The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-24 00:00:00

the iewed in the rt ac- Wen were hel, , n eral Zuev ed to usual toss of !cl her and 1 Duke visit : hten - Dela rop m the a t the Not, abella eorge 03 son, i n the 1 , on fl , e yes, ;n se join or- and the ' thei r g tO vtlY , e ted w •fid. y e the ding d fo u r 1 . 0 1 , fly dish qua l ,1 of w oo rtil' stil; [ol l7 ' arrl, 10' 'ti.)I..TRT OF COMMON COUN 4 _,4L. A Court was held on Thursday, after the discussion in The Court of Aldermen, for the dispatch of business. Mr. ANDERTON 'gave notice of a motion that it be referred to the General Purposes Committee, to con ider and report to the Court the expediency and the means of reducing the names of persons put up in Common Hall, to be elected as Sheriff of London and Sheriff of Middlesex; and also of a motion that a return be made of the persons (not being Al dermen) who were put up to' be elected Sheriffs on Midsummer day last, with the dates when they were first put up. EMBANKMENT OP THE THAMES. Mr. L orr as k ed the Chairman of the Navigation Committe e w h et h er that part of the Report which related- to the embankment of the Thames had been taken into consideration ? He stated, for the informa tioy of the Committee, that Sir Frederick Trench had given notice that he would move in Parliament, next session, for a Sele c t C omm itt ee on t h e su bj ect o f t h e Thames embankment, in order to show that the work 'tight be done without making a demand on the public purse, in such a manner as to improve the navigation and beautify the banks of the river, and to promote the health of the inhabitants of the metropolis. Mr. Walker, the engineer, in his Report, as adopt e d by the, Corninittee, was of opinion that a splendid commu nication might be formed, from Chelsea, or higher up, along the river into the heart of the City, a commu nication which 'had excited much interest out of doors. An answer was promised to this question at the next Court. PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY.—ST. PAUL'S. It will be recollected, that about six years ago, in structions were given by the Court to the City Lands ' Cornmittee not to take steps for letting any further gr o und at th e west en d o f Ch eaps i de, t i ll the further der of the Court, as it was expected, and with very hreason, that the Government wou ld j o i n w ith City in th row i ng o p en a cons id era bl e space betw een the Post-office and St. Paul's Cathed ra l, so , as t ° exhibit th e magn ifi cent C at h e d ra l to great ad an t age. Murmurs have, particularly of late, been heard amongst the inhabitants of that district, in con sequence of the delay, and vMr. KING gave notice of a motion, which was i e ght on y es t er d ay, to rescind the ' resolutions, in r that the space might be filled up. He repre s ented that a gr ea t d ea l o f i nconvenience resulted from the interference of the. Court to prevent the building of thhouses Upon the slot, and he said he felt convinced at the present Government, to whose judgment the citizens might look with some degree of confidence, Would not sanction an alteration which could pro duce no real advantage to any portion of the public. It was, he thought, rather extraordinary that Mr. It. L. Jones, whose voice was so effective in carry ing measures of positive utility, should advocate the alteratiOn to yhich.he adverted, and at the same time refuse to exercise his powerful influence in prevailing U pon the , Court to. widen W a tli ng •• street and other Places Oflireat traffic, which were so narrow as coconstantly t 9 endanger lif e an d li m b . Why was not t x hrgat .c,rioet:' t. widened, and why was not some g 4Pne'te improve the approaches from Coleman street to the' Guildhall ?—(Hear, hear.) He could t t hacv; p on e t e.t fur such conduct as had been adopted to the project for throwing open St. js any other way than by setting it down as ob. • Mr. K. L. Jesus said that Sir Matthew Wood, ho _the id those of as ailuded 'vt• to by Mr. King, was as remote from jobbing as an y man t h at ever ex i sted. those who were opposed to th a t mos t ac ti ve an d aw man in public life, were ready to admit that fact. (Cheers.) He regretted to see any symptom of a ttiPaltry spirit in any of the corporation, when an im p_ease public improvement was in contemplation. „ t in' what purpose should the large funds of the vorporation be expended, if not with the view of ac e°inplishing splendid improvements ?—(Hear, hear.) to Illtdra th ig eY miserably r e f use d t o em b e lli sh the City with 1 ity adapted their means, the Court mht n e Penct upon it that their extensive fund s would be l) ,P r ,OPritited to th a t o bj ec t b y other hands.—(Hear.) G' nag good reason for believing that her Majesty's "ernmeat would join with the City in effecting an With which every one must look forward to '' t h hope whose taste was not entirely brutalized.— in ms, 0 1 1 4b.i.er..) He looked with confidence to the Court, the belief that they would do th e m se l ves th e hi g h onour of negativino• such a m o ti on . t ANDERTON requested to know withi n w h a t 'me the contemplated improvement might take place ? 141 :• IL L. JONES rePlied—Within two years. Mr.stan, ANDERTON said, that under such circum fill ‘-•ea, he should consider it extremely imprudent to s hear.) rejoiced that the subject had been Fe °u OtthWard by Mr. King, as the discussion was l ' e l.Y to ha," . e the good effect of bringi it before t he London Bridge Committee and the Government otlvoi.thhaovuet much delay. It would be very advantageous e , „„wyement completed, but he was of t 4.9i-sciven years more of delay ought to 00 prey... • itt etgiy: Mr. rate. was like to mc,1•91!. seriously as k e d whether the Court mend its character for wisdom by agree ing to M r . motion ? 'Would it not look as if the Corporation wanted to build a few large houses in order to have the opportunity of pulling them down as soon' as. the Government saw the propriety of throwing open St. Paul's.--... laugh.) He admitted, at the same time, that he wa3 in a sort of dilemma as to the period at which the improvement was likly to tak e p l ace, for Mr. King and Mr. Jones who e both BllPPOrted the present Gov ernment, ands were, no doubt, in the confidence of the Administration, very much clashed with each other in their opinions of the v iews of its members on the question.--(Laughter.) t, Alderman WILSON said the Court ought to show te Government that they had no wish 'to waste t money by adopting an alteration which could be at tended With no utility. If Mr. King's motion was tcarried the the intentions of Government Mild, in all _obability, be speedily developed. The Corporation liv°Jn_o doubt plenty of money for improvements, but .el.or such as that of widening still more a place 04 ',! 1 was already much too wide, and that for no Cr. purpose than obtaining a better view of a small e _irtiOn. of the Cathedral.—(Hear, hear.) If the i a ar,t meant to improve the neighbourhood of St. l ‘ ls, let them begin at the south side. i nr „ tr . 'IV. the ridiculed the notion of build- Or 4 l lo u the space, which wo u ld a ft er a ll pro d uce no e th an 60/. a year ground-rent. HOOLE insisted that it would be no improve "4eir_sit at all to throw open St. Paul's. „,,u_.ePiltY WESTWOOD said that the empty space was Csitive- nuisance, and the parish suffered from Obliged to pay rates, which ought to be paid ain_hpe up%nts of houses which might have long been built on it. 41aJu ng's motion was thennegatived by a large r itY, and the Court adjourned.neg D t3O P OSTAGE ON LETTE RS BE TWEEN FRANCE AND W e ~,L 41` 1 1: ).---The public will learn with pleasu re th a t l ast "ere perfectly correct in announcing on Monday 4r . :that,an employe of the French Post-office had a llt i l v i e d in London to treat with our Post-office orities for the reduction of the postage duties on tiZtai.from France to England, and vice versa, and lio"lere is at length reason to hope for the realiza ret of wisely conceived ameliorations so ably °,ll;rnended three or four years since in the work ' l-11 1ed on the subject by M. Pirou, Deputy Post '-er-General o f F rance . We feel warranted th ence r it pating the satisfactory concl us io n o f a nego ialtla calculated at once to draw closer the friendly of the two countries, and to facilitate in s o — ` 4l 'Y correspondence, 'by reducing the enor- Oil 'charg e at present imposed upon it ; for it is )3 11- 4', ti t 't_ice to those who direct the affairs of the rost-office to state, that all the propositions ns r i;" 4 t desirable: change originated with them. Let y e ,. ° Pe that their French contemporaries will perse- V e la the line of - liberality and good sense that they h i 4v . e entered upon, and that all the grounds of com- Vthitherto advanced against them will disappear. will o ialteration of the postage duties, the necessity si oti n e , c.ome obvious, when it shall be known that the Pr or . g o, mg of letters into England and• France reci po„.