lady of the Mexican Charge d'Affaires, as Madame de Pompadour ; Madame de Lisboa, Lady of ie Brazilian Minister, as a Lady of the Spanish Court; Lady Agnes Byng, as an Andalusian Lady ; Lady Fitzwygram,, as a Lady of the Court of Henry the Eighth, and her lovely daughters as Ladies of the Coust of Louis Quatorze ; the Ba roness Rehausen, Lady of the Swedish Minister, in the national costume of her country; Lady Wygram, as a Lady of the Court of Francis the First, and Miss Wygram, as a Venetian Lady • Lady Stirling, as a Lady of the reign of Charles the Second ; Lady Cooper, as La Belle Paulo ; and the beau tiful Miss Cartwright, as a Lady of the Court of Charles the Second. &e., &c. • • • The character Lady Colville assumed was that of the spouse of Sir Robert Colville, Master of the Household and Director of the Chancery to James the Fourth of Scotland. He attended the King to the fatal field of Flodden; where he lost his life, with his Royal Master, anno 1513. THE FRENCH QUADRILLES. Led by H. R. H. the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. The following is the cortege of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, as Anne of Bretagne, Of which three quadrilles were formed, besides attendant characters:— Jean Albert de Navarre Lord Granby. Germaine de Foix I ady Clanriearde. Jeanne de Conflans Lady Exeter. Louis de la Tremouille Lord Craven. Charlotte de la Tremouille Lady Wilton. Comte de Chateaubriand ...... Lord Claud Hamilton. Anne de Villeroi Lady Lincoln. Chevalier d'Aligre ...Count Esterhazy. Clemente d'Armagnac... ...Mrs. Stanley. Guy de la Motte Hon. F. Villiers. Claire d'Aubigny ....Lady E. Reade de Ginkle Comte de Monpensier Lord Ward. Blanche de St. Paul ....Miss Forrester. Comte de Dunois Hon. Cecil Forrester. Clemente Jeanne Lady Hillsborough. Robert Stewart d'Aubigne Lord Emlyn. Louise de Renoux .. Mrs. Townely. Marechal de Chabannes .. Lord Malmesbury. Madame de la Palisso Lady Craven. Charles d'Amboise Hon. Mr. Fitzroy. M. de Chateaubriand. . M. de Burgh. Marguerite de Valois Mademoiselle D'Este. Lady - of the Court of Louis XII. Lady Macfarlane. Ditto ditto Lady Caroline Legge. Benvenuto Cellini Baron Koller. Clement Marot Mr. Mildmay. Besides Leonardo da Vinci, and other characters. SPANISH QUADRILLES. Led by her Grace the Duchesi of BuccLzucx. (Herald Mr. De Burgh.) King Phillip H. .Lord Chester fi eld _ _ _ . Duque di Afedina Si donia ...Lord Sandwich. Marchese di Santa Croce . Lord Douro. Don Carlos Mr. Ridley Colborne Don John of Austria Sir `William M. Stanley. Don Miguel Oquendo Mr. J. Stanley. Don Puma de Leon Lord George Paget. Don Louis Requisons, Grand / Col. Anson. Commander of St. Jag 0..... Duque de Paliane Marchese di Mondejar, Capt.- t Lord Cowper. General of Grenada Duque d'Alva Lord R. Grosvenor. Marchese di Posa , . Mr. Lovel. Queen Isabella Duchess of Beaufort. Infanta Catarina Lady Sydney. Infanta Clara Eugenia Lady Melon. Marche ,, a di Cadiz... ...... ... Lady de DeNpenser. Donna Florinda di Sandoval.