The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-24 00:00:00

vs r. T . • LATE MASSACRE IN AFFGHANIS - . 1 TAN, and"SUBSCRIPTION in AID of the FAMI- - LUIS of the SUFFERERS. 11leears. G RINDLA I', CHRISTIAN, and MATT they Itfive *fled a Book at the East India Rooms, 8, St. Martin's-place, Itaring- cross, for the enrollment of the names of parties esirons of contributing to a Fund for the Relief .'f the Unfor unate Sufferers by the late Events in Affghanistan. The following appeal to the Indian community has been eir sulated by the desire of the Commander-in Chief in India, and fssli explains the objects of the proposed fend, which, in the coarse or a few days, at two or three military stations, had amounted to-upwards of 11,000 rupees. Head Quarters, Camp Bussec Kusba, March 12, 1842. " 'lhere are few eases in which the Commander-in-Chief sanctions the eireul3tion of papers, for charitable subscriptions, without reluctance, feeling that individuals may make donations who would not spontaneously do so, oc may be induced to give Po their inconvenience. On the present occasion this feeling des nut exist. The sufferings of our fellow-soldiers on the retreat from Cahoot, and the distresses of their widows and fatherless children, w:II meet the Sympathy of all, and the misery of those who have no claim upon Government for pay or pension, end many of the widows, will readily receive relief !rem those who can afford it. " I am, therefore, desired by his Excellency to circulate this paper, end to add that the donations will be for the relief of such of oar countrywurnen as have either had husbands killed in the late disaster* in Affghanistan, or whose husbands, being yet alive, arc in the hands of the enemy ; or for their children ; also for the relief of all other persons, followers of the camp -aim have no claim upon the Government for pay or pension, to be lett to the discretion of a ronitaittee. " The General 011iter commanding the Siihind division will be requested to form a Committee at Kurnaul, for inquiring into the taws of all applicants, and to distribute the funds; and branch committees will be formed at l'exhawur, Ferozepore, and Loodiauah, to carry the object of the fend into effect. " The subscribers at Futtehgurh and Delhi, and all other placeS, will he invited to cu-operate with the Kurnaul corn- Initte, and transmit the funds subscribed for the purposes of being distributed by that Committee. (Signed) " JOHN LUARD, " Lieut.-Colonel, Military Secretary." sought to sell the unbought rights of a free citizen for money. The dreadful destruction . of - the British army in Caubul has reduced to misery some thousands of women .and children, many of whom have no legal claims upon the Government. It is estimated that the number of camp followers who quitted Caubul, with the British troops, after the murder of the lamented Sir WILLIAM M`NAGIITEN, was not less than five thousand, nearly the whole of whom havaperished ; the rest still remaining in captivity. The mass of misery produced by this terrible catastrophe is so frightful that the Commander-in-Chief of the Britiskarmy in India has authorised the raising of a subscription for the relief of the sufferers. This course is' 81 unusual on the part of a Commander-in- Chief, that its adoption on this occasion is the best proof of the utter destitution of those fur whom the appeal is . made. Heavy as are the demands upon the charity of the wealthy classes, we trust that the prayer now addressed to them fur the relief of the soldier's widow and orphans, ,by a Gallant Veteran Officer will not be made- in vain. A fraction of the sums squandered by the affluent upon useless luxuries may suffice to save the lives of hundreds of our fellow subjects now dying with hunger in a foreign land. We never scruple to profit by the victories of our gallant troops. We ought as little to hesitate to relieve the. sufferings of their ►wives and children, when, for a brief space, victory deserts the British standard. We really ought not to be angry with our French Contemporaries when they seek to persuade their Go vernment that a people are never so patriotically em ployed as when resenting fancied insults by blowing out the brains of their neighbours. Fighting is with them as much a passion "s the love of dress is a passion with the fair sex. On the slightest fancied provecation, they are ready to-day to make war on their clearest friends o f yesterday. This is well manifested in an article in th e Courrier Fiaficais of Sunday, upon a discussion in the Chamber of Deputies, on the previous day, relative to the French and United States' tariffs. K LEGENTIL Com plained that the proposed changes in the United States tariff would greatly injure the trade of France. This was admitted by M. GUIZOT, who said that the French Government had made remonstrances, which if not at tended to, recourse might be had to reprisals in the shape of increased duties upon the importation of American produce. Now this "war of tariffs" is openly denounced by the Courrier Francais- That journal is for remon strance at the cannon's mouth. If the Americans will not modify the tariff to please France, the Courrier affirms that the true remedy is at once to declare war against the Republic. Why it is not four days since the Courrier Francais assured its readers that the Ame ricans were the dearest friends and allies of France ready to join them in crushing England, should she per: sist in enforcing a right of search. And now war is to be declared against them for choosing. to increase their tariff ! Verily, public writers in France regard war as a very trifling affair. As this tariff question is important, we subjoin r., sum mary of the debate in the French Chamber of Deputies concerning it : CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SITTING or SATURDAY. FRENCH AND AMERICAN TARIFF. The rames of the members of the Corninitte - e now forming, awl the Bankers who have consented to receive subscriptions, will be publisht;d next week. COMPANION TO THE LIVES OF COLLINGWOOD AND NELSON. Now rtady, in 2vols. Swo., with Portrait, THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL WSCOYNT KEPPEL, FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY in 1782-3. By the Hon. and Rev. THOMAS KEPPEL. Henry Colbnrn, Publisher, 13, Great 'Marlborough-street. In 3 vols. post Bvo., THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON'S NEW WORK, " THE LOTTERY OF LIFE." WILL B READY AT Am THE LIRARIES ON THURSDAY NEXT. _ _ Ileury Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Mariborough-street. , THOS. lIARRIS and SON'S TELESCOPES are warranted unequalled by any other Rouse at the prices. Sent, carriage free, to any part of the kingdom. Cash first remitted. Exchanged if not approved. Tourists should not be -a ithout one. A pocket telescope to show objects 8 miles off... £0 18 0 A pocket telescope to show objects 12 miles ... 1 10 0 A picket telescope to show objects 16 miles..... 2 2 0 A pocket telescope to show objects 20 miles. ... 4 0 0 Thomas Harris and Son, Opticians, 52, opposite the British Museum, London, established 60 years.—T. Harris and Son are neither related to, nor in any way connected with a firm of the same name. TO GROCERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. A WNTED by a STEADY YOUNG MAN, a SITUATION in the above line of business. Has had the Superintendence of a very extensive and respectable Estsblishment in the Country. Five Years' unexceptionable reference as to character, &e., and security (if required) can be giten by parties either in Town or Country. Address to J. F., 18, Lambeth-terrace, Lambeth. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they area. 0 LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain• LAME FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAAIBURGH, Are now eel)ing SHARES for the said DIS rRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PREVIOUS to riving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PARTICU LARS, up addressinp, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains 700 MONEY DIVIDENDS, as follows:- 1 of @ . ft ".010 1 of E6OO 5 of El%) 10 of .CBO 1 .•. 5,000 '2 ... 400 5 ... 110 '2O ... 7u 1 ... 1.500 2 ... 200 5 ... 100 43 . 1 ... 1,000 3 ... 150 6 ... 90 593 ...`5O 1 ... ~890 STERLING, amounting together to £72,170. BRITISH STERLING MONEY. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "W. P."—Nerer. S. Day won it twice—first in 1821, and then in 1830. ,:THE WEATHER.—Noon, MAY 2 , 1. ROI( AL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer .... 54 1 Highest 67 j Lowest 43 Barometer 29.91.—Wind S. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Nloruing 2l minutes atter I I Evening 56 minutes atter 1, .4Ar 449. ziactionbElbritton SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. Mr. PArINGTON, the Member for Droitwich, has given notice of a motion for extending the provisions of the London Police it'd, as regards the closing of public houses, to every other part of the United Kingdom. As this notice was given before the Public-houses Bill went through Committee, and that clause to which the Hon. Member's motion refers had been struck out, we hope he has given up all idea of forcing such an obnoxiouslaw upon the rest of the community. Independent of the great incon venienee caused to the .public by closing up public houses at twelve on Saturday night, we have every reason to believe that the change has in creased immorality, and led numbers of worthless people to establish houses for the illicit sale of spirits, to the great injury of the fair trader. Over these places the police have no control ; they can be reached only by means of informations ; the profits are considerable, and the keepers of them are thus enabled. to bribe persons who might threaten to bring them before a Magistrate. But the inconvenience caused by such absurd regulations in London is only trifling compared with that which would be felt in the country, where licensed victuallers would be harassed by informations without end. Travellers on Sun day would be exposed also to great inconvenience in pro curing necessary refreshment during part of the after noon, ':and the whole of the forenoon Of that day. Were any real benefit derived from such a law, we should be the last to oppose it ; but being firmly convinced that the evil fur overbalances the good, we call upon the publicans, as well as the people in genera), to get up meetings, and petition the Legisla ture against this wanton interference with their business and mode of living. The day fixed for the further con sideration of the Report on the Bill is Wednesday, the Ist of June, when Mr. PAKINGTON, or, failing