`"a"Yla carried to an almost incredible extent. The th e l'e on a letter from Dover to London is only ld.; (s o du ty on a letter from Calais to Paris 10 sous let t illet ning less than 5(1.) ; while the charge on a ;0 4 ,, e . from Paris to London (or from London to tie s ls. Bd. (or 40 sons). The French authori -14, 4 ,re, however, it appears, now converts to the a, e `i e 'Pla that reduced duties diminish smuggling, and e ci a oub rfle t et in their desire f or at l east a tr i a l o f i t. all need be entertained that th e i r a d vances T imes, be met in the best spirit on thi s s id e t h e water. — ea Thursd ay, at the Woolwich Police Court, during a 7 : e in which a num b er o f v i s i tors were examined (14 ' and con., and hard swearing was the order of the thr i ' s ome one who was rather nervous about taking I 'o some Testament oath," walked off with the dis u r: o (l , ts elf, and the loss was nut discovered in time to th e i Ner the purloiner till the people around declaring th r, Willingness to take their oaths they did not take Vook. heck. NEAR. MALLow.—On Tuesday night last, ce4 e . .?n 10 and 12 o'clock, a party of persons pro near the orchard of im O'Brien, Rockforrest, dri; 4-tallow, for the purpose of stealing fruit, being e i;tc , e , 11 fro m t h e premises a few nights prev i ous . On ah,f;l l :§ the orch ar d, th e owner, O'B r i en , res i s ted them, he a d "eY murdered hi m b ru t a ll y, h av i ng f r actured his With stones. The persons of the locality are t r at le g every exertion to render amenable the perpe sus sa is. and four persons are already in custody on bP'cion.---Cork Examiner. e'ltrry CouNcu..—Her Majesty will hold a Privy Apnea at Windsor Castle, either to-morrow or on f or °ll day, when a proclamation will be agreed upon further proroguing Parliament from Thursday, ` 4l e Gth of October, to a future day. THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON. Mr. M'Christie, the Revising Barrister, took his seat in the Court of Common Pleas, Guildhall, at ten o'clock yesterday morning. The lists of liverymen were proceeded with. The name of Jacob Hatherley was struck off the inn-keepers' list. It was proved that Hatherley had died in 1823, although his name had ever since regu larly appeared in the lists Made out by the overseers. The Clerk of the Company said he had no doubt but there were other names of parties long dead, appearing in the lists in the same way. Samuel Barpitt, who had formerly kept the Three Coats Inn, London-wall, and who was proved to have been two years dead, was struck off the list. Some other cases arose, but which possessed no public interest, and in many of which the decision was postponed till to-day. WESTMINSTER. The lists of the parish of St. Clement Danes were closed yesterday, and in this parish as in St Anne's, the Liberals have gained a very considerable advantage. They have succeeded in expunging no less than 88 Tory names from the rezister-71 on the house, and 17 on the scot and lot lists. They have also established three claims on the house list. The Tories also have established two claims on the house list, but they have only sustained 40 objections, showing a clear gain to the Liberals in this single parish of 48 votes. The parishes of St. Paul, Covent-garden, of St. Mary-le-Strand, and the precinct of the Savoy, were proceeded with yesterday. In St. Paul's, the Reformers make 35 objections and five claims, and the Tories make 13 objections and no claims. In St. .2,lary-le- Strand, the Reformers make 16 objections and three claims, and the Tories eight objections and one claim. In the Savoy, the Reformers make five ob ections, and the Tories six, there being no claims on eitherside. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, SEPT,. 23.—Wind this day at noon fresh from N.W., cloudy. DEAL, SEPT. 22.—Wind N.W., moderate.—Arrd. Burnhopeside, Pratt, Calcutta ; Diamond, Dempster, Tobago; Wilton Castle, Quebec; Clara, Ma.xted, Jamaica; Transport (No. 18), Lord Collingwood. Ski. Plymouth, Boston ; John Forster, Sierra Leone; Sarah Scott, Sydney ; Earl Grey, Hobart Town. CowEs,• SEPT. 22.--Arrd. Ville de Paris, New Orleans, tbr Havre. PLYMOUTH, SEPT 22.—Wind S.W. to W.N.W.— Arrd. off, Penyard Park, Middleton Mauritius. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 21.—Wind W. to N.W., fresh. Arrd. Duraige, 'Williams, Rio de la Hache, sailed June 25, and from Nassau, 11th; Hopewell, Labrador. BRISTOL, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Lucy Anne, Salter, Jamaica ; Mary, Honduras ; Minerva, Jamaica. SHIELDS, SEPT. 20.—Sid. J. T. Carr, Rio; Orwell, Bombay. SCARBOROUGH SEPT. 22.—The Clio, which was OD the rocks behind the pier, has been got off, and into the harbour. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Monongahela, Farley, Philadelphia; Catnbridge, Barbstow, and Siddons, Cobb, New York ; Fergus Tobasco; De vereux, Belmont, and Scotland, Quebec. Sld. Are quiba, Valparaiso; Llewellyn, Buenos Ayres; Dum barton, New Orleans ; Cartaretta, Newfoundland. Arrd. off, Tartar, Valparaiso; Llama. . - - CORK, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Hannibal, Richebucto, and sld. for Dublin. The following is posted at Lloyd's : •` Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, Sept. 17, 1842. " NOTICE TO MARINERS. " LIGHT AT SANTIAGO DE CUBA. " The following informatioa has been received by her Majesty's Government A revolving light has 'oeen established about a quarter of a mile to the eastAird of the entrance• of the harbour of Santiago de Cabs. lle light is elevated 244 feet above the sea, and may be seen at the distance of about 20 miles.' " VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH. — Stewarts, of Liverpool, for Pernambuco, hit. 43, lon. 10, by the Elva, Cornish, arrived in the Creek. Crescent, from Liverpool, freezer, from Lisbon, and Guide, Redha y to Plymouth, in the, Straits of R-.lleisle; by the Hopewell, arrived at Fal mouth. Medina, Liverpool to Ceylon, 13th ult. in lat. .9 N..long. 24 W. ; George, Honduras to Liverpool, and supplied with provisions, 18th ult. off Cape Antonio ; Mary, Newport to Havannah, 68 days, 29th ult., . near Cape Antonio ; Hindoo, Jam:Lica to London, (with loss of bulwarks, round house, &c. ,having experienced a hur ricane, 23d arid 24th ult. in lat 34,) 15th inst. lat. 48, lon. 25, by the Lucy Ames, arrived at Bristol. Ellen, of Glasgow, for Singapore, 34th July, lat. 5 N., lon. 23, by the Jane, arrived in the Downs. Brilliant, Liverpool to Quebec, 17th ult., off Cape Chat ; Medina, Liverpool to Ceylon., 13th ult., hit. 9 N., lon. 24 W. ; Pioneer, Nantes to Bourbon, June 3, lat. 35 S., lon. 52 E., by the Maria and lathilde, arrived at Mauri tius. Majestic, London to Bombay, April 19,1 at. 11 S., lon. 24 W. ; Emma, Newcastle to the Red Sea, May 1, lat. 28 S., lon. 23 W., by the Brothers, arrived at Mau ritius. Janet Allen, London to China, March 30,15 t. 2 S., lon. 20 W. ; Union, Lo &lon to Van Dienien's Land, May 22, lat. 40 S., lon. 16 E., by the John Hullett, ar rived in the Iliv6r. Elizal►eth Antoinette, Amsterdam to Batavia, 20th ult., lat. 45,,10n. 12 ; Isabella, from Li verpool, 12th ult., lat. 43, lon. 42, by the Isabella, arrived at New York. Credo, of Aberystwith, outward bound, and Charles, Liverpool to Barbadoes, 30th ult., lat. 45, lon. 11 ; Emma White, Newcastle to Aden, May 1, lat. 28 S., lon. 23 W. ; Chanticleer, Clyde to Madras, May 24, lat. 40 S.. lon. 13 E. HER MAJESTY'S EARLY RlSlNG.—Everybody was surprised and pleased while the Queen was in Scot land, at the punctuality with which her Majesty kept every appointment, and with the early hours at which the Sovereign got up in the morning. While at Drummond Castle the Queen rose at half-past six o'clock, and breakfasted at eight—chocolate being the favourite beverage. In the forenoon the Queen lunched, and drank cherry-water.--Scotch paper. Several persons on the Grand Parade were very much surprised on Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, at witnessing a most beautiful and perfect lunar rainbow. The moon was shining full and bright at the time ; but the part of the heavens in which the rainbow was observed presented a dusky appearance. This curious phenomenon lasted for about seven minutes, and was a perfect arch running from south to north, and as distinct as if the drops of rain had been acted on by the rays of the sun.—Cork Examiner. VISIT OF THE COURT TO BRIGHTON.—We under stand that her Majesty arid Prince Albert, with their illustrious family, intend. to honour Brighton with a visit about the end of October, and to remain at the Royal Pavilion about a month or six weeks. The inspector of the househoild at Brighton, who is the agent for the Lord Chamberlain at the Pavilion, will, it is expected, receive the usual directions from his Lordship to prepare the Pavilion for the reception of the Court after the contemplated visit of her Majesty next week to Claremont. The Princess Royal de rived much advantage from the air of Brighton at the last visit of the Court, and Prince Albert expressed himself pleased with the place. PROVISION CONTRACT.