-- Lady ChesterfieLl. Princess of Eboli Lady Malmesbury. Duchesa di Villa Hermosa Madmoiselle de Flahnlt Duchesa di Fuentes Lady G. Codrington. Donna Inez del liffantado Lady Adelaide Paget. Contessa di Lerma Lady Olivia Taylour. Donna Ximena di Silva Lady Augusta Cadogan. Donna Eleanora di Guzman Lady . Honoria Cadogan. GERMAN QUADRILLE Led by her Grace the Duchess of SUTHERLAND. Duke of Saxony Lord Wilton. Duchess of Saxony Landgraf, Philip of Hesse Count Kielman.egge. Christina, Landgravine of Hesse Countess of Glen all. Prince Ern es t o f S axony P rince Edward of Saxony. Anne of Denmark, Princess of } Sakony Eric, Duke of Brunswick Mr. Thomline. Duchess of Brunswick Lady Norreys. Magnus Duke of Mecklenburg Lord Clanrioarde. Duchess of Mecklenburg Lady Cowper. Francis Duke of Lauenburg Lord Maidstone. Duchess of Lauenburg Mrs. Anson. Count Hofer of Mansfeld Mr. Bagot. Countess Hoyer Lady Robert Grosvenor: Count Henryof Schwartzburg Lord Sonertou. Countess of Schwartzburg Thelluson. Hermann von de Marlsburg ....Lord Clifden. The Lady Hermann T acly E. Leveson Gower. Ebert von der Taune Mr. William Cowper. The Lady Ebert Lady Mary Howard. _ - QUADRILLE OF THE CRUSADERS. Led by the Marchioness of LONDONDERRY.' Countess of Kinnog. Hon. Henry Fitzroy. Countess of Bruce. Hou. Adolphus Liddell. Lady Graham. Baron Langen. Lady Seymour. Lord James Butler. Lady Chelsea. Lord Alfred Paget. Lady Katherine Jermyn. Count do Noodles. . Lady Stanley. Hon. James Wortley. Lady Harriet Baring. Viscount Chelsea. Lady Augusta Baring. Mr. George Hope. Lady Sarah Ingestrie. Lord Gerald Fitzgerald. Hon. Mrs. George H o p e . L or d Bruce. - ' FAA of Mansfield. _ . IVAVEILLEY QUADRILLE. Led by the Countess DELAWARR. in the Costume of Isabelle.: , Lady DELAwAnit, daughter of 'the: Lord High Treasurer - ) to King Charles the First, from a picture by Vandyke.. Rowena Queen Berengaria Th e Lady Alexandrina Vane.,, I - so.belle de Croy e. ......The Lady Caroline Strang*A3* Anne of Geierstein. ..... The Lady Elizabeth West. : Catherine Seyton The Lady Mary West. Isabella Vere The Lady Jane Grimston. Edith Plantagenet The Lady Elizabeth Campbell. Eveline Berenger The Hon. Lavinia Lytteltoof. Ivanhoe TN° Marquis of Blandford. , . Richard Cour de Lion... TlieNiscount Cantalupe. r , Quintin Durward The .U.arl of Desert. Arthur Phillipson Roland Grmme ..The Viscount Curzon. Earn3cliffe ... .............. ..Mr. Kerrison. Sir Kenneth ...The Lord John Manners. Sir Damian de Lacy . The Hon. Hugh Cholnondeley - SCOTCH QUADRILLE. - . Led by the Duchess of ISUCCLEUeIf. Hon. Miss Willoughby. Miss Drummond. . • Lady Ellen Douglas. Lady Louisa Hay. . • Ladi:s Primrose (two). Lady Jane Charterig. ~. Misses Stuart (two). Lady Emma Campbell. Misses Balfour (two). .. 4.- COSSACK QUADRILLE. ' , . Led by her Excellency Baroness Bauxow. . . Lady Caroline Cox. ° Lord Cantalupe. The two Misses Wheatley. Lord Cranley. Lady Mary Taylor. - • • ' - M. De Berg. s Miss Fitzroy Somerset. Count Kondrioffsky. ~'-' Hon. Miss Cavendish. Count Berkowsky. - 1 Lady Mildred Cecil. Count Cordoffsky. Miss Letitia D'Arcy Jewyn. Hon. Mr. West. Mr. Balfour. ,:i Mr. Gardener. • Hon. Mr. F'ane. .-.-. c Mr. Boyce. _ . .. GREEK QUADRILLE. -Al' Led by her Grace the Duchess of LEINSTER. saf Miss Macfarlane. Lord Ossulston. Lady Constance Paget. Lord Paget. .# .: Lady Eleanor Paget. Mr. Cole. - ,, ,1 - 1' Lady E. Ellice. Lord Bectire. :: , , j 1 bliss Whitbrea I. Mr. Lambert. „,.Loci Miss Vivian. Lord Foley. pri' ° , Miss Swart. Si r A rc h i b a ld lll‘Donald. . , f) , ' Lady Anne Fitzgerald. Mr. Foley. . : ba e Miss Foley. Mr. Littleton. - . ~:ciper Miss Adelaide Foley. Mr. Hoare. . .:,..:1; 3 !„ 3IiSCELLANEOUS LIST, NOT IN TUE LIST OF QUADRILitn , ' Duke of Sussex. Highland costume. -#11? Countess of Jersey. Italian costume. Countess St. Aulaire. Marquise du Roure. Lady Clementina Villiers. Italian costume. Lord Forester Captain of the Guards in - th e .... .......... .... 