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

M1N..... , 1 in the Royal r _Royal is four ierViCe; CoUtItS Buck id four, Fusilier d we:. i'Set h [014: rived a Lensaori Arthur , 31a rence Count , xa nder, n t.wo °f aj6tY a t Paget , rrived at killf;hani anied by and the of gale Regents. :he Duke ng in an ited t he ruse. 4 c hess '" a xes, scb eque? -street' interview land were on Sa tur. The C o ' A in and, of ci a relr rrosV e r a get, Gowe r. .it sat Yej,:. I, 116 j 0,. ." P hanee ll° r: Qtl ee a Ifi r 1 : 00 1111° ; ,Axehecl""' Mr. fi t , ilty 9 ) 7, 0 . the Co Mr. • een he' • IL have left , 114 Bel°7 ,TS. much minstre tl N the fashion s ' ; s elf e. , s pr [1 that to° ,• as 11° in o_4/ t. • aJO.'i r, ann e munctsti7i L the seri Dld throug adience nner not 1 4 ‘1:••••'"f ,„ •ro it Whys adent el e p ef te these c ontor ti " onpo itio . n e t nable s'' itu . t 1 ara t o r shOlaf l tl voted ta r , oty t it Pie, oo . j o. y by vj, o t c*. n the rott'''', electors „" ' the bor°",,4til ittrity . 01 t rtl ,B " tl* to resig . et •iry of .tlyetee ir fixe d ua t, hi s fa ce Q, however , _l!l he mug. muc h 10 0 7 0 14 j u g the ;LECTOR' 1.841. S OF 1311' :d a letter Jr td ' havi° 4 o it, fr° ll4 a bf) feel obl i g e /0C am , Sir, ITCHED' ~ SUN' fo t oh i n 0 1 gra, a BodP °r r ece arils ou r propos i e r ,ccol e ,• 1 .1 to Pt e s . ' a s W 11 you po .0 % ; o ut of a eu servanto, OUNS o b sti !::od agreat cioird to assemble abont Al'r.•(l him in his passaoe. • - • ' •• Z• ( )ern, the Ala istrato's clerk, said there was quite suffi iti!gain,t.the pris.4mer to warrant the Magistrate in rernat pt 0 until they could learn from the Crovrn what was ne With him. They must -take th• opinion of the Attim -7_ and Solicitor- Genesis upen the subject. " - c ,° ,,, stable 173 t h en produced a large bundle of 4.1 d. h eaded be took nut of the , in risoner's apron. One of th der ' " Th e " Rhymes f or t h e army ; blood , battle, and plan cr seccnd was the case of a poor woman, narip.rl a r's wif e , w h o app li e d same t i me ago f, :r re• at .ti Airelagss b istyrates of London. .having been left in a state forOsat ilist her hushand, =a who lately left this coun- Celt ' said the prisoner could be admitted to bail to ap "'a, an , wer any charge which might he preferred against ' 4l ll , n‘.the receipt ot the Government instructions. 4pperar‘,.l7gan said Mr. Sturge would be bail for the prisoner's , -re. ties forth; ° *Ph Sturge then rose and entered into 20. - . sureties psoner's appearance. Pr'es ri aho bound himself in the same sum, and left the office. Th p • L ATE FIRE AT HAMBURGH 4 ' e . mail packet C a l e d on i a, C apta i n Ch eesman , 11 '!, ed at Bla c k we ll on Sunday, with the Hamburgh til l" The following letter from our correspondent 4 " by this conveyance 6 "Hamburgh, Friday, May 20. ar r i v 4 ; l ..,..! l (pht, from the short intervals between the ee ss i l et the packets f rom H am b urg h, an d the sue fire c ounilunications therefrom, the subject of the City is almost exhausted with you ; but e ve' it may be on r side of the water there is ood 6 , ou that, i n u e ° o 4 r g n h par to t r . years i of reflection on this, seeing ages . a y a moment of time, the fruits of 'lD.r„ try, and the successes of years of pros ? hue been entirely- swept away. Inc e my last, we have received 'many large do ; n.B from foreign countries. His Majesty of ~ Ls th e k ia . has sent us 80,000 marks Banco; and it is said for tb in g of Saxony has subscribed-1,600 louis d"ors, lkilci.`e Purchase of stone and timber for our new kited The King of Wurtemburg has contri 410aev.r°111 his, private purse 10,000 florins ; and of 5,0 00 - .Ls collected, I may mention, that at Stutgard and at Banco were obtained ' on the 15th inst., aottte of nkfort 1,000 florins were subscribed by 4 ,00 0 the bankin g es t a bli s h men t s , in addition to Pra rif i r ° 4 l Roths c hild. Al so , it is said, that at establ i r and other pl aces th e ladies are abOu. therelinf_ of t to bazaars, and transmit the proceeds for the sufferers at this place. this r.uins of St. Peter's Church were blown i t h ip inredi,; l 4 l , 4 'g : I hea r some so ldi ers were slightly eorn it — t he operati on . Th e re b u ildi ng h as a l rea d y rary sh ied various parts of the city . ; but tempo- Adv arie ° Ps and s t ores are already occupied, an d b y t h e itr e ,,q money mad e t o th e t ena nts by the corn es - s tai' 4 - °I su pplies, many are stocked and doing some • itk et ,_the de s i gns f or :t h e new pu bli c buildings, :Drevpl',"., the ut mos t precautions are to be taken to it 4 -1 ' such another terrible catastrophe as this, and 'arlie s sin e'rely hoped that our Senate will, at the •144 ° PPortunity, apply themselves to the task_ of 11 $:, 4 11.1 g, scme more effective means en they have —‘9 Possessed for thaextinction of fire.' li,SjeT'Kg~ Al_ • tu. discount M Y 20.—The .money market been ttab o day thati t has yet been since the fi re,also ,hess tl f t difficulty at four per cent. Regular business has 4 414'4 4. thO first _time, transacted in colonial produce to a to h e seztent, chiefly in coffee and sugar. W . tale lam py t s , d ittole to add that a more quieting impression has . prevaile o d t °o l sl °n Exthange, through the fact that up to this day . , n 'ott eftrnercial failures have taken place, but there is no as s ., 4 n° , Vn ut any merchant having failed . to meet ei p_un m et e ti a - t ,fooesiZtteements. such a fact, after such &disaster, t 1 'ow e , of the commercial prudence and stability whichbe td`42the•dealings of the Hamburgh merchants, and must, as , ha t j ' l es, have a - very favourable effect on the London Ex ,Se, se nt u ave the more satisfaction in the stating of these circum the fr°,:a Frain can annou nce to you of the intentions of I , o kt , 'erlat e the first I informed you they would make a koe'd r ," n u this I can now add will be done preferably in the ta arlset, as soon a•, all the arrangements of thedGoh ts t e nt havin g been made, they shall have summone e iiiiigoershaft t sanction their resolves, and pass the requisite haset,°,legalise their being ca-sled into execution. Already and t 'sa't §eriate been led to raise a loan in this their own town, sister ones of Bremen and Lubeck, the amount of I, hi e j t the y have limited to 50,000,000 of mares, and towar d s our _th res has been the most ready subscription. This m a e n a : 4,,,..,zas originally a secret one, it being unconst itu tional, . f il aY the governing body on their own responsibility. • pre sent Senate are labouring under many apprehensions, past, nt, and to come. They dread to meet the Bu ghershaft, of D t r.ing to be called to task for the ine ffi ciency and timidity eir first measures. ort r oe • or t h . etiag the Burghershaft, the Senate have also th e . dread_ p ee ._ , ? de iding what they consider too much. It is sup that the general feeling will incline strongly to the town t' s , a , rl ne the whole of the losses, but the Senate, with what they loss before them, are anything but satisfied that such a large ei l t h i as this would require could be undertaken consistently the general prosperity. In the first place they will have 6;4llotchase th . ground of the whole consumed part of the t:S, and on this to erect not only the requisite public buildings, ..private tivrellings and warehouses . By the plan submitted e st6 t r tl ed, e Sttne'aute.hbeir Dlr. Lindley, scarce a singlestraeei‘twtiinllgbetorwn °tie new plan, tenirtuatnies must be bi interests t s e w r e ls t t a away, and and convenience of the be raissd in its stead. Independent of the immensity of itheeyethrsorrtsenttaresiponsibility on the g s o_v n e t rn t ieengnebarodiy, it, ld l abour under the P itr a e n ser ofn they the Buerh overbuilding—that is their houses St anding, from the cost pric e or rent, unsold. There is the 1, 44, ed y or portioning out th e whole town, the building of part ~Ttlie Senate, and allowing the rest to be constructed by in ""iirlual enterprise. • Zil have mentioned these fluctuations and difficulties as they st in high quarters, as evincing to the English mercantile ‘,°.rid that there is far more likely to be an underborrowing 'ltpresent irresolution or timidity to attempt all that is re e.,! than there is a likelihood of an embarrassment to the iy an ovi r tiemand of the needful funds by way of . loan. a t 'et la.st, great facilities have been given to discounts, ts - I ! i 'd having been established for that purpose. The house tle. l T'o has engaged itself in the most liberal manner for Mi", / marts . banco. The Royal .Prussian See-Handlung 111' t 'in , . Society), a pet establishment of the present King, qc :slZ is edontributed to the general facilities by ari . advance 1. 4 4: 1 ;" 6 1 1X dollars. While since the previous English mail, " I 'Neh t - v a 'n this day, money having, from the remittances I tu - 't 7 "ree more plentiful, a greater elute is felt. _ / '`' h a rtar 4 :l; z e °tainu e to invite subscriptions from England. The 1 , - "T i ° af>h a ",''a are well attended to, and the greatest inter est e t s . 'Re 6 ri s ° ,7, all Germany evinced more and snore by the in rl.4l'bUbr `ach courier brings of sympathy, and what Is better, . il ' ti "s mooted and raised. So plentiful a stock of iSte ha* be en s t here on all sides—cheese, baean, hams, dtr; ;l ta ik t h at ' e h n p store-house on the Elbe Is overbur "'rto:-"" !Id t e h m e4 if kept, must become uneatable, to- Nth t I,Publie sale am takes ' place of the greater part, the pro- T he ce (serried to the fund. Inifert s4hseription of her Majesty, announced here . to.day, is ; h e (I' tin, ate ; it has not equalled expectation, notwithstanding rti St. „" : , of her wn - people , but of this I may be abl e . to i tr s „ .4 ray next. ° i say the Queen of England's subscrip its -rseauenhfortuna.te one, not ly in its amount of 200/. to ~ n is this the same day as that of the Emperor of 1," 0 sit Nu " , it is no fair contrast ; the Autocrat . has sent ere „-ver rou bles, which, if I mistake not, as some ' - thz)llt 9 ,0001. •ti 'As s - THE SALE "EALIZED B orb cT °RA.C sE WALPOLE'S STRAWBERRY 11Ce,3e ale of the Strawberry Hill effects, which corn 'at.il°lll4 Wednesday, th e 4th o f M a y, and concluded Vos a i aY last, having occupied Mr. Robins in'th r ei r ta a space of twenty-four days, produced, as I . y 1, 4 % Yit4 :% li abled to draw up from rough results of each I.7.bly,:tia.uzation, the subjoined a mounts, . which pro . 