—The large annual Govern ment contract, for supplying the Navy with Irish pro visions, was taken yes terday afternoon at Somerset House. The quantity required was 16,000 tierces beef and 14,000 tierces. pork. It was taken by Lon don houses at from lOs. to 12s. per tierce below the prices of the Irish manufacturer. The prices were from Si. 9s. 10d. to 51. 14s. Bd. for pork, and from Si. 18s. 6d. to Si. 19s. for beef—the price of the former being about 305., and the latter about 265. per tierce lower than last season. The Phare de la Rochelle states that two women, mother and daughter, residing near the high road be tween Alarennes and Saintes, were, some days back, bitten by a cow, which one of them was milking, and hydrophobia having ensued, they both died in dread ful torments. We find th e f o ll ow i ng un d er t h e h ea d o f " Rare instance or conjugal l ove " i n t h e Espectador of-Ma drid :—" A few days ago there died at Ibirieu a man named Huici of some injuries w hi c h h e h a d rece i ve d in a quarrel. His wife, u na bl e t o h ear up w i t h h er grief at his loss, committed suicide the following day." THE LATE DR. IRELAND.—The late Dean of West minster was no ordinary character. The life of Dr. Ireland, like that of his friend Mr. Gifford, in the early part of it, was a chequered one, struggling with difficulties. Let others speak of him as a scholar, learned divine, and philanthropist, as he was in the true sense of the word. His benevolent actions while living are known within the precincts of Westminster Abbey, as were his charitable donations at Islip, Ash. burton, and Oxford ; and the disposition of the inward man may be collected from the following bequests in his will :-1,0001. for the Western Dispensary,. attfy a life interest therein in Islip ; 2,0001. Westminster Hospital, after a life interest therein in Westminster . ; 5,0001. for a chapel in Westminster; 2,0001. king s College, for promotion of religious education ; 1,0001. Society now forming in London for the education of the sons of clergymen ; 1,0001. Trustees for poor per sons in Ashburton ; 10,0001. University of Oxford, for a professor of theology; 2,0001. Oriel College, for an exhibition.—Morning paper. OTTERY ST. MARY.—On Sunday morning last, as divine servic e w a s a b ou t to commence, the church in this place presented a scene of an unusual d riotous appearance, occus i one d by th e Rev. Vicar's claiming a pew G in the c h urc h l a t e l y occu pied by the Rev. G. Smith, and su b sequent l y c l a i me d by his executrix. The Rev. D oc t or on S un d ay came t o take possession of the se a t f or t h e f i rst time, when it was occupied by three pe rsons on b ehalf of Miss Smith, the executrix --her serva n t an d two tenants. On see i ng this, the Rev. Divine at once sent for the two constables, Reed and Mayne, also the two churchwardens, Messrs. Coleridge and Newbury, when a scene of hauling and hustling took place, which en d e d i n th e summary ejectment of those occupying on behalf of Miss Smith, but the whole affair h a d more the appearrnso- of a skirmish in an ale-house than an assembly for vi'rorsl ip in the house of God.—Exeter Times.j NA'FIONAL SWIMMING SOCIETY, The Grand Annual Races of this Soeiety, com menced upon Monday, and finished yest, rdw. At exactly half-past seven, eleven competitors, the conquerors cf the preceding days, entered the water. There might be present on the banks of the Ser pentine, from 6,000 to 7,000 spectators, and they were all highly gratified. After a very spirited match, the prize was awarded to Mr. George Pewtris, who will next year be entitled to contend for a gold medal and chain, valued at twenty guineas, with the eleven best swimmers from other parts of the country. Silver medals were also awarded to Messrs. White and Tupman, the second and third in the race. Thirteen boys next tried for a purse, which was won by George Clarges. Breakfast was served in the Park, and the immense assemblage dispersed in the highest good humour. All praise is due to Mr. Strachan, the spirited mover of these exhibitions, and to Mr. Williams, the super intendent, for their admirable arrangements. AMERICAN CITIZENS AND BRITISH CONVICTS. CORRESPONDENCE. House of Representatives, Aug. 10. Sir,—We beg leave to address you in behalf of sundry citizens of the United States held prisoners by the British Government in its penal colony of Van 'Diemen's Land. It is represented to us that upwards of 100 citizens of the United States are thus held captive at the pre sent-moment. They are chiefly young men of the State of New York, who, during the late revolutionary movements in Canada, conceiving that the struggle there was analogous in principle to the revolutionary war of their own country, volunteered their services in aid, as they ware induced to suppose, of the people of the British provinces in arms for independence. Being taken in arms against the, established Go vernment of those provinces, and found amenable to its criminal laws, they were sentenced to the punish ment of transportation to Van Diemen's Land.. We have been charged with the Presentation to the House of many memorials, and of the proceedings of public meetings, seeking the interposition of the Go vernment of the United States for the release of these prisoners. It seems to us, that the accomplishment of this ob ject is one which it would be honourable and just for the Federal Government to attempt, by application to that of Great Britain. Though convicted and sentenced in due form of law for the acts committed by them, yet the crimes charged were of a political nature—a class of offences in regard to which it is common for one Government to interpose amicably on behalf of its subjects held captive by another Government. These individuals, in volunteering to enter Canada, deemed themselves to be exercising rights of emigra tion, and of action in foreign war, appertaining to them as citizens of the United States ; and it was not until after many cf them had actually been made prisoners in Canada that they became aware that they were proceeding in violation of the laws of their own country as well as those of the British provinces. They have already been severely punished ; and, for public effect, their liberation would, it seems to us, be more useful in preserving the peace of the frontier than their longer detention. We canni,t but hope, therefore, that the Federal Government, which has recently exerted itself so effi ciently for the release of citizens of the United States detained in Alexia', may be induced to extend its parental cafe to those also who are confined in Van Diemen's Land. We 'think that the present time, when arrangements are in progress for the removal of so many of the cause:; of the differences between the United States and Great Britain, is an auspicious occasion for soli citing from the latter an act of mercy towards the citizens of the former, thus attesting, in the strongest manner, the reciprocal good feeling by which both Governments are actuated. We, therefore, would most respectfully submit to your consideration the propriety and wisdom of imme diately applying to the British Government for the release of these citizens of the United States. We have the honour to be, very respectfully, C. CUSHING. FERNANDO \ WOOD. CHARLES G. FERRIS. the President of the United States. Department of State, Washington, Aug. 27. Gentlemen,—The President has referred to me your letter to him, of the 10th of this month, asking for the interposition of the good offices of the Govern ment in behalf of sundry citizens of the United States, now held prisoners at Van Diemr'n's Land, on con viction of offences growing out of the revolutionary movements in Canada, some years ago ; and has in structed me to adopt such course on the subject as may, be most likely to promote the object which you have in view. • The consideration§ which you 'state, Gentlernen, are undoubtedly such as may justify the exercise of clemency on the part of the British Government towards these persons. They have been transported half round the globe to a penal colony, have already suffered much and long, and many of them have friends and connections in the United States, who sympathise deeply in their fate. For the purposes of example, it would seem that it would be hardly useful to continue their punishment longer ; and now the other questions of difference have been settled, and that undisturbed peace may be expected along the borders, their release would be a happy and proper consequence of the pacific arrangements recently en tered into between the two Governments. _ _ I shall communicate your letter, without delay, to her Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Special, and respectfully urge him to press the consi deration of your request upon the attention of his Government. And I will add, Gentlemen, that I entertain the strongest hope that this interposition will, at the pre sent moment, be effectual, and that these mistaken and misguided young men will soon be returned to their country. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, with great respect, your obedient servant, DANIEL WEBSTER. Hon. C. Cushing, Fernando Wood, and Charles G. Ferris. STATE OF THE HOSIERY AND LACE THADES. The bobbin net trade seems almost in a fixed posi tion, as we hear but little now of the new inventions or patterns in fancy laces, or of any new improvement or demand for plain nets, or plain, quillings. The de mand for fancy breadths is tolerably good, and many of the machine owners are disposing pretty freely of all they make; though this is not generally the case, many finding it difficult to dispose of old or inferior patterns. The plait laces keep improving, but the demand is not so great as to induce a venturous spe culation. We know some instances of machines making plait laces, where the owners find it very diffi cult to make sales to the lace manufacturers and mer chants ; notwithstanding this, one of the largest facto ries is increasing the number of their machines making this article. The warp tatting and single cap branches are in much the same state as they have I:een for some time past, some articles of the latter description being in tolerable demand. There is no material alteration in the warp silk blond branch, who are tolerably, but not generally, employed. The low wages, however, cause a gloomy discontent. The plain silk hose hands are very assiduous in forming a club for the protection of their interests. Many of the large shops are destitute of full em ployment, and have been so for a long time; scarcely any description of workmen in the king dom have suffered so severely as the " plain silk glOve hands." We have ventured to state that there is an improvement in the demand.; this, from the quarter we received the information, we have no doubt is the case with some of the houses ; and we hailed it with satisfaction, as this branch, with but a slight exception or two, has been retrogading for a quarter of a century. This increase we are sure is bat very partial, being not above one or two per cent., but still it is an amendment, which we felt it our duty to advert to, as we conceive the public have a wish know these, variations. Some part of the plain silt workmen have been extremely censorious upon the subject, but we again repeat that some of the hosiers have had an increased demand, though, as in other cases, they may wish to hide the matter, lest a request should be mad e u p on th em f or i n cre a sed wages, or the remission of extra work or charges. We are sorry to say that the cotton hose and glovi trade is still in a depressed state, which is mud - , aggravated by the truck system. This was endea voured to be put down by the workmen at Sutton-in- Ashfie ld, having la w t a k r e e n fu place, sing to a l n e d vy the the e x p e e c n u a t l i t v; but they have be en muc h di scourage d b y a ms conviction t e rs f the This is the real cause why this evil has, and stil afflicts and disgraces the land. The conduct of the parties alluded to ought to be represented to the Lord Chancellor, so as to compel them to do their duty, for in the present state of the law it is perfectly hopeless. The population may well be feverish, when, they are denied the protection of their own laws, al the mere caprice of the dispensers of such laws.— Nottingham Journal. The Academy of the department of the Gard has announced its intention of bestowing, in the month o; August next, a gold medal, value 300 fr., upon the author of the hest essay on the influence of Christi anity in social life, and a gold medal, value 500 fr., for the best means oF destroying an insect, the altis. olerf cea, which has for some years past caused ex tensive ravages in the vineyards of the Gard an Herault. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBF,R 24, 0342. FRENCH AFRICA. • The Governor-General of Algeria has just ‘pub lished a pamphlet on the means of preserving i'aul ren dering useful the conquest of Algeria. General Bugeaud's pamphlet is divided under seve ral heads. The first is, "On the necessity of do minion over the country for the purpose of itslOnisa tion." On this point, he says—" France has resolved that her flag shall. be the only one in Al2,•eria, and that a grand colony shall be: formed there. The first question to be resolved for the success of this vast enterprise was the subjection of .the Arabs. With such a population there- is no such thing as insinuating , oneself into power.. They must be conquered in order to obtain possession of, and colo nise, a portion of their. territory. France, then, has acted wisely, having once resolved on establishing herself in Algeria, in being also resolved to conquer it entirely. The work is certainly one of difficulty ; but it would be still more difficult to preserve upon the defensive system any portion of the coast, for in that case the enemy would be left in full enjoyment of the country, viz., the resources of taxation and re cruitment, and would be able to keep us in a continual state of blockade, and to attack us whenever he should become strong, or we should have embarrassments to conteud with in Europe. Not only is the system of conquest less difficult than this shameful system of defence ; it presents immense advantages for coloni zation. It has been frequently and truly observed, that no colonization is possible without cheap labour, or, what is the same thing, cheap provisions. There are a number of ob,'ects, such as cattle , horses, mules, asses, forage, vegetables, poultry, wood, charcoal, &c., with which colonists could only be suptlied by sea at enormous prices. Cheap labour supposes, therefore, the freedom of internal communication, which can only exist by means of a peace always precarious with - the Arabs,' or by the military possession of the whole, or nearly the whole, of the country. In the rude war which we have made upon the tribes, they have lost in the razzia two-thirds of their cattle, and, never theless, butcher's meat, which was a few months ago 2f. 50c. the kilogramme (2 lb. French) at Algiers, is now sold at only 50c. The reason of this is the sup ply of our markets from the interior. Here is one of the first benefits of conquest. Many Others will mani fest themselves with time, and when we shall have set seriously about colonisation." General Bugeaud then proceeds to consider the means of effecting and -securing the conquest which he recommends. He says, "I do not hesitate to as sert that the- same, or nearly the same, amount of force as will have effected the conquest will be indis pensable for its maintenance. The Arabs are proud and warlike.. The-war of tribe against tribe is their aormal state ; from their infancy all the males, with out exception, are trained to the use of arms and the management of horses, and they are incessantly engaged in hazardous enterprises. We cannot think of dismissing our force in presence of such a popu lation. We should soon suffer from such an act of imprudence. The history of the Arabs shows us how prompt, they are to revolt, and their antipathy for us and for our religion will last for ages. Let-us then remain strong in the midst of them, if we do not wish to lose in a few days the fruit of all our exertions.' This course is imposel upon us the more by the consi deration, that it is the only way_ to prevent our occu pation from becoming an onerous one to ourselves. In a word, a powerful army would have dominion over Algeria, would exist in it and be paid by it ; whereas a weak army would be almost constantly a burden to the French treasury." After proceeding at some length with the same line of argument, the author gives his opinion of the amount of permanent force necessary in Algeria, and the mode of distribut ing it. "We ought," says he, "to have two lines of occupation • one in the interior and parallel with the . sea, the other on the coast. The stations for the first appear to me to be clearly pointed out; they are Tlemcen, Mascra, Milianah, Medeah, Setif, Constan tina, and Guelma ; on the coast Oran, Mostaga nem , Tenes, Cherchell, Algiers, Philippeville, and Bona. We will begin with the West. The division of Tlemcem should, in my opinion, be- composed of 3,000 infantry, and 1,000 of other arms, of whom 500 should be cavalry d'elite, making 4,000; the division of Mascara should also consist of 4,000; Milianah, 2,600; Medeah, 3,600; Setif, 3,600; Constantina, 6,000 ; Oran, 7,000; Mostaganem, 4,000; Tenes, 3,200 ; Cherchell, 2,150; Algiers, 10,000 ; Bugia, 1,000 ; Gigelly, 850 ; Philippeville, 4,000 ; Bona, 4,000; Guelm a , 2,600 ; ma ki ng altogether a force of 63,200; to which we should add,, at least, 12,000, to allow for sick ness an d ot