him, Mr. PLuarrrnE, will probably attempt to attach to it sonic such clause as that proposed. The licensed victuallers have no small influence at elections; at the last general election they returned a great number of Members, and among the rest, the author of the Bill, Captain bons, and if they fail, there fore, to take advantage of their circumstances, they have themselves only to blame. They are sufficiently restricted already by Police Acts, and the licensing system ; their trade, we hear from many- gnart►'r.:, is worse than it has been for many years; and'were such an infliction as this to be added to their other.burdens, the probability is, that, in a short periot', not a few of them would be bankrupts. Lord Jong RUSSELL and Sir ROBERT PULL %cert.: exceedingly, annoyed last night, because Mr. Hum}, told the Horne that neithe r the Tory nor Whig leaders were sincerely desirous of puttin g down bribery at elections Si r ROBERT PEEL Was willin?; to concur in a measur ,. fir allowing the ATTORNEi-GENERAL to prosecute electors convicted of the crime or selling their votes, but with his usual Jesuitical carmine - reserved to himself the right of detßi : inining kovt far he should go in rendering that m easure effective. Let Lori J. RUSSELL and Sir 11.,PELL, say what they please, the Hon. Member for Aiontros e is perfectly right. The wealthy Whig and Tory n r i s t 0 - cracy delight in extending bribery , which, by itnrsing the expenses of election contests , k ee p men of i limited means, and near:y all honest men, out of the House of Commons. No candidate can now presume to stand for such boroughs as Ipswich, Nottingham, Lewd.. and an hundred more besides, who is not . pre pared to spend in bribery, direct and indirect, sims vary itg from 2,0001. to 8,000/. This eflectnally keeps out of the Hotisl of Commons, as the representatives of those boroughs, such troublesoree men as Mr. ROEBUCK, or such honest men as the Hon. Member for Montrose. It is, moreover, a sort of guarantee that the Member returned is a person more remarkable for his wealth than his integrity, and every way quali fied for presentation at Court, and a seat at the dinner-table of the Premier of the clay, or the leader of the Opposition. If the suppression of bribery and cor ruption be left to the great AVhig and Tory chiefs, they will flourish while the House of Commons has an existence. The l eople must take up the question. Ylae pure constituencies of the kingdom must no longer a ll o w their influence to be swamped by the impure. The first step to be taken is to pass a Bill for the distrait. obioment for life of every elector convicted of receiving - bribe. No other punishment will carry with it such a wholesome fear as this. It will be the mark of CAIN by high' kis tml,orit children:will learn that their father M. Legentil directed the attention of Government to a sys tem of imposition practised by the American authorities to wards foreign merchants, which, if it continued much longer, must, he said, end in the complete rupture of all comm erc i a l relation between France and tbe United States. According to the new tariff, now before Congress, the import duties of 20 per cent. would be shortly raised to 30. This tariff, combined with a duty ad valorem, another on the weight, so that aer tain goods, and the silks amongst others, would be liable to pay a duty ad valorem and a weight duty, which on an average would amount to 15 or 20 per cent. also—in all to 35 per cent. The wines and other products of France were to be subjected to similar extortions on their importation into the United States. The latter, on the other hand, with a view to compel foreign nations to consume their tobacco and flour, were about to lay a tax of 10 per cent. on the products of the countries which did not admit those two articles on the same terms on which they were introducosi into America ; so that the pro duce 01 France will shortly be burdened with another duty in addition to the general duty of 30 per cent. M. Legentil then recapitulated the advantages which France had conferred on the United States, and which entitled the former to inure gratitude on their part. France imported 175,000,000 of American pro ducts, whilst she exported to the , United States only 136,000,000. Of the 80,000,000 of kilogrammes annually per chased by France. 79,000,000 were of American growth; of the 7,000,000 of kilogrammes of imported foreign flour, 6,000,000 proceeded from the United States, and of the 13,000,000 of to bacco, 8,500,000 were raised in America. M. Legentil then showed that the duties levied in France on Ameriean products did not exceed JO or 11 per cent. ; and concluded, should the Americans persist in :heir pretensions, by recommending that France abrogate the Navigation Act of in 2, which assimilates the vessels of the United States to those of France, and recur to reprisals. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, in replying to M. Le gentil, admitted thst the measures about to be enforced by the United States were likely to be most injurious to the trade of France. Impressed with that persuasion, the French Govern ment had, during the last year, repeatedly addressed to the United States the most urgent remonstrances, but it was im possible for him to tell what would.be the result of those repre sentations and negotiations, because of the financial and internal crisis now prevailing in the United States, which prompted the latter to adopt extreme measures as respected reprisals. M. Guizot observed, that if they militated against the United States without injuring France, recourse should be instantly had to that expedient ; but he thought that France could not with safety increase the import duties on the raw materials constituting the great ele ment of her manufactures. With regard to the navigation duties the ease was different, but M. Guizot would not express any opinion on that subject, the question nos undergoing se rious examination before a Committee composed of most com petent and enlightened men ; but when they should have made known to him their advice, he would propose to the King's Government such measures as appeared to him practicable and expedient, and be ever guided by the principle that re. prisals are good only inasmuch 'as they effect the interests of others without injuring those of France. M. Grandia, who followed the Minister, denounced another vexation to which French merchants were exposed at the hands of the American authorities. There being no bonding stores in the United States,. as in France, goods intended for re-exportation are subjected, on being landed, to pay the same duties as if they were intended for domestic consumption. The payment of those duties was required in specie ; but when the merchants claimed the restitution of the duty, on the re-. exportation of the bonded goods, it was paid back in paper at a loss of from 15 to 20 per cent. This was, he said, a real spoil ation, and a prooceeding unworthy of a civilized country. N. Mermilliod, the deputy for Havre, who spoke next, ex pressed a hope that the decision of the American Congress would be influenced by the representation of France and the other countries, and advised the Government to renew them with additional energy. The question was then dropped, and the Chamber proceeded to dismiss the other items of the budget. . We have the following letter from Toulon of the 17th of May " The journals are in the wrong in announcing the speedy arrival of the Prince de Joinville. The despatches received by the second in command of the Belle Poule, announces, on tin; contrary, the departure of the Prince for London, and orders have been given to the frigate to join the Vice- Admiral, in order to take part in the manoeuvres of the squadron. It is to be presumed that the Belle Poole will afterwards go to Cher bourg, if, as has been announced, the Prince is to go to the South Seas; but it will wait for him in our port, in case no change is made in his proposed cruise in the Mediterranean. Nothing; however, is yet fixed."— Constitutionnel. The i%ledea frigate sailed for Toulon on the 17th, to join the squadron of Admiral Hugon uff the Ilyrres Islands. 'that squadron left those islands on the ILth, and it. is thought that it will not return to port for some time. All the vessels of the squadron sent on that day all the sick they had on board by the Veloce steamer to Toulon. The mail from Africa, which was expected every moment had not arrived at Toulon on the JBth. A letter from Munich, of the 15th of May, which has been communicated to us, says that amidst the enthusiasm which iw everywhere manifested to relieve the sufferers by the fire at klamburgh, it may seem surprising that Bavaria shows no sign of sympathy. The sole cause. says the writer of the letter, is the absence of the King, who is so jealous that no person can venture to propose a subscription, however urgent the necessity may be, without his • previous permission. I am persuaded, says the writer, that as soon as the King is informed of the aster of flaniburgh, he A ll be as generous as the , other Ger man princes, and will allow his subject& to follow their chari. table inclinations; but he is in 6icily, and the delay which will result from this circumstance will deprive those r at t? genero sity of the promptitude and spantaneousuc,ss whieh - i;onstitute ' a great part of their merit.— Commerce. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY,) Los on:r. MAY 24. -j-Wind this day at Noon, variable. DeA r. y 23.—Wind S.W. ' uioderate.—Arrd. fro m th e River, Neptune, for Bombay ; Dale Park and Glengariff, Jamaica; Camden, Quebec. Or F Dom, MAY 22.—Hereuleit, Firemen for Cuba. Orr Woitnitsc, MAY 23.—Eduard Bdtou, Newcastle for • Oi RIGTO, • ° Adino and Auriga, Mauritius. Maui it I' B H N MAY -3. ToußaY, MAY 22.--John Bartlett, Bartlett, China. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind S.—Arrd. Margaret, Mur ray, Surinam, std. from St. Helena March 23. Arrd. off V (Itor, Lake, Colombo; Fyen Kreuse, Charleston, for Co penhagen. Orr 11AsTINGs, MAY 23.—Pocohonfas, Higgins, Balti• more for Amsterdam. Cowrs, MAY 23.—Arrd. Mastery, Stire, Rio. PlN:mount. MA 23.—Wind SS. W.—Arrd. Prince Re gent, Pigood, Bermuda. FALmotrrit, MAY 22. - Wind S. to W.S.W., strong breezes.—Arrd. Julia, lieppinstall, Port-au-Prince, for Am sterdam; Jabez, Abraham, Odessa; lonia, Badeock, Alex andria.itiotor „ S a l n d ,b . ug Arki ; hiar steamer. Arrd. off Argo, Bradenburgh, Atalanta, Rubarth, Bahia for Stcrkholm ; Fama, Martiue,h , tlavalmah for Ilamburgh. The wreck of a vessel, clean %wry. w • as pass,d 10th inst., in lat. 40, lon. 14, by the lonia, arrived at Falmouth. PAnsTow, MAY 22.