4 N c h sa , w . , a• more accurate calculation, will be found to a Y 4 n a much larger sum of money:— a ad \ -11 " 5 - The W a lp o l e C a bi ne t o f C oins k,"Na g hl d .als, was sold on th ese t wo d a y s , an d ay 1 , naogoth er , th e sum o f £1,004 Is lt tld pi "'limas:is, Miniatures, Sevres China, kabout k a Y n a and Crockery, of various orders It a ay _iei a tures, Gems, Snuff-box, Relics, &c ` -uortraits of distinguished persons ttee , ;,. Antiquities of the Middleton Collm lfrhato `,.-,er.sisting of Gems, Missals, and Benve- Yuts 12`-olltili's Silver Bell pis day's sale comprised the Decora- St ay 'llriiiture wi e rote old Raphael or 111,,44 Ware, and t h e relics . 1,167 i c ?, h iefly the contents of Sir .. Horace '.4ora, china closet, the round waiting 411d i 'afy Diana Beauclerc's closet; bronzes, waiting- It Inltiture of the library ; also of the 1101- /iiaNts efts of star-chamber, waiting- room, Y-14 aBe, e an da y s 1,182 ey sale consisted of the etyeets china -c oo With thepietures, drawings, A 41- 41Otlels articies of the green closet—there were yr 16. o f note • 8.5 klActorille valuables in the round tower, the the entrance, and the armoury 1,272 • Portraits of the library, the ILA k'qa.ii,""l'llber, and the great north bed- Itt a a 3 ' IR.'sr ................... k a ) . 19 . of paintings continued Ai; 20. 1•1", ° of paintings continued alimede Antique Furniture of Horace k °Ol eo , s ressig-00, circular drawing 3, 2 . `l', long gallery, &c zaturtlay, last day's sale •• ab ove r Total limas 'ln th e , •• • .................................... .£22,682 ) )1 ,, 1e wove total it appears that on an off-h an d cl llets , p ar d s of 22,0001. h ave b een amassed by the 85 rar e te u r i . the sal e o f these sedulously-collected articles g i v `u• We h ave no doubt that stating 30,0001. 4111 n, would bring it nearer to the mark. j►f O qk SIN E p . nan,ur OF A SILK WAREHOUSE.-- 44 1 Co. , 5 , 1 % night last, the warehouse of Messrs. John Barton R a o, and a,K rnanufacturets, 29, Spring-gardens, was broken 4 . 4 41 - 'earge quantity of raw and silk goods stolen there iseie. cellar, beneath the premises occupied by Messrs. end f t to Ms. Edward Briggs, manufacturer, of Black , 1) , see. Troin this cellar, the door of which was found mt . s h": tbi eses stleslay morning he robbery was discovered Ftea by seontattiltli,,nade their Way in to Messrs. Barton's cou t nting n apertur e t h rough a bulk-head benea t h one ows. and immediately above the cellar steps. wrta 4 00 t (4 the Premisesfi-house the thieve s had gained access to other si s ?: at a 00., and appea r to have escaped with . their .7 1 dmit from the packing-room into Sickle -1,1 ec , t wss found op en. Thi s door was secured inside 1;1 : and " t. ( l ) t brs. locked with three of Chubb's patent pad " an three. tev.!:s , , haying been unable to open these, had °f th e t h i , ves vv , believ e no traces have, as yet, been ob . , e Prize otiered ,eatsPa•es et b y the Academie des Sciences en aw _f,\lX.,'4o7oengluit.eosE• dfooruairh: L b a e b s a t:v ia o y r e k on the History of the s,neeession, both eivill • and olit;cativ has , 411 ,0 st a sitting of the Acadesmy 0 other essa}s. Th e e • • "n°%! P rable mention awards will be publicly inst. to be held on Saturday, 1,080 700 1,300 900 2,160 2,452 4,927 673 2,930 850 IT.E RNT UR E. THE WAR IN SYIE/A. By Commodore Sir CHARLES NAPIE R, K.C.B. In 2 Vuls. London, -_Julia W. Parker, 1842. The future historian of the naval glories of Eng land. will find this work an excellent guide through the labyrinth of the Eastern question. Much as we, knew( about the Syrian expedition, before, and we may assume what little merit there may be in closely watching its progress from adistance, and reading every despatch and note hitherto published concerning it, we found so much entirely new its these volumes that we perused them with as much interest as we should have felt had we never before read a word upon the subject. The language is homely and conversational, but given in the terse, vigorous style of the gallant old Commodore. The narrative is of course egotistical, for the Commodore had no heroic or diplomatic deeds to record equal to ifs :awn; but where praise can be justly accorded, it is bestowed with all the generous warmth of a true son of the ocean. Commodore Napier states two filets which frequently appeared in the leading columns of The Sun during the Syrian war, namely, that but for the indecision of Admiral Stopford, and the hatred of Mehemet Ali indulged in by Lord Ponsonby, the war would not have lasted half the time which it did ; and again, that had it only lasted a month longer, we would have found ourselves at war with France. We have not the slightest doubt that, but for the headlong gallantry of the Commodore, which settled the question before France had her loins girded for the conflict, we should now have been at war with half the States of Europe. Some racy corres pondence passed between the Commodore and Adiniral Stopford, Lord Ponsonby and Major-General Sir C. Smith, relative to the celebrated " unauthorised " convention, which we regret to find is too long for insertion in our columns. The gossip about Mehemet Ali, Soloman Pacha, Ibrahim Pacha, and the Emirs of the Mountains is exceedingly interest ing. We cordially recommend these volumes to all who take an interest in the triumphs of our gallant tars. MODERN FRENCH LIFE. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1842. The tales contained in these volumes are all—with but two exceptions—illustrative of the manners and habits of France in the present day, and are selected from the works of eminent writers by an able linguist, for whom, as she tells us in her preface, Mrs. Gore has undertaken the task of revision. If the tales be indeed an accurate representation of modern French Life, that life has little to boast of, on the score of morality, for there is' no country in Europe where the moral code would appear to be so relaxed. But the most interesting tales in the present volumes are not those whose scenes are laid in France, for the Russian narrative, entitled the "Red House," is far superior to any one of them, and refers to a murder, committed under most extraordinary circumstances, by the young and beautiful Countess Vaninka, daughter of the Russian General Tchernmyloff. This story, we are assured, is founded on fact, and the events occurred shortly after Suwarow's return from his campaigns in Switzerland and Italy against the French republic—towards the close of the reign of the Emperor Paul. The narrative is told throughout with great terseness and energy, and furnishes us with some brief, amusing glimpses of social life in St. Petersburgh. FINE ARTS. THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. This picture, which is now in the course of exhi bition at the rooms of the Society of Arts, in the Adelphi, is the production of Mr. Melling—a pro mising artists, who, if he has not successfully ac complished all that he proposed to himself to do, has yet displayed no little talent in his painting. His design is better than his execution, ex cellence in which last comes only from conti nuous study and practice. The most prominent figure in the painting is of course the great hero of the day—Henry the Fifth of England, who is repre sented in the foreground, defending his Royal brother of Clarence, who has been wounded and struck down. The attitude of the King is natural and spirited, and is free from that exaggeration which we detect in the figure to his left, who is seen bearing the Royal standard. The sketch of the dying war-horse biting his leg in his agony, while the blood streams from the wound made by an arrow in his neck, is forcibly pourtrayed, and is perhaps the most efficient bit of colouring in the picture. • We regret we cannot give similar praise to the figure of the dead French Knight, on whom his victor, stout old Sir Thomas Erpingham, is trampling with very little ceremony, for the white, chalky hue of the Knight's face is anything but true to nature. The English archers, too, are aiming their shafts in such a direction that they appear more likely to hit their own countrymen than their enemies. But, despite these defects, the painting is a clever one ; and the contest between the French and English men-at-arms in the middle distance, teems with life and energy._ PORTUGAL. Fa Lamour, MAY 21. —The Montrose st earner arrived to-day with the Peninsular mails. The dates are Gibraltar 12th, Cadiz 12th, Lisbon 16th, Oporto 17th, Vigo 18th. Passengers—Earl of Durham and Ladies Lambton, Colonel and Mrs. Grey and suite, Major-General Vernon; Messrs. lllarryatt, Al'Culloch, Brun, M'Call, Donnellin, Tremley, Strong, Sodrell, Sala vanda, Renshaw ; Mrs. Constable and three children ; Cap tains Moo re , Bl am e r , and Murray'; Marquis Fayal ; Messrs. Bartos, Nognera. Gomez and two men servants, Williams, L arrowny, lillaudint, Woodcock; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Lucas, Mr. Dyce Sombre and two servants. LISBON, MAY 16.