he r cas ualties, giving thus a grand total o f 75,20 0; an d if we would do the se things securely and 'Speedily we must really have 80,000." The following chapter is on colonization. The General is a strong partisan for military colonisa tion. On this point he observes—" Military colonies would be powerful auxiliaries to the army, and would gradually enabl e us t o re d uce th e a mount of it, for they would furnish so ldi ers f or a ca mpaign, and oc cupy certain points wh ere we are now compelled . to have garrisons. In my o pi n i on we ought to have carried on -the astablia,limaut of military 04 4 ./ne' - at the same time with the war, for then w e could have fixed them in favourable l oca liti es w i t h ou t having had to pay anything to the A ra b s , w h ereas, n ow that we are at peace with the trib es w h o have ma d e their sub mission, we cannot take possession of their territory without offering an indemnity." The system of Government recommended by General Bugeaud is military. His argument is as lows :" If there were i n Af r i ca a European fol -- popula tion of 400,000 or 500,000 persons, then I co uld un derstand to a certain ext en t t h e i dea of a c i v il govern ment; but, in the pres en t state of things, I con f e ss I cannot conceive how th e id ea can exist in t h e m i n ds of certain statesmen and p u bli c writers." Under the head of th e " R esources of the Country, 1, General Bugeaud says ;_tgr In the short visits that I paid to Algeria in 1836 and 1837, I conceived but a poor idea of the fertility of the soil, so much vaunted by the ancients. Having passed over only the worst partion of the province o f O ran, I thought the R om an historians had dealt in hy per b ole when they called Africa the granary of Ro me . B ut since I have pene trated into the country in a l most every direct i on , m y convictions have changed, and I h ave ascertaine d t h a t Al geria produces already a gre a td ea l of corn, an d an im mense quantity of cattle, an d t h at it is capa bl e o f producing much more, and a l so of add i ii several o ther sources of wealth, su c h as silk and oil. ' In an other part of this chapter, the G eneral says :—" There are vast surfaces cultivated by t h e Ara b s, w ithout having received any kind of manure, and yet they produce an average per hectare (2i acres English) of from 25 to 30 hectolitres (f rom 70 to 8 5 b us hels English) in wheat, and from 40 t o 50 i n b ar l e y." On the sources of taxation, w e read —,, The ordi nary and religious tax is the tenth o f t h e gra i n and the twentieth of the cattle. If this were regularly collected, as it would be with a good Government, backed by a strong force, it would, I have no doubt, produce sufficient to feed the army, and provide in a great measure for its general support." ,_— Mn. 11. PHILLIPS.--A c orrespondent informs us that this gentleman has not yet thrown up his en= gagement, hut that he sings at Drury Lane on the opening night in two glees in As y ou lik e it, which our correspondent waggishly remarks , with reference to Mr. Phillips, is not as he likes it.— Ifusicalßeview. . AN ILLUSTRATION OF PROTECTION.—Port wine can be had for 40s. a dozen from Op orto, t h roug h the intervention it may be of a trade in Sheffield cutlery to Portugal. Up stands a man and say s he will be bound to make good wine that shall pass for port, in hot-houses ut home, for the sm a ll c h arge of 80s . a dozen; and he shall conceive himself a n i ll-use d gen tleman if the Legislature will not enco urage domes ti c industry; and the Members for Sheffield vote f or th e same. And the instrument he shall propose shall be a duty to be laid on the Oporto port; to raise the price to 80s., or it may be to 85s. Suppose, then, he is in the full enjoyment of the scheme. AI T ine-drinkers are drinking the home--made port at 80s. ; and all this, it is boastingly affirmed, is laid out on I3ritish industry. But was nut 80s. laid out on British industr— y before ? to wit, 40s. on th e industry of Sheffield, and 40s. more on that other place, wherever it was, where the con sumer chose to indulge himself with something for his money ? If so , what is the national g a i n, but a ' clear loss of 40s. to the consumers of vinous comforts? —Col. Thompson's Collected Essays. Persons should be careful not to send their Inenrife tax papers through the post, even if they live a couple of miles from the officer appointed to receive them; or if they do they mint pre-pay the postage. 1 correspondent, who states that he is a poor man, writes word that, after paying a lawyer's clerk ss. to ill in his Income-tax paper, he seat it through the post to the assessor, and found out several days afterwards, hat the assessor had refused to cake it in because the postage was not pre-paid. B e has applied to the local 1 post-office, and finds that his Income-tax paper h as ueen sent to the dead-letter office in London. Our readers have frequently heard of' enormous iailstones, but it was reserved for the Spanish jour- Isis to record something in this way truly monstrous. ['he Correspon.sc,/ of Nadrid.says :--`` prom They write m Valen c i a th a t grea t d a mage has been inflicted on chat part of the country by horrible storms. At Akira and Carriagente the hail fell in larg e quan tities, and some of h 3 hailstones weighed eight pounds (!). At Alcira, which is called the garden of Spain, the damage is said to exceed In amount 8,000,000 reals." PRICE of BREAD.—W,.. bear that at Hackney a s7irit of competition has suddenly sprung up, which produced at once a reduction of the 41b loaf from 7d to 6d. clergynrin o nce asked M r . G arr i ck -" Why a chu rc h cong regation were seldom m ove d to tears, w h en the same people, placed in a th eatre, would be wo r k e d up to g riet by fictitious distress ?" "The truth," rep li ed R osc ius, "is obvious ; we re )eat a . fiction as though it were a truth —you repeat a truth as though it Wer e a licron. —Musical Review. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. CHRONICLE.—Our announcement of the in- tended treaty with Hanover, whereby an increase of the Stade t o ll s i s t o b e co n ceded to King Ernest, is, we' regret to find, confirmed by the authority of the Morning Herald. We must, therefore, again entreat the attention of the commercial word to an arrangement so deeply injurious to British honour and British interests, and which is so wholly unsupported even by the convenient plea of expediency—now the too ready pretext of the advisers of the Crown for the unscrupulous abandonment of British rights. The Herald admits that the King of Hanover is now to have a duty of one-eighth per cent. upon all articles of merehandize. This is the very gist of our complaint, for it thus appears that Lord Aberdeen has conceded to King Ernest twice as much as he is legally entitled to. Ha nover has no right to any Stade tolls at all, unless by virtue of the Swedish treaty of 1691. This treaty fixed the maximum duty at one-sixteenth per cent. ad valorem, and Hanover has received formal notice from Lord Palmerston that the British Government would not consent to any higher rate of toll. The odd thing is, that Lord Aberdeen, who at first, we believe, sincerely intended to carry out the policy of his predecessor, has since been hum bugged into a treaty, which concedes to Hanover just twice as much as the late Government would have agreed to. The King of Hanover employed a clever diplomatist to maintain his interests at 'the Hamburgh conferences. At Hamburgh, during the late administration, that diplomatist failed; but in London he has completely suc ceeded in outwitting the Foreign Secretary, and the result is this treaty, which is to double the retenues of the King of Hanover at the expense of the mercantile interests of England. The Herald is evidently quite at borne when treating of the mysteries of the Stade tolls. We really regret that the. Downing-street liaisons of our Contemporary have deprivedthe merchants,on this occasion, of his independent support, upon which they had every reason to calculate. It matters little to the German trade at what pre cise period Lord Palmerston first satisfied him self of the illegality of the present Hanoverian tolls, or whether the merit of that discovery does, or does not, belong to Mr. Ward, the Com missioner, of the late Government. The mer chants want to know why the tolls are not re duced to the legal standard; and we have looked in vain for any reason why such reduction has not taken place. Until the Herald can show that it is more advantageous to trade to pay one eighth than onc-sixteenth per cent. upon mer chandize imported, we shall remain of opinion that British interests have been disgracefully sacrificed by this Hanoverian Treaty, which, tbr aught we know, has been already signed by Lord Aberdeen, but which must one day be laid on the table of the House of Commons. POST.