—Th e Lady Willoughby, from Yong hall to Portrcath, with oats, went ashore at Gannet, and is full of water. '2oth inst., 6wAr;sEA, MAY 22.—Arrd. Ann and Sophie, James, Valparaiso. 23.— Sid. Foster, Rosa, E n d ym i on, and -i Meteor, i' u 3Y e l be t c. Ltvex root,, MAY 23.—Wind S. S.E. to S.S.W., fresh.— Arrd. Malabar, Calcutta; Argentine, Tillson, Buenos Ayres, sailed March 5; Brilliant, O F rin r e o a ds si ha rn tire , eCuuricaes7 5 , i le o f b t il A e. pri s l 1 5 d! Walpole, Thomas, New Slania, St. Thomas; Great Britain, New York; Brunswick, St. Andrews ; John Bolton, Quebec. Arrd. off, Mobile. CORK. MAY 21.—Arrd. Lauriston, Fanning, Laguna (in 56 days.) THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND'S BAL COSTUM E .— The ball to be given by the Duchess of Sutherland to-night, at Stafford House, will be on a scale of princely magnificence. Several members of the Royal Family have engaged to honour the Duchess's fete by their presence, and the invitations issued are to above 600 of the haute noblesse at present sojourning in the metropolis. 1 1 1-1 E SUN, LONDON, rUESDAY EVENING, MAIL 24, 1842. LAW AND POLICE. William Halford, a fellowship porter, appeared at Guildhall yesterday, to answer the charge of Charles flower oft, the calf of whose leg he had severely bitten, while being conveyed on conviction by that turnkey to the Giltspur-street prison. Mr. Alderman Thompson ordered, that as the prisoner had behaved like a mastiff, he should be treated as one, and his teeth filed or drawn by the prison surgeon. The defendant having repeatedly cried for mercy on this score, he was permitted filially to make compensation. Yesterday, William Wheels, the conductor of one of Powel's Brentford omnibuses, was charged with assaulting a gentleman of the name of Burrell, residing at No. II i, Long Acre. The plaintiff had refused to pay Is. for what he considered a six penny fare, upon which the defendant made efforts to throw him down. The Magistrate severely remarked on this ruffianly con.luct, and fined him the highest penalty, 5/., which was paid. S UM - ARY OF NEWS Arc Public Optuton. " Who runs may read." rogzxorr. In the debate on Saturday in the French Chamter of Deputies, M. Guizot having, in reply to M. Legentil,. who had complained of the measures adopted by the United States, as being injurious to French commerce, said, that if France could by way of reprisal adopt mea sures which would cause more injury to the United States than to France, it was the duty of the Govern ment to do so. The Courrier Francaic, with a singular notion of the rights of nations, says that, the only re prisal worthy of a great nation is war ; but as to com mercial reprisals, a war of tariffs, whether against Eng land or the United States, it can see in it but a puerile act. The 'National disapproves, though complaining of the conduct of the United States, that M. Guizot, in the de-: bate on Saturday, used the word reprisals, and adds, " Certain is it that the United States shows such an ill feeling to our commerce, that the French Government cannot submit to it.". Count de Pontois, the French Ambassador, now on leave of absence, is to reach Constantinople once more in June, and the Baron de Bourqueney is to return to Paris in July. from whence he will i:orne to London as Minister to this Court, during the temporary absence of the Count do St. Aulaire, tvlto will, it is expected, remain three months in France. The 'state of Syria continues to be most deplorable. The revolting cruelty of the conduct of Omar Pacha to wards the sheiks of the Druses has excited the indigna tion of the whole country, whose inhabitants have risen to resist their oppressors. Violent collisions with the Turkish troops are daily expected..ln the meantime the Porte has taken no serious steps, in conformity with the strong representations of European diplomacy, against the new system of violence adopted in Syria. The energetic efforts of Sir Stratford Canning, which have been again renewed, appear to have been forgotten in the celebration of the feast of the Prophet, which has been done with a de , rree of unwonted splendour. ) The Gazette of Upper Germany, of the 19th inst. states, that M. Pageot has but little chance of succeeding in his mission to the Court of Berlin, as the Vienna Cabi.; net rarely abandons a resolution once adopted, on which they previously consult the Courts of Berlin awl St. Petersburgh. The Gazette asserts that M. Guizot in sists on the necessity for negotiating the marriage of the Queen of Spain, in order to prevent Espartero from dis posing of her hand to the son of Don Francisco de Paula, or to the son of the Duke de Medina Celi, as Es partero threatened the Court of the Tuileries he would do. A letter from -Hamburg,' of the 20th inst. says :—" A few small failures amongst houses here trading in manu factured goods have already taken place, and an eaten.; sive corn jobber has this week stopped for an amount of 60,000 L These events cannot be ascribed to 'losses oc casioned by the fire. They have arisen amongst over traders and speeulators whose affair ,)vere previously littt' deranged. It is now ascertained t three out of the four Hamburgh Insurance Companies ,are insolvent, and the amount of their insolvency must of course depend upon the ability of the parties interested to pa:y up their liabilities. The course of Exchange on London fell again to-day h schilling banco, and would have probably fallen still further, but for the arrival by the steamer of a considerable amount of silver from London, per account of the Royal Exchange and other Insurance Companies, whereby the coffers of the bank will be replenished, and heavy amounts, which would otherwise have been nego tiated on London in drafts, are kept Out of the market,' The Madrid Gazette of 15th May publishes accounts • of the sales of national property down to the 31st March, 1842, from which it appears that a number of 50,309 national properties, lying in 41 different provinces of the kingdom, have produced by sale 1,821,562,093 reals. PARLIAMENTARY. The Lords sat for only a short time, and received a few petitions. Lord Campbell inquired if it were necessary to sanction by law locking passengers up in railway carriages; but the Lord Chancellor, who said that he had been locked up in one yesterday, as well as his Noble Friend, could not answer the question. In the Commons, after the presentation of numerous petitions, Mr. Rushbrooke moved that a new writ be issued for Ipswich. Mr., Wynn opposed the motion, and after a short debate it was settled that the Right lion. Gentleman should, on Thursday, move a resolution in structing the Attorney-General to prosecute those per sons who are accused of bribery, and till that period the issue of the writ should be suspended. On the motion for going into a Committee on the Cus tom's Act—the Tariff- Mr. Callaghan moved a re solution ivhich went to impose a heavier duty than is now proposed on salted meat, but after a brief, though not uninstrttctive debate, withdrew his motion. On the House going into Committee, Mr. Miles moved his resolution that the tax on cattle be levied by their weight, and not by the head. The debate which ensued was dull, though pregnant with more proofs of the in consistencies of the Ministers. Mr. Gladstone again advocated cheapness, and proved that the distress of the people required relief. Sir Robert Peel laboured most assiduously to calm the fears of his followers, and con vince them that the people would get no benefit from the reductions he proposed. Lord John Russell taunted the Ministers with their inconsistencies, and pointed out that their arguments in favour of cheapness were appli cable to corn as well as cattle. Mr. Villiers took a similar view, and reproached the Gentlemen on the Ministerial side with thinking of nothing but how to keep up their rents. This produced a great explosion in a House that, through the whole even ing, was not remarkable for silence and attention, and the last half hour of the debate was passed amidst noise much like the bellowing of the cattle which were under discussion. At half-past twelve o'clock the Committee divided, and Mr. Miles' motion waslost by 113 to 318. The first four items of the tariff, as far as oxen and bulls, were agreed to. On oxen and hulls Major Vivian has an amendment ; the House therefore resumed, the Chair man reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. The House adjourned at a Quarter past One o'Clock. PUBLIC OPINION. LITERARY ;IND SCIENTIXIC. Sir Robert Kcr Porter, the celebrated traveller, died on the 3d of May last, at St. Petersbuigh. Eighty-two unpublished letters of Henri IV., have bcrn lately found by parties employed by the Archaeological Com mission in France. _ SrORTING. The officers of the 15th Foot, now stationed at Windsor, played a cricket match aith the Etonians in the College shoot ing-fields on Saturday ; both sides were equal in the first in nings, but the second decided the game in favour of Eton, with five wickets to go down. C b USL T-FAS II X ONABIM . The Archbishop of CanterhurTa;;lilsaninal entertain ment to the stewards of the sons of the clergy yesterday at Lam beth Palace. _ _ Lord and Lady Brougham gave a dinner on Saturday to the Dukes of Devonshire and Cleveland, the Countess of Jersey, &c. Lord acd Lady Stanley had a dinner patty on Saturday in St. James's-square. :riSCZILMANEOTI23. The reflection of the great fire at Liam — iTurih was seen in the Baltic by the passengers of a Swedish steamer, at a considerable distance from Lubeck, and pieces of burning paper, tapestry, silk, &e., positively fell in this latter city from the fire. LAW INTELLIGENCE HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to. day to hear appeals. The Peers present, were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. GARRICK V. BUCHANAN. Their Lordships were occupied the whole day with this case, the facts of which are of no interest, and the only point involv ing a question of Scotch entail. ICE-CHAIS CERY—(rH is DAY); The VICE-CHANCELLOI L Of ENGLAND sat in Lincoln's Inn to-day and took motions, but no case calling for a report came before his Honour previous to our Evening Edition going to press. _ ( Before Vice. Chancellor BR uCE.) GARRATT V. COCKEKELL. His HoNoun gave judgment in this case, the question being whether the will of Mr. Burgess, the testator in the cause, con tained a valid limitation in favour of one tha plaintiffs, the wife of the other plaintiff, which had taken effect. The will was dated the 14th of September, 1809. The testator gave his pro perty in four equal shares :—one share to his wife for her natural life, then to devolve to his children, and to the longest liver in equal shares ; the remaining three shares to be divided equally between his three children, and the longest liver of their heirs ; and the will contained the following words : " Should all my children die without heirs my property in that case to be divided equally between the children of my brothers and sisters alive at the death of my last surviving child." Upon these last words the dispute in the cause turned. It was ad mitted that the children of the testator were all dead, and that neither of them had left issue. At the death of the survivor of the testator's children there*ere children living of some of the testator's brothers and sisters, and it was in right of Mrs. Garratt, as one of these children, that the present suit was n stituted. It was contended for her that the word "heirs," as used in the will, meant either children or issue ; that the limi tation in favour of the children of the testator a brothers and sisters was intended to take effect only in the event of the testator's children respectively, either never having a child, or not leaving a child living at their respective deaths; that the limitation was therefore valid, and that if valid it had, upon the admitted facts, taken effect. His Honour said he should hold that the word " heirs" meant either children, or issue. With respect to the question, whether the testator meant the limitation in favour of the children of his brothers and sisters to take effect only in the event of the issue not being born to either of his children, his impression was, that the language did not authorise such an interpretation. He could not hold that by dying without heirs the testator meant dying without leaving a child. Then came the question, what would be the effect upon the construction of the words "My last surviving child," whether they would support a restrictive construction of the words " die without heirs." His Honour then referred to several cases bearing upon the construction of the words, and after stating that the will had already been before the Master of the Rolls in 1837, said he should defer to the authority of that Learned Judge by dismissing the Bill. He had collected from the Bar, however, that the case would in any Court be carried before the Lord Chancellor, and he thought such a course would have been very reasonable whichever way he had decided. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(7111S DAY.) The Ceurt atits sitting this morning proceeded to hear ar guments in cases of motions for new trials. The greater part of the time was occupied in hearing the case of Mant and Collins, which was an action brought to determine a disputed right to a pew in a chapel. The case was a most uninterest ing one. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) MARSHALL AND OTHERS V. NEWTON. This was an action, brought by the plaintiffs, and 140 others, who constitute a body called" The Friendly Sawyers Society," to recover the cash-box and banners of the Society, from the defendant, the landlord of Paul's public-house, where the So ciety were accustomed to assemble. Th e defendant pleaded that he did not detain the goods, and that the goods did not be long to the plaintiffs. Mr. ERLE stated the plaintiffs' case. The Society were in the habit for a long time of resorting to Paul's public-house, where they kept their boxes, banners, and flags. Before the defendant came into possession of the house it was kept by a person called Whiteside!, who when leaving informed Newson upon what terms the Society used to meet : that the advantage he had to gain from them was the profit of the goods he sold them. A dispute, however, arose, and the Society resolved to remove elsewhere; but the defendant refused to give up either the box (which contained more than twenty 'one pounds in money) or the flags, stating that a sum of money, amounting to 201., was due from the Society to him. It was to recover back this money, and the flags, which were worth about 1504, that the present action was brought. Mr. Whitesides, the former landlord of Paul's public-house proved that he told the defendant the terms upon which the society met at the public-house. Richard Mullen, formerly a.member, of the Society, proved that the defendant came into a room where he and several others were sitting, and said that he would keep the goods of the Society—that they asked for the:box, but that instead of giving them it, he gave then' a bill for 20!. 'The witness also proved that it was not the debt of the Society, but his own debt. The Post thus alludes to the new Reform Association of which Mr. Warburton is a- member:—" We see little reason to Lope that the new reform movement will be a whit more re spectable or more efficacious than the old one, although the Parliament, the thing to be reformed, stands unquestionably in greater need of that process now, than it did when the charla tans first began to operate upon it. Nor can our diffidence be regarded as unreasonable when it is seen that the new Re formers are to other than the men whom the old ones were compelled to throw overboard, because they were too silly and impracticable to be of any use—the men who were felt to be a drag and impediment to the cause they affected to espouse—the men with whom all persons of influence and respectability, how much soever addicted to the delusion of reform, have always felt it a disgrace to be associated." The Chronicle says :—" Lord Ashley has, we perceive, given notice of motion, on Thursday next, for leave to bring in a Bill founded on the Report of the Childrens' Employment Commission, and subjecting labour in mines to certain regnla lations as to sex and age. In framing such a Bill, we trust it e ill be remembered that the Commission has only begun its work, not completed it. Other inquiries remain to be insti tuted ; and some have been already made, or are in progress, the results of which are not yet before the public. These hor rible disclosures, as to a portion of the mining system, are only a partial development of the toil and miseries to which the children of the poor are subjected. Not that any delay in legislation should take place on that account. Heaven forbid that such cruelties as have been described should be allowed to continue for a single day longer than is requisite for putting a stop to ti em. At the same time it should he borne in mind that Parliament may be called ere long to apply to the farm and the factory the 'principles of legislation which shall now be sanc tioned relative to the colliery and the mine. The whole sub ject of infantile labour must eventually be taken under legis lative cognizance. The State must go through with its work of guardianship; and the particular instance of hardship will best be met by looking fairly in the face the whole extent of the task to be achieved. The Times alludes to the decision of the F.lect ion Committee in the county of Cork case, in the following terms :—" Of all the decisions which have been arrived at by Election Com mittees, it is impossible to conceive any more injurious to the public than that of the Whig majority in the case of the county of Cork. Had any less person than the arch-Agitator been concerned, justice must have been done upon such overwhelm ing evidence as was submitted to them. The most favourable hypo thesis of their conduct which we can suggest is, that they were more afraid efbciug I he objects of Mr:O'Connell's foul-mouthed obloquy than of facing the reasonable indignation of their countrymen in geaeral. !hey have decided that, for the future, no voter for any . O'Connell-ridden county in Ireland shall venture, on pain of death, to exercise his franchise in favour of a Conser vative candidate. That--such a system of savage lawlessness, so blood s thirsty a conspiracy , against freedom of election, as wa s disclosed by the evidence in this case, should exist is a disgrace -to any country which professes .to have laws and a Govern ment--that success should be guaranteed to its machinations, by the decision of a legal tribunal, is a blow to socie.y of which, it at were to pass unreproved, the consequeuces must be worse than any thing which we could predict." The Herald remarks, in an article on the subject of bribery at elections Foe the social estimation in which bribery is held, the House of Commons' is chic-fly to blame. There has hitherto been a total want. of earnestness in that assembly as to the suppression of bribery ; corruption has been fostered into its present rank growth and pestilent strength by legislative negligence and indifference, aided very much by the Reform Act; and so long as the House determines to retain its judi cial functions in scatters of bribery, when brought before it by election petitions, that negligence and indifference will con tinue, because they are involved in party tactics and struggles. The proceedings of Election Committees are bringing the House into sad contempt with the public." The Advertiser, speaking of thej present distressed state of the country, says :—" The distress of t he c o untry is extend ing. It had traversed through many districts, and desolated ihousands of once happy homes; but now it bids fair to em brace all—to leave nurse untouched—none unvisited. It first overtook the operative employed in supplying clothing for the consumption of those of his own class. It ruined his employer, and shut up the active, busy mill. Silently, yet surely, it sped its way amongst the fabricators of articles of less necessity than these. Circling wider as it progressed, it weekly embraced more extensive limits, and brought doWn fresh victims. In its stern inevitable march it has gone through nearly every branch of industry, and despite the eight months' trickery and cajolery of a Tory Cabinet, its removal is as far distant as ever. The paltry charity of a Queen's letter is an insolent mockery of the working man's demand for justice. It can neither satisfy his fixed and determined purpose, nor overtake the terrible suf fering he endures. The rise and progress of that distress suffi ciently indicate its source and origin. Trace it back, and you will find it in the robbery of the poor man for payment of the landlord's bread-tax." 111 ONZIf — TICILZIE—C 0 MDIEI2 CV. That section of the village of St. Mawes, which constituted the late borough, was sold by auction at Truro, last Wednesday. Some yea rs ao - o t h ere was an anc ie n t manuscr i pt in - This obscure village, which so long re t a i ne d th e e l ec tive fran chive, had, since the days of Elizab e th, b een th e pl easan t re- the library of the Uni vers ity of Cambridge, which wa s i n a treat of the Tredenhams, the Claret, the Nugents, the Bos- foreign lang uage, and was pronounc ed to be invalu a bl e b y t h e cawens, and the Grenvilles. The dilapidated quay, and its : person "ho h a d c h arge of the lib rar y a t the ti me , b ecause no few adjoining houses, were purchased by Si r S amue l Sp r y. person could be found " th a t could read it, or tell what it was The United Law Clerks' Societyheld their tenth anniversary about." festival at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, yesterday. Vice- Wowriiml.