1 time of Edward 111. Great Officer of th e Househol d. of Edward 111. Dignitary of th e Househokl of "1 Edward lIL ....Grand Falconer. . ....Le Due d'Aejou. . d . ( A Noble Lady of the Cour.- . Henry VII. Knight in complete armor' , I Edward lll.'s time. J . Ladies in Waitinc , • c ostuntek . - 1 . time of Edward 111. f Bedchamber Women; costuni fr. 1 time of Edward 111. Maids of Honour; costume'" time of Edward 111. . _ Lori Rosslyn 9140 Lordallawarr Duke of St. Albans Sir William Bulkoley 11Iadl1e. d'Este Marquis of Exeter ...... Lady Jocelyn Lady Portman Hon. Mrs. Anson Mrs. rand Miss Liddell • Miss Paget Miss De — vereux Miss Stanley ... . Lady Ru3slyn Dake of Bavleuch .:.Countess of Salisbury. • Knight of the Garter. ▪ Grand Master of the Tenorlarsa / Knight in armour, S lll.'s time. • Dress of Charles L's time. David Bruce. Sir Walter de Manney. 'lTime of Louis XII. Anne Stanhope, Duchess of • Somerset. ▪ Costume of Louis XIV. Costume of Louis XIV. ▪ Isabella, Duchess of Milan. Costume copied from Vault; • Naval Officer, age of Louis . Scotch dress. Earl of Jersey Earl of Beverley ... Marquis of Lansdowne Duke of Roxburgh Lord Nermanby Duchess of Gloucester Duchess of Saxe Weimar Lady Wilhelm. Stanhope Hon. Capt. R. Boyle Hon. F. Cadegan. . Lady Peel Mr. Peel M. de Vaudreuil Duchess of Inverness Lady Palmerston Lady Ashley Mis 3 Ann Antrobus Lady Pennefather Mrs. Errington Duke of Sutherland Ann Boleyn. Costume of Henry VIIL's ti'°' Louis XV.'s age. Madame de Maintenou. Fourteenth century. Duke of Ferrara. THE DRESSES. The following costumes were particularly remarkable for the ll ' d faithfulcess to their epoch, as well as for their splendour an striking effect:— HER MAJESTY. (As Queen Phillippa, consort of Edward III.) . °,;e 1 1 1 Over a skirt, with a demi-train of ponceau velvet, edged fur, wore a suit of bro ca d e , bl u e an d g old. Th e centre and edges likewise lined with minever. This fur—distincti ve .' • the highest social station in the middle ages, when the eostl : "; f of high and low, of ago and youth, were no t cen f o unded-- - . 4 '„,`" Majesty alone wore at her ball. From the upper edge "" f :„ centre of the minever stomacher a band descended ef _,l laid on gold tissue, and the other parts of the dre s s, the ittv";:ki &c., likewise studded with precious gems. The Save rel le wore an ample mantle of the splendid brocade, gold *and Si!v ri e kl, with flowers of silver mattes and brilliants, over a gold grou ot e whose marvellous tissue was made, as well as the blue a nd g brocade, by the Spitalfields weavers. The mantle. wao lik e 0 lined with minever. Her Majesty's hair folded i n werd * O . ; Clovis, and bore the light crown of graven gold. Iler sktailjeosot wore but one diamond on her head. This gem, value 10, looked at a distance H. l R. ii ik . e T a ß s z ta p r ü by cH its: gs y s iv o id r brilliancy H. wore a robe a queue in Genoa velvet, opening light blue velvet appearing in the openings, which n were trim— med with pearls, long cordellieres to pearls, relieved by is ls q uets of diamonds.; the stomacher entirely c overe d with pe ar and diamonds. The colffare, sky blue wirh r.arm and digSfri H. R. H. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. • o f The costume selected by her Royal Highness was t het t o , Anne of Bretagne. It was remarkable for the sumpP l ,, ( l noes of its materials, and had a gorgeous effect. -. Her • le, Highness's dress was of crimson velvet, open on each side', A. neath which was a robe of silver and gold t i ssues , e mbroi.le7 o. with diamonds, rubies, pearls, and sapphires ; the corsage ass entirely covered with diamonds and other precious sto is Head-dress, a regal crown. set with brilliants and valuable 5,1, bies and emeralds, with puff of crimson velvet, trout vvh'. hung behind a long tulle veil, exquisitely embroidere d 0 " , 1 gold. The costume altogether was remarkably recherclie,, highly suitable to the elevated station, as well as the as sielly" character of the Royal Duchess. H.R.H. THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA OF CAMBRIDGE'. Her Royal Highness's costume was taken after an or i g las f portrait of Princess Claude. It was composed of a robe __"r rich silver brocade, trimmed all round with ermine, 071. which was a tunic of Royal blue velvet. embroidered al l o che with silver fleur lie; round the top, and in the front, of tunic, were stitched bands of jewels, couciating of dittra? o _ l ,4 turquoise, rubies, &c., of enormous value. Upon her ki th her Royal Highness had a splendid gold couronne, vet v/viii, brilliants and turquoise, suspended from which was a tulle which, behind, nearly reached the ground, elaborately gee A , t bs broidered all over with silver, and edged by border 0 ' o s same. The veil was raised upon each arm, where it clasped by agraffes of diamonds, imparting to the veil .th e Ips pearance of a royal mantle, with flowing sleeves. HER GRACE THE DUCHESS Or BUCCLEE CH. i t ) Ducal coronet, with a real() or - caul, sprinkled eV old ; diamonds and pearls, with a long embroidered veil oi fc,° l o ed mantle ponceau and gold, lined with white satin, and krill with ermine ; jacket in ponceau velvet, trimmed the 5$ m e . long hanging sleeves beneath tight long sleeves or the litit colour and material as the train ; the jupe blue velvet, • tot the arms of the Buceleuchs emblazoned on the right die of the dress, and those of her own noble family 0 0 _1,es left ; cordellieres in diamonds and precious gems of ev i r e ' t‘ valuable . kind, surrounded - the waist of her Grace. Grace, as the Mistress of the Robes, was expected to givees,*i example of taste and splendour, but she far surpassed all • pectition, although our description is lamentably deficient . THE DUCHESS OF BEAUFORT. m er Costume of Isabella of Valois. A most superb; costn, e ,i composed of a magnificent drap d'argent shirt, e enbroid e ! o f in relief with bouquets of flowers, butterflies of gold t he precious stones, of which the effect' surpassed anytisixg S on kind we have ever seen. The under skirt of royal `er' r° ,, o d velvet most magnificently embroidered with silver, pear ls, - e se dia.:needs, appeared to us, by its dazzling effects, to le": of the work of fairies than that of mortals. The body - a rev If t b,, , the same matssrial, covered with diamonds, terminated or ? resille Espagnolle pf pearls and silver chains. The band en eel ; most costly stones, and the sleeves of the velvet a crel'e d'argent, embroidered with diaomnds and pearls falling gr ; :V, fully, and most nobly ornamented with the Spani s h rega"• In fact, all description is so much under the reality, that it ta l i , Is fail to . give a just idea of the splendour and magnificence of t '.f most truly Royal costume, ao highly gtaced by the lov e ' Duchess who wore it. MARCHIONESS Or AMESBURY. t of The character assumed by the fair Marchioness was th,a,, h - ie the Duchess de Ferraro, sister of the Princers Claude. ; e a costume was of the most