—In the Parliamentary discussions fol lowing the introduction of the new Corn Bill, the Ministerial supporters of the measure de fended the proposed reduction of duties by re ferring to the advances made in practical agri cultural science within the last twenty years. The improved processes of cultivation, it was argued, had made the soil so much more pro ductive than formerly—each cultivated acre averaged so much a larger yearly growth—that the farmer could well afford to give up a portion of the protection that was once necessary to the maintenance of Britain in the position of an in dependent country. We did not, and do not, oppose a rational and moderate attention to this consideration. But, as the enemies of all native agriculture sometimes, in their inconsistent way, endeavour to turn it to the promotion of their own views, it will do no harm to make a brief inquiry as to the ex tent to which it clu be applied, without grievously damaging or destroying that great interest which is the solid primary thundation of our national strength and safety. Not a single member of the agricultural community, land lord, fanner, or labourer, would call for any protection to his property, or his labour, farther than is requisite to make his employment fairly remunerative 'to himself and beneficial to the whole nation. The more bread, meat, and vege tables produced by our soil, the more clearly advantageous becomes the soil's culture to every individual living in the country, as well as to those more immediately connected with the de velopment of this mainspring of the public wealth. We have for several years had to notice, and we did so with hope and plea sure, the establishment through the empire of agricultural societies, composed of farmers and others, whose object was to co-operate in the adoption of steps calculated to increase the productiveness of the land—to carry out the various auxiliaries which science was daily' - bringing to light in aid of the husband man's exertions—and to foster amongst culti vators a friendly spirit of emulation, beneficial to themselves and their country. That the ope rations of these societies have been successful, we may well judge when we reflect on the tre bled and quadrupled amount of agricultural pro duce raised in many districts. Even neglected Ireland has her agricultural societies, and glad we were to notice the amicable annual re-unions of men belonging to conflicting parties, on this common ground of benefit to all. It is certainly not too much to attribute to the agricultural classes at least as high a degree of patriotism and public spirit as can be claimed by any other body in the State; and these feel ings we doubtless have to thank for no inconsiderable portion •,of the improvements wherein the nation has so much cause to rejoice. But, after all, in a general calculation on the probability of human motives, self-interest must always be amongst the most prominent key-notes of individual conduct. We may safely conclude that if the hope of ultimate remuneration had not entered into his mind, the British agriculturist would not have incurred the incredible sacrifices encountered by him of late years, to increase the fertility of his fields. The time and capital thus sunk were not squandered away in a mania of chance gambling. He calcu- • lated on the average prices of produce, and esti mated that he might reap a moderate living profit after lying out of his money for some , time. This was wisely, prudently, and laudably done. But the farmer could not dream that, after all his trouble, the Legislature is to step in and place him, in respect of the value of his pro duce, precisely in the same position as if he had idled his time and dissipated his money, and never applied a shilling's worth of either in re claiming the soil from its ancient sterility. If such a system be pursued towards him, what conceivable inducement has he to spend a six pence in substituting a perfect for an imperfect process ? TIMES.—To sum up all we have said on the Boundary Treaty in two sentences, the highlands claimed by England do not divide the streams falling into the Atlantic from those emptying themselves into the St. Lawrence. The high lands claimed by America (besides another ob jection taken by the King of the Netherlands) do not extend to the sources of the Connecticut, or intersect a line drawn due north from the source of the St. Croix. And these two state merits, each, we believe, incontrovertible, m a y help our Contemporary " to comprehend what the Times pleaus when it denies that the Com mission has proved that the words of the treaty are applicable to the features of the country." _However, we suspect our Contemporary's mo desty exaggerates its own lack of comprehen sion. Another part of its article evidences an entire conception of our meaning. It has oc casion to describe this same boundary line ; and the very well-judged gingerliziess with. which that task is performed shnws a most pro found consciousness where the shoe pinches. The boundary, it appears, •' is to consist of a line drawn due north from the head of the river St. Croix until it meets certain highlands , " and then westward. " C e rtain highlands!" We will not do our Contemporary's wits the injustice of ascribing this convenient ambiguity to mere accident. The suppression is too pregnant to have resulted from a happy simplicity of heart. Not a word about the St. Lawrence or the At lantic. " Certain highlands" . only ! A very passable foundation for a Whig argument in England, but scarcely precise enough to meet brother Jonathan's notions of negotiation! Good enough from the Morning Chronicle to its readers; but it would hardly take from Lord Ashburton to Mr. Webster. To proceed, how ever, with the real question in hand. It appears from what we have said, that Lord Ashburton did not gain from the report of Colonel Mudge a right to insist on the full British claim as a simple and unquestionable fulfilment of the terms of the treaty, but occupied substantially the po sition of preceding negotiators. This fact nega tives the whole Whig charge; and we have been long, perhaps tedious, in placing it before our readers, in order to expose the only plea by which that party attempt to excuse their violent opposition to an arrangement which gives to England, as a matter of plain geo graphy, more than all that they themselves in 1831 were content and anxious to accept at the hands of the King of the Netherlands. Time " abandonment of the Madawaska settlers," which, in the words which our Contemporary borrows from over the way, " is calculated to shock and to arouse with indignation ally man who has hitherto felt himself distinguished and honoured by the name of Briton," is no new idea. Th e Ki ng of the Netherlands suggested, Lord Grey's Government pressed upon America, and Lord Palmerston, if we mistake not, has . since recurred to the same offer. The Commis sioners' survey has mended, but not established, I ourcase. And even this it has done more by damaging the American, than by confirming the English argum en t s . It was good for something; but it will not make black white or render thatsettlement disgracef u l to the British name, which ten years ago it was the legitimate object of so much Whig anxiety to effect. Our Contempo rary is, no doubt, wise in loading his guns heavily, but before he applies the match, he would be wiser if he would take care that Lord Palmerston is not standing before the muzzle. GLOUE.—The only merit that the Tories are inclined to attribute to the Government of Sir R. Peel, as far as it has already gone, is the making up of the deficit which is declared to be the fruit of ten years of Whig rule—a calculation which conveniently leaves out of the question some quarter of a century of Tory ascendancy. It is rather a late hour to begin disputing as to who caused the decay of the national finances; and as credit is given to Sir Robert Peel for having cured the evil, there is the less occasion to quarrel respecting its origin. It is, however, a curious fact, that the jouineists who impute every wrot,g to what they term, in the slang of party, Whig misrule, are very apt to date the beginning of the present state of affairs much further back than the period at which the men who at this moment form the Opposition assumed the reins of government. It is probable that if Tory policy was calculated to injure the in terests of the nation, the ill effects would be felt and come into powerful operation after the re tirement of the party from office. Though there was no deficit in the time of the Tories, it by no means follows that they had no hand in causing the deficiency which has since ensued; and, indeed, as in our opinion the difficulties of the country proceed chiefly from the restric tions on trade, which it has been the protective policy of Toryism to preserve, we unhesitatingly attribute to the party now in power the mischief that has arisen. Leaving, however, out of the question who is to be blamed as the