—lai consequence of the encroachments Chancellor Knight Bruce, and many leading Counsel o f th e of the sea, a public meeting of the inhabitants was held last bar were present. The balance - in Tatou of the Society on week, when it was determi n ed to expend 1,1001. in improving the transactions of the past year w as nearly 5,00 e 1 . Subscrip- the defences against the sea, - The sum is to be levied by a tions also, to thz. amount of 3001., were announced. town rate. __— The demand of the goods detained having been proved, Mr. JA .11 ES addressed the jury for the defendant. His ther:the Society were indebted to th e d e f en d ant i n the 20/. he demanded Leoad : n s and also, a m was sufficient 'evidence to show that all the plaintiffs were mem b ers o f t h e S oc i ety . da s l u s m o, :w e h du th p e , r and th e lreeft it to the jury to say whe • The jury brought in a verdict f or the plaintiffs,darnages 701., to be reduced to 401., if the money and flags were returned. COMMON PLEAS.-(T /I IS DAY ). The Court took the netv trial paper this morning. No cases of any public interest had come ou up to the time we went to prese. INSOLVENT COURT-(TIIIS DAY) RE MOSES ABITHOL. The defendant, who described himself in his balance-sheet as a foreign merchant and consignee, was opposed in person by Mr. Bristow, of the firm of S. R. Bristow and Sons. Ills pe tition to be discharged was supported by Mr. Cooke. In a lengthened examination it appeared that he contracted a debt with the opposing creditors, for work done as coopers, in the shipment of a cargo, in which he (the insolvent) was rngrged, on behalf of (according to his deposition) an eminent banker in the City. The COURT held that there was nothing to induce a remand, and ordered the insolvent to be discharged forthwith. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) SHEEP STEALING.—John Weston, the elder, and Ahn Weston, the younger, were indicted for stealing, at Mitcham, in the county of Surrey, one ewe, the property of John Steb bington. Mr. CHARNOCK defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor had sent some sheep to Lon don to be sold, but lie did not succeed in disposing of them, and the sheep were brought back to Mit • Limn and turned out upon the Common. The next morning it was discovered that one of the sheep was gone. From in formation they received tvto constables proceeded to the house of the prisoners, and they there found, the carcass of a sheep, hich had but rt centiv been dressed. A person was then dis patched to search the 'Common for the skin, and after a long search the skin was found in a pond on the Common, placed under souse turfs. The witness fur the prosecution stated that he found the, skin at about three feet below the surface of the water. The skin was identified as the property of the prose cutor. The prisoners , were given into custoey at their own house, and on their clothes being examined they were found t o be covered with recent stains of blood: Mr. CHArtriocx cross-examined The witnesses for the pro secution severely ; from which it appeared, that for some time past an enmity had subsisted between tlae prisoner and the pro secutor. Ile then called several witnesses for the prisoners, who stated that the prisoners were in the habit of buying lambs immediately atter they were dropped, and bringing them up by hand for Fate. • The witnesses swore that the pond where the skin was said to' have been found was only sixteen inches in depth. Th ey all gave the pr i soners an excellent character for honesty and industry. The Learned Counsel having ad dressed the Jury, The CHAIRMAN summed up the evidence, and the Jury, after a sh ort consultation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREE T._.(TH I S DAY.) The morning charges were few in number today, and none of them Possessed the slightest interest. --- UN:ON-HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Frederick Rower, a baker, was summoned for sellirg bread a e without h av i ng scales and we i g h ts i n th e ve hi c l e h e was driv ing. As a caut i on to master b a k ers , it may be necessary to Mate, that f or t h e a b ove o ff ence t h ey are li a bl e to a pena l ty of 5 /ss and th a t o f l ate severa l b e l ong i ng to t h e tra d e h ave b een fined, the inf ormers b e i ng on t h e a l ert at t hi s s id e o f t h e water. The d e f en d ant was fined 10s. and costs. A searngu d just paid being o off found from the B insensibly, enb drunk y aw line- olf-ing in battle ship was charthe road. He came up from Sheerness on the preceding day, and having fallen in with some girls, he commenced treating them, until he at length became so drunk as to render himself insen sible; and while in this state he was robbed of all his wages, besides his hat and shoes, in wl,ich situation he was found lying in the mad, e xposed to being run oven—After a brief lecture from the Magistrate, the sailor was discharged. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The want of business in the English funds still exists, which may be accounted for to-day, by some of the leading dealers having engagements elsewhere; prices however are exceedingly firm. Consols are 921 921 fur Money, and 92:i 921 for the Account ; Three per Cents. Reduced, Ola 911% ; Three-and a-llalf per Cents. Reduced, 991 100; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1001 101; Bank Stock, 167 168; India Stock, 2491 2501; India Bonds, 19 20; Old Exchequer Bills, 37 39 ; ditto advertised, 33 35 prem. The only Foreign Securities in which purchases have been made to-day, are Dutch, the prices of which arc 52 521 for the Two-and-a-Half, and 101 k 101 4 for the Five p er C en t s . ; the New Loan 981, and Brazilian 67. The qmeations for Mexican are 361 37* for the Account. In the Share Market the sales have been confined to London and Birmingham, 180; Northern and Eastern, 44; South Western, 63 64 ; Eastern Counties New, 4/. 141. 2tl. ; Greenwich, 14; South Eastern, 71; and Brigh ton, 36. The quotation for the Bonds aro—Colombian, 261, and Spanich Five per Cent. Active Bonds, 221, and the Three per Cent. Stocks, 221. Accounts have been received from Sydney to January 19, and Hunters' River to January 9. The intelligence from the former colony is rather more favourable, and business appears somewhat to have recovered, although great complaints are made that when orders for goods have been transmitted to England, double the quantity had beem sent out on manufac turers' account, "who bad availed themselves of the knowledge of their correspondents to spoil the market." The subject of internal communication was still exciting considerable atten tion, and the advantages which bad been derived from such roads as had been formed, or steam-boats already established, had led to renewed exertions to increase these facilities. Bank ing affairs appeared to have improved: at the meeting of the Sydney Bank Company, a dividend of 5 1 ,4 per cent. on the half year had been declared out of the profits, which were stated to have been 9,000/. with a stock of bullion amounting to upwards of 26,000!. The export of colonial produce con tinued good: 17,231 bales of wool bail been shipped to England during the year 1841, beside large quantities of other articles ; and it may be he re s t a t e d th a t New South Wales wool, from the great care now taken in preparing it for market, as well as in improving the quality, is becoming a formidable rival to that from Germany and Spain. The colony at Hunter's River was fast progressing, and up wards of twelve hundred bales of wool had up to Christmas last been sent to Sydney by steam, exclusive of the quantity for warded overland or shipped direct. Letters from the Mauritius to the -13th February have also arrived. No alteration had occurred in the Sugar market, which continued firm, especially for the finer qualities. Livearom. COTTON MARKET, MAY 23.—The Market waa very animated, and a large quantity was disposed of. An ad vance of from Id. to *d. per lb. on the lowest rates of last week was obtained for inferior to middling qualities of American ; other descriptions were - steady. 7,000 bales were sold, of which 2,000 American were on speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY 23. —The market was very dull, with but little inquiry and few sales, which were confined to a small number of Eastern Counties at 9*, Deben tures 10/. 1 ls. Bd., and New 4/. 11 s. Bd.; Edinburgh and Glasgow New 11 ; Grand Junction 186%, Halves, 92%; and South Eastern New 2i. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 23.—Although we have had more inquiry for stock to-day, yet, in consequence of a very limited supply, a small amount of usiness only has been done. South Eastern (New), 21 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 12 to 12/ ; Manchester and Leeds, 83 to 84 ; Ditto Half .shares, 36 to 361 ; District Bank, 101 to 101. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock l6B India Stock 2501 pm 3 per Cent. Red. .. 9ll Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons 921 Ditto Old Annuities ... 31 per Cent. Red ... 971 Ditto New Annuities... New 31 per Cent... ...... 101 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....24d —pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001...... —pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... —pm Jan. 1860 ...... 12* Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 ... 12 7-16iIndia Stock for Acct.... 250 Jan. 1800 — (Consols for Acct 92* FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, -- 5 per cent.... Portuguese , 5 p er con t. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds... 67 Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... •• Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent. 22/ Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... ... lot Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent. —f. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent..... 37 French, 3 per cent —l. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2} per cent. ..... . 521 Peruvian,lB2s,6 perct. Ditto, 5 per cent...... -101* SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) . Ditto New Shares ( paid) Great Western. Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 63-1 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 371 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and Greenwich Railway (12/ 15s 4d pd) 51 London and South Western (381 17s 9d pd) 63* Northern and Eastern (45 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. The demand continued dull, and prices depressed. Sugar was in demand, and full prices were paid. The Refined Sugar Market was quiet, and prices remain the same. Standard lumps 81s. to 818. Gd. per cwt. In coffee a further decline of Is. to 2s. per cwt. took place, and the market was heavy. Rice a shade cheaper. THE THEATRES. DRURY LANE. The announcement of the last night of the season, and of a first appearance in Othello, produced yesterday evening an overflowing house at this theatre. Mr. Anderson, for whose benefit the performances were, was the adventurous debutant, and the modest manner in which his name appeared in the play-bills must have gone far in inclining the audience to a favourable reception of his "attempt in so arduous a part." It would be ab urd to say that his impersonation of the noble Moor reached at any time that pathos and dignity, which we are wont to expect, but so often doomed to find wanting. The acting on the whole, however, was very good, and received much applause. Mr. Macready per rormed the part of lago. Miss Faucit, and Mrs. Warner re spectively filled the characters of Desdemona and Amelia with eclat, anti the other parts were well cast. Sonnambula followed. At the termination of the play, Mr. Anderson was called to life again, to receive the accustomed honours, and a shower of bouquets from some warm, if not judicious friends. Mr, Macready also came forward and addressed the audience, on the termination of the season, in the following manner : " Ladies and Gentlemen,—The first season of our experi ment towards restoring to this theatre its legitimate dra matic representations,' will conclude this evening. In my opening address, to which I wish to refer, I observed that circumstances compelled me to defer our opening beyond the customary period. These same circumstances have con tinued to weigh unceasingly upon my most strenuous efforts, and:have at length forced me to a premature close. These circumstances, it is fit to state, refer to the condition into which this property has been suffered to fall. Without at pre sent reflecting further upon the difficulties which, from this cause alone, have been accumulated upon me, I would merely observe, that considerable as has been the amount of means and labour expended, they have hitherto been insufficient to place the theatre in what may not improperly be termed a working state,' and further time, exertion, and outlay, are needed to produce variety of pertormances, Frith requisite cele rity and completeness. Still, to those interested in the success of this undertaking, it may be gratifying to learn that th e resu l ts of the present season, under all its disadvantages, afford no grounds for despondency; they have, indeed, tended to strengthen my hope and give additional cocfidence to my faith in the vitality of our English drama, the noblest the world has known. The name of Shakspere still retains the full po tency.of its charm, and we have proved that we have national music to satisfy the frequenters of a national theatre. From the signs of the past I draw my auguries of the future, and, if 1 should continue in the /direction of this theatre, I shall, without ' bating one jot of heart. or hope,' endeavour twwcrk out to their fullest extent the purposes with which I entered on it—keeping ever in , view, as the guide of ray proceedings, that the exclusive pateneof a-theatre is a delegated trust for the interests of the drama and the advantage of the public. It is my duty, ladies and gentlemen, to return you the best thanks of my brother performers—it is a grateful pleasure with theirs to offer you my own. HAYMARKET. THEATRE. Mr. Charles Kean took his benefit last evening before a numerous and distinguished audience, such as has tot assembled within the walls of this theatre ever sinee we had the pleasure of seeing him on a similar occasion. The play which he had selected for his benefit way, As You Like It, in which he took the part of the melancholy Jacques. Mr. Kean has occasionally played this character in the course of his provincial engage • ments, but this was thefirstopportunity whichhad been afforded to a London audience of hearing him pour forth the flow of beautiful imageries, clothed in exquisite language. which Shakspere has put into the mouth of this musing philosopher. The opinion, most unequivocally ex presied by the whole house, was highly favourable, and in tins opinion we fully coincide. We have no hesitation in pro nouncing that his debut in this character vi as most eminently successful. Mrs. Charles Kean, who always does well what ever she attempts, had previously reaped her share of laurels in the part of Rosalind; but we cannot refrain from reiterating the praises which have already been showered tlpon her from all quarters for her admirable performance in this character. She and her husband afterwards appeared in The Lady of Lyons, and at the close of each of the plays they were called for to receive the congratulations of the audience. The house was completely filled throughout. SPITALFIELDS BALL. REGULATIONS FOR THE. CARRIAGE:; AT THE BALL IN THE OPERA-nousE, ON THE `26TH OF BIAy, 1842. , The carriages of her Alajesty and suite, and the carriages of the Royal Family only, will set down in Charles-street. Carriages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Ladies Patronesses, and Members of the Committee, will proceed from , St. James's-street along the left-hand side of Pall-mall, and set down at the small entrance in the Arcade, and will turn and retire along the centre of Pall-mall and St. James's-street. The company will enter at the small entrance in the Arcade. Carriages from the north and west of Piccadilly will proceed along the right-hand side of Piccadilly, down the right-hand side of the Haymarket, close to the side 'pavement, an d set down in front of the Opera House, and will turn and retire by the centre of the Haymarket, Piecadi:ly, &c. The company will enter at the usual pit and box doors. Carriages from .the east will proceed along the Strand, Trafalgar-square, Cockspur- street. and set down in f ront o f the Opera Houi.e, with the horses' heads up the Haym ar k et , arid will turn anti retire by Pall-mall East, Trafalgar -square, Dun-. cannon-street, Strand, &c. The company will enter at the box-office door. Carriages from the south will fall into the line in Cockspur street (if numerous alternately with those from the east), and will turn and retire by Pall-mall East, Trafalgar -square, into Whitehall, leaving the statue at Charing-cross on the right hand. The company will enter at the box-office door. The end of Cnarles-street, St. James's square, next the Haymarket, will be closed at nine o'clock. Carriages will take up in the same order as they set down. Carriages of the Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, ladies patronesses, and members of the C ommittee, to stand in Waterloo-place (south), near the Duke of York's column. Those from the north and west of Piccadilly to stand in St. James's-square, Regent-street, below Piccadilly, Jertnyn street, &c. Those from the ea: tor south to stand in Trafalgar-square, Cockspur-street, &e. No person whatever to remain under the Colonnade of the Opera House at any time during the night. In order to prevent obstructions, the police have directions, if necessary. occasionally to stop the files of carriages, in order to let other carriages pats. Persons going to the gallery and upper boxes to enter at the gallery-door. C. ROWAN, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (From the rotes end Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, MAY 23. CUSTOMS ACTS. DIVISION ON MR. W. MILES'S MOTION. MINORITY—AYLS, 113. Allix, John Teter Du ffi eld, Thomas Ossulston, Lord Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Duntlas, F. Packe, C. W. • Archbold, R. Eaton, Richard J. Palmer, G. Archdall, General Farnham, E. B. Philipps, Sir B. Arkwright, George Fellowes, Edward Plumptre, J. P. AstJII, William Ferguson, Sir It A. Posey, Toilip Bagge, Win. Fitzroy, /lon. H. Rain.ay, W. R. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Fuller, A. E. • Reddington, T. N. Baillic, H. J. Grogan, Edward Rolleston, Colonel Bankes, George HAMM, H. . Round, C. 0. Barnrby, John Hay, Sir A. L. Round, J. Barrington, Lord Heathcote, 0. J. Rushbrooke, Colonel ltaskerville, 'l'. B. M. Hen: age E. Ryder, U. D. J Berkeley, G Henley, J. W. Sinthorp, Colonel Blackstone,W. S. Hinde, J. H. Smith, Abel Bradshaw, James Hodgson, R. Smyth, Sir G. II gramston, 'l'. W. Houldsworth, T. Sotheron, T. H. Brownrigg, J. S. Howard, H. Stanley, W 0 Bruce, C. L. . Kemble, Henry Talbo,., C. B. M. Buck, Lewis W. Knight. F. Winn Thornhill, George Bulkeley, Sir R. B.W. Knightley, Sir C. Tollemache, John Campbell, Sir H. Lawson, Andrew Trollope, Sir John Cartwright, W. R. Leicester, Earl of Turnot, Christopher Cawley, E. S. Lockhart, William Tyrrell, Sir J. Chapman, Benjamin Long, Vs alter Vere, Sir C... 11. Ctiarteris, Hon. F. Lygon, General Vivian, C. C. Chetwode, Sir John Mackenzie, Thomas Vyvyan, Sir R. Christopher; R. A. Mackenzie, W. F. Waddington, H. S. Clayton, It. R. M'Taggart, John Walsh, Sir J. Cudrington, C. NV. Maher, V. Westenra, J. C. Coll once, W. Ridley Manners, Lord C. Williams, 'l'. P. Colville, C. It. March, Earl of Wodehouse, Edmond Compton, H. Mailmen, T. l'. Wo,sley, Lord Curlers, ti. 13. Morris, David Wrightson, 'W Dalrymple, Captain Murray, C. R. S. Yorke, lion. E. T. Dawnay, Hon. W. Murray, A. Dickinson. F. 11. Neeld, John Diax, J. S. W. E O'Brien, A. Stallard Duff; James O'Brien, W. Smith - TELLERS. Miles, W. Palmer, R. Acland, Sir Thomas Aciand, T. D. A'Court, Captain Acton, Colonel Adore, Lord Aldan), William Alford, Viscount A ntrobus Edmund Ashley, L ord Begot, Hun. W. Bailey, J. Baillie, Colonel Laird, Will am Baldwin, C. Barry Balfour, J. M. Bannerman, A. Barclay, David Baring, W. B. Baring, H B. Baring, k. T. Barnard, E. G. Beckett, William Bell, M . Bell, John tt. Bentinck, Lord G. Beresford, Major Berkeley, C. Berkeley, Captain Bet keley, H. F. Bernal, E. Bernal, Captain Bernard Viscount Blackburn, John 1. Blakemore, R. Bodkin, W. H. Boldero, Henry G. let field, Beriah Bowes, J. Bowring, Dr. Broadley, Henry Ilroadwood, H. Brodie, W. B. Brooke, Sir A. B. Brotkerton, J. Browne, W. Bruce, Lord E. Bryan, George Buckley, Edmund Buller, C. Bailer Sir J. B. Y. Burrell, Sir C. M. Burroughes, N. N. Busfeild, W.; Byng, George Campbell, A. Cardwell, Edward Carew, B. S. Carnegie, Captain Cavendish, Hon. C. Cavendish, Hon. G. Chelsea, Viscount Childers, J. W. Christie, W. D. Christmas, William Chute, W , L. Clay, Sir W. Clive, E. B. CAve, ii. H Cobden, Richard ..ochrane, A. Cockbitrn, Sir G. Colebrooke, Sir T. E. Collett, AV. Bickford . Connolly, Colonel Corry, H. L. Courtenay, Viscount Cowper, Hon W. Craig, W. Gibson Crawford, W. S. Creswell, Baker Cripps, J. Currie, Raikee Dalmeny, Lord Darner, Hon. Dawson Dashwood, G. H. Dawson, Hon. T. V. Denison, John Evelyn Denison, E. Beckett Dtnnistoun, J. Oirett, E. Dodd, George Douglas, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir,c. E. Douglas, J. D. S. Dowdeswell, W. Drummond, H. H. Duncan, Lord Duncan, George Duecombe, T. S. buncombe, A. Dundas, Admiral Dundas, David East, James Buller Casthope, SirJuhn Ebrington, Viscount Egerten, W. T. Egerton, Sir P. G. Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. Ellice, E. Ellis, Wynn Eliot, Lora Elpbinstone, HoWard Emlyn, Viscount Escott, Bichkam Esmonde, Sir F. Estcourt, T. G. B. Evasn, William ; Ferguson, t olonel Ferrand, W. B. Filmer, Sir E Fitzroy, Captain Fitzroy, Lord C. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Fleming, J. W. Ffolliott, John Flower, Sir James Follett, Sir W. W. JORITY—NOES, Forester, Hon. G. Forster, Matthew Gaskell, J. M. Gibson, I'. M. Gill, Thcmas Gladstone, W. E. Glynne, Sir S. R. Godson, Richard Gordon, Lord F. Gore, Montague Gore, W 0. Gore, Robert Goring, H. D. Goulburn, H. Graham, Sir J. Granby, Marquis Granger, T. C. Greenail, Peter Urey, Sir G. Grinisditch, I'. Grimston, Lord Grosvenor, Lord R. Guest, J. Hale, R. B. Hall, Sir B. Hamilton, J. Hans Hamilton, W. J. Hamilton, Lord C. Hampden, Henn Hanmer, iir John Harcourt, G. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Hardy, John Hayter, W. G. Heathcoat, John Heneage, G. W. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Herbert, Hon. S. Hervey, Lord A. Hill, Lord Marcds Hillsborough, Earl of Hinoley, Cs arles Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Hodgson, F. Hogg, J. W. Hellond, Robert Holmes W. A'Court Hope, Charles Hope, Alexander Hornby, John Howard, C. W. G. Howard, Lord Howard, E G. Howard, P. H. Howard, Sir 11. tinwek, Lord Hume, Joseph Humphery, J. Hutt, W. Ingestre, Lord Inglis, Sir R. H. Jackson, J. D. James, W. James, Sir Walter Jerniyn, Earl Jocelyn, Viscount Johnson, 'W. G. Johnstone, Alex. Johnstone, Sir John Johnstone, Hope Jolliffe, Sir W. Jones, 'l' Kelburne, Lo d Kerrison, Sir E. Knatchbull, Slr E. Knight, Henry Gaily Labouchere, H. Lambton, H. Langston, J. H. Lascelles, W. S. Law, Hon. C. E. Leader, J. I'. Lefroy, Anthony Legh, George C. Lemon, Sir C. Leveson, Lord Liddell, H. T. Lincoln, Earl of Lindsay, H. Listowel, Earl of Litton, E. Loch, James Loves, Sir Ralph Lowther, J. H. Lowther, Colonel Lyall, George Macaulay, T. B. MacGeachy, F. A. Mahon, Lord Mainwaring, T. Mangles, R. U. Manners, Lord J. Marjoribanks, S. Marshall, W. Marsham, Viscount Marsland. H. Martin, John Martin, C. W. Master, T. W. C. Masi crinan, John Maule, Hon. Fox Meynell, H. ?tiles, P. W. S. Milnes, R. M. Mitcalfe. Henry Mitchell, T. A. Mordaunt, Sir J. Morgan, Octavius Morgan, C. Morison, William Morrison, JamesMundy, k Miller Napier, Sir Charles Neville, Ralph Newport, Vs count Newry, Viscount Nicholl, J Norreys, Lord 380. Norreys, Sir D. Ntirthl.did, lord O'Brien, I. O'Connell, M. J. O Connor Don Ogle, S. C. H. lid, W. Oswa , d, James Owen, Sir J. Paget, Lord W. Pakington, John S. Palmerston, Viscount Parker, John Patten, John Wilson Pechell, Captain Peel, Sir K. Peel, Jonathan Pemberton, T I'endarves, E. \V. Philips, G. It. Philips, Mark Phillpotts, John 1, Plumridge, Captain Poßeligion, Viscount Pollock Sir Powell, Colonel Praed, W. T. Price, Richard Pringle, A. Protheroe, Pulsford, it bert Rae, Sir William Ramsbottom, .1. Rashleigh, William Reade, W. M. Reid, Sir J. It. Ricardo, John Lewis Rice, E. B. Richards, Richard Roche, E. B. Roebuck, J A. Rose, Sir George Rous, Hon. Captain. Russell, Lord John Russell, Lord E. Russell, J. D. W. Sanderson, R. Solution, Lord Scarlett, Hon. R. Scholefield, J. Scott, Robert Scott, Hon. F. Scrope, 0. P. Seymour, Lord Seymour, Sir H. B. Shaw, F. Sbelburn, -Lord Sheppard, Thomas Shirley, Evelyn J. Shirley, E. P. Smith, Benjamin Smith, J. A. Smith, Vernon Smythe, Hon. G. Somerset, Lord O. Somerton, Viscount iiomerville, Sir W. Stanley, Lord Stanley, Edward Stansfield W. It. Stanton, W. H. Staunton, Sir G. Stewart, John Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord J. Stuart, W. Villiers Stuart, H. Stint, H. C. Sutton, Henry M Tancred, H. W. Tennent, J. E. Tnompson, Ald. Thornely, Thomas Towneley, John Troia. George Trench, Sir Frederick. Trevor, Hon. G. R. Trotter, John Troubridge, Sir T. Tufnell, Henry Punier, E. Verner, W. Vernon, Granville Vesey, Hen.T. Villiers, Charles P. Vivian, J. H. Vivian, John Ennis Vivian Hon. Captain Wakley, Thomas Walker, R. Wall, B. Ward, H.G. Watson, W. H. Wawn, John T. Wemyss, Captain White, Luke Whitmore, T. C. Wilbraham, It. B, Wilde, Sir T. Williams, Wm. Wilsherc, W. Winnington, Sir 1 Wood, Benjamin Wood, C. Wrod, Colonel Wood, Colonel T. Wood, G. g i \Vood, Sir tthew Wortley, J. art Wyndham, Colonel Wynn, C. W. Wynn, Sir W. W. Yorke, H. Redhead Young, John TELLERS. Fremantle. Sir T. Clerk, Sir G. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS). The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old, Gst 81b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 41b ; six and aged, 9st 101 b. Craven Course. Mr. Forth's Lucy. Banks, 3 yrs (Bell) Lord Westminster's Satirist, 4 yrs Sir G. lleathcote's Parmakeen, 3 yrs All ran but Albion and Yorkshire Lad. Won by a neck DERBY BETTING ON THE COURSE. 5 to 2 agst Coldrenick 7 to 2 agst Attila—taken 8 to 1 agst Auckland 9 to 1 agst Canadian 11 to 1 agst Jack—taken 11 to 1 agst Agreeable colt 25 to 1 agst SeahOrse rbirtt Tibitton EPSOM -RACES. (THIS DAY—BY EXPRESS.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Shirley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for three yrs old, colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b. One mile. Hon. S. Herbert's Nessus (Boyce) 1 Mr. Shelley's Tole 2 Sir G. Heathcote's Arkansas 3 Won by half a length. The Woodcote Stakes of 15 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. added, for two years old, colts, Bst 51b ; and illies, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. The winner of the T wo Yeah Ohl Stakes at Gorhambury this year to carry 51b extra. Three horses to start, or-the 30 sovs. will not be added. Mr. G. Ongley's f, by Camel, dby Octavius (Sly) 1 Mr. Forth's• Venus 2 Sir G. Heathcote's colt .and General Wyndham's Handmaiden ran. THE DERBY. Canadian is declared not - to start, and 25 to I is offered agst Auckland. ARRIVAL OF ROYAL ANI) IMPERIAL VISITORS.--- During the forthcoming season we are happy to hear on all sides, of the intended trips to England of many noble and distinguished foreigners bent upon amusement. In the first days of June will arrive their Royal Highnesses the Prince de Joinville and the Duke d'Aumale. The former, a V ery hand some young man, and a gay sailor, has lately circumnavigated the world. From Otaheite, he brought home, as a lawful trophy and a page de souvenir, the whole and com plete costume of a Princess of that sunny clime ; which she gave him to present to• his sister the Princess Clementine, Our readers already know that it con sisted of a necklace. The Duke d'Aumale is also young, gay and .pirituei. He is as good a soldier as his brother is a sailor, and at the head of his regiment he won his spurs in Algeria against Abd-el-Kader, by the most gallant and chivalric feats of valour. The Duke d'Aumale, more fortunate than some of his brothers, is besides a bon parti, having inherited a lion's share of the immense estates of the last of the Cowles, t spite of the large sums absorbed in another quarter, which are now the subject of litigious and scandalous ex pose. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Belgium, the latter the si•t.cr of the young Princes, are coming over to England to meet their Royal relatives at her Majesty's Court. Last, but not least, we have to add the arrival of another Prinel, no less confidently announced. We allude to his Im perial Highness the Archduke of Austria, who fought with our tars at the taking cf Acre, and in the other actions which re cently took place on the Egyptian and Syrian shores. He is expected at the end of June, and we are happy to think that he will hare the opportunity of personally witnessing our friendly feelings towards our old and much-valued ally, Austria. It is expected that his Excellency Prince Paul Esterhazy, whose return has been delayed by an unexpectedly slow convalescence, will reach England about the same period. THE AMENDtiU SPICE TARIFF- TO THE RIGHT HON. SIB 11. PEEL`i.BAn T ', O , SIR,—My father became a spice p l an t e r in . the r ars. vince of Malabar, in Western India, forty - O ir ago. In 1828 I succeeded him. lam thus the old. British landholder in India, and almost the sole spice planter. The other platters, in number 0.7„ thousands, arc all natives, They are thousands of distant, helpless, and unable to wait npon you. in de s P r u a i,. tations, headed by Memberm of ParliainePt , to Tulrge their • explain how the new tariff afrecta them. - situation will, lam sure, secure your attention. on their behalf, state their case as brieflr As I cli t' e l tho 3 stancing one article only, and leaving you to\ \ ol9-- application to all other products of their industrP. 4 Pepper is the st a pl e pr o du c ti o n o f Malabar. :t' - '1,7 0 1e within the mem or y of man, Malabar supplied the world with this spice, as it had done for, previous 7 0 1 (just as India once supplied the world with cotton sugar). At the present time, fifty y ears alter the E" India Company's dominion, Mal a bar - supplies only o f twelfth part,* the other eleven parts having been for ce into existence (like cotton in 'the United States intile same period) in Borneo, Celebes, and the oth er no d merous eastern islands, but chiefly along the west and south-west coasts of Sumatra, a cession made to Pollan in 1834. In the new tariff, first published, pepper from Dr iti4l plantations was'rated at 3d. per lb., foreign at In the amended tariff, all pepper, British or 1(.7., 6 °, 0 is rated at 61. I respectfully submit that this 03.'1.1_6 ought not to be made, and for the following; reasons tba The undermentioned seven islands and palaces _ l ,, mi. Eastern straits, coasts, and Archipelago, are Ail fr i `:`,„ l , 4 tish ports, open to the trade of all nations, wit'bott r o c w r tax, or impost of any kind being levied upon ,11 0 ,,. 