—1 t is understood that as far as regards the slave-trade treaty, and the general treaty of commerce, an agreement has been come to by the two Plenipotentiaries, who had a conference on Saturday. Lord llowsrd bad not indeed received his formal instructions on the points submitted to the home Government, but a sufficient intimation bad, it is said, been given that no difficulties would be raised there, and the Duke of Palmella signified his readiness to sign both the treaties. A council of state will be held to-morrow, to sanc tion the Duke's proceedings with respect to the treaties, which will probably be forwarded by the next packet. A clause has been added to the slave-trade treaty, merely stating to the effect that, in case it is proved that the legiti mate commerce of the Portuguese possessions in Africa is sub jected to injury from the prosecution of the right of search by our cruisers, the two contracting Powers may consult together to remedy the same. The treaty of commerce aklishes British privileges ; but some security is considered to be afforded against the oppres sion or unfair taxation of Portuguese authorities by a clause proposed by the Duke of Palmella, that a mixed commission of English and Portuguese shah assess the income-tax, in case of English residents; and with respect to justice, Portugal is to give the same securities as are afforded in England to Por tuguese citizens. The principle of a mutual reduction of the respective tariffs has been agreed to, and this, which is the main question for us, will now have to be seriously entered upon. This is a point of great difficulty here. In the first place, there is a deficit in the revenue, which makes a large reduction of duties a dangerous experiment; secondly, there is the manufacturing interest to contend with or satisfy, as well as the Fishery Company, which has already sent twelve vessels to Newfoundland this year, and has three more ready to go, and which, though trading all along at a loss, and on the road to a natural extinction, has made a great stir against a reduc tion of the present high duties on foreign fish. This Com pany would have probably become extinct ere this, were it not that the 1 unny fishery off Algarve, in which it has been for some time engaged, has proved very profitable, and helped to make up fur its losses in the Newfoundland fishery. Another difficulty is presented by the coining elections, and the unscrupulous use made by the opponents of the Govern ment, of the fact of the pending treaty with England, as totally destructive of Portuguese industry. The Nacional makes out that wages to the amount Of eighty contos, or near 20,0001. s week, are paid by manufacturers in various parts of the country, all which, it says, will be ruined by the English treaty. It was considered by the Government as a great stroke of policy, to put some leading manufacturers, as Pinto Bastos and Larches, on the commission for examining the to-iff with a view to reduction; but the Nacional only cries out the more, that " all is lost." . Believing the Portuguese Government to be desirous, as far as possible, to meet our views on this subject, and to place the trade of the two countries on a liberal footing, allowance must be made for the peculiar difficulties in which it is placed at the present moment, en the eve of the elections, with a powerful coalition against it, a manufacturing interest to some extent grown up under the existing system, and a constant deficit in the revenue. In England the question is quite dif ferent. The Government having resolved on the experiment, and provided against the probable consequence of some loss of revenue, thereto no obstacle in the way of a large reduction. The lower Portuguese wines and fruits can be admitted into England so much the better for all classes, without injury to, or opposition from, any one. Here the ease, as I have shown , is different ; but there is reason to believe that a considerable advance towards liberal commercial relations may nevertheless be made. I sent you a list of most of the new Peers last week. It was incorrect, as regarded the Marquis Vianna, who has not yet been nominated. In addition there have been named the fol lowing :—Viscount Graciosa, Barons Larangeiras and Foote Bella, and Senhors A. ,B. F. de Vasconcellos, D. d'Or nellas e Vasconcellos, F. T. d'Almeida Proenca, F. de Serpa Saraiva Machado. J. B. Castellinb, Cotta Falcao, J. Pereira ecis Santos, and Maneel de Serpa Machado. The new nominations are thirty altogether ; and of the Peers who bad seats when the revolution of September took place there re-. main 41, making 71, besides the Bishops. There is a question still pending about calling up the sons of former Peers, which will probably be decided in their favour. Decrees have been published for issuing 6,520 contos of in ternal 5 per cent. bonds, to be made over to the Company of National Credit, in pursuance of• Senhor Avila's contract, the interest to be paid by' the Board of Public Credit, which is to receive 326 contos per annum from the tobacco contract for that purpose ; also for issuing 1,368 contos for arrears, ificc. capitalised under the law of December 31, last year; the inte rest to be paid by the Board, which is to be endowed with 68 contos more from the Lisbon Custom-house, which is also to hand over the amount necessary to pay the halt year's interest due in June next, on the above. It must he observed that the dividends on the bonds thus issued will be subject to the tax if ten per cent. as well as the other dividends, though created since this tax was imposed, and it is especially stated so in the present decrees; the amount arising from the said ten per cent. tax is to be paid over to the Board of Public Credit to increase the endowment destined for the payment of the foreign dividends. A liberal decree has been issued, admitting all rice, the produce of Asia, into Madeira for consumption, whether brought directly or indirectly, and in the ships of all nations. If brought indirectly it will, of course, be subject to the 20 per cent. additional duty imposed on the indirect trade, by the law of October last year. The Count Ra . :zynski, Prussian Minister at this Court, ar rived by the Lady Mary W oo d s t eam e r on Friday last. Senhor Mousinho de Stiviere, who was Administrator of the Custom house before the revolution, also returned by this steamer, and it is expected will resume his former functions. The Bishop of Versaill es , wishing b reward the ex emplary conduct of the Cure of Meudon in his attention to the sufferers on the occasion of the late railway accident, has appointed him Honorary Canon of the Cathedral. A FRENCH REPROACH. AND AN ENGLISH APOLOGY. There was one purpose bf the Queen's grand fete last week discovered only by our sensitive neighbour over the water : ever.pricked to . the qui& by their point of honour, they were sorely alive to the fact that the whole affair was no more tan a splendid insult fo France ! In the days of the July and the Quin 7 tuple Slave-trade Treaties, the days of Crecy and Poictiers should be forgotten; whereas France, in her own imagination, again graced the triumph of England, because in the age of Waterloo were re vived the pageants of the age of the earlier victories. But our worthy neighbours overlook the difficulty of choice. If the young Queen of England and her chosen spouse desired to personate a couple on England's Ancient. throne, what 'scope had they for selection, without disastrous associations of some kind? To be, Rith the latest reign of a picturesque co , - tume, the last before the Dutch Prince intro duced dulness and ugly , dresses, that of James the Second—should Albert play the sneaking fu gitive, the patron of Jeffries, and Victoria enact Anne Hyde, or the Queen that fled into exile ? Should they have personated the abandoned Charles and his plain neglected wife ? Cromwell may be passed over, as unsuitable for Royal sport. Then comes Charles the First, the man that defied the law and 'corrupted the Judges, to perish on the scaffold, and Henrietta, who henpecked her husband and fled by night with her babe. Next is James the First and his Danish wife—the misshapen pedant and bungling state-craftsnian, stained with Raleigh's blood. . Would our 'French friends have had Victoria appear as Elizabeth—and Prince Albert as Leicester ?—oh, fie ! Should they have been Mary and Philip, a Queen Regnant and her husband, with Smithfield fires and conjugal misery ? Henry the Eighth and one of 'his murdered wives ? Henry the Seventh, who married the neice of the man that he ' had caused to be slain before his eyes ? The crookback Richard and his bride, his victim's widow? Edward the Fourth and Elizabeth Woodville, a rake and the adventurer that trapped him ? Idiotical Henry the Sixth and the virago Margaret ? Henry the Fifth and Katherine ?—France forbid that ! Should Prince Albert have been the audacious Bo lingbroke, the usurping Henry the Fourth ? or Richard. the Second, perishing by violence ? Edward the Second, shrieking in Berkeley Castle ? Edward the First, who swindled. Wales, be trayed the Scots, and was the father of the minion just named? Henry the Third, called in the Pastore Letters " a squinting. fool," whose reign was one at tempt to cheat his people out of the Charter ? John, the name for all that is base, mean, and cruel, whose vices were the strength of the Chartists of those days? Coeur de Lion, who roved from Berengaria and his usurped throne, to spend his people's money in Syrian. wars ? Henry the Second, the sport of bigotry, and of filial impieties? Stephen, who scarcely sat upon the throne ? Henry the First, the usurper of a crown, the husband of a nun, and the father of children drowned at sea ? Rufus, the hard sportsman, wifeless and childless, may be passed. Could the Saxon Prince of Saxe-Gotha have played the part of the Norman bastard, that wrenched the kingdom from the Saxons, and lived a life of tyranny, to die abandoned by his menials and be buried by charity? Or should 'the royal mummers have gone back to the • Saxon days for the beautiful lovers, Edwy and Elgiva—separated,seared, and wor ried to death by Dunstan. What couple could they have chosen for prototype, in the picturesque ages, not tor mented by violence against their own persons, dis graced by profligacy or cruelty, or both, the victims of political intrigue or religious bigotry, wretched in their progeny, or associated with some national mis fortune ? In truth, Edward the Third and Philippa made about as good and safe a choice as any, although romance would fain - arrest the progress even of their history, and avert the sight from the monarch's de clining age. France may put up with the rub on an old forgotten wound, in thinking that England has escaped yet harsher reminiscences. MONEY MARKET and: CITY NE.WS. TIMES.