splendid description, and has 060 is , much anticipation in the circles of the beau monde. k almost every particular the same as that of her Royal the Princess - Augusta of Cambridge, - to' whom the a';',_" , ais, Marchioness was sister for the day. The colour of rials alone differed ' • her Ladyship's dress was . o f gold PAO. flounced by a deep border of ermine; the tnnique was orittsoe velvet, studded with fleurs de lie ; down the front'of' nique were a profusion of diamonds atuand'emeralds, ai',!4ll l ilo'' around the top. Head-dress, a res ill e o f gold, sett wit h w its' monde, confined the bank hair, f rom which a veil of tulleifisei. broidered with gold, was app en d e d ; the front of her head* presented an oreille of diamonds, intermixed with the hair . LADY LONDONDERRY. O r A Lady of the age of the Crusaders, with a p. 6 46 of Crusaders.—Mantle of white satin, covered by a o°r w ith silver open-worked, of the age of Louis XI., Line". e ke' ermine; the jupe the same—looking sc a l es of armour .1' in cloth of silver, trimmed with ermine, and on ever. o 1 10 truding tail is attached a diamond ; to fasten the mantle' y tr° suds'. in brilliants of surpassing splendour ; in front a cordi. itotl of din:l:Suds, with a broad plaque at top, in pearls' l rtt eft diamonds. The only coloured part of the dress is on tit' e arm, a red cross of velvet, over which is laid a magir e o f cross in invaluable s:jamonds ; round the waist a .rivle r _ o o‘ . diamonds, applied in a Zieeek pattern. On the head a of matchless diamonds ant: gems, with a rezilla on hetP v 7o. 4„ , of the head, and in front, studded likewise with je.. h els . .4 The cestutne was so surpassiN•sty magnificent, and'kewdlike so true to history in i.s form, test her Ladyship 100 a queen of the middle ages evoked from the tomb, ?See es her coronation dress. Even her Last bore diamonds. THE ! sship's shoes and id s At this magnificent fete, where every Lady seemed to . .. h ieb, o borrowed from different countries those srlendid dresse!'.7„ed so well suited them, praise must be given to the illarels_roe, do Lisboa for the manner in wbieh she poue tra y ed the F7vite..,o! of her native land. It was formed of a blue :striped sills toe s, t bouillonnes of pink satin; she wore a black velvet pa,r° fr og ornamented at the top with point de Venice co ilex, in u: 4 l w ith of it was a pink satin bow; the sleeves were trilirees of bouffants of white satin and gold buttons. fie.‘a - "' Spanish veil, ornamented with silver and diamonds. THE MARCHIONESS OF CLANRICARDE* . goo : (As As Germaine de Foix)--This Splendid cos tume `• "fros t ." posed of a violet velvet dress, embroidered in gold , t ' soya' - open upon gold tissue, and the body covered with ditah.v.see, The extraordinary head-dress, which gave the sv . „,,helq ic ; o iet a te a r d of v t a h s e we c l o i s a tu d m ap e t , ed wa f s ar ve t r h y a h im ec ni om an i s n a g dtiosptihaye M ar c :1 7 14r 5,t: ., which were on it. THE BARON ESS B RU NOW. 0 i t h j, The costume chosen by th e B aroness was highly 5 u A oft the occasione from her Excellency having the cominan' ai 6Oeri., o , o lair dausemse in the Russian quadrilles It was a wag, o at h!! :.J and costly costume do Reese, of the time of the Ener es- s to tr i i rine, and had evidently been made 'with a strict rega r d o sS .prevailing fashion of that periods it consisted of a rico t ql\ tO4 , Pe ad tre k sh ow th e ( th e le 41 010 N it t kie t k,14 0 , 1 1 41 , e4.th,