08 ,4,. modities, or, I believe, their.shipping ;. namely,: 1 ' n o Malacca, Singapore, Moulmein, Mergui, fat t he Martaban. In Penang , there is no land-tax. In ~ nio others almost a nominal one.., There, are there , -"T ver i nopolies, as in India, of opium, s ; alt, and tobacco. financial charge of those settlernews, civil, milita rine, medical, ecclesiastical, jtidiat4 and poli-`,.t'p charges for stores, convicts, and public works, sui e .of pensions, and retirements, are b o rne by reol ,l ,i s ed Continental India, and paid out of the rev 'Niue ' Ol to from them. They also furnish the troops .rol° lr protect those.settlements from attack. In all continental India, there is not one fje e tb similar to the above. In India generally, and x' ):Zi o r India especially, every single article of produce to port, and export duty coastways, varying from 04ot! sixteen per cent.. In Malabar every article p 0 a nd from port to port in the province, .besides s tamp's ou to fees. Pepper, for example, if t a k en , as f r om lit s ', ll f+ Dover, four miles, pays fifteen per cent., whether 4 1 ie jt British or foreign bottom. Liland, almost every ° d os in South India pays transit duty. No Foreign V t 4 ( ie not having settlements in continental India. cart ' fit , to any other than the three principal ports, Cu l - , e r Madras, or Bombay. All the intermediate ports ar , ( 1 ,11 eluded, therefore, by express treaties, made by k% 115 ' for its own behoof, from direct foreign trade. BesideS these duties, inland and sea, there is ley? 4 . 0 . land-tax throughout continental In,dia, the setti cd vinces of Bengal excepted ; which amounts, it is 09, puted, to at least forty per cent. of the gross 1. 1 v c1 , 11 : 0 0 the soil ; that is to say, to ten p er cen t. more,'P'-, At!' extreme rent levied, or leviable, i n an y o th e r co'- 1 0 1 The Court of Directors have d e cl are d th e i r o pinion.oj, if the net rent of the land be taken in Malabar, no 1 1,,, 1 tice will be done to the Propri e tors. I ma y here 11 ' . 0 the whole rental of the United Kingdom were taken tax by. the State, would' it eater the mind ofanY -;! man to levy an export duty upon all the produce, ° r deed any other tax at. all? Further, the debt, home and foreign, charged te r ; people of India amounts to about 40,000,000/. its The gross annual revenue levied upon them i s I),F 15,000,0001. or 16,000,0001. The sum remitted. PY to England ; as . . tribute, without:an equivalent 3,600,0001. a year. Besides an army of 260 they pay for a Civil Gover nmen t i n I n di a , t h e pensive known ;—they, pay also for a doubl meat in England. They pay for one college bury, - for another at Addiscombe, and for a recruiting staff throughout the three kingdon pay and pension •.bishops, archdeacons, chap ministers, not of their faith. They are to pay expenses, past and to come, of the Afghan are to pay, in the first instance, the expenses nese war ; they are to pay for the late p! for war against Burmah on the east,, and Persia west ; they pay 12,0001. a year for the Queen's Bil l ,' to Persia ; and, besides p a yi ng , th e y are reqi iireo, on shedding their blood in tens of thousands it ghanistan and China, and this because it is the or the policy, or the madness, of England so t 0 Sir, this is not the condition of the people in the settlements, nor in the foreign islands of the Arch: nor in any other portion of the known world. While the people of India thus pay and bleed it region, to them the most important clause in the Efts' Company's Charter remains a dead letter, and tl' tinue to be rigidly and systematically excluded share in their own Government, and kept out office of real trust, dignity, and emolument in ti country, save the titular office of Justice of the the three presidencies, for which they a re inch Lords Brougham and Glenelg and Sir Charles Does the world's history present another .exrr this? Is the produce of this people, by the exc. which alone they can escape s t arving, st ill to be - as foreie-n in th e U n it e d Kingdom, and' classed of the barbarous Mal a y s an d . pirates ef the Archi with who are ena bl e d to un d ersel l , them i n that ar other market by means of the mo ney whic h ,, the tale Governmentfrom them f or the purpose: Not only, however, is thi s th e po li cy, b u t it is d to be the interest of England to tr ea t I n di a as a country ! Sir, were it in the power of your nei; to snake you cultivate his estate at your e xpert , could he also oblige you to pay, a heavy toll 1 produce when you took it to market, while he - took and sold his cost and toll-free, the effect, gine, would be either that he would ruin, by und, you in every market at home or abroad, or that 1 gain all the difference between the cost of your and his own. If your neighbour's estate were his gain would be the gain of that country, top and positive loss, and to the loss of your country. If India be a British possession, or, to use home illustration,'a British estate, in the sense of it prodUces; and if it be not this, what, may I ask , Such, precisely, is the operation of the treatment people upon the real interests of England. Ws" sides are waged, enormous debts and expenses , and fresh and distant conquests made, in therm fectly worthless. All th e d e b ts and expenses saddled upon India; - then, to make these cot some ostensible value, they are generously proci be free marts of (trade for the whole world. In to maintain them, all the charges for protecting son, and property, for distributing justice, and • the public peace, are imposed upon the people of who, to meet these charges, are made to groan odious Monopolies and ruinous taxes, the latter 11 the very same commodities of their own growth when imported into these marts from foreign there admitted duty free. Every man must see the extent of these debts and expenses, and of charges and taxes, India is impoverished and worthless to England, and foreign countries, petitors in the general market, enriched at gainers. ief tl . rt va h eof > OOO es' st , fl i 11 4; 0 )( 1 lainS'boY the o' 1 ttle War ; c to' of the .00 rreparatlitit • _ - To complete the full measure of injustice and liey, almost too revolting to be conceived, the India are treated as foreigners in the United . and made to compete even there with those whose expenses they-pay. It is not in one at , they are thus treated—it is in all. In not one as producers, suffered to be put on the same producers in every other country ;;and, because not so sutrered, and because they consequent.' yearly in thousands, the British Parliament and, without inquiry into the real cause, legal. wholesome deportation, under the name of c( for the Hill Coolies ! In the particular article cited, the native would not be more than- compensated for the: vantages by the difference of duty upon their which was proposed in the first:new tariff. Th. tariff recognises the justice and necessity of differential duty upOn the coffee of Java, Padang, Rhio, and other foreign eastern Stet shall be imported direct, or through the B' ports. I soncit no more than that the same p: carried out on the pepper of those States, and for reason, the injustice otherwise done to e colonial growers; who, in the instance of principally Europeans ; in the instance of natives--Ahe only real difference in the two cl You will permit me to bring one other ci, to your prominent, and, trust, timely no tice' this—that, while the amended tariff greatly . duty charged upon the many spices which luxuries of . the aielt and great of this it maintains the duty of '3OO per cent upon the only condiment, known to the poor within reach of his means fur the wholesome of his feud.—l have the honour to be Sir, P'!' obedient humble'servant, • Bit ( 20, Jermyn-street, April 16, 1842. 4 * Present produce 2,500 tons n ao f " Net rental of England and W a l es on / y :62,40 , T Poor-law Report. MA R I 1 IR D. fsel.' o ,4 l On the 21st inst., at Ruabon, - Thomas Slanton, ~ t;t l Penynant, Denbighshire, to Edna, daughter of the 13 Pl° Wood, Esq., of Burslem. MP-. er On the 21st inst., at Trinity Church, N ew i n gton+ 0 George Hope, of Northampton-square, t o S o phia Diary FA' pard, of Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park. Ahalli , per On the 21st inst., at Christchurch, Th omas WY" la, ' to Arnie Elizabeth, daughter of C a pt a i n P enr udo>, , Tier Guards, of Winekton, Hants. ef , DIED. if , Cl ° ' On the 151 h inst., at Worthing, Jeremiah Gl*' l " f'''' Esq., 111. D., aged 49. e d f l" 1 On the ltith inst., at Alto n , Hants, Henry Roc' s° 'o' Esq., aged 75. 0 On the 18th inst., at Soho, Staffordshire, M atthe- '''' el of son Boulton, Esq., aged 72. sg , On the 20th inst.: a a t t L ß ud ri g g a h t t e o - n h , ill. Mr. John Cook e ' f.01 . ' On the 22d inst. Thomas Gotobc d ' a te' n Great Russell-street, Bl ooms b ury, aged 63. P e On the 22d ittst., at Va ssa l- roa d, North 13"gts71. nant-Colonel John Ward, of the Bengal Establish o:e- " o i Bengal . - ,-, ---- -----."'—..- -. : „P'lo London: Printed and Publishld by IVIVIIDO 1° or d ' t o Str No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No,. 1 ., - A .'4o, • - the County of Aliddlesezt, Tuesday, May 24 ) '` .' . , )usanas is the iat ti ;ill , and so to tet f in the ete, te Arehir e rld. l i i a in a the Eas t , and the:9,o luded e )t out fe f ,W ll it in theitS )f the reg c v il i a r itsc l ae l e tsAlei a ltoacie r i dsrtr i l at i listb e d eloin:ii3 s eidh e ,diip b f l eßp eait joi . e t roc l ic e rir te;tl l D ls u e r ?. neig h::l fpi r expense,, ' toll upon S e lf ile he 10„4 , ye:11:11i tinders li resie ; llvdj' l your Po f 'ereiCel in 1 411 e ll to }'ou t' s luntry• to use an sense of y I ask ,isl ot atmen t O . c # Wars o ti !nses inc ur ef ternselves F 6,4 lenses O c t , at e con(ll les e d proclote , In on), cting e ' y id , and , p i e of P i ," o groan titer lai d ei 3.rowth 0 m 04 - , ign par l :;4 st sue 1 0 0 4 d of ail de i# and re o , c I 'd and et , apd oct ise i i ii ; i ' ° r :)Icgi o l ' ic a lei ti l ori ; one are. fig ne foot' / 1 4 ause ten t steP: b eif e o,' i ,, e 5 cie o g . If core ,10 11 ; five I Ai - :* their ,004JA teir P r pie f eca ;or of JAY oro a, S i ' ° •le itates , o t pr iecipv, for the 6 coffee , , e f pePP e cases. ircttm'`itL i otice• 6 t, rec ioce t e ; e”h coo Ferro? poil 10 „, r 0 ;t 1P ( f le s e" , ro'' ' 3 ' l/0 11 ' 1 RIR THS. On the 19th inst., in T orr i ng t on - square, M rs . JaO t pi p' of a (laughter. On the 2:2d inst., the wife of E. D. Howitt, Esq . ' - - of Apollo-buildings, Walwerth, of a daughter. be $* On the 22(1 inst., in lbilgr a v e - square , th e w ife 0fL „.....,/ lion. Henry Labouchere, M.P., of a daughter. '