—The reduction of the rate of interest on Exchequer bills from 21d, to 2d., which is now officially announced, has been generally commended as a proof of the acuteness and attention to business of the present Administration, who have lost no time in remedying the blunder committed by the last. 'lt will be remembered 'that when the advance from 11d. to 21d. was made by the Whigs, it was the general opinion that id. was need lessly thrown away, and that a rise to 2d. would have been . quite sufficient with proper management to keep the bills in, circulation. By again taking off the id. the pre sent Ministers have brought Exchequer bills to their proper value, and done away with the anomaly of keep ing up the unfunded at a higher rate than the funded debt, which should always bear higher interest, as the capital is liable to fluctuation. The time also at which the operation is effected is no less com mended than the principle of the measure, as Exchequer bills are at such a high premium, that there is: not the slightest chance of the announcement of reduc tion being followed -by a demand for payment. Sonic indeed have expressed an apprehension lest the reduc tion of the interest on English unfunded securities should - give a new impulse to investment. in Foreign stocks ; but so decidedly unpopular have such stocks be come, and so many severe lessons of experience have been learned by those who dealt in them, that the ap prehension does not seem to be well founded, and the common opinion is, that the only tendency of the re duction will be to drive people to invest in the English funded securities. - As a practical illustration of the dis inclination to have anything to do with Foreign bonds, it may be mentioned, that chile Consols since February have advanced about 3 per cent., Dutch stock has ad vanced only 1, although it is by far the most secure stock of those that are commonly dealt in. It was re marked yesterday that the operation had been pretty generally anticipated ; and this accounts for the compa ratively small decline that has taken place in the value of Exchequer-bills. Indeed the June bills have for sometime commanded a lower price than the March bills ; in consequence of such anticipation. FRENCH WAR IN AFRICA. Despatches have been received by the French Govern ment from the Governor-General of Algeria, dated Oran, the sth, and Mostaganem, the Bth instant, and inclosing reports from other Generals of the proceedings of the divisions under their orders. The accounts are, gene rally speaking, satisfactory, very little opposition being offered to the French by any of the hostile tribes, except those immediately under the' influence of Abd-el-Kader, and a desire being manifested to submit to the French ; but the only event of any importance in these despatches is ci,ntained in a report from General Bedeau to General Bugeaud, dated from the bivouac of Matila the 30th ult. The General states, that on the 27th he received informa tion that for three days the town of Nedroma had been blockaded by Abd el-Kader, with a force composed of his regular troops, and about 1,900 horse and foot of the tribes of the Kabyles, and of Souhalia and Trava ; and as prompt succour was demanded, General Bedeau im mediately resolved on marching. After giving an ac count of his march to Bal el Taza, the General says : " In the afternoon of the 20th. at one o'clock, I per ceived some horsemen on the Col de Bal el Taza, and soon afterwards the heights on the right, which are very steep and rocky, were covered with Kabyles, marching with their standard. The number of horse on the Cot increased, and we could easily distinguish the flag of Abd-el-Kader among them. At this time the heat was stifling, our men were somewhat fatigued, and our march was slow. I formed my convoy into a mass, and en trusted it to the guard of Lieutenant-Colonel Boudhors with two battalions of the 56th. The Zouaves, and Bth battalion of Chasseurs were placed at the head of the co lumn, having taken off their knapsacks. The 10th bat talion of Chasseurs and 26th, the right column, under Commandant M`Mahon, also deposited their knapsacks. I ordered the Commandant to attack the heights on his right, as soon as he saw the Zouaves reach the Col. I told him that I should then, with the cavalry and the Bth Chasseurs, make a rapid movement on the right, so as to surround the Kabyles, and drive them upon his column. These dispositions made, the offen sive movement was commenced. The Col was weakly defended. The Guum of the Beni Amers pursued th'e cavalry of Abd-el-Kader on the left, white I proceeded with twenty regulars of the Sidi Mohammeds, and . two squadrons of Chasseurs, by difficult though practicable paths, which led us on to the line of retreat of the Ka byles ; Commandant M‘Mahon executing with equal in teiligence and activity the directions I had given him, our two columns were able to re-unite. At least 200 killed were left on the ground, and we took seventy pri soners. Our soldiers returned loaded with bournous and muskets. The Goum of the Beni . Anvers rejoined the column without having been able to reach the enemy, his cavalry having fled without resistance. The cavalry of the Gossels was engaged at the right of our Chasseurs. The vivacity of the attack continued to the end of the combat, and we have therefore had a slight loss, viz., five killed and sixteen wounded. Our native allies had some wounded. Ido not estimate the number of Kabyles on the heights at less than 1,800. They thought themselves safe there, on account of the difficulty of the roads, and were therefore much astonished when they found our cavalry at their heels. Their retreat then became a flight," 'rho despatch concludes with a notice of the officers and troops who most distinguished themselves, and with an announcement that General Bedeau intended, on the Ist instant, to encamp in the country of the Sou halias, where he hoped to .effect the submission of the Travas. The Governor-General, in his despatch from Mosta ganem, where he arrived on the Bth, states that be would proceed with his column to carry on operations on the Chelitf, as soon as the troops under General d'Ar bouville should have joined him. There is a long de; spatch from General Changarnier, dated Blidah, the 6th inst., giving the details of his late razzia, the main parts of which we have already seen published. lie states the number of prisoners taken at more than 400, the mini ber of cattle at 6,000, and about 200 camels, horses, and beasts of burden. There is also a report from Algiers, May 10, of a slight affair on the 7th, in the neighbour hood of Bouffarick, with about 200 Arabs, under Ben Salem ; four of the enemy were killed, and about twenty wounded. The French had only two men wounded. A few days ago, as the baggage was being landed from a packet in the port of Marseilles, a loaded fowling-piece, which was amongst it, went off by accident, and not less than twelve persons were wounded by its contents, but fortunately the wounds were not serious, 131 PE I:1AL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS„ May 23. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Wool sack shortly before Five &Clock. THE TARIFF. The Duke of RICHMOND said, that having been absent from the House for the last seven weeks, he had been precluded from presenting a petition, which had been entrusted to him, against certain parts of tbu tariff, more particularly against the proposed low rate of duty upon imported meat and cattle. The Noble Duke supported the petition, which was from. a place in Aberdeenshire. After a few words from the LORD CHANCY.LLOR and Lord BROUGHAM, the petition was ;aid on the table. A message from the Commons brought up the Bill for amending the law relating to Fine and Recovery in Chester and Wales, the Pentonville Prison Bill, the Irish Spirit Duties Drawback'Bill, and a number of other Bills, which were severally read a first time. CHURCH: PATRONAGE" (SCOTLAND). The Duke of ARGYLE presented several petitions against the present system of Church Patronage in Scotland. • _ _ _ Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Board of Guardians of the Poor-law Union of Dur • ham, against the bastardy claUse in the New Poor law Bill. Also a petition from the London Me chanics' Institution, praying -for an exemption for such institutions from all rates . and taxes. Also a petition from the Mechanics' InStitution of Poplar to the same effect. Also a petitioir,from Bath, complain ing of Catholic grievances in the army and navy. Also a petition from the Merchants and Traders of the City of London, in public meeting assembled, at the King's Arms, Philip-lane, praying for the total abolition of slavery. LOCKING THE DOORS OF. RAILWAY CAR RIAGES. Lord CAMPBELL said he wished to put a ques tion to the Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsack, as to whether it was the intentionof Govermnent make any regulation on the subject of locking passen gers in railway carriages. , He need only refer to the frightful accident which had lately occurred on the railway in Paris to show the necessity of this. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he could give no satisfactory answer on . the subject, as his Noble Friend at the head of the Board of Trade, was not in the House. He (the Lord 'Chancellor) had been locked up in a railway carriage that morning, and he found no inconvenience.--,(Latlghter.) Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from the Young Men's Free Trade Association of Glas gow, in favour of free trade. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 23. The SPEAKER took the chair a few minutes before Four o'Clock. Sir Stephen Glynn and Lord Hervey were intro duced by Lord Germaine and Col. Wyndham, and took the oaths and their seats for Flintshire and Brighton. KINGSTON MARINERS' CHURCH. The Kingston Mariners' Church Bill was read a third time and passed. CORK ELECTION. Mr. HAYTER said, he had to inform the House, that the Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition, complaining of an undue election for the County of Cork, had determined that Daniel O'Connell, Esq., and E. B. Roche, Esq., were duly elected Knights of the Shire to serve in the present Parliament for the County . of Cork. HOLY` ELL ROADS. The Holywell Roads Bill was read a third time awl passed. COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH. Mr. CHRISTOPER presented a petition from Waddington, in the county of . Lincoln, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. THE TARIFF. Mr. HOLFORD presented a petition from the tanners and curriers of Leicester against any reduc tion in the duty on foreign leather. • Mr. DUND AS presented a' petition against any alteration in the duty on straw plait. • Colonel T. WOOD presented a petition 'from the Committee of Proprietors of Hungerford Market, against any alteration in the duty on foreign onions. Mr. H. }LINDE presented a petition from York against any reduction in the duty on foieign hemp ; also a petition, praying for a - limitation in the hours of labour in factories. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. COLLIER presented a petition from a place in Ireland, against the present system of national edu tion in Ireland. CHURCH PATRONAGE. Mr. BANNERMAN presented a petition from Aberdeen against Church Patronage in Scotland. CATHOLIC GRIEVANCES. Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from Weston Underwood, complaining of Catholic griev ances in the Army and Navy. INCOME-TAX. Mr. WALL presented a petition from a Building Society in North Shields,praymg for exemption from the Income-tax. NEW POOR-LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. R. BERNAL presented a petition. from the rate-payers of High Wycombe, against the re-enact ment of the new Poor-law Bill. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from an individual in the county of Northampton, against the present system of Church-rates. Sir E. FILMER presented a petition from a place in the county of Kent, against any reduction of the duty upon hops. Dr. BOWBING presented a petition from a place in Leicestershire, praying for a removal of all restric tions upon the national industry, and especially for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir G . STRICKLAND preSented a petition from Preston, in Lancashire, praying. the House to pass a Ten Hours' Factory Bill. DIE TARIFF. Lord WORSLEY presented several petitions from various parts of England against the new tariff, and more particularly against that part of it which goes to permit the importation of cattle. IRISII FISHERIES. Lord ELIOT presented a petition, numerously signed, from a place in the county of Cork, in favour of the Irish Fisheries Bill. Sir D. NORREYS presented a petition from Mallow in favour of the Irish Fisheries Bill. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Coventry, against the proposed reduction in the duty on cordage and twine. Lord MAHON said that he held in his hand a petition from Mr. Sheridan Knowles, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, and other dramatic authors, complaining of the state of the law which affects the drama. He could not consistently with the rules which regulate the presentation of petitions attempt to state the grievances complained of, but he would move to morrow that the petition be printed with the Votes, and would take an opportunity Of calling the attention of the House to the subject. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Old-street, Chiswell-street, and the streets adjacent in the Metropolis, complaining of the crowded state of those neighbourhoods, and praying the House to adopt measures to improve the health of the Metropolis. LIGHTING THE METROPOLITAN ROADS. Mr, BYNG presented a petition on the subject of lighting the roads round London. RAILWAY TRAVELLING ON THE SABBATH. Mr. MACLEAN presented a petition from Green wich against railway travelling on the Sabbath. WAR IN INDIA. 111 i. HUME presented a petition from some . place in file .county or Norfolk, against the wars in Aft= 7 ghanistan and China. NOTICES OF MOTIONS:-130EOUGH OF BRIDPORT. Sir J. WALSH gave notice of his intention to move as an amendment to the motion of the Hon. Member for Liskeard, in reference to the borough of Bridport, that the words, "whether bribery has takes► place in that town " be left out. POOR-LAWS. reElieofartdos poor of Yr. ESCOTT gave n otice that, on th e considera tion of the Poor-law Contin uance Bil l , he should move they might deem necess ar y , in their own houses, any orders of the Poor - law C ommissioners notwi thstanding. t t t h t poor i3e to lawfulg ant such for VOTE BY. BALLOT. Mr. WAIZD gave notice that on the 16th of June 1 he should move, that in all future elections of Mem bers of Parliament, the votes be taken by the way of e 'notion. the ballot. Sir DENHAM NonREYs moirfed o t f h l a p t s l N e v a ic v h e . of absence be given for one month to Mr. French, on account of illness in BOROUGH family.—Agreed Colonel RUSHBROOKE moved that the Speaker o* Crown for do issue malting his tc a w l ( - i a lie lirai ls i .lN t o, r itNto for r h c e ot hnCed seconded r kt boroughh Nr. C. W. IVYNN said he did not intend to give any opposition to the 'notion, but he wished to call the attention of the Ilouse to the Report of the Com mittee, which staffed that extensive corruption had prevailed in that borough. He wished to have that part of the Report read. (It was accordingly read by the Clerk at the table.) He wished to call the attent ion of the House to the Report, roun d s bri bery in this instance, there w as not sufficient to jus tbhee because mighte it a b p o pe f a b r r ed th t e o l presumption li of m, that whatever g jus tify the adoption of any measure withoui; further in quiry into the matter. It seemed to him that they overlooked the principal offenders, and wished to direct their vengeance against the minor offenders. * r w' '‘ 97I VV IIIE z`grs He was convinced that if they seemed by their pro ceedings to proclaim impunity to those who re4eived bribes, as well as to the subordinate agents who dis tributed them, they would never be able to suppress bribery.—(Hear.) Unfortunately there was not that general feeling againtt the offence which he could ,de sire to see ; there was often - as great a feel ing in favour of the objects of the prosecution as in favour of the suppression of bribery. In the Cricklade case, an individual had continued to retain a high and responsible office after he had been con vi cted of bribery, and no one seemed to look upon him as discredited by the offence. The Hon. Member concluded, as we understood, by suggesting that before the motion was agreed to, the Attorney-General should be directed to prosecute all the parties who had been convicted of giving and receiving bribes. Sir G. GREY agreed with the Right Hon. Gen tleman who had just sat down, in the propriety of not opposing the issuing of the writ; but he hoped that some alteration in the la* with respect to Election Committees would take place, as he was perfectly convinced, as at present constituted, they were totally incompetent fully to inquire into the merits or de merits of elections. Mr. J. PARKER made a few observations that were totally inaudible in the gallery. Mr. C. W. WYNNE said that he considered, from cases which had been decided, that bribery committed upon the first writ was evidence to be given against the parties upon the second writ, and that the two writs did in fact constitute only one election. Mr. ESCOTT wished to know, whether persons who had been found guilty of taking bribes would be able to vote at the election. If they were, the present election might be carried by those who were convicted of corrupt practices.—(Cheers.) Mr. HUME said he had no doubt that the elec tion would be carried by the very parties who were convicted of bribery.—(Laughter.) They expected so, at least, and it was upon that account he thought that the House were rather trifling with the subject. He thought that a public prosecutor should be appointed to follow up every instance of bribery tried before a tribunal competent for that purpose, and that any person who took a bribe should be disfranchised. —(Hear, hear.) That was the way to put an end to bribery ; but he never saw the leaders on each side disposed to put an end to it—(Laughter)—and the House itself seemed anxious to support the system. in 1822 a Bill had been brought in, in which a test similar to the one which had been proposed the other day by the Honourable Member for Finsbury, had been introduced, to be taken by Members before they took their seats. Only tiventy-three Members had voted for that Bill. The heads of both parties had remained aloof. The leaders of both parties, both Whigs and Tories, seemed d?sirouS of making elections as expensive as possi ble ; and, in his opinion, nothing would be done to put down bribery until they made all parties, giving or receiving a bribe, incapable of voting It was useless for Committees to make Reports, un less the House followed them up by some effectual measures. He thought the writ ought not to issue for fourteen days, in order to give time to the Noble Lord to bring in his Bill for the suppression of bri berv. He should move as an amendment that the issue of the writ be suspended for fourteen days. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY seconded the amendment. He thought after the Report of the Committee it would be absurd to suffer the writ to issue as a matter of course. They ought to adopt measures to prevent those who had been proved guilty of bribery from voting at the next election. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it would be far better to adopt measures fbr the suppression of bri bery before issuing the writ than to delay them until after the writ should have been issued. He could not agree in the opinion expressed by the Hon. Member for Montrose, that the leaders of both partie's were averse to discountenancing bribery. In his (Lord John Russell's). opinion, both par ties suffered much from the expensiveness of elections consequent upon ,the practice of bribery. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to think that they should agree to a certain declaration to be taken by the Members of the House ; but, for his part, he was one of those who had always doubted the efficacy of such a test. He confessed all that had lately passed had only tended to confirm him in the doubt. Different interpretations would always be put upon such a declaration by, different individuals. With regard to the motion then before the House, it did not appear to him to be advisable that they should issue the writ in the first instance. Sir R. PEEL should protest against the inference drawn by the Hon. Gentleman—(Hear)—because parties did not acquiese in his proposal they were not, therefore, anxious for the suppression of bribery. That was an unjust imputation, he should say, upon the party to which he belonged, and he thought that, no other party had suffered more from bribery than that party with which he coincided in opinion. He had always declared his readiness to lend himself to the utmost ofhispower to discountenance a practie which was undermining the influence of that House with the country.—(Hear, hear.) At the same time he should reserve to himself the, power of determining whether any particular plan for the prevention of the practice was consistent with Justice, and with those principles upon which the law was administered ; but reserving to himself that discre tion, he was ready to admit that the practice was mie which naturally tended to diminish the authority of that House. His Right Hon. Friend had sug gested that the Attorney-General ought to be di rected by the House to prosecute any parties against whom there was a strong case of suspicion that they were concerned in the offence of bribery. He was inclined to concur in the suggestion. He thought, too, that if that motion was made the issuing of the writ ought in the mean time to be suspended. It appeared to him that the best course would be, that a notice relative to the inquiry into bribery should be given for an early day, and that the writ for a new election ought to be suspended until the motion came on. He certainly admitted that the writ should not be sus pended for a longer period than the necessity of the case required. They should recollect that the constitu • ent body had claims as well as they had, and the writ should only be suspended, until they should see what further steps might be taken in the matter. Mr. HU ME said he had no objection to adopt the suggestion of the Right Honourable Gentleman. He had not intended to charge any particular indivi dual with bribery and corruption. All he had said was, that those who were anxious for its suppres sion should be ready to adopt some legislative mea ' sure to secure their object. Mr. ROEBUCK said, it appeared to be the opinion of both sides of. the House that the suspension of the writ would be a dangerous precedent ; that being the case, he was not going to press his particular views on the House. They had already suspended the writ for Nottingham, on the probability of an investigation ; but he had previously declared that he would not be a party to any investigation, unless the Com mittee was armed with certain powers ; he would therefore suggest that means be offered for passing the Bill of Indemnity to Witnesses as soon as possible.—(From the continued conversation prevailing in the House the observations of the Hon. Member r were very imperfectly . heard.) After a few words from Sir BROKE VERE, 1 Mr. WARD reminded the House that there was another borough in the same predicament as Ipswich, namely, the borough of Southamp' on. He thought it would save the time of the House if they were both taken - into consideration on the same day. Mr. C. WYNN thought that no writs ought to be suspended one hour beyond the period absoluteby neces 7 sary. He thought the House assumed a most dangerous power whenever they protracted the issue of the writ. He could adduce many instances of the truth of his position. In the case of Sheffield the inquiry lasted the whole session. lle meant on ,Thursday next to propose that the Attorney-General be directed to to prosecute the parties concerned in bribery at the election for Ipswich. THE ECCLESIASTICAL LEASES BILL. Mr. V. SMITH wished to ask, the Right Hon. Baronet whether, at the next stage of this Bill, he would consent to its re-committal, or merely bring up the Report ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that he did not mean to consent to the recommittal of the Bill. The Lunatic Asylum Bill then went through Com rnittez,, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. Si: R. PEEL moved that the House should resolve itscl: into a Committee on the Customs' Act Bill. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. Mr. ROEBUCK wished, before that motion was carried, to ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet. A Bill for the prevention of bribery had been brought up from the other House of Parliament, which with a few slight alterations would answer all the purposes he had in view ; wlaat he wished to know was, whether the Right Hon. Baronet would give him some time in the course of the afternoon to move the second read ing of that Bill. Sir lt. PEEL hoped that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, would not be hard-hearted enough to ask him to permit the second reading of that Bill, now that they were about stepping into the tariff. (Laughter.) Th e lion. Member would probably have an opportunity late in the evening, of moving the second reading of the Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet would have any objection to take the second reading of the Bill now, reserving any dis cussion for Committee? Sir ROBERT PEEL would have no objec tion to the adoption of such a course, but in ' according to it, it must not be supposed that he agreed to the principle of the Bill. Mr. ROEBUCK trusted that the Right Hon. Ba ronet would not think him hard-hearted if he asked permission to MOW it now.--(Grea daughter.) ~~= ~ ~ ,fix: CUSTOMS ACT.-THE TARIFF. On the question that the House should resolve it self into a Committee on the Customs Bill, Major VIVIAN presented a petition from Corn wall praying that such an alteration might be made in the tariff, as would prevent undue importation. - Sir H. PEEL also presented a petition from Corn wall, expressing the satisfaction of the petitioners at the reduction of the duty on copper ore.—(Laughter.) Mr. MILES presented a petition from Aberdeen against the proposed alteration in the duty on the importation of foreign cattle, and praying the House to give to the agriculturists such protection as would enable them to compete with the foreigner. Lord ELIOT rose and said, that as he saw the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman opposite (Major Vivian) he wished to say one single word.—(Loud cries of "No, no," in the midst of which the Noble Lord sat down.) . . Mr:LAWSON said that as the resolution of which he had given notice would interfere with the progress of the tariff; and as there Was great anxiety on the part of the country to see the tariff passed, he should withdraw his motion. Mr. CALLAGHAN rose to propose the following resolution—" That in removing the prohibition to the importation of any article, there ought not to be charged any duty on the raw material, which should not be charged to articles the manu facture thereof, and that so long as living animals be chargeable with a fixed' - .duty, salted provi sions should be chargeable with an equivalent rate, and not removeable from warehouse without payment thereof except for exportation, as they would be, should the etiuses referred to in the tariff - be repealed." (The Honourable Gentleman spoke in so lOw atone of voice;: and amidst so much noise in. the House,. that he was scarcely audible.) The general_ opinion of the gentlemen connected with the provision-trade in Ireland was, that that trade would be annihilated if this portion of the Right Hon- Baronet's measure were carried into effect. He had given notice by which he intended that the duty should be hereafter reduced to - 4S. instead of the Bs. which was now • proposed by the Right Honourable Baronet. The provision trade of Ireland now consisted in supplying' the colonial ports, and would be altogether ruined by the pro position of the Fight Honourable Baronet. Irish provisions were better cured than tiny other, and the country - would have reason to regret if anything should be done which would tend to the annihilation of the Irish provision trade. Ile Concluded by - moving the resolution of which he had given notice. Mr. nocHE seconded the resolution. Mr. GLADSTONE thought the resolution was brought forward rather prematurely. In the case of the provision curers of Ireland, the Legislature had endea voured to extend an efficient protection to them. In the Warehousing Act there was a clause to the effect that no merchantman outward bound should bring provisions fir exportation without a bond being exacted that those provisions should be landed at the port of the ship's destination. That was well. It protected the Irish pro vision curer as much as possible. It was impossible to suppose that they could give their laws such force and stringency as to extend their operation to foreign ports. In former times this matter was not of so much conse quence as at present. About ten or fifteen years ago he ventured to say that it was unimportant to the Irish pro vision merchant whether the clause he had referred to existed or not. At the present moment there was a difference of from 2/. to 21. 10s. in the prices of Hamburgh and Irish beef. The price of Hamburgh beef at present,-was at the lowest, five guineas per ton ; the highest 61. The price of Irish beef in the years 1826 and 1837 was 31. per ton ; in 1831 and 1832, it rose from 41. 10s. to 51.; in 1835, the price was 5 guineas; in 1837-1838, it rose to 61. So far then as the natural capa bilities of Ireland were concerned, the merchant in that country was able to compete with the foreign owner of meat. In the years of 1839 and 1840, the price of cured Irish beef rose to 71. per ton, and in 1841, to 71. 