cause of the evil, we will revert to the merit of the cure, the only merit that Sir R. Peel's organs—if he has an organ—will allow to him. To us it appears that the project of the Income-tax is at once the most obvious and the least statesmanlike scheme that could have been possibly devised tbr balancing the accounts of the nation. That it was " a bold measure," is but a poor recommendation, unless a Minister's success in finance is to he 'estimated solely by how much he gets, without the slightest regard to the manner in which he gets it. There is something particularly bold, no doubt, in plung ing the hand of taxation into the public pocket, without any other reason than that the money is wanted; but it is the act of an impudent thief, unless there is something like principle in the mode adopted for leVying a general contribution on the whole community. The merit of an Income-tax would have consisted in its nice adjustment to the means of those who had to pay it, and its due regard to the different values of incomes ostensibly the same in amount ; but the measure of Sir R. Peel has none of the qualities that might have redeemed it from odium. It is slapped on indiscriminately to all incomes above a certain sum, but no trouble whatever is taken by the Premier to consider whether he is not extorting; equal sums from per sons of really unequal means—an injustice that was pointed out when the measure was in pro gress, but a deaf ear was turned by the Minister. STANDARD.—We have copied from the Glasgow Courier a very able left 'r of Mr. M. M. Pattison, which most clearly proves that the new American tariff' actually prohibits the low priced cotton goods of Great Britain from the American markets. If America sends food to the West India colonies, and takes nothing but specie in exchange, there can be no question that the specie must be applied to the creation and sup port of manufactories, to rival these of Great Britain. Mr. Pattison's remedy is to impose a duty of ld. or 2d. per pound upon the raw cotton of the United States. This, 'as we have said, is by no means incompatible with the proposition of the Birmingham Advertiser ; and if, as that journal has proved, we have the trade of the United States completely at our command, either remedy or both reme dies might be tried with assured success; and about the right to try them there can be no ques tion whatever. The American tariff is a declara tion of commercial hostilities, published in the face of Sir Robert . Peel's conciliatory arrange ment; it therefore could not be pretended that we had begun the contest. The United States have excluded our manufactures; whatever the end, then, we can be in no worse condition with respect to them than that in which they have already placed us. But if, as the economists teach—and tbr once teach truly—a demand makes a market, and a market makes a counter demand, by look ing elsewhere for a supply for the West India provision market, and for the supply of raw cot ton, we shall create elsewhere an equivalent de mand for our manufactures; and we are happily in the condition of being able to create both markets within the limits of our own empire. Canada can supply the provisions to the West Indies, India the cottons ; and one hundred mil lions of Indians and Canadians can surely employ the looms and forges of Great Britain as ac tively as about one-sixth part of the numbers of Americans, while our commerce generally would be free from the hazards of political caprice and national jealousy. Nothing, indeed, but the in convenience attending all great commercial changes can justify our not having long since taken the course to which the United States seem disposed to drive us. Upon them, however, be the guilt of severing the commercial ties be tween the kindred nations. When the Whig scheme for the importation of the slave-grown sugar of the Brazils and of Cuba was denounced as what that scheme was—a project for the encouragement of the slave-trade—it was taunt ingly replied, that the consumers of slave-grown cotton would with an ill grace object to the in troduction of slave-grown sugar. The just re joinder to this taunt was, that vast interests had grown up under the cotton trade, which must be affected ruinously by any violent interference with that trade; but every one, we believe, re gretted that the country was open to the taunt. The United States, however, by their tariff, if they persist in it, will relieve us from this occasion of regret. If they impose a duty of cent. per cent., payable in advance too, and therefore subject to all the risk of bankruptcy in the con signee upon our manufactured cottons, we must, in self-defence, take our raw cottons from our fellow subjects, who will deal with us upon more libe ral terms, and who (thank Heaven for that!) employ no slaves. It may be a question whether, upon the United States relaxing the prohibitions of their tariff, we shall be jus tified in neglecting the opportunity of its tem porary existence to exclude " the 'accursed thing" for ever; but there can be no question at all it the tariff shall be continued; because then we can set ourselves right in the matter, in the sight of Heaven and before men, without inflicting injury upon any interest or any indi vidual. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—It is understood that the proposition of allowing the wine-merchants to bottle Portuguese wines for home consumption, and keepin6 them in their own vaults under the lock of the Excise, that in ease of a reduction of duty a return might be made to them, did not proceed prow the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but that the plan was proposed to him by some of the houses concerned in the shipping branch of the trade, and anxious to revive the im portation business from its present stagnant con - dition. The proposition was then submitted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the wine trade to as certain their feelings upon it, and'so general was the disapprobation expressed by one of the largest meet ings of the Wine Committee ever known, ,that there seems no doubt it will fall to the ground, without any further steps being taken in the matter. One of the objections is, that by allow ing wines imported after such a measure should be passed to be put in such a position that a re turn of duty would be granted in the event of some future reduction, a great injustice would he done to those who have already large stocks on hand, and who would find themselves suddenly driven out of the market when the reduction took place, by a n i n fl ux of the wine more recently imported, and with all the advantages of a lower rate of duty. That the meas ure would be a profitable one for the Exchequer they readily admit, since, the importation beingtairenveidyedb;.oaf cou rse the payment of duties would revive h with ; are o the sacrifice i c e e y e c f o t n h s e i d dthiser s ef would lar g h e e s o t on c l ir cs who most substantial persons in the trade, and not altogether and to this they a w h i a l l n not consent. ed thei their hopes Besides,efgng e tt they i have the h e reduction allowed on stock in hand, in the event of the expected change taking place, and they think that by accepting such a proposition as the one mentioned, they would not only take what would in fact be injurious to th emse l ves , but close their own right of making a proposition has tended t o strengthen e their further demand- The which wo their one of the reasons forpetition hopewas s since one rejected last session was, that it would e be im so extensive survey uod, of stocksls the Government -a on hand as to p reeeveemn seems the commission of AcIEA N to admit the possibility of guarding agai n with wines newly imported, the wine-mercha . oh- • ) I serve, ith justice, that they do not see wlithe-' same machinery could not be used for the stoW4:4l S N hand, and hence they argue that the plea of impossi bility must be abandoned. There is a motive of policy that has also had its weight in the rejection of the proposition, since many of the most influential members of the trade consider that by suddenly re viving business with Oporto, without completing the treaty, an encouragement would be given to the Portuguese to create as long delays as possible, whereas the present suspension of trade is likely to force them to a settlement. `Whatever be thought of the weight of these argu ments, one fact is certain, which is, that not only has nearly the whole of the London wine trade agreed to reject the proposition, but that the letters received from the trade in different parts of the country are almost all in the same spirit. 'LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Sept. 23. IN RE WILLIAM CHAPPELLOW—T HE TALACRE COAL This day being fixed cOm fo P r Aic th Y e . final exa m i na ti on o f t t e h r e e sbta from m u pitt,s w co h n o n se ee c t as io e n aueltuhiretdheanpraocdveeedntiintgsiousyes terday of the Court of Aldermen of the City of Lon don, with respect to the ensuing Mayoralty, the Court was crowded at an early hour with persons anxious to hear the proceedings. From the facts elicited at the previous examina tions, it appeared that the bankrupt had attributed his insolvency to the fact of having purchased a number of shares in, and become connected with, a Company , called the "Talacre Coal Company," which bec ame insolvent in about two years after its first establish ment. At one of those examinations, the bankrupt put in what he termed a narrative (being a state ment of the peculiar circumstances, in relation to his connection with the Company) which was intend e d. t o be an appendix to the original balance sheet. In that document, it was stated, that Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood, the Alderman next upon the rota for the Mayoralty of the City of London, had been the origi nal projector of the Talacre Coal Company, and had also acted as the solicitor, chairman, and one of the Directors of the Company. In this Company, the bankrupt bad purchased several shares, and took a leading part in the direction of its affairs, having been auditor and treasurer. Shortly afterwards a gen- . tleman named Loveson sued the Chairman upon the liability of the Company for A 15,0001., when the bankrupt, in conjunction with other proprietors, became responsible for the sum of 13,000/. (as it was alleged at the instigation of Mr. Alderman Thomas • Wood) ; upon this liability that the bankrupt was sued, and was imprisoned in satisfaction of judgment. Certain documents having been in the hands of Mr. Alderman Wood, a rule was moved for before Lord Denman, to compel him to give them up, on the grounds of malversation in his professional capacity, but his Lordship refused to entertain the rule, at the same time dismissing it without costs. Mr. JAMES (the barrister), said, that he appeared on behalf of Mr. Riddler, the manager of the Chel tenham and Gloucester Bank, who was a creditor for 3,900/., and also on the part of the trade assignees, to oppose the bankrupt in passing his final examination. There were facts upon the face ofhis balance-sheet which no Commissioner would be justified in passing over. It only extended over a space of five months—namely, from January to May, 1841. The bankrupt had commenced business in Long-acre, in partnership with his son, with a capital of 5,0001., and of the ex penditure of this sum, no satisfactory account was ren dered in his balance-sheet. He (Mr. James) was aware that there were extraneous mat ters united with this fiat, in relation to the highest office in the City, but it was of no conse quence to those whom he represented what the bank rupt's dealings might have been with the Talacre Coal Company. Mr. Commissioner MERRIVA LE said he should order the case to stand adjourned till the 27th of October, when Mr. Commissioner Fane would be present to , hear it. The amount of. the bankrupt's debts, as stated in his schedule, was 11,4851., his liabilities 10,9651. His assets were stated at 2061. 9s. 11d., of which there were good debts 951., and doubtful 1111. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (YESTERDAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAs.—Philip Partridge, 30, the master of the ship called the Jarrow, was in dicted for the wilful murder of Jose Maria Balager upon the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Ad miralty of England on the 20th of October, 1841. Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Waddington conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Jones defended the prisoner. Mr. ADOLPHUS baying addressed the Jury on be half of the prosecution, called the following witnesses. John Fisher, examined by Mr. WADDrNoTori— Knew the prisoner at the bar. He was master of the vessel called the Jarrow. Witness was chief mate of the vessel when it left Liverpool for Benin, on the 10th of M arc h, 1841. Th ere were French and English seamen on board, and four Spaniards. There were seventeen seamen in all. The vessel arrived at Benin about the middle of May, discharged their cargo there, and got anoth er . The ves se l l e ft B en i n i n October. She was then in a very leaky state, not fit to go to sea, and they were short of provisions. In eight or nine days they made Prince of Wales Island, the vessel being in a worse state. Between Benin and Prince of Wales Island, witness was disrated, and became a common sailor. Stopped a week at Prince of Wales Island, but the ship was not repaired there, though there were means to do so. Took some live stock and four Spaniards on board at Prince of Wales Island. This was about the 22d of October. Left the island at the end of that month. Knew Jose, Who was a good sailor, and did his work well when he was able. He was well enough when he came on board. The prisoner treated him very cruelly. Soon after they left Prince of Wales Island, the prisoner flogged him with a rope's end. Jose had been using his utmost exertions at the pump, but, in consequence of not pleasing the prisoner, he flogged him. The rope was about two inches round ; it was a piece of the end of the fore-brace. The prisoner struck Jose on all parts of the body, and gave him a most severe flogging. In two days afterwards, the prisoner again beat Jose with a piece of wood abaft the windlass. The wood was extremely thick to beat a man with. After this beating, Jose became incapable of doing almost any thing. The prisoner's only reason for beating him was, that he said he was a d—d lazy fellow, and should work. After this beating, Jose never worked at the pump. Witness had often seen the prisoner beat Jose, but never after he struck him with the wood. Jose when he was struck with the wood, was not in a good state of health. Jose died about a mouth after they left Prince's Island. 'Witness saw him the day before he died, when he was very weak. After they left Princes' Island, they were put on very short allowance, six or seven ounces of bread a day. Th e ' prisoner said with respect to Jose, and a nother Spaniard, as they had not pleased him, he should rat was them on half the allowance, and that _sce th rea tabouta In stantly carried into effect. This took p lace fortnight after they . left Prince's Island . Jose died while lying on the forecastle deck , and was thrown overboard in three or four hours after wards. No medicine was given to him, and h e fell from weakness, shortly befor e h i s death, into the ' scupers. On the day of Jose's d eat h Joseph isher was first math. He was n o re l at i on of witness,. nor would he o wn such a blackguard. fi j r o s s t ep m h at in fishe r was the place oaftain witness., and was app o i n t e d Cross-examined by. Mr. CLARKSON---SaW Jose bos Fisher before the Magistrate when he was examined for the Crown, and saw him also last Tuesday. The Jarrow was a brig of about 230 tons. Lost six of the crew when he went to Benin. The,crew num bered about fourteen or fifteen when they reached Prince's Island. There was no ship yard at Benin, but the ship might have been r • epaired at Prince's Island. He believed the ' prisoner left that island wilfully without having the ship repaired. At this time the ship was making about three, or three feet a n d a half of water. The pumps at work continually. When were obliged to be kept Cruz there was ten t hey arrived at Santa feet of water in the hold. It was necessary, to prevent the ship foundering to keep the pumps working night and day. On one occasion the prisoner himself worked at the pumps. Hoisted lights for assistance, but could not obtain it ; he thought, if they had, any one having any feeling for the crew would have abandoned a vessel that was in the state the Jarrow was. Did not know what terms the prisoner made with the Spaniards, when they first came on board. When they came on board the Spaniards were set to the pumps ; they had fine weather for sometime after they left Prince's Island; if they had not the vessel must have gone down. Had been in a vessel similarly situated off the Cape of Good Hope. Did not recollect the English part of the crew saying the Spaniards did not half work their spell at the pumps. Witness never said so himself. Never heard any of the crew grum bling about the provisions being short, and that the Spaniards had as much allowance as them, though they did not do half the work. Witness swore deli berately that the only reason for his . being disra ted was dis ted was because lie said to the prisoner on one occasion that he wanted assistance to man some of the sails, when he instantly told him to go forward. Witness was never drunk on hoard, or in the Cove of. Cork, and never sold any of the provisions there or at Falmouth. Witnesa had occasionally taken a snoose when on watch, but never required calling. Never drank raw spirits out of the demijohn till be fell down drunk on the deck. ( Recollected the surgeon of the barque Peru saying N A