15S. If he was rightly informed, the character of the Irish provisions, of which the Hon. Gentleman had spoken with some satisfaction, was at some hazard. He was told that in many cases the Irish provisions had suffered from that demand which had drawn off so many of the Irish cattle to the markets of this country, and which had also drawn off so large a quantity of the best salt provisions. —(Hear, hear.) Therefore the shipowner was in the position of paying for an in ferior article an enhanced price ; and the consequence was, that a great deal of fraud and evs-,sion had been practised. One method of remedying the evil was to put an end to the warehousing system as far as provisions were concerned, and declaring that no provisions should be put into the warehouse without the exaction of a duty. He would exceedingly deprecate such a course, believing as he did, that the warehousing system was a great benefit to the country. The principle which was now recognised with respect to provisions was not a new one. With respect to almost every article of stores that ships required, they (lid not give to the British producer a monopoly of supply of shipping. There were orders of the Custom-house, by which every article, except salt provisions, if lying in warehouse, might be delivered without the payment of any dues whatever.—(Hear, hear.) The lion. Gentleman said it would be unjust to the Irish merchant that he should be liable to pay a duty on cattle, from which he would get these salted pro visions. He was afraid, in the first place, that if the ' House allowed the Irish provision merchant to import cattle for the purpose of salting provisions, they would be introducing a very bad principle ; and, in the second place, the change in the law now proposed did not alto gether take away the protective -market from the Irish provision merchant. 'There was a demand for salted meat of that description in the coasting trade of this country. Before he sat down, he would say what was the state of the case with respect to the bonds he had referred to since the passing of the i parehousing Aet. The whole number of bonds that had passed was 3,126, while the. certificates received amounted only to 812. One-fourth, therefore, appeared to be effectual, while three-fourths were not. So long as Irish provisions were moderate, it was not difficult to protect them, but when they rose to an extravagant price it was found impossible to pre vent foreigners competing with them. Mr. LABOUCHERE agreed entirely with the view taken by the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat. down. He held it to be the true policy of this country to enable the people to obtain provisions at as cheap a rate as possible. He admitted, with the Right Hon. Gentleman, that a great revolution, had taken place in the south of Ireland with respect to the price of pro visions. The price had risen there to a great extent. The Government had declared that it was highly im portant to the country to reduce ; the duty on cattle. He (Mr. Labouchere) hoped they _would extend the prin ciple to other articles of consumption. He was glad to find that the Hon. Member for. Gateshead had given notice of his intention to move a resolution to allow foreign corn in bond to be ground for exportation, and when that motion came before the House, he should support it. _ _ Mr. ROCHE said if they were to have free trade, in heaven's name let them have free trade. It was just that I they should have it. They had all heard free trade arguments when they cut against Irish interests, but when in favour of Irish interests the principle of free trade was denied. By a left-handed blow they were about to bring the Irish producer of salt meat into a ruinous competition with the foreign producer. Sir R. PEEL said that while the lion. Gentleman had nothing to say against the principles of free-trade, he added that they were not at liberty to touch any one article unless they adopted universally the principles cf free trade, and removed all restrictions and obstructions whatever. Now, he could not forget the Hon. Gentle man's own speech on the subject of Irish oats.—(Hear.) He doubted whether, by any course he might take, he could have met the approbation of the Hon. Gentleman. The Hon. Gentleman must be aware that there was at present a duty of 12s. on salted meat imported from abroad, which it was proposed to reduce to Bs. But, as his Right Hon. Friend had shown, the protection was quite delusive. The proposed duty was perfectly fair, and would not place the Irish provision trade iii any dan ger. He (Sir R. Peel) believed that the principal danger to that trade was in the high price of Irish provisions. Mr. ROCHE explained. He had never made a speech about Irish oats.—(A laugh.) He had never heard a discussion in that House upon Irish oats.—(" Yes, yes," from Sir IL Peel.) Why, he (Mr. Roche) had not made so many speeches as the Right Hon. Baronet., and, there fore, hecould remember all that he had made.—(Hear.) Sir IL PEEL begged parclon :lie spoke of the lion. Member for Cork City.—(Hear, and ' a laugh.) Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Callaghan) had shown that the protection was de lusive ; and in answer to what had been said by the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Roche) who followed, he would say that it was easy to object to a particularitem in the tariff, and to say, that unlass the same principle were ap plied to every other article; it should be opposed. But the proper course would be, to apply the principle of fair competition to every article.—(Hear, hear.) For his part, wherever that principle was applied he should sup port it, and afterwards endeavour to extend it to every article to which it was now applied by the present Go vernment. He believed, that if they applied the prin ciple wherever they could, it would work itself properly; and all those monopolies, and even the new Corn-law, would give way.—(Hear, hear.) Sir E. FERGUSON said, that what was complained of in Ireland was, that the curer of salted provisions had not sufficient compensation, and had no fair competition with the foreigner. With regard to the high price of provisions, he thought it was occasioned by the loss of cattle in the country, and he believed that in the course of another year cattle in Ireland would be as cheap as they were in 1834 and 1837.--(Cheers.) The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place, the motion (us we understood) being with drawn. The Speaker then left the chair, and the House went into Committee on the Customs Act. DUTY ON CA'T'TLE. Mr. %Y. =MILES rose to move his resolution—" That the duties to be levied on live stock imported from fo reign countries for the purpose of food, be taken by weight." He said, in justice to his constituents he had thought it right to move it at this early period of the debate, Concurring as he did in the opinion of many, thrt the alarm that had been spread throughout the country relative to the tariff, especially as to the duty on cattle and live stock, was well founded. He thought there was nothing left for them but to endeavour to obtain for the agricultural interest a fair and only a fair protection.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Taken as a whole he believed the scheme of finance offered by the Right Hon. Baronet was a most perfect, full, and ample system, and such an one as had never before been offered by any Minister in a time of comparative peace ; and, generally speaking, it had received a considerate, though perhaps rehictan4 apprapprobationitn the count r y. i The burden was now placed on the rig It . should ers the Right Hun. Baronet had brought rem ,tied a , decided remedy, and direct. taxation was teov calle4 on to r elieve the embarrassed Exchequer. He need net state the almost unanimous support which the Right flo ii. Baronet had received from that phalanx of coarary 'll/bers by whichhe was surrounded. They had gone elo "g with the Right lion. Baronet as far as they ctoirld.—(t Opposi tion cheers.) They had gone along with him Intl. Ussmg the Corn-law Bill. They had listened in sileoce to /h.; un merited taunts of lion. Gentletnen opposite, in or t er that the business of the House might not be int errupteitl but the present was an occasion when, in justice to the' constituents, they were bound .to make that oppositions which the subject demanded. In the Curn-law Bill they' had little to - consider, except the ditierent amounts or duty proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet, but in the• present instance they had to grope amidst a mass of ma terials, and they were called on to consent tl, a seine of duties which, if carried into vtillt• without alteration„ would be most detrimental to the agricultural interest- Hehad been asked out of doors why he brought forward! that motion—whether he would fere better if the Noble! Lord opposite should take the place ttccupimi by bib. Right lion. Friend, to whose general policy he rented. He contended that that was not a•point upon whit* aLy Munster could be called upon to. throw up the reirreovi Government.—(lleac, hear.) Ittwas simply one of de !ail, and as a question of detail it must be discussed. Ara onmense number of deputations had attended the Board' in Trade, and he was happy to say that they had been heard with attention, and many .alterations had been i made n the tariff; which shouted that the Government; were anxiotrs to do justice to all parties.—(Hear, hear.) The light Hon. Baronet had held out to them the hope! of deriving benefit from the reduction which would take , place in several articles consioned by the agricultural' interest ; amongst others, he had insiunced clover, rape seed, and, to his great astonishment, onion seed. He would ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whether he thOught t he reduction on those articles was not more than balaneed by the re:luetion made in the('urn-laws?—(l.lear, hear.) The Eight lion. Baronet had stated that the panic had _ _ subsitle4. lie admitted the l:iet Ti►ere wo; no -44..nibt that when the farmers threw their beasts in great quail- titles into the market, a great change in many respects would be the result. There was a deep feeling that in. the tariff the interest of the in mier3 bud not been pro perly considered. He thought this was el great import,- and he hoped the Right II AL Baronet would take: it into his special emmideratioe. }lad the Bight Hon. Baronet considered the price of artiticials in tins *nil other countries? If he had not, he would enlighten him on the subject. Iliad the Eight Hon. Baronet considered the relation of landlord and tenant, and, did he suppose. if the profits of the farmer were diminished, that he would be able to pay the same we.ges ? lie would now . call the attention of • the (tight lionourablo BsrOnet to the prices of artiticials, oil cake, and barley, in this country and Denmark.—(llear, hear.) lie a o.dd compare the price olartificials in this country with the price of artiticials in those parts of the Conti nent front which our supplies of provisions and live aui- mak Nvere most likely to eome. the price of oil•eake in thiseountry.last year was ten guineas - a ton; in Denmark it was six guineas a ton. The "nice or barley in this country lasi year was 30s. a quarter ; in Deninark it was 1.55. a quarter.—(Loud Opposition cheers ) Now let them consider the tin:llo4y of these•artific;als consumed on a farm. He would take a thrm - of 1;100 acres in this country as an example, and on a farm of that size last year there had been consutned to tons of oil-eake, cost ing 105/., and 200 quarters of barley, costing :10W. ; mak ing an expenditure for artificial; in the course of last year of 403/. Now look at 1); innark, there the cost of 10 tons of oil-cake would have been 01., and of 200 quarters of barley 1501., making a total expen diture in artificials of 213/. ; showing that the cost was 1981. less in Denmark than in England. Now that was an ing - redient for consideration in awarding protection. He did -not want a high protec tion, but if they were to have protection, let them have a fair protection ; and when they found that the cost of artificials was so much less to the Danish farmer than to the English farmer: that certainly must enter as an, ingredient into their calculations. 'Then, let the Com mittee look into the different rate;; of duty proposed to be levied on the different animals, and on the various articles of provisions. On all fresh and half salted meat, including beef, mutton, veal, and pork, there was to be levied aduty of Bs. per cwt. • The duty on live animals, however, was very different. On an ox it was 11., -a cow, 155., a calf, 10s., a sheep, 35., a pig, ss. ; pig-tneat, how ever, was in some instances subject to a higher duty than. Ss., for the duty on bacon and halos was 14s. Now, to illustrate the difference between the duty on meat, and the duty on live animals, he would calculate what the duty might to be on an ox. He would take the weight of an ox at six cwt., because he thought that would be about the average weight of. each ox that would be imported. He therefore, took the animal meat. The duty chargeable on the animal was 2/. Bs. The hide and the tallow would he about one-half cwt. each. The duty on the hide wet, would be about lAA. per cwt., and tallow Bd. So that the animal killed 4f - broad and sent to this country, would be charged about 2/. 95. , 81rd. ; but if the animal were sent alive, it would pay 11. duty, from which they must deduct the. duty on the hide, which would come in duty free, which would leave IBs. 31d. He would take the hog of three cwt., which would be imported alive at • ss. If it were imported fresh or half-salted, it would be 1/. 4s. ; if, on the contrary, it was sent as bacon or haul, it would be 11. Bs. Thus there oould be an advantage to the foreigner in sending the animal :dive, of 11. (Is. id. it' he sent it as fresh meat, and 4d. as bacon ; ro that it appeared to him that do importation would be made from the neighbouring ciinutries except that of living animals. The Hon. Gentleman then went through a minute statement of the cost in "England, of bringing up an ox to the weight of 6001 b., and ,p hug to the weight of 3001 h., but it was impossible to follow him correctly in his details, as they were heard in the gallery. - lie said. that it' at the same time the House consid(Ted the different price of labour, the difference yr rent sod of tax, in this country and abroad, there. a ould be no doubt that; in these respects the foreigner had the advantage. There would be no difficulty, he believed. in obtaining cattle from Hamburgh, and other towns on the Conti :wilt, which would become the ' ,, reat foei of the provision trade, if. the new tariff were adopted.. Belgium JIM ' S' ex ported to France 17,000 head of cattle. Ile found front the inquirieS he had made, that oxen could be imported from Ostend, with the payment,of the duty and all ex penses, At 151. 15s. Od. ; from, Rostock for 151. 16s. Gd.•; front Dantzic . for 131. 14s. 6d. ; from Elsinore for 121. 2s. Gd. ; and the loss to the English grazier; if the importation were from Ostend would be 11. Ils. Od. ; from , Rostock 1/. 18s. 6d. ; from Dantzie 2L 1 1s. 6d. ; and from Elsinore 4/. 13s. 6d. It should be observed, that an erroneous impression seemed to prevail, relative to the price of beef in.this country ; he found that the average wholesale price in Smithfield market during the last year, amounted to sixpence. To maintain the ave rage, they must be sometimes at. fourpence, and some• times at sixpence 4 at those prices it would be impossi ble to maintain the same rate of rent. Taking the. ave rage, the price of foreign oxen from the ports whence they might be exported would be 5/. 15s. Od. The im port. duty on an ox in France, which was partly customs, partly oetrui, was 31., yet in one year the number im ported was 17,000. Ail asked for was a fair pro tection, to enable the English farmer to compete with the foreigner. He would also tall the attention of the House to the danger of destroying the trade in salted provision from Ireland, which would lead to a greater importation of live cattle front that country. Then, with, regard to the United States, ii.they looked at the capability of that country, at the immense quantity of land cultivated and uncultivated it contained, and the prices of salt provisions there, the Right Hon. Baronet must admit that there was no reason to fear the impor tation from Hamburgh or any IA of the continent of Europe, but that the whole of the supply of the salt pro visions must come from the United States. The Hon. MeMber then read an extract from the New Orleans Price Journal. stating that in nine States, containing a population of five millions and a half, there was a great abundance of cattle, meat, and corn, and a great scarcity of articles of clothing and manufacture, and that the latter might be obtained from England but for legislation which prevented a fair interchange, and that it was of great importance to , them • that these articles should be admitted at a moderate- duty. He trusted that if the Right Honourable Baronet should see no difficulty in fixing the duty rather upon live animals, he would adopt that mode of taxation. If the Right lion. Gentleman would not do so,..he (Mr. M.) should think it his duty to oppose that part of the tariff which referred to this subject. Be thought at all events, he bad 111:1(1C out a case for the consideration of the Right llon. Baronet. The Bon. Gentleman .concluded, by the motion of which he bad given notice. Mr. li. PAIZIER seconded the motion. Air. WYNDHAM said that, as,a Member for an agri cultural eounty;he_ had, not heard of, any general punk on the subject 7 or the tariff.—(llear, hear.) The lion. Member might have heard of it, in the county with which he was connected, but in his ( M r. Wyndh . ain's) county there w•as no panic. . When th) talked on the subject, the tiling to be considered m a: , !hat fereignerS had got no cattle to bring 'into this t•ouutry---i(Laughter)---or at leastithey were so bad that there was no fear to the , home farmer from them. . . The Earl of MAIICH would. ibt have troubled the House had it not been for w hat had fallen from his now Colleague. lie differed from every syllable that his Hon. Colleague had uttered.--(Cheers and laughter) —and he could assure the House that, in the part of the county with which he was connected, the greatest complaints were made against the tariff. Mr. G. J. lIEATIICOTE felt that he was contend ing against fearful odds in supporting the motion of the Hon. Member for East .Soniersetshire inasmuch as they had the leaders of both sides of the house leagutd against them. He would not • exio v g , ra te. the state of panic into which the agricultural' interest had been thrown by the announeement of the proposed changes in the tariff, but lie could assure them that the strongest feelings existed on the subject, and that the consequence had been an enormous depreci:Lt t in, the .vahle of pro duce. Country gentlemen of moderate fortune, yeomen possessing a stnall property, and the tenantry generally, complained that the Right Baronet had laid an in come-tax on them, and had at the SWIM' time diminished their means of paying it, by depreciating the price , of their produce.—(l leer, hear.) hey complained that he had relieved the other parts of the community at their e.xpense.—(Cheers.) The Right lion. Baronet hal e i t s it s ho t : b e e x - e t r ie , en gaged in three great experiments, which no man could ,Iyas admitted on all rived from those ex periments t t h h a e t results. i were to be for the commercial and manufac turing interests, while all the risk and all the loss was on die side of the agricultural interesi.. The Right Hon. Baronet had mainly based his proposition on the assumed fact, that it would be for the benefit of the country that the price of living should be made cheaper, and argued that .he price of meat had risen to an improper height. The Right Hon. Baronet had taktei the prices of 16?5 